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Now it's the Billy Goat symbol on the WS ring making worldwide news.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 12:06 PM) One of my buddies, who is pilot for an airline out of O'Hare, was on Facebook defending United so I was able to see a pretty good argument. They do have the right to remove you from a plane for any reason. Just really unfortunate he didn't cooperate and that it all ended up on video. Edit: and seriously, they were being well compensated to give up their seats. Not when you consider that he would have lost all of his patients' fees for one week...since Monday is the only day he's licensed to practice. Opportunity cost. Also not clear if they were picking up hotel/meal costs/transportation or just $800 travel voucher for flights. By agreement, they should have offered up to $1350 but got in a rush because of late appearance by Republic Airways crew.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 12:06 PM) Not sure what they could ultimately get for this but both United and the aviation police screwed up. First of all, United did not follow policy/protocol for bumping someone off a flight who did not volunteer to do so. Someone posted the link earlier but if they were going to remove him from the plane, he was supposed to be offered up to 4x the cost of his ticket in cash/check. They only offered $800 and it was in United vouchers so that shouldn't have counted. The police, on the other hand, used excessive force against a non-threatening senior citizen and wound up doing serious physical damage. I just don't see how he doesn't get a pretty hefty settlement. They didn't randomly select. They didn't tell volunteers it was the last flight of the day. They didn't come close to that $1350/4x number, they stopped at either $800 or $1000. They didn't give those 3 early volunteers a written declaration of their rights to sign. They weren't technically overbooked, so overbooking situation didn't even apply here.

http://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UAL/?ltr=1 United getting fairly close to their low of two days ago. I'll guess they start out in the $100+ million range and settle before it even gets to trial. Nothing good is coming out of a prolonged public spectacle for UAL. They've already lost close to $750 million, not even including cancellations in the last 48-72 hours.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/additional-offic...-222312365.html The other two security officers involved placed on administrative leave.

First Republican, Rep. Mike Coffman of Colorado...says Spicer should be gone at a town hall. http://www.cnn.com/2017/04/12/politics/sea...hall/index.html

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2017 -> 06:00 AM) The NBA is also completely different in the number of teams that make it. 10 vs. 16 isn't THAT dramatic. But yeah, closer to the NFL.

Not necessarily more prospects....most A teams have just 2-3, maybe 4 on a team. The issue is more with the additional players on the team, how long they've been in professional baseball, their Latin American operations (another White Sox depth issue)...and A teams tend to have players drafted within the last couple of seasons, so 50% of their results is simply indicating the recent draft classes, although obviously producing 3-4 solid major league players and having a .500ish record is much better than a championship team filled with mostly collegiate or repeat league players whose careers are hitting a crossroads and none of those players ever putting up a 2+ WAR in the majors. http://www.baseball-reference.com/register...cgi?id=a371f207 We won the SAL this year, and yet only Jose Guillen (joined at the end of the year) really made much of an impact in the majors. Jason Johnson had an average or mediocre career as a starting pitcher. 9 players who made the majors eventually, and Steve Cooke was rehabbing so I won't count him. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/teams/stats...%20&T=10089 59-92 but they produced Jason Kendall and very little else, still more productive career WAR-wise than a league championship team two years later

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 16, 2017 -> 09:14 AM) How on earth is a company like Snapchat valued at $22.2bn? A global manufacturer who makes millions of cars a year like Ford is only valued at $50bn. There's got to be a gigantic looming tech bubble out there. Just compare Tesla to Ford right now. Crazy.

Conway said she didn't think most journalists had made an adequate effort to understand why Americans elected Trump president and that they hadn't started talking to those people either. "Don't keep getting it wrong by covering the president the way you covered him as a candidate," Conway said. "What's the noise versus what's the news? ... Remember, he's taken dozens and dozens of executive actions, and there's one that's gotten coverage." ... "You can turn on the TV ... and people literally say things that just aren't true," she said. The crowd laughed at that, presumably because in February, Conway cited a nonexistent "Bowling Green massacre" as justification for Trump's immigration ban. She later had to clarify she meant to say "terrorists" instead of "massacre," and apologized for her mistake. CNN has since declined to interview Conway in part because of "serious questions about her credibility." Maybe because he's STILL running campaign rallies despite already being the elected president? https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/im-not-d...-163506998.html

The irony is how desperately any White Sox fan would have been rooting for ANY playoff appearance in the last decade. In the NBA, quite a few are rationally rooting against the playoffs to force a change in the front office or at least strategic vision of ownership. That's what all the super teams have done to the NBA. Zero balance.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 08:36 AM) Who could blame them. No way I'd go HS pitcher #1 after the 2014 draft. Look at all the issues with Tyler Kolek. From the Twins' history, you have Prior (granted, a collegian) vs. Mauer, which worked out extremely well for Minnesota the first half of his career. Colt Griffin and Luke Hochevar also come to mind. Hochevar was drafted first overall out of Fort Worth in 2006.

