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mail in voting is great - how many state GOPs are trying to move away from it as we speak?

As much as I would like for that to happen, Obama cannot run for a 3rd term.

Now that’s some slippery slope. Get it?! (I’ll see myself out now)

Nope, I don't get a piece of that action which is why I'm not concerned if they are clickable or not. I do appreciate you bringing this to my attention though as I certainly understand why you might have thought that. The only benefit the site receives from those "free" calendars is the games schedules it provides us.

I think they will find a way to send him to Portland to be with his boy Dame. Would like Simons but would be happy with a 1st and some expiring contracts

getting something of value for grant is weaver's most important job right now.

My $.02 is that rights don't depend on polling

yes and no. In baseball the wash out percentage for hitters is really high - you can have big numbers and all of them will still wash out. If I were managing a baseball draft system I would probably ignore most of the high floor guys. I don't care if my MiLB teams win, I just want to score one above replacement player per year. HS talent like Greeen and Jobe and internationals are high risk but they are where the payoff comes when you hit.

If you have enough of those guys in the minors, it’s not dreaming too hard to think one or two exceed the projection enough to be solid contributors. Not Allstars, but the kind of player you feel little urgency to replace with some stud. And someone like Baddoo is really a minors guy, right? That’s where he would have been if not for Rule V, and he exceeded projections. Who picked him out of the pool of draftable guys? Do we know? Seems that deserves some optimism. Not trying to be overly rose-colored in my perspective, just see a system that is better than in the past and not just Greene and Tork.

That may be a true and satisfying feeling for some people, but on the other hand, a lot of people who can’t find friends to stand in line for them and can’t afford to wait two hours for whatever reason will just bail on the whole act of voting. A true democracy accommodates itself to its people, rather than demanding that people jump through hoops for it.

speaking of Ozark.... I've concluded that Charlotte looks like a young Joe Walsh.

This isn't complaining about lines. It's discussing undue burdens placed upon one for fulfilling their constitutional rights (and perhaps responsibilities).

I think I always vote on a weeknight, never a weekend, at a local school or church. Longest wait in my life is probably 10 minutes. Here is something else that is weird...we don't use voting machines, even though a Canadian company supplied some of yours. I mark an X on a piece of paper. If I stay up a bit past midnight, all the votes have been counted, or at least enough to predict a winner. Russians have not yet found a way to hack an X written with a pencil on a piece of paper. So, you guys are weird. I love you, but there it is.

Actually, I’m sure none of them had to wait in lines that long. I’ve known all of them my whole life.

If the election was on Sunday, most people in Michigan would stay home to watch the Lions.

Not to mention Tuesday was usually the day they went to town for supplies. Within the last 50 years we've gone from when stores were closed Sundays to being open 7 days. It wasn't that long ago that car dealers were closed on Saturdays. My wife was amazed when she first went to Chicago in 1990 that many stores in the biggest mall in the area closed at 6 PM on Saturdays. There is no reason not to have polling places open for at least two weeks before the election. Not necessarily schools and churches that are commonly used for Election Day, but at least village halls and perhaps a local community center. You would probably get more volunteer poll workers that way as well.

Well I’m sorry if I’m gonna tell you one has absolutely nothing to do with the other. It’s a false equivalency. And my father a World War II veteran, and my uncle a World War II in Korean war veteran, and my brother-in-law a Vietnam war veteran, would all call that a false equivalency also.

Lol I used to get harassed by my golf buddies cause I would often wear my hat backwards when we played because I wanted my face to get a tan but I would often lose track of my ball in the sun so anytime I asked my friends where it went they'd point out that if I wore my hat the right way I may not have this issue.

but in an economy where so many people live pay check to pay check in a gig economy, it's really the same thing. Voting that ends up coming at time cost is voting that comes at economic cost which is a voting right that is being fundamentally denied. The founders set elections for November when the crops were in but before winter hit hard, when gentleman farmers had nothing but time on their hands and movement was still possible. Even they clearly intended to make voting as easy as possible.

Right? Like show some damn gratitude. Your forefathers and mothers couldn’t even vote. Be glad for what you got and shut up. The adults are talking.

Seriously? That’s absurd

Yes those towers were from a coal burning steel factory. Jimmy Kimmel had a good line, it seemed odd to put a winter sports facility beside the reason why we don't have winter anymore.

I bet he holds the straw with 2 hands.

If it's that long, there should be an honor system where you find someone in line voting the opposite of you, you handshake on it, and leave. Recent episode of Curb your Enthusiasm with this was great.

Id imagine they'd take them in the first instead of 2 picks later just so they can get the 5th year option.

The extortionate pricing may be in part why, during my days as a media client, many of the vendors who invited us to suite games laid out only boiled hot dogs, one-ounce bags of Lays, and Miller Lite. I remember Diamandis (Car and Driver, Road & Track) use to spring for really nice spreads with dogs, brats, sliders, chicken tenders, several brands of beer, even liquor. But no matter what, every suite experience culminates in the dessert cart. Mmmmm …

the wings beating the flyers was the happiest ive ever been as a sports fan. i was too young for 1984 (only 12). i remember 1984. i remember being happy, but was too young to appreciate it because i hadnt lived with the pain of losing (although i do remember losing out in 83 to the orioles and 81 to the brewers). the bad boys beating the celtics and michael jordan was probably more meaningful than actually winning the title. the 2004 team was fun but not the same as isiah finally getting them over the hump. the lions? well....tbd. michigan winning in 97 was right up there in great moments, but strangely enough, beating ohio state this year was just as satisfying. after waiting so long and nobody giving them a shot, to finally do it was very satisfying. but the wings finally winning it when i was in my mid 20s and had gone through the pain of being so terrible, then be so good and never winning, and then getting manhandled by the devils and upset by the avs and everyone thinking we'll never win and then no one giving them a chance against lindros and the legion of doom and then finally doing it. that was the best. the best ive ever felt as a sports fan.

If you or your business has the money to spend and are going to get a half or full season anyway, I understand it. Games played before June have the potential to be 50* or below, games played during and after June have the potential to be rainy and miserable when the sun goes down. Games with either won't do well on the resale market (though any of the included concerts will). You might as well have an enjoyable indoor experience at the ready. They used to have an All-You-Can-Eat Suite sold to the general public. I remember going with the family to Opening Day in 2010(?) in one of those. Probably closed it the next day after losing money to me and my dad.