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https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/just-got...-161647845.html Further signs emerging that the US intelligence committee believes in the validity of the Trump "dossier"

At least Giolito's K numbers were good until he fell apart in the 6th. And yeah, that Birmingham line-up is painful to look at. The only one hitting is Rondon, and NOBODY expects him to be much more than a Leury Garcia-ish 25th man/defensive specialist were he ever to make it to the majors.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Apr 19, 2017 -> 06:52 PM) Based on what? Aaron Judge's HR tonight? Their lineup is full of veterans. Sanchez. The kid who pitched last night. Their minor league system. Etc. Actually, it's crazy how young Castro is, he came up so long ago, seems like he should be in his early to mid 30's.

Well, it was a hanging slider at 83 mph...wouldn't read much into it, unless it was a 95+ mph fastball on the inside 1/3rd of the plate.

Arguably the 3 most important mistakes of the Trump presidency have all taken place when Jared and Ivanka were unavailable. No pattern or trend to see there at all, when literally hundreds of articles have been written on this topic by the mainstream press. Puts tinfoil hat on and throws out every conservative conspiracy ever without researching the validity of any of them. 10-15% of them, maybe, stick.

QUOTE (turnin' two @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 08:52 PM) Cole, Watson,Freese, Harrison... Cole is a free agent in 2020. A complete teardown still makes little sense for the Pirates.

Where did the 6'2" measurement for Moncada come from? He always looks closer to 5'10" or 5'11".

If Jeffrey Luhnow has suddenly become the MLB marketing and recruiting equivalent of Bill Self or John Calipari, I'll eat my eat. They do have an exciting young team, and Gurriel already there (if they have a relationship of any kind)...but the quickest path to even more money in the major leagues lies with the White Sox.

But what if insights from game theory -- and, particularly, the greater potential for high collective payouts from credible collaborative collusion -- were to inform passengers’ reactions? They would consider ways to enrich themselves at the expense of the airline. Here’s an example: Once the airline calls for volunteers, those willing to respond would form a consultative group that would assign one passenger to miss the flight and then agree to collectively hold out until the airlines approaches its new $10,000 maximum. At that point, the one passenger would volunteer, collect the compensation, keep a good portion of it, and make smaller side payments to the other members of the group. Of course, this is by no means a foolproof approach. Effective collusion and steadfast commitment are tricky for a plane full of strangers, especially when passengers arrive at the gate at different times and, after the flight, are unlikely to interact with their fellow travelers in future. The incentive for any one passenger to refuse to be a member of the group, or break away from it, is considerable -- especially because there are no easy group discipline enforcement mechanisms. To add to the challenges of forming effective coalitions, the airline compensation is likely to come in the form of travel credits rather than cash, making the side payments complicated and hard to secure. There is also the problem of non-genuine participation by passengers who have no real desire to volunteer, but see this as an opportunity for a potentially risk-free payout. Even if passengers were to overcome all these problems, such game theoretics are unlikely to allow for a “repeated game,” in which passengers repetitively benefit at the expense of the airline. After all, it wouldn’t take the airline long to realize that its highest net present value approach is now to lower its contingent exposure by reducing the overbooking practices. Delta and the Game Theory (regarding up to $10,000 being available for those offering to give up seats) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/delta-game-t...=3NXOHGXtwoBnI1

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 11:09 PM) Whoa, American current events are different in China. Still doesn't change the fact that 3 of the 4 biggest events of the Trump presidency happened while she was gone/unavailable. Immigration ban/announcement, AHCA non-vote, and his Saturday morning Obama wiretapping allegation tweet which has led to the Russia investigation. You can argue for the Syria (symbolic) attack and Gorsuch nomination/press conference. One of those is probably #4.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/04/trum...nfluence-237341 Trump billionaire advisors stand to gain substantially from campaign's China economic policy flip-flops... https://www.yahoo.com/news/lawsuit-against-...-152222290.html Lawsuit against Trump over foreign payments (from hotel customers) expands

QUOTE (miracleon35th @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 10:46 PM) Avi must relish proving his keyboard critics wrong. That bomb he hit today was 429 feet, I believe - a game winning towering blast against a great pitcher in Yankee stadium. Great pitcher??? It's not like we were facing Mussina or Andy Pettitte in their heyday.

Five year contract extension for Hoiberg. Doesn't have to worry about going back to NCAA coaching, haha. Seriously, we'll see what Future John Wooden does in response when the pressure's really on in Boston.

Leury Garcia has already taken Tilson's spot...

http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/18/us/fresno-ca...ings/index.html Hate crime in Fresno, 3 whites shot to death by African-American man due to racial animus (not political/terrorism related, although he apparently is Muslim).

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 09:34 AM) The violence at Berkeley was planned a month ago by white supremacists https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/853428990970929152 https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/853426266615287808 https://twitter.com/RVAwonk/status/853425481970053121 Almost impossible to believe those free speech/states' rights scholars would ever do anything to deliberately provoke anyone. Bill O'Reilly, HE GONE http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/fox-news-b...ent-1202033807/ O’Reilly’s attorney, Marc Kasowitz, asserted that the host has been the target of a “brutal campaign of character assassination that is unprecedented in post-McCarthyist America,” fueled by “far-left organizations bent on destroying O’Reilly for political and financial reasons.” Fox News declined to comment on a report by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday evening that it was preparing to cut its ties to O’Reilly. A source close to O’Reilly on Tuesday afternoon said there were no exit negotiations underway, but the tide appeared to shift just a few hours later. The groundswell of pressure on O’Reilly and the leaders of 21st Century Fox started April 1 when the New York Times published a detailed report of $13 million in settlements that O’Reilly and Fox News had paid out to five women. The report sparked advertiser defections and public pressure campaigns by organizations such as UltraViolet and Color of Change. Blacklisting hundreds of innocents in a hysterical and unfounded Communist witch hunt...versus standing up to narcissistic multi-millionaire or billionaire sexual assault perpetrators, pretty much the exact same thing, historically. At least there was no Hitler reference, they're learning from Spicer's gaffe.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 02:55 PM) French election on the 23rd is going to be a big deal. Looks like momentum of the Communist Party candidate has ebbed...was really looking like a threat there recently. Atlanta Journal Constitution and CNN is calling the race a runoff with Handel http://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-go...UrCagElSrSAyFJ/ June 20th date, lots can change between now and then, but odds at best have to be about 25% for DEMS now

Leury Garcia deserves at least 10 days as the starting CFer to see if he can put together a consistent offensive rhythm. Odds are about as high as Cleluis Rondon ending up as the next Ozzie Smith, but what's to lose? It's certainly not helping May trotting him out there, and his defense has even fallen off because of his lack of confidence offensively.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 11:20 AM) Trump is living rent free in his head and he can't comment without it somehow relating to trump. he is not alone on this forum, or Facebook, or Twitter. That's obviously MUCH more of a concern to the electorate than the POPULAR VOTE as well as PRESIDENT OBAMA living rent free in Trump's head. Heck, SNL is living rent free in his head.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 11:28 AM) I'm just wondering how Trump's daughter's skiing comes into play to the serious issue in NK. It's almost like translating a different language. You need to follow current events. Everything bad that has happened with this administration, it's happened from Friday night to Saturday night (Jewish observance) OR when the Kushners were out of town. For example, the first immigration/travel ban. The now infamous Saturday morning "Obama wiretapped me...bad/sick" tweet. The AHCA went down in flames when the Kushners were in Aspen entertaining Russian oligarchs and blocking traffic throughout the entire town because all three kids and their extended families were there, requiring 100 Secret Service agents and numerous roadblocks. ETC.

Dunning needs to be challenged. That's it. Tmrw we get another Giolito start, hopefully we can see some actual results of the "process."

Yeah, you could argue he was trying to be a "team player," knew quite well how badly he's been struggling, wanted to do SOMETHING, ANYTHING positive. That said, he's paid to drive the ball, and pick up RBI's, and trying to do something way outside of your skill set might be great for symbolic teammate purposes but is usually going to end up counterproductive.

I would love for all those posters attacking this woman's "organization" (chaos/anarchy usually isn't defined as such) and what exactly it is that they wish to accomplish that is a threat to you, the US, the world, etc. How can they be defined as terrorists? Are there members detained in Guantanamo Bay we don't know about?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 18, 2017 -> 06:46 PM) So Miguel Gonzalez is gonna Maddux the Yankees at Yankee Stadium, huh? This sport is weird. It's not like he doesn't have a ton of experience against them, pitching for the Orioles for all those years. Of course, familiarity works the other way, too. Not usually to the benefit of the pitcher.

Thames is the bigger story, going from an MLB flameout and Korea to the best player in baseball for two weeks (Tuffy Rhodes/Chris Shelton shout outs), but Avi's having a heckuva two weeks as well for himself.