Sports Banter

  (Photo is owned by the San Diego Union Tribune, we do not own the rights)   8/3/2022- Juan Soto’s debut as a San Diego Padre was the greatest moment I’ve ever had as a Padres fan. I can’t explain what it felt like to be in attendance with all of my fellow San Diegans in the pregame awaiting Soto’s inevitable entrance. I’m not talking about his first AB, I’m talking running out of the dugout to stretch. The place was absolutely ELECTRIC. I have no idea why or if this will even make sense but as I was sitting there in my seat in section 121 row 34 endlessly staring at the dugout, I was legitimately nervous with anticipation. Basically, I can’t believe that this happened to the Padres. To my city. We have never ever made such an aggressive leap to contend for the World Series in the history of the franchise and you could feel that in the crowd yesterday. It was unbelievable. People were standing and damn near in full capacity 30 minutes before gametime. Literally doesn’t happe...

  (Image is owned by @chicagobears on Twiiter)     Daniel Greenberg ⁦‪@ChiSportUpdates‬⁩ “If you work hard for this team, I swear to you this city will love you. This is a Bears town first. This city bleeds blue and orange for the Chicago Bears." - Former Bears CB Charles Tillman told the players that are participating in Bears rookie minicamp (Via ⁦‪@LarryMayer‬⁩ )   5/6/22, 12:42 PM     THIS. Matt Eberflus is the new head coach of the Chicago Bears and it's clear to me that he gets it. He understands the heartbeat of the Bears faithful and how important the players who have been a part of this franchise's history are to the organization's identity and the connection they have to the city. THIS is the culture you build. Okay let me take a step back b/c you're probably reading going hey relax man it's a former player talking to the team, doesn't everyone do that? The answer is the great teams do. For too long the business side of the Bears organization and...

  (Image Owned By Sports Illustrated)     The image above is exactly how I feel about pitchers being inspected (checked) after every inning. This is just another intrusive way for the MLB to throw its weight around and make dumb rules. The introduction of pitcher checks began two seasons ago and now it is common practice. These checks were introduced to the game as a result of pitchers being so dominant. As a result of the dominance, batting averages were down and so were runs. The MLB sees runs the same way the NFL sees long passing touchdowns, high scores will bring in the fans. Let's look at the "steroid era" of baseball, to many this was when MLB was at an all time high. This is because there were homers left and right and scores were high and fans were soaking it up. As long as runs are being scored in baseball, the MLB is making money. When scores are not being made, MLB is losing money and at risk. Look I get it, we as fans want runs a...

(Image is owned by Tenor, we do not own the rights) Damn. I thought we had turned the corner when we signed LeBron James and traded the future away for Anthony Davis and won the 2020 NBA Championship. That team was awesome and played basketball how it's supposed to be played. Since then, injuries, roster turnover, and the obvious lack in chemistry on the court have led the Lakers to what they are today....pathetic. Last night in a "must win game" versus the New Orleans Pelicans they again ended up taking the L at Crypto.com arena, 114-111. They just flat out can't beat anyone. My original blog on Russell Westbrook was so completely incorrect it's hard to digest. He does nothing to make this team better and add to LeBron's greatness and instead is a turnover ridden point guard who can't shoot anymore.  Anthony Davis has been a disaster health wise the past 2 seasons. However you want to carve it, he's not out there playing and what's incredible is t...

  (Image is owned by ballislife.com, we do not own the rights) In the 2nd round of the 2007 NBA Playoffs, the #8 seed "We Believe" Warriors were taking on the Utah Jazz. If you remember correctly, this Warriors team stunned the #1 seed Dallas Mavericks led by a Dirk Nowitski in his prime and thus became the easy underdog to root for. This dunk was unbelievable. Let me throw the video down below for you cats: Announcer Mike Tirico's excitement on this slam is everything. It's exactly how I felt watching this moment unfold. I wanted to highlight this Baron Davis play because it was a moment for me that turned Baron Davis into one of my favorite basketball players of all-time. I remember coming to school the next day and going over the play with one of my best friends repeatedly. For a guard at his size to go up for the dunk that fearlessly on a big man like Kirilenko and flush it, unbelievable. Then I went down the rabbit hole on YouTube and started going through Davis...

(Image Owned By Awful Announcing) Hard Knocks season, I don't even know... All I know is that this season is going to be featuring the Detroit Lions. Let me start here, Hard Knocks is one of my all time favorite shows relating the my favorite sport football. It was a place as a young football fan where I was able to understand and get a glimpse into the everyday life of some of the greats. It was a place where I saw Rex Ryan plan a fight at practice, to most recent seasons Frank Caliendo imitating Jon Gruden during a pre-game speech. We not only were able to see the funnier sides of teams, through every season we were able to learn about new players and old players. We as fans were able to get an understanding of what is actually going on behind closed doors for our favorite football teams. Although in the more recent seasons this narrative has changed with Hard Knocks, we are pulling away from those beloved items. We are pushing into this timeframe of watching Ezekiel Elliot wrapp...

(image is owned by skysports.com, we do not own the rights) Nothing better than a little inner squad squabble! And that's exactly what went down last night between Jimmy Butler and head coach Erik Spolestra in the midst of a 118-104 loss to the Golden State Warriors, their second straight. It's not apparent what led to the altercation or what exactly was said but at one point "old head" Udonis Haslem can be seen getting in Jimmy Butler's face and repeatedly letting him know he will f him up. Jimmy has youth on his side but Haslem seems like a guy you don't mess with and definitely the type of fighter who fights dirty aka the Costanza move. Here's a snippet of the quarrel: All-time clipboard throw by Spolestra. Initial instinct tells me that Butler was probably at fault here. You can't look at Spolestra and think this guy is a textbook shit starter. He looks more like a guy at Barnes N Noble who complains to the guy behind him in line that his gift card...