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I note a distinct lack of "gently caress the Yankees" in the thread title, I hope if they get Cole for very little this can be rectified
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Intruder posted:I note a distinct lack of "gently caress the Yankees" in the thread title, I hope if they get Cole for very little this can be rectified The only one whose going to gently caress the Yankees is Cole with the billion dingers he's going to give up in Yankee Stadium.
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The Astros are apparently talking to Darvish? Which would make for an awkward clubhouse but also an amazing rotation 
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Cards Against Humanity bought the naming rights for a minor league stadium in Joliet and named it "The Cards Against Humanity Baseball Place."
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Intruder posted:The Astros are apparently talking to Darvish? Which would make for an awkward clubhouse but also an amazing rotation The Cubs, Twins, and Astros are apparently in fairly hard on Darvish, the Rangers are in the mix too albeit less so, and the Dodgers/Yankees are reportedly kicking the tires to see if they can get him to drop his price low enough to for them to stay under the tax this year.
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Dec 22, 2017 18:37
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I'd be shocked if the Astros signed him, they're already about where they want their payroll to be after the estimated arbitration raises
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Dec 22, 2017 18:39
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Sydin posted:The Cubs, Twins, and Astros are apparently in fairly hard on Darvish, the Rangers are in the mix too albeit less so, and the Dodgers/Yankees are reportedly kicking the tires to see if they can get him to drop his price low enough to for them to stay under the tax this year. I could have sworn someone mentioning the Twins were in on Cole, too, but there’s no way they compete with the Yankees.
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Dec 22, 2017 18:46
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Sydin posted:The Cubs, Twins, and Astros are apparently in fairly hard on Darvish, the Rangers are in the mix too albeit less so, and the Dodgers/Yankees are reportedly kicking the tires to see if they can get him to drop his price low enough to for them to stay under the tax this year. I see no way the Yankees could possibly get this done unless they manage to jettison Ellsbury's contract. Which would be a loving coup.
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Dec 22, 2017 18:49
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Cards Against Humanity bought the naming rights for a minor league stadium in Joliet and named it "The Cards Against Humanity Baseball Place." Currently lobbying for Memphis to play in “Vlaada Chvatil is Better” Park.
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Dec 22, 2017 18:50
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Gleyber/Ellsbury for Cole 
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Cards Against Humanity bought the naming rights for a minor league stadium in Joliet and named it "The Cards Against Humanity Baseball Place." 
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Dec 22, 2017 19:05
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Sydin posted:The Cubs, Twins, and Astros are apparently in fairly hard on Darvish, the Rangers are in the mix too albeit less so, and the Dodgers/Yankees are reportedly kicking the tires to see if they can get him to drop his price low enough to for them to stay under the tax this year. And somewhere in his Trump cave, Arrieta is thinking to himself, "Pitchers are popular, why won't anyone talk to me for 7 / 200?"
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Dec 22, 2017 19:22
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The idea of a Verlander/Keuchel/Darvish/McCullers/Morton or Peacock rotation gets me moist, but I also got super erect at the idea of injecting Stanton in the lineup and welp
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Dec 22, 2017 19:23
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Isn’t Minaya very good at some things, and just hopelessly out of his depth as GM?
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rickiep00h posted:I could have sworn someone mentioning the Twins were in on Cole, too, but there’s no way they compete with the Yankees. They talked at the winter meetings but the Pirates were asking for Gordon +
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Pancakes posted:Currently lobbying for Memphis to play in “Vlaada Chvatil is Better” Park. I appreciate this.
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Cards Against Humanity bought the naming rights for a minor league stadium in Joliet and named it "The Cards Against Humanity Baseball Place." This rules, CAH is fun
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Dec 22, 2017 20:56
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I would rather spend money on Darvish, trade for Corbin, poo poo even sign Alex Cobb over trading anything worth a drat for Cole.
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Dec 22, 2017 21:38
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What happened to Cole anyways. Specifically his HR/9... It was great for 4 straight years and then essentially tripled last year. Also, didn't realize the Yankees drafted him out of high school in the first round, offered a big 'ol signing bonus, and he went to college anyways.
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Dec 22, 2017 21:43
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Thom P. Tiers posted:What happened to Cole anyways. Specifically his HR/9... It was great for 4 straight years and then essentially tripled last year. Jeff Sullivan was actually asked something similar in FanGraphs chat today. quote:Matt E G: How much of Gerrit Cole’s high HR/FB% last year was bad luck vs throwing far less fastballs and more changeups in order to decrease stress on his elbow? Seems to me he’s valued way too high right now and he may be heading to Matt Harvey territory… Thom P. Tiers posted:Also, didn't realize the Yankees drafted him out of high school in the first round, offered a big 'ol signing bonus, and he went to college anyways. The Yankees never offered him a signing bonus. The Yankees waited to talk to Cole until August when most of their picks signed because they knew they’d have to exceed the recommended bonus and by then Cole and his family decided that he would enroll at UCLA. They told the Yankees not to make an offer, so they didn’t. A lot of Yankees fans are also angry about this possible trade for Cole because they feel like he burned them by wasting a first rounder, when it was the Yankees’ own fault in selecting him when he was really leaning towards going to college.
