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Should be an easy final vote win for Sale. No Yankees or Red Sox.

Ask any left-handed hitter in the American League? Which pitcher do you hate facing more: Sale or Buehrle?

Yeah, it could be the most Chicago slogan ever: VOTE FOR SALE

Players are probably getting notified right about now, and sometimes it leaks out earlier.

Larger audience for Brandon's hilarious tweets. That's one good thing.

Yeah, his salary is $15M, the season is half over, so $15M divided by 2 = $10M. /gregmath

The Yankees got McCarthy.

Yankees have traded for Brandon McCarthy.

Seattle: Chavez 8, Saunders 9, Cano 4, Hart DH, Seager 5, Morrison 3, Buck 2, Ackley 7, Miller 6; Walker 1 Sox: Eaton 8, Beckham 4, Gillaspie 5, Abreu 3, Dunn DH, Ramirez 6, Viciedo 9, De Aza 7, Nieto 2; Noesi 1

This was dumb. I hated it when Ozzie did it and I hate it when Robin does it. Don't pinch run for your best hitter in a tie game. Kills the middle of your lineup for extra innings.

Only hosts set right now are Russia 2018 and Qatar 2022. If Qatar isn't stripped of 2022 and given to the US, then the US is the overwhelming favorite to get 2026.

Poll question: When do you think the US will first win the World Cup: A) 2018-2022 B) 2026-2034 C) 2038-2046 D) 2050 or later (entire team not born yet) Bonus poll question: Yes or no, the US will be the first team outside of UEFA and CONMEBOL to win.

My Papa John's deliveries come from store #1.

Yes, they have very different backgrounds and potential, but they fit into the same positional quandary, so in that manner, they are pretty similar.

I've said that before and I still believe it to be true. I think Viciedo is going to be another Ross Gload. Not a good enough fielder to be a corner OF, but not a good enough hitter to be a 1B/DH.

Jordan Danks is fine as a 4th OF, to be used mostly as a pinch-runner/defensive replacement. Biggest reason Sierra gets the nod over him is that two of the starting OF are left-handed.

Yeah I do this too. OPS works fine, especially if you're comparing guys who play the same position.

Alexei is not a borderline guy by any measure. The Sox lead the AL in SS OPS. Alexei has been amazing this year. You can better cases for leaving Sale and even Abreu out before Alexei.

Since the US beats Mexico a few times a year, it's in our best interests to have Mexico win as many other games as possible to help our ranking.

They have the right to have those restrictions, even though they choose not to.

I think there's that one plus a university or two.

Tornado Watch extending as far east as Boone/DeKalb/LaSalle counties until 7pm CDT. Good bet that it eventually gets extended to cover the rest of NE IL.

Religious nonprofits have the same case pending as Hobby Lobby.

I'm not liking my original prediction of Brazil v Spain.

Quote from Ginsburg saved in order to be shoved back into her face when she inevitably rules against religious institutions when their case hits the Supreme Court.