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And Gimenez pulls them back in. https://twitter.com/chriscotillo/status/955599534511542277

I would love if it were 6 or 6:30, but I don't know that they'd ever change it because a lot of people work until 5. Rush hour traffic etc.

Yeah, it's in his leg permanently.

It was very odd seeing the dejected faces of the Saints players.

I think I saw Zimmer admit he was saying that too.

Yu said on twitter that they did offer something but not those numbers. https://twitter.com/faridyu/status/951954097174966272

He could be serious, but I took it as a joke. I really haven't paid attention to Darvish on twitter before this offseason, but seeing some of the things he tweets in English it appears like he has a decent sense of humor.

I want to say no, but have nothing to back that up. In previous years, JDM would have probably been gone during the winter meetings. Darvish and Arrieta probably around then too. Cobb and Lynn are more mid to late December type signings.

Yeah, virtually all the reports on twitter went from "imminent" to "whoops never mind" in quick fashion

Yeah, I figured it wasn't serious. I was still half awake when I read it to begin with so I'm going to say that's why I was so confused.

Okay. That would definitely be nice since P&C report in about a month. Things need to get going already.

I know you're probably being sarcastic, but if that does happen it seems like it would be down to the Cubs vs Twins for Darvish. Obviously a tough opponent to go up against, but I like the possibility of a 50/50 chance unless a mystery team pops in. That's better than my thought all offseason which was only a 15% chance. I'm still not getting my hopes up though.

I personally consider it hardly anything. And most posters said they would do it in a heartbeat which is a sign that you're not losing much. Gordon, the easiest SS to give up in a trade. I like Javier, Lewis (if not an OF) and even Polanco better. Granite is a 4th OF, with a little chance of being slightly better than that. Jay is a RP. I'll take a SP over a RP most of the time, but not all the time. Depends on the two players we're talking. Here, I'd easily do it. So really that trade felt more like Gordon for Cole straight up. Other two are throw ins. Throw ins can turn into something but most of the time they don't. New site or blog, they were still the only ones reporting it, which means it's probably not accurate. Especially because Torres > Gordon, Jay, Granite. Anyone can make up any trade scenario and tweet it. I see Brandon has already covered all this for me.

When did he retire? Last I heard he signed a minor league deal with the Giants in November. Or now I'm thinking you mean luring Pudge out of retirement...which would now involve a trade to get his son back. Don't think that's likely, ha.

It came from one Pirates blog. No one else confirmed it. Then reports were made much later by the usual suspects that the Pirates were asking for Torres from the Yankees. All three of those guys mentioned combined don't equal a Torres so it seems impossible that they were asking for the moon from one team and hardly anything from another.

Sad that he's done, but happy he's back with the team even if it's not by playing. My favorite memories are June and on in 2006. Santana and Mauer were doing great, but I don't think the Twins make the playoffs if Morneau didn't flip the switch.

Agreed. Plus a salary cap just puts more dollars in the owners pocket. Why are we rooting for that? Even with a salary cap, the Yankees, Red Sox and Dodgers would still be more appealing for a player than the Rays, A's or even the Twins. I don't think much would change at all.

In actuality, consent cannot be given one day and taken back the next because of regret. That never falls under sexual harassment/assault/rape. People get dinged with it because the other person has some kind of problem. And usually the kind of people who do those things are easy to spot beforehand unless you don't know the person well enough. Don't put yourself in those situations. Make video consent recordings if you have to. Do whatever it takes. I'm half black, so I'm well aware of all the bullcrap that gets done to us. I can't go into a store and not be followed the entire time. I get pulled over for no reason. That doesn't mean the majority of white people are bad. I don't think cops or whites are out to get me. Protect yourself and don't do/say things that will get you in to trouble and you'll never have to worry about getting slapped with false claims. Not every woman is out to get us for no reason. The vast majority aren't.

Has there been any me too stories where a guy says something like "do you want to have sex?" to a woman just once and he's hit with a sexual harassment claim? I know I haven't seen any. I'm sure it happens on a rare occasion, but too rare to worry about it. It just feels like we're trying to make men seem dumber than they actually are. Like they are now unable to even talk because everything is wrong. Which no one is even saying or implying. I still think there is a very clear difference. And asking the other person for consent is not part of flirting. That goes over the flirting line. If the interest is mutual, she will not cry sexual harassment. People aren't going to, and haven't been, crying sexual harassment over one consent question. If a person is worried about getting hit with that claim then don't say whatever they're going to say. Have some self control. If the person can't do that then maybe it is better that they don't talk to women at all because knowing how to interact with people is an important skill everyone should have. Knowing what to say and not to say to the opposite sex should be known as a teenager. We shouldn't have all these men walking around without a clue. And sure interacting with coworkers is different than interacting with strangers. Personally I would never flirt with any coworker. That's the easiest place to get fired. You're both their to work. Shouldn't happen. The risk is on those people who do it. Still applies if you go out after with them outside the workplace. Why risk the job? Makes no sense. And just because someone is your friend, doesn't mean they will take it well. I have plenty of friends who would never allow the off color jokes. All of them actually. I know that because I know them. Know how to read people. It sounds simple because it is. We need to stop making men/women more dumb than they actually are. You mentioned another good point. Men mistaking a woman's friendliness for something more. Happens all the time. Good to assume that just because she is nice to you does not equal consent. Lots of men don't get that. They expect something out of it. There's a thing called dating. Do that several times and get to know a person before making advances. 95% of women aren't going to cry sexual harassment by being asked one consent question, especially if you are in a dating relationship. And flirting with someone, friend or stranger, is not going to get you hit with sexual harassment. These boundaries need to be understood starting now and those who don't follow them have to now be careful because as I said, women aren't going to put up with our bs anymore. And they should not have ever had to. I make it sound so simple because it is so simple. People aren't out there claiming sexual harassment about one consent question. This is not a problem and we need to stop making it seem like it is. It makes a mockery of this movement and of women.

