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Full credit to u/tokengaymusiccritic for bringing this to my attention. I am just a dirty dirty karma whore.

4-Star Recruit This thread will be updated periodically automatically to keep a list of 4/5* recruits and links to /r/CFB posts on their commitments. 5-Star Recruit

2022 4* DB Kamari Ramsey has committed to UCLA

2022 5* safety Sam McCall signs to Florida State

2022 5* QB Drew Allar signs with Penn State

2022 5* DL Gabriel Brownlow-Dindy signs with Texas A&M

2022 4* TE Tony Livingston signs with Florida

2022 4* IOL Qae'shon Sapp signs to Florida State

2022 4* QB Gunner Stockton signs with Georgia

2022 4* S JQ Hardaway commits to Cincinnati

2022 4* RB Nicholas Singleton signs with Penn State

2022 4* LB Jaishawn Barham flips from South Carolina to Maryland

2022 4* TE Donovan Green signs with Texas A&M

2022 4* TE Jake johnson commits to Texas A&M

2022 4* Edge Popeye Williams signs with Louisville

2022 4* RB Branson Robinson signs with Georgia

2022 4* LB Ish Harris signs with Texas A&M

[2022 4* OT Elijah Pritchett commits to Alabama](https://www.reddit.com/r/CFB/comments/rgyymb/2022_4_ot_elijah_pritchett_commits_t

Athletics (85-72) @ Mariners (87-70)

First Pitch: 7:10 PM at T-Mobile Park

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If you missed all the content from December, there were 55 ebook releases, 39 audiobooks, 15 promoted webseries, 2 novellas and 5 omnibus releases of series.

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Banuelos was traded for Chasen Shreve and David Carpenter in 2015.

Shreve was later traded to the Cardinals with Gallegos for Voit.

Carpenter was traded to the Nationals for a prospect named Tony Renda.

Renda never played for the Yankees, but he was traded to the Reds as part of the Aroldis Chapman deal.

Chapman was traded to the Cubs as part of the 2016 mid-season teardown bring us Gleyber.

With Voit on the block, let’s see if we could stretch the out the way we can connect Aaron Judge all the way back to Ruben Rivera

#Yankees @ Athletics - Thu, Aug 26

###Game Status: Final - Score: 7-6 Yankees

###Links & Info

• Current conditions at Oakland Coliseum: 75°F - Clear - Wind 10 mph, Out To RF
• TV: National: MLBN (out-of-market only), Yankees: YES, Athletics: NBCSCA
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Athletics: A's Cast, KIQI 1010 (es), Bloomberg 960 AM
• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
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I recently participated as the A’s GM in the 2022 edition of the r/baseball Offseason Sim. Basically, 30 Redditors each take control of a team as their GM and simulate the offseason starting from MLB as things exist following the end of the World Series. We also have Redditors that serve as player agents as well as moderators to keep the sim (relatively) sane and logical.

Coming into the sim, I wanted the A’s because I like to make a a lot of moves and I felt that the A’s had gone as far with their current core as they could. I also lived for a time in the Bay Area, and have a lot of fond memories of the franchise. Way back in the day, I did the 2018 sim as the A’s GM. The A’s missed the playoffs in 2021, have a thin farm, were going to lose several significant contributors in FA, were barely under the $90M budget I was given by the moderators when the offseason began, and many of their most valuable players will be free agents soon. Given those factors, I felt the A’s would be sellers, and the demand in the sim was strong enough that I ended up trading most of the current core. However, I also kept in mind that the A’s have never tanked and have quite explicitly said that they do not feel that tanking is in their best interests.

I think the easiest way to describe my sim is to say that I did a full scale teardown and then rebuilt a team that will be competitive but not good in 2022. Below are the notable moves (there were… a good bit more) I made, grouped into a “Teardown” and a “Restocking” section. The moves are all linked to the move in the sim, so that way you can read my justification as well as any commentary generated by the move. You can also look at my sheet, which has a lot more details about the A’s franchise as I left it.

