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QUOTE (iWin4Ron @ May 6, 2016 -> 11:29 PM) Guys, I hate to say I told you so, but I did. 125 wins is on the horizon. No, 23 is. My point: It's a long season.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 6, 2016 -> 09:53 PM) Miggy for me Abreu isn't much smaller. The reason I pick him is the size + he's a very soft-spoken, kind person. So to get him that mad is bad news. Also, Robin showing more emotion this year.

Abreu is basically the last person I would want to fight in baseball.

Greatest. Single. Ever.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 6, 2016 -> 10:29 AM) I will be fascinating to watch if he is elected. Perhaps we may see the first really independent president since Washington. I just don't have a handle on what A. Policy-wise what he truly wants and B. What is actually feasible. No one should believe that Mexico will build a fence at their expense. We are not restricting an entire religious group from coming to America. So what does Trump propose that could be a reality? Trump as President is his proposal.

QUOTE (Tex @ May 6, 2016 -> 04:13 PM) I was just thinking doesn't releasing Danks put the team in a more honest negotiating position. Here is the spot for you. Look at the standings. Don't look at our offer. Look at the standings and here is your spot in the location. Why are you looking at the cash? I told you don't look at the cash, look at the standings. . . I doubt Lincecum will command a high price tag.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 6, 2016 -> 02:37 PM) I like that they didn't follow the exact storyline from the comic, I think the movie is a improvement on the book. Hopefiully this leads us to the Illuminati. I was grateful that they deviated from the comic book. That storyline is all over the place.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ May 5, 2016 -> 07:21 PM) I personally think a lot of these movies better start getting used to it, the casuals are getting burnt out on the endless supply of superhero movies now. And I think that's going to get worse. I also can't blame them, it's getting to be a bit much at this point. Well, Civil War is going to be the true test of this.

Spoilers, obviously. Non-spoilers: This wasn't a comedy like I'm sure people will try to say it is. It wasn't formulaic either. There was heavy s*** going on in this film.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ May 5, 2016 -> 06:01 PM) But they don't. Studios are never unhappy with a couple hundred million in profit, all things considered. Could it have made more? Sure. But it also could have made less and lost them money. Again, they crank out Transformers movies which critics hate, but people see them...so long as they're making profits they're not going to care. Sure, when I sell a stock I'd prefer to sell it at 100 instead of 75, but if I bought it at 40...I'm not really going to cry. Disappointed, not unhappy. When you're expecting excess of one billion, it's a bit of a let down.

QUOTE (Joshua Strong @ May 5, 2016 -> 12:51 PM) Don't panic, there were some players not linked to teams. And some of these guys could be going to different teams (which could be unlikely). This is something that I really want to be changed in the CBA: Once you exceed your bonus pool, you CAN'T sign a player to over 300k I'd give all teams equal spending money. Once you spend that, you can't sign anymore players or something equally heavy.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ May 5, 2016 -> 05:58 PM) Not happening. Regardless of what people want, or say, or the bulls*** they make up to pretend the movie failed, the movie made almost 900 million and counting. And ignoring that ridiculous made up number from Forbes as to what the movie would need to profit, the studio is ecstatic. The movie will easily go on to gross over a billion with merch and rentals/sales and in the end, record massive profits. And that's all studios care about. They don't care about Tomato ratings. They don't care what fanboys think. If they did, they wouldn't keep making Transformers moves that people keep seeing. Snyder is staying. If Disney considered Age of Ultron disappointing, then Warner Brothers definitely considers Batman v. Superman disappointing.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 5, 2016 -> 10:51 AM) http://screenrant.com/batman-v-superman-box-office-billion/ Batman vs Superman will not hit the $1B mark at box office Never expected that in a million years.

Time for EJ's theme song.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 4, 2016 -> 10:58 AM) how messed up would that be? That would be the equivalent of Palmeiro wagging his finger at congress, except Arrietta is in his prime unlike Raffy And yet, not shocking.

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Benetti jinxed the hell out of that one.

Dear lord Abreu murdered that.

GreenSox, honestly, just stop making stuff up and trying to justify silly notions of hero worship. It's embarrassing and is a complete broken record at this point. Rip the Swisher trade if you want. That'd be fair. But you're so blinded by this hero worship notion and antagonistic approach that you don't care bringing up the one that people would actually agree with.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 4, 2016 -> 04:06 PM) I made the mistake of reading some articles and deciding to turn on the TV finally the night after Bernie won another primary to see if it was safe to turn on the TV that night. The msnbc panel pulled the same ol, why are we even talking about Indiana, Hillary is storming to the nomination crap, and after 15 minutes I got mad and turned it off again seeing ol Bernie can't get a fair shake. I have stuck to my guns and not listened to a word of anything coming out of Hillary's mouth, turning the radio dial if there was danger of hearing her voice. But like I said I turned on the TV for the first time in a month and paid the price last night. My anger was fueled so I made a few posts last night and today. If they'd talk about her emails more and the odds of her being put on trial, it might be safe for me to watch TV again. But those topics are no/nos on television. Did you even bother reading anything Lostfan wrote?

QUOTE (Dunt @ May 4, 2016 -> 03:32 PM) I was thinking of a hypothetical Sox-Cubs world series matchup while sitting out at the game last night. Would you stagger Sale and Q after Arrieta or would you start Sale vs. Arrieta? I think there is some sense in throwing, say, Rodon game 1 then having Sale vs. Lester game 2 and Q vs. Lackey game 3. Depends on who has home field. If it's at the Cell, I'm throwing Sale. In the NL, Rodon.

QUOTE (SouthSideSale @ May 4, 2016 -> 02:34 PM) How bad would it be for cubs fans to make it to the series only to be swept by the White Sox? Lol If this happened, I think it would go seven, with Sale and Q each winning two games.

Saw four friends today on FB talking about a Sanders/Kasich dream ticket as a 3rd party. Hopefully it's a situation where one had the idea and then it spread to the others, cause dear lord that is idiotic.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 4, 2016 -> 01:59 PM) I do have to say that while the AL is deeper, I'd much rather be in the AL playoffs than the NL playoffs. The Cubs could face DeGrom/Thor/Harvey in a 5-game series, then have the Nats with Scherzer/Strasburg/Gio. And don't forget about Bumgarner & the Giants in an even year. The Dodgers aren't as good, but I bet they add another pitcher to Kershaw. There's no teams like that in the AL IMO. It's much tougher to make the playoffs in the AL, but fewer major land mines once you get to the random championship generator that is October baseball. Sale, Quintana and Rodon...?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2016 -> 09:06 AM) Bernie Sanders is a walking moral victory. QUOTE (bmags @ May 4, 2016 -> 12:46 PM) Only if that group continues to utlize the democratic party to build within, rather than just move on to caring about something else and claim it's "corruption" that was the reason they failed not that it's hard work to change a country of 330 million people I can't agree with these more. I'm currently seeing my hardcore Berner friends pining for a Sanders/Kasich ticket. Or Jill Stein. Or Gary Johnosn. It is so clearly not about the issues with them anymore. It's about being special.