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ihatepants posted:Jeff Sullivan was actually asked something similar in FanGraphs chat today. Ah I totally did read that wrong, it definitely said "planning to give large bonus." My bad! I mean if the version of Cole they are trading for is version 2013-16 its probably a great trade. He did have a bad year last year, though.
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Dec 22, 2017 21:57
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Nissin Cup Nudist posted:This rules, CAH is fun Counterpoint: Cards Against Humanity is mildly amusing for 15 mins or so then becomes unbearably tedious for the rest of your life; anyone who genuinely wants to play it a second time is a simpleton or a sociopath.
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elentar posted:Counterpoint: Cards Against Humanity is mildly amusing for 15 mins or so then becomes unbearably tedious for the rest of your life; anyone who genuinely wants to play it a second time is a simpleton or a sociopath. I dread going to parties and instead of, you know, like talking to people and getting to know them, someone just pulls out CAH and we spent the next 90 minutes trapped in this hell game until we finally get sick of it.
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CAH is fun if you’re playing it with good friends that have a handle on everyone’s sense of humor, but I can’t fathom why anyone would play it at a party with total strangers
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Dec 22, 2017 22:29
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CAH is cool and good and easy for 10+ people to play and have a good time. If you don't want to play it then don't and spend the rest of your evening setting up your Gloomhaven board and drinking alone. I prefer Telestrations or something like that but CAH is fine, and I don't even own CAH.
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ihatepants posted:Jeff Sullivan was actually asked something similar in FanGraphs chat today. Hooray, I'm not crazy! ihatepants posted:A lot of Yankees fans are also angry about this possible trade for Cole because they feel like he burned them by wasting a first rounder, when it was the Yankees’ own fault in selecting him when he was really leaning towards going to college. I don't know if Yankees fans are angry about it, but lots of people seem to be under the impression that Cashman will overpay because Cole is "one that got away." They said the same thing during the Quintana rumors.
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Dec 22, 2017 22:43
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Drawful is the best party game anyway
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I bet a lot of pitchers' hr/fb spiked last season, on account of the baseballs being juiced
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CAH isn’t even the best party game that one of the co-creators made. That would be Secret Hitler.
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Thom P. Tiers posted:What happened to Cole anyways. Specifically his HR/9... It was great for 4 straight years and then essentially tripled last year.
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The Pussy Boss posted:I bet a lot of pitchers' hr/fb spiked last season, on account of the baseballs being juiced Yeah but the question remains if they can get it back down, unless you think they're gonna un-juice the ball in time for opening day.
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https://twitter.com/TBTimes_Rays/status/944321834543087616
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Pancakes posted:Currently lobbying for Memphis to play in “Vlaada Chvatil is Better” Park. A+ post right here. People should check out Baseball Highlights 2045. It's a deck builder about baseball in the future with robots and cyborgs with hilarious names like Jon Sale or Calyton Scherzer.
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ChiTownEddie posted:A+ post right here. homer_simpson_yelling_neeeeeeeerds.wmv
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Comptroll The Forums posted:homer_simpson_yelling_neeeeeeeerds.wmv Nobody tell him we have a goon-based ootp dynasties.
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Manfred went and tattled to ESPN after Dan Le Batard/Stugotz/The Shipping Container didn't show enough #RE2PECT to the new Marlins management
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Angry Grimace posted:Most fans I know who are hardcore enough to know anything about their team’s farm system are in love with all of their own prospects and generally balk at trading them for almost anything. Years of having Dave Dombrowski as a GM of the Tigers has taught me that all prospects are a mirage and holding back my team from fleecing the Marlins.
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CAH is best played with like 6-10 good friends to wind down from a game night. Anything else is tedious insanity. Plus this little batch of cards gave us "teaching my son to love the Red Sox and hate minorities" and "we want a pitcher not a ________!" which are both pro-tier cards
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Dec 23, 2017 09:37
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64% of respondents are negative toward the trade. That dude's interpretation of his own poll makes my head hurt.
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The best game of CAH I have ever played, and this is a game I normally don't like playing, was with two groups that didn't really know one another. One of the guys from the other group became increasingly frustrated when his answers weren't being picked by members from our group, and finally just yelled out, "WHAT THE gently caress DO YOU EVEN FIND FUNNY?"
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