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This is wild.
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Well this one is over. Argentina has been rock solid with a lead in this tournament.
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I hope the extra time periods are as exciting as the last 10-15 minutes were.
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Was really hoping that Messi shot in the last couple minutes was going to go in.
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Holy horsefeathers what is happening right now.
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Argentina outplaying France right now.
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I’d allow the person who committed the foul too but otherwise I completely agree. They also need to make a rule where if it’s not your ball on any sort of dead ball, you can’t touch the ball or throw it away. So any sort of impeding the other team. Can’t stand that stuff and it would be so easy to get rid of.
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Few things worth noting here: - The former was a third year MLer, the other a rookie at the start of these windows - Despite the massive gap from that randomly selected window, their careers are separated by ~2 fWAR (advantage Devers, sure) - ^ This because over the last 3 years Devers has put up 9.8 fWAR to Swanson's 12.1 They're not randomly selected windows. Like I said, we don't have info on Devers from ages 26-28 because, you know, he hasn't played those seasons yet. Devers at the same age was a significantly better baseball player than Swanson. The age gap matters. Is it possible that we've seen the best of Devers and he's not going to get better? Sure. Is it possible that Swanson in 2022 was just a career year that he'll regress from? Also sure. Personally, I prefer betting on a player who has been better at baseball while also being 3 years younger. As for your first point about comparing a third year MLer to a rookie...
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Devers put up 14 WAR and an .884 OPS for his age 22 to 25 seasons. Swanson put up 4.1 WAR and a .703 OPS for his age 22 to 25 seasons. You keep bringing up how Swanson has improved the last couple years. Devers hasn’t even had his age 26-28 seasons yet. You’re acting as if Devers is done improving. I don’t hate a potential Swanson signing no matter what. I hate a potential Swanson signing based on the contract he’s likely to get.
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Correa to the Giants 13/350 (Deal Nixed Due to Medicals)
soccer10k replied to mias_tisg's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
When you only have to watch 7 full games to beat the number... I’m not sure I watched a full game start to finish in 2022. -
Devers is the guy I want with Boston seemingly having no desire to retain marquee guys. EDIT: At first I thought you meant Trout but then I remembered Ohtani existed. Ohtani would be amazing also.
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Correa to the Giants 13/350 (Deal Nixed Due to Medicals)
soccer10k replied to mias_tisg's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Higher number: -games the Cubs win in 2023 -innings of Cubs baseball I watch in 2023 It will probably be the innings but it's sad that it's even a question. -
Agreed on both of these points. Like you said, the fact that there was a vote and it was as close as it was says a lot. If it came out there was a vote and it was almost unanimous to keep Gio or if there was no vote at all, then I'd lean towards Berhalter overreacting or holding some grudge against Gio. I totally understand why Gio would be frustrated and I know he's only just turned 20. But he's also a professional who has been playing at one of the biggest clubs in the world for two years now. He's got to react better than this. Be frustrated. Be angry. But when you step on the practice field, you've got to bring it even if you don't agree with the coach's decision. Hopefully he learns from this and it doesn't happen again in the future. And hopefully we find a coach next cycle who figures out how to get his best players on the field.
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I would think that would be something a manager would go over with each of his players before the tournament. Most players probably have an idea of what their role is going to be but the manager is going to want to clear that up so everyone is on the same page. Otherwise it seems a little strange that Berhalter would only go up to Gio and tell him he wasn’t going to play much.
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Probably the ACL. Almost always is when the knee buckles on a non contact injury.
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If the Raiders didn’t blow any 17 point leads this year they’d be 8-5. If you make it 13 point leads they’d be 9-4. And one of those four was to the Chiefs, the other three were to teams who are a combined 13-25 (Rams, Cards, Jags). From 1960 through 2021 the Raiders blew a total of 5 leads of 17+ points.
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Tua is 4-18 passing right now.
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If you’re worried about not getting a great players best years only, then just be the A’s and sell every 18 months That’s not what I’m worried about.
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I knew they were top-4 but I didn’t realize they were the top of the conference. And anyone who hates Zion (or any other big dunker) throwing down a cool dunk at the end of a game like that is an idiot. He’s at home in front of a pumped up crowd and he throws a 360. Let him dunk.
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I didn’t say Beltre was bad in Seattle. Just that his performance in Seattle didn’t come close to his contract year. If last year was a fluke and Swanson reverts back to what he was up until 2022, then paying him 8/$200M or whatever it would be turns out to be a bad idea. And pre-2022 Swanson isn’t close to an elite talent.
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I’m still not high on Berhalter but that at least is a legitimate reason to not play Gio as much as we wanted him to play.
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Over Nico sure. Over Madrigal/Morel is a bigger improvement. Trust me... I agree that they need quality over quantity but seem to be unwilling to acquire true elite talent again. I submit a fellow former #1 overall pick coming off a ~6+ WAR season with 25 HRs in a diminished offensive environment (60+ over the past 3) at SS is a true elite talent…The narrative around his FA is not so different from the questions then glove first players like Adrian Beltre (coming off his monster breakout season) and DJ LeMahiu faced the first time they entered FA If Swanson continues to do what he did last year, then sure, he's a true elite talent. But we're basing that off one year when his previous 6 were nothing close to this. There's been too many big contract year busts for me to put too much stock in his one good year. Beltre in any of his five years in Seattle didn't get within 4 or 5 WAR (depending on which site you use) of what he put up in his contract year in LA so maybe not the best comparison to use there. LeMahieu had one good year in Colorado and I'm not sure anyone saw him doing what he did in 2019 or 2020 for the Yankees.
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Completely unnecessary too because Mount was never getting to that ball.
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Wow. Morocco knocks off Portugal.