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QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 08:38 PM) Well, things just got really disgusting. The NY Daily News newspaper's front page tomorrow is a picture of the gunman's point of view shooting the woman with the caption " EXECUTED, ON LIVE TV" Absolutely disgusting, and whoever approved of this to be the front page needs to be fired immediately. http://www.nydailynews.com It's the NY Daily news. That is what they do.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 09:18 AM) There are several helpful guides out there. If you are stopped by police, you have to present your driver's license and your registration at the request of the police officer and they have the right to check your license plate. Anything beyond that is a search of your property that requires consent. You have the right to refuse such a search or to demand that it be conducted at a police station with your lawyer present. Here's a guide from the ACLU. of course, part of the problem is that if you know those rights and follow the rules but happen to, let's say, not be a member of a majority population in this country, the police may respond ina much more hostile manner. You can't refuse the search if they have probable cause (i.e., smell drugs / booze on you or see something in the car seat), right? Or am I incorrect?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 26, 2015 -> 12:25 PM) It's all over, folks. We HAVE to get guns off the streets, out of the hands of morons. Can you imagine, these two reporters had to hate getting up to go to work at 6:45 am. Next thing you know they are removed from the planet by some idiot. GUN CONTROL. It must take place in a more aggressive fashion. Our country is not safe with all the mental illnesses out there and medicated people!! I wrote that in anger. Now I want to say I'm so f***ing sad for everybody involved! This shooter kills the two media members?? Awful. And he doesn't shoot the person being interviewed? How awful. Prayers for everybody. I just found out about this and am sad and outraged! Damn. Horrifying. Senseless. The two reporters were going to fricking get married. The cameraman was getting out of the news business. Biggest argument to not remove guns from the streets is then we the people have zero protection from a government / military controlling us. All that said, all the guns in the world wouldn't protect us from our own military.

I can't judge Fear the Walking Dead yet. The first episode didn't make me want to not watch, but it is so early hard to know where the characters and story are going to go for me to judge any other way.

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 09:57 PM) <!--quoteo(post=3227150:date=Aug 25, 2015 -> 11:41 PM:name=greg775)-->QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 11:41 PM) <!--quotec-->Do the fans despise him and boo him? I thought he was kind of the fill in guy who saves the day when Rose is hurt, etc. fans might start to despise him for staying on too long... booing and hating this? nope I love Kirk. He might be past his prime but I still love him.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 08:26 PM) This kid needs to be playing every day. Move Garcia to DH and bench LaRoche for the rest of the season. Just my opinion. Mark Agreed - I don't think Tracye is a full time starter, but Sox need to see him get as many bats as possible. It is also key to see just how good he can be defensively. He has the tools to be a starter, but the production hasn't necessarily matched the tools. He is coming to fruition in the right era though (more of a premium on defense / non-hitter's era).

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 01:33 PM) But at least with White Sox fans, once the Sox won, making the playoffs wasn't good enough. Now maybe it will be for a little while, but it certainly wasn't in 2008. And if you technically make the playoffs as a WC and bow out after 1 game, is that really considered satisfying? No...I think one wc card game doesn't count. I don't even count that as making the playoffs. The playoffs start with an actual multi-game series. While I was disappointed in 2008, it was still fun. It is hard to consistently make the playoffs, let alone win the series...you really can't do the 2nd with any sort of success if you can't accomplish the first. My view is, build your teams to make the playoffs as much as possible...then see if you get hot. Play the odds in your favor. Best team doesn't always win in baseball, in fact, I'd argue of all major sports, the top team in baseball probably has the lowest correlation rate of winning a title then any other sport. I presume basketball would be the highest percentage followed by football and then hockey. Hockey is probably the closets to baseball. I know one thing...sucking these past few years isn't what I want and I wouldn't want to suck for 10 years just so I have a shot to win once and then suck again. I wouldn't want to be the Marlins...two amazing seasons and a bunch of crap in between.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 25, 2015 -> 01:13 PM) I'll take the win. I am always excited when the Sox make the playoffs, and disappointed when they bow out. There is nothing like winning playoff series though, especially the big one. I don't think they would. I think if you consistently contend, you will get fan support. Will they get cranky and will you see some reduction, certainly (look at the 90's Braves and how at times, after years of making the playoffs, fans got complacent wanting / needing more). That said, even those complacent years, they still drew very well. Bottom line, consistent winning is the only true recipe to succeed from an attendance perspective. Sure, some times can succeed anyway, but it takes a very rare situation for a consistent winner to not draw well. And the only real exception I can think of is the Rays, which is point #1 for why they either need a new stadium and / or need to move to another market (not sure that a stadium would do any good). Honestly, if I were MLB and the Sox did all of the things Mark outlined and still couldn't draw, then to be frank, a change would have to be made because that just isn't acceptable. I'll also be honest, I'd probably rather be in the playoffs 10+ times in 20 years (and not win it) then twice in 20 years, but win it once. Bottom line, those other seasons would be miserable and that one season, while amazing, wouldn't make up for the rest. Heck, just look how antsy the entire fanbase is, just 10 years removed from the series. We have been awful the past 3 years and it isn't fun.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 06:47 PM) It's literally just a drywall patch - $100? I would be very surprised that a drywall patch would ruin the deal and if it would, you could just pay the 100 bucks. People get petty over a lot of things so you never know, but in general, I don't understand a couple hundred bucks when you are talking about a home, which I would presume is in the hundreds of thousands range. That said, worse case, just say, hey, I took this off and their are some holes, we can have someone come out if you'd like to fix it (really you aren't obligated to but it is probably the right thing to do). They very well might say...don't worry, I'm going to put my flatscreen their anyway.

