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James McCool

@Paydirt_DFS

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Owner of and DFS master course at . Algorithmic mercenary.

Clarksville, TN
Joined March 2016
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@Paydirt_DFS
James McCool
4 years
Time to buy a Boykin jersey
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James McCool
4 years
My entire life I have worked to take care of the people around me, and to provide and be the best I can for those I care about. It’s been a long wait, but it was more than worth it. Welcome to the world, Damascus!
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James McCool
3 years
It’s officially fall! 🎃
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James McCool
5 years
She’s the best GPP play I’ve ever made ❤️
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James McCool
5 years
I am a white male that was an outcast in school for the majority of my life. I was bullied and alienated. I have played first person shooting games since I was 10 years old, at one point for 12 hours per day. I have never considered shooting up a school. Get fucked, McCarthy.
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John Whitehouse
5 years
Kevin McCarthy, the GOP House minority leader, also tells Fox News that video games are the problem following the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton.
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James McCool
6 years
Deandre Hopkins is dating Iggy Azelia now. Adjust your rankings accordingly.
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James McCool
6 months
If you would like to join (another) Newsletter, we are starting one up this Friday at Paydirt! I know I said this Monday, but I am a man that is bad at running a business, so give me some slack. The Newsletter will include: - Daily thoughts on DFS, Sports Betting, and Life from
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James McCool
10 months
@ScottBarrettDFB This is actually a memorial of Jordan Reed not a tweet about Trey McBride
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James McCool
3 years
Barry Bonds not being in the Hall of Fame completely removes the validity of the voting process and Hall itself. Full stop.
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James McCool
5 years
I associate the cost of items in my real life relative to how much I blew on a bad DFS lineup. For example: Girlfriend: “This dress is $30 though” Me: “Oh whatever I threw $30 at a Marlins stack the other day I obviously don’t care about that much money”
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James McCool
2 years
Second place AND duped? for shame. Pretty nice little trophy though! Been testing out a new model for , would say that it's about time to push it live to the site.
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James McCool
4 years
The entire season long fantasy football industry this morning
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James McCool
5 years
There are certain things in this world that can’t be explained, but just make sense. Dee Gordon hitting a home run after the death of Jose Fernandez The Angels no-hitter after the death of Tyler Skaggs (first one since his birthday in 1991) And this. Miracles happen.
@espn
ESPN
5 years
Trae Young and Devin Booker took 24 shots each and combined for 81 points tonight. (h/t @okuzgie )
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James McCool
4 years
Imagine having such a fuckin hard on for Taysom Hill that you deny Alvin Kamara the most rushing touchdowns in a game in NFL history to give him a 1 yard run
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James McCool
7 years
So I heard y’all like ROI
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James McCool
5 months
The weekly recap for the Breadcrumbs newsletter went out today with some subscriber successes and the betting results so far. I just wanted to highlight how strong the bets in the newsletter have been and what a good job @JerichoShabazz has been doing with them! I think this has
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James McCool
5 years
Alright just here me out. Vegan Hotdog.
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James McCool
5 years
Hello everyone just a quick reminder that pineapple is a fantastic addition to pizza and if you disagree it’s because you have the flavor profile of a child
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James McCool
5 years
Look dude if EM2 is putting out words of caution and you’re still out here joking around I don’t know what to tell you.
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James McCool
2 years
I think this is kind of cool, but what they should really experiment with is removing the blackout zones and letting people actually watch the fucking sport.
@TalkinBaseball_
Talkin’ Baseball
2 years
MLB is also experimenting with a "Double-Hook" DH rule in the Atlantic League, where a team loses its DH if the starting pitcher fails to complete at least five innings
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James McCool
4 years
If you are still playing NBA DFS in any capacity I both applaud you and worry for your mental health
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James McCool
6 months
It's my birthday today, and I've been reflecting on happiness in life. Margaret, my partner, always asks me what I want for a birthday present and it's always really hard for me to come up with... anything at all. I didn't really grow up celebrating my birthday much so it's a bit
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James McCool
5 years
2020 means a fresh start and new projects. Excited to announce that I'll be co-authoring The Theory of Daily Fantasy Sports with @blenderhd ! Those on the mailing list will get some special perks, so be sure to sign up for the latest info.
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James McCool
4 years
Nobody play on FanDuel today. Don’t play for the overlay, don’t play for the easier competition, just don’t give the site anything. This shit will keep happening if nothing is done to protest it.
