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#OpeningDayAtHome.

Today would have been Opening Day for Major League Baseball. But like everything else, the start of the baseball season has been postponed due to COVID-19. MLB and the Reds came up with the awesome idea of #OpeningDayAtHome. They’re going to replay old Reds game on their social media and Fox Sports Ohio. And I think it’s a great idea because it’s a lot better than nothing…

As we all continue to follow the proper precautions to keep everyone safe and healthy during these unprecedented times, we still have the opportunity to celebrate one of the aspects of our lives that brings us together – Reds Baseball!

Fans throughout Reds Country have thrown the best Opening Day celebration in baseball for more than 100 years, and we will continue that tradition this year as well. Tomorrow, join the Reds and all of Major League Baseball for a special #OpeningDayAtHome celebration.

I wore all my Reds gear all day today. And I enjoyed the replay of the Reds’ dramatic 2019 Opening Day win over the Pirates on FOX Sports Ohio…

We also watched the Reds final game of the series sweep against the Astros from last season. It was extra sweet to watch that game because it’s always fun to see cheaters take the loss.

And I just discovered the MLB Vault YouTube channel where they replay classic MLB games in their entirety. I was also watching the incredible game 7 of the 2016 Cubs-Indians World Series in all it’s glory.

Dang. How did I not know about MLB Vault? Welcome to the party, pal. 😀⚾️❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 26, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged #OpenDayAtHome, 2020, Baseball, Cincinnati, COVID-19, Home, Home Sweet Home, Mar26, March, MLB, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Opening Day, Reds baseball, Seen and noted, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on March 26, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/03/26/openingdayathome/

A world without sports.

Last night, the NBA shocked everyone by abruptly suspending the remaining games of their season after a player on the Utah Jazz tested positive for coronavirus…

But at least, my Mavs are the 2019/20 Champions. This afternoon, Michigan was set to begin their 2020 B1G TEN tournament against Rutgers in Indianapolis at a Bankers Life Fieldhouse without any spectators…

And just as the game was about to tipoff, the entire tournament was canceled…

Both teams were on the floor, warmed up and ready to tip-off their tournament and then the plug was pulled on the whole thing.

Some things are bigger than basketball. This is a global situation and we need to make sure we follow the guidance and direction of the experts and health officials. While we are disappointed of not being able to play this event — especially for Zavier and Jon.

We need to stay bonded together during this time. We want everyone to stay safe and take precautions to protect yourselves and loved ones.

We are a Michigan family… forever.

— Michigan Head Coach, Juwan Howard

But on the upside, Michigan is still undefeated against Rutgers.

And less than an hour later, MLS postponed their season for 30 days…

No Minnesota United soccer for a while…

In a related story, I’m done with FC Cincinnati. Completely done. But that’s another post for another time. And not long after MLS, USL followed suit and suspended their season for at least 30 days as well…

Louisville City just completed their soccer-specific stadium before the beginning of this season, and now they’re going to have to wait a little while longer to christen their stadium. But it looks just beautiful…

A few hours later, it was baseball’s turn…

And then later this afternoon, March Madness turned into March Sadness…

Ha. And when I got home from work, I saw an update from England…

Apparently, Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta has been diagnosed with COVID-19…

The FA is scheduled to release a statement of the future of the English Premier League season. I’m guessing it will be postponed for the foreseeable future…

And there you go. Now we’re living in my nightmare, a world without sports. It’s a very sad day. And it’s going to be a really long month. 😭🚫❤️

UPDATE: The Premier League season has been suspended with the intention of returning on April 4. The League intends to reschedule the postponed matches.

And the NBA season is likely to resume. Games could return in April and possibly go straight into the playoffs, or the league could push the entire calendar back. But my Mavericks will always be 2019/20 NBA Champions to me.

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by Thadd F. on March 12, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on March 12, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/03/12/a-world-without-sports/

2019/20 NBA Champions!

Tonight, I watching my Dallas Mavericks play the Denver Nuggets on ESPN. And during the game, the NBA decided to cancel the rest of the NBA season while the Mavs game was still going. The Mavs ended up thumping Nuggets by 16 points.

So since the Mavericks won the final game of the NBA season… THEY’RE YOUR 2019/20 NBA CHAMPIONS!

Luka Doncic dropped 28 in the final game. He was just one rebound short of another double-double. But your final MVP is Boban Marjanovic with 31 points and 17 boards.

And the Mavs rested one of their superstars, Kristaps Porzingis in the championship game… just because they could. Gangsta.

