Sentences with phrase «postseason gives»

While this may be a small sample size, the fact that this system has been profitable for bettors throughout the regular and postseason gives us confidence in its long - term stability.

Not exact matches

Oh, maybe the Orioles really are blowing you away, or maybe you weren't giving the Marlins any credit before the season started, but there isn't a team absolutely stunning the world with an improbable postseason chase.

Looks like the organization is making one last push for the postseason with a veteran team and giving the youngsters one more year in AAA.

Prognosis They won't make the postseason, but they'll give the Yankees confidence that a total rebuild isn't in order.

The Royals already gave up their draft pick for Ian Kennedy, and while their rotation is ostensibly full, we saw the promise of Chris Young, bizarre strikeout machine, in the late innings of last year's postseason.

But with LaMarcus hopefully in full form by the postseason (and being simply better than any pundit gives him credit for), some of our shots actually falling from outside, we could well take a game or two from either of those teams.

The league sent helmet decals to every postseason team but gave the clubs the option of whether they would wear them.

The Warriors» lackluster 6 - 15 ATS run to end the regular season has given way to the team's top form in the postseason.

Playing a major role in the team's success in both the regular and postseason, he averaged 18.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game and gave New York a go - to scoring threat off the bench when Carmelo Anthony was off the floor.

The Falcons» bye gives Kyle Shanahan time to have a busy HC interview slate, but if there is anyone who can give advice on balancing a postseason run with job interviews, it's Dan Quinn.

Antoine Walker took his game into the paint and gave Boston an early edge over the 76ers The experts were sure the Celtics were going to make a quick exit in the playoffs, and the reasons were obvious: Power forward Antoine Walker would hoist too many three - pointers; he and three of his fellow starters had no postseason experience; and their first - round opponents were the Eastern Conference champion 76ers, who had gone 10 - 2 against Boston over the past three seasons.

Nor does it give back the seven playoff points that were stripped that may be critical come the postseason when Harvick is chasing a second Cup Series championship.

His ability tomake Detroit pay for sagging off him gave the Cavs, who relied heavily on Jamesin the postseason, another offensive weapon and a way to confounddouble - teaming defenses.

Still, the restrictor - plate track is the one venue in the postseason that gives every title - eligible participant a pit in their stomach due to its propensity for chaos, where drivers are often at the mercy of circumstances beyond their control.

The Diamondbacks made an uninteresting game interesting when Brandon Drury hit a three - run homer off Brandon Morrow to cut the lead to 8 - 5, but all that did was give Kenley Jansen a chance for another postseason save.

The one and only Vince Carter hit the first game - winning buzzer beater of the postseason, a beautiful and harried corner three to give Dallas its second straight win over the Spurs.

Vermont will give Purdue all it can handle before the Boilermakers make enough plays down the stretch to get a win that lets Matt Painter to avoid a billion questions about why he can't beat anybody in the postseason.

To acquire their new 7» 2» center, the Sixers gave up forward Toni Kukoc and 27 - year - old All - Star center Theo Ratliff, who was sidelined with a broken right wrist on Feb. 8 and whose status for the postseason was in doubt.

That gave him 14 points on 3 - for - 13 shooting in a 94 - 87 loss, an underwhelming postseason debut.

The biggest difference probably would have been that the Royals might not have given up as much for a month of Ben Zobrist, although that's questionable considering the Royals were retooling for a postseason run, not for help making the postseason.

While I'm not sure what they would have given up for the month of help, every little bit would push them toward the postseason they weren't supposed to sniff.

What this will do in practice, though, is give the managers an IDK YOLO challenge in every postseason game.

And hopefully I'm writing this same column about Greinke in a couple years because of his struggles in the postseason, starting with the four homers he gives up on Thursday night.

It's why these clearly exhausted relievers, who have been worked hard throughout the postseason, can't seem to get through an inning without giving up a dinger.

The versatility of 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick, combined with a powerful running game and a potentially suffocating defense, give San Francisco an edge in this game, but counting out the Ravens has been foolish this postseason.

In their three postseason wins — first over the Steelers, then the Patriots, and then the Panthers — they gave up just one passing touchdown.

JDR AND BigReg both said they'd be giving Lynch a light load to start the season to keep him fresh for the late run to the playoffs & postseason.

While the trade would also serve as a recruiting period for Darvish, who might be the Cubs» preferred target anyway, that doesn't mean it wouldn't be hard for them to give up top prospects for two months of the regular season and however much postseason they'll get to enjoy.

Maybe they won't win the World Series, but one or two of those 18 losers from last year will be in the playoffs this year, which at least gives them the unlikely shot of becoming the next 2006 Cardinals — a second - tier team that gets hot in the postseason.

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Regarding Tressel: That Ohio State fans gave him a monstrous, standing ovation this Saturday, on the same day that their Buckeyes clinched an undefeated season that a) was accomplished mostly with players Tressel recruited, and b) would not be followed with a national title shot because Tressel got them banned from the postseason reminds us what we really look for in a new coach: Wins.

Kahnle already gave up his first run of the postseason, and is in very real danger of giving up another.

Texas will give Fassero three or four more chances to earn a spot in the postseason rotation.

«It's disappointing for me and for the kids, and I'm not sure the rule has much rationale behind it, given that every other Ivy League sport can play in the postseason.»

Joe Girardi won't need anything like that unless Sabathia implodes, and given how he's pitched this postseason, that seems unlikely.

Just like postseason performance, magazine covers, and how many autographs you gave to little kids.

Ramsey, Goodwin and Pease all gave versions of the same response when asked what the key to postseason success would be for this team.

A win here can completely turn their fortunates around and give them the momentum they need heading into the postseason.

Junior Michael Mellor, who has missed time due to injury, is expected back soon to give the Marauders» back line a boost for the postseason.

On paper, the NFC is loaded this season, and both of these teams should be even better than last year when they gave us that thrilling postseason contest in Minnesota.

Given his mammoth role in the Team Purimetla offense and team's ongoing postseason quest, his usage level should remain at astronomical levels for what's left of their postseason games.

The top three teams in each division — Atlantic, Metropolitan, Central, Pacific — earned automatic postseason berths, while the final four spots were given to two wild card teams in each conference based on point totals.

That's especially so, given how inconsistent NHL officiating has been the entire postseason.

Now, though, it seems almost assured, as they've decided that they're not only out of the postseason race in 2017, but that the return for Darvish in a trade is worth more to them than the exclusive negotiating window keeping him would give them.

Initially, the difficult schedule was made to give the players a chance to face the kind of competition they would see in the postseason.

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