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True political innovation would be stopping the SOTU response.

In a vacuum, yes, he was successful enough. But the reputation he has? Going to be hard to re-sign/get free agents.

So, is there a known reason why he just stopped being good 2 years ago?

Chip to 9ers. Perfect marriage, a coach that doesn't care about his players joins an organization that doesn't care about their coaches.

Thanks for the year of Grand Slams Alexei.

So, apparently Eagles now moving back to the Reid coaching tree, which I found hilarious.

Here's what I continue to not like about Fowler. He is not a bad player. He's a good player! But I hate this outfield for the next 3 years: Melky Eaton Fowler At its best, that is maybe 45 HRs from the outfield, but more realistically it is around 30. We would still want to upgrade one of those positions throughout fowlers contract.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Jan 14, 2016 -> 10:42 AM) Is that for sure? I can't believe that new GM Jon Robinson would go with Mularkey. I thought Josh McDaniels would follow him to Tennessee Not for sure, lseems to be headed there.

I'm not sure Benicio Del Toro playing Benicio Del Toro has the same acting pull as when someone actually acts like a different person.

So the titans end up with Mularkey....

I loved that interview. I'm so excited for this team.

Also - bravo Oscars. Beside the Martian love, hard to complain about much. Hoping Brie Larson wins (have not seen Room, just love Brie Larson) best Actress.

So just to be clear, The braves just traded Shelby Miller for Inciarte, Dansby Swanson and 3 other prospects, and we would then trade Q for just Inciarte. Seems like good market rate addition.

That student manager thing is hilarious.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Jan 14, 2016 -> 08:51 AM) Unfair to compare this to an open market contract for Cespedes/et al. 5/$50 seems great, but don't forget he was still an arb guy before this deal, so it isn't as much of a discount as it seems once you factor that in. MLBTR put his arb projection at $5.9 for 2016. Assuming raises to $9 and $12 in 2017 and 2018 (total stabs in the dark, I admit), that would make this more like a $2/23 extension. Which is still nice. No kidding. good post.

I'm still unclear what we are actually litigating in this podcast.

Alright, listen, the silence of the lambs tunnel scene onward in Sicario is not good. The partner dynamic between Blunt and that dude was really unbelievable. But Emily Blunt kicking ass for 2 hours still proivdes such a high floor.

Yeah 2 and even 3 wasn't horrible but they looked horrible and the dialogue was truly "I am. saying. something. right. now." Also, they just struck out so hard on the young vader actor. He was so bad.

Well, there you go. I would not. First 30 minutes, very pumped. But if you are going to tell a simple story of revenge, you better damn make sure the revenge is a payoff.

I think its insanity to say Obama got very little done. You may not like what he did, but if you go through the 08 campaign he got a lot of it done.

I'm glad you all are so entertained by four hours of campfire shots to break up the exciting walking shots.

Sure but a 3 hour low speed chase to kill someone that will probably die from diarrhea the next day isn't isn't interesting.

Saw the Revenant tonight. Very disappointed. Inarritu does very safe movies with high technical skill. I liked Birdman, but it was a wink wink nod nod inside show business movie that the academy had been eating up recently. This was a story with no hard choices. It was a basic tale of chase and revenge. The physical effort was impressive, and yes, he can do tracking shots all over.

Well, it certainly creates discussion.

You could comfortably fit another number on that back.