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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 2h

lol yeah that part I get, but specifically leaving in the middle of the 9th of an 8-1 game just begs the question of why you didn’t leave sooner

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 2h

Why would you stick around to see the Phillies not score in the top of the 9th as a dodger fan if you’re not gonna watch the bottom of the 9th? What a bizarre time for people to be heading for the exits

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 2h

Can’t decide if I’d rather they beat the Tigers to go to the World Series and he tells them to carry their ass back across 8 mile or the Mariners and he starts singing the chorus to Pearl Jam’s “Alive” but I know who I’m rooting for in the ALCS

Ian Hunter @bluejayhunter.com · 3h

"Start spreading the news, bitches!"

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Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.social · 2h

Ranger Suárez pitches like he has plot armor

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 2h

HALLEFUCKINGLUJAH!!!!

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 2h

And now I feel nauseous

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Andrew Hammond @ahamm.bsky.social · 3h

A photo like this is going to inspire an entire generation of girls to hoop even more.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

He is correct though it’s 5 of 373 in MLB/NBA/NHL best of 7s bsky.app/profile/andy...

Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Judging by previous best of 7 series in major American sports, the Aces now have a 98.7% chance of winning the #WNBA title after taking a 3-0 lead over the Mercury

Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 11h

The #WNBA Finals won’t end if the Aces win tonight to take a 3-0 lead, but the league’s first best-of-7 series will be functionally over. MLB/MNBA/NHL teams have a 5-368 combined record when falling behind 0-3. Shouts to anyone who can guess where that link in the screenshot leads.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Nate Tibbetts would know this if he read my newsletter smh

Meghan L. Hall @itsmeghanlhall.bsky.social · 3h

Nate Tibbetts on being down 0-3:

“I don’t know how many teams have come down from 0-3, not many. I’m not gonna sugar coat that. We’ve got a tough road.”

Says they will keep fighting.

(Q: @alexaphilippou.bsky.social)

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Never backed off this either (I actually brought it up a lot more when they were sucking, self-deprecation is my love language 😂)

Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · Aug 22

Feeling like a lot less of an idiot for writing this sentence lately lol

Give me the Las Vegas Aces to win their third
WNBA title in the last four seasons behind the league's best player A'ja Wilson and a version of Chelsea Gray best described as vengeful over the second half of the Unrivaled season.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

I agree, and to be clear that’s the series record not the Game 4 record. Odds aren’t quite as overwhelming for a sweep.

Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Judging by previous best of 7 series in major American sports, the Aces now have a 98.7% chance of winning the #WNBA title after taking a 3-0 lead over the Mercury

Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 11h

The #WNBA Finals won’t end if the Aces win tonight to take a 3-0 lead, but the league’s first best-of-7 series will be functionally over. MLB/MNBA/NHL teams have a 5-368 combined record when falling behind 0-3. Shouts to anyone who can guess where that link in the screenshot leads.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Wrote about it on Monday. And the Aces just proved my point.

If the Mercury don't come back to win the series, they'll probably look back at the last eight and a half minutes of Game 1 with quite a bit of regret. Phoenix led 76-71 before letting Las Vegas go on a 16-6 run to take a five-point lead of its own — the Aces' only multi-possession lead of the game - at 87-82 with 2:41 to play. The Mercury scored the next four points to get back within one, then had a chance to take the lead when Alyssa Thomas missed a pair of free throws with 24.6 seconds to play. After that, Phoenix got the ball back down three points with 13.5 seconds to play while possessing both a full timeout and its reset timeout. That turned out to be the final possession of the game as Satou Sabally was forced to hoist a contested 3-pointer from nearly 30 feet with under three seconds on the clock. Even if Phoenix was committed to taking a 3-pointer for the tie at the buzzer, which would be a questionable strategy given the amount of time it had on the clock and the timeout situation, I still can't wrap my head around why Nate Tibbetts wouldn't have called his remaining timeout when the possession clearly wasn't going anywhere. Dana Evans led all scorers with nine points in that decisive

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

And Ryan remembers too. I am still annoyed with Phoenix wasting 14 whole seconds on that last possession of game 1 when it was obviously not developing

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Becky calls the timeout Tibbetts didn’t in game 1!

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 4h

This is maybe the most insulting thing you could say about a human being lol

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report. Variety reported on Tuesday that Weiss auditioned for "The View" when host Me...

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

This is definitely a pet peeve after spending most of my adult life working around football and with football players, but it’s also a serious problem the WNBA needs to address. Learn from the NFL’s mistakes before lives get ruined and lost in this sport too.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

I know why Ryan is explaining the rule, but if Satou is allowed anywhere near back on the floor tonight, the WNBA functionally has no concussion protocol

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Oooof, that was really hard to watch. I hope Satou is alright.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

Well it’s about fucking time

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 3h

For the record, I still need them to have paid Schwarber months ago. There are some other guys who could definitely be upgraded, though. Like the 20% of the roster that might play the right or left field on a given day.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 4h

She was already the only one with three 30-point games in a postseason, which she did for the first time in 2023

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 4h

A’ja Wilson is now the first player ever with four 30-point games in a single postseason and also the first one with three 30-point games in the semis or later in a single #WNBA postseason.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 4h

Actually, come to think of it, more Phillies squared to bunt than hit a ball hard their first time through the lineup plus one in an elimination game. But by all means, scold fans who think the lineup might be due for some upgrades.

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Andy Tulin (Ban Men’s Sports Version) @andytulin.net · 4h

Obviously what happens is Nola does his opener thing effectively and the first pitch Ranger throws gets jacked. Phillies have one hard hit ball in their first three at bats lol

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