Sport Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 On 7/27/2018 at 5:34 PM, willmorris said: The 1981 Reds had the best record in baseball and failed to make the playoffs, thanks to the split season playoff format. I'm obsessed with the 1981 Reds and have studied them endlessly. They had a few remaining Big Red Machine guys plus Tom Seaver, plus a young Mario Soto. That's to my knowledge the only time the playoffs have happened without the team with the best record. I've felt for a long time that the Reds need to treat those guys like it's a half championship. Have the team back for anniversary reunions, display the banner more prominently in the stadium, like flown on top of the boat in centerfield, because they got did dirty. What also sucks about missing the playoffs is that was the last gasp of the Big Red Machine and they didn't get to go out with a playoff try or at least a true pennant race with the Dodgers and Astros. A bunch of guys left after that year, Tom Seaver had a bad season, and the 82 Reds lost 100 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 7 different former starting QBs for the Browns have found themselves as No. 2 backups on other teams for the 2018-19 NFL season: - DeShone Kizer (Green Bay), started 15 last season for Cleveland as a rookie last season - Cody Kessler (Jacksonville), started 8 games for Cleveland in 2016 - Colt McCoy (Washington), started 21 games between 2010 and 2011 for Cleveland. - Josh McCown (New York Jets), started 11 games between 2015 and 2016 for Cleveland - Brian Hoyer (New England), started 16 games between 2013 and 2014 for Cleveland - Brandon Weeden (Houston), started 20 games for Cleveland between 2012 and 2013 - Robert Griffin III (Baltimore), started 5 games for Cleveland in 2016 The Miami Dolphins have tabbed former Browns QB, Brock Osweiler, who never played a regular season down for Cleveland, with No. 2 Backup duties. The Washington Redskins had another former Cleveland starter, Kevin Hogan (1 game in 2017) as the No. 3 QB, but he was part of cut downs to final rosters yesterday.* The Seattle Seahawks have Austin Davis as the No. 3 QB who started 2 games for Cleveland in 2015 *- UPDATE: Kevin Hogan has been claimed off waivers by Denver and in return released Paxton Lynch. I'd suspect Hogan will be the No. 2 behind Case Keenum, bringing the number of former Browns starters as backups to 8. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FALCON6 Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 The team that has beaten the Matt Ryan-era Falcons in the playoffs has gone on to play in the Super Bowl 2008- Warner's Cardinals 2010- Rodgers' Packers 2011- Eli's Second 2012- 49ers in the Harbaugh Bowl 2016- Let's not talk about this one 2017- Eagles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Doctor Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 On 9/2/2018 at 9:57 AM, DNAsports said: 7 different former starting QBs for the Browns have found themselves as No. 2 backups on other teams for the 2018-19 NFL season: - DeShone Kizer (Green Bay), started 15 last season for Cleveland as a rookie last season - Cody Kessler (Jacksonville), started 8 games for Cleveland in 2016 - Colt McCoy (Washington), started 21 games between 2010 and 2011 for Cleveland. - Josh McCown (New York Jets), started 11 games between 2015 and 2016 for Cleveland - Brian Hoyer (New England), started 16 games between 2013 and 2014 for Cleveland - Brandon Weeden (Houston), started 20 games for Cleveland between 2012 and 2013 - Robert Griffin III (Baltimore), started 5 games for Cleveland in 2016 The Miami Dolphins have tabbed former Browns QB, Brock Osweiler, who never played a regular season down for Cleveland, with No. 2 Backup duties. The Washington Redskins had another former Cleveland starter, Kevin Hogan (1 game in 2017) as the No. 3 QB, but he was part of cut downs to final rosters yesterday.* The Seattle Seahawks have Austin Davis as the No. 3 QB who started 2 games for Cleveland in 2015 *- UPDATE: Kevin Hogan has been claimed off waivers by Denver and in return released Paxton Lynch. I'd suspect Hogan will be the No. 2 behind Case Keenum, bringing the number of former Browns starters as backups to 8. If you want to include the CFL, it's up to 9. Johnny Manziel (Hamilton/Montreal), started 8 games for Cleveland 2014-2015 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 With the Astros losing tonight in the ALCS, no baseball team since the "modern" playoff structure (1995-present) has yet to sweep every round. (LDS, LCS, World Series). That would require going a perfect 11-0 (although 12-0 is possible as of 2012 with the one-off wild card game). Every MLB team except for the Seattle Mariners and Washington Nationals has been to the World Series at least once. The Rangers were the second-to-last, not reaching the Series until 2010 (and prior to this year, had never even won a playoff series). The Nationals have only ever won a playoff series as the Montreal Expos. While New York City is most notable for city vs. city World Series, it has happened elsewhere. The Cardinals and Browns, both from St. Louis, played in the 1944 series. (The Browns later moved to Baltimore and became the Orioles). The '44 series is notable for all seven games being played in the same park (which is not possible anymore as no baseball teams share a stadium). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 8/12/2015 at 1:14 PM, OnWis97 said: People like to say that the most unbreakable MLB record is Dimaggio's 56-game hit streak. Try breaking this one: Ed Ruelbach two complete game shutouts in one Day! On 8/12/2015 at 2:23 PM, jmoe12 said: Or Johnny Vander meer's back to back no-hitters On 8/12/2015 at 2:52 PM, waltere said: Or Fernando Tatis' two grand slams in one inning What's interesting about all these is they are theoretically breakable. Some records that were eventually broken, such as Cal Ripken Jr's consecutive games played, were themselves remarkable because the previous records were thought to be unbreakable. Many pitching records were achieved because the early days of baseball had no real concept of a bullpen or a closer, and pitchers were expected to go entire games. There are some records in baseball that are truly unbreakable, even in theory, due to rule changes. One of them being the 1899 Cleveland Spiders losing 101 road games. Obviously not breakable anymore due to a team playing no more than 82* road games. *An 82nd road game can occur if there is a game 163 (i.e. a one-game playoff). And if that team goes on to the actual wild card playoff game, that would be an 83rd road game. If they keep advancing but never host any of the playoff rounds, there'd still be a maximum of 94 road games (assuming every playoff series went the full length). