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Written sports for every wire service to exist since 4/28/01. extremely good memory. Calls extra innings in baseball overtime and reads everything.
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How Pat Murphy’s personality won over players, fans, and media during Milwaukee Brewers World Series title season Original
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed A majority of managers who won World Series titles are former players with some varying degrees of playing experience and success at the major league level. Milwaukee’s first World Series title team was piloted by Pat Murphy — perhaps the most interesting man in managerial circles — whose folksy nature is endearing to anyone who encounters him, including me and other writers here..
How the Brewers dominant World Series win ranks in MLB history Original
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed Championship teams in all sports come in various forms, such as the surprise titles highlighted in recent years by the 2021 Atlanta Braves and the inevitable championships won by dominant versions of UConn in the 2023 and 2024 NCAA tournaments. Watching the Brewers and being captivated by their eighth postseason trip in nine years, the games unfolded as if they were destined to win their first World Series, which they did on Oct.
Knicks slow start shows difficulty of winning a title and repeating
An NBA team winning a title and following it up with a season-opening three-game losing streak is hardly the cause for alarm bells. Since the third straight loss occurred on a football Sunday that saw the Giants get a captivating win in Houston and the Jets take a home loss to the previously-winless Dolphins that led to louder calls for coach Aaron Glenn's job, the third straight loss barely resonated.
Knicks slow start shows difficulty of winning a title and repeating
An NBA team winning a title and following it up with a season-opening three-game losing streak is hardly the cause for alarm bells. Since the third straight loss occurred on a football Sunday that saw the Giants get a captivating win in Houston and the Jets take a home loss to the previously-winless Dolphins that led to louder calls for coach Aaron Glenn’s job, the third straight loss barely resonated.
Knicks slow start shows difficulty of winning a title and repeating
An NBA team winning a title and following it up with a season-opening three-game losing streak is hardly the cause for alarm bells. Since the third straight loss occurred on a football Sunday that saw the Giants get a captivating win in Houston and the Jets take a home loss to the previously-winless Dolphins that led to louder calls for coach Aaron Glenn’s job, the third straight loss barely resonated.
Knicks slow start shows difficulty of winning a title and repeating
An NBA team winning a title and following it up with a season-opening three-game losing streak is hardly the cause for alarm bells. Since the third straight loss occurred on a football Sunday that saw the Giants get a captivating win in Houston and the Jets take a home loss to the previously-winless Dolphins that led to louder calls for coach Aaron Glenn’s job, the third straight loss barely resonated.
Knicks slow start shows difficulty of winning a title and repeating
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed An NBA team winning a title and following it up with a season-opening three-game losing streak is hardly the cause for alarm bells. Since the third straight loss occurred on a football Sunday that saw the Giants get a captivating win in Houston and the Jets take a home loss to the previously-winless Dolphins that led to louder calls for coach Aaron Glenn’s job, the third straight loss barely resonated.
Knicks slow start shows difficulty of winning a title and repeating
An NBA team winning a title and following it up with a season-opening three-game losing streak is hardly the cause for alarm bells. Since the third straight loss occurred on a football Sunday that saw the Giants get a captivating win in Houston and the Jets take a home loss to the previously-winless Dolphins that led to louder calls for coach Aaron Glenn’s job, the third straight loss barely resonated.
Knicks slow start shows difficulty of winning a title and repeating
An NBA team winning a title and following it up with a season-opening three-game losing streak is hardly the cause for alarm bells. Since the third straight loss occurred on a football Sunday that saw the Giants get a captivating win in Houston and the Jets take a home loss to the previously-winless Dolphins that led to louder calls for coach Aaron Glenn’s job, the third straight loss barely resonated.
Yankees play defense about leadership of Aaron Boone, Brian Cashman Original
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed In the course of nearly a little over 90 minutes while the Rays and Brewers made some of their final preparations for the World Series, the Yankees played defense.
Yankees play defense about leadership of Aaron Boone, Brian Cashman
In the course of nearly a little over 90 minutes while the Rays and Brewers made some of their final preparations for the World Series, the Yankees played defense.
Teams like Tampa Bay Rays, Milwaukee Brewers rarely meet in World Series Original
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed When you are on a team with the best record in your league, the expectation is a World Series trip, regardless of market size, payroll and concerns by network executives and pundits about ratings. Through 1968 that was guaranteed since all a team needed for a Fall Classic berth was to finish with the best record in the American or National League.
Should Rays ace Drew Rasmussen win AL Cy Young award?
Following the end of the regular season three weeks ago, 30 BBBWA media members sent back their ballot for AL Cy Young award. A majority of those ballots, if not all of them, likely contained Cam Schlittler as the top choice with others like Drew Rasmussen and Gavin Williams getting second and third-place votes. However, if the timing was different and the award included postseason stats, it might be fair to wonder if Rasmussen might actually win the Cy Young or get even more consideration.
Should Rays ace Drew Rasmussen win AL Cy Young award? Original
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed Following the end of the regular season three weeks ago, 30 BBBWA media members sent back their ballot for AL Cy Young award. A majority of those ballots, if not all of them, likely contained Cam Schlittler as the top choice with others like Drew Rasmussen and Gavin Williams getting second and third-place votes.
5 Biggest Questions Facing the Yankees After Their 2026 Season
Oct 7, 2026; Bronx, New York, USA; New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone calls for a new pitcher during the eighth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays in game three of the ALDS for the 2026 MLB Playoffs at Yankee Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images 1 – Will Aaron Boone and Brian Cashman return? Boone is entering the last year of his contract and Cashman was on the last year of a contract.
Gavin Williams emerges as postseason star for Guardians
When the Guardians win a tight and low-scoring game, it often gets described as "Guardsball" by announcers and others. Part of the equation for the Guardians involves pitching, and they headed into this year's tournament with a 3.77 ERA, which ranked eighth in the majors during the 162-game marathon. The area where Cleveland ranked even higher was 1,530 strikeouts, giving them the third-most behind the Phillies and Brewers.
Gavin Williams emerges as postseason star for Guardians Original
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed When the Guardians win a tight and low-scoring game, it often gets described as “Guardsball” by announcers and others. Part of the equation for the Guardians involves pitching, and they headed into this year’s tournament with a 3.77 ERA, which ranked eighth in the majors during the 162-game marathon. The area where Cleveland ranked even higher was 1,530 strikeouts, giving them the third-most behind the Phillies and Brewers.
Are Dodgers risking their season by playing Shohei Ohtani in Game 3 of the NLCS?
For all of his production since coming over from Japan in 2018, Shohei Ohtani’s postseason track record is not consistently productive Through 39 postseason games since signing with the Dodgers in Dec. 2023, he is a .235 hitter with 11 homers and 24 RBIs. A bulk of those were produced in 11 games last season when Ohtani had six homers and nine RBIs while batting .341 (14-for-41) in the four-game sweep of the Brewers in the NLCS and a seven-game triumph over the Blue Jays in the World Series.
Are Dodgers risking their season by playing Shohei Ohtani in Game 3 of the NLCS? Original
Get Lindy's Sports in your Google feed For all of his production since coming over from Japan in 2018, Shohei Ohtani’s postseason track record is not consistently productive Through 39 postseason games since signing with the Dodgers in Dec.
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