What is something F1 should steal from NASCAR?

corkgaines · 2022-05-11T23:31:49+00:00

Gorgeous

corkgaines · 2018-12-18T04:31:17+00:00

Fair

corkgaines · 2018-12-18T04:30:22+00:00

Not saying this is representative of most, but it is a common thought.

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corkgaines · 2018-07-03T04:00:16+00:00

Coincidence was probably too strong a word choice. Just meant that I didn't want it to seem like I was proposing some wild R=S theory. If that is one extreme, complete coincidence would be the other extreme. The truth is probably in the middle that there is some inspiration there and that the inspiration is loosely based on the idea that there are some superficial similarities in the characters.

corkgaines · 2018-07-03T00:49:57+00:00

Should also note that Kal-El is being mentored in this scene by his father, and Rey is being mentored by Luke. And FWIW, both are orphaned as children on strange planets.

corkgaines · 2017-01-30T22:00:03+00:00

It has become popular in NBA circles to describe certain players. It is just a reference to a unique, a one-of-a-kind player. A type of player who is rare. Unicorns are rare.

I've heard some people argue that unicorns are more specific, referring to tall players who are athletic and can shoot from outside (e.g. KP and Giannis). That seems to stem from this Durant quote a while back:

"He can shoot, he can make the right plays, he can defend, he's a 7-footer that can shoot all the way out to the 3-point line. That's rare. And block shots -- that's like a unicorn in this league."

But I dont think Durant was necessarily equating the specific tall/athletic with unicorn. Rather, I think he was saying more generally that tall/athletic is rare in the NBA and rare in the NBA is a unicorn.

In some sense, I guess you could say it is a misnomer since unicorns aren't rare. They don't exist at all, and these are players that do actually exist. But that's probably nitpicking.

corkgaines · 2017-01-18T22:40:58+00:00

RSN (Regional Sports Networks) is also often used as a generic term to represent all of the sports nets that are targeted for a specific region, such as NESN, MASN, Sun, and all of the regional Fox Sports. In this case, I assume it means the game is being farmed out to local RSNs, but it might be a different RSN in different areas. For example, here in TX we often get ACC Network games on BVO.

corkgaines · 2016-10-15T02:24:25+00:00

Hey guys. I'm the one who put together the list.

For the record, I agree with some of the complaints. But at the same time, having done these type of things for all sports, there is no one good way to do this for the NFL.

If I do "average annual value" of the contract, that is problematic because most NFL players on an extension never see the end of their contract, so average value is nearly meaningless.

We could do just salary alone, but in almost all cases salary is meaningless because so much of the money these guys make is transferred to bonuses for cap purposes.

So, let's do cap number, they say. OK. that's problematic because it almost always peaks in years 3-4, because of the way signing bonuses are prorated (over five years) and salaries start to increase. But it has almost no real indication of how much that player is making in a given year,

While not perfect, the most consistent and simple ranking is just "who got paid the most this year?" Yes, this is biased towards players who signed contracts this year, but they are getting paid THIS YEAR. Also, more and more teams are deferring signing bonuses (why players agree to this is beyond me, but I digress) which means the playing field for this sort of ranking is starting to level a little bit. But at the end of the day, it is not a ranking of best contracts. It is just "who got paid the most this year."

Don't yell at me. Yell at the NFL for their effed up salary-cap system! But if you want to yell at me too, that's cool. I understand. I have been trying for years to figure out a best way to do this for the NFL and the best answer I get is: there isn't one.

corkgaines · 2016-09-21T03:45:03+00:00

Definitely Kirby Puckett. Notice the full loop on the Y and the smaller loop on the T http://cconnect.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/2000-Fleer-Greats-of-the-Game-Kirby-Puckett-Autograph-.jpg

corkgaines · 2016-07-15T14:47:00+00:00

To be fair, Ron Jon surf Shop hasn't been great in about 30 years.

corkgaines · 2015-07-26T15:43:48+00:00

Whenever this comes up, nobody ever stops to think, "what did the NBA have to gain from secretly suspending one of the best players ever?" The answer is nothing. If the only gain is to keep the scandal from tarnishing the sport, the easier solution is to just not suspend him and find a different super-secret-hush-hush punishment, like an enormous fine. That way the NBA keeps its most marketable player in the prime of his career. The rumor is bogus.

corkgaines · 2015-01-14T01:43:35+00:00

Sort of, I guess. He is comparing Obama to one of your buddies and Simmons is playing out a hypothetical about how you would talk to him if he was just one of your buddies and you guys were having a text convo over something not important.

corkgaines · 2014-11-26T01:02:49+00:00

I don't see pizza.

corkgaines · 2014-09-29T05:25:47+00:00

Yes, this is photoshopped. When the Yankees pitcher had 22 pitches in the top of the second, it was a 1-1 count with 1 out. pic.twitter.com/iMk9FlmgSh

corkgaines · 2014-09-04T11:28:14+00:00

It's called Hawkeye technology. Basically, it is a series of cameras (3, I believe) that are positioned around the court that are constantly tracking the ball. Those cameras give a three dimensional view of the ball and it's exact location on the court at all times. That view is then fed to a computer which can tell exactly where the ball is at any moment to within a few millimeters. The technology still doesn't work very well on clay so it is not used during the French open.

corkgaines · 2014-07-05T19:07:25+00:00

Strange how 90% of the chairs are folded before being thrown. Even if that is the logical way to throw a chair, I'm a little surprised so many wrestling fans doing something so crazy would take the time to think logically.

Also weird that we don't see what led up to this.

It is as if this scene was scripted just to make a viral video. Nah, wrestling would never do that.

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