One More Bowl In The Books
On February 3rd I wrote: “I have suckeled the sweet nectarine from Tom Brady’s teet, a magical moment indeed. I am on board with Tampa Bay covering maybe even winning……” No one paid much attention to that solid gold at the time and that’s too bad as it could have saved some Flappers some cash. Again, props to GH who paid up his debt midway through the 4th quarter. Blade has promised to send cash through the mail. Diggity will paypal me after he gets over how this possibly could have happened to his beloved Chefs. Right now, feelings are just too raw.
Now what? The predictable abyss of nothingness. Is hockey playing? NBA is ok but really I’m just waiting for Chi to post something about looking out his window and seeing spring start or winter end or some shit. I can’t remember what it is but I know it when I read it. And it’s the sign that baseball is almost here……
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lol, and just like the last time he made one of these epic calls, Warner ruins it at the end. Still, solid gold from Harlan.
Well, I had said if I was going to lay money on the game, I would go Bucs +3.5. Didn’t. Dumbfuck. 😉
Not wanting to disappoint Flav:
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there is no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring” -Rogers Hornsby
And speaking of spring…9 (or 10) days until pitchers and catchers report.
there it is! Now I can dream of baseball starting.
Pedro Gomez dead at 58 I read in NYT obit. a son pitching at lower levels of Red Sox org. Cuban heritage, first started ESPN 2003.
Very sad to see that. I once had dinner at his house ’96 or ’97 when he was covering the A’s at the Sac Bee. Nice guy, echoed by numerous sportswriters on Twitter last night.
whoa. Dinner at his house, very cool. Originally from Miami…did he live out here on left coast?
I don’t know if he was still on the west coast.
Stix alluded to aroundthefoghorn story on Anderson for Wade deal, where they had couple different columns on this. In one, “The 40 man is currently full but that will change when ST begins since they will be able to place Brebbia Beede and Canario on the 60 day injured list.” Canario has shoulder problem, unfortunate,
After 4 days on the 40 man and the revolving door we’ve seen in the past, I was wondering if Wade would still be on the 40 by ST. But, with the expected room that you mention and Wade having a couple of options, sounds like he’ll get a full shot. I look forward to seeing him play.
this Lame-onte Wade move is killing my buzz about The Grave Duggar.
Sadly this Lame-0 félla is having the same effect on my buzz for Davis.
What does Z see in this guy? Had to laugh where someone wrote that Lame-o shows
Occasional HR pop..11 Homers in 500 AB’s nearly 1 in 50 that’s a stretch..
Gomez seemed like a truly nice guy. He had the unenviable task of chronicling the death-march buzzkill of Bonds’ chasing Aaron’s home run record. No one surrounding the event seemed to enjoy any of it.
Except Giants fans.
“Very sad to see that. I once had dinner at his house ’96 or ’97 when he was covering the A’s at the Sac Bee. Nice guy, echoed by numerous sportswriters on Twitter last night.”
That’s special John. Thanks for sharing. Like unca alluded to, I seem to recall him taking a lot of unnecessary crap, especially by Bonds, the SF Bay Area, and even here, at the Flap. Dude was just doing his job and now to find out he’s suddenly gone, coupled with all the positive comments about him, I’m just shaking my head about how life is often terribly unfair.
RIP Pedro.
Yeah, as Unca said, that probably was a slog having to cover Bonds’ joyless HR chase. I’m seeing some cool stories on Twitter, the best one about a young Oakland Trib reporter who was getting harangued by La Russa over a misleading headline the writer had nothing to do with, finally Gomez said, “Jesus Christ, Tony. You know we don’t write the headlines. The story is right. Leave the kid alone. Why are you embarrassing him?” Which probably said as much about La Russa as it did Gomez.
Loo I sent you an email
I know the Chiefs were missing their two starting tackles, and that is tough. Would have liked to see how TB’s D looked with the Chief’s two starting tackles in the mix. But Mahomes looked pretty pedestrian all day. TB was in his jock consistently.
Andy reid making zero adjustments all game when his line was getting mowed down was weird, too
options could be deciding factor as to who makes OF. Guys without them either have to win a spot outright or get DFA’d and released. Seems like only roster spots open for position players. Wade did OK vs. RHP with Twins…interesting that Z seems to value OB over bombs and slugging.
Slusser said Wade has one option left.
The Jeff Young article in Around the Horn said he had two remaining, but Slusser probably has the better info.
I would say after Andy Reid’s idiot kid drunk(admitted to 2-3 drinks I’m guessing more) on Adderal, driving and slamming into a disabled vehicle, uhh let’s make that 2 vehicles and sending to little kids( boy&girl) to the hospital, one the girl named Ariel 5 years old in a coma and bruising around her face.That Thursday crash had to have a heavy impact on Reid and the players knowing their leader is hurting,bringing the level of play down.
