I don’t know what Maddon has against Almora, because there’s nobody in the lineup that’s as consistent as he has been when he’s been given the opportunity. I think the guy is a special talent; he may not have the upside of a Schwarber or a Happ, but he’s the best leadoff guy the Cubs have in the entire organization,…

Taken by itself, Heyward’s contract hasn’t hamstrung the Cubs financially; they may have guessed wrong on Darvish and Chatwood, but they did go out and get them.

You should go to a public school sometime and see what they’re dealing with.

If only they could gut military/NASA spending and put thousands upon thousands of people out of work, throwing them out of the tax base and onto the entitlement rolls. That would show everyone.

The Merkel picture is superb. World leaders are finally pulling no punches showing their disdain for this idiot.

I love Kris Bryant, but he’s not quite as good as Trout. I’d put him ahead of Harper though.

Sigh. Liberals are all over this like it won’t endear him to his base. “See? No teleprompter!”

Weird, it’s not on Drudge or Breitbart, either. Must not support their very narrow view of how things should be.

I didn’t sign up to hump a flag or be humped whenever a flag appears, just as I’m not in search of the approval and sympathy of internet spuds who feel the need to talk at length how they’re judiciously withholding them from me.

It is kind of amazing that people would buy into this cloying “stand for the flag and honor our heroes” routine from Trump when he actively shit on a Gold Star family and dismissed POWs as somehow unworthy of respect on the way into the office.

At the tail end of vintage commercials like that final one, where they list the fine retailers where Product X can be found, I like to count how many of those places still exist today. Of the seven listed in that commercial, only True Value is around as a storefront these days.

The worst mess we faced in a box was from a guy who transported ducks across the country in a 16' truck. They were in stacked racks, just crammed in there, and apparently they eliminate waste constantly. The smell was so powerful we couldn’t even approach the truck, and two years later the smell still blasted out of…

Former Ryder rental rep here, and as much as that place was a magnet for inane horseshit from customers, we could always take solace in the fact that hey, at least we weren’t putting up with the kind of crap our counterparts at U-Haul had to deal with.

There’s been great pitching all over the place this year... which only makes the performances of Quintana, Darvish, and Chatwood that much more depressing.

What’s most depressing about this is, the league will resume play with this restriction on free speech in place, and the ratings will skyrocket.

You’d think the Tigers of all people would know if you need to take a Goose out of the park, you call on Lance Parrish or Kirk Gibson.

So *that’s* how their teeth get that way.

Funny thing is, Rizzo gets hit as much as anyone, so it’s not like he will notice a difference. But Maddon should just shut up about this already. He’s been droning for nearly 24 hours straight on this, and it’s going to be tough for him to swallow his tongue when this inevitably happens to Contreras.

Funny thing about that is, WotC then copied Hearthstone.

I don’t think there is anything Blue Hole is doing that would encourage Epic to steal their dev team. Unless Epic was hoping to introduce glitches as a feature.