The Daily Buzz – May 20

Hometown Highlights:

• Wade Miley leads the Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Rangers.
  • Miley: 7.0 IP, 7 SO, 2 ER
  • Ortiz (6) & Napoli (4) HR each.
  • Red Sox: 13 hits, 8 batters with at least 1 hit.
  • Pablo Sandoval had to leave the game and had to be helped off in the 7th, after taking a 94 mph fastball off his knee.
• Robert Kraft announced that the Patriots would “reluctantly” accept the Deflategate punishments of 2 lost draft picks (2015 1st, 2016 4th) and the $1 million fine.
  • This does not affect Tom Brady’s appeal process.

Around the Nation:

1. The Minnesota Timberwolves win the1st pick in the NBA Draft lottery, their highest pick in team history.
   • Rest of Draft: 2. Lakers, 3. 76ers, 4. Knicks, 5. Magic, 6. Kings, 7. Nuggets, 8. Pistons, 9. Hornets, 10. Heat.
2. The Warriors overcome a 16pt deficit and take Game 1 from the Rockets, winning 110-106.
3. The Blackhawks level the series at 1-1 with the Ducks, winning a triple OT thriller 3-2 in Game 2 of the WCF.
4. The NFL voted to change the placement of the PAT to the 15 yd line.
   • Defenders can also now return intercepted, fumbled, or blocked 2-pt attempts to score 2 pts for themselves.
   • Rule is only in place for 2015 season, will be voted on for renewal in 2016.

Today’s Buzz:

1. Joe Kelly (1-2, 5.58 ERA) takes the mound for Boston as the Sox face Phil Klein (0-0, 7.71 ERA) and Texas at 7 PM.
2. LeBron James and the Cavaliers face off against Al Horford and the Hawks as the ECF begins in Atlanta at 8:30 PM.
3. The Lightning look to take another game from the Rangers as the two teams face off in Game 3 of the ECF.
   • Series tied 1-1.

***All times EST

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#FreeBrady

Roger Goodell has gone full-blown dictator mode

One of these men is a cruel dictator who has his own personal agenda and vendetta against a group of people. This same man thinks that he is above any law and chooses time and time again to dish his own brand of “justice” in the name of righteousness. The other man depicted is Adolf Hitler.

It was just announced from the Commishioner’s desk that he will exercise his right, per CBA, and oversee Tom Brady’s appeal process rather than opting for a 3rd party to deal with it. THIS IS ABSOLUTE BULLSHIT. I’ve officially had enough with the League and the ginger-headed moron running it. They want a war? Patriots nation will give ’em one. If you’re reading this you are now part of the resistance, welcome. Since Rog wants to be Judge, Jury, and Executioner then all civil manner is out the window. I can’t imagine this will go over well with the Patriots camp. Between throwing shade at us via Instagram and now this, all I can see is a civil war on the horizon.

This is gonna be a bar fight kid, you ever been in a bar fight?

#FreeBrady #FireGoodell

The Patriots release a response to the Wells Report and well it’s interesting…

This morning the Patriots released a response article in regards to the Wells Report. In the article, they address key areas of the Wells Report, ask scientist Roderick MacKinnon his input on the Ideal gas Law, and close with the letter from David Gardi.

This report is MASSIVE. Hell, I’m still waiting for the Sparknotes for the Wells Report now I gotta deal with this too? I have trouble reading my textbooks when I’m at school let alone 400+ page reports about deflated footballs. However, from what I have heard briefly on talk-radio, the content of the Patriots response is interesting to say the least.

