The Swamp

Joe K

Monfils is off to a great start, but between the neon green in his shirt and the Seahawks' jerseys, I think I'm going to have a seizure if I keep flipping channels.

Joe K

govmentchedda wrote:
degenerasian wrote:Hope he wins. Monfils is a clown.
This is the bapo! batsignal.

The bapo! batsignal is in full effect now, as Monfils is about to play Federer in the quarters (on ESPN). I'd be very surprised if Monfils wins, but I'm hoping he hangs tough so that I can flip between this and football.

Joe K

Thank you DC for being so bullish on Drew Smyly that I decided to add him for the fantasy baseball stretch run. Small sample size and all, but the 1.50 ERA and 0.69 WHIP with the Rays has been fun.

Joe K

Fair 'nuff, but Money fits in with Dark Side the same way Brick fits in with The Wall. It's not called Dark Side of The Money dude. If we're adding a Floyd song, my vote is for Welcome to the Machine. I find that it just kind of drones on, and the rest of the Wish You Were Here album is absolute pe...

Joe K

I can't either. Seems weird that the reporter had been kidnapped for 2 years in Syria. So my questions are, what's the relationship between Syria and ISIS and when was Foley beheaded? He could have been killed a long time ago and the tape is just being used now that the US is bombing them. It would...

Joe K

It's a loud number, at the least. And I'll guarantee it's bigger than you think from what I've seen in the past 20 minutes. I would posit that anyone that is swayed to not caring if he was killed by the police because of the possibility that he shoplifted some cigars probably wasn't really on his s...

Joe K

I'm fascinated to see how today's developments change the narrative regarding this situation I'm sure some people think it's OK for the cops to execute people for stealing cigars, but undoubtedly that's not a large number. Seriously. If this story does change the narrative, then it only goes to sho...

Joe K

I'm moving to St. Louis (Central West End) from Boston in a couple of months. The contrast between the police presence in the Central West End (mostly on bikes, wearing blue with POLICE in big letters, no huge guns) and the photo at the top of this thread is pretty stark. That demographic map is pr...

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brian wrote:I love Central West End. If I had to move to STL, I'd definitely move to that area (assuming I didn't win MegaMillions and end up with a place off of Forest Park).

Yeah, it's a great neighborhood, and the rent there is very reasonable. (Especially coming from Boston.)

Joe K

I'm moving to St. Louis (Central West End) from Boston in a couple of months. The contrast between the police presence in the Central West End (mostly on bikes, wearing blue with POLICE in big letters, no huge guns) and the photo at the top of this thread is pretty stark. That demographic map is pre...

Joe K

Gotta love how the #1 ranked player surges to the lead and ESPN's headline is all about Tiger, who's 13 strokes back.

Joe K

May be the greatest guard in European hoops history. . . . He will be get to Springfield for his play. I don't think there's any chance Jasikevicius sniffs the HOF. As good as his career in Europe has been, guys like Tony Parker, Goran Dragic, and Jose Calderon have been solid NBA contributors for ...

Joe K

Tough offseason for Indiana. Paul George just suffered a gruesome broken leg tonight in a Team USA scrimmage. The slo-mo replay was awful.

Joe K

I guess my apprehension is with not knowing that Love will bring immediate championships. Two things LeBron needed help with last year was a better rim protector and more help with wing defense -- Love doesn't help here. I think the Cavs can win the East this year with Love or Wiggins, but winning ...

Joe K

I thought Grantland did a good job on the Love/Wiggins debate. I like the idea of waiting it out to see what Wiggins is because the potential with him and LeBron is so good. But with Love theoretically in your pocket, don't you need to win this gamble at like the 90th percentile success or higher a...

Joe K

How on earth did Salmon not make the All-Star team in either 1995 or 1997?

1995: .330/.429/.594, 34 HRs, 105 RBI, 111 Rs
1997: .296/.394/.517, 33 HRs, 129 RBI, 95 Rs

Joe K

Would be pretty disappointing if Argentina manages to win the World Cup despite not scoring for over 320 minutes.

Joe K

If they can get Love for a package that doesn't have Wiggins (or Irving if anyone brings that up), I'll barf. That Bennett-Waiters-draft pick starting offer is about as good as they could do without those other guys and that's comically bad. Really, any draft pick from the Cavs is pretty worthless....

Joe K

AB_skin_test wrote:I bet they don't keep parsons.

Woj is reporting that they are going to sign Bosh and bring back Parsons. Should be an interesting season next years. Spurs will bring back everyone (though Mills will miss half the year), plus are supposedly in the mix for Pau Gasol.

Joe K

In the end, it should be a fascinating final. Hopefully better than the dreck they served today. Ugh. Agreed. Today's game was pretty brutal. I'll be rooting hard for Germany in the Final, in large part because I'd like to see a team that has actually shown an ability to play an attacking style win...

