SeaBass

I think it's possible to be frustrated by replay but still support it. Clearly it's not perfect. PI penalties being reviewable seems like insanity to me, that's when we start to get into the micromanaging of every little thing and that gets to be too much. I think most people that "hate" replay simply wish it could be executed better and with greater consistency. I Google searched and found two coaches that are on record being in favor of getting rid of replay, Jon Gruden and Pete Carroll. That's still a pretty big minority and we don't even know if the owners of those franchises would agree with them. Anyway, I remember when the league first implemented replay, then shut it down. The clamor to bring replay back was a constant litany compounded with each and every blown call thereafter. I just don't see the league going down that road again.

With all due respect I think we know your position by now. I think you are in a vast and sweeping minority of fans on this subject, not to mention actual NFL owners/coaches/players. Frankly there is zero possibility that replay will be cancelled in the NFL or any other sport where it's been instituted. Because it makes way too much sense. I sympathize with your argument, it does have a portion of merit, but in the end I would vote for replay, with all its imperfections, 100 times out of 100.

No, they didn't, and the service was terrible. I did stop in one time at like 8pm because I thought there would be no line. Line was like 4 cars with 2 drive through lanes. Took me 20 minutes. Yep, that sounds like BK to me. As far as promos, start looking for apps for the fast food places you regularly visit, there's usually some perk, deal/coupon or benefit on there. The McDonald's and Wendy's apps are especially good for deals, BK too.

The "M" looks more straight than the original, the prongs (if that's even what they are) don't look as curvy or arced, especially the one that forms the border of the glove.

I would say I have a low level of anxiety about Giannis leaving. Whatever happens, happens. The quotes or misquotes don't bother me. I want him to stay, right now I think the odds are stronger that he will stay but things can change. What I do know is I will continue to be a fan of his until the end of time no matter what uniform he's wearing or unless he does something that would cause me to lose respect for him. Changing teams isn't going to be enough for that to happen, he'd have to do something colossally terrible and completely out of character and I just don't see that happening. I really haven't moved from how I felt before and at the end of last season, he'll be back as long as ownership and the front office continue to show him that they're not going to try to nickel and dime their way to being just competitive enough. In essence, not run the team like Herb Kohl did. Giannis plays the game with all out effort, he rightly should demand that mentality from the owners and front office.

I'm in the Fox Valley area and I don't think I've heard sloppy joes called hot tamales before, I also grew up calling them BBQs. I do say bubbler though. Strange since I also grew up calling soda "pop" but I think pop sounds kind of hick (no offense intended to anyone that says pop, it's not that big a deal) so I adapted to soda. But I won't budge off bubbler. I just can't reconcile a bubbler as a drinking fountain in my brain and I don't know why I'd want to start adding words and syllables to refer to something that's already been perfectly optimized as a bubbler lol. Also I do feel like I've heard "sangwich" but can't specifically remember who or where or when. I have a fuzzy memory of it being said that way on purpose as if to poke fun at someone that did actually say it that way but I can't bring a specific memory to mind. So pretty vague at best.

That guys is the voice for Archer and Bob's Burgers. He definitely has a distinct voice, but yea I guess if you don't know those shows to be predispositioned to like him... Sidenote: Archer is an absolutely great show. Last few years a bit out there but the first like 6-7 years The commercials don't bother me but what does get me about them is I think he says "SAMwiches" instead of "sandwiches" and it makes me a little crazy that I can't tell for certain. If nobody else has noticed I hope that it now becomes something you can't not hear.

I know every season is different when it comes to the Super 2 cut off, but looking at Hader's debut being June 10, 2017 and comparing to Hiura's debut this season, it's not looking good for the Brewers avoiding Hiura's Super 2 status. Hiura debuted May 14, spent 21 days with the Brewers going back down on June 3rd, spending 25 days in the minors until returning on June 28th. Removing the gap and just going by games played it would be as if Hiura had debuted on June 7th. Yikes. Really have to hope Hader's debut season was an outlier.

There's a lot in there, it's hard to decipher. You need to jump around to different aspects of the rules to try to make sense of it. I can't be sure either way.

This is the best I could find. https://operations.nfl.com/media/3831/2019-playing-rules.pdf Taunting falls under Rule 12, Section 2©: Penalty: (for (a) through (h)): Loss of 15 yards from the succeeding spot or whatever spot the Referee, after consulting with the crew, deems equitable. So if a touchdown is scored the spot is considered beyond the goal line. HOWEVER... Rule 14, Section 2, Article 2© for a Foul Beyond a Goal Line: When the spot of enforcement for a foul by the offense is behind the defensive goal line, a distance penalty is enforced from the goal line. So wouldn't this mean the touchdown would be taken off the board?

