You know what would get me through the winter? Throwing George Steinbrenner era money at both Cole and Strasburg.
If George were still alive, you know that’s exactly what he would do.
I’m pretty sure this is all Moscow Mitch’s fault somehow
This Astros cheating scandal is some wild shit
Moonshot: The Astros’ Sign-Stealing Left A Fingerprint In The Audio Data
This week, we learned that the Astros used a crude system of monitors and audible signals to steal signs and communicated them to hitters at the plate. A camera in the outfield relayed a video feed to players in the tunnel, who whacked a trash can lid in order to relay what pitch was coming. In addition to being blatantly illegal–despite apologists’ counterarguments, the rules are very clear that no video technology can be used in real time–the Astros’ method left a plethora of evidence behind. The abundant traces of cheating allow us to go back and analyze when and how effectively they cheated.
The slamming sound of the trash can is so clear and distinct that it’s easily visible in the audio data. Here’s what a sample crash looks like in terms of volume.
(This particular audio sample comes from a September 2017 game which you can listen to here.)Note the background noise level from immediately before and the two peaks, corresponding to two whacks on the lid, which was the signal for a breaking ball.
The slamming sound was so loud that it made a significant difference in the noise levels preceding almost all of the breaking balls the White Sox threw in that September game. (That is, until Danny Farquhar noticed the sound and switched up his signs.) Averaging over all the times the Astros were at bat and about to receive a non-fastball, the disparity in noise is clear.
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What’s to stop an Astros “fan” from stealing signs from CF and banging a drum or twirling a flag or whatever?
You mean like this?
I am biased but Luka is on a historic tear to start this season, at 20 years old. Plus he loves playing which makes him really fun to watch.
https://mobile.twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1197349418674073600
Should we start an NBA thread?
If we have a thread for sumo wrestling, surely we can have an NBA thread.
Just post in the sumo wrestling thread. No one is using it.
Freak injury to Walker. Looks like a broken neck. Hopefully not.
Edit: Celtics saying it’s a concussion. Was probably knocked out.
Big Game of the Week
Penn State Kid Rapers vs Ohio State Unending Sexual Abusers
Sucks this is Bama’s best receiving corps in the school’s history by a wide margin, maybe their best offense ever, and it won’t be seen in the playoffs 
Well, Arizona St just did a favor for you…
Here’s a question. If you are an LSU fan is there part of you that secretly wants to lose the SECCG just to keep Bama out of the playoffs?
I wouldn’t trust the committee to not have Alabama jump LSU because reasons.
I have a hard time believing Bama would jump LSU in that scenario. I’d be more worried about a Utah or Oklahoma suddenly jumping LSU in that case.
But yeah you obviously never root to lose your conference championship game. But its funny I think LSU losing the SECCG could hypothetically be best for them.
When you do squats using another sumo wrestler as weight:
https://twitter.com/sumokyokai/status/1159029284389838848?s=20