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Posts posted by tokamak
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52 minutes ago, shadow_operative2.0 said:
tokamak is a Ranger fan, it doesn’t affect him at all.
I don't understand the point you're trying to make. Putting the Rangers on Victory last season was a big improvement over what came before, but I still get annoyed when I go to watch them and find out that they're on Apple or whatever. It looks to me like MLB wants to make that situation worse. I don't want to carry an ESPN subscription just so I can watch the Rangers on Wednesday night once a month.
Put every game, every team on MLB.tv with no blackout nonsense. Charge me $150/yr to watch one team, or $200/yr to watch everyone. Put Ohtani on Sunday night over-the-air for casuals. That's it, that should be the whole TV package. But some consultant told them that they're not delivering maximum shareholder value or what the fuck ever by doing that. So instead we have live MLB content on 6 different platforms by my count, not including every team's individual RSN situation (which are all over the place).
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5 minutes ago, thunderlounge said:
Sunday night baseball moves to nbc, ESPN gets a mid-week package.
Fox/TBS stay the same.
Apple stays the same.
Netflix is getting the HR Derby, and FoD.
MLB.tv stays the same, but 6 teams will be able to have in-market games as well (assumed as an extra for those in those markets.)
ESPN app subscribers can buy an mlb.tv subscription through the ESPN app, and/or an in-market subscription.
A bit of a circus, but nothing that’s really different overall.
MLB gets another path of subscriptions, sunday night changes channels, now there’s mid-week national games.
I was wondering similar and looked into that stuff (overall, not just ROOT) last spring. It’s my understanding their intentions are to retain teams current broadcast staff. The end result is you should get the same people and broadcast, but through mlb.tv and not all the random RSN’s.
OK I actually read the article. It says Sunday night moves to "NBCUniversal", which to me implies Peacock. If it's broadcast NBC, why wouldn't they just say "NBC"?
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The Athletic posted an updated 26 this morning. I’ll post the full thing later today when I’m in front of a computer. But they have Musah completely off the team and not even particularly close. Hard to disagree but that’s so disappointing to me. I felt like he was literally our best player in Qatar and at that time looked like our next best chance to develop a truly world class, champions league-caliber player. It’s been nothing but downhill since. I dunno if the guy is just fucking lazy or what. Such a bummer.
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I only skimmed that article, but seems like there will be MLB games on ESPN, NBC/Peacock, Netflix, Apple, Fox/FS1, and TBS? Plus the usual fuckery with MLB.tv/RSNs, depending on what team(s) you care about?
Very cool, very fan friendly. Gotta love the current media rights landscape.
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1 hour ago, The Dog said:
These aren't very smart people.
The common clay of the new west?
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I randomly discovered this Austrian sax player with like 4,000 listeners on Spotify and she fucking rips. She has a very Coltrane-esque spiritual vibe but also gets into some great grooves. Muriel Grossman is her name, check her out if you dig. She's got a ton of albums on Spotify.
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12 hours ago, Beau Vine said:
Seems like an incredibly bad trade for the Birds.
That's what everyone is saying, but Rodriguez's shoulder sucks. Long term shoulder stuff is probably even worse than TJ/elbow issues. Sure, he might get healthy and be an ace, but there's also a chance that he's basically Brandon Webb but without the few years of success first.
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Just noticed that Costa Rica have failed to qualify. Pretty surprising considering the expanded format. Very disappointing for Los Ticos.
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I think the Dems walked into a trap on this whole deal. Pam Bondi is making Epstein_files.doc on her computer right now that says "The Clintons, Joe Biden, George Soros", and that's what will be released. MAGA world will accept that whole cloth because all human beings ever want is for their biases to be confirmed. Everyone else will cry foul but to what end?
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Tough call at RB this week because of byes:
- Nick Chubb - only 8 carries the last two weeks combined, but great matchup (vs BUF)
- Tyrone Tracy - apparent starter but awful matchup (@ DET)
- Sean Tucker - exploded last week but awful matchup (@ LAR) and playing time situation very unclear
- Isiah Pacheco - possibly still hurt, not very good, possibly sharing time, average matchup (vs IND)
Leaning toward Tracy at the moment.
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who fucking cares
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lol wtf is this army hair thing
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Disappointing how Jack Endries has turned out to be a total zero.
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I’m a little worried that Kirby : Sark :: Stoops :: Mack.
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I can’t remember when I’ve ever seen a football team so thoroughly give up on a game.
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Charmin soft PI call
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Maybe the SC defense will grow a pair of nuts and at least make aggy run a few plays to go 99
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Jesus Christ they scored from the 10 yard line on 2 plays.
