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He's not wearing those this season. -
Pham to the DL with a strained oblique. Diaz called up.
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Shaw, Yao and Iverson is a really nice HoF Class.
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Gah, He's blocked me...I thought I wasn't supposed to be able to see this horsefeathers.
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I think it's childish to consider that being thrown under the bus. And it's also silly to criticize them for filing a lawsuit. The womens' team have been treated poorly and need to do what they can negotiate improvements while the iron is hot. Poorly is a bit much. Especially if it's Hope Solo complaining she's been treated poorly. If Tim Howard beat the [expletive] out of his nephew, got tanked and stole a team van with his wife he probably wouldn't get called up anymore. Oh FFS. None of Solo's issues have anything to do with what's being talked about here. Bringing that up is exactly what was wrong with Bedoya and Jozy's tweets.
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No, it's a revenue and union issue. The women generate a lot less revenue and get essentially subsidized by USSF in terms of base salary and the fact that USSF subsidizes nearly their entire professional league. They aren't getting paid less because they're women. The gap in bonuses are what they collectively bargained for and are based on revenues and the other benefits they already get but aren't being discussed because they don't fit the narrative that Kessler and the WNT are putting out there. So you do think they should just shut up and deal.
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Haha, ok. That's not what she was talking about though, and you know it.
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That is a complete misreading of the entire situation. I mean, of course it's a PR issue....every collective bargaining is. And make no mistake, the lawsuit is completely part of the collective bargaining process. But they gain nothing by tearing down the MNT. They want to raise the WNT to the same pay level. "Framed it as a gender issue"....that's probably because it is one.
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I get why the MNT would be mad about Wambach's comments, but Solo was arguing more that the women should be treated the same as the men, not that the men had done anything wrong. I don't think she was throwing them under the bus even a little bit. She said the men get paid to "just show up" while "they win championships". How is that not throwing the MNT under the bus? Because the entire point was about pay! She's saying that the men get paid for simply appearing....where the women don't. And that the women don't get paid for winning championships like the men do. She wasn't saying anything about the quality of the men's team.
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I get why the MNT would be mad about Wambach's comments, but Solo was arguing more that the women should be treated the same as the men, not that the men had done anything wrong. I don't think she was throwing them under the bus even a little bit.
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Oh come on. He was making a petty joke about Wambach's criticism about foreign-born players being recruited for the US team. Okay? And? Are you saying that Bedoya shouldn't have taken the cheap shot at her? I was simply pointing out that his point was to be a dick. And that's fine. If he wants to do that, that's his prerogative. But for him to then point to his friend almost having died in a drunk driving accident...well that's awful, but that's completely aside from the "foreign-born" joke tweet.
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I'd think USMNT members would be hesitant to crack wise about players involved in drinking and driving situations Why's that? Because one of them nearly died not-driving because a drunk crashed? That was kind of Bedoya's point as he made clear in subsequent tweets. Oh come on. He was making a petty joke about Wambach's criticism about foreign-born players being recruited for the US team.
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[tweet]https://twitter.com/daynperry/status/717006365252673536[/tweet]
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http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/04/04/baffoe-the-start-of-not-a-cubs-season-but-an-era/
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He was just projecting the lineup. There's no lineup out yet.
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Jeff Baker was the opening day 1B in 2012. But yeah, Lahair was an AS that year.
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http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/is-it-really-finally-the-cubs-year/
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Longest Cub major league tenure. Szczur has been with the organization longer, but Rizzo has been on the major league team longer. Travis Wood? Looks like the Cubs traded for him in December 2011, but he wasn't called up to the majors until May 2012. Rizzo was traded for in Jan 2012, and called up late June 2012, so unless I'm missing something, you're right. EDIT: Yep. http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2016/03/teams-reportedly-contacting-the-cubs-about-lhp-travis-wood.php
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Explain that first sentence. There's plenty of players on the Cubs that have been in the major leagues longer than Rizzo.
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Bah, they're gonna come up with excuses no matter what. And no matter how many thousands of excuses they come up with, I could care less so long as the Cubs win.
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[tweet] [/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/JozyAltidore/status/716712723195629568[/tweet]
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Games all week are gonna be late, between Anaheim and Arizona.
