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The Chicago Cubs' championship window is still open

The window's open. As long as Javi Baez and Kris Bryant are on the team and Anthony Rizzo, the window's open.

The core of Baez, Bryant, and Rizzo was traded away in 2021, and the Cubs failed to reach another World Series or even win another playoff game after this take.

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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2019
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Bill Belichick broke Sean McVay's brain and provided the blueprint for the rest of the NFL

I think the correct way to approach this narrative is, did Bill Belichick break Sean McVay's brain? The books, right now, there's a blueprint out there. This is Copycat League, okay? ... The defenses have caught up to Sean McVay's brain.

The Rams offense fell from 2nd in points in 2018 to 11th in 2019, and they missed the playoffs entirely that season, suggesting teams had indeed found ways to slow them down.
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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2019
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I'm staying off social media to avoid cause trouble and responding to chirps

I decided this year, you know what, I'm not going to cause that much trouble on social media. ... I won't be responding [to Trevor Bauer] anymore.

Bregman did mostly stay quiet until the scandal broke in November 2019, at which point he became the center of a massive social media storm regardless of his own posting habits.
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Take Slip·Oct 4, 2019
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The St. Louis Cardinals are going to win games in 'stupid ways' all through October

I have a bad feeling that the fucking Cardinals are just going to do this shit all October long. ... And just do it in stupid ways and just like come back. I know. I've seen this before.

The Cardinals did win the NLDS in dramatic fashion (including a 10-run first inning in Game 5) but were swept by the Nationals in the NLCS.

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Betting the over on Alabama basketball is a cheat code

Alabama by the way is a cheat code if you want to get in on it. It's just betting their overs. They just never stopped missing. This has been like, oh, two weeks now they're over under for the first half was 45 and a half points last night. They scored 69 in the first half.

The 'cheat code' status of a team's over is based on a specific run of games; eventually, Vegas adjusts the lines.
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I am offering a $10,000 bounty to find the UNC staffer who punched a Duke staffer

I will not sleep until we find this UNC staffer who punched one of your guys... Let's put a bounty on it. I will offer $5,000. [PFT]: I'll match. [Big Cat]: $10,000 if anyone can find the UNC person who punched a Duke staffer after the game. $10,000 cash. Give us the footage leading to their arrest.

The bounty itself is a factual offer made by the hosts.
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Tua Tagovailoa's market value is non-existent relative to his contract

Everything's on the table for the Dolphins. Tua could be a fullback. What would you... What do you think the Dolphins would say yes to for a trade for Tua? Like a sixth round pick for Tua? A jugs machine? I don't know what the hell would Tua's market be?

The Dolphins' internal view on 'everything being on the table' is a subjective claim about team strategy.