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Fangraphs current playoff odds/projections 57-105 That's wildly optimistic. Considering they are 75% trading Fedde, Pham, DeJong, Kopech and at least 50/50 on Crochet, Robert, Flexen, Wilson, Brebbia, Banks. Then you've got Moncada and Jimenez, as well as Clevinger. Right now, the actual pace is 44-118. Royals were 56-106 last season, fwiw. And nowhere near as bad as this White Sox team is going to be down the stretch, minus some miraculous/unexpected contributions on the minor league development side of the equation.

So minimal minimal return. Just about saving money at this point.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40382107/kansas-lawmakers-approve-plan-lure-chiefs-missouri Just go to Kansas/Johnson County or Wyandotte County by the KS Speedway Dem Gov/Republican Legislature Story notes Chiefs are expected to eventually chip in at least $500-700 million privately…

Australian for beer.

Women's Basketball Gold Medal Winner (current betting odds) USA Women -1250 Australia Women +2000 China Women +2000 France Women +2500 Belgium Women +2500 Japan Women +2800 USA Basketball is expected to name a replacement for Cameron Brink before the games start next month. One player who won't replace her is Indiana guard Caitlin Clark, as her name is not in the 3x3 team Olympic selecting pool. Brink's spot will also need to be filled with another player at her position. yahoo sports

Swoopes calls Caitlin Clark a bully The fallout from the Indiana Fever's 91-83 win over the Chicago Sky was the hot topic on Gilbert Arenas' Gil's Arena show on Monday. Reese's flagrant foul on Clark for hitting her in the head, which both players dismissed as a "basketball play," led the former NBA star to make some comments that Swoopes didn't appreciate on the show. "With Angel, she's rugged. She's a rugged girl. She's built for trying to bully," Arenas said. "No one feels sorry for the bully." Swoopes proved that Arenas was correct, because she claimed Clark is more of a bully than Reese on the court, and felt zero sympathy for the No. 1 draft pick. In response to Reese's foul and the resulting coverage, she said, "We can't make it seem like she was assaulted." Swoopes also stated she does not think the Chi Town Barbie is a bully at all. https://www.marca.com/en/basketball/wnba/indiana-fever/2024/06/18/6671a43d22601dd5318b45bd.html https://www.yahoo.com/sports/caitlin-clark-becomes-fastest-wnba-205555386.html With her performance against the Sky, Clark became the fastest player in WNBA history to record 200-plus points, 75-plus rebounds and 75-plus assists. ..... Through the first 15 games of her WNBA career, Clark has tallied 242 points, 93 assists and 76 rebounds. Clark also has 19 steals and 15 blocks on the season. It’s already been a season of history making for Clark. During Clark and the Fever’s victory earlier in the season over the Chicago Sky on June 1, Clark joined Ionescu as the only players in WNBA history to register 150-plus points, 50-plus rebounds and 50-plus assists in their first 10 career games. Clark accomplished another bit of WNBA history in the Fever’s Sunday win over the Sky. Clark joined Breanna Stewart as the first WNBA rookie with 15-plus points, five-plus rebounds and five-plus assists in five games since Stewart did so in the 2016 season. Caitlin Clark is the third WNBA rookie to record 20/5/5 at least five times. Joins Tamika Catchings (6) and Diana Taurasi (5).

Much better than Cannon Fodder!!!

