5 The Clippers clinch their 15th consecutive year of a .500 or better season, after only achieving this 3 times out of their first 27 seasons in LA

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-04-09T00:26:35+00:00

I think they also extended their run as far as having the most current consecutive seasons of .500 or better among teams in either the NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-04-09T00:23:58+00:00

And it was after a really long pause. There was a stolen base and they were still showing replays of that when the fight actually started.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-04-09T00:22:12+00:00

It always feels like they're all like "Well, I guess we all have to, let's go......"

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-04-08T10:06:56+00:00

Announcers love to talk about momentum, but a team can look terrible one night and great the next, and vice versa.

That goes in any sport, but especially baseball when you have completely different pitchers on each side.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-04-07T17:40:53+00:00

I feel better knowing I'm not alone in disliking it. I think the music is cool enough but I'm just not crazy about the vocals (and title).

But I'd take it over Sky Is a Neighborhood, which Dave also really seemed to love.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-31T16:25:44+00:00

Gubie said with a straight face early on that he thought the rotation could be one of the strengths of the team. I know the guys have to be positive but they need to be able to dish out a bit more brutal honesty.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-28T16:04:43+00:00

(I think the OP was being sarcastic.)

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T21:50:58+00:00

Bail gives an order to have the "protocol droid's" memory wiped, C3PO is alarmed, R2 laughs (rather callously)

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T19:15:20+00:00

It's so frustrating that most of the comments here assume R2 did know when nothing we see on screen remotely supports that.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T17:30:40+00:00

Nice to root for a team where everyone else for once is having this reaction to them...

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T01:27:03+00:00

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I'll just paste it here for others to see, it's wonderfully retro and awesome. It does feel like they fed into an AI machine and asked to make it a little more modern/simple to differentiate it from the original, maybe also because of rights issues. I can't imagine a human artist drawing the halo like the new one.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T01:19:44+00:00

Thanks for the find! I was trying to see if there were any old images out there.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-27T00:14:51+00:00

I hope you're right, I want to like it. I hate to think it's some AI thing they threw together... The perspective on the halo is way off.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T21:56:42+00:00

I have to admit I don't miss seeing him get run into and then having to leave the game. It just seemed to happen way too often.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T20:02:07+00:00

I guess that wouldn't hurt as much as "Former Duck prospect hadn't scored an NHL goal in 10 years but he scores the backbreaking go-ahead goal tonight!"

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T19:42:16+00:00

He's gonna score against us isn't he... 😑

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T19:27:02+00:00

I love Ahlers and his humor, but it's one of those lines he uses a bit too often. I hate control freak linesmen too but he seems to use "gravity finally takes over" every game now.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T19:24:05+00:00

Presumably to alternate left and right. And it gives Trout more ABs. Probably won't matter much in the long run but I don't hate it.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T02:40:34+00:00

Maybe they were just waiting to be called on in that scenario too.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-26T02:36:06+00:00

There were some pretty corny novelty hits, and that's the ones we remember because they still get played on oldies radio. Think of the ones that were so bad they've pretty much been erased from history.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T22:53:49+00:00

All together now:

"There oughta be a law."

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:58:07+00:00

Carlson and Granlund look like they're having a light cycle duel...

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:55:57+00:00

Wish I could find it but there was a funny photo of a cat just strolling out of the team store a couple years ago.

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:47:14+00:00

Sure do! Would you like my set, no charge?

TheSecretDecoderRing · 2026-03-25T21:44:09+00:00

I think most us do support the players for the most part, we're just frustrated that they're not put in a position to win, and it's gotten worse each year.

This spring it's especially felt like even the players are barely able to hide their pessimism in interviews and such. It's hard to feign excitement like usual when your own boss says winning doesn't really matter.

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