Mostly Mild Monday

MLB

Monday's Wrapup
Batting Average: 0.428

1. Tigers at Pirates
2. Miami at Washington
3. San Diego at Cincinnati
4. Milwaukee at Minnesota
5. St. Louis at Kansas City
6. ChiCubs at San Francisco
7. Baltimore at LA Angels

Tuesday Games

1. Marlins vs. Nationals
2. Tigers vs. Pirates
3. Yankees vs. Blue Jays
4. Rangers vs. Mets
5. Rockies vs. Indians
6. Padres vs. Reds
7. Red Sox vs. Rays
8. Phillies vs. Braves - Is there a cold front moving in? Go, Freeze!!!
9. Astros vs. White Sox
10. Brewers vs. Twins
11. Cardinals vs. Royals
12. Dodgers vs. Diamondbacks
13. Mariners vs. Athletics
14. Orioles vs. Angels
15. Cubs vs. Giants

First Take

I did laugh while listening to Stephen A. Smith explode about Jay Cutler. Poor lamb. I also saw Cutler's statement about not needing to be in cardiovascular shape as a quarterback. Sigh.

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Smokin'Sunday - Woot!

MLB

Sunday Wrap-Up
Batting Average: 0.625

1. Yankees vs. Indians
2. Cardinals vs. Reds
3. Brewers vs. Rays
4. Tigers vs. Orioles
5. White Sox vs. Red Sox
6. Marlins vs. Braves
7. Padres vs. Pirates
8. Rangers vs. Twins
9. Blue Jays vs. Astros
10. Mariners vs. Royals - game one
11. Nationals vs. Cubs
12. Phillies vs. Rockies
13. Athletics vs. Angels
14. Diamondbacks vs. Giants
15. Mariners vs. Royals - game two
16. Dodgers vs. Mets

Monday's Lineup

1. Tigers at Pirates
2. Miami at Washington
3. San Diego at Cincinnati
4. Milwaukee at Minnesota
5. St. Louis at Kansas City
6. ChiCubs at San Francisco
7. Baltimore at LA Angels

First Take - I have set my DVR so that I can watch Stephen A. go off about Jay Cutler returning to play football. Do NOT tell me what he says. I want to see it for myself. I have to go to work today and set up my classroom, so I'll be out of pocket.

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MLB and Mama's Birthday

MLB
You know the rules. I won't pick a game already in progress, especially if it is late in the game for my Rangers against the Tribe. I want them to rally, but it's the bottom of the seventh inning, and they trail 5-0. Sigh.

1. Oakland at Houston
2. St. Louis at Arizona
3. ChiCubs at Washington
4. Minnesota at Boston
5. Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh
6. Baltimore at Toronto
7. Milwaukee at Cincinnati
8. NY Mets at Miami
9. NY Yankees at ChiSox
10. Atlanta at San Diego
11. LA Dodgers at LA Angels

It's been different on First Take with John Salley and Will Cain moderated by Cassidy Hubarth this week. I enjoyed Mr. Salley's take on all things NBA with the trades and other news. Phil Jackson fired! Unbelievable! Chris Paul in Houston. Incredible!

Personal News: Today's my Mama's birthday! Happy, happy birthday, Mama! I love you!

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NBA Draft - Whoop-de-Doo (Baseball is Where It's At, Baby!)

MLB

Thursday Wrap-Up
Batting Average: 0.583 - Wow! I did more than twice as well as yesterday. I would not get my hopes up, by any means.

