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It's getting very blatant !
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My folks settled in Detroit back in the late 1920's.
So I got suckered in.
I'll list here as many issues of cheat against Detroit as I can recall.
Most of the cheats come from referees and other league officials that seem to have no problem cheating Detroit Major League Sports.
Hockey may be the only league that hasn't turned on Detroit, maybe evidenced by the recent Stanley Cup Finals they played in.
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The Pistons figured out to mug and thug their way to 2 'ships.
It was all fine as long as the Lakers and Celts where show-casing the league.
But as soon as the Pistons won they changed the rules so that no "hand checking" was legal. You could no longer make contact while blocking shots.
Maybe a good thing as BBall shouldn't be a mugging and thugging sport. :shock:
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Bears against Lions in Chicago, Tron catches a TD pass but doesn't do some kind of alchemy proving he caught the pass and the Lions lose the game.
The ref. he showed the ball to, holding it in one hand after transferring from his other, signals TD. Wasn't that a beaut' ?
Lions at Cowboys, Pettigrew is shielded from the ball by a LB that wasn't playing the ball. Should've been a flag. A flag was thrown but picked up !
Lions at Seahawks, Tron gets stripped near the goal-line and the ball is batted out of the endzone. Illegal "Bat" and should've been a flag. Refs blew it off.
Coach Schwartz makes an illegal challenge and is penalized. I heard Coach Belichich did the same thing and the ref told him it would be a flag if he did.
Straight-up favoritism.
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This is so blatant I'll need time to organize.
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So Illitch invests $178M this yr. and they let the Tigers have !st place for a month. 3rd or 4th highest payroll.
Buy trade deadline the Tigers are so sad they decide to sell. Still with the best BA in the AL. .270
Yet they were scoring 100 runs less the Toronto, whos BA was ~.260
You lose guys like Max Scherzer and you can expect to fade. Max was winning 18-21 games a year here. It was good to see Max drop to 14 wins this year
with that Nationals line-up.




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2006 World Series !
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Well it wasn't as phony as I thought. Only to say a 83 win team beat a 95 win team.
The Cardinals came from a NL that was dominated by the AL. [that year]
It took them 11 post-season games to get to the WS it took the Tigers 8
And Kenny Rodger's pine tar incident doomed the Tigers as they got all nervous and couldn't throw from 3rd and or the pitcher to 1st with out an error. And they beat the Tigers 4-1
Tigers were a massive favorite in Las Vegas. Huge upset.
The worst part of this World Series, St. Louis had the lowest winning percentage of any P/O team EVER at .516
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Tigers get ripped all the time !
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Ausmus had to go all psycho with a "jersey on the plate "skit, to call attention to uneven strike zone.
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17 Penalties on Lions
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Ok so this ref. crew is notorious for strict calling of the game.
They took at least 2 TDs away from the Lions. And didn't call a "crawl" sack against Stafford.
http://www.mlive.com/lions/index.ssf/2016/09/detroit_lions_17_penalties_wer.html#incart_river_index
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Yeah, never mind !
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Refs call 23 flags on daRaiders and the Raiders win on the road against the Bucs !
But that is the Raiders, the league tried to block Al Davis' Raiders many times.
The Holy Roller
The Tuck
I thought McKensie was in over his head when he ruined an 8-8 team and was sub .400 for several years.
Now 5 road wins and a message to the league, "flag us all you want".
The owners have had a long beef with the Raiders, Davis abstained from some questionable votes.
Well he's dead now but his legacy is still getting over.
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Pistons are abogus organization ? !

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Many touts are head over heels about what the Pistons have done
over the last 2.5 yr.* Most seem to think the Pistons are on an upward
trend due to the high draft picks of its core. And the veteran backups.
This the counter to the effect the Pistons can not draw excellent veterans !
Not a warm weather city. Not a giant market-adds etc.
--- So tanking 2 yr in a row has yielded a number 1 pick a #2 pick via trade, #5, #7,13, #16, #19.
I'm thinking that should be enough for Coach Casey to start winning with.
They won 23 games last yr. with J. Grant, traded for what turned out to be pick #13
Jalen Duren 6'10" 250 lb and 18 yr old ! And I'm sure he isn't through growing !
AND if Coach Casey can't make these high picks work---well that's just the Pistons way
of trashing the draft ! Potential means nothing.
--- Most think this inexperienced team can only win 30 games this season. Which
won't get you a high pick. So more mediocrity, any pick lower than #10 is hit or miss.
But should Casey tank again, properly, being fewest wins of 30 teams. Sets the Pistons
up for what the organization does best; bring talent in for a yr then trade it to winning
organization !
--- The history is strong. 7 ExPistons danced in the Play-Offs in 2021. A small drop-off
in 2022.
--- But since I don't know how owner Gores gets his change, I think the play is more
of the same. Cade Cunningham will be discontent with losing and want to be traded.
Start over !
@WoodwardPistons, @Halfcourt
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