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James McCool
5 years
Fun fact I dropped out of statistics in high school because this girl told me that my grammar was incorrect on a problem (a math problem, mind you) and now I make a living on stats and make typos in every other tweet so in your FACE, PAIGE.
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James McCool
5 years
My mom sends me screenshots when she plays and I think it’s the best thing on the planet
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James McCool
3 years
Now that Facebook is going to be entering the NFT space you’ll be able to buy racist statements from your aunt on the blockchain
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5 years
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James McCool
5 years
Hey @NumberBallDFS people, Jeff is off so you’ll have to deal with my content today! Nothing for the little two-gamer early slate, full rundown for the main later on.
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James McCool
5 years
Just had the Popeyes chicken sandwich for the first time and... Chick-fil-A is better hands down.
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James McCool
2 years
#wholesome update, Damascus got his first ever haircut today and is looking like a little MAN
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James McCool
5 years
If you play Adam Shaheen tonight you have sex with your pants on
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James McCool
3 years
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James McCool
5 years
What in The fuck was that lmao
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MLB
5 years
This pitch might have broken physics.
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James McCool
2 years
Koepka signs with LIV, gets paid a literal truckload of cash to just hang out and make appearances without giving a shit, and then comes back to the Majors and shows up all the old white dudes hating on him while nuking the course. It's true alpha stuff.
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James McCool
2 years
Baseball babyyyy
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James McCool
2 years
Very cool milestone coming up for : 1000 user accounts created! This isn't 1000 active subs, but it means that 1000 people have found the site, models, and content interesting enough to give it a shot. And that's really cool! Appreciate all the support!
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James McCool
3 years
Look at my perfect family I’m so lucky to live this life
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James McCool
5 years
Nick Chubb is going EAT LIKE A FAT MAN ON HIS BIRTHDAY AT GOLDEN CORAL
@evansilva
Evan Silva
5 years
#Browns another team keeping only 3 RBs on their initial 53-man roster: 1. Nick Chubb 2. D'Ernest Johnson 3. Dontrell Hilliard
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James McCool
4 years
I mean it when I say that Taysom Hill is the worst thing that has ever happened to fantasy football
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James McCool
1 year
Played Luis Castillo over Cristian Javier just to add a little drama and punched a ticket to the FBWC last night. Lineup built using the Sheets at .
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James McCool
5 years
Downswings in DFS suck but I know when I bink something and I’m break even on the year the screenshots will look super cool
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James McCool
4 years
“Both wings are on the same bird” is an incredible statement
@FINALLEVEL
ICE T
4 years
For the record. I am not a Democrat and I am not Republican so you can miss me with all your Left-Right talk.. Both Wings are on the same Bird.
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James McCool
4 years
Playing Boykin over Devurnay was a straight up leverage play based on game theory and nothing else. It’s a concept on relative points that @blenderhd and I talk about in the Theory of DFS audio masterclass.
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James McCool
3 months
Reignmakers being discontinued? You mean the product that was legit pay-to-win and 99% of the player base could not compete in and did not want to take part of? Love when economics works.
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James McCool
4 years
Holy good god mother of fuck Ted Cruz and AOC agree on something this really is the end of times
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James McCool
5 years
👋👋 Excited to be joining the best in the industry, should be exciting. Let's get to work.
@JeffKCollins
JeffElJefe
5 years
I'm very stoked to announce the addition of @Paydirt_DFS to the @NumberBallDFS squad! We all loved his article on xHR/9 and we're bringing that data and more to our site. He'll also keep providing the occasional strategy article, including one this weekend! WELCOME HIM!
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James McCool
2 years
NBA DFS is literally the leading cause of this
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unusual_whales
2 years
BREAKING: More than 50% of all six-figure earners have said they are living paycheck to paycheck, an all-time high, per CNBC.
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James McCool
11 months
Contrarian DFS players this NFL season
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James McCool
3 years
Matt $DKNG is down like 50% over the last six months maybe take a break from posting weirdo shit and act like a business owner for a day or two.
@mattkalish
Matt Kalish
3 years
Gm frens we are vibing our way out of the bear market like
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James McCool
5 years
Some very cool announcements coming with @NumberBallDFS in the near future, pretty excited about all of it.
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James McCool
11 months
Morning PSA: our town got hit by some nasty tornados yesterday afternoon, and the road out of my neighborhood got destroyed. We still don’t have power and service is pretty spotty. Margaret and I are fine, we ran pretty good with circumstance. Thanks for those that reached out!
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James McCool
5 years
There is not a single rock song on this list. Not a one. Not even half of one.
