It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but here we are again. It’s time for my sports observations from this weekend:

1) I guess we should start calling Boston “Grand Slam City”. Holy cow. Three in two games against the Houston Astros in the ALCS. It’s already a record for the most hit in a playoff series. Am I being too greedy if I hope for more?
2) If we’re going to call Boston that, then what do we call Atlanta? “Walk-off wonderers”? Crazy how they’ve won both games against the Dodgers.
3) When are we going to get better NFL officiating? Its becoming a joke. On Sunday, Dak Prescott clearly crosses the goal line on a third down play Sunday but is not given the touchdown. The next play he fumbles trying to stretch the ball across and New England recovers. On Monday night, Derrick Henry breaks a long touchdown run in the second quarter. While watching a replay you can see the Bills safety, Jordan Poyer, being held as Henry runs by. This happens and you can live with it sometimes. However, towards the end of the game, the Bill had a 101 yard touchdown return called back for the same type of infraction. These are just a few of the many mistakes that happened this week. And its not just this week. Officiating has gotten really bad in the NFL.
4) That being said, man Derrick Henry is a beast and he’s a lot of fun to watch (unless he’s playing your team.
5) Not even two years removed from winning the national championship and Ed Orgeron and LSU have announced he will not be back after this season. There are reports that players don’t like playing for him. I’m not sure if that’s true. I just thought this was interesting.
6) Hockey is back!!!!!!
7) Speaking of Hockey, I’m glad its back on ESPN but its weird seeing the games on TNT. I’m not sure why but there have been some crazy stuff going on. For instance, they had Wayne Gretzky being interviewed while Washington was playing last week. They were asking him about Alex Ovechkin and him moving up the scoring ladder. But they had his head just kind of floating above the ice and it was really distracting. I’m sure they’ll get that stuff cleaned up. Either way, I’m glad hockey is back!
8) Not to completely contradict myself but I really don’t like watching football games (or basketball) on ESPN. I know what I said about the NHL being on ESPN but that’s different. I grew up with hockey on ESPN. The Dallas Stars won the Stanely Cup on ESPN. That’s how it’s supposed to be. I can promise you this, though, if they go down the same path as all the other programming they put out there I’ll hate the NHL on ESPN too.
9) The NBA starts this week.
10) I can’t figure out my Fantasy Football Teams this year. I should have a good week and I don’t. I should have a bad week and they play lights out. I don’t get it!