Yeah. One of the many benefits to winning the lottery is that it probably helps convince Hall to re-up.

Patrick’s injuries also impacted things in that draft.

Kakko is really good. Hughes is better. There are two franchise talents in the draft, but they aren’t a tossup. Hughes is definitely the #1 pick.

That’s a Cardinals fan thing. Not so much a Cardinals management thing. They probably let him walk at the end of the year and take the comp pick.

and let’s not forget Aaron Hicks for John Ryan Murphy.

I don’t know if that qualifies as a hot take as much as it’s just the only acceptable opinion on the area.

you seem pretty well-adjusted.

No. Because those guys are black. He obviously isn’t applying this freedom to them.

Except of course if you leave your feet to secure the ball, land, turn around, dive, and then lose control of the ball after the dive.

It is the worst. It’s the baseball equivalent of the glow-puck.

Does she get a big bonus from her label if she’s #1 compared to #2? Otherwise, who cares? It’s not like billboard rankings actually matter and it’s likely not taking any money out of her pocket.

Well, when your entire job is to be an affable, smiling oaf and it turns out you’re actually an abusive asshole, you’re not really capable of providing what your employers want from you anymore.

People in boston will bitch about anything and everything. It’s their greatest skill as a people.

Why would that count? Just like an error or fielder’s choice, you’re the plate appearance goes down as an 0-1.

And Korg.

No, it’s flat out bad.

Field of Dreams is truly terrible.

This. Headlining sets less than 90 minutes from a band that has more than 2 albums are super disappointing.

I usually end up getting into a good 5-6 bands I never heard of per year based purely on seeing them opening for somebody.

If you don’t like concerts, don’t go to concerts. That seems like an easy solution to your problem. And if you decide that you need to go to concerts even though you don’t like concerts, go late and skip the opening acts if you don’t like the opening acts at the concerts you don’t like.