Recent content by Hagios

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    Why Are the Patriots So Good?

    Conditioning is also a big factor. You’d think all pro teams would be fit but they aren’t. I suspect part of this that culturally many strength coaches are so obsessed with fast twitch muscle that they’ve ditched running and don’t even like doing high reps (read: more than three) of squats and...
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    The Nation's Tears: Volume III

    From the SBNation article on Edelman before he was drafted: https://www.sbnation.com/2009/4/22/849496/getting-to-know-super-sleeper
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    That was then: Celebrating what was

    That's always struck me the same way as Mick Jagger saying he'd rather be dead than sing Satisfaction at age 45. It's easy to say but harder to walk away from the money, fame, and most of all, status that comes from being on top.
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    Felger and Mazz - Creating False Naratives one day at a time

    My standard public service announcement: get a library card and download Hoopla and Overdrive. There are a million sports audiobooks that are more informative and entertaining than sports talk radio.
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    World Series 2018--Red Sox vs. Dodgers

    I don't think there is much baseball can do to promote superstars, even if Mike Trout did home run dances. MLB teams play six days out of seven so there isn't much pent-up demand for baseball that the home team can't satisfy. At least in the NBA your team plays maybe three games a week, so more...
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    Do you want LeBron on the Celtics?

    What Devil's Bargain? Miami got two titles and with better breaks could have had two more. Miami wasn't going to win a title without LeBron. And they wouldn't have gotten free agents like Ray Allen without LeBron. Cleveland got a title, should have had a second without the miserable injury...
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    Do you want LeBron on the Celtics?

    I've flip-flopped on this one. I used to agree with you, but I've come to realize that I enjoy championships more when (A) the team is likable, and (B) they were developed organically through the draft/trades. I'm more of a baseball fan than a basketball fan, but I've been following the Celtics...
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    The 2018 NBA Draft

    So did I. It was easy to fall for the Chad Ford draft hype for Darko: Good times.
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    Greened Illusion: Lebron to the Celtics

    I think someone should start a thread with a poll of LeBron's possible destinations ... I'm voting for LA. LeBron, Paul, and Kawhi on the same team is pretty scary. I think LeBron likes older players better than young kids and that will keep him from choosing Philly.
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    Best baseball books for kids

    I was never into baseball as a kid but I bought Men at Work by George Will for my stepfather. I got hooked and read the whole thing (supercarefully so I wouldn’t wrinkle the spine) before Christmas. I was only a little older than your son is now.
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    2018 NBA Finals

    Because I'm a dad with kids, I'll go to bed at halftime. But even if the Cavs are leading by 12 I think I'll wake up to find out they lost by 20.
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    Celtics vs. the Lebronaires

    I think it’s easy to over-moralize the loss, and there plenty of nits to pick, I think it came down to the fact that the Celtics just didn’t have the offensive skill to consistently make the shots.
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    NBA playoffs 2018

    I think the difference is that GSW and Cleveland had an easy time reaching the finals last year.
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    Hayward's Injury

    Sports fans live excessively in the moment. Even on SoSH. Celtics are up 2-1. And just like in game 2, the unfairly maligned adage “the series doesn’t begin until the road team wins a game” still applies. The Celtics have a chance to go up a break
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    Jaylen or Tatum?

    Hmmm, I've always thought it was Antetokounmpo or the Greek Freak, but I guess I'm the outlier.