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Who is Winning the In Season Tournament (so far) part 2

The In Season Tournament is super competitive in the west! I’m not sure how the scheduling works but the Western Conference has played more Tournament games than the east so while some of the east groups won’t be decided until the last day of group play some of these western groups could be decided as…
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Who’s Winning the In Season Tournament (so far) part 1

The NBA In Season Tournament group play is just 4 games for each team and after yesterday every single team in the NBA has played at least 1 group play game, most teams have played 2 and a couple have played 3. When The NBA In Season Tournament was announced I was skeptical and the…
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First reactions to the NBA season – Maybe my predictions weren’t 100% correct

As hard as it is to admit just 2 weeks into the season it appears I may have been wrong about a few things. Now when it comes to reacting to the first couple weeks of the NBA season you don’t have to believe everything that you see. Just last year the Nuggets and Kings…
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The Clippers Trade for James Harden

After another unconventional trade request James Harden is on the move once again. This time he joins Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and Russell Westbrook on the LA Clippers. I was surprised by the timing of the deal (The fact that it was so early in the season not that it was late at night) and…
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100% Correct Predictions for the NBA Season – Part 2

The NBA awards are great because fans can start arguing about them at halftime of game #1. I might have given away a few of my award predictions in part one of my predictions but here are my official predictions for this years NBA awards. I’ll also include a dark horse candidate for each award…
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100% Correct Predictions for the NBA Season – Part 1

The NBA season started yesterday and I meant to finish this yesterday but I always underestimate how long writing takes. So here are my 100% correct predictions for the upcoming season. I’ll cover how I think the standings will shake out at the end of the year and provide a quick explanation for why. The…
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A Begrudging Recap of the Orioles Season Ending Sweep

The Orioles were swept out of the playoffs by the Texas Rangers and I haven’t been able to make myself write about it in 2 weeks so I am going to do a quick write up before turning this into an NBA blog for a few months. I went to the Orioles final game of…
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Do or Die Moments in the Orioles Unsweepable Streak

On Sunday May 15th 2022 the Detroit Tigers completed a 3 game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles. At the time this seemed like an unremarkable result, the Orioles were 14-21 and were coming off a season where they lost 110 games where they had been swept 19 times. What people did not know on May…
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Do you miss Félix Bautista? I miss Félix Bautista.

The Orioles have played 22 games in 23 days in September and are currently in a stretch of playing 17 days in a row. The entire team is surely feeling the effects of this grueling marathon of games to end the season but the group that needs a day off more than any other is…
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Who Gets the Ball?

With less than a month left in the regular season the Orioles are 3.5 games up on the Rays with a much easier schedule down the stretch. Despite the fact that the Orioles are putting the finishing touches on their best season of the 2000’s there is doubt about their ability to go on a…