Joe K

ESPN is reporting that the Rockets are offering Bosh a max deal. Very interesting, as that's a lot more money than he could get from Miami if both James and Wade return.

Joe K

Fifth set starting now. This has been a great match -- unbelievable stuff from Federer to come back and win the 4th set.

Joe K

Great first set. Huge for Federer to pull out that tiebreaker, because I thought Djokovic was outplaying him during that set. Djokovic is reading Federer's serve far better than anyone has all tournament.

Joe K

The biggest reason, by far, that I can't get into soccer as much as other sports is that in the important tournaments, teams just play so damn conservatively in the knockout stage games. This weekend, there were only 5 total goals scored in 4 games (1 of which went 120 minutes). And of those 5 goals...

Joe K

Pruitt wrote:First Canadian ever in a major final. We have a new sports hero.

You may not have to wait very long for the second, the way Raonic is playing. He'll obviously be the underdog against Federer, but I wouldn't call that a huge upset.

Joe K

Wow. Could be headed to a final against Djokovic? I like Murray to repeat, beating Federer in the final. Murray has looked dominant so far, and he no longer has to deal with the pressure of the British drought. I just caught the very end of the match but that Kyrgios kid looks impressive. He served...

Joe K

Wade better have a pretty good relationship with management (or at least an iron clad pact with LeBron). You would think so, but how easy for Miami to say thanks but no thanks and then give LeBron and Bosh max deals to leave room for somebody that can still play. Wade was really bad in the last two...

Joe K

Wade, Bosh and Haslem are all opting out. And it looks like LeBron will sign a max deal with Miami. So a breakup of the Heat's roster is very unlikely at this point.

Joe K

The Knicks sent C Tyson Chandler and G Raymond Felton to Dallas for G Jose Calderon, C Samuel Dalembert, G Shane Larkin, G Wayne Ellington, and a pair of second-round picks. Dalembert has a team option for under $4 mill for this coming season left, so he may get waived, but Calderon has a couple ye...

Joe K

Time for Phil Jackson to use his Zen tricks to convince Amar'e, Tyson Chandler, and Bargnani to all retire this offseason. Cleveland seems like the obvious non-Miami option (Kyrie and Wiggins/Parker) but maybe there's too much Dan Gilbert bad blood. Or if LeBron really wants an easy path he can go t...

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govmentchedda wrote:
HaulCitgo wrote:Heat are gonna suck for a long time. Can they use the amnesty on Wade? Tough one to chew but he looked bad and will almost certainly cash that check now.
Forgot about the amnesty option. Have they used theirs? It's a one time thing, right?

Pretty sure they already used it on Mike Miller.

Joe K

Holy Shit. Lebron opted out. I thought you were kidding at first. I wonder if ESPN will cover this... Very interesting to see what Bosh and Wade do now. I'd guess that the whole point of LBJ opting out is to put pressure on Miami to improve the supporting cast. But unless Wade and/or Bosh also opt ...

Joe K

So, agree w/GER to draw? I don't think the Germans with their +4 goal difference will care about this game. They don't really care who between Belgium and Algeria they play. They might just mail it in. I don't think there's any chance of that. A 2-0 USA win combined with a 3-0 Ghana win and Ghana c...

Joe K

Spain also would not have won a single game in WC2010 had it given up 2 goals in them. They would have won twice in Euro 2012, once in Euro 2008, and once in Confed Cup play if you take away OFC games. Yeah, Spain only averaged 1.4 goals per game in their knockout stage games in Euro 2008, WC 2010,...

Joe K

Spurs have just been doing it right. I don't just mean hitting 75% of their shots either. They have assembled a team that is ego-free and full of guys with complimentary skill sets. Its a thing of beauty. Its going to be interesting to see what the Heat do this off season. It does not look like the...

Joe K

Man, this Spurs team is something. Just a total machine offensively. They might have the best ball movement of any team I've ever seen.

Joe K

There can be all kinds of reasonable explanations for the foul disparity. The Spurs could be using their Hack-A-MVP defense. Or they could have suffered some kind of subtle poisoning in the locker room that leaves them with uncontrollable spasms. Or the Thunder players could be really, really on th...

Joe K

A trade to have good relations with the Taliban? I'm not sure what your point is. The purpose of the trade was, as Johnny succinctly pointed out, to repatriate a U.S. citizen. Typically countries/organizations with which you have (or aspire to have) good relations don't take your citizens hostage. ...

Joe K

A trade to have good relations with the Taliban? I'm not sure what your point is. The purpose of the trade was, as Johnny succinctly pointed out, to repatriate a U.S. citizen. Typically countries/organizations with which you have (or aspire to have) good relations don't take your citizens hostage. ...

Joe K

Obama should criticize the critics of the trade for not supporting the troops. Full circle. Seriously. That Twitter stream that Johnny Carwash posted earlier in this thread is hardly unique. Plenty of politicians and commentators who were previously calling on Obama to do whatever it takes to bring...

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