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It's not exactly hyping the draft to criticize one of its members, either

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False. All four teams have equal chances specifically at 1st overall. All four teams don't have equal chances for the entirety of the lotto. It drives me nuts when people say that. If all four teams had equal chances, then there would be no benefit at all for the last place team. As it stands, there's a huge benefit to being the last place team, you can't possibly get a pick worse than 2. Each team's "best case scenario" is equal, but the "worst case scenario" is still tiered, and that's what most GMs plan for as a last resort.

Yeah, I looked up character redacted's page on ASOIAF Wiki, and it says "Dead (presumed)" so I'm wondering if the presumed is alluding to something coming in the future.

It is, but at a younger age (middle school and high school, primarily) we don't generally treat people with unique names well, even if they're cool names.

I've decided to come up with a few names I could have hypothetically used for some of my players, using the naming conventions the Knight brothers use for their players. First up is Jason Hazard. Much like David Januzaj and Phil Gerrard, here I take a midfielder for my preferred soccer club (Chelsea) and throw my own first name onto his last name. David Januzaj was named after Manchester United's Adnan Januzaj and Phil Gerrard was named after Liverpool's Steven Gerrard. Much in a similar way, Jason Hazard would be named after Chelsea's Eden Hazard. Next is Jason Azpilicueta. This compares to David Smalling, in that Smalling was named after Manchester United's Chris Smalling, a defender, and a comparatively young one at that when compared to the likes of Patrice Evra and Rio Ferdinand. Cesar Azpilicueta, a Chelsea defender, is younger than teammates John Terry and Branislav Ivanovic, so he fits the bill here. Last is Jason Tsonga. Phil Rafter was named after Patrick Rafter, a tennis player. I don't really watch tennis, but anyone who can go through life with the name Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and get to adulthood without any severe mental breakdowns must be a strong guy.

Oh and I finished Dance a couple days ago

So what do you do when: - You (Walker) get called out on a play at the plate that was borderline (for the record, I actually think this one was the right call, even after seeing the replay, but it's the only one) - Your opponent (Lucroy) hits, stops because it looks like it's going foul, then runs to first, having not arrived at first by the time Marte approaches the ball. Fan picks up the live ball, Lucroy is awarded a double when he'd never have gotten to second before a throw - You get 3 different called third strikes, all in key spots, on balls that were 1. outside, 2. low and inside, 3. VERY low and inside and practically at the batter (Martin)'s ankles (3 wouldn't have been a strike unless the batter knelt on the ground, the other two were balls on replay (saw replays of all of them on the news when I got back) but could have been argued in real time, 3 was never close) - Your catcher (Martin) gets thrown out arguing the last called third strike (3 from the previous point), which ended the inning with a fast runner on third (Marte), and was on a 3-2 count so a ball would have extended the inning and put another guy on (with Alvarez to come up) - You get called out on a steal attempt and challenge it (it was overturned and given safe, but the fact it was called out in the first place further reinforces the umpire bias) - You still manage to outhit the opposing team but the hits are spread out too much - You lose the game 1-0. WHY IS THIS THE ONE GAME SO FAR THIS SEASON THAT I GO TO FML

You'd think a Jewish guy would know how to spell semitic

To be fair, when I had NO INCENTIVE TO IMPROVE THE TEAM, instead of starting all season and giving the backup only 8 games, I signed Rock Star in his last season and split the games about 2/3 to 1/3. It's difficult to give up starts for the betterment of the team and I give Chris credit for that, but it's even more difficult to give up starts simply to give another guy a chance, when it doesn't better the team.

I've been for Chile, but I never really thought much of Colombia. It's possibly a bit of bias because I support Ivory Coast, so I've been hoping something negative happened to Colombia (not as much about injuries or anything, although from a results standpoint I don't mind it). Germany and Ghana were not in the same group in 06. Ghana was with USA, Italy, and Czech Republic.

Larissa Riquelme, but then again everyone already knows that

Yeah a Chelsea fan page on FB leaked it as official when it wasn't

kings in 6

Shutout

Sorry Boom, you guys are actually a half decent team, but look at your group.

Chelsea signs Cesc Fabregas. Seth is always on to tell me about the newest Arsenal signings, why is he not on so I can tell him about a Chelsea signing

With Samwell Tarly as hand

Wouldn't Robin have been weaker than Sansa?

Planters Peanut Bar

With the Falcao injury rendering him out of the WC, do Colombia still get out of the group, or do some combination of Ivory Coast, Japan, and Greece overcome them? What do USA have to do in order to pull the second spot behind Germany, assuming Germany is a lock for topping the group? Which team gets fewer points, Australia, Costa Rica, or Honduras, and do you think these three will finish with the worst group stage performances?

Extra Effort Award Highest proportion of TPE to player success, gives that guy something to be happy about. Could name it the Lars Intranquilo.

Higgins: Are you set on going back to Helsinki, or are you open to new teams? Draper: Y U NO Welfare yet?

I'm about 90% through Dance. Read the other four already. Never heard of Dunk and Egg, but I'll have to look for it.

Same, except my mom laughed at the same line I did because she's also read it