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I think Chucky has to take over a bit and get shots/layups more down the stretch or in critical spots. He does it at times but other times seems to give the ball up too easily. Connor looks good and I can't wait to see what he becomes. I love Wahl but he struggled in the clutch. I hope that turns around as he gets more games under him from his injury.

What do you think is the biggest difference between the early season play and current play? I'm hopping they can get off this skid tonight and play well.

No Jeff Suppan? On a serious note, I thought Yo would be in the top 5 but I can see why he didn't make the cut. I too would have Sheets #2. I loved that guy and most importantly he was hilarious. Not sure how to make a stat for that but it should be factored in. Maybe there should be a list for top 5 fan favorites.

You bet. Good luck and let us know how it turns out!

I've been a recruiter for 11 years now so I have a lot of experience with negotiating. I think it get's harder to counter after your initial counter, but it can be done. Let me ask you this, if they come back low are you ok with walking away? I think the strongest move you can make is respectfully saying something like "I want the job and I think I'd be a great fit with your company and team. If you can meet me at $____ I'd accept today and give my notice. If you can't go any higher, I understand. Financially it doesn't make sense for me at this amount, so I unfortunately would have to decline." Of course they still may walk away, but if it's close they may come back with the offer you want. I think you need to have the lowest number in your head that you're ok with. Make sure it's a number that won't leave you resentful down the road because you don't want to be in that type of position. In my opinion companies get to the point of "forget this guy" when a candidate is waffling or passively asking for more multiple times (for money or vacation, etc). I think if you're strong they will respect it and hopefully come up to what you are asking for. Again, please know that with this type of move you may lose the job. Having a job you know you'd love is worth a lot. So again, figure out what your low dollar amount is that still leaves you happy with the decision. If they can't meet that, I'd use a counter like I mentioned.

The email they sent to subscribers specifically said they're preserving the $65 price. Plus they're honoring the $15 discount for everyone on their next bill even though the channels were only gone for a day and a half. No price increase, riggggggght. Not today, but wait a month or two. I don't want to bring bad vibes to this thread, but I'm under the assumption that once streaming services become the go to for a majority of people, they will become the cable companies. Rates will continue to go up and I'm assuming customer service will start to go down. My guess is it will be just like DTV. Started out doing everything possible for its customers until they were big enough that they didn't have to anymore. The only hope I have is that because there aren't installs and equipment needed for their services, along with no contracts, they may keep prices somewhat lower than cable/dish, and customer service will still be key. Consolidation of services will be the biggest issue for customers as time goes on. That gives them too much power and the ability to do whatever they please. For the record, I love YTTV and their customer service has been amazing. I hope they continue to see how much that is appreciated.

Is this price hike from Disney to try and screw over YouTube, so they have to charge more? Which then will send more people over to Hulu Live TV? It seems to me that YouTube is kind of screwed on this one because of what Disney has control over. I have a feeling I’ll need to switch to Hulu but I don’t want to if that was their plan all along!

Oh no. Seriously? Roku could do that? This would be a major bummer. I just bought two roku TVs! I’m not sure I got the email but I’ll have to go check. Any other information you have on it? I was curious why some apps like MLB weren’t on some smart TVs. Didn’t know there was negotiations going on for things like that.

Don't lose the power assuming you are playing with us again in softball. We need dingerz. Shows up to spring training in the best shape of his life, etc, etc. All this made me laugh! Best shape of his life, renewed love for the game. Going to be a great season!

Speaking of Milwaukee pizza near hwy 100, my grandma just sent a text the other day and said she's looking forward to me coming to visit (she lives right off 100). She said she will treat me and my family to Balistreri's Pizza! It's a tradition that we always get that when we visit. I think we may have discussed their pizza on the board already but this made me think of it. We always get it from the one on 68th. Now my mouth is watering!

Steakhouse sides are the best. Lobster Mac and cheese! I agree, I'm in the boat as many of you, I typically prefer my own steak to a restaurant. There are a few places though, with special cuts, dry aged, etc that exceed expectations. They are expensive, but worth the money in my opinion. The atmosphere, the sides, the desserts, those are all things that are hard to replicate.

[sarcasm]Yeah, just what WI needed... more alcohol options... [/sarcasm] Small town bars everywhere in WI just said “wait, we couldn’t do to go cups before?”

I checked out their site. Looks awesome. Do they ship their frozen pizzas by any chance?