DALLAS MAVERICKS 2019/20 NBA CHAMPIONS!🤣🏀🏆❤️

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by Thadd F. on March 11, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2020, Basketball, Championship, Champs, Cincinnati, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Dallas, Dallas Mavericks, Ffffound, Home Sweet Home, Mar11, March, NBA, NBA Basketball, NBA Champions, Northside, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on March 11, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/03/11/2019-20-nba-champions/

Come on you, Gunners.

Before today’s Europa League match between Arsenal at Olympiakos, one of the 20 odd mascots, probably the smallest of the bunch was left out on the pitch when the rest had long since headed off. He clearly had no idea what to do and the Arsenal players pulled him in for their team picture…

Absolutely classic. Arsenal won the match 1-0 on brilliant four pass move started when Mustafi switched fields to Aubameyang on the left through to Sako and finished by Alexander Lacazette. #CYOG 😀⚽️😂🤣❤️

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by Thadd F. on February 20, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2020, Arsenal, Europa League, Feb20, February, Ffffound, Odds&Ends, Seen and noted, Soccer

Posted by Thadd F. on February 20, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/02/20/come-on-you-gunners/

Fantasy basketball update.

I’m playing Fantasy Basketball again this season…

Fifteen games into the season, I still have one undefeated team…

My God Shammgods team just lost their first match-up last week. And my other six teams all have winning records. 15-0, 2 teams at 14-1, 11-4, 10-5, 2 teams at 9-6 and an 8-7.

Fantasy basketball is pretty dang fun. 😀🏀❤️

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by Thadd F. on February 3, 2020 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2020, Cincinnati, Fantasy, Fantasy Basketball, Feb3, February, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on February 3, 2020

https://tplusg.com/2020/02/03/fantasy-basketball-update-2/

Fantasy football wrap-up.

I played fantasy football again this season…

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I really went overboard with the drafts back before the season started. I wound up with a whopping ten teams this season. That’s twice as many as last year. I ended up with a combined record of 84-46 for the season. The majority of my teams did pretty well with seven of my ten teams making the playoffs. And I ended up winning the championship in four of my ten leagues. My Giant Foam Fingers marched through the regular season undefeated. And they were one of my teams that won their championship, capping off a perfect season! I’ve never had a perfect season in fantasy football before…

Here’s my undefeated lineup from the final championship weekend…

My starting QB was Baltimore’s Lamar Jackson. So it was a little nerve-racking when the Ravens sat him for the final game of the season. Thankfully, I had Drew Breese stashed away for an emergency. Here are my other championship teams…

So once again, I can call myself a fantasy football champion. I think fantasy football is so much fun. It makes the football season really interesting and enjoyable, especially when you’re winning. 😀🏈🏆❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 30, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, Championship, Champs, Cincinnati, Dec30, December, Fantasy, Fantasy Football, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on December 30, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/12/30/fantasy-football-wrap-up-3/

Fantasy basketball update.

I’m playing Fantasy Basketball again this season…

Ten games into the season, I still have two undefeated teams…

And I have two teams that are sitting at 9-1…

My other teams are 7-3, 7-3, 5-5 and 4-6. Fantasy basketball is pretty dang fun. 😀🏀❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 30, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Dec30, December, Fantasy, Fantasy Basketball, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on December 30, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/12/30/fantasy-basketball-update/

Fantasy basketball.

I’m playing Fantasy Basketball again this season…

I playing eight teams this year. Most of them are starting off the season pretty well so far. But two of my teams are still undefeated five weeks into the season…

Fantasy basketball is pretty dang fun. 😀🏀❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 25, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Fantasy, Fantasy Basketball, Ffffound, Home, Home Sweet Home, Northside, Nov25, November, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sports

Posted by Thadd F. on November 25, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/11/25/fantasy-basketball/

Fantasy football 2019.

I’m playing fantasy football again this year…

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I went overboard with the drafts before the season started. I ended up with ten teams this season. The majority of my teams are doing pretty well so far with seven of my ten teams posting winning records. And my team, Giant Foam Fingers is undefeated…

I think fantasy football is so much fun. It makes the football season really interesting and enjoyable, especially when you’re winning. 😀🏈🏆❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 12, 2019 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Odd & Ends, Sports

Tagged 2019, Cincinnati, Fantasy Football, Ffffound, Nov12, November, Odds&Ends, Ohio, Seen and noted, Sports, Undefeated

Posted by Thadd F. on November 12, 2019

https://tplusg.com/2019/11/12/fantasy-football-2019/

Champions!

This afternoon we drove over to the Westside to find Elder High School…

Our nephew, Liam’s St. Antoninus Jaguars were playing in the GCYL Division I Reserve Football League championship at Elder High School’s “The Pit” Elder Stadium…

Liam’s St. Antoninus team won 28-6, the same score they won by in the semi-final. They won the championship and went undefeated on the season!