I can’t believe Tom Brady is going to another Super Bowl. We’re living through and observing not just the greatest quarterback run in football history, but maybe the greatest postseason run of any star player in any sport in history, right? I really don’t know what I would compare it to when you consider the volume and length of success and the singular importance of the quarterback position.
Bonus fun and baseball connection:
Patrick Mahomes was born in 1995, the year Tom Brady was drafted as a catcher by the Montreal Expos in the 18th round of the MLB Draft.
That gives the orioles the lead. seattle still with a chance. mariners get the man on, bottom of the 11th. mike, how does this happen? tying run at the plate. oh, no. mike at saunders takes off from first base, and he s out by a mile. what a walkoff. taylor teagarden. it ends with a caught stealing. o s win their 15th consecutive extra-inning, 3-1, the first time they ve won back-to-back games in 11 innings since 1991. there s something about this team, mike. it s one of those karma deals. you get buck showalter, manager of the year, has to be, duquette who put the team together with buck showalter, executive of the year, it s just one of those things. they just know how to win and they re keeping the heat on the yankees who play a doubleheader against the blue jays. yankees won the first game so they can take the a.l. east lead back with a nightcap.
Segment for richard? well, it is in seattle. that s a long way away from new york. almost to russia at this point. talking baseball now. the orioles, baltimore orioles, began the day yesterday a half game back of the yankees. yankees rained out last night. in order for baltimore to claim a share in the a.l. east, they had to outlast the mariners in a game that literally ended three hours ago? i m looking at the clock, about three hours ago. top of the ninth, o s down 2-0, two men on. chris davis comes through with a base hit. two runs come around. that ties the game in the ninth inning. the mariners had been looking to close it out. orioles come back to tie it. extra innings now. we re going to jump ahead to the 18th inning. credit the people still in the seats for this one. this is two full major league baseball games. top of the 18th. taylor teagarden hitting .152, drops one down the right field line. run scores. orioles add another one, and they win a six-hour marathon, 4-2. t