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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Weekend Wrap-up May 15th – May 17th

Hometown Highlights:

1. The Red Sox lose 2-1 to the Mariners (May 15th) but won 4-2 in the next game (May 16th).
   • May 16th: Buchholz pitched extraordinarily well going 8 IP 1 ER and striking out 11 batters. That’s actually Ace-like.
     • The loss should have fallen on John Farrell after he chose to have Layne not walk Nelson Cruz in the 9th.
       • Cruz would drive in the winning run off a single to left.
   • May 17th: Rick Porcello out-pitched King Felix, who may have aggravated his ankle injury.
     • Despite allowing 2 HRs from Brad Miller, Porcello was lights out going 6.2 IP 2 ER 6 SO.
     • Pablo Sandoval (5) and Ortiz (5) each hit a HR off King Felix (6 IP, 4 ER, 5 SO), who received his first L on the year.
2. Tom Brady and the NFLPA are still trying to get Roger Goodell to recuse himself as arbitrator for Brady’s suspension appeal.
3. The Celtics reportedly have interviewed Kentucky C Willie Cauley-Stein and show moderate interest in him.
4. Paul Pierce is debating retirement after his Washington Wizards were eliminated Friday.
   • I’m not a betting man but I can assure you Pierce will retire a Celtic, whether it’s an one-day or (less likely) an one-year contract.
5. The Revolution play to a 1-1 tie versus Toronto FC (May 16th).
   • USMNT members Juan Agudelo (32′) [NE] and Michael Bradley (53′) [TOR] found the nets for their respective teams.

Around the Nation:

1. #1 seeds Atlanta and Golden State eliminated Washington and Memphis respectively from the NBA Playoffs on Friday.
2. The NY Rangers took Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals from the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 (May 16th).
3. American Pharoah wins the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown taking The Preakness handedly despite the rainstorm.
   • AP is the third favorite to win the Preakness from the rail since 1950, no horse had won in that position since 1994.
   • AP and jockey Victor Espinoza will be the 14th pair to try and be the 1st to win the Triple Crown since Affirmed won it in 1978.
4. Steven Gerrard played his last English Premier League game Saturday, but his Liverpool team lost 3-1 to Crystal Palace.

Today’s Buzz: 

1. The Red Sox and Mariners wrap up their 4-game series this afternoon at 4:10 PM.
   • Steven Wright (1-0, 4.22 ERA) takes the mound for the Red Sox in place of Justin Masterson (15-day DL, fatigue) against James Paxton (1-2, 4.31 ERA).
2. The Chicago Blackhawks and Anaheim Ducks face-off in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals today at 3 PM.
3. The LA Clippers and Houston Rockets will play a Game 7 to decide who moves on and who goes home.
   • Tip-off at 3:30 PM (Winner plays GS).
4. The Wells Fargo Championship wraps up today.
5. Rory McIlroy is the leader at -18. Webb Simpson (-14) and Robert Streib (-11) trail in 2nd and 3rd respectively.

***All times in EST

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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?

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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.

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