OUR LATEST SHOW” – now featuring on ChabDog Sports Talk ®

See things others don’t!

Join ChabDog, Well Read, Abe, & Aaron for sports talk Saturdays 9am Pac LIVE HERE! 

LAW OFFICE OF
BRANDON S. CHABNER

News Feed

Mets and Phillies Combine to Save National League from All-Star Game Disaster

by Aaron | July 15, 2025 | 0 Comments

The National League blew a 6-0 lead in the final three innings of Tuesday night’s MLB All-Star Game from Atlanta, but it hung on to win thanks to a perfect performance by Kyle Schwarber in the exciting new tiebreaker. I don’t remember when MLB announced that an All-Star Game tied after nine innings would be decided by a three-on-three Home Run Derby, but it was fun to finally watch one, even if it came after a Senior Circuit meltdown.

The NL led from the start thanks to three straight hits off of AL starter Tarik Skubal by Shohei Ohtani, Ronald Acuna Jr., and Ketel Marte. Marte drove in the first two batters with his double, and the NL added to its lead in the sixth when Pete Alonso hit a three-run oppo taco off of Kris Bubic and Corbin Carroll followed with a solo shot off of Casey Mize three batters later.

The AL bounced right back off the mat, though. Brent Rooker hit a three-run bomb off of Randy Rodriguez to cut the lead in half before Maikel Garcia walked, stole second base, and scored on a ground ball from Royals teammate Bobby Witt Jr. The NL held their 6-4 advantage until the ninth, when Robert Suarez allowed back-to-back doubles by Byron Buxton and Witt to put the tying run in scoring position. Dave Roberts went to Diaz for the save, but Steven Kwan got Witt home with a two-out infield single.

Next up was the thrilling tiebreaker, but it could have been even more thrilling if some of the All-Star starters were available. Unfortunately, many had already showered, which led to Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge not taking part, among others. Roberts appeared to have the edge on Aaron Boone with a three-man lineup anchored by Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso, and that turned out to be the case. With the NL trailing three dingers to one, Schwarber came up and left the yard on all three of his swings to put his team in front. Jonathan Aranda needed just one home run to put the pressure on Pete Alonso, but he went 0-for-3 to give the NL the win.

The only downside of the evening was Schwarber winning MVP honors over Pete Alonso even though he went 0-for-2 during the baseball portion of the game. I don’t think three batting practice home runs are more valuable a three-run home run off of a pitcher who is trying to get you out, but I guess I’m old fashioned. If Suarez and Diaz closed the door like they were supposed to, Alonso would be MVP. We’ll have to settle for Polar Bear hitting the first Mets All-Star home run since David Wright in 2006. And of course, the National League win is great to see as well!

0
0
0
0

Cal Raleigh Took a Break from Home Run History to Make Home Run Derby History

by Aaron | July 14, 2025 | 0 Comments

It’s Cal Raleigh’s world and we’re all just living in it. Not only did he become the first catcher to win the Home Run Derby on Monday night, but he also became the first switch hitter to win the dinger tournament, and he did so while actually switch hitting. In the first round, he slugged 10 home runs as a lefty and seven as a righty to barely edge out Brent Rooker, who also hit 17 home runs but lost the longest home run tie breaker by a fraction of a foot.

Raleigh didn’t need a tiebreaker to get by Oneil Cruz in the semifinals or Junior Caminero in the finals. Hopefully his long ball binge in the Home Run Derby won’t get in the way of him chasing home run history when the regular season continues. Raleigh has 38 home runs, which is just one short of the 39 that Barry Bonds had at the All-Star break during the 2001 season when he set the all-time record with 73 home runs for the season.

Of course, may fans have put an asterisk next to that record because of Bonds’ involvement with performance-enhancing drugs, and that should make Raleigh’s pursuit of the record even more exciting. Can the Big Dumper purify the record books by matching Bonds using nothing but natural muscle and determination? I’d say the odds are against him, but Raleigh is already having a storybook season, so let’s see where the chapters take us.

I didn’t get a chance to comment on the Wimbledon men’s final yet, but that was some performance by Jannik Sinner. He lost the first set to Carlos Alcaraz 6-4, but then won the next three by the same margin. The match wasn’t nearly as thrilling as the final at Roland-Garros that Alcaraz won despite dropping the first two sets, but I think Sinner liked it that way. He broke Alcaraz’s serve when he needed to and made sure that none of the sets went to tiebreak.

It will be interesting to see what happens at the U.S. Open because Sinner would have a chance at the grand slam if not for Alcaraz’s comeback in Paris. Instead, it will be Alcaraz trying to win a second major this year to match Sinner’s victories at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. I wonder if I’ll root for them to meet in the final or if I’ll cheer on an American instead. Taylor Fritz is getting very close to making me believe that an American man can win the big one.

Before I head out, here are two more highlights from the Home Run Derby. First, Oneil Cruz’s absurd 500-foot blast.

Second, some kid tried to rob a home run from Caminero during the final round. It was ruled a home run, but should it have been? This kid could have been public enemy number one for all seven Rays fans!

