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Since deleted, but worth noting: Katy Conrad @katywithawhy Not sure when @SenRandPaul became a doctor, but says Ebola can spread from a person who has the disease to someone standing 3 ft away #uhmm If only she had access to a news organization that could help her research when Sen. Paul became a doctor.

The lack of financial resources is exactly why it's so easy to challenge the clause. The cost of JJ paying their attorneys to go after you is more than you have to lose. Just ignore the clause and leave for another job if you want to. The company isn't going to go after you. You don't have enough money to be worth their effort.

I can't imagine that it would be cost effective to even attempt to enforce non-competes for anybody making less than $50K or so a year.

I try to resist answering these sorts of things because none of us really has much of a clue as to what the pricetags will be on specific players, nor which players will be available in trades. I do think that there are more #2-#4 type starting pitchers on the market than there are premium hitters, so based on that I would lean towards signing a starting pitcher and pursuing 1-2 hitters via trade. I throw out the name Brandon McCarthy as a potential target, but again, it's hard to know what each pitcher will cost and which ones would even be interested in Chicago, but just using BMac as a placeholder, that gives you a 1-2-3 of Sale, Quintana and McCarthy. I'd let Noesi, Danks and Rodon battle for the #4-5 spots. If Rodon loses out he starts at AAA, if one of the other two loses out he becomes long relief in the pen. Yes, I'd love to trade Danks, but if somebody isn't willing to take on at least 40-50% of his salary, then the Sox might as well put him in the bullpen. For the bullpen, I see Petricka, Webb, Putnam and Guerra being back. Danks/Noesi as the long reliever unless they both make the rotation then Carroll for long relief. Need two more relievers, at least one of whom needs to be a lefty. I would like to nab two out of Cotts, Thatcher and Gregorson (or hey, all three if you can get them). I'd be willing to overpay for these guys more so than for position players. Starting position players: Abreu is locked into 1B, Eaton to CF, Ramirez to SS, Garcia to RF/LF, Flowers to C, Gillaspie to 1B/DH and Semien to 2B/3B/LF. I don't see Sanchez or Johnson being ready to play full-time, so two position players are needed. There are only a few free agent hitters worth getting, and they are all probably going to be overpaid. If VMart would take a deal that went for 3 years paying $20/15/7, I might bite, because we all know he's not going to be good that third year but the salary burden would be less then. Zobrist, Martin, Span and Sandoval are guys I would take if the price is right, but I don't think it will be for any of them. I'm not really sure who realistic trade targets would be. I don't think any acquisitions need to be made for the bench. Among Danks, Sierra, Sanchez, Johnson, Phegley and Nieto, you can fill out four bench spots.

It took Peyton Manning 246 games to break Favre's career TD record. Maintaining his current pace, it would take him another 127 games to break his career INT record.

I don't know about first class dickface. I think that category is reserved solely for the coach of the team 8 miles south of where I'm sitting right now. Anybody else is at most a second class dickface.

No, Chuck Martin did it last year.

Well, it would sure suck for Michigan State if he did that.

Kelly is clearly an A+ recruiter, and I am warming to him as a playcaller. I still have a hard time getting over the time a few years ago when he called a motherf***ing fade route from inside the 10 yard line with the backup QB in the game when a FG would have won the game. That was putrid.

Oh god, as much as I hate FSU, half of the people I see every day are Louisville fans and I don't know if I can handle all the "We beat them and you couldn't" that I would get, at least until November 22.

He's not THAT good, at least not yet. He really needs another year. Another year under BK would do wonders for him.

ND is losing only two starters on offense, one on defense, plus the kicker, and they get Russell and Williams back from suspension. Should be Top 5 preseason next year. Probably not good enough to beat Mississippi State, Alabama or Oregon this year. I waver back and forth between wanting them to get into the playoff that is almost impossible to win or going to the Orange Bowl and destroying Clemson.

That actually makes sense. Abreu doesn't want to be one of THOSE guys who votes for himself, but Semien is the only other teammate eligible so he votes for him.

I'm sure it's just a coincidence that the warning always gets issued right after the anti-ND side gets in another jab before I can respond.

WTF???

If all parties involved are not still in the playoffs, trades can happen as soon as the regular season is over, but trades before the end of the WS are rare.

In Instanbul, but not in Constantinople.

How is it blocking by the offensive player when the defensive player initiates contact?

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-leag...-195110491.html

We had an early morning earthquake here a few years back. The cats started flipping out a full 10-15 seconds before the shaking started. It's the only reason my wife was awake to feel it because the cats sleep on her and they woke her up.

Attending several HS and a few college rules meetings with coaches and officials.

Yes, they got lots of their patented no calls when FSU was not called for holding at least 5 or six times when Winston was scrambling.

I read the rule plenty of times before last night, but I reread it last night, and based on that and the field level angle I'm 100% certain that Mike is incorrect.

That's the admission that the last one wasn't really a penalty when you have to go looking for something else.

Yes, I know who he is, but if he is using the word "intent" then he really doesn't have a clue. Plus I'm betting he hasn't watched the field angle. Fuller clearly doesn't have the "intent" to block when he cuts inside and the defender goes with him instead of going towards Robinson.