I reached out in a chat to YoutubeTV yesterday to ask when they were going to allow the unlimited logins from your house. They didn’t have an answer but I was blown away by customer service. They said they appreciated me reaching out and they value my feedback (standard customer service type line) and they’d like to comp me 2 free weeks of their service. I was blown away. Such a different experience than DTV. Thought I’d share because I really like their service and little things like this can make such a huge difference. Now when they rule the TV market, I’m sure they will tell me to go pound sand, but for now it’s great.

That is expensive but such a game changer for so many people. I hope it works good enough for people to have legit internet.

Just finished the Queen's Gambit and I found it to be very entertaining. Who knew, a tv show about chess, could be so fun. There is talk of doing a second season, and as much as I'd love to see more episodes, it might be best to leave it as it was intended. It's a quick watch, as it's only one season, so I'd give it a try if you're looking for something.

Not sure on the Wii but I'll have to check that out. We just hooked ours back up for the first time in awhile (I have 3 young boys 7,4,2). I know going back to SNES days, there were certain games that had a "computer assistance" option which kept games close. On a similar note, I lost for the first time to my son in a sports game, Madden. I play up two levels from him and he destroyed me in our last game. This is similar to an "assistance" type thing. I used to be really good at Madden.... 15 years ago! He just started playing it a little bit at the end of the NFL season. I guess I need to get some practice in before the next game because my pride can't take that. If he ever beats me at Tecmo Super Bowl, I may shed a tear.

That's just because you have no taste! That was a good one! Do they still have dollar slice day or all you can eat slices? Those were the days! In college we would go there and eat way too much, then bring home 4 slices or so a piece. Had to lose so much money on that.

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!!! I love Jets! Your review is exactly how I describe it to people. When we moved to Cincinnati, we could not find a good local pizza place. We stumbled on Jets and fell in love with the 8 corner pizza. It's so good. There is one near us now in Minneapolis but we aren't in the delivery zone, so we don't get it as much as I'd like to. Dang it, I may have to order it this week now that you have me thinking about it.

Because Cramer was a hedge fund manager 20 years ago? Data is much more available and transparent now, and regulations were passed after the late 2000's financial crisis that increased government oversight and eliminated some regulatory gaps of hedge funds. The definition of "hedge fund" and how it got it's name is because they hedge their bets to create less volatility in expected returns compared to other retail funds with high exposure to the market. They make more extensive use of leverage and derivatives, riskier bets, but hedge those bets to reduce volatility. What I linked to was what is being said by others about Citron, not me. People go on CNBC, talk to reporters, or go on social media all the time about the companies they are buying or shorting. It's to get the hype going to help them out. Just watch CNBC for a few days. There is more regulation on what you can and can't do, but it's still happening all the time. As for hedge funds definition, that is partially accurate but hedge funds have taken on many more forms now. Some hedge their bets like you mentioned but some don't. Essentially hedge funds are for investors wanting to hedge against their other investments because the fund hopes to make money in any market condition. Some can all be long, some all short, and some in between. They can essentially do whatever they want (within the regulations) and take on more risk because investors are wealthier and are made aware of the risky nature.

The hedge funds aren't asking others to short the stock as well to drive up their profits; they don't announce anything. They're doing it independently. Their trades may be publicly available information, but they aren't promoting them. They do promote their trades many times. They will short a stock, go on tv and tell whoever that the company is not a good investment and that's why they sold or are shorting it. It is also public information. That's all fine, the reason this got out of hand is because the shorts were beyond 100% of the outstanding shares. That was a signaling that people were going have to do a lot of buying in order to satisfy all the shorts.

What would the logistics be if they just went to MLB app with no blackout restrictions? Wouldn't that be the best for everyone? Or would they have to raise the prices to make it profitable enough for the teams? I love MLB tv but it's worked because I've been out of market. I really dislike how much the regional channels have been causing issues with so many services. Like many of you, I lost mine in MN this fall. Doesn't bother me too much right now, but I do like to watch the occasional T-Wolves or Twins game. Hoping they get it worked out again, but it won't kill me not to have it. If I lived in WI, I'd be having major issues!

Can they call the company and explain the situation, see if they'd allow them to login as much as they want? Otherwise I love YoutubeTV. You can try it free for a month. I was super worried about it not being enough of what I want, compared to DTV. When I did the free trial, I only used YTV and found I was not missing anything at all (until NFL comes back and I don't have Sunday Ticket, but I think I will split the cost with a friend and use their online login). With YTV you can have multiple logins going at once and can use it wherever.

Me too! There is a lot of love here though, so I went with it. Congrats on the internet! Also, I guess, congrats on the Masters.

100%! It's been really fun to watch that with our family.