Quote of the day
“Quite frankly, they kind of kicked our asses all six games.” -- Brad Ausmus telling the truth after the Tigers were beat up by the Cleveland Indians again. More on that later in the email.
About last night . . .
It’s a good thing they took down that statue
Outside of a few crazies, Joe Paterno’s lasting legacy in this world is a man who enabled a sexual predator for a decade. Well, a few decades could be added to that as Pennlive.com reported last night that a child had informed Paterno of sexual abuse at the hands of Jerry Sandusky in 1976. As article author Charles Thompson puts it, “It came in the form of a single line in a court order on a related insurance coverage case involving Penn State, and its full ramifications can't immediately be gauged.” We shall see what the coming days turn up.
We’re not sure how, but Toronto beat Miami
The Toronto Raptors’ two best players DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry have been less-than-good this postseason. The two have combined for one of the worst true shooting percentages in NBA playoff history, which basically means they’re much more inefficient on offense than almost anyone else ever. They both missed a ton of shots again last night, but Toronto was able to beat Miami thanks to the heroics of mountain-beast Jonas Valanciunas. And the win was needed, because--and we’re not gonna even fact check this--nobody loses the first two games of a series at home and then comes back to win the series. Game 3 is tomorrow night.
CODY EAKIN SCORED THE GAME WINNER IN OVERTIME FOR DALLAS DO YOU GET THE JOKE? DO YOU GET IT?
The Blues had a great chance to all but cement their first trip to a Western Conference Final in franchise history--not a real fact, but it really feels like it given their last two decades of playoff disappointment--but they couldn’t get it done on their home ice. The series is all square at 2 and heads back to Dallas where I’m sure nothing heartbreaking will happen for St. Louis Blues fans because they don’t have any bad history with Dallas other than perhaps the best player in St. Louis franchise history leaving the team for Dallas and winning the Stanley Cup with Dallas the very next year nope no bad history there.
(Brett Hull was in the crease)
Nashville beat San Jose because they had to stop playing at some point
Carrie Underwood’s husband scored in the third overtime to give Nashville a 4-3 win against San Jose and some life in a series that was one shot away from being 3-0 Sharks. But now that they’ve played 75% of Game 4, anything can happen. A reminder that playing three OTs is hard. At this point you’re probably coming to the conclusion that we didn’t stay up past midnight to watch the Predators and the Sharks, and that is a correct conclusion.
The Tigers can’t beat the Indians
We’ll just set this down right here:
Things to read today
Take this quiz to waste time at work
ESPN has a little personality quiz that matches you up with the NBA franchise you share the most similar line of thinking with. Wil got the Lakers because he is a proud champion whose knees hurt and has seen better days. Paul got the Spurs, making him the most boring person ever and now he’s kinda sad.
2013 DRAFT RE-GRADES
SI went back and graded the 2013 draft classes and you will not guess what grade the Detroit Lions got. Seriously, you won’t. Also, you’ll be very confused by where teams are graded relative to their recent runs of success, a.k.a some great teams blew full drafts. Also, Jeff Fisher gets the exact grade you think he would get.
The best of the rest
So this happened to Goran Dragic
And then . . .
Goran is rugged and don’t you say any different
I’m no expert, but Kyle Lowry’s shooting woes might be getting to him
It’s not an alien lizard face, it’s an alien cockroach face - did you even see Men in Black?
Well, he’s missing a lot of shots . . . but at least he’s still taking a ton of them
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