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Whoa. That is some big news. Hopefully he takes it well and develops.

I would say that this answer approaches Catholic theology very accurately. When we pray for divine intercession for a sick loved one, for example, what we really are *doing* is asking for a happy end to our own pain. And there's nothing wrong with that--it's human nature. It's not selfish to a level that should concern anyone regarding their own scrupulosity. I could go on a little more but I don't have the M.Div. yet. Anyway, I'm very happy that the news on Hamlin has turned out to be so good so far.

Yeah but we talk about Cozens here, not cousins.

Just horrible.

Your son has excellent taste.

Union Pub is across Swan from the baseball stadium and is walkable to the arena. I will see you all at 430 then

Great. How's Casey doing?

Nine years tomorrow. ***** I miss her.

Didn't this tournament end yesterday?

OK good. The lamb/beef substitute is really just so subpar.

Awesome...do they still make the shepherds pie using real shepherds?

I'm going to meet you all at UP and already told Woody about it (despite my sarcasm earlier); I can just stand if they can't accommodate us with a table.

That is an option. It is not a good option.

I have not tried that and maybe I should. But I did love the world of physical cash for physical tix. Did I use that word?

I miss the days of resellers on the streets before the game. Tickets on StubHub right now are incredibly costly.

Why isn't this expected?

Reading through the last few posts, it seems that we can agree that Mittleltadt sucks. The problem is whether his replacement is in the organization, which iit isn't. Can you honestly see this guy starting games in Chicago, much less Boston?

This is not news.

I knew enough about Rivet and Peters to not even start listening, but I'm sad to hear that they are promoting anti-vax conspiracy nonsense.

what a colossal screw up

1. Possibly somewhere. 2. No.

Because he always was expected to be a defensive forward (WE KNEW THIS even if you weren't here at the time), which he is. Mittlestadt was expected to be a scorer at least, and a two-way player at best, and is good at neither.

Girgensons is not an underachiever. Mittlestadt is, and that was a known fact at his draft combine.

I'll admit that I haven't worked through this in my brain, but mathematically, how is a tie different than just a "no contest"?

Tickets are not sold for the first round of the playoffs (or for any round except for the Super Bowl), nor are stadiums booked. They don't even know who plays where yet. They do this on one week's notice for every round every year.