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Holy shit. Lightning quick 3 and out followed by giving up an 80 yard pass play. That’s some impressive give up.
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I just got home and flipped on the game and the very first play I see is an aggy bomb for a TD. Do I turn it back off? Am I the problem?
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I assume a lot of these posts are Russian Twitter bots. The question I have is why is Russia turning on him now? Just to sow chaos basically? Not getting what they want as fast as they want in Ukraine?
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I assume Trump will kick this back to Congress to take out the hemp stuff. He's not a true believer in that cause (or in any cause, incidentally), but he knows that it will hurt him with young men and I guess maybe some farmers.
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18 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:
We sucked for a decade before hiring Sarkisian.
We've worked our way back up to the top ten after a disastrous start. We've been to the more restricted playoffs two years in a row. We're in the hunt for a playoff spot this year.
Our brand new OL has performed very poorly but may be improving. Same goes for our QB.
Let's get a new coach?
Who? Some dream coach? You sure you're going to improve on the guy who got us here?
Crazy talk as far as I'm concerned. We were picked a year early by the idiot sports press. They were wrong in crowning Manning not us. They were wrong in their assessment; we weren't bad because we didn't meet it. It was stupid just like all the other stupid choices they crowded into the top ten.
We may make some noise this year because of the parity and our improvement towards the championship contender we will certainly be next year.
I like Sark as much as the next guy and personally hope he stays, but let's not overlook the fact that our return to success also coincides nicely with it becoming legal to pay players. It's really hard to argue that the actual X's and O's on the field this year has been overly impressive.
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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
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Here's the full article.
Goalkeepers
Locks: Matt Freese
Confident: None
In consideration: Chris Brady, Roman Celentano, Diego Kochen, Patrick Schulte, Zack Steffen, Matt Turner, Jonathan Klinsmann
Stock up: None
Stock down: Turner
Tenorio: Pochettino has made one lineup preference clear in his time as U.S. coach: Freese appears to be locked in as No. 1. Everything behind him is up in the air. I am not sure if Matt Turner can play his way back into this U.S. roster with a strong first half of the season with New England, or if Pochettino will opt for a less-experienced option behind Freese.
Bushnell: I’m sure Turner can play his way back in. Can. However, beyond Freese, we have no idea how Pochettino rates his half-dozen backup options because he never plays any of them!
Center backs
Locks: Chris Richards, Tim Ream
Confident: Mark McKenzie, Miles Robinson
In consideration: Noahkai Banks, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Auston Trusty, Walker Zimmerman
Stock up: McKenzie, Robinson
Stock down: Carter-Vickers
Tenorio: Behind the two players who have been starters in many games under Pochettino, McKenzie and Robinson have been consistent call-ups. McKenzie wore the captain’s armband against Uruguay, which has to be a good sign for his standing. Pochettino has options at the position now. Both Freeman and Scally have played well at the hybrid No. 3 center back/fullback role. Pochettino could bring in four natural center backs, as those two will be considered options in this position group. He might also look to bring in a player like Zimmerman as a sort of “specialist” at the position — a player you bring in at the end of the game, like against Iran in 2022, who can help close out a game by winning headers.
Bushnell: Last month, I was convinced that Zimmerman would go in the “specialist” role. Now, I’m not so sure. The top four have seemingly separated themselves. I almost think the biggest question is: could McKenzie or Robinson displace Ream, or capably deputize if Ream declines? Ream has immense value as a leader. But solely as a soccer player, at 38, he has become one of the potential question marks in the starting 11. We’ll see in March and June how locked into the second starting spot he is.
Fullbacks/wingbacks
Locks: Sergiño Dest, Antonee Robinson
Confident: Max Arfsten, Alex Freeman
In consideration: Joe Scally, John Tolkin
Stock up: Arfsten, Freeman, Scally
Stock down: None
Tenorio: With Robinson’s health very much up in the air, Arfsten has performed well since the U.S. moved to a formation that sees the left-back play more like an attacking wing-back. Meanwhile, Freeman’s two-goal performance out of the right center-back/right-back role on Tuesday night in Tampa all but cemented him a spot at the World Cup. Two players, mainly off the radar, entering the Gold Cup could feasibly start at the World Cup. Scally also helped himself in this camp with his versatility, playing inside and outside on the back line.
Bushnell: For years, the full-back position has been hounded by depth concerns. If Robinson had been struggling with a knee injury in the buildup to the 2022 World Cup, what the heck would that USMNT have done? This USMNT, on the other hand, now seems to have capable backups on both sides. And given the positional flexibility of many of the players in contention here, it’s possible, if not likely, that we’ll see all five of Dest, Robinson, Arfsten, Freeman and Scally — plus Weah, who’s a candidate to start at wing-back on either side — at the World Cup.
