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Only time you can sort of be okay with a Cubs' rally...

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 10:11 AM) Cassidy and Collins are working on a "Centrist bill". Is it called the ACA/Obamacare? Cause that's what we have now. Center of the GDP, wherever that is now... http://www.pressherald.com/2017/05/19/as-s...s-it-will-fail/ Sen. Collins predicts Senate Republicans’ health care plan will be too partisan to succeed While a 13-man committee is drafting a bill, Collins says she is continuing to work with others on a centrist proposal. http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/31567...eping-obamacare GOP senators: Give states the option of keeping ObamaCare

QUOTE (bmags @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 12:16 PM) If Joe Scarborough said something like this about Melania he'd be fired and would struggle to make a media comeback. And that would be the right thing to do. Or that she was really a highly compensated escort when she started her modeling career the first few years in NYC...

Not only that but look at the Mets. The best pitcher they developed is now pitching for the Tigers and was throwing at 99 in his last start, Michael Fulmer. Not just developing talent, but properly assessing it. Fwiw, Kopech's actually bit like deGrom and Syndergaard...how long can an arm like that remain healthy?

Gives new meaning to Mozart in the Jungle's "Play with the blood!" This his second pretty disgusting blood reference, after Megan Kelly. Pee coming again? Any other bodily functions? Germaphobe!!!

QUOTE (Scoots @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 10:26 AM) Phegley and Flowers come to mind with Oakland and Atlanta...who else though? Chris Stewart...Pirates Tyler Flowers has a 1.7 fWAR, 6th best catcher in baseball. SIGH.

Should read...should they try to work out a deal once he goes to league minimum from the Sox perspective? Opportunity cost...playing time for Narvaez/Smith vs. the possibility of flipping Montero for something if he was hot offensively. Does anyone actually see either of those two starting for the Sox in 2-3 years? Will Montero mean 1-2 more wins and a 5 or 6 pick instead of 3-4? That said, there are a lot of ex Sox catchers around the big leagues. So we've actually done okay cultivating back ups.

Even the middle class would feel GOP squeeze on nursing home care http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/29/news/econo...omes/index.html A combination of longer life spans and spiraling health care costs has left an estimated 64% of the Americans in nursing homes dependent on Medicaid. In Alaska, Mississippi and West Virginia, Medicaid was the primary payer for three-quarters or more of nursing home residents in 2015, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. (KHN is an editorially independent project of the foundation.)

This series has been a terrible disappointment attendance-wise. Middle of the summer, Judge the biggest story in the game, Yankees near first place... 20,339 18,023 15,259 17,873 average. I thought for sure they would be at 22,500-25,000 per game.

Collins Heller Moran Capito Portman Murkowski Hoeven Todd Young Boozman Grassley (shocking) Tillis Paul Cruz Ron Johnson Lee Gardner Cassidy All no's, no's after the fact or part of the "moderate working group" shut out of the process by McConnell. Cassidy (an actual doctor) and Collins have been working on their own more centrist plan for months now. Portman seems to be the biggest villain to the Trumpers, along with Heller...but he's politically untouchable in Ohio, just like Kasich..

And can someone tell Jared how idiotic he looks calling out Tillerson for being unprofessional (yelling out of frustration at a female staffer in a meeting about the slow pace of his State Dept. appointments and Trump administrative geeks trying to block them)...when he's the most rotten apple of the bunch. At least Bannon has intellectual curiosity, he just focuses it in the wrong direction 75% of the time.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jun 29, 2017 -> 07:05 AM) Capital-P Presidential Stay classy...like the contract he forced Melania to sign, if you choose to have a baby, you have to make a promise to get back to your pre-birth shape or else.

1 for his last 24...

