Doing It Wrong | NFL ‘24 Draft | Siena Hoops | MLB Playoffs | YouTube Rabbithole
Alright @YouTheReader,
Doing It Wrong by Drake is the 14th track off of his album, Take Care. Some would call this song one of the saddest sad boy songs of the contemporary modern era. Please allow me to only use sad Drake GIFs that I found from Googling “Sad Drake GIFs.” I have no words to add to the lyrics.
We made it out of Doing It Wrong in one piece. Two music legends actually have something to do with this tune. Drake took “That’s the Wrong Thing to Do” from Don McLean’s song “The Wrong Thing to Do.” On top of that, the harmonica in the outro of this song is actually played by Stevie Wonder. According to SongFacts, Drake said “Stevie Wonder helped me out with a lot of the music, just came and sat with me, listened to my music, told me where I could add a couple of things to make it more sonically appealing, and not only that but we actually are writing together, which is an incredible experience. So I hit him, asked him to come by, and with no hesitation he hit me back like, ‘I will be there.’”
Audric Estime is from Nyack, New York, and played high school ball for St. Joe’s in Montvale, New Jersey. He was named New Jersey Football Player of the Year in ‘20 as he had a monster senior season with 1,857 rushing yards and 22 TDs. After a freshman season in ‘21 where he was depth behind RB Kyren Williams (now on the LA Rams), Estime broke out last year with 920 rushing yards and 11 TDs. He ran for an impressive average of 5.9 yards per carry. This season, Estime has picked up right where he left off as the workhorse RB for the Fightin’ Irish. ESPN named him a Midseason All-American as he is set to rush for career highs in yards and TDs. At 6’1” and 215 lbs., Estime has the size to be a workhorse RB in the NFL. Best of luck to the Rockland County product.
Mike Sainristil is from Everett, Massachusetts, and is a graduate student at Michigan. He started off his collegiate career in Ann Harbour in ‘19 as a WR and special teamer. During his sophomore season in ‘20, Sainristil made 3 starts at WR, and then in ‘21, he even had 22 catches for 312 yards and 2 TDs. It wasn’t until last season that Sainristil decided to switch to CB. In ‘22 as a senior, Sainristil impressively started 11 games at a new position where he ended up having 58 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, and an INT. He was named an honorable mention as an All-Big Ten Selection and Michigan named him their Defensive Skiller Player of the Year in ‘22. With one more year of eligibility, the WR turned CB came into the season as his head coach Jim Harbaugh put it, “He’s already a Michigan legend.” This past weekend against Michigan State, Sainristil found the endzone again, this time as a CB with a Pick-6.
Ricky Pearsall is from Chandler, Arizona. He started his collegiate career in his home state at Arizona State University. After 2 seasons to start his career where Pearsall barely got playing time, he broke out in ‘21 with 48 catches, 580 yards, and 4 TDs season. Following that season with the Sun Devils, Pearsall transferred to Florida and became a Gator by posting 33 catches, 661 yards (20 yards per catch), and 5 TDs debut season. Pearsall this year has made quite a few highlight grabs and is in line to surpass all of his previous career highs.
Anthony Belton is from Tallahassee, Florida and his teammates have nicknamed him “Escalade.” Initially out of high school, Belton was the offensive tackle at Georgia Military Academy. He transferred to NC State in ‘21 where backed up NFL 1st Rounder Ickey Ekwonu. In his 2nd year at NC State, Belton was tasked with replacing Ekwonu at left tackle and was replaced by the end of the season. Belton did have some highs in ‘22 as he had 6 pancake blocks against Charleston Southern and Florida State. At 6’6” and 336 lbs., Belton has rare size and strength that will catch the attention of NFL teams.
Gabe Hall is from Waller, Texas, and plays his college ball in his home state. At 6’6” and 292 lbs., Hall can play defensive tackle in the interior of the line in a 4-3 as well as defensive end in a 3-4. Hall has been with the Baylor program since ‘19, but didn’t get much playing time until the ‘21 season where he made 8 starts and finished with 6 sacks. He followed up his breakout with a ‘22 campaign he had a career-high 36 tackles to go with 4.5 more sacks. This season, the senior DT has once again flashed some elite traits and has a quick first-step to go with size you can’t teach.
Michael Eley is from Fort Wayne, Indiana. After a very successful freshman year, Eley returns as one of the most experienced players on the team. Last year the 6’4” guard averaged 9.4 points, 2.9 rebounds, and a steal per game. He was named the ‘22-’23 MAAC Rookie of the Year. The Fort Wayne native has great bounce as a high-flyer and can also hit from beyond the arc (34% last year). Siena coaches describe Eley as a solid rebounder, versatile defender, and unselfish player who does whatever is necessary to help the team win. Good traits to have for one of the team’s new leaders.
Sean Durugordon is from Harlem, New York. The 6’5” forward has transferred to Siena after starting his career at Missouri and Austin Peavy. After redshirting and his freshman year at Missouri where he averaged 3.2 points and 1.2 rebounds per game, Durugordon transferred to Austin Peavy. While at Austin Peavy, the Harlem native earned more playing time. In 27 games and 23 starts, he led the Governors with 12.4 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 28.3 minutes. Defensively, Durugordon has a chance to be one of their lockdown defenders as he possesses the height and weight to guard multiple positions. Due to this being the 2nd time that Durugordon has transferred, the NCAA is reviewing whether he will play this season.
