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Update - When you go to the Super Bowl and your team wins it becomes your new best day. #SBLX #GoHawks

@dklein856 @notgaetti You forgot your DH - Edgar Martinez

@notgaetti OFM Starting Lineup: C: Bench 1B: Gehrig 2B: Whitaker SS: Ripken 3B: Schmidt LF: Williams CF: Mantle RF: Kaline SP: Mathewson RP: Rivera

Oh damn, One-Franchise Man Rushmore is a diabolically hard exercise. I feel like my non-negotiables are Cal Ripken and Derek Jeter. But also have to consider: • Gehrig, Mantle, DiMaggio, Rivera • Mike Schmidt • Brooks Robinson • ROBIN Yount • George Brett • Ted Williams • Craig Biggio • STAN Musial If all goes according to plan: • Aaron Judge • Salvador Perez • Jose Ramirez • Jose Altuve?? I am crippled by bias and indecision How do we find the answer to this?!

@EvansRankings Does your computer know how many points and rebounds are graduating from each team or is it just based on percentage of returning players?

And here are the ER Way-too-Early Computer Preseason Top Tens

@EvansRankings Also as a fan I’m probably not going to a quarterfinal game on a Monday or Tuesday. I’d be waiting to go to Seattle for the semifinals and finals. Right now I can go to Yakima for the quarters, semis, and finals and its only a couple work days and two nights in a hotel

@EvansRankings I like picking the teams with auto bids for district champs and a committee picks the rest. Hiwever at state you would have up to 5 nights in a hotel plus meals for teams, cheerleaders, and the band. That would be way more expensive for athletic budgets with the added days

Very well thought out and written. I agree with pretty much all of this.

@MLBONFOX @MLBNetwork Why is Freddie Freeman on this list? That seems about 20 - 30 spots high.

Here are the TOP 10 players in MLB right now, according to @MLBNetwork Thoughts? #Top100RightNow

@Mariners It’s going to be hard to be happy as long as Stanton is running this team like a business. Please do something to make this team better, the window isn’t going to last forever with our cost controlled pitching.

Have a safe and happy New Year! 🎉

@UWDP_maxvroom I’m actually impressed they are tied for 8th. I would have thought Hopkins would drag them down more than that.

Team A Starters: -5th year Kentucky transfer, 1st team all-Pac-12 returner -5th year Kentucky transfer, 2x SEC assist leader -5th year Rutgers transfer, B1G assist leader -5th year Portland transfer -Pac-12 all defense team returner Result: t-8th in Pac-12 standings

@LIVESounders The MLS has already pushed me away by going to Apple TV. This is the only way I followed the games last year. I’ve gone from attending a couple games per year and watching most on TV to only watching a few free ones last year and feeling much less connection to the team.

Hi Sounders Fam, As we prepare for the 2024 season, we wanted to let you know that we will not be using LiveSounders moving forward. The decision wasn’t easy — it’s been a unique part of our matchday experience for over a decade. The reality is the digital landscape has changed drastically since this account launched, and other resources exist that show play-by-play action via MLS, Apple TV, and the Sounders App. We encourage you to use our app and website for live play-by-play updates and real-time stats, and we will continue our match coverage across other platforms. Also, follow our friends at Sounder at Heart and other media who cover the match in a similar way to this account. Thank you to the Sounders supporters over the years who interacted with us here. We appreciate all of you! See you on our other accounts. 💚 OUR APP ➡️ sndrs.com/app

@CodifyBaseball Dipoto won’t be happy. The Mariners are under 54%

Spring Training Winning Percentage (last 10 years, ties don't count): 56% NYY 55% STL TOR 54% LAA KC 53% HOU 52% BOS MIA 51% MIL SEA OAK ARI LAD CLE CHI 50% WSH 49% PHI SD TB COL MIN BAL SF 48% CWS DET 47% 46% NYM TEX 45% 44% ATL CIN PIT

@EvansRankings Unless the RPI can differentiate between classifications it won’t be accurate. You would get more credit for beating a 1B team that is 15-5 than beating a 4A team that is 14-6. In almost every case that 4A team is way better.

@kevinschultz15 You could make the argument that the second and third best teams in 1A girls have a combined 16 losses. All of those losses are to bigger schools and Nooksack.

Do they really want to send the message that the best thing to do is just fill your non league with games you are going to win and just stack up the wins? Or is it best to challenge yourself and help see how different leagues and areas of the state matchup with each other?

One thing I’m sure some committees are struggling with. To reward undefeated teams that have an opponents winning percentage under .500, or to reward teams that have 2 or 3 losses but played multiple state tournament teams in non league schedule.

@EvansRankings Curious about Kings and Lynden Chr in 1A girls. Both have a bunch of losses to teams from bigger schools. Seems like they should probably be seeded 4 & 5, but you have LC #7. Realistically I think they are the only 2 1A teams that have a small chance against Nooksack.

After projecting out the fields, this is how I would currently seed the Top 10 in each regional.

Never seems like a long time ago. Why aren’t we going all in with all of our young, cost controlled pitching? It may be our only chance in the foreseeable future. Julio, Raleigh, Gilbert, and Kirby aren’t going to be cheap in a couple of years.

@BrockHuard Did you consider 9-8 to be good or bad? This is a .500 team on talent and coaching, so you could say they overachieved with 9 wins. I would love for Woolen and Witherspoon to just play one-on-one outside without help and let everyone else stop the run.

12’s, why were the Seahawks 9-8

@TheMikeSalk Did you read @JeffPassan article? We don’t have the money for Ohtani (even though there should be plenty left from low payrolls in ‘21 and ‘22) and aren’t willing to trade major league pitching for Soto. We are doomed to be a 85 win team, not good enough to make the playoffs

Do I think it's likely the Mariners sign Shohei Ohtani? No. But if I was in charge of making a pitch to him, this would be my strategy for turning weaknesses into strengths: READ: sports.mynorthwest.com/1769229/salk-p…

@EvansRankings How would you rank these teams now after the first week of state? My rank: 1. Royal 2. Nooksack 3. Cashmere 4. Lynden Christian 5. Lakeside I know this doesn’t match up to head to head results, but this is what I saw this weekend.

HOW I WOULD SEED CLASS 1A 12 Toppenish @ 5 Lynden Christian 13 Freeman @ 4 Cashmere 9 Omak @ 8 Montesano 16 Eatonville @ 1 Royal

Okay here's our last bit of football information. The following thread is how I, Matthew Evans, would seed each Football Tournament. Where am I wrong? Feel free to let me know.

@BradyBomber Thanks for asking for me. I just did the math and only if Princeton wins the national title.

@EvansRankings Can’t imagine Lynden boys being seeded ahead of Anacortes and Sehome when they finished behind them in league and at Districts.

Washington Prep Basketball Computer Rankings through 2/18/2023 #wabkbscores evansrankings.wordpress.com/2023/02/19/was…

@TEDnwcathletics Yes. Nooksack 7 - Blaine 5. 4 minutes left in 1st.

Can anyone connect to an nfhs game? I can't.

Next up, the 2nd semifinal between Lakewood and Anacortes. Same thing goes. Winner to the championship vs Sehome. Loser plays Thursday in the other LO game.