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I'm not going this year after going the last two years. Going to Austin instead. Camelback is great but it is pretty far away from the phoenix/tempe/scottsdale area. I think our cab was over an hour (traffic didnt help). Last year we went to a sox road game in an effort to see more of the stadiums and we'll probably continue that if we go back in the future. The angels stadium is probably in the best spot location wise but they are all within driving distance.

My wife was on Wheel of Fortune a few years ago. She did well and won about $11,000 but another guy won more than that on the one puzzle he solved. Stupid Express Mostly paid for our trip to Greece though.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 13, 2017 -> 12:26 PM) I still want meadows + 2 pieces, but those 2 pieces don't have to be Bell (who remains an ideal fit for Pittsburgh's needs) or Glasnow. Meadows, Keller and Newman. Lets get it done!

Did anyone watch Taboo? I love Tom Hardy and FX has a pretty strong track record but I don't know if I'm ready to commit to this one.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 22, 2016 -> 11:06 AM) The Americans - If you start this show, you will not be able to stop. Sherlock(BBC) - Not a ton of episodes, so you won't feel overwhelmed. Black Mirror We have similar tastes. Also, if you haven't seen parks and rec yet its great to binge.

Le'Veon Bell knocked me out of both of my playoff games. Fun Season

I guess this is a good place to post this. Michael Baumann at the Ringer wrote about the sox prospects. LINK

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 9, 2016 -> 06:30 AM) Of course the Bulls won Apparently they've won 16 straight thursday night games

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 30, 2016 -> 12:45 PM) Without looking it up, my guess for the top 3 are the Leafs, Rangers, and the Penguins? Not sure of every team's stadium situation Its Leafs, Rangers and Canadiens

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 10, 2016 -> 01:28 PM) We're going to bring back jobs. We're going to have so many jobs. We're going to have the best jobs. Ha, all right thanks.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Nov 10, 2016 -> 12:46 PM) I think you still don't get what happened. He didn't conman tens of millions of Americans, he was the outsider who was different and different outweighed general views of policies. Yes, he made lots of promises (sometimes even contradicting promises) but he talked and talked about change, he talked and talked about bringing jobs back to the rust belt. He talked about stronger immigration...yes in many cases he talked about more extreme stances, but the biggest thing was, he was not a politician and that was what got him elected. I have a lot of the frustrations that the American people have that led them to vote for Trump, the problem was I couldn't turn out those frustrations in a candidate like Trump (I wish there was a better outsider option). But the reality is what the reality is and we now are in this world. We need to see what he does and if he does bad things, then everyone needs to realize maybe we need to do more as a country to make this a better place, to move things, forward, etc. More importantly, people need to work together and that includes our politicians who over the past 12 years have done very little when it comes to economic stimulating policy. They've essentially left it in the fed to give you pain killers while doing nothing to actually solve the problem (90+% of economists would agree with that take). I'm not putting blame on one side or the other, just saying no one wants to work with each other and they will all claim it is the other parties fault. I've seen this a lot and maybe I missed something. But, what exactly did Trump do or say to make these rust belt types believe their lives will improve with him as president?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 7, 2016 -> 09:57 AM) True. He has been a great asset on the kill, and would suck to lose him with that unit finally gelling. Desjardins should be back soon. Will he go on the 4th line cuz I agree that the 3rd line is looking good with hartman/kruger/motte. Obviously if motte is out a while with an injury to a body part that could change things.

QUOTE (Chi Town Sox @ Nov 3, 2016 -> 11:50 AM) If the Indians don't release Juan Uribe, they win this series. :notworthy

Pardon My Take

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 10, 2016 -> 01:01 PM) Mark Lazerus ‏@MarkLazerus 4m4 minutes ago Opening night: Panik-Toews-Hossa Panarin-Anisimov-Kane Motte-Kruger-Hartman Hino-Schmaltz-22 Keith-TvR Forsling-Campbell Kempny-Seabrook Extras: Rasmussen (healthy scratch), Rozsival (healthy scratch) and Hjalmarsson (suspended). Desjardins out 4-6 weeks with injury Man, those trades midseason last year have really put a dent in the depth of this roster.

Blacksox predicted a tie. Which we didn't have but there was one in MLB for the first time since 2005. so..

