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QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 02:32 PM) It would be so great if the Pirates can just win tonight and shut them up. Doubt it happens with Arrieta on the mound though and a Pirates team that struggled hitting of late. I won't get too upset if Cubs win tonight, as it would still put them in the same position they were in for 2007 and 2008 where they had their postseason end in 4 days. With Arrieta only going once in the division series, there's a decent chance they can lose given their poor rotation depth behind Lester. But the Cardinals are kind of a mess right now and the NL is wide open.

I'm really glad I don't live in Chicago right now. Bandwagon Cubs fans talking s*** was awful.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 6, 2015 -> 07:23 PM) But no one "deserves" to win more than them because of all the "suffering" they've gone through! They're like Cardinals fans, except their team doesn't actually win.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 6, 2015 -> 06:47 PM) I don't think Austin much cares about sports, but there's no doubt in my mind if the Astros/Rangers are 1, 2, without a doubt the Cubs are #3. The Chicago following here is enormous. It doesn't care much about pro sports cause of UT. Plus, there's a huge split between fans of the Houston and Dallas teams.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 6, 2015 -> 02:37 PM) You're really not. 1) Cubs fans are a more nation wide fanbase. There are nearly as many Cub fans in Austin as there are Astros or Rangers fans here. You're never going to make those people White Sox fans. 2) When the White Sox were good, you know a huge portion of the people watching were Cub fans. Also, they don't affect our organization. Period. If the Sox are good, they have enough fans to go. If they're bad, no one bothers. Cubs have nothing to do with it. Yeah, I don't think that's the case at all. It's not that there's not many Cubs fans, it's that there's much more Rangers and Astros fans here.

So apparently, this kid posted that he was going to shoot up a school in the northwest on 4chan the night before he did this. 4chan being 4chan and /b/ being /b/, some of the posters actually encouraged him to do it. Maybe they didn't think he was serious, but it's 4chan, there's all kinds of messed up s*** on there.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 06:22 PM) Jimmy Buckets must have gotten tired of his s***. Derrick stole his haircut...

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 30, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) Ortiz's stats the last two seasons: 2014: 142G, 518AB, 35HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP 2015: 142G, 518AB, 36HR, 104RBI, 75BB, 95K, .355OBP The wonders of PEDs.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 11:09 AM) If you watch that game last night and grade Rodgers out as negative, you need to rethink how you grade players. They gave the same grade to Teddy Bridgewater who had 121 yards passing, 0 TD and 1 INT. Rodgers had 5 TD, 333 passing yards and 0 turnovers. So to them, that is pretty much the same performance. Also, the original grade they had on Rodgers was -2.2, they changed it to -0.8. So originally they had him and Jimmy Clausen having equally bad games. Yeah...PFF needs to rethink their ratings.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 10:47 AM) I heard Lebatard talking about it this morning. Some of it had to do with a dropped pick six and a fumble he had. Not sure how much that played into things, because even if you assumed he did both of those things, you still have 5 TD's and 2 turnovers, which has to be a positive value performance. Yup definitely. Did they take away something from the free-play TDs he had as well? Maybe that was part of the reason his grade was low.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Sep 29, 2015 -> 08:19 AM) Pro Football Focus gave Aaron Rodgers a grade of -0.8 for his play last night. I like PFF, but I don't know how you come up with that. What the hell was their reason for that...?

I'm not sure if the Chiefs offensive line is this bad or the GB pass rush is this good...

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 25, 2015 -> 11:29 PM) Wasn't sure where else to post this, but Rich Hill has 3 straight 10 strikeout starts, including a CGSHO tonight. Yes, that Rich Hill. I picked him up in my fantasy league and his performance might win me the league. Who would have thought Rich Hill would pitch in the Majors again, let alone be really good at it?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 04:13 PM) Torn UCL for Holland. Likely won't see him until 2017 Ouch. The Royals are really stumbling right now. Davis will make a fine closer and they should have enough depth in the bullpen to survive. But I can't see them winning a 7 game series if Cueto isn't pitching well.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Sep 24, 2015 -> 10:42 AM) Ruxin was far too restrained in The League last night. He makes 5+ Pete/Kevin dick jokes per episode, He was concerned about a possible concocksion.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 23, 2015 -> 01:27 PM) I hope heads checks in to get all of this great advice before his January 2004 trip! I had no idea this was from 2003...holy s***.

