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No matter what, winning 2/2 at Wrigley was one more than ANYONE predicted...counting the Lester game as an automatic victory, not sure how prudent that is.

So the Democrats can't take money from financial institutions? 75-80% of that money used to go to the GOP, but banks currently want to hedge their bets and back the winning side and labor unions have been completed decimated, and that funding source has been slowly shrinking since the 70s. If you declare war on Wall Street like Sanders, how is that a potentially successful strategy for compromise and/or reform?

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 09:07 PM) Assuming you pitch Bauer tomorrow, and Lester pitches well, there is a good chance you don't need Miller again until Tuesday evening. Yep, Salazar and Merritt are up first to reliever Bauer...depending on what part of the lineup is due. That also gives Francona additional insight into who he can trust if Tomlin gets in trouble during potential Game 6.

Francona apparently wants to stay with that Miller, Shaw, Allen ordering...

First run allowed by Miller in the entire postseason. First in his entire postseason career, actually.

Vince Vaughn's seventh inning stretch just got overshadowed by Chicago native Kipnis.

Leadoff double does no damage. Likely the final inning for Kluber. Oh, and Contreras keeps you on the edge of your seat every time he throws to a base. Last time we had a catcher who could throw like that was Miguel Olivo.

I agree that they're more likely to deal Swihart as he's a bit superfluous now...and the White Sox have the need at catcher. With all the focus on relief arms and having already dealt for Kimbrel, they might try to double down and go for the superpen approach with Kopech. Benintendi or Moncada, Devers, Groome, Swihart and Rodriguez is pretty close to fair. Sox get two pitchers, two potential impact position players and fill the catching spot with a still promising young player. Maybe the Red Sox prefer to trade Kopech over Groome, not sure. Groome obviously has more question marks hanging over him, but unlimited potential. Kopech could turn into another Daniel Bard.

Huge K after Zobrist battled. Just needs to get through 5+ with the lead and get the ball to Miller.

Heyward 2/31 in the postseason. WAR doubled his contract. He should thank the sabre gods for that additional $92 million. Make that 3/32.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 06:48 PM) Rajai Davis is great vs the Sox and looks just awful this series Pretty sure he has only 1 or maybe it's 2 hits the entire post season. Naquin at least seems to be coming around offensively.

Wow. Great at-bat there by Kluber. Lackey already around 50 pitches. Two errors on Bryant in an inning. Third major league hit by Kluber.

Dante's Inferno. How appropriate this weekend, with the Tom Hanks/Dan Brown movie out. And I guess every single boy in the Midwest will be a Cubs' player for Halloween. You won't see a single Sox uniform.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 04:27 PM) Which is totally legal and I haven't seen Hillary talk about how motivational speakers are bad. I don't really care about the investments in a vacuum, but Stein's the pot calling the kettle black. Johnson knows less about foreign policy by far than Bernie Sanders. It might be even scarier (as a country) to see him receive 8-10% of the vote without even being vetted by a single national debate. https://www.yahoo.com/news/comey-wrote-bomb...-220219586.html So the FBI doesn't even have a warrant yet for those emails. So this whole thing basically is whether Huma Abedin printed off potentially classified info (which she didnt even realize) from her yahoo account after forwarding there from other accounts, whether Anthony Weiner had access to the same documents, and whether he had potentially shared or given access to an underage girl. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/30/us/polit...top-news&hp. A Scandal Too Far?

Trump makes more per speech, and his speeches are all about branding anyway. Plus, Trump University is yet another con artistry extension of a Trump speech/infomercial/The Art of the Deal. Not unlike those current house flipping seminars with Tarek and Christina el Moussa. At least Hillary is not taking money out of the pockets of veterans and middle class Americans desperate to get a get a step up in life with phony programs that are based on high pressure sales techniques. Those are typically the ones who opt for Trump University and for profit educational institututions.

Washington Times, not reputable. The ones within the FBI complaining the most vociferously are those whose allegiances lie with the right hand aisle of the political spectrum. It's not as if the entire FBI rank and file is Dem because Obama is president. These are agents who have been working for multiple presidents, and, by and large, lean to the GOP, at least slightly. So one, it would not be in the best interests of the country to impeach her...it would be seen as a political witch hunt like Bill Clinton's hearings in 1998/99. Two, it would give them a more difficult, younger opponent in Kaine in 2020. His popularity will be similar to Biden. So if Greg really is a lifelong GOPer until recently, the only thing that will give you the presidency is a complete economic collapse, and a different prescription than trickle down economics. Does really anyone want that? To burn the country down? The GOP simply needs to find a more market-based method to provide health care that doesn't leave things worse for the poor and middle class than 2008. They articulate that vision, they have a decent opportunity to bring Hispanics and Asians back into the fold.

QUOTE (Boogua @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 10:22 AM) When? Kershaw was on extra rest which was the problem. 302 Kershaw (prior to Game 6) vs. 389 pitches for Kluber so far in the postseason. Kershaw ended up at 395. And he did have that seven pitch relief outing against WASH mixed in.

http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/playo...rash-your-party

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 09:49 AM) Andrew Miller. If he had never played for Boston or NYY, perhaps not...same with Francona managing Boston. Both are going to sting just a bit for Red Sox fans if the Indians win, although 2013 cured some of that. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/jon-hamm-trol...-053705870.html Jon Hamm wears 1900-1919 style Cardinals' cap to Wrigley.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 09:28 AM) Sort of reminds me of the Cavs/Warriors finals where everyone pretty much had the Warriors coronated before the series began. Except the Indians' superstar is Francona rather than an individual player, at least in the eyes of a majority of the media. Kluber and Lindor just aren't name brands nationally. Miller, a set up guy, might actually be the most famous coming into the series.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 06:05 AM) Yet had Heyward been playing the whole game, Cleveland may never have scored. Soler just had an awful defensive reaction to that Crisp single, Heyward may have gotten there. Of course, no guarantee he throws out a runner at third or gets a triple to advance into scoring position, either.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Oct 29, 2016 -> 09:01 AM) I'm hoping both the Sox and potential buyers are far more realistic on the value of Sale & Quintana this offseason. The value of elite starting pitching should be apparent after these playoffs, especially with a well-rounded and dangerous Cubs team likely to be in the postseason mix. Teams can't be expecting us to take half-ass packages, not in this market. At the same time, the Sox can't overplay their hand and expect a franchise crippling return. Yes, the package should definitely sting a bit, but it also must make the acquiring team a more dangerous contender in the short-term. We should not be asking for established stars (i.e. Mookie Bette) or require multiple major league pieces if it creates too many holes. I still think a trade with Boston makes the most sense. A Sale for Benintendi, Devers, Kopech, Rodriguez, & Groome deal is fair for both sides IMO. That's a lot of talent coming back our way and if such a deal is on the table, the Sox should not blink. They'd probably have the choice of just one of Kopech or Groome...your package seems to be a bit too much for the Red Sox to give up. Perhaps they try to throw in Shaw/Holt instead of a prospect.

The odds of the Anthony Weiner case having anything to do with national security are 1/10,000... Impeachment? Even the most right wing Republicans realize the damage it would do to the country, and that would put Kaine in office, anyway. Unless the economy completely fell apart, he would have a much easier time than HRC holding office in 2020. Btw, did they indict or impeach Bush or Colin Powell for lying to the entire world? The consequences of that lie were hundreds of thousands of lives lost and only a couple of trillion dollars.

Jeyward should be thankful Napoli bailed him out or he would be heading for even deeper doghouse status...

Clinton, trying to get out in front of the story...actually made it worse. And FBI in quite the difficult position. Classic Catch-22.