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THIS IS FINE

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Exactly—it’s still possible to go up 3-2 and force Cole to pitch Game 6 (which is a pretty reasonable way to attack the series), but they gave up 2 chances to make that easier.

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I know this game is basically over already, but what’s the justification for sending Sevy back to face the top of the order after having to stand around idle for 20 minutes?

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Cole has not been sharp. Bit of a missed opportunity today.

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I know this won't be clear to people who watch the Bengals, but that is actually an accurate statement about football strategy.

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So far in 2019, there are 9.14 total flags per team per game (including declined and offsetting). That's exactly 2 flags per team more than the number in 2012, just seven years ago. That's four more flags per game, a 28% increase in seven years. People aren't doing more penalties now than they did t...

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If Donald Trump were sentient, he'd see the opportunity to take a pretty warranted shot at China (you know, the people he's in a trade war with) and pick a fight with the country's second most influential black man in one movement.

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Good thought. I understand China has special schools where they can re-educate people, maybe Morey should consider enrolling.

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Yeah, them not having to use a 4th starter and our pen losing a rest day would be some real double shit. I assume in the playoffs you don't have the same flexibility as the regular season in pushing up start times for known future weather. I'm not sure the Astros can really ram their 3-man rotation...

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That Wednesday night forecast looms pretty large in this series IMO.

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Jay and Silent Bob? Were Ren and Stimpy too busy?

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At some point you have to tolerate the hand checking and holding that goes on every single play. That’s better than guys running into each other at 100MPH, right?

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The NFL has a penalties problem.

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So I just looked at this and it’s 60 degrees in Houston, with no rain. Why are they so lame about the roof?

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Jeez, maybe the Cardinals should think about getting some hits

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A real ace gets the no-hitter there

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Why is Trea Turner wearing a balaclava around his neck?

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I see the failing Tom Brady has scored as many points for the Giants as his own offense! When does Jarrett Stidham get a chance?

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Some people are just always drawn to the heavy favorite

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Ha! Good things happen when you Move The Runner Over

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The Cardinals might want to pull some of their best hitters, and maybe even send them to the airport. This matchup is already such an unwritten rules dick measuring contest, and now that HBP on Acuna.

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This is a good lawyer joke.

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I’m worried that this rooting for the Rays thing is going to turn out like the Democrats rooting for Trump in the primaries. If they can beat a first ballot HOFer by starting a middle reliever, what further damage can they inflict on the game in the next two rounds?

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Right, they wanted to fit the playoffs in between the 2 international breaks. I don't love it because of the midweek games, but the solution to that problem (fewer teams) doesn't seem to be on the table.

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This is kind of like Walter Cronkite on Vietnam. I don't think Coach K is being ideological at all, he's a realist. And I think he's figured out over the last couple of years who is ultimately going to win on this issue and his comments have gradually moved towards what he's saying today.

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A real ace doesn’t load the bases with nobody out.

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That Twins fan had the right idea on the Gleyber HR—fan interference is the only chance that gets taken away. If he wore a Yankees hoodie he would have had a better chance of getting the call.

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And make them too!

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The wedge made it 15 degrees cooler than it's been at any point in the last 2 months. Wedge! Wedge! Wedge! Wedge! *keeps pumping fist

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I’m amazed at Gleyber’s take on the 2-2 pitch, and that it was called a ball. That was a strike until about 2016

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All of the Yankees’ western imports have been poor tonight. This justifies my East Coast Bias.

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This is distracting us from learning more about Syb’s sexual awakening

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Melancon was the 6th reliever used, so maybe there wasn’t much left. Snitker is just as good as Bobby Cocks in the postseason, I guess!

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Well that is one of the most incredible football plays I’ve ever seen.

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Mark Melancon is a closer for an actual title contending team?

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It’s good to know that kids are still into it, I guess. In a way that’s always been their best audience. It’s amazing how many specific articles from about 1987-2000 I still remember. After that I kept getting them for years and would read sometimes, but mostly they ended up as something to fill my ...

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Maybe not yet, but...

I have a lot of warm feelings about SI, but also, it’s been over a decade since I gave them any revenue whatsoever, so how can I act angry?

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Giff wrote: ↑
Thu Oct 03, 2019 10:34 am
I guess all those "are you OK?" questions weren't sincere?

Hey, there WAS a postseason thread that recognized the Astros' superiority over all other beings....

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Mercilessly hot in bama the last four weeks. Full on southern US ball swamp August weather into October. Can’t do anything outside for five minutes without sweating completely through your shirt. I know people who are taking four shirts into work each day to swap every couple of hours. Insane for O...

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I think he's always been interested, but now there's also interest on their side too.

In the meantime, can we call him up for U23 games? Netherlands did not qualify for the Olympics, while we still can (and must, in my opinion).

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