Teardown

• Traded Lou Trivino & Jake Diekman to the Red Sox for Brayan Bello, Miguel Bleis, & Tyler McDonough

• Traded Frankie Montas to the Mariners for Adam Macko, Taylor Dollard, Edwin Arroyo, Kaden Polcovich, & Justus Sheffield

• [Traded Matt Chapman, Chris Bassitt, A.J. Puk (LAD), Vimael Machin, Jordan Diaz, & Jonah Bride (STL) for Andy Pages, Michael Busch, Jose Ramos (LAD), Masyn Winn, & Tin

3B Options:

-Josh Donaldson (Minnesota Twins). Still an excellent offensive player. xwOBA matched MVP season last year (.386 xwOBA in 2021, .385 xwOBA in 2015). Above average defender (60th percentile OAA), and should hit 30+ hrs in a healthy season. Elite walk rate (98th percentile) and average K rate make him a high OBP player while only having a .250-.260 average. ~130 OPS+ player over last 3 years. Expected WAR of about 3-4 next year. Cost should be cheap, and Minnesota will likely eat some salary (1 top 10 prospect, another top 20 prospect, Twins eat 25-30 %). Controlled through 2023 at 20 million/year, Jays would likely pay 15/yr.

-Jose Ramirez (Cleveland Guardians). The big one. Excellent all around player. Elite defence, elite offence, elite speed. All expected metrics are 90th percentile plus, .380-.400 wOBA and xwOBA player. Top 5 mvp finishes in 4 of past 5 years. Cost will be astronomical, likely 1-2 above average major league players, 1 top 3 prospect, another top 10 prospect, and likely another 1 or 2 toss ins. Controlled through 2023 at 8 million/year.

-Matt Chapman (Oakland A's). Very volatile offensive player. wOBA has fluctuated from .311 to .370 over the past 4 years. Extremely high K rate (32.5 K %), and walk rate (13 BB %). Roughly average offensive player over past 2 years. Low average high power profile. Elite defender, likely best in the league. 99th percentile OAA in each of last 4 years, consistent gold glove winner, gives him floor of 3 WAR, 7 WAR upside. Controlled through 2023. Cost could vary. Not a good handle on expected value. Anything from 1 top 10 prospect and a throw in to a Kirk/Gurriel type player and a top 10 prospect.

2B Options:

-Ketel Marte (Arizona Diamondbacks). Excellent well rounded player. Defence at 2B/SS much better than in OF. .870 OPS, 127 OPS+ over past 4 years. Doesn't strike out much (16 K%), average walk rate. .385 wOBA vs .370 xwOBA last year, expected metrics match results. Controlled through 2024, cost would be high, likely major league player (2-3 WAR, Alejandro Kirk/Lourdes Gurriel Jr type), and 2 top 10 prospects (Groshans, Van Eyk or Hiraldo type) cost.

-Tony Kemp (Oakland A's). Contact oriented offensive profile, 12.8 K % to 13.1 BB % last year, very high walk rates. 126 OPS+ and 3.4 WAR last year, however .350 wOBA to .320 xwOBA suggests regression. .322xwOBA over past 2 years. Career .340 OBP. Likely platoon with Espinal (LHB). Good defender (74th percenti

Here's a quick look at how a (healthy) Yankees pitching staff lines up with the four teams still in the championship hunt.

#Rotation

#Bullpen

 

As you can see, the Yankees October pitching staff could go toe-to-toe with any of the four remaining teams, one of which will be crowned champions. There's no doubt the Dodgers have the best remaining staff (though all NL numbers come with a grain of salt, since those guys get to face pitchers trying to hit). But the Yankees are right there with these final four contenders.

What a waste.

#FT: St Johnstone 0-0 Dundee

Venue: McDiarmid Park

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LINE-UPS

St Johnstone

Zander Clark, Liam Gordon, Jamie McCart, Daniel Cleary, Cameron Macpherson, Murray Davidson, Jacob Butterfield, Callum Booth, James Brown, Callum Hendry Stevie May, Nadir Ciftci Christopher Kane.

Subs: Glenn Middleton, Elliot Parish, Tony Gallacher, Ali Crawford, Liam Craig, Charlie Gilmour, John Mahon.

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Dundee

Adam Legzdins, Ryan Sweeney, Liam Fontaine, Cameron Kerr, Christie Elliott, Paul Mcgowan Charlie Adam, Shaun Byrne, Max Anderson, Leigh Griffiths Alex Jakubiak, Luke McCowan Niall McGinn, Paul McMullan.

Subs: Finlay Robertson, Harrison Sharp, Jay Chapman, Josh Mulligan, Ian Lawlor, Declan McDaid.

MATCH STATS | via BBC

MATCH EVENTS | via ESPN

10' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Christopher Kane replaces Nadir Çiftçi because of an injury.

51' Substitution, Dundee. Charlie Adam replaces Paul McGowan.

51' Substitution, Dundee. Niall McGinn replaces Luke McCowan.

