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Ehrlich doesn't play on this apparently.

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The go to site on Stadium boondoggles. The breakdown of the Braves/Cobb County deal and why the taxpayers won't be able to vote about it. http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2013/11/14/6228/what-cobb-countys-braves-stadium-finance-plan-does-and-doesnt-tell-us/ And earlier post on how workable the site proposed would be. http://www.fieldofschemes.com/2013/11/12/6186/braves-stadium-mysteries-who-would-pay-for-it-and-is-the-site-workable/

Even though the Yankees paid half the price....the whole thing was a fiasco,...because of the prices....especially the best seats....I think you can count on one hand the new stadium being sold out during the regular season.....but the parking http://www.streetsblog.org/category/special-reports/yankee-stadium-parking-scandal/

You're right - several commentators in Atlanta have pointed this out as a factor in the move. Like I said, Turner Field doesn't have the latest bells and whistles that come with a new stadium....just on naming rights alone they will get half of whatever is agreed too....with the country the other half. You have to figure that's @ least an extra $100 million+.

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The Jets sign Ed Reed. Really hard to tell what he has left considering he followed the Benjamins and went to a team with a defense he doesn't fit into with Houston. @ least with the Jets it will be a defense more similar to the Ravens since Ryan was the DC for the Ravens for Reed's first 7 years.

No, with a privately funded stadium only the fans are affected. A public bamboozle screws them and those that don't even like sports and will never watch a game....even on tv. Having saying that....San Francisco did it the right way. Either have it privately funded, or let another cities' taxpayers be robbed.

Both Max Scherzer & Clayton Kershaw easily and deservedly won the Cy Young. 2nd for Kershaw. The Dodgers allegedly already offered a $300 million deal earlier in the season. If that is true and he didn't accept it right then and there?...what's it going to cost now? Detroit is allegedly interested in trading Scherzer. He would be the 13th Cy Young winner to ever be traded. It's going to have to a really deep pocket team considering his contract. Evil Empire has offered Saltalamacchia 2-years for $20 million to return. Brian Wilson will not be joining the Yankees.. The Hillbilly/Jeb Stuart look doesn't work. They're apparently interested in trading for David Freese. Just had his worst year, but he would be cheaper than a free agent.....and even if Mr April comes back (hopefully not!) he's probably playing DH most of the time. Mets are interested in Jhonny Peralta. As well as Curtis Granderson , Shin-Soo Choo, and Stephen Drew. Wilpon's must be past the Madoff Clusterfuck. P.S. With HR bonuses Mr. April's hideous $275 million (even if they won in 2009...they were bidding against themselves!...and I still say it was Kate Hudson*. He hasn't been the same since....even with all the new shit he "allegedly" took.) comes to $305. * I may, or may not be serious about that.

Bumping this. Even if you can't make it....there is this. http://gusttsilis.com/arthurblythe/

Like I said...his brother's suicide affected him. He died only 16 months after him....and I agree that in general, it was suicide the moment he started using. Also keep in mind his first wife committed suicide by throwing herself under a subway train.

Kenneth Faried for Iman Shumpert? Yes, please. uli, where you @? P.S. I think the Joe Dumars nightmare for fans of Detroit ends after this season.

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That time of night. On baby duty. John Lee Hooker Jack the Ripper Jack London aka parts of The People of the Abyss were written in Whitechapel.

You're welcome. Really amazed this thread hasn't gotten much attention. I agree.

Now onto the funny stuff. Really hilarious how upset those in Boston are about Francona winning MOY. I do not think Farrell was even top 3. Melvin should have been second. P.S. Clint Hurdle was a given. I don't think anyone really expected the Pirates to be relevant again.

