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The MLB All-Star Game should still decide home-field advantage in the World Series

My second take is... now this one's gonna get hated on, but I kind of sort of wish the all star game still decided home field advantage in the world series. I like it. It was one of those rules that was objectively unfair... but it still was kind of fun.

Subjective opinion on game rules.

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Jul 20, 2022
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The MLB mic'd up pitcher/catcher segments are actually cool and enhance the broadcast

The mic'd up catcher pitcher thing was fucking cool. The mic'd up players were awesome. Like good job.

This is a subjective opinion on broadcast quality.
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Everyone goes through a natural life cycle of loving, hating, then enjoying the All-Star Game again

You go through a natural life cycle with the all star game where, when you're a kid, it's the most magical day of the summer. ... And then you get older and you're in your twenties and you're like, oh, the all star game sucks. ... But then you get a little bit older and then you're like, you know what? This is kind of fun.

Subjective theory on personal enjoyment levels over time.
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MLB players should wear their own team jerseys during the All-Star Game

My second take is... the jerseys. I do think it's bullshit. They should wear their own jerseys in the all star game. I don't like these... Everyone's wearing the same color. The cool part of it is like one side wears all road and one side wears all home. That's cool. You get to see all of the jerseys on the field at once.

This is a subjective preference about uniform aesthetics.

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The Chargers' game against the Raiders is a must-win

The Chargers might have the most must-win game of all time playing the Raiders with the schedule they have. If they don't win this week, it's over.

The Chargers' season outcome and whether the loss effectively ended their season had not been resolved at the time of the episode.
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Texas won; Ohio State choked

I'll say Texas win, Ryan Day choke. The play calling, I don't know, maybe they got too conservative. I think they probably did.

This is a retrospective interpretation of the game rather than a purely objective claim; assigning primary blame is subjective.
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Oregon is probably out if it loses to USC

The USC game will be massive. If Oregon loses that game, they're probably out.

Oregon's playoff status after the USC game was still unresolved at the time of the episode.