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July 29th my best friend is getting married in New York and me and my buddy plan on driving instead of flying. The 29th is a Saturday but we plan on heading out that way Thursday morning. What are some cool stops along the way? Niagra Falls and the Statue of Liberty are a given. We are both love food and after spending the next 5 months dieting and exercising we have definitely decided to make stops at awesome restaurants along the way, so if you have any favorite spots I would love to hear about them. Sucks that the Sox are playing Cleveland that weekend, but in Chicago. Would have been nice to catch the game in Cleveland.

Realllly hoping something comes out of this Styles/Nakamura thing.

I sure do love me some Luke Harper. I hope he continues to get high profile matches. Perhaps feud with whoever wins the title after mania(Bray or more Orton). Harper/Orton was easily match of the night. Everything else was meh.

QUOTE (ChiSoxFanMike @ Feb 9, 2017 -> 09:44 PM) I never said he was a Hall of Farmer. I'd have to see him work with cattle and a tractor before I could make that assertion. He would have a better shot to get into the farming HoF......Stupid auto correct.

Was there really TWO people here who think Joe Flacco is a hall of farmer????!!! The Joe Flacco who has a career completion percentage and passer rating lower than Jay Cutler?

The rumble itself was pretty meh, but I love that Randy won. He's a main evener who was stuck and this now elevates him back to where he belongs. Randy is my favorite worker who I never saw wrestle an Indy show.

Omega might not be a pipe dream after all. Last week he tweeted that he is leaving Japan to reassess his future. Now I suppose he could just do RoH and other Indy shows but he is a legend out there in Japan, and can still work Japan and US if he wanted to. Just a feeling, but Omega has said he has had a long standing NXT offer, but my guess is he wants to go straight to Raw/Smackdown like AJ did. I think all the trash he talked about the WWE is a work that's gonna make a surprise debut pretty f***ing epic. I would have Gallows and Anderson come out and celebrate with AJ after he beats Cena and then turn on him . Then out comes Kenny as the leader of the club........................Then out comes Balor, like heyyyy did you guys forget about me??? Sets up AJ/Omega/Balor for Mania......OK last part is prob a pipe dream for now anyway.

Mlb.com has an article projecting the too 10 for 2017 and Eloy Jimenez is #7. I think the kid will be a stud and would gladly take him and Happ as the top 2 guys.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 6, 2017 -> 12:27 AM) I haven't even read the spoilers for the tapings yet. Basically once wwe or nxt put the stuff up on their official twitter account, I don't really consider it a 'spoiler' anymore. I wouldn't have posted it if they didn't. I didn't see the twitter post, nor did I see the Instagram post until this morning, so yeah, its no longer a spoiler. Hero vs Nakamura should be incredible. Everyone knew he was back in NXT, but I don't think anyone saw a Nakamura feud right out of the gate. Especially when you consider WWE released him for being "fat" and now he's back and even fatter.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 5, 2017 -> 11:16 PM) Hero is officially back in NXT so that's freakin awesome. Dudeeee, did you read the spoilers? Sounds like they're gonna push him right out of the gate which is freakin awesome. I hate when my brother spoils stuff but this made me pop hard... Hero has been my favorite wrestler since I was like 16, and am 29 now.

Wrestle Kingdom was yesterday and boy was it good. Meltzer gave Omega vs Okada his first official 6 star match and said it was "Quite possibly the greatest wrestling match of all time." https://youtu.be/pvJq0nJ4Vjc Omega also went on record with sports illustrated (I believe) saying that he would "Rather be the legend who never stepped foot in the WWE than to be apart of their cog"....So that sucks, was really hoping we would see him jump ship....Maybe he changes his mind, I hope he changes his mind.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 12, 2016 -> 03:57 PM) The return of Cassius Ohno!!!!!! I've never seen him work but remember he got fired for being lazy and out of shape. Hope he is changed. QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 12, 2016 -> 04:30 PM) It's funny cause the dude is a lot bigger now than he was in his first stint but that also kind of makes the things he can do more impressive. But ya, he can really go in the ring, he can talk and he's just super entertaining in general. We'll see how it goes this time. Yeah, hes a big ol boy now. https://youtu.be/Tz6e-eL-dHg With guys like Owens and Joe getting over, hopefully they see that physique doesn't matter.

