SU must say that this past Sunday was a perfect sports viewing day in a year when there have been few.  Consider:

• NFL games (although if you are a NY football fan, there are restrictions built in as to whether you want to expose children to Jets and Giants games)
• US Open – unfortunately, the final round was not as compelling as the earlier rounds.  And by the way, is every young golfer going to start doing PEDs and bulking up?  And is every golfer going to now take 20 minutes before every shot like Bryson DeChambeau?
• Yankee game
• Italian Open Tennis semi-finals – OK, SU along with 6 other people globally watched that match but it was quite entertaining
• NBA playoffs – I must admit that I dozed off and forgot it was on last night.  A man has his limits…
• NHL Finals Game #1

Anyway, a welcome distraction for average sports fan.  So many NFL injuries yesterday – I guess the injuries that usually occur in the exhibition games all got crowded into week #2.

The Yankees had their 10-game winning streak stopped but all of a sudden, Aaron Boone is a genius and the Yankees are considered among the favorites come playoff time.  SU says this saying is true: “You are not as good as you look during the winning streaks and you are not as bad as you look during the losing streaks.”  The truth is somewhere in the middle.  People are cheering now that Gary Sanchez has punctured the .150 mark for the season.  He still can’t catch either Britten or Chapman late in the game which is terrifying nor can they be counted on with a 1-run lead.  The Yankees will need a minimum 3-run cushion late in the game in any playoff game.

The National League seems quite interesting for that last playoff spot.  A lot of teams around the .500 mark.

NBA observation: in a typical year, home court is huge in the playoffs.  And why is that?  Because the refs call fouls very differently for the home team in playoff games.  Not sure why unless you say the home team is being “more aggressive” and drawing fouls.  Anyway, in the bubble this is no longer a factor.  Thus, every game is played on a level playing field and it’s not that unusual to see teams come back from an 0-2 or 1-3 deficit to win the series.

Any comments from the SU intergalactic subscriber base on the MLB playoffs, NFL, Big Ten football?  The floor is yours.