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Christian YelichChristian Yelich

I will compete in a Home Run Derby at some point in the future

I can confirm I'm not competing in this year's Home Run Derby... [but] that's the plan. I think that'd be a good goal to have... not if we do it, but when we do it.

He correctly did not compete in 2024. Future years are pending.

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Take Slip·Jul 15, 2024
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Jalen Brunson taking a massive pay cut is the coolest move possible for a fan

Pretty much the coolest move you can do if you're a fan of the Knicks. I don't think players, I think players should get what they're worth, but I wouldn't complain if our were Knicks fan right now that he just left 113 million on the table to make his team better and hope and deliver a championship to the Knicks.

This is subjective, but generally hailed as a fan-favorite move in NBA history.
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Take Slip·Jul 15, 2024
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England soccer is never going to 'come home'

It's not coming home. Not coming home. It's never gonna come home. It left, it walked out the door. You got empty Nest syndrome. It's not coming back. England soccer is just, it's gotta be brutal to root for.

England lost the Euro 2024 final shortly before this recording.
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Take Slip·Jul 15, 2024
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Tornadoes do not hit big cities

You gotta worry about the tornado—tornadoes don't hit cities though. That's good. Like big cities. I think it's something about like the wind or something in the big, in the buildings, buildings stopping it. I don't know... I think they—tornadoes do not hit big cities.

He later looks it up and admits it is 100% false, citing an F3 tornado that hit Fort Worth in 2000.

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Christian YelichChristian Yelich

Robot umpires will have unintended consequences like calling strikes on balls in the dirt

I don't want robot umps. No. Because I think there's gonna be a lot of unintended consequences with that... there are a lot of breaking balls that'll be in the dirt that'll clip the bottom of the strike zone technically. They'd have to figure out a better way to do it. I don't want robots.

The minor league testing of ABS (Automated Ball-Strike system) has indeed faced challenges regarding the '3D' nature of the zone and how it handles breaking balls that clip corners.
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Christian YelichChristian Yelich

Bunting to break up a no-hitter in the World Series is acceptable

If it's like seventh, eighth inning, I don't know... but in like a World Series playoff game... you kind of have to. It's the World Series. Anytime it's a playoff game. It's when it's like 10 nothing and a guy's bunting, it's like, what are you doing right then? But in that [World Series] situation, you have to.

This is an opinion on sports etiquette.
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Christian YelichChristian Yelich

Catchers are the biggest psychos in baseball because they stop projectiles for three hours

I think there's different tiers of it... but catchers, yeah, they're crazy. Who would want to crouch for three hours every day? Just stopping projectiles. Getting hit with bats and foul tips and all kinds of things. You guys are crazy. I wouldn't wanna do that. Any catcher in the league is a different brand of psycho.

Subjective characterization of a position group.