Vanimal46

We have a good one to end the week on... Today is National Blonde Brownie Day! A nice little curve ball from a normal brownie... I can get into that.

There are certainly some brands of blue cheese that are better than the others. I was turned off by it when I went to a restaurant and got a lettuce wedge topped with blue cheese. It was way too strong to handle, and I've basically switched to ranch ever since.

Unfortunately this is where it went all wrong for you Jeremy. You see, Carl Pohlad gets text alerts for fraudulent charges on the company card. The restaurant you chose, Blue Door Pub, isn't on the normal expenses. Pohlad immediately calls the credit card company to deny the charge, and cancel the card. (You should have went to Manny's Steakhouse!!) So now, the waiter returns, and says "I'm sorry sir, but the card has been declined." Which really puts you in a pickle, because you went above and beyond ordering everything on the menu, racking up a $220 bill. What do you do? 12:03: You call Seth. Unfortunately Seth is out of town, and unable to wire any cash to you. 12:05 You call John. He laughs at your predicament, and says "Better start washing dishes!" 12:08 You call Parker. Parker says he can wire you the money, but would rather see you suffer for an hour or two. 1:35 After spending the last hour and a half worried about how you can get out of it, you come to the LAST Resort. Calling up Chief. Chief uses his intimidation tactics to scare the owner into letting you leave. 2:00 You call your wife, telling her that being a GM is a lot harder than you imagined, and that you almost got picked up by the cops because of a $220 bill at Blue Door Pub. She's mad that you are not bringing home any leftovers from lunch. 2:15 Stop by Target to pick up milk, thinking that will ease the tension of not bringing home leftovers. 2:35 Arrive home with the milk. Wife is still upset. You say I still have time to be a GM. Wife gives you more errands to run. 5:05 You're finished running errands. By this time, you're tired, and no longer in the right mind set to make any trades with GMs. 5:30 Jeopardy comes on. 6:00 Watch the news 6:35 Fall asleep on the couch. Wife still upset for not bringing home leftovers.

Aroldis Chapman will not face any charges from the Oct. incident. However, he still may face discipline by the MLB with their new rules in place. What have we learned? That this is a guilty until proven innocent world, and the Yankees got an absolute steal of a trade.

Brewster was ignorant in a lot of things... What I remember most is he thought he could recruit elite talent in TX and FL, and like you said, completely ignore in-state talent.

And arguably the best theme song of all sports... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfOB3jzfpoU Sad, really... Now all they have is Barry Melrose who's brought in to talk about the Penguins or Blackhawks game for 15 seconds.

To each his own.. ESPN is still very profitable today because of purchasing the rights to the power conferences' basketball and football games in college, MLB and Monday Night Football. For me personally, I don't care to watch basketball, and the network treats my favorite winter sport hockey like it does not exist.

Can Bark come out of the woodwork to photoshop my face on Verlander's body? That is all.

So I just read an article that ESPN is planning to expand on e-sports (competitive video game league) as a way to get subscribers back... Good luck with that ESPN.

I remember ESPN being at the top of their game in the 90's, and Baseball Tonight was my favorite show to watch as a kid. If the Vikings or Twins are on, I will watch that, but the quality in their other programming has declined so sharply that it's lost all of my interest. It's a pick your poison proposition for all internet/cable providers. Internet is internet to me, and once the promotional rate is over, I'm switching to another provider instantly.

I cut the cord on cable almost 4 years ago, with no intention of ever going back to buy a traditional cable subscription. The fact is there are so many alternatives in the market like over-the-air TV, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Sling TV, etc. that I don't know why I would ever go back to cable. I'm waiting for a time when it all becomes a-la-carte at a reasonable price, and maybe we're getting closer to that time. Nothing makes me more happy than to read that ESPN has lost 7 million subscribers over the last 2 years; among the highest in the industry, and the most costly. If BIG Cable giants like ESPN are starting to feel the heat, then I am hoping others are too.

Offense will most certainly not be a problem for the Tigers. Miggy Cabrera is creeping up there in age, but is still one of the most feared hitters in the league. Upton's a streaky hitter, but if both Cabrera and Upton are on fire at the same time, watch out... It all depends on their pitching. If that's figured out on their end, I don't see why they wouldn't be contenders until the end in the AL Central.

Disappointed that yet another player that could fit a need on the Twins lands somewhere else... But I can't say I'm surprised anymore. TR's version of making the bullpen a "priority" this off-season is quite different than my version.

Hopefully that's on a day where Gibson is scheduled to start, and the sinker is sharp.

That better be the case.. An OF of Sano-Rosario-Arcia just makes me cringe thinking about it.

For those that have Twitter, the creators of the documentary did a Q&A earlier today on their twitter handle @MakingAMurderer

It's certainly more of a realistic offer GACbaseball. I would still hold off until May/June to see if Lucroy can stick behind the plate, or if he has to move to 1B as a result of the concussion(s)

I'm surprised you're not able to watch live Twins games on the Xfinity app, DirecTV, or whoever your cable provider is.

Hmm. Thanks for the tip! I did the auto-renew last year (kind of forgot about it until I saw the credit card bill) They tried charging me more than the advertised amount ($125 off the bat) and had to call in and threat to cancel until they lowered the rate.

Yeah no doubt about it. I just don't know how Hughes can rebound in 2016 like most of us are anticipating with the OF defense behind him. Same with E. Santana too, who relied a lot on getting batters to fly out in the OF.

I already feel bad for the fly ball pitchers in our rotation on days where Arcia and Sano are both playing the corners in the OF. I'm envisioning a lot of texas leaguers finding open grass, and base runners being able to advance much easier on us than last year....

Has anyone heard the latest on whether Armenteros can sign with a team now? Or if he has to wait until the next signing period in July?

Apple and Google have been a fun ride the last couple of years. I'm waiting for a day when Apple reaches $700 a share again like it was in September 2013...

That's how I'm viewing it... Try to contribute a portion of my salary/commission checks to the portfolio each month to keep building it, and live off of the rest of the funds I earn. The only big purchase I'm planning for is to buy my first house in 2017/2018... hopefully the aggressive approach pays off to put at least 20% down in the future.

No kidding... Being in my mid 20's my portfolio is high risk/very aggressive and about 85% stocks... It hasn't been a fun month to say the least.... down 22% since the end of 2015 to be exact.