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Canada Day MLB Trivia: Name the two Canadians that have won the Cy Young Award. -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 08:47 6
- Wayne Gretzky and Rob Ford -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 08:49
- did Gagne win a Cy Young? -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:48 2
  - Yup, he's the other one. - spamlet Jul 1, 08:50
  - eff'n Gagne! -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 08:50
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  - That's one -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 08:49
let's talk about this. - peggy ann m Jul 1, 08:41 1
- Now we know why the Browns are signing Hoyer long term. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:45
Does ST have any good, quick vegetarian recipes? - Kim Pine Jul 1, 08:41 10
- steamed rice and chopped veggies, cuban rice/beans (test kitchen has great vegab recipe for slow cooker) - zuitgusto Jul 1, 14:23
- I do a veggie chili once a week. Super easy to make -- nm - CQ Jul 1, 08:51
- Kitchen Treaty? -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 08:45 2
  - yeah, I'll check hers of course. :) -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 1, 08:48
  - This. She has lots of tasty looking veggie meals. -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 08:47
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  - Just meatless (though also not super high in calories). -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 1, 08:47
  - Mix some lobster in there and you are golden - decline Jul 1, 08:45
- n/a -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:44
- One pot tomato basil pasta! -- (link) - kelly Jul 1, 08:43
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- And I say Hey! What a wonderful kind of day! -- nm - Arthur Jul 1, 08:41
- here -- (link) - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:36 [Backboard] 2
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    - Yeah, next thing you know they're closing down the town. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:39
Freedom Huddle. -- (link) - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:35
Wow, listening to Vin Scully on the Dan Patrick show, he has never kept any of his scorebooks - amoxy Jul 1, 08:30 1
- Why lug all that around? -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:30
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- I would trade pretty boy Kaepernick for him though. - Porka Jul 1, 08:21 1
  - Coach Harbuagh, is that you? -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:38
- Yeah, he needs to put his helmet on. - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:20
Ok, who's the Ukulele crack here? -- (link) - marcel Jul 1, 08:16 [youtube] 1
- Thanks, that's great -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 08:23
excel help - Truman Jul 1, 08:10 5
- I would use a vlookup with an iserror to correct for ones not in Tab 2. - spamlet Jul 1, 08:14 4
  - yeah i got it to work, - Truman Jul 1, 08:23 1
    - this is another thing about IM vs VL or HL: IM can go backwards. VL and HL can't see anything before the lookup column. - peggy ann m Jul 1, 08:28
  - I have switched almost 100% to INDEX, MATCH because it's faster (returns a range, not a value). - peggy ann m Jul 1, 08:19 1
    - My new guy is a big fan of INDEX, MATCH but I haven't gone through to learn it yet. -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 08:20
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- People are starting to see him for what he is rather than what he can be. - David Jul 1, 08:22 30
  - Part of it is impressive that he's been the chosen one for 5 years; and for the most part, he's lived up to star projections - Hunta Jul 1, 08:30 1
    - I agree with your first paragraph but I don't care about fantasy baseball, just reality. - David Jul 1, 08:50
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    - We know exactly what he is. He is a 21-year-old kid telling Matt Williams what his lineup would be. - David Jul 1, 08:28 26
      - Well, i'm not sure I'd really consider Matt Williams right all the time after he nailed harper for not hustling while he was hurt - Hunta Jul 1, 08:32 9
        
        I'll take the judgment of a guy who has been in MLB since the 80s over one who has been in the majors since 2012 any day of the week. - David Jul 1, 08:41 8
        
        I don't agree with Harper....but I also ain't going to say it's without merit. - Hunta Jul 1, 08:44 3
        
        It is and I said as much when it happened. The other aspect is that Williams was brought in to be hard on Harper and teach him how to be great. - David Jul 1, 08:48 2
        
        You can be tough on a player with freedom, but when you Kirk Gibson a guy who's hurt and actually taking it easy...that's just reinforcing that gulf. - Hunta Jul 1, 08:50 1
        
        That IM is a huge problem although I suspect it's not true. -- nm - David Jul 1, 08:53
        
        while it is not ideal, he was asked his opinion, and he gave it. - groiny Jul 1, 08:42 3
        
        His opinion should be, "I am just a player. Whatever my manager wants is what I will do." - David Jul 1, 08:44 2
        
        if everyone answered that way, there would be no need for Sports reporting. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:46 1
        
        wouldn't that be something. -- nm - Reagen Jul 1, 08:51
      - because that is what Bonds needed to be great. - groiny Jul 1, 08:29 15
        
