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I don't look at the movie as glorifying the Black Sox. I see the Sox players as a vehicle for the redemption of Moonlight Graham and Ray Kinsella.

See, here's the thing. Nobody's perfect and a lot of us have the same faults as the people we're criticizing. But at the same time, I think the world is a better place if character matters when choosing our leaders in the worlds of sports, politics, business, etc. People keep being assholes because nobody holds them accountable for it.

This is straying off the topic, but where I think we're headed is the end of traditional cable/satellite service and everybody just buying content directly from providers. Your Peacock app will become where you subscribe to whatever package of NBC/Comcast channels you want. Your Paramount+ app is where you will subscribe to whatever package of CBS/Viacom channels you want. Your Disney+ and/or ESPN+ app will be where you subscribe to whatever package of Disney/ESPN channels you want, etc.

I guess I was including fantasy baseball under the umbrella of losing a big bet. I haven't seen any confirmation that it was Giolito, but I can't think of anybody else who would be a target.

The final will be live on NBC tomorrow at 9:30 CT, but this is they way things are going now. I saw that NBC is even putting one of Notre Dame's home football games on Peacock. My grandparents live 15 miles from ND Stadium, and won't be able to watch the game live because they don't have a smart TV. They have a tablet so I guess they could watch it on that but I don't see them doing that.

More often than not, it's someone who lost a huge bet on the game.

If the NBA and NHL both go back to their normal schedules, the Sox will be in Toronto the same time those leagues are in their conference finals. Impossible for the Hawks to be there then and a Bulls-Raptors conference final seems awfully unlikely.

With my mom being a nurse, I hear about it a lot. So far it seems to be pretty low risk for vaccinated people. Yes, several vaccinated people are getting it, but the illness is very minor. Well over 99% of people dying are unvaccinated. Her hospital has seen an increase in COVID patients, but very few are ending up in the ICU.

I am going the route of community college for a year (had a year's worth of credit in HS) and a state university regional campus for two years. Will graduate with zero debt. Then I can go into debt as needed to go to the best possible school for my MBA, which I feel is more worth it.

Lopez pitched 3 innings Sunday. Too soon for him to pitch again?

Yes but Lucas' game is centered on missing bats.

It's still early but this trend appears to be holding.

Never let it drop in the 1st.

If Engel is sitting because of injury concerns that's fine, but if he's sitting because of platoon reasons then that's asinine as his defense in CF far outweighs whatever marginal added offensive value Goodwin might give you.

Yes, but are Texas and Oklahoma going to be getting recruits that would have gone to LSU and Florida, or ones that would have gone to Clemson and Ohio State. If it's the former, then the SEC doesn't really gain that much.

Two catchers, one who can't catch and one who can't hit, both did unprecedented things for the Sox this season.

I much prefer the Chicago songs written by Robert Lamm to those written by David Foster.

There have to be a lot of people who booked rooms without tickets and are going to end up cancelling. Keep checking Dubuque and Quad Cities. Something in Quad Cities will have to open up at some point.

Today is the 9th day since July 21 that the Sox have started with a 9 or 9.5 game division lead. In all of the previous 8, the Sox lost and/or Cleveland won.

He might come through with the bat once in a while, but he's never failed to be a liability in CF.

If I don't take classes next summer, my road game options are going to be KC, NY, TOR, TB, DET, HOU, LA, SF, CLE, MIN, COL, TEX Might do my first ever solo trip. Toronto is appealing given that the drinking age is 19. Probably should start the process of getting a passport now.

There is a really good chance that someone who started the year with the Cubs gets a World Series ring.

If you gamble in Vegas, you're bad at math or hate money.

Sports books are dumb to take bets on this kind of stuff. Way too much information gets out.

Knowing that the team that drafts you can just recoup that pick next year if they don't sign you, that seems like a really bad play on the part of the player/agent.