I think the ball should have to leave the yard to be a home run in the Home Run Derby. If you don’t want the robberies, don’t let the kids shag balls!

0
0
0
0

Mets Can’t Handle Success and Fall Back into Second Place with Loss in Kansas City

by Aaron | July 13, 2025 | 0 Comments

I just knew the Mets wouldn’t be able to handle the pressure of needing to win one more game in Kansas City on Sunday to stay in first place of the National League East at the All-Star break. Sure enough, even though Clay Homes and a returning-from-injury Sean Manaea combined to pitch a solid game, the Mets lost 3-2 to the Royals and fell into second place with the Phillies winning their series finale in San Diego.

Royals starter Noah Cameron did a great job getting the Mets to hit balls on the ground. The Mets got seven hits off of him in six and two thirds innings, but the only one that went for extra bases was a triple by Mark Vientos in the first inning. This game might have ended up differently if the Mets had drive Vientos in, but he was stranded at third thanks to Juan Soto’s ground ball to shortstop and Brandon Nimmo’s foul pop-up.

Kansas City scored a pair of runs on John Rave’s two-run double off of Holmes in the second inning, but the Mets didn’t break through until the ninth with Carlos Estevez on the mound. The Mets pounding Estevez is starting to become a theme after Vientos hit his bases-clearing double against him on Friday night and Francisco Lindor took him deep for a grand slam in Game 4 of last year’s NLDS. This time around, Ronny Mauricio led off with a double and Jeff McNeil smoked a triple off the right-center field wall to bring the tying run within 90 feet of the plate. Two batters later, Jared Young did something useful for once and hit a game-tying sac fly to center field.

The late rally was all just a tease, though. In the bottom of the inning, Tyler Tolbert singled off of Manaea with one out and stole second base before being driven in by Nick Loftin’s walk-off hit. At least the Mets didn’t get shut out.

It felt like the Mets were getting shut out during tonight’s MLB Draft because New York didn’t get to choose a player until the 38th pick. That guy ended up being Mitch Voit from Michigan, who is better known as the guy who tried to smoke the third base line like it was cocaine last season.

It has never felt more like 1986.

 

0
0
0
0

On today’s “Doge Day of Summer” CDST Show….

by Brandon Chabner | July 12, 2025 | 0 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcYWPRnXYDo

On today’s “Doge Day of Summer” CDST Show….\

  • Pole vaults to another title, and Breakfast at Wimby involves a real live double bagel
  • Ce-dong hits another ding dong, and “that is the sound of 8 straight at Fenway”… the sights and sounds of today’s big shooooo
  • A very large step was just taken in Frank’s 20,000 step plan to turn the scales on their ever loving heads…
  • At around min 40, see a major short-tempered eruption by Johnny Mac in his Johnny Stockton short shorts, who could not curb his lack of enthusiam for the chair qualifications of the Larry David lookalike ump.
1
0
1
0

Iga Swiatek Dominates the Wimbledon Final and Conquers Grass

by Aaron | July 12, 2025 | 0 Comments

There was reason to believe on Saturday morning that Amanda Anisimova was going to upset Iga Swiatek in the ladies final at Wimbledon to become champion. Anisimova had just upset the top player in the world, Aryna Sabalenka, and she was playing as well as anyone. Plus, Swiatek wasn’t known as a strong grass player and didn’t have a Wimbledon title to her name. Although Swiatek was strongest on clay, she had just been defeated by Sabalenka at Roland-Garros less than two months ago.

When the tennis started, however, it couldn’t be more clear who the superior player was. Swiatek immediately broke Anisimova’s serve and kept on smashing the ball precisely with her backhand while Anisimova couldn’t keep anything in play. She was either hitting it long or wide or into the net even when she had a chance to deliver an easy winner.

Swiatek had all but wrapped up the first set when she broke Anisimova’s serve a second time to go up 3-0, but it was still surprising when the punishment continued into the second set. It was a little sad to watch Anisimova grow more frustrated as she seemingly forgot how to play the brilliant tennis that got her to this point. Fortunately, Swiatek finished the match pretty quickly, but no one wants to lose 6-0, 6-0 in a grand slam final.

Hopefully Anisimova will hold onto the good memories from Wimbledon and flush that crushing defeat to Swiaek. She’s had a tumultuous career, but she showed how much potential she has in these past two weeks, so I’m looking forward to see how she bounces back.

As for Swiatek, she’s now won a grand slam on all three surfaces and is just an Australian Open title short of the career grand slam. I know a lot of fans are wondering if she could have gotten by Sabalenka had Anisimova not gotten her out of the way. Maybe we’ll find out at the US Open in September.

0
0
0
0

Mets Complete a Doubleheader of Disappointment While Yankees Find an Improbable Victory

by Aaron | July 11, 2025 | 0 Comments

I went into Thursday’s Mets vs. Orioles doubleheader feeling optimistic that the Mets could sweep both games and keep pace with the Phillies in the National League East. Unfortunately, the offense was very disappointing against Baltimore starters Charlie Morton and Tomoyuki Sogano and completely useless against the Orioles bullpen. The Mets had a chance to score early on Morton in the first game when a passed ball by Jacob Stallings in the first inning allowed Brandon Nimmo and Francisco Lindor to reach second and third base with no outs. However, Morton struck out both Juan Soto and Pete Alonso before Jesse Winker popped up to strand both runners.

