Texas State hit us where we feel things.
Joe’s Notes: Hockey and Basketball’s Best of Seven Format Creates Urgency Baseball’s Lacks
The Lightning, down 2-1, have more pressure on them than a baseball team in the same position.
Joe’s Notes: Managers Make Good Scapegoats
Joe Girardi is out in Philadelphia.
Joe’s Notes: Is the Moment of Truth Coming for the Cubs and Jason Heyward?
Christopher Morel has changed the equation surrounding the Cubs’ deadest weight.
Joe’s Notes: Iowa State Extends T.J. Otzelberger
Thoughts on Iowa State’s possible long-term men’s basketball coach (and other things).
Joe’s Notes: An SEC Playoff Is a Great Idea
Though more likely a bluff than not, an SEC Playoff in either presumable form would be good for college football.
Joe’s Notes: Jimmy Butler Made It Interesting
Jimmy Butler briefly saved the Playoffs, the Avalanche answered the wall, and the Brewers might be ok without Brandon Woodruff. Also…more things. Lot going on.
Joe’s Notes: Joc Pederson Is Absolutely Smoking Baseballs
The Giants’ outfielder has been hitting the ball better than anyone but Mike Trout and Aaron Judge.
Joe’s Notes: Grandpa or Not, Louisville Should Be Back
The Milt Wagner hiring marks a convenient moment to talk Louisville hoops.
Joe’s Notes: The Cubs Are the Cubs, and That’s Different From What It Was
Asking the was-2016-good question.
Joe’s Notes: Don’t Rule Out the Cubs Extending Willson Contreras
The longer the Cubs don’t trade him, the likelier it becomes.
Joe’s Notes: Iowa State Got a Guy
With the addition of Osun Osunniyi, Iowa State has successfully dodged transfer portal disaster. That and a lot more as we begin the weekend.
Joe’s Notes: Can Shohei Ohtani Overcome Baseball’s Aging Problem?
Also, Frank Schwindel and GlowBalls (not related).
Joe’s Notes: The Cubs Rebuild Has a Long, Long Way to Go
Very few of these guys will still be around in two or three years.
Joe’s Notes: Horse Racing Isn’t Fading Away
The Kentucky Derby isn’t going anywhere. Therefore, neither is horse racing.
Joe’s Notes: How to Make Me Care About the NBA
The first rounds of the NBA Playoffs stink, and they stink so bad they make the regular season stink too. (Also, we’re mad at David Ross.)
Joe’s Notes: Does the NIL Transfer Portal Help or Hurt Fred Hoiberg?
Plus Gelo’s successful season debut and what xwRC+ can tell us about the Cubs.
Joe’s Notes: The Quantification of Hockey
Plus draft bits, the transfer and portal tampering, and plenty of baseball.