Recent content by MicrowaveDonuts

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    The Bill Simmons Thread

    I'm probably in the minority, but I don't really think all the drama really made much of a difference.  It may have moved the timeline a little bit, but it was already over.  ESPN is pivoting away from verticals like Grantland as a content platform.    Grantland is a modest success...but only...
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    Cano Gets the Starbucks Endorsement!

      OK.  I took it a little far.       But they were two hundred and twenty five (225!) runs out of second place in their division, and that team didn't make the playoffs.  Count on Cano for what, 70+ of those?  And they're still 150 runs out of competition.  That's a whole lot more than Choo and...
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    Cano Gets the Starbucks Endorsement!

    This is lunacy for a team like the Mariners.   Seattle had ONE 3-win batter last year.  One (1).  Now they have 2.  They didn't even have anybody else at a 2-win threshold. Boston had 7 3-win batters...with Nava/Gomes teaming up for an 8th.    Seattle wasn't one player away, they're not two...