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  1. bukie
    If you could take Brazil+Germany+Argentina vs the field to win the World Cup, do you?
  2. bukie
    Kubel is 32, can't play the field much, and hasn't posted an OPS+ over 70 for 3 years. And I don't think you've seen what Ruggiano is doing if you think that's a better option.
  3. bukie
    Because we have so many catchers at the ready we're starting one that throws out runners at 4% and hits .100.
  4. bukie
    Damn it all, I taped the game since I was coaching my son's u8 game tonight, and someone literally leaves me a voicemail of "Call me back right away. Oh, btw, the USA just won, oops, hope you weren't recording that."
  5. bukie
    Portugal getting blasted is good for two scenarios: 1) Both Portugal and USA win v Ghana and draw each other 2) USA, Portugal and Ghana finish with 3 points each.
  6. bukie
    also, the announcers have to get off of the goal line technology. That they didn't see the goal is the exact reason we have it.
  7. bukie
    What in the world was honduras's keeper doing?
  8. bukie
    There's the penalty. That plus the red should do it for the competitiveness of the match.
  9. bukie
    According to 538, Costa Rica is now the most likely team to advance from Group D.
  10. bukie
    And only one game with a one goal difference. And that would have been 3-0 had officials not botched two offside calls.
  11. bukie
    CR with just 27 touches in the attacking third in the first half.
  12. bukie
    I mean, I'd at least ask for Walker. Hultzen and Ackley would be more than enough, I'd think.
  13. bukie
    World Cup team nicknames: Brazil - Selecao ("The Selection") Mexico - El Tri ("The Tricolor") Croatia - Vatreni ("The Fiery Ones") Cameroon - The Indomitable Lions Spain - La Furia Roja ("The Red Fury") Holland - Oranje ("The Orange") Chile - La Roja ("The Red") Australia - Socceroos Colombia - Los Cafeteros ("The Coffee Growers") Greece - To Piratiko ("The Pirate Ship") Ivory Coast - Les Elephants ("The Elephants") Japan - Blue Samurai Uruguay - La Celeste ("The Sky Blues") Costa Rica - Los Ticos ("The Costa Ricans") England - The Three Lions Italy - Azzurri ("The Blues") Ecuador - Amarillos ("The Yellows") France - Les Bleus ("The Blues") Honduras - Los Catrachos ("The Hondurans") Switzerland - Nati ("National Team") Argentina - Los Gauchos Bosnia-Herzegovina - Zmajevi ("The Dragons") Iran - Princes of Persia Nigeria - Super Eagles Germany - die Mannschaft ("The National Team") Ghana - The Black Stars Portugal - Selecao das Quinas ("Team of the Shields") USA - The Yanks Algeria - Les Fennecs ("The Desert Foxes") Belgium - Les Diables Rouges ("The Red Devils") Russia - Sbornaya ("The National Team") South Korea - The Taeguk Warriors
  14. bukie
    Just wanted to reiterate how wonderful it is the USA didn't get drawn into group B.
  15. bukie
    http://i.imgur.com/xL4Ixi8.png
  16. bukie
    Yes, for goal line and offsides situations.
  17. bukie
    Germany 4 Portugal 2 USA 3 Ghana 1 USA 2 Portugal 2 Germany 2 Ghana 2 Germany 3 USA 1 Ghana 2 Portugal 1 Germany 7 USA 4 +0 Ghana 4 -1 Portugal 1
  18. bukie
    Stat-based primer for the unfamiliar: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/its-brazils-world-cup-to-lose/ Also, live-update predictions: http://fivethirtyeight.com/interactives/world-cup/
  19. bukie
    My 7yo watched all of these and now he really wants to get a #17 bomb pop.
  20. bukie
    Ruggiano, Sweeney, DeJesus, Schierholz... Not sure if serious... Seems to me their strategy with the OF is extremely similar to their strategy with back-end rotation options. Take a couple shots, try to maximize their value to the team, and then flip them if things work out well. They didn't flip Schierholz last year after his torrid first half, and they didn't get as much for DeJesus as they'd have liked, but that doesn't mean they haven't done it in the OF exactly as they have with the pitchers.
  21. bukie
    Ruggiano, Sweeney, DeJesus, Schierholz...
  22. bukie
    Barney got all of that one.
  23. bukie
    Cubs draft 2014: Pitchers and Catchers.
  24. bukie
    That wasn't a blooper.
  25. bukie
    Wright in to pitch the 8th. EDIT: Or rather, Wright in to face just Yelich, now Ramirez in for Lucas and presumably Stanton.
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