The Indiana Pacers won their 10th game as an underdog this postseason on Thursday night, beating the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-91 in Game 6 of the 2025 NBA Finals and covering as 5.5-point underdogs. The game stayed under the total for the fourth time this series.
Indiana opened the series as a huge +550 underdog at BetMGM, while Oklahoma City was a massive -800 favorite. If the Pacers end up winning Game 7, it would be one of the biggest Finals upsets in NBA history.
The Thunder opened as 8.5-point home favorites in Game 7, but the line has drifted back to -7.5. The total is the lowest in the series at 215.5.
Yahoo Sports asked handicapper Jon Metler for his thoughts on Game 7 of the Finals and some best bets:
Game 7: Indiana Pacers at Oklahoma City Thunder (-7.5, 215.5)
Metler: “Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s assists prop opened at 5.5 with increased juice to the over. That’s a really low total for SGA in general, but when you consider the spot, it really jumps off the page. The Thunder will want the ball in SGA’s hands as much as possible in Game 7, and he’ll likely play 40-plus minutes.
“SGA’s assists prop has dropped throughout the series because he’s had a few rough games in that department, but the final box scores don’t fully reflect what’s happening. Game 4 is a perfect example: He recorded zero assists, but had eight potential assists — they just didn’t convert. In Game 6, he had only two assists, but again tallied eight potential assists. The low conversion rate, combined with reduced minutes due to a blowout, skewed the numbers.
“These games have tanked his assists line in the market, but that’s good for us — it’s opened up a chance to attack the lower total and even take a shot at the alternate over of 6.5 (+132), which I believe should be trading closer to -115. There’s solid value on this number, and the fact that his role players and shooters are back home should help, too. In the last home game (Game 5), they converted 10 assists for SGA.”
Best bet: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander over 6.5 assists (+132)
Metler: “Just pause and think about this for a second: You’re getting Tyrese Haliburton over 7.5 assists at +144. Imagine if I told you this price during the regular season. I know it’s the Thunder defense, but 7.5 at +144? Come on. You were typically seeing 9.5 or even 10.5 for Haliburton’s assists prop, with the over trading around -110 back then.
“Similar to the SGA prop, look at the spot — it’s Game 7 of the NBA Finals, where his usage and minutes should be as high as possible. Yes, Haliburton is nursing a calf injury, but I thought he looked completely fine in Game 6. If anything, the injury is what’s creating this value.
“His totals dropped heading into Game 6 due to uncertainty around his minutes and the injury, and they didn’t adjust much after Game 6 because he only played 23 minutes due to the blowout. If Haliburton plays 35 minutes in that game, he likely smashes all of his totals — and the numbers for Game 7 would look very different.
“I believe this prop should be trading closer to -120 for Haliburton in Game 7, which is why I’m hitting the button on +144.”
We have not yet reached the end of the road for the 2025 NBA Finals, but we are jumping the gun, because this is supposed to be fun: Let us determine the MVPs of this year’s playoffs before Game 7.
If you have been following along, or even if you have not (shame on you), we also chronicled the Playoff MVPs at every step of the way — around the end of the first round, second round and conference finals.
1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Following a 31-point performance in Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Finals, Gilgeous-Alexander became the fourth player ever to score 30 or more points in at least 15 games of a single postseason, joining Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon. He downplayed the accomplishment in the aftermath, suggesting that, if you put enough qualifiers around a statistic, you can bend it to make any argument.
“It’s just like the rest of the other [statistics],” he said. “It’s like a stat, but it’s narrowed into three different specific details. It’s cool, I guess. Focused on one thing, and that’s winning one more game.”
Gilgeous-Alexander has averaged 30 points (on 47/30/87 shooting splits), 6.3 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 combined blocks and steals per game in the playoffs. What, then, is at stake for him in Game 7?
We could narrow our search on Stathead to find the only players ever to average a 30-5-6 en route to a title, and we would find Jordan (twice) and Nikola Jokić in the 2022-23 campaign. That is the whole list.
Based on SGA’s logic, though, there are too many qualifiers around that company. So let’s broaden our scope. How many players in NBA history have even averaged 30 points per game on a championship run?
