mlb playoffs
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Takin’ on Sports Ep 7: NBA Preview and, nope, can’t think of any other big sports things from this weekend
Really weird how nothing big happened in college football this weekend, ain’t it?
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Takin’ on Sports Ep 6: Is Greg’s Son the Next Will Anderson?
This week the guys begin by discussing the weekend’s college football action, including Bama’s close win, Tennessee’s big win, the wacky Big 12, and UCLA’s impressive start, before giving their weekly power rankings (22:40). Then they talk a little NFL (29:55), including those power rankings (31:35), and finish with some MLB playoff predictions (43:31). As…
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Takin’ on Sports: To be a fan is to court misery
There is no logical reason someone would be a sports fan. It doesn’t matter that you grew up in a specific town or went to a certain school. Those are justifications, not logical rationale. No sane, able-minded person would volunteer a part of their emotional well-being to a group of strangers playing a game in…
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Takin’ on Sports: The Wildest Postseason in MLB History is Here
The Major League Baseball playoffs start Tuesday, September 29th, and they are unlike anything we’ve seen before. MLB is notoriously the most stubborn, sluggish American sports league when it comes to adapting and evolving to fit modern American culture. It wasn’t even until 1995 that they extended their postseason beyond 4 teams, and even then…