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March 28, 2013
SportsFilter: The Thursday 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.
I got this at the New York Mets spring training game in Port St. Lucie last night. And not just because it was the only food vendor with no line.
posted by rcade at 10:25 AM on March 28, 2013
I know, I know. It's really serious.
posted by ursus_comiter at 11:37 AM on March 28, 2013
You went all the way to Port St. Lucie to watch the Mets? That's more than a 4 hour drive from Jax. Hopefully you were in Vero on business or something.
The taco is unreal. One of those should be on display at Ripley's.
posted by beaverboard at 11:42 AM on March 28, 2013
Phil Jackson made his first tweet last night.
I presume it came some distance after his first drink.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 01:07 PM on March 28, 2013
posted by billsaysthis at 03:58 PM on March 28, 2013
Presidential NCAA bracket sliding downhill on 16th Street toward Pennsylvania Ave. at a quickening pace.
posted by beaverboard at 12:09 AM on March 29, 2013
Beaverboard, that's true for almost everyone--who didn't have one of Indiana and Gonzaga making the Final Four, if not both (he asked sheepishly)? At least I misread the titles and instead of having a sure path to the Costanza I'm somewhat comfortably mid-table.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:19 AM on March 29, 2013
Yeah, everybody at ESPN had either Indiana or Miami winning the East, so they're all hosed. A few had G'Town or VCU winning the South, but generally, it seems like still having 3/4 of your Final Four intact at this point is pretty normal.
posted by LionIndex at 11:32 AM on March 29, 2013
You went all the way to Port St. Lucie to watch the Mets? That's more than a 4 hour drive from Jax.
Viera's a 1 hour and 52 minute drive from my house.
I went to Viera to see the final two Nats spring training games in Florida. I realized after the first game that I could make the Mets game before opening pitch, so I went another hour south. Twenty seven innings of laid-back last week spring ball: Nats-Braves, Mets-Astros and Nats-Mets. Plus a side trip to the World of Beer to try Roquefort Trappistes 10 and Stone IPA.
posted by rcade at 11:32 AM on March 29, 2013
Houston Rockets GM makes a funny.