Soxfest

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Jan 28, 2014 -> 08:34 PM) Democrats applaud wildly as President vows to bypass them and their institution. Even as we increased energy production?.....huh? .....unemployment at lowest level in 5 years...participation rate lowest level in almost 40 years...nicely done! Obama is just a dictator at this point.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Jan 27, 2014 -> 09:15 PM) He's never played above Single A, so I don't know people are thinking. We have Flowers and Josh at catcher he has a good chance to break camp as the backup.

Vince McMahon ordered that the scrupt for tonight's Raw be "heavily tweaked" following the Royal Rumble, with the writers still at work as of about two and a half hours ago. The source claims that the new script--which is a big improvement on the first one's--is being made in spite of the negative reaction last night and not because of it. Per 411 Wrestling

Following the Royal Rumble going off the air last night, Batista got into the face of a fan and gave him the middle finger. People backstage were not happy with his behavior. Foley rips WWE management IE ..........HHH/VKM As I mentioned on Twitter, I've never felt so disgusted at the conclusion of a WWE (or any) PPV. Like many of you out there, I just don't get it. This Daniel Bryan thing is a phenomenon. You get it. I get it. The fans in Pittsburgh (yes, I was thinking of writing "RIGHT TH...but I'm just not in a cheap pop mood) got it. But tonight, for the first time, I had to admit to myself that the powers that be are just not going to get it. And that makes me sad. I'm just honestly sad, just flat out f***ing sad (yes, I dropped an F-bomb there to emphasize how F'ing sad I am for the guys who bust their butts night in and night out - Ziggler, Punk, Bryan, etc - with no hope of getting their shot at this year's Mania. You know who else I'm sad for? Me. In my two years as an official WWE Ambassador, I never once had to lie about my enthusiasm for the company or the product. Now, although I am no longer officially an Ambassador for WWE (believe it or not, my only official role in WWE is as GM for Saturday Morning Slam, a contract that ends in one month) I was till looking forward to being part of the biggest event of the year. I'll probably end up going anyway. But I'm about 1/6th as excited about it as I was just a few hours ago. I wanted so badly to hear 75,000 WWE fans chanting "YES" - and seeing fans walk away absolutely ecstatic about the outcome of a PPV for the first time in a while...a long while. But when given the chance to make it happen (unless they've got something MAJOR up their sleeve) WWE's answer tonight was a resounding "NO, NO, NO". Mick Foley's son Dewey was also not a fan of the WWE Royal Rumble and the way that the WWE does business. Here is what he posted… Sorry people who know much about wrestling, but this company right now is in some serious s***. This is really bad for their company because one or two individuals truly believe that their opinions reign much higher over the millions and millions of people who watch their show religiously on a weekly basis. It's such a horrible feeling obviously because it hits close to home. You have these guys who work their asses off 320+ days a year, who barely see their loved ones, and they get completely disrespected and disregarded because Triple f***ing H thinks they're 'too small' or not star material. My dad made your ass, and people told my dad all his life that he would amount to nothing. So Triple H should know from experience that the people that work their asses off and that are told that they are worthless, are the ones that make the company the best it can be. Without my dad, Triple H is just a mid-carder. My dad went out of his way to make sure that he turned Triple H into the intimidating, scary, cerebral assassin, son of a b**** that he has become. So it's about time that people who deserve to be the best are given the opportunity to show it. WWE is a f***ing dictatorship and it is just truly a shame. Per 411 wrestling

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 26, 2014 -> 10:45 PM) Really? You liked Orton/Cena? Man, the party I was with hated that match(as did I) I agree and the crowd at WM30 will hate Orton/Batista just as much. I have never seen the WWE so bullheaded as they are right now basically telling the crowd to f*** off. Vince has always bragged about listening to the fans, not so much lately.

QUOTE (Tony82087 @ Jan 26, 2014 -> 08:24 PM) Hawks seem to be in a mid-season lull. Effort just doesn't look there, lots of sloppy play. I'm also getting ready to see Raanta start getting some more ice time, even with Crawford healthy. Real bad effort in 3rd period tonight.

Anthony DiMoro of SportsRants.com reports that WWE and Sting have reached an agreement. DiMoro wrote the following: I have heard it from a good source that Sting and WWE have actually agreed to a deal, including a WWE Hall of Fame induction. The Hall of Fame induction may not come in 2014, but possible 2015 as WWE may want to feature Sting and get the fanbase familiar with him on WWE Television over the next year so that his induction is even more special. I anticipate a career DVD will also be in the mix later this year as well as a heavy presence of Sting on WWE Network.

The crowd did not care about Batista at all tonight. Rey at the 30 spot took the life out of the crowd, no Bryan or Jake Roberts but a worthless JBL and Midget Bull were in the Rumble. I was hoping Reigns won in the end but not to be. The Rumble match itself was lackluster at best tonight just very flat overall easily one of the 5 worst of all time.

