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I still get shocked at how many empty seats are at heat games and the lack of any atmosphere whatsoever. Do you guys think Noah will take hansbrough next game with kurt thomas/boozer on hibbard?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 15, 2011 -> 05:51 PM) That might be the only way to win games these days. Rain shortened 6 or 7 inning games where we have the lead and avoid using the pen. I've actually thought about that.

Do you guys think this game will be played? I have tickeets tonight.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 14, 2011 -> 01:45 AM) I dont think its a big deal, but at the same time maybe you should think about using terms like that so flippantly. I personally think by making a word taboo you give it more power, but Im in the minority (with that belief) and I can respect that people should have a certain level of decency. Cocksucker is not the same, I wont even go into similar words, because I guarantee I can offend 90% of this board. the guys at a god damn workplace. Do you start yelling f** at your work place? You guys all need to grow up.

every manager would look terrible with a bullpen that can't get a god damn out.

It's nachos, no?

QUOTE (tonyho7476 @ Apr 13, 2011 -> 03:16 PM) The Red Sox titles are extremely tainted, since their main two hitters have been accused of roids. Yankees too with A-Rod. At least none of our major contributors from '05 have been caught or mentioned in any reports. Rowand is speculation at this point. I mean, from the bullpen people who've been mentioned as roiding...none of them seem to correlate with really good years.

everett? I doubt it. Bible didn't mention nothin bout steroids.

QUOTE (JohnCangelosi @ Apr 12, 2011 -> 02:29 AM) I HOPE this is the case, I really do. In any event it's a horrible decision bringing in MT. Let's hope we can just get him back to being one of the best setup guys in the game and find someone else to close. in his career ozzie has been a lot of things, but a manager with a short lease, i wouldn't say so.

guys, buehrle was probably tired, and every manager is going to suck when your bullpen is playing like s***.

was it just a straight drop?

i hate being on a delay.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 12, 2011 -> 02:02 AM) I've been right once today...so I'm gonna try it again. 1-2-3 here for Thornton. this gets a don't stop, get it get it

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 10:55 PM) All of those toppings sound good, but what else do they have? parmesan cheese, and something else. I got everything on sunday and didn't look up for 5 minutes.

I think his whole section on memphis is very spot on. Frankly if the bulls had to play memphis in the first round I'd be very very worried. They played us hard.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 08:54 PM) So Derrick Rose's TS% went from as low as 53.5% to 55% after yesterday's 13/17 shooting performance. He's now 5th in win shares, still a win share behind Howard and two behind LeBron, but I don't think it's really a statistical fallacy to give Rose the MVP at this point. Like some others have suggested... Totally, let me quote and link to bill simmons article because it totally imo articulates the pro-rose case, w/o having to s*** on the others. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...mp;sportCat=nba The whole thing is great, but the choice parts i find are:

well, the whole dig was the fact that kendalls is a college bar, then others saying they didn't care b/c it's cheap, which is why i said there are other cheap places that don't feature a bunch of meaty cubs fans puking at their feet because they went to a bar to get f***ed up and hit on chicks.

Right, but kendalls drink specials are for college kids.

You gotta get the corn off the cob. You can get everything on it, but at the very least get the lime, butter, mayo and red pepper.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 08:23 PM) I catch as many drink specials as I can on the weekend. Im not in college, but I dont care for overpriced drinks or an upper crest crowd, so my friends and I generally go to places with drink specials. Id rather spend $30 to have a good time, than $150. The only negative is that at the pricier bars youre probably going to find more high end ladies, but Im into the girl next door type, so I prefer the classless scene. I have to dress nice for work, Im wearing whatever I want on the weekend. Because you either have to spend $30 a night to drink with college kids or spend $150. There are other neighborhoods beside lincoln park and river north. There's a lot of bars in chicago that are cheap, the ones on lincoln ave tend to have a lot of younger people who just get smashed and are obnoxious.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Apr 11, 2011 -> 06:26 PM) Where I would disagree with you is that, if the Heat or Spurs win it all, then they will and maybe should be considered "great" teams. Regardless of the somewhat turbulent regular season that the Heat have experienced, if they win it all, they will be lauded for "enduring the the media spotlight", "prevailing against the masses who wished for their doom" or "needed the time to work out the kinks" so on and so forth. I think, in general, that it is too early to anoint anyone as "great" because we just don't know how this will all shake out. In terms of the regