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4 hours ago, MarcosLoura said:
Ahah I can't believe I made it to the finals with my ass team.
It wasn't for lack of trying on my part, but missing two games a piece from Giannis, Horford, LaVine, and Lowry was almost impossible to make up on top of being a couple of games down overall to start the week. Only missed by 9 points, had I known early on that LaVine and Lowry wouldn't play I could have got another game somewhere and gone for a repeat. Good luck against WDT. I'd love to see a move to roto or points next year if we play again.
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Eloy Jimenez - who hasn't played a game in the majors yet - agreed to a 6 year, $43 million extension with the White Sox
It includes two club options
And just like that, the concerns about his defense that might have required a month in AAA have vanished.
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13 hours ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:
I think Goldy stays in St. Louis. Playing his first full big league season at 24 could work in his favor since he doesn't have as much mileage on his body. Pujols was three years younger when he came up full time, and played 161, 157, and 157 games in those first three years. Goldschmidt played 145, 160, and 109 games in his first three full years. He only played in 48 games in 2011. I could still see Goldschmidt being productive in his late 30s, especially if the NL adopts the DH. I think he gets a 5 or 6 year deal.
Was he though? I agree about Goldy, I can see the Cards giving him a 5 year deal to stay put.
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Real feel here on Wednesday was -42, temperature hit 60 degrees Saturday, Sunday, and today.
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I hate this redesign they've done. I'm glad they spent time on that instead of making changes that matter like adding characters as rewards to events so you're not stuck being able to play 80% of the tours every month.
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3 hours ago, RIPPA said:
I am still playing it every day
Akira Tozawa is legit now my 2nd or 3rd strongest guy
I don't mention it much because I thought I was the only one still playing
That Tozawa event was fun, I wish they'd do that more often. He might not quite by in my top 10 yet, but that's mostly because I had just dropped like 3 million in coins prior or I would have him to level 100 by now.
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Anyone else still playing this?
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5 hours ago, Zimbra said:
My friend is writing for that so I'm glad to see people talking about it.
Adam Pally should be in way more things.
Agreed, Adam Pally is great. He was fantastic as part of Happy Endings, which needed a few more seasons it was so good. I liked him in that weird time traveling show on Fox last year or the year before. Not a great show, but it had it's moments and Pally was hilarious.
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I'd like to change my Mariota tiebreaker to 0 yards
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Sunday, December 30
NY Jets at New England
Miami at Buffalo
Detroit at Green Bay
Jacksonville at Houston
Carolina at New Orleans
Dallas at NY Giants
Atlanta at Tampa Bay
Cleveland at Baltimore
Oakland at Kansas City
Chicago at Minnesota
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at Washington
LA Chargers at Denver
San Francisco at LA Rams
Arizona at Seattle
Indianapolis at Tennessee
Tiebreaker #1: Marcus Mariotta rushing yards 63
Tiebreaker #2: Winning margin in Arizona/Seattle 21
Tiebreaker #3: total interceptions thrown in Miami/Buffalo 4
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I don't know when I first head anything by N.W.A. but I do know that in the fall of 1990 I had a friend make me a copy of his Eazy-Duz-It Cassette after I listened to it on the school bus. I saw the video for Pop That Pussy/Coochie a lot on the Jukebox Channel when I was in Jr. High, so 1991 or 1992. I know I paid my $3.99 once to play it, 187 Proof by Spice 1, and I think Three Little Pigs by Green Jelly. The last one might have been I'm an Asshole by Denis Leary, I know all of those got a lot of play and I thought it was pretty cool to see since we didn't have cable and MTV to watch any music videos.
