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QUOTE(silver and black @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 04:29 PM) Another good movie... Hardball with Keanu, it was on TBS last nite. I play basketball with the one kid from that movie most weekends.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 06:14 PM) would we be able to even get anything for contreras? Yes, laughs.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 06:21 PM) this was not the first time I seen something on a message board posted from insider. It also was not the first time I seen something on this board from insider. It was the first time I seen people running scared over it. That is probally the first time you have seen an entire article posted from insider. It is illegal plain and simple.

They call it a snakebite. It works like this: An offensive players raises up to shoot his jump shot. As he brings his arm forward to release the ball, the defensive player quickly and subtly taps the player on the elbow or the forearm, like a snake, disrupting his shot. Sometimes it is detected. But NBA players are so good at it that an official can’t see the snakebite every time because often it simply looks like a player is contesting a shot. That, more than anything else, Seattle SuperSonics guard Ray Allen said, is what had him infuriated in the Sonics’ 100-97 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday night. “Every time I went to shoot, they were hitting me right there on my elbow,” Allen said after the team’s Monday practice at Moody Bible Institute. “One time, I came underneath the basket and put up a shot, and two people chopped me across my arms. The ball went straight up in the air. No calls. That was frustrating more than anything.” ... Allen is usually so composed that it was completely out of character for him to express frustration over Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich, who was the primary reason for Allen’s 4-for-16 shooting and 17 points. But Allen said it wasn’t so much Hinrich as it was the officiating crew. “It was the lack of calls I was getting every time he slapped me on my wrist or elbow,” Allen said. “He could have kept doing what he was doing, and if I got the call for it, it wouldn’t have mattered. If somebody plays good defense and stays in front of me, that is frustrating when I can’t get to the hole. But I was getting to the hole. And I was getting fouled every time. “And the referees kept telling me they couldn’t get to a spot where they could see what he was doing.” Allen said Chicago assistant coach Ron Adams was an assistant coach in Milwaukee when Allen played for the Bucks. Allen said Adams used to teach Bucks players to use the snakebite technique that Hinrich and Chris Duhon are employing. “I know where it came from,” Allen said. “I have known Ron Adams for a couple years, so I know that is his technique. If it was me, I would do the same thing. http://www.thenewstribune.com/sport...p-4334934c.html

Two run single for casanova. 6-3 white sox.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 03:14 PM) Yep -- and Jeff Brantley is a moron. He was just praising podsednik's fielding.

QUOTE(mreye @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 03:13 PM) I'm stunned. They probably haven't seen the Breakfast Club either. :headshake Breakfast club is pretty damn good but you have to watch it on dvd or vhs if not every third word is bleeped out.

Mccarthy sure handles himself well in these interviews or whatever you would like to call them.

CHICAGO -- Four days isn't enough time for all the scratches to heal. Not that the Sonics need any scars to remember a three-point loss to the Chicago Bulls on Friday at KeyArena. The Bulls defense rubbed the Sonics raw, leaving them with motivation that is more than skin deep heading into tonight's game at the United Center. "It's definitely more incentive, because it is fresh on our minds," Sonics guard Ray Allen said. "We didn't play our best, so it's a payback game for us." The Sonics (42-19) didn't have to wait long. At least not for this rematch. As for the renaissance these two franchises are experiencing this season? Well, that's been a few years in the making. It has been seven years since either team won a playoff series, but both the Sonics and Bulls suddenly matter again. The Sonics and Bulls are two of the biggest surprises. The Sonics are one of the league's most efficient offenses with their combination of shooting precision and rebounding power; the Bulls (32-28) have one of the league's most nettlesome defenses. They are a New Age Jazz of sorts, the Bulls now playing the same sort of clutch-and-grab style that the Utah Jazz once used to flummox the Sonics. "They just get into your head with all the grabbing and the holding and the no-calls," Sonics coach Nate McMillan said. The San Antonio Spurs are the only team holding opponents to a lower field-goal percentage than the Bulls. Allen was 4-for-16 shooting in Friday's loss, and he and plenty of teammates spent much of the second half complaining to officials about fouls that were not called. "That pressure bothered us," McMillan said. "They were fouls, and the officials were not calling it, but you've got to play through it. "You've got to be able to do that by being calm and under control." Patience is what the Sonics practiced yesterday in Chicago, McMillan saying that playing slow and steady was the best counterpunch to the Bulls' aggressiveness. "That pressure or that physical play can force you to rush," McMillan said. "What you have to do is slow down, as opposed to rushing, and use each other." He said passing was the best antidote, not a headstrong insistence upon penetrating against a defense that collapses in the middle while shot blockers Eddy Curry and Tyson Chandler wait inside. In fact, the Bulls may well have been on the speed dial of Sonics general manager Rick Sund, who was inquiring foremost about Chandler, a fourth-year center. The Bulls, meanwhile, have had a years-long interest in Vladimir Radmanovic. "We've got a whole new team, basically," Bulls coach Scott Skiles said after his team practiced in Seattle on Friday. It wasn't a case of blind devotion to a master plan, Skiles said, so much as an accurate personnel evaluation. "The moment you start thinking, 'Geez, five years from now if we just keep everybody,' that's not pro sports," Skiles said. "You've got to try and get better all the time. "On the other hand, you don't want to be stupid, either." The success of these two teams only seems to have happened overnight. Actually, it has taken years of waiting, but tonight's game is finally a matchup worth watching.

