Sports this 'n' that

Prior to the 2018 season, the Mets signed catcher Jose Lobaton away from the Washington Nationals. However, Lobaton produced in short spurts, and was on the expressway to the minors pretty often.

Today, the Mets introduced another ex-Nats catcher, and former Met-killer, Wilson Ramos, as their latest free agent acquisition. Lobaton is almost certainly gone, and one wonders about guys like Kevin Plawecki and injury prone Travis d'Arnaud, and where they fit in Mickey Calloway's 2019 plans. Stay tuned.
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Maybe, just maybe, Father Time has finally caught up with Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.

The AFC East leaders are the #3 seed in the conference after dropping a 17-10 decision to Pittsburgh. The Steelers avenged last year's screwjob loss at Foxborough, but to illustrate how times have changed, the Pats were flagged a season high 14 times. Usually, this time of year, New England is treated like an endangered species, protected by the zebras as much as humanly possible. Not so this time. New England needed the win to get within a game of AFC West co-leader Kansas City for the top seed, but instead were lapped by South leader Houston, which managed to escape the Meadowlands on Saturday night after beating the Jets. The Texans (10-4) are now the #2 seed, but should they & New England tie, the Patriots would hold the tie-breaker by virtue of having beaten Houston earlier this season. Same thing if New England & Kansas City end up tied. Tiebreaker favors the Patriots.
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To think that after winning the Super Bowl in February, Philadelphia was ready to cut bait on QB Nick Foles for the 2nd time. They didn't, and it turns out to be a good thing.

With Carson Wentz out for the season----again----, Foles led the Eagles to a 30-23 win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday night. Coincidentally, Foles' run last year also started against the Rams. At 7-7, with two games left, the Eagles are in position to catch Dallas and reclaim the NFC East. Problem is, the Eagles are tied with the Washington Trumpets at 7-7. Nothing is ever easy.
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Back at the end of January, Japan's Asuka won the first women's Royal Rumble, but was denied in her bid to win the Smackdown women's title from Charlotte Flair at Wrestlemania. For whatever reason, WWE Uncreative saw fit to have Asuka be denied the title in two matches vs. Carmella, both due to outside interference, and fans were ready to riot online.

Sunday night, at TLC, Asuka finally won the title, surviving a triple threat vs. Flair and Becky Lynch, but with an assist from Raw women's champ Ronda Rousey, who had retained her title earlier by beating Nia Jax. Rousey still has issues with Flair & Lynch dating back to last month, and it sets up next month's Royal Rumble. Flair & Lynch are already entered in the women's event, which pretty much telegraphs who could win it. However, leave us not forget the suddenly injury prone Alexa Bliss, who could be ready to return to action by the Rumble. When you consider the company chairman is a 73 year old man who's creative skills aren't what they once were......