unclevlad Posted May 30, 2023 Report Share Posted May 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, Pariah said: The Rockies pulled off one of the most extraordinary runs in MLB history to reach the 2007 World Series, where they were swept by the Red Sox. FTFY I've felt the wait killed them, as they had a 9 day layoff. It killed their roll...they were a freaking 21-1 (!!!!) before that. 5 back in the loss column, with 14 to play...and caught the Padres for the WC. (And the Padres played solidly, going 9-6.) Win the tie break game. Sweep the 2 NL series. It was a dream!!! stretch. Til they had time to wake up..... Game 2. In Boston. Happened to ALSO be opening night for Great American Beer Festival in Denver...a CRAZY!! night inside the Convention Center. Yeah, I was there that year. Couple TVs got set up. Picture was pretty bad, but it was packed around em. And it was neck and neck...Sox won 2-1. Wasn't there for game 3; Saturday at GABF has 2 sessions, the afternoon session is when the medals are announced. It's the bigger one. I was at that one...which tended to make hitting the evening session...impractical, shall we say. And the least attractive; lots of the best stuff is gone, the reps are all tired, they're ready to call it. And if you'd hit both Thursday and Friday night? At GABF, there was no limit on how much you could have, per se...and a WHOLE lot of not just good, but STRONG!!! beers. Sam Adams had Utopia there...it's ~ 18%. Dogfish Head had a bunch of odd special bottlings, usually 10+%. Pizza Pro Solana Beach, Tomme Arthur's starting point before starting up Lost Abbey...Shark Attack, a triple red. WOW. More barleywines and imperial stouts than you could count. Yeah. NOT a good idea to try to repeat after only a few hours. And the taste buds were generally feeling hammered; this was also the height of the Hop Bomb trend, so it wasn't just the alcohol that did it. Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 1, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2023 I just saw an interesting graphic about the Heat-Nuggets series, pointing out that the Heat have not won in Denver since 2016: Denver, Colorado: 5,280 ft Arikaree River (lowest point in Colorado): 3,315 ft Nikola Jokić : 6 ft 11 in Mean elevation of Miami: 6 ft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 4, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 I just saw an interesting thing: If the Nuggets win the title, they'll be the first Western Conference team NOT from California or Texas to win since the 1979 Seattle Supersonics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 4, 2023 Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Pariah said: I just saw an interesting thing: If the Nuggets win the title, they'll be the first Western Conference team NOT from California or Texas to win since the 1979 Seattle Supersonics. Curious, but also note: Cali and Texas teams make up almost half of the conference. LA, LA, Golden State, Sacramento; Dallas, San Antonio, Houston. Since Seattle in '79, the other teams to make the Finals... --Trail Blazers lose to the Bad Boy Pistons, and Michael's Bulls --Seattle, then Utah twice, to the Bulls...the 2nd Threepeat --OKC loses to one of the last real Big Three...Wade, Bosh, James --Phoenix loses to the Bucks By the same token...Denver's only the 8th non-Cali, non-Texas team to even make the Finals, in 44 years. But, this is also somewhat distorted, because it largely comes down to the Lakers and Warriors. Lakers have made the Finals 26 times while in LA, 17 times in this period. The Celtics...only 8 in this period, and that's the most of any team in the East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 8, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Nuggets win game 3 in South Florida in blowout fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 I didn't watch last night, but now I kinda wish I did. Quote Jokic and Murray became the first duo to record 30-point triple-doubles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 There's a quote sure to produce confusion if it were in the Numbers thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 It sounds like a citation in an academic paper, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Someone coming from the wrong perspective might speculate that "triple-doubles" were extra large mixed drinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 8, 2023 Report Share Posted June 8, 2023 Either that, or a barista's nightmare.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 9, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2023 I can hardly imagine a barista's life being anything but. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 10, 2023 Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 Aaron Gordon goes for 27. Bruce Brown comes off the bench for 21. This, after game 3 where Christian Braun kicked in 15 off the bench, including a big spurt. Denver is simply more versatile and overall more talented. 13 point win to take a dominating 3-1 series lead. Not a lock; Miami could get hot again, but probably the series wraps up Monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 10, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2023 There's a handful of names I recognize. 