#6 Ole Miss (12-1) vs #3 Georgia (12-1) Sugar Bowl Quarterfinals: Thursday, Jan 1 @8pm
Well, it happened just two and a half years before I was born. It was April 8, 1974, at the house that I grew up loving, even to this day, Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium. It was the bottom of the fourth inning and Dodgers pitcher Al Downing threw the 1-0 pitch that sent this now legend … Continue reading Saying Goodbye to a Legend
The Los Angeles Dodgers win the 2020 World Series over the Tampa Bay Rays four games to 2 games. The clinching game came in game six of the matchup as the Dodgers won 3-1. The last time the Dodgers won the title was back in 1988 over the Oakland Athletics. In an unprecedented 2020 season … Continue reading Los Angeles Dodgers are 2020 Champs
It seemed just yesterday that this 2020 season was getting underway and the Philadelphia Phillies were going to run away with the NL East and the Atlanta Braves were going to finish this 60-game season in fourth place. Just fast forward three short months and the Phillies ended the season in third place and the … Continue reading That’s a Wrap on the Braves Season
The last time the Braves won the NLDS was back in 2001. John Burkett and Kevin Millwood were both in the starting rotation. Braves rolled over the Houston Astros three games to zero. Swing forward 19 years and the Braves found themselves back in Houston. But this time under different circumstances. Yes, the Braves were … Continue reading Braves Keep Rolling: Earn trip back to NLCS
It's been 19 years since the Braves last won a playoff series. I was one year out from graduating college when this happened. Driving home yesterday from work I heard a lot of people making a big deal about this series win for the Braves because it was just a wild card series win. But … Continue reading Nineteen Years in the Making
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