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Just how bad was home plate umpire Tom Hallion last night?

Let’s get this out of the way first. Danny Salazar imploded after that missed strike 3 call in the third inning. It was unacceptable, no doubt about it. Gotta have thicker skin. That being said…

 

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Tommy boy had one for the ages last night. Just bad, really bad, all night long. If you don’t follow @IndiansUmp on the Twitter yet, you should probably get on that. I have zero idea who runs it or where the information comes from but it basically tweets out every time an ump blows a ball/strike call in a Tribe game. Whether it favors the good guys or the opposition, it almost instantly fires off a tweet with a picture of the strike zone, pitch location and a few other stats. Here’s the big turd Hallion laid on Salazar’s doorstop in the third:

Are you shitting me?

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The royal blue color  is never called a strike. The sun-bleached navy blue color is rarely called a strike. The Columbia blue color is sometimes called a strike. The peach color is called a strike a majority of the time. The skin color is almost always called a strike. The grapefruit color is always a strike. THE GRAPEFRUIT IS ALWAYS A STRIKE, TOM. Damnit!

There’s one of these “umpire” twitter accounts for all MLB teams (and by all I mean there’s one for the Indians and Twins and I’m not checking the rest). Last night, the Indians account tweeted out eight blown calls, three of which screwed us. Obviously the opposite is true for the Twins. Here are some of the other eggs he laid:

Appreciate it, big guy. First inning, second batter, 3-0 count instead of 2-1. I’ll take it.

Oh f*** you dude. That should be ball four (and it is, 84% of the time), giving us runners on first and second and Lonnie coming up to give us a chance to take the early lead. Boooooooooooo!

WHAT?!?!?! This is the worst call in the history of balls and strikes in Major League Baseball, right? NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT of the time Brian Dozier is sent back to the bench on this pitch. 98. There’s no part of that ball that’s even sniffing anything but the grapefuit. Just historically bad. Jesus Christ.

Again, I’m not making an excuse for Danny last night. He’s gotta be better than that. But sweet onion chicken teriyaki, so does the home plate umpire.

Hallion DOES have a sick punch out but I hate him and refuse to give him credit for it.

Against Yanny there, too. Lolz.

 

 

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Josh McCown is your starting quarterback Sunday against the Raiders

So Josh McCown is apparently out of the woods (the woods being the NFL’s concussion protocol) and will resume his starting duties at quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Oakland Raiders. Browns twitter is…..not thrilled.

https://twitter.com/M_Grund91/status/646675754168791042

https://twitter.com/TrillAC_/status/646675639097888768

I gotta say, I’m pretty goddamn disappointed. The Muni on Sunday was ELECTRIC. The stadium was ELECTRIC. Even the 7 PM hangover was ELECTRIC. We blew a fuse in Cleveland three days ago and Mike Pettine just opened up the fuse box, said “Hmmm. Nah.” and named Josh McCown our starting quarterback once again.

My only hope is that this turns out to be the right move in the long run. Give Johnny a couple more weeks of practice and learning and turn the keys over to him by the end of the season. The only problem with this is that the Browns have given us absolutely zero reason to trust anything they do at all, ever, at any position. So I’m going to stomp my feet and scream probably nonstop for the next five days. Thanks Obama.

Taking a look at how the Cavaliers are rated in this year’s crop of NBA video games

So I’ve got Cavs fever on this sunny Tuesday afternoon. Sue me.

Earlier today we took a look at Kevin Love’s unorthodox free throw form in the recently-released NBA Live 2016 demo. I don’t really know why everyone is so shocked by these glitches, we all know Live hasn’t been relevant since you were bumping to Chingy’s “Right Thurr” while navigating the menus like a decade ago. But whatever. The ratings for this year’s batch of hoops games have all finally been released. Judge away.


 

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NBA 2K16

Players in the top 10 in the game at their positions:

PG

  1. Stephen Curry – Golden State Warriors – Overall 93
  2. Chris Paul – LA Clippers – 90
  3. Russell Westbrook – Oklahoma City Thunder – 89
  4. Kyrie Irving – Cleveland Cavaliers – 87
  5. John Wall – Washington Wizards – 87
  6. Damian Lillard – Portland Trail Blazers – 86
  7. Mike Conley – Memphis Grizzlies – 85
  8. Derrick Rose – Chicago Bulls – 84
  9. Kyle Lowry – Toronto Raptors – 83
  10. Jeff Teague – Atlanta Hawks – 83

SF

  1. LeBron James – Cleveland Cavaliers – 94
  2. Kevin Durant – Oklahoma City Thunder – 91
  3. Carmelo Anthony – New York Knicks – 88
  4. Kawhi Leonard – San Antonio Spurs – 87
  5. Paul George – Indiana Pacers – 86
  6. Gordon Hayward – Utah Jazz – 83
  7. Rudy Gay – Sacramento Kings – 83
  8. Andrew Wiggins – Minnesota Timberwolves – 80
  9. Giannis Antetokounmpo – Milwaukee Bucks – 79
  10. DeMarre Carroll – Toronto Raptors – 79

PF

  1. Anthony Davis – New Orleans Pelicans – 92
  2. Blake Griffin – LA Clippers – 88
  3. LeMarcus Aldridge – San Antonio Spurs – 88
  4. Tim Duncan – San Antonio Spurs – 87
  5. Pau Gasol – Chicago Bulls – 86
  6. Zach Randolph – Memphis Grizzlies – 84
  7. Chris Bosh – Miami Heat – 84
  8. Kevin Love – Cleveland Cavaliers – 84
  9. Dirk Nowitzki – Dallas Mavericks – 84
  10. Paul Millsap – Atlanta Hawks – 83

Top 5 Overall:

  1. James – Cavaliers – 94
  2. Curry – Warriors – 93
  3. James Harden – Houston Rockets – 92
  4. Davis – Pelicans – 92
  5. Durant – Thunder – 91

Full Cavaliers ratings:

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Full 2k16 ratings found here.

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NBA Live 16

Players in the top 5  in the game at their positions:

PG

  1. Paul – Clippers – 95
  2. Westbrook – Thunder – 94
  3. Curry – Warriors – 94
  4. Irving – Cavaliers – 90
  5. Wall – Wizards – 90
  6. Lillard – Blazers – 90

SF

  1. James – Cavaliers – 97
  2. Durant – Thunder – 96
  3. George – Pacers – 90
  4. Anthony – Knicks – 89
  5. Leonard – Spurs – 89

Top 5 Overall:

  1. James – Cavaliers – 97
  2. Durant – Thunder – 96
  3. Paul – Clippers – 95
  4. Harden – Rockets – 95
  5. Griffin – Clippers – 95
  6. Davis – Pelicans – 95
  7. Marc Gasol – Memphis Grizzlies – 95

(Mostly) Full Cavaliers Ratings:

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*#1 team in Eastern Conference

Full NBA Live 16 ratings found here.


 

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