Milkman delivers

So yeah, this just makes it somewhat cheaper for New York, Boston, and LA to sign them.

Quizno's.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Dec 9, 2013 -> 10:45 PM) I think Whole Foods may be buying the Dominick's in the West Loop. It won't be Mariano's, unless they want 2 stores within 200 feet of each other. On Halsted?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 9, 2013 -> 11:25 PM) I'm assuming there are quite a few people who haven't seen the movie...so if I wrote more specifically, then it would get a bit confusing or I would be including multiple spoilers if you're not familiar with actual/real life case that the movie is based upon. http://www.forbes.com/sites/kylesmith/2013...or-oscar-grant/ Oh, the guy's NAME is Oscar Grant. It looked to me like you were saying something about an Academy Awards grant or something.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 9, 2013 -> 07:04 PM) After doing a bit of research on the conflicting reports about what ACTUALLY happened in the Fruitvale Station/Oscar Grant situation...I think there's just no way it can win an Oscar in one of the major categories. It will definitely get some nominations, though. (Yes, the same exact debate has taken place about movies like Argo and Zero Dark Thirty, but there were 3 key plot points that the director admittedly added from out of thin air to create sympathy for and humanize the subject of the film.) I don't even understand what you're saying.

That's what I figured.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Dec 9, 2013 -> 11:14 AM) Wish it would have worked out better for the Phillies, it felt like such an abrupt end. Still, what a pitcher. Definitely the Blue Jays FOTF. FOTF?

Ah, then yes, that's a valid comparison.

I honestly don't know how some of you guys keep up the pace. I started out strong, but then faded huge in the stretch. Probably took me 5 years to get those last few thousand posts, I just hung around long enough to piece it together slowly. I'm like the Fred McGriff or Craig Biggio of posting. Balta and SS2K5 are like Rose and Ripken.

Thanks, everyone. QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 08:14 PM) In your honor, I will send you a poorly fashioned cane with an inscription of your 20,000th post. Haha! The good old days. QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Dec 8, 2013 -> 12:00 PM) I feel like he got his 10,000th post the same way Ricky Davis got a triple double in the NBA. No idea what this means, though.

Aw shucks! Thanks

Happy birthday!

20,000! Where's my prize?

19,999.

19,998.

Ah, forget this. 19,997.

I'm sure that basically every clean player in that era WANTED to bring it to light. Not sure of the exact pressures on them to not do so, but it had to be an overwhelming and just disheartening feeling.

QUOTE (Jake @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 11:33 AM) Andro hardly did anything and was legal at the time. I would guess that McGwire was using actual steroids and had the Andro around as a distraction as if to say "I got huge like this legally" I'm pretty sure I made that same argument years ago

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 09:58 AM) No they weren't. Don't forget that Houston is in the AL now too. Haha, holy s***! I actually forgot about that.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 12:35 PM) If you let the player choose if there is a tie, and at $20 million, every stud player will have a tie, nothing is going to change except the fee will be lower. If you go by reverse order, if a guy is coming out, the race could be on to be the worst in baseball in August and September. That could get ugly. I think they should break out the ping pong balls and have a lottery with all the teams tied participating. +1

QUOTE (farmteam @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 12:05 PM) It was fine. Not must see TV, but solid. I wish it were 6 one hour episodes instead of 3 two hour ones, though. Wait, it's a miniseries?

QUOTE (Tex @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 10:15 AM) I agree he didn't write anything close to that. In fact that is my point. That if it was phrased better, and by someone who has not posted ugly racist posts prior, it would not have been so soundly denounced. And I wasn't trying to make any excuses either. What I was trying to point out is the kernel of truth in Duke's ugly racist posts. Mandela was not a saint from birth. I believe Mandela became one. It highlights the remarkable ability and potential for all of us to change. "I guess what I'm trying to say is, if I can change, and you can change, everybody can change."

QUOTE (Reddy @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 10:53 AM) It just shows a complete and utter ignorance of history. Something like 50% of Native Americans were wiped out right before the Europeans got here by their version of the plague. Had that plague not happened, we wouldn't be here right now. It has nothing to do with them not "fighting hard enough". Sweet jesus. I can't imagine even doubling their numbers would've changed anything. If the Europeans wanted it, they were getting it.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Dec 7, 2013 -> 11:01 AM) WTF? What civilization on Earth are we talking about that "has no understanding of war"? I was thinking the same exact thing.

Makes sense. The Sox WERE the Cubs of the AL last season.