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http://m.espn.go.com/nfl/story?storyId=9909389 So Aldon Smith might escape any suspension because he voluntarily put himself in rehab.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 31, 2013 -> 10:08 AM) Thanks a lot, Kyle...I just got lost reading about this guy for like an hour... He is quite the character. His other recent trick of selling signed prints on a street in new york was also pretty awesome

QUOTE (Cubano @ Oct 31, 2013 -> 09:51 AM) Tony Castro, the son of Fidel Castro, said to ESPN that Cubans are allowed to play in other leagues and comeback to play for Serie Nacional or team Cuba. Puig said he will play for Cuba in the next WBC or Mexico if Cuba does not allow him to play. Castro met with Cespy in Toronto and I think named him the Captain. They announced salaries increases for players, but still Cuba pays the least money among organized baseball leagues around the world. In addition, you CANNOT compete against $68 M and the guys from the north. http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=9878993 Oh I totally agree they cannot compete. But they can start taking a little piece by offering up their players for a price, like Japan does

Look at this genius PR guy http://deadspin.com/st-louis-man-arrested-...twit-1455154323

Im curious if Cuba will ever take the Japan route and try the posting fees and such in order to cash in. Keeping the guys on the island just isnt working out for them

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/30/us/new-york-....html?hpt=hp_c4 Banksy is awesome

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 10:02 PM) You should throw Despaigne in there as well. By the way, whatever happened to Gourriel (SS)? Wasn't he the best player on those teams 3-4-5 seasons ago? What about Viciedo, haha? Viciedo is a known quantity. Despaigne isnt on a MLB team (or signed by a MLB team) so he doesnt apply

Anyone want to change their profile description to "Statnik"?

Cubano, if you were to rate Puig, Soler, Cespedes and Abreu 1-4 based on their hitting only, how would you rate them?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 04:47 PM) I was all about hacking DirecTV access cards so we could get all the channels, including the porn channels and NFL Sunday ticket. That was quite the cat and mouse game back then. a friend of mine did that for me, but they zapped the cards and he wasnt able to fix it again.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 03:23 PM) Pandora+Bluetooth stereo's would have been revolutionary when I was in college. The lengths we went to put up music on my creative jukebox and then connect it correctly to a nice soundsystem was time consuming. LMAO, we drilled a hole in our ceiling to my roomates room and hooked his computer up to our stereo for parties. Cost us a quarter of our rental deposit because we werent very good at patching holes. TOTALLY WORTH IT THOUGH!

Has anyone seen "Trick r Treat"? I am thinking of renting it for a halloween night movie, I have read that it is one of the more underrated horror movies that has come out in the last 10 years

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 12:16 PM) With the fiasco after they fired Sveum I can only draw one of two conclusions 1., Sveum and management just didn't work together and Cubs felt the need to get rid of him ASAP without putting a great plan in place 2., They completely thought, either through arrogance or mis-reading the situation, that Girardi was signed sealed and delivered. I think they also felt a fall guy was necessary for the regression of Castro and Rizzo. I think once it started to break down, management and Sveum's relationship deteriorated, but they also felt Girardi was in the bag

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 30, 2013 -> 08:36 AM) Congrats on getting his numbers right guys, you get NOTHING Not true, they all get a free lifetime membership to Soxtalk. Everyone else, PAY UP

I saw the Cowherd commercial where he is ripping his neighbors dog for being average, and i thought to myself "Wow, ESPN really is pushing the fact that this guy is a douche. Interesting angle"

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 04:51 PM) Speaking of Seahawk receivers, Sydney Rice is out for the year with a torn ACL. They need Percy Harvin to get healthy fast as their receiving corpse looks like crap right now. If their hopes are pinned on Percy Harvin getting healthy, they are in trouble

Someone make Dunleavy disappear please

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 04:56 PM) TNA has some really talented guys but outside Angle and Roode, im not sure how some of those other guys would fit within the WWE product. I think Daniels would be fine. Styles too

Maybe he could do an invasion angle and actually succeed with it, instead of jobbing out the other promotion and squashing them all Who am I kidding.....

QUOTE (Jake @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 04:23 PM) Just remember that Jimmy Butler's playoff stats happened with Nate Robinson getting the vast majority of minutes and Luol Deng missing games down the stretch. That team was not in a position to win and they still did a little of it. It is far from implausible to think that Jimmy will become a more efficient scorer when you replace Nate Robinson with Derrick Rose and make the rest of the team healthy. With that said, with Hinrich and Dunleavy on the bench, I think Jimmy and Luol will see fewer minutes this year. If Snell is more advanced than other recent draft picks, that's even more minutes to go around. I don't really think Hinrich deserves a ton of minutes, but he'll get Derrick's backup minutes and I think he'll come in for Jimmy at times. I think Dunleavy will also take minutes at 2 and 3. The only way for all those guys to get the minutes I expect them to is if we habitually play small lineups with Deng at the 4. Also, something interesting pointed out to me today is how much of the Bulls team was drafted by the Bulls: PG - Rose (drafted) SG - Butler (drafted) SF - Deng (drafted) PF - Boozer (Cavs) C - Noah (drafted) Hinrich (drafted*) Teague (drafted) Snell (drafted) Gibson (drafted) Dunleavy (I don't remember who drafted him other than it being not-Bulls)Nazr (same as Dunleavy**) Erik Murphy (drafted) Mike James (not drafted) *brought back as FA **from Chicago! You're looking at pretty much all of your rotation players being draft picks, with the exceptions of Boozer and Dunleavy, who are arguably the least important parts of your rotation. That is pretty god damn impressive. Paxson put together a great team with limited use of FA that would be looking like a perennial champ if it weren't for three max contract players fitting onto one team via collusion, douchebaggery, etc. Even with those circumstances, many feel they have a legitimate shot to be NBA champs. Michael Jordan would sell the farm to get Paxson to run his team. GS Warriors

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 01:50 PM) I really do think he has a point...I see this much more like 89-90...we had lost twice to the Pistons already and really thought this was the time we would get them. Isiah was 28, Dumars 26, Rodman 28, but most of the others were on the wrong side of 30. We lost the series 4-3 because no one could win a road game. I remember slamming my wrist against the ground and almost breaking it out of frustration, this, at the age of 13. We got so close but just were not there yet. Needed one more year. I understand that, but Steve is just reminded of 90-91, he never said it was an exact scenario. And lets be honest, outside of Lebron, you look at the Heat and see either old, or replaceable players. Wade is no spring chicken, and Bosh hasnt been the same since he decided to be third wheel. Lebron most likely will put the team on his back like he always does, i dont doubt that.

well, that kind of sucks

lol, the grand revisionist

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 29, 2013 -> 01:11 PM) The opt out for arbitration thing sucks to hear. That means his deal can only get more expensive from here. If he turns out awesome, he won't be a bargain his last couple years. The flip side is if he is a mirage, the Sox can cut their losses

So are the Bobcats going to continue to be so bad that the Bulls will continue waiting forever for that draft pick?