        If you want the kid to be Ty Cobb, Ricky Henderson or Barry Bonds, that's your call. -- nm - David Jul 1, 08:30 14
        
        well, the only thing keeping him from being great is him running into walls and diving head first into bases. - groiny Jul 1, 08:31 11
        
        We'll see. Thus far, he's a 4 WAR player that people treat like an 8. - David Jul 1, 08:38 9
        
        he is everything that Heyward was supposed to be. - groiny Jul 1, 08:40 8
        
        Heyward is 4 WAR as well yet you have soured on him... -- nm - David Jul 1, 08:42 7
        
        Heyward's WAR is inflated heavily from his rookie year; 5 years and it's basically 35% of his career mark. - Hunta Jul 1, 08:48 2
        
        See below... -- (link) - David Jul 1, 08:49 1
        
        His WAR this year, (while top 5) is broken down this way (Off. 1.0 - Def. 2.3 - Other .4) - Hunta Jul 1, 08:57
        
        he underperformed last year, he is underperforming this year. - groiny Jul 1, 08:43 3
        
        We -just- had the discussion yesterday of how he is top 5 in WAR. - David Jul 1, 08:47 2
        
        his attitude does not have any impact whatsoever on his on field play. - groiny Jul 1, 08:51 1
        
        It matters in helping your team win or lose. Teams are not as loose when they play with assholes. - David Jul 1, 08:52
        
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        And yet... -- nm - David Jul 1, 08:31
- For all the lack of "Wow" re: Jeffries, he managed to put together a really quality career. - Hunta Jul 1, 08:16 6
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    - Right, people looked at his 1988 september and got googly-eyes. - Hunta Jul 1, 08:25 4
      - much like Brett Lawrie. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:26 3
        
        Chris Shelton's April. -- nm - Mel Premio Jul 1, 08:27 1
        
        This is also the name of my folk band. -- nm - Mel Premio Jul 1, 08:29
        
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- pretty sure Jefferies was older when he broke in than Bryce. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:07 33
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    - and he was always a hack on defense, so it is not a great comparison. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:13
  - Are we going to have another day of baseball debates? - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:09 30
    - *crosses fingers* Please. Please. Please. -- nm - David Jul 1, 08:21 4
      - Why do you hate fútbol? - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:23 3
        
        What's funny is that I probably played more soccer as a kid than anybody here. - David Jul 1, 08:29 2
        
        I won a trip to Florida because of soccer skills. - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:30 1
        
        Is that a reward or a punishment? (I guess it depends on whether it was winter or summer) -- nm - Beryllium Jul 1, 08:50
    - I'm good with baseball debates...but Bryce Harper again? Really? -- nm - Jim Jul 1, 08:15 17
      - He has a mean banana kick. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:16
      - ARRIETA!!!! -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:16 15
        
        I'm so glad he's turned things around. He seems like a great guy who loves the game. -- nm - Inigo Jul 1, 08:20 5
        
        I wacthed a few innings in between switching utility pump locations last night.... - groiny Jul 1, 08:30 4
        
        For him here in Baltimore, it was never a case of his stuff not being good. It was his focus. - Hunta Jul 1, 08:35 3
        
        his June run this year is damn impressive. - groiny Jul 1, 08:37 2
        
        Yeah, we all figured he'd figure it out when he got traded, but he was killing us -- nm - Hunta Jul 1, 08:38 1
        
        sometimes it takes a different pitching coach, or different approach mentally. - groiny Jul 1, 08:41
        
        I like how the Cubs have what appear to be 2 young'ish quality pitchers and they're immediately looking to trade one of htem. - Hunta Jul 1, 08:18 8
        
        if they had any kind of offense this year, they would be in the mix. - groiny Jul 1, 08:27 3
        
        Hammel, I'd trade. He's older and just as likely to drop off (2012-2013 for the O's) - Hunta Jul 1, 08:34 2
        
        I understand him being moved (Samardzja) he is about 30, has one year more on contract - groiny Jul 1, 08:36 1
        
        Wait, he's 30 already? Wasn't he just make Brady Quinn look good? - Hunta Jul 1, 08:37
        
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        Castro? -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:26 2
        
        He needs to keep taking this leap; but he reminds me a guy who could just as easily knucklehead his way into irrelevence. -- nm - Hunta Jul 1, 08:27
        
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      - we can talk about how good Danny Duffy is. nm -- nm - groiny Jul 1, 08:12 1
        
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      - No, I am nearly certain USA plays today. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:11 3
        
        Well it's in the Southern Hemisphere so they actually play tomorrow -- nm - Porka Jul 1, 08:12 2
        