40 Players Drafted Before Nikola Jokic And Where Are They Now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 Brittney Griner, Mercury confronted by 'provocateur' at airport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 From what I read earlier, this is pretty much like paparazzi and movie stars...there are people who think they have a right to intrude, so they can profit from it. Given the rise of social media, and the potentially lucrative monetization...yeah, it's not surprising. Griner's an easy target, unfortunately. Some of this is likely related to the WNBA being cheap. The teams DON'T fly charter without specific exceptions to do so. Griner has one...but not the team. That's awkward, to say the least. Fly charter, and most of this should be avoided. But based on their treatment...women's team sports don't rate even 2nd class status. Wasn't long ago when there were comparisons between men's Final Four rooms, facilities, and swag, and the women's Final Four. Or the fact that WNBA players *frequently* feel a need to play overseas to make decent money. The USWNT's pay, versus the USMNT...despite being one of the most dominant teams in their sport, on the planet, versus a total non-entity, in the MNT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 Conor McGregor knocks out Heat mascot in bizarre promotion at NBA Finals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 11, 2023 Report Share Posted June 11, 2023 Fortunately, the guy inside the costume was sent home with just pain meds. But, yeah, someone in the Heat's promotions department should be shown the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 ESPN Bottom Line note: The Phoenix Mercury are making "unspecified" changes to their travel arrangements in the aftermath of the altercation Cygnia noted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 Is ESPN giving the Nuggets ANY credit/notice? Right now, their focus is only "how the Heat can bounce back!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 12, 2023 Report Share Posted June 12, 2023 3 hours ago, Cygnia said: Is ESPN giving the Nuggets ANY credit/notice? Right now, their focus is only "how the Heat can bounce back!" Of course not. First, there's no story in talking about the Nuggets, until after they win. That's when you can start comparing them. There's no way to generate buzz, either. The first mission for these particular talking heads is to drive up ratings, and therefore, they have to try to sell the Heat. Actually...no. For the morning talking heads, on the day of the game? It's not their first mission, it's their only mission. They *have* said...the Nuggets are better, deeper, taller. The heavy expectation is the Nuggets will win the series, and they've said that...occasionally. To be sure, there's a Heat bias there, but some of it's trying to elevate the David vs. Goliath aspect, #8 seed making the NBA Finals for the first time, all that. Some of it is, I think, East Coast bias...particularly SAS, who's got a major bias towards the East generally, with the Heat being...oh, what, #3? After the Knicks and Sixers. I very rarely watch the morning shows on ESPN. And not because I'm a night owl and retired, so I often Don't Do Mornings...but because silence is preferable. CERTAINLY, it's preferable to any SAS rant. AND they've incorporated Mad Dog Russo, who ranks just behind Cowherd on the condescension scale. I can tolerate some of the others; JJ Redick does a good job sometimes of puncturing SAS' bloviations. But generally, it's simply not worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 IT'S OVER! IT'S OVER! NUGGETS 94-89 to win the title! Cancer and Pariah 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 Nuggets play a horrible first half...can't throw it in the ocean, a boatload of turnovers, serious foul trouble...but the Heat can't take advantage. They've got a lead, but...not what it should've been. Nuggets still play tight, but so do the Heat in the 2nd half, so the 4th in particular is extremely tight. Around 30 seconds left, Nuggets up 1, the Heat have a ragged possession; they're forced into a poor situation with really only one pass...and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope reads it, for an easy steal that results in making 2 FTs (NOT a given, as they'd mostly shot only about 50% from the line), and a 3 point lead. Butler throws up a challenged, rushed, off-balance (read: bad) 3 pointer that doesn't go; Nuggets get the board, make 2 more FTs. Heat misses a desperation 3 with about 10 seconds left; when it misses, they let Denver run out the clock. The air was pretty much all out of their balloon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 The Nuggets went 16-4 this postseason, matching the Avalanche's Stanley Cup run last season. And the best part: The Nuggets swept the Lakers to win the conference. Well deserved, gentlemen. Cygnia and Cancer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unclevlad Posted June 13, 2023 Report Share Posted June 13, 2023 And on that note...Denver joins a reasonably short list of cities with teams that've won the title in 3 of the 4 major sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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