notsellingjeans
notsellingjeans brings some Bay Area balance to this otherwise Southern California-leaning blog.
"We're not selling jeans here," - Billy Beane's now-famous rebuttal to his own scouts in Moneyball - represents my philosophy as a sports fan. Just as Beane wanted his scouts to look deeper, I enjoy the numbers of sports - the contracts, the salary cap rules and figures, and advanced statistics.
My greatest sports passions are MLB and the NBA, and I live and die with the A's on TV each night.
Reflecting on last weekend’s NFL draft results… This draft featured four name-worthy quarterbacks – Sam Bradford, Tim Tebow, Jimmy Clausen, and Colt McCoy. It’s noteworthy that both the 49ers and the Raiders had the opportunity to select any one of the last three – a few times, even – and passed. The Raiders opted instead [...]
In July, you’re probably going to read a stat-filled column by Philadelphian Jayson Stark with a title very similar to that one. I’m just going to plant the seed in your mind a little bit early. 3-0, 24 IP, 21 K’s, 2 BB, 1:13 ERA, 0.96 WHIP. That’s Halladay’s season stat line after his latest [...]
Oklahoma City’s loss in Portland on Monday night officially sealed their first-round fate, ensuring a playoff matchup with the Lakers starting this weekend at the Staples Center. Bad news for Thunder fans, so sayeth the common wisdom. Basketball blogs have been saying for weeks that every other West team simply wanted to avoid that first-round [...]
Tagged: #1 seed, #8 seed, Devin Durant, Durantula, Kobe, Kobe Bryant, Lakers, NBA, NBA Playoffs, OKC, Playoffs, Russell Westbrook, Thabo Sefalosha
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