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USMNT 2025 - Easy English, hard ones Spanish
Maybe we should have hired Panama’s coach. Who were we missing from the A team other than Jedi? Pepi, maybe? Don’t say fucking Balogun.
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Electric Cars
I think the Volvos are assembled in China. Not a total dealbreaker, but definitely a strike against them given there's plenty of other choices. I kind of forgot about the Bolt. Not sure how I feel about getting something that's already discontinued by the manufacturer. Don't think a MB is in the budget. That's interesting, may have to check it out.
- NCAA First Four: Texas vs Xavier - Wednesday 8:10pm
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MLS 2025 - no one wants to watch anyway
Well my boss paid $1200 for his family of four to see Messi vs Dynamo a couple weeks ago. Turns out Messi never even set foot in Houston. Whoops.
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MLS 2025 - no one wants to watch anyway
Here's an interesting article The Athletic did a couple weeks ago. Survey of MLS executives on league issues. This is actually Part 2 of 2. Part 1 covered on-the-field stuff and has a lot of charts that I can't copy/paste. This definitely goes into the TV stuff that we've been discussing.
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Electric Cars
My search parameters are basically anything <$50k, non-Tesla. This will be a commuter car (~50 miles/day round trip) and charged at home every night, so not super worried about range/charging time/supercharger access. Just needs to be big enough for my 2 kids to hop in the back and run errands, etc, on the weekends. A little fun to drive would be a plus. Here's an exhaustive list I've come up with, cars that you can buy right now today and fit my criteria: BMW i4 (lightly used, can't be had new for <$50k) Chevy Blazer Chevy Equinox Ford Mustang Mach E Hyundai Ioniq 5 Hyundai Ioniq 6 Hyundai Kona Kia Niro Kia EV6 Nissan Ariya Toyota bZ4X Volkwagen ID4 Note that Honda has something also, but I personally have beef with Honda and won't consider them. Off the bat, we're probably most interested in the Ioniqs, Mach E, and the i4. Haven't dug in to research or driven anything yet. Our other vehicle is a Toyota that we've been really happy with but reviewers unanimously shit on the bZ4X. Might still check it out. I had literally never heard of the Nissan until I started this process.
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
Top 3. If we stick at 11 teams: $300 $150 $100
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24/25 Astros Offseason thread
Surly $50 roto fantasy league still has 1 spot open:
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Texas Rangers 2024-2025 offseason
Surly $50 roto fantasy league still has one spot open:
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
I added one more to make it 5 on the bench
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
I wanted to keep it on the small side because the active rosters are so big. The idea is to encourage more free agent/waiver action versus stashing and holding anyone with any value. Open to hearing other perspectives though. Should we go bigger bench but take out the extra IF and OF?
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
OK I removed Devin. I think I need your email to add you as a manager to Money Beets. You can PM it to me. Also, that puts us back at 11. Anyone lurking this thread or knows somebody, we've got 1 open spot.
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
So I guess @Derka and/or @henrygandorf is Devin? Are y'all doing a co-manager thing again this year?
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
well that makes sense I suppose
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
which team are you? I'm making a list are you in the ESPN league? what's your team name?
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
2 spots left... Does anyone have strong thoughts on daily vs weekly transactions, and Saves vs Saves+Holds? Leaning toward daily and Saves-only right now but I'm open to being persuaded. Payment info is in the ESPN league message board. Payment is due by the draft. I'm not gonna worry about getting people to pay up during/after the season.
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
Hell yeah. The invite link is in the first post of this thread. Recapping the current state of league recruitment: 6 currently in the league and ready to rock: @tokamak @castolon @hornmpa96 @VolenteHawk @Scraps @UTHornFan014 @henrygandorf + @Derka, @Capn81, @txhorns, and @Doc Sam Beckett have all indicated they're in but still need to actually join the league. That gives us 10. I'll PM the league invite link. @Butch Had Not is a solid maybe. That would bring us to 11. We cookin'. Let's get 1-2 more and get the ball rolling.
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MLS 2025 - no one wants to watch anyway
I think you hit the nail on the head with this paragraph. If I'm a casual fan and I just want to watch soccer, and I don't care much about the teams involved, I'm going to pick Premier League, etc every time over MLS. They've got to get people invested in their local team. So in light of the fact that the networks and ESPN are not clamoring for a bunch of Nashville-versus-Salt Lake City MLS inventory, I think the Apple deal is fine. $100 one time to watch every game of my beloved Houston Dynamo, plus whatever else games I care to watch for the entire season ain't bad in this day and age. No blackouts, no bullshit. Clear, simple. I don't have to go hunting for tonight's game or have multiple services. The NFL is starting to walk down this road and it's going to bite them in the ass eventually. I have to have the networks, ESPN, NFL Network, and now Amazon and Netflix to watch NFL every week? Nah, fuck that, I'll just do something better with my time. They need to communicate better that you don't need to subscribe to Apple, I'll give y'all that. But this is just an MLS-specific streaming service that you happen to click Apple's app to access. MLB's TV situation is a total disaster in comparison. I'm not an NBA fan but I doubt it's better.
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Hip-hop / Rap that you're listening to
New That Mexican OT. Not sure about his choice of wardrobe.
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Texas Rangers 2024-2025 offseason
Ozzie Albies fractured his wrist last year and missed exactly 2 months. I'd assume it would be a little longer for a pitcher. So probably not until June for Gray, realistically?
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
Couple items for discussion on league settings Do y'all want to do Saves or Saves+Holds? Daily or weekly lineup changes? We've done daily in the past but weekly might be a little more chill. I don't mind daily but I know some people don't love the grind.
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2025 Surly Roto Baseball
Yeah it’s roto. We’re shooting for 12 but just to be honest with you we may not get there. I think you would make 10.
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Texas Rangers 2024-2025 offseason
Jon Gray has a fractured wrist per Evan Grant.
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March Madness Squares (ATX Mad Squares)
I got Winner 7 Loser 8, which doesn't feel very good but did cash a sweet 16 game last year apparently.
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March Madness Squares (ATX Mad Squares)
Jesus dude you just gave me heartburn and the tournament doesn't even start for like a week edit: when will we know our numbers?