It’s Lawlapalooza week! We know that isn’t #Sport related but we don’t care, we are PUMPED for CHICAGO! The boys finish up their World Cup talk and get into some NFL 2018 news and notes. TM watched the Home Run Derby and the British Open, PJ actually played golf instead. Also, the Mets still Suck. See Ya’s in Chi Town!
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TM is back from his 1 Month Birthday Celebration and the boys catch up on NBA free agency, the MLB All Star Game, and a bunch of BSV. Then Keen returns to discuss the World Cup Semifinal matches and preview the final.
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PJ is in Disney this week and leaves me to pilot the Sportscast solo(so selfish). He is thoughtful enough to leave a BSV(again, selfish). The VM’s are NBA playoff heavy and we get perspectives from Philly, Minnesota, Detroit(Orlando) and NJ. Consensus: LeBron is King. I cannot help but bring up the NY Mets a few times(I know, selfish) and also give some props to the team across town(gross).
A special thanks to Ed Mariachi, Chad D and PC from Philly for the great BSV’s! PJ not so much. Stop drinking…
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PJ and TM are back to discuss the NFL Draft results and how this rookie class will impact their new teams come(gross) the 2018 season. LeBron James has taken care of the Pacers, and begins his dominance of Toronto while the boys record. A live Sports commentary almost breaks out, but since PJ has real cable(so old) and TM is streaming it doesn’t come together(GROSS).
BSV has Ed Mariachi checking in to update Us on yet another SF Giant game he attended and previews yet another he will be attending later this week. This guy is the epitome of a die hard(what the F is happening right now?) fan.
PJ drops a pre-show drop of TM, and TM throws the flag. PJ is benched next week. F That. Time to Booze.
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It’s finally NFL Draft Week and the Boys get in and out(gross) of that topic quickly. The New York Sports Radio world has some serious drama brewing as the Sports Pope teases a return to the air waves. TM lays it all out and gives his 2 cents (what a cheap asshole). BSV = El Mariachi and a quick discussion on ‘The Wave’ at #Sport events. Some quick MLB chat and the boys are O-U-T.
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The boys are back and PJ wishes the Major League commentary never happened. TM completely disagrees. April is a busy time for Sport, and we even discuss the NBA and NHL Playoffs. There’s alot of MLB talk, a belated recap of the Masters, 3 BSV’s and they review the HBO documentary on Andre the Giant.
TM comes prepared with a new Segment Sounder and new PJ drops…
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Welcome to the new Binge SportsCast! After our previous host, Luke, departed after giving us valiant service for 23 years, we finally found a couple CSers to fill the hosting void. Enter PJ and TM. After much discussion and planning, the boys recorded a show to give the lay of the land, talk about what teams their sport hearts lie with, and some current events.
This isn’t a 19 hour long BingeCast, but the boys did want to hit the ground running with this show, so let’s consider this episode, Episode 00.
Are you guys sick of me yet this week? Welcome back once again to Binge Sports. After a crazy couple days of wild card action, we’re now down to eight in the race for the right to be called World Series champions. Today, we’ll take a quick look back at the wild card games and how you voted and we’ll look ahead at the matchups for the division series that get underway in just a little while. Let’s get to it.
Wild Card Results
The young Houston Astros rolled into Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night with no fear whatsoever. Dallas Keuchel looked fantastic and the bullpen was sturdy as the Astros defeated the Yankees 3-0, getting homeruns from Colby Rasmus and Carlos Gomez. The Astros won with you as well, picking up 2/3 of the fan vote.
In a big game in Pittsburgh last night, the Pirates were shut out for the second year in a row in this game, this time losing 4-0 to the Chicago Cubs. Jake Arrieta threw yet another complete game shutout and Kyle Schwarber drove in the first three runs, including a massive 450-foot homerun that left the ballpark entirely. With Arrieta on the mound last night, not many people gave Pittsburgh a chance in this game, and that certainly rang true here as well. The Cubs picked up 100% of the fan vote. Nice work.
American League Division Series
Texas Rangers vs Toronto Blue Jays
These were two of the hottest teams in the second half of the year. Both were able to continue climbing the ladder and win their respective divisions. Both made big pitching moves at the deadline, with Texas acquiring Cole Hamels and the Blue Jays bringing in David Price, who will start Game 1 this afternoon at 3:30 Eastern/2:30 Central. The Rangers will counter with Yovani Gallardo.
My prediction: Blue Jays in 4
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Houston Astros vs Kansas City Royals
Are the Astros this year’s version of last year’s Royals? They’ve got a bunch of guys that most of you have probably never heard of. They’re young. They play an exciting brand of baseball. They’re just fun to watch. Yep, that sounds pretty close to what we witnessed in the Kansas City run to the World Series last year. For most of the season, the Royals were the best team in the American League, but a slight stumble at the end of the year made things interesting, but they were able to hang on and clinch home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. This should be a fun series to watch. Game 1 gets going tonight at 7:30 Eastern/6:30 Central.
My prediction: Royals in 5
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National League Division Series
Chicago Cubs vs St. Louis Cardinals
You’ve seen me write about how great Cubs/Cardinals is before, and before I write 10,000 words on this, I’m going to stop myself and just say how excited I am for this. Forgive my bias towards this series, but growing up in central Illinois, the fandom is basically split 50/50 between these two teams, and it’s going to get crazy around here. As far as the actual matchup, these are two really good baseball teams. The Cardinals finished with the best record in baseball, and the Cubs finished with the third-best and played their way into this series with a wild card win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, who had the second-best record in the majors. Yeah, that’s how good the NL Central was this year. This epic series gets underway on Friday evening at 6:30 Eastern/5:30 Central.
My prediction: Cubs in 5
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New York Mets vs Los Angeles Dodgers
I almost feel bad for the Mets. Okay, not really, but their reward for a great year and winning the National League East is a trip to Los Angeles and a date with Clayton Kershaw and Zach Greinke. I’m not saying they can’t win these games, as the Mets have a great pitching staff of their own, but it will certainly be a challenge. However, the Mets did take four of the seven games from LA this season. We’ll see how things play out starting tomorrow night at 9:30 Eastern/8:30 Central.
My prediction: Dodgers in 4
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There you have it. You know I’ll be following the MLB Playoffs as they happen, so keep checking back for updates, and you know you can always get the latest on Twitter @BingeSports and @THElukenorris. I’ll leave you be for a few days.