For as great a coach Andy Reid is, his 2 sons Garrett now dead ( drug dealer in Philly,heroin and addicted himself, alcohol abuse and Brit pass problems with guns,alcohol,drugs,DUI (2007) have to be a major black eye in his past and still future..
I feel for Andy. Whether he was a good parent or not usually kids are gonna do what they do anyway. Some people should just never drink.
yeah but the thing is, this dude has had other run ins and problems and Reid just kept promoting him. That’s negligence on his his part and makes him a co-conspirator in that tragedy the other day.
yeah it is a spot on the KC organization.
Until you walk in Andy Reid’s shoes, it’s easy to go there.
I have been over the Sharks last couple years as well…not that I cared about Chiefs losing or losing to Flav, just would have been nice to have had an actual competitive game. Was awful to watch. Cant wait to tee it off in a couple days in Thousand Oaks…sad story about Pedro Gomez….
I remember when Gomez would go live talking about Bonds chase to the record. It always looked to me like he would rather be anywhere else than where he was. He was one of the better sports reporters IMO. RIP
I still can’t believe the Chiefs got blown out and didn’t even score a touchdown.
I have to tip my cap to you on this one Flav—you made a good call.
And double check your records cuz I paid your ass before the game was over as well.
Gomez news was a bummer. He wrote for a bay area paper for a little while.
You did pay thank you.
Just got off the horn with Flavor . . . Congratulated him and he was quite understanding about the fact that I don’t have cash, but will have to send a check. I just don’t use cash anymore. This money I do have ($20 bill and 8 $1s) – is change from a dinner in Placerville 6 to 7 months ago. I stopped using cash last March after reading that COVID-19 is still active on many surfaces for up to 28 days.
Anywho, again, I bow to the master gambler. 🙂
If these guys are correct about MLB deadening this year’s baseballs, it’s back to the conga line approach to hitting.
https://www.radio.com/670thescore/sports/mlb-reportedly-deadening-ball-for-2021-season?fbclid=IwAR13lQxZ8aXopfvGJ6e7tZPGo50tHrfJXhTsus8U28cIS4EHUtad5HterJU
I get a “This site can’t be reached” error message…
Chi: Try MLBTR. Just read there that ball is 1/10 oz lighter and slightly deadened. Could make life with the BoreCore a bit tedious unless Belt reverts to a mass of doubles and both he and Craw can emulate Buster by occasionally going the other way. Some dead-pull hitters will do okay, but center-over sluggers may gasp and pant in frustration
The big gripe from pitchers in 2019 was that the stitches on the ball were barely raised…
Sorry about that Chi, I haven’t vetted this site and know shit about them but this is how it starts.
“The league has informed teams of changes to the ball that will be in effect for the upcoming season, MLB insiders Ken Rosenthal and Eno Sarris reported Monday. The tweaks to the ball will be minor reductions in weight and “bounciness,” the report said, and taken in total with the addition of humidors to several ballparks, the adjustments will likely have the combined effect of dragging down offense. MLB informed its 30 club teams of the changes in a memo last week, the report said.
An unnamed expert cited in the report believes the so-called deadening of the ball could curb home runs by about 5% — the equivalent of moving outfield walls back by about five feet in every MLB ballpark. A record number of home runs were slugged in 2019, surpassing the previous mark by a whopping 11%.”
mlb’s juicing of the ball in 2015 was at least partly accidental. A retired nuclear physicist, big baseball fan, obtained and disassembled certified baseballs from before and after and determined that the yarn had changed. That’s it. Air resistance diminished, the hide, stitched by the same Costa Rican hands before and after, tightened slightly. Remember the pitchers who complained about the seams and developed blisters? (I posted the physicist’s article when I found it.) Other studies offered additional info. Mlb itself studied the changes. Now, apparently, they think they know what they’re doing. Tech advances, maybe.
So when do we get an accurate strike zone?
Soon to be followed by letting aluminum bats into the game.
One of my smarter friends says the masks are here to stay.
As in forever…
Not that the big majority of the people want that, but as long as tens of millions still get most of their info from the talking heads over boobtoob noose, objections will be swiftly stifled—unlike almost every country in Europe where street protests are all over the place and most particularly in Italy where hundreds of restaurant owners said they would not cooperate with the lockdown agenda. Probable majority of Americans have become too fat, satisfied and stoopid (channeling my inner Twin here) to do anything much more than gripe and grumble.
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I just don’t see that…ain’t buying it….
Masks in close contact don’t equate to lockdown.
