It has been way too long since I caught up with Jon. So, naturally we talked about everything from TV and sports and stats to the Browns and whether or not Jon can ever be an NBA fan. Hint. Probably not.
Old stores like Children’s Palace, Kiddie City, Best, Fretter, Bernie Shulman’sK-Mart, Wal-Mart and TargetWould a drunk podcast worthy of listening to?Talking about everything but football when talking about the BrownsTalking about optimizing strategies and contract languageBarkevious Mingo and how it would be refreshing to just talk about himWhen your team doesn’t make the playoffs you really get short-changed as a fanEnjoying the aesthetics of the sport vs. water cooler fandomWatching the end of a basketball game without watching the early part of the gameWhich sports are you willing to watch no matter who is playing?Watching sports as a stakeholder is a totally different thingKeeping timelines free and clearKyrie Irving and if he’s actually one of the superstar typesHow good is Kyrie Irving and how good will he be by the end of his career?Scott Raab’s question about if the Cavaliers have a plan or notWould Dan Gilbert follow through with his feeling that he would trade a guy that wouldn’t commit?The Indians and having actual athletes and baseball players on the fieldKipnis = Pedroia = EcksteinGuys who put up numbers who are not entertaining to watchGuys who don’t put up numbers who ARE entertaining to watchMoneyball and analyticsThe analytics of movements in basketball and soccerDo we ruin sports with the way we analyze them?Sports stats and analytics are like Bobby having a train set in the SopranosMad Men finale and Don Draper. Is he redeemed?Taking people down with the ship is the antithesis of redemptionIf you find yourself as an artist then you need to let the art speak for itselfIf The Sopranos are Nirvana then Ray Donovan is Limp BizkitWhat will life be after Mad Men and Breaking Bad
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