Fear The Chorizo
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Is that gas price hope based on your region, or the US on average? If it's US on average it won't get that low because of how much blue states tax it, and the west coast currently has a self-inflicted supply mess on its hands regardless of what is going on in Hormuz. Last time it was $2.50-$2.75 a gallon nationally for more than a hot second, we were in year 2 of the two weeks to stop the spread routine that cratered demand 5-6 years ago.
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If they did they were way off...3.5% in June.
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Game Thread: Brewers (Gasser) @ Pirates (Skenes)
Fear The Chorizo replied to Opening Day's topic in Archived Game Threads
I know there are years where it isnt the case, but this team seems to find a way to have train wreck series in Pittsburg right before the AS break routinely, especially at the end of a long string of games without off days ot extended road trip. Hate seeing road games against the pirates in July on the schedule -
Brewers may easily get through a day night doubleheader in the midst of summer in STL using 5 pitchers. Amazing in the middle of thjs extended stretch without a day off!
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Hard for me to not see the air go out of Egypt's sails after getting robbed of one of their own goals scored...understanding that they did post a 2nd goal not long after that couldn't be stolen from them after the fact. Once Argentina got rolling Egypt wasn't going to slow them down and they mentally fell apart.
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I get it, Argentina is great at soccer.... They're also the benefactor of an outrageous amount of favorable calls and reversals in a sport where just one can determine the outcome of a match. In a way it's sickening to watch - Egypt deserved to win and advance
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Soccer is accessible here, too - it's simply that there's more money stateside in other sports and the USMNT rostering model within the US is far too reliant on collegiate programs who get their players from suburbia and not develop athletes starting at young ages. That's also part of the reason so many players on the USMNT happen to be dual citizens or were part of military families stationed overseas, because they benefitted from European training academies.
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For anyone watching Argentina/Egypt....So VAR can be used to take a goal away due to a common foul not called during the game on the entire opposite side of the field roughly 45 seconds earlier in the match? How is that a thing? That's like taking a touchdown off the board at the end of a 6 play drive by going back to instant replay and having an offensive holding call retroactively imposed on the first 3rd and 5 conversion of the drive that wasn't even flagged by an official. I'll say it again, soccer rules are stupid....and quite frankly they really need to rein in what VAR can be used for.
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Luis Lara Called Up By Brewers To Make MLB Debut
Fear The Chorizo replied to Ewitkows1's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
If I had my choice to trade between Mitchell and Sal, I'd go with Sal. I get your point about trading in-season, but with the extensions to both Pratt and Lara and the real possibility there won't be a 2027 season, I think this organization finds itself in a unique spot where they could trade pieces from their existing MLB roster to dramatically improve areas of perceived need come postseason (IMO another impact starter and a shutdown reliever) and then actually improve or at worst maintain the level of production of the guys you trade away with prospect promotions like Lara. -
The US needs better goalkeeping and needs to prioritize getting freak athletes with size to develop into defenders who are also terrors on set pieces in the penalty area. I think they have enough quality and options in the midfield, wings, and striker positions to take the next step, but they continually ask too much of those positions to help with a weak back end. The team this cycle really struggled to keep any opponent from scoring, so when the opponents get better and pressure ramps up, it winds up looking like this when they can't keep possession and control the game.
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Luis Lara Called Up By Brewers To Make MLB Debut
Fear The Chorizo replied to Ewitkows1's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
I think one of Sal or Mitchell becomes trade bait - you dont bring a prospect up youve already signed to a longterm extension without having an idea he's a starter. I'd give the Red Sox a call and see if they'd have interest in Sal + a prospect for Chapman -
lol - somehow this is going to wind up in front of the Supreme Court. If that appeal happens after the decision is made (assuming Belgium wins they won't appeal, but if they lose I'm sure they will), do we just have to start the whole World Cup over?
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The combination of the teams, venue, and moment made that match one of the most entertaining I've seen - I'm no soccer diehard, but that was awesome to watch.
