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George Ford is off. Farrell misses a penalty. 18-9 for If don't score a try in the last 20 mins it's all over. They won't win this with kicks alone.

12-6 at half-time. This seems like another penalty-exclusive rugby WC final.

They really put a 'San Francisco Warriors' logo in the new arena? Pressed much? Stephen Curry is out indefinitely with a broken hand so Warriors' playoff hopes are basically done IMO. They were like 7th best team in West even with Curry.

Beto O'Rourke has pulled out of the US Presidential race. Guess he was way in over his head. Just 1% of support in Iowa polls. Kamala Harris is heading for the exit door next as she's fired some campaign staff too.

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Nike officially crowns Amanda Anisimova as the next Maria Sharapova https://nypost.com/2019/10/31/teenage-tennis-star-amanda-anisimova-inks-huge-nike-deal/

Well, I hope his knees can somehow survive this punishment then. More teenagers suffer career-ending injuries than make it all the way into the World Cup.

Zakopane hill complex is complete trash except for the Big Krokiew. The smaller hills are of no use in current shape. 12 year olds might train in Szczyrk or Wisla but not in Zakopane.

Yet disgraced cheaters like Justin Gatlin will be able to compete in Tokyo 2020. There is no justice in this world and never will be. Only politics and money.

It's more complicated than this. Sandy Koufax started 7 post-season games and allowed 6 runs. 6 runs in 7 games yet his win-loss record is 4-3. It's basically impossible in the modern day. Bob Gibson had 9 post-season starts with 8 complete games. He went 3-0 in 1967 World Series. Again, that's basically iimpossible to replicate anymore. Most post-season starters don't even get to 10 games in the modern era so if someone has a chance to start in three series clinchers that's a very low percentage achievement. You just don't get the big sample sizes anymore without a proper dynasty in MLB. Astros, Dodgers and Yankees are the three most reliable post-season picks which can qualify as modern day dynasties but basically in name only. SF Giants have dropped the ball lately after winning three WS in a span of six years.

Baseball is ALL stats, buddy! Didn't you see the Brad Pitt movie?

Here's the thing, starting pitchers are basically only playing like twice in Best of 7 series. Most of them don't even have a shot at two series clinching appearances. Baseball is all about the numbers these days anyway, launch angle & exit velocity must be the most meaningless stats ever. Not to mention the infamous Wins Above Replacement which compares the numbers to a player that doesn't even exist. This is just insane in all aspects.

Nationals had the worst bullpen in the regular season yet still won WS. If anyone cares to look above the politics bullshit that's pretty much against the Moneyball numbers that have taken over baseball in the last 10 years. Scherzer missing G5 actually worked in their favor as Verlander has had a bad post-season all-around for the Astros. He lost the potential clincher vs Dodgers two years ago as well but Astros won it despite that. No such luck this time.

I know it's pathetic. I was foolish enough to think this thread is about baseball but what I learned is liberals cheer for Nationals and Astros are the villains. America is a sad, sad place indeed.

We live in a time of twitter mob rules and modern society going soft. It's called an entitlement era. It's anything but interesting. I didn't say about this before because I was naive enough to think that in a baseball thread we'd be talking about baseball not politics. Huh, was I wrong about that one. So much for interesting times we live in. So if Nats are the heroes now how does a domestic abuse in 2015 differ from domestic abuse in 2019? Is that a matter of principles too? So if Osuna is no longer on the Astros will they be allowed to be called heroes again? Because all these liberal bozos sure forgot about Chapman when cheering for the Nats. And it only took them four years to erase the memory. How convenient indeed. I'll never ever let politics dictate my sporting choices. Politics is pure evil masquerading under principle values. I'm just wating on another domestic/sex scandal that comes out of the Nationals bullpen and I'm very curious how will the liberals act then. Because if they swept the Chapman case under the carpet to fit their liberal purpose they can very much do this again. It's only a matter of time IMO. Osuna is just 24yo, relief pitchers are floating around the league like crazy. It wouldn't shock me if he ends up on Nationals roster one day within the next 10-12 years

Just four years ago then-Nationals manager made similar comments about Aroldis Chapman to the ones from Astros assistant GM about Osuna this year. And he had to crawl out of them in a hurry. But yeah, the Nats are the heroes and Astros are villains. What a bunch of crap. And I see Chapman is still pitching his ways in MLB so maybe every team that hired him should be a villlain too? Or maybe he's immune to criticism because he's Cuban so any criticism would be classified as racist? That's enough politics in sports for ya? I find it repulsive when political correctness tells people whom they should support in sports but I wonder how that applies to players like Chapman and the 2019 WS where Nationals are the folks' heroes? https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2015/12/09/Washington-Nationals-Dusty-Baker-backs-Aroldis-Chapman-domestic-violence-policy/1331449648753/

If domestic abuse is all that matters in sports then the modern society is truly useless. I wonder when will a Nationals player start start to beating up women so this hero nonsense stops?

So what? She is still a traitor. You turn your back on the entire nation because of Todd Hays? Really? No wonder people are upset. I hope the fans give her hell and then some! Narcisstic woman deserves no sympathy.

Well, majority of the South American countries lists food as their top export product? Sure, there is coffee in Colombia but like 80% of the bananas I ate in my life have the 'Ecuador' sticker on them There's maybe 15% of 'Costa Rica' stickers and 5% from Colombia so there is that. I understand landlocked countries like Bolivia or Paraguay have mountains and not much else. How is the fishing market in Argentina anyway? I suppose the global trade importance of Argentina & Uruguay has dropped in the 20th century since you have cargo planes and sending goods on a merchant ships to and from Buenos Aires is no longer the only travel route available. Of course there is tourism but it's a great rivalry across the globe in that market so it doesn't stand out like Venezuela and their crude oil potential tbh.

It's abuse of power no matter how you want to spin it. If Clinton got impeached for the Lewinsky affair then no member of the Congress should be held to a lower standard. Power has no gender attached to it, period. Women in power can be equally as ruthless as men.

Well, either this or allow to harvest the Amazon forest for oil. The latex boom has dried up over 100 years ago. Sadly South America doesn't have much natural resources and even Venezuela is going belly up with their oil market which is downright insane. So, it's either drugs or coffee to bring money.

Old news. It's either the military junta or communists aka sociallists. There isn't any other choice in South America tbh.

For a life-long businessman Trump has had an impressive career in the mainstream. Talk about a 70 year old guy still stirring the pot!

And the cindirella charm is gone. Astros sweep Nationals on the road and take the series lead 3-2. Verlander vs Strasburg on Tuesday in Game 6.

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