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...Flynn? Gionta? Mezaros?

He can hit it as hard as he wants, he's still pulling everything https://www.fangraphs.com/spraycharts.aspx?playerid=1177&position=1B&type=battedball&pid2=1177&ss1=2015&se1=2018&ss2=2015&se2=2018&cht1=hangtime&cht2=battedball&vs1=ALL&vs2=ALL And here's a comparison (Trout) https://www.fangraphs.com/spraycharts.aspx?playerid=10155&position=OF&type=battedball&pid2=10155&ss1=2018&se1=2018&ss2=2015&se2=2018&cht1=hangtime&cht2=battedball&vs1=ALL&vs2=ALL Notice there are a ton less flyballs and popouts on Trout's. Trout also spreads his power out, which Pujols doesn't. The point here is, that although Pujols may hit a ton of hard hit balls, he drills them all into the ground, to the same exact place. And when he's not doing that, he's popping up everything This isn't something new for Pujols either, btw. It's not like he just started succumbing to double plays as soon as the shift happened; he consistently averages 20+ a year in GDP, which is not great. He averages 21+ GDP per year, over a 17 year career (excluding this year so far). Excluding 2015-2018, he averages exactly the same number, 21+ GDP/year https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pujolal01.shtml

What killed his career was he got old (and possibly steroids)

If I could give this post two thumbs down I would

Chop the games, limit the mound and pen I like, but other than that I disagree with what you have Pitch clock: Really does nothing Shift: Hit it the other way, it really isn't hard to figure out Bat Flip: Just kidding, I love this I do hate, hate, HATE, the old 'unwritten rules' of baseball. it's a game; let the bat flips happen, the trash talk, the walk off pimp strut, all of it. Quit making baseball a sport of the 1920's, a 'gentleman' sport. Just play and make the game fun dammit And for the record, baseball doesn't suck. And if people don't like it, it's not for any of those reasons. Really it boils down to why people don't like soccer; it's too slow for them. Which is fine, I get that. But like soccer, baseball is just a massive chess match. In order to really like baseball, you have to understand what's going on in an at bat, why the count dictates the pitch, what kind of hitter this is, what the bullpens are planning, etc. In order to really like soccer, you have to understand what a run is, why they're passing it backwards all the way to their goalie, what exactly it is they're trying to set up. And if you don't, well both sports are going to seem extremely boring and stupid to you

I don't think we have specific holes that are any more glaring than the rest right now. I would bet this is the perfect year to go bpa

Jalen Ramsey rips Allen, Matt Ryan, and Flacco https://www.gq.com/story/jalen-ramsey-trash-talk-nfl-interview

Well now that I know he really means it I can sleep soundly tonight

What? Ah I just read the post, first time I only read the name and thought he misspelled it

I don't know but I love it

He's only 32

Dahlin tossing out a first pitch. He's a lefty, who knew?

Looks like the Bills are going to put out their own mini-version of hard knocks? https://twitter.com/buffalobills/status/1029140793888530434

@NHLbyMatty One NHL GM watching Hlinka Gretzky: "Nobody's trading their first-round draft picks for 2019." So many fantastic kids. Hughes will go No. 1. After that, it's anybody's guess.

Huh?

Where is the best place to go to before the game? Not sure if we go tailgating, or hit a local bar, or what honestly; never been to Georgia before

11/17 for the UMass game, just bought the tickets last night

I've lost what your comparison was at this point.

Alright, but even pre-2007 Sabres, that only overlaps with Washington for 2 seasons, and those 2 seasons happened to be our best in a decade. Kinda cherrypicking there I was referring to Washington or Columbus

You said post 2007 Would you rather be Washington or us for the last decade? How about a more fluctuating team, between contention and misery, but without that star player to keep them in consistent contention year in and year out. Say, Columbus

Ovechkin was drafted in 2005...

Oilers didn't tank, they just sucked. The Coyotes tanked Doughty was instrumental in two Cups for the Kings. Ovechkin has been pretty big at keeping the Capitals a contender