The Critic

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 19, 2007 -> 10:50 AM) Song Sung Blue - Neil Diamond Blue Monday - New Order

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 19, 2007 -> 10:44 AM) Song of the South - John Anderson - Seminole Wind Love Song - Tesla No bonus points, Kid!

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 13, 2007 -> 03:36 PM) As I recall, most of the long-running weathermen in Chicago were/are a bit loony. Tom Skilling says YOU TAKE THAT BACK!!!

Went to see American Gangster over the weekend. I enjoyed it quite a lot - Denzel should never play a "good guy" again. He looked so out of place in that fur coat and hat, though, it was funny as hell.

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Nov 19, 2007 -> 09:33 AM) Space Cowboy - Steve Miller Band Space Age Love Song - A Flock of Seagulls

QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Nov 19, 2007 -> 09:07 AM) Light My Fire - The Doors Red Light In My Eyes - Children Of Bodom

QUOTE(Brian @ Nov 19, 2007 -> 09:15 AM) Jericho's titan tron has been leaked. Worst kept secret by WWE ever. Pretty cool. LOL Fantastic!!!

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Nov 18, 2007 -> 10:36 AM) Seen on ESPN the Yotes claimed him. Not to mention he had a shutout in his 1st game with them. Good move for Phoenix for sure. Goaltending depth is so rare, it's kind of foolish to just let a good goalie go on waivers. There had to be some kind of deal they could have done to address some other need.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 18, 2007 -> 10:56 AM) Georgia on my Mind ... Lot's of people, Willie Nelson, Ray Charles, Michael Bolton, etc. Peace Of Mind - Boston

The Devil's Takin' Names - The Lawrence Arms

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 18, 2007 -> 09:38 AM) Stop In The Name Of Love - Diana Ross Stop It You're Killing Me - Therapy?

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Nov 17, 2007 -> 08:51 PM) Don't Stop Believin' - Journey Stop Your Sobbing - Pretenders

Blue Sky Mine - Midnight Oil

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Nov 17, 2007 -> 11:54 AM) 'Good times, Bad times' -Zep. Bad Reputation - Thin Lizzy

QUOTE(Tony82087 @ Nov 17, 2007 -> 11:29 AM) From the DH this morning I'd be thankful if Marty returned on Thursday. He's no turkey!

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 17, 2007 -> 11:21 AM) Love Hurts - Nazareth Hurts So Good - John Hoosier Prisoncamp

Do you like Guitar Center? Nice Peter doesn't.

Florida's going to pick up some of Cabrera's contract? That would REALLY surprise me.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Nov 17, 2007 -> 09:17 AM) Without Love The Doobie Bros. Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division

I thought I knew a few thespians in high school - turns out they were just chicks who didn't want to date me.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Nov 17, 2007 -> 08:30 AM) Pushing the Needle Too Far - Indigo Girls - Let's Push Things Forward - The Streets

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Nov 17, 2007 -> 07:30 AM) That surprised me too when i read it. Last I heard, they were saying it was some sort of viral infection that they determined was going to be cleared up with anitbiotics. This is the first i heard it was a spinal stroke for sure in fact, here is your last update, critic NEVER USE MY OWN QUOTED ONLINE REPORTS AGAINST ME AGAIN, KYLE!!!!! It's a weird, sad story, for sure.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Nov 16, 2007 -> 07:51 PM) That's not at all how one would determine whether or not a correlation was significant. If nothing else, the obvious place to start is to determine the average. For every guy at the top of the list, there's a guy at the bottom of the list too. So you could probably calculate an average per player amongst each letter, and an average k/ab for each letter as well. Nah, that's too much work. I lost interest halfway through my own post, for cryin' out loud!

I just read this on Yahoo: http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-1...name-game_N.htm The part that caught my attention was this: "major league baseball players whose first or last names began with K (the strikeout-signifying letter) are significantly more likely to strike out, according to the report published in the December issue of Psychological Science." So here are the all-time single season strikeout leaders: http://www.baseball-reference.com/leaders/SO_season.shtml The FIRST person with a K in either name? Dave Kingman, tied for 89th place, then Kingman again tied for 110th place. The first non-Kingman K name? Ron Kittle, tied for 135th place all-time. Career strikeout leader for the letter K? Kingman, 10th all-time, followed by Harmon Killebrew at 15, Ken Griffey Jr at 25 and Jeff Kent at 48. Not exactly "significantly" more likely to strike out IMO...

QUOTE(farmteam @ Nov 16, 2007 -> 01:15 PM) I'm just a fountain of great ideas, aren't I. It was/is an interesting idea. I'm sure I didn't help matters by shuffling a bunch of relatively obscure songs.