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 26, 2016 -> 03:28 PM) Thomas Walkup better make this team! That would be great. He was awesome in the Tourney. Seems like its either him or Dimwiddie for the last spot. Unless Zipser goes to the D league.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 11:34 AM) On these platforms, is ESPN (and other channels) the regular channel or WatchESPN? The reason I ask is because watchespn (and other channel apps) is delayed like a full 2 minutes and I can't take it. On Sling at least, it is the real channel. But it is still delayed.

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 02:40 PM) A buddy told me to check out Black Mirror on Netflix. ANyone? It is very weird but it tackles some interesting and or messed up futurish type situations. Each episode is independent from the others. Anthology series I believe thats called.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Sep 15, 2016 -> 05:38 PM) Terry Boers was on with Abbatacola today and sounded pretty rough. I missed part of the conversation so I'm not sure if they actually said what's wrong with him? He mentioned "treatments" and "pain management" a few times but that's all I got. Ya he sounded pretty bad and acknowledged that. He said he'd be back in about a month and thought his voice would be back to normal. They didn't say it, but it sounded like cancer treatments to me.

So Chris Sale in his last 5 outings has pitched 41 innings and given up 9 runs. He has a 1-2 record to show for it. I'd like to show some appreciation for the guy so I thought I'd look at the AL Cy Young race to see if he has a shot at it. Would be a cool little accomplishment in an otherwise disappointing season. So here's the breakdown of a very close race: Chris Sale 15-8 3.03 ERA 1.02 WHIP 5.3 WAR 201.2 IP 205 Ks 28 Starts He has been great. Hopefully his suspension doesn't cost him the award. Corey Kluber 16-9 3.05 ERA 1.04 WHIP 6.2 WAR 197.2 IP 208 Ks 29 Starts His WAR is considerably higher than Sale's, probably due to a higher K/9. Hard to see too much difference between he and Sale. Rick Porcello 20-3 3.21 ERA 1.02 WHIP 4.5 WAR 193.2 IP 161 Ks 29 Starts Significant advantage in Wins which I'm sure some voters still value highly. Otherwise very good numbers but doesn't stand out. Michael Fulmer 10-6 2.76 ERA 1.05 WHIP 5.0 WAR 143.2 IP 117 Ks 23 Starts Not enough starts to really contend. Will have to be content with the ERA title. Masahiro Tanaka 13-4 3.04 ERA 1.07 WHIP 5.1 WAR 186.2 IP 160 Ks 29 Starts He's on the Yankees so might get a few extra votes for that. I dunno his numbers are great too. Cole Hamels 14-5 3.24 ERA 1.31 WHIP 5.1 WAR 180.2 IP 181 Ks 29 Starts WHIP and ERA too high for my taste. Enjoy the playoffs Justin Verlander 14-8 3.33 ERA 1.03 WHIP 4.9 WAR 200 IP 216 Ks 30 Starts Old reliable having another great year but I think it'll probably be someone else's year Jose Quintana 11-10 3.13 ERA 1.13 WHIP 4.6 WAR 184 IP 165 Ks 28 Starts He's not going to win, as we all well know. But he is great and incredibly consistent. JA Happ 18-4 3.33 ERA 1.17 WHIP 3.8 WAR 170.1 IP 149 Ks 28 Starts Really doesn't belong here but he has a lot of wins. Good job. I think Sale and Kluber are equally the most deserving but I bet Porcello wins the award. Obviously there are 3 weeks left so there is a little time left for these guys to improve their chances.

QUOTE (Jerksticks @ Jul 27, 2016 -> 03:19 PM) Ugh that would mean I'd have to go look at Bruce's stats. I just refuse to do that Oooh, its so easy. Just one Click away

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ Jun 30, 2016 -> 10:06 PM) I've given up on the division. It's the second wild card or nothing I agree we're probably looking at a wild card but they are equally behind first and second wild card spots since Boston and KC are tied.

Indians CF Davis 2B Kipnis SS Ramirez 1B Napoli DH Santana 3B URIBE C Gomes LF Byrd RF Chisenhall White Sox RF Eaton SS Rollins 3B Frazier LF Cabrera 1B Abreu 2B Lawrie C Navarro DH Garcia CF Jackson

I'm going tonight. Gotta get one of those Melk-Man shirts. Planning to see Sale be the stopper