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the tradition of nsbb mods locking threads seemingly randomly and then starting their own duplicate threads out of boredom persisting over more than 2 decades is something i think we can all get behind

Listen, child, I am in no way condescending and it appears you don’t even know what that word means anyway

not only was the soriano contract fine, they literally signed him to that deal to increase the price of the team so they could sell it to ricketts for more money. i sure wish the ricketts would sign a couple big ticket guys and sell the team too

does make me curious what he does with nico. He's 28 and he's really good but if Nico wants more than say, 4-5 years, I could see Jed balking at committing to a light-hitting MIF who's nearing 30.

he's 33, has had two straight years of being a negative offensively and defensively. You should be able to find a .700 ops LF who can't run in AAA for free. Garcia getting a contract at all is just the hope that you get a one-year dead cat bounce.

yeah, the foul up 3 thing is the right thing to do, but it makes the end of the games terrible slogs. It won't stop until the league decides to stop it.

man i really hope the heyward contract, which went bad in a way not one single person could have realistically predicted, has not had them spooked off 100m contracts for a decade. the heyward contract wasnt even that big of a deal, it was really how they decided to react to it that horsefeathered them up

god damn, maybe i was too hard on tom and kyle. sorry boys

yeah, the kelly deal feels more like the salary floor for a capable starter more than something that's gonna push the mid-tier targets into higher prices

Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a storm-tossed tale of obsession, revenge, and class conflict, driven by the turbulent relationship between Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw and the destructive cycles they set in motion among the families at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff’s outsider status and Catherine’s conflicted loyalties fuel a narrative where love, cruelty, and vengeance intermingle, often with tragic consequences for multiple generations. The novel’s wild Yorkshire moors and Gothic atmosphere mirror the characters’ raw emotions and the self-perpetuating cycle of suffering they create. Likewise, the 2025 Chicago Cubs season has been marked by its own emotional highs and lows as the franchise navigates the complex dynamics of competition and expectation. After finishing 92–70 and earning their first full postseason berth since 2020, the Cubs showed promise and resilience, advancing past the Wild Card Series before falling narrowly in the NLDS to the Brewers. Their season—full of potent offense and spirited play—reflects a team in the midst of transformation, trying to balance emerging talent with the pressures of achieving long-awaited success in a topsy-turvy division. As the 2025 offseason unfolds, parallels to Wuthering Heights emerge in the Cubs’ narrative arc: unresolved ambitions, transformative decisions, and the lingering tension between past frustrations and future aspirations. Just as Heathcliff’s unresolved conflict with Catherine propels ongoing strife, the Cubs enter the offseason with the sting of near-success pushing them to make pivotal roster moves—such as adding veterans like Hoby Milner and pursuing arms like Zac Gallen—while seeking the cohesion and edge that might finally break their postseason drought. Both stories—fictional and sporting—are shaped by how characters and organizations confront their histories, recalibrate after setbacks, and strive toward a more satisfying destiny.

I think we all know guys like this in real life. They’ll say the craziest stuff to you because they’ve convinced themselves that if they sound really smart, people will like them, all the while holding a huge forced smile the entire time to try and convince you they’re normal. I respect it

Sure but the team you were griping about being too good is in oklahoma and can’t sign real FAs

what does the salary cap have to do with bad teams? I love you and i say this with respect, you seem to just be saying stuff

i actually think the opposite of this is true. Additionally, the CBA is so new its impacts on parity (it was specifically designed to defeat dynasties) hasn't been felt yet. OKC just did a good job of being ready for it, in no small part because it's GM was part of the CBA committee as it was being built. in the last 10 years, only the warriors (3 titles) have won more than 1, and they got that based on the last CBA allowing them to add KD to a team that had just won 73 games, followed by a fluky unexpected win in 21-22.

i love whatever this is

anyway, justin steele is already on the roster

i dont think jed is giving bregman a 6 year deal unless there's an opt-out every 3 months

i know if i complain about the cubs not signing cease, he'll tear his elbow up before may and ill look like an idiot for wanting to give 7 years to a guy who's already dead. But if i say that Cease was not the guy for Jed to pay up for, he'll win 120 games over the next 7 years and forge a hall of fame career. too much power for one man to wield, so i'll say we'll just have to wait and see

tucker is an elite bat, but his age and injury history make the long contract he wants a non-starter for me. Maybe just a prisoner of the moment thing because of how the season ended for him, but im just not interested. The cubs don't seem likely to ever have more than one big contract on the books, so it's gonna have to just be a perfect fit stituation imo

hey not to compare the franchises or players here really, but for all the credit okc gets, the rebuild (which has been as flawless as you can get) started with them trading a veteran to a contender for a young unproven player who found himself in the perfect role, was able to stretch his game out, and everything flowed from there. you're in the freaking east, youre a third player and a giannis trade to the west away from being a conference title contender

i would be way more hesitant (and im still a little hesitant) to defend him because you just never know, maybe there's some other case of this floating around and we haven't heard about it. but it really appears to be a one-off incident, it's easy to see how it could have happened, and to-date there has been nothing before or after alleged in any way that would make you think he was a bad guy and would cause you to look at it in a different light. even the actual incident itself was sleuthed out by internet detectives looking at instagram posts, the girl never alleged he was manipulative or abusive in any way. but i understand having mixed feelings, it's not like the nba has done a great job of policing this kind of thing COUGH COUGH CHARLOTTE HORNETS COUGH

the giddey stuff is so overblown to me, it's just a twitter thing where people take a surface look at the allegations and lump it all into one pile. he was a 19 year old foreigner in a state with nothing to do, his teammates were all adults and he had a brief, possibly sexual encounter with another teenager. by all accounts he broke the relationship or however you want to describe it off after finding out, seemed like he understood the gravity of what had happened, never blamed the media or the girl or whatever, and there has never once been any similar allegation or just as important, never been an allegation of any type of wrong doing or anything of any type. I think at this point anyone who is bringing up that stuff either doesnt understand what they're talking about or is doing it in bad faith.

i love how all the cards im nostalgic for are junk wax. There's a little card shop nearby and once a year I go up there and buy $8 boxes of 1990 topps or whatever they have laying around and the nostalgia is so crazy