Poor Gordon Beckham...I'm sure he'll survive this, somehow.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 08:15 PM) I don't hate you. Your arguments drive me insane but I don't hate you. The above question was a genuine question, no mocking. The point of my question was to ask you if you feel it is fair game for anyone's past to be brought up as it was here, because you went viral for some reason. I dont think that is fair at all The problem from a 1st Amendment standpoint is that the definition of "public figure" has changed greatly with the advent of the internet. What kind of a law could be passed that would protect individual privacy rights while still allowing the press freedom to operate? And it's obviously not the NY Times or Washington Post that's digging into these people, it's celeb/reality show/gossip type sites like TMZ that thrive on these "15 minutes of fame" situations. What about lottery winners? It used to be politicians were afraid to run due to skeletons in the closet, but now nearly everyone's fair game. Should states be forced to hide the identity of lottery winners so they aren't targeted or privacy invaded? Well, that would wipe out 50% of the "marketing appeal" of state lottery systems...as it is, they're already seeing 10-25% declines in recent years in those playing. And, with lottery money going to subsidize numerous state education budgets, the "greatest good for the greatest number of people" utilitarian argument gets even trickier.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 04:27 PM) I mean, if they dragged me off a flight would they put out that I've been illegally downloading movies for years? Its totally irrelevant and horrible reporting. Then there's the "he was on the Ashley Madison list" type of character assassination. If the whole internet search history becomes publicly available (or hacked/released), can you imagine the list of all the sites that people frequent that will be put out there? Remember the "sweater guy" from the presidential debate and how all of his reddit posts and social media were gone through with a fine tooth comb to wipe out his genuine/authentic good guy image? Perfect example. No matter what happens with this Vietnamese-American doctor (David Dao), they're going to end up settling for multi-millions. Doesn't matter if he has all doctors in his family...or hasn't made any money the last decade while his medical license was suspended.

KyYLE doesn't (typically) hate anyone, but is pretty good at mocking. You just have to give it back. Persecution complex will simply draw more, lol. http://finance.yahoo.com/quote/UAL/?ltr=1 United still down roughly $500 million in market value from 2 days ago.

The problem with Fulmer is he's got to have that 95-98 MPH fastball to be effective in a relief role. Throwing 92-93 and touching 94, he got hit pretty hard at the big league level last year. Let's say he becomes more of an Addison Reed type, there's obviously value there...but still would be disappointing.

Jinxed Fulmer. Moncada impervious.

Thrown out stealing second. 11/28 4 bb, 10 k's (hope he can keep that bb/k relationship at 50% or higher). Fulmer is quietly off to the best start of the Big 3 at Charlotte. Slick 2.25 era for now.

Really hope Holland, Gonzalez and Shields (realistically 2/3) can keep this up into early June. Holland, in particular, if he can stay healthy. Heck, for the price the majority of potential playoff teams will favor him over Quintana.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 04:38 PM) A Republican member of the NC legislature He realizes Lincoln was Republican, doesn't he?

Don't forget KT McFarland quietly disappearing as well from her post...

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Apr 12, 2017 -> 08:19 AM) Kushner is 100% on board. Sheldon Adelson's is willing to jump ship and support someone else. You have to actively keep him happy. But that Mercer money leaves with Bannon. And the Kochs lined up with the HFC bloc opposing the health care bill. Plus, they're spending precious resources to defend once slam dunk Congressional seats in KS and GA.

Elsewhere, the doctor at the centre of the viral incident onboard the flight in Chicago has spoken out for the first time. His lawyers, Stephen L Golan of Golan Christie Taglia, and Thomas A Demetrio of Corboy & Demetrio, issued a statement saying: "The family of Dr Dao wants the world to know that they are very appreciative of the outpouring of prayers, concern and support they have received." https://www.yahoo.com/news/united-airlines-...-073030438.html Another United passenger in first class recently threatened with handcuffs treatment

It didn't happen unless there was a period at the end