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 On 10/7/2015 at 6:26 AM, pmoehrin said: Since the LDS became the norm in 1995, this is the first year where none of the original American League teams are represented in that round. This will also be just the third time in American League history where none of the original 8 teams will be represented in the ALCS. The two previous years were 1982 (Angels vs Brewers) and 1985 (Blue Jays vs Royals). There has also never been a World Series where a team that was active in 1901 wasn't involved. Oddly enough, didn't this get broken just a few weeks after this post? The 2015 World Series was Royals vs. Mets, neither of which were active in 1901. 2018 could potentially give us Astros vs. Brewers, which would seem to be the second time such a scenario will occur (both being 1960s-era expansion teams). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilSox Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Quillz said: Oddly enough, didn't this get broken just a few weeks after this post? The 2015 World Series was Royals vs. Mets, neither of which were active in 1901. 2018 could potentially give us Astros vs. Brewers, which would seem to be the second time such a scenario will occur (both being 1960s-era expansion teams). Another fact... the NL East is the only of the current six divisions that has never hosted either team. Both have been members of the AL West, and NL Central. The Brewers were in the AL East and AL Central. The Astros have been in the NL West. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 15, 2018 Share Posted October 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, NicDB said: Another fact... the NL East is the only of the current six divisions that has never hosted either team. Both have been members of the AL West, and NL Central. The Brewers were in the AL East and AL Central. The Astros have been in the NL West. And let's not ignore an Astros vs. Brewers World Series would be between the two teams that switched leagues. (The Astros have the distinction of being the only team to ever appear in the World Series representing both leagues. The Brewers can pull this off too should they advance). Unfortunately, neither will have the distinction of winning a championship from both leagues (Brewers lost in '82 as the AL team, Astros lost in '05 as the NL team). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Here was something kind of interesting: Until 2016, every team that beat the Toronto Blue Jays in the ALCS went on to win the World Series. (And the Blue Jays won the World Series during the only two LCS they've won). They lost the 1985 and 2015 ALCS to the Royals, the 1989 ALCS to the A's, the 1991 ALCS to the Twins, and the 2016 ALCS to the Indians. The 2016 Indians, of course, became (the first?) team to blow a 3-1 World Series lead. I did some brief research and I couldn't find any other baseball team that "guaranteed" a Series winner other than the Jays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispw12 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 The first three Patriots Super Bowl games were played in the Superdome Tom Brady has played two Super Bowls at the Cardinals Stadium but none in the regular season against the Cardinals as he missed the 2016 game with the Deflategate suspension and his 2008 knee injury cost him his shot to play at Candlestick where he attended many games growing up. All four Super Bowls the Colts have played in have been in Miami 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 Last two teams to beat the Yankees in the postseason win the world series. First time since 2001-2004 has that happened in consecutive years Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLAKnight Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 For the 5th time in NHL history, home teams went 9-0-0. It's never happened where 10 or more have won. The Senators have won on each of these days and all by wide margins. March 17, 1996 - Ottawa over Tampa Bay 5-0 October 9, 2003 - Ottawa over Montreal 5-2 November 20, 2003 - Ottawa over Carolina 6-1 February 28, 2004 - Ottawa over Buffalo 7-1 November 6, 2018 - Ottawa over New Jersey 7-3 Plus 3 of these dates happened during the 2003-04 season! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCarp1231 Posted March 3, 2019 Share Posted March 3, 2019 Last season when Josh Johnson was QB1 for the Redskins, in the 3 games started +1 quarter he failed to help the team score more than 16 points 16-40 vs Giants ((L) 1 Quarter, team was down 40-0) 16-13 vs Jaguars (W) 16-25 vs Titans (L) 0-24 vs Eagles (L) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Needschat Posted March 15, 2019 Share Posted March 15, 2019 Several iterations of the Albany Patroons gave the NBA coaches, whether former coaches or players in New York's Capital: Phil Jackson Bill Musselman George Karl Scott Brooks Sidney Lowe Rick Carlisle Terry Stotts Quote Oh what could have been.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrispw12 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 I learned something from the comments section on a youtube video of the week 16 Oilers Browns game that that was the first game that year the Oilers played on grass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 On 4/4/2017 at 1:31 PM, TrueYankee26 said: Last 3 UNC national championship teams including this year won the Maui Invitational, won the ACC regular season title but watched Duke win the ACC tournament, and got #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. Except the Maui invitational part, and the NC game has not been played yet, 2019 UNC applies here. Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chrispw12 Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 One bit of irony Bill Belichick got his first career win both regular season and post season against the Patriots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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