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  1. DennyDoyle'sBoil

    End of Game Field Goal Strategy

    This came up in the mega game thread this week about the Panthers' strategy at the end of the game. It might not be worthy of a thread, but risk-reward questions interest me so who knows, maybe it will interest others. The specific scenario I'm interested in is when a team is losing and has...
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    This is now: BB and the direction of the Patriots

    I didn’t expect a middling season. I was hopeful that Patricia was the problem, that the offense would become more dynamic, that the defense would be good, and that paying a QB millions less than many top teams would allow money to be well deployed. I didn’t think we were the Chiefs or Bills...
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    9/20 Crappy Poster Appreciation Thread & Game Chat

    The dopes don’t need any more smoke blown up their asses. And LynnRice? Sure. He made a rotten season tolerable, but let’s not lose our shit here acting like he solved world hunger. Today, we celebrate the shitposters. You know who we are. Banal. Quantity over quality. All hat no cattle...
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    9/9 - We Are Going To Lose

    I have a busy week ahead, so doing more than one of these will be a pain in the ass. Fortunately, it doesn’t matter, because we are going to lose 6-3.
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    When Will There Be Ball/Strike Video or Robot Review in MLB?

    Thought a poll would be interesting. We talk about this in a lot of threads and I didn't see a catchall to discuss ball/strike video (or other technology) review in MLB.
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    8/17 Just Have Fun

    It’s not about the wins or losses. I just want them to have fun and feel good about the effort. And respect their opponent. And the umpires, who are trying their hardest.
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    7/19 — Who Cares?

    If they lose I don’t need to try to remember to start one of these tomorrow. I probably won’t even be able to watch. Whatever.
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    2025 FIFA Club World Cup -- Major U.S. Tournament Coming

    If I told you that a 32-team tournament, played in world cup qualifying and knockout style, and featuring many of the best players in the world, were coming to the U.S. in two years, would you be surprised? Traditionally, FIFA has staged a significant tournament in the world cup host country...
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    Last Day of May -- Reds

    I don't care.
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    Euro 2024

    A bit early but might as well have a thread. Anyone else thinking about going? Lots of venues in the western part of the country that are easy to get back and forth from. I'm thinking about setting up in Cologne for a week and trying to catch 4 or 5 games. First phase of ticket sales not...
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    The Nepo Shuffle -- The 2021 World Chess Championship

    So Ian Nepomniachtchi outlasts Giri, MVL and Caruana in a solid Candidates tournament field and wins the right to face Magnus Carlsen in Dubai in November and December, for all the marbles. Nepo is something of a nemesis to Carlsen. Carlsen has a very poor record against Nepo in classical...
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    Euro 2020, Baku to Bilbao to Budapest. Anyone going?

    There don't seem to be any Euro 2020 threads yet, even though qualification is well under way. I assume eventually there will be threads about the competition. I'm thinking about trying to go and wondering whether it makes sense for a ticket or travel thread. The first ticket sale phase is...
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    The End of the Counting Stat?

    Sorry if there is a discussion of JD Martinez not being in the top 3 in MVP voting this year is embedded in another thread. It seems to me that it's a rather significant development. JDM had 51 more RBI than Trout. I think the idea that a player that far behind could be ahead in the MVP...
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    Where the power came from.

    I'm not sure this warrants its own thread. But I wasn't sure where else to put it. Going into the postseason there was little doubt that the Sox were close to a complete team, but the two concerns for me were the bullpen and the precipitous drop off in home runs. September was a rough month...
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    Unconventional Bullpen Usage

    So, for those who weren't watching the day game between the Rays and the Yankees today, Kevin Cash upped the ante on his unconventional bullpen usage. He's been using relievers in early innings at times this year, and he's also put pitchers in at position spots to keep them in the game, but...
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    Chasing Mariano Duncan

    June 19, 1994. It was, I imagine, a night like pretty much any other early summer night along the banks of the Flueve Saint-Laurent. As 15,092 happy fans filed into Stade Olympique, one imagines their happy thoughts. “Sacre bleu! We knew they would be good, but this good? Oh la la.” The...
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    What’s it all about, Rafi?

    Rafi’s gradual descent to replacement level has seemed inevitable for weeks, and now he’s there. He is lowest or close among qualified 3B in OPS and other hitting stats. Whether Nunez or something else, we can find replacement level third base or at least something close. If his value to the...
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    What Stats Explain the 2017 Boston Red Sox?

    In a game thread, or maybe somewhere else, I posted about the OPS disparity between the Red Sox and the good offensive teams in MLB. I posted a caveat to the effect that OPS is not the be all and end all of offensive prowess, but afterwards, I decided to take a look at home important...
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    When Do You Try a 50 yard+ Field Goal?

    The Patriots passed twice on long field goals yesterday -- they would have been 54 and 55 yard attempts. Both times, they opted instead for a punt. Net on one punt was 26 yards, so they gained 33-34 yards relative to opponents' starting field position if they had missed, and they gained 26...
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    Anyone Watching The Ocho Today?

    ESPNU is the Ocho today. It's awesome. I have it on at work in the background. Cornhole is on now. The championship. "Fantastic fourbagger."
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