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- The playoff field was set Wednesday and then whittled down Friday. If you missed what happened in the regular season, you should be ashamed of yourself and also read this article, I guess. Friday’s games were sudden-death playoffs—the new Wild Card feature for 2012. Atlanta lost at home to St. Louis after a bizarre infield fly call that Chipper Jones, the Braves star who has played his (probably) final game, predicted would happen. The infield fly rule is sorta hard to explain, but trust me, the ruling was odd. Then fans threw trash on the field! Texas lost to Baltimore, which may be the worst team in the whole shebang, and I wrote about that here. Then CC Sabathia and the Yankees whupped their asses in Game 1 of the real playoffs.- The Reds, who had basically the healthiest rotation in baseball, locked up their playoff spot earlier than any other team in baseball, then they saw their ace Johnny Cueto leave the game early with some sort of abdominal strain. Again, baseball is pretty much a series of random, unpredicatble events, as is life. It's all fine for Cincinnati though, as Mat Latos saved the Reds' bacon in relief. Fun fact about Mat: His cat is named Cat Latos and has more Twitter followers than me.- Tim Lincecum, the two-time Cy Young winner who’s a pothead and has long hair and who sucks now, will not start in Game 3 for the Giants. You're cheering if you’re a dad from the 50s who has one of those flattop haircuts and who hates "those hippies who don't know who fights for their freedom to act like goddamn jackasses."
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- Drew Brees broke Johnny Unitas' record! No one in football cares about records! This is why no one gives a shit when basically a whole team is busted for steroids! Here's a funny video of Oprah embarrassing herself with Drew Brees from a couple years ago!- Colts coach Chuck Pagano, who was diagnosed with Leukemia earlier in the month, is out for a couple months to undergo treatment. He wrote an inspiring letter to the team and fans Friday, and Sunday they beat the Packers. I feel like hardass football coaches, even though they might not be the funnest guys to hang out with or work for, are probably bullheaded enough to do well in the face of these types of diseases. In those trying situations, being a hardass certainly can't hurt.College Football:
- The Cocks are awesome. Ha ha ha, cocks.NBA:
- The Knicks are basically the oldest team in the world. Marcus Camby, the newly-signed center, who was born in 1974, is out a week or more with a calf strain. Rasheed Wallace, who didn’t play professionally last year, is new to the team, and oh my God, don't click this link.
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- Nope, still nothing. Bob McKenzie says he doesn't think there'll be a season. You should probably boycott the sport now. If you're still following it, that is.@samreiss_Previously- The Less Crappy Referees Are Back