Cue Cards is a series designed to assist with the common small talk about high-profile recent sporting events that is so omnipresent in the workplace, the bar, and other social settings.
Yesterday — Wednesday, October 1
- Following a boom with a fizzle — After the epic single-elimination Wild Card game between the Royals and the As, fans probably were expecting a little more from the second Wild Card game last night. This one was impressive but not exciting as the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-0. I suppose we shouldn’t be that surprised. Of the four Wild Card teams, the As, the Royals, and the Pirates are all long-time tortured franchises while the Giants are a traditional power. If you just took a baseball fan out of a time-machine and told them those four teams were in the Wild Card round, after they fainted from surprise that the first three even made the playoffs, they would recover to say that the Giants were sure to advance.
Line: I’m not surprised but I do (unless you live in San Francisco) feel for the Pirates. It means so much for them to even make the playoffs and now their out having only played one game and scored no runs. - Basketball (and LeBron) is back — That’s right — preseason basketball has begun. The first official preseason game is not until this Saturday but teams are already practicing and scrimmaging. Yesterday, the Cleveland Cavaliers had a public scrimmage and showed off their new acquisitions, Lebron James and Kevin Love. These two players are expected to launch them back into the championship hunt.
Line: LeBron is back in Cleveland and this time, I think he’s going to bring them a championship.