Ten. That is it. And it is an extraordinary list: Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal (twice), Jordan (six times), Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and George Mikan (twice). This is the company Gilgeous-Alexander could keep, no additional qualifiers necessary.
2. Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers
In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, Haliburton amassed 32 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds and zero turnovers in a 130-121 win, all but clinching Indiana’s first berth in the NBA Finals since 2000. He has not been able to replicate any of those numbers since, but it was the prime example of what Haliburton has done all playoffs, controlling games by prodding the defense, seeing the floor and protecting the ball.
And he was even better throughout the playoffs in the clutch, sinking a game-winner in each series, including a 22-footer with 0.3 seconds remaining in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Nobody expected the Pacers to be on this stage, and yet Haliburton has proved both he and they belong among the NBA elite.
Whenever you are receiving favorable comparisons to Steve Nash, Chris Paul and Magic Johnson on a playoff run, it says good things about your ability to steer a team without your scoring. It is not that he cannot score in bunches; it is that he is more concerned with making everyone around him better. Which he has done, so much so that he has forced us to rethink what we figured possible for the Pacers’ future.
3. Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder
Scottie Pippen may not have been the best No. 2 option ever, but he is the first one who springs to mind. He is the quintessential complement to a superstar. In fact, any time a team develops its No. 1 option, we ask: But who is his Pippen? When you become somebody’s Pippen, you have made it as a second option.
Well, consider what Pippen averaged across his six championship runs, alongside Jordan, on the 1990s Chicago Bulls: 19.2 points (44/29/73), 7.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3 combined blocks and steals a game.
Now consider what Williams has averaged in these playoffs: 21.5 points (46/31/80), 5.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.8 combined blocks and steals.
The only second options to average a 20-5-5 on a title run: Bob Cousy, Hal Greer, John Havlicek, Walt Frazier, Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Bryant, Stephen Curry (as Kevin Durant’s co-star in 2017 and 2018), Khris Middleton and Jamal Murray. Essentially the best No. 2s ever.
And Williams is just 24 years old, a year younger than Pippen was when he first won a championship.
It is far too early to anoint Williams as the next Pippen, for he is still six rings behind, but if the Thunder can complete their quest for one championship, we should at the very least accept him as SGA’s Pippen.
4. Pascal Siakam, Indiana Pacers
I don’t know where in the player rankings we had Siakam before the playoffs began, but it wasn’t as the second-best player on a championship-caliber team, which is weird, since he was the second-best player on the 2019 champion Toronto Raptors. If we had not already, we now have to accept that you can win a title with a borderline All-NBA player (Siakam received four third-team votes) as your second-best player.
The Boston Celtics did the same last season, leveraging Jaylen Brown as a No. 2 option and surrounding their stars with a well-paid and talented supporting cast, rather than the multiple-superstar model that became en vogue earlier last decade, when James joined Dwyane Wade and Durant teamed with Curry.
If you help change the way an entire league fundamentally thinks about team-building, as Siakam has, you probably earned your spot on this list, and there is no doubt Siakam deserves his spot here.
5. Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
When last we convened, we had Jokić ranked fifth among Playoff MVPs. He has not played again, and nothing has changed. How does that square? Well, in retrospect, Jokić’s Denver Nuggets did to the Thunder exactly what the Pacers have, pushing them to a Game 7 in the Western Conference semifinals.
Considering how shallow the Nuggets were in comparison to the Thunder, and how hobbled Denver was, as Michael Porter Jr. played with one arm and Aaron Gordon played on one leg, the fact that Jokić willed his team to three wins against OKC is nothing short of remarkable. Had he won four against the Thunder and gone on to do what they have done, we would be welcoming Jokić into the pantheon of NBA all-timers.
As it is, even after Gilgeous-Alexander’s regular-season MVP campaign and run to Game 7 of the NBA Finals, we still universally accept Jokić as The Best Player Alive because of his effort against the Thunder.
6. Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
7. Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
8. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
9. Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
10. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Honorable mention: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks; Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic; Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics; Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons; Luka Dončić, Los Angeles Lakers; Aaron Gordon, Denver Nuggets; Chet Holmgren, Oklahoma City Thunder; Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers; T.J. McConnell, Indiana Pacers; Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers; Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets; Alperen Şengün, Houston Rockets; Julius Randle, Minnesota Timberwolves; Karl-Anthony Towns, New York Knicks.
We have not yet reached the end of the road for the 2025 NBA Finals, but we are jumping the gun, because this is supposed to be fun: Let us determine the MVPs of this year’s playoffs before Game 7.
If you have been following along, or even if you have not (shame on you), we also chronicled the Playoff MVPs at every step of the way — around the end of the first round, second round and conference finals.
1. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Oklahoma City Thunder
Following a 31-point performance in Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Finals, Gilgeous-Alexander became the fourth player ever to score 30 or more points in at least 15 games of a single postseason, joining Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan and Hakeem Olajuwon. He downplayed the accomplishment in the aftermath, suggesting that, if you put enough qualifiers around a statistic, you can bend it to make any argument.
“It’s just like the rest of the other [statistics],” he said. “It’s like a stat, but it’s narrowed into three different specific details. It’s cool, I guess. Focused on one thing, and that’s winning one more game.”
Gilgeous-Alexander has averaged 30 points (on 47/30/87 shooting splits), 6.3 assists, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 combined blocks and steals per game in the playoffs. What, then, is at stake for him in Game 7?
We could narrow our search on Stathead to find the only players ever to average a 30-5-6 en route to a title, and we would find Jordan (twice) and Nikola Jokić in the 2022-23 campaign. That is the whole list.
Based on SGA’s logic, though, there are too many qualifiers around that company. So let’s broaden our scope. How many players in NBA history have even averaged 30 points per game on a championship run?
Ten. That is it. And it is an extraordinary list: Jokić, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, LeBron James, Bryant, Shaquille O’Neal (twice), Jordan (six times), Olajuwon, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and George Mikan (twice). This is the company Gilgeous-Alexander could keep, no additional qualifiers necessary.
2. Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana Pacers
In Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, Haliburton amassed 32 points, 15 assists, 12 rebounds and zero turnovers in a 130-121 win, all but clinching Indiana’s first berth in the NBA Finals since 2000. He has not been able to replicate any of those numbers since, but it was the prime example of what Haliburton has done all playoffs, controlling games by prodding the defense, seeing the floor and protecting the ball.
And he was even better throughout the playoffs in the clutch, sinking a game-winner in each series, including a 22-footer with 0.3 seconds remaining in Game 1 of the NBA Finals. Nobody expected the Pacers to be on this stage, and yet Haliburton has proved both he and they belong among the NBA elite.
Whenever you are receiving favorable comparisons to Steve Nash, Chris Paul and Magic Johnson on a playoff run, it says good things about your ability to steer a team without your scoring. It is not that he cannot score in bunches; it is that he is more concerned with making everyone around him better. Which he has done, so much so that he has forced us to rethink what we figured possible for the Pacers’ future.
3. Jalen Williams, Oklahoma City Thunder
Scottie Pippen may not have been the best No. 2 option ever, but he is the first one who springs to mind. He is the quintessential complement to a superstar. In fact, any time a team develops its No. 1 option, we ask: But who is his Pippen? When you become somebody’s Pippen, you have made it as a second option.
Well, consider what Pippen averaged across his six championship runs, alongside Jordan, on the 1990s Chicago Bulls: 19.2 points (44/29/73), 7.9 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 3 combined blocks and steals a game.
Now consider what Williams has averaged in these playoffs: 21.5 points (46/31/80), 5.6 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 1.8 combined blocks and steals.
The only second options to average a 20-5-5 on a title run: Bob Cousy, Hal Greer, John Havlicek, Walt Frazier, Pippen, Clyde Drexler, Bryant, Stephen Curry (as Kevin Durant’s co-star in 2017 and 2018), Khris Middleton and Jamal Murray. Essentially the best No. 2s ever.
And Williams is just 24 years old, a year younger than Pippen was when he first won a championship.
