What SPORTS did you watch today?

Watched most of the Pirates Brewers game. The Pirates ended up winning 6-3.

Cards and Giants won while the Mets lost so all 3 teams are tied for the two wild card spots.

Flipped back and forth between the Pirates Brewers game and the Texans Patriots game.

Watched the Cardinals pound the Cubs today and now I'm watching various college football games.  Currently watching Duke vs Notre Dame (go Blue Devils!  I hate ND).

Also, can we PLEASE get a new rally song for college bands to play?  I am so sick to death of college bands playing "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes.  I mean EVERY friggin' college band in EVERY friggin' college sport plays it.

EDIT:  HAHAHAHA!  Duke beat ND 38-35.     Notre Dame is now 1-3.  Good luck even getting to something like the Bell Helicopter Bowl now.  HAHAHAHAHA! 

Now I'm watching Florida vs Tennessee

I don't like either of these teams but I think I'm pulling for the Gators just a little bit more because I lived in Tennessee for 8 years and Vol fans are REALLY obnoxious.  They can stick "Rocky Top" where the sun don't shine.

tohostudios wrote:

Watched the Cardinals pound the Cubs today and now I'm watching various college football games.  Currently watching Duke vs Notre Dame (go Blue Devils!  I hate ND).

Also, can we PLEASE get a new rally song for college bands to play?  I am so sick to death of college bands playing "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes.  I mean EVERY friggin' college band in EVERY friggin' college sport plays it.

EDIT:  HAHAHAHA!  Duke beat ND 38-35.     Notre Dame is now 1-3.  Good luck even getting to something like the Bell Helicopter Bowl now.  HAHAHAHAHA! 

Such a great day! Hahahaha!

I watched Canada beat Russia in the World Cup of Hockey game.

Wow.  I woke up today to the news that Marlin pitching ace Jose Fernandez died in a boating accident.  I had to read the headline twice to make sure I didn't misread it. Watching MLB Network's coverage.

So sad.

Wow! That's the first I've heard this sad. Terrible news.

Watching NFL Red Zone.

You would be amazed how many businesses around here have "Rams Hate-watch" specials or offer specials the day after a Rams loss.  Not that we're bitter or anything.

It still cracks me up that the LA TV ratings for the Rams opener against the 49ers were lower than the STL ratings for all but 1 game over 20 years. I hope they continue to suck as much as they did while they were here. If that happens watch how fast attendance at the Coliseum drops; there's a hell of a lot more to do on a Sunday in LA than there is in STL.

Holy crap, the Eagles are destroying the Steelers. Where did that come from?

I don't know but the Steelers looked absolutely out of sync today. Nothing went right for them. And this happened to the Steelers last time they played the Eagles in Philly.

tohostudios wrote:

Wow.  I woke up today to the news that Marlin pitching ace Jose Fernandez died in a boating accident.  I had to read the headline twice to make sure I didn't misread it.  Watching MLB Network's coverage.

So sad.

I heard about that. There was also a CFL player, Mylan Hicks, who was shot fatally over the weekend.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/fatal-night-club-shooting-1.3778093

I know it's sad when anyone dies at a young age but it feels worse when it's one of our sports stars because we feel like we know them.

Watching the Pirates get walloped by the Cubs. Currently 12-0. Ouch

Cards got similarly walloped by the Reds 15-2. Matheny in his infinite wisdom decided to use all the struggling pitchers at one time. Jaime Garcia started and lasted all of one inning (2 runs), Michael Wacha was the next lamb to the slaughter (2IP, 7 runs) then Luke Weaver (2/3IP, 5 runs) as the Reds banged out 22 hits.

Watched the Falcons and Saints last night.

That was the Monday night game? Geez, that's a weak matchup.

Did anyone else see what happened at the Marlins/Mets game last night?

It's like something out of a movie.  I choke up every time I see this.  The first Marlin batter after the Fernandez tragedy and he hit his first homer of the season.  Only the 9th of his career.  He's just bawling his eyes out by the time he gets to home plate.  Right out of a Hollywood script

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/dee-gordons-amazing-home-run-and-trying-to-find-life-amid-unspeakable-despair-142830739.html

I'm not a Marlins fan at all; other than Stanton, Gordon and Fernandez I don't think I could name anyone else on the team.  But I will remember this moment for the rest of my life because it's just so perfect. Pure, raw emotion...

I saw it. They actually showed it during the Pirate broadcast last night. Pretty cool stuff.

Freakin' awesome.

It reminds me of when Daryl Kile died and the Cubs/Cardinals game was cancelled. I wish we'd had a signature moment like that. If I remember correctly the Cardinals won the next game but there wasn't nearly the cathartic release of emotion that Gordon's homer generated.

I believe something similar to that occurred in NASCAR some years ago when Earnhardt died. The following year Earnhardt Jr won that very race.

Cards are already sucking once again. Damn Reds just scored a run off Wainwright in the first inning.

Seriously, the Cardinals don't deserve to make the post-season with this roster. They need to completely revamp the pitching staff and cut guys like Kolten Wong and Matt Adams loose. And also forget about exercising options on Jaime Garcia and Matt Holliday. Take that money and go get some starters or position players.

The STL front office needs to stop dicking around. I understand when small market teams like the Pirates have to make sacrifices and/or can't go after big money free agents but the Cardinals draw around 3.5 million fans every year and have a lucrative contract with Fox Sports Midwest.

Time to start spending some of that money.

The Pirates are down 4-1 to the Cubs in the top of the 5th. Vogelsong is on his 100th pitch and has had at least 2 men on in each inning save for this one. That spell s a loss no matter who you're playing.

I hate to say it but the Cubs seem unstoppable this year. My only hope is that they end up facing the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series. I think that's the only team with both the pitching and the offensive firepower to derail Chicago.