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QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 15, 2018 -> 11:54 AM) It was quite the change from the Steelers/Jags game where the receivers and corner backs were wrestling on every play and nothing was called. I really do wish I could say that officiating didn't decide both of those games yesterday, but it was at least as big of a factor as anything else. I'd have loved those games so much more if I hadn't felt the officials wound up with a lot of weak calls favoring the 2 teams that won.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jan 15, 2018 -> 11:54 AM) If Bulls are able to land a Doncic, I’m okay with how the lottery played out. Obviously I’d like one of the top 3 guys but I don’t see it happening (without pure lottery lock) and Doncic is still a really good talent. I think the Bulls front office ultimately is coming to the realization the rebuild might be ahead as scheduled (and might not have hit the full low’s it probably expected (I won’t comment on whether that is good or bad but it is likely the reality) which means that free agency probably becomes a key part of the story going forward (as soon as this off-season) where previously it was probably another off-season away. If they have any competence at all they should have realized last summer how well set up they were for Free Agency this year. That was the end result of the Butler trade - they have room to add a max deal in a year when very few teams have room to add a max deal.

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ Jan 15, 2018 -> 12:28 PM) After watching it live and then watching a bunch of replays, i'm convinced that (1) he was scared of getting a PI called on him for hitting a defenseless receiver, which is why he went low and (2) he was trying to be sure that he was between Diggs and the sideline so Diggs couldn't get out of bounds. He tried to anticipate where Diggs was going to spin once he landed, and unfortunately missed. Oh and someone should add this - Bleeping Bleep **** those refs were 100% intent on calling everything they could as a PI on the Saints. My word.

QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 15, 2018 -> 12:28 PM) 2018 should be the year of letting the kids play. Why not see what they can do? Why saddle yourself with an aging free agent and a big payroll when only 15-20k come out to games at times? Worth adding beyond that - we have plenty of kids to play. Counting the Mutant OF at AA, we have more guys than we have positions for right now. We've got 5-6 OFs who will be playing this year, 2 1b/DH guys, 5 guys around the IF (not counting Leury), 3 catchers. I could be talked into another starting pitcher under one of those "If you don't make the big league roster you get your release on opening day" kinda deals, but that's not going to be the kind of contract Tillman gets. Maybe one of the lesser guys like Buchholz, who is older and an extra year removed from his last decent season. I really don't think I want a guy on a full year contract, if something blows up mid-season there's nothing wrong with calling a guy up early or hunting on the waiver wire.

Holy S***

2k5 you'll love this.

That catch was ridiculous. Bouye had his hand grabbing the back of Brown's jersey for 40 yards and he still caught it.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 11:20 PM) What are you even talking about with that first paragraph? You do this thing where you misrepresent someone’s argument and then tear it down. Like what world do you live in where there’s some interaction with me and these mysterious republicans are trying to cajole me and praise me and are playing me for a fool? I don’t speak for a party. I don’t have people trying to dupe me on how things work in the world. I haven’t taken a liberal arts class in years and if anyone’s being made a fool it’s the person who thinks the government is the solution to every problem in the world. Did you or did you not post this? QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 09:51 AM) https://t.co/3goQfjM7vC Country’s top employer raises minimum wage and gives bonuses as a result of GOP tax plan. So, you have: 1. Bought into the idea that this is the result of the GOP tax plan 2. Ignored the fact that their competition did the exact same thing without the GOP tax plan 3. Been willing to give the GOP tax plan credit for things you like and ignore the things you didn't like. If you "don't speak for a party" and you "don't have people trying to dupe me on how things work in the world", well I give you your own words.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 09:59 PM) Wonder what fans in Arlington and Seattle are thinking with this news...? They’re both in no man’s land. Angels probably need to shoot for WC against AL East. The Rangers won that division in 2016. They need the guys they have to play better, first and foremost. Way too many guys disappointed last year. Mazara had a ton of RBI but his numbers overall got worse last year as he got older. Odor's batting average dropped 70 points last year. The guys they needed to step forwards took steps back.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 08:45 PM) Passan sums up well: https://twitter.com/JeffPassan/status/952339574725935104 This is something the White Sox are going to have to figure out at some point - what do you do when frontline talent is 2 years from free agency and not behaving like a star? Hold onto them and hope they become a frontline player and you're 1 year from free agency or take the best deal you can? Heck, that's the same scenario we have right now with Garcia.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 07:08 PM) That would mean Rodon would have never had a single good year in his career, unlike Cole who had 3 very good years. Musgrove is a guy you trade for when you just want a team around 80 wins so you can posture as competitive. In my eyes Cole had 1 full, good year. The 2 other years, at age 22-23, he only pitched 117 and 138 innings. I'm hoping that several of our guys outperform those by a lot this year, and this year doesn't matter for us.