Just saw this Royal Rumble betting odds. 30 Man Royal Rumble Match (Top 5) Batista (4/11) Daniel Bryan (2/1) CM Punk (6/1) Roman Reigns (10/1) Big E Langston (25/1) WWE Title Match: Randy Orton (1/6) vs. John Cena (7/2) Brock Lesnar (1/10) vs. The Big Show (11/2) Bray Wyatt (4/11) vs. Daniel Bryan (2/1) Kickoff Pre-show: The New Age Outlaws (1/8) vs. Cody Rhodes and Goldust (9/2) Credit: SkyBet via Rajah.com

Word is Kevin Nash may be in the Rumble. Make your winner prediction.............................. I say Bryan is a surprise 30th man and it comes down to Batista and Bryan with Batista the winner.

Ventura has not done enough to get a extension at this point. Why the hurry to get this done?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 10:19 PM) That was the contract match that basically wrote him off the company, right? Correct looks like WWE for Sting or retire.

Sting match against Magnus tonight was a clusterf***! Dixie Carter on air character is horrid.

Good looking banner.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 23, 2014 -> 06:47 PM) Here's some appropriate skepticism as well. Their SP were 28th in MLB last year in WAR. Garza helps that, but even to be competitive, they're counting on big improvements from other guys in their rotation as well as guys like Gomez not regressing in the least and other unnamed guys contributing to their lineup more. Garza deal is not done yet according to reports. The Milwaukee Brewers have reported that contract negotiations with Matt Garza are "ongoing" and there is "no deal yet." FOX Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported earlier Thursday that the Brewers agreed to sign Garza to a four-year, $52 million contract. It's highly unusual for a team to comment on a deal before it's finalized, but that's exactly what the Brewers did via their Twitter account. Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and MLB.com's Adam McCalvy are hearing the holdup isn't due to a medical issue, so it sounds like we should have a resolution soon. Per Rotoworld

Hulk Hogan has reportedly been examined by WWE doctors, and following the physical examination, the company has made the decision not to book him in a match at WrestleMania. On top of that, word is that they will not book him in any angle that requires him to get physical. At this time, the plan is for Hogan to make some form of non-wrestling appearance at WrestleMania. Credit: The Wrestling Observer

His 15 minutes of fame are about up..................he is the modern day version of Leif Garrett in a few years.

Triple H and his involvement in the current WWE product: "…Well, I would love to give you an opinion, but I am clean and sober from WWE programming for several years now, and I do read what is going on, but it seems like it's more of the same. In my opinion, he was never the star, he was always the guy that worked with the guy that drew the money, and he continues to push his boring self down the people's throats. You know, what more can I say, I haven't seen it first hand, but at least he got a haircut…" Jim Cornette on HHH...............I agree with him on HHH.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 04:14 PM) I'm not saying you're wrong but it seems odd to have him come back for Old school raw and do the Rumble as well. They saved the DDT for the Rumble is my guess, why it was not done at Old School Raw IMO.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 01:04 PM) Just had a Cubs fan tell me Sox were never in on Tanaka, Sox have the worst front office in baseball, have done nothing to improve their MLB team or farm system the past five years, Sale's contract is worthless if they don't trade him. Cubs were a playoff team with Tanaka and Tigers signed Joba for the same amount they used to pay Fielder. f***ing idiot. After you said Cub fan, I knew he was a sheep.

QUOTE (The Ultimate Champion @ Jan 22, 2014 -> 01:12 PM) Bronson Arroyo (37) Scott Baker (32) Erik Bedard (35) A.J. Burnett (37) Chris Capuano (35) Bruce Chen (37) Freddy Garcia (37) Jon Garland (34) Matt Garza (30) Jason Hammel (31) Tommy Hanson (27) Aaron Harang (36) Ubaldo Jimenez (30) Jair Jurrjens (28) Jeff Karstens (31) Paul Maholm (32) Jason Marquis (35) Daisuke Matsuzaka (33) James McDonald (29) Jeff Niemann (31) Roy Oswalt (35) Clayton Richard (30) Ervin Santana (31) Johan Santana (34) Joe Saunders (33) Jake Westbrook (36) Jerome Williams (32) Suk-Min Yoon (27) Barry Zito (36) That's MLBTR's list Hell Cy Chen killed the Sox maybe a 1 yr deal.

I have a feeling Jake Roberts is in the Rumble.

It is really a 4 yr deal in reality.

Bruce Levin and Kaplin must be on suicide watch over the Cubby blue not getting Tanaka.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Jan 21, 2014 -> 09:41 PM) That's always scary. He was young and pretty fit looking. Dam 49 way too young I liked him on the show.