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Still working my way into baseball mode, but the Yanks look much improved so far. While I don't expect Volpe to hit 350 for the season, he seems much more comfortable at the plate. Juan Soto has exceeded my expectations, both as a hitter and a teammate. Hope the pitching stays healthy and it...

As I was exiting the stadium, I heard a guy say to his buddy that Spencer's three cost him $750. Now I know what he meant lol.

That was one of things that jumped out at me at being implausible. No way the bookie is letting the debt get that out of hand without knowing the guy had the capability of paying it back. The other piece is the multiple payments supposedly made by the interpreter from Ohtani's account into the...

This is a crazy story. I hope this does not end up involving Ohtani in the gambling. He's too good for the game to be tarnished. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/39768770/dodgers-shohei-ohtani-interpreter-fired-theft

I think Pitino used this guy like Shooter McGavin used Donald the Jeering Guy to throw off Happy Gilmore.

Maybe letting Saquan walk is the right move for the Giants, but I throw up a little in my mouth over the idea of seeing him in an Eagle's uniform.

I don't think I saw it mentioned yet, but the Alex Cross series from James Patterson has some great books, like Along Came a Spider, which was made into a movie with Morgan Freeman.

If you're looking for some light escapism, I've been binging a re-watch of Chuck. This is a light-hearted spy show from around 2010 where a slacker from local Nerd Herd has all of the government's secrets implanted in his head. The government sends a CIA hottie, Yvonne Strahovski, and an NSA...

Cam recently did an interview with John Fanta who asked him about it. Cam's response was that, not only was the story true, but that he's been pestering Karaban for a rematch.

I'm just wrapping up Season 2 and am still enjoying the show. Loudermilk is definitely an ass, but in a Ricky Gervais kind of way. And the gang is full of fun characters that are good for a few laughs every episode. I read that they're working to get Netflix to pick up a Season 4.

He certainly has enough of a track record to show that he can get it done. But he was so putrid last season and came across as more than a bit of a tool. Yanks will need him to return to a top-of-the-rotation caliber pitcher if they want to contend in a loaded AL East.

I like their site. Many of their fans are true die-hards and there's a good level of basketball IQ there. That said, they really hate UConn and UConn fans. Almost palpable enough to get me to reach for a cold Pabst Blue Ribbon.

Maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't there a great story about Coach Calhoun's recruitment visit to Rashad? I can't remember the details, but it was something about meeting Coach in a costume or something. Definitely showed that he was a different kind of cat. Huge piece of that...

For those interested in Season 3, it will be based on the seventh Reacher book, Persuader.

Season 2 definitely left me a bit colder than Season 1 and I can't quite put my finger on what caused it. I agree with the previous observations in this thread, but I'm OK suspending disbelief to a great extent. I just found myself not caring about the characters. That said, it's still better...

They seemed to show no heart down the stretch of the season. Typically, I'd look at the head coach, but this is the same guy that was thisclose to a Super Bowl championship last season.

Shogun does look good. I remember the original from way back. The trailer reminds me of Marco Polo which was an entertaining series a few years ago.

I saw that too. Tells me there's a lot of money being put on Butler.

I finished School Spirits over the weekend. Was an enjoyable watch. I'd categorize it as good, not great. That said, I'll watch Season 2 when/if it comes out. One question I had from the last episode was how the main character heard what was going on in the boiler room that caused her to...

The Estevan Florial era is over. It will be interesting to see how he fares with a new team that will, hopefully, give him a longer look than he got in NY. He just always came across as classic "4A" player that slayed in the minors but could never translate that in the big.

I found this shirt online and bought it for my friend's birthday. He can wear it the next time he's in Malta. https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/27272929-baron-mikel-scicluna

I appreciated the T2 nod with the Sarah Conner reference with Robert Patrick's character.

Revenge of the Nerds. Half the hijinks those crazy kids get into would likely land them in jail today. We have bush! We have bush!

I doubt he was the first choice of actors. But when Tom Cruise says he'd like to make your movie, it's hard to say no.

So how do they value the contract against the luxury tax? Is it $2M/year? $70M/year? $46M/year? I'm guessing it's the latter, which is still a hit to the tax, but not early as awful as $70M.

One of those actors that, while you didn't watch the show/movie just for him, was always good in his role. He starred in one of my favorite, underrated movies, Frequency, with Jim Caviezel and Dennis Quaid.

Check out The RealReal https://www.therealreal.com/shop/watches?_pjax=main&gender%5B%5D=58975 They resell some nice, high-end watches. I've not bought anything from them, but they appear legitimate.

I'm thrilled with the trade. The prospects they gave up are the price you have to pay to land one of the top players in MLB early in his prime. Congratulations to Michael King for turning himself into the type of player that can headline a deal like that. But while I wish him well, he's...

I must admit, Alex Verdugo was not on my bingo card.

Of the three biggest names that the Yankees have been associated with, Soto, Ohtani & Yamamoto, which would you be most excited to have join the Yankees next season? Which, if any, do you think we might see in pinstripes?

It's based on Bad Luck & Trouble. It's the one where the members of his old squad start getting killed. The trailer looks great.

I'm not 100% sure of the reasoning, but they re-cast Mat for Season 2. Mat is probably my favorite character from the books, but I feel he's been underused in the TV series so far.

Almost finished with Season 2 of The Wheel of Time on Amazon. Season 2 definitely seems like an improvement over Season 1, even though they did swap out one of the main actors which can often be confusing. I am a huge fan of the books and go into the series with a lot of good will. They've...

I actually thought they were doing it satirically, but I was wrong.

Can't say that I really disagree with you. I finished Season 4 last night and it was meh. I enjoyed spending time with the characters one last time, but they seemed to have ratcheted up the preachiness to an 11 this season.