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..why does this narrative continue to prevail? 4.28 ERA last 3 years, all 3 seasons are 4+ yea, I'm off on that. But I still think starting pitching is a bigger need

eh, the Cubs seem to have no issues developing a pen, but have a dearth of young controllable (and good) starters. I dont mind the trade

It's 59° in late July, I think the cubs are just stunned by the cold temperature

I feel like that was a huge overpay for a mariners team that's at least into next year until they are truly threatening

I loved hearing about Morel and how he's in play for RoTY right up until he watched strike 3 low center of the plate

yep - if they add another receiver they'll accomplish basically everything we wanted them to during the offseason. ehh...did they?

Good for Brisker for getting what you can

moon landing was on the 21 of july, wasnt it?

plenty of casinos where he can watch/bet

As good as they seem to be at trading, they could find someone to give up a 5th for Kane

just get someone in the left field bleachers a trash can to bang one

jeezus Sofa, you're starting to sound like me. I'll make a good little urban planner out of you after all!

Could be fun

Derwood, name one nfl stadium that doesnt host any big events that arent football related i'll give you eternity to find one You're quibbling with the semantics of cookie-cutter/multi-use. Fine. My point is that many owners want their own version of the SuperDome owners want to make bagillions on their big (not really public) public space, and the evolution of that is far from the SuperDome

Derwood, name one nfl stadium that doesnt host any big events that arent football related i'll give you eternity to find one

all three of those stadiums were concepted as NFL stadiums. a true multi-purpose stadium (such as Minneapolis's old Metrodome which was designed for the Vikings, Twins, and Gophers) hasn't been built in decades. A soccer team playing in an NFL stadium isnt close to the same thing...in fact I bet outside of the Sounders, there isn't an MLS team that doesn't want its own soccer-specific stadium, most nfl stadiums are too big. new nfl stadiums are developed with heaps of supporting amenities surrounding the stadium, Soldier Field doesnt have the surrounding area for that unless the city wants to buy the surrounding blocks to make it happen The new "multi-purpose" stadium concept is a venue that is primarily used for football, but has a dome/retractable roof so that it can also host Wrestlemania or the Final Four or the NBA draft or whatever. Teams with fairly new stadiums (or remodels, like Cleveland and Chicago) are now enamored with spending millions on either new stadiums or retrofitting their current stadiums just to host the occasional indoor marquee event. a football stadium that hosts other big ticket events...like every other football stadium built in the last 50 years. I'm nit-picking the term "mulit-purpose" here, but the meaning was meant to describe a stadium that had no specific or primary focus/team/sport. Nobody is building that type of stadium any longer, because they end up sucking at everything.

what? what new nfl teams stadium is considered "multi-use"? they are all nfl specific stadiums...and have been for the past 20-25 years Met Life is for all intents and purposes the vet or three rivers or the stadium it replaced: all three of those stadiums were concepted as NFL stadiums. a true multi-purpose stadium (such as Minneapolis's old Metrodome which was designed for the Vikings, Twins, and Gophers) hasn't been built in decades. A soccer team playing in an NFL stadium isnt close to the same thing...in fact I bet outside of the Sounders, there isn't an MLS team that doesn't want its own soccer-specific stadium, most nfl stadiums are too big. new nfl stadiums are developed with heaps of supporting amenities surrounding the stadium, Soldier Field doesnt have the surrounding area for that unless the city wants to buy the surrounding blocks to make it happen

what? what new nfl teams stadium is considered "multi-use"? they are all nfl specific stadiums...and have been for the past 20-25 years

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this is what my PAC-10 friends currently call the B1G, ironically

Its going to be weird at first to play, say, UCLA in an in-conference game for a while. I love that the B1G growing conference and its only a testament to their purchasing power really, but it almost is starting to feel like it could rival the NFL in size and scope. Same for the SEC really.

They have the Dallas market, which is effectively unattainable by the B1G at this point. As for the B1G waiting on ND before going to Washington/Oregon, I'm wondering if the B1G will look at other ACC teams if ND agrees to join, shoot for a UNC or some ACC rival that ND wants to maintain. And Houston, Atlanta and I suspect all of Florida soon. pittance (I'm just teasing you)

So now the B1G has solid coverage and/or schools in the NYC, Chicago and LA markets. who you got SEC, Birmingham?

didnt Nate Silver make the argument like 5-10 years ago that the B1G was likley to become the more successful conference due to its massive schools and therefor following/ https://archive.nytimes.com/thequad.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/19/the-geography-of-college-football-fans-and-realignment-chaos/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+nyt/rss/Sports+(NYT+%253E+Sports)&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimessports

Like sounds like collusion, def smells like a kick back or some other benefit