BRONX, NY – It’s getting late on Tuesday evening. Both the Mets and Yankees have comfortable leads in their respective games against the Padres and Twins, Seattle’s Cal Raleigh has hit his 55th and 56th home runs of the season as my Mariners attempt to extend their winning streak to 10, and I’m looking to try to get to bed at a reasonable hour for once. Let’s go.
I’d like to start by stating something that should be fairly obvious to everyone by now, but bears repeating every once in a while. I was reminded again this past week how thrilled I am that I ran screaming from Yankee fandom decades ago and never looked back, and that I have always had the good sense to loathe the Dallas Cowboys. Now that I got that out of the way, let’s move on.
The Eagles are Great… But Also Very Boring. (*Full disclosure: I have two Philly Wide Receivers on My Fantasy Football Team, and Should Know Better By Now.) I watched the Eagles/Chiefs Super Bowl rematch this past Sunday and could barely keep my eyes open. The Chiefs have the same problems they’ve had the past few seasons and all the Eagles do is win, but it sure ain’t exciting… unless you think “The Brotherly Shove,” or whatever you want to call it, is some kind of thrill ride. In today’s pass-happy, high-scoring NFL, the Eagles play like some of those Steelers teams from the 1970s, but without the occasional bombs and acrobatic catches. They play solid defense, have a good kicker, and have boiled down their offense to Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley running and running and running some more. Barkley is awesome, but I can’t stand the rest of it. I honestly hope some other NFC team figures out a way to beat these guys (please, not Green Bay), but I’m not holding out hope.
Canelo vs. Crawford. On Sunday morning I received this text from a friend: “You catch any of Canelo/Crawford?” To which I replied: “No. Was it any good? Sadly, I no longer follow boxing.” I actually used to be a sweet science junkie. But MMA and the like came along, and it all kinda disappeared. Those of you who weren’t around in the 1970s and 1980s, will never have any idea just how great boxing was. I can’t even begin to describe it. But, anyway, I hear Canelo/Crawford (Crawford won) drew 41 million viewers to Netflix. So I assume someone out there in MtM MTM land watched. How was it? Can boxing make a comeback? I doubt it, especially with the likes of Jake Paul positioning himself as some kind of fighter. Pfft. Puh-leeze. He would get his a$$ handed to him by the likes of Randall “Tex” Cobb and Jerry Quarry. They would not break a sweat doing it.
Update: The Yankees were up on the Twins 10-1, and it is now 10-8. They’ll still probably win, but that’s not good.
Update 2: The Mets beat the Padres 8-3. Alonso hit his 35th dinger and sits at 118 rbi. He and Lindor are the heart and soul of this team, for what it’s worth. As they go, so go the Mets. Steve Cohen? Pay the man, and keep him a Met forever.
All right, that about does it for me. Go Mariners! Go Vikings! Go eat some hot dogs, JG Clancy. Come back tomorrow for Buddy Diaz, who I’m sure watched that fight the other night.