id like an example of what you would think is the in-between. You can private message me if you're worried about someone taking issue with the comment. And yes, there has to be a way to express it...it's called verbal consent. Some colleges have gone as far as offering a written consent form. I think it's pretty easy to spot if a woman is interested in you or if she wants you to get away from her. You have to know where that line is and don't cross it. Personally, I'd also avoid anything that could possibly be on the fence, like these in betweens that may exist. There are a million ways to flirt without being sexual at all. The majority of women respond to confidence and intelligence. Both can be done without making sexual comments to a stranger. If you're unsure, don't do or say whatever you're going to do/say. It's very simple. I would suggest people, especially men, read these me too stories. These women are telling us what they no longer are willing to put up with. They are telling us where the lines are. A lot of these lines were already known, but they were crossed anyway. Here's a good article about sexual harassment vs flirting: https://www.bustle.com/p/flirting-sexual-harassment-are-two-entirely-different-things-women-know-that-do-men-6746759 The title of the article is flirting and sexual harassment are two entirely different things. Women know that--Do men? In my personal opinion, there is no gray area regarding flirting and sexual harassment. More and more women are no longer afraid to speak up. It's time to listen to them and change ways. If the difference is not known, it's time to do some studying and stop any bad behavior.

i never mentioned the law in this. I'm mentioning what the person who receives this comment is going to take it as, especially if that person is a woman. They did not ask for someone to come up to them and say those words and those words are sexual in nature. If they choose to pursue it further than that, it may proceed legally or it may not. And if it doesn't, that does not mean that it wasn't sexual harassment. Even if you can't convict for it, it's still sexual harassment. For the longest time, no one did anything legally about revenge porn. That doesn't mean that it was okay to do five years ago and now is not. It was always very bad. Not just rude or whatever minor "sweep it under the rug" words. I don't know what category to put something like revenge porn under, but again, just because people didn't do anything about it before doesn't mean it's not some form of an issue...I just personally don't know what to file it under as it's not verbal or literal physical action on someone's actual body. And no, that is another problem. Do not confuse flirting with sexual harassment. Going up to a woman and asking her out in a normal non-sexual way does not equal walking up to a woman and asking her to show her body parts to you. That is not flirting. That is being creepy and also possibly scares a woman because if you're going to do that, what else are you going to do? Are you going to keep going at her? Are you going to grab her? (Don't mean you specifically, just a person). Again, this is the problem. People think flirting equals "I'm going to get hit with sexual harassment for just saying hello" and no one has ever said that or implied that. It's simple, don't walk up to a man or woman and say anything sexual. The recipient is not a sex object they are a human being. There is a difference between that and flirting. If the difference between the two is not known, then no wonder women are so scared of men. There's always a right way and a wrong way to speak to another person and no one is going to be hit with a sexual harassment claim for saying non-sexual things. It's that simple. If any person is unable to walk up to a stranger and have a normal, flirtatious conversation and not say anything sexual than that just shows the sad state our society is in.

Never said that you were okay with it. You chose to take it that way. My only problem is your disagreement that it's not sexual harassment. "uninvited and unwelcome verbal or physical behavior of a sexual nature." That request is uninvited. That request is unwelcome. That request is verbal. That request is of a sexual nature. I don't know how it can be seen in any other way. It perfectly fits the definition. There are people confused about what harassment is and that's a huge part of the problem. Then the other part is the people who know it's wrong and do it anyway.

I guess you're just never going to understand even with the official definition of sexual harassment, which the example you used completely falls under. Asking someone to do something of a sexual nature (showing them something that's treated as a sexual body part), is and always will be sexual harassment if it is not wanted. I do not know of another way to explain that more plain and simple than that. The definition of sexual harassment couldn't be any more clear. I hope that there are fewer people in the world who think it's okay to say something like that, because of these women who have come forward. It has never been okay to do it. It's been normalized and it needs to stop now.

Normally, I'd agree but Hosmer is one of the most inconsistent players. Three or four of those years, he's going to play badly. And unlike other players, it isn't an "I'm getting old, so the back end will be bad." It might look terrible as soon as next year. And then the year after he may be good again and repeat. I wouldn't want my team to commit that much money and years to a player who is such a roller coaster ride.

I really hope he sticks with the Royals at that price. I'm all for teams in our division doing dumb things.