Nobody is asking the most important question here:
Will sports books in Vegas be able to show all of NFL games on their TVs when the Raiders are playing?

Yeah, well you’ve had something caught in your teeth this entire time.

“I don’t have any empirical evidence. And I could be wrong.”
That’s refreshingly honest for an online debate! Good points though. I’ll acknowledge that you could be right, at least as to the thought process GMs and coaches go through.

Your last sentence is the conclusion I question. Where’s the empirical evidence to support it?

Yeah, real sick self burn that an island nation of 3.5 million people can produce players that compete with only some of the best from a nation of over 354 million. Oh, and the guy who threw six hitless innings for the US is of Puerto Rican heritage...

The Puerto Rican players seem a little upset, but I wouldn’t go so far as to say they’re in a state.

Puerto Rico has more congressional representation than DC.

Can the U.S. really have an “international rivalry” with Puerto Rico? Guam, you’re next!

Len was drafted out of Maryland in 2013—not a second year player. He’s still only 23, but by comparison he’s a seasoned vet to the other Suns!

“Melania knows that I call my daughter my girlfriend. That’s what I was talking about. I don’t have a girlfriend,” he said.

But if “working class” in this context is a synonym for “bad at baseball,” then Duquette is even more of an idiot for wanting a gritty, mediocre player over a good Latino one.

Not to mention, Trumbo is the direct comparison since he was a FA signing(retention) this offseason and a direct alternative to Bautista.

Sure, it’s possible. Why do you think it isn’t one?

He used another professional athlete. I f he had said “a working class person like Bob from our in Stadium store who works two jobs and we just signed to play second base” no one would have an issue.

If Baltimore fans could find a way to cheer for Albert Belle, I feel like they’d come around on Bautista.

All I could read was “we couldn’t afford him, and he didn’t want to play here.”

Because people want to believe that the working class is a group of skilled laborers rather than the reality of most of them working in retail.

Who exactly would the NIT be scamming? I don’t think they claim any charitable purpose. And if they charge schools to be in it (cite please) so what? Schools can turn down the invite.

“Tom’s job performance has been criminal. If I were the athletic director, I’d have given him the chair.”

If they don’t get jail time out of this, well then thanks, Obama...