#84 [GB] Bird-killing Stadiums, MLB Pace of Play and Our Own Combine




That One Sports Show show

Summary: <p>Thanks for joining us for another week of That One Sports Show. This week we attempted to go live on our YouTube channel and did so successfully as a test, but we aren’t quite ready to do it weekly. In the meantime, subscribe on <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/that-one-sports-show/id1025828877?mt=2">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iycexw3xxyp3u3o5e3jy643b3vu">Google Play Music</a> or <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/that-one-sports-show">Stitcher</a>.</p> <p>This week’s call-in topic, what is your favorite baseball memory? Leave us a message at (614) 398-3243.</p> <h2>Would You Rather</h2> <p>Have a stadium that killed birds or tore ACLs?</p> <p>The home of the Minnesota Vikings appears to be killing birds at an alarming rate and certain groups are not happy about it. At the end of the day though, if you had to choose the Vikings stadium, which kills birds or the Rams former stadium in St. Louis, which tears ACLs (see Reggie Bush), which you choose?</p> <h2>Toss Up</h2> <p>Will a RB or a WR or a DB have the fastest 40 time at the NFL Combine?</p> <p>John – DB<br> Geoff – WR</p> <p>Last Week: Total points in Indians v. Reds Spring Training opener 11.5 = G-Over. J-Under<br> John (5-4-1) – Yes<br> Geoff (5-4-1) – No</p> <h2>MLB Pace of Play</h2> <p>It’s hard to argue that baseball games are starting to feel longer than they used to. In the last 100 years of baseball, games have moved from an average length of one hour, forty-seven minutes per game to <a href="http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/1/29/7921283/baseball-game-length-visual-analysis">three hours and two minutes per game</a>. A listener sent along a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/sports/baseball/baseballs-too-slow-heres-how-you-fix-it.html">New York Times article</a> that took a look at what could potentially be done about the lengthy games and some answers have some validity. Whether or not they will be used is a different story.</p> <h2>Other Links</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/sean_forman/status/836267763668828163">NFL Combine Prop Bets</a></li> <li><a href="http://news.gcu.edu/2017/02/score-schmore-gcu-just-playing-d-backs-win/">Grand Canyon University Doesn’t Care About Score Against the Diamondbacks</a></li> <li><a href="http://m.mlb.com/news/article/217246952/tim-tebow-arrives-at-mets-spring-training-camp/">Tim Tebow is Unafraid of Failure at Spring Training</a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> <li><a href=""></a></li> </ul> <h2>Our Own NFL Combine</h2> <p>We’re doing our own combine. 40-yard dash, Bench Press, Broad Jump, Shuttle run, Vertical Jump, 3-cone drill. Friend of the show “Moskalk” will be getting footage of it and Geoff will attempt to put it on our YouTube channel in the next week. We will inform you of the results as we complete the videos. </p> <p>Some quick numbers to look at to compare us to.<br> 40- Tom Brady 5.28<br> Bench Press – Tyrann Mathieu – 4 reps at 225<br> Broad Jump – 110 inches – Joe Thomas<br> Vertical – 35.5 inches – Ndamukong Suh</p> <p>For more on what each combine drill highlights, checkout <a href="http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14837586/todd-mcshay-guide-every-combine-drill-nfl-draft">Todd McShay’s guide</a>.</p>