Halftime with Hambone
Enjoy my ramblings about many different sports
Category: Sports
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‘SCAR is back! Sure, it’s preseason, but it’s back!! Green flag drops at 3:24 PM. It’s currently 3:00 PM and DraftKings lineups just locked. Taking a look at who others picked vs myself, I will be a big fan of Austin Dillon, Kyle Larson, Ryan Blaney, and Aric Almirola, in that order (more on this…
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Yes, I’m aware no one cares about my fantasy team except me. But I think this will be a fun exercise for anyone that plays fantasy football (Plus, these aren’t my teams…) This trade was accepted and just processed today (Nov. 15), so both teams will have their new players for Week 11. This league…
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This is pretty surprising to me. While laying double-digit points isn’t exactly a goal of mine, I can’t believe that over 3 out of 4 picks are taking the Cardinals. Typically, the majority (read: public) picks the favorite. It’s just what they do. To be fair, Arizona did open at +14, but that’s not how…
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I know, I know. No one else cares about my fantasy baseball team. I am writing this post to gather my thoughts immediately post-draft because a lot will change in a short amount of time and I’ll wonder what the heck I was thinking drafting a 35-year-old first baseman in round 9 or a 34-year-old…
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Welcome to the best weekend of the NFL season! Seriously, look at those matchups. This is great. The only thing that might have made it better is Seattle over Dallas. Then again a third Rams/Seahawks game probably isn’t necessary. Without further delay, my thoughts: Indianapolis Colts @ Kansas City Chiefs 4:35 p.m. ET Saturday, January…
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Just a quick takeaway from today’s NFL action. Hope you enjoy. PITTSBURGH 28 @ CINCINNATI 21 As a Bengals fan, this result is not surprising. I did not expect them to win today. Although they certainly got my hopes up by taking the lead with just over one minute left to play. Problem is they…
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Each week on Monday morning, I write down all the games and quickly pick a line of my own, and then listen to The Bill Simmons Podcast. I’ve read and listened to Bill for many years and his buddy Cousin Sal. They are pretty funny together (each was a writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live), and…
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The Vikings were a 17-point favorite for most of the week, and my buddy texted me that he was betting on Buffalo based on principle. I told him he must like lighting money on fire. Well, his principles were correct. In what has to be the biggest upset since Trump over Hillary, the 0-2 and…
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It’s 9:06pm on Sunday night as I begin writing this, and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers scored 48 points today. Raise your hand if you started the Saints defense on nearly all of your fantasy teams *raises hand sheepishly*. Ahhh, NFL is back and, so too, is stressing over my fake teams only existent on the…
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It is still very early in the MLB season, so drawing any conclusions from the numbers can be a fruitful effort; however, I think that observing this data early on can be helpful to identify potential outliers and see which teams will regress toward the mean. The premise behind this look at hits per game…