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Definitely the most famous MLB player to die in the prime of his career in decades (Thurman Munson and Clemente)...complete shocker, especially considering fighting to come back even better after the TJ surgery. That organization is probably going to end up in another rebuild and dumping Stanton now. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/comm...e104071446.html From the picture, it's difficult to say if they crashed into the jetty or the boat just ended up resting against it due to the waves/tide. Seems like there were enough lights in the area to mark it.

http://www.seattlepi.com/news/crime/articl...hen-9283191.php Here we go again...suspect immigrated from Turkey, permanent legal resident and had already been arrested once fir assault.

So Maddux, Fergie Jenkins, Lee Smith, Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Sandberg, etc., aren't on the team? Huh?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 24, 2016 -> 03:47 PM) Lots of people agree with Greg. I'll turn on the TV and be amazed when I hear my own viewpoints. I always think, "And those Sox talk people think I'm a troll!" I Am Not A Troll. I Am a Human Being!" from one of my favorite movies. Well, about 40% of America thinks Trump is getting screwed by the media and the other 60% can't comprehend how he can get away with having no policies, no nuanced viewpoints on foreign policy or the ability to consistently maintain any position whatsoever (see Matt Lauer interview). Trump lies...well, that's just Trump being Trump. Hillary, on the other hand, is a criminal/nearing impeachment/"lock her up."

That might be his best pitching job of the season so far to only give up one run...but it has been a rough September for Sale and Q. Not coincidentally, struggling with divisional opponents again. And late stop sign at 3b helped as well. Will be lucky to go 5-6 innings tonight with that pitch count.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-jeb-b...ng-502144?rx=us Trump either lied to the Republican Party or deliberately perjured himself in debate confrontation with Bush.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/police-hunt-gunm...-080753761.html Five dead...and from that video, you can't be 100% sure he's Hispanic, Middle Eastern, Eastern European, Greek, etc. The fact that it was mostly females who died, wouldn't rule out some sort of anti-feminist motivation, at least yet.

LaRussa might have his HoF card removed managing the Sox to a losing record, combined with his borderline Clevengerish social comments, PEDs denialism and terrible tenure as a front office exec in AZ.

I'm about ready to start cheering for Trump so as NOT to have to hear complaints from Greg, Drunk Bomber and Rabbit for the next 4-8 years. Then, whenever there's a problem anywhere in the US and world, we can say "told you so" just like so many Americans the last eight years have conveniently blamed Obama and never given him credit for anything. Trump can then be the reason why the American Dream is dead, Millennials suck and those US factory jobs are only returning for the highest skilled/educated/trained, not the 75-85% who are still underqualified and haven't been able to upgrade their skills. Plus Hillary will probably push the estate tax threshold down to $1.125 million from its current $5.45 million...one thing you can guarantee Trump will never do.

https://mobile.twitter.com/CharlieDaniels/s...src=twsrc%5Etfw Greg, are you getting your talking points from Charlie Daniels these days?

Had two strikes on Orlando when the lead was 4-2 and a strike away from the win...Hosmer with another GW RBI on a three run homer. Combined with the O's coming back from the dead last night, and Giles blowing a huge lead, the AL race has gotten incredibly interesting all of a sudden.

Uh-oh...

LaRussa might be in the process of being fired by the DBacks, but paying him to return to managing would mean a huge payroll increase necessarily is going to come with it...not a rebuilding or step back.

The average payout to 9/11 families has been around $3 million already. In the end, it's going to make life more dangerous for American servicemen, CIA, contractors stationed abroad, and there's that slippery slope of how many assassinations/drone strikes/terroristic actions are we going to be opened up to in terms of lawsuits brought by foreign countries when we accidentally bomb them? Should American leaders also face a trial of their own in a foreign country for deliberately misleading the Congress and country, leading to a war in Iraq that made the region even more unstable and actually created a safe haven for terrorism? Shouldn't Chile, the Congo and Cuba be suing over Black Ops assasinations of their leaders as documented by the Church Committee? Can Obama be sued by the Philippines when an American soldier rapes a Filipina or Japanese girl at Subic Bay or Okinawa? https://www.yahoo.com/news/obama-vetoes-9-1...--politics.html Bringing a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia is like suing the Germans for World War I and II...it will only lead to a fraying of alliances and more conflict in the future. It's not like they can recover the money from the bin Laden Construction Group anyway.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/iowa-woman-dies-...-191034607.html This one bothered me more for some reason...

QUOTE (sin city sox fan @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 08:33 PM) I would like to have Ozzie back. If that doesn't happen, my next choice would be Wally Backman. He had a nice run in the Mets organization, but just left at the end of the season as he was tired of being overlooked for big league jobs. He would create a complete 180 change in this clubhouse though and get the most out of the roster. He was fired. Put one of their (Mets) best AAA relievers into the hospital for TJ by overusing him, platooned Conforto when the organization wanted him to get all the ABs and also wouldn't listen to advice about where to put Nimmo in the batting despite orders directly from the front office. He had another set of scandals a decade ago or he could have been the Sox manager after Manuel. When they passed him over for a position in NY, the writing was on the wall.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/23/opinions/ted...nley/index.html This editorial saus it all...and yeah, just being re-elected is the best he can hope for at this point. Or he'll end up with his own syndicated show like Huckabee or a partner in a law/lobbying firm for at least two years.

Looks like it's back down to three dead...not that it will make a difference in the gun control debate.

Shades of Rowand again...doesn't happen as often playing RF, but unfortunately Tilson went down his first game and Shuck is AAAA fodder. The weird thing is Austin Jackson was supposed to be ready in mid-July.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 07:15 PM) For Crux, its more along the lines of not wanting a primary challenger in 2018. Why Ricketts has decided to support Trump? That might be thinking that there's a chance of him to win. There's just no way someone with his brand of non-inclusive Republicanism can win the Republican nomination...and his appeal to the young, moderates/independents and non-Hispanic minorities is basically zero.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 23, 2016 -> 01:57 PM) Well, Cleveland got its division title after all. The last few years they were the pick of many. You get a very good manager like the one they have and you do ultimately rise to the top. Scouting/talent is 2/3rd's of that equation. Francona does have 2 playoff appearances in 4 attempts.

At least we're not the Orioles. They're playing like the 2012 White Sox at this point, getting blanked by Shelby Miller. Never thought the Tigers could actually do it.

The ONLY thing that makes sense is guys like Cruz and Ricketts think there's a decent chance Trump wins and don't want to have their lack of support on the record...if he wins. Hedging their bets. If nothing else, they can argue it was supporting a conservative SC or fighting the onerous death/estate tax penalties.

Carl's bro? They would be better off raiding the Cubs' front office imo.

That is just the icing on the cake with Shields. He (Tatis, Jr.) probably won't have the career his father did, but that trade sucks so bad on multiple levels.