2019 MLB Winter Meetings Grande Thread

[JanJaap]

2 hours ago, weams said:

No. I should be but I am not. 

Don't think Roch is there either, normally he does his usual song and dance routine about the plane and the lobby but not a peep this time. 

[Roll Tide]

22 minutes ago, JanJaap said:

Don't think Roch is there either, normally he does his usual song and dance routine about the plane and the lobby but not a peep this time. 

They are saving money to pay the Gnats

[Philip]

A Grande thread? I was hoping for a Venti

[Philip]

2 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

But Rome wasn’t built in a day

It was, however, burned in a night.

The moral is that it takes a long time to do something well, but not to do something badly. 

I trust the process, but heavens, I want to win as much as we can while we go through the process.

[Can_of_corn]

Just now, Philip said:

It was, however, burned in a night.

The moral is that it takes a long time to do something well, but not to do something badly. 

I trust the process, but heavens, I want to win as much as we can while we go through the process.

If they had done a good job it would have taken more than a single night to burn.

[weams]

it started in the merchant shops in July of 64 AD and burned for 6 days. It regnited and burned for another 3. Wooden structures were prone to burning in antiquity. Stone structure survived of course. 

[weams]

 

[jerios55]

1 hour ago, weams said:

 

Boo.  

[Roll Tide]

2 hours ago, Philip said:

It was, however, burned in a night.

The moral is that it takes a long time to do something well, but not to do something badly. 

I trust the process, but heavens, I want to win as much as we can while we go through the process.

Me too!

But winning is counterproductive to the draft position game

[weams]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/12/cubs-reportedly-signaling-need-to-clear-payroll.html

[Going Underground]

4 hours ago, Roll Tide said:

They are saving money to pay the Gnats

Roch flying out now.Cheapo Air flights were cheaper mid afternoon Sunday.Charter flight with Roch in cargo hold.The tarantulas and snakes are amazing.

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, Going Underground said:

Roch flying out now.Cheapo Air flights were cheaper mid afternoon Sunday.Charter flight with Roch in cargo hold.The tarantulas and snakes are amazing.

High in lean protein.

[Can_of_corn]

28 minutes ago, jerios55 said:

Boo.  

I want the Yankees to load up on more big contracts.

[mdbdotcom]

26 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

I want the Yankees to load up on more big contracts.

I want them to be confused and give me one of them.

[Going Underground]

33 minutes ago, Can_of_corn said:

High in lean protein.

Tastes like chicken.