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The reaction to all this is a big reason why soccer just doesn't resonate in the US the same way the other major sports followed in our country. Feels like the feigned outrage is based on how an off-the-field procedure was followed/interpreted for what was a universally-panned and unfair red card issued on the field. The end result is getting a perceived star player onto the field in an elimination game, and every other team besides the USA is upset about it in the spirit of "fairness". I'll ask this simple question - if Messi, Haaland, Yamal, or any other country's star player switched spots with Balogun on that exact play - would VAR have even called down to the sideline to have the referee review the play knowing the still images would lead to that player getting red-carded? European fans upset over this because of fairness when that continent gets 1/3rd of the World Cup bids to start with is laughable. US culture wants teams to be at full strength or as close to full strength playing each other so it's "best on best", and star players get special treatment - it's high time this sort of break goes in the US' favor for soccer, when we all know the rest of the world's stars wouldn't ever find themselves under that sort of VAR scrutiny/review for a penalty that wasn't called directly on the field by a referee in the flow of the actual game.
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As if everything in the history of FIFA doesn't reek of political influence, much of which has been driven by European countries in the history of soccer. Care to dive into how Qatar ever got to host the event 4 years ago? If you dislike political influence and the corruptness of FIFA, I'd advise you not to crack that egg. If the US were to win the entire world cup without this nonsensical red card drama, Soccer purists would deem it tainted anyway because the US was one of the host countries for the event this go-round - despite the fact it's been an incredible success for a sporting event of this caliber.
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Eh, I don't care...lol
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No way its tainted in my book - honestly if they lose tomorrow without him because of a bogus red card that would be tainted. FIFA has always made up rules as they go, for once it benefits the US
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I agree - this is the year to go big. 2027 may not even have a season and who knows what the financial changes will do with prospect control/player salaries. Go get an impact starter and shutdown reliever....hope for a bat that can help, too.
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Bill has to score on that - terrible read
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I just don't like how the offsides rule has to get interpreted with modern technology - there shouldn't need to be a virtual line across the entire width of the pitch where if any part of an attacking player breaches it at the touch of a soccer ball from 15 yards behind them that it's offsides - and that line moves with any number of defenders who may not even be involved in the play. IMO that's not in the spirit of why the offsides rule was written in the first place, and it takes away from the game. I know the reason VAR exists in the first place for soccer is due to terrible calls on those and other plays where human error decided game outcomes inappropriately - but I'd rather recalibrate the interpretation to be the entire player's body having to be offisdes in order for that call to be made, not just a millimeter. There are too many occasions where a player running towards the goal passes a defender sliding away from the goal, and quite frankly i feel the amount of the time it takes to establish that arbitrary offsides line digitally probably blurs the result even for VAR.
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Agreed - now lines officials almost automatically throw up the offsides flag on most goals being scored, almost after the fact, and then have VAR see if one of the goal scorer's cleats has gone past the closest defender's fingertip who isn't even marking him.
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I don't think so on the appeal - from what I understand once the VAR indicated to the referee he had to review the play, his call based on the stills/slow mo footage VAR sent him is final and not able to be appealed....which is a complete and total joke because I'm certain the VAR footage was just the incidental cleat to back of leg at 1000 frames a second, making it look awful. One of those instances where VAR / technology is really bad for the actual game being played. To go from no foul called on the play to a Red card costing a key player the next game is atrocious. The mistake is VAR even suggesting the review to the referee. I've always hated the offsides call in soccer, too - I get why the rule is in place, but I think there needs to be a modification where any time the ball is played from within the penalty area (18 yard box), there is no offsides. Either that or in this era of VAR monitoring offsides needs to be changed to a player having any piece of himself onside when the ball is played be ok instead of any piece of himself offside taking goals off the board. The soccer field is too large and services into the box coming from too far away for players to get penalized for aggressive and well-timed runs just because opposing defenders find themselves moving the wrong direction at the right time.
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Soccer refereeing and rules are stupid, I'm sorry - that red card on Balogun after all the physical nonsense not called for 65 minutes is a complete joke
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This is insanity - i was thrilled to get 5 after that long 1st inning...just setting him to get shelled and make this a game.
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100 pitches....get him out of there before this gets dicey