The Mets scored in the fifth when Brett Baty walked and stole second base before being driven in by a rare Tyrone Taylor double, but New York still found a way to disappoint by making three outs without scoring Taylor. One more time in the sixth, the Mets had a runner on second with nobody out and couldn’t bring him around. So that was four runners in scoring position with no outs that the Mets left stranded. It almost didn’t matter because of how good David Peterson was in this game, but Ryne Stanek relieved him in the eighth and gave up a script-flipping, two-run bomb to Gunnar Henderson. As if that wasn’t enough, Stanek then walked the bases loaded and let Baltimore add a run on a sac fly to make the score 3-1. If only the Mets had scored some of those available runs from before, they might have held on to win.

The story was a little different in the second game, since this time both Nimmo and Lindor scored in the first inning after getting on base. Unfortunately, there was no Peterson to pitch a gem in this one. Brandon Waddell started the game and let three runs in during the second inning thanks to a double by Alex Jackson and a home run from Jordan Westburg. the Mets caught up in the fourth with a clutch RBI single by Brett Baty, but Justin Hagenman could not keep Baltimore off the board in the fifth. Colton Cowser hit an RBI single with two outs and Ramon Urias drove in another thanks to an error by Baty. The Orioles added two more runs in the sixth and ran away with a 7-3 win with the Mets offense doing very little after the fourth inning.

One of the only bright spots of the second game was Rico Garcia shutting down the Orioles for their final two and two thirds innings at the plate. In typical Mets fashion, Garcia was designated for assignment today to make room for Kodai Senga’s return to the rotation. Obviously, someone had to be bounced to make room for Senga, but there are guys like Alex Carrillo and Waddell who have options left in the back of the bullpen. Why send away Garcia when he has been effective so far?

Anyway, the Mets are in Kansas City starting tonight for the final three games before the All-Star break. Hopefully it won’t be a total disaster with Senga, Frankie Montas, and a mystery starter (should be Clay Holmes but Mindless Mendoza is probably babying him).

The Yankees still haven’t lost since the Mets let them off the hook on Sunday. This time, they beat the Mariners 6-5 despite going without a hit for the first seven innings of the game. They finally broke through against Bryan Woo with a pair of singles by Jazz Chisholm and Ben Rice to lead off the eighth. Austin Wells hit a sac fly to get the Bombers on the board and Giancarlo Stanton homered off of Matt Brash to make the score 5-3.

In the ninth, the Yankees rallied against Seattle closer Andres Munoz, who was apparently tipping his pitches. Wells came up big with a two-run single and then Aaron Judge hit a walk-off sac fly in the 10th following a great job by Devin Williams to strand the ghost runner. It is a little painful watching the Yankees come to life knowing that the Mets could have killed their season a few days ago.

Over in London, Taylor Fritz blew a chance to force a fifth set with Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic was swept by Jannik Sinner. The announcers were treating the aging Djokovic like a dog that needs to be put down, but he was looking pretty good in this tournament before facing the top player in the world. He can still play for a while longer if he’s okay not winning grand slam events, but not might not be the case.

1
0
1
0

Mets Rained Out, Yankees Drop a Veteran, and Big Upsets at Wimbledon

by Aaron | July 10, 2025 | 0 Comments

Ugh. The Mets were rained out on Wednesday night, so they’ll have to play twice against Baltimore today before jumping on a plane to Kansas City, where they’ll play on Friday night roughly 24 hours after the doubleheader ends. David Peterson is pitching for the Mets in the first game against Charlie Morton, who got off to a miserable start this season but has been better lately with just six runs allowed over his last four outings. The second game, which is scheduled for 5:05 PM, will allow the Mets to tee off on Tomoyuki Sugano with a mystery starter on the bump for New York. It will probably be some combination of Justin Hagenman and Austin Warren, who was just called up to be the extra man for the doubleheader.

I don’t know why Acuna is back in the majors so quickly. The infield is already crowded with Brett Baty, Mark Vientos, and Ronnie Mauricio in the mix and Acuna needs to play every day. Travis Jankowski hadn’t been getting much playing time as the utility guy. Anyway, let’s check out what else happened in sports on Wednesday.

The Yankees designated DJ LeMahieu for assignment. He was extremely productive for the Bombers when they signed him as a free agent in 2019 and then he hit .364 and won the batting title in the short pandemic season. However, his play has fallen off a cliff since then and he was almost impossibly bad in 2024, hitting .204/.269/.259 in 228 plate appearances. He hasn’t been nearly that awful this season, but the Yankees felt it was time to say goodbye with Jazz Chisholm playing well at second base and infield prospect Jorbit Vivas showing posting a .409 on-base percentage at Triple-A.

