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Hank Chinaski

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  1. If this is really a 20+ year agreement…yeah that is pretty weird and does seem to reek of politics. That said, if half our schedule consists of OU, Arky, Tech, Ag, and, say, Rice every year…well at least there is a nice SWC nostalgia element to it (I know OU wasn’t in the SWC but we still played them every year back then). If, like me, you’re old enough for that sort of thing.
  2. Now that’s fucking funny. Texas went 9-1 against Nebraska in the B12 and arguably broke their program.
  3. Yeah, if the talking heads were blathering about how Texas will win easily simply because they’re Texas, that would also be lazy. But that’s not what any of them seems to be saying.
  4. This point about Texas paying them to play…do these goddamn imbeciles realize that we pay teams to play in Austin because we net a significant profit by hosting the game? Fair to criticize Texas for their recent play but this angle is kind of stupid and doesn’t make a lot of sense.
  5. Of course everyone is picking against the Horns. We knew that was going to happen all summer. It’s an easy, lazy pick…good G5 team with lots of starters back against underachieving blue blood that most fans dislike. That’s literally the extent of the analysis that went into these “predictions.”
  6. Christ, Herman was such a dipshit. Kissing the players before games would be fine if there was a reason or story behind it. But it was so obviously performative and contrived. When it trickled out that he was generally a prick to the players in day-to-day interactions, it looks even more phony. Man he sucked.
  7. Dodger Stadium is great. Of the 15 or so I’ve been to, it’s up there. But not sure I’d put it ahead of SF (formerly AT&T), Wrigley, Pittsburgh, etc. I would put it ahead of Petco, though it’s nice too. There are a bunch of great venues.
  8. Man I hope MLB pulls the plug on these contrived, hideous alt uni gimmicks. They’ve all been embarrassingly terrible. And yeah, get off my lawn and all that. That said, congrats on the fellatio.
  9. This is correct. Astros fans may unanimously hate him because of his public back-and-forth with Bregman, calling out Cole for sticky stuff, etc. But if there is anything that all baseball fans should be able to agree on, it’s that Trevor Bauer is a grade-A fucking unlikeable douchebag. We’re talking about a guy whose college teammates disliked him. Who has had public temper tantrums and that aforementioned Twitter bullying episodes. When writers and talking heads spoke of his free agency last winter, they always had to discuss how he’d impact team chemistry. They don’t mention that with other guys - not even that horrible cheater George Springer. Bauer objectively sucks. If I was to hate anyone because I’m a “butthurt Astros fan” it would be Juan Soto or Rendon or Scherzer or Strasburg because losing that series stung. But nobody has anything against those guys. Hell, Soto may be my favorite player to watch, at least at the plate. Trevor Bauer has never impacted the Astros in any meaningful way.
  10. In VY's 3 years as a starter (2003-2005), Texas gave up 40+ points in a game twice (1-1). In Colt's 4 years (2006-2009), Texas gave up 40+ points in a game 3 times (1-2). In Sam's 4 years (2017-2020), Texas gave up 40+ points in a game 7 times (3-4). The point isn't that Sam was as good as either VY or Colt (he wasn't). But to the quoted statement - we might be thinking about Sam a little differently if his teams limited the opponents scoring better, which he really had almost nothing to do with. I'd say, going solely by memory, over the last 30 years of Texas football, the list is probably something like this, by tier: 1. VY; 2. Colt; 3. Sam/Major/Simms; 4. James Brown; 5. Gardere/Ash/Buechele/Mock/Morenz; 6. Gilbert Case isn't ranked - he gets his own tier based on the fact that he wasn't very good but had the hilarious run to beat the ags and the OU win. Also, Nordgren gets bonus points for his dribble TD. I got to UT in the mid-90s, so don't have much recollection of Gardere or Morenz (I think of him as getting a grade of "incomplete") and very well could be off base with those two.
  11. Yup, these are the two best Tech unis IMO. They should pick one and roll with it all the time. Although I do actually love the first one with black helmets like they used to wear (I think late-70s/early-80s): Modernized: Also, those road unis with the red pants/white jersey/black helmet was great. Couldn't find a good photo.
  12. No Bull Durham? That’s the best IMO. And yeah, Field of Dreams never did it for me.
  13. Yikes. From a purely baseball perspective, I don't get why Vizquel is even in the conversation as a HOFer. He wasn't a good offensive player. His 2,877 hits came across 24 seasons. His career OPS+ was 82. I admire the longevity but that doesn't make one a HOFer. And yeah, he was a good defensive player, but he wasn't in the league of, say, Ozzie Smith (nor was he in Ozzie's class as an offensive player). And I realize that defensive metrics are imperfect, but they'd have to really undervalue his defense for him to even be close to a HOF-caliber player. Vizquel finished with 46 bWAR and 43 fWAR...over 24 seasons. I don't see how he is a serious consideration.
  14. Joey Gallo, 2021: 135 wRC+, 3.5 WAR He needs time in AAA? This is just about the best version of Joey Gallo there is. Typically, all-star players in the prime of their careers aren't sent to AAA after a subpar week, because absolutely everyone has subpar weeks. I can never tell if you're serious though.
  15. Wait, did his “research” not include anything on brain biochemistry and neurotransmitter regulation? Seems his research may have been incomplete.
  16. Wait, was there some contingent of people patiently waiting for Chris Elam to finally speak his mind? And were they disappointed that “speaking his mind” was actually just retyping the same tired ag talking points?
  17. Fuck off, Baylor. Dissociating with that school is one of the truly fantastic aspects of this move.
  18. Korey Lee too - still going strong, at about .315/.385/.530 between AA and AAA, 11 HR. I hope the Astros hold onto him but I also hope the Astros go get a badass reliever and win the fucking WS this year, so…
  19. I hear you. Just saying I wouldn’t be surprised if they decide they’re rolling with Straw.
  20. I don’t necessarily disagree with you, but there is a decent chance the org is looking at him as a 2/2.5-win CF that only makes about $500k and, thus, as a pretty good value.
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