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Favorite part of the Correa play is the balletic move to catch the high throw from Altuve and drag his right toe across the bag before unleashing the dart to Gurriel. Just an awesome play very few, if any, other SS makes. 

I’m 6-4 ish... and curious why 6-4 is considered the best height, but 6-5 is way down at #21. I have some thoughts, but will hang up and listen.

Fair point by your coach, cuz if Stefan Edberg didn’t let terrible forehands be reason for moping, nobody should. Man that thing was ugly.

How ‘bout that time he got his calls crossed up and said Hideki Matsui hit an A-Bomb. Ooooof.

Yes: Verlander, Cole, Miley.

Not sure “most decidedly” is right. Houston’s lineup will soon look like this (ICYMI: Alvarez has four dongs in his first five games):

On the GOAT topic... for me, it’s not so much about total number of major titles. Important measuring stick, for sure. But I will always believe that Roger Federer is the best player of tennis, as I know the game. I’m 49 and played in college. Tennis, as I know the sport, has been played the best by Federer. Tennis,

Hard to condense a long match into a few minutes, for sure. But these highlight packages often include way too many points that you can tell from the score bug were ultimately inconsequential. For sure, a few random “best of” points showing the flavor of a match are great. But sometimes it’d be worth including ho-hum

Fell asleep early. Woke up to this pic (or a variation on it) in my Twitter feed. Eyes were drawn to Kawhi (not Embiid). My first two thoughts were, “Must’ve been a dramatic ending” and “Kawhi must’ve fouled out.” Definitely didn’t consider that Kawhi TOOK THE SHOT! Incredible.

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Brings back (painful, for a Rockets fan) memories:

I vote for Hundley as most impressive. Off balance in full gear making a throw unlike any other he’ll make all season. That was snazzy. 

I wish there were a formula that could take something like this and determine how much longer we’ll be able to enjoy it. Like, “If, on March 29, 2019, he can beat Kevin Anderson 0 and 4 in the QF of Miami, at age 37 1/2, a couple weeks after nearly winning Indian Wells, then he’ll still be a threat to win Wimbledon in

And since we’re talking tennis... can’t believe how many empty seats there are for Federer-Krajinovic right now in Miami. Pretty sure that wouldn’t happen at Indian Wells. 

Rafa returning Del Po’s serve at last year’s US Open.

Ol’ Skip must have thought paragliding guy was a Pterodactyl trying to swoop down and snatch his joey. They still have Pterodactyls in Australia, right?

It’s amazing he’s going as strong as he is. Those 239 post-season games equate to what, 3 more full NBA regular seasons? Not unprecedented, I know. Kareem’s up there, but lots of times he didn’t run down court and he only tried in the playoffs.

That’ll deflate some balls, boy howdy.

Yes, fine, drive the speed limit. IN THE RIGHT LANE. I’m guessing this person sits on 55 in the left lane... and made those stickers in response to repeatedly getting flashed by cars on his/her tail.

Stealing/Paraphrasing this line from someone who wrote it back when there was a rumor about Wade Boggs going in as a Tampa Bay Devil Ray: “Roy Halladay entering the Baseball Hall of Fame as a member of the Phillies is like Paul McCartney entering the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Wings.”

Indeed. Great stuff. Think a lot of us took a while to warm up to Murray, but glad we did.