There was happier news for the Yankees on the field, as they beat Seattle 9-6 for their third straight win. That’s right, it was the Mets who got the Yankees going on Sunday by letting them off the hook with sloppy play. Now it appears that the Bombers have righted their ship with Cam Schlittler striking out seven in his big league debut and picking up the win thanks to Chisholm’s two home runs.

In Kansas City, Jack Caglianone hit a total monster bomb that measured 466 feet to center field. Salvador Perez also homered twice, including a solo shot that gave his team the lead in the eighth inning, and the Royals beat Pittsburgh 4-3 to finish off a series sweep.

Jesus Luzardo was splendid for the Phillies. He pitched seven shutout innings while the bats unloaded for seven runs in the eighth inning to give Philly a 13-0 victory in San Francisco.

In tennis, Ben Shelton was taken down by top seed Jannik Sinner in straight sets during their Wimbledon quarterfinal. It was a promising tournament for Shelton, but we’ll have to settle for Taylor Fritz being the only American man in the semifinals. For Sinner, it was a return to his dominant self after he was bailed out of an upset scare in the round of 16 by an injury to Grigor Dimitrov.

Meeting Sinner in the semifinals will be the arguable GOAT, Novak Djokovic. He dropped the first set to Flavio Cobolli but then one three straight to prove that he’s still got it. It seems that Djokovic has already passed the torch of greatness to Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz, but now he has a chance to yank it back for one more run at a grand slam title.

On the women’s side, Belinda Bencic upset the Russian prodigy Mirra Andreeva in just two sets, although both went to a tiebreaker. It’s matches like those that make you wonder what would happen if the women had to win three sets in a match like the men. Would Bencic beat Andreeva in a third set with such thin margins? We’ll never know. Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek beat Liudmila Samsonova 6-2, 7-5 and will face Bencic later today.

Right before publishing time, the women’s semifinals began and Amanda Anisimova has upset the number one Aryna Sabalenka! She has looked vulnerable at Wimbledon and finally dropped a set in the quarterfinals to Laura Siegmund before bouncing back for the win. Sabalenka lost the first set and won the second again vs. Anisimova, but the American showed great resilience in the third set. Even after blowing a match point with the serve and allowing Sabalenka back on even footing, Anisimova rebounded right away and won the match with a break point. The United States has now put a woman in the final of the last four grand slam tournaments. The last two, Coco Gauff and Madison Keys, both won the title.

1
0
1
0

Mets Win a Thriller and Penn State Hockey Becomes Elite

by Aaron | July 9, 2025 | 0 Comments

Something amazing happened last night. The Mets fell behind by four runs in the seventh inning, and instead of withering like a tulip the moment autumn arrives, they battled back and won the game! Jackson Holliday appeared to put the game away with his solo shot off of the newest Mets scrap-heap pickup Alejandro Carrillo, but Baltimore’s 6-2 lead would only last a few minutes. Brandon Nimmo opened the eighth inning with a single and was driven in by Francisco Lindor’s two-run bomb to center field. That worked so well that Juan Soto and Pete Alonso decided to replicate the sequence, and all of a sudden we were tied 6-6 with just two innings to play. Shout out to Bryan Baker. He has been a solid reliever for the Orioles this season, but he looked like he was throwing batting practice on Tuesday night.

The game ended up going into extra innings, and Soto quickly gave New York the lead with a leadoff base hit to get the ghost runner Lindor home from second. Alonso followed with a single of his own, and the Mets had a great chance to add a second run, but Luis Torrens struck out looking with the bases loaded after a Travis Jankowski bunt and an intentional walk to Jeff McNeil. At one point during the Torrens at-bat, it looked like the Mets would score on a passed ball by backup catcher Alex Jackson, but the ball bounced off the umpire and stayed within Jackson’s reach.

Fortunately, that break for Baltimore would not end up ruining the Mets’ evening, and neither would Carlos Mendoza’s questionable managing of the bullpen. Although a well-rested Edwin Diaz only threw 10 pitches in the ninth inning, Mendoza declined to bring him out for the 10th, even though Jordan Westburg, Gunnar Henderson, and Ryan O’Hearn were due up. Instead, it was up to Huascar Brazoban to pitch to the trio that gave Baltimore the lead in the sixth inning with consecutive base hits following Clay Holmes hitting Holliday on the foot with an 0-2 pitch. Brazoban has not been consistent lately, but he was at his best when it counted in this one and set down the Orioles in order to end the game.

The top four batters in the Mets’ order did almost all of the damage in this one, but we saw encouraging signs at the bottom when Ronnie Mauricio homered in the sixth to get New York on the board and help put an end to what was becoming a dominant outing for Brandon Young. Brett Baty followed with a double and would score to give the Mets the lead on Nimmo’s double.

The Mets are back at it tonight in Baltimore with David Peterson on the mound against Tomoyuki Sugano. Sugano has been getting shelled lately with five home runs and 13 runs allowed in his last two starts. Peterson was having a rough time at the end of June, but he appeared to right the ship with just one earned run allowed in six and two thirds innings vs. Milwaukee last week.

That great Mets comeback capped off an awesome day in sports for me. After weeks of rumors, Penn State officially secured the commitment of the top NHL Draft prospect for 2026, Gavin McKenna.

