cubbymark
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T minus until some Cardinal fans start bitching about Nolan Arenado. Although the look on his face is he’s pissed they took him out of the game.
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Case in point:
Miami could burn tomorrow night: USA/Cuba.
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Fuck you Arsenal! They bottle it again in Europe.
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4 hours ago, Cobra Commander said:
Also, if Cuba in Miami goes off smoothly, it’ll show how much things have changed from the late 90s when a group like Buena Vista Social Club would get protested in Florida with the occasional threat called in.
My introduct to post-revolution Cuban music icons Los Van Van was the Miami protests to their concert back in 1999. Even as late as last year, Miami Cubans still protests whenever Los Van Van perform in Miami.
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Former XFL 2.0 standout PJ Walker to be Justin Fields' backup in Chicago on a two year deal. He's already a better backup than Siemien and Peterman were.
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There is so much energy for this tournament across the board that no spring training game (or most regular season games) can even come close to matching. It was a freak injury to Edwin Diaz. That sucks. But LOLMets is definitely a thing.
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There's probably going to be enough of the old guard Cuban exiles to raise a stink about Cuba playing in Miami, even with current MLB defectors on the squad.
Either way, the atmosphere in Miami the rest of the way is going to be electric judging by the Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic game.
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I don't hate the presentation of the Big City Greens Classic.
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I do agree with you on the reasons this Cuba team seems like a half assed dream team. I saw enough of Luis Robert and Yoan Moncada at White Sox games last year that left a lot to be desired. I’ve also seen a bit of Serie Nacional and Liga Elite de Beisbol in Cuba to see the overall quality of play is really down. A lot of Cuban pitchers have control problems and they don’t throw particularly hard either. Fielding is a bit lackluster and there aren’t that many power hitters right now either.
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Cuba starting 0-2 isn't good for their hopes of advancing. There's such a disconnect with the American broadcast trying to hype up the Cuban team vs the sad the reality that their overall quality has fallen off a cliff.
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4 hours ago, SirFozzie said:
Here's the thing about streaming. There's a limit to what I can support, and this year, MLS is outside of it. I have NESN for Bruins/Sox, YouTubeTV for Celtics/National TV, and Peacock/ESPN for additional sports. One could argue I'm already subscribed to too many things already. Locking MLS behind a paywall on Apple+ TV is a step too far.
If you have T-Mobile, they are offering free MLS Season Pass. That's how I'm watching this season.
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2 hours ago, odessasteps said:
Someone sent me a screen shot of what Dave wrote about the Booking award and my first thought was “those vote totals seem a lot lower than I remember.” If true, I wonder if that’s a sign of how many people Dave has run off.
He has to have run off a large part of the Jim Cornette style smart marks that would have subscribed, which is probably a decent chunk of what was Meltzer's reader base. As for the Stardom support this year, that feels like an even bigger niche of a niche. Joshi is always going to have an outsized influence with Dave's core audience.
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Fun one in Seattle tonight.
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I didn't hate the Rudy Charles ref bump as much as most people did. He was smooshed in the corner and took several back elbows before clumping in typical ref fashion.
Would I have liked Sami to win? Sure. Did it make sense to beat Roman now? I don't think so. I'd rather see this than anything with Bray Wyatt.
Montez Ford came out of that chamber looking like a million bucks. The sky is the limit for him. Logan Paul is such a great scumbag that he fits wrestling like a glove.
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My sister could care less about football, but she was excited about the Rihanna halftime show. She kept trolling me with, "WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK" leading up to the halftime show.
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Cody and Paul Heyman brought it tonight.
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Chip Carey will be taking his broadcasting talents to St Louis where he will be the Cardinals play by play broadcaster.
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I've been a bit out of the lucha loop for a while, but Fabi is an upgrade over Dalys to be sure. However, the rest of the women's division leaves a lot to be desired, and Fabi supposedly had a reputation of being difficult to deal with.
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I don't know about sad, but it does increase the palace intrigue of a potential CMLL power struggle. Something must have happened for Negro and Dalys to leave CMLL after so many years.
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It didn’t help Leftwich that a broken down Tom Brady threw the ball 66 times in a playoff game.
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In our current era of wrestling Jay and Mark were as believable as it could get. RIP to Jay, and my condolences to his family, friends, and fans.
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37 minutes ago, Gonzo said:
27-point comeback and Al Michaels and Tony Dungy called it with all the energy and excitement you'd expect from a quarterfinal match at the World Badminton Championships.
These comebacks seem to be a lot more commonplace now that NFL betting is largely legal. It lends credence to the conspiracy theory that the NFL is rigged.
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He lost his mask to Mistico around the height of Mistico’s popularity. For that reason alone, he is going to be an important figure in Lucha history.
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The Simpsons predicted this massacre tonight.
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WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC 2023
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Posted · Edited by cubbymark
The pitching on the island that hasn’t already defected is in rough shape. Very few guys can throw 90+ and their control isn’t the best. Cuban leagues haven’t even played night games since before COVID because the current economic situation. The inaugural Cuban Elite League was kind of a disaster: the league started late because the teams didn’t get their uniforms on time. Fan interest wasn’t that great either.
edit: is USA going to mercy rule Cuba?