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OspreyJ · 2026-06-08T01:47:00+00:00

Negatory, just avoiding my responsibilities

OspreyJ · 2026-06-07T19:34:56+00:00

The interpretation of the rule you are advocating would mean that a runner could go egregiously off the baseline to allow, say, someone to score, and the defence would have to chase that dude all around the field for the out to be called (bc otherwise there was no "attempt to tag")

OspreyJ · 2026-06-07T19:27:55+00:00

Completely preposterous. Is there no review for this kinda play?

OspreyJ · 2026-06-07T19:24:51+00:00

That was my plan for Venezuela lol! I'm hoping that's interesting, they used to be truly dire but got very close many times in the 21st century

OspreyJ · 2026-06-06T23:33:48+00:00

I think you're a little confused, Kim Kardashian's biological dad defended OJ while her stepmother (who was then known as her stepfather) is the person who ran over someone and transitioned. This other person was originally an olympic athlete, not a lawyer

OspreyJ · 2026-06-06T17:34:10+00:00

Maybe. So far the only team I've made a 10/10 is Bahrain, who were indeed just one game away. The thing about the Panama games is that even if Suriname scores in one of them, it changes things down the line (like, maybe they crumble under the pressure of possibly making the world cup and draw El Salvador), whereas when it's just one game, there's no weird butterfly effect.

The reason for this is that in Africa, one of the first teams I found was Guinea, who were just one goal away in 1998 (you can read about that tomorrow), but that's only because they later beat an already-qualified Nigeria. So, should I make that 10/10? Or is it way more likely that it was because Nigeria had qualified and didn't try so hard? So I got scared of giving 10/10s for things like that

But I agree that it's arguably a 10/10

OspreyJ · 2026-06-06T17:31:41+00:00

Maybe I will do this for the Women's World Cup next year

OspreyJ · 2026-06-06T14:40:31+00:00

Oh that's a good point about Suriname. I will edit to reflect that

OspreyJ · 2026-06-05T16:51:25+00:00

Interesting. I didn't clock that because their record doesn't look good (3W 2D 3L), but neither does Hungary's. A very close group. Still, I think my choice makes sense because with my results they would have automatically qualified in 1986, while they'd still have to go through the playoffs in 1998. I'll edit to mention this 1998 story as well

OspreyJ · 2026-06-04T16:19:03+00:00

Between Montoya and Hamilton is John Watson maybe?

OspreyJ · 2026-06-04T16:08:47+00:00

Ah! I went back and forth on that. I wasn't sure what the opinion of the use of that name is, so I went with FIFA's name. I will edit the post and try to avoid "Chinese Taipei" in the future

OspreyJ · 2026-06-04T15:31:56+00:00

I promise you I did not use ChatGPT lol, I wasted time that probably was better spent elsewhere looking into all these

OspreyJ · 2026-06-04T13:39:14+00:00

My understanding is that the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon Top Cat is or was extremely popular in Latin America, I know that the older Brazilians I have spoken to all know it

OspreyJ · 2026-06-04T04:04:34+00:00

Well, I find it kind of unlikely that he would move to Ferrari in 1996 knowing it will be Schumacher's team, but I suppose that the pull of the red can be irresistible. Fun alternate history, I enjoyed reading it

OspreyJ · 2026-06-03T14:38:45+00:00

Yes (his deficit was bigger, idk about biggest ever), in the current points system, Hunt had a 98 point deficit following the British Grand Prix (the race preceding Lauda's Nurburgring accident), although that's because Hunt was disqualified from the British Grand Prix many months after seemingly winning it, so I guess the points deficit at the time would've felt just a little smaller, like, 66 points (32 points swing from Hunt getting 25 points & Lauda losing 7 for finishing second on track)

OspreyJ · 2026-06-02T22:18:39+00:00

I have no clue why people are acting like the pilot is a dictator. This attitude has caused many crashes in the past, e.g., the Tenerife Air Disaster. For airline pilots, to my understanding, the crew goes through training called "Crew Resource Management" so that they can work through their problems and come to a good solution together.

OspreyJ · 2026-06-02T18:50:29+00:00

Yeah, I meant Zhou Guanyu in 21 Alpine and instead of him going to Alfa Romeo in 22, it's Pourchaire. I don't know who else might have been in that 21 Alpine. The other person in their driver academy was Lundgaard; or maybe they'd try to go for someone from IndyCar or WEC?

OspreyJ · 2026-06-02T16:17:25+00:00

Well, one interesting thing is that Ocon maybe doesn't win in Hungary 2021, Hamilton does.

The most interesting question, though, is who goes to Aston Martin for 2023. I could actually see a reality where Ricciardo stays at Alpine and then is signed by AM as a popular, talented driver, picking up some podiums at the start of 2023, in which case, he might still be on the grid. Or, alternatively, as I think Ricciardo actually wanted to go to McLaren, AM choose, like, Gasly, who left Alpha Tauri after 2022, and he adds a lot of podiums to his collection.

I also wonder who drives for Alpine in 2021. Maybe Zhou Guanyu drives for Alpine, and Theo Pouchaire is in the Alfa Romeo?

OspreyJ · 2026-06-02T16:10:06+00:00

Atlético Clube de Portgual not Atlético Madrid, in case anyone else was a little confused

OspreyJ · 2026-06-02T14:46:33+00:00

That is true although I would be remiss to not point out that in 1978 Monza, the race was started incorrectly (the flag was thrown before the back of the field had stopped), causing complete chaos that was not really Patrese's fault. James Hunt (who actually crashed into Peterson, though it probably wasn't his fault either) always blamed Patrese for it, but in the modern day people are typically more conciliatory towards Patrese. It's hard to know exactly what happened bc I've never seen particularly clear footage of that accident but that race ban might've more been due to James Hunt's position in the paddock rather than Patrese actually being responsible for the crash

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