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  1. Willie D

    RIP Joe...Big Yotes fan

    This post is more about giving me some space to vent about the passing of a good friend. No need to reply. My longtime friend Joe passed away yesterday at the ripe age of 57. Way too freaking early if you ask me. Joe was a lifelong hockey fan. He loved coming here in the winter and watching...
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    OT: Math Quiz For Stat Geeks

    Yeah, you know who you are. You think you're better at analytics than Billy Bean-o. So answer this one: Here is the "official" dimensions of home plate, in inches: Notice there are three right angles in this irregular polygon. Pay attention to the right angle at the bottom of the image...
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    Quit Doctoring My Balls: Cheating In Cricket

    We Americanos know all about illegally messing with your balls in sports. Football had Deflategate, hockey had the "unfrozen puck" incidents. And of course baseball has a long history of doctoring the ball, going back to Preacher Roe, Whitey Ford, Gaylord Perry, Joe Niekro, the humidors, and...
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    OT: Hall Of Fame Ballot 2019

    OK, folks, now it's time to pretend you're 167 years old and hasn't watched a live baseball game since Nap Lajoie played against Stuffy McGinnis, i.e. you're a member of the BBWAA. https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2019.shtml IMO: 1. Shoe-ins: Edgar Martinez (final year, 70% in...
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    OT: Goff's New Custom Play Call

    So apparently the Rams have gotten so bored Jared Goff is making up custom audible play names. This weekend he debuted the "Halle Berry" audible. Akin to Payton Manning's "Omaha" mystery, no one knows what the F it is. But it was loud enough for the comely actress to pick it up on the CBS...
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    AIA Swimming & Diving - More Of The Same

    I know most of you don't talk HS sports much, but you gotta hand it to the Brophy Broncos...31 straight state titles. I doubt anyone can accomplish 31 in a row of anything...folding laundry, cleaning driveways, etc... The tragicomedic part: the HS that beat them in 1987 (Dobson) scored a...
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    ASU Hockey 2018-19

    OK, boys n girls. Time for us to start with a modicum of respect for the ASU Ice Devils, still playing mostly at Oceanside until Uncle RayRay builds them a new rink on campus (wonder whatever happened to baseball lol). The season started off with two wins against Alaska. At home, so the boys...
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    Doaner To The HHOF?

    THN is reporting that Jerome Iginla is headed to the 2020 HHOF, and mentioned Shane Doan, since he was selected ahead of Iginla in the entry draft. IMO, entirely deserved, even if he didn't win a Cup. It worked out for Dan Marino and Jim Kelly in the NFL...

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