Central midfielders
Locks: Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie
Confident: Tanner Tessmann
In consideration: Sebastian Berhalter, Johnny Cardoso, Aidan Morris, Yunus Musah, Cristian Roldan
Stock up: Berhalter, Roldan, Tessmann
Stock down: Cardoso, Musah
Tenorio: Tessmann was good against Paraguay and seems to be the best option to start next to Adams if Pochettino decides the Bournemouth midfielder is a player he wants on the field. McKennie is an interesting one, because he probably fits into the attacking midfield spot under Pochettino. I don’t see him as a fit to pair with Adams. Pochettino should want players like Tessmann or Roldan to sit deeper and let Adams do what he does at a world-class level: break things up, make interceptions and press like crazy. Berhalter’s continued effectiveness on set pieces, along with his fight and aggressiveness, might earn him a place on the World Cup team.
Bushnell: The biggest loser of the window was Musah. Pochettino made the semi-bold call to exclude him from all three fall camps after the versatile midfielder opted out of the Gold Cup. And the players who were called instead validated Pochettino’s decision. At this point, it would be unsurprising if Musah doesn’t get another shot under Pochettino — and, frankly, it would be surprising if he does get the call in March. The other question mark is Cardoso. What if he returns to full health and starts playing regularly at Atlético Madrid? However, that ship might have sailed too, because there’s no glaring need for him. Perhaps we’re overreacting to Berhalter’s performance on Tuesday, but the World Cup group appears to have taken shape.
Attacking midfielders/wingers
Locks: Christian Pulisic, Malik Tillman, Tim Weah
Confident: None
In consideration: Brenden Aaronson, Diego Luna, Jack McGlynn, Gio Reyna, Alejandro Zendejas
Stock up: Reyna
Stock down: Zendejas
Tenorio: Luna scored against Uruguay and didn’t necessarily move down in his standing, but the reality is that many players are showing reasons why they deserve serious consideration for a spot on the World Cup roster. Reyna had a goal and an assist in this window. If he’s healthy — and that’s a big if — he has a good chance to be on this team. Aaronson is starting every week in the Premier League and has a different defensive work rate than others at this position. Pochettino could have the “good dilemma” of picking a starter next to Pulisic between Tillman, Reyna and McKennie.
Bushnell: I still can’t see Reyna in the starting 11. But he was, without a doubt, the biggest winner of this November window. Because he didn’t just play well; he reminded us (and coaches) that he can still play well for the national team even if he’s not playing well (or playing much at all) for his club. That’s why he’s suddenly more likely to make the World Cup roster than miss it. I struggle with projecting this position, though, because it doesn’t seem necessary to take all six of Pulisic, Tillman, McKennie, Reyna, Aaronson and Luna if only two of them, or at maximum three, are going to be on the field at once. However, maybe that’s where the expansion of rosters to 26 comes in handy.
Strikers
Locks: Folarin Balogun
Confident: None
In consideration: Patrick Agyemang, Ricardo Pepi, Josh Sargent, Brian White, Haji Wright
Stock up: Wright
Stock down: Sargent
Tenorio: Three starts and three goals for Balogun put him on the “locks” list. Wright and Pepi are the most likely to win World Cup spots if they are healthy and scoring. Still, I’m not ruling out Agyemang — nor even Pochettino bringing four strikers with Agyemang seen as the “specialist” late in games, much in the same way as Zimmerman, only at the opposite end of the field.
Bushnell: I’d argue that Wright belongs in the “confident” category. He didn’t score Tuesday night but was active and part of the strong team performance. He’s clearly the No. 2 option at this point. Of course, that could change between now and June. Strikers, perhaps more so than anybody else, are subject to fluctuations in form. If Agyemang has a strong season in the Championship, I think we’ll likely see him in March and maybe in June. But the three in camp this month are definitely the top three. I don’t believe Sargent will get another chance this cycle.
USMNT 2026 World Cup roster projection
(As of November 2025)
Goalkeepers (3): Matt Freese, Patrick Schulte, Matt Turner
Center backs (5): Mark McKenzie, Tim Ream, Chris Richards, Miles Robinson, Joe Scally
Fullbacks/wingbacks (4): Max Arfsten, Sergiño Dest, Alex Freeman, Antonee Robinson
Central midfielders (4): Tyler Adams, Sebastian Berhalter, Cristian Roldan, Tanner Tessmann
Attacking midfielders/wingers (7): Brenden Aaronson, Diego Luna, Weston McKennie, Christian Pulisic, Gio Reyna, Malik Tillman, Tim Weah
Strikers (3): Folarin Balogun, Ricardo Pepi, Haji Wright