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Bachelors Degree in Digital Film & Video Production / Fan of the bad New York sports teams / Possible anger issues / rsmacleod@optonline.net
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Happy New Year?
As you all know, I live for sports. I’m not a fan of the greatest teams but they usually do pretty well and no matter how much I complain at my TV about them, I’m still a fan.
This month, however, has just not been fun. It’s felt like awhile since I’ve actually really enjoyed watching sports because of my teams losing and teams I dislike winning. Tonight I discovered the following results.
Since January 1, 2012…
- The Jets went 0-1 and were eliminated from playoff contention.
- The Knicks have gone 4-8, including losses to 5 teams under .500.
- The UConn Huskies Men’s Basketball Team has gone 2-4, all 4 losses are to unranked teams.
- The Patriots have gone 3-0 and clinched a Super Bowl berth.
- The Giants have gone 4-0 and clinched a Super Bowl berth.
- The Syracuse Orange Men’s Basketball team have gone 6-1 and are ranked #1 in the country.
- And finally, while I’ll always be excited about them, I’m not too sure about the Mets this season.
So yeah, in terms of sports, it hasn’t been that happy of a new year. But things change, team’s get hot, so I’ll wait it out, as always, and keep watching, cheering and, most likely, complaining.
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Remembering “The Catch”
On the morning of Game 1 of the 2011 World Series between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals I’m taking a look back. Five years ago today, October 19, 2006, the St. Louis Cardinals played the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Game 7 of the National League Championship Series. We all know the end result, as the Cardinals would win 3-1 because of a Yadier Molina homerun against Aaron Heilman and an Adam Wainwright curveball that still gives fellow Mets fans nightmares. But this is also a remembrance of one of the greatest catches, if not the greatest, in postseason history. Us Mets fans will never forget when Endy Chavez took away Scott Rolen’s what-would-have-been go-ahead 2-run homerun and kept the game tied at 1 in the 6th inning. On the national scale, this play is widely forgotten 5 years after the fact because of the final result but if you’re looking back at Game 7 today or any other day don’t remember the homerun, don’t remember the strikeout, remember The Catch.
The Jets have made the Top 5 of ESPN’s NFL Week 3 Power Rankings.
There hasn’t been a fake Titan fan since 10-0 in 2008.
(via sportsnetny)
Further proof on how great my school is at sports.
