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I am so sick of watching these assholes hit 3s. It's like watching a 10 year old play a video game.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 09:44 PM) You can't argue with what we've seen so far. First at bat laid off a nice breaking ball. Showed good range at short to his left once. I dig. This.

What Jersey number for Anderson?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2016 -> 09:36 AM) It is way sooner than I wanted, but se la ve. c'est la vie

QUOTE (Jose Paniagua @ Jun 8, 2016 -> 01:37 PM) If you recall it was said that he would start swinging a bat by June. So in essence he's just like Abreu BAMMM Well done, sir!

Fargo Season 2 The Night Manager was an awesome mini series That's a couple. I enjoyed the first episode of Feed The Beast, and I need to co-sign the Silicon Valley and Veep talk. Absolutely outstanding night of programming on HBO with those two, Jon Oliver, and obviously GoT.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 12:52 PM) The problem with acquiring a guy like Shields is if he does what he was acquired to do, be a 4th starter, it will be a disappointment to the majority of fans who expect him to be an ace. There are zero fans who expect James Shields to be an ace. Where do you get that?

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jun 6, 2016 -> 09:59 AM) How are the Cavs less competitive this year than last year with less players? Kyrie and Love are just f***ing pathetic. They hurt the team. Last year LeBron took it to 6 by himself. Of course, the W's are better this year, too.

This is an embarrassment.

Kevin Love is a joke.

I'll be pulling hard for LeBron. This should be a good series. Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving need to hit their open shots.

F*ck.

Why is this pinned?

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ May 27, 2016 -> 04:23 PM) I worked 30 hours a week on top of 10 hours of grad school. Many people do tbat. And you're over estimating how many people work this mythical 70-80 hour work week happily. For starters, no employer is paying that much overtime Well that's false.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 26, 2016 -> 04:09 PM) The people that tend to scream at how hard they work tend to be those incredibly out of touch with the efforts of those around them. Not surprised you are drawn to that. I never said I was anything special. I get tired of the loudest voices coming from those who expect to have things handed to them. I don't think studying for interviews is a unique or novel idea. I feel like it's a requirement. I am shocked at how many people don't do that. My point also remains that these kids just keep staying in college longer with no real purpose and act like the people graduating the last 15 years didn't also have student loan debt. It's very confusing.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 26, 2016 -> 02:13 PM) I made 23k out of college and afforded rent among other things. The people that say you need to make 70k to afford Chicago are full of s***. This, too. I worked my regular job (though I was making 38, still not much) and then did some Blockbuster management part time. My then girlfriend (now wife) and I shared a one bedroom apartment and both drove 10 year old cars.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 26, 2016 -> 09:10 AM) My parents let me stay one year and then I had to go. That was it. I moved out at 19. I'm kinda tired of hearing about the crippling debt of college. The big issue here is that all these kids are staying past 4 years. All four of my cousins are in their 5th to 7th year of college, and they aren't becoming f***ing doctors or lawyers. Two of them are doing political science and the other psychology. The student loans are paid off rather easily by making the minimum payment - I paid mine off last year. The rates are low. These same idiots complaining about their student loans are the ones who just had to get a shiny new car, too, and then they struggle. Shocker. Also, I don't think finding a job today is any easier or harder than it was in 2006 when I went out after it. This isn't 2009 and 2010. I worked an unpaid internship (with the Blackhawks) that opened doors to get interviews, in my eyes. Then I applied for like 200 suburban entry level marketing jobs and studied my ass off and prepared like no other for said interviews so I could get a job. I took the time to know about the company, what they wanted, prepare custom presentations given on a laptop, just to blow them away. And I still got rejected for a bunch because it WAS F*CKING COMPETITIVE THEN, TOO. I wound up taking an entry level job as a marketing coordinator at a f***ing stenography company. Your first job out of college is never going to be your dream job. These kids these days (and trust me, I interview plenty of them) show up for interviews and have no idea what the hell they're even doing there. It's a sense of entitlement that f***s them, and those clowns don't deserve the jobs they're going after. Then they complain about not being able to get a job, live with their parents forever, age themselves out of the jobs they should have gotten years ago, and then cry that Bernie Sanders isn't going to be president. Lazy little b****es. All of them. I have 6 millennials working in my department from tons interviewed. These were the few that actually did what I did and prepared, and they got the jobs.

