The Astros picked up a dramatic walk-off victory against the Nationals on Wednesday night, but no one was more upset than Washington skipper Dave Martinez.
The Nats manager felt the team was unfairly robbed by a decision from the umpiring crew on the final play of the game.
The Astros scored the game-winning run after a throwing error from the Nationals on what would have been an inning-ending play. Martinez felt that Jake Meyers obstructed first baseman Michael Chavis by failing to run within the base path, resulting in the errant throw which allowed Jose Abreu to score.
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While Athletics fans’ reverse boycott on Tuesday night reminded fans of the old days, it doesn’t seem to have done much in terms of slowing down the franchise’s impending relocation.
On Wednesday, the organization made significant process in its attempt to relocate to Las Vegas, having reportedly received approval on a newly-amended bill (SB1) to bring a $1.5 billion stadium to Vegas, per The Athletic. The new stadium is anticipated to seat more than 30,000 fans and will open in 2028, costing roughly $300 million in taxpayer money.
President Joe Biden congratulated the Vegas Golden Knights on their Stanley Cup win and managed to piss off the Las Vegas Aces simultaneously.
The oblivious Commander-in-Chief put out a tweet on his POTUS Twitter account, congratulating the Golden Knights for winning “[t]he first major professional franchise in such a proud American city.”
Biden Doesn’t Take WNBA Seriously, A’Ja Wilson Ticked Off
Biden snubbed the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces, who won a championship for the City of Sin in 2022.
The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof.
L.A. head coach Sean McVay on Bennett: “I love the athleticism but there’s a lot of work to be done.
Yankees outfielder Isiah Kiner-Falefa was making plays with his legs on Wednesday during the Subway Series against the Mets.
On third base in a 2–1 game during the seventh inning, the speedster stunningly took off for home plate, completely catching the Mets off guard as he successfully thieved a run for his team.
Left-handed reliever Brooks Raley wasn’t prepared for Kiner-Falefa’s fleet-footed attempt to steal home plate, enabling the 28-year-old to successfully pull off the rare feat.
Nuggets center Nikola Jokić has proven to be an eminently relatable NBA champion, from his earnest desire to return home after reaching the pinnacle of his sport to his frustration with the number of texts inundating his phone after winning it all.
This, however, may be his most relatable move yet.
In an interview with ESPN’s Malika Andrews on Wednesday, Jokić revealed that he misplaced his Bill Russell trophy, awarded to the NBA Finals MVP, and he does not know where it went.
ESPN’s SEC Network had quite the accidental welcome for Oklahoma on Wednesday.
The conference announced its football schedule for 2024, which will be the first season that the conference expands to 16 teams with the introduction of Texas and Oklahoma. While the schedules were being announced, SEC Network aired a special show to unveil the highly anticipated slate.
But when showing a graphic listing eight teams and their top nonconference opponents for ’24, SEC Network goofed on Oklahoma’s logo.
Ten quick takeaways from the 2024 Southeastern Conference football schedule, which was revealed Wednesday night:
1. This should have been a nine-game schedule with a 16-team league. But the league nailed the eight-game slate as best it could.
As previously stated here, the big, bad SEC has no business only playing eight league games with a league of this size and caliber. That was decided a couple of weeks ago, though, and the direction was set for an eight-team schedule that will essentially be a one-off creation. (The league may well go to nine in 2025, stay tuned.
The NBA Finals ratings suffered because of the league’s woke politics.
NBA Ratings Suffer From Woke Streak
The 2022-23 NBA Finals averaged 11.6 million viewers — the league’s fourth-lowest total in the last 30 years.
Denver and Miami’s five-game series underperformed against last year’s Golden State vs. Boston matchup (12.4 million) and barely passed 2021’s Bucks versus Suns Finals (10.8 million).
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At the height of the NBA’s woke activism in 2020, amid the George Floyd riots and BLM uprisings, the Finals recorded its lowest viewership, averaging 9.