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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    So what do you guys think of some of these proposed pace-of-play rules?Major League Baseball addresses pace of play in Arizona Fall League - ESPN For me, the only way I see the pitch play-clock working is if it only is active when there are no runners on base. I also like the limit on visits...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    My wife used some of my leftover spent-grains from brewing to make hamburger buns last night. Came out a little "whole-wheat" looking because they were grains from a stout but they were pretty damn tasty. Nothing beats a homemade hamburger, even better when you can add the homemade bun. My wife...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Damn, double post, so here is a picture of said burger.
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    It would be much more tempting to watch the Buffalo game if they left the field as is.
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    I really don't know who to sit at RB this week if Foster goes. PPR, I need to sit one, I have: Ellington @SEA (Seattle without its best run stopper) Lacy @MIN Anderson vs MIA (Anderson possibly being the only offensive person Peypey will have to throw too) Foster vs CIN Also on my bench...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Um actually Brook was the main guy filling in for Smith when he was gone. Lynch took over for Brooks in the packages where both Smith and Brooks would have been on the field had Brooks not pulled himself.
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Is it bad that I miss the Cathan days?
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Yeah, because the training work he would get on the sidelines in a 20 degree day was much better than what he would have got in the warm locker training room. Dude supposedly "couldn't walk" to the locker room but still could go for 12/56 in the second half? Pretty easy to read between the lines...
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    In my league, we give the last two playoff spots to teams not yet in the playoffs who scored the most points regardless of record to offset some of the match-up luck.
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    All kinds of sandy vaginas this weekend. Blount leaving the field early, Marshawn Lynch refusing to go to the locker room during half-time, Ahmad Brooks pulling himself out of the game because he was losing snaps to the obviously better Aldon Smith... bunch of macho NFL players acting like...
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    Start small with one? I'd say you go to many and those with stacked teams stay stacked for a while. When I run my league I do whatever I can to introduce parity without it being too reliant on flat out luck. Keeps those who would otherwise be perennial cellar-dwellers interested. Also...
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    Smartphones

    5.0 OTA hit my Nexus 4 today (TMO).
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    Homebrewing

    I'm in the Pacific NW nearish to Seattle. It actually usually isn't that cold here but this last week has been odd. It's funny, I was listening to a podcast with some pro's and they were all talking about how they really miss their wort chillers from their homebrew days. The logistics and...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    So Aldon Smith comes into the game and it was like someone flipped the on switch to the 49ers pass rush. I knew he would help but damn. Hopefully he can get through the rest of this season w/o getting suspended. Too bad the 49ers offense only shows up for like 1.5 quarters a game...
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    Homebrewing

    So I was finishing up a brew today, went to grab my wort chiller from the garage and didn't find it in the normal spot. Turns out I accidently left it sitting in a bucket of sanitizer outside on the back deck. I wonder if it'll work better this way...
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    Foster is out, Sproles or C.J. Anderson to fill his spot?
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    New Supervisor/Manager

    I'm with Lyrical here. When I was "management" I tried to keep the atmosphere loose and relaxed. Happy employees are productive employees. You do have to walk a fine line because subordinates will always push the limits of the leeway you give them. The times I would have to bring the hammer down...
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    Yeah, we would have to see your team. If Jennings is going to sit on your bench and give you nothing but a backup RB while your trade partner upgrades their starting QB position by like 5-10 points per game (for example) you are just making it harder on yourself to win. In a vacuum I would...
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    Gravy's Cooking Thread

    Did a sous-vide pork chop with a hazelnut romesco and roasted carrots last night. I did the pork at 144*F but turned out more medium than medium-rare which was disappointing but was still good. I need to find a good local butcher shop where I can get some nice thick bone-in chops.
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    Funny, Strange, Random Pics

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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    Yup, each week there is usually a 49ers player worth starting and I am sure Crabtree will be that guy for a week here and a week there. But guessing which Niner will have a breakout week is a crapshoot. So currently all of my starters but one are ranked in the top-10 at their positions with...
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    The Beer Thread

