— Panthers 5, Oilers 4, 2OT
Brad Marchand scored on a breakaway 8:05 into the second overtime to even this series 1-1.
First two games of the series both went to overtime.
Teams were a combined 2-10 on power plays; Florida had a shorthanded goal.
Game 4 is Monday night in Florida.
— Major League Baseball does a cruddy job of marketing its product; I spend a decent amount of $$$ on MLB.TV, which is a pretty good deal except for one thing. Can’t watch New York teams play live; have to wait until 90 minutes after the game ends.
Mets are out west this week; couldn’t watch the replay of two of their games in Dodger Stadium this week until 3am. Even for me, that’s too damn late.
Lose the blackouts; stop being greedy bastards. Let people watch the games. When you have a really good product, let people see it.
— Was surprised the other night when Mets TV analyst Keith Hernandez said he’s never seen Major League, the great baseball movie. Hernandez talks about TV/movies a decent amount during his TV work, was surprised he’s never sen a movie that came in 1989, especially with Bob Uecker, Steve Yeager in it.
— A’s 5, Orioles 4
Mason Miller got the last five outs for his 13th save; he escaped a bases loaded, one-out jam in the 8th inning. Tremendous save.
Just like the old days; a closer getting more than three outs to earn a save.
A’s CF Denzel Clarke made a great, great catch in the 4th inning, running full speed into the fence in left-center field after he caught the ball. Clarke left the game a while later, possibly with a concussion.
— In 2012, NFL’s Washington Redskins drafted QB’s Robert Griffin III, Kirk Cousins in the same year, Griffin in the first round, Cousins in the 4th round. Mike Shanahan was the coach; they went 10-6 with rookie Griffin starting, losing 24-14 to Seattle in the playoffs.
That Washington team had a tremendous coaching staff; in addition to Mike Shanahan, who had previously won two Super Bowls with the Broncos, they had these current head coaches as assistants:
Sean McVay
Kyle Shanahan
Matt LaFleur
Mike McDaniel
— Mike Shanahan was 178-144 as an NFL head coach; he is known mainly for the passing attack John Elway used to win two Super Bowls, but Shanahan sept two years early in his career as an assistant coach for Barry Switzer’s Oklahoma Sooners, who were famous for running an offense where they rarely threw the ball. Wishbone offense teams ran the ball……a lot.
— Read on the Interweb this week that North Carolina’s basketball team will have a payroll of $14M this coming season, that’s MILLION, with an M. It isn’t college basketball anymore, it is minor league basketball, where some kids prefer getting paid to pay in college rather than make less money in the G League.
— Famous birthdays, June 7th:
Cazzie Russell, 81
Don Money, 78
Liam Neeson, 73
Jim Burt, 66
Terrell Buckley, 54
Allen Iverson, 50
Kellen Clemens, 42
Michael Cera, 37
Jordan Clarkson, 33
— Jesus Luzardo pitches for the Phillies, and is also on my fantasy team. That situation took a turn for the worse this week.
First 11 starts this year, he allowed a TOTAL of 16 earned runs. Tremendous.
Last two starts, he’s given up 20 earned runs in 5.1 IP. 20 runs in five innings.
Is he tipping his pitches? This was the most runs a pitcher has ever given up in consecutive starts. No bueno.
— Nationals 2, Rangers 0
Soroka out-dueled former National Corbin in this pitchers’ duel.
Alex Call homered for Washington.
Game was played in 1:50; bad night for the vendors.
— Tigers 3, Cubs 1
Torkelson/Jones homered for Detroit.
Tarik Skubal’s last 11 starts: 3 walks, 95 strikeouts.
Attendance was 40,132, Detroit’s third sellout this season.
— Bronx 9, Red Sox 6
New York led this game 7-0 in the second inning.
Boston starting pitchers have a 7.06 ERA in first inning this year.
Red Sox have lost nine of their last 12 games.
— Pirates 5, Phillies 4
Adam Frazier had three hits, scored winning run in 9th inning.
Phillies have lost seven of their last eight games.
— Angels 5, Mariners 4
Kyle Hendricks got his 100th career win.
Mariners have lost four games in a row.
Julio Rodriguez made a great to rob Chris Taylor of a home run.
— Giants 5, Braves 4 (10)
Winning run scored on a wild pitch.
Atlanta is now 27-35 overall, 9-17 in one-run games.
— If the baseball playoffs started today: (they don’t):
NL: Mets, Cubs, Dodgers. Wild Cards: Phillies, Padres, Giants
AL: New York, Astros, Tigers, Wild Cards: Rays, Blue Jays, Twins