It is far too early to anoint Williams as the next Pippen, for he is still six rings behind, but if the Thunder can complete their quest for one championship, we should at the very least accept him as SGA’s Pippen.
4. Pascal Siakam, Indiana Pacers
I don’t know where in the player rankings we had Siakam before the playoffs began, but it wasn’t as the second-best player on a championship-caliber team, which is weird, since he was the second-best player on the 2019 champion Toronto Raptors. If we had not already, we now have to accept that you can win a title with a borderline All-NBA player (Siakam received four third-team votes) as your second-best player.
The Boston Celtics did the same last season, leveraging Jaylen Brown as a No. 2 option and surrounding their stars with a well-paid and talented supporting cast, rather than the multiple-superstar model that became en vogue earlier last decade, when James joined Dwyane Wade and Durant teamed with Curry.
If you help change the way an entire league fundamentally thinks about team-building, as Siakam has, you probably earned your spot on this list, and there is no doubt Siakam deserves his spot here.
5. Nikola Jokić, Denver Nuggets
When last we convened, we had Jokić ranked fifth among Playoff MVPs. He has not played again, and nothing has changed. How does that square? Well, in retrospect, Jokić’s Denver Nuggets did to the Thunder exactly what the Pacers have, pushing them to a Game 7 in the Western Conference semifinals.
Considering how shallow the Nuggets were in comparison to the Thunder, and how hobbled Denver was, as Michael Porter Jr. played with one arm and Aaron Gordon played on one leg, the fact that Jokić willed his team to three wins against OKC is nothing short of remarkable. Had he won four against the Thunder and gone on to do what they have done, we would be welcoming Jokić into the pantheon of NBA all-timers.
As it is, even after Gilgeous-Alexander’s regular-season MVP campaign and run to Game 7 of the NBA Finals, we still universally accept Jokić as The Best Player Alive because of his effort against the Thunder.
6. Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks
7. Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
8. Stephen Curry, Golden State Warriors
9. Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers
10. Jayson Tatum, Boston Celtics
Honorable mention: Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks; Paolo Banchero, Orlando Magic; Jaylen Brown, Boston Celtics; Cade Cunningham, Detroit Pistons; Luka Dončić, Los Angeles Lakers; Aaron Gordon, Denver Nuggets; Chet Holmgren, Oklahoma City Thunder; Kawhi Leonard, Los Angeles Clippers; T.J. McConnell, Indiana Pacers; Evan Mobley, Cleveland Cavaliers; Jamal Murray, Denver Nuggets; Alperen Şengün, Houston Rockets; Julius Randle, Minnesota Timberwolves; Karl-Anthony Towns, New York Knicks.
The Centers for Disease Control used to have a vaccine advisory panel made of well-respected experts. This panel, the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (or ACIP), would meet to vote on which vaccines should be recommended by the government. An affirmative vote from ACIP means insurance companies have to cover that vaccine. But members of the panel were all abruptly dismissed earlier this month, and now their replacements are set to meet June 25, with votes planned for RSV, flu shots, and somewhat perplexingly, thimerosal.
I’ll break down what this all means, why it’s likely very bad news, and what to watch for when the panel meets next week. And by the way, if you’ve been meaning to get any vaccines, I’d recommend scheduling those sooner rather than later, while we know they’re still covered, because there’s no telling what will happen.
What is (or was) ACIP?
ACIP is the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices. It’s a panel that the CDC convenes from time to time to decide whether to “recommend” certain vaccines. This is not the same thing as FDA approval—the Food and Drug Administration handles that. Rather, it is a decision to put vaccines on a list of the ones people should get. For example, the flu shot is recommended for nearly everyone aged 6 months and up.
It was ACIP that decided that healthcare workers should be the first people to get COVID shots. It’s ACIP that puts various vaccines on the routine childhood vaccine schedule. Vaccines recommended by ACIP must, by law, be covered by nearly all insurance plans with no copay or out-of-pocket cost for people for whom they are recommended.
Formerly, the members of ACIP included experts in vaccine science, pediatrics, immunology, epidemiology, and public health. There was an extensive vetting process for new members that included probing conflicts of interest, and any members who did have a conflict relating to a specific vote would sit out of that vote.