Cameron Brink just hurt her knee tonight against CT. Going to be a lot of clamoring for Clark to replace her on the roster if she's unable to play. Of course, there's a long history between Van Lith and Clark in the NCAA tourney, dating back to Louisville ("You can't see me" Cena move) and LSU this last season, where Hailey got torched defensively. Colorado Springs (USA) - USA Basketball announced today, June 5, the 2024 USA Basketball 3x3 Women’s National Team, which will compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The four-member roster includes Cameron Brink (LA Sparks), Cierra Burdick (31, Valencia/Spain), Rhyne Howard (Atlanta Dream) and Hailey Van Lith (TCU). The roster was selected by the USA Basketball 3x3 Women’s National Team Committee. CBS drew the best WNBA game audience in 23 years around the second meeting of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, with the Chicago Sky-Indiana Fever game on Sunday at noon ET delivering 2.25 million viewers.7小时前

https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-wnba-owner-kelly-loeffler-090009007.html Greg will love this one, it's from Fox News. In all fairness to Loeffler, she really did (not mentioned) get screwed out of a huge increase in the value of all the WNBA franchises after she was forced to sell out of the Dream stake. Teams like the Seattle Storm went from something like a $13 million valuation to somewhere in the $125-140 million range over the last 12 months alone. Former Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, who co-owned the Atlanta Dream from 2011 to 2021, told Fox News Digital the rookie sensation has been widely celebrated because "she's 100% basketball." "She's not about politics," Loeffler said. "That's what people want when they purchase tickets, when they spend their family's hard-earned money and time to go to a game. They want to see pure athletic competition, the best of the best. And I think Caitlin is the best chance to get back to that." Loeffler may be the best-known owner of a WNBA squad after her Dream players revolted against her Republican politics in 2020. After she was appointed to an open Georgia Senate seat in 2019, she spoke out against the WNBA's embrace of Black Lives Matter during her run in a special election the following year. In return, her players sported t-shirts supporting her Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock, creating a media frenzy. The irony here is that while Clark is not about politics, Loeffler most certainly is, as the "right" wing of the political spectrum continues to appropriate her for their own culture wars.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/kevin-durant-says-were-better-212802370.html He didn't name any names, though. "I think she’s going to definitely be on one of these teams going forward but right now, there were better candidates out there," Durant explained during the appearance alongside his Boardroom partner, Rich Kleiman. Sabrina Ionescu, Brittney Griner, Kelsey Plum and Diana Taurasi are among the WNBA stars selected for Team USA's 2024 roster. Related: Serena Williams Encourages Caitlin Clark to 'Continue Doing What She’s Doing’ and Avoid Critics He shared praise for the WNBA as well and their work "showcasing" the no. 1 overall pick. "The WNBA is doing a great job of showcasing her. I see her games on ESPN every other day," Durant said, "I see her in talks around, no matter what they’re talking about, there's a lot of dialogue around the game right now, so that's good as well."

Montero (doing "okay" this year) one of the all-time worst reliever deals. Then you've got Abreu and Hader (doing better recently) as well. Yikes.

Cannon aiming for the AL Rookie of the Month votes if he can keep this streak going for one more start...who would they be facing the next time his turn comes up in the rotation?

Wonder if our former all-star prep water polo draft pick who played 1B had similar comments trying to break in...that was always one of the more curious player moves, but I guess nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Shouldn't the title of the thread be re-litigating 2021 with a guest first pitch thrown out by Leury Garcia?

https://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-sky-and-wnba/2024/06/18/skys-angel-reese-doesnt-feel-like-talking-and-thats-ok-is-she?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=061824 Angel Reese interview&utm_content=061824 Angel Reese interview+CID_6fa6ae84c3c0e59dd360b699dee44faa&utm_source=cst_campaign_monitor&utm_term=Skys Angel Reese doesnt feel like talking and thats OK Is she&tpcc=cst_cm Included this about Angel Reese due to the Chicago ties with the Sky and ALSO because a lot of new WNBA fans would like to see Clark, Reese, Rickea Jackson on the Olympic team, maybe two of those 3, of the heralded rookie class. Cameron Brink's already playing in the 3 vs. 3 games, which might end up getting more views than the women's team parade of blowouts. An occasionally friendly columnist went to Sky practice Tuesday eager to make rookie Angel Reese’s acquaintance, pull her aside from the cameras and microphones and speak with her about being 22 and taking a huge bite out of life — new job, new city, happiness, homesickness, fears, dreams. Columnists dream, too, usually about interviews that break beneath the surface like that. Nowhere on the to-do list was relitigating any of the things Reese has said, done or been accused of saying or doing that have brought critics out of the woodwork and the worst of them out from under their rocks to sling vile and abusive insults and epithets — many of them straight-up racist — at her.

