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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
— George Orwell
Peter Botte
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Peter Botte
@PeterBotte
Sportswriter. BU alum. Tyler's/Hayley's dad. Brody’s grandpa! FishSticks/Big 50: NYY. amazon.com/Big-50-New-Yor…
New York, NY
Joined February 2010
- Wayne Gretzky Games played: 1,487 Goals: 894 Alex Ovechkin Games played: 1,486 Goals: 894 That’s utterly incredible.
- The Astros say reports of them losing the first two games at home are "misleading and completely irresponsible."
- Matt Carpenter has rejected the Yankees' 15-year, $440 million contract offer.
- Honestly, @FlavorFlav being the leading supporter of the Team USA women’s water polo team ahead of the Olympics is my favorite unexpected sports story of 2024.Flavor Flav just at the ballgame livin' his best life 😂⏰
00:00 - Gratitude to Seth Meyers, Colbert, Trevor Noah, Kimmel, Samantha Bee, James Corden, Jost/Che, the SNL cast, John Oliver, Bill Maher, Randy Rainbow, Sarah Cooper, J-L Cauvin, Brent Terhune and so many others for seeing it through and providing the laughs until the end.
- Bill Walton, Jerry West and Willie Mays in a short span, three gigantic losses for the sports world.
- Signing Scherzer: $210 million. Signing Strasburg: $175 million. Signing Corbin: $140 million. Winning the World Series: Bryceless.
- Verlander just joked that "everyone knows the Astros are technologically analytically advanced." CC, 5 feet away, looks freakin' pissed.
- MetLife Stadium opened in 2010. Home NFL postseason games: 1 NHL Stadium Series games: 2
- So we finally have a controversy about someone using the wrong gate to enter an arena. In other words, at long last, GateGate.
- Mets manager Carlos Mendoza with Knicks president Leon Rose at MSG.
00:00 - A goal disallowed, fight back from a 3-0 hole, no shots allowed for 38 minutes, still lose. Even country songs aren't that heartbreaking.
