3/4 Down - the Top 30 Players in the NBA, 2019

Here are the 30 best players in the NBA through 60 games of the 2019 season.

1. James Harden G Hou
2. Paul George F OKC
3. Giannis Antetokounmpo F Mil
4. Kevin Durant F GSW
5. Anthony Davis F NO
6. Nikola Jokic C Den
7. Rudy Gobert C Utah
8. Nikola Vucevic C Orl
9. Karl-Anthony Towns C Min
10. Damian Lillard G Port
11. Steph Curry G GSW
12. Joel Embiid C Phil
13. Kyrie Irving G Bos
14. Jrue Holiday G NO
15. LeBron James F LAL
16. Bradley Beal G Wash
17. Kawhi Leonard F Tor 
18. Blake Griffin F Det
19. Mike Conley G Mem
20. Jusuf Nurkic C Port
21. Kemba Walker G Charl
22. Andre Drummond C Det
23. LaMarcus Aldridge C SA
24. Jimmy Butler G Phi
25. Steven Adams C OKC   
26. Pacal Siakim F Tor
27. Montrez Harrell F LAC
28. Ben Simmons G Phi
29. Tobias Harris F Phi
30 Eric Bledsoe G Mil     

2019 Academy Awards Predictions

Let's make some 2019 Oscar picks.

Picture: Roma
Director: Cuaron
Actress: Close
Actor: Malek
Supporting Actress: King
Supporting Actor: Ali
Adapted: BlackkKlansman
Original: The Favourite
Cinematography: Roma
Costume: The Favourite
Editing: Vice
Makeup: Vice
Production Design: The Favourite
Score: If Beale Street Could Talk
Song: Shallow
Sound Editing: First Man
Sound Mixing: Bohemian Rhapsody
Visual Effects: Avengers
Cartoon: Spiderman
Documentary: Free Solo
Foreign: Roma
Cartoon Short: Bao
Doc Short: Period End of Sentence
Live Action Short: Marguerite

Athlete of the Month, February 2019

January

Stephon Gilmore.  Runners-up: Julian Edelman, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Durant

Two Down.  10 Left.  Who Will Be Named 2019 Athlete of the Year?

January-James Harden
February-Stephon Gilmore

The Greatest MLB Tournament Ever - The Greatest World Series Ever

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There were 256 teams; the 128 teams from each league with the highest pythagorean winning percentages in baseball history.

The 1939 New York Yankees won the American League - defeating the 1929 Philadelphia A's in a tiebreaker.

The 1976 Cincinnati Reds won the National League - defeating themselves from the previous season, the 1975 Cincinnati Reds.

It all comes down to this.

1939 Yankees (World Champions-Joe McCarthy)

v.

1976 Cincinnati Reds (World Champions-Sparky Anderson) 

Catcher: Dickey (32) v. Bench (28) Winner: NYY -Dickey

First Base: Dahlgren (27)  v. Perez (34) Winner: Cin-Perez

Second Base: Gordon (24) v. Morgan (32)Winner: Cin-Morgan

Shortstop: Crosetti (28) v. Concepcion (28) Winner: Cin-Concepcion

Third Base: Rolfe (30) v. Rose (35) Winner: Cin-Rose

Left Field: Selkirk (31) v. Foster (27)  Winner: Cin-Foster

Center Field: DiMaggio (24) v. Geronimo (28)Winner: NYY -DiMaggio

Right Field: Keller (22) v. Griffey (26)  Winner: Push

SP1: Ruffing (34) v. Nolan (28) Winner: NYY-Ruffing

SP2: Gomez (30) v. Zachry (24)Winner: Cin-Zachry

SP3: Hadley (34) v. Norman (33) Winner: Cin-Norman

Closer: Murphy (30)  v. Eastwick (25)   Cin-Eastwick

Team Offense: Cin

Team Pitching: NYY

Reds 10 Yankees 5 - And that's the name of that tune.  The Reds not only win the position player matchups - they also win the pitching matchups and when you add the offensive totals, they win more easily than you'd ever expect.

         The Greatest Team in Baseball History?  The 1976 Cincinnati Reds.