Given they don't have a website, I'm not going to worry about pasting the entire thing. Enjoy. You can subscribe to The Ringer here. Don't Call Him Scrappy: Adam Eaton Has Been One of the Best Outfielders in Baseball By Michael Baumann In this era of initials-based, corporate nicknames like OBJ and A-Rod, you know who’s got a great nickname? Adam “Spanky” Eaton. It’s a little racy, and chock-full of strong consonant sounds. Plus it’s short, fun, energetic — not unlike Eaton himself. After popping onto the scene as a decent prospect in Arizona in 2012-13, Eaton has been an afterthought for most of his career. First, he became the third- or fourth-biggest name in the Mark Trumbo trade (three Mark Trumbo trades ago). Since then, he’s been stuck on a team that (1) hasn’t been very good and (2) plays in the shadow of the Cubs. Even within the White Sox bubble, he’s been overshadowed by José Abreu and Chris Sale. He’s never made an All-Star team or received a single MVP vote. Hell, if he’s the most famous Adam Eaton of the past 10 years, that happened only recently. Now, in the early months of this season, the 27-year-old Eaton has found himself at or near the top of the FanGraphs WAR leaderboard, serving as the position-player avatar among position players for a White Sox team that is itself atop another notable leaderboard: the AL Central. So, what’s changed from 2015 to 2016? Not much, actually. He’s striking out a little less often, which is good, but his 2016 wRC+ (118) is the same as last year and only a point higher than in 2014. In fact, the fWAR jump has a lot to do with his defense: After grading out as an average-ish defensive center fielder over the past few seasons, ultimate zone rating has him as a plus-11-run defender in right over two months. While it makes intuitive sense that an average center fielder would be an above-average right fielder, such an extreme number over a small sample probably exaggerates his impact so far. Rather, he’s likely been this good all along. FanGraphs, Baseball Prospectus, and Baseball-Reference all rate him as being, at minimum, a three-win player in each of the past two seasons and at least a two-win player so far this season. That might not get you into the Hall of Fame, but it’s enough to make you a first-division regular. Eaton’s relative obscurity, then, might have something to do with that nickname, which connotes an undersized, scrappy player who gets by on force of will instead of talent. In the days of sites like Fire Joe Morgan and the early sabermetric revolution, players like these were lauded by traditional sportswriters and reviled by the newcomers who have since gone on to become some of baseball media’s biggest voices. Here’s to you, David Eckstein. There’s likely been a little bit of an overcorrection since. Players like Eaton, who look like grinders, get labeled as such even when they bring more to the table. He gets his jersey dirty, sure, but he’s really an above-average on-base bat who hit 14 home runs last year and can play center field. Not bad for a guy named Spanky.

1995-96 Bulls .870 winning percentage (regular season + Playoffs) will remain the best ever even if the Warriors win out (89-14 - .864).

They have a 1.5 game lead near the end of May. All teams go through a rut, they'll go on a run again soon.

If I ever spend $400 on a f***ing cooler just come put me out of my misery given I'd clearly have lost my mind.

let's goooooooooooooooooooooo

QUOTE (SoxPride18 @ May 24, 2016 -> 11:05 AM) Threw a perfect game with Jose Quintana yesterday lol I took a no-no into the 8th with Sale last night. Closest I've gotten.

The whole Bran, white walker, tree people storyline could go away and I wouldn't mind one bit. Getting a little lame.

I'll chat up anyone anywhere. That's likely awkward in a way too, though! But yeah, not really an issue for me these days.