@billboard
billboard
5 years
The top rock songs of the decade 🎸 See the full chart here:
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James McCool
5 years
Welcome to the American government, where the money is made up and the citizens don’t matter!
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James McCool
2 years
Okay so I hit a pretty awesome milestone today. As y'all know I've been really pushing to improve the offerings and overall value at for the last couple months. Today, for the first time, I hit 1,000 page views on the site! I. Am. Stoked.
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James McCool
2 years
@jlarkytweets Could argue Hockenson doesn’t even belong in that tier if not for the 40 point exception as well. Just a broken position
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James McCool
3 years
The answer is no, the lid is not on it. And no, we will not be picking it up. It’s part of the floor now.
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James McCool
5 years
Guys please stop giving Barst**l attention that company is terrible and filled with terrible people and they don’t deserve the clicks
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James McCool
6 years
So some news: I took a position writing for Draftkings Live, which is super radical! I'm excited to bring some analysis and thoughts towards the platform I've played on for so many years.
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James McCool
3 years
Coaches that decide they aren't doing well so they think they need to run the ball more
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James McCool
3 years
If you don’t use Josh Gordon tonight you never really believed in him and you hate marijuana that’s just fact
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James McCool
4 years
There are no good unwritten rules. They are unwritten because they are objectively dumb as shit. If they were not dumb as shit, they would be actual rules.
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James McCool
5 years
The FED has poured like 7 trillion dollars into the markets to try to jump start the rich person world while the US government can’t decide if it will give citizens $7 dollars or $8 dollars per month during the lockdown
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James McCool
4 years
And before anybody tries to get me for the Democrat/Republican bullshit: Fuck em both, no politicians give a shit about you, me, or anybody but themselves and the people that line their pockets. Politics are brain dead discussions.
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James McCool
5 years
It's been brought to my attention that a @NumberBallDFS sub took down the Milli on Draftkings and I'm so fucking pumped. It's what things are about. I hope it happens every week.
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James McCool
2 years
What the Jets are about to do is straight up franchise suicide
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James McCool
2 years
If you are still playing NBA DFS you have to either really hate yourself or really hate PGA DFS
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James McCool
4 years
Can we go back to tout wars and people wanting to fight over dumb shit instead of constant topshot tweets or is that a pipe dream
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James McCool
5 years
If this isn’t the most “play whoever you want” lineup I have ever seen idk what is
@DraftKings
DraftKings
5 years
Congrats to 'gsh1963' for taking down Week 14's #FantasyFootball Millionaire with 240.86 FPTS 👑💰 Full standings →
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James McCool
4 years
@FanDuel_Support Holy shit seriously what the fuck lmaoooooo
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James McCool
3 years
Grind culture, and the people who promote it as some holier than thou way of life, is a poison to those who want to actually enjoy their lives. It's more evident every day that there's this weird superiority complex coming from those that only live to make more money.
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James McCool
3 years
Excuse how many gallons per week
@brikeilarcnn
Brianna Keilar
3 years
"A gallon of milk was $1.99. Now it's $2.79. When you buy 12 gallons a week times four weeks, that's a lot of money." @EvanMcS goes grocery shopping with the Stotlers and shows us how badly inflation is hitting the middle class.
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James McCool
11 months
Hey thanks for having $1 mill in volume and paying us no less than $150k in rake here’s a toaster
@AlZeidenfeld
Al Smizzle
11 months
First glance, the Onyx tier rewards on DraftKings this year are massive step down from the offered rewards in 2022. Hopefully the fine print on the bottom comes through because this glimpse kind of sucks ESPECIALLY when you factor in how they made it harder to get Onyx vs 2022.
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James McCool
3 years
Was talking to Margaret about regrowing the backyard lawn and how we needed to rake it out and she responded “just ask FanDuel for some rake they take plenty” and I have never been more in love
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James McCool
4 years
SUPER stoked to make this announcement today. Being able to be a part of esports and gaming is something that has been a part of my life for a long time, and being able to provide actionable analytics towards that space is a dream come true! Let’s party.
@Line_Movement
Line_Movement
4 years
HUGE Saturday ahead of us @Line_Movement . We are thrilled to announce that @Paydirt_DFS will serve as our Director of Data Analysis & Esports. Welcome to the squad, James!
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James McCool
2 years
Baseball babyyyyy (pt.2)
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James McCool
5 years
Lmao every piece of chalk just got a TD at once
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James McCool
4 years
The individual in this message belonged to my community and has been banned immediately. There's no room for this kind of hate, no matter the differences in beliefs or actions that you have with others. Absolutely abhorrent and uncalled for.