I saw a tweet from a doctor at few weeks back:
“My new driver’s license says that I must wear glasses when I drive. That’s an outrageous infringement on my freedoms, namely on the right to be free from having to wear something on my face just because it might keep me from killing someone freedom!”
I really liked that final “freedom”
“(channeling my inner Twin here)”
Except TF would have been 100% supportive of wearing masks.
Wearing masks to lower our chances of getting the Covid virus is following the best scientific knowledge we currently have about the virus.
If the Warriors lose today, the Kings will momentarily pass the Warriors and momentarily hold the 8th seed.
Always liked Harrison Barnes, out of Ames HS in Iowa where he won couple state titles. Matchup btw Kings C Richaun Holmes and James Wiseman will be fun to watch.
Is he the first Barnes not nicknamed “Bad News”?
I never really appreciated how good a player he is until watching him on an every-game basis with the Kings. A solid all-around player. Good defense, good passer, good shooter. He provides veteran leadership on the young-ish Kings.
He’s very hot and cold. He can disappear for long stretches.
And the advice was identical in 1918.
Yup! Only difference is now you can tweet it…
Stix- ‘Probable majority of Americans too fat, satisfied and stoopid to do anything much more than gripe and grumble.” That hit the nail on the head. A large population of Americans have been that way for a long time and the pandemic has surely brought those numbers up,
Gripe, grumble, and try a coup . . .
Some coup. Walking between velvet ropes and taking selfies with the guards.
Stix, there’s plenty of video and photos of hand to hand combat that day. A police officer was killed, and 140 or so officers injured, some very badly. Many officers had head injuries, one lost an eye. 2 of the officers committed suicide a few days later. The mob came within minutes of getting to members of Congress and Pence.
Tell that to the dead cop, the dead vet, and the 2 others that killed themselves and the random out of shape heart attack victims.
Latest info indicates police officer was NOT killed. Died, though. More media messing? The only person actually, provably killed was that Q. woman from SoCal who was shot at point blank range by a guard, originally from Brazil, who has been said to be a virulent anti-Trumpensteiner. Capitol police even beforehand refused reinforcements from FBI and others. You will never find this info on Boobtoob Noose or any other mass media of me$merization. Some 22 of the arrestees were reported to be Antifa types agitating the stoopid Trumpsters. There was a coup, alright, but not by that bunch of losers.
Please. Latest info from where? mars? Yeah, they were antifa in disguise. I get it.
All the videos are faked. Sandy Hook didn’t happen. The moon landing was a hoax. 9/11 was a projection.
Unca: Take the pledge: “I will cease and desist from getting my news, information and points of view from the 90% controlled by 6 powerful insiders’ mass media”. Either that or stick to sports where you happen to be highly informed and quite insightful.
Very disappointed in the Chiefs organization for not stepping up to the plate and saying:We will pickup ALL MEDICAL BILLS for this little girl. Rather then a not so heartfelt praying for the best approach. The Freakin Hunt’s are worth 15 billion dollars, and even Andy Reid millions, and yes I get that legal issues come into effect why nothing can be said, but setting up a go fund me should not even have been needed if the Chiefs did the right thing from the start..
Thoughts and prayers ain’t cuttin’ it for ya?
Loo, sorry about KC’s loss. Mahomes is amazing. If he stays healthy in his career, he’ll always be relevant, and KC should do everything it can to build a more complete team around him. But you just can’t win a Super Bowl game by yourself. And I know this is not a popular view here on the Flap, but for me, I enjoyed watching one more game of Brady to Gronkowski. TB12 looked very comfortable out there. He loses when he’s not comfortable. Not uncomfortable last night. Too bad the game wasn’t closer, it really should’ve been closer….
Mahomes WRs really let him down. They had critical drops.
Everything imaginable went wrong, starting with Reid’s game plan.
I don’t think he had one…
He sure didn’t make any changes to get Mahomes out of trouble. Pressure was coming up the middle constantly. They should have rolled him out.
Wow. 7 inning double headers and runner at 2nd base in extra innings for the 2021 season. No DH in NL.
Laaaame. The first 2 anyway.
https://www.mlb.com/giants/schedule/printable-schedule-2021
Games vs. Padres from May 10th thru September 12th: 0
Totally agree. That runner on 2nd thang is totally insane.
Hey what is a good streaming servce for the warriors games? I cut the cord on cable today. Fucking shysters,
Flavor recommends: bilasport.net
I haven’t tried it…
Thnks. I’ll give it a shot.
Awesome. Glad I have a Mac.
you sometimes have to switch to the other feed if the main feed conks out.
It worked great. And no fucking commercials. Thanks
There are now a huge number of TV series that lots of people say are must-see. Too much. It cuts into reading time.
can’t find shit to watch
total agree with this. Mahomes is incredible, he does things no QB has ever done
He had two incompletions, I think on consecutive plays, that were better than any throw Brady made last night.