I get your point, but isn't Turner field pretty beat down? That's what I have heard. Well, the Braves' management says this: Turner Field has served the Braves well since 1997, but it is in need of major infrastructure work, which will cost around $150 million. These upgrades are functional ones, such as replacing worn-out seats or upgrading the stadium's lighting, and they would do little to significantly enhance the fan experience. If the Braves were to pay for additional projects focused on improving the fan experience, the additional costs could exceed $200 million. I don't really know what they're talking about. I'm not knowledgeable enough to know what upgrades Turner Field needs, but I think most visitors would be surprised to hear that the Braves think it needs that much work. On my last visit, a couple of months ago, the only negative I noticed was that the lighting in the corridors seemed a little dim, but that certainly wasn't a major issue for me. My impression was that the seats were just fine, that the sightlines were excellent (not a bad seat in the house), that the field was beautiful and well-lit, that the concession choices were widely varied, from cheap hotdogs and nachos to gourmet sandwiches and steaks and PBR to craft beers, that there were lots of activities and entertainment for fans before the game (and during it, if the kids got bored), and that the organ was played by an excellent jazzman, Matt Kaminski. (Okay, he didn't play jazz at this gig, but his sarcastic song choices to introduce the opposing players were pretty funny.) Maybe Turner Field does need 150-200 million dollars of work after 16 years of operation. That seems excessive to me, but maybe it does. The projections for the new facility are around $672 million. (That's the stadium and surrounding infrastructure.) The Braves won't be paying all of that, of course, but they will certainly be spending more than they would if they stayed put. I guess they are pretty sure they'll recoup their investment, but "throwing away" a perfectly good, relatively new baseball stadium seems insane to me. And once again the numbers they publicly say are not really what ends up being paid with 30-years of interest. Beside Turner Field being surrounded by "the wrong type of people"....the real thing this is all about is all the latest bells and whistles that come with a new stadium....and all the ways the team (not the taxpayers) can make more money from them. I don't think we will see many teams staying in any stadium longer than 20-years before wanting a new one anymore. If cities had any sense they would do what San Francisco/NY/Atlanta now did with the Giants/Jets/Niners/Braves, etc. Let another city/county/state taxpayers be robbed while they still keep their city/state name. The money saved might go to do some actual good for taxpayers of the city/state. Cities really should stop subsidizing everyone of them...they're all White Elephants to taxpayers.

Todd Christensen died. He was only 57. He retired long before I was even born. I know him as a broadcaster, which I enjoyed. Be well.... http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000281159/article/todd-christensen-former-raiders-tight-end-dies-at-57 P.S. Just checked...and he lead the NFL twice in receptions as a TE!

And the Colts lost a first round pick and $578,000+ (just this year) and counting.

2nd half basically is Calipari yelling @ halftime and throughout the 2nd half....you guys know Julius Randle is on this team. Right now outside of Randle everyone else of the Kentucky Fab 4 might re-consider the one and done. Calipari sits Randle with 1:28 left. WTF? Izzo saves Calipari and calls a timeout which leads to Randle getting back in with only 3 seconds off the game clock. Randle triple-teamed and he still scores. Meechigan St. wins a game that without Randle it would have been ugly as hell for Kentucky! If Randle can shoot a free throw consistently they would have won.

When a defense knows they have no reason to defend the run @ all. Once again....Richardson 5 carries for 2 yards. Luck lead the Colts in rushing with a whopping 17 yards.

First half of Kentucky vs. Meechigan St. Meechigan St. a team of veterans who have played together and Kentucky....4 Freshmen and 1 Sophmore who were ranked #1, or 2 @ their position out of high school who haven't played together much and one ball. And Meechigan St. is only 12 points ahead when they should be up @ least double of that.

Rumors are that the Evil Empire, Yankees, and Rangers are interested in Carlos Beltran....and he wants 3-4 years. I don't get the first...especially with Ortiz still on the team. 3-4 years ($40 - 50 million you have to figure) for someone that will be 37 in April....someone the Yankees twice could have signed and turned down....in 2011 it was because of his knees. He's had two much better than expected seasons...but, they need to get younger/healthier. On the Masahiro Tanaka front. The posting fee doesn't count against the luxury tax....but he's seems to have had some serious mileage on that arm in terms pitches. Just in the the Championship series he had 160 pitches in one game (and lost for the first time in the season) and they brought him in the very next game/day to save/ win the Championship. He only had to pitch 15 games, but that's insane after 160. He once pitched 742 in just 6 games which is now the record in high school. He broke Daisuke Matsuzaka's record. That alone would worry me. Posting fee and contract was over $111 million for him....and he was only a year older than Tanaka would be next year. Can't find anything on just how many pitchers per game.... You have to figure whomever wins the bid is going to poke, prod, and hook every part of his pitching arm to whatever machine before signing him. P.S. Speaking of Atlanta.....The Dodgers signed Roy Clark away from the Nationals. Stan Kasten is with the Dodgers. Just saying....