Other Chicago & General Sports Thread LVII: Bulls draft Carter & Hutchison

[Bubba88]

Can we change the title to Carter?

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Wow that was clear penalty against Swede on breakaway uncalled

Swedish fans are going to be livid

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Very late win by Germany over Sweden.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Wow what an ending

Swedes choked badly

 

[Kurtosis]

Wow what an ending

Swedes choked badly

They didn’t choke. They got outplayed the whole match.

 

[Illinihockey]

Germany win, Sweden win, Mexico gets knocked out

 

[Bubba88]

Swedes weren't better. There few chances were created by German brain farts. Germans had a good chance in minute 87 and hit the post in additional time. It was long overdue. If Germany can figure out that Muller is pretty bad the last 6 months they may get better. Subbing out Özil and Khedira helped.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Sorry when you give up a goal in 95th minute it is a choke

The Swedes were better team in 1st half and played like garbage in 2nd half

 

[TLEH]

Brian Duensing hasn't been able to get anybody out for about 2 weeks now.

 

[clydesdale line]

Uh oh... Dane Dunning hurt his elbow in his start tonight.. rumors on Twitter are it doesn't look good...

 

[Sarava]

Uh oh... Dane Dunning hurt his elbow in his start tonight.. rumors on Twitter are it doesn't look good...

Uh oh. Well, these things were bound to happen I guess. Wish him the best

 

[HeisenBaez]

This whole series. ****ing brutal. Every time this team gets tied or slightly ahead for first, they **** their pants. 3-5 against the Reds, who will have 31 wins after today. That’s 16% of their wins against the Cubs. Lol. Just a brutal series. Offense is struggling... shocking! But they’ll score 15 some game soon to make their stats look better, so we don’t have to worry about it.

Cubs have apparently taking on the personality of Javier Baez. Why? For fun? ¯\_(ツ)_/

The Cardinals are freaking 9-1 against this same Reds team that the Cubs can't figure out. Think about that for a moment. The Cubs do not need to wait till the second half to get going.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Report: Hanley Ramirez 'eyed' in ongoing investigation

"Obviously, I know nothing about sports of Hanley Ramirez's stats, but what I do know is crime. And there has been some reports about a FaceTime phone call that was made between a man during a car stop. After that car stop, police recovered a significant amount of drugs. And during that car stop, the suspect claimed that one of the items found in the vehicle belonged to Hanley Ramirez and then FaceTimed [Ramirez] in front of police. And that car stop coordinated with the timing of his release from the Red Sox."

McPhee was apparently one of the reporters who broke initial Hernandez case

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

My goodness the Cubs are absolute trash this series. The pitching.... my goodness. It’s the damn Reds.

Gave up 6 runs without even recording an out that inning

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Cubs get swept in four games by the almighty Reds and get outscored 31-13 over that span. Incredibly terrible series.

 

[HeisenBaez]

The Cubs had no interests in playing that series against the Reds.

Suffice to say, when the Reds come to town in a couple of weeks, I expect that to be different.

 

[Teemu]

Moncada just does not like to yield a pop up

 

[piteus]

Ouch Germany. They deserved to be out. They should have gone winless in the World Cup. Without a favorable referee call on their 2nd goal against South Korea, Mexico would be out too. That group was far closer than expected.

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Sammy Sosa Says He Doesn't Care What People Say About His Lighter Skin Tone: 'This Is My Life'

 

[clydesdale line]

Mexicooooo!

 

[TLEH]

Wow. Chris Bosio fired for “racially insensitive comments made towards an employee”

 

[DPHawk]

We Timed Every Game. World Cup Stoppage Time Is Wildly Inaccurate.

An interesting article on stoppage time in soccer. As a very casual soccer fan I've never understood the point of soccer's time-keeping system, the stalling tactics of teams trying to run out the clock is blatant and its prevalence is telling to its effectiveness. The article provides some empirical numbers to what I've always believed as a casual fan.

There’s a reason that players feign injuries when leading or dig the ball out of the net and run to midfield after scoring a goal while trailing. Their perception is that not enough stoppage time is added. So far this World Cup, their perception has proven to be reality.

If these results are consistent across levels (and my observations lead me to believe that these tactics are common and effective at all levels) then what is the reasoning for soccer's archaic timing system? I appreciate that soccer games end quickly and on time but timeliness shouldn't come at the expense of fair play thanks to flagrant delay tactics. Just stop the clock while the goalie pretends to have an injury and keep the guess-work out of it.

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

I'm a casual soccer fan as well (watch the world cup but not much else) and the timing thing seems so crazy to me. The idea that only the ref(s) know when the game will end seems so dumb. I dont mean this in a "soccer sucks" way, just the idea itself. Is there a ratioanle behind it?

 

[piteus]

Sammy Sosa Says He Doesn't Care What People Say About His Lighter Skin Tone: 'This Is My Life'

I know a guy who played in the Rangers minor league system back in the day. He played with Juan Gonzales, Sammy Sosa, etc. He always told me Sammy was a HUGE Michael Jackson fan. That's a true story.

 

[Teemu]

No hits against Giolito through 5

 

[b1e9a8r5s]

No hits against Giolito through 5

You jinxed it!

 

[Kaners Bald Spot]

I don't know what has happened to Quintana since the calendar hit 2017. Seems like a completely different pitcher since the beginning of last season.