@AlZeidenfeld
Al Smizzle
4 years
This is America now. We've got tens of millions of cult members and no path to reprogramming them. We're screwed as a country for decades.
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James McCool
11 months
I think NFL showdown might be the worst product that the DFS industry puts action into. It’s barely even watchable with money on the line at this point
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James McCool
5 years
Remember everybody if your favorite analyst was wrong about something today be sure to be ruthless in telling them how bad they are at predicting the future
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James McCool
8 months
I'm all about grinding your craft but my god it's been 4 days since the super bowl lets take a fucking break from this stuff lol
@JustinHerzig
Justin Herzig
8 months
I feel dirty admitting this but… Najee Harris is my 3rd highest drafted RB for 2024 Best Ball - Age 26 season + former 1st rounder - 1a RB in an Arthur Smith run-heavy offense - 8th round ADP and rest of that round is a WR/QB dead zone Closing my eyes and picking him a ton
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James McCool
4 years
I cannot comprehend how police, or the national guard, and whatever the fuck else is supposed to hold order in this country is not bringing the hammer down on this situation.
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James McCool
4 years
This is some of the dumbest most surreal shit I have seen in my entire life. These people should be institutionalized.
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James McCool
5 years
My fiancé, always an angel and the light of my life.
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James McCool
3 years
Hi, so, I'm not sure how much longer this message can continue to be used considering people voted and the Democrats have control of every branch of the government and there's still nothing being done for the American people.
@CNN
CNN
3 years
Former first lady Michelle Obama has a message for Americans ahead of the 2022 midterm elections: "We've got to vote like the future of our democracy depends on it."
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James McCool
4 years
FanDuel, where they view 50% credit up to a max of $100 as a gift to their customers! Why anybody still plays on that train wreck of a platform is absolutely beyond me.
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James McCool
2 years
Today it’s important to recognize and remember maybe the most blissfully insane tweet of all time from no other than Mr.Rovell himself
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James McCool
3 years
The important thing to remember is that analytics and numbers are for pussies and beta soyboys. True alphas get their decisions from their gut and balls not some fuckin spreadsheet. lol
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James McCool
1 year
A hot take for your enjoyment: Not a single trend that you think matters for NFL best ball has much significance, nor do we have any real data to support claims about Week 17 stacking, ADP blindspots, or roster construction in general
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James McCool
8 months
On Friday, Draftkings is going to run all NBA contests without late swap. Some thoughts I posted in the discord about why that's awesome and the vast majority of players heavily benefit from removing late swap:
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James McCool
4 years
Why is this not a massive storyline?
@TheOceanCleanup
The Ocean Cleanup
4 years
Another important moment in the Plastic Journey: we have successfully finalized the recycling step. This is the first time that plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has been recycled into plastic granulate.
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James McCool
3 years
Mail day! This is the first made of 10 special edition, hand embellished versions of this Acuna Topps P70 from @alexpardee . It’s gorgeous.
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James McCool
5 years
Hey everyone maybe it isn’t the best time to take victory laps on drafting a man who beat his wife and his child in the 5th round of bestball leagues. Maybe not the fucking time.
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James McCool
3 years
I recently started a new challenge to show subs at that it was possible to start with a small bankroll and build it up. I am trying to go from $500 to $5,000 by the end of the MLB season and today I had my first good hit! Nice boost to the challenge.
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James McCool
3 years
If Facebook being down has any sort of negative impact on your life I think now is a good time to delete it and become a better person
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James McCool
5 years
Man this is some privileged, dumb shit.
@FirstTake
First Take
5 years
. @TimTebow passionately expresses his thoughts on the California Senate passing a bill allowing student-athletes to have endorsements.
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James McCool
6 years
Sup, I've been working on something behind the scenes and got a chance to write about it for one of the best in the industry. It's exciting. For those that get to read it, let me know what you think!
@JeffKCollins
JeffElJefe
6 years
There are a few sharp people out there paving the way by developing new and more predictive statistics for MLB, so I asked @Paydirt_DFS to write an article discussing a new stat he created called "xHR/9". Wanna know where future home runs will come from?
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James McCool
2 years
I drank a Manhattan that was way too strong at our hotel and now I’m drunk. AMA, let’s make a night of it
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James McCool
3 years
@TheSeigeDFS Seems like the vaccine has a lot to do with health and safety here my dude
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James McCool
1 year
I don't really know what you're supposed to do with NBA DFS right now. The late scratches after lock and teams actively ignoring or misreporting players is making it so you can't count in informed reporting. It's really, really bad for the product.
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