Derwood

He's right about the minutes thing. Coaches like Popovich understand that possibly losing a few regular season games in order to give your starters rest is worth it in the long run. I love Thibs, but if Deng is out here. 40+ minutes per game again I'm going to be annoyed

It feels like the Blackhawks play every single day

I've never understood this argument. It's not like all of a sudden the AL teams can only have 24 guys on their rosters. This would actually make it more likely that a marginally talented hitter would get a roster spot as a defensive replacement just about every game. There would still be the same number of players on rosters, they'd just be arranged a bit differently. They wouldn't agree to losing 15 job spots that make s crapton more money than some random all glove Rey Ordonez type who gets onto a roster as the 25th man. That and the DH allows for some of the better hitters over a generation to stay in the game longer than they normally could have without it when they no longer can really play a position anymore. Maybe we should provide them a hoveround to run the bases as well

My only worry is that Thibs is going to Dusty these guys into exhaustion by playoff time

oh so much schadenfreude

Can't wait to see how PSU will give up 40+ to Illinois

Megatron is not human

So PSU's rookie defensive coordinator is an abomination (first PSU team in school history to give up 40+ points in three straight games). Any potential names out there to step in next year?

TT: The posting fee would not count against the payroll, so it won't be part of the luxury tax calculation. But internally speaking, it would have to count against the Baseball Operations budget. Let's assume the Cubs Baseball Ops total budget for 2014 is $150M - that includes payroll for the 40 man roster, funding minor league ops like scouting and player development, coaches and executive salaries, training centers, etc... Let's assume Mr. Epstein has calculated that he has already spent $90M on the guaranteed contracts plus all the other stuff, and can spend up to $60M more on the 40 man roster. So, he adds up the $60M posting fee plus Tanaka's $12M salary (e.g. 6 years $72M) plus $30M in additional moves he wants to make for the 2014 team. So, he needs $102M, but only has $60M to spend. What does he do? He goes to Mr. Ricketts and says, "boss, I need to borrow $42M." Ricketts might say, "Sure, but I will have to lower your future budget by $7-8M per year over the next 6 years to pay for it." Or, he might say, "I'll give you $24M, but you need to trade $18M in salaries to fund the rest." Theo will have to consider his options carefully. From my vantage point, I think the Cubs should got for it! With the team set to have fairly cheap offensive productivity over the next few years, investing in difference-making pitching seems like a no-brainer. what the [expletive] Only 5 1/2 years between posts.

Kingkongvsgodzilla maybe?

Welp, better luck next year

Ah ha ha

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I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS BUT OKEY-DOKEY

Or you could watch some games and delete your twitter account

Oh I'm definitely a casual hockey fan. I mean, I watch it all the time now, but I really just got into it with the 2010 SC run. I can probably count on both hands the number of non-Blackhawks I have more than passing familiarity with. My wife is in the same boat, and she now claims hockey to her favorite sport. Football was the only real competition for her though. Me too. I bought NHL 14 for PS3 and every time I play a new team I have no idea who most of the players are.

Chain smoking will do that

It's annoying how resigns and re-signs mean opposite things

This field is eating players alive

Rodgers plz

Ohio State will lose as well

Worst.....World Series.....EVAR

ha ha ha, [expletive] the SEC

Can Georgia please stop being ranked now?

I meant that UCF beat a team (PSU) that has better coaching and players