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[Majingir]

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I go 7/10 on the postseason one.

I got these wrong:
2013 (I said 2011)
1995 (I said 2007)
2010 (I said 2011)

I got 7/11 on country music star/mlb reliever:
Chasen Bradford
Jackson Stephens
Cole Swindell
Chris Young*

[Jr.]

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Let the kids play!

https://mobile.twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1047163267825717254

New Postseason spot voiced by Ken Griffey Jr.

That was awesome

[Majingir]

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[SPTO]

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Oh, so my quiz is just "the other one" now? Pshhh

You're right relievers (and country singers) need more love. My bad.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Let the kids play!

https://mobile.twitter.com/darrenrovell/status/1047163267825717254

New Postseason spot voiced by Ken Griffey Jr.

A bit late for an MLB The Show 17 promo, though?

[TripleCrown9]

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Just saw that Trevor Story leads MLB this year in 450+ foot home runs, with 7.

Including his 505 foot bomb a couple weeks ago.

[redsox4evur]

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Saw someone asking a question about best playoff game you've ever watched. For me it's game 4 of the '04 ALCS. Sox got their *** kicked the night (19-8) before to fall in the 3-0 hole. That game obviously gave a jolt back to the Sox and it had the iconic moment of that Roberts steal in the 9th. So I went to back to look at who started the game and how he fared during the regular season. This is what I came up with.
I can't believe our fate laid in the hands of a dude (Derek Lowe) with a 5.42 ERA, 1.615 WHIP, a 4.26 FIP (whatever the hell that is) and an 89 ERA+. And he gave up 29 runs over 21.1IP against the Yankees. That's insane.

[Blzer]

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Cool little baseball quiz:

https://www.mlb.com/cut4/baseball-playoff-bracket-quiz/c-296430540

I got eight out of 10. The two I missed, I had it narrowed down to two years and guessed wrong.

Exact same as you. I knew what the last one was as well but I just misplaced the year by... well... a year.

The other one, things lined up too well to be between one of two years:

Spoiler

Giants got knocked out in the NLDS in 2000 and 2003 and Yankees were in the World Series both years. If I paid more attention though I would have realized the Yankees had to take on the Red Sox in '03, so I obviously didn't pay enough attention to the left side of the bracket and should have known it was the Subway Series year.

That was cool, and I was pretty proud of myself on what I could do. Another one that I was 50/50 on but got some assistance by...

Spoiler

The one where the Braves were in the WS, I was between '95 and '99... the thing that gave it away was that the Dbacks were in that bracket. Helped me out big time there.

And **** that reliever quiz, got 4/11 on that. The Chris Young one was a bait-and-switch!

[TripleCrown9]

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Addison Russell has been suspended 40 games for violating the domestic violence policy.

Assuming it starts Opening Day.

[CMH]

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Saw someone asking a question about best playoff game you've ever watched. For me it's game 4 of the '04 ALCS. Sox got their *** kicked the night (19-8) before to fall in the 3-0 hole. That game obviously gave a jolt back to the Sox and it had the iconic moment of that Roberts steal in the 9th. So I went to back to look at who started the game and how he fared during the regular season. This is what I came up with.
I can't believe our fate laid in the hands of a dude (Derek Lowe) with a 5.42 ERA, 1.615 WHIP, a 4.26 FIP (whatever the hell that is) and an 89 ERA+. And he gave up 29 runs over 21.1IP against the Yankees. That's insane.

Dave Roberts, Tony Womack and Sandy Alomar Jr. are in my **** list.

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[SPTO]

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Addison Russell has been suspended 40 games for violating the domestic violence policy.

Assuming it starts Opening Day.

He should just take the suspension and get it over with. The first 40 games matter but aren't nearly as weighted in importance as any other 40 game stretch in the season.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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He should just take the suspension and get it over with. The first 40 games matter but aren't nearly as weighted in importance as any other 40 game stretch in the season.

It will continue on Opening Day (assuming he's even on a roster then which is no guarantee). He's already served 11 games retroactively. So he has 29 games left to go.

[countryboy]

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It will continue on Opening Day (assuming he's even on a roster then which is no guarantee). He's already served 11 games retroactively. So he has 29 games left to go.

Do you think the Cubs part ways with him after this?

If they do, I'm sure there will be no shortage of suitors out there willing to make offers.

[WaitTilNextYear]

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Do you think the Cubs part ways with him after this?

If they do, I'm sure there will be no shortage of suitors out there willing to make offers.

I think maybe a 30% chance the Cubs just cut bait on him. All baseball clubs bill themselves as "family friendly" and the Cubs have really pushed that aspect throughout the ages, especially with the team being family-owned. We've seen recent pushback elsewhere with the Roberto Osuna thing and the "Me Too" movement in general. And, after adding Aroldis Chapman a couple of years ago, Theo will have to think hard about what "signals" the organization is putting out there in terms of being accepting of certain types of behavior and players with certain backgrounds.

The devil is really in the details. Addy could recover from a 40-game suspension just like other guys come back from drug suspensions, but to some degree it probably matters how nasty the details are (which we don't know, other than it was a slam dunk for the commish and Addy accepted the punishment immediately).

The cynic in me sees the probability of him returning linked to how easy it will be to find an everyday shortstop. Sliding Baez over would make that really easy. Plus, Addy hasn't exactly been playing like an All-Star lately...so...I dunno.

[countryboy]

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I think maybe a 30% chance the Cubs just cut bait on him. All baseball clubs bill themselves as "family friendly" and the Cubs have really pushed that aspect throughout the ages, especially with the team being family-owned. We've seen recent pushback elsewhere with the Roberto Osuna thing and the "Me Too" movement in general. And, after adding Aroldis Chapman a couple of years ago, Theo will have to think hard about what "signals" the organization is putting out there in terms of being accepting of certain types of behavior and players with certain backgrounds.

The devil is really in the details. Addy could recover from a 40-game suspension just like other guys come back from drug suspensions, but to some degree it probably matters how nasty the details are (which we don't know, other than it was a slam dunk for the commish and Addy accepted the punishment immediately).

The cynic in me sees the probability of him returning linked to how easy it will be to find an everyday shortstop. Sliding Baez over would make that really easy. Plus, Addy hasn't exactly been playing like an All-Star lately...so...I dunno.

I want to point out that I don't condone domestic battery or anything of the sort.

I say that because in this situation I think the Cubs are in a damned if you do, damned if you don't situation. If they keep Russell then they are viewed as being insensitive to what happened. But if they let him go and someone else picks him up, the discussion will quickly go from how can team x sign him given what he's accused of, to he deserves a second chance and it will blow over and the next "scandal" will take its place.

And then if Russell has an all-star season and his replacement struggles, then Cubs fans and possibly media will talk about how the Cubs should've given him a second chance etc..etc..

And as you said, the view on Russell will depend on what details are revealed.