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watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Nov 8 @ 10:41 PM ET
once went 0-4 with 3 SO in T-ball he did.
- Gramps28

Crimsoninja
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Dude, I am so sorry about whatever made you like this. Take it easy.
Joined: 07.06.2007

Nov 8 @ 10:42 PM ET

- watsonnostaw

loved how the owner of the team told him he hired snipers to sit in the upper deck and they would fire if he swung the bat
Gramps28
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Double poop your best players everyone!, IL
Joined: 07.09.2014

Nov 8 @ 10:44 PM ET
loved how the owner of the team told him he hired snipers to sit in the upper deck and they would fire if he swung the bat
- Crimsoninja

bill veeck
Crimsoninja
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Dude, I am so sorry about whatever made you like this. Take it easy.
Joined: 07.06.2007

Nov 8 @ 10:44 PM ET
lol i stand corrected, the owner said he himself would be aiming the rifle and that he took at $1 million insurance policy out on his life
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Nov 8 @ 10:46 PM ET
lol i stand corrected, the owner said he himself would be aiming the rifle and that he took at $1 million insurance policy out on his life
- Crimsoninja

joe piscopo
kicksave856
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: i love how not saying dumb things on the internet was never an option.
Joined: 09.29.2005

Nov 8 @ 10:47 PM ET
once went 0-4 with 3 SO in T-ball he did.
- Gramps28

to be fair, they were using a regulation size tee.
Crimsoninja
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Dude, I am so sorry about whatever made you like this. Take it easy.
Joined: 07.06.2007

Nov 9 @ 3:26 PM ET
just now found out that Khris Davis led the league in HRs/existed
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Nov 9 @ 8:36 PM ET
just now found out that Khris Davis led the league in HRs/existed
- Crimsoninja

everybody can hit them since they legalized corked bats
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Nov 12 @ 10:53 PM ET
Gabe Kapler’s Malibu home has been destroyed by wildfire. Kapler was most distraught about losing his classic double headed dildo collection.
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Dec 9 @ 10:27 PM ET
Smooth-swinging Harold Baines and longtime closer Lee Smith were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sungay.

George Steinbrenner, Orel Hershiser, Albert Belle, Joe Carter, Will Clark, Davey Johnson and Charlie Manuel all received fewer than five votes.

Gramps28
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Double poop your best players everyone!, IL
Joined: 07.09.2014

Dec 9 @ 10:50 PM ET
Smooth-swinging Harold Baines and longtime closer Lee Smith were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sungay.

George Steinbrenner, Orel Hershiser, Albert Belle, Joe Carter, Will Clark, Davey Johnson and Charlie Manuel all received fewer than five votes.

- watsonnostaw

interesting
penguininnevada
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater
Joined: 09.01.2008

Dec 11 @ 5:24 PM ET
Phillies, OF Andrew McCutchen agree to 3-year, $50M deal

Phillies told Bryce Harper to go (frank) his mother
daeth
Colorado Avalanche
Location: 43 points, ON
Joined: 09.15.2005

Dec 11 @ 5:32 PM ET
Phillies, OF Andrew McCutchen agree to 3-year, $50M deal

Phillies told Bryce Harper to go (frank) his mother

- penguininnevada

not bad
Gramps28
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Double poop your best players everyone!, IL
Joined: 07.09.2014

Dec 11 @ 5:34 PM ET
not bad
- daeth

harper is signing with the white sox. and like all LH hitters that came over to the sox,will fail miserably
daeth
Colorado Avalanche
Location: 43 points, ON
Joined: 09.15.2005

Dec 11 @ 5:36 PM ET
harper is signing with the white sox. and like all LH hitters that came over to the sox,will fail miserably
- Gramps28

he seems to have major consistency issues but when he's on he's almost as good as trout. assuming it doesn't cripple 'em financially seems like it would be a good signing.
Gramps28
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Double poop your best players everyone!, IL
Joined: 07.09.2014

Dec 11 @ 5:41 PM ET
he seems to have major consistency issues but when he's on he's almost as good as trout. assuming it doesn't cripple 'em financially seems like it would be a good signing.
- daeth

it won't cripple them. Shields and his 20+M are gone. Pretty much pays for Harper right there. Sox have a giant sweetheart stadium deal. They have resources. Reinsdorf has never been afraid to spend IF he thinks it will draw fans.

