Everything posted by caulfield12
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Robert projected to have 25/25 season
Chourio is one of only 10 players projected for at least 25 homers and 25 steals this season. The others: Ohtani, Witt, Ramírez, Rodríguez, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Luis Robert Jr., Ronald Acuña Jr., Elly De La Cruz and Corbin Carroll. That's a star-studded group to be a part of. https://www.mlb.com/news/most-interesting-mlb-player-projections-for-2025 Shouldn't there be a "greatest shape of his life" puff piece coming from Merkin...or is that the kiss of death jinx to tear something else when he gets too muscular/bulked up?
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March ******* (Basketball Thread)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/fashion-and-style/fashion-trends/nike-ceo-says-caitlin-clark-signature-shoe-logo-are-in-development/ar-AA1xU1Re?ocid=BingNewsSerp https://www.nike.com/a/nike-paige-bueckers-gthustle3-release
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24-25 NFL Thread
http://www.google.com.hk/url?q=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/27/buffalo-bills-kansas-city-chiefs-referee-calls-afc-championship-game-nfl-football&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjIhe3wypWLAxWI78kDHQJKEDcQFnoECAkQAg&usg=AOvVaw1lpD9tHBEl-3WNlzkTk4Zw "The refs didn’t steal a Super Bowl trip from the Bills. The Chiefs’ excellence did"
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24-25 NFL Thread
Yeah...that and the Xavier Worthy "tie to the receiver" where it looked like the ball was trapped against the ground initially and the DB had more control was the other.
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Rubenstein of O's pushes for salary cap
Also the year of MacDougal Aardsma Sisco...all the hard throwing big guys.
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24-25 NFL Thread
I guess this is how Nancy Kerrigan got kneecapped, albeit with even less sophistication. Mahomes is almost to Michael Jordan status...so his teams are going to get those 50/50 calls at home until someone flat out beats them 2-3 times in a row and they have to rebuild. The problem is so many guys like a Hollywood Brown or Hopkins or Hunt want to play with Mahomes...the bottoming out just gets pushed back further and further since dynasties/villains seem to be better for the NFL than a new winner every year. He's already got more postseason victories than Montana career-wise at 29 years old.
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Getz: "We are... building from the ground, up"
But Fletcher was Barfield's fault and not trading intradivisionally with Fedde should be blamed on JR/"tradition".
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24-25 NFL Thread
Five out of the last six Super Bowls now. Only Burrow and Chase broke the streak.
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24-25 NFL Thread
Another close call goes to the Chiefs...wow.
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Getz: "We are... building from the ground, up"
Not sure he could admit to a single mistake...
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Rubenstein of O's pushes for salary cap
3. The Orioles will regret not acquiring more starting pitching. One thing the O’s haven’t been able to get right since becoming an AL contender has been the starting pitching. Granted, several of their starters have sustained injuries over the past three seasons, but you’d think that would only motivate them to be more aggressive in the starting pitching market. https://sports.yahoo.com/5-predictions-for-the-2025-mlb-season-the-yankees-will-be-better-than-the-mets-the-as-will-make-the-playoffs-and-more-210318360.html
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24-25 NFL Thread
Another key call going the Chiefs' way...different call at Orchard Park?
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Ryan Pressly to Cubs
Astros now have Hader, Abreu, Tayler Scott, who posted a 4.94 ERA in 68 2/3 innings before ending the season on the injured list, and Rafael Montero, who was designated for assignment last year and is a non-roster invite this spring, are the next most experienced arms in the bullpen. The club also returns relievers Shawn Dubin (45 1/3 innings), Bryan King (26 1/3 innings), Kaleb Ort (24 2/3 innings) and Forrest Whitley, who was at Triple-A most of last season. mlb.com
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24-25 NFL Thread
Turnover keeping the Bills in this one. Buffalo hardly stopping KC on defense...injuries not helping, either.
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Ryan Pressly to Cubs
Frees up cash for Bregman, then Altuve moving to LF. Cubs should have just signed Carlos Estevez...or even Robertson.
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24-25 NFL Thread
He also lost two of his three best pass receivers to injury. It's not like they didn't acquit themselves fairly well in the playoffs.
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Getz: "We are... building from the ground, up"
No team in MLB history had ever given up with that much season left to play and trailing by less than five games...JR loves making history, after all. He gave Albert Belle the biggest contract in baseball...to prove a point to other owners. Fortunately for him he got nailed out of that one by Baltimore. Let's be honest. He just didn't want to pay Alvarez and Hernandez any longer because he thought they were underperforming.
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Sox Sign James Karinchak to minor league deal, NRI
Well obviously Clevinger, Thorpe and now Perez. Just a joke about how SD guys struggle with the Sox (Hill for example) but excel when going the other direction (Cease), or to another team. Marinara Sauce might very well be the next find.
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White Sox sign LHP Martin Pérez
They have now officially announced and put him on the roster? No press conference for the biggest signing of the off season?
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Sox Sign James Karinchak to minor league deal, NRI
I feel like I've heard this for about half my lifetime as a fan. There's depth, and then there's quality depth. There is a discernible difference. Get past Cannon, Martin, Wilson, Burke and Perez (who probably needs a playoff race for motivation)...who's the next best option? Maybe Iriarte, Shuster or Nastrini? None of those names above provides a Top 1-2-3 in a rotation profile...other than maybe Burke or Iriarte stuff-wise. Prelander Berroa would be a huge stretch to push into the rotation...but at least there's upside/potential. Remember, we can't count on Schultz or Smith for next season, period. Nor Grant Taylor.
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Off-Season Pass the Time Catch-All
“It's all about what the boys do out on the field, and when you pour into them every single day and allow them to go be themselves, this is a byproduct of that,” Vogt said. “None of us in this room that work in baseball would have a job if it wasn't for the players -- it is about them, it will never not be about them.” Stephen Vogt upon winning AL Manager of the Year at BBWAA awards. source: mlb.com
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Official NBA 25-26 Thread
Commanders Chiefs will be two weeks of QB talk and making fun of Daniel Snyder in London.
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Sox Sign James Karinchak to minor league deal, NRI
Is that worse than another season of Clevinger...Perez and Scholtens maybe Iriarte are the best options for #5 if Thorpe can't go to start the season. Burke has had less than a handful of starts as well.
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Sox Sign James Karinchak to minor league deal, NRI
Ex-Padres...no can do.
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Soxfest back for 2025
"But putting up a statue of Buehrle is a reminder of how thin the White Sox pantheon is. Frank Thomas is our Ruth, Mantle, and Mays. Mark is our Seaver, Koufax, and (yes) Maddux. The tenth highest career bOWAR in Yankees history is Aaron Judge, at 52.2 and counting. OK, we’re obviously not the Yankees. For Cleveland, it’s Joe Jackson at 35.0. Kenny Lofton is in ninth at 38.8. For the White Sox, only five players have a career bOWAR of over 35 (four are higher than Lofton’s) and Frank Thomas is the only one most of us ever saw play. And tenth on our career bOWAR list is the immortal Ray Durham at 28.2. Maybe the next 124 years will be better." soxmachine.com fan comments Appling, Thomas, Collins, Fox, Minoso, Ventura, Aparicio, Doc White, Schalk, George Davis, Fielder Jones???? Only Schalk is known by SOME old timers. Then you have Jose Abreu, Konerko, Fisk and Shoeless Joe Jackson.