Cry this Houstonian a river... actually don’t do that, we’ve had some flooding. But talk about sports woe. Sure, we got those back-to-back NBA titles, but everyone’s all “no Jordan, that doesn’t count”... which is bullshit. We’ve never been to a Super Bowl (brutal loss to Pittsburgh in the 1979 AFC Champ game, 35-3…

Just wandering around like that ... must be milking the clock.

Things that will be said in the Verlander bedroom tonight: “BJ, Upton.”

In the regular season, Didi hit 22 of his 25 HRs off right-handed pitchers. He could be huge against Houston, with its lone lefty starter (Keuchel) and a bullpen full of righties (Liriano ugh).

This was fantastic. At some point, I’ll stop watching current players and just live off YouTube clips of Pat Rafter. Such as:

Step 1: Create governing body.

This is tricky. I see both sides, for sure. Goran Ivanisevic, ranked 125 at the time, was given a wild card into Wimbledon in 2001 and won the tournament. Similar situation with Kim Clijsters, who won the US Open in 2009 as a wild card. Yes, neither Goran’s nor Kim’s low ranking was the result of a doping…

Wait... is this Deadspin fixing Bill’s rankings? Or Deadspin ranking Bill’s choices (for example, you think that Bill giving “September 14, 2009, Week 1: Patriots - 25, Bills - 24" a ranking of 18 was his best decision)? Either way, well played.

The note about Djoker’s impressive stretch at the US Open... got me thinking about Lendl reaching 8 straight finals. He, too, was wise in the ways of hardcourt tennis.

I think the “him” is the guy who Tweeted (and the Nazi was allowed to stay in his original seat)...

That was hardly just a five-set GS final. Arguably the greatest match of all time... and you lose to your chief rival... on the court/surface you’re supposed to own... etc. Totally get how that’s different from what Roddick went through... and how the comment could seem a bit tone deaf. But I think Fed mainly just…

Not a stretch to suggest that Federer could relate, given his loss to Rafa in that epic Wimbledon final (9-7 in the 5th) a year earlier.

FWIW, Berdych beat Federer at Wimbledon in that run to the 2010 final. Not saying it’s gonna happen again... just noting.

Agree. Solid player, sure... good athlete... could definitely get into the second week at some majors... and that’s damn good... but not sure why people see more.

I play a handful of $4-ish lineups each day, spending an amount of $$ that I feel is worth the fun, even if every lineup finishes out of the money. But I’m weird, and I derive some measure of “fun” just from building rosters (sorta like I enjoy keeping the scorecard when I play golf... nerdy stuff). And I dig…

This seems worth a reference here...

Why the Edberg diss? Three straight Wimbledon finals (winning two) against a Becker in his prime. Won two US Opens, first over Courier and then over Sampras (who’d already won his first). Serve-and-volleyed to a French Open final. Won a couple of Aussie Opens (including one over Mats Wilander). 14-13 head to head…

Where’s former NBA Mascot of the Year “Clutch,” of the Houston Rockets? I thought this site loved bears.

Rafa’s dominance on clay is extraordinary, for sure. But at least to my eyes, the best playing of tennis — as I (subjectively, for sure) define the game — is peak Roger Federer. Not knocking Rafa, or suggesting he could dominate clay without playing the sport (in general) at an absurdly high level... but if someone…

What if he went back to Houston? Would that be a disaster, trying to co-exist with Harden? Or would they work OK together? Would mean committing to “we’ll out-score you, and yes, even you, Golden State” approach, I guess. But could be fun... maybe we send them Capela, Beverley and Dekker? I like Capela but the…