The Texas Rangers will win the American League pennant
The team I'm picking to win the pennant is the Texas Rangers... they get Jacob deGrom back to headline their rotation this season... If the Rangers bullpen can perform... I think they have probably the highest ceiling in the league.
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View episodeTexas Tech deserves all the credit for their win over Arkansas
Texas Tech, incredible fight by them. They deserve all the credit. They willed it... Texas Tech, we deserve that game.
No team in the country beats Alabama when they shoot like they did against BYU
I don't think any team in the country beats Alabama if they're shooting like that. It was absolutely nuts.
Florida will make the Final Four
Florida killed Maryland and Florida's really, really good. I expect Florida to go to the Final Four.
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This is not just the Brewers versus the Dodgers. This is the future of baseball as we know it in a proxy war because whoever ends up winning this series, the other side will use this when the MLB goes to a lockout and fights for a salary cap.
The impending MLB lockout will be the defining story of baseball next year
This is going to be the defining story of baseball next year. So hopefully people understand that this is gonna be a big deal... owners essentially lock players out, say you cannot report to work. And then it just becomes a staring contest.
The Philadelphia Phillies' current core is at a dead end and needs a major shakeup
The Phillies like, could be in a very transitional phase at this point because this current incarnation of them guys just has failed. Like they have not been able to win a championship. They've gone backward or, or been stagnant every year. And at some point you just gotta change the mix in the room.