Hell, they can afford Machado, too. They have a bunch of guys who will be under club friendly deal coming up.
daeth
Colorado Avalanche
Location: 43 points, ON
Joined: 09.15.2005

Dec 11 @ 5:50 PM ET
it won't cripple them. Shields and his 20+M are gone. Pretty much pays for Harper right there. Sox have a giant sweetheart stadium deal. They have resources. Reinsdorf has never been afraid to spend IF he thinks it will draw fans.

Hell, they can afford Machado, too. They have a bunch of guys who will be under club friendly deal coming up.

- Gramps28

it's so weird seeing teams like boston or new york backing away from big free agents like this

not a bad time to be chicago i guess
Crimsoninja
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: Dude, I am so sorry about whatever made you like this. Take it easy.
Joined: 07.06.2007

Dec 11 @ 6:05 PM ET
Phillies, OF Andrew McCutchen agree to 3-year, $50M deal

Phillies told Bryce Harper to go (frank) his mother

- penguininnevada

good

save the $ and trade for Trout next season. #AO1BFF
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Dec 11 @ 6:25 PM ET
good

save the $ and trade for Trout next season. #AO1BFF

- Crimsoninja

your acumen for reality is (frank)ed up
Gramps28
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Double poop your best players everyone!, IL
Joined: 07.09.2014

Dec 11 @ 6:34 PM ET
it's so weird seeing teams like boston or new york backing away from big free agents like this

not a bad time to be chicago i guess

- daeth

its the luxury tax. the cubs, who print money are in the same situation. after a certain threshold, teams start losing draft picks plus the tax doubles the amount over the threshold.

teams like the carmines, yankees and cubs are pretty much at the threshold so signing harper, an example, for 30M actually cost them 60M a year.
watsonnostaw
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Dude has all the personality of a lump of concrete. Just a complete lizard.
Joined: 06.26.2006

Dec 11 @ 6:51 PM ET
its the luxury tax. the cubs, who print money are in the same situation. after a certain threshold, teams start losing draft picks plus the tax doubles the amount over the threshold.

teams like the carmines, yankees and cubs are pretty much at the threshold so signing harper, an example, for 30M actually cost them 60M a year.

- Gramps28

can not lose draft picks, they just devalued and lowered in the pecking order
daeth
Colorado Avalanche
Location: 43 points, ON
Joined: 09.15.2005

Dec 11 @ 7:07 PM ET
its the luxury tax. the cubs, who print money are in the same situation. after a certain threshold, teams start losing draft picks plus the tax doubles the amount over the threshold.

teams like the carmines, yankees and cubs are pretty much at the threshold so signing harper, an example, for 30M actually cost them 60M a year.

- Gramps28

Oh ok, yeah that'd be killer. I didn't know the luxury tax worked like that
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Dec 11 @ 7:12 PM ET
*Extreme Brett Brown voice*

Hahpah
Gramps28
Chicago Blackhawks
Location: Double poop your best players everyone!, IL
Joined: 07.09.2014

Dec 11 @ 7:16 PM ET
Oh ok, yeah that'd be killer. I didn't know the luxury tax worked like that
- daeth


teams like the yankees and red sox have exceeded the threshold multiple times, so they get dinged at a higher percentage. for some reason i thought it was doubled but i think the max is 50% or something. It escalates each time you go over.


*waits for the dementia comment*
PhillySportsGuy
Philadelphia Flyers
Location: any donut with a hole in the middle can get (frank)ed right in its hole, NJ
Joined: 04.08.2012

Dec 11 @ 7:19 PM ET
teams like the yankees and red sox have exceeded the threshold multiple times, so they get dinged at a higher percentage. for some reason i thought it was doubled but i think the max is 50% or something. It escalates each time you go over.


*waits for the dementia comment*

- Gramps28


Baseball has become so weird. It's like every guy is available on every team. If you were to stop paying attention for 3 years, you wouldn't know who anyone played for (Crims).
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