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  1. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Exactly what I was expecting! Hehe! I hereby releive you of that obligation. Just the thrill of seeing Perez lead his team this far is enough for me. If Perez's magic can topple D.C. in the championship game, it will rank up there with Namath beating the Colts, and will go down as one of the greatest sports stories of our time.
  2. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Obviously white pants would have been better. Because this is baseball. But the black pants are preferable to pants of the same colour as the jersey. The modified angular trident cap logo goes well with the Pilots-inspired "Seattle" lettering. Just as the original rounded trident logo paired nicely with the original lettering.
  3. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Let's hope that Lacob can be the A's equivalent of the Giants' Magowan, in terms of saving the team from a near-certain move, and then getting a new stadium built.
  4. Ferdinand Cesarano
    No one said Perez's team is the best. But Perez served notice on the league by leading that fourth-quarter comeback against D.C.; and his team totally deserved the win in that game. This is why I am really hoping that the Perenegades can get past Houston, and that they will go on meet D.C. again in the championship game. If Perez can pull off those wins, then no observer with any integrity will be able to doubt his magic.
  5. Ferdinand Cesarano
    The thought that this plan could fall through gives me a sliver of hope.
  6. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Perez taught himself to play quarterback by watching YouTube videos! His story is fascinating. And he's clearly an on-the-field leader. His composure inspires confidence. I find him extremely compelling.
  7. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Now I got skin in the game! Don't forget that that one win of Orlando's came against then-undefeated D.C. Their quarterback was riding high as the league's hottest player — that is, until the mighty Perez showed the world who actually merits that particular mantle. But the main basis for respecting the Renegades is the huge come-from-behind win that they were robbed of against D.C. by a terrible call in overtime. Given a correct call in that game, no one would be doubting that the Perez-led Renegades are the Team of Destiny.
  8. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Several people have pointed out that having a AAA team in the same metropolitan area as the Major League parent club is not a problem, as shown by the examples of Minnesota and Seattle. Also, the Mets have their high-A team in New York City, as did the Yankees until recently. What's more, let's note that every D-League / G-League team is located near to its NBA parent club, some within the same city. Regarding the A's and their AAA team using the same stadium, neither team would have to play during the day. The A's are on the road half the time, so the AAA team would be home then. However, the president of the AAA team has already said that, in that case, the field would have to be converted to artificial turf, as a grass field could not withstand being used every day.
  9. Ferdinand Cesarano
    We all knew the playoff format from the start, so there's no basis for disappointment in the league. Also, St. Louis had its fate in its own hands going into its week 9 game against Seattle. If the league had been wise enough to schedule all divisional matchups in the final week, maybe a playoff-berth-deciding game between those teams would have occurred in week 10. Now that would have helped create a rivalry between the two teams. Anyway, these things happen in all leagues. It's nothing to complain about. For me, divisional identity is the way to go. I hope that the league doesn't overreact by enlarging the playoff field (3 vs. 2; 1 gets a bye), by bringing in the dreaded crossover, or by scrapping divisions.
  10. Ferdinand Cesarano
    By virtue of the Renegades' entire season, they came in second and qualified for the playoffs. However, in the games immediately after Perez's arrival, they beat Orlando (who, despite finishing with the worst record, had just beaten D.C., and were in the midst of Dormady's run as the league's hottest player) and then were robbed against D.C. While we didn't get to see what the Renegades would have done to Houston in the last game of the season if they had needed to win that game, we may rest assured that it would not have resembled their performance in what was essentially a scrimmage. But we're sure going to see that on this coming weekend. I don't purport to be conversant with the Texan idiom, but I suspect that a cry of "yee-haw" or "boy howdy" or some such will be appropriate for the beating that Houston is about to endure.
  11. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Actually, I emphasised that their season was really only two weeks, as the week 10 game meant nothing. And they came a hair's breadth from winning both of those significant games, after surging back against the league's best team to force overtime. There was a blatant missed pass interference call in overtime that Arlington could not challenge because their coach had already used his one challenge. I am hoping for a rematch with D.C. in the championship game, in order to right that wrong.
