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With Realmuto now in place, those three year opt out deals for getting both Harper and Machado to sign with the Phillies make even more sense. Stupid money, remember. $650~700, as opposed to $800 million worth. Better chance at a World Series together (paired w Segura, McCutcheon, Robertson) and with only the Dodgers looming as realistic NL threats unless the Cubs get a huge resurgence from their starting pitching.

Are we going to blame parents/students (for lacking in initiative and drive), the government or capitalism as practiced today in America? I majored in English, minored in poli sci and history...two masters degrees, zero student loans. One, I chose instate tuition Iowa over NU and Notre Dame because I didn't want to waste my parents' money. Two, I got a graduate assistantship position based on GRE scores. Another degree was 50% paid for through government subsidies, very similar program to Teach For America. Used two education stipends from AmeriCorps national voluntary service for the other half. Less money for 9 years than my Chinese students spend for one or two months in American universities today.

I taught in two public high schools in Kansas City, average ACT score of those who even dreamed of going to college (roughly 1 out of 3) was 13.5 or so. My current Chinese international school that's over $20k per year in tuition (not including SAT, IELTS, TOEFL training and prestigious Ivy League summer camps in the US) has an SAT average of over 1500 in the IB and SO programs, with about half at perfect 800s for math. 11 going to Oxford or Cambridge, 2 to Univ of Chicago, 1 to Duke, Johns Hopkins, Carnegie Mellon, over 15 to UCLA or USC, 11 to NYU, etc. Those Chinese parents invest all that tuition money into their childrens' futures. Our students never have a real job until 21/22 or 23/24 in many cases, when they finish MA/MS/MBA programs.

Unless the Yankees are actually at $180~200 million for six or seven years.

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/favorite-emerged-sign-bryce-harper-235111205.html We're not even connected to the top five choices on the current Harper odds. Surprisingly, the Cubs aren't listed at least. San Francisco Giants +100 (1/1) San Diego Padres +250 (5/2) Philadelphia Phillies +400 (4/1) Los Angeles Dodgers +750 (15/2) Washington Nationals +1000 (10/1)

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/trumps-tax-scam-some-taxpayers-get-unwelcome-surprise-after-filing-returns-201206749.html

Not as much as it happening in 2021 22 23 24, etc.

Average NFL career about 3.4 years. He's like a combination of Flutie and Vick...hes not as fast as Vick, but he's a much more accurate passer. With Mayfields success, should easily go 8~12 in first round. How much guaranteed money is that? Plus no minor leagues, buses, junk food diets, etc. He loves to be in control of everything on the field, whereas C.F. is more passive/less engaging. A' s not exactly a premiere destination, I think he eventually ends up with the Rangers because of his Texas roots.

But two years less experience than Jimenez...not to mention how few games NJ high schoolers get compared to warm weather states.

Somehow, I can just imagine Balta taking the time to read some of the new tax bill, at least the part that refers to professional educators and deductible expenses (past tense). That and the negative impact on charities due to donations being "less deductible" in terms of meeting their thresholds is another under-reported element of all this.

Just don't be my Joe Valentine. Jose Valentin with the manly moustache would be the preferable of the two.

Umm...no. I never took a shower in middle school at the school, just felt kind of weird. Seemed like only the wrestlers did that. Actually, for all we know, somebody who didn't like the kid might have just made it up to be cruel, bullying/hazing and all. He was kind of overweight and not good at sports, but the name caught on and nobody ever called by his real name after that.

Much better than the boy in our middle school who supposedly was "excited" in the gym showers after PE class, earning the nickname of Boner until this day.

Psychologically, this "free money" argument counted on by those expecting refunds every year is really going to percolate. Even if the actually tax paid is the same, the monthly small additional sums don't match up to the power of a huge one time refund in the way most think about it. This is really going to be damaging to Trump politically because a lot of his lower educated supporters will feel they got ripped off. Intellectually, they won't understand if they dollar cost averaged that extra money every month into a Vanguard index tracking mutual fund, the return over time will be much greater than waiting one year and dumping a large sum into the market...not to mention the people underwater from Christmas overspending and counting on being saved in February or March. It will be about as popular as Obama Care in 2010 with the upper middle class hot by the SALT caps...

baseball cards spread out on the bed April rain biking to the field under a cloudless sky my glove on the handlebars empty baseball field a dandelion seed floats through the strike zone village ball game through knotholes in the old fence evening sunbeams August heat umpire and manager nose to nose after the error the player still faces the outfield towering clouds lost in the lights the high fly ball that never comes down

The big thing here is deciding whether you can handle knowing you have a child alive and growing up somewhere that's a part of you? Would you still not feel responsible at all, even if you signed all parental rights away? Would you feel differently if the child was to be adopted? It's all just theoretical now, but that completely changes after birth. My gf became pregnant about 3 months into our relationship and in China you basically have to get married or the child doesn't even have the right to a government/public education. But I was in my 40s and really wanted to have a child, you probably are at a different age and also your connection to the woman and raising a child together seems impossible or inconceivable. I do think instead of running the other direction that you should keep your options more open about being a part of your future child's life, because you might end up regretting taking such an arm's length.stance in the future. With children, you have to think more with your heart than brain...imagine you were born to parents in this situation, how would you feel, what questions you'd ask and whether you would still try to meet your biological father. Things seem almost adversarial right now because of the financial side of things, but you need to think how you will reflect on.everything that's going on today ten or fifteen years into the future, especially if you don't get married or have children with someone else.

All I got is if Iowa can mount a 15 point comeback with 4:32 left against NW and Missouri State can beat Illinois State like they did yesterda with the wildest play of the season....then the White Sox can sign two whales, too.

Alita: Battle Angel was much better than I expected...with Lego movie disappointing, it might be the first manga movie not to disappoint, which is encouraging for the genre as a whole.

I really can't see Reinsdorf making that type of commitment on two contracts until first seeing where everything sits after the 2019 season...or possibly adding another longer term commitment at the trade deadline.

For the next 2~3 years it would be fine, but potentially crippling down the road (underperformance/injury/not being able to hold onto young core talent). Name a team...any team...that has successfully pulled off two simultaneous deals like this and not regretted it down the line (like the Rangers with ARod).

They usually pay out somewhere between 40-60% on season-ending injuries...

Moncada and Kopech had their moments when they seemed to be THE jerseys to buy. This year, Jimenez and perhaps Cease. Jimenez is beyond obvious. Then Robert would be the player whose jersey I would be most likely to buy in the future, with Madrigal as second choice.

Bridesmaids...and The Heat.

What’s the latest from Dan Clark...still hyping the Bronx Bombers? They might as well name Hector “There is A Great or Grand Possibility” Gomez the official Spanish-language reporter for the White Sox if this thing actually happens.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/25947832/hal-steinbrenner-says-yankees-made-right-moves