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The Rick Hahn special.

You know the #1 overall pick got us re-energized because the thread about claiming Ryan Rolison has the HOT! alert

Obviously it was over a decade ago and it took a while for Rodon to put it together, but I remember Rodon being the #1 and then the Astros and Marlins decided to drastically overthink it with Aiken and Kolek. In recent memory, was looking up early-rankings from Pipeline. Putting the #1s actual draft spot then the actual #1's pre-season ranking 2019: Bobby Witt #2, Adley Rutschman #2 2020: Emerson Hancock #6, Spencer Torkelson #2 2021: #10 Kumar Rocker, Henry Davis (outside of Top 20) 2022: #5 Elijah Green, Jackson Holliday (outside of Top 20) 2023: #2 Dylan Crews, #4 Paul Skenes 2024: #2 Chase Burns, Travis Bazzana (outside of Top 20) 2025: #4 Ethan Holliday, #9 Eli Willits But I feel like Roch has been hyped more than others except maybe Crews, back to the days of Stras and Harper (though NO ONE has had that hype)

Learning that three things need to take place 1) Is Carlson as good defensively as billed? 2) Is Roch as good as hyped and the true 1.1? 3) If things play out right, who of Colson, Roch, Bonemer and Carlson profiles as the best outfielder?

Hate.

Robert, Sosa and Taylor (since he's not gonna be a starter 🤷‍♂️)

Mets have infinite money and are just deciding to not spend it. Orioles are absolutely refusing to spend on pitching.

You generally do that when you're in a relationship.

Yeah, a lot of us deal in facts and objective anecdotes like California teams, NYC teams and Toronto signing free agents to massive deals over places like Miami, Tampa Bay and Houston. Rangers have doled out some deals, but nothing comparatively.

This shows peak ignorance of the NYC food scene. Best burgers in the city don't come from Salt Bae, who got driven out for his overpriced s%*#. Best food in NYC comes from cheap hole in the walls half the time.

If my wife and I do just fine on a combined salary of $170k to live in the nation's cultural capital, I think an MLB player would survive just fine.

Sir, you coined Drain Duo for Lavine and Lauri. Surely you can gift us something for Colson/Roch/Carlson/Bonemer

Roch went from good player to great player in a few sentences. Shirley has to be giddy.

If Carlson hits, he has to be the favorite to get the spot, right?

Who's the next Cam Booser?

Idk man, bitching about the 2006 playoff race would feel stale at this point.

For me the biggest positive takeaway was the second half adjustment. Hopefully the Bears take lessons what happened and are ready for Round 2 at Soldier Field. Rome was definitely missed / they really need DJ and Caleb on the same page if they're gonna ascend.

Tankathon says 27.73% Twins are right behind the Sox at 22.18%. My spin went: White Sox Twins Pirates A's Cardinals

The Bears and Blackhawks making strong cases for Da Pope energy. Then there's the Bulls.

Bryce Young trade keeps paying off.

Poles has to feel so vindicated watch Ben not only take this draft class (injuries/Frazier aside) and turn them into producers, but turning around past moves as well. Ideally he spams defense this next draft. Re: Improvements, I can't get past Johnson going into the bye-week talking about how the run game wasn't working and that it was an o-line/scheme issue, not Swift/Monangai and then turning it into this.

I realized at one point that I actually tuned Herbstreit out. I think it was the Thanksgiving travel. Also, lmao. My mom asked who the Bears head coach was and I said "a crazy man, but in a good way."

Al Michaels REALLY wanted us to remember the double doink

Lmao what a way to end

I know Amazon had Fly Like An Eagle dialed up cause of the touchdown, but it playing over the highlight of the failed conversion is hilarious