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Shoulda just signed Bortles and kept the pick and several millions of dollars.

But how many of those other reasons would allow me to harken back to my glory days as a 17 year old on the gridiron?

Yea I mean, these type of quotes are usually worthless and the little I've seen from AK I think it will be even more so true. Doesn't seem like the type who wants to show his hand. That said, even in most terrible drafts there's at least some decent players so a little lotto luck to get your pick would be nice.

Honestly was probably in reference to a cigarette in some British based TV show

Spurs?

Lots of rumors had come out in the past week that he was sticking around. So I'll take it AK found the mole :-o

Couldn't agree more. It's roster mgmt issue, not a gameplay issue.

Expanded rosters should solve a lot of the issues surrounding the long extra innings games and stuff. 28 might be a tad high (you don't want guys wasting away on your bench) , but I wonder if they could have something akin to NBA 2 way players with special service time rules where you could expand up to 28 players and have flexibility to pull guys up short term after a marathon 18 inning game or whatever. Maybe even have the occasional planned double header with expanded taxi rosters and then you're able to insert more planned off days into the schedule. As to the original poll I said DH and 3 batter, but I could be swayed either way in the 3 batter minimum.

Discovering yesterday that my bro in law has a set of clubs that he says he rarely uses just became key into my next steps. Now my initial equipment investment can be zero and he'd probably be happy to let me store them in my garage instead of his (and we're close by so he can swing by and grab them the 1 time a year he might use them).

Likely lending credence to the fact that this is partially a larger fight over athletes rights and university admins digging in and canceling rather than risk a unified players association?

Ah yes, it's the framework of their mission statement which has them so disconcerted over a players union.

Interesting article re the short season (with good Cubs centric reference) https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/bad-teams-may-be-posing-as-good-teams-in-a-60-game-baseball-season/

Plus, donations to the Trump Reelection campaign aren't org costs.

I mean that's pretty funny, but if that's the funniest story, baseball is even more boring than I thought. He must have left out the NSFW gems.

Highly recommend. Maybe it’s because I was already playing a “hit thing on ground with a stick” sport, and maybe it’s because I haven’t actually played a real round yet and my hubris will catch up with me, but I have a sneaking suspicion it’s easier to be not terrible than many people have you believe. I see a lot of patterns that mirror other hobbies I’ve picked up where a vocal minority insisted it was incredibly difficult to get better but they were mostly shooting themselves in the foot. I am pretty sure a lot of struggling amateur golfers are 1) neglecting their short game. Ive got a putting mat and chipping target at home, and anytime I have some downtime to watch tv or kid wants to be left alone in the yard, I’m grinding the simple shots. 2) overhitting to chase distance. Ultimately if I do it with my buddies on a trip, I know it will be 80% about beers, cigars, and dicking around, and I could literally just do that with them and not pick up a club, but think I would enjoy the last 20% if I can look like it's not my second time picking up clubs (I've golfed 9 holes one other time and it was "best ball" so I couldn't slow things down). But beyond the trip, I'm way too sedentary and while I should also do some real workouts too, golf does sound more appealing the older I get and seeing how my body has aged going on 15 years from my athletic prime. Insert the possibility to leverage it for business outings as well is more and more appealing as I shift into roles where I am expected to be a true advocate for my company and help establish/maintain relationships outside the 9-5 working relationship. I wouldn't want to offer a round of golf to a client/potential client right now and that's a little limiting.

I suppose it's partly due to Corona, but also due to my buddies who I do a weekend trip with every year talking about making next year a golf trip, has me interested in picking up golf. The last few pages of this have been gold. Thanks for sharing your journey Kyle. I'll be sure to post my personal updates if I get around to it. I think getting over the hurdle of trying something is gonna be big to get over because it is a bit intimidating.

Which was named after Black Hawk, right? I think the name or at least logo will go the way of the Washington Football team or Cleveland Indians. They're still just higher hanging fruit.

That annual cost for the entry level is nice.

Damn.

Man I wish he had resigned

Regardless of the conditions thats way more than I thought they could get. They got a thing. I didn't think they'd get a thing. Pretty much. With that and Braunecker cut, they've shaved a few mil of cap and the once crowded TE group is coming into picture (I was never counting on Shaheen making the roster, but this confirms it)

Regardless of the conditions thats way more than I thought they could get.