I’ve watched quite a few ACIP meetings (they are always livestreamed) to report on COVID vaccines and others. The meetings and the members were always professional, focused on facts and on making good judgments that encompassed the big picture effects of any decisions they ended up making. ACIP was widely respected by healthcare professionals and researchers. That’s not to say everybody always agreed with their decisions, but it was widely viewed as a system that was working well, and resulted in millions of Americans having access to vaccines that they needed.
Note carefully my use of the past tense.
What the hell is going on with ACIP now?
That’s all, perhaps, in the past. The current secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., founded an anti-vaccine advocacy group before he became HHS secretary. He said in his confirmation hearings that he didn’t plan to take anyone’s vaccines away, and on occasion has grudgingly admitted that vaccines work—usually alongside spreading or alluding to misinformation about vaccines.
But Kennedy and the other political appointees who control the branches of government that deal with healthcare sure seem like they are trying to reduce access to vaccines. Kennedy attempted to overrule ACIP on COVID vaccines, and now seems to be taking that strategy a step farther by simply getting rid of all 17 ACIP members and filling the panel with eight handpicked replacements. The Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota has background information on the new picks, some of whom already have a reputation as “vaccine critics,” to use CIDRAP’s phrasing.
Votes on several vaccines are coming up
ACIP’s meetings are announced to the public, and you can see the agenda for the next meeting here. It is a two-day meeting on June 25 and 26, 2025. Some of the agenda items look pretty typical, like presentations that give updates on the current COVID situation, the better to inform any decisions that might be made later about new COVID vaccines.
But there are a few confusing things to note. After the COVID presentations, there is no vote on any COVID vaccines. The Associated Press reports that a few other expected agenda items are missing—policy proposals on HPV vaccines and meningococcal vaccines likewise aren’t on the agenda.
The scheduled votes relate to maternal and pediatric RSV vaccines; RSV vaccines and the Vaccines for Children program; influenza vaccines (that is, flu shots); and “Thimerosal containing influenza vaccine recommendations.”
RSV is a virus that can be particularly dangerous to young infants. There is a vaccine that can be given in pregnancy that protects the infant for a few months after birth, and an antibody that can be given to infants. These are currently recommended by ACIP, and covered by insurance and by the Vaccines for Children program. We don’t know from the agenda exactly what the vote is about, or whether the panel may try to overturn that recommendation.
Influenza vaccines are also currently recommended, and an influenza vaccine vote seems to be a routine part of ACIP’s agenda (it was on last year’s June meeting agenda, for example). Normally the decisions are about which flu shots to recommend, since the vaccines on offer can change from year to year. Let’s hope this year’s vote is just as straightforward.
Finally, there’s that perplexing vote about thimerosal in influenza vaccines. Thimerosal is a mercury-containing preservative that has been blamed (without any solid evidence) for a link to autism. Out of an abundance of caution, it was removed from the formulation of most vaccines in 2001. Some multi-dose vaccine vials still contain it, including the flu shot, which is also available in single-dose versions without the preservative. Study after study has shown that thimerosal is not linked to autism or neuropsychological problems. Scientists generally consider this a closed case.
We can hope that the votes will be conducted appropriately and in keeping with the actual science surrounding these vaccines. But given that this meeting follows a sketchy-sounding shakeup of ACIP’s membership, I’m not very hopeful.
Press SecretaryShafiqul Alam had told reporters on Thursday that the main subject of the visit was the recovery of about £174bn (US$234 billion) in national assets, which Bangladesh authorities claim were “siphoned off” to other countries during Sheikh Hasina’sformer premiership.
On Thursday at St James’s Palace, Professor Yunus received the King Charles III Harmony Award 2025, sponsored by The King’s Foundation, in recognition of his work promoting “peace, sustainability and harmony between people and the environment.” Earlier during his visit, he was received by King Charles III for a private audience at Buckingham Palace.
