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QUOTE (zenryan @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 10:36 AM) John Scott is the leading vote getter for this years ASG. The NHL only has a couple weeks to correct this. lol And guess who was placed on waivers today...

Phillip Danault called up from Rockford. Makes you think Kruger will be missing some time with that hand/arm injury he got last night.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 18, 2015 -> 12:19 AM) It's a shame, I feel like when we look back in 20 years, Crawford isn't going to be talked about in the likes of Toews-Kane-Keith-Seabrook. He's closing in on surpassing Belfour for #3 on the Hawks all-time best list, in my opinion. Between his rough postseason start vs. Arizona and his contract, there will always be some naysayers. It kind of comes with the position, like quarterback or closer. IIRC, the first Cup season, the Hawks opened the year with two games in Finland. Crawford and Niemi battled during training camp for the backup G spot, and I think that Niemi got the final edge as a favor because they were going to Helsinki. Had they opened the season normally in the US, it may have been Corey on the roster, and maybe 3 Cups for him.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 09:58 PM) Hey, the 1st line showed up! Where did that Toes guy come from? Corey is on a mission to win the Vezina this year

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 09:25 PM) No need to get fancy, as currently constructed Adam and Melky should be our best on base guys so put them in front of Jose and Todd is the one guy with the power to drive Abreu in, put him behind Jose. I feel like so much of the season depends on which Melky shows up

Open tryouts for quarterback at Texas A & M

QUOTE (shipps @ Nov 20, 2015 -> 02:46 PM) Be careful about going with a health care sales associates. In my opinion they have a biased and will push certain plans upon you instead of finding exactly whats in your best interest. So you are going to have to really ask a lot of questions and make sure there are giving you all options. As long as you keep with the basic fundamentals that have been posted in this thread you will be able to make an informed decision. Obviously make sure you find out the maternity benefits of the plan as well. It MIGHT be a good idea to go outside of the ACA from what I am seeing now actually. Blue cross specifically changed all their ACA plans to Choice products. These products are Out of network with almost all of what people consider "good hospitals". If you have a Choice plan you will not have many options at all. It appears that most of the plans that were offered in the ACA marketplace this year is changing next year to where contracting with In Network facilities are going to be extremely limited. The insurance companies are realizing it isnt financially beneficial for them at all to offer plans to this population so in order to stay in line they will still offer the ACA plans but no one is going to want them. Its ridiculous, but that is for the buster I suppose. I just saw this post, and it's right along with what I posted this morning. Blue Cross was losing so much money on the individual/family plans that they removed most of the doctors and hospitals from the network. If we want to keep saying the same doctors, we are gonna have to switch to an insurance company I've never heard of, or stick to BCBS's limited list. Getting screwed over as a small business owner not being on a large group plan, thanks Obama!

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Dec 17, 2015 -> 06:59 AM) Is this really any different from kids hiding beneath their desks like we did back in the day because of threat of World War 3? At least in this case, hiding in the bathroom can actually help. Hiding beneath your desk doesn't stop a multi-megaton intercontinental ballistic missile from melting you. Ha. I think I am a bit too young for those. I remember hiding in the hallway for tornado drills or under my desk for earthquake drills but no WW3 drills.

Is it normal for our doctors to suddenly not be covered by Blue Cross starting January 1? We received the notice to update our plan, but I never got around to confirming our doctors were still in the network. I assumed they would stay, but suddenly our pediatrician and my wife's doctor are no longer in network with Blue Cross. The only one they both are on is Land of Lincoln, whatever that is. Is that normal to just change like that? Luckily, the marketplace deadline was extended two days so I can still pick a new one today.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 07:21 PM) He still was great, and the declines were slight, but Pujols was trending down his last 3 years in St. Louis. What is that contract going to look like in a couple of years when he needs a walker with the tennis balls to get up to home plate? Anytime you can give a 32 year old a 10 year contract, you do it.

Napoli is gonna hit at least 5 homers vs the Sox lefties this year, a Ryan Rabun replacement. And then he will hit about 5 homers total vs the rest of the league.

Since we were talking about toddlers in school, my almost 3 year old had a "lock down " drill at her school today, where they practiced all quietly hiding in the bathroom . That's the world we live in now and it makes sense to practice it, but it was still a shock at first to hear about it. Although she thought it was so fun and keeps yelling "lickdown!"

CF Eaton LF Cabrera 1b Abreu RF Upton 3B Frazier DH LaRoche 2b Lawrie C Navarro/Avila SS Sanchez I could be down with that lineup

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 11:48 AM) What are the Dodgers going to do with Trayce? 6th OF behind Puig, Ethier, Crawford, Pederson and Van Slyke? Trade him to someone else for a pitcher? (With other prospects of course)

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 07:21 AM) Yeah. That's the same thing. The difference being that the players would get vilified for quitting on the program.

