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Beau Vine

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  1. No kidding! I mean it's extremely clear they played it wrong:
  2. Well, the regionals were in Fargo, Allentown, Manchester, and Toledo. Whoever is in charge of NCAA hockey is a fucking idiot. The Frozen Four is in Vegas next year and we do have regionals in the Denver area the next two years, but they're of course in a minor league rink in one of the northern suburbs.
  3. I remember someone on this forum years ago arguing that someone (Mattingly?) deserved to be in the Hall, partly because he had more "MVP Award shares than Babe Ruth." Ruth is 100th in Award shares on bref; Cobb (1 MVP in 24 years) is 181st. https://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/mvp_cya.shtml It's kind of like arguing that Lamarr Hoyt was better than Cy Young himself because he won more Cy Young Awards. This is something I've gone down a deep rabbit hole on a few years ago. I've never found any really specific details on the rules, but my best guess is... I think it goes back to the MVP originating as the Chalmers Motors award, where the winner got a car. There was a rule against repeat MVPs for that (how many cars do you need in 1910 anyways?) and I guess that when that company went under and MLB took over the award, they kept the rule for some reason. It wasn't a rule everyone on the MVP voting committee followed, because Hornsby finished 3rd in '27 after winning it in '25. Somehow though, Ruth got 0 votes for his '27 season. And actually, I'm wrong above -- Walter Johnson was the first to win 2 MVPs, though the first one was the Chalmers and the second was the MLB award, and I wonder if the MVP committee didn't consider the Chalmers award to be a real MVP... And if you've never read about the 1910 controversy, enjoy: https://tht.fangraphs.com/the-chalmers-award-had-a-memorable-debut/
  4. There was a long time where if you had already won an MVP, you were ineligible (not sure if formally or informally). Ruth only got MVP votes in 4-5 seasons. First to win multiple MVPs?
  5. Frozen Four today! Denver-WMU at 4pm CST and Pedo State-BU at 7:30. Zeev for Hobey!
  6. I seen on fox news that train de agua has taken over buckingham palace!
  7. Should've asked for 2nd-most...
  8. Who would you say has the most good bad hitters?
  9. It cracks me up how many HEB products are sold on Amazon and Ebay. The only thing I buy so far are the refried charro beans ($20 for 6 cans) from some dude in Floresville.
  10. This guy is taking a stand on the important issues of the day:
  11. Got stuck in the 70s on this one. I blame Toronto.
  12. Thought I was reading Derka for a second.
  13. A heinous crime has been committed. Our man is here to clear things up:
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