Just wait until someone pees on his rug.

The ban is province wide?

The ban is province wide?

Sounds like it, though the story has been corrected to a 7-year-old ban.

Based on my Facebook circle there is no political issue that people feel as strongly about as the idea of dogs being mistreated. I have two "friends" who CONSTANTLY, like more than once a day, post links to pictures of wonderful dogs and homilies about the courage and loyalty of dogs, and a considerable percentage of these links are to things about how people shouldn't be racist against pit bulls and every day this shelter has to put down pit bulls because how afraid people are to adopt them and how actually other breeds are dumb and high-maintenance and unfriendly compared to pit bulls. In other words I think most of these bans will be overturned soon, because there is a vocal minority who care about it more than life itself.

I was thinking about this, and as a Jays fan, I'd be happy with Buehrle to the Tigers for Dirks + Smyly...which probably means I'm viewing it through blue-tinted glasses

Breed specific bans are, in fact, stupid.

"his nearest pitbull-friendly option is Buffalo, which is two hours away."

I've driven from Buffalo to Toronto and back at least 6 or 8 roundtrips, and never once did it take me two hours.

maybe I confused mph for whatever those Canadians are using these days?

an hour-40, yeah it can take that long. but most of it is an easy ride....

Easy ride? Not when you've got a pit bull's jaw clamped onto your arm.

If it was any player other than Mark Buehrle, I think it would be really cool if he retired because of the dog. Of course, it's not my money and I don't care about the Blue Jays.

I've driven from Buffalo to Toronto and back at least 6 or 8 roundtrips, and never once did it take me two hours.

He has to stop to fill up. Twice.

Breed specific bans are, in fact, stupid.

think of it more as a law against breeding your dogs in a specific way.

I predict this thread goes a billion pages.

As a Sox fan, I think Mark Buehlre is a helluva pitcher that is a joy to watch pitch because he gets the damn ball and throws it, mostly over the plate at 88 to 90 mph, which somehow has gotten him a perfect game, a no hitter, and an outside chance at a HOF career.

As a Sox fan, he's also the guy who followed his boy Ozzie to play for another snake in Loria, rather than stay with the club that made him who he is. Yea yea it's business but the Sox are nothing if not incredibly loyal as an organization. He could have been a Sox for life and reaped the rewards (probably with at least a plaque and maybe a statue, among monetary rewards for life), now he's in the worst division for pitching and can't keep his damn dogs to boot. Life's a ##### sometimes, even for rich folk.

If he demanded a trade, it seems like they'd have to trade him. He's too valuable an asset to not get something for if the alternative is that he retires.

Buehrle for Giancarlo Stanton. Because Loria makes Canadian dreams happen.

In high school I had a couple friends going to McMaster so the run down to Hamilton was made quite often. In retrospect it sort of seems silly...I'm sure there were places in Toronto for a 17 year old to drink with the added benefit of not having to head home at 5 to make it back in time for class. Never underestimate the romantic draw of Hamilton to an impressionable young mind. It's true what they say, Hamilton really is the Paris of the Golden Horseshoe.

Also, my dad's from Fort Erie so I've made the Toronto to (roughly) Buffalo trip about a million times. I guess it does depend who's driving. Google gives an ETA of 1h 56 minutes (2h 19 minutes in current traffic...which is what? 6:15am?)

What's the situation with the Peace Bridge these days? Any delays at all?

I have to think the Peace Bridge is a little more of an issue than when we were college age (for me, early 90s, Canisius) owing to the post-9/11 requirement of a passport and Homeland Security looking for unseemlies on the way back and whatnot.

Apparently no restrictions on "Dogs From Hell" in Chicago, so trade him to the Cubs. Since Buehrle hates the Cubs he should fire his agent for not putting in some sort of no/limited trade provision in his contract(I can't believe he doesn't have something).

Welcome to the North Side Mark!

The QEW can be pretty horrible, but Buehrle's commute would be what, 10am and 2am? Probably fine. There's another bridge who's name escapes me at the moment for regular commuters with special approval to speed things up.

It's my recollection that the Sox declined to make him an offer. Is that true?

zack: the Father Baker Bridge?

And so you negotiate a full or limited no-trade clause, right, but a good point:

Apparently no restrictions on "Dogs From Hell" in Chicago, so trade him to the Cubs. Since Buehrle hates the Cubs he should fire his agent for not putting in some sort of no/limited trade provision in his contract(I can't believe he doesn't have something).

id you remember, the reason why the marlins were unable to sign prince fielder and albert pujols was because they weren't willing to even discuss a potential no-trade clause for either of the sluggers.


if you go back to one of the stories about it from last offseason, i can almost guarantee that you'll find someone snarking about loria already planning his next firesale.

It's my recollection that the Sox declined to make him an offer. Is that true?

I remember it like that too. Or at least it was public knowledge that they couldn't afford a competitive offer.

Just wait until someone pees on his rug.

That rug really tied the room together.

What's the situation with the Peace Bridge these days? Any delays at all?

My wife's mom lives in upstate NY so we go down pretty regularly. At least at the times we travel the Peace Bridge hasn't been too bad for the past while -- the longest wait has been about a half hour, and it is much more often only about 5 minutes. The lineups at the Lewiston-Queenston bridge have generally been worse over the past few years, in my experience. The bigger issue for us is usually traffic on the QEW.

Just wait until someone pees on his rug.

Everytime I hear "out of your element" I say it in my head in Walter's voice. "Donny, you're out of your element!!".

if you go back to one of the stories about it from last offseason, i can almost guarantee that you'll find someone snarking about loria already planning his next firesale.

Here are some of the Jose Reyes ones, and the Mark Buehrle signs one.

It's my recollection that the Sox declined to make him an offer. Is that true?

I remember it like that too. Or at least it was public knowledge that they couldn't afford a competitive offer.

It's closer to that. He wanted to test the market, and when he came back to the Sox with Miami's offer, they basically said, "Yeah, we can't match that."