Baseball is a great game because sometimes it can be really beautiful and sometimes it can be really weird.
The latter of that was on full display Monday night in the Padres-Mets game at Citi Field when New York got two oddly identical infield hits in the same inning.
Luis Guillorme got it started with a bunt down the third base line that just rolled along the dirt before coming to a stop in fair territory. Then, a few batters later, Tomas Nido hit a slow grounder up the same baseline and got the same result as the ball refused to roll foul.
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Among the reasons the Cincinnati Bengals have been so good the past couple of years, making the trip to consecutive AFC Championship Games, is because they’ve boasted a 4,000-yard passer in Joe Burrow, a couple of 1,000-yard receivers in Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins and a 1,000-yard rusher in Joe Mixon.
Except Mixon didn’t hold up his end last season.
His production dropped to 814 rushing yards and only a 3.9-yard per carry. And that came at exactly the wrong time.
Over the years we’ve seen more and more position players having to come in to pitch late in blowout games, and it doesn’t always go well for them.
That can’t be said for Royals utility player Nate Eaton, though, because what he did Monday night against the Rangers was pretty darn impressive.
Eaton, who started the game in right field but also plays a few infield positions, pitched the eighth inning for the Royals, who were trailing 11–2 at the time. He gave up two singles but got out of the inning without giving up a run.
More than any other man on TV, Jeff Van Gundy exudes a raw punctuality. In 16 years traveling North America to call NBA games on ABC and ESPN, he’s never missed a flight, arriving at the airport two hours before departure like a character in a Progressive don’t-become-your-parents ad. “Those commercials are brilliant, because you see yourself in them,” he says. “Like the guy who’s trying to get the line straightened out?” That’s Jeff, wanting to tighten up the boarding queue.
USA Today columnist Christine Brennan’s career centers on finding things to complain about. To her credit, she has an uncanny ability to zig when everyone else is zagging and garner hate clicks with the best of them.
Brennan’s latest attempt at being one of the most insufferable members of the media targets LIV Golf. Specifically, the fact that some players from LIV found themselves near the top of the leaderboard at the Masters.
Riley Gaines called out Megan Rapinoe late Monday night before eventually taking the tweets down.
Gaines has been in the news ever since she was brutally attacked and harassed while giving a speech at San Francisco State University last week.
Gaines was speaking out in support of protecting women’s sports, and for that, she faced a mob that turned violent. The former Kentucky swimmer needed police protection, and the mob demanded money at one point to let her leave.
However, she’s not backing down.
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Which players are the can’t-miss picks at the top of this draft?
The beauty and terror of the NFL draft each year is the uncertainty.
Every year, there will be surefire gems, and there will be busts. We rarely know which players will be which. Yet, each year, there are some players who stand out as safe picks. Let’s look at 10 players who should all be first-round picks and who offer teams a low risk on the bust-o-meter.
Will Anderson, EDGE, Alabama
Anderson is the surest pick in this draft.
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This idea isn’t as wild as you think.
The QB carousel we thought the offseason would provide hasn’t fully manifested yet. Aaron Rodgers is still with the Packers, Lamar Jackson remains in limbo. Outside of Derek Carr joining the Saints and Jimmy Garoppolo heading to Las Vegas it’s been rather quiet — but now rumors are swirling about a QB who wasn’t on the radar: Kirk Cousins.
On the surface Cousins moving is wholly bizarre.
Well before the Panthers traded into the top spot, it was all but guaranteed that someone other than the Bears would hold the first pick by the time the draft starts on April 27.
While it wouldn’t be a surprise if the Bears, currently slated to pick ninth, were to trade down again, one thing is certain: There will be more trades impacting the first round of the draft. In this iteration of my mock, I attempted to project some realistic trades that could happen in the 2023 NFL draft.
Boston sports radio host Fred Toucher, the co-host of ‘Toucher & Rich,’ recently announced that he will be undergoing throat surgery. He revealed that he was consulted by a doctor who one of the show’s listeners referred him to and thanked the listener for saving his life.