Wednesday Roundup #2

Edition #61

Mar 06, 2024

It’s time for the next roundup piece. Here are some of the AMAZING posts I saw this week.

Most of y’all know I LOVE the Dodgers. Well, here’s an AMAZING piece by Shawn Childs previewing the Dodgers hitting this season.

High Stakes Fantasy Baseball/Football Analyst

2024 Los Angeles Dodgers Hitting Preview

The Dodgers Express has been on the fast track for the past 11 seasons, leading to a playoff berth each year and three World Series appearances (win in 2020). At this point in the franchise, anything short of a championship title is disappointing. Over the past three seasons, they’ve won 317 of 486 games (65.2%). Los Angeles has six other World Series titles (1955, 1959, 1963, 1965, 1981, and 1988). The Dodgers lost their first seven trips to the World Series from 1916 to 1953 while also losing seven other times when the MLB championship was on the line…

2 years ago · 1 like · Shawn Childs

To be honest, I completely forgot Domantas Sabonis was in this league. Now? I know that he’s the dark horse for this award. Find out more by checking out Jacob Sutton ‘s post.

JSuttHoops

Should Sabonis Be An MVP Candidate?

Hey you! Want access to this article and everything in the archive? Become a premium subscriber for less than your average Starbucks order! If I had a nickel for every time I’ve written an article because of a media pundit’s offhand comment this week, I’d have two nickels. That isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it’s happened twice…

2 years ago · 2 likes · Jacob Sutton

I learned WAY too much on this post. Quinn Everts ? AMAZING JOB.

The Broken Press

One Bad Stat for Each Good NBA Team

No good team is without flaws (though I’ll be honest, Boston is close.) Today we’re going snorkeling for stats— bad ones! Let’s see what piles of trash lie underneath the pristine surfaces of the NBA’s best teams and how close I am to hitting the PANIC…

2 years ago · 12 likes · 2 comments · Quinn Everts

The NBA 3rd quarter is over. It’s now time to hand out the third-quarter awards. Leave it up to Mike Shearer to do that!

Basketball Poetry

Third Quarter Awards for the 2024 NBA Season

It’s time to hand out the last set of quarterly awards! For this article, we’re counting the third quarter as the ~20 games played since Jan 18th, so the statistics cited have been pulled from that sample whenever possible. Basketball Poetry is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subs…

2 years ago · 7 likes · Mike Shearer

The Falcons. One of the most disappointing teams. Tyler Dunne breaks down the recipe for success.

Go Long

‘One-thousand percent:’ Terry Fontenot believes the Atlanta Falcons will win in 2024

INDIANAPOLIS — This is the look of a man who’ll finally make his quarterback move. He’s grinning, nonstop. He’s speaking with his hands and using props. Terry Fontenot, the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons, plans to make noise. Soon. Unbridled joy inside this Embassy Suites room downtown is a dead giveaway…

2 years ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Tyler Dunne

Astros Under the Radar prospects? Adam Sanford ‘s gotcha covered.

Down on the Farm

Under the Radar Prospects: Astros

On this week’s edition of Under the Radar, the Houston Astros receive the spotlight. The organization is adept at scouting and finding value despite having success almost every season for the last half decade. Their ability to re-load on talent has helped lead the big league team to be a perennial World Series contender. Below are five prospects, one of whom has already made his big league debut, that could help to keep the Astros in the playoff picture for years to come…

2 years ago · 9 likes · 2 comments · Adam Sanford

Masanori Murakami. Who the hell is this guy? The Japanese star before Ohtani. This is another Howard Cole piece. It’s pretty amazing.

Off Base with Howard Cole

Book Excerpt: Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major League

Long before Shohei Ohtani first toed the rubber in Anaheim — 54 years before, to be precise — a reliever by the name of Masanori Murakami became the first Japanese player to appear in the major leagues. After a fine showing as a 20-year-old in a September 1964 callup (1.80 ERA, 0.600 WHIP) Murakami spent the bulk of the 1965 season in San Francisco, pitc…

2 years ago · Howard Cole

Wait. What am I seeing? Chocolate could be gone! Amrita Roy ! I can’t live without it!

The Pragmatic Optimist

Friday5: The American dream costs $3.4M, Deal-making makes a comeback, Chocoholics need to make some sacrifices

Welcome back everyone to another edition of the Friday5. In today’s post, we will talk about 5 different topics at the intersection of macroeconomics, tech and culture in a bite-size edition that will spark your curiosity and hopefully leave you pragmatically optimistic about the world that is often quite noisy and confusing…

2 years ago · 86 likes · 18 comments · Amrita Roy

Healing Haliburton. Couldn’t have said it better myself CoachThorpe .

TrueHoop

Healing Haliburton

BY DAVID THORPE With four minutes to go against the Spurs on Sunday, Tyrese Haliburton found himself in a familiar playmaking spot on the right side of the court with just over four minutes to play. Teammate Myles Turner’s defender, 7-4 phenom Victor Wembanyama, obstructed Haliburton’s path to the rim. Normally, Haliburton would dance with his dribble, giving Turner time to clear out and take the giant shot-blocker with him, then accelerate into open space for a jumper or floater—or take his beloved side-step 3…

2 years ago · 5 likes · CoachThorpe

Few Others:

https://substack.com/home/post/p-142149160

Dean Oliver

Neil’s Substack

The 2023-24 Boston Celtics Are One of the Greatest Regular-Season Teams in NBA History

It’s easy to let the long NBA regular season wash over you, numb to the daily ups and downs of various teams and players across the league. But every so often, a result is so eye-popping that it cuts thr…

2 years ago · 17 likes · 2 comments · Neil Paine

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