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QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 19, 2016 -> 01:16 PM) that is a 2 sided question. on the first part, i thought it was an intriguing step, but i never thought it was the route to go, i really like my draft picks.... call me selfish but unless some team gives up an arm and a leg, i want the draft picks. dude, what

QUOTE (LDF @ Jan 19, 2016 -> 01:11 PM) also lets not forget another level tier 2 type of player. a very good bat. = Pedro Alvarez Did you feel that Adam Dunn was a very good bat?

QUOTE (ozzfest @ Jan 19, 2016 -> 01:07 PM) "They've done quite a lot"???? Are you kidding me? What have they done exactly? if you would have read all of what nitetrain posted instead of glossing over the things you disagreed with, you would have seen a lot of the good things that they have done

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 19, 2016 -> 09:56 AM) To be fair, IT, Dreamcatcher, Desperation, Salem's Lot and The Stand are also connected. Or at least they exist in the same reality. They made those movies without the references to the larger story. True, but IIRC HiA was written specifically as a companion story to the Dark Tower, whereas the other stories were visited by Roland throughout his travels I may be wrong, its been about 10 years since I read the dark tower series And in reference to Elba, i really dont care that Roland was written with Clint Eastwood in mind. It wouldnt bother me at all if Idris is cast as Roland

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jan 19, 2016 -> 07:22 AM) I don't think the Broncos really care about that. I think New England wins by a TD+ i dont really think it matters if they care or not, I just think the Patriots will be better

This is like the OJ White Bronco car chase. Slow, plodding, nothing happening, a lot of threatening, cops have no interest in stopping it.

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 01:57 PM) It's connected, much like many of his other books. But they had to cut all those connections out of the movie because most of the audience wouldn't have a clue what they were referring to. And that's just strange, right? Why make a movie which is a small part of a larger story? On a related note, Idris Elba has been cast as Roland Deschaine

This week has been ridiculous

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 01:24 PM) A lot of stories are told that way though and many transfer well to film. I was thinking more like the ending of IT. The people that see the ending of the movie always say IT was just a spider? But if you read the book you realize that ending was soo much bigger and more epic than that. IT wasn't *just* a spider. That was just the only physical representation the minds of the characters could come up with. That final confrontation didn't even take place in the physical world. It also connected to a much bigger universe. Hearts in Atlantis is another one that didn't translate all that well. It's one of my absolute favorite books of his, but they really chopped it up for the movie. The bad guys in that movie weren't supposed to be human. But with the way they are described, it would've been difficult to do on film. Wasn't Hearts in Atlantis a Dark Tower side story?

QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 09:06 AM) That's because he pretty much ok's any adaption. Then it's up to the movie people to decide how closely they want to stick to the story in the book. For the most part, the ones that stick closer to the source material seem to be the better ones. The ones that go completely off the reservation (Lawnmower Man is a perfect example) usually turn out to be complete crap. Then there are the adaptions that just don't transfer well from written word to movie/tv screen. I think a lot of that is because Kings writing style is very frequently from the mind of the main character.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 07:03 AM) To be fair, he moved to Safeco. I know, that was my first point

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 06:51 AM) A lot of people thought Granderson was done...look at getting away from Comerica has done for his career. except Jacksons last good year was in Comerica, and his last two dismal years were out of Comerica

QUOTE (Lillian @ Jan 18, 2016 -> 06:46 AM) Do any of you know why Austin Jackson's career has taken such a dramatic turn for the worse? He had considerable success, at a pretty young age, but the last two years have been bad, by comparison. That is unusual, since he was just entering his "prime". I don't see that he was injured. So, what happened to him? Seattle

Hang them up Peyton. It's time

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Jan 17, 2016 -> 09:02 AM) The ending was incredible though. It is. The short story doesnt really have a solid ending, its more like they just keep driving on through the mist, not knowing what is gonna happen. Stephen King movie adaptations are so weird. Some of them like the Green Mile, Shawshank, Misery are just awesome. Some of them like sleepwalkers, pet sematary, lawnmower man are just not good at all.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Jan 17, 2016 -> 03:09 AM) Just watched The Mist. Lordy. The Stephen King adaptation? The short story is better but the movie wasnt bad

@ken_rosenthal Pitching market: Price $217M, Greinke $206.5M, Cueto $130M, Zim $110M, Shark, $90M, Chen $80M, Leake $80M, Kennedy $70M. Opt-outs galore.

@jonheyman ian kennedy, royals in agreement on $70M, 5-yr deal

Kane with the hat trick

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 02:12 PM) Here's a good one. Would the Avi haters rather have had one year of Rios at 4-5 million or one of Avi at 2.1? Rios is still available I believe. I'd prefer Avi by far. I'm telling you, he's gonna get one more year of 400-600 at bats and this will be his last shot with the Sox obviously. i dont see how any of this is good

QUOTE (peavy44 @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 01:09 PM) For 3 years lol. LOLLERCOPTER

i have a feeling something is gonna happen today

Interesting Snoke theory http://bit.ly/1RTqDC6

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 06:59 AM) How will his egress be? I digress

Popovich and Sager are great. I love that Pop is just a dick to everyone else with their dumb questions but makes a point to give Sager good responses QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Jan 15, 2016 -> 07:32 AM) And make no doubt about it, the Bulls trust Hoiberg. Every player not named Butler is expendable. I think the Bulls are looking to rebuild over a couple of years and hope LeBron has deteriorated enough in a few seasons to really contend. Gar trusts him. And lets be honest here, he isnt going anywhere because JR is already paying 2 coaches right now, and he isnt about to be paying 3 coaches concurrently if they decided to ditch Hoiberg. Bottom line, we are stuck with Hoiberg, good or bad, for at least a few more years.