That was a perfectly enjoyable Super Bowl. I know that most non-Patriots fans were mostly just glad to see them lose (personally, I kinda like seeing the greatest do great things, so I wanted to see Tom Brady pull off another comeback), but it was also cool to see Philadelphia get a championship (those fans are nuts), and to see a back-up quarterback (Nick Foles) take the reins from an MVP-caliber player (Carson Wentz) and perform so well throughout the playoffs. Given the disproportionate importance of the QB in football, and the historically great QB on the other side, it was especially incredible to see.
Baseball wouldn’t really have an exact equivalent of that, since you’ve got four or five starting pitchers going in the postseason anyway, and then eight-plus positional players. I guess if I had to come up with a near equivalent, it would kinda be like the Cubs losing Jose Quintana, Jon Lester, and Kyle Hendricks in one fell swoop in September (bite your tongue), and then Mike Montgomery, Eddie Butler, and Jen-Ho Tseng blitzing through the postseason. IT COULD HAPPEN!
… also, that reminds me: the Cubs could really stand to sign another pitcher.
Kyle Hendricks, Tunnels. pic.twitter.com/rsf6Zo5rlb
— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) February 3, 2018
1. Clayton Kershaw
2. Corey Kluber
3. Chris Sale
4. Max Scherzer
5. Stephen Strasburg
6. Madison Bumgarner
7. Noah Syndergaard
8. Carlos Carrasco
9. Justin Verlander
10. Kyle Hendricks
Who has the most SWAG on the #Cubs?
Kelly Crull has more on "The King of Swag" here: https://t.co/PN6UJQgu1v pic.twitter.com/JlI2IAcUJV— NBC Sports Chicago (@NBCSChicago) February 4, 2018
#BlueJays GM Ross Atkins "when you're talking about free agency you're talking about aging players and the trend of overpaying a player's aging curves has come to an end across baseball"
— Pitch Talks (@PitchTalks) February 2, 2018
https://twitter.com/faridyu/status/960354508034502656
The early nineties were the best pic.twitter.com/PDxUnxIYvl
— Patrick Dubuque (@euqubud) February 4, 2018
I am as stoked about another year for Bartolo as anyone, but this being at the top on Yahoo's MLB page pretty much sums up the state of things. pic.twitter.com/4JRXaznPJg
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) February 5, 2018
NFL and the Giants freaking crushed it with this one. pic.twitter.com/KvmjpyHtbO
— The Ten-Yard Line (@TheTenYardLine) February 5, 2018
*Cubs Super Bowl Commercial*
[Kris Bryant walks in, smiling, generally fit and handsome, donning Cubs cap]
KB: Hey Anthony. Are you ready to hit some baseballs far?
[camera pans to reveal Anthony Rizzo, covered in blood, having clearly just removed Ryan Braun's arm]
AR: Yes.
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) February 5, 2018