QUOTE (shipps @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 02:52 PM) I wish we were able to have that friendly banter. Although I will say its not bad all the time. There are some Cub fan's that I interact with that are cool and level headed about things and arent just looking to get a rise out of sox fans but those are the minority in my world. I mostly just ignore them though. That's cause your too easy to get a rise out of sir. Back in my days, Mario and I could get a rise out of you just by racing.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 03:32 PM) All of the Republican candidates insist they'll make that growth rate happen if you vote for them I'd be delusional if I thought Bush's so called 4.5% growth rate was at all possible. It isn't. It is a bunch of non-sense, which is exactly what every president gets elected on. Every president claims if you listen to my plan we'll get some insane historical treatment of some sort. Save jobs...make you richer, blah blah blah.

This cub fascination is such a city of chicago thing. This past weekend I was wearing my Sox shirt (ever since I had kids, when I'm not at work, I usually am wearing either a Sox / Bulls / Bears shirt so my kids can start to like the logo's / mascots (force em into it while they are young, haha) and a guy goes, oh man, I'm so envious of you...getting to know what its like to win a series, hell even see a world series in their lifetime. I respond back, yeah, but I'm envious of you and your team and he goes, don't be, we'll blow it. I learned a long time ago, don't get your hopes up....just watch, Rodon / Fullmer will become aces and you'll have a loaded rotation with Sale / Q and you'll get to the series and the Cubs prospects will end up busting and Lester will tear his arm. We both got a good chuckle out of that and kids respectively said hi to each other. Cubs story and the team is a pretty cool one.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 02:09 PM) So to summarize, companies with a lot of exposure to China like Deere, Apple, European luxury goods exporters, anything to do with construction/real estate, raw materials/metals, better to steer away from...but if the US economy is actually growing at 3.5-4% then the bottom of the collapse/overreaction in the US has to be near. You started to see it with the pushback from bottom feeders today. Of course, panic and anxiety is never logical, whether its Dutch tulips, 1929, 1987, 1998, 2001-02, 2007-2009, etc. As FDR famously said, "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Who is saying the US economy is growing 3.5 - 4% per year. I've never seen any sort of growth figures that high. That would be insanely strong growth for a country our size. Maybe you and I are thinking of different metrics from a growth perspective?

Good Nik interview. One quote stood out. http://hoopshype.com/2015/08/20/nikola-mir...is-yet-to-come/

Navarro and Dunn would be pretty high up there. Dunn for his performance (combined with his contract) vs. attitude. Navarro for combination of the two. Albert Belle and AJ are the two that make the list if you are looking from opposition perspective (AJ winning).

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 12:38 PM) They might have shown interest, but I doubt it was mutual, I bet he'd rather retire than play for these Bears. Fair point.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 10:53 AM) Does he have anything like in the tank or is Belichick just trolling the Colts again? I was quite surprised Bears didn't sign him or show more interest (given all their injuries at WR).

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 09:25 AM) Since they're such an exporter and not an importer it's hard to see that even if their bubble does burst, it will move that far out of China. Their bubble bursting could just push prices down even more on Chinese made goods, leading to higher U.S. corporate profits. The U.S. demand for those goods isn't going to go away. Some of the numbers I saw a few weeks ago argued that ~98% of Chinese stocks were owned by Chinese nationals and corporations and that the government has allowed very little foreign investment in those markets. Even major implosions in their stock markets and real estate markets could very well stay confined mostly to China. I am talking about the mega dollars within China that is invested abroad. For example, SoCal Real Estate and other hot real estate markets. Other sectors as well. That is money that China is trying to keep invested in China vs. moving abroad and part of what they have been doing over the past year has been to limit funds leaving the country. The loss in the market and weakening of their currency will impact those people who are trying to buy here (or already have stuff here and now are far less wealthy as they were previously due to their domestic losses...which could spur them to have to sell properties here).

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 24, 2015 -> 09:42 AM) Damn, Ratliff suspended 3 games due to a DWI he pleaded guilty to, from 2013( when he was a cowboy) That blows That is just absurd. How does this happen that far after the fact? Did the case just get resolved or something? I'm glad Brady is taking the league to court with this stuff. By the way, ratfliff should face whatever he needs to related to the incident, but it should be known based upon a predefined schedule and should have happened back when it happened.

The quality of these pieces are stunning Will. Tons of great insights in here. Amazing job!!! Digged the nugget on Montas from the NL East scout.

I don't see this being that big of a deal. It is scouting. I bet lots of other teams might have had similar scouting reports. What did teams say about Chris Sale, who fell to us? Its scouting...more often then not you are wrong.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutdown...-201018948.html Really...the nfl had the video up on its website for a year and didn't think that was a bad enough idea.

The one unfortunate part of the nets is it does mean the players won't toss the balls back into the stadium and it could reduce access to players before the game. I think the solution needs to be something that comes up and down, so after the 3rd out it comes down again and before the game it is down, so fans can get the experience and try and get the autographs. I presume you wouldn't be able to sneak balls through the nets so if the nets were permanent, you've basically got rid of autographs before games. Unless I suppose the nets were only going to be up between the bases (which I would support...hardest hit balls where you have least time to react are there). You do still get some rockets further down the lines but fewer and more time to react (again presuming you are paying attention).

I wouldn't sit that close to the field with my kids. Just won't do it. I don't even like sitting that close. I've sat first row of the dugout and had a couple shots come my way. I hated it. You have such little time to react (and that is when you are paying attention...and at a baseball game, a lot of the time people aren't paying attention). I am fine if they put nets up and would rather they do it now then after someone is killed.

And China could very well be crashing. You just never know when that bubble is going to burst. They've done so much to stop it so we will see. More so though, it appears a lot of what they are doing recently is to do everything they can to keep the Yuan in China vs. those funds getting spent overseas on real estate, etc. They want that money re-invested in their economy vs. others.