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Now they're saying nothing has been decided re:Gronk. Normally I'd say it's a Belichik smoke screen, but who knows with this fiasco

ACLs are fickle, my friend. Besides, you never know when LeBron's bully ball might end up with him bonking his head or something like that and missing time

With all of that said with Cardinals and their fans being tremendous douchebags, the players on the Dodgers are also giant douchebags. Puig, perhaps, is the ringleader which is sad since he's always had questions about his character/conduct.

I don't like people going overboard with celebrations, but I think Gomez's offenses were overstated and the response to it was inappropriate. Even moreso in the Fernandez case.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 03:27 PM) I know you're kidding but what about Kershaw, Scherzer, Grienke, Ryu.... http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2013/10/tige...his-winter.html Signing him will be problematic QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 10, 2013 -> 04:05 PM) Scherzer, Hunter, and VMart all hit FA that year, the Tigers have $90 million already committed to 2015 just for 4 guys, and Doug pFister and Austin Jackson will be in their 3rd Arb years in 2015 and will probably cost $10 million+ each that year as well. The only way they can stay out of long-term financial trouble is if their owner is willing to continue losing money. Yep. VMart and Hunter will be gone for sure (Torii will retire, I assume). Scherzer is looking like a potential $150-200 million guy and we may see Verlander turn into a complete albatross by this time. Miguel will be in the final year of his deal as well and they'll have to gear up for giving him a Pujols-esque contract. Meanwhile, like you said, those two other guys will be expensive and also a year away from FA. And don't forget that this year they're (potentially) losing Peralta, Infante, Benoit to FA

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Oct 19, 2013 -> 09:52 AM) I hope it's the Bulls' time, but I doubt it. I agree with J4L. You can have a deep team, but you have a better chance of success with at least 2 superstars. You can only put 5 men out there. So in the end, the Bulls can have a better overall bench than Miami, but when it counts, they're going to put LeBron, Wade, Bosh all out there and they're going to score. You can only put Rose out there and they can trap him right away. Also, keep in mind, with a team like the Bulls, you heavily depend on health, because everyone is a bigger contributor than being a role player with Miami. If Hinrich is out, it hurts the Bulls alot more than if Chalmers is injured. If Taj is out, it hurts the Bulls alot more than if Haslem is injured. And I'm comfortable saying the Heat are much worse off with LeBron injured than the Bulls are with Derrick injured. Same with the rest of the Other Two and the next two best Bulls, whoever they may be

Yeah, the Cards really made Pujols look like s*** so their fans would go along with it. They weren't interested in paying anything resembling the market price for him - which, of course, is prudent. Making your franchise's hero look like an asshole is low though

LeBron calls out KG/Pierce for leaving Boston after they criticized Ray Allen for leaving Yes LeBron, KG and Pierce "left" Boston. They really wanted to go. They and their coach were forced out, perhaps because guys like Ray didn't want to stay

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 18, 2013 -> 11:12 PM) He hasn't been with Miami his whole life. And he won last year by himself. LeBron has won 0 titles in playoffs in which Derrick Rose played more than 3+ quarters

http://deadspin.com/why-your-cardinals-suc...dium=socialflow This has to be said

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Oct 18, 2013 -> 01:25 PM) Gio That's what I've been thinking

It's like, LeBron has won all the championships during his life

I would argue that he made an extremely important improvement because he became a guy that can actually hit right handed pitching. That is reason for optimism. I don't see any reason why getting back to hitting lefties like he used to should make him lose his progress against lefties.

Hooray! Now I have to decide between Bernard, MJD, and Brandon Jacobs for a starter at RB2 this week

Well, this is exciting to say the least. I hope he absolutely kills it. We'll love him for it. Just ask PK and the Big Hurt what it's like to be the best hitter on the South Side. You can easily get a statue, Jose!

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Oct 18, 2013 -> 09:22 AM) I did a big research project on McDonalds in college specifically focusing on their overseas operations. This was 10 years ago so it was not anywhere as big as now. And that was a brilliant move on their part- instead of just buying land and plopping down an American McDonalds, they went over to X country and did a lot of research/study groups into what types of food (vegan, lamb, etc) would fit and then tailored the menu around that. There have been some shows on Travel Channel and things like that. It is interesting, the stuff they do. I remember that the Israeli ones had a lot better food than here - not much different menu, really, but it was big helpings of actual meat. They did have funny marketing: "The Big Texas" and "The Big New York" were the main sandwiches. They said people didn't necessarily go there for the same purposes we do (quick, s*** food) it was more like a decent meal from a different country

I wonder what a country like Australia does with such a high minimum wage (around 15 USD)? It's almost like they were the only major economy to not go into recession

DeJesus is basically ADA without the dumb

I expect Boras to start speaking in riddles like this about his clients

I see this as a job making or breaking move by Hahn. You can have a guy like Dunn bust because it was pretty much unforeseeable. Abreu has such a high degree of risk that giving this contract to him becomes an incredibly pivotal moment for the franchise

Rumor that the 32gb model will have better battery

I think we have learned from a lot of these marginal teams like TB, Oak, Cle that you can really maximize talent if you know how to get undervalued guys and build platoons. This is something we've always resisted because we like to get players that are considered everyday starters, but getting a higher percentage of roleplayers is becoming the norm it seems, especially when you're seeing a lot of roster turnover like us. Kepp can be really useful for this

I think we'll grow to feel indifferent about Kep over time

Also, I'm loving my other team's receiving corps of B-Marsh, Eric Decker, and Justin Blackmon. Looks nice with my shiny Jamaal Charles who is supposed to see an increase in usage

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 17, 2013 -> 09:37 PM) Sounds like that needs to get checked out. It's like a post-sex piss