November 02, 2015

SportsFilter: The Monday Huddle:

A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.

posted by huddle to general at 06:00 AM - 15 comments

Total number of ESPN experts that predicted the Royals to make it to the playoffs this year: 4 out of 15 (and only 2 predicted a division title, and NONE of them had them getting to the World Series)

Total number of FOX experts that predicted the Royals to make it to the playoffs this year: 0 out of 12

Total number of SI experts that predicted the Royals to make it to the playoffs this year: 0 out of 6

Total number of CBS experts that predicted the Royals to make it to the playoffs this year: 1 out of 6 (and only as a wild card to lose in the first round)

Total number of Grantland experts that predicted the Royals to make to the playoffs this year: 0 out of 6

Other experts that didn't pick the Royals to make the playoffs:
The Sporting News
MLB.com
Baseball Prospectus


That's 5 out of 48 "experts" predicted the Royals to just make the playoffs, and none of them predicted they'd reach the World Series, never mind win it all.

posted by grum@work at 08:56 AM on November 02, 2015

Oh, and that's the 111th time in a row that the team that [wanted to win it the most/never gave up/had great team chemistry/knew how to win] has actually won the World Series. It's really quite an amazing streak!

posted by grum@work at 08:58 AM on November 02, 2015

Gerard Delofeu played an amazing game, opening goal, two assists and still had to be yanked after an hour because of a yellow card. Because he cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot dive convincingly.

posted by yerfatma at 11:22 AM on November 02, 2015

Gerard Delofeu played an amazing game, opening goal, two assists and still had to be yanked after an hour because of a yellow card. Because he cannot, and I can't stress this enough, cannot dive convincingly.

I can't watch a highlight on the "World" version of ESPN about a game in Europe because I'm Canadian.

The first sports league (real or e-sport) that figures out that you WANT your highlights on every platform in every nation...they are going to rule the world.

posted by grum@work at 11:42 AM on November 02, 2015

I can't watch a highlight on the "World" version of ESPN about a game in Europe because I'm Canadian.

Canadians: can get a hit here.

posted by Mr Bismarck at 02:01 PM on November 02, 2015

More Proof Gerard Deulofeu Is A Brilliant Lunatic

posted by yerfatma at 03:00 PM on November 02, 2015

It is ridiculous that neither the NFL nor NFLPA is making the Rams fix the ring of concrete that keeps injuring players.

posted by rcade at 03:21 PM on November 02, 2015

More Proof Gerard Deulofeu Is A Brilliant Lunatic

I can see the dive video in that link (and MrB's gif), but the actually good plays by Deulofeu I can't see because (sing it with me)..."This content is not available in your location."

As for the dive, that is definitely in need of a "hidden sniper" gif version.

posted by grum@work at 03:46 PM on November 02, 2015

Sling is now offering BeIN as part of a $10 a month international sports subscription.

posted by rcade at 05:31 PM on November 02, 2015

Impressive athletic defensive plays late in the game on several long Colts throws by a tired Panthers secondary. Great timing and flag free execution.

posted by beaverboard at 12:41 AM on November 03, 2015

Josh Norman was incredible on one long bomb near the end zone. He had to make up ground and timed his leap perfectly to deflect a touchdown. It was ballet.

posted by rcade at 09:42 AM on November 03, 2015

Panthers are really good for a team without any pro level wide receivers. Carolina management is wasting a lot of great players in their prime by not filling that void.

posted by cixelsyd at 10:23 AM on November 03, 2015

Well, they had Kelvin Benjamin until he tore his ACL all up.

posted by NoMich at 10:36 AM on November 03, 2015

Anquan Boldin? Not a long term solution but would be a huge upgrade on the current roster. He can run routes and catch the ball, rarely below a 60% target to catch ratio ... and playing on a team with a QB who can't get him (or anyone else) the ball.

posted by cixelsyd at 11:29 AM on November 03, 2015

Bolding also runs on the field in street clothes to jump into a scrum.

posted by billsaysthis at 01:56 PM on November 04, 2015

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