Everything posted by CentralChamps21
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2022 Hall of Fame ballot - Ortiz in; Bonds/Clemens NOT
Ortiz got in, first ballot no less, but all the other steroid cheats are shut out. Why is he different? EDIT: Buehrle down below 6%. Next year might be his last.
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2022 Hall of Fame ballot - Ortiz in; Bonds/Clemens NOT
That's coming out the day after the report on OJ's search for the real killer.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
I don't see how this roster can be a Super Bowl contender in 3-5 years if they aren't really bad in 2022.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
I don't know how much would be enough, but I'd at least look into it.
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2022 Hall of Fame ballot - Ortiz in; Bonds/Clemens NOT
I agree that he was overrated, but still more than good enough to warrant a first ballot HOF vote.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
Here's an interesting question: With 13 seconds left and 75 yards away, shouldn't the defense just commit defensive holding on every eligible receiver? It's a 5 yard penalty. Repeat until the clock is down below 5 seconds and then play it straight.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
You need some way to reduce the probability that teams play 20+ minutes of overtime and put themselves at a disadvantage the following week. You still get your TV moment, as the Bills will HAVE to go for 2 to win the game. Also brings strategy into play as if you win the coin toss, do you want the ball first where you get the (almost) guaranteed 7th point or do you want the ball second where you have a roughly 50/50 shot at winning. Plus, most OT games aren't going to have both teams scoring TDs on the first possession anyway, so it wouldn't come into play that often.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
OK, I agree, unfair to running-centric teams. How about this: Team that gets the ball first in OT starts with the ball at their own 25. If they score a TD, they MUST kick the PAT for 1 point. Going for 2 not allowed. Team that gets the ball second in OT starts with the ball at their own 25. If they score a TD, they MUST go for 2 points. Kicking for 1 point not allowed. If you're tied because neither team scored, both got FG, or both got TD but missed their respective extra points, then in regular season games it ends in a tie and in playoff games you repeat.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
How about this for a rule change: Team A gets the overtime kickoff and scored a touchdown in 7 plays. Team B gets on possession from their own 25 and if they score a touchdown in fewer than 7 plays they win, in exactly 7 plays the game continues, otherwise they lose.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
A properly executed squib kick gets down to 10-15 yard line. Either the receiving team downs it immediately and has 10+ more yards to get in their 13 seconds, or they spend 5 seconds getting 15-20 yards and then there's only time for 1 play before you have to try a FG or Hail Mary, so yes, in this specific situation, squib kick was clearly the better choice.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
No opening weekend of the NCAA tournament can match this. Nothing can match this. Only thing that could come close is the old college bowl system where every once in a while you had 3 games that could determine the national champion(s).
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2021 NFL Season Thread
That was not the finest 13 seconds for the Bears' next head coach.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
Best weekend of football ever!
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2021-22 NBA Thread
At the very least, Allen needs to go down really hard next time they play the Bucks.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
Robbie Gould 20 for 20 in playoff FG. Is he a HOF?
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2021 NFL Season Thread
Lost in all the euphoria over the Packers losing, did anybody stop to ponder that the Bears beat a team that's playing on championship weekend?
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2021 NFL Season Thread
I was 4 so my memory's a bit foggy on that, but it sounds right.
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2021 NFL Season Thread
Could come down to a field goal attempt in the snow. Anybody wanna bet against Gould?
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2021 NFL Season Thread
Would Harbaugh pick the Bears over the Raiders though?
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The Second Base Options (as it stands)
https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/five-mlb-trades-wed-like-to-see-after-the-lockout-including-yankees-and-phillies-blockbusters/ Would 100% give up Vaughn to get Marte, but not wild about giving up Montgomery.
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Which baseball movie has the greatest Hollywood ending?
This is the only answer
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MLB 2021-2 off season thread
FS2 shows some games.
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2021-22 NBA Thread
Stacy isn't the PBP guy though. It's far more tolerable coming from the analyst role.
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HOF voting/discussion getting increasingly vitriolic/polarized
Especially if Schilling doesn't. Schilling is an ass and I hate almost everything he says politically, but his politics didn't give him an unfair advantage on the field.
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2022 Catch All
I always start with rates and lingo. Covers the most used consonants and vowels.