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henrygandorf

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  1. we're upset because we're led to believe sports is the last true meritocracy left in the world. outside of this board and a text chain i don't think i really get "worked up", but it is infuriating in the general sense that nobody seems to be able to supply an adequate counter-argument.
  2. correct. i'm all for having the best infielders in when framber pitches and having the best, most athletic outfielders in when jv pitches, but dubon is not it. if he asked for meyers in cf and chas in left (instead of yordan or brantley), at least it would make a little sense. it also seems clear that comfort or not, the staff seems to pitch better to yainer, or at least our team era is lower and team winning % is higher. he also has far fewer passed balls and throws guys out and a much higher clip. but let's just say they were exactly even at everything i just mentioned. yainer is a way better hitter and we all know it, so i really need an explanation. it's malpractice at this point, and unfortunately the only way to prove it is to not make the playoffs. losing in the wildcard round would probably also qualify.
  3. so if you're scoring at home, and i am, that's 2/7 for yainer. we can't even get him a dh slot when brantley is out.
  4. last season was 10 episodes. this season was 7 episodes. everybody knew the strike was coming. the hbo merger has been in the works for 2 years or whatever. and the showrunner has constant budget meetings with network execs. that shit doesn't stay quiet and everybody on the show knows when it's an issue and how easily something can be cancelled. the news broke yesterday, but i guarantee you anybody drawing a check from the production knew during filming that it was likely done. it was the perfect recipe for a shitty meal.
  5. media : dusty, will you commit to playing yainer more if we make it to the postseason? dusty:
  6. so let's take a look back at the week that was. twib notes, if you will. we played 6 games against the two worst teams in mlb. yainer started 2/6. in those 2, he went 3-9 with a homer and a double. we went 2-4. what do we say about coincidence, sherlock?
  7. was frustrating as shit on tv but yeah, probably the perfect game for recruits. crowd was into it, great atmosphere, trick plays/big plays, the guys having fun and pulling away at the end, presumably a happy locker room. 28-0 at half and 31-10 final would've been fucking boring.
  8. because of fantasy, there are a few teams i regularly follow on gametracker including the padres and braves. remarkably consistent lineups.
  9. lots of shitty hpu experiences this season. maybe i'm just watching too much baseball.
  10. the funny thing about max being first is that hbo basically invented the art of renewing their new shows the day after the pilot aired. as if to say to the world, "we knew this was good when we ordered it, but the response has been so overwhelmingly positive, that we are renewing it at the earliest possible opportunity". lol, bullshit pr tricks. of course hbo stuff used to mostly be quality, so it worked out.
  11. one man's opinion, but not all cancellations are built the same. a show can get cancelled for cost overages, time, reorg of execs, or because the project was badly reviewed/nobody watched. when disco bros was formed, a bunch of stuff got scratched and cancelled so their ranking makes sense. apple+ makes fewer shows, better decisions, casts at a higher level, so their ranking makes sense too. i hadn't noticed netflix getting a rep for cancelling shows. other than mindhunter.
  12. the point he was making, though it was probably accidental, is that the moderate never-trumpers likely view her as the most radical of the radical, because fox news, so it's a non-starter. we've won this exact election before. now we have a better electorate. it wasn't particularly close before, though closer than it should've been all things considered. young people hate trump and the gop. the almost-deads who voted in 2020 are now dead, either from covid or just because that's what old people do. i don't know what the spread is, but i'll take biden -12mm votes.
  13. stand outside the team hotel with a "free yainer" sign and get someone to take your photo. one-man protest. post on twitter. go viral. profit.
  14. i haven't spoken to joe or seen him since february of 2010, right before i left for austin to write the book. he knew i was writing a book but decided to come after me physically at a restaurant/bar where i was with 5 friends and knew the owner very well. he lunged at me and the bouncer literally picked him up and had him on the street before i even knew i was in a fight (i've never been in a real fight). there isn't much ggw chatter since the old nsaa board, and if there is, i'm not involved in it. the lesson learned with the bus lot was an important one, however. because in 2009 we rented an rv and made sure we made it into the correct lot, and had a great time (no joe, obviously). then in 2012, a big group of us rented a tour bus for the ole miss game. we flew to nashville, partied thursday night, the driver scooped us on friday morning and we drove to tunica where we stayed the night at the casino but crashed on the bus and when i woke up we were in the rv lot in oxford, and our group was already outside grilling. that was a long long day (8pm local kick?) of golf-carting to the grove and back, and it was really nice to have an air conditioned bus to charge phones, watch games, bring chicks back to, take naps, etc. if anyone was at that game, you saw texas fans walking to their seats for kickoff looking like they had been through a war. what a weird choice. the key was after the game, we just all crashed in our bunks, and woke up in nashville. hotels in oxford are few and far between, so this was the perfect situation. highly recommend, if you have a bus guy.
  15. ok, a few things. 1. it was a wrapped prevost tour bus. we never had a wrapped rv. it did have dual slide-outs. 2. yes, i was on the bus, i planned that whole trip, because i went to texas and joe went to usc so it was on. i don't really remember mario being on it, but he was around a lot and was generally a decent dude. of course everybody looks like mother teresa when they're hanging out next to joe. it was joe and him (i guess) and me and the chick i was dating (mistake) and about 12 texas chicks who were current students. no idea how they got involved, but they were awesome and young and hot and awesome. 3. the controversy i remember was which lot we were parking in. i got us a pass for the rv lot, but the security guy at the gate directed us to the bus lot, so that's where the driver went. the bus lot, by design, packs the buses in like sardines, and it's almost impossible to get in and out when it's parked. their orders are to get everybody out, then slide the next bus in. the rv lot allows room for people to tailgate and party around the vehicle, which is why i wanted us there. if memory serves, once the driver fucked up, we were stuck in the bus lot, so the only way to party there was to extend, which they don't allow in the bus lot. again, sardines. so maybe we sent mario out to deal with it, and he obviously couldn't. most of the buses in the bus lot were like greyhounds, just straight seats all the way back, when we were more like an apartment inside. 4. anyhow, we partied for a while on our cramped tour bus, then went and found another group and partied with them. then after the game we got back on the bus, and i turned on the postgame, and joe was being such a fucking baby he kept turning it off when all i wanted to do was watch highlights. we all went to some club then eventually back to his house and in the middle of the night went next door to quincy jones' house. i wrote a whole long post on hornfans or whatever, which turned into an email that got forwarded around so many times that eventually joe got it, which was...awkward. i'm sure some people here read it.
  16. poor bastard had to deal with 100+ texas fans and a loud speaker playing texas fight any time we did something.
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