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Julia Ioffe with DMs from Don Trump Jr. and Wikileaks: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archiv...kileaks/545738/

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 13, 2017 -> 02:07 PM) Maybe it is wrong, but I am more worried about CSN being in financial troubles as they are getting ready to negotiate our next TV contract. This may be, but I think it's just NBC following up on national trends and shedding their web content teams to have as much money as possible to buy new content.

Sick about this, that's terrible.

two 10 win seasons in 3 years

One thing that's clearly missing is our outside toss run game has evaporated. We feasted on those runs for years based on strengths of Long, and then got even better with Whitehair last year. And turnover hasn't been that bad but, we are suddenly not good at it.

Mainly bummed that this FA class doesn't even have many interesting buy low opps. Will still be interested in what the marlins do and where Ohtani will go. But yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if we don't even hold off signing players until jan, especially pitchers.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Nov 13, 2017 -> 08:31 AM) I started watching it, laughed a lot, but towards the end of the first episode I wasn't sure if I wanted an entire season of a parody. How did it hold up? Brilliance of the show is they use the "serial" template so effectively you start to forget that the premise is so stupid and really want to know who did it. It's funny throughout but it's not relying on just making fun of the whodunnit genre.

Their punishment was a slap on the wrist. Of course they shouldn't be able to sign the players they acquired only via breaking the rules. Which is what I mean, when getting caught breaking the rules only means you have to start over, there is very little incentive not to just break them like crazy and hope you don't get caught. The Atlanta Braves were apparently cheating so boldly that they had to replace all of their executive team, but will be punished so lightly that they get the top executive candidate to run a team that will almost certainly feature many players acquired through cheating.

I was at that game. I was joking about how they may call it a touchback just before they came back. Brutal game. Yeah, fuller was picked on, but story of that game was them running all over us. They used Huntley to pass when we expected them to run in the first half, then when we had to respect pass ran down our throats. Novel idea. I prefer run when they expect run and pass on 3rd and long.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Nov 13, 2017 -> 09:05 AM) I don't think there is any reasonable punishment they can inflict that would make that an unattractive job. It bothers me that MLB continues to set up rules so that breaking them continues to be advantageous even after getting caught. Per cardinals, what made it more serious was actual criminal charges brought. MLB's own punishment was laughable. Their punishment to Padres the same. They basically say "okay do-over".

Yeah I gotta say, I think AA taking this job means punishment isn’t that bad. Maybe loss of a pick.

It is by far the most worthless award so I don’t feel that bitter. Hopefully Jose doesn’t include SS as a contract incentive

Did you guys know that Abraham Lincoln was a republican?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 11, 2017 -> 03:24 AM) Porter injury is just minor, right? Caught the last 7 or so minutes of the game at a bar and didn't realize he got hurt. They said he tweaked his hip. He only played first 2 minutes. I’m

Assuming Porters injury isn’t serious very happy with tonight. Tilmon was awesome, and it showed that the complimentary pieces on this team are strong. 15 pt win vs Iowa State is a good win, especially without your best player.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Nov 10, 2017 -> 02:31 PM) The GOP has pulled all funding, and I'm sure they're going to try and mount a write in campaign to pull from his vote total, in an attempt to give the election to Jones. The GOP in congress would absolutely rather lose a seat than have Moore hanging over their heads, and causing problems. Via @vaughnhillyard Excellent analysis

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 02:05 PM) I dont know enough about the case, but I cant figure out the equivalence of the request. I was under the impression ATT offered cable/television outside of Direct TV, so I dont really see what Direct TV has anything to do with the merger and its not equivalent to CNN's parent company. Also dont know enough about ATT, but do they own other cable channels/networks? Actually I don't really know as I think about Comcast NBC. I thought the issue was them owning too much of the tv service plus content but comcast nbc is the exact same set-up.

Woof. I was really glad Missouri was able to schedule such strong scrimmages. With a team this young it's nice to get them punched in the mouth first so they know what it takes to grind and compete season long i.e. get in the weight room.

I actually think that would be a reasonable stipulation except for the fact that Mike Flynn was spouting off that CNN was gonna see big changes soon.

If they shot horrifically means they couldn't get to the rim.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 01:12 PM) Wisconsin not ranked to start the year. A lot of question marks but I think its a team that may really surprise some people. Doubt they win the Big 10, but could see them as a top 4 finisher. They beat missouri in a scrimmage. Still a well coached team

I kinda hope we try and develop starters that eat innings.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 8, 2017 -> 10:55 AM) I can't find it definitively anywhere... did the Dems definitely turn the Virginia State House? I believe it is tied now but the margins are so small on several races that they are going into recount.

Holy crap what a disaster. Shoulders are bad in every sport.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/obituari...dies-at-96.html What an obit.