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  1. Not for Boxbike, he holds final position on Lottery Tickets!
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    Yup.
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    Wooooo... Leafs!
  4. Wel, look who's smart!
  5. Erin Andrews ages gracefully.
  6. I'm on team JFL... Go Cowboys Go!!! That felt dirty.
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    Buds' got this by'
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    Meh... if he has the green light, I'm all for it.
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    GO LEAFS GO!!!!
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    Andersen's healthy, but sick with the flu, figures.
  11. 352 yrds to 101 total?
  12. Indy finally do something right and they ruin it, lol.
  13. Pretty much buddy, with half decent goaltending to boot...
  14. Vinatieri hits the upright. lol. 274 to 91 Total Yards in the first half!
  15. Oh, your opinion, Gotcha!
  16. Relax... they're getting dominated.
  17. Hahahaha... and a blocked punt for a TD! Indyy needed that.
  18. lol... 203 Yds to 24 Offense
  19. Sweet Good Luck, bud.
  20. This quarter was pure dominance by the Chiefs.
  21. Thanks... For those that don't/can't click links. I like Longenhagen's take on what we've acquired. Russell Martin Fetches Two Fringe Prospects by Eric Longenhagen January 12, 2019 In a trade that sent Russell Martin back to Los Angeles, the Blue Jays acquired two interesting, but drastically different, prospects in teenage second baseman Ronny Brito and Double-A righty Andrew Sopko. Sopko is the more likely of the two to wear a major league uniform, as his skills are constantly desired among teams seeking to build starting pitching depth at Double and Triple-A in the event of big league injuries. He’s an efficient strike-thrower with spot starter’s stuff; a fastball that resides in the 88-92 range, an average changeup that flashes above, and a slurvy breaking ball with enough depth that it will be an issue for hitters who struggle to square up break. Pitchers with this kind of stuff are typically found at the very back of the rotation or waiting to pick up a start due to injury. The frequency with which pitchers get hurt makes teams’ 6th-8th starters very important, as they may have to make meaningful starts at some point during the year. Sopko projects to be a very competent version of this. Brito is more boom or bust. After dealing with injury and struggling badly throughout his first full pro season, Brito had a monster year in the offense-friendly Pioneer League, slashing .288/.352/.489 with 11 homers in 53 games at age 19. While the dizzying elevations of the Pioneer League drastically inflate offensive performance, Brito does have legitimate, above-average raw power, and he’s capable of hitting balls out to all fields, even as a teenager, something not typical of middle infield prospects. What eyeball scouts are skeptical of, though, is Brito’s bat. He’s free-swinging and prone to the strike out. His swing has gone through several iterations — a leg kick was implemented and then uninstalled for a while last fall, for one — and all of this mechanical variability makes it harder to evaluate Brito as a hitter. But a lack of plate discipline makes Brito’s contact profile high risk, even if there’s natural feel for contact here once his swing gets dialed in. He has a chance to stay at second base, but he hasn’t really improved there since signing, and some scouts think his defense has actively gone backwards as his frame has thickened. His body is also pretty much maxed out, so he’s not likely to grow into much more power as he ages, though he already has enough to profile at any infield spot provided he becomes a competent defender and takes better at-bats. If that stuff comes, Brito will be an everyday player, but scout-to-scout optimism for improvement is highly variable.
  22. Tyreek Hill's amazing!
  23. Parlay?
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