4-3 on a vlad homer.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:25 PM) Looks like? I just saw the ball roll pass him since i was looking at the computer. I was not sure about it.

4-2 on what looks like an error by burke.

QUOTE(Y2HH @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:15 PM) What is Stony saying?! He just knows what he is talking about period. From the cubs to the rangers to the sox etc... He knows his s*** and knows it well.

Stone is awesome.

QUOTE(Jabroni @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:00 PM) :headshake :headshake :headshake Yes, let's get soxtalk in trouble.

QUOTE(CWSGuy406 @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 01:56 PM) I don't know the whole lineup, but Figgins, Davanon, Guerrerro, Cabrera, and Finley are all starting. Not the whole Anahiem starting lineup, but a good portion of it. Mathis is starting also and kotchman.

I believe it is illegal to post the entire article from insider. You can rephrase it though.

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 01:49 PM) How does BMac look? Very composed especially once runners have gotten on. He has induced two double plays i believe. Seems like he is pitching better once someone reaches base. Also, like that he uses every part of the plate.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:07 AM) Dying Franchise? Film Title International Profit Domestic Worldwide Goldeneye 244.8 106.5 351.3 Tomorrow Never Dies 218.0 125.2 343.2 The World is not Enough 225.1 126.9 352.0 Die Another Day 253.7 160.9 414.6 Seems like a pretty solid amount of people still enjoy and pay money to see movies from this "Dying franchise". As a point of reference here are the profits of a few more recent movies. The Incredibles 367.3 260.1 627.4 Meet the Fockers 201.3 275.9 477.2 Ocean's Twelve 234.1 125.4 359.5 The Aviator 83.5 97.0 180.5 Million Dollar Baby 26.0 76.6 102.6 Where you get those numbers from? Because according to imbd they are slightly wrong.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:25 AM) Haha agreed. Also, Qwerty where did you get that Mario icon? That is awesome. http://www.drakeshangout.com/pics/animated/index.htm If you ever want some animated gifs pm i have a s*** load of good links.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 02:19 AM) I hit rim more then that. And I could beat an 8th grader...even if that 8th grader is good. Now a different story comes out. :headshake

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 12:36 AM) If you lose, I will personally go down to Oelwein, and I will hit you with a stick --> Why? You said you can only hit rim one out of five tries and cannot dribble period.

QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 01:41 AM) 1-2 more hits and he would be batting 260 to around 300. Would you let him make the team then? Would let him be bat boy but actually participate in a game? No.

QUOTE(SouthSideScraper @ Mar 15, 2005 -> 01:43 AM) Funny, We have the same guy naysaying Paulie but praising BMac. There's something wrong with that picture. Fine, Paulie has some work to do on his road games. But he's proven to be good and should be expected to do better, and in fact can. BMac has pitched one preseason game and you're already giving him a starting position in '07. And another thing...If Dye is getting paid over 11million, then Paulie isn't over paid at 9million. We wouldn't be overpaying him, we'd be giving a solid middle hitter and good fielder what he's worth to the club. Slow yes, but last year he didn't get into any slumps and just plugged along, nor did he have any glaring errors. If you're Looking into the future to say that BMac is going to be a great pitcher in '07 off one preseason game, then there is no arguing that Pauly is worth his salt and should be offered a three year deal. If konerko wants eight million per bring him back. If he wants ten you would still probally bring him back but might end up regretting it. If he has another year like last year and wants around twelve million just tell him it has been nice while it lasted. I don't know where you are getting 11 million for dye from. He is due four million this year, five million next year and a six million option for the year after.