Offseason Events

AFL Beat 2019 Round 22

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This week, Vroom vroom!! Happy Tigers And someone hangs ten... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 22 Recaps and Highlights This week, we had quite possibly the two best games of AFL in a long time. The matchups of #1 vs #2 and #3 vs #4 lived up to their billing. However, there

Your 2019 Stillers Preview

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I'm supposed to preview the 2019 Steelers. Let me start with this:   This entire division makes less sense than Drumpf's cabinet. People are talking about the Browns to be good? I trust (hashtag The Pauls) to be successful less than I trust Charlie Kelly can read.   Our dear friend Redshirt let us

AFL Beat 2019 Round 21

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This week, SNOW GAME!!! Seriously, for the first time EVER there was snow at an AFL game! And yes, Scotchy and Yeah Right, that was the final score... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 21 Recaps and Highlights This week, we had quite a few firsts. There was, as you

AFL Beat 2019 Round 20

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This week, The Interim label is off! Look at the birdie! And someone didn't have a good day... Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 20 Recaps and Highlights The field for finals is almost set. However, there are battles for positioning galore and four teams are still trying to lock up that last

AFL Beat 2019 Round 19

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This week, Wait, they're still winning? https://youtu.be/hGooudyOvuU UMPIRE LOVE! And a happy 250th game! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 19 Recaps and Highlights The field for finals is starting to set. Many things happened this week. Let's get right to it. The first game had two teams in the Eight fighting for positioning: Richmond

AFL Beat 2019 Round 18

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This week, Do you really need a caption here? Dick tackle? Dick tackle. Oh, Hi there! Didn't see the camera. Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 18 Recaps and Highlights Lots happened this week. Let's get right to it. This week, the first game had the surging Essendon Bombers visiting the Adelaide Crows

AFL Beat 2019 Round 17

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This week, Nice hair! Must feel nice, huh? And, yeah, I feel ya. At least you live on the Gold Coast! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 17 Recaps and Highlights We are back and the games this week were quite exciting with a few close finishes and a couple of surprises. Let's

Down to the Raging Afrikan Semis – Lesser Moving Forward

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This is a bit of a footy desert for us degenerate #HAILGAMBLOR types.  There is less to pick and choose from, so we tend to...force the #ACTION a bit?  Anyway, happy me that Sweden, Norway, Finland, Brasil, Belarus, etc. are all kicking back into gear today.  Them's is leagues I

AFL Beat 2019 Round 16

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This week, That's NOT the ball you're looking for... I'm with the Doggy in the background, that's an impressive mark. And, NO DUDE, MY BALL! Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 16 Recaps and Highlights You know, I LOVE our normal schedule of one Australian Friday Night game (North American Thursday night), five Australian

Los Fanáticos Argentinos Reaccionan Razonablemente

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Balls Note: As a result of a special request from King Hippo, I'm doing this post entirely in Spanish. Take it as an opportunity to practice and learn something new! Special thanks to Don T for providing the images you will shortly enjoy. ¡Buenos días, mis amigos! Estoy

AFL Beat 2019 Round 15

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This week, How fun was this?!? Purple scarves are cool And I don't think they were listening Welcome to Balls of Steel's AFL Beat! Round 15 Recaps and Highlights Finally, we are BACK to our normal schedule of one Australian Friday Night game (North American Thursday night), five Australian Saturday games (North American Friday night/Saturday morning),

Monday Night Open Thread: Barstow Edition

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Friends, it has come to this.  We are On the Edge of the Desert, the annual Summer sports doldrums where finding non-baseball sports viewing becomes an increasingly desperate search for anything resembling competitive activity.  "I'll be up to bed soon, honey- I need to see how this last round of