Sentences with phrase «of a wild card»

One is a bit of a wild card as I'm not sure I would be brave enough to wear it out in public — you all can help me decide!

But, sitting just 3.5 games out of a wild card spot means they aren't out of it.

They stayed within one winning streak of a wild card spot for quite a while.

Since kittens have not yet formed their adult personalities, they are more of a wild card.

If prospects are erratic, well, so are the fortunes of a team that's five games out of the wild card race.

None of the wild card teams have any value at either book.

Even just roaming around the vast worlds as a cardboard box, taking out groups of Wild Cards with the slam ability and in general just chilling out is hugely enjoyable.

And it has, at this point, essentially taken them completely out of any wild card conversation.

The effect of tax cuts and more federal spending are a bit of a wild card.

The new games are more of a wild card.

Even today, as of the start of play on July 31, the Rangers sit just 5.5 games back of a wild card in the AL with two months of games left on the schedule.

At the actual deadline: 3 1/2 games out of the Wild Card Currently: Eight games out What they would have done differently: Nothing

Google (googl), which is something of a wild card here, also continues to push its cloud agenda.

At the actual deadline: Two games up in the Wild Card Currently: One game out of the Wild Card What they would have done differently: Something / anything?

The most surprising part of the Wild Card round of the 2013 NFL playoffs is that... it wasn't that surprising at all.

The Indians are just two up on the Tigers in the AL Central — they could easily end up as part of the wild card race with a bad week.

Upping the ante are a couple of wild card issues.

That's a kind of the wild card here.»

Davide Zappacosta could be a bit of a wild card for Chelsea and while there have been no links with Chelsea, the 23 - year - old is highly - rated in Italy and is also — more importantly — a right wing - back.

The Rockies have a bright future, and they're still on the fringes of the fringes of the wild card race, but they're still well under.500 and now without Trevor Story.

Chiefs hosts Tennessee and the Rams to Atlanta this Saturday, at the start of the Wild Cards round.

Race Race can be a bit of a wild card when factored into the gender equation.

Adam Driver, more of a wild card as the film's villain and heir apparent to Darth Vader, is also excellent, tempering his intimidation with the right sort of confliction to draw the audience in.

Ben Lindbergh mostly debunked the myth that contact teams are inherently better in the postseason, but the matchup still makes me nervous on behalf of the Mets because of the wild card of...

They've had a pretty good week - plus since, though, as they're now winners of seven games in a row, and are all of 2 1/2 back of a wild card now.

Other innovations have included the introduction of Wild Card teams, modifications to overtime rules and the frenzy free agency creates every March when the new season begins.

They've been dealt a deck of wild cards, misplayed a few hands and now have fewer chips left to play.

It's a mater of a wild card versus a brutal sure thing.

It's the inherent unfairness of the Wild Card Game, just stretched out and weaponized.

So mostly for my edification, and partially to keep you from doing whatever it is you're supposed to be doing at your job, it's time to look at all of the teams still within spitting distance of the wild card in either league, starting with the American League.

If there's one team that knows it shouldn't settle for the horrors of the Wild Card Game, it's the Pirates.

The New Orleans Saints defeated the Carolina Panthers by a final score of 31 - 26 in the final matchup of Wild Card Weekend, meaning that they will make the trip north to face the Vikings at 3:30 PM Central time next Sunday afternoon.

They were competitive in the AL East, in possession of a wild card at their worst, and even their stretch of poor play had them outscoring opponents and losing mostly due to the bullpen rather than any teamwide - issues.

Four more NFL teams know their draft positioning following this past weekend's round of Wild Card action.

And, as Grant Brisbee wrote following the AL iteration of the wild card game, that's a positive.

The Angels were okay making minor moves for players like David DeJesus because they had the safety net of the Wild Card.

While the Indians are seven games up and the Rangers have a 9.5 game lead, the Sox are just the two up, and are part of the wild card picture that features six teams within 5.5 games of the Red Sox.

Update: Julia made it in as the last of the wild cards and plays her semifinal game Monday.

Every year for 12 straight years, and for 22 of the 23 seasons since the adoption of the Wild Card, the playoffs have included at least one of these teams I call Turnaround Teams: losers one year to playoffs the next.

Ever since the advent of the Wild Card, when it became feasible for two teams to meet in the postseason, this has been a permutation that has kept me up at night.

The team with the best record in the league would face the winner of the Wild Card Series in the Division Series, as per usual.

Mariota finds himself in the exact same scenario as last week when he lit up the Chiefs in the second half, both as a passer and a runner, to become the DFS darling of Wild Card Week.

In the 22 seasons since the start of the Wild Card Era, there have been 15 teams to go from last place to the postseason in one year.

The Giants also aren't out of the wild card chase by any means: it's August 10, and they're only 3.5 games back, and have a three - game set to wrap up the season series against Chicago at the end of this month.

Thanks to the recent realignment, the NHL introduced the idea of wild cards, much like the NFL has, where the top three teams in each division get in, and the two runner ups in the conference behind them also make it.

It's the system the NBA, NFL, and MLB all utilize to varying degrees of wild cards, and it's one that causes less confusion to casual sports fans, but sacrifices an aspect that makes the NHL unique.

Sure, playoff baseball returned to the Bronx that October, but the foundation of their Wild Card roster was decaying from age and injury.

SaH: Torres is a bit of a wild card lately.

At -700 odds, the implied probability of no Wild Card team reaching the NFL championship game is 87.5 %.