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henrygandorf

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  1. if there was a stat like "3rd downs achieved" that people gave a shit about, your analogy would be better. baseball is a stat game. saves are a thing. at least 2 guys got in the hof because at the time they had "the most saves of all time". not because of innings, k's, bwar, or era+. they are not the same. a better analogy would be if there was a d-lineman that was exclusively a pass-rusher, only played 10-15 snaps per game, and was just judged on sacks. of course if you have a bunch of sacks, you probably go to the hall of fame.
  2. if it didn't get fixed when the gop was competitive, ain't never gonna happen.
  3. lol. the fact that my joke (which wasn't funny) about him going to cr and balancing it out went over the way it did is objectively funny, and i stand by it.
  4. counterpoint - if used properly, covid could delay every one of his trials for years. "my wife thinks she might have covid" has gotten me out of plane tickets, hotel reservations, dinner reservations, birthday parties, baby showers, get-togethers with annoying people. it's insanely useful.
  5. one thing we know about trump is that he always learns his lessons.
  6. what's also alarming are these terrible poll questions about whether a conviction in any of these matters will change their mind or make him "unfit" to be president. there seem to be plenty of people that are ok with the indictments, but claim they will sing a different tune if he's convicted. which is to say, there's a part of their brains that think these charges are all just bullshit/witch hunt. first off, anyone who says a conviction makes a difference is a fucking liar. second of all, whomever writes these poll questions needs a slap to the face.
  7. i know. but you were veering into a ditch and i was just trying to get you back on the road.
  8. also after looking at next year's first-time entries, wags will get 90%. besides ichiro, nobody jumps off the page.
  9. the hall of fame has such a weird relationship with closers/relievers. there are only 8 currently in, and a few have gotten in ~recently, as saves have only been an official stat since 1969. here's something i came across i found interesting. consider this season: 6-6, 37 saves. 101ip, 110k, 32bb. 2.22 era, 1.89 fip, 0.977 whip, 188 era+ this was hall-of-famer bruce sutter's 1979 season. he won the nl cy young and finished 7th in the mvp. he had five top 6 cy young finishes and five top 10 mvp finishes, all with seasons like ^^ that. it wasn't his best season by any available metric. that's just what baseball was like then. he only played 12 seasons, and a couple at the end were pretty shitty. he only played in one postseason, for the 1982 cardinals. notched 2 wins and 3 saves in the nlcs/ws. yes, playoffs were much different then. getting in was extremely difficult. he was only the 4th reliever elected at the time, and finally got over 75% (76.3) on his 13th try. didn't get in on some weird veterans committee bullshit. they've got to figure this shit out. part of me says you can't let everyone in, but the other part of me is perfectly ok with letting anyone with wagner's career stats in. bring 'em on.
  10. well there was some drama about whether it would qualify for original screenplay (which it should've been) or adapted, since there's no source material. seems odd that barbie is adapted and may december is original, since i think it was based on a specific story, with plenty of source material (but no ip).
  11. i assumed that as well due to the area of the country, even knowing she was indian in real life (dot). indira is also an indian name (not feather), so i wouldn't feel too stupid about it.
  12. you can go watch the problem if you're curious about it.
  13. in west hollywood, you could actually hear the moment biden won the election. i have a feeling his death will be similar.
  14. if his victory speech is any indication, he will die doing what he loved, lying about elections.
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