Mark80

Suzy-Qs Bar-B-Que Shack. It's a dump, it's in a bad neighborhood, it's only open 3 days a week and it will run out of ribs, but it's by far the best IMO.

Not saying I don't like Josh or don't think he's going to be a great player very, very soon. I'm just saying comparing his and Big Ben's rookie year utilizing a statistical comparison is not the way to go since they are vastly different numbers. That's all.

Honestly man, these stats aren't even close. Ben's season blew Josh's away. Sure, he may have had a better roster to work with, but his accuracy, yards per attempt, TD ratio, passer rating are all way above Josh's. Not exactly sure what you are going for here, but a stat comparison is not where you should have gone to compare him to Big Ben.

We have plenty of money for 2020 season. Pick it up. We are never going to spend to the cap anyway. It's only a 1 year deal. FA's you have to commit for much longer most likely.

Much better response than the other fella. Sanchez is only batting like .220 this season so far as well. Andujar was the 2 worst fielder defensive runs saved wise in the entire league last year. Can he improve? Sure, but all the pundits constantly talk about how he is a better DH or 1B fit. And his bat is no where near the level Beltre was when he came up, and he was still a teenager at the time. I haven't heard anyone compare Andujar's bat to Beltran's, not one. Torres and Frazier were already considered "top" prospects when they were traded to the Yankees. Torres was top 10, Frazier was top 40 (or around there). Hicks was already seen as one of the best fielding CF in the league when the Twins let him go (because of Buxton). His bat has gotten way better than expected though. Didi was also a highly touted prospect before the trade. I just have a different definition of "home grown" and thats fine. To me, if you aren't drafted or acquired well before you become a "top prospect", then you aren't really "home-grown." I mean, Torres was the main piece acquired in the Chapman deal and Frazier was the main piece in the Andrew MIller trade, those were big names traded at the time and high returns.

Please enlighten me as to how Andujar is not the worst fielding 3b in the league. How Sanchez didn't hit .186 last year. How Severino hasn't pitched all year and his performance regressed significantly from July on last season. Or how any other of my statements weren't true. I despise the Yankees and I know more about them than you apparently.

Super jackpot? A young pitcher that has shoulder problems now and wasn't even the same last year as the previous year. A 3B that is one of the worst defensive position players in the league. A catcher that hit below .200 last year. They got Torres from the Cubs, Stanton from the Fish (in a borderline collusion deal with Jeter). Chapman via FA. Bird can't stay on the field, Voit is bad. Didi FA. Frazier via the Indians. Who are all these home-grown young studs? I just count 1, Judge. The rest are not Yankees "home-grown" or not that good.

8k on a 13 month old M240i. I also work from home though.

....But, you didn't even have the #4 overall pick in your first round at all. To be fair though, most people didn't. The Raiders being the Raiders.

Noah Fant

I believe the Cardinals are looking to trade out of pick #1 and have been letting it be known they want Murray in order to get the highest possible offer for the pick. I also believe that they made Rosen aware of this as well. I would take Rosen for a move down to 4, an additional first and probably another second over just Murray any day of the week. I could absolutely see the Raiders trading for the pick with their stockpile of picks.

I honestly think that everyone on the team is on the trading block for the right price. Except Josh.

Bichette Jr? Biggio? Those are top prospects. Bichette Jr is ranked in the top 10. I go for the prospects on the Bison's or the visiting team. I really don't care if the Bison's make the playoffs. The Blue Jays lost a lot of prospects making a run at it a few years back. It depleted the entire system. They seemed to have learned from their mistakes and are currently one of the best systems. It takes time though. Most young studs are in A, A+, or Double A ball, not AAA. You get brief stints of young guys in AAA, that's about it. Hard to compete W/L wise in the minors when your best guys are getting called up in their teens and early 20s. I don't think AAA W/L is a reflection of the minor league system at all really. Its more a reflection of major league depth and lack of injuries.

This show was way better when the used "normal" people. Now it's all social media celebs, reality stars, and fitness models. I liked it better when it had fat and ugly people too.

Athletics

I only go to a few games per year live. Have a few beers, eat some peanuts, take in the scenery and the nice sunshine. On TV, I typically have a record on and a game is on for the video only. Works for me. Don't you know, Chicks dig the long ball.

So, you're saying 160-2? I'm good with that.

One of my favorite days of the year. Go A's.

What does that have to do with anything? Are they all leaving from same 1/2 square mile location at the same time?

Chick Fil A is well known for their customer service, and I have a little story that demonstrates it. Was waiting at a drive-thru for breakfast one morning. The line was not moving at all. I had already put my order in, was like 3 or 4 cars from the window, stuck between cars. Couldn't get out of line if I wanted to and just leave. Was there at least 10 minutes without moving. Maybe even 15. Again, I can't move anywhere. I was getting so mad. So, so mad. Finally the line moves. I drive up to the window and they say "sorry for the delay today, this morning's breakfast is on us." I didn't ask for it, I didn't demand it, they just did what was right on their own. On top of that, when I get back and went to eat the food, there were numerous coupons for free items on other visits, like real items, not a drink or something. Left a really good impression on me.

Well, first of all they don't have intersections every 0.1 mile with horrific Buffalo traffic cops seemingly directing traffic with their eyes closed.

If you go on Zillow and look for available properties available for sale in the first ward area...there are basically none. And some of those housing projects in that area look just like Baltimore in The Wire. Completely abandoned (vacated) with no effort to fill them, but none of them for sale either? I think that's a pretty telling story.

Downtown can barely handle 19,000 + leaving from a Sabres game. How the heck are they going to handle 60,000 + from a Bills game?

That's the top of the spectrum stuff there. National Treasures, on card auto, 3 color patch rookie numbered to 25. High end for sure. The only thing more valuable are the smaller numbered sets (like that buy it now /15...though that price is not even close to what they will get), not a different brand / series.

Probably Panini in general. Especially the high end stuff, like Panini National Treasures. Leaf has some decent stuff for rookies, but they don't have logos on them since they are not licensed which ruins them for me. Base cards are worthless. Only cards that are numbered (like 1 of 10 for example) are going to have some value. Even non-numbered autos have limited value for the most part. On card autos are typically the best (as opposed to signed stickers placed on the cards after). Autos + multi-colored patches are the sweet spot.