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Yeah I usually stay up fairly late, but I still conked out in the 9th and missed the ending. I watched the game, drove home from the bar, watched BCS, Walking Dead season finale and the season finale of Fear the Walking Dead finale. Looking forward to some hockey and Cubs tonight. At least I think I'll see the hockey game. San Diego Cox cable always ties the first week of free MLB EI with the Hockey PPV package, as they share the same channels.

he has a 3000 OPS for crying out loud Does it really matter who DH's? The Cubs will be facing the bullpen by the 3rd inning.

Montero can DH today with Ross behind the plate. If we're sitting Schwarber because the pitcher is really good against lefties, why would we DH Montero? I'm trying to keep Szczur out of the line up, so leave me alone.

Montero can DH today with Ross behind the plate.

7pm starts are awesome for us Californians.

That line up looks amazing!

Could be. I am just guessing but I think the number is 7. He loses playoff time, so the league does not appear to be lenient. I doubt the league really cares about appearing lenient. Every decision they make seems lenient to someone. Even 7 would be fine if they were able to appeal it back to 5 games.

So a trade for an impact player is still a possibility? Say someone like Jimmy Graham?

Did it ever get explained what #4 did to get an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty?

Probably not.

Soler Baez Ross Do you want another two infielders instead? LaStella and ?? Think we'd do better for a PH bat from an OFer. Also, one of our outfielders is going to catch sometimes. Yeah, David's last sentence is the selling point. With Ross and Schwarber, you have two back ups at C. With Baez and LaStella, you have two guys backing up the infield. With Soler and probably Victorino, you have 2 guys backing up the outfield. That Bryant, Zobrist and Baez can all play outfield as well doesn't force a 5th outfielder, but there is certainly room on the roster for 5 bats, so why not?

No. It's $8 mil this year and $9 mil next year if both sides opt in and $5 mil if either side opts out. So at most we have him for $17 mil the next two years and the least it's $13 mil for this year. If I understand Rogers tweets correctly. Wasn't the Orioles rumor 3/35m? He left a lot of money on the table to come back if that's the case.

This is amazing. Much happiness!

And that sorry excuse of a human being, Talib.

DeMarcus Ware didn't play in that game against the Bears. HUGE difference.

Usual Suspects for me. Primal Fear is another one that comes to mind that could have made the list, but certainly doesn't top Usual Suspects, Fight Club or The Game.

It would be nice if Hoyer didn't have the same initials as Hendry. It distracted my reading enjoyment.

Maybe they just passed notes back and forth to each other last year.

Why does he want to get rid of the tailgating? That seems like a really weird reason to refuse to work with the city to get a brand new stadium. That's only part of it. But, the people tailgaiting are eating and drinking their own food for hours before the game, which is revenue they feel they are losing in concessions. ETA: Oops. Responded to a notification that I received, not noticing that Goony already responded with the same answer. Actually like Goony's response better since he included the ridiculous prices that they charge in the stadium.

I don't think they are hitting Russell there because he hasn't managed to hit himself out of that spot yet. They like him there, which is actually a compliment to Russell. It adds a 3rd bat to set the table for the best hitters in the line up. Getting the pitcher's spot further away from when the #3 and #4 hitters hit is valuable to production.

So he waits it out a full year and jumps at the very last chance? NFL gave Spanos until March of '17 to make a commitment.The next year will be very interesting to watch unfold.

Spanos is playing nice with San Diego to screw the Raiders and San Diego. The Raiders don't have a place to play. If the Chargers announce LA, they will have to be the 4th team playing out of the Coliseum next year along with Rams, UCLA and USC. That's a scheduling nightmare, and it won't really be all that popular for the Chargers since they will be out of their market and 4th in popularity at that location. If they announce LA, the Raiders will move to San Diego immediately because Qualcomm is still inhabitable. The Chargers don't want that third team in SoCal because it hurts their share of the market long term. They will only be leasing in LA, so they are only renters with no home of their own. Spanos is probably just going to spin the team once they get to LA next year. San Diego isn't being fooled by Spanos. He's only making nice in hopes that people buy tickets to games. He's definitely out of here unless the city ponies up for a stadium, which they have yet to do before the threat to LA was real. This has been crazy to watch unfold. If Spanos was willing to let a new stadium be built in the parking lot of Qualcomm, the chances of getting some city backing could happen. But, he's absolutely standing his ground that he wants a downtown stadium because he wants tailgaiting to go away, which is a huge tradition in this town.

I'm formerly Peoria. That's all the representin' it needs! But, loved listening to Brickhouse. Geez I'm old. Peoria to San Diego? [expletive] that's one hell of an upgrade. Yeah. I'm still diggin' it.

I'm formerly Peoria. That's all the representin' it needs! But, loved listening to Brickhouse. Geez I'm old.

When playing in money leagues, which is what I do, do you all have veto powers on trades or do you let league management allow all trades regardless of how one sided they might seem?