Baltimore Ravens
The Ravens followed up a Super Bowl season by missing the playoffs. There is always a bit of a hangover after you win the title but this seemed more than that.
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The Ravens followed up a Super Bowl season by missing the playoffs. There is always a bit of a hangover after you win the title but this seemed more than that.
The Wizards are in the playoffs but I feel like there is almost nobody talking about them, either positively or negatively.
Despite fears of the worst when Derrick Rose was hurt and Luol Deng was trade the Bulls made the playoffs and are officially the team that nobody want to play in the East. Good luck Washington.
The Angels had a rough start but have been playing better lately. If they are going to continue to do so they are going to have to do it without slugger Josh Hamilton who is out of the lineup until May with a thumb injury.
Indiana may be limping into the playoffs but they are doing it as the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Speaking of limping the Atlanta Hawks were doing that too making them look like the perfect first round opponent for the struggling Pacers.
The Browns are loaded with extra picks this year and to nobody’s surprise they need help in a variety of places.
This season has to be a huge disappointment for the Pistons. In an Eastern Conference that is not very good they still couldn’t crack the playoffs even though they made significant adjustments to the team in the offseason.
The Braves and Phillies had their game on Tuesday night postponed. The Braves took the opener by scoring 4 in the 9th but not off Phillies closer Jonathan Papelbon.
Even though the Braves are stitching together their starting rotations with bubble gum they are getting good results so far.
The Spurs are 45-35 ATS with an O/U record of 44-35-1 and the Rockets are 39-39-2 ATS with an O/U record of 44-34-2. This season the Rockets are 32-8 at home and the Spurs are 30-10 on the road.
This little AL West tilt has some intriguing individuals to investigate. Interestingly, the intrigue includes others than just Seattle free-agent investment Robbie Cano.
After a one run loss and a one run win the Mets finished their weekend against the Dodges by being spanked 14-2.
The Timberwolves are out of the playoffs so you have to wonder how high their motivation will be, especially playing the second game of a back to back so far from home.
The Bengals are coming off a AFC North Division championship and are far from starting from scratch. Even though their defense is highly rated – they were 5th in yards allowed – there is a whole to fill up front with the departure of Michael Johnson at defensive end.
The 76ers are putting the finishing touches on a supremely bad season but unless something dramatic happens they still won’t finish with the worst record in the league.
It really isn’t baseball season until we get our first tastes of Red Sox vs. Yankees. Boston has gotten off to a bit of a sluggish start but did take two of three from Texas to wipe the sour taste the Brewers left in their mouth with a sweep over the weekend.