Usually the taunting fouls that happen on touchdowns occur after the touchdown has been scored and that's why the penalties are assessed on PATs or kickoffs. I think in Jones' instance it would have negated the touchdown because it happened prior to the actual touchdown. Premise being the play immediately ends once the ball crosses the goal line.

What really gets me is someone thought of all that. Like seriously sat down and collected a list of "offensive" idioms and thought up alternatives. Possibly even a group of folks formed a committee to do this. For what? What a gigantic waste of time. These people want to make the world better for animals. Wasting time on crap like this gets a F from me in that effort. George Costanza couldn't find a way to be less productive.

Thanks for your conclusion that I must be too stupid to have considered information on both sides of the argument and just jumped to a black and white view of the facts. Cool. Feels good. 1) I'm supremely confident stating as fact that you absolutely, 100% do not know the facts of this case either. I'm also supremely confident stating as fact that you absolutely, 100% do not know what their attorney advised them of. Wow, this whole post. Filled with frankly insulting amounts of assumption regarding what I have or have not read and what I supposedly don't know or understand. I don't think I should be required to type a college thesis to further explain or defend why I have an opinion. But I'm pretty sure I already said nobody can know what happened between Heimlich and the victim. So I don't understand the "Gotcha!" response. Then you say I don't know about what the attorney advised... uh, ok. Was I making some kind of claim about his attorney? Forget it, rhetorical question. Bottom line is I have an opinion that I don't think he deserves the chance to play pro ball. I wouldn't describe this as an overly vindictive opinion, I don't have some irrational anger towards the guy, it's more about the semantics of the word "deserves". I was using his guilty plea as a basis of this, not because I don't think it's possible he's actually innocent, but because I think it is MORE LIKELY that he is actually guilty than it is that he's innocent. And yes, that like it or not legally he was guilty in the eyes of the law. That has to carry some weight. Do I really know? Of course not. The burden of proof isn't on me, and what I think has no actual bearing on his life. A he said, she said case is a really flimsy reason for a prosecutor to bring charges against someone. Prosecutors do not like losing trials, it tends to make the people that they need votes from to instead vote against them. So I have to believe the prosecutor felt they had the evidence to actually win. A disgruntled ex-wife that people think might have shady reasons for concocting some scheme for custody doesn't have the power to force a prosecutor with an otherwise hypothetically flawed case to charge someone with a crime. If a prosecutor made decisions like that they'd never have a free moment to themselves they'd be buried in so many similarly flawed cases. The rest of it, his plea deal, his records being sealed, fulfilling the conditions he accepted as a result of his plea deal, all that is done. His legal responsibilities are concluded. No issue with that. He's a free man. He's playing baseball in a Mexican pro league. Most importantly, again, just because I don't think MLB teams should give him the opportunity has zero real life bearing on what actually happens. I'm just an insignificant guy in Wisconsin with an imperfect understanding of the events that lead to this debate. I have no power to prevent him from getting a blizzard at Dairy Queen much less prevent him from playing pro ball if an MLB team ultimately decides to give him the chance.

This is not accurate. He did not "freely" admit guilt - he followed the advice of an attorney. And it wasn't entirely his decision, it was the decision of his family. You and I have different definitions of free then. He had a choice to accept or reject a plea deal. And how weird, he made a choice of extreme benefit to himself in the short term by guaranteeing he would not have to stand trial and would not have to serve time. More from this link: "It’s worth noting that, despite his repeated professions of innocence, Heimlich has not sought to vacate his guilty plea. He hasn’t claimed he was coerced into it. He hasn’t said it was involuntary. He hasn’t charged his attorney with ineffective assistance of counsel. He hasn’t sought to expunge his record." So is living a life never being accused of something you didn't do. Or not being a pawn in a family dispute. This is a false statement. We have all probably been accused of doing something we didn't do. That falls nowhere on the privilege spectrum. And once again, he pled guilty. Aside from all that, you are speaking as if you definitively know the facts of what happened which you absolutely, 100% do not. At all. Period. I'm supremely confident stating this as fact.

