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i am simultaneously excited and terrified of my son starting baseball because of crazy parents

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ May 10, 2016 -> 03:35 PM) Yeah, that doesn't make a lot of sense. If it were in cold medicine, Mondesi didn't do anything wrong. Not true. These guys are told what they can and cannot take from the pharmacy. I'm sure he can call a number and find out if that stuff is ok to take. It is his responsibility to find out

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2016 -> 05:50 PM) I'm not smart enough to understand that comparison. Yea you are

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2016 -> 05:16 PM) Yes, it's kind of a big deal when you have male body parts and the sign says "women" and you want in. It's kind of a big deal. Why? Why is it a big deal?

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ May 10, 2016 -> 03:55 PM) Total Kenny deal. Thank God he doesn't run trades. That's not a total Kenny deal, that is a misconception. KW never gave away many pieces that were highly regarded like that, more often than not he traded prospects that just disappeared into other organizations The only guy that he traded that ended up really good was Gio, and he used Gio as a trade chip twice and got some good players back.

So basically all bathrooms need security guards and transgendered people need to identify themselves as they walk into every room and building in every day of their lives. I know, we can give them some sort of ID card to present in the event that they want to go to the bathroom No big deal

QUOTE (EvilJester99 @ May 10, 2016 -> 02:37 PM) No idea how reliable this site is but would love to get Reddick!! http://showtimesports.sportsblog.com/posts...sh-reddick.html Slusser is pretty reliable, if she says both the Sox and Cubs are sniffing around, i believe her

QUOTE (JenksIsMyHero @ May 10, 2016 -> 02:09 PM) I doubt it. Dude was still the greatest player on the planet for a decade. When you're THAT good, people ignore the other crap. See, Kobe. I also think MJ would have been smart enough to at least try and stay out of the press. Its easy to say "if social media was around back then....", but if those guys grew up with the same social media, they would probably know how to navigate it

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 10, 2016 -> 08:38 AM) If you strip away Jackson's April in 2014 with the Tigers, I'm sure you will find he's at or below .683 (over the last two years)....that's why I said the better part of two seasons. He did have a brief recovery for one month, July 2014, then it was all downhill from the time he was traded to the M's. 1.5-1.7 WAR might be acceptable for some teams, but it's borderline. Most of Jackson's defensive stats have been fairly mixed, although the "eye test" would seemingly tell you that he's been better than average this year. And part of it's comparing Jackson to the player he USED to be from 2010-2014. He was a very good player, and he's still young, but these seasons have been pretty terrible comparably to the past standard he set. Otherwise, he would have gotten more or better offers for Scott Boras than he ended up with... Remember, I spent most of the offseason arguing we should sign both Jackson and Ian Desmond...so I'm quite familiar with his history and the fact that signing "terrible" players usually isn't a good idea. Well it isnt June yet, so we can still sign Desmond

XMen Apocalypse starting off kind of rough, sitting at 43% RT

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 10, 2016 -> 07:42 AM) Obviously, Curry's the best player in the world right now. But Hield as a collegiate player just had some unreal shooting performances this past season. Not making any sort of argument that Hield will even be an above-average starter in the NBA. how do you not understand that it is not "Steph is going all Buddy Hield" but rather "Steph is going all Steph"? You dont ever compare Curry down to a college player.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:17 AM) Was Bucky ever actually given a serum? And those other winter soldiers were clearly unstable. It's like how it worked for Banner, technically. No one's ever gotten the perfect serum + vita rays combo since Cap. I mean, we can go back and forth all day but in the end you know that there are many magical fix-all mcguffins within the MCU. Sometimes serums, sometimes gems, sometimes hereditary, sometimes tiny robots.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:14 AM) But the super soldier serum has been impossible to reproduce. Meanwhile, there's extremis, just, lying over there. Winter Soldier and the 6 other Winter Soldiers that Zemo took out disagree There is always gonna be McGuffins.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:10 AM) lol this thread just got gregg'ed Not the first time, not gonna be the last

