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I trust you'll understand the reference to another Scottish tragedy without my having to name the play.

The final season of Series of Unfortunate Events was spectacular. It was a great series all around. Neal Patrick Harris was incredible. Even as a big fan, this was my favorite role ever for him.

If true, that would be one helluva mystery team.

A couple of more to keep an eye on...

This of worth keeping an eye on.

I would go with the Dag Kittlaus who created Siri and graduated 6 years ahead of me at the same high school as the most famous person from City, but hey, you are 5000 miles from here, so I am sure you know better. If you are older, you could also go with Don Larsen, Abe Gibron, John Parry, or Anne Baxter.

Neither is mine?

I am going to record as saying I am right there with you. From the very first Dan Clark post, my belief fell into the idea that he had no reason to lie, and he had every reason to be accurate. That one didn't end well.

Wait, Caulfield is roasting someone? We really have reached the bottom.

The Nats will be in their 3rd year of overage if they go over this year, so they absolutely would be hit in the $50 million dollar range for Harper if they are indeed significantly over $300 million for an offer to him.

I gonna need some independent verification from the national writers first.

Holy crap, if we got that deal, I would drive Jose to the airport so fast his head would spin.

Let's just settle for something more likely, such as the Sox signing a multi-hundred million dollar contract.

Uh-oh.

Wow, he is finally starting to backpeddle. This is a big day.

That's unpossible.

I read the other day they would be hit with a 50% tax, so a 35 million AAV contract turns into a $52.5 million cost.

This the Yankees and Dodgers both moving on from the whales. They waited around to see if they could get something done, it didn't, and they are moving on. The Cubs have also done nothing to show that they are in this either. It is really feeling like Harper and Machado may well belong to Chicago and Philly.

Last I saw, within $5 million BEFORE Harper.

Would you wait on the chance at him in a year, or take the superstar in front of you now?

And lots of it. Realistically, I can't see the Nats being willing to take the $50ish million worth of cost on to sign Harper when you add the consideration of where they are in terms of the luxury tax. It isn't just $35 million, it is ANOTHER 50% on top of that annually, with no real hope of getting under the tax anytime soon if they stay relatively competitive. They have $100 million in promised dollars out there through 2021.

This is a really good post with the Yankees presumably out of it.

Seriously, you can't beat this. Look at the date on the post. Mark pitched 11 more years after this, and we all know how they looked.

Bah. After some of the things I have seen on Soxtalk, I would argue that. Seriously to this day The Continuing Decline of Mark Buerhle is the all-time hottest take in Soxtalk history..