MLB WS Predictions

[Marcus]

Damn, this series might kill me.

Today I learned I can hold my breath for 3 hours.

Raleigh for the clutch. That was an agonizing game.

[Bret Ripley]

"It feels out there. I mean, it's a major rush. I mean, it feels radical in kind of a tubular sort of way, but most of all, it feels out there." Ebby Calvin 'Nuke' LaLoosh

Ditto.

Yes!!

This movie didn't age as well, but who can forget the delivery on this description of a ridiculously wild pitch:

"Juuuuuuuust a bit outside..."

Heh. Somehow, I've never watched Major League but I've seen that clip a number of times. RIP Bob Uecker.

I think my favorite 2 baseball films are Bull Durham and A League of Their Own, and I go back and forth over which I like best. Honorable mentions to Field of Dreams and The Natural (despite the fact it kind of butchers the novel).

[Bret Ripley]

... I was unfamiliar (I stopped following the NBA when the Sonics were stolen...

Did you feel vindicated this year?? Or just further betrayed?!!

My post-Sonics ignorance regarding the NBA leaves me in the dark about why I should feel either.

[Marcus]

Did you feel vindicated this year?? Or just further betrayed?!!

My post-Sonics ignorance regarding the NBA leaves me in the dark about why I should feel either.

At the risk of losing my eternal soul, I will share with you the Sonic's new name... The Oklahoma City Thunder!!!

2025 NBA Champions!!!

[Bret Ripley]

My post-Sonics ignorance regarding the NBA leaves me in the dark about why I should feel either.

At the risk of losing my eternal soul, I will share with you the Sonic's new name... The Oklahoma City Thunder!!!

2025 NBA Champions!!!

"And that, boys and girls, is why Marcus is dead to us."

[Dr. Shades]

I did look it up, because I was unfamiliar (I stopped following the NBA when the Sonics were stolen).

Wait, what? The Supersonics are no longer based in Seattle? Where are they located now?

[ceeboo]

Today I learned I can hold my breath for 3 hours.

Raleigh for the clutch. That was an agonizing game.

Yes and Yes.

Now, I think Detroit is in real trouble (Seattle in 4)

And - Can't believe Toronto is crushing NY this bad.

[ceeboo]

I did look it up, because I was unfamiliar (I stopped following the NBA when the Sonics were stolen).

Wait, what? The Supersonics are no longer based in Seattle? Where are they located now?

The Supersonics no longer exist - Several years ago, the team that used to be called the Seattle Supersonics (Based in Seattle) moved and are now based in Oklahoma City - Now called the Oklahoma City Thunder.

[Whiskey]

Wait, what? The Supersonics are no longer based in Seattle? Where are they located now?

The Supersonics no longer exist - Several years ago, the team that used to be called the Seattle Supersonics (Based in Seattle) moved and are now based in Oklahoma City - Now called the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Google Aubry McClendon. One hell of a story. He was one of the biggest clients at a bank I worked with. I did many roadshows with him. He is like a caricature of a caricature. The once-living mascot of douchebaggery.

[Bret Ripley]

The Supersonics no longer exist - Several years ago, the team that used to be called the Seattle Supersonics (Based in Seattle) moved and are now based in Oklahoma City - Now called the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Google Aubry McClendon. One hell of a story. He was one of the biggest clients at a bank I worked with. I did many roadshows with him. He is like a caricature of a caricature. The once-living mascot of douchebaggery.

Yep. McClendon and Clay Bennett were part of an ownership group that purchased the Sonics, and one of the provisions of the purchase was that they would try to keep the team in Seattle. After the purchase, McClendon famously said "we didn't buy the Seattle SuperSonics to keep them in Seattle." This earned McClendon a fine from the NBA, which nevertheless rubberstamped the move to Oklahoma City. (Clay Bennett later became chairman of the NBA's relocation committee.)