Links importantes Meu livro, Era de Gigantes, na Amazon: amazon.com.br/Era-Gigantes-h… Meu blog no @UOLEsporte: uol.com.br/esporte/colunas/1… Minha thread de fotos esportivas: xitter.cf/tmwarning/status/13922…

DAMN! Who knew little old me and my opinion would have all y’all this STIRRED UP?! Some of y’all heard the word ANALYTICS and completely MISSED MY WHOLE DAMN POINT! I’m talking about REAL BALLPLAYERS! DOGS! GRINDERS! Dudes who will fight through 12-pitch at-bats, move runners, lay down a bunt, run the bases, make plays, and do the dirty work EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! Guys who COMPETE THEIR ASSES OFF! I spent a few years around Pat Murphy. Sat in his office, had plenty of personal conversations, and heard firsthand what that man preached! “PLAY LIKE A NEANDERTHAL!” Now let me ask y’all something… YOU THINK NEANDERTHALS KNEW WHAT ANALYTICS WERE?! OR WERE THEY JUST OUT THERE TRYING TO COMPETE, SURVIVE, AND WIN NO MATTER WHAT?! THAT’S MY WHOLE DAMN POINT! I never said the Brewers and Rays don’t use analytics. I’m saying I see two organizations that value OLD-SCHOOL BALLPLAYERS! Complete players who know how to WIN, even when it ain’t pretty! Y’all call it analytics. I call it GETTING BACK TO THE GAME I GREW UP LOVING! BASEBALL! SIMPLE AS THAT! And yeah, let me be a LITTLE PETTY before I go! Respectfully, I’m not letting people who have NEVER stepped between those lines convince me otherwise just because you went to a really FANCY SCHMANCY COLLEGE 🤣and know how to read a spreadsheet! I respect education. I respect analytics. But being book smart doesn’t automatically mean you understand what it takes to COMPETE AND WIN between those lines! I played 15 YEARS in the BIG LEAGUES! I’ve been around some of the greatest baseball minds in the world. That doesn’t mean I know everything, but I’ve earned the right to have my own perspective on this game! LOVE THE DEBATE! RESPECT EVERYBODY’S OPINION! BUT I’M STANDING TEN TOES DOWN ON MINE!

Celtics are getting a little sloppy after building a big lead. Missing some makeable shots. Not getting matched up on defense. And committing a lot of fouls. Neemias Queta just picked up his fourth foul.

T.Hill tá bichado e sem time. A cara do 49ers!

E um Devonta Smith, improvavel? Com essa lesão incerta do Hurts, nao custa tentar...

Dos males, o menor. Era questão de tempo pelo acumulo de pequenas lesões. Pelo menos é apenas mais um caso de semanas. San Francisco está 6-0 e a 3.5 jogos de vantagem sobre o segundo da divisão. É obrigação ir atrás de mais um WR.

E olho vivo nos comentários do Daniel do @BlogTurnover e o Gabriel Barros @Basquetepmundo

Seems like teams are being forced to cut bait with young players faster than ever because of the cap and apron issues. Smart teams can take a flyer on 2nd draft guys like Devin Carter

Sources: Texas is expected to give an up-tick in first-team quarterback reps to redshirt freshman KJ Lacey Jr. this week in practice. Arch Manning still projects as the Texas starter. The uptick in Lacey’s reps is a signal that Texas could replace Manning if he continues to struggle.

Jalen Hurts will be out for the season after doctors discovered multiple blood clots in his lungs.

The Colts fired GM Chris Ballard.

I wrote about Justin Herbert: nytimes.com/athletic/7693602…

Who’s your daddy?

The Cardinals are getting trade calls on WR Marvin Harrison Jr., but he won’t come cheap: League sources say Arizona would want a second-round pick and more to consider dealing the former No. 4 pick. That and much more in The Sweep: tompelissero.substack.com/p/…

At some point, baseball has to get back to valuing ballplayers and not just numbers on a screen. Give me the Freddie Freemans, the Buster Poseys, Hunter Pences, Pablo Sandovals, Michael Youngs, Ian Kinslers of the world. Guys who just flat out know how to play the game. Everyone wants to talk launch angle and exit velo, but what happened to valuing a quality at bat?” The 9-pitch battle that might end in an out, but forces a pitcher to show everything he’s got. The guy who hits behind the runner, takes what’s given, or just refuses to give a pitcher an easy inning. Those at-bats might not look sexy in the box score, but they show up in the 7th, 8th, and 9th. Some of these dudes could absolutely leave the yard too. That’s the point. They weren’t one-dimensional. Somewhere along the way, we confused measurable tools with knowing how to win baseball games. I’m not against analytics or hitting the ball hard, but there is an art to winning that you can’t fully measure. We need more guys who know how to play baseball, not just hitters, not just athletes, ballplayers. And I promise you, those dudes never go out of style

Broncos WR Pat Bryant (ankle) has been placed on injured reserve, per @RapSheet. He'll now miss at least the next four games.