No, he was a kid that psychologists deemed not likely to offend again. Huge difference. The point is that any "evidence" that he offended to begin with is dubious at best. Yet he freely admitted guilt in a court of law. Look, nobody knows what really happened except him and his victim, but it's real easy to take the easy path, admit guilt then later say "nah, I didn't really do it". If you didn't really do it defend yourself and be willing to face the jail time. I'd have more respect for his stance if he'd done that and been found guilty (he also could have been found not guilty), all the while maintaining his innocence, than the route he did take. Playing baseball, or any professional sport is a privilege, not a right, and it's dependent on more than just a person's skill. Fairly or unfairly this situation is standing in the way of that privilege. I'm ok with that. Ultimately I have no sympathy for the guy. He's free and didn't do any time. He gets to live his life. Maybe one day he will be exonerated. The fact remains he chose to admit guilt to avoid the possibility of doing time. That was his choice, now he has to live with the consequences. Life's not fair and this is an example why. I don't see how he's owed anything here. That's my opinion and I won't look down on others here for having an opposing one, I'll just agree to disagree.

Not sure if anybody watched the game last night, TEN vs. JAX so probably not a ton of interest especially with the Cubs/Cardinals to monitor, but Gardner Minshew looks like a steal of a 6th round pick at QB for Jacksonville. He's a guy when you watch him play he just has it. Looks like a vet. The other cool thing I saw last night was the end of the Tulane vs. Houston game. I had zero interest in this game, I had only turned on ESPN just before 10 pm to watch the first segment of SportsCenter and check out Cubs/Cards highlights and the Brewers too. I was annoyed because this college game I had no interest in was tied at 31 with :18 seconds left looking like it was going to go to OT, thus delaying SportsCenter. Tulane received the kickoff, a squib kick by Houston, and had the ball at their own 30-ish yard line. In two plays Tulane scored the winning touchdown. It was pretty crazy, a fake kneel down on the first play to pick up 18 to 20 yards and get to mid field, next play a pretty pass over the middle that Houston's defense defended poorly and failed to make a tackle on and just like that the game was over. It's a highlight worth looking up.

I was watching that too and I just laughed when he said he sees the Brewers not making it. Like, you just layed out all the reasons they can "sneak" in, Doug! But sure despite the Cubs and Cards combining for 7 guaranteed losses in the next week it's the Brewers that are in trouble. In my mind the Brewers are clearly sitting in the best position. I know these talking heads think they don't have the pitching but again the schedule is very soft and the Brewers pitching has been strong lately. Just pray they manage to stay hot a bit longer and put some space between one of these teams. Also every time they mention Yelich is hurt being a reason they'll fail I just throw up my hands and say what about Baez and Rizzo? Yelich is one guy but there's two for the Cubs. Do these guys even think things through before they speak?

If he ends up having a good season he's an easily tradable piece and could still end up on a team that faces the Bucks in a meaningful series.

Is it bias or does it just reveal the voters lean towards the guy on the better team? Trout will win the AL MVP even tho his team isn't great this year but his season is so far superior to anyone else in that league. Had another AL guy put up numbers like he did on a winning team that player would win it instead of Trout. That's the thing, Yelich may have the edge on Bellinger with his hitting stats, but they're close enough to where Bellinger, combined with his superior defense, probably wins out because he's on the better team. Add to it that Bellinger is young and clearly on the rise that adds to the excitement surrounding him. He's going to be a special player for years. Now with Yelich being injured and out for the remainder of the season that's a case where voters relax their view, to them they no longer need to worry about how close Yelich is, or rather how much he can widen the gap offensively, because he's done and Bellinger isn't. It's so easy to say, "Oh, well that's it then." Path of least resistance. They're going to focus on the players that are still playing and move Yelich down on their ballots a few spots. I don't even think Yelich finishes 2nd, possibly not even 3rd in the voting. The number one stat against him is he suffered an injury at the wrong time.

Right, and when I posted that video it was mostly just because any doctor's opinion on the situation would be of interest in the waning hours of the evening. Everything depends on the severity of the break or fracture. That the scuttlebutt about his recovery time is now weeks rather than months that leads me to think the fracture isn't very extensive at all. Which makes sense, Yelich wasn't hit by a car, he only fouled a baseball off his knee. I remember Robin Ventura dislocating his ankle running the bases back in the day, which was a really gross looking injury. It happened fairly early in the season and everyone was kind of assuming he wouldn't play again that year. He came back faster than most people, or at least I, thought he would and I was just amazed that was possible.

Winning is fun.

This doctor's projected timeline is 4-6 months if Yelich doesn't need surgery and 9-11 months if he does. Source If this is accurate really hoping it doesn't require surgery. https://youtu.be/PsJFou1LJ40

It's a shame, not only for Yelich and the Brewers but for baseball. The NL MVP race was tight with around 4 guys being potential winners. It sucks the field is whittled down due to a fluky (for baseball) injury. And Yelich had a chance at a 50/30 or possibly even a 50/40 season. History lost tonight.

Woo! Heck of a win boys! Refreshing to not feel like the defense is living on a prayer. Love it!

Oh the refs had their eyes open on that late hit though. Idiots.