1. St. Louis at Philadelphia
2. ChiSox at Minnesota
3. Toronto at Texas
4. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee
5. Arizona at Colorado
6. Houston at Oakland
7. Cleveland at Baltimore
8. LA Angels at NY Yankees
9. ChiCubs at Miami
10. San Francisco at Atlanta
11. Detroit at Seattle
12. NY Mets at LA Dodgers

Friday's Slate of Games

1. Rangers at Yankees
2. Reds at Nationals
3. Angels at Red Sox
4. Twins at Indians
5. Cubs at Marlins
6. Orioles at Rays
7. Brewers at Braves
8. Athletics at White Sox
9. Blue Jays at Royals
10. Pirates at Cardinals
11. Phillies at Diamondbacks
12. Astros at Mariners
13. Rockies at Dodgers
14. Tigers at Padres
15. Mets at Giants

NBA

Ok. Fultz first, Ball second. NY Knicks select an interesting prospect. I'll have First Take on this morning to hear Stephen A. Smith lose his mind.

¡Dale, Papi!

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Aaron Rodgers and the Killer Bees

NFL Divisional Playoffs

I wanted to predict both games' results correctly yesterday, but those rascally Green Bay Packers led by future Hall of Famer Aaron Rodgers ruined my plans. I feel nothing but pride for my Dallas Cowboys with our new QB Dak Prescott and incredible running back Ezekiel Elliott. Next year, 'Boys, next year. We will finish the fight. I was right about Pittsburgh winning last night. Those Killer Bees were just too much to handle: Big Ben, Antonio Brown, LeVeon Bell, and Chris Boswell. The kicker. Made all of the points last night. Touch down fail. ESPN writer Jeremy Fowler stated that "the Steelers were practically allergic to scoring touchdowns" in Sunday's game. Sigh. This brings me to my next point.

First Take on ESPN

I really do not want to listen to Stephen A. Smith's joy and happiness about Aaron Rodgers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Pittsburgh Steelers, or anything else for that matter; however, I will take my medicine. Yergh.

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A Bit of Disbelief

Golf is not a sport I watch too often, but even I know of the legendary Arnold Palmer who passed away yesterday at the age of 87. Rest in peace!

NFL Wrap Up

1. Arizona at Buffalo- I was flabbergasted by this one. Just gobsmacked at the end results. Without NFL Redzone, I had to use my ESPN app to keep up. Head Scratcher!
2. Oakland at Tennessee- I had a feeling I should not have picked against the silver and black.
3. Cleveland at Miami
4. Baltimore at Jacksonville
5. Detroit at Green Bay
6. Denver at Cincinnati
7. Minnesota at Carolina- Are you kidding me? My son was not happy about this result. No way.
8. Washington at NY Giants
9. Los Angeles at Tampa Bay- Good for the Rams who are surprising everyone. Seattle paid the price last week. 
10. San Francisco at Seattle- Good.
11. NY Jets at Kansas City
12. San Diego at Indianapolis
13. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia - What on Earth happened to Pittsburgh? Not even a "C" game to be found. Ugh. Head Scratcher.
14. Chicago at Dallas- Okay, that means we have a 2-1 record in the NFL East. What will Stephen A. Smith have to say about it on FirstTake this morning?

For Monday Night Football on ESPN, I am picking the Saints to earn their first win over the visiting Falcons in a divisional game.

MLB 

Monday Games

1. Diamondbacks at Nationals
2. Cubs at Pirates - win 100 but against my Andrew and Starling. Boo.
3. Yankees at Blue Jays
4. Indians at Tigers - only because I want the Rangers to have home field advantage!
5. Mets at Marlins - For sentimental reasons and José Fernández.
6. Brewers at Rangers
7. Rays at White Sox
8. Mariners at Astros
9. Reds at Cardinals
10. Athletics at Angels

Sunday Wrap Up
Batting Average: A nice passing average of 0.712 for a Sunday.

1. NY Yankees vs. Toronto
2. ChiSox vs. Cleveland
3. Kansas City vs. Detroit
4. Philadelphia vs. NY Mets
5. Boston vs. Tampa Bay
6. Arizona vs. Baltimore
7. Washington vs. Pittsburgh
8. Cincinnati vs. Milwaukee
9. Seattle vs. Minnesota
10. LA Angels vs. Houston
11. Texas vs. Oakland
12. Colorado vs. LA Dodgers
13. San Francisco vs. San Diego
14. St. Louis vs. ChiCubs

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