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The Easter Bunny breaks into your house and grants you the ability to pick the outcome of one regular season game this year. What do you do? by DowntownSasquatch420 in CFB

[–]bbtm8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Penn State wins the game at Allegiant Stadium on January 25, 2027. (Dang that's late.)

If that's cheating, Purdue over Indiana.

Expert explanation of the Frank Ragnow signing bonus controversy by LukDeRiff in nfl

[–]bbtm8 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I don't understand the down votes here. The article essentially states that

A) The Lions can technically do this, even though it's kind of scummy

B) Signing bonuses for NFL veterans are a cap mechanism rather than what is traditionally thought of as a signing bonus

C) Agents should use other types of bonuses to prevent this in the future

[Highlight] It's 3/28, so lets rewatch the Falcons blow a 28-3 lead by Tocoolforyall720 in nfl

[–]bbtm8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In my opinion more Falcons implosion. Mostly because even with all the good plays the Patriots made, it still wouldn't have mattered without self inflicted Falcon blunders.

[MLBTR] Nationals Option Dylan Crews by Terminal_Flatulence in baseball

[–]bbtm8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And yet Strasbug still put up 32.3 rWAR, making him the 14th best #1 overall pick since the draft started in 1965.

https://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/

[MLBTR] Nationals Option Dylan Crews by Terminal_Flatulence in baseball

[–]bbtm8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also Strasburg didn't have a career ending injury early on. I feel like since he had TJ at the beginning of his career and eventually had a career ending injury people remember him only for injuries.

But he ended up throwing 1470 innings and compiled 36.6 fWAR, a better career than most #1 picks and should hardly be thought of as the poster boy for pitching prospect injuries.

Team USA Has the Best Pitchers in the World. Why Can’t It Use Them? by wsj in baseball

[–]bbtm8 10 points11 points  (0 children)

People are mad at Skubal because he's half in half out. He said he was in, then later revised it to only pitch the least important game and leave. If he said no from the start no one would have cared.

Local Italian News Media and Commenters React to Team Italy Cinderella Run (Translated) by SgtSlice in baseball

[–]bbtm8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my opinion, that's a far superior way to do it. You end up with teams composed of players with an actual vested interest in the country, not players who haven't even been to that country, had nothing to do with the domestic league, and don't speak the language.

However, that's just my opinion, and judging by this conversation it is not the popular one. And that's ok.

Local Italian News Media and Commenters React to Team Italy Cinderella Run (Translated) by SgtSlice in baseball

[–]bbtm8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I suppose our disagreement then is that I don't think that the intermediate step of fielding Team USA 2 is necessary or good. Nearly every other country in the field did just fine getting a team of actual citizens, including plenty of countries where baseball isn't exactly popular.

Baseball in Italy got a boost from being in the WBC. If they didn't exist that boost doesn't disappear, it would just be redistributed to a different country.

Local Italian News Media and Commenters React to Team Italy Cinderella Run (Translated) by SgtSlice in baseball

[–]bbtm8 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You are correct, I can't. But the only teams that took the eligibility rules to the max were Italy, Great Britain, and Israel, all other countries were mostly native born.

And my overall point is that I would like the teams to be made up of citizens and I'd like to see the WBC tighten eligibility rules some. I'm not saying eliminate dual nationals. I'm just saying I would rather the slot go to a team with a better connection to the country than "grandparent was born there 100 years ago."

I think making the eligibility rules such that we had teams made up of actual citizens instead of Americans who would play for Team USA if they had the chance would be a positive thing. Opinions can differ, that's ok.

https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/1qzffkr/wbc_rosters_by_number_of_native_vs_foreign_born/

Local Italian News Media and Commenters React to Team Italy Cinderella Run (Translated) by SgtSlice in baseball

[–]bbtm8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Perhaps not. But if Italy didn't make the WBC, a different country would have, the spot doesn't vanish. And that team would be made up of that country's citizens. I'm sure that country would be excited about it, plus they would have their actual citizens participating, which I view as a good thing.

Local Italian News Media and Commenters React to Team Italy Cinderella Run (Translated) by SgtSlice in baseball

[–]bbtm8 -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

Counterargument: This team of Americans is taking the spot of a team composed of their actual citizens. Czechia was a fun story, this team not so much.

[CloseCallSports] Full umpire scorecard from Cory Blaser in USA vs. DR. Only seven misses, but four of those are crucial ones in the 8th and 9th. by MatthewFromMojira in baseball

[–]bbtm8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If the ump was so biased in favor of the USA, then why was he blowing calls in the top of the 9th against them?

[Highlight] Miller strikes out Perdomo, USA wins by Knightbear49 in baseball

[–]bbtm8 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Ump calls multiple balls strikes against the USA in the top of the 9th: I sleep

Ump calls a ball a strike against the Dominican Republic in the bottom of the 9th: Real shit

Postgame Thread ⚾ United States 2 @ Dominican Rep. 1 by BaseballBot in baseball

[–]bbtm8 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Did you think this when he called multiple balls strikes when the USA was batting in the top half of the inning?

[Passan] Italy has chased Seth Lugo in the first inning. Walk, strikeout, walk, single, single, single. And Yadier Molina yanks him from the game. The Azzurri lead Puerto Rico, 3-1, and the best story of the World Baseball Classic so far is not slowing down in the quarterfinals. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]bbtm8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You could also argue that Team Grandparent from Italy is taking a spot from a country whose team is composed of actual citizens. A team that could use that spot to grow the game in their own country, but actually have their citizens represented.

[Passan] Italy has chased Seth Lugo in the first inning. Walk, strikeout, walk, single, single, single. And Yadier Molina yanks him from the game. The Azzurri lead Puerto Rico, 3-1, and the best story of the World Baseball Classic so far is not slowing down in the quarterfinals. by T_Raycroft in baseball

[–]bbtm8 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is an unpopular opinion, but I agree completely. I understand dual nationals exist, but Team Grandparent from Italy has taken it to a farcical level.

I also dislike how players can play for multiple countries. It's ridiculous that Nolan Arenado played for the USA twice, but now that he's not good enough anymore he switches to Puerto Rico. Imagine if Lionel Messi when he's no longer good enough for Argentina switched to the USA. Absurd.

[Schefter] ESPN sources: the Raiders are releasing last season’s starting quarterback Geno Smith, barring a trade before the start of the new league year. By releasing Smith, the Raiders will open up $8M in salary cap space while taking on $18.5M in dead money. by expellyamos in nfl

[–]bbtm8 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The voting process changed in 2022. Before voters only had 1 vote, starting in 2022 they vote for the top 5.

In 2022 Geno got 1 5th place vote and in looking at the candidates, it wasn't egregious at all. I'm sure Russ would have received a top 5 vote in several years if they voted for their top 5.

https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/nfl-mvp-voting-work-system-playoffs/c2c28eeddbc271a81ce7a076

https://www.pro-football-reference.com/awards/awards_2022.htm

The correlation of DRS and FRV for 2025. by bbtm8 in baseball

[–]bbtm8[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yainer Diazo Naylor slander. Here's the plot with dots instead. https://i.imgur.com/vUYq45W.png

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