Good morning, all and happy Monday!
It took more than half a century, but the New York Knicks have finally won their third World Championship. I break it down and discuss much more in the above commentary.
Here are some other thoughts for this June 15:
This date used to be the trade deadline for MLB and some huge trades have been transacted on June 15. It was on this date in 1977 that a petulant M. Donald Grant, president of the New York Mets, traded Tom Seaver to the Cincinnati Reds for Pat Zachry, Doug Flynn, Steve Henderson and Dan Norman.
It was on this date in 1976, with free agency becoming part of MLB the following season, Oakland Athletics owner Charlie Finley sold pitcher Vida Blue to the New York Yankees for $1.5M and Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers to the Boston Red Sox for $1M each. They would become free agents in 1977 and Finley wanted to get something, before those players left. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn stepped in and voided the deals, using his authority as commissioner to “act in the best interests of baseball.”
There were many more trades consummated on this date and fans eagerly anticipated the deadline, just as much as they do today, even though the deadline is seven weeks later and the date is never set in stone. This season MLB’s trade deadline will be Aug. 3
Kurt Badenhausen of Sportico writes each player on the New York Knicks will receive $770K for winning the NBA Title.
Fans are getting into the World Cup with record TV ratings reported for Fox. Numbers show 15.99M tuned in to view the U.S.-Paraguay match.
Two weeks ago he was pitching for the Hartford Yard Goats of the Eastern League, the Rockies AA affiliate. Yesterday he recorded the save in the Rockies whacky 23-9 win over the Athletics in Las Vegas. That’s right, the save in a 23-9 game. Eiberson Castellano was called up to the Rockies on Saturday morning. Yesterday he pitched three scoreless innings to finish the game in Vegas. Under baseball rules, if a relief pitcher hurls the last three innings of a game without relinquishing the lead, regardless of the score, he is awarded a save.
Happy for Tyler Murray, the radio voice of the New York Knicks. I’ve know Tyler since he was broadcasting games for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Eastern League. He landed the Knicks radio gig two years ago and in his two seasons at the mic the Knicks have made it to the Eastern Conference finals and won the NBA championship. Congratulations to a class act.
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DAN
