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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...-world-series/

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Rojas came up in the Reds farm system but LA signed him as a minor leaguer and gave him his first MLB call up from Albuquerque to the Show in 2014. Funny enough, in the winter after that season, he was traded to Miami, along with Dee Gordon and Dan Haren, for none other than … Kiké Hernandez! (Also...

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Dude, it’s a Bluetooth speaker that makes the sound of a metal garbage can being hit, one bang for fastball, and two bangs for offspeed …

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Man, great recall.

Rajai Davis and Miggy Rojas have a lot in common!

I honestly don’t remember much of the 97 series. It was my freshman year at college and I was only really following the Dodgers exploits....

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Man, great recall.

Rajai Davis and Miggy Rojas have a lot in common!

I honestly don’t remember much of the 97 series. It was my freshman year at college and I was only really following the Dodgers exploits....

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I might have to give up watching baseball after this WS. My brain is too scrambled from all the insanity!

Rojas gave a fantastic postgame interview. He was like, “I don’t really care about my [season extending game tying] homer, I’m really proud of my defensive assists, those were...

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T9 to B9 to T10 has been an absolute wild combo. Craziest G7 ever????

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My gut agrees with your gut. Added sidewall height to get better compliance on the road surface. Probably stick with P metric over LT for a softer and more compliant ride.
Also as long as your brakes clear, 20” rims and tires should be less expensive?

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If LAD is way up or way down late, I’d love to see another few pitches from Kersh before he retires. Though man if G3 was the last of it, that is one hell of a high note on which to finish.

Also: watching this Series has made me realize that had Toronto actually succeeded in landing Ohtani,...

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Hat tip to the Jays. Great series.

I feel like this is their first win in the series that didn’t depend on a single big inning caused by pitchers totally falling apart (specifically B6 in Game 1 and T7 in Game 4). Both teams are digging in, but man Betts and Muncy have been under par...

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I don’t remember losing my mind or jumping off the couch *nearly* as much in 2018 as I was last night, outside of 2018’s 13th and 18th innings.

And man, holy shit, sooooo many stories and records from last night.
Best player in the game, ever, 4 XBH, 4 IBB, 1 BB? What the f?!?!...

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I’d definitely consider the HR3 on the rear with a Hillbilly or Shorty front.

But ugh, looks like the Hillbilly, Shorty, HR3 now all only come in 2.4.

I have my hardtail (winter bike) set up 2.6 front and rear (35 mm rims). I refuse to go down to a 2.4. Looks like I’ll...

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Well, these last few days of atmospheric river have pretty much put the PNW out of the Playoffs of Mountain Biking season … so on to wet season. North facing stuff down here won’t really dry out much at this point until late April, which is when I start thinking about more versatile shoulder season...

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Two notes:
1) HSAs are run by banks, not insurance companies. They aren’t auditing claims like insurance companies do - it’s your money, and I believe the default treatment is as such. Of course this varies, our FSA is through BofA which wants receipts. But when I had an Optum HSA, I did a...

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Ah yeah, in that case, definitely P-metric!
I don’t have any specific models to rave about, but if it were my choice, I’d look for the highest rated tire for noise and ride comfort, that had at least mid-pack snow performance, and also good to leading load index and max psi pressure.
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All good now, turns out my sister needed new bindings and got the clearance Bent Chetler edition Strives with 130 bindings, I’m trading her my 100s.

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For what kind of climate and what split of highway vs gravel vs true off road?
Also how big of a truck and how do you use your truck?

I don’t have firsthand experience with year round 3PMSF tires - and I need LT in Load Range E so even if I did I think my experiences may not apply...

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I had a warped and concave bases on NIP Rustler 11s (Gen 1). After taking photos and complaining enough to Blizzard/Nordica/Tecnica USA, they paid for my tune, which solved the issues of getting grabby and locked up in thick snow. Had the same exact issue on NIP Icelantics, who couldn’t pay directly...

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Shockingly enough, the Strive 13/14 brake was designed so that you can’t remove the arm/heel pad assembly from the track base without removing the long bushing pins from the heel pad.

You are correct that the individual arms are identical (as are the individual parts that hold them into...

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Did the rocker profiles change from 24 to 25 when they moved the mount points from -8 to -7?
I’m getting itchy about moving my 2024 E94s from -8 to -7 …