Max Frazier is from Pittsboro, North Carolina. He played high school hoops at Northwood in North Carolina. As a senior, he averaged 8.3 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. While he was with the team, Northwood had an overall record of 62-7. The 6’9” forward will provide Siena with some height. He told the Chatham News + Record, “I felt like once I went up there and got to visit the campus, I thought it was a good spot for me. It felt like a home. The people that were there took care of me.” Frazier can guard multiple positions on defense and has good shot-blocking ability.
Zek Tekin is originally from Istanbul, Turkey. Back in his home country of Turkey, Tekin played for the Anadolu Efes Spor Kulubu in Turkey’s U19 league where he averaged 15.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.5 steals, and 1.6 assists in 27.1 minutes per game. Last year as a freshman, Tekin came off the bench for most of the year. This season will be competing for the starting job. Tekin is a point guard who will push the tempo and make sound decisions as a pass first-floor general. His goals for this season are to “win the MAAC Championship, improve myself, and gain experience.”
Bralyn Smith is from Grand Prairie, Texas, but played his senior year of high school in the Tri-State for St. Benedict’s Prep in Newark, New Jersey. The 6’5” freshman joins Max Frazier as part of Siena’s recruiting class. Smith reportedly also received an offer from LSU but has chosen to play up north in the Albany area. The Texas native finished his AAU season last year shooting 40% from 3. Last fall he told the Daily Gazette, “I want to work on my body and be much stronger so I can have an impact. And my ball-handling.” After putting in the work over the offseason, Smith is adjusting to college hoops, “I’m just really getting adjusted to the pace, I would say. It’s faster than high school. Trying to get much stronger, and that’s going to happen over time.”
Best of luck to the Saint Bernards this season!
(Unless they’re playing UAlbany.)
‘23 MLB Playoffs
NLCS - Game 6
This series is back in Philadelphia for Game 6. The Phillies lead the series 3-2 after winning Game 5 on Saturday night. After the DBacks looked like a dead snake in the water going down 2-0 in the series, they won back-to-back games in Arizona. In Game 3, Arizona got a great start out of their Rookie SP Brandon Pfaadt who went 5.2 innings with 9 Ks and no runs allowed. In Game 4, the DBacks pulled off a comeback in the bottom of the 8th with OF Alek Thomas hitting a pinch-hit 2-run blast off Phillies’ closer Craig Kimbrel to tie it followed by Gabby Moreno's base knock to put them up 6-5. The Phillies won Game 5 with ease as SP Zack Wheeler shoved 7 innings of 1 run ball as Schwarber, Harper, and Realmuto went yard.
In Game 6, Arizona will have Merril Kelly on the mound. The DBacks will hope for better results out of him this go around as he allowed 4 earned runs in 5.2 innings in Game 2. Another guy that DBacks will desperately hope can turn it around before it’s too late is RF Corbin Carroll. The NL Rookie of the Year is hitting a measly .105 this series after going bonkers in the previous 2 rounds with a .411 batting average, .565 OBP, and 2 dingers. Phillies’ Aaron Nola was terrific in Game 2, pitching 6 shutout innings with 7 Ks, so he’ll look to replicate that. The big bats for Philadelphia have really shown up as Bryce Harper, JT Realmuto, Kyle Schwarber, and Trea Turner have combined to hit for a .319 batting average, score 22 runs, drive in 16 runs, and go yard 9 times. Kyle Schwarber will win the NLCS MVP if Philadelphia advances, he’s already hit an absurd 5 homers this series. Game 6 will be today starting at 5:07 p.m. ET.
ALCS - Game 7
In Game 6 last night, the Texas Rangers lived to see another day. They tied the series up at 3 a piece, forcing a do-or-die Game 7. While the scoreboard at the end of the night read 9 to 2, Game 6 was a much closer contest that almost went the other way. Houston jumped out to an early lead off SP Nathan Eovaldi on a Yordan Alvarez base knock that plated Jose Altuve. Rangers DH Mitch Garver responded with a homer in the Top of the 2nd and then C Jonah Heim hit a Houston porcher to RF in the 4th to go up 3-1. Houston was able to score another run in the 6th and had bases loaded with 2 outs and a full count when Jose Leclerc struck out Jon Singleton. The Rangers then blew up the game in the bottom of the 9th, but their season was a Singleton base hit away from being over. That’s baseball.
In Game 7, you’d have to think that nearly every pitcher except Nathan Eovaldi and Framber Valdez is good to go. Rangers are hoping that Mad Max Scherzer has one more big game in his right arm. The last time Scherzer started in a Game 7, he won a World Series at Minute Maid Park with the Washington Nationals. As for the Astros’ Game 7 starter, Cristian Javier finally allowed some runs up (2) for the 1st time as a starting pitcher in a postseason game, but he still got the win that game so he’s still money. Besides Game 6’s 9th inning, Houston’s pitching has really kept Texas’ bats at bay. The Rangers so far this series have collectively hit 3 more homers than the Astros so their recipe for Game 7 might have to include another Adolis Garcia big fly. As for the Astros, Altuve and Alvarez have carried the team as those two have hit .400 with 4 homers, 12 runs scored, and have driven in 12. Game 7 October Baseball is the best, 1st pitch is 8:03 p.m. ET.
YouTube Rabbithole
The Zone of Interest | Official Trailer | A24
A true YouTube Rabbithole video, this showed up on my suggestions and allegedly is going to be one of the best films of the decade.