What about Vazquez from Boston? Don't they need bullpen help?

One guy I got my eye on is Garrett Stubbs with the Astros. I'd like him as a 3rd or 4th piece in a Q deal, or maybe the 2nd or 3rd piece in a deal for one of the relievers( believe I remember they needed relievers). Hit over .300 with an OBP in the .390s. He was defensive player of the year at USC as a senior a few years ago, so you would assume his defense is good. No clue on his pitch framing. Baseball reference does have him also listed as a DH which might tell you something about his framing..or that his defensive player of the year award was a sham. This year they may as well give Narvaez and Smith a shot.

2017= this off-season??

So what's new here? They've been talking about this for weeks now. Does it mean they are open to trading Q and Eaton now too?

Playing the arrogant douche at work this week....Up 7.5 and he has Houston's kicker. Please step up Raiders defense. Ill never hear the end of it. I fear Shadys injury will be my downfall.

I will admit, a 2018 rotation of Sale-Q-Rodon-Hansen-Fulmer(or Stephens/Adams) does look sexy as hell. I don't think "Tanking" getting a protected pick and going for it in 2018 is the worst idea in the world.

Also, I kinda doubt the Yankees get involved. I think they need all that young talent to be any good.

I think it'll be the Red Sox. Dombroski didn't mention anything about Benintendi when talking about players he didn't wanna give up for Sale(Moncada and Kopech), so I think the Sox will get back Benintendi, Devers, Escobar, and Vazquez. Hope that is a little light.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 17, 2016 -> 09:39 AM) I had previously suspected that the slumps by Jones and Robertson had a lot to do with clustered usage when they were used too many times in too short a period of time. This pretty well reinforces it. I will say it here first. David Robertson would make a great buy low candidate for a team that realizes he is not a workhorse closer. Thing is, Robertson had an era below 2 when pitching on 0 days rest, and an era below 1 when pitching on 1.....Things started getting bad when he had over 3 days rest. He gave up 13 runs in 12 innings of work when he pitched on 4 or more days of rest. He gave up just 3 runs in 23.2 innings pitched with no rest. 4 runs in 33.2 if you add in the 1 run he allowed in 11 innings with 1 day of rest. These numbers lead me to believe that he IS a workhorse closer. I suppose you could argue that it was these innings that lead to his problems when pitching on heavy rest.

QUOTE (CWSpalehoseCWS @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 04:13 PM) Because you can potentially trade him to a contender in need of some OF depth in July. A lot of teams that rebuild do that. Yep. If you go back and look at the Cubs off seasons at the start of their rebuild under Theo/Jed, it is filled with signings of mediocre older players....In fact their early off seasons have kinda looked KW-esque.

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Nov 4, 2016 -> 11:00 AM) That lineup looks real good on paper and realistic too. Oh, and Melky at DH. ...Collins takes over after next year

Not going too elaborate but...... Sale for Benintendi/Moncada/Swihart Sign Reddick and Nova(neither cost a pick) C-Swihart 1B-Abreu 2B-Moncada 3B-Fraizer SS-Anderson LF- Reddick/Eaton CF- Benintendi/Eaton RF- Eaton/Reddick Q-Rodon-Nova-Gonzalez-Shields Petricka and Putnam coming back will help the pen. Fully expect Burdi up at somepoint too.....Also hope Fulmer pans out as a starter.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 16, 2016 -> 05:14 PM) McCoy is changing my team's fortune from being incredibly mediocre to a championship contender. That potential injury scared the hell outta me. I really need Crowell to continue to look booty so Duke Johnson gets more touches. Outside of last week he has consistently got me 10 points a week even in the backup role. If he can start getting starter touches my Zeke/McCoy/Johnson trio should do a ton of damage. Not really fantasy related, but that Colt/Texan game damn near gave me a heart attack. My work does a confidence pool every week and I needed the texans to win to win it this week.. Was so worried that the Colts would win in OT and I would have essentially lost by a missed extra kick.