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It was field tested with first hand experience.

Not that I'd give Harper a 10-year contract or anything, as I've documented in this thread, but he's a muuccccccch better risk than Howard. Howard was clearly a future example of the Tabe Fat Guy Theorem which states that fat guys fall off the cliff, they don't decline. Howard's decline was hastened by the awful achilles injury but it was going to happen regardless. Harper doesn't fit that profile. That said, the problem with Harper is that he's simply not that good.

I can see that. I liked them, and loved Black Flag, but I can totally see where they could be annoying. There were definitely times when I found them annoying and frustrating.

I had played the entire series before Unity came out . And, yes, coming off Black Flag, Unity is a great game. As good as AC2 or Black Flag? No. But still great.

You're nuts. Unity is a great game.

To celebrate the trade, Philly blew a 5-1 3rd period lead against Detroit before winning in OT, 6-5.

I've mentioned it on here before, but if you haven't watched Andreas Athanasiou play, you are missing out. He's incredibly fast and good for (literally) a breakaway per game. Last night against Ottawa, he scored a goal simply by blowing around a defenseman with seemingly not enough room to do so. He followed that up with a penalty shot goal off another breakaway. He's leading the league in penalty shot attempts (3) and goals (2). AA is still a little inconsistent but he's incredibly dynamic and growing as a player all the time. He'll probably end up with 25-30 goals this year. Anyway, he's fun to watch. Check him out.

Amazing he can hit a baseball with eyesight that bad.

After having our normal, relatively mild, winter here in Spokane, we started getting snow a few days ago. We now have about 16-18" on the ground. We are forecast to have snow 10 more times in the next 2 weeks. Yay.

Going off the thumbnail, it's like they said "Let's make her look like Penny Marshall" for some reason.

Also, yeah, the owners are almost certainly colluding.

As for Machado, maybe, just maybe, teams don't want to give 10 years to a proven attitude and effort problem like Machado.

Maybe, just maybe, Harper is asking for a salary that's not realistic. He had a *1.3* WAR last year. He's hit under .250 two of the last three years. He's had one full season with an OPS+ above 133. His dWAR was the second LOWEST in the majors last year. And yet he's apparently turned down offers of over $300m. We're not talking about a guy that has outperformed Mike Trout. Or what ARod had done when he was a free agent originally. We're talking about a guy who's had a good career but is hardly the best player in baseball but wants to be paid as if he's Willie Mays x 5.

While I guarantee there's more to that part of the story than what we're being told, it doesn't really change how awful it all is..

Pretty much everyone failed that girl. Good grief. I am at a loss for words.