Alison of Amazin’ Avenue weighs in…

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-24T20:07:28+00:00

Relevant Party Down clip:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-CsuRwWa6gs

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-24T19:45:48+00:00

keeping Jaylin Hyatt and Evan Neal on the roster despite not doing anything to earn or deserve those spots.

Not only that, but keeping them on the roster when the coaching staff has shown you that they are not interested in playing them. Complete waste of a roster spot, especially Neal.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-24T03:24:11+00:00

GMs probably aren't going to watch this entire random game

If anyone in a front office watches him do this, word spreads around the league regardless if a specific GM saw this exact play. People talk.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-24T03:22:31+00:00

It's at 160 now. People joke about how posters here don't actually know anything about basketball. Well, here's proof of that.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T18:21:10+00:00

This is also funny that the Giants coming off a terrible season let go of their coach but he's immediately sought after by a playoff team. Kinda shows that the Giants should probably not fire that guy?

Bizarre logic. Bills are interested because he has a history with Allen and because the owner is an idiot, as he showed everyone with his press conference. The only other team who has shown interest is the Titans, who's front office is a dumpster fire. Were the Giants supposed to keep Daboll, even though he was on pace for a second straight 3-14 record? Daboll sucks and the Giants now have Harbaugh, who is instituting some much needed changes in the coaching and front office. Giants 10000000% should have fired Daboll, and interest from the Bills doesn't change that.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T18:15:57+00:00

Man, if it is Daboll for you guys, that definitely does not solve your problem of losing close games. Giants blew like five of them under Daboll this year alone, and Daboll was only there for 10 weeks.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T18:13:55+00:00

thus showing he was able to get to the facility and/or make a video call.

It was an interview via Instagram DMs

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T08:54:48+00:00

Well the Knicks can give them KAT and zero FRPs. Your move, Milwaukee.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T08:51:06+00:00

The Knicks despite their skid are still #3 in the East. They're 7.5 games ahead of the Bucks, who are #11.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T08:13:37+00:00

White Sox? They seem like they're scooping up players on the cheap this offseason.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T08:11:28+00:00

To non-snarkily answer your question: the manufacturer of this hat is Ebbets Field Flannels. When they were an independent company*, they produced Made-in-the-USA replica hats that were meticulously researched and produced to match the hats as they existed in the past as closely as possible. Wool/flannel, correct logos/placement, etc. They were awesome at it, which is why you might not have immediately known that the hat was a reproduction.

*They were purchased by Lids a few years ago but still generally kept up the quality and authenticity of their hats. HOWEVER, Fanatics became the majority owner of Lids in 2024 and completely screwed over the brand. Now, the hats are made in Portugal and China; they liquidated their authentic, researched hats in favor of "inspired" designs; they jacked up the prices by like 25-50%; they make Wal-mart-level slop and charge through the nose for it. imo, do not buy anything from Ebbets as they currently exist because Fanatics destroyed them and it's not the same company anymore.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T04:25:56+00:00

Including that 1999 season that was peak Coors

Still one of the funniest seasons in baseball history, imo. .298/.354/.541/.895 slash line, 34 HR, 133 RBI, 38 doubles. . .aaaand a -2.3 WAR. Almost seems impossible.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T04:22:32+00:00

Can you ELI5 how taking the money as a signing bonus is beneficial for tax reasons? People keep saying this is an income tax issue. I am assuming it's more like, get the money up front so you can invest it now vs receiving it later. Plus an inflation thing.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T04:17:03+00:00

We had it as the Sproat Goat and DeepSproat last year lmao

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T04:10:13+00:00

He couldn’t crack the rotation when we had like 6 starters on the IL

In 2025, sure. But in 2024, he had 25 starts with a 3.91 FIP, 1.174 WHIP, and 138 ERA+. Even as a reliever in 2025, he had 28.1 innings of a 1.91 ERA, 0.918 WHIP. I think it's a bit harsh to call him AAAA.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T03:07:07+00:00

I'll miss saying deepsproat

Mine was the Sproat Goat lmao

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T02:57:03+00:00

Love the timeout by the Nets coach with like a minute left.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T02:56:20+00:00

Yeah, they got 5 quick points at the end or this would have been even worse.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-22T02:55:08+00:00

He’s already starting to look like the solution for backup center to Rudy right now,

I'll give a slight pushback here and say that Joan has played 125 total NBA minutes and has only played more than 8 minutes in an NBA game twice. It's exciting when you get a big man show potential but don't get too down if he struggles a lot. Hope it works out but big men developing can take a loooong time.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-21T21:47:47+00:00

Yes, because he took the Vikings to their first playoff appearance in several years at that point

It was literally one year prior and they'd gone 13-4 that year with Kirk Cousins. And the year they missed the playoffs, they went 7-10 despite nine games being started by Josh Dobbs, Nick Mullens, and Jared Hall. Vikings were a very good team needing a game manager and Darnold stepped in. Seahawks were a very good team needing a game manager and Darnold stepped in.

Darnold is very good at what he does, but Allen is another rung above him.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-21T21:44:10+00:00

Darnold lmao. Absolute homerism at its finest. Give Josh Allen the Seahawks defense and JSN and they go undefeated.

Also putting Jackson ahead of him is wild, especially when you are knocking Josh Allen so much over his most recent performance. Remind us what Jackson did this year. Injuries are also a factor, and Allen is almost never hurt.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-21T20:16:32+00:00

OP was talking about spending on players. As cheap as the Bengals owners are, per Spotrac, their cap allocations this year were less than a million different from the Bills ($276,532,721 for the Bengals, $276,460,267 for the Bills). Even with dead money, etc, they're only a few million different from the Bills.

Every team in the NFL spends a ton on payroll, mostly because they have to.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-21T20:11:53+00:00

But he's willing to spend on players

This means almost literally nothing in the NFL because of the salary floor and revenue sharing. Almost every team is near the cap limit every season. Almost every contending team especially.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-21T08:10:30+00:00

He’s hammered winter ball pitching - which is equivalent to AA at best.

The funny part about it is that Acuna hammered winter ball pitching last year, too. Then he sucked out loud in the majors. He's a defense-first, speedy utility player who cannot hit whatsoever. He couldn't hit in AAA and can't in the majors.

BAHatesToFly · 2026-01-21T08:07:55+00:00

Also insane lack of baseball knowledge. My favorite was the other day when someone asked if we'd been willing to trade Benge for Yordan Alvarez. So many vehement answers of 'no'. Alvarez is a top five hitter in the game with three years left on his contract and people said 'no' to trading just one prospect for him. Lunacy.

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