Andy
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2016 World Series Game 7 watch-along with Maddon/Francona
Andy replied to Irrelevant Dude's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
He said he was nervous, but it was clearly the good nervous. The fact that he dropped an Anchorman reference (La Stella wasn't mic'd up, but he might have sparked it) during crunch time of the biggest baseball game of his life was just the best, most endearing thing. -
2016 World Series Game 7 watch-along with Maddon/Francona
Andy replied to Irrelevant Dude's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't know if this is what you mean, but Ross literally called nothing but fastballs for Chapman when both were in the game in Game 6, and Cleveland picked up on that and sat dead red when both were in the game in Game 7. Ross did not adjust until after the Davis homer, which would never have been possible (it was a fairly well-located pitch and very hard to get around on) if Davis thought there was any chance Chapman was throwing a not-fastball. -
Sigh. Been dreading that development.
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He did say that Toronto and Wrigley are prime contenders for the 27 and 28 ASGs, which is all I care about from that interview.
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In the defense of people basically saying this, the $8M Counsell is getting is a drop in the bucket compared to what it takes to sign an impact free agent.
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I think it's a defensible call to take the ball first, but I don't know if it's 100% anything. There is some advantage at having the first crack at sudden death if it comes to it, but I imagine it's hard to quantify, especially with such limited data.
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Passan reporting there are opt outs after years 7-10 for Witt. There's also a 3-year club option tacked on to the end of it, but it seems hard to imagine Witt not using any of his opt-outs while the Royals also want to keep him at big money for 3 more years.
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#BanTheFade, but by itself, going for 2 when you are down 14 and then score a TD is actually a very smart play, because if you get it, you can then win the game with a TD+PAT as opposed to tying it. If you don't get it, you can still tie it up with a TD+2. Teams drastically undervalue gunning for the regulation win when coming from behind, and they shouldn't, especially in the playoffs, where there is no such thing as a tie. I had never really heard of this idea before Carolina did it (unsuccessfully) against Green Bay in 2020, and it was one of those head-slappers, like, how did I not think of this before?
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I have marked the site's news article about the Shota Imanaga signing as read approximately 50 times over the last few days, but whenever I go back to the list of unread content, it's still sitting at the top. Unsure how to fix it.
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Football is the worst sport so it doesn't matter but there was a bowl game thread this whole time and nobody noticed
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ESPN reportedly on the verge of securing CFP rights for 6 more years after the existing contract (next 8 years in all), per Pete Thamel.
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He's not technically supposed to have another year of eligibility, but he's applying for a waiver, probably because he took 2 snaps (kneel-downs) in a 2019 game while playing for Alabama. If he can get the NCAA to pretend those didn't happen then it could count as a redshirt year. Or he could just sue and say it's restraint of trade to stop him from making money as a college football player, which I've been waiting for someone to do ever since NIL started.
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I probably should've put some money down on Michigan when I called them winning the title in mid October
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It was obvious to pretty much everyone but the fatalists that this was going to happen 2 months ago.
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Still didn't watch live but nice to see a tiny ray of hope for Bryce Young.
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If we can't, I'm not totally against the idea. At this point I just want to see organizations who try to win be rewarded.
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Get used to it. As college and pro football both keep adding more games to their seasons, more and more titles are going to be decided by who gets hurt and when.
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I'm sure there are numbers that tell me I'm wrong, but $16M a year for Wacha doesn't scream missed opportunity to me.
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I don't think they should go that far - if a guy wants to defer money, let him do it - but the CBT ramifications should be tightened. I don't like the luxury tax or any other move to suppress spending, but if you're going to have it, you shouldn't be able to have this straightforward way to circumvent it.
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Despite my extreme bitterness at the way this season is playing out, I have nothing at all against the Bears and I think it would be a mistake to flip the #1 pick again just because you were lucky enough to do it with the most inept franchise in all of pro sports the first time and you're hoping to strike gold again. The chances of Caleb Williams being as terrible as Bryce Young is, and being surrounded by a similar giant pile of crap like Young is to compound it, aren't very high. By all means, if you're the Bears and you think you can get the guy you want later in the 1st, trade the pick, but don't just flip it because you're in love with the idea of more assets.
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I mean honestly by any reasonable (i.e. disgustingly pro-owner) standard, he should. This is obvious circumventing of the CBT.
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From what I've read on the subject, analytics guys feel like coaches dramatically undervalue trying to win the game in regulation. If Jacksonville had gotten the 2, they could've won the game in regulation much more easily. So while it's obviously not the same as the 'down 14, score a TD then go for 2' situation you reference, it's a spiritual sibling.
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This isn't that hard. Under the current MLB system, the only advantage big market teams have is spending lots of money. Everything else is rigged for small market teams - extra picks, MLB pay structure, etc. So big market teams that don't spend lots of money are forfeiting the only advantage they have.
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Carolina down double digits before halftime. Somehow other fan bases' refusal to accept that my team is a hopeless mess that absolutely will not win a game is almost as annoying as the situation itself.
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Arizona JUST played in the World Series and they frankly sucked this year. LA is one Ohtani injury (and if you haven't noticed he will get hurt sometimes) from being no better than this year. And as you said playoff series are ridiculously random, hence Arizona in the World Series. This is hardly a reason to panic.
