Wednesday’s 6-pack:
Six of the Laws of Karma
— Good intentions lead to good outcomes.
— Everything happens for a reason.
— Help others without expecting anything in return.
— Your actions come back to you- good or bad.
— Don’t chase what is meant to leave you.
— Treat others the way you’d like to be treated.
Quote of the Day
“………stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,
It’s when things go wrong that you must not quit.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
Wednesday’s quiz
Which NBA franchise has gone 74 years since they won their only championship?
Tuesday’s quiz
In 2017, Kansas City Chiefs selected Patrick Mahomes with the 10th pick in the draft; Mitch Trubisky was the only quarterback selected before Mahomes in that draft- Chicago traded up and took him with the #2 pick.
Monday’s quiz
In the last ten NCAA Tournaments, #1-seeds won the national title seven times.
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— NFL manages to stay in the news 49-50 weeks a year; they had their annual coaches’ meeting this week, with the overtime rules getting tweaked a little.
Both teams will get at least one possession in regular season overtime games now; before this, if a team scored a TD on their first possession, the game was over.
Regular season overtime remain at a maximum of 10:00; will this result in more ties?
— Cleveland Browns have the 2nd pick in this year’s draft, which is in three weeks; the team is having a private concert in their stadium on draft night, with the famous band Journey the performers. Only season ticket holders can attend the concert.
— First downs will now be determined by Hawk-Eye technology, not the chains being dragged on the field, like they had been for the last 70 years.
— 17 players on the 49ers have left the team this offseason, whether by free agency, getting traded or released; they’re getting ready to give QB Brock Purdy a big pay raise, so some salary cap space had to be made.
— Washington Commanders have an over/under win total of 10.5 this fall, their highest figure since 2000, when their total was 11.5- they finished that season 8-8.
— Former Texas A&M coach Buzz Williams is the new coach at Maryland; Williams has had an interesting career, moving around a lot:
2006-07- New Orleans 14-17/9-9
2008-14- Marquette 139-69/69-39 (8-5 NCAAs)
2014-19- Virginia Tech 100-69/44-46 (2-3 NCAAs)
2019-25- Texas A&M 120-73/56-44 (2-3 NCAAs)
— BYU had a basketball player this year, Richie Saunders, whose great grandfather is the guy who invented Tater Tots.
— UNLV point guard Dedan Thomas, whose father also played for the Rebels, has transferred to LSU. College basketball has turned into a lesser version of the NBA, which is disappointing.
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Famous birthdays, April 2nd:
Reggie Smith, 80
Linda Hunt, 80
Roy Gerela, 77
Larry Drew, 67
Christopher Meloni, 64
Pete Incaviglia, 61
Roselyn Sanchez, 52
Austin Riley, 28
— Miami Marlins are the 5th team ever whose first three wins all came on walk-offs:
1900 Cincinnati
1914 Kansas City Packers
1998 New York Mets
2003 Tampa Bay Rays
2025 Marlins
— Only four pitchers to throw 200+ innings last year:
208.2- Logan Gilbert
206.2- Seth Lugo
204.2- Logan Webb
200- Zach Wheeler
— Angels 9, Cardinals 7 (11)
Both teams scored three times in 10th inning.
Angels are 4-1 for first time since 2021; last time they were three games over .500 was August 2, 2023 (56-53).
— Marlins 4, Mets 2
Sandy Alcantara allowed 3 baserunners in 5 IP, got his first win since 2023.
Marlins had only three hits; they’re off to a 4-2 start, all at home.
— Tigers 4, Mariners 1
Casey Mize allowed only one hit in 5.2 IP for Detroit.
Seattle is 2-4; they trailed all six games after five innings.
— Rangers 1, Reds 0
Wyatt Langford homered in first inning, for game’s only run.
Nathan Eovaldi, threw a 99-pitch complete game, allowing only four hits.
— Padres 7, Guardians 0
Michael King struck out 11 guys to get the win.
San Diego is 6-0 for the first time in franchise history.
— Giants 3, Astros 1
Logan Webb allowed only five hits in 7 IP.
Houston is off to a 2-3 start, scoring total of nine runs.