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:09 AM) This is why you don't introduce magical fix-all macguffins. Like, say, Super Soldier serum? Im glad they left the door open for Zemo to return at some point. his cryptic comment at the end was a good set up

im glad the Sox are out of town right now, because the Cubs look like they are gonna lose two, possibly three games to rainouts

QUOTE (Brian @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:05 AM) Don't ruin this for me. Ha Did Tony Stark make Spidey's costume for him in comics? He has made a suit/armor for him before

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 10, 2016 -> 09:01 AM) Too close to real life for Downey, Jr., perhaps? doubtful, RDJ doesnt shy from roles like that. Sherlock Holmes and his character in The Judge werent exactly saints

I am kind of disappointed that they dropped the Extremis storyline. he could fix Rhodey right now

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 10, 2016 -> 08:48 AM) I think there's a lot less things that are "canon" than people think are actually canon, cuz stuff changes from writer to writer and movie to movie. Batman for example has a much shorter list than people think: -His parents were murdered in front of him in an alley when he was very young -He's a billionaire who was raised by his butler Alfred after the murder and as an adult he carried this trauma with him -He disappeared in early adulthood to somewhere (the Himalayas, but could be anywhere) to master a bunch of martial arts -His liaison with the GCPD is Jim Gordon That's it - the rest of the stuff is totally negotiable, even the extended Bat-Family (unless they are included in the story, which changes the equation for that character only who has his/her own canon) As long as i never see another Bat Credit Card, i will live. I think it was smart of Marvel not to dwell on Tony Starks alcoholism, it seems like they replaced it with his want to be Iron Man(which is why Pepper said see ya)

QUOTE (lostfan @ May 10, 2016 -> 08:28 AM) I wonder where people get their idea of the definition of how to define comic characters? People (me included) say this version of Spider-Man is the "most faithful to the comics" but only his personality is. -Peter Parker hasn't been a high school student the entire time I've been reading comics, and I'm in my mid 30s, so even if you're older than me you really couldn't have gotten that idea from the comics. He's actually about close to me in age. -Aunt May is elderly, not hot, lol -They never lived in a high rise -Right now in the comics Peter actually owns a multinational corporation and he has wealth rivaling Tony Stark's To me, there is a character "profile" that for the most part has to stay consistent. The exterior stuff (Parker being in HS, hot Aunt May, high rise, wealth) doesnt really bother me, that can change. The makeup of the character (peter having the weight of responsibility constantly, his nerdy personality, his courage) should stay consistent in any iteration of the character. There are things you should "know" about certain characters as soon as they step on screen. Bruce is a damaged, driven individual who will stop at nothing to bring someone down. Spiderman, see above Superman, boy scout Cap, also boy scout

I like how the umpire reacted to Harper. Just turned and walked away, lol.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 10, 2016 -> 01:49 AM) Why would you be fine with that. There's no telling if he has male body parts but let's say he has not had the surgery and does have a male body part. You would let a 10 year old walk right behind this guy into the bathroom without even telling her to scream loudly if he approaches her in any way? If he's gone through the surgery and now is a woman it might be a different issue for me. Might. But we are supposed to let males in female bathrooms because they feel they identify with being a woman??? You know how many potential murderers there are out there in this day and age? Nutjobs who would indeed put on a dress and heels and still have male body parts and want to stalk. I don't get it. In this society parents now won't let their kids do anything without parental supervision yet because of P.C. they'll let the abovementioned scenario take place?????? Because my neice is going into her stall to go to the bathroom. Apparently you think that all bathrooms break out into rape orgies if a transgendered person walks in. Crazy how that hasnt happened before greg, quit p****footing around this and just come out and say it. you "dont like those people" just be done with it, you have basically already said it. Then you can go back to loving thy neighbor, unless thy neighbor happens to be transgendered. Then f*** that person, go away

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 9, 2016 -> 06:34 PM) I forgot Trolls existed in the MCU Trolls exist everywhere. WSF99 isnt one of them, though

1. Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Winter Soldier 3. The Avengers 4. Civil War 5. Iron Man 6. Ant Man 7. Age of Ultron 8. Iron Man 3 9. Incredible Hulk 10. Thor 11. The First Avenger 12. Iron Man 2 13. The Dark World