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  1. Was that a product of the pitch? England looked truly lost batting in that second innings.
    The pitch was not ideal for batting, but it wouldn't explain the extent of England's collapse. I think a lot of it also had to do with India's spin dominance and England's lack of experience playing in such conditions. It got away from England at the end of Day 2 when they couldn't make their dominant position count.
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  2. The talk in here about Yordan batting leadoff is giving me flashbacks to all of the handwringing and hairpulling in here about Springer/Altuve batting leadoff. Yeah we maximize plate appearances, but every solo homer is another 50 message board posts about it.

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  3. Yeah Himalaya, London Sizzler, and Shiv Sagar all being in the same strip mall makes for maybe my favorite go-to location in the Gandhi District. Definitely try Shiv Sagar if you haven't, best Indian chaat-type food ("snacks", but loose translation as portions can be plenty big) in town.

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  4. The scorecard shows Jaiswal retired hurt, Ashwin left the team due to a family emergency... will India have enough warm bodies to finish up this test?
    That's the big question, especially because 4th innings Ashwin was likely going to be the lead bowler. I'm expecting an earlier than usual (before tea) declaration from India so that the weakened bowling crew has enough time to get 10 wickets.

    Or India could screw it up again and be all out before lunch... who knows.
  5. I was at the JS game where Johnny Moonshot hit 2 bombs. But Mr. Moonshot never appeared again. His biggest contribution the rest of the season was taking that walk in the playoffs. So as great a story as JS success would be, I wouldn't bet on it.

  6. Oh man where to start, there's so many good Indian places in Houston. Subscribed.

    In the past month, I've enjoyed Egg Mania, Bombay Brasserie, Shiv Sagar,...

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  7. Naw, they’re a bunch of fucking pussies…
    I think the way to beat playoff KC is to have a freak at QB that can match Mahomes crazy throw for crazy throw. We got that, the rest is up to gameplanning and luck... KC needed several lucky bounces, including a punt careening off the back of a blocker, to pull out the win on Sunday.
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    If you skip the COVID season weirdness, that'd be Altuve's lowest OPS since 2015. Projections are conservative and they're factoring in age-related regression possibility, but I'd happily bet the over on that number if Jose is healthy.
  9. We’re not going to even mention that bullshit in Hyderabad yesterday due to anger issues. Instead, let’s tip our hats to the West Indies and new bowling sensation Shamar Joseph in particular as they went into the Gabba and pulled off a thrilling, historic 8 run upset over Australia. 
     
    Late on day 3, Joseph caught a Mitchell Starc 138 km/h Yorker square on his big toe and had to leave the match in excruciating pain. He said he wasn’t even sure if he would come to the ground on day 4. All he did was take 7 wickets. He bowled 10 overs on the trot and was slinging it 147 km/hr with that busted up toe. 
     
    Unbelievable performance, heart of a lion, you just can’t say enough about the effort. India doesn’t have 1/1000 the heart of these guys. 
    Shamar Joseph was incredible... on possibly a broken toe. Legendary performance.

    And yeah, let's leave it at that, though if I don't see a fiery response in the next test in India I want to see a head or two roll...
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