OT: Nats, Wiz, O's, Ravens, Terps, Navy, Gtown, Mystics, 2019-2020, Vol 2

[Ovechkins Wodka]

I would throw at Bregman for the rest of his career if I’m Stras

 

[Silky mitts]

Your super bowl favorite Baltimore Ravens

 

[Ridley Simon]

That whole Astro culture is.....a problem. Wow

it’s a shame because they have SO many good players. But whatever, cheaters cheat.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

If you’re not cheating you’re not trying!

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I hope the Astros get the death penalty.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Big thanks to him for his part in unifying the clubhouse for the run to a title but I hope he takes baby shark with him.

 

[txpd]

If you’re not cheating you’re not trying!

I believe that is either Junior Johnson or Richard Petty. If you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

 

[txpd]

 

[txpd]

Both Phil Wood and Mel Antonin making it sound like both Strasburg and Rendon are likely to return

 

[hockeykicker]

5-0 George Mason at Maryland tonight. Should be interesting

 

[Ridley Simon]

5-0 George Mason at Maryland tonight. Should be interesting

Go Terps!!!

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Great Wizards game even though I know exactly one of our guys lol...

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Great Wizards game even though I know exactly one of our guys lol...

They are really fun. They're really good offensively and really bad defensively so they're at least entertaining.

 

[Ridley Simon]

They are really fun. They're really good offensively and really bad defensively so they're at least entertaining.

So much so that they are I think 2nd in points per game (and one of only 2 teams that’s averaging more than 30pts a quarter), and are dead last in pts allowed per game. Again.....more than 30 a quarter.

and also only .5gm out of the playoffs in the crappy East. Which is too bad, they could use another top 5 pick

 

[Ridley Simon]

Terps polished off another lower conference team. No offense to GMU. But they shouldn’t measure up to the Terps this year.

that said — until the Terps play someone of substance, their record doesn’t mean squat.

 

[txpd]

Heard yesterday that the Nationals knew about the Astros sign stealing. They ran 4 sets of signs for the first time and the catchers wore cards to keep the signs straight. We know that they knew what Strasburg was going to throw in the first two innings of his last start.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Heard yesterday that the Nationals knew about the Astros sign stealing. They ran 4 sets of signs for the first time and the catchers wore cards to keep the signs straight. We know that they knew what Strasburg was going to throw in the first two innings of his last start.

That Strasburg start is all the evidence you need. He was unhittable once they stopped knowing what he'd pitch.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

So much so that they are I think 2nd in points per game (and one of only 2 teams that’s averaging more than 30pts a quarter), and are dead last in pts allowed per game. Again.....more than 30 a quarter.

and also only .5gm out of the playoffs in the crappy East. Which is too bad, they could use another top 5 pick

They're only 15% of the way through the season so I think it's too early to say they couldn't get another top 5 pick. They have exactly 1 more win than the last place team in the East but yeah, there are some atrocious teams in the league this year.

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

The commish better come down on the Astros

 

[Coinneach]

More than one in four D.C. residents — 28 percent — name the Nationals as their favorite local team, four times the number that named them in 2010.

Meanwhile, fandom for the Redskins, long the dominant sports team in the region, has plummeted, with just 13 percent of Washingtonians now calling the Redskins their favorite local team, down 21 percentage points from 2010.

The Nationals and Redskins are followed by the Capitals with 10 percent, the Wizards and Mystics, both at 8 percent, and D.C. United at 6 percent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...eam-nationals-redskins-poll/#comments-wrapper

 

[Ridley Simon]

They're only 15% of the way through the season so I think it's too early to say they couldn't get another top 5 pick. They have exactly 1 more win than the last place team in the East but yeah, there are some atrocious teams in the league this year.

I think they have that “better than people think” vibe going on. Beal is awesome, Rui is going to just get better and better, as will Bryant, Wagner and Brown.

Bertans looks like a steal.

I hope they trade off every other available part/vet and continue to add picks and or raw talent.

But so far so good with the GMTS era

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

More than one in four D.C. residents — 28 percent — name the Nationals as their favorite local team, four times the number that named them in 2010.

Meanwhile, fandom for the Redskins, long the dominant sports team in the region, has plummeted, with just 13 percent of Washingtonians now calling the Redskins their favorite local team, down 21 percentage points from 2010.

The Nationals and Redskins are followed by the Capitals with 10 percent, the Wizards and Mystics, both at 8 percent, and D.C. United at 6 percent.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/spor...eam-nationals-redskins-poll/#comments-wrapper

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The Redskins being 5 pp higher than the Mystics is completely insane. No offense to the Mystics but the fact that a WBNA team is only 5 percentage points lower than the Redskins in Washington DC as someone's favorite team... imagine telling someone that ten years ago.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

I think they have that “better than people think” vibe going on. Beal is awesome, Rui is going to just get better and better, as will Bryant, Wagner and Brown.

Bertans looks like a steal.

I hope they trade off every other available part/vet and continue to add picks and or raw talent.

But so far so good with the GMTS era

I really like what Tommy Sheppard is doing. He got Wagner, Bonga, and a 2nd for literally the least amount you're allowed to trade in the NBA ($1.1mm in cash). He got Davis Bertans for Aaron White (2016 2nd round draft pick who is playing in Italy and doesn't look like he'll come over to play in the NBA). Maybe Sheppard is another MacLellan who was a stud waiting for his turn behind a far less competent boss.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Navy knocks off #25 SMU who came into the game 9-1. Their only losses are to #15 Notre Dame and #18 Memphis. If Navy can beat Houston next week and #19 Cinci can knock off Memphis, Navy will meet Cincinnati in the AAC title game with a Cotton Bowl bid likely on the line.