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    Return of the Galácticos? Spanish Fútbol 23-24

    Isco... I used to absolutely abhor that guy when he was on Real. For no real reason other than that he seemed to embody all the negative stereotypes of a Real Madrid heel (for those of us non-Madristas...). He looked more like he wanted to be drinking gin tonics on Calle Ponzano than actually...
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    True, hopefully he just thought it was a pick-off attempt. It did look like glasses went flying on the impact so that hope with O'Neill isn't too far-fetched. I hope.
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    4/15 Borel's Million Dalbecs

    Cora walking to the ump with the lineup card.. going to be some changes.
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    4/14 Galileo's Well-Handled Balls. . .

    I'll be more negative more frequently!
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    4/14 Galileo's Well-Handled Balls. . .

    Yup and I was more worried he'd totally short-arm it and send it straight into the dirt and past Casas. Then it would be 3-3. Might be anyway in a few minutes I suppose.
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    4/14 Galileo's Well-Handled Balls. . .

    Nice half inning from Bello right there.
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    Grading the Umps - March/April

    That the top 3 most impactful misses were literally on pitches thrown one after the other is really quite impressive. Maybe he forgot which shoulder he usually looks over when calling balls and strikes?
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    Still Not the Super League: Champions League 23/24

    Got a bit lucky to hm keep that 2-1. But, please, no more Correa when it matters against teams that aren't in the bottom third of La Liga. Dortmund crumbling under consistent pressure should show a way but just not sure Atleti has the plantilla to do that.
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    April 9, home opener

    Ortiz on the pregame show was, just, really fantastic to watch. What a person.
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    April 7. End of the West Coast Trip.

    Wow -- that's a lot of LHBs... Little League pitcher me would have been very uncomfortable.
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    The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game

    On a related note, this rather well-done piece from ESPN the Magazine (remember that?) quite a few years back gets into the issue of racism in Serie A - https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/9338962/when-beautiful-game-turns-ugly. Similarly titled to this thread in fact, that's what...
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    The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game

    Agreed, it's a difficult situation. Vinicius here in Spain has been calling for arrests, saying that racism is illegal in Brazil and should be in Spain as well. As a while male, I have a hard time making any real claims about the legality of racism in a country like Spain. I'm certainly in...
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    That's probably true -- I didn't meant to twist Cora's words. Then again, we just did spend the last few days lauding how well our rotation did. Is it responsible to expect that level of performance all year?
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    Yes, I agree that expecting a bullpen to cover around 600 innings from a bullpen would put us right around league average and not unusual in any way. However, my point was more about the rate of usage. Yes, we will have more than 8 pitchers in the bullpen this year, and some of that is going...
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    Wave of mutilation: The latest injuries

    Some quick back-of-the-napkin math combined with Cora's statement about aiming to get 25 IP from each trip through the rotation leaves us with around 600 IP left for relievers to cover. 600/8 relievers is 75 IP per reliever. Obviously we will have more than 8 relievers over the course of the...
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