What do millennials have against cereal?
I can tell I am getting older because the urge to start a conversation with “back in my day” is as high as I have ever felt right now. Look, I grew up eating a bowl of cereal every morning and I still do to this day. Heck, sometimes I write The Cheat Sheet with a late night bowl of cereal. It fuels me. So imagine my dismay when I saw that 39 percent of millennials say cereal is too inconvenient because — get this — you have to clean a dish. Give me a freaking break. Isn’t that what a dishwasher is for?
Now that I am done my bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios, here is the rest of The Cheat Sheet for you today.
Blood, sweat, and Tribe: Indians one win away from World Series
Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer finally got to start in the ALCS after having his regularly scheduled start on the mound pushed back following an injury to his pinky in a drone accident. Looking to get his team a 3-0 lead in the ALCS, Bauer’s pinky was unable to get out of the first inning. Bauer’s pinky started bleeding in the first inning, forcing an early exit from the mound, after Blue Jays manager John Gibbons asked the umpire to take a look at Bauer’s hand.
It's very rare that saying "there's blood on his hands" is an innocuous, matter of fact thing but here we are.
— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) October 18, 2016
The Indians went right to work in the first inning when Mike Napoli doubled home Carlos Santana for a quick 1-0 lead. Michael Saunders tied the game at 1-1 with a solo homer in the second inning, but the Indians took command in the sixth inning with a Jason Kipnis bomb and a Jose Ramirez RBI single to push Cleveland ahead b a score of 4-2. The bullpen, despite having to come in far earlier than anticipated, got the job done in Game 3 and locked down a commanding 3-0 lead. The Blue Jays are running out of excuses.
It looks like Terry Francona is on his way to giving another long-starving baseball franchise a chance to end a championship drought. He seems pleased about it.
And did you see the size of the glove this Blue Jays fan brought to the game?
Yooooo this glove might not be legal for game use. #ALCS pic.twitter.com/rxJToJORlK
— Josh Zembik (@jzembik) October 18, 2016
Carson Palmer injured and Jets have to resort to Geno Smith
It might be time to stop the New York Jets from appearing on primetime for the rest of the seaosn. In fact, just wipe them off all of the TV schedules because nobody wants to see that. Things got so bad for the Jets that we saw Geno Smith come in off the bench after Ryan Fitzpatrick once again showed why the Jets were silly to bring him back for $12 million. Geno wasn’t exactly given a warm greeting to the game…
Arizona scored a touchdown in each quarter of a 28-3 victory, but Carson Palmer was forced to leave early with a hamstring injury. Drew Stanton came in to lead the offense for the rest of the night.
Prior to the game, Patrick Peterson took the field to warm up while wearing a dinosaur costume. Costumes are nothing new with the Cardinals. Earlier this season we got a glimpse of Carson Palmer wearing a Stay Puff Marshmallow Man costume after losing a quarterback competition.
With Arizona just flat out dominating the Jets and the teams combining for a total of 19 penalties, even Sean McDonough couldn’t keep his thoughts about the quality of play he was calling.
Also, this happened…
Quick Hits
– The Big 12 announced it will not be expanding its conference membership. Stewart Mandel of FOX Sports says the Big 12 owes a number of people some apologies. He’s not wrong. The Big 12 also addressed why there will be no plans for a Big 12 Network (the market dictated that for them) and tried to convince fans the conference is strong and unified (Stronger Together?).
– It had been rumored for a little while, but it looks like Goldberg is back and ready to kick some butt.
– MLB will have a brand new uniform provider starting in 2020 as Under Armour is set to take over the apparel contract for the entire league, bringing an end to a contract with Majestic.
– The NFL is one significant step closer to packing up the Oakland Raiders and shipping them to Las Vegas. The governor of Nevada signed a stadium bill into law to begin the next stage of building a brand new stadium suitable for an NFL franchise.
– The Texans won in overtime on Sunday night, and Texans players were ripping fans for bailing on them so early.
– This election night, Stephen Colbert will offer a few laughs on Showtime.
– Tom Brady discusses his pal Donald Trump.
– The next time you try teaching a lightsaber class may be your last.
– The Walking Dead will be back for an eighth season. Season seven begins next week.
One last gratuitous moment of procrastination