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    RIP Jimy Williams

    Maybe, but I thought for sure it was a double header. Maybe I got the Mike Lansing part wrong?
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    RIP Jimy Williams

    I loved the 1999 team and loved him coaching it, especially the way he'd have no problem tweaking Steinbrenner. But I grew tired of the strange decisions, like pulling Frank Castillo while dominating the Yankees after only 60 pitches or the time he started Lansing at 2b and I forget the other...
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    Official Patriots 2024 Draft Pick Watch Thread (#3)

    https://www.si.com/nfl/2024/01/18/postseason-nfl-mock-draft-2024-first-round-picks-and-predictions-for-all-32-teams#gid=ci02d3afb000002792&pid=1 SI's mock has us taking Harrison, and has Nix and McCarthy still available after the first round.
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    Will you be watching the NFL playoff game on Peacock?

    Get Peacock for The Holdovers. Then use it to watch the game.
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    NFL Playoffs; How would you like it to shake out?

    All good points. But is there a better value bet for super bowl winner? +$3000 to me feels like odds for a team that has no real chance, not a team that can win it all if it goes on a heater.
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    NFL Playoffs; How would you like it to shake out?

    I'm not seeing a gambling thread here so if this should go somewhere else I apologize in advance. Can someone chime in on Cleveland's odds of winning it all? They're currently at +3000, which seems like an incredible value. The defense is elite. Flacco, who is a seasoned postseason veteran...
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    Choosing your Favorite Child

    For those taking down 2004 a notch because it was so stressful and hence not enjoyable, do you wish that postseason played out differently? Like say with a nice and tidy 4-1 ALCS victory? I can’t imagine wanting 2004 to have gone any other way. The sports satisfaction of that ALCS and the...
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    Choosing your Favorite Child

    I loved that team too. If I could've had the 2003 team on the field for everything that happened in 2004 I'd make that switch.. But still, the events of a season play too large part in defining a team for me to understand any non-2004 pick. Even with that team being dependent on a guy who...
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    Choosing your Favorite Child

    I don't understand how anyone choosing a non-2004 team could have been alive in 2004 or old enough to understand 2004. There's one blemish on 2004 that's entirely retrospective, but other than that you couldn't have written a fictional script for that season with more emotion and thrills and drama.
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    Offseason rumors

    The biggest draw when it comes to the Dodgers is probably going to be the championship-quality nature of their roster. I think there's a path here for us, but it's definitely a narrow one. There are the factors you've identified here. Being the clear ace of the staff might appeal to him...
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    2023-2024 General NBA Season Thread

    This is an unusually scathing take on a superstar's play by a national media outlet. https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/damian-lillard-is-playing-the-worst-defense-of-his-career-and-it-might-cost-more-than-just-the-bucks/
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    The Red Sox have fired Chaim Bloom

    The slight fault in Passan's quote is that accomplishing two of those three things is only difficult if one of the two things is winning at the major league level. If the two things are building the farm system and cutting payroll, all you really have to do is lose at the major league level and...
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    Taking 2 of 3 from Houston in this next series makes us 5-5 for the toughest stretch of the entire season and keeps us three games back from them along with ownership of their tie breaker. Not to mention the gift the Rangers might be giving us. I’d have taken that scenario in a heartbeat if...
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    Ok, I think I totally lost track of your discussion flow there, but I'll take your word for it.
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    I was talking about having the head to head tiebreaker against the Astros should they finish with the same record for the last wild card spot.
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    '23 AL Playoff Picture

    The tie-breaker situation makes these 7 games against Houston even bigger. Since it's a real possibility we're neck and neck with them to get in at the end, it's critical to go at least 4-3 and win the series.
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    Trade Deadline Approach

    What if Paxton contributes to a deep postseason run?
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    Trade Deadline Approach

    What if they have enough though? What if they can win the whole thing without giving up any assets? And what if the decision maker deems, correctly, that a particular add doesn't move the needle enough to make it worth giving up the assets demanded in return? Should he just dump assets no...
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    What does 2023 look like?

    It's a good time to be Chaim Bloom. In just his fourth season he's gotten the Red Sox farm system to go from a bottom five ranking to a top five ranking, he's had a season of the team getting within two games of a WS appearance, and now a season where everything is lining up for another...
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    Celtics vs Heat ECF Redux Discussion Thread

    100%. This angle also makes me feel better about Smart’s shot, it’s a much better look than I thought watching the broadcast. Miami can think they got unlucky with the rebound bounce but we were just as unlucky with the way Smart‘s shot rimmed out.
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