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I'm rooting for Washington (mostly for Ovi and because the first year expansion thing), and it feels very much like rooting for the Hawks. They seem a little slower, a little sloppy, a little late to loose pucks, etc. Maybe it's just a function of rooting for a team that I perceive it that way. Anyway, even the Cup winning Hawks teams always felt like that to me, so I'm not going to lose faith.

The more erect, the more proud.

That video is crazy. I've defended cops in the past who have reacted poorly because the situation had elevated, and I could see how the officer might react poorly based on the adrenaline and uncertainties of what the citizen was doing. Not the case here at all. Cop was on a power trip. Just give the guy a ticket and let him move on. Nope. Call for backups and have ten other officers show up and surround a guy who wasn't doing anything to be alarmed by.

I sort of like the Tim Anderson to catcher idea suggested earlier....

Well, he was the last person seen with the victim, and she was found dead in his basement. There's quite a bit of circumstantial evidence. Did he rape her? Probably not. Was he there when the assault happened? Doesn't seem impossible. I don't disagree with you on the Chicago Police's sordid history, but, for me, this is not a feel good story of a wrongly convicted man's sentence being overturned. I don't feel like he's entirely innocent in this case. That said, he was exonerated, so I don't have a huge problem with him getting the financial settlement that is sure to come. I wouldn't mind if he wasn't working for the Sox though. They had no obligation to rehire him.

I did this a few years ago. We made it all the way to a point where my wife and three kids where able to hold hands and touch the walls on each side (probably 12 feet or so apart). My kids where pretty young (10-14 years old), so we figured that was probably long enough. It was a long walk, but fun and totally worth it.

Might be a little late to the party on these, but I highly recommend two Netflix series I did the deep dive on recently - "Ozark" and "Mindhunter."

That bullpen dancing after a homerun is the very definition of "played out." Cubs fans are insufferable. The players aren't much better. The manager may be worse.

I'd like to see Washington against Winnipeg in the final. I guess I'd prefer Ovi wins one finally, but I don't really care either way. Watching today with no real rooting interest, I still think goalie chanting is lame.

I was listening to Bill Simmons' podcast today (Ep. 362), and he had a girl on it talking about tv. She did the "up talk" thing where her inflection rises at the last word of every sentence. Man, that is nails on a chalkboard to me as a listener. I often wonder if broadcasters/podcasters ever listen back to their shows to critique themselves. Some have super annoying bit correctable verbal tics.

Just checking in to say this is my favorite thread title. Non-partisan reasons. I just find it funny.

I didn't even notice the points. I just thought it was the draft order. I was actually going to ask if anyone had the chart that showed draft value. Shows how much I pay attention. And, in reply to Soxfan49, I wasn't suggesting two 1s and two 2s for the Bears' #8 - just noticed that NE had the picks and motivation in a qb heavy first round to make the Bears' pick attractive.

I'd like to see them trade with NE (who has two 1st round and two 2nd) round picks. The Pats have to be in the market for Brady's replacement again. It would be interesting to see what the 8th pick is worth.

Nope. Not allowed to chance your opinion on any topic on a message board. Pick a lane and stay in it.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 05:13 PM) His Cheers episodes were great as well. Only 65 Just came back to post pretty much these exact words. Of course, Cheers was just a great show. Not sure if it holds up, but great for its time for sure.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 06:56 AM) R. Lee Ermey, 74, the drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket As a youngster, I saw the basic training portion of that movie so many times randomly on TV, but I never realized there was a whole second part of the movie in Vietnam. I thought that was it, lol. It's like how "Stripes" should have ended after the graduation performance, but it has 30 minutes tacked on to the end that is totally skipable.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 09:58 AM) 10 Degrees: MLB's enormous attendance drop due to bad weather or something far worse for baseball? https://sports.yahoo.com/10-degrees-mlbs-en...-152051024.html What about Kaepernik? Has anyone thought about blaming him for attendance woes? I know he was the reason for NFL ratings declining.

Saw "A Quiet Place" yesterday. I'd give it a thumbs up. Good idea that's executed well. I jumped several times, so the suspense was well executed. 90 minutes is the perfect length for this movie.

I like the idea. I wish they had done it, but I doubt they would have built the park with h those dimensions. They would have turned it some to make the lines longer. Maybe higher oufield walls in the corners to compensate. That said, the G is a fine place to see a game. Not special, but not bad. It's all about winning consistently. They can't have one good year followed by several bad if they want crowds.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Apr 10, 2018 -> 11:27 AM) True story...when my dad got remarried, I landed on the day of the wedding and arrived (and my dad had picked up my tux so it was waiting)....well, it turns out I had a "capri" tux because they had totally botched the measurements. Literally, the pants were like 8 inches off of my shoe. It was horrible (but hillarious). It was just a small wedding with only family so not a huge deal (only money spent was on a local photographer and food), but all pictures (except a few funny ones) had to be taken from the waist up. But I would had to have the situation reversed and that happen at like my daughters wedding or something. So basically...just don't be the goofball that doesn't try on a tux in advance to make sure nothing is wrong the day of the event. Haha. I know Gingiss messed up in one way or another every single tux rented for my wedding. Your Capri tux is hilarious and reminds me of one of the hardest laughs I've ever had. A friend got married in STL, so several of us drove down from Chicago and headed straight to the tux rental place on the day before the wedding. We all tried on our tuxes, and the last guy came out and his pants were short. Not quite capris, but short enough that his socks were visible. It was summer, so we came in to the place in shorts, and he was wearing white socks. When he came out of the fitting room, I just started laughing and told him his pants were too short. He disagreed. He insisted they weren't, and every time he bent forward to see what I was seeing, his pants hiked up a little. I could not stop laughing at his confusion. Twenty years later, it still make me smile to think about.

I finally got around to seeing Moonlight. I wasn't blown away. The first 2/3 have really good performances. I wouldn't have a problem with it winning acting awards. But, as a film, it was only ok/good. There is a newish trend in movies where the performances are good, but the movie seems to have no resolution. This fits that trend. I thought the same thing about Lady Bird and Phantom Thread this year. Some really good performances, I didn't hate the movies, but in the end I was left wondering what the point was.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 4, 2018 -> 10:48 AM) I like Stone a lot. I don’t really get the issues folks take with him. I think it'a because of his time with the Cubs. Some Sox fans can't get over it. If you follow NFL, everyone was wild about Tony Romo this year because he was able to "predict" plays by recognizing the formations. Stone has been doing this for years in baseball. Predicting pitches, location, hit & run, etc. Hawk was GREAT for years. Emphasis on great. Emphasis in "was."

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 6, 2018 -> 02:57 PM) Hannity is cool supporting a self proclaimed p**** grabber and supporting Roy Moore but calls Kimmel "Weinstein Jr" for some old Man Show skits. Makes sense. Hannity conveniently ignorant that Kimmel's "Man Show" partner - Adam Carolla - was as semi-regular on O'Reilly's show and has toured with Dennis Prager. I guess if you lean to the right, what you've done in the past is irrelevant to Hannity.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 29, 2018 -> 12:46 PM) Danny Mac I guess I shouldn't be surprised he got this new gig and didn't do a final "Unsupervised" podcast.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Apr 3, 2018 -> 02:41 PM) My sincerest apologies to Mr Boston, in truth I can whistle quite loud using the innie method but am incapable of the finger whistle or the standard blowing method. I am a hypocrite to the highest degree. Man, if i was flexible enough that I could whistle by blowing into my belly button, I'd probably never leave the house.