65' Liam Gordon (St. Johnstone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

76' Cammy Kerr (Dundee) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

82' Substitution, Dundee. Alex Jakubiak replaces Leigh Griffiths.

85' Substitution, St. Johnstone. Stevie May replaces Callum Hendry.

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I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

This weekend, Formula 1 will have it's 31st final race title decider in it's history. The upcoming Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will decide weather Max Verstappen will get his and Netherlands' first championship, or will Lewis Hamilton become the first driver to win 8 World Drivers Championships.

And while this weekend will without a doubt be one to remember, given how this season has produced an incredible amount of shenanigans, it’s possibly a good time to remind, or for some to learn what happened in the previous 30 title deciders that came down to the final race

50s - 1950,1951

We begin with the opening two World Championships in 1950. Before 1950, the status of Grand Prix racing was dominated by races in Europe after the WWII, with a few in Latin America. In 1950, Grand Prix racing became a World Championship with the name of Formula 1. Why Formula 1? Well mostly because it was appropriate for a premier series.

So how did the first few seasons go? Pretty good if you were Alfa Romeo.

Before the 2nd World War, Alfa Romeo had been of the premier manufactures in the Grand Prix scene, spending most of their years battling against Mercedes, Auto Union (now Audi) and Maserati. Their lead man was Tazio Nuvolari who is regarded as one of the greatest drivers in the Pre WWII era of Grand Prix racing.

After the war, Alfa Romeo was essentially the only major manufacture of the big 4 to continue racing. The first 2 years of F1 essentially had cars that were build in that era pre WWII, which gave Alfa a huge advantage. So huge in fact they swept the European races.

The most known driver from that era is none other than Juan Manuel Fangio, who may or ,may not have won roughly 5 titles in the 50s. 1950 however, wouldn’t be his as he lost a close title fight with Giuseppe Farina.

Fangio (Left) And Nino Farina (Right)

Giuseppe Farina had won the first race of the year in Silverstone, only to then cause a massive accident in Monaco in which took out roughly half of the field. Then after winning the Swiss GP and not performing as well in the next two, Nino managed to get clutch the championship with a win at Monza, helped by the demise of Fangio in the race after his car failed. The title was essentially Farina needing to win and Fangio drop a place on the podium

One very interesting note of Farina, his first few seasons with i

Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB

Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"

I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual

So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes

r/unclejokes for dirty jokes

r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC

r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes

Punchline !

Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub

Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat

best signing

justin verlander - 1/11+ - houston (50%)

> Disgustingly cheap contract for Verlander considering what he got IRL and what others would've paid him here. Just big misfire by his agent and good job by iama.

> Verlander's is ridiculous compared to irl.

belt - 1/11 - cleveland (41%)

> A very lowkey "good" deal, but Belt has been very good these last two years, and Cleveland finally gets another power bat.

> the value is basically fair and I actually feel like this is not a huge steal for the team, especially considering the draft pick. Selecting it is somewhat more of a commentary on the relative low price compared to the QO.

kluber - 1/6.5+ - tb (32%)

wander - irl deal - tb (32%)

> New Ethan went off with this one. There's some recency bias with how a lot of us are viewing Kluber, but if he is healthy in 2022, this deal will look insanely good for the Rays.

> Picking Franco because that contract is dumb and will wind up being even better than the Acuna and Albies deals. Steals all around.

> Was very close to doing almost the same deal. I would only count on him pitching half a season, but it's worth it.

correa - 8/263 - hou (23%)

musgrove - 5/80 - sd (18%)

ct3 - 4/60 - lad (14%)

rodriguez - 4/62 - sea (14%)

hill - 1/2 - stl (14%)

canha - 3/43 - mia (9%)

loup - 2/14 - tex (9%)

avisail - 2/25 - sd (9%)

baez - 6/145 - mia (5%)

raisel - 4/56 - phi (5%)

cruz - 1/12 - tex (5%)

worst signing

schwarber - 7/105 - phi (59%)

>Schwarber is a fun player but this is quite a bit for a guy who was nontendered literally last year. And what position is he playing there?

> Schwarber: AAV is fine--at a couple of years. Combined with the length--7 years---lol.

ohtani (55%)

>Ohtani getting that much term when he could very easily tear his arm tomorrow and never pitch again shows that Pat really ran the team with as little thinking as possible. Extensions suck and should never be done in the sim.

