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13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Monday, 3/11 · 0 replies · +1 points

There seems little doubt to me that the Big 10 is playing the best bouncy ball this season. Some of the best coaches live there, now. Matta, Crean, Ryan and of course, Izzo, who only seems to get to the Final Four every other year.

My Cats made a stand at their own personal Alamo Saturday in Rupp. Completely shut down the Donovans at the end of the game. Needs to be said.

Ask Andy Katz how much he enjoys the up close view of Jimmy Boeheim. Saturday's 39 point total for the Orange was just another chapter in the never-ending story of the most overrated coach in the college game.

Then there's Joe Torre. After watching him coach the Yankees for years, I was never impressed. People took his implacable demeanor for sage wisdom, but he often just seemed to make questionable use of his players while mostly riding his unparalleled talent pool. To me, he was always Chauncey Gardner, straight out of Being There. All that bunting ESPN was calling him out for was rather predictable.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Friday, 3/8 · 1 reply · +1 points

Yeah, but they don't take the best 68. The season has been so devoid of dominant teams that you have to believe there will be more upsets in conf tourneys than usual. They weigh injuries when deciding, so the Noel injury hurts them. Also, the committee places great emphasis on how you finish and the Cats are staggering to the finish line.

I just don't see them getting in. They certainly don't have the team makeup to win the SEC Tournament. I'm not being a sour grapes UK fan, either. Just a realist.

We are bad. And we are toast.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Thursday, 3/7 · 0 replies · +1 points

Boy, I wouldn't want to be Sam Grossman when the Reds' front office discovers that he never played the game.

And DO the Reds have the correct amount of analytic input in their organization? Until they are using advanced metrics to a degree approaching that of the Rays, I would probably think no. Andrew Friedman and his crew are setting the standard--and they are whipping everyone's butt with it.

It would be supremely disappointing if my Wildcats failed to make the Dance, but, yeah, Cal should accept an NIT bid if it comes to that. Thanks for asking.

Sounds to me like Grantland was mistaking sportscasters for sports writers.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Tuesday, 3/5 · 0 replies · +1 points

Majors are not easy to win. But, then there's only one guy in the history of Golf who's in Tiger's company. And for the last 4 years, Tiger has been coming up empty because of his play, not because somebody has been taking it away from him. Every major seems to be won by a new guy. Nobody has stepped up and demonstrated he is a huge obstacle to Woods if he gets his game back. And he doesn't have to be the Tiger of old to dominate again.

He was that good.

Who's been winning the majors since Tiger went dormy?

Louis Oosthuizen
Lucas Glover
Angel Cabrera
Stewart Cink
Yang Yong-eun
Graeme McDowell
Martin Kaymer
Charl Schwartzel
Rory McIlroy
Darren Clarke
Keegan Bradley
Ernie Els
Bubba Watson
Webb Simpson

None of these guys scare Tiger, I'm guessing. Only Rory looks like he might be special.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Tuesday, 3/5 · 3 replies · +1 points

Really? The Bearcats are that bad that they have to rely on the 3 as the preferred method of scoring? I remember Pitino coming in and inheriting probation and 4 mountain kids from KY that nobody else wanted and being forced to play that game, but Cronin and these cats? Gotta believe they got more skillz than that.

Am really happy to see C. Trent back in the Nati. Was sad to see his blog go dark a couple of years ago.

Ya think Rory's dad intervened and said "you can be doin a wee bit better than that, lad?" Alas, Tiger has no one to do that for him these days.

I think Jack knows that before he's done, Tiger will have many more chances, not only at Augusta, but at places where he's been known to dominate, like Torrey Pines, Pebble and St. Andrews. Say all you want about the young turks, but if a 59 year old Tom Watson can come within a bad bounce of winning the Open, Woods can compete and win more championships well into his 40s.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Monday, 3/4 · 0 replies · +1 points

Keep in mind that many of our prospects have already made the big club:

Frazier, Cozart, Meseraco, Leake, etc. Many of the prospects being looked at are still a year or 3 away: Yorman and Henry Rodriguez, Billy Hamilton.

Bruce has missed games. BP and Joey are off for a few days. Hannahan, Burriss, Lutz and Donald are playing alot.

I expect to see the team playing better the last week, to 10 days of camp. But right now, we're looking at a lot guys who will be filling niche roles for us.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Friday, 3/1 · 1 reply · +1 points

If I remember it correctly, it's Suicide is Painless. But I have no idea where the song came from

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Thursday, 2/28 · 1 reply · +1 points

Jerry Chesney is Sargeant.
Patrick Wiley is Oscar.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Tuesday, 2/26 · 0 replies · +1 points

As one who spent years commuting to work on the Brooklyn Bridge, I can tell you the traffic there is one big sign of the apocalypse in and of itself.

Next time you're at the Rod n Reel, check out the plank dedicated to my Dad, who used to fish there, engraved with his old email address. NKYCatFan. Love that place.

I'm sure that's part of the reason Pitino left Kentucky for the Celtics. All that groveling over kids on the recruiting trail just got to be too much. It's probably part of the reason Chip Kelly left for the NF of L.

Despite all the talk about how durable the pitching staff was last year, Jocketty & Co. knows that ain't happening again. Just another reason to transition Chapman to the rotation. Pitching is a very transitory thing. One day you have plenty. The next, you can't scrape together a rotation.

I don't think the market is too concerned about the sequester. It knows the boys in DC are playing politics and they can retroactively fix much of what happens if they don't get something done by Friday. I think the market drop the other day was simply some people taking some gains out.

13 years ago @ TML Mobsters - TML Tuesday, 2/26 · 1 reply · +1 points

True dat, BTW.

Did you see Boeheim's mental breakdown directed at Andy Katz? Jimmy's presser blowups are becoming legendary. What a tool.

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