BeenHazy

Back in my day, most baseball was played without adult supervision.

After tonight, the Twins have hit 26 more home runs than they have allowed. The last time they met or exceeded that number over the course of an entire season was 1969.

WOW, never mind.

They could use the OKC 1st to disappear Aldrich somewhere, leaving just shy of $20M I think. If Millsap wants to reunite with Teague and is only getting offers in the 20-22M range from inferior teams that might be enough. A guy can dream. Bench is Dieng, Bjelica, Tyus, and a veteran minimum wing...not ideal but worth it for that starting five.

Tweet from Frank Isola of the NY Daily News: "Source close to free agent Paul Millsap says Denver and Minnesota have emerged as frontrunners." I doubt the Wolves have enough cap left to grab Millsap on July 6th, but you never know. The good thing about getting Teague (reported 3y/57M) instead of Lowry is it leaves enough space for the Wolves to be one of the best teams that can make a decent offer after the first wave is done, for good players who fall through the cracks.

When your most fleshed-out character is the stiff, you have a problem.

He carves "SG was here" on the wall in Omaha, not "JM was here." He's grieving the loss of Saul and/or reminding himself of who he really is, presumably without a thought for who he was as Jimmy. If you have Netflix, watch the scene where he proposes Wexler McGill to Kim (S2 E7 around 25:00). He says flat out that all that hard work and sacrifice was to please others, not himself.

This isn't about Jimmy getting broken. It's about him finding his groove as Saul. He's progressing, not getting beaten down. My guess is Chuck will have a minor role going forward, and might even be written out completely before the end of this season. It's been a great story, but it feels like it's just about over now. Jimmy apparently kept Kim in the dark about Huell's role in the hearing. That could be a big bump in their relationship, but there is still plenty left to their story. Rewatched BB after BCS season 2 and noticed that Saul spoke of past relationships in a manner that was rueful and perhaps a bit bitter.

The net result of the two trade-downs is moving from 86 to 109 while adding 132, 219, and 245. If (big if) it holds, that will make 19 7th rounders for the Vikings since 2010. Stephen Weatherly Jayron Kearse Austin Shepherd Edmond Robinson Shamar Stephen Brandon Watts Jabari Price Michael Mauti Travis Bond Everett Dawkins Audie Cole Trevor Guyton D'Aundre Reed Stephen Burton Mickey Shuler Ryan D'Imperio Stephen is the only one of the 16 to start the majority of games in any season.

I would see if the Celtics want to give up the 1-1 plus more for Wiggins. Boston is getting by with Avery Bradley and Marcus Smart alongside Isaiah Thomas in an undersized backcourt, and Thomas is their only high usage star. Wiggins and his one-way game would be a great fit there at the 2. They're dueling for best in the Least now, but legit title contenders next year with Wiggins. Wolves would grab Josh Jackson with the pick and let Thibs turn him into the player that Wiggins apparently doesn't care to be. Jackson fits the Wolves timeline just fine, while the Celts' Thomas/Crowder/Horford window won't be open as long. Lavine gets the high-usage wing role. The 1-1 alone isn't enough. Boston has Brooklyn's first next year as well, but that's too much for them to give up. They also have LAC protected 1st 2019 (with complications through TOR and MEM) and a 2019 Memphis 1st. The rights to one of those would balance the deal. The Wolves could then use their own pick, the future pick in the Boston deal, or both in a trade to fill another need.

i posted this on GopherHole and thought I'd share it here: Lots of noise is made about 12 seeds upsetting 5 seeds in the NCAA tournament. Since 2008, 12 seeds have won 17 of the 36 contests - just under half. With our mighty Golden Gophers matched up against some little school from the middle of Tennessee, I looked through the brackets on SR-CBB to see if the results are different when a 5 seed from a power conference plays a mid-major. I also broke down the other three possible matchups. Turns out the big schools do just fine. For this exercise, power conferences are Big Ten, Big East, Big 12, Pac 12, ACC and SEC. Sorry, MWC, A10 and AAC! *upset P6 5 vs Mid 12 2016 Indiana over Chattanooga *2016 Yale over Baylor 2016 MD over SDkSU *2016 UALR over Purdue 2015 WV over Buffalo 2015 Utah over SFA 2015 Arkansas over Wofford *2014 NDSU over Oklahoma 2012 Vandy over Harvard 2011 K State over Utah State *2011 Richmond over Vandy 2011 Arizona over Memphis 2010 Texas A&M over Utah St 2010 Michigan St over New Mexico St *2009 WKY over Illinois 2009 Purdue over UNIa 2008 Notre Dame over George Mason 2008 Michigan st over Temple 5 of 18 (28%) upsets. That's not especially Cinderellaey. P6 5 vs P6 12 *2013 Oregon over OKSt *2013 Ole Miss over Wiscy 2011 WV over Clemson *2009 Wisconsin over Florida St *2008 Villanova over Clemson 4 of 5 (80%) upsets. Mid 5 vs P6 12 2014 StL over NC State *2013 Cal over UNLV *2012 SFla over Temple *2009 Arizona over Utah (MWC) 3 of 4 (75%) upsets, making 7 of 9 total for P6 12 seeds. There's apparently nothing more dangerous than a pissed-off power conference bubble team! Mid 5 vs Mid 12 2015 UNIa over Wyoming *2014 Harvard over Cincinnati (AAC) *2014 SFA over VCU 2013 VCU over Akron *2012 VCU over Wichita St 2012 New Mexico over Long Beach *2010 Cornell over Temple 2010 Butler over UTEP *2008 WKY over Drake 5 of 9 (56%) upsets. I imagine lots of small-school losers dribbling balls off their feet and passing to the refs in these clown-show games. P6 is 16-6 (73%) vs Mids regardless of seed in 5-12 games. Mid-major 5 seeds only manage to win 38% of the time. The fearsome reputation of the 12 seed is built on the ashes of mid-majors.

My theory is Thibs wants a 1st for Ricky in order to package it with the Wolves 1st and Dunn for a move into the top three. It's his best chance to acquire an eventual top 5 PG.

What are the odds that Trump gets impeached by his own party in the next four years?

Wisconsin is going to be the tipping-point state. For Trump. Screw you, Wisconsin.

I don't think it was so much Bernie vs Hillary as it was that any other Dem would have beaten Trump. Clinton was the one candidate who Trump could entrap in his fetid cesspool of a campaign. Any other candidate would have garnered more sympathy when treated that way, and also articulated a more believable message of optimism.