Check out the river walk and the Alamo. There's also Sea World and Six Flags if you have a whole day off.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 04:41 PM) He targets all religions. I'm Catholic and more amused than offended by his not accepting there is a God. I think he's a star in this situation. It's easy to take the "cops are bad; teachers are prejudiced" angle on this one. Bill had questions. Mark Cuban has questions. I'm very disappointed the media is not interested in flushing out a good accurate story here. If Ahmad is a fake that's not good copy; it's going after a minority copy. I saw what Cuban had to say, all of his anecdotes as to what actually happened were second hand and he accused the kid of having his sister feed him what to say to him on his call with him. Although he did say the kid was interested and more engaged when they talked about technology. If anything, I think Maher just had him on to feed his narrative some more.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) I want more facts but my position is the cops over-reacted in cuffing him. The facts are blurry. One report I saw said the initial teacher the kid was trying to impress told him it was a nice job but don't bring the clock around the school or people might think it's a bomb. The kid did anyway. My point is I think there's a real possibility daddy set this all up. As far as kids and educational activities outside of school ... did you see Alpha's video of how it probably took the kid about 30 seconds to make the clock? He definitely showed no innovation in building his clock. It's rather deceptive actually and arguably worthy of detention if he was passing that clock off as something he made, not ripped off Radio Shack. I once put a portable radio on a mop and thought it was cool when I was 11... So yeah...kids think doing something simple might be cool, is there a problem with that? Do you think he should have invented the new iPhone instead?

QUOTE (bmags @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 04:08 PM) Trying to imagine the situation where the people who overzealously jailed an innocent minor for bringing a clock to school are not the issue, but those who overzealously praised a student whose clock was not actually that impressive. These people think that if the clock wasn't his invention and that he just stuck it in a briefcase, then he didn't really put much effort into the project; therefore he must have an intent to alarm teachers at the school that he had a bomb, leading him to be arrested and lauded over social media like some sort of wiz kid. So here's the problem with this theory: 1. If the family set all of this up, then they're putting their child and themselves at risk of possible arrest (that was the point of this hypothetical situation, right?). Not to mention their kid not being able to go to the school again, possible suspension, expulsion, them having to uproot the entire family, etc. There's a lot of risks there, it just so happened that things went well for him. 2. There were so many things out of his control: teacher becoming alarmed, school officials calling the police, police handcuffing and arresting him. 3. In a country where certain people fear Muslims and Islam in general, especially in the state of Texas, do you really think this family knew that they were going to get support from a vast majority of the country? How could they have they possibly predicted that they would get gifts from Silicon Valley CEOs, tours to MIT, and an invitation to the White House? In the world view of a Muslim American citizen, I'm willing to bet their view of American media is not overwhelmingly favorable to them.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 22, 2015 -> 04:02 PM) LOL. Took the kid all of one minute to probably make his clock. I just challenge the media to keep covering this and if the police ever get to interview the dad that that is made public as well. This was a rush to judgment story and Obama, Hillary and Microsoft should not have overreacted without letting the story play out. Of course nobody wants the story to play out any more cause of media bias. The media wanted this story to be: Genius student of color very very proud of clock he made. Big bad school officials think it's a bomb and call cops. Cops handcuff kid (I'm not backing cops 100 percent on this; very stupid; they fell for the alleged trap right there), no charges filed, kid gets put into the 20 minutes of fame cooker where President, Hilly, all the morning shows want him on now til that 20 minutes of fame runs out. Update the story when he gets scholarship to Yale. Update the story 10 years after that when he's a success in life. The story just might not fit that agenda, but too late ... media already made up its mind how the story will play out. Takes a cool guy like Bill Maher to say ... WAIT! This kid must really be a genius after all... And you realize Bill Maher is an atheist who will take any opportunity to s*** on Muslims, Christians, Jews, and any religion in general right? He surely doesn't have an agenda here...

So you think that this family and 14 year old kid knew that they were going to get media attention for this? They knew he'd get arrested and handcuffed? They knew that a majority of the social media world as well as the freaking president of the United States, MIT, and numerous Silicon Valley CEOs would invite him on tours? If that's really the case, can they tell me what the winning lotto numbers are for tomorrow or what the optimal Fanduel lineup is for next weekend? They must be able to see the f***ing future. School officials and local police screwed up. And had they not have screwed up, this wouldn't have been an issue in the first place.

What's wrong with the Colts offense? They can't even get a first down.

Randy Wolf is still pitching?

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Sep 21, 2015 -> 09:47 AM) The Cardinals were bound to have pitching problems eventually. They've been getting very lucky all year with LOB% and in RISP situations. Definitely. I'm surprised they haven't had more slumps this year. Their lineup is more or less pieced together and their rotation is full of guys who have out-performed their peripherals.