Yunus offered to meet with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer during his visit, but no meeting was scheduled. According to the BBC, Yunus said he had not received an explanation, and suggested Starmer may have been busy. According to The Business Standard, political and diplomatic commentators including former ambassador M Humayun Kabir and analyst Altaf Parvez criticised the handling and communication of the proposed meeting, which had been announced by diplomat Siddique on June 4. Bangladesh Enterprise Institute president M. Humayun Kabir pointed out that the announcement led to high expectations, and that the failure to secure the meeting may have contributed to a negative public perception.
Yunus gave a speech at the Chatham House in front of director Bronwen Maddox on Wednesday, during which he discussed the issues his interim government needed to tackle, his anti-corruption efforts and foreign policy, and also addressed the plight of Rohingya people, many of whom lived in the world’s largest camp for refugees in Cox’s Bazar: “We are working very hard to make sure that we can repatriate those people to go back. In the meantime, we have problems. The US government stopped all the money, the USAID money suddenly disappeared. And what used to be $12 a month per person for food, suddenly that $12 disappeared.”
The Chief Adviser declined a meeting with Labour Party MP Tulip Siddiq, Sheikh Hasina’s niece, who, according to the BBC, has been under investigation by the government’s Anti-Corruption Commission for allegedly illegally receiving land from her aunt’s former administration. He said during a BBC interview that those allegations were a “court matter” but expressed full confidence in the commission. Siddiq, who resigned from her Treasury position in January, said she was disappointed with Yunus’s decision and denied all the allegations.
On the last day of the trip, Friday, a visiting delegation including the Head of the South Asia Regional Department Lesley Craig and Commodore Whalley briefed Professor Yunus on the capabilities of HMS Enterprise, a naval survey vessel with oceanographic and hydrographic purposes, which is being procured for the Bangladesh Navy. Yunus re-affirmed the importance of a joint effort between both nations on using such a vessel for research and data collection, saying it would benefit Bangladesh by leading to a better understanding of its own resources and oceans.
When asked by Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chairman Tarique Rahman about the prospects of a national election in 2026 before Ramadan, Yunus said it would be held in February as long as there was adequate progress in political and judicial reforms, after suggesting in the previous week that the election could take place in April 2026.
Yunus’s Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight departed from Heathrow at about 18:15 UTC on Friday, arriving at Hazrat Shahjalal in Dhaka at 09:45 (03:45 UTC) the following day, according to his deputy press secretary Abul Kalam Azad Majumder.
Professor Yunus, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, has served as chief adviser of the interim Bangladesh government since Sheikh Hasina’s ouster amid a wave of student-led protests in August 2024. According to Reuters, the caretaker government has faced pressure from civil servants, teachers, political parties, and the military, while the opposition BNP has called for elections to be held by December.
There was no lack of drama at Chavez Ravine this week as an already heated intradivision rivalry turned the heat up even more. Ejections, players being hit, benches clearing and a walk-off home run were all sprinkled throughout the Dodgers and Padres matchup that saw LA take three of the four games. Jake and Jordan get into all of the drama from the series as they discuss the ejections of both managers, Tatis’ injury, the Dodgers starting to look dominant again and more. Plus, the Dodgers’ owner now owns another storied LA franchise, and the guys give their thoughts on the impact this may have on the Lakers.
While things are heating up in LA, they seem to be cooling off in NYC. Although the Yankees were able to escape a sweep by the Angels, the Mets did not get as lucky as they got swept by the Braves. The guys dive into the series and discuss if the surging Braves, led by Ronald Acuña Jr., are destined for the postseason and how the Mets can snap their six-game losing streak. Plus, Jake and Jordan talk about the Braves’ Didier Fuentes reaching the MLB before his 21st birthday and what to make of the NL East.
Jake has returned from the Men’s College World Series. He shares all that he saw in Omaha and the guys chat about the epic matchup of Coastal Carolina vs. LSU. Plus, Jake tells an amazing story from the aftermath of the Arkansas loss that you don’t want to miss.
Finally, what does the Pope, Nick Castellanos and some men named Ryan have in common? The Good, The Bad & The Uggla of course! Everyone’s favorite segment of the week drops the latest edition.
Close out your week with us at the Baseball Bar-B-Cast.
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