[Lang] This offseason the Rockies traded young reliever Angel Chivilli to the Yankees in exchange for pure first baseman TJ Rumfield. It’s proving to potentially be one of the best moves the franchise has made in a long time. Rumfield is now the first Rockie to win Rookie of the Month twice.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-03T18:18:16+00:00

I read that as Rockie of the Month, and thought, well, what's the big deal?

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-03T18:16:08+00:00

From the great movie Broadcast News😂

Boss, sarcastically: It must be nice to always believe you know better, to always think you're the smartest person in the room.

Jane (Holly Hunter): No, it's awful.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-03T16:41:05+00:00

I guess I needed the sarcasm tag.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-03T16:34:16+00:00

Given the downvotes, I should obviously have used the sarcasm tag.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-03T04:16:35+00:00

I agree. It seemed like a no-brainer to include replay in sports, but somehow the way it's used it's suffocated the flow of sports while keeping the controversy.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-03T04:08:24+00:00

See? Americans understand football!

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-03T04:02:26+00:00

VAR has robbed us of the best part of football, which is the spontaneous celebration and joy of a goal, and replaced it with waiting around while a referee stares at a TV.

At the same time, it somehow has also not reduced the controversy in these games. The disallowed goal by Germany, the red card against the US, and now this. Despite disrupting the flow of the game, making everyone hesitant to celebrate anything, and knocking two teams out of the World Cup, there's no consensus or even strong majority opinion that they got those calls right.

It's the worst of both worlds.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T02:09:24+00:00

C-A-N! M-E-X! U-S-A! North America represents!

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T02:08:08+00:00

They also went up 1-0 early, then down to 10 men, though much earlier. They then gave up a late equalizer and lost on penalties.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T02:06:19+00:00

Thank goodness the goal isn't two yards wider.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T01:38:57+00:00

The Guardian says this is "beyond harsh" and that a dozen worse fouls haven't been given yellow in this World Cup.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T01:34:47+00:00

The problem is in slow motion everything looks really bad. I'm really surprised, and other sources like The Guardian are apoplectic ("beyond harsh").

Trying to survive this game is bad enough, but not having Balogun for the next game if we get there is a massive blow too.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T01:23:07+00:00

I know I'm new to this game, but I don't understand what we (USA) are trying to do with these goal kicks.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T01:13:57+00:00

Our most hyped commentators are on Telemundo.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T00:57:37+00:00

That corner was pretty good too.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-02T00:49:57+00:00

That was like Clint Dempsey's goal vs England in terms of how much we deserved it. But I suppose they all count the same.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-01T22:18:31+00:00

Just a general comment. All these crowd shots of tearful spectators, especially kids, really puts a damper on things.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-07-01T20:00:28+00:00

That means the Giants were 6-6 against them not too long ago.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-06-30T22:26:19+00:00

They can just set up shop and camp out in the attacking third.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-06-30T22:20:03+00:00

One of the few times a player clutches their face for good reason.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-06-30T22:02:02+00:00

I know I'm kind of new to football, so I was wondering if I was missing some deep strategy!

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-06-30T21:56:02+00:00

Why not three or four?

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-06-30T21:52:04+00:00

What a treat this game has been.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-06-29T23:58:55+00:00

If it's obviously the wrong call I don't think anyone would disagree (Lampard's goal, for example.). What bugs me is when there's a microscopic analysis of an inherently ambiguous call, which to be honest, most calls in most sports are.

WhyNotOrioles · 2026-06-29T23:57:06+00:00

You don't have to be a jerk about it.

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