You usually don’t see elite Canadian prospects play college hockey before heading to the NHL, but the NIL money is changing all that. Penn State’s rabid fan base, financial backing, and great hockey facilities combined to convince McKenna to become a Nittany Lion for a year. Expectations for this program were already high since it was coming off of its first Frozen Four appearance, but with McKenna on board, the bar has been raised. I will be disappointed if Penn State doesn’t win the national championship.

1
0
1
0

Mets Blow a Chance to Sweep the Yankees, but First Place is Within Reach

by Aaron | July 8, 2025 | 0 Comments

The Mets pulled off a fourth straight win on Saturday afternoon, defeating the Yankees 12-6 to move 14 games over .500 and remain a half game back from Philadelphia in the National League East. The Mets jumped all over Carlos Rodon in the first inning with Starling Marte leading off with a double and Brandon Nimmo hitting his second grand slam of the week following walks by Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso.

Frankie Montas helped the Mets maintain their advantage through the first five innings by pounding the strike zone and allowing a solo home run to Jazz Chisholm and another to Austin Wells. I’m fine with allowing solo shots when your offense spots you a four-run lead, and Montas made sure to make the Yankees earn their runs with zero walks on the day. The Yankees broke through with a crooked number in the sixth on Cody Bellinger’s two-run double, but by then the Mets had expanded their total to seven runs on Pete Alonso’s first home run of the day, an opposite-field smash that scored Francisco Lindor.

Alonso hit a three-run bomb in the seventh to put the game out of reach, but that didn’t stop Carlos Mendoz from using both Ryne Stanek and Edwin Diaz in a six-run game. For both relievers, it was their third appearance in four games, which made them unavailable for Sunday’s series finale. That’s a pretty big issue to begin with, but it’s even a bigger deal when your rotation has been decimated by injuries and you’re counting on guys like Chris Devenski, Zach Pop, and Brandon Waddell to keep the Yankees off the scoreboard.

Devenski pitched surprisingly well to open the game on Sunday, but Pop and Waddell combined to give up five runs, with the last two coming on a two-run blast by Aaron Judge in the fifth inning. The Mets battled back with four straight singles in the bottom of the frame that yielded two runs, but they could have scored more if Starling Marte’s drive to deep center field had resulted in a double. Jeff McNeil was trying to tag up from second base on the play, so he only advanced to third even though the ball got all the way to the wall. That meant that Hayden Senger had to stop at second from first and Marte had to stop at first. When Lindor came up next with a single up the middle, it scored McNeil and Senger when it should have scored Senger and Marte.

The Mets rallied again in the sixth with three straight singles following Brandon Nimmo getting hit by a pitch, but their output was limited by Senger hitting into a double play with the bases loaded and nobody out. You have to wonder what Carlos Mendoza was thinking in that spot letting Luis Torrens stay on the bench. Senger had just singled the inning before, but Torrens is the more reliable bat, and he ended up pinch-hitting in the ninth inning anyway.

After the Yankees added a run in the seventh on a Judge sac fly, the Mets looked to threaten again when Lindor led off with a hit-by-pitch. Juan Soto followed with a line drive to left field that appeared to be a base hit, but Cody Bellinger made an incredible shoestring catch and threw to first to double off Lindor. If only the All-Star shortstop had slid into first, the Mets might have been able to continue the inning after Alonso’s walk and Nimmo’s ground out.

Even though the Mets had a bullpen game on Sunday against the Yankees’ ace Max Fried, it will felt like the Mets let the game get way because of all those missed opportunities between the fifth and seventh inning. The “you can’t win them all crowd” is just happy that the Mets won two of three while the Yankees fans were saved from total humiliation. I don’t think most Mets fans realize how close we were to crippling morale in the Bronx.

Now that the Subway Series is through, it’s time to focus on the National League East. The Mets are just one game back of Philadelphia and finish the first half of the season with a road trip to last-place Baltimore and middling Kansas City. Meanwhile, the Phillies have a tough west coast swing in San Francisco (where they lost on Monday) and San Diego. Time to take back first place!

1
0
1
0

Joey Chestnut Eats Hot Dogs and Jeff McNeil Does Everything Else on Exciting 4th of July

by Aaron | July 4, 2025 | 0 Comments

Happy 4th of July! Today is the day that we celebrate our independence in the United States of America with hot dogs, fireworks, and baseball. The baseball part went especially well with my Mets defeating the Yankees in a home run slugfest. 10 of the game’s 11 runs were scored on dingers, and the game’s deciding blast came off the bat of Jeff McNeil in the bottom of the seventh. He drove in two runs with one big swing to turn the Mets’ 5-4 deficit into a 6-5 lead.

McNeil also helped the Mets preserve the lead with his awesome defensive play in the top of the ninth that turned DJ LeMahieu’s infield blooper into a big out and prevented Aaron Judge from getting another at-bat. Judge had already homered in the first inning, and the Yankees would end up with three long balls off of Mets starter Justin Hagenman, but Huascar Brazoban and Reed Garrett got some redemption by keeping the Bombers off the scoreboard for the final three innings.