        But time goes backwards there. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 08:13 1
        
        Unless it's a Leap Year -- nm - Porka Jul 1, 08:14
Did I whiff on the Go Pro IPO. I didn't see that one at all. From $24 a share to current $46 in a week. - Porka Jul 1, 07:52 6
- As long as you did not waste the money you did not invest at someplace like say, Walmart, you are okay. -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 07:58
- you would have needed to be in on the IPO for the majority of that gain -- nm - decline Jul 1, 07:58 3
  - I think the first I was able to purchase was at $28 and change. - Porka Jul 1, 08:01 2
    - yeah, then you missed most of the gain I expect. -- nm - decline Jul 1, 08:16 1
      - I am waiting on Alibaba. I can't wait to see what that opens at. -- nm - Porka Jul 1, 08:18
- And we are 50 points away from a 17,000 Dow. Go baby go! -- nm - Porka Jul 1, 07:57
I pulled an Andie by winning a $25 gift card at work. A customer of mine won the 'bring your own bags' weekly drawing. They win. I win. -- nm - Qale as Folk Jul 1, 07:51 1
- Everything is coming up Qale! -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 07:53
Shameless Plug: The bf's new Pew post - Concerns about Islamic Extremism on the Rise in Middle East -- (link) - MDH Jul 1, 07:49 1
- can I ask what he went to school for? I'm just curious. -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 1, 07:53
This Kerber/Sharapova game is incredible -- nm - prayformojo Jul 1, 07:47
For those of us in the U.S. is today Hump Day? -- nm - Porka Jul 1, 07:42 9
- Nope, working Friday. -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 1, 08:25
- Today is Thursday for me. Woohoo! Firm gave everyone off the 3rd. -- nm - MDH Jul 1, 07:49 5
  - Lucky! -- nm - Porka Jul 1, 07:54
  - *jealous* - znufrii Jul 1, 07:54
  - market closes early Thursday, so I'm out at noon :) -- nm - decline Jul 1, 07:51 1
    - sweet. -- nm - Diva Jul 1, 07:54
  - The fuck? -- nm - Tyego97 Jul 1, 07:50
- yes -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 07:45
- No. tonight it hump night. -- nm - Tyego97 Jul 1, 07:43
Ratio of hockey rinks to hospitals in Canada: 3:1 -- (link) - Tyego97 Jul 1, 07:40 1
- The truth about free health care? -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 07:46
"Yahoo! Screen" is on Roku. I guess that's where I'll be watching Community. Some indication it's on Apple TV, too. - Mop (205 lbs) Jul 1, 07:39
From the YTD budget discussion yesterday - so far in 2014, we're just 318.21 in the red - prayformojo Jul 1, 07:37
Robin Thicke did a Twitter Q+A (think Reddit AMA). You can imagine how that turned out. -- (link) - Mop (205 lbs) Jul 1, 07:31
I'm not so sure Nunavut isn't a practical joke Canada pulled on the whole world. -- nm - Mop (205 lbs) Jul 1, 07:29 1
- Iqaluit is the Inuktitut word for "madest thou look." -- nm - Wawa Jul 1, 07:59
The Hobby Lobby decision is just one more reason why we need single-payer healthcare in this country. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 07:21 9
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  - Why can't a taxpayer use this to say, my taxes are spent on things that are counter to my religious beliefs like war spending etc. - Porka Jul 1, 07:29 4
    - Based on what Dawson posted on B2, the Court has previously told companies like Hobby Lobby to go pound sand when they try that argument. -- nm - Tyego97 Jul 1, 07:43
    - I believe it has to do with compelling state interests which they have in cases of wars our national protection. - Krustuardo Jul 1, 07:41 2
      - *or* -- nm - Krustuardo Jul 1, 07:41 1
        
        else -- nm - Porka Jul 1, 07:42
  - true, and it's not really the decision that proves my point but the fact the case was brought in the first place. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 07:27 1
    - now it'd be like closing the barn door not only after the horses have left, but after the barn's been set on fire as well. -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 07:29
- I actually agree with znu... - spamlet Jul 1, 07:22
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- Does Taijuan Walker crap in the woods? -- nm - Mel Premio Jul 1, 07:27
- lets talk weather. I can't believe we're getting a hurricane on the 4th of July. -- nm - decline Jul 1, 07:23 2
  - It will be 105 today. Actually down from 107 yesterday -- nm - amoxy Jul 1, 08:16
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- *giant Monty Python foot smashes you* -- nm - Spawnaldo Jul 1, 07:20

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