Philly may darn well show me up here, I would have picked Atlanta.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 06:58 PM) If we traded Rodon for Musgrove and Moran I’d say we completely wasted an asset. What if, in 2020, he was still struggling and had been injured for 1/2 a year beforehand? That's where Cole is right now. Remove the extra years of control - if we had Rodon for only 2 more years right now how would you feel about this deal for Rodon?

Dave Winfield and Frank Thomas are now debating who was more scared about the fact that they were told they were going to be vaporized today.

QUOTE (bmags @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 07:41 PM) No kidding. I didn’t particularly like the Musgrove, Martes and Tucker for Q proposed trade, this would have made me gag. Cole was hurt and bad in 2016, a key part of the Pirates being uncompetitive that year, and was just mediocre in 2017. Stuff is still there, but imagine trading for Rodon right now, if Rodon was 2 years from free agency and being paid $6.75 million. He's a good #3 starter right now 2 years from free agency, with an injury risk. There is a decent chance we look at this trade next AS break and say "Hey, Musgrove is outpitching Cole". Especially with the Pirates pitching coach.

QUOTE (SleepyWhiteSox @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 06:25 PM) Kinda sad that we'll miss out on trae young Let's see what happens at deadline.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 07:30 PM) What an awful haul for Pirates after 2 disappointing seasons for Cole, it seems unsurprising. If he had been a strong pitcher the last 2 years, the Pirates probably wouldn't have been trading him because they'd have been much more competitive.

Ricketts: "IF Sammy Sosa wants to be welcomed back to the Cubs he needs to be honest with us about PEDs"

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 06:49 PM) Right now that Walmart has the ability to make money they need to fire more employees as a result. It can’t be that they’re following the rest of the industry is getting swallowed by Amazon and the e-commerce market. I’m sure once the BOD heard they were keeping a greater percentage of their profits they thought, “Great now we can fire more people to upset people who have never worked in the real world.” I worked at a restaurant when Obamacare went into effect. They cut two salaried managers and made three assistant managers. This was so they would spend less on benefits. Clearly these payouts and layoffs are a result of Obamacare, that is one thing we can both agree upon. This healthcare legislation dramitcially hurt those lives and it’s 100% the fault of the left’s health care legislation. Here's the basic problem - when you posted the original post about the raises, you totally ignored what I bolded. Guess who raised their wages before the tax cuts without giving them credit? Target. The wage raises that you bought into walmart crediting the tax cuts - they literally were matching raises by Target.$11/hr. And yet, you totally bought the "flatter the Republicans and this will go great!" BS, which is why you're getting called out. They were reacting to market conditions, but because you need to show that the Republicans are great, you have to accept the praise they're giving you even though they're playing you for a fool. You are right about one thing - the health care legislation absolutely did hurt people. It also helped a helluva lot more people (it's literally the only reason I have my current job, and I have nothing to do with the health care field). I'll go ahead and accept that as something that was the best we could do and defend it because it was the best we could do. We really do need to do a better job of saying "people are being hurt by legislation we're passing and therefore we should also make more government benefits available to those who are hurt" - a statement that goes triple for trade deals. But you know what would be nice? If we could get one party on board with the idea that in the richest country in history, people who get sick should get access to treatment. If I could get one party on board with that concept, get you on board with that concept, I will give you a better health care bill that hurts fewer people.

Dude!

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jan 13, 2018 -> 06:36 PM) Either are his policies or his closest advisors. Alt right and evangelicals have taken control and many of the actual republicans I know are basically lost or disenfranchised. And yet the Republican party overwhelmingly voted for him, and the Republicans in Congress and the Senate go along with him constantly, and yesterday we have a republican Senate candidate/current representative describing his remarks as "saying what we're all thinking"... Maybe worth thinking about how that all happened. The people who said "We'll never vote for Trump!" are such a tiny minority of the Republican party that they don't matter at all.

Not made up. Actually happened.

So apparently there were between 10-40 minutes in Hawaii where everyone literally thought they were minutes from being vaporized before the first "all clear" signals came through. No public comment from major officials happened during that time. FCC Says they're "Investigating".

Chelsea Manning (of wikileaks/US massacre in Iraq exposed fame) files to run against Maryland D senator Ben Cardin in primary.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Jan 11, 2018 -> 09:51 AM) https://t.co/3goQfjM7vC Country’s top employer raises minimum wage and gives bonuses as a result of GOP tax plan. Country's top employer quietly announced on Friday they would lay off 3500 "Co-managers" who will be replaced by "assistant manager positions" at lower pay. The laid off co-managers can apply for those positions but it is not guaranteed, and even if they get them it's a pay cut. Clearly these paycuts and layoffs are also a result of the tax cuts, that is one thing we can both agree upon. These tax cuts dramatically hurt those lives and it's 100% the fault of the GOP tax cuts.