The Mets needed Brazoban and Garrett badly today since Edwin Diaz and Ryne Stanek had both pitched in consecutive games, making them ineligible for the July 4 contest due to the Mets’ baby rules that turn Carlos Mendoza into a Little League manager. Fortunately, the boys came through even though they have been pitching pretty poorly lately.

It’s also time to put some respect on Jeff McNeil’s name for what he is doing this season. He’s looked more like his vintage self and he’s making great plays in center field as well as at second base. McNeil’s batting average, on-base percentage, and slugging percentage are all higher than Francisco Lindor’s in 2025.

With the Mets handling baseball and fireworks, it was up to Joey Chestnut to take care of 4th of July hot dogs, and he delivered with 70 and a half hot dogs and buns to reclaim his Mustard Belt. It was great to see Chestnut return to Coney Island for the Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest after skipping the event last year due to a sponsorship dispute.

1
0
1
0

Our Sponsors

ChabDog Merch Store

https://www.etsy.com/shop/chabdogsports

Join The Fun!

Frank The Tank

Thank you!

chabnerlaw.com

Law Offices of Brandon S. Chabner

chabnerlaw.com

Brandon’s Posts

On the CDST “Fantastic Finishes by the Finn… all in the vicinity of the Walsh County Fair” Show:

by | Mar 17, 2025

Watch the Steelers fiddle and diddle about the new field general…. bring back Slash… or Bubby Brister?
DJ’s no calf… he’s a bull…
It was black and white day in the studio, but that can’t stop the gleam of Abe’s green
Join our ChabDog Challenge Group and rack your bracket… “don’t cost nothing”
One of us has lots of zest for the Big West
Giants who were Jets, and vice-versa
Affirmed over Alydar in the 1978 Belmont… confirmed as an instant classic
(listen to Chic Anderson tell us how it happened.
Then in 1998, Victory Gallop literally noses out Real Quiet in a very photogenic photo finish
All about the legendary Lassie Viren– proof positive you can fall down and still prevail
Watch Chester Marcol make his mark against Da Bears defense.
ChabDog gives due props to Chester A. Arthur.
A stirring excerpt from Without Limits, as Steve Prefontaine broke from his routine in the Olympic 5000 final, showed hesitation and went from first to last in the last 100 yards

Version 1.0.0

1
0

Twisting your arm and attention to CDST’s “Fantastic, intergalactic, inter-gender, mind bender championship wraslin show”

by | Mar 7, 2025

March Madness is still a few weeks away, but crazy competition still abounds, hence the need for CDST’s “Fantastic, intergalactic, inter-gender, mind bender championship wraslin show”. Let’s see someone try and regulate this. Andy Kaufman shows us how it’s done, until Jerry Lawler takes the law into his own hands. Booger uses a very picky approach to turning the tables on a very forceful female arm wrestler.  Then there’s the time John Candy earned his stripes in the mud wrestling ring. From the excitement you won’t get a reprieve with The Lady Eve, and things turn eveb more serious when we hit The Children’s Hour.
And before we’re done, there will be time to review twists and turns of another week that’s run… with the G-man joining Pete under the Raider dome, and say it ain’t so, Boston’s much loved (and reviled) Rat getting snatched by the Florida Swamp cats. Plus, a preview of the Sat. Night Special in Beantown, with Phat Luka invading the North End.
1
0
Read more posts from Brandon

Well Read’s Posts

Read more posts from Eric

Abe’s Posts

Week 9: Abe’s Scrumdidilyumptious NFL Picks (ATS)

by | Nov 2, 2024

HALFWAY THROUGH THE SEASON…LFGOOOOO NFL WEEK 9! As always, have to celly double-digit Ws last week going 10/16 (63%) which is always great when the goal is to have a SZN record greater than .500! Before considering my Week 9 Scrumdidilyumptious ATS Picks, here is my season resume for your review.

Resume:

WEEK 1: 10/16 (62.5%) WEEK 2: 8/15 + 1 Push (53.3%)  WEEK 3: 8/16 (50%) WEEK 4:  9/16 (56%) WEEK 5: 7/14 (50%)  WEEK 6: 10/14 (71%) WEEK 7: 9/15 (60%) WEEK 8: 10/16 (63%) SEASON RECORD (ATS): 71/122 + 1 Push (58%)

OK, now that we’re all caught up and you’re still willing to read my scummy bag picks, lets fucking go NFL Week 9 (thank you for acknowledging you still have a better shot with my picks below than LITERALLY flipping a quarter)!

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: 

I looked at the spread & decided to take “the chalk” (Texans -.5).  CLEARLY this was a bad pick because WTF Texans! To be fair, I don’t think anyone realistically had the Jets beating the Texans by more than a touchdown on their BINGO card, but here we are.

|  | @gawdbrudder

 

2
0

Week 8: Abe’s Scrumdidilyumptious NFL Picks (ATS)

by | Oct 26, 2024

Welcome back everyone to NFL WEEK 8!  I would love to celebrate 11 picks right last week (Week 7) if it wasn’t me losing two by half a point. Like Vegas, we’ll have to settle with cashing in only 9/15 (60%) of my bets.  Before you consider my Week 8 Scrumdidilyumptious ATS Picks here is my season resume for your review.

