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Fixed.

Is there something different between the turf used by the Jays and that used in the NFL? It seems to be widely more accepted in the NFL as a legitimate playing surface. Maybe because it stands up better to a more physical game?

I think Grant's waiting to watch the results of this poll come in on the radio.

Still can't believe Tim Collins doesn't have a save yet.

The best part is when journalist and public figure Marty York with his 362 followers chastises a Regular Joe for only having 90 followers.

There are lots of dumb players playing major league baseball. No manager will be able to avoid having to deal with dumb players. It's unlikely that anyone would be able to construct of competitive team of only non-dumb people. Communicating with dumb people is hard. Telling a player that the 2 spot is now the place where we put the best hitter is far easier said than done. Who is the best hitter going to believe, a computer-toting manager who's never played major league baseball, or David Ortiz as they stand around the batting cage discussing why the best hitter doesn't hit in the same spot as David Ortiz? What if you do get the best hitter to embrace hitting in the 2 spot, and then the guy who was hitting in the 2 spot gets mad because he's no longer in the table setting position that he covets? I'm not saying you're necessarily wrong in what you're suggesting, just that it's harder than you think to manage 25 people of varying personalities, levels of ability and levels of intelligence.

You understand that this game is played by humans, right? Humans who react to decisions and situations in a human way? It's all well and good to say, for example, that a manager should bat his best hitter second in the lineup because there's evidence to support that decision, but it's another thing to do it and get a player to buy into it. Whether we like it or not, the "best" decisions in theory may not always be the same in practice, in part due to human behavior. For example, would you rather have a sulky Bautista hitting second who is unhappy because he thinks he filling a slap hitters role, or would you rather have a confident Bautista who is proud of hitting in the spot that many think is reserved for the best hitter on the team? I think a good manager in today's game needs to provide a balance between the archaic Jim Leyland type guys at one extreme, and the computer toting guy at the other extreme. In my opinion Gibbons does a pretty decent job of finding that balance. I would keep him personally. While I think there's a chance they could find somebody better than Gibbons, I feel like they are more likely to find someone far worse.

I would prefer that Mattick gets his second chance before Buck.

Would be very interested to see this dismissal ceremony.

Yes, but not grittily.

Oh boy. Here's the link to the Reggie Bush interview: http://deadspin.com/reggie-bush-admits-to-harshly-disciplining-his-1-year-1635845101/all What on earth could a 1 year old do that could possible warrant this kind of discipline? Try not to leave bruises...on a baby? Two things I find unbelievable: 1. Reggie Bush thinks this is reasonable parenting 2. Reggie Bush discussing this in public as casually as if he's talking about the weather

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Solid, solid decision.

Yeah, the TLDR version is pretty much that Adrian Peterson ain't hooked up right.

Reggie Bush supports Adrian Peterson. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/reggie-bush-defends-adrian-peterson-harshly-discipline-one-year-old-daughter-article-1.1941572 I get that this was once considered a somewhat normal way of instilling discipline, but that doesn't mean it still should be. It shouldn't be some nostalgic rite of passage. The most baffling thing to me is how so many people are using the term "discipline" interchangeably with spanking/whoopings/beatings, as if it is impossible to discipline your children without resorting to violence. I think the biggest problem is that there are plenty of people who suffered spankings/beatings while growing up and ended up not being *******s, and have likely confused causation with correlation. My guess is that in addition to the beatings, these people also received good non-violent life advice (whether they realize it or not), and that is the real reason they were able to grow up and not be *******s, despite, not because of, the beatings.

Yes, currently I get #4 sides and back and have been slowly going shorter and shorter on top. Maybe #4 all over is the next milestone to take.

Yeah, I'm in the "styling" mode; certainly nothing approaching comb-over or anything crazy like that. It's not worth it to me to look into dubious "cures" with weird side effects. My main problem is that half the time I think I'd look okay if I buzzed with a #1 or #2, the other half I think I'd look ridiculous. Can't take that leap of faith yet.

You would have to be a robot not to get teary eyed watching that.

I probably have about a year before I need to consider this option. I would do it now, but I have no idea what the shape of my head looks like underneath. Don't want to look stupid until I have to.

Suck it PETA -- Christian the Lion

Bake sale!

Prediction: someone alters a jersey from "Peterson" to "Beaturson"

I didn't know this either, but it makes one of the quotes I read where the child calls him "Daddy Peterson" make more sense. It will be interesting to see what kind of reaction he gets leading up to Sunday.

I'm sure bigger NFL fans than me will already know this, but I had no idea that Adrian Peterson had already lost a child when his 2 year old son was beaten by the mother's boyfriend. About a year ago.

Oh, I'd absolutely love to have someone better than Goins, but pretty much resigned to the fact that Goins, Gose and Pillar are probably all in the Opening Day lineup.