Let me rant for a bit. Now, let me preface this rant by saying I grew up when the Orioles sucked. I mean, “worse than even this year” sucked. I was born during the tail end of the 1988 season, I had my first kiss when Mike Hargrove was the manager, and I lost my […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Maybe The Orioles SHOULD Trade Manny Machado
About seven months ago, on this very site, I offered up my two cents about Manny Machado being traded before the 2017 Trade Deadline. My thoughts were, unless they pulled off a Frank Robinson-esque haul, similar to the following gif: However, it’s a new year and shit done changed. The Yankees picked up Giancarlo Stanton […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Can The @Orioles Maintain This Current Run?
As always, I’ll try to keep this one short. The Baltimore Orioles have rattled off six wins in a row and look more and more like a playoff-caliber team with each outing (we’re looking at you, Dylan Bundy of one-hit ball last night). Maybe it’s because Jonathan Schoop is playing at a level previously unseen […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Why Kyrie Irving’s Trade Request Makes Sense
Let’s get our SOTBSports rant on! Now, I’ll never get out here and make a bunch of hot takes, like so many other “Basketball Twitter”/”Sports Twitter” folks. I don’t really mess with that sort of thing. However, I’m going to say this: I don’t think that, even with Kyrie Irving wanting to be the number-one […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Could the Wizards Live Without Otto Porter?
I’ll keep this short. I know you’ve got some “real” hot takes to listen to. Photo Credit: AP As you probably already know, Wizards forward Otto Porter just received a mammoth deal from the Brooklyn Nets. I’m talking 4Y/$106M mammoth, which he definitely deserves considering his play the past few years. And, as expected, the […]
Read moreSOTBSports: Chris Paul is Now A Rocket
Chalk this one under “I expected it, but it still surprised me.” Photo Credit: AP Point guard Chris Paul was, today, traded to the Houston Rockets for Sam Dekker, Patrick Beverley, and Lou Williams. I’m surprised that Houston didn’t throw a draft pick in there for good measure. This is one of those sums-of-all-the-parts trades […]
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