Resume:

WEEK 1: 10/16 (62.5%) WEEK 2: 8/15 + 1 Push (53.3%)  WEEK 3: 8/16 (50%) WEEK 4:  9/16 (56%) WEEK 5: 7/14 (50%)  WEEK 6: 10/14 (71%) WEEK 7: 9/15 (60%) SEASON RECORD (ATS): 61/106 + 1 Push (58%)

OK, now that we’re all caught up and you’re still willing to read my scumbag picks, lets fucking go NFL Week 8 (thank you for knowing that you still have a better shot with my picks below than LITERALLY flipping a quarter)!

THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: 

OK…I messed up royally and expected much more from the Vikings.  Of course, Cooper Kupp and Puka Nacua come back from the IR for the Rams like rock stars and blow the Vikings out of the water. It is what it is.  Unlike the past two Thursdays, I didn’t take the chalk…but consciously picked the Vikings to do better even though they are the chalk…no bueno….one pick already in the gutter.

|  | @gawdbrudder

 

2
0
Read more posts from Abe

Dorothy’s Posts

Read more posts from Dorothy

Aaron’s Posts

The Mets Get Back to Winning and Drop Seven Bombs on Philly

by | Jun 22, 2025

The Mets finally busted their seven-game losing streak on Saturday night with a triumphant 11-4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. With President Trump announcing a military strike in the middle of the game, it reminded me of the Mets playing in Philadelphia on May 1, 2011 when Osama Bin Laden was killed. The Mets won that night as well, but they didn’t hit seven home runs like they did in the present day. Brandon Nimmo led the charge with a solo shot in the first, and he added another two innings later as part of back-to-back-to-back home runs with Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto. The third-inning barrage was supplemented by Soto adding his second home run in the fifth inning, and the massive blast allowed the Mets to keep the lead for the rest of the night.

Griffin Canning got off to a slow start by allowing three hits in the first inning, including an RBI double by Nick Castellanos, that led to two runs. The Phillies added another run in the second inning when Otto Kemp doubled and came around to score on Brandon Marsh’s soft ground ball and a wild pitch that Francisco Alvarez failed to get his body in front of. That gave Philly a 3-1 lead, but the Mets answered with three straight home runs as well as Soto’s second bomb to go ahead 5-3 in the fifth. Canning failed the shutdown inning after Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo nearly collided on a fly ball hit by Trea Turner. He would score on Alec Bohm’s RBI single to bring the Phillies within one, but Lindor answered with a two-out RBI double in the sixth that Castellanos overran badly in the right field corner.

That sixth inning may have been more impressive than the three home runs in the third because in the sixth, the Mets got singles from both Francisco Alvarez and Ronny Mauricio to set the table. That seems like a very rare feat based on how those guys are playing. As for McNeil, it’s nice having him play center field because he gives the Mets some offense at the position, but it is asking so much for him to communicate with Nimmo properly? They’ve only played together for six years!

read more…

1
0

Bullpen Blowup in Seventh Inning Costs Mets in Seventh Straight Loss

by | Jun 21, 2025

It wasn’t surprising that the Mets extending their losing streak to seven games last night with Blade Tidwell starting at pitcher against Zack Wheeler. What was so disappointing about the 10-2 defeat in Philadelphia was that the Mets got past the starting pitching portion of the game and quickly tied the score 2-2 on back-to-back home runs by Pete Alonso and Jeff McNeil. They were the first two batters faced by Taijuan Walker when he relieved Wheeler in the top of the sixth. The Mets seemed to have momentum on their side with Wheeler gone and Jose Butto shutting the Phillies down the fifth and the sixth, but the game turned in the seventh because Reed Garrett could not get anyone out.

Brandon Marsh, who had previously given the Phillies a 2-0 lead with an RBI single off of Jose Castillo, led off the frame with a double, and he was quickly doubled home by Trea Turner to give Philadelphia the lead. Garrett then walked Kyle Schwarber and allowed an RBI single to Alec Bohm before being replaced by Justin Garza without recording an out. Garza has been solid for the Mets so far, but he couldn’t stop Nick Castellanos and Bryson Stott from blowing the game open with big RBI hits.

read more…

1
0

Pacers Force Game 7 and Mets Get Swept Again

by | Jun 20, 2025

I really thought that the Thunder were going to take care of business in Game 6 of the NBA Finals. Everything was going according to plan when Oklahoma City jumped out to a 10-2, but after those first four minutes, the Indiana Pacers dominated the game like they have not dominated before in these NBA Finals. Pascal Siakam and company led by three at the end of the first quarter and then outscored OKC by 19 in the second. At halftime I was hoping for a Thunder comeback so I could mock Tyrese Haliburton with the choke sign, but OKC never got close and Mark Daigneault pulled his starters at the start of the fourth quarter with the deficit at 30. The Pacers went on to win 108-91.

