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It just seems like they identified a player they really want in Grandal, and made it happen as early as possible. I don't think it's an organizational shift. I just think management thinks they're much closer to being ready to compete.

I never wanted Machado at all.

This makes me think they never liked Machado that much and were just trying to placate the complainers.

If you want to be part of my "I still like the White Sox and don't think Rick Hahn is the Anti-Christ" clique, you're welcome to join. It's just me. Having a meeting on Thursday.

You're incapable of making anything but an absolute declaration. 😉 There is no point. It's entertainment.

It is amusing to watch people get so worked up about hypotheticals. It's not as amusing as when a player is dealt and people pretend to know more than the people actually making the deals.

In this thread, people with no actual knowledge of any player's true value on the open market, will make absolute declarations about every player's value on the open market.

Force users don't have to be Jedi. Both Ahsoka and Ventress were powerful Force users and neither were Jedi nor Sith. Well, both were trained by the Jedi at one point, but both rejected the Jedi. There's actually a ton of depth to both characters, which is rare in Star Wars. https://youtu.be/eU9JRYzUBBg

If there are any tie in's, I'd think it would be with Darth Maul and the rebel Mandalorians who escaped when Maul defeated Pre Visla. The Mandalorian in the show might be a descendant of them. The time frame might be way off though. I wish they'd create a show that deals with force users. Ahsoka and Ventress are easily the best characters they've introduced since the OT. There's a lot there, especially with Ahsoka.

It's cool. It looks great. I can't say it's good because nothing has happened yet, but I'm optimistic. I will say it has my least favorite Star Wars related score.

Taking the bait? I don't give a shit about Grandal. I'm captain of the "invest in your own players" boat.

If he slugs .341, he should quit baseball altogether.

If it was my team, he'd be getting AB's every day rotating between C and DH. I still think we're in the developmental stage though, so we can live with his struggles.

You can't be serious, can you?

I just want them to make good movies. Of the last 7, they're 1 for 6. That's not nostalgia talking. If it was, I wouldn't think that Rogue One was fantastic. None of the rest are actually good movies. I guess Solo and TFA aren't terrible, but Solo is a standard, mostly lifeless, Hollywood heist film with all the typical plot points and The Force Awakens wasn't terrible, but it was hollow and not at all engaging. The Skywalker saga just needs to end already. #spacehorses