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swung at Ball 4 no Vargas 0/5

Cabo Verde 1 Argentina 1 OT 1 vs. 67 2-2 less than 15 mins before pk shootout

33 million for Round of 32 match on FOX previous record was USWMT final with Japan, 22+ million viewers

He spent his entire time in the WBC sitting next to him in the dugout...also joking around with veteran OF Kondoh, Ohtani even helped him with swing mechanics advice. If anyone was out of that veteran loop, it was probably Okamoto ... and the younger emerging star Sato who'd replaced Kondoh as a starter as the WBC wore on.

Davis' value is currently cratering...

Machu Picchu is the most beautiful place in the world IMO. Never got a chance to do an Amazon River tour or Iguazu Falls, but nothing on the bucket list.

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/orioles-offer-cautionary-tale-white-194642812.html Of course different divisions, but the point remains...but a ticking clock with Murakami nonetheless. Fauske Carlson and Gonzalez names thrown out. No pitchers, no Bonemer.

Cartagena and las islas del Rosario in the Caribbean are also genuinely amazing and affordable as well...only major down side is the heat from 10-330 or so in the daytime. And there are lots of truly great Beisbol towns in the North where the Renteria brothers, Shakira and Sofia Vergara are originally from...

".366 career on-base percentage is the highest by an AL shorstop in MLB history through his first three seasons..." That's just a BIT higher than Swanson/Brandon Crawford or even Tulo. And Correa could at least get 12-15 steals per season when he first entered the league.

Cholowsky to Correa isn't a very good comp either. Pre injury Correa was a border line superstar, especially in the post season.

There was a lefty and switch hitter coming up but Fry being PH was pretty darned obvious.

6 runs allowed in last three appearances against CLE...not good. That's just one week. Fastball too straight and gets in trouble when not getting curve over the plate and falling behind in counts.

The Guardians' starting pitching is just so much better...bullpen as well, and they'll get Ramirez-Martinez back to cancel out Murakami's return. Cleveland also has a lot more milb trade capital they're potentially willing to part with as well. Finally, have always done better in Latin America.

The Padres at one point had eight $100+ million contracts on the books and yet saw their franchise valuation more than double while the White Sox and JR just remained frozen in time.

Greg... Just don't try to meet single ladies in Medellin that you "miraculously discover" from online dating sites and you won't be murdered at least. In all seriousness...it's a lot more likely you are drugged/robbed because high profile tourism murders are terrible for business. Policia and military with machine guns in most major cities...safer during the daytime than Lawrence US or suburban Johnson County US. Have you noticed there has been a constant stream of refugees from Venezuela into Colombia at the Cucuta border crossing?...completely reversing the trend from twenty years ago. Surely you haven'the. Feet don't lie. Also try to watch "Encanto" sometime...based off Salento, that's just as much the the reality in Quindio between Medellin and Cali, most beautiful place in the world mountains coffee flora fauna perfect weather no need for air conditioning or heater. Rent horses for $20 for the entire afternoon and road wherever you want to go. Just make sure you can dance drink or play futbol to fit in comfortably there, at least one of the three. Will ignore the unsurprisingly biased comment about US women being less popular...that has just never been true. By the way, who has quoted Al Davis one thousand times here? Just win baby!!!

Then where is the World Cup thread a full two two weeks into the tournament???

Why would there be a right/left political agenda to a sports poll? That doesn't make any sense at all. "Left/woke" is on the side of forcing soccer/football on Americans? Really???...And have been ever since Pele was on the New York Cosmos in the late 70s?

Sorry to challenge your limited world view/s... Mods can go ahead and bury this in some far flung section of the site that nobody goes to anymore. We'll just pretend this whole World Cup thing doesn't exist as anything but a foreign touristic invasion of the country...with their strange/eccentric antics at baseball stadiums across the country.

So what objective source of news information exists in the world today? There isn't one, right? I suppose the NY Times is corrupting The Athletic... Everyone complained about the depth of recent results for the "negative/anti Sox" The Athletic's players' poll feedback recently. "Scientific polling" can be massaged based on how questions/options are posed. I suppose the foreign/outsidery football is a threat to America too. It's why Alexei Lalas still refuses to call it anything besides soccer.

You don't get CNN lol? https://www.cnn.com/videos/title-2572883 I can click directly on this link with a VPN and get to the video and you can't in the US? Well there's always Cubs/Mets now in extra innings to capture your attention.

CNN posed the question. Not me. Soccer and cricket are the two sports with the biggest global pull... You can start by comparing EPL La Liga Serie A Bundesliga and PSG team valuations. Youth participation rates. Safety of soccer vs. other sports...obviously concussion rates from headers to be considered. Cost/s of participation. Adult viewership. Youth viewership. Viewership demographics. Advertising/corporate sponsorship dollars.

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7382367/2026/06/24/mlb-trade-deadline-big-board-players-postseason-skubal/

Written into the 26-year-old's contract extension is a clause that if spends over 120 days on the injured list with a left arm injury, would trigger a $15 million club option for 2032, essentially turning his six-year deal into a seven-year deal. Probably covers everything from shoulder/rotator cuff all the way through elbow/forearm.

He will never be another Bobby Witt in power or speed or defensive brilliance. Meidroth is a very good but not quite great/elite defender. 2006-2008 Sox position groups, 2019-2021 all make good arguments. Current White Sox still not getting enough from OF overall...catcher pre Teel and DH has been below average, too.

One thing that's interesting is the WNBA now passing NHL in average t.v. ratings...except for maybe peak Stanley Cup Finals Games 5-7. NASCAR has definitely gone backwards from high point 15+ years ago. No Tiger-Phil in golf. LIV distractions. MMA/wrestling trending upwards. College football ratings have never been higher, at least the Big Ten and SEC. NCAA softball way up.