Enjoy the NBA talk!

Yeah.....No shit

Bernstein: Can you what happened? That was unbelievable!!!!!

Goff: Yeah man, that NBA summer league game last night was dope!!!!

They aren't the only ones doing this. ESPN has had non-stop on Lonzo Ball. Never mind that the lead story on the website is "Hey, everyone, let's blow Aaron Judge some more!"

This is ESPN's first take comment on the trade:

Joe Peta's take: This move improves the Cubs because Quintana is a sizable upgrade over whichever replacement-level pitcher they would be sending out there. How much of an improvement? I project him as a savings of 9.3 runs over the rest of the year, which is essentially 1 win. That's doesn't seem like much, but he gives them upside variance that no replacement pitcher can provide. From an asset standpoint and the possibility of what each marginal win could mean for a team battling for a wild-card berth or division title, you make the trade. I still don't believe Chicago makes the postseason.

Upside variance! So this is a good trade because he is better than a minor-league pitcher and this won't help the Cubs win the playoffs just because that's what I think, no reason.

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I wish Earl Weaver were alive to punch Joe Peta in the fucking face.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

God it would be fucking great if they spent the first hour breaking down Thabo to the Jazz, Melo/Rockets rumors, and Lonzo Ball. You'd have to give them credit at that point.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

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You know me like that.

So how does Bernstein do today's show with Theo's shaft and balls in his mouth?

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Very serious voice. Both teams are closer to winning a World Series. He has already been in contact with his guys on this.

Holmes with his usual over the top laughing.

Per Dan, you now have a non moving piece in your starting rotation.

"that's the thing too"

Add to Jason's bingo card...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

you can't believe they make the playoffs. That's a true statement...they've proven nothing this year and the young guys don't have enough stats on the back of the cards to know whether they are trending to their mean or if it's an aberration.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

"There's so much heat loss in developing young pitching"

God, Dan is a bag.

BOTH TEAMS ARE CLOSER TO A CHAMPIONSHIP.

THE. CUBS. ARE. NOT. DONE.

I have a guy in the know who told me they don't have to pay for insurance on the back end option years.

All dropped already.

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Bernstein: Really smart Jews, not that there is any other kind, made a really smart trade.

Goff: There it is!!!! Yeah, man. That's why Jay Z studies them and reports back to black people on how to do things.

We all need to admit Bernstein has been right for years.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

About what?

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The Cubs and the plan and then what the Sox should do and then ended up doing.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Jewish people being the elite people of the world.

I'd rather be here talking with the good people of this board than with the finest people in the world!

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You know me like that.

Dan says he's been told/he's hearing that the Cubs have interest in Tigers catcher Alex Avila and Jason reacted as if it was breaking news!

Raise your hand if you are also acutely aware of entropy.

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You know me like that.

Oh

No

Fuck Bernstein

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I have not listened once in months and in one question I get the inexorable vicissitudes question from a man who prides himself on his acute awareness of entropy in all things.

Terry really kept things in check, I guess. Who would have believed?

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You know me like that.

Goff was about to hang up on Passen after he completed Dan's word choice.

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Opinions vary.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Was that when Passan said that was the most intelligent question he's ever been asked on sports radio?

I was busy looking through the word book defining thing.

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You know me like that.

Yes. At the close of the interview Passen gave Goff a little shot.

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I'm aware that he hasn't posted in a long time.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

the vicissitudes thereof?

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