New York, NY: As a New York Yankees, Giants, and Rangers fan, it’s been a rough year. Between Saquon winning a ‘chip in Philly, the World Series inning from hell, and the Rangers implosion, it’s enough to make me want to cancel my sports channels and take up knitting. So the Knicks’ absolute extirpation of the Celtics could not have been more gratifying. With respect to Tatum and his unfortunate injury, the Celtics as we knew them are dead. Good riddance. The final four for the NBA is locked in and the Knicks have a hard road to eight more wins, but they’re still standing. And on the diamond, there is one 30-win team, and it might surprise you. Grrrr. By the way, Soto looks pretty miserable on the Mets. Remorseful, even.
Eight Dubs to a Knicks ‘Chip
The hustle, the blocked shots, the threes, celebrities going nuts, the “hey hey goodbye” serenade, the Celtics emptying their bench in the 3rd, Thibs nervously keeping his starters in the game way too long – I loved it all. What a win!
It’s official, if the Knicks don’t win it, a recent ex-Knick (or 2) will – Julius Randle/Dante DiVincenzo, Isaiah Hartenstein or Obi Toppin. But F those jerks.
The Knicks will have their hands full with the Pacers, who smoked the 64-win Cavaliers without too much trouble. The Knicks get a chance for redemption from last year’s injury-riddled defeat. The Pacers will try to use their depth to wear down the Knicks again.
If they do get by the Pacers, they’ll have another tough team standing in their way. The Thunder won 68 games and the T-Wolves are on fire, going 25-5 in their last 30. Yikes.
Sad Sack of Soto
It was odd how miserable Soto looked over the weekend. He looked like a kidnap victim with a gun in his back urging him to “pretend we’re treating you well.” He wouldn’t even go out to RF until the last second. They’re so mean!
He didn’t know what he had until he dumped his girlfriend. Now she doesn’t want him back and she looks… happier. Sometimes the grass looks greener until you get there and find a field of crabgrass.
They’rrrrre Great!
I perused the MLB standings on Monday and noticed one 30-win team, the Detroit Tigers! Quick, name three players on their roster.
I looked at their roster and knew four of the names- ex-Yankees Tommy Kahnle and Gleyber Torres, ex-Met Javy Baez, and Cy Young Winner Tarik Skubal. That’s it. But they have more wins that the $600 trillion payroll Dodgers. Somehow.
I also was surprised to learn that the AL East is the dregs of the league these days, as only the Yankees are over .500. While 4 of the 5 teams in the Central and 3 of the 5 teams in the West are over .500. That’s different.
That’s it for me. Be sure to check out a guy who’s also a little different, Angry Ward.
