Cavs

Quick Recap of LeBron’s interview with CNN

September 25, 2014 Mike Leave a comment

Lebron sat down with Rachel Nichols and gave one of his first on air interviews since he announced his decision to come back to Cleveland. The full version airs tomorrow on CNN. A couple things from this excerpt:

-LeBron has matured SO MUCH from when he went to Miami in 2010. He found out how hard it is to win and this time isn’t promising championships. I love that move even though he’s playing with a better overall team than he had in Miami. Underpromise and overdeliver. Thats a little Sales 101 for you here at Bottlegate.

– His hairline looks FANTASTIC. I’ll have whatever you’re having, dude.

– LeBron basically says that he would’ve stayed in Miami had the Heat beaten the Spurs in the NBA Finals and won back-to-back-to-back championships.

-Think about this for a second. What happens if the air conditioning in San Antonio doesn’t go out during game 1 of the finals? Imagine if Lebron never cramps up and it’s a whole different ballgame. Imagine if Miami wins that game and then goes on to win the whole series…. Just think about that. The whole NBA landscape is drastically different because of a faulty AT&T Arena air conditioning system. If that air conditioner just works like its supposed to Lebron never comes home; Kevin Love isn’t traded to the Cavs; the Heat probably sign another big name free agent; and Cleveland is stuck watching Anthony Bennett miss wide open layups. Holy shit.

-No carbs, no sugar, no dairy, no refined sugar…. this is literally my worst nightmare ever. I can’t even.

-I never pegged LeBron as a pancake guy. Such an overrated, boring food.

– “Are you quicker on the court now?”

“I am. I am. And that’s not such a good thing for the competition.”

– OH. FUCK. YES. Can’t wait till October 30th.

– Check out Bottlegate tomorrow for coverage of the Cavs media day

Baseball

Twins pitcher Phil Hughes was one out away from a $500,000 bonus, then it rained

September 24, 2014 Ai Leave a comment

From Hardball Talk:

“Phil Hughes has had a fantastic season for the Twins, potentially setting the all-time strikeout-to-walk ratio record, and entered his final start today needing to throw 8.1 innings to reach 210 for the year and trigger a $500,000 bonus in his contract.”

“Hughes has cruised through eight innings against the Diamondbacks, allowing just one run, but now it’s raining heavy in Minnesota and the tarp is on at Target Field.

Hughes needs one more out to get an extra $500,000.”

“UPDATE: After an hour-plus rain delay Hughes did not come back into the game, which means he’s officially one out short of reaching 210 innings for his $500,000 bonus.”

What a kick in the dick that is. The Twins took their fair share of flak this winter for throwing $24 million over three years at a pitcher coming off a 4-14 walk year. Yankees fans practically pushed him out the door that Ruth built. He comes to the AL Central, goes 15-10 with a 3.61 ERA and has the best singe-season strikeout-to-walk ratio of all time. Then today he’s absolutely dealing through eight innings, the smell of that fat stack of cash getting more and more pungent with every out. Just cruising. One more out to pay dirt.

You would hope the Twins would either let him throw an inning out of the bullpen at the end of this week, or just give him the damn bonus because of the year he’s had, but you never know with these professional sports teams. And I’ve seen Fargo, I don’t trust anything from the state of Minnesota.

Browns

Brian Hoyer: Browns starting quarterback, Mr. Hero spokesman… Cafeteria lady?

September 24, 2014 Mike Leave a comment

From Cleveland Scene-

From the venerable institution’s Facebook page. Also, ESPN the Mag was there too. (ESPN’s doing a full issue on Cleveland very soon, if you hadn’t heard.)

While other players are busy relaxing and recovering from Sunday’s game, Brian Hoyer has turned into a bonafide lunch lady. What a way to spend your off day just slingin mashed potatoes and gravy till your arm falls off. Hey Brian, you better be scooping that mac and cheese with your left arm. We’re gonna need that right arm in a couple weeks vs. the Titans.

I never envied the school lunch ladies. Having to deal with all those germ infested asshole teenagers who don’t respect you. I definitely couldn’t hack it at a school cafeteria…The lunch ladies are by far the unsung heroes of the whole school experience though. If you can befriend one of them, you’ll be getting extra portions and be set for the rest of your school career. Two Bosco sticks turn into three and one handful of french fries turns into two. Here’s to hoping Brian was exactly like the lunch lady in Billy Madison-