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The new owner owns the new Epic Event Center nearby, which is trying to host small-venue rock concerts. Now he'll use the ballpark essentially as an outdoor concert venue. He rebranded the team as a tie-in, which is very lame and not punk rock at all.

[sarcasm]Just remember kids: When Aaron Rodgers chews out a young receiver, looks to the officials for a penalty flag, and throws a tablet on the sideline, it's because he's a giant baby. But when Brady does it and also tells the opposing sideline to go "eff" themselves - that's generational leadership.[/sarcasm]

No word yet on Adams (who is vaccinated) in terms of if he had a negative test yesterday (Tuesday), so it doesn't look good for his availability on Thursday. He needs to have 2 negative test to play. Lazard (unvaccinated) is in a different situation. I haven't seen it reported that he actually had a positive test. Rather, he's been deemed a "close contact" (presumably of Adams) and by rule has to be placed on the COVID list for a minimum of 5 days which definitely rules him out for Thursday. Given the other WR's haven't been placed on the list as of now, I would assume they are vaccinated and have so far received negative test results. Hopefully MVS will be activated - his ability to stretch the defense has been a missing element.

My son wants a Willy Adames jersey for his birthday. Does anyone know if they sell those in the Team Store? Or what the best way of procuring one is? So far it seems like the only way to get one is to make a custom jersey at mlbshop online.

His 2022 salary was guaranteed for injury, so if he had sustained a major injury during the course of this season and was not 100% healthy at the beginning of the new league year, the Cowboys would have been on the hook for an additional $11.2M next season. Given they had no intention of keeping him next season, it was a pretty shrewd move on their part to just release him rather than find some other way to keep him off the field for the rest of the season.

His era of SNL and particularly his time behind the desk at WU was what I grew up with. I agree with what others have said - if you just read his jokes, you probably wouldn't even find it funny. But his delivery is what made it work. One of the best skits he was ever in is when he's in a car crash and Sylvester Stallone happens to be the first person on the scene, but even as he's slowly losing consciousness he doesn't pass up the opportunity to absolutely roast Stallone's career decisions in terms of what movies he's been in.

NFL rules require the game must be held in an NFL stadium due to their replay system. I was a little surprised that AT&T stadium said no due a concert being held 3 days later. I don't know how much it takes to set up a concert but I guess that wasn't enough time.

We stream through YouTubeTV so we've been unable to watch any games this season given their ongoing dispute with BallySports.

I've been away from this website for the most part for the past few years, largely fueled by the fact my oldest kids are involved in various sports, so it was funny to see this thread pop up. My boys are 9 & 10, each playing "competitive" baseball since 7U. We are a community based program (they started playing in the recreational league at 4) but we also offer "tournament" teams for kids who want to try out for a more competitive experience. I've coached my oldest son's tourney team for the past 4 years as well as coaching their rec league teams. They definitely play other sports (football, one in wrestling one in basketball) but they stay "active" with their baseball training year round in our basement since that is their biggest passion. By "active" I mean tee work maybe 3 days a week, and then ramp up pitching in the late winter after we've totally shut down any throwing for 3-4 months. Our summers are completely consumed by baseball (my wife and I often have to divide & conquer since the boys will likely play in different towns each weekend), but so long as this is what they are passionate about and enjoy, then this is worth it.

He suffered a knee injury (meniscus tear) at the end of camp last year. He was just never the same player after that.

Things we know to be true (facts): - Yelich is a FA after the 2022 season - The current CBA is set to expire after the 2021 season Likely to be true (opinion): - Yelich and Brewers won't agree to an extension before the CBA expires What I *think* may happen this next offseason, is that some free agents may opt for 1 year deals for the 2021 season, if the belief is that there teams are budgeting for higher spending after the new CBA deal. If that ends up being the case, 2021 may be another "go for it" year for Stearns & Attanasio where they go after these types of FA's (like they did with Moose & Grandal) which could also explain why they are being more budget-conscious this offseason. After the dust settles with the new CBA and what the core of the team looks like at that point, that's where I see it most likely we would trade Yelich and Hader to retool the roster heading into the 2022 season.

The link was removed from Reddit, so I'm unable to listen to the podcast.

There are some players who are talented enough where GM's overlook their personal shortcomings. Russell isn't in that category. I'd pass.

Sir, that's pronounced "Lawffices."

I've never understood the arguments against a salary cap and floor with massive revenue sharing...at least on the players side. I can see why big markets wouldn't like it, but why would players dislike it? If the cap and floor were set in a way that would guarantee players a similar revenue percentage to what they are getting now...what's the problem? A cap and floor would prevent stupid offseasons like 2017 and 2018 where teams didn't spend and everyone cried collusion. Exactly. Nobody on the players side cries about the salary cap in the NFL. The collectively care about what % of the revenue in total is going to player salaries. We only hear about the complaining in MLB about the Luxury tax because the teams that actually CAN spend more and not lose money are the ones hiding behind the Luxury tax, and those owners have to absolutely love the narrative that it's actually these small-to-mid market clubs that are to blame for the lack of spending. It's insanity.