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Toilet Mouth posted:The three is like if you picked an arbitrary yard line and said, "if the scoring play starts from behind here, the touchdown is worth 6 points and if it starts in front of here it's worth 4 points." If you're going to look for reason in sports rules, you're setting yourself up for a bad time.
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leokitty posted:The NL doesn't have the DH because the NL intentionally did not want the DH (yay the leagues are different!!!) and NL fans are the ones who turn into Greek mourners when bringing the DH to the NL is brought up. If not for the president of the Phillies taking a badly-timed fishing trip, the NL would have had the DH for 35 years now.
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Vlad Antlerkov posted:If not for the president of the Phillies taking a badly-timed fishing trip, the NL would have had the DH for 35 years now. So you're saying the fix was in?
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Mar 7, 2016 03:52
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The NL not having the DH is great because Bartolo Colon at bat is hilarious to watch.
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Some great topics to discuss: -which sport is the best sport -comparing rules from different sports to each other -the designated hitter
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Mar 7, 2016 05:47
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You should get three points for dunks too, if they are cool enough.
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Toilet Mouth posted:The three is like if you picked an arbitrary yard line and said, "if the scoring play starts from behind here, the touchdown is worth 6 points and if it starts in front of here it's worth 4 points." The joke went over your head, like a Stephen Curry three
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AsInHowe posted:The joke went over your head, like a Stephen Curry three Your joke was bad
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Mar 7, 2016 06:04
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Scoring by hitting a baseball an arbitrary length while getting nothing from hitting it two feet shorter is one of the fundamental components of the game, it seems like a bad example
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Note to self: a well-placed Designated Hitter reference can derail any thread.
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Toilet Mouth posted:The three is like if you picked an arbitrary yard line and said, "if the scoring play starts from behind here, the touchdown is worth 6 points and if it starts in front of here it's worth 4 points." Yeah it's almost like rules in sports are completely arbitrary and poo poo like seriously, do you think the 3-point line is "arbitrary" but, idk, "free throws are one point" emerged pure from the aether or something Feels Villeneuve fucked around with this message at 06:21 on Mar 7, 2016 |
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I can get an argument about not liking Curry, in that team sports are generally a combination of a lot of different skills, and "ideally" you'd like the best players to be good at all of those skills, and not just like, so good at one that they make the other skills not matter. But anyone who thinks Curry is "just good at shooting" doesn't understand basketball. If he was just good at shooting, people would be following Oscar Robertson's suggestions and shutting him down.
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Mar 7, 2016 06:20
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Alain Post posted:Yeah it's almost like rules in sports are completely arbitrary and poo poo Moses carried a tablet with the rules for sports down from Mount Sinai, but it doesn't come up a lot in the Bible.
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Sash! posted:Moses carried a tablet with the rules for sports down from Mount Sinai, but it doesn't come up a lot in the Bible. You're mistaken, those were the Unwritten Rules of Baseball, and they were shattered into a million pieces, passed on from father to son to Brian McCann.
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Basketball is kind of unique in that Naismith actually wrote down a 10 commandments of basketball list, but actually following them would have made the game super boring
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The original rules for basketball didn't even allow for dribbling
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Richard Deitsch's column this week has female journalists talking about the precautions they have to take on the road. http://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/03/06/erin-andrews-trial-women-media-safety quote:“I don’t have a lot of say in where I stay or what hotel chains my company uses,” said Burke. “I do remember feeling sad and scared after what happened to Erin. I travel with Band-Aids to put over the peepholes. I prefer to join a coworker at the hotel restaurant or bar so strangers don’t approach me as much. There’s a noticeable difference when I eat or drink alone. I don’t like hotel rooms on the first floor. I don’t like rooms by the elevators. Depending on the length of my stay, I don’t get maid service because I don’t want anyone in my room except me.” Men are horrible, hooray!
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zakharov posted:Richard Deitsch's column this week has female journalists talking about the precautions they have to take on the road.  burn it all to the ground.
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IMO basketball using a net is ruining the game. Half the fun was making the coach get a ladder to get the ball back. Hell they don't even use baskets, might as well just call it "ball". gently caress the dh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YpHt6t_C68
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zakharov posted:Richard Deitsch's column this week has female journalists talking about the precautions they have to take on the road. Not that men aren't horrible but other than the peephole thing that quote applies about equally well to male TV personalities/celebrities.
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Eric the Mauve posted:Not that men aren't horrible but other than the peephole thing that quote applies about equally well to male TV personalities/celebrities. That's not what male journalists on my Twitter timeline are saying today. Also, read the whole article for many, many more anecdotes.
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zakharov posted:That's not what male journalists on my Twitter timeline are saying today. Also, read the whole article for many, many more anecdotes. No one cares about male journalists, that's probably the main difference. I would be stunned if male athletes, actors, etc didn't have similar experiences though. If you're famous you tend to draw crazy people
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They aren't famous that is kind of the point.
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Vlad Antlerkov posted:If not for the president of the Phillies taking a badly-timed fishing trip, the NL would have had the DH for 35 years now. Philadelphia is the best at being the worst.
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Erin Andrews awarded $55 million from the hotel owners. http://abcnews.go.com/US/erin-andrews-jury-set-deliberate-75-million-lawsuit/story?id=37460110
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So I guess that defense didn't work too well for Marriott https://twitter.com/ABC/status/706970077556580352
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Goddamn that's a lot of scratch but then again gently caress those guys especially for that defense they tried to mount. Also if you told me that was Paget Brewster in a blonde wig I'd believe you
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https://twitter.com/AriMelber/status/706972050670415872 Am I reading that wrong or is the hotel responsible for only half?
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It was 51/49 in terms of the perp/Mariott found responsible, so cut that award in half. Then cut it in half again after the appeal, and take out 90% for the lawyers. So your soul is worth about a million and change, Erin  kill all men
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That most likely means only half, which makes sense.
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I didn't follow this case at all. What did they say Marriott should have done? Seems crazy you could reverse a peephole in a hotel without anyone knowing but was there more to it? Did they allow this guy to reserve rooms right next to her?
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Niwrad posted:I didn't follow this case at all. What did they say Marriott should have done? Seems crazy you could reverse a peephole in a hotel without anyone knowing but was there more to it? Did they allow this guy to reserve rooms right next to her?
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Niwrad posted:I didn't follow this case at all. What did they say Marriott should have done? Seems crazy you could reverse a peephole in a hotel without anyone knowing but was there more to it? Did they allow this guy to reserve rooms right next to her? Management gave out her room number and openly watched the video in a restaurant. There's nothing to defend.
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Marriott had their phone system setup where you could lookup any guest's room reservation by searching by name. Marriott then let the guy reserve the room next to her, and failed to disclose to her that someone had requested the room next to hers.
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That's incredible. I guess I could understand an independent hotel having lax rules but not a major chain (especially one that is upscale). Unfortunate that she won't get much from the perp. I'm kind of surprised at how many hotels don't have an optional cover for the peephole. It's like $2 to add to the doors. Ridiculous that a guest has to put a piece of tape or something over it.
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Sports purists should love golf then since a 300 yard drives counts the same as a 1" putt.
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I always thought ESPN closed down Grantland because the network was losing cable subscribers and they couldn't afford to support a site that didn't make money. Is that not right?
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Benne posted:Management gave out her room number and openly watched the video in a restaurant. There's nothing to defend. Them watching the video isn't admissible evidence, just more proof that no one should feel sorry for them
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Christ Pseudoscientist posted:https://twitter.com/AriMelber/status/706972050670415872 Where's the stalker gonna get 28 million from?
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