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I would be happier with the 96-05 Braves than the 2010s Royals and it's not even close.  Having a good team to follow every summer is what it's all about.  Winning the post-season tournament is fun bu

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In order to bottom out for 5 years you need to have been just abysmal at identifying and developing talent for the previous 10 years.

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I'll have what Tony Paul is having.

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The story on Jacob Barnes in the Freep was also intriguing. Another guy coming back from injuries - but he was apparently hitting 98. Interesting part was he liked the Tigers because he knew he had more changes to make and  he felt the Tigers pitching analytics people knew what they were talking about.

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  On 12/18/2021 at 2:15 AM, IdahoBert said:

Is anyone else as excited as I am that the Tigers inked a minor league deal with a pitcher from New Zealand?

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If he makes the major league team, he can teach them a haka to perform before each game.  The Red Sox and the Yankees would crap their pants.

 

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  On 12/18/2021 at 3:31 AM, Jim Cowan said:

If he makes the major league team, he can teach them a haka to perform before each game.  The Red Sox and the Yankees would crap their pants.

 

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Am I the only one that thinks this is the opposite of intimidating?

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Yeah I know what the intentions are... to intimidate.

My response is still the same... I'm not certain about the intimidation factor but... I think it's pretty cool to watch.

Knowing me... I'd be struggling to not break out into wild uncontrolled laughter...

And an exclamation at the end of the laughter: "That's so F'ing Cool!!!"

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  On 12/18/2021 at 3:31 AM, Jim Cowan said:

If he makes the major league team, he can teach them a haka to perform before each game.  The Red Sox and the Yankees would crap their pants.

 

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That is utterly visceral and amazing. I have a friend at work who is from Australia and I know that part of the world is really big into rugby and 30 years ago she borrowed my shortwave radio so she could listen to the rugby finals or whatever it’s called and it made her so happy and I didn’t realize why. Now I do. 

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  On 12/19/2021 at 2:39 AM, cswood said:

Am I the only one that thinks this is the opposite of intimidating?

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I think that when you perform the haka, it does not matter whether or not the opponent is intimidated.  The main reason that it is so powerful is the effect that it has on you, not them.  It is how you motivate yourself.

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  On 12/19/2021 at 3:39 AM, 1984Echoes said:

Yeah I know what the intentions are... to intimidate.

My response is still the same... I'm not certain about the intimidation factor but... I think it's pretty cool to watch.

Knowing me... I'd be struggling to not break out into wild uncontrolled laughter...

And an exclamation at the end of the laughter: "That's so F'ing Cool!!!"

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Did you see those French guys?  They weren't laughing.  They knew that their opponent had just become more powerful than they were before they performed it.

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  On 12/18/2021 at 3:31 AM, Jim Cowan said:

If he makes the major league team, he can teach them a haka to perform before each game.  The Red Sox and the Yankees would crap their pants.

 

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I loved when Torii Hunter had the Tigers doing this. 

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  On 12/19/2021 at 4:10 PM, Jim Cowan said:

Did you see those French guys?  They weren't laughing.  They knew that their opponent had just become more powerful than they were before they performed it.

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france is actually really good at rugby and has won some amazing upsets over new zealand over the years.

of course, being france, they turn around and lose to argentina or scotland.

and they host the rugby world cup in 2023!

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