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    Immaculate Grid: Show Off Your Useless Baseball Depth Knowledge!

    Yeah, after day 2 of this, I have officially accepted that this game came 20+ years too late for me to have a chance. I will share my 6/9 embarrassment to help others feel better before I retire.
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    Immaculate Grid: Show Off Your Useless Baseball Depth Knowledge!

    My takeaway from this is that I wish they had this back in the 90's when I was playing MLB videogames and watching Sportscenter every morning. Almost all of my guesses (except for one, the bottom-right cell) came from my childhood/teenage years! It's amazing what stays with you.
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    Luis Arráez and his chase at a .400 Batting Average

    The .400 chase I remember most is John Olerud in 1993. Here is where his batting average stood at the end of the day at the start of a few months: 5/1: .458 6/1: .400 7/1: .407 8/1: .402 Last day at .400 or above was 8/2 (.400), slipped to .397 on 8/3 and never reached .400 again the rest...
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    When Is It Okay To Worry About Triston Casas: An Attempt at the Reverse Jinx

    I still feel burnt by Franchy Cordero and his career expected wOBA on contact (xwOBACON) of .448 and Dalbec's xwOBACON of .469. MLB average xwOBACON is about .368, so I will take Casas's .387, though, as hopefully a good sign of things to come. Looking at Triston Casas's Baseball Savant page...
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    Arsenal 21-22: Brexit FC

    All things considered, if Xhaka was going to get COVID (and I obviously do not wish that on anyone), now is probably the best possible time. He is suspended for the next 3 matches: 9/11: Norwich City 9/18: Burnley 9/22: AFC Wimbledon (League Cup, 3rd Round) That means the earliest he would be...
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    Arsenal 21-22: Brexit FC

    Yeah, I think Arteta likes the inverted full-back on one side concept (City-esque), where one full-back tucks-in to the midfield on the attack. If you break the attack out into 5-channels, I think it has decent balance, shifting around in real-time, but with a base state of: Wide Right: Saka...
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    Arsenal 21-22: Brexit FC

    The first three games have been hilariously bad, but this team is not this poor and they'll likely finish right around 60 points (+/- 5 points) yet again. They are young, so there will be growing pains, and they have had plenty of important players missing time to start the year. Excuses only go...
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    Arsenal 21-22: Brexit FC

    A few quick counter-points: 1. Sign me up for the "status quo" of the last 22 matches of last season. Once they introduced Smith Rowe in December, and then added Odegaard in the January window, they were actually a pretty good club: Record: 12-5-5 (41 points out 66) Goals vs Goals Against...
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    Gameweek 1: New Season's Buzzing

    Ouch, I just noticed my three word typo. I misspelled “I am deflated and I am dispirited and I am melancholy.” Ha. Tierney and Smith Rowe played pretty well, and Sambi’s passing intrigued me. I think they could possibly have a nice young midfielder in him, someone who can actually contribute to...
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    Gameweek 1: New Season's Buzzing

    The first match of a new season is always exciting, but add Balogun, Martinelli, and Lokonga to the starting XI (plus White- but he was fully expected), and I am amped and pumped and stoked for this one, regardless of outcome. COYG.
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    Sons of Alan Hansen: The 2021-22 EPL Predictions Thread

    The SoSH consensus this year looks a whole lot like The Athletic staff consensus. Every pick is within 1 spot on the table, except for Aston Villa who is 2 spots apart (The Athletic: 8, SoSH: 10). The greatest variability was with Brentford: Average: 16.2 Highest pick: 9th (OCST) Lowest pick...
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    Gameweek 1: New Season's Buzzing

    Oh no doubt, that was intended only as a tongue-in-cheek comparison. Plus, I honestly would not want the start of this season to mirror anything from the last considering they started 4-2-8 (14 points) and were in 15th place after matchweek 14.
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    Gameweek 1: New Season's Buzzing

    Last season, Arsenal started off by playing away against a newly-promoted London club (Fulham) and won 3-0, so I'll take a repeat of that. Of course, all three goal scorers from that match are out- Lacazette, Gabriel, and Aubameyang- so Balogun will just have to bag a hat trick.
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    Sons of Alan Hansen: The 2021-22 EPL Predictions Thread

    The Athletic's staff picks are also out (from same article as the Optimism meter). (Source: https://theathletic.com/2766808/2021/08/13/the-premier-league-is-back-and-we-might-even-have-a-title-race/) Last year, The Athletic's staff picks ended being wrong by a total of 62 places, which was...
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    Arsenal 21-22: Brexit FC

    Optimistic Me: Balogun gets the start, has a big night, and runs away with the striker job, while Lacazette heads off to Serie A and Aubameyang, unfortunately, continues on in his sunset phase, hopefully at least as a super-sub. Pessimistic Me: Willian starts as a false 9, they drop 3 points to...
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