QUOTE (Brian @ Dec 16, 2015 -> 06:22 AM) No clue about Spurrier but Bo is stepping aside now to assure his long time assistant gets a crack at the job. I hope their top players step aside so that long time bench warmers can get a crack at playing time

It's funny how Bo Ryan and Steve Spurrier "retire " mid season while everybody else is a quitter.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Dec 15, 2015 -> 10:08 PM) Hawks got Varlamov'd tonight. Shutout the Hawks and Kane's streak ends. Hell of a run for Kaner. Hell of a run Varlamov is on against the Hawks.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 09:10 PM) The D corps actually haven't been that bad, especially the last two weeks. It's still the offense that isn't 100% clicking. I guess, but how much of that is due to Corey's Vezina performance out there, he is making them look much better. I completely agree about the offense though, still really a one line team.

Good thing Keith got that long break after knee surgery because he's gonna have to play 40 minutes a game in these playoffs, not just the 30+ he did last spring.

I think Pete Rose should be inducted in the HOF. But all of his transgressions should be listed too so they are not forgotten. I just hate the whole excluding him and acting like he never existed. He did exist and he was a hell of a hitter, but he also broke some major rules. That's all part of MLB history and should all be included in its major museum.

QUOTE (Frank_Thomas35 @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 03:31 PM) Interesting to see if he got as much as AZ offered or if that decision to turn it down cost him $. Jon Heyman ‏@JonHeymanCBS 7m7 minutes ago cueto deal will be for more than he turned down with AZ. buster olney 1st with agreement.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 10:35 AM) The pressure around here to send your kids to Fenwick is hilarious. If they only saw my tax bill and why I wouldnt ever spend that much more money. People move to Park Ridge then still send their kids to Notre Dame or Loyola HS. Double financial whammy.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 10:25 AM) So shack, our close to 2.5 year old started at a montesorri school when she got around 20 months (in what I think most schools call a "Toddler" program). Prior to that she was watched by a combination of my mom and mother/father in-law and once we had our 2nd, we knew it was time to send our little one to school (otherwise too much to ask for our parents). We had already been researching schools and found one in our area that we liked a ton. The difference in cost in our area was very minimal so no matter the school/daycare (full day), you were looking at somewhere between $1000 - 1500 / month. We went to quite a few and than picked the one we ultimately felt most comfortable with (helped that we knew some people who had used the school). Combination of recommendations and our gut feel were helpful and we also did a once a week mommy / daddy & me class at the facility, which firmed our thoughts. The big goal for us was obviously a combination of alleviating the parents, but also it was for our daughter. We wanted her to benefit from the social interactions she didn't get as much of staying at home and also just the overall enrichment in terms of activities (while we would try we couldn't make our house be like a school...just harder and grandparents don't want to be the disciplinarians either so while they were watching, we had to deal with the inconsistent discipline which would be frustrating. Since our daughter as started, the only real downside I can see (other than the cost) is the colds that come with it (But it strengthen's the immune system). She has a ton of fun and is excited every morning for school. She's also became far more independent and self confident. All that said, the cost is absurd and it took me a long time to get comfortable with it (afterall, it was more than my tuition and cost of books for a semester at college when I started college), but at the end of the day, we couldn't be happier with our decision. We love her teacher and the assistant teachers and we've gotten a little parent / kid group together for other activities as well (which was nice since most of our friends haven't had kids yet..at least the ones that live around us). Now our daughter gets the involvement from us (and we are super involved), plus time with her grandparents (goes their when school ends so she can play with her cousin and see her lil brother who gets watched). I'm just not looking forward to when our son starts in a bit and we are doubling down on those payments. The whole sibling 10% off discount isn't super helpful, haha. Oh and one of the reasons we went with the 5 day vs. the 3 day is we read and talked to people and kind of determined that ultimately the more consistent the routine for the young child the better. Given our daughter, I think if we had done a 3 day program, she'd still be adjusting (she was super clingy to her mom and especially me). On the grand scheme of things though, I think the key is parental invovlement and early education. Ultimately as long as they are in a "safe" place and get parental involvement and access to learning, that is huge. It is also important that they are encouraged to do/try to do things on their own (they quickly become little people and as they learn to do things on their own and you see how proud they are and confident, you can't help but smile). Our daughter was home with my wife until about 15 months, then we started sending her to a "school" for 6 hours x 3 days a week. I definitely noticed a positive influence with the social interactions, structure, etc. I think we will do the same with my son once he is old enough too, depending how quickly he develops. It does suck to pay the extra money, but there's no doubt how much it helps.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Dec 14, 2015 -> 08:47 AM) Not surprised that he won, but he was nowhere near the best player in the country. I'd have voted McCaffrey first and Reynolds second. I agree about McCaffrey, I would have voted him #1. Reynolds wasn't even the best player in his own conference. Greg Ward Jr. had similar rushing stats, plus twice the passing numbers.