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That winner was really similar to the Donovan goal v. Algeria. Ball to the keeper, long quick distribution, laid off to the right, ground cross to an onrunning forward, trailer slams it home to a mostly open net, all in the span of ~10 seconds. Only difference is Lukaku dummied when Dempsey slammed a shot into the keeper.
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Wait, you don't tip your hairstylist? What the horsefeathers is the matter with you? I haven't been to a hairstylist in about a decade, but I also don't tip my mechanic on an oil change, or a plumber who fixes a leaky pipe. -
I find myself going back and forth between 'we need to have an identity that informs how we play from the earliest ages' and 'we are not Spain and as such we need to be able to adapt'. Those aren't mutually exclusive ideas, but I'm not smart enough when it comes to tactics to think in more granular terms.
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I will go down swinging on the absurdity of tipping on haircuts and other instances where you're only paying for a service, but I'm a 20% minimum guy for table service at restaurants. To the actual point, Rizzo seems most likely to be a bro, which sometimes can come off like being fake or a dick. But it's clear enough that his personality is not an act and that he's not aloof or uncaring either.
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There's enough people who are paid to write and talk about soccer that are talking up Juan Carlos Osorio to USMNT being a thing that I'm forced to consider it now. I think I like it? Maybe a lot?
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I'm sure they'll get another star but even if they do that Lakers team seems like a crummy match. Randle can't shoot and to my knowledge isn't really a rim protector. Ball can't shoot. Kuzma and Ingram can shoot with size, but neither are a rim protector or rebounder so there's a question of how much they fit on a defensive floor with LeBron. Everyone else on that roster is forgettable. The best version of the Cavs with healthy Love/Irving had the rest of the supporting cast pretty finely calibrated(peak Thompson, JR, Shumpert), I'm not even sure if the Lakers have the supporting cast, never mind the other stars. EDIT: Forgot the rest of the new additions. Wagner and Kansas McRussianname goes in the same pile with Kuzma/Ingram, useful scorers who don't fit great on the other end. Stephenson can't shoot. McGee is a solid rim protector that will get his share of dunks as long as he doesn't get stuffed by the rim too often.
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Yes they got rid of triple jeopardy as long as it's a play on the ball. It's a yellow plus penalty. FWIW, that play was still DOGSO to me. There was never any tackle that guy was going to make that wasn't a foul, and his attempt was clearly foul/stop the goal first, and if by some miracle I get the ball after I clear the guy out, all the better.
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You can feint/stop as much as you want during your run up, but you can't pump fake the actual striking of the ball. Schmeichel was up in arms about that one yesterday, but it was okay.
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 7-1-18
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
RUCKER DON'T READ THIS Brailyn Marquez.....hello -
Man, Mbappe is a cheat code
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Almora is a good player who has gotten better this year. RHP are going to adjust back to his 'slap ground balls through the right side' gambit and his .395 BABIP against them will fall. Again, he's a good player, above average depending on your exact impression of his offense + defense. Average or slightly better puts him in stiff competition with no less than 3 other players for the role of 7th best position player on the team, and since all of those position players are still gonna be around next year barring trade, not giving him a standalone job is the most prudent course of action.
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General Baseball Chit-Chat Thread
Transmogrified Tiger replied to David's topic in General Baseball Talk
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 6-29-18
Transmogrified Tiger replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Still not sure why they sent our stout adult son back to Eugene. 11/2 K/BB with 6 H and 1 HR in 7.2 IP sure looks like it played to me. -
Machado has a .341 wOBA since May 1st and his career UZR at SS is now -8. Bryant is in the biggest slump of his career and hasn't hit a home run since the Truman administration and still has a .352 wOBA in that timeframe.
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I was a fan of getting Verlander in that I thought he'd be better than his pre-trade performance, but given the contract and his age the player cost was steep. Verlander was never either/or with Quintana(if he was, I'd take Quintana) since those rumors persisted through August, and even if Darvish is actually dead instead of having a Kershawian run of health this year, you can still use position player excess to trade for a SP that has 2019+ expectations that are not terribly different than 37 year old Verlander at a much lower salary. In other words, if you had asked me last August, again in December, and then again in April to pick between Verlander and Darvish for 2018 alone, I would've taken Darvish every time, and apparently rolled snake eyes on that. For 2019 and beyond, Darvish's age and the saved trade assets mean the odds of getting better performance than Verlander for those years are still very strong. So I'm bothered that they didn't trade for Verlander in the same way I'm bothered they didn't sign Daniel Murphy instead of Zobrist so 2B would've been so much stronger in 2017. Yes he's a good player and yes you can make the logic for it in hindsight, but you don't always bat 1.000.
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Small sample size. Cubs were losers for 100 years, gonna need them to win a ton for decades to know for sure.
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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah [gasps for air] bahahahahahahahaha
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naturally baseball wonderboy Muncy boots the ground ball in the direction of first base
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Max Muncy and Jesus Aguilar have combined for 35 home runs this year in in about 435 PA. Baseball can go fall in a well
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Who is the Cubs most interesting draft pick this year? Well if you exclude their first pick, it's either their second or third pick!
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I agree that millennial has become catchall pejorative for the nonsense of the youths, but it's also not a narrow 5 year band either. Pew research defines it as being born between 81 and 97. There are definitely a lot of millennials on the field at this year's CWS.
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rip yu deadvish
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Excellent look at the Cubs rotation, with particular focus on Q, Hendricks, and Darvish: https://theathletic.com/410692/2018/06/28/sarris-what-lies-ahead-for-the-cubs-rotation/ The cliffs notes for non-subscribers: - The Cubs are near the top of the list of rotations with the most projected progression to the mean in the second half. - Hendricks' problem has been righties hitting home runs with his fastball, mostly because more of them have been over the heart of the plate - Q hasn't had his typical command, which is probably good news as command is one of those traits that is stickiest year to year - Darvish also has had command struggles, particularly with his breaking stuff, which isn't great with as many breaking pitches he throws. Also some concern about his return from injury.
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2B has a better angle and should call off the 1B if he can easily get there, he just overran it by 5 yards. Not sure if that was wind, misreading the spin(presumably a lefty hit it to come back towards the field?), or just pure overexuberance.
