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06-24-2017 , 04:38 PM

#10201

gregorio

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Gladwell is also right about doorbells.

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06-24-2017 , 04:56 PM

#10202

Feldman

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All these "X is right about Y" posts without saying what the viewpoint is are annoying.

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06-24-2017 , 05:45 PM

#10203

C Bids

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You don't get the show

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06-26-2017 , 09:07 AM

#10204

dkgojackets

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Originally Posted by Dudd

the trend line is negative from 1993 through 2017 (which should be excluded since it's a partial season and I would bet that some of those teams will regress to the mean and come back to within a run by season's end)

if you read the bottom a second time, you will see that EACH SEASON IS PARTIAL

lol

just a perfect example of how data does not equal information

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06-26-2017 , 10:53 AM

#10205

SenorKeeed

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Yes, "Rolling average of number of MLB teams with a per-game run differential of greater than 1 or less than -1, by season (through June 19)" is well into self-satire territory. Just awful.

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06-27-2017 , 12:41 PM

#10206

lloyd45

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Apatow doesn't seem like a fun hang post election.

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06-27-2017 , 01:41 PM

#10207

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He's never seemed like a fun hang. He'd be cool for the first couple hours but then you're holding his hair while he pukes in the toilet.

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06-27-2017 , 07:48 PM

#10208

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John McEnroe is in hot water for this exchange:

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Lulu Garcia-Navarro: We’re talking about male players but there is of course wonderful female players. Let’s talk about Serena Williams. You say she is the best female player in the world in the book.

McEnroe: Best female player ever — no question.

Garcia-Navarro: Some wouldn’t qualify it, some would say she’s the best player in the world. Why qualify it?

McEnroe: Oh! Uh, she’s not, you mean, the best player in the world, period?

Garcia-Navarro: Yeah, the best tennis player in the world. You know, why say female player?

McEnroe: Well because if she was in, if she played the men’s circuit she’d be like 700 in the world.

I just listened to a 20 minute segment on the radio with like 8 guests.

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06-27-2017 , 07:59 PM

#10209

SenorKeeed

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Is being the best athelete in the world about pitting men against women? By that metric women can never be best.

Shouldn't you look at exceptional performance and wins? It's not a battle of the sexes

Maybe if you mean "most accomplished tennis player" don't ask if she's "the best player in the world"?

Also, she's probably not the most accomplished tennis player. Federer has 18 majors and he's competed against 2 of the top ten greatest tennis players OAT.

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06-27-2017 , 08:02 PM

#10210

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Why is there this obsession with comparing female athletes to men?

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06-27-2017 , 08:46 PM

#10211

SuperUberBob

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Originally Posted by EddyB66

Why is there this obsession with comparing female athletes to men?

Goes back to Bobby Riggs facing top female players despite being in his 50s and 60s.

Williams sisters also faced some guy ranked 1xxth, got wiped out, and the man said he played more like a top 500 player rather than top 200.

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06-27-2017 , 08:55 PM

#10212

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Originally Posted by SuperUberBob

Right but instead of celebrating an awesome career, and how great of an athlete Serena is, people have to immediately ask, well can she beat men?

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06-27-2017 , 09:03 PM

#10213

SuperUberBob

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From the perspective of sports media, most of the talk is making news of nothing. A way to go back to the well when the world you're reporting on is quiet. When the boxing world is dead, people suddenly release their top 10 p4p list. Same with ESPN.

For everybody else, it's entertaining the same way Conor McGregor fighting Floyd Mayweather is entertaining. It's a spectacle. I sincerely doubt people think that people are going to use a battle of the sexes to determine which gender is better.

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06-27-2017 , 09:37 PM

#10214

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Originally Posted by EddyB66

Right but instead of celebrating an awesome career, and how great of an athlete Serena is, people have to immediately ask, well can she beat men?

Did you read the interview?

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06-27-2017 , 11:05 PM

#10215

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Originally Posted by Go Get It

Did you read the interview?

I wasn't referring to McEnroe. I've heard other people comparing her to men years ago. I'm glad he won't apologize either. He shouldn't.

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06-28-2017 , 06:31 AM

#10216

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Originally Posted by EddyB66

Right but instead of celebrating an awesome career, and how great of an athlete Serena is, people have to immediately ask, well can she beat men?

There's for sure some sexism but I think when a person or team dominates thoroughly, people wonder how they'd do vs better competition. Like how Alabama would fare vs worst NFL team or Kentucky vs worst NBA team. For women athletes and teams, the better competition is men and so that's where it goes.

SUB, the actual story is pretty hilarious

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Another event dubbed a "Battle of the Sexes" took place during the 1998 Australian Open[34] between Karsten Braasch and the Williams sisters. Venus and Serena Williams had claimed that they could beat any male player ranked outside the world's top 200, so Braasch, then ranked 203rd, challenged them both. Braasch was described by one journalist as "a man whose training regime centered around a pack of cigarettes and more than a couple bottles of ice cold lager".[35][36] The matches took place on court number 12 in Melbourne Park,[37] after Braasch had finished a round of golf and two beers. He first took on Serena and after leading 5–0, beat her 6–1. Venus then walked on court and again Braasch was victorious, this time winning 6–2.[38] Braasch said afterwards, "500 and above, no chance". He added that he had played like someone ranked 600th in order to keep the game "fun".[39] Braasch said the big difference was that men can chase down shots much easier, and that men put spin on the ball that the women can't handle. The Williams sisters adjusted their claim to beating men outside the top 350.

Ironic that Williams was making bold claims like that back then, and now basically telling Mac not to speculate on the subject.

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06-28-2017 , 07:00 AM

#10217

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Serena is a clown. She didn't even pay attention to the context of what was being said. This was an interview question, Mac didn't go out of his way to make this statement.

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06-28-2017 , 11:10 AM

#10218

bazooka87

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I can't believe the Williams sisters invented 'about 350'

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06-28-2017 , 11:40 AM

#10219

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Originally Posted by All-inMcLovin

The other day Greenberg asked Golic how many all star selections there were from Ainge's 38 (iirc) Celtics draft picks.

Golic guessed 20. LMAO

Greenie then corrected him and said there have been 0 all star selections.

Golic should have been fired on the spot.

this is pretty hilarious

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06-28-2017 , 11:43 AM

#10220

JayTeeMe

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Kelly Olynk never made an all star game?

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06-29-2017 , 04:13 PM

#10221

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Impressive work by bill to shoehorn in the celtics and Tate at the end of his 15 minute phoner on the NBA podcast.

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06-30-2017 , 02:56 PM

#10222

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We all give Bill **** for most of what he produces -- but, I thought his newest article was pretty good.

https://theringer.com/2017-nba-free-...s-5be49018c062