SinceThe70s
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7 hours ago, 4merper4mer said:
Dodgers purchased the whole thing. Their manager is a jackass crybaby. Their players don’t deserve the boos but their organization does.
Should we file this under "Don't hate the player, hate the game"?
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3 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:
Toronto needs some nerves of steel
Work the strike zone ... Take Yamamoto deep into the count
Wait for your pitch
Or jump on the first one that looks good?
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1 minute ago, US Egg said:
Don’t be going all Bills fan! 😬
It was more of a Mets sentiment
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If the Jays don't win it here they will lose
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Just now, muppy said:
Holy cow this is stressful
Thats the juice. And baseball has a history of the small guy coming up big in the big situation
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Raise your hand if you thought the Rojas at bat would be the compelling one and the Ohtani at bat would be a one swing nothing.
It's emblematic of why I love the game
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9 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:
Agreed. Gimenez looked like an idiot on the prior pitch.
9 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said:Baseball like hockey is the only 2 sports left where the players self police
One of my favorite lines ever came from (at the time) Mets relief pitcher Braden Looper after a game where he hit a guy and the benches emptied. When asked after the game whether he was throwing at the guy in retaliation for a Met getting HBP earlier he said "Sometimes in a game things happen. And then sometimes other things happen".
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7 minutes ago, thenorthremembers said:
Eye color. Cheeks. They are both huge guys as well.
This Wroblewski guy is slowing things down with all the dramatics.
The guy on the Blue Jays threw his hand out to try to get HBP. Wroblewski obliged on the next pitch. And then the Blue Jay was upset he got hit. Good times.
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In game interviews detract from the broadcast.
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Bichette is on third. Two more hits and he scores.
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5 hours ago, H2o said:
Once you're "on the list", you're "on the list" my friend. Trust me
The officiating thing is not even a conspiracy at this point anymore though. You can see it all over the place. It's also pretty crazy how certain teams are the beneficiaries of these types of calls, or lack thereof, seemingly game in and game out. It's also crazy how some teams get the short end of the stick in a lot of those instances. It's even being called out by announcers and analysts alike.
I would also tell you to follow the $$$. Look at the lines in some of these games and the last minute bets being placed on teams who are substantial underdogs to win outright. Me and a guy at work have been following this for the current season. There have been like 8 games where the money didn't fit the line in the end. Packers/Browns, Bills/Pats, Bills/Falcons, Jets/Bengals, Falcons/Dolphins, Bengals/Steelers are a few that I remember off top.
I've noticed this too.
I'm on the fence on rigged vs. poor officiating but more and more I wonder if it's because I don't want rigged to be true. As soon as I'm convinced it's true I'll walk away from something that I've enjoyed since...well you know.
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I took a deep dive into The Mighty Mighty Bosstones lately and found some gems:
Great song and lyrics
This one goes in a bunch of different directions in a short period of time - all of which I like
Classic ska song
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A defensive swing for a double to the wall. Wow.
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1 hour ago, Buffalo716 said:
I believe he's only 22 years old?
Anddddd that he only pitched three regular season games for the Blue Jays and they obviously knew he was so talented they were like yeah you're on the playoff roster
Ye is indeed a Savage
The number of young pitchers coming in and dominating from the jump lately is impressive with Skenes being the poster child. Hunter Greene, Schlittler, Yesavage,...even my Mets had Nolan McLean this year. These young pitchers are coming in looking poised and not overwhelmed than in the past.
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I love a good troll thread. At it's height Spags/Howard was my favorite. Another I remember was when we were looking for a QB and there was a thread about a French QB playing in a European league that was touted as a can't miss by the OP. Good times.
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3 hours ago, SinceThe70s said:
Your fixation on "NY things" is palpable. Equating Volpe to Mantle is a figment of your imagination.
@itaos Care to elaborate on your thumbs down? I'm always interested in dissenting opinions.
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23 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:
They were calling him”the future”. Maybe the next Jeter? Also see 2S Dominguez. He was so good he needed a whole planet. But he sucks. Just like Scooby Doo, Chin and Parmesan.
Hyping young players is nothing new or surprising. You do it yourself and I appreciate your insight on up and coming players. But you are WAY too fixated on Volpe for some reason.
And for the record, neither Lin or Tommy Cutlets were ever hyped before they had the small measures of success they had, they were both just fun stories for starving fan bases.
And your assertion that Skattebo sucks speaks more to your bias than anything else imo. From what I saw he was a productive player.
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13 minutes ago, gobills404 said:
Can’t find the source but I remember seeing a couple weeks ago that the bills run it ~80% of the time when Josh is under center and pass it ~80% of the time when he’s in shotgun which is a huge tell. I also don’t the percentage but I’m sure having multiple tight ends on the field is also a big tell. I think Brady’s philosophy in the run game is “we don’t care if you know we’re gonna run it you’re still getting bulldozed”.
When a team is capable of backing it up this is the best philosophy imo.
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1 minute ago, 4merper4mer said:
Only slightly. He was Uber hyped. But he blows.
Mantle? Do you really think folks were saying he was the next Mantle? And was Mantle even Eye-talian?
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6 minutes ago, 4merper4mer said:
Lin, Chin, whatever, that’s the whole point. In three years people will be saying “who was that Scooby Doo guy that everyone thought would be great?”. It’s a NY thing. Everything blown out of proportion. I’m old enough to remember when Anthony Volpe was the next Mickey Mantle. Or even the Giants had Tommy Parmesan at QB. It’s too bad about his injury though. Hate to see that.
Your fixation on "NY things" is palpable. Equating Volpe to Mantle is a figment of your imagination.
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4 minutes ago, Simon said:
I said it and I'm occasionally schizophrenic
And so are you.
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On 10/25/2025 at 8:41 AM, 4merper4mer said:
A few years ago the Knicks had a guy named Jeremy Chin who had a hot streak and got 15 minutes of fame. They even had a slogan “Chinsanity”. Nobody even remembers him now. Skattebo is the latest in this lineage. If he weren’t playing for a NY team he’d be a big nothing. Enjoy it while it lasts kid.
Including you - unless you intentionally butchered his name. For the record it was Jeremy Lin and Linsanity.
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3 minutes ago, BillsPride12 said:
I mentioned this in the prior Nick Mangold thread but I wanted the Bills to draft him so bad. He would have fit in great in Buffalo
Went to a Jets/Bills game years ago and my bud bought a Mangold jersey. As much as I hate the Jets always thought that was a great purchase.
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Michael Hoecht Achilles Injury (Confirmed torn Achilles out for the year)
in The Stadium Wall
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I'm not an X's and O's guy but the difference in the Bills pass rush before and after he left the game looked noticeable to me. If someone here has compared him to Bruce by all means call that person out. In the mean time I'll be thrilled if I see the same pass rush going forward without Hoecht