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We are paying JP Crawford $12 mill ? He cant even throw a simple ground ball to 1B without causing the fielder to stretch like Nadia Comăneci and tidy up his waywardness. This year J.P. Crawford posted 2.8 fWAR, valued at $22.4 million: https://www.fangraphs.com/players/jp-crawford/15491/stats?posi...

The candy bars are all virtually the same barring peanut content, aren't they?

Where's Twix? It's the one decent bar of chocolate you can get over there.

I suppose. But instinct says the offside rule dictates the whole tactical structure. Just as in the NFL if the attacking team could run past the line of scrimmage before the snap you would have chaos all over the field, wouldn't you? I'm not sure that is a good analogy. Soccer isn't broken down int...

mostonmike wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 02, 2025 6:36 pm

For D-T's sanity and trying to get back to topic - can't see how any neutral would root for the Dodgers.

I'm guessing from the tone there isn't specific rooting FOR the Dodgers, just rooting against Toronto

At least there was some satisfaction in how the Bluejays were 5 outs away and blew it. That has to be a lot more painful than being 8 outs away from getting to the WS and blowing it (thanks Dan). They came into the league the same year as the Mariners and have been to 3 World Series and won two of ...

Hy Feiber wrote: ↑

Sun Nov 02, 2025 6:19 pm

The tightest Series ever?

I rooted against the Dodgers.

For D-T's sanity and trying to get back to topic - can't see how any neutral would root for the Dodgers.

I understand the principle involved. They are the same offside role in hockey. But at least in hockey, they have a hard line on the ice where you can clearly see whether the buck or the offensive player crosses first. Your original soccer league, the NASL tried it in the 70s/80s with a strict 35 ya...

It's a stupid rule. Why make a game where it is almost impossible to score even harder to score? I'm trying my best not to bite :lol: :lol: :lol: . But the offside rule is to stop "goal hanging" - where you could just leave two or three players stood right in front of the goal throughout the game. ...

We are paying JP Crawford $12 mill ?

He cant even throw a simple ground ball to 1B without causing the fielder to stretch like Nadia Comăneci and tidy up his waywardness.

Couldn't disagree more about LA's victory, Lamda old boy. Nothing worse than a Dodgers empire victory. Justifies their financial chicanery. Of course they are entitled to spend what they want but deferring $680 million of someone's wage until 2034-2043 is dodgy. Bonillaesque contracts should be bann...