No, I am not over estimating the amount of time you will spend listening and yes I understand its simply one song.

In a world where I can easily dodge most of the new music today thanks to the ever expanding world of podcasting I have no problem dropping everything and splurging on your boy Justin Timberlake.

The timing of this is awesome because it suggests we won’t have to wait 7 years between albums like last time.

The barley 7 second clip is more awesome because it sounds like its going to be a banger and track one of everyone’s summer play list instead of jumping the shark and switching over to country music.

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Side note: How the hell isn’t this guy starring in more movies? Hollywood will pump out a dozen garbage chick flicks because they draw gaggles of women.  Throw JT in anything and sit back and count your cash.  Looks like Dreamworks almost figured it out, but while he’s producing all the films music, he’s still just regulated to being a cartoon.

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Start your countdown.

Last year when the gritty fan-made Power Ranger movie dropped it set the bar high for what Hollywood could produce.  Obviously the studios were looking to capitalize on the obvious Pacific Rim parallels and when the People tweeted the first look of the bad-guy Rita, it had seemed that they were getting it right.

They also got another thumbs up for ditching the racist color choices and realized that just because you are a Red Ranger you didn’t have to color code your entire closet to match 24/7.

The hot take hitting social media today is that the new suits are a departure from the “source material.” That take seems laughable given the source material was dog shit footage from a Japanese TV they stole and filmed scenes with the American actors.  Come on people get real.

The first thing about these new suits I noticed is they are still sexing up the female rangers.

The nice thing here however is it appears you won’t just be fantasizing about the Pink Ranger this time as Yellow Ranger is going tits out for the boys too.

Do they resemble Iron Man? Sure but if we’re going to pretend Power Rangers are a real thing it would only make sense that they roll with an Iron Man flair instead of the previously worn spandex and motorcycle helmets.  I’m sure they have movie theaters in Angel Grove, it wouldn’t surprise me if Zordon had an “a-ha” moment when he went to Iron Man.

Side note, happy Cinco de Mayo

Power Rangers hits theaters March 24, 2017.

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The silver lining to a Pirates day game is the opportunity for the boys to hop over to Consol and sit on the glass for game 4.

The Ace of the Staff was joined by Ryan Vogelsong and I have to go on the record saying they did a terrific job integrating into Yinzer fandom. Crosby sweater, backwards hat with the show lettuce flowing out, and most importantly a can of beer. You can pretty much copy and paste that template to at least 15,000 of the fans in attendance tonight.

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Update: This usher can kick rocks. If Gerrit wants to boo the bad guy and raise hell your only job is to make sure he has a full beer.

Dear Neal Huntington, Gerrit is one of us now…. lock him up!

In case you were wondering how the lifestyle of an ace compared to a closer take a look at Mark Melancon’s view.

https://twitter.com/mark_melancon_/status/728020106085838849

h/t @amandajupena, @realtimwilliams & @peteblackburn

If you didn’t hear about Brandon Drury’s bat yet this season than here’s an introduction to his glove. 

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These shenanigans are cute in May and sure they brought their brooms to PNC this week but we’ll see how many chuckles they get when the Curse of the Billy Goat rears its head in October.

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Boom. This is the kind of fire I want out of our MVP.

You can’t help but question the fire when Andrew is otherwise rather chill. Bucco nation’s pets heads are falling off after getting swept by the Cubs and the newspapers are gonna sell papers on this architected outrage but the truth is as we get some more hittin weather the sky is the limit for this team lead by their hungry captain.

While the Buccos are pedestrian at best in dingers they lead the big leagues in batting average, on base percentage, and slugging. They’re sitting at fourth in runs scored and are three wins ahead of their 2015 pace.

Cutch is a competitor who’s probably more irked at the over reaction surrounding a May sweep than how a play was officially score. Let’s all sit back and focus on the Penguins winning another cup. By the time were finished with a parade in June the Pirates will have their sight set on a division championship.

You always hear people talk about how you get one chance to make a first impression.  That’s great and all but Matt Light just illustrated why it may be even more important to leave an impression when your gone.

He could have had some dog shit set for an hour where he didn’t connect with the crowd once.  To stun some jabroni before ripping off his Pirates jersey and revealing a Stone Cold T-Shirt is already noteworthy.  Then Matt went next level and found himself a turn buckle to climb on to call for some Steveweisers, crush them like a champ before throw out some middle fingers.

It’s that kind of commitment that makes Matt Light a first ballot Yinzer Hall of Famer.

Draft day is upon us and while Kevin Costner may not be wheeling and dealing who know’s what Howie Roseman is doing in Philly and it wouldn’t shock me to see him complete more trades and somehow land the Browns on the wrong side of all this.

The Steelers head into Thursday night right now with 6 picks and a seventh compensatory pick.  Their main needs will be in the secondary however with the recent suspension of Martavis Bryant it wouldn’t shock me to see the Steelers use a later pick on a Wide Receiver and turn him into another stud.I have seen other sites pretend offensive line is an area of need however Ben Roethlisberger was the NFL’s least-pressured quarterback in 2015 (19.9 percent of passes according to ESPN Stats & Info).

Here is how the Steelers can walk out with an A+ grade in the 2016 draft assuming there’s no trades.

