World Cup teams have mandated “community sessions” that are mainly exclusive ticketed events.
Algeria’s community session was a real one, where the community was invited and now, children in the KC metro get to say they’ve played with international soccer stars.
With Michigan’s win tonight, no team has ever lost the National Championship in the same season that its football coach was fired for cause and then arrested on three separate charges including third-degree home invasion.
I asked Dan Hurley the same question I asked Tom Izzo: why does the media have a problem with coaches coaching players hard?
Hurley: "Society has gotten soft in a lot of ways... The real world is tough and cruel... I'm preparing my players for life."
@UncutGambitGems They’ve skimmed the menu of season leaders down considerably in AZ. Books aren’t offering most runs scored, most hits, or most doubles to name a few.
Within the MLB regular season statistics thresholds, it's time for one last dump of the plays that I've made to date:
1. Trevor Rogers 170+ Ks (+425)
2. Gunnar Henderson 30+ SBs (+275)
3. Jackson Holliday 30+ SBs (+850)
4. Royce Lewis 30+ HR (+550)
5. Jac Caglianone 90+ RBI (+400)
6. Marcell Ozuna 90+ RBI (+400)
7. Christian Yelich 90+ RBI (+330)
8. Fernando Tatis Jr. 100+ RBI (+300)
Plenty has already said about Rogers within the posts tied to wins leader (+5000) and 14+ wins (+550) so we'll just keep it short and sweet. He not only finished '25 with a 1.81 ERA in 109.2 IP (3.41 xERA), but finished 34th in CSW (27.9%) and 23rd in SwStr% (12.5%) that fuelled his 24.3% K% (62nd PER). He went 6+ IP in 13 of 18 starts, so a healthy season within even a static K% should get him here pretty easily, let alone if he can build upon his success from '25.
Henderson (30 SB in '25) with his 79th PER sprint speed (28.5) along with Holliday (17 SB in '25) with his 82nd PER sprint speed (28.6) figure to continue running once they get on the bases. Henderson's crossed 20+ SBs twice now over his past two seasons so the key will be continuing to improve on his career .347 OBP to give himself extra opportunities, but the true value is Holliday here once he returns from his hand injury. Holliday's mediocre .242 AVG and .314 OBP still landed him with a solid total, and figuring to hit closer to the top of the order should have him plenty aggressive on the bases. The hope here is that things finally click for him and he threatens to be a .340-.350 OBP type of hitter in the Orioles lineup, which should be enough to get his SB attempts (28 in '25) high enough to where 30 is a very manageable total to reach.
In terms of Lewis, another setback injury wise might be upon us as the Twins sat him due to discomfort today, so approach this one with extreme caution. That said, these are his per 140 GP projected totals over his three seasons in the majors:
'23: 36 (15 in 58 GP)
'24: 27 (16 in 82 GP)
'25: 17 (13 in 106 GP)
Simply put, I'm willing to gamble on the 1st overall pick in 2017 figuring things out enough to stay semi-healthy for a single season which should land him close to this threshold.
On the RBI front, another reminder as highlighted in previous posts about the prevalence of totals in '25:
80+ RBI: 56
90+ RBI: 31
100+ RBI: 16
Caglianone struggled in his time in the majors in '25, yet still projects to hit near the middle of the order for the Royals where his 30-40 HR pop and potential breakthrough (.308/.377/.924, 22 HR in 95 GP in minors) should give him plenty of opportunities to reach a manageable threshold, especially hitting behind Maikel Garcia, Bobby Witt Jr., Sal Perez and Vinnie Pasquantino who should be on base plenty for him.
Yelich (103 RBI in '25) took significant dips in xBA (.240, 40th PER), xSLG (.439, 62nd PER), barrel % (10.3%, 62nd PER] and hard hit % (46.4%, 66th PER) from '24 and previous to that where he regularly sat in the 80th PER or higher. Yet, 29 HR along with a .795 OPS all still point to a very productive hitter and should his back troubles be a thing of the past, crossing this threshold is a very reasonable mark to achieve for him.
Similarly, Ozuna saw a dip in his bat speed at age 35 (72.9, 64th PER which is down from 74 in '24 and 75 in '23), leading to a disappointing .232/.355/.755 in '25 after two straight seasons of 39+ HR and .900+ OPS with the Braves. He might be long in the tooth, but he's also still a very good hitter who by default should find himself hitting in the middle of a much improved Pirates lineup that should give him an excellent shot at crossing this mark. There's concern that age is catching up to him here, but alas 25-30 HR from him in an advantageous spot in the lineup should easily have him threatening this mark.
Finally, we reach Tatis who is now penciled in as the San Diego Padres cleanup hitter behind the likes of Xander Bogaerts (.328 OBP), Jackson Merrill (.317 OBP) and Manny Machado (.335 OBP), which should drastically improve his opportunities to build upon his 71 RBI in 155 GP in '25. He's still an expected numbers darling via .272 xBA (85th PER), .488 xSLG (84th PER), 93.3 AVG EV (95th PER) and 51.8% hard hit % (93rd PER), so a change of roles to be more of a run producer from the heart of the order should allow him to threaten his career mark of 97 RBI set in '21. No one is certain whether we'll ever see the 40+ HR pop from him circa '19-21 again, but he's still a superstar hitter now in a role that should have him stumbling into runs batted in.
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My wife said the WM is like a Taylor Swift concert for middle aged men, so I asked her if most Swifties pissed themselves and got a DUI on the way home. If not, they’re nothing alike.
In a capitalistic society it might been seen as foolish to take less than what a market can yield. I LOVE that peace of mind & family & an acknowledgement of the treatment from the fan base are things that were prioritized by Jose. You can’t put a price tag on those things.
If i had to pick a team from this chosen field who can probably get OSU, Miami is up there. Wreckers on DL, enough on O. A more pedigreed Indiana with a retard head coach.
Needs to be said every time but every fourth quarter, Michigan fans all get together and their pump up anthem is to sing a song about their girl getting fucked by some other guy.