>the ohtani contract could very well be the worst in baseball halfway through. he's had a healthy season and yeah, it was an awesome one, but holy fuck what a mess if he doesn't stay healthy (and it's likely he won't).

mancini - 6/76 - tb (50%)

> Mancini is the kind of guy that gets passed around on 1 year vet deals, so 6 years is painful

judge - 7/210 - nyy (27%)

freeman - 9/232 - atl (27%)

soler - 5/37 - atl (23%)

ray - 6/135 - laa (23%)

bradley - 4/24 - was (9%)

baez - 6/145 - mia (5%)

rizzo

From Union, 1991

This song's pretty short, so I'll try to keep this review short. Evensong, the penultimate song on Union, is a barebones track - but that's by design. It dates back to before the Union project - before ABWH's planned second album, even. The track, while it seems to be performed in a studio, was based on a drum-and-bass duet Tony Levin and Bill Bruford would do during the ABWH live shows - thus it features only those two. This makes it the only Yes song to be co-written by Tony Levin. Actually, hang on a moment. A recording based on a live improvisation featuring Tony Levin and Bill Bruford? Are we sure we're not listening to King Crimson here?

All joking aside, one would probably expect such a short song to be much lower on my list. Heck, it's one of Yes' shortest songs, being one of only two to clock in at less than a minute. But like its even shorter brother Five Per Cent For Nothing (which was also written by Bruford, go figure), I think it uses all the time it needs - and effectively, too. I wouldn't even say it needs all that much time to itself. It only has two instruments, after all! The chapman stick and the lofi, almost tribal electronic drum sounds combine very well in this case - and the way their rhythms reverberate off each other creates an incredibly cool effect.

Bill:
>It was me and Tony, we put that song together. It was very loose. We had a duet on the ABWH tour and that was the middle section of the duet. He played something and I played something immediately and we called it "Evensong" and split the publishing. It didn't take long to do.

For those not in the know - and I wasn't for a while - the term Evensong refers to an evening prayer-song service held in some churches. I've listened to a few Evensong… songs, and they certainly fit the description the song Evensong provides. They're relaxing, comforting - and dare I say it, pastoral. Something I always try to applaud in a song is the ability to create a good atmosphere - and here, Mr. Levin and Mr. Bruford have done it with little more than an electronic drumkit and a stick. You wouldn't expect either of these instruments to be able to create the mood of a church, yet here they are. Bravo, rhythm section!

But really, the reason this song is up so high is because I've always seen it as an opening to Take The Water To The Mountain - which, as you'll notice, is a bit higher up on the list th

Athletics (85-73) @ Mariners (88-70)

First Pitch: 7:10 PM at T-Mobile Park

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#Yankees @ Athletics - Fri, Aug 27

###Game Status: Final - Score: 8-2 Yankees

###Links & Info

• Current conditions at Oakland Coliseum: 82&#176;F - Clear - Wind 11 mph, Varies
• TV: Yankees: YES, Athletics: NBCSCA
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Athletics: KIQI 1010 (es), A's Cast, Bloomberg 960 AM
• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

#Yankees @ Athletics - Sun, Aug 29

###Game Status: Game Over - Score: 3-1 Athletics

###Links & Info

• Current conditions at Oakland Coliseum: 79&#176;F - Sunny - Wind 11 mph, Out To RF
• TV: National: ESPN
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Athletics: KIQI 1010 (es), A's Cast, Bloomberg 960 AM
• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

#Yankees @ Athletics - Sat, Aug 28

###Game Status: Final - Score: 3-2 Athletics

###Links & Info

• Current conditions at Oakland Coliseum: 90&#176;F - Sunny - Wind 8 mph, Out To RF
• TV: Yankees: WPIX, Athletics: NBCSCA
• Radio: Yankees: WADO 1280 (es), WFAN 660/101.9 FM, Athletics: KIQI 1010 (es), A's Cast, Bloomberg 960 AM
• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

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[Gilbert](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.js

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Giants (79-44) @ Athletics (70-54)

First Pitch: 1:07 PM at Oakland Coliseum

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Athletics (74-60) @ Blue Jays (70-62)

First Pitch: 7:07 PM at Rogers Centre

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#Yankees @ Athletics - Thu, Aug 26

###Game Status: Final - Score: 7-6 Yankees

###Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

||Athletics Batters|AB|R|H|RBI|BB|K|LOB|AVG|O

First Pitch: 6:10 PM at Minute Maid Park

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[Graveman](http://mlb.mlb.com/team/player.

Mariners (68-58) @ Athletics (70-56)

First Pitch: 12:37 PM at Oakland Coliseum

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Mariners (80-69) @ Athletics (82-67)

First Pitch: 6:40 PM at Oakland Coliseum

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