Agreed. Mahomes’ athleticism is almost beyond belief. That Hail Mary from down on his back came sooo close to a T.D. Most of his misses were like that, jumping, turning, spinning, eluding…and many of them were close enough that they should have been caught. Loss of those two tackles for KC were huge and indicative that with some competent protection from his linemen, he would have consistently connected.
RW is right there with him.
Need to mix this with the audio.
He got into the end zone more than the Chiefs.
Guard should get 15 yards for leading with his head.
This one is flat unreal. Doink!
My son said he read on twitter the guy bet a ton of money on a prop bet their would be a streaker and did it himself. Cleared > $10K
I love Kerr’s out of bounds plays, but don’t think Green’s shot was quite what he drew up.
Yeah, that was curious at best. Dray’s missed free throws were killer as well.
Woulda been funny if that shot went in tho.
He didn’t wait long enough for defender to get close enough. Shot fake might have worked, instead he just flung it .up there and missed badly. Inbound play started at 8.7 seconds with Warriors down 3, plenty of time to move ball even if Curry was guarded.
RIP Marty Schottenheimer.
Mary Wilson of Supremes died too. How many school age girls imitated their onstage moves, like in Stop! In the Name of Love, from all the times they were on Ed Sullivan?
Saw the Funk Brothers vid about the local Detroit jazz musicians (including bassist James Jamerson) Motown employed to do all the rhythm tracks behind which the singers did all their hits. Great show, which also featured more modern takes on them live with other singers and newer bandmates. Good stuff and their music was big part of my HS days.
When I was in like 6th grade, 1972, I’d tell my friends about Sam and Dave, Sam Cooke, Otis Redding and others like that, and their running joke to me what ‘who the fuck are Sam and Dave?’
Stax/Volt was great record label! Steve Cropper et Al, Memphis Horns
What is it with all these notables-icons dying over the past year or so…many of them at no great advanced age, but only middling old? Too much high-life with all its stresses and bad nutrition and exercise choices? Canaries in the coal mine?
If that is the criteria then I’m past due !
Mary Wilson was the best of the three.
When we moved to Santa Clara in 68 I was astounded to see no Black kids in the HS. Apparently, every African American in the valley lived in East Palo Alto and attended Ravenswood HS. Their basketball fans travelled, filled one half our auditorium, and their cheerleaders put on a show.
Dude, the streaker made $374,000 on the prop bet of a streaker at the game. He put down $50,000 on the +750 prop bet and had a friend deke the guards and he hit the field.
https://www.sportbible.com/americanfootball/news-betting-super-bowl-streaker-yuri-andrade-won-374000-on-incredible-prop-bet-20210209#:~:text=Super%20Bowl%20streaker%20Yuri%20Andrade%20has%20reportedly%20made%20%24374%2C000%20on,came%20to%20a%20temporary%20stop.
I’ll bet forfeiture proceedings could take all of those winnings. And he’ll still have legal bills. And probation. But he’ll also always have that broken tackle at the 50.
He was fined $1,000 for trespassing.
“Andrade was arrested and charged with trespassing before posting $500 bond.” Dammit. Where’s our criminal law expert?
According to latinosports.com, the DR went undefeated at 7-0 and won caribbean WS over PR. Cano played, Juan Lagares drove in run in deciding 4-1 victory, hit 2 bombs with 8 rbis overall. Felix Fermin was winning mgr.
Lagares I think is still looking for job after Mets let him go and signed Albert Almora. Have to look that up
Ah Angels signed Lagares to minor league deal for $1mil plus if he makes roster. Career with Mets .254/.297/.361 for .659 OPS 25 HRs in 1960 ABs. Solid defensive OF, rough year 2019 signed with Pads but couldn’t make team out of ST, no ML ABs 2020.
Grave Duggar could do the job of Lagares and Lame-onte and still have time to make himself a ham sando for a snack
mm we’ll see. Room for 5 OFs to make opening day roster. I’d say your boy is longshot though hardly out of the race.
5 outfielders—-Yaz,Dick,Dubon are locks all ready
Slater,Davis and GraveDuggar fighting for the other 2 spots..
Ruf just an emergency outfielder nothing more but a RH bat off the bench and that’s only with how many pitchers they keep 12 are 13?? 13 means one less outfielder..
Marlins agree to a 1 year contract for Adam Duvall 4.5 mil reported..
I haven’t paid that much attention to our Bullpen, but I think Jake McGee is a pretty good signing.
There sure stacked with left handed relievers now Bozo
McGee 2 years 7 mil..They have Barager,Mendez,Selman,Peralta,and Garcia from the left side now..