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I love it; ITT isn't the most watchable, though, I'll admit. The Mountain Biking was amazing yesterday

I'm intrigued by the low contact point of PCA's homers yesterday; it doesn't look something to be encouraged, was it the park dimensions? The wind? Just good fortune?

If its Spencer Howard, he's allowed 4 hits from his 17 batters faced with runners in scoring position. I'd be interested to see which of those two numbers (if either) increased today.

This is an absolute nightmare for those of us who live outside of a baseball world - one would have to be paying preposterous attention to complete a grid (I got 5/9 today, and was happy with that).

I'm going to be looking out for Englishness creeping in to both Cubs and Cards over the next few months. Mike Moustakas was going in with both feet from the clips I saw, so he's a candidate.

Quite like the Falcons at Tampa Bay at that price.

Chris Smalling IS an idiot.

That was a really harsh decision; I wonder if the referee was swayed by the somewhat unnatural movement, half going for the ball, half avoiding it.

I've been out of the loop for a long time (years) but reading through the last 10-20 pages of this thread has been a treat.

The league systems in each - and particularly to anything approaching what is there now are far younger; England's Division 2 was around by 1891ish, but Spain's proper league didn't start until 1929, and Germany's later still. I'd look at the J League as a model for what promotion and relegation offers; I've seen a lot of J2 games this season and they're exciting because they matter. MLS is not yet big enough in terms of franchises, but if in 10-15 years it's up to 30ish, going to the way England used to do it (voting the worst performing teams in/out) might be worth thinking about. They can always come back. *And yes, I rather dragged this out of the previous page, but figured it was worth doing.

I'd say there's little chance he gets "fired." However, I think there is an excellent chance he steps down at the end of the season. He was brought in to stabilise and improve, as far as I recall - so I can't imagine him being in the dugout next season. He probably should have looked to move on earlier; but who will they get in his place?

:clapping: Najar's was alright, but centre backs do it relatively often. Nice to see, but not thrilling. Nagbe's was lovely, though. :stickman:

I've been away for a long, long time, but am back now. :clapping:

That sounds plausible and is why I don't like Nadal. His game is not sustainable for any length of time. The injuries are getting longer and longer, and he comes back, punishes himself again to burn so brightly, and ends up broken within a few months.

England have been in a state of woeful transition for about 3 years now (I guess its the 'who will be Beckham now he can't be him himself' thing) and should be nowhere near the top 5; any game against reasonably good opposition is a massive test (Montenegro and France both spring to mind)