Yesterday Ted Wells held a press conference to answer questions about any doubts in his report. I just wanna say that if you have to hold a presser to talk about “doubts” in your report (your ONE job) then your report sucks. What Wells did was like a 5th grader having to go up to his teacher to explain the B.S. in his book report and try to spin it like he actually read the book. But the Patriots lawyers may have dropped the ball on this. Saying McNally was called the “Deflater” because he’s on some weight-loss regimen is a D+ spin at best. Now I’m no authority on nicknames and who should call who what but I can say with 85% certainty that no one would give themselves or anyone the nickname “Deflater” for a dude trying to drop a few pounds. I get that this could just be some dirt throwing tactic by the Patriots lawyers to create a cloud of doubt around McNally but in my opinion what they’re doing here is sounding like an attorney who’s defending a guilty man. I am by NO MEANS saying the Patriots are guilty of anything but certain areas of this report don’t sound too good for proving innocence.

The response also touches on Walt Anderson’s part in Deflategate as he did not measure the psi in the balls officially and how the Colts violated the rulebook when they discovered that a ball may be flat after the interception where this whole fiasco began.

I recommend skimming the first few headlines if you wanna know what everyone on the radio is concerned with, anything beyond that is for the diehards.

P.S.

Tom Brady has yet to file an appeal for his suspension. The deadline is 11:59 PM tonight. I believe he will get it filed in time, he is just getting his arguments and pieces in order.

P.P.S

I’m pretty sure someone over in the Patriots’ office reads our blog… Just a hunch:

Source says TB12’s suspension possibly may be overturned entirely

This morning a source close to ESPN’s Adam Schefter texted him a message saying it is possible that Tom Brady’s 4 game suspension in regards to Deflategate may be eliminated entirely. The source wrote:

“Brady’s team is unreal. talented, big-name lawyers: Yee, Kessler, ect. Prediction= won’t miss a game”

Robert Kraft said it the best, when arguments go to a neutral party the NFL nearly always loses. Judges have proven that the league has had tendencies to have abuse its power to discipline. If Tom’s suspension (which never ever ever should have been a thing in the first place) is in fact overturned, then not only will Roger Goodell lose his freakin’ mind but you’ll have a mid-season, pissed-off TB12 and Patriots team in Week 1. Bloodbath ensues.

Even if Brady’s suspension doesn’t get eliminated entirely, odds are that it will be at least reduced to a game or two.

#FreeBrady

Tom Brady is suspended for 4 games and the NFL is screwed

Okay Goodell I warned you. You’ve come at the king and you’re not prepared for the consequence. You can’t expect that suspending Tom Brady for 4 games, taking away our 2016 1st rounder and 2017 4th round pick, and fining us $1 million would go over well. Go look at Twitter, Patriots players are up in arms. They are ready to murder someone (which would probably go without punishment in Goodell’s regime) and defend their QB. Goodell is still trying to fix the Ray Rice fiasco and has chosen to make the Patriots and Tom Brady the fall guys. This league is a JOKE.

If the NFL really wanted to model their legal proceedings after an actual court of law then they should have probably followed the first rule of law: You can only accuse someone of a crime if they have been proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The Wells Report said Tom Brady was “at least generally aware of what was probably going on” in regards to Deflategate. Well shit I’m generally aware that my childhood friend probably stole my action figures but I couldn’t prove it so it did nothing about it. Apparently Spygate also played a role in our discipline. Oh going back 7 years is real pertinent. What a joke.

Like I said before, Drew Brees was “probably generally aware” when the Saints were ACTUALLY found guilty of putting bounties on players. Phillip Rivers was “probably generally aware” when the Chargers were ACTUALLY found to have cheated the game. Matt Ryan was “probably generally aware” when Atlanta was ACTUALLY found guilty of pumping in crowd noises. This whole Deflategate “scandal” is only a thing because the team involved was the Patriots. Any other NFL team and this would have been dismissed entirely. When you’re on top people just wanna tear you down.

Tom’s suspension is likely to get lowered but it should’t be a thing in the first place. Whatever, as of now Tom is set to return against, you guessed it, the COLTS. Oh baby that will be a bloodbath. But as of now our man is Jimmy G, we are in capable hands.

P.S.

Apparently Vegas redid the Week 1 lines and the Patriots are STILL favored over the Steelers. Wow Pittsburg how do you feel?