Transmogrified Tiger
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I think it probably does make a difference, but doesn't remove the risk entirely. The Cubs have had a pretty hard limit on single inning pitch counts for starters at the minor league level for most of the Theo/Jed era, as one example. -
I think it's also sad that (your rooting interests aside) this is about as much as we can hope for in terms of competitive excitement from European soccer. The pandemic year and congestion has leveled the playing field a bit more, but outside of Lille trying desperately to hold off PSG, you have Man City and Bayern coasting, the same Spanish names locked in at the top, and even with Juve not winning for the first time in a decade it'll be another Super League team winning Serie A. That's why I really hope FAs/Confederations use this opportunity to go nuclear and force the envelope. Michael Cox makes this point more eloquently than me here: https://theathletic.com/2529349/2021/04/19/europes-leagues-are-broken-a-super-league-might-be-the-only-solution/
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Yeah I saw Grant Wahl comparing it to burofax day in the Messi saga and that feels like a decent comparison. I'm not as completely hostile to the idea of 'super leagues' as many(if you include the invited clubs, that group has been both finalists for champions league every year since 2004 and 95+% of domestic titles since then, so what are we really changing), but the more I think of it, the more I think the current version is the worst possible outcome. I hope the leagues and FIFA/UEFA call the bluff and kick them out and the super league either backs down or goes all in and makes a full league. The domestic leagues(especially the EPL) would lose a bit in the latter scenario, but not as much as a lot of folks seem to think, IMO.
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I’m still not 100% sure if this is “we’ll make our own champions league, with blackjack and hookers” or if they’re going to leave domestic leagues and play super league year round. I’ve seen rumors implying both over the course of the day. Seems like the defecting teams are trying to get enough teams to join them so they can at least legitimately threaten the latter, since with the former the domestic leagues/FIFA could probably make life pretty hard for them.
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It is really incredible how bad England is at VAR compared to the rest of the world. Should’ve guessed we can’t entrust technology to the country that can’t figure out how to put outlets in bathrooms.
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With Molino and now Morris hurt I don't think Columbus has much chance, but if Portland can get a little more healthy they have a shot and Toronto could definitely go through if they play as well as they did against Leon(plus they can only get healthier). So 3 semifinalists is within reach, but 2 is probably a good result while the guaranteed 1 would be disappointing(if individually understandable)
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If my counts are right that's now 5 of their last 7 for MLS against Mexican teams outside the Monterrey region. Increasingly the CONCACAF pecking order is Tigres/Monterrey and then a pretty even tier of upper class Liga MX & MLS teams.
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He has caught 86 of 100 innings so far and has a history of wearing down at the plate when he gets overused. Long season, gotta take care of the catchers.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
You can still pinch hit for a pitcher folks. I would be shocked if whatever criteria for 'SP getting shelled' had significantly different numbers in terms of comebacks between AL and NL anyway. Yes you will have to be mindful of who is in the DH spot, that is a feature in valuing defensive capability and not a bug. It also promotes SP durability and kills off things like the opener that devalue SP and would otherwise turn pitchers into NFL running backs, which indirectly promotes more balls in play/fewer Ks as well. -
This feels like a complete game shut out for Burnes or the Cubs win 11-1, no in between
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I kinda like that theory, though I'd apply the same critical eye to the FO and the coaching, too. I think everyone got really fat and happy and complacent after the WS win. We joked about the hangover talk, but that horsefeathers clearly lasted way too long in a lot of different ways. I would say it's far more the front office/player acquisition part than the individual players. They saw their process rewarded, and as a result were very late to a lot of player development evolutions that have happened in the last 5 years. That bled through with not being willing to make opinionated changes to the roster until the time had passed(Schwarber) or it was forced on them(Russell, soon to be Baez/Rizzo/Bryant). If there is a player-centric cause, part of me wonders if all the games aged the group faster than they might have otherwise. In the span of 3 years('15-'17) Bryant played 493 games, Rizzo played 508. Baez had 474 from '16-'18 and Contreras' 371 from '17-'19 is too many for a catcher.