The Thunder ended up shooting 8-for-30 from beyond the arc, but most of the makes were from bench guys in the final period. I think OKC only made a single three-point shot while the game was competitive while Indiana got long-range accuracy from Obi Toppin (4-for-7) and Andrew Nimrod (3-for-5). Those guys combined for 37 points on the night and were Indiana top two scorers. That goes to show you how deep of a team the Pacers are and also what an overrated bum Haliburton is. He was probably the fifth-best player on his own team in Game 6. It’s not an exaggeration to say that Indiana would be better off having Haliburton back up T.J. McConnell and not the other way around. McConnell was at it again on Thursday night with 12 points, nine rebounds, six assists, and four steals in just 24 minutes. He is more than just a pest; he is a difference-maker.

The Thunder has to get its act together in Game 7 and win at home like it did in Game 2 and Game 5. I can’t deal with watching the Pacers win an NBA title after beating the Knicks because of the luckiest shot in league history. I’m having a hard enough time watching the Mets play worse and worse every night while blowing their five-game lead in the National League East in a week’s time.

read more…

1
0

Will the Mets End Their Losing Streak Against Spencer Strider and the Braves?

by | Jun 19, 2025

The Mets face the Braves tonight in the final game of a three-game series in Atlanta. New York is looking to avoid a sweep after blowing a 4-1 lead in the eighth inning of the opener and getting completely shut down by Chris Sale last night. Even if the Mets win tonight, they will be on very little sleep for the series opener in Philadelphia on Friday night because the plane probably won’t even take off until close to midnight. Why don’t the Mets get an afternoon start on getaway day?! The June Swoon continues getting worse.

The Mets will have Clay Holmes on the bump against Spencer Strider tonight. After striking out 281 batters during his sophomore season of 2023, Strider missed almost all of 2024 to a surgery on the ulnar collateral ligament in his throwing elbow. Plus, he has already spent two stint on the injured list this season. Strider hasn’t looked much like a dominant strikeout pitcher this season, but he was more like his old self during his last start against the Rockies. In that one, he pitched six shutout innings with 13 strikeouts and one walk. No doubt Braves fans will be talking themselves into the old Strider being back, in which case he could destroy the Mets like Sale did.

Holmes has been as steady as they come for the Mets. He hasn’t dominated the opposition, but he keeps the Mets in every game. During his last start, he held the Rays to one run in five innings, but then Carlos Mendoza took him out of the game with just 79 pitches thrown because he was apparently tired from pitching in the thin Denver air six days prior. That’s right, not only did Mendoza take out a guy early who had grown accustomed to throwing more than 90 pitches with regularity, but he did so while that pitcher was on FIVE DAYS OF REST. Because of one start in Denver. It’s unbelievable how soft the Mets are. Anyway, of course Paul Blackburn and Max Krannick combined to blow the Mets’ 5-1 lead as soon as Holmes was removed. That was the loss that started this five-game skid.

Francisco Alvarez is back in the lineup after Luis Torrens had a horrible game last night. Ronny Mauricio is still in there hitting below the Mendoza line at third base because of Brett Baty’s injured groin that the Mets still don’t know what to do with. The good news is that Starling Marte has been useful lately with seven hits in his last four games. This lineup goes six deep, but those last three are totally feeble.

We also have the NBA Finals possibly concluding tonight with the Thunder holding a 3-2 series lead over the Pacers. Indiana finally looks like it has met its match after suffering consecutive defeats for the first time in these Playoffs. Plus, Tyrese Haliburton made zero field goals in Game 5. It will be interesting to see how the Pacers respond at home.

Plus, the United States is taking on Saudi Arabia in Gold Cup action. The Yanks are heavily favored after they crushed Trinidad and Tobago 5-0 to end a four-game losing streak. I need the US to keep winning so that the World Cup next year isn’t totally depressing.

1
0

Panthers Claim the Stanley Cup Again While New York Baseball is Futile

by | Jun 18, 2025

How about those Florida Panthers? They crushed the Edmonton Oilers 5-1 in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final to claim the Cup for the second straight year. They’re the first back-to-back champs since the Tampa Bay Lightning won in 2020 and 2021. Okay, that wasn’t so long ago, but the more important stat is that a Canadian team hasn’t held the Cup since 1993. Shoutout to my Rangers for starting the streak of American victories by defeating the Canucks in the 1994 Final. I don’t feel so bad about losing the 4 Nations Face-Off anymore.

Sam Reinhart scored four goals in the clinching game (with the last two coming with an empty net) and Sergei Bobrovsky didn’t allow a goal until the championship was in hand with five minutes to play. Still, it was Sam Bennett who won the Conn Smythe Trophy with 15 goals and seven assists in the Playoffs.

The Panthers’ victory opens up two big story lines for next season. First, can Florida become the first NHL three-peat since the Oilers dynasty in the 1980s? And second, will Connor McDavid ever win the Stanley Cup? McDavid is the best player in the game today, but after falling short of immortality for the second year in a row, every hockey fan will be focused on his quest for glory going forward.

read more…

1
0
Read more posts from Aaron