Talk about tone deaf... Washington • On his way out of Congress, Rep. Jason Chaffetz gave many District of Columbia residents another reason to gripe Tuesday when he called for members of Congress to receive a housing stipend of up to $30,000 a year. Chaffetz, R-Utah, who chaired the committee that has oversight of the nation's capital, said federal lawmakers have trouble stretching their $174,000 salaries to cover housing in Washington, which he called "one of the most expensive places in the world," and homes in their congressional districts. "I really do believe Congress would be much better served if there was a housing allowance for members of Congress," Chaffetz told The Hill, which first reported his stipend proposal. "In today's climate, nobody's going to suggest or vote for a pay raise. But you shouldn't have to be among the wealthiest of Americans to serve properly in Congress." http://www.sltrib.com/home/5450590-155/story.html

On pace for 3.7 fWAR....but correcting for recent trend could give you 4-4.50 #16-21 at current fWAR at 1.8 4.01 fip, 4.21 xfip 3. Archer 13. Vargas 14. Shark (big contract) 18. Nova? 20. Q 21. Darvish

Holmberg has actually held his own pretty well....despite the defense. Realize one of the errors was his own doing last night.

Al Franken: Democrats ‘gotta stop riding in limousines’ https://www.yahoo.com/news/al-franken-democ...-164552540.html Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., says the Democratic Party has a clear messaging problem. Franken was asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” on Monday how members of “the corporate wing” of the party might be able to erase the “limousine Democrat” image in the minds of some voters. “We gotta stop riding in limousines,” Franken replied. But the comedian and former “Saturday Night Live” star quickly pivoted to an attack on the GOP health care bill, which would slash Medicaid for millions of Americans and cut taxes for the wealthy. “If you’re talking about limousines, how about the top 400 people in terms of tax cuts here?” Franken said. “The amount of money they’ll get in tax cuts would pay for Medicaid for 750,000 people.” Franken then cited a recent survey in the New England Journal of Medicine which concluded that for every 750,000 people who lose Medicaid coverage, 1,000 to 2,000 people will die.

Josue Guerrero continues to struggle. Both teams had more runs than hits, DSL Sox had four errors and still managed to win.

Republicans also argue that more people may choose to stop purchasing health insurance without the threat of Obamacare’s penalty for going uninsured, which this bill eliminates. Instead, an updated version of the Senate bill includes a provision that would lock people out of coverage for six months if they were previously uninsured. That is meant to discourage people from waiting until they are sick to purchase health insurance. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/06/26/c...are-bill-239967

Goodbye Nonpartisan Journalism. And Good Riddance. http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/201...riddance-215305

Kellyanne still has a job? How is that possible? If you're truly terrible in the Trump admin, you just get promoted, like her and Sean Spicer...

Let's not forget about Alec Hanson, the most non-Dominican name of all-time. He has looked good, too. For those saying it's moving too slow...we have Q, Robertson still to go, along with Frazier...maybe Holland, Swarzak and Pelfrey. Equally important are Avi, Kahnle, Davidson, Leury, SANCHEZ, W. Garcia, Hanson...they've made this season fun and even entertaining. Just think how much time we spent speculating on Saladino, he's almost reached Tilson-esque irrelevancy.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Jun 26, 2017 -> 08:54 AM) Another thing to watch is how much $$ they eat in the Frazier/Robertson/Melky trades. And Holland, to a lesser extent...officially stuck with Shields, now. At any rate, Leury Garcia could be really attractive to a lot of teams due to his versatility. Yolmer, as well.

QUOTE (Hatchetman @ Jun 26, 2017 -> 08:50 AM) I guess I lump in the 2016 draft into the rebuild. That Collins pick is looking very bad to me. The Giolito/Lopez return for Eaton not looking good so far. Moncada/Kopech look about what you could reasonably expect. Robert looks good early. Not trading Q looks like a bad decision. I would say the plan has been OK, results not overwhelming. But you never know until about 20 years later how things turn out. Dunning is pitching really well now for Winston-Salem...could be the best of the three.

Severino/Q tmrw. Tanaka vs. Rodon WED?