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Kyle SchwarberKyle Schwarber

Bat flipping is appropriate in high-pressure situations, but doing it while winning by several runs warrants a beanball.

You've got to know when it's appropriate and know when it's not appropriate. In my mind, that's an appropriate time. You're in a high-pressure situation. You just crush a ball, and you're putting your team up three. It's a big run. I feel like that's appropriate. But, like, if you're up by, like, three and you crush it and you bat flip and you're popping the chains... You deserve to get one right in the ribs.

This is a matter of baseball etiquette and personal opinion.

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Mar 29, 2017
#5377
Big CatBig Cat

Legalized gambling will be available across the country in five years.

Football in Vegas, I'm saying, calling your shot five years, say five years, legalized gambling all across the country, it's going to be great.

The Supreme Court overturned the federal ban on sports betting (PASPA) in May 2018, and it spread to dozens of states within Big Cat's 5-year window.
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

London is the next city to get an NFL franchise.

I guess this puts London as next city up, right? Yeah, because the NFL got rid of its two scary boogeymen out there, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, for wh...

No NFL franchise has moved to or been founded in London as of 2024.
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Mar 29, 2017·NBA Recap
#26998
Big CatBig Cat

The Cavaliers will win the Eastern Conference.

So they're [the Cavs] going to win the East. ... It's every single year this happens. Whatever team LeBron's on, they have a little swoon and everyone's like, uh-oh, hit the panic button. ... And then they'll win the East.

The Cavaliers defeated the Celtics 4-1 in the Eastern Conference Finals to win the conference.

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Kyle SchwarberKyle Schwarber

Javi Baez is the best instinctual player on the field I've ever seen

[Javi Baez] is like the best instinctual player on the field I've ever seen. You know, not even just like when it comes to hitting and fielding — the base running, it's crazy. His base running's outrageous. And everyone wants to talk about, like fundamentally sound — watch this dude run the bases, watch his turns, watch how he goes first to third. Like, that's fundamentally sound.

This is a subjective opinion about a player's instincts and cannot be objectively resolved.
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Kyle SchwarberKyle Schwarber

I promise I will never play for the New York Mets

[PFT: Will you promise that you won't ever play for the Mets?] Kyle Schwarber: Yeah, sure.

Depends on his future career movements.
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Kyle SchwarberKyle Schwarber

I am much faster than people think I am.

Would you say you're faster than people think? Because I attest to that. I think you're much faster than people think. [Kyle Schwarber]: I would say so, yes. Yes. [Big Cat]: Agreed. Strong agree for the comment I just made.

While subjective, Statcast data eventually showed Schwarber had decent sprint speed for his size, though he was never an elite base stealer.