Something tells me he can afford to lose the cost of an all expenses vacation to Cuba and Puerto Rico. $4 locked up with the Vieques ferry isn’t worth the paperwork.

What in the hell is 43.33 C? Sounds made up. We speak American here, not this new world order nonsense. Sad!

Where I live, the tax burden is extraordinary, as is the case for most metropolitan areas. Sales tax, facility tax, convenience fees, taxi and rental car fees, convention center taxes, flight taxes and on and on.

Try to take a subsidized Amtrak train ride between cities on the East Coast for anything approaching airline fares. Air travel is an amazing value provided you’re traveling between metropolitan centers.

Worked with a guy from China years back. He used to explain that one of the benefits of being a Young Pioneer is that you only have to wait days instead of weeks or months to get a train ticket.

The main reason that celebrities settle is to avoid the negative publicity of a trial or lengthy public legal fight. Jose Fernandez has no such concerns.

Already amazing.

+1 you like that

Maker is an Australian citizen. This is a non-issue for him.

Carved from reclaimed old-growth ....

Michael Redd 2.0

Josh Gibson is possibly one of the top ten baseball position players ever. Definitely top 15.

+1 disruptive innovation

I always knew the movie about the rugby plane crash cannibals was a remake

Go Carp or go home.

“purchase” of contracts of minor leaguers is old vernacular used when players are added to the 40-man roster. Going up is a purchase. Going down is an outright or an option.

A) He files everywhere he plays.

Mike Trout worked for the California Angels while in the minors, not the minor league affiliates - Anaheim cut his paychecks.

Jim’s back.