First round: 25th overall selection Pretty much a guarantee here that the Steelers go DB and there are some sexy options available.  While I would love Jaylen Ramsey, he’s shot up the boards leading up to the draft and will likely be drafted top 5.  Other options like Vernon Hargreaves would be a nice fit but I think come off the board ahead of 25.  The guy I like here is Eli Apple.  He’s got a larger frame and while he at times was pushed around by bigger wide-receivers I think that he can add more mass on that frame and become a premier lockdown corner.  He played a lot of press coverage at the college level against some very elite wide receivers and should quickly become on of the league premier pass defenders.

Second round: 58th overall selection Jaylon Smith is going to be the biggest lottery play of the draft.  He was a consensus top 10 pick at the end of the regular season but after a severe knee injury and questions about nerve damage there is an obvious risk here.  He has already stated he will “redshirt” his rookie year however if you’d ask me to give up a second rounder for a top ten in next years draft I would in a heartbeat.  This defense could shape up to swarm in 2017 and given they were a play away from the AFC Championship last year I don’t know how impactful a second round pick could really be.

Third round: 89th overall selection In light of Martavis Bryant’s suspension its time to make another splash with the Swiss Army Knife of the draft with Braxton Miller.  He lit it up during practice at the senior bowl and even admitted he emulated Antonio Brown. The guy is a freak with the ball in his hands and can fit in nicely with the rest of the wide receivers AND provide Le’Veon with a breather here and there and come out of the back field.  A perfect compliment to AB outside and on punts and a perfect complement to LB inside on hand offs.  Coming away with a two time Big Ten player of the year in the third round is hitting it rich.

Fourth round: 123rd overall selection Alright here is where people are going to lose there minds.  Is this a reach? Maybe.  But what if I could get you, in the fourth round mind you, a QB who was undefeated as a starter and had a National Championship on his resume? That guy is going to be around AND he is an absolutely perfect candidate to sit behind Ben Roethlisberger and copy his skill set.  If the Steelers can land Cardale Jones here I think they are setting themselves up for a seamless transition to live in a Post-Ben world.  There were already whispers that Ben was tired of taking the abuse and was ready to retire.  Cardale Jones’ nickname is 12-Gauge due to his off the charts arm strength.  He is a big athletic QB not unlike Ben and while in his current state, isn’t close to a franchise QB he could stand to benefit from a few years in the system ala Aaron Rodgers and take the kings throne when its vacated.

Sixth round: 220th overall pick (compensatory) Brandon Boykin and Josh Scobee cost the Steelers the 164th and 201st picks and that really hurts here.  If they could work there way back to a pick around 164 I think Cardale could fit in there allowing the Steelers to use their 123rd on a guy like Jeremy Cash at safety.  Ladarius Green filled the hole Heath Miller’s retirement created but maybe a pick here on a guy like Ryan Malleck could lay some foundation for life after Ladarius.  Malleck’s stats at Virginia Tech weren’t incredible but he did start at tight end the last two years and has the body for an NFL tight end.  With so much electricity at wideout Malleck can make some money finding holes in zone coverage and converting first downs.

Seventh round: 229th overall pick & 246th overall pick I have no idea what happens here.  They could add some depth on the offensive line or send the wide receiver whisperer out to find another stud late.

Back in 2012, Adrian Peterson set the bar when it comes to revealing progress after knee reconstruction surgery.  He showed the local media some lateral moves and set social media on fire when he dropped a hula hoop and cut around it.

AP certainly set the bar high 4 years back with those hijinks.

Today your boy Le’Veon Bell popped over to the gym to effortlessly sky over that bar and throw down a dunk less than 6 months after surgery on his MCL and PCL.

Humble brag, I spoke with LeVeon in January and mentally he was ready to suit up and rush for 2,000 yards.  He is most certainly on a mission and seeing those hops should excite everyone.  As we approach a year without Peyton and now with Tom Brady suspended 4 games, the AFC is wide open for the black and yellow.

Somebody print those #OnAMission TShirts stat.

Interesting premise and absolutely perfect execution.  We have to tip our cap however to the “manager” on the other end of the call because this could have just as easily been an outtake when she called him out for pranking her.

The best part about having a real job is the major upgrade to calling out.  If you feel like shit, or see blue skies and want to fish all you gotta do is grab your phone and send out a nice email  The trick here is to use a few words as possible so tomorrow you can continue to sell how dead you were and that you barely had the energy to compose that email.  Something like this usually does the trick: “Sick, out today.”  Boom there you go.  Cant get into a wordy email where you leave yourself vulnerable for more questions.  With that email you can sit on diarrhea the next day to get Mr. Nosey off you back.

This video is humbling.  I worked summer jobs through college where these phone calls were a weekly occurrence.  Its a miracle I made it out that summer when just about every Friday I would suffer from back spasms, dizziness, migraines, food poisoning, sinus infections, and even strep.  Thankfully my iron immune system and perseverance would get me healthy enough to get back to work Monday.

The reality is however that there are people out there grinding who have to make these calls when they need out of work.  I already get a chuckle when I look behind the counter at a fast food joint because its clear they’re doing waaaaaay more actual work than I do in an 8 hour shift.  The fact that they have to work that much harder to get out of work is fitting.