41 thoughts on “November 15, 2013: Quick Turnaround”

  2. So, the Nuggets drilled the Lakers earlier this week and might be getting on track.* I am looking forward to some basketball tonight!

    *On track or untracked? What do you think?

    1. "On track" has always made more sense to me. "Untracked" would seem to imply things are going off the rails, which would be a bad thing.

        1. On track would also be correct, and isn't particularly idiomatic.
          under "track" same site:

          on track
          : achieving or doing what is necessary or expected

          Just like how flammable and inflammable mean the same thing. (Thank you Dr. Nick!)

  3. I missed the game in Oakland last night. The Warriors are a very good team. Am I biased, or is this season starting off with a bang? Because, I'm loving it.

    1. one of the best things about last nights game is that Kevin Harlan was on the call. He went bonkers.

    2. I just watched the last two shots. I want to use that video for every time someone gives me the bs that the college game is better because the players "care more", or whatever similar nonsense I always hear.

    3. I saw about 2/3 of the game. It was such a barn-burner that Kenny Smith couldn't spit out "barn-burner".

      Andre Iguodala has made an even larger impact on the Warriors than I'd expected. And Harrison Barnes has reacted well to being moved to the bench because of Iguodala.
      Other notes: Draymond Green is a much better pro than anyone had a right to expect. He's doing a Kevin Love-style body makeover from doughboy to hard body while managing the transition from college 4 to a pro swing man. Andrew Bogut and David Lee are healthy. Jermaine O'Neal has been through the Rejuvenation Machine. Curry and Thompson are improved. The only real question points are depth at PF and PG, and whether they can play enough defense to go deep in the playoffs. I think they can.

    1. That is good news. I think Bud will be on the second line and will provide important bench scoring that has been heretofore non-existent.

    2. Budinger had surgery to repair torn cartilage in his left knee...

      This made me curious, I was under the impression that torn cartilage can't really be repaired, that surgery only removes the damaged tissue. But I was wrong. Turns out some small lateral tears on the outer edge can heal on their own, some tears can be surgically repaired, and in extreme cases the meniscus can be replaced with cadaver cartilage. But hey, at least I've heard of torn cartilage and know it's a real injury.

      1. With your previous baseline knowledge, you too can be a sports columnist for a major metropolitan newspaper.

        Or a trainer that talks to sports columnists.

      2. As long as there's good blood supply to the area, the surgeon can put a stitch in the meniscus tear to help keep it closed while it heals. Often they won't bother to repair a tear (rest and rehab, FTW!) unless there's something else that needs surgical attention. Since recovery time is pretty similar either way, may as well do the surgery when it's an athlete who depends on his body being in peak condition.

  5. I'll be busy all Saturday and Sunday, so there will be no Winter Baseball reports over the weekend. We'll try to get caught up starting Monday.

  7. I wouldn't have been surprised by news that Derek Jeter was going to write a book, but I certainly didn't expect to hear he's going to have his own imprint at Simon & Schuster. Huh.

  8. i'm a member of my office's party committee, though mainly so i can set things up to my liking ("yeah, i think we can bump it up to the next level liquor package", or "hmm, i'd prefer we serve the seared tuna instead of salmon as seafood option", etc).

    one of our events is the holiday party, and one of my favorite things to do is set up the seating. i find you annoying and obnoxious, and you hate this one guy? well, guess who you're sitting next to. you two had an awkward romantic entanglement that the rest of the office isn't supposed to know about? huh, that's weird, you two ended up at the same table. with your significant others!

    mwahaha...

        1. But everyone hates the actuaries for our function, despite our (generally) lifeless personalities.
          "No, you need to charge more than that! If they can't stomach that, let them buy it from someone else! Better to miss our sales goals than to make them selling losses."
          "We need bigger reserves now, right here at year end. Even if it will halve our bonuses!"
          Etc.

  9. Henne and Gabbert have combined for four passing touchdowns. Yes. Four. It would be easy to poke fun at them in comparison to Peyton Manning, who's thrown at least four touchdowns in five games this season, but let's aim lower. Minnesota's Christian Ponder, who's been usurped by Josh Freeman and Matt Cassel at different points of the season, has five passing touchdowns in six games this season.

    The Historic Suck of the Jacksonville Jaguars

  10. I have "Animaniacs" on one channel and USA Olympic Curling trials on NBC Sports on my previous channel. Add the Kraken Dark & Stormy in my hand* and I'm having a very nice evening.

    *A celebratory bottle for myself after getting a paycheck for the first time since I got to DC a month ago.

    2. That would make me smile. All those fans that hated Anthony after he left [the Giants] (not ones who just went along with him being the heel, that's different), would spin so fast they could power the stadium for weeks.

      1. I wonder how many Twins fans boo AJ, yet never saw him play in a Twins uniform? Basically, Justin Morneaus Twins career spanned the absence of AJ.
        Goes the same with Twins fans moaning about letting David Ortiz go.

  13. Watching the Caps with my aunt and uncle tonight. (Go not-Redwings!) I'm reminded of this gif.

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