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Why would you wait and look around the catcher just to say that it was a foul tip
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In both cases, rainout buffer since the Thursday game was a home opener.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
I mean on one hand, Bauer is def cheating and should be punished. On the other, he pretty much called this out back in 2018 and mlb did nothing and then said "ok I'm going you do it too and I'm going to win the cy young" and he did. So like... He's doing exactly what he set out to do which was even out the playing field and take away advantages from others who are also cheating? On a third hand, MLB hammering Bauer while ignoring every other pitcher is by far the funniest outcome and the one we should actively root for. -
would've been nice to get back the strike that was a foot outside
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Someone really needs to come out with an all-sports streaming service option. Feels like all the options out there are all a mis-mash of options. The truth is, regional sports networks are expensive to carry and I feel like sports fans are less likely to cut the cord than non-sports fans. If these streaming services want to keep their costs below cable, they have to make sacrifices. Things like YTTV or Fubo are basically as close as we can get without breaking up media conglomerates. Those companies that own both sports rights and random cooking channels can force providers like Google or Fubo to take on the smaller ones to wring a little more cash out of the deal, and sports is always the bulk of the cost so consumers are gonna stomach that to make the option more family friendly or to meet more needs than just sports. Plus with different conglomerates acting as providers(the Disney+/ESPN+/Hulu triumvirate, Paramount+, Peacock premium) they're further motivated to be very careful about what providers have access to the most valuable content they have.
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Is Peralta hanging every slider he throws on purpose, has he ever thrown one before
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Play is dead when it hits you
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2021 In-season transactions
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Post Count Padder's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This doesn't seem to make sense with DJ, Gleyber, Urshela and others on the roster. But the Rangers are eating almost all of his remaining salary. Neither Urshela, Andujar, or especially Gleyber are acceptable major leaguers in the middle infield, and the only other name I see on that depth chart is a quad-A guy(Tyler Wade), so adding a second baseman who isn't a danger to himself with the glove feels like a move worth making. -
That Mister F ref is one of the best game thread bits I've ever seen
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You would think that could be a clause in the contract though - ie void if convicted of a crime. Right, it's a PR risk not a legal/contractual one
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Isn't Self still in the crosshairs of the Adidas investigation to some degree? With less than a year on his existing deal you have to do something, but it feels a little risky that you might have to dump the guy you just signed to a lifetime contract, even if that risk is relatively small. Doesn't feel like he was gonna sour on the idea of a lifetime deal in that timeframe so you probably wouldn't have lost anything by waiting.
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If you assume that you're probably taking 4 or 5 wingers to a world cup, then you've got Pulisic, Reyna, Weah, and Aaronson all pretty easily in form and over Morris, and then you layer on the injury and any other contenders(Arriola? Mueller? Boyd? even Dest, etc) and it looks like a pretty uphill climb. The things working in Morris' favor would be that a lot can happen between now and next fall, players can get hurt(looking at you Weah, but really anyone can get hurt), roles could change(maybe in a post-Haaland world Reyna becomes more of a false 9 and seizes that role that no one else has), today's settled positions are tomorrow's question marks. Plus, Morris has experience with the team and has shown he can be productive at that level, and his skillset is a little unique and fits well with a roster you would build for tournament play. So at this point I wouldn't bank on it, but there's still a decent path for Jordan if he comes back strong.
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Outside of more general quibbles that boil down to personal preference, the only thing that seems really out of place is Horvath both being in the list and being so high. Feels like he doesn't have a leg up on the slew of other options(Turner, Johnson, Guzan, Hamid) even if he does have a legitimate shot. The only name not mentioned that feels like it deserves mention is Sam Vines. He's had a few full team appearances, and Robinson is the only other true LB on the list. Maybe some other names you can say are in the conversation, like Acosta, Yedlin, Mueller, Cardoso, but they're in competition for the bottom of the rroster.
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oh, Sogard's gonna go full Jon Jay is he
