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And ESPN is treating it like a funeral
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The "everybody gets a trophy" complainers are annoying. It's pretty simple to differentiate a trophy that has been given for winning and for participation. It's not ruining anyone's life and at most it goes into a memory book or something. They act like its new or that it's unique to this generation. We got participation trophies in soccer in the early 80's...this isn't a new thing
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I hope he starts giving out gift baskets
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you should have spoilered this just in case derwood came across it. this post is going to enrage him You guys are [expletive] weird
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Cubs sign Fife
Derwood replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You sat on this bombshell for a WEEK????? -
I find the semantic argument of "gambling" vs. "sports entertainment" to be absurd. Don't know how people twist themselves into pretzels trying to argue that those aren't gambling sites
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It's not a career, but it's a path to an athletic scholarship (and getting a full ride at D-1 for swimming is exceptionally difficult) But I agree that it's too much, especially at that age. If the kid doesn't end up hating swimming it'll be a miracle For what it's worth, the kid is Asian, and the situation felt like a stereotypical "Asian parents expect kid to be #1 in everything" deal
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There's an interesting gray area when it comes to pushing your child to be the best vs letting him or her be a kid. When my daughter swam competitively, there was an 8 year old boy who was an amazing swimmer. He competed against 9 and 10 year olds and won. He set local YMCA records in nearly every event he swam. It wasn't just natural talent, though. This kids father made him come to the YMCA every day before school to swim laps for an hour (in addition to another 90 minutes of practice each night). To me, that seemed like a lot for an 8 year old. Now I never saw any verbal abuse or "from the stands" coaching from the father, nor did I see any outward disappointment in second place finishes, so, as I said, it's a sort of fuzzy territory
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I wouldn't call that vendetta "terrible"
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I rooted for Laundry before you heard of it
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Tortella is an idiot. He probably wants Saad to hit people which is not his game. I saw he's moved Johansen to wing. Tortella is about "sending messages", so he'll drop your line or sit you as a healthy scratch if you suck. Big picture, it doesn't seem to be working
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Saw some 40 something men yelling at the 14 year old girl umps at my daughter's softball games. That was special
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Saying I wasn't a fan of Castro means getting banned? Get a grip, son
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Tripling down if you don't watch it
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I didn't realize people still had such an attachment to him. I mean, I pretty much divorced myself from liking him when he was our worst hitter most of the year
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I gave that up years ago. IMB! is the nut over that stuff now
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That frame rate is pretty bad.....time to update your graphics card, David
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You only pretended to be someone else once, right? you mean at nsbb. not daydreaming during quiet afternoons of baseball mogul marathons, right? is baseball mogul still a thing?
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He's been completely non-productive after a hot start He's played 28 games and has 17 points (3 off the team lead, btw) which puts him on pace for around 50 points. In his best season as a Blackhawk, he had 52 points. The real problem is that he's can't fill the "star player/best player on the team" role. Which is likely what CBJ thought they were getting when they signed him. He has 0 goals and 3 assists on his last 10 games. I'd take a goal or two from him right now
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I wish our old posts had the username/avatar/sig attached from the time the post was made.
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I don't remember anything about anyone. Mojo is the one with the spreadsheets
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My daughters don't care
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Cubs Sign Zobrist - 4/$56M
Derwood replied to David's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
But he's 34 so really that's just like .100/.100/.100 -
He's been completely non-productive after a hot start
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Felix Leiter = Dave Kaplan?
