SoxFan562004

I'll pile on with the merge frustration. If people just let one in one out go it would cut down on the backups at merge ramps, I think Washington passed a law requiring this. If you want to see a joke of a backup at a merge lane go to northbound 53/290 merging onto 90 at about 5:00 p.m.

QUOTE (knightni @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 03:26 PM) http://everythinglubbock.com/media_player.php?media_id=29181 - VIDEO http://texastech.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=866497 - STORY Yeah, I read that over at deadspin. I think I've heard about colleges having open tryouts before because their kicking game sucks so bad.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Oct 22, 2008 -> 01:47 PM) The Green Mile Me too. MCD watching the movie starts it. Not very many, Good Will Hunting and In the Name of the Father at the end when they are set free by the judge. A bonus TV show that got me, the Taxi where Reverand Jim's father dies and he leaves him the tape of "Sunshine of my Life"

If we go with KW instead of typing out Ken Williams, there's not doubt the Mariners fan boards will be using JZ

I always thought she was OK, but I'm with the rest of you who think she's getting way overrated lately

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Oct 21, 2008 -> 12:05 AM) MMA Weekly reports that EliteXC is closing up shop. And, another one bites the dust. mmapayout.com says that CBS will try and sign a deal with Affliction to continue running MMA shows

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 20, 2008 -> 12:25 PM) The last 4 episodes are available on demand in high def. I'm sure you can catch up with scenes or see the first few episodes online. I highly recommend it. That should work, I did watch the first few so I should only be 2-3 behind

http://www.baseball-reference.com/v/vazquja01.shtml Javy has pitched over 200 innings in 8 of his 11 years in the bigs and his career ERA+ is 105. I wouldn't have much problem with the Sox bringing him back to be the 4th or 5th starter next year. Yeah, he completely s***s the bed in big games, but any team could have the schedule scenario the Sox had this year and have their 4th or 5th starter have to start multiple big games. I would obviously love if they signed or traded for another 1 or 2, but I don't think that's very likely this offseason. Danks Floyd MB Javy is a good start to a rotation. If they add another middle of the rotation guy and bounce Javy to 5 then that's a good rotation

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 18, 2008 -> 11:29 PM) You all are crazy stupid if you haven't been watching Sons of Anarchy. is it online or on demand? There's home remodeling going on at my house and it has just screwed all my tv watching up

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 10:07 AM) Well I will agree with the people in here who say women do hit on guys. I have been hit on before, and if women will hit on me, they will hit on ANYBODY. But getting to your point, people make this way too complicated. Just be confident in yourself, perceptive of the girl, and be yourself. If you don't suck, the girl is going to be nice to you, even if she isn't interested. And odds are it won't take you long to find a girl who is interested. be yourself, granted it might have to be the best "yourself" you can offer, but don't be someone you're not. Then the best case scenario is you start dating someone and you have to put an act on all the time

"Free" card on Spike on Saturday night. Leben v. Bisbing (sp?) main eventing... I'll be in Vegas so I will probably look at the odds and make some bets

QUOTE (klaus kinski @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 11:40 AM) Its obviously because Savard missed all those scoring chances his offense set up. Last year of contract-dump him now incase they over achieve again Likely the reason, good call.

QUOTE (bschmaranz @ Oct 15, 2008 -> 11:36 PM) Congrats to the Phillies, hope they win it all. If the Rays make the WS it will be the first time in a long time that I would be happy if either team won

QUOTE (almagest @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 11:23 AM) This should do it. Rodriguez does seem to win the VORP battle as well, at least in the past 3 years. Interesting. I also learned from that link that this Albert Pujols guy may have a clue on how to hit! They are both fantastic first ballot hall of famers, if I had to make the choice I would go with A-Rod, but if you told me I was "stuck" with Manny I wouldn't be overly dissapointed

they should be a scary team next year regardless, but imagine if they get some revenue pumped in and they sign or trade for an above average right fielder or DH.

QUOTE (almagest @ Oct 16, 2008 -> 10:07 AM) He also put up a .299/.398/.529 line with the Red Sox, at the age of 36. I guess compared to his obscene 213 OPS+ with the Dodgers those numbers could be considered "loafing," but that's almost exactly the same production the Red Sox are getting from Jason Bay. Is he "loafing" too? Manny and A-Rod have very similar lifetime stats, as well. I don't think you can declare either one as "better." It really just seems like you don't like Manny Ramirez, so you find second-hand accounts of how he isn't liked by his teammates, ignore his actual production, and claim that makes Ramirez somehow inferior to A-Rod/whoever else. Do you have access to their VORP numbers? A-Rod does better in WARP, but interested in VORP of the two and can't find it on baseballprospectus.com

Stanimal. It started in high school and every group of my friends has picked up on it

I'm sure it's been mentioned, but I would love to see a significant upgrade at backup catcher. AJ has just piled on so many innings the last few years that I would love for the Sox to pick up a quality backup who could catch 2 days a week and contribute significantly on defense.

Bugs Bunny threw a wicked one, got like 9 guys to strike out on one throw

http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2008/10/15/ma...ew-catchphrase/ I'm not sure on the timelines of his reactions, but if this is recent, sounds like one of his people got to him and told him to cool out

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 09:53 PM) They're showing the Bartman highlight tonight over and over. Man that guy in the grey next to him.... he also reached up, and while he had no glasses or radio...it couldve very easily been him that went down in infamy, w/ people staking out his house etc. I wonder if he thanks his lucky stars nightly. A friend of mine worked at the same company Bartman did. He said the next day an e-mail got sent out saying that there was a zero tolerance policy at work regarding him and anything would result in dismissal. I think he moved to Arizona or out west somewhere

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) The North County Times reports that the Padres have made Jake Peavy available in trades. Peavy is just 10 months removed from signing a four-year, $52 million contract extension, but a 99-loss season can make a team do funny things. "This was a different year than last year," general manager Kevin Towers said. "You're arguably talking about moving one of the top pitchers in the game. But it's not a 100-percent given. Nothing is imminent." It'll be interesting to see what type of market there is for Peavy given that CC Sabathia, A.J. Burnett and Ben Sheets are all free agents. I imagine the market would be high. All three of those FAs are likely to sign for more money than 13 million a year.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/extr...ct15/index.html Says the Twins and Giants are discussing a trade involving Delmon Young. Not much more to it, doesn't say what the Twins are looking for in return

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ Oct 14, 2008 -> 10:11 AM) Baseball America! Damn, i was really curious what Brian Anderson had to say about Gordon Beckham! It would probably be evaluating his qualities as a wingman

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Oct 13, 2008 -> 03:40 PM) So your reasoning is that since your boss and your specific schedule allowed for relative ease to vote, no one should get the full day or half a day off to do the same? Probably not the greatest reasoning, but I think situations can be worked out. Maybe increasing the prevelance of absentee balloting