chalmetteowl

re: Is Kyle Schwarber a Hall of Fame inductee?

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/28/26 at 8:28 pm to Lester Earl

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No positional value

did this matter for all the other aging sluggers? I do average, (MAYBE OPS), HR, and RBIs… or W-L, ERA, strikeouts, and saves. Not whatever the frick WAR is

Maybe I’m stuck in the 90s for thinking 500 HRs = the HOF

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re: Is Kyle Schwarber a Hall of Fame inductee?

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/28/26 at 8:16 pm to Lester Earl

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He’ll prob have to get to 600hr

Why 600 for him? He’s a 2016 Cub, that should help him

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re: “Renters don’t pay property taxes”

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/28/26 at 4:54 pm to stout

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You want to tax billionaires more too

Well yeah, they can afford it

O-T Lounge

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re: How does the FIFA World Cup survive?

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/27/26 at 8:38 pm to alajones

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So I’ve been watching the World Cup for the last 45 minutes. It’s so boring. They kick the ball back and forth for twenty minutes, then it looks like something will happen. Nothing happens. Then they kick the ball around again. I don’t get soccer.

Portugal-Colombia was anything but boring… like 34 combined shots and some great saves to keep it 0-0. It felt like a goal was coming the whole match even though it didn’t

re: NBA Offseason Trades, Signings, and FA

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/27/26 at 5:57 pm to OU Guy

Jose Alvarado signs 3/14 with the Knicks…

Knicks also resigned Mo Diawara who might be their secret weapon for them next year.

James Dolan said they didn’t want to get into the second apron but their front office is pushing for it to bring back Landry Shamet and Mitchell Robinson.

Mitch has been linked to offers by the Lakers and Nets… if Knicks don’t go into the second apron their offer won’t compete with other teams who will offer the full MLE

re: The Iranian soccer team and their apologists

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/27/26 at 10:09 am to Frac the world

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Are pussies and I’m tired of the crying. For those that don’t know, they have to stay in Tijuana Mexico for security reasons.

They’re the only team in the World Cup that has to. That’s a big disadvantage

I mean, we could have just not started a war against them, and then there wouldn’t be these issues

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re: chalmetteowl proven as a fraud from Metairie : NY Knicks world champs related

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/26/26 at 9:44 pm to gaetti15

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Chalmetteowl totally is from chalmette.

To be fair, I got Metairie in me too. I didn’t know anything about Chalmette until middle school.

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re: Lakers tried to get Missi

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/26/26 at 6:19 pm to Safety Blitz

I got some bad news… the Knicks might want him to replace Mitch

Pelicans Talk

re: chalmetteowl proven as a fraud from Metairie : NY Knicks world champs related

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/26/26 at 10:20 am to lsupride87

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chalmetteowl proven as a fraud from Metairie : NY Knicks world champs relatedby lsupride87Chalmette wins the world championship and he is nowhere to be found

I posted in threads about the Finals… tf you talking about?

But yeah I’m not looking forward to us trying to make the state playoffs this fall with @ Karr Week 8 and @ John Curtis Week 10 :lol:

re: Will there be tanking in group game #3?

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/26/26 at 12:29 am to TheWalrus

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don’t understand how people think Algeria can afford to lose that game on purpose and still get in.

if it’s a draw it does the job for both countries… the World Cup had a scandal in 1982 ironically involving Austria and Algeria where West Germany and Austria played a terrible match to ensure it was a draw and both teams advanced and eliminated Algeria

re: USA vs turkey = SECCG in 12 team playoff era

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/26/26 at 12:14 am to theCAW

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Between all the CTE hype, gambling scandals, Nil/portal, I could see fans losing interest and less kids playing that in the future. Basketball: can really only be played by a select few people of certain heights outside of a few skilled individuals of shorter (by basketball standard heights) Baseball: probably will hold steady although the Latin Americans are taking over that sport Hockey is Canadian

Just like we’re trying to limit soccer to middle class broccoliheads…

re: My biggest problem with following soccer or the World Cup.

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/26/26 at 12:12 am to holdmuh keystonelite

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Yeah it's confusing as hell.

Watch more soccer and you’ll understand it… the early 90s are over, most of the USMNT audience has watched a soccer game or played FIFA before

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re: Ohio State AD Russ Bjork says OSU will have a $500 Million Athletics Budget "very soon"

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/25/26 at 5:45 pm to Nice Try

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Ohio State AD Russ Bjork says OSU will have a $500 Million Athletics Budget "very soon"by Nice TryThe NFL Salary Cap for 2026 is $301 Million. Ohio State is also doing a $125 Million upgrade to their Football Facilities. Granted it's an Athletic Budget, but you know most of it is going towards football. Holy Amateur Sports Batman !

What does the athletic budget have to do with how much the players should get?

re: Shams Bomb: LaMelo Ball traded to Minny for Naz Reid/Picks

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/25/26 at 8:45 am to DalenSA

Did Minnesota take into account his driving and icy roads?

re: NHL expansion to Texas??

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/25/26 at 8:44 am to SenorJuan

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I liken it to the MLB expanding in the 90’s and not taking into account the amount of transplants were in cities like Tampa. People moved there already being life long fans of the Yankees or Mets. There’s a ton of people from Louisiana here but no ones switching to the Texans from the Saints just because they’re local.

The idea is their kids will make that switch…

re: Athletes who became “names” off of one performance

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/23/26 at 3:01 pm to BregmansWheelbarrow

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Jeremy Lin, I mean, it was in the span of a week or so, close enough to one off for my taste.

Jeremy Lin bounced around for years afterward

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re: For Louisiana State Championship games what are some of the best individual performances?

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/23/26 at 12:09 pm to sta4ever

Tristan Smith, 2000 Salmen against John Curtis

re: What’s the worst thing about this World Cup.

Posted by chalmetteowl on 6/22/26 at 6:01 pm to Ssubba

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I give it 12 years before our next cup. The money is too good.

No… China needs 1, Australia/NZ needs 1, England/GB/Ireland needs 1. I’m 40. I may or may not live to see another US World Cup

But with that being said, the bigger the tournament, the more chance it’s hosted in the U.S. They’ll want stadiums decked out like we have here and few countries can swing that.