    I know a local brewery here will fill up 5 gallon corny kegs (soda pop kegs popular amongst homebrewers) but outside of that I have never heard of getting a keg "refilled" before. Logistically speaking I'm not really seeing how a store or brewery would do that. Properly filling a keg is a lot...
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    The Beer Thread

    10 Barrel Brewing has been bought out by AB/InBev. I will say the same thing about this that I did about the Goose Island buyout; I don't care if the quality and innovation of the beer doesn't change one bit, I will not be buying any more of their beer simply because I don't want even a fraction...
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    With the heavy bye week this week and most teams in my league carrying two QB's all season long I am actually in a bit of a bind with Luck on bye. Here are my choices: Butt-Fumble vs. Carolina Carr vs. Denver or bank on Romo actually playing against Jacksonville (knowing that real life my...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    That doesn't make him a GOAT, that makes him a GOTG.
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    The Beer Thread

    Yup, will happen from time to time. Unfortunately it is tough to pin down the culprit between the brewery, distributor, then the retailer. Big reason why Stone started their "Enjoy By" line. I was super stoked to see a bunch of Ballast Point show up at my local grocery store only to find out...
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    Oh man, that guy rustled my jimmies hardcore. And do you know what really sucks about him, from now on companies are going to be buying up seats behind home plate to put some guy with a logo'd t-shirt back there. Also, I do have to hand it to KC for this classy move. Nice way for them to tip...
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    You guys are kidding right? Outside of the Bumgarner boner the coverage was all "stolen bases, the big 3, and 1985." Fuck, the broadcast crew even busted out pictures of themselves from 1985, they kept talking about the music and movies that were out that year, George Brett was in every promo...
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    Pregnancy Thread

    My wife's stuff was the same way (nurse). If she wanted to take more time off than she had paid leave she would also have to pay her insurance premiums. So she has enough paid time off to last 4 months from the birth. She is allowed to take up to 6 months off but since she would be out of...
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    Okay now that that is over, fuck the coverage of this World Series and the cock-slobbering they gave the Royals this entire series. That said, time to start taking dynasty! (Notice I didn't use a question mark there).
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    Pregnancy Thread

    All of the equipment we got (rockers, pack n' play, crib, car seat, strollers etc.) was all gender neutral. But fuck having all gender-neutral clothing. I would hate having to answer "is it a boy or a girl?" five-thousand times every time we ventured out of the house. I am putting my kid in pink...
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    NFL 2014 - 2015 Season Thread

    Till he pulls a hammy.
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    The Beer Thread

    Isn't Celebration a different recipe each year? Based on the hop harvest?
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    Pregnancy Thread

    To each their own but I personally don't understand not learning the sex beforehand. It makes it so much easier to decorate, shop, pick out names, etc. Not only for you but for all the people who want to buy you shit. Is it not still a surprise just because you find out a few months earlier...
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    Homebrewing

    Finally got a chance to test my new ghetto HERMS system, didn't get to do the pale ale as I had an issue with my yeast starter for the pale ale going bad, but I did a cream ale (which I normally don't drink but brew up for parties when I know there will be a strong BMC crowd there) and as...
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    Smartphones

    Pretty sure that was a Motorola project initially before Google bought them out.
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    MLB 2014 Season Thread

    It would be only two days rest (travel day then game 6 off) so yeah no way he is starting. That would normally be his bullpen workout day though so a couple of innings in relief isn't out of the question.
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    Marriage and the Power of Divorce

    I think when most guys say they want to fuck 18 year olds, they are talking about the "barely legal" ones they watch on redtube, not the ones they watch at the high school swim meet with creepy Rob Lowe.
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    Homebrewing

    Really depends on the tower, but last one I worked on had a cap that popped off the top of the tower. Another option is you could just cut the lines where they connect to your sanke-keg coupler and put your corney keg connectors on those lines instead. Only issue is making sure the gas-line...
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    Fantasy Football 2014 Advice Thread!

    That has always been Vernon Davis' problem, he is usually good for a couple of monster games but will disappear for weeks. That is pretty much true out of anyone not named Gore on the 49ers offense. I would find more reliable points if I were you, and out of the guys you listed Fleener is who I...