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  1. WestMassExpat

    Odds and Ends

    Nice list, thanks for checking. 2000 was especially nutty -- Frank Thomas gets shafted out of another MVP by the tainted Giambi, and Pedro doesn't get a first place vote despite a 291 ERA+. I'd love for contemporary context on Rico in '69 vs. Boudreau in '48. The latter won the award vs. Rico...
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    2004 WS Celebration

    I’d do the 20th party on the July 26 MFY game. Just two days after the Tek/A-Rod scuffle. When levee started to break.
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    Odds and Ends

    I was muddling partially through the immaculate grid this morning, poorly as usual, and came across this interesting-to-me state profile for Cal Ripken's 1991 season. If you're wondering how I got to Ripken from the available options... Here's the line...
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    CFB 2023 Conference Championships: A thread enjoying five major conference championship games for the last time

    This is like one of those Facebook ragebait math problem posts.
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    CFB 2023 Week 6: A thread that, respectfully, needs to be domed

    OU spread and ML have been dropping all week…
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    2023 PGA Tour

    Sounded like he was at least partially using offshore and mob books. Crazy stuff. The implied vig alone, $40 million+, is eye popping.
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    Bill Mueller’s 2 grand slams revisited

    Amen He’s me. I was kind of bragging to my buddy back home since the seats were so close. I don’t think it was even broadcast there that night (we might have been in the Astros region, I don’t know) but this was back when we’d watch sportscenter twice a night. He claims he didn’t notice. Aw...
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    Bill Mueller’s 2 grand slams revisited

    I was at that game with my dad. We lived in the Hill Country near San Antonio and would make the trek up once a summer up to catch a game for the one Sox home stand. It was a lovely ritual we managed to do 3 or 4 times and really cherish now that he’s gone. The first couple of years the good...
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    Red Sox Tickets

    Left field all day long for me — much better sight lines and you’re closer to the field.
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    Beat The Clock

    Alternatives: --as-is but a game can't end on a pitch clock strike; --clock suspended in a save situation.
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    The 5 Dumbest Moves in Franchise History

    There's a big difference IMHO between just bad luck (i.e., lamenting poor performance after no prior bad track record) versus just really shitty decision making. Former, I can let the Crawford trade slide (at least out of the top five) -- posted a .300/.349/.443 slash line the three seasons...
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    2022-23 Men's College Basketball general discussion thread

    Thoughts $ Prayers to the program
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    Red Sox Rumors - Just Kidding

    I don’t think that’s realistic as a Boras client. He was going to test the market, did, and now we adjust.
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    Tech Bargain Thread: Post Your Deals Here!

    With the disclaimer that I'm rapidly adopting a luddite lifestyle, I just got this 22" Dell monitor + an extra 6' HDMI cable for $67.92 effectively (I think the monitor also comes with an HDMI cable). Dell is running some sort of "early Black Friday" sale, and I used an American Express card...
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    Red Sox in season discussion

    I know this is a dated reply, but TIL Mitch has 3 pitching appearances and a 0.00 ERA. 2Ks, 3H over 3IP. Impressive.
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    Brett Favre: Welfare Recipient

    TLDR: state-appointed lawyer attempting to get millions in misspent welfare money back sacked Saturday-night-massacre style because he was hitting too close to home for the executive state gov and power institutions.
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    Brett Favre: Welfare Recipient

    Ah, gotcha -- my bad -- it should have been obvious to me that your link to the 29-page Circuit Court of Hinds County filing was a red herring in the second post.
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    Brett Favre: Welfare Recipient

    This story is a big deal beyond Favre -- the director of the state agency overseeing the cash welfare program essentially embezzled and improperly spent almost $80 million, and the scandal reached as high up as the former governor (who at the very least fostered a cavalier culture of compliance...
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    College Name-Image-Likeness (NIL)

    On the first sentence, I get it. A) I wonder how many players care especially now with NIL, and B) if yes, how representative are they of the university and all that associated stuff?