  12. Ferdinand Cesarano
    The Renegades' season effectively began in week 8, when the mighty Luis Perez took over. They beat Orlando, who were coming off their upset of D.C.; and then, in the game of the year, they staged a thrilling comeback against D.C. that fell just short in overtime. The week 10 game you can throw out, for both the Renegades and their opponents the Roughnecks, as the only aim of either team was preventing players from getting hurt. Despite the Renegades' struggles early in the season, they came in second in the division, and so do in fact belong in the playoffs. You would do well to put aside some cash for that Renegades gear, because the magical powers of Perez are poised to be unleashed.
  13. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Hey, now! Do not disregard this magical gentleman. A game with absolutely nothing on the line is no basis for assumptions about the likely result of a playoff game.
  14. Ferdinand Cesarano
    They could probably use a different name with a bulldog logo, ala, the Cleveland Browns. Maybe a name like the Mastiffs, with a logo that ostensibly is a mastiff but that looks pretty close to a bulldog. This is similar to the case of the Baltimore Stallions, with a name used alongside a logo that had been intended for the team when it was called the Baltimore CFL Colts, but was nevertheless a logo that worked equally well for a team called the Stallions.
  15. Ferdinand Cesarano
    No, the Generals will be playing the Panthers, which will of course be the home team in Detroit. All the Generals' home games are in Canton. By the way, the idea of using the name Canton Bulldogs is good. But, unfortunately, that name is owned by the NFL.
  16. Ferdinand Cesarano
    The week 3 Pittsuburgh-Philadelphia game at Detroit is a Stars home game.
  17. Ferdinand Cesarano
    The XFL playoff structure is good as it is. And the USFL is using the same structure. Fostering divisional rivalries is important, as part of establishing the league's identity. Indeed, the only mistake that the XFL made was to not have the final week consist of only divisional games. The USFL's schedule features only divisional matchups for the final two weeks.
  18. Ferdinand Cesarano
    It's already been mentioned that tonight's game was displaced from Detroit by a concert. And Michigan is the home team next Sunday in Detroit. WJR has been touting the week 3 home opener since last week. Also, Philadelphia is the home team in its game in Detroit earlier that day.
  19. Ferdinand Cesarano
    The old names and identities are too damn good to leave aside. And the league has shown that it knows how to create current uniforms for those identities.
  20. Ferdinand Cesarano
    I'd bet that there are plenty of veteran 19th century players with no career home runs.
  21. Ferdinand Cesarano
    All blame here goes to A's ownership. The Giants demonstrated that a committed ownership that is willing to pay the majority of the costs for a new park can turn a struggling Bay Area team into an overwhelming success. Even those who (correctly) criticise public expenditures for sports teams, such as Neil DeMause, acknowledge that the Giants, with their minimal public involvement, did it the right way.
  22. Ferdinand Cesarano
    That guy, Donald De La Haye, is not a "no-name social media influencer". He is a former Division I college player. He's qualified to offer analysis on an XFL game. What's more, De La Haye's story is worth telling. He was thown off the UCF team for monetising his "Destroying" YouTube channel. And now YouTube is his career. He's the Jomboy of football, except with high-level playing experience. De La Haye beat the system, and his success is a feel-good success story.
  23. Ferdinand Cesarano
    Every USFL game is a beautiful uni experience! This is the first time I am seeing the Maulers, and their look is outstanding (with the exception of a minor quibble about the toilet collar). Having just watched the San Antonio Brahmas, who have colours similar to those of the Maulers, I am struck by how much better the Brahmas would look if they, like the Maulers, used light-coloured pants (either grey or white). Likewise, St. Louis looks silly in all blue, but would look great with white pants paired with the blue jerseys. One really nice thing about the Maulers' uniforms is that the player name is very unobtrusive in white on the yellow yoke. Well done on that.
  24. Ferdinand Cesarano
    I saw on a Casey Pratt report on the news that it is dependent on legislation in Nevada that hasn't been passed yet. But the passage of that legislation is likely. Pratt puts the chances of the move happening at 95%.
  25. Ferdinand Cesarano
    It's true that no one is going to make a trip to Las Vegas to see an A's game; or, more precisely, the number of people who will do that is dwarfed by the number of people who will do that to see a Raiders game. But, if the A's ballpark is walking distance from the casinos, then it will attract vacationers who go to Las Vegas for the usual reasons, and who decide once they are there to take in a game. Also, any talk about changing the team's name is downright offensive. Civilisation needs to be protected from baseball "fans" who openly declare that they don't care about history. The move of the team is sickening enough; but trashing the team's long history would be compounding the crime.
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