Right!

Cannon gave up one earned run on July 13th...previous game, 0 ER.

DJ and Kasper are a welcome respite from that s%*# show of an announcing pairing.

That and his salary terms aren't exactly favorable. Can just imagine already that situation where he gets run over/collision OR the old "gator arm" where he's fully extended for a throw off the bag and ends up getting a torn UCL or shoulder injury.

Absolutely dumbfounded that Jon Singleton is still around with Houston... One of the first "head shaking" early extension guys out there. I think the other guy at that time was a 1B with Seattle, White was his name? Logan?

They have the same thing with Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, where the home plate is encased in plastic inside of a UPitt Medical School building and I'm pretty sure one part of the original RF wall is still standing as well honoring Clemente.

Looks like if the trendline continues that Vaughn will get at least ONE more season with the White Sox with his OPS nearing .700ish. Honestly can't believe there might be yet another season of Sheets, but no obvious replacements in their minor league system to take those at-bats. Elko, I guess? Baldwin?

Cannon very quietly all the way down to a respectable 3.77 ERA...

Well, one thing is that the three or four "other" most famous white players in Plum, Stewart (has a partner), Sabrina Ionescu...weren't exactly greeted in the same way as Clark has been. They had it tough, but to the point that Clark has been pressured or face guarded full court MORE THAN MANY INDIVIDUAL WNBA teams if you add up all the players on those teams and how they're matched up with defensively. Cameron Brink (LA) and next year Paige Bueckers as the likely #1 pick overall out of UConn aren't going to face anything like this either, because they've both been outspoken about "white privilege" and received acceptance for their political positions across the WNBA. Clark has never expressed it that way, although she gave tremendous respect for Maya Moore, Cheryl Miller and Lynette Woodard, etc.

https://www.cbssports.com/wnba/news/2024-wnba-all-star-game-fevers-caitlin-clark-leads-early-projections-for-team-wnba-roster-to-face-team-usa/ Nneka Ogwumike -- F, Seattle Storm Ogwumike is no longer in the mix for Team USA after her controversial snub for the Tokyo Olympics, and she'll have a chance to show them what they're missing in the All-Star Game. The veteran forward has been as good as ever in her first season with the Storm. Her 18.2 points per game are second on the team, as are her 7.7 rebounds. As usual, she's been extremely efficient and is leading the league in field goal percentage at 59.8. Arike Ogunbowale -- G, Dallas Wings After being snubbed for a Team USA spot, Ogunbowale is a lock for this year's All-Star Game, just as she has been for the past three seasons. She's second in the league in scoring at 26.4 points per game and is chipping in 4.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists and a league-leading 3.2 steals. Those are career-high marks across the board, and with her scoring ability she should be one of the favorites to take home All-Star MVP. In fact, the last time the league used this format, that's just what she did. Caitlin Clark -- G, Indiana Fever Clark missed out on a Team USA spot, but she'll have a chance to show the selection committe they made the wrong decision during the All-Star Game. The No. 1 overall pick will almost certainly be voted in by the fans, and she'll deserve the honor. Despite facing some of the most intense defensive pressure in the league, Clark is enjoying a historic rookie season. She's averaging 16.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and six assists per game and is 15th in the league in scoring and fourth in assists. Dearica Hamby, F, LA Sparks Those are the four most glaring omissions from the US Olympic Team. On the other side, 42 year-old Diana Taurasi, Britney Griner and Chelsea Gray, PG/Aces, still hasn't played since WNBA 2023 Finals...are the three weakest or controversial members. Although Griner has actually been playing really well in recent weeks, fwiw.