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Saturday, December 22
Washington at Tennessee
Baltimore at LA Chargers
Sunday, December 23
Green Bay at NY Jets
Atlanta at Carolina
Cincinnati at Cleveland
Tampa Bay at Dallas
Minnesota at Detroit
NY Giants at Indianapolis
Jacksonville at Miami
Buffalo at New England
Houston at Philadelphia
LA Rams at Arizona
Chicago at San Francisco
Pittsburgh at New Orleans
Kansas City at Seattle
Monday, December 24
Denver at Oakland
Tiebreaker #1: Russell Wilson passing yards 285
Tiebreaker #2: Chicago Bears sacks 3
Tiebreaker #3: interceptions thrown in Jacksonville/Miami 4
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Thursday, December 13
LA Chargers at Kansas City
Saturday. December 15
Houston at NY Jets
Cleveland at Denver
Sunday, December 16
Arizona at Atlanta
Tampa Bay at Baltimore
Detroit at Buffalo
Green Bay at Chicago
Oakland at Cincinnati
Dallas at Indianapolis
Washington at Jacksonville
Miami at Minnesota
Tennessee at NY Giants
Seattle at San Francisco
New England at Pittsburgh
Philadelphia at LA Rams
Monday, December 17
New Orleans at Carolina
Tiebreaker #1: Jared Goff passing yards 325
Tiebreaker #2: total points in Dallas-Indianapolis 51
Tiebreaker #3: Gronk receiving yards 113
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I know a lot of people have horror stories about Comcast, but knock on wood we've had no issues with them in the 10 years or so we've had service from them. I'm just hoping it won't cost an arm and a leg to get it done with all the other repairs and expenses going on.
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2 minutes ago, RIPPA said:
Yeah - I am kinda stuck since I don't have enough posters to evolve Tozawa again so I ain't getting anything more at the moment
Yeah, I took him to 2 star bronze but that cost 400 in game cash to get the shoes needed, I can't take him any further. I spent 500 in game cash to win the tag match with Tozawa in the first sub, but I'm about tapped cash wise since I didn't renew my Shane O'Mac contract a few weeks ago.
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I got a one star gold Tozawa with my first pull and then 20 shards for Yokozuna, Goldust and someone else. Tozawa being required on the Hell Mode of the event is pretty shitty and totally a thing I expected.
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My wife and I closed on our first house on Friday and took possession on the same day(though 7 hours later than we were supposed to since the sellers had very little packed and nothing loaded in the Uhaul). My dad and I moved 5 pickup truck loads of Christmas decorations(indoor and outdoor), lumber, and kitchen goods. I took another two loads on Sunday and one on Monday. I took three large totes over today and got one of the bedrooms painted. I've had work done on the furnace, ordered a new 200 amp panel to pickup at Home Depot tomorrow, have a guy coming on Saturday to look at a floor joist that is splitting and needs sistered and have to call the plumber for an estimate on a new water heater installation. I'm going to pack in the garage tomorrow; tear apart a pallet, sand the boards, and stain them on Thursday to put up a pots and pans rack on Friday morning, paint the other bedroom Friday afternoon and then pack more each evening so we can haul more boxes and totes over the weekend. Have to get carpet put in the bedroom I painted today, get the electrical done, get Comcast in to run cable since there is no coax cable run in the house save for one very old looking RG-59 cable, build a base for a granite countertop to sit on and get it stained or painted and then probably pack and move more boxes all before the 14th when the movers come to haul all the furniture away. I'm fat, out of shape, exhausted, and loving every minute of it.
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Thursday, December 6
Jacksonville at Tennessee
Sunday, December 9
NY Jets at Buffalo
Carolina at Cleveland
Atlanta at Green Bay
Indianapolis at Houston
Baltimore at Kansas City
New England at Miami
New Orleans at Tampa Bay
NY Giants at Washington
Cincinnati at LA Chargers
Denver at San Francisco
Detroit at Arizona
Philadelphia at Dallas
Pittsburgh at Oakland
LA Rams at Chicago
Monday, December 10
Minnesota at Seattle
Tiebreaker #1: Mark Sanchez passing yards 217
Tiebreaker #2: points scoreed by the LA Chargers 35
Tiebreaker #3: winning margin in Rams/Bears 3
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1 hour ago, Kuetsar said:
I think raffy probably belongs, since he did both 3000 and 500, but if he doesn't get in so be it. I agree comparing 60's stats with 90's and 2000's+ stats is nuts. I'll admit that looking at the number Boyer looks anemic, but I was born after he retired, so i"ll bow to superior judgment on that. I think magic numbers have value no so much as to who gets in, but who stays out. I don't think that for a player who played since the numbers explosion that low 2k hits is enough, but enough kicking the dead horse.
Pitchers are tougher. After relooking at Mussina's stats, I think he should go in.Now do you make him the floor, or Andy Pettite? Roy Halladay was Really fuckng good, but his stats aren't quite as impressive, and by all the baseball reference numbers he's borderline. So for pitchers do you go by wins or WAR or what?
I think Halladay is a lock. He comes up about one and a half to two years short on the career WAR and JAWS numbers, but he's strong on the Bill James scale--he exceeds the Black Ink number, just misses the Gray Ink(though that's for the average HOF), exceeds the Hall of Fame Monitor(and is just shy of the 130 mark that is considered a "virtual cinch"), and is just shy of the average HOF mark. Halladay won two Cy Young Awards, was top 5 in 5 other years(and should have received at least one vote in 2002 when only 4 AL pitchers received votes) and was the best pitcher in baseball for a 6 year stretch from 2006 to 2011 by fWAR--actually he had the most fWAR for the ten year span of 2002 to 2011(Johan Santana might have had a better peak run it was just shorter like his whole career) but he had two years cut short by a shoulder issue and a broken leg. Then shoulder surgery after two seasons of shoulder issues and a back problem ended his career--likely a couple of years early. If a guy has a career cut short by injury, he had better have been the best at his position for a decent stretch--and Halladay was absolutely that.
Pettitte for me doesn't make the cut, he had two really strong years and while those were 2 of the 5 years he finished in the top 6 in Cy Young voting, the other three years seem to be simply due to win totals and pinstripes. The rest of his career he was above average(career 117 ERA+) but that's about it, it's why comes up short on the Black and Gray Ink numbers, the career WAR, 7 year peak and JAWS score. He's the 90th best SP by JAWS, behind guys like Mark Buehrle, Chuck Finley, and Kevin Appier--guys that no one is confusing for Hall of Famers. He had the good fortune to pitch for two excellent teams in the Yankees and Astros, every year in the majors he made at least 21 starts he won at least 11 games thanks to strong offenses backing him up. He's ahead of 16 Hall of Famers on the JAWS list but only 4 of those 16 were post-WWII pitchers. I wouldn't yell too loudly if he made it in, but I don't think I'd ever vote for him if given the chance.
I definitely wouldn't go by wins or RBI...really any "magic" or benchmark numbers as the only way for someone to get into the Hall. We have so many tools and better stats to use to compare players across eras and to quantify value to determine if they should make it in or not--wOBA, OPS+, ERA+, ERA-, WAR, JAWS.
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Thursday, November 29
New Orleans at Dallas
Sunday, December 2
Baltimore at Atlanta
Denver at Cincinnati
LA Rams at Detroit
Arizona at Green Bay
Cleveland at Houston
Indianapolis at Jacksonville
Buffalo at Miami
Chicago at NY Giants
Carolina at Tampa Bay
NY Jets at Tennessee
Kansas City at Oakland
Minnesota at New England
San Francisco at Seattle
LA Chargers at Pittsburgh
Monday, December 3
Washington at Philadelphia
Tiebreaker #1: more passing yards, Tom Brady or Kirk Cousins
Tiebreaker #2: total points in Chargers/Steelers
Tiebreaker #3: winning margin in Washington/Philadelphia
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For @Kuetsar and anyone else that doesn't look at Mike Mussina and see a Hall of Famer, allow me to submit this article for your perusal.
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2 hours ago, Kuetsar said:
Why? I don't see more than five guys on the ballot that are sure hall of famers myself, and that includes the steriod guys. . . .
I'd be interested to see those five names, because if that's truly how you feel then hopefully you're happy with the Hall as it is, because there won't be too many players added going forward if you see only five sure fire guys on this list. I think you're on the extreme end of the "Small Hall" side of things and while I'm not truly a "Big Hall" guy I don't think it's hard to see 10-12 definite Hall of Famers with another 5 to 7 guys with potential cases. There have been excellent arguments made in this very thread for many different guys by multiple board members. Are you simply a 3000 hits, 500 HR, or 300 wins or no way guy? I'm honestly asking. If that's the case and you only see five guys worthy, the guy voting for only two is pretty much horseshit. I would have much less issue with someone leaving Rivera off their ballot since he'll get in and using that spot to vote for their 11th choice, but to leave 8 spots blank just screws guys since it takes 75% of the total votes to make it into the Hall.
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I wish writers would lose their vote for pulling shit like this.
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I woke up my wife because I was laughing so loud and hard at Nate's dad busting out the Biff Tannen "Make like a tree" joke but delivering it correctly. It's all the little things on Legends that makes me love it more than the rest of the Berlanti-verse shows.
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Recommend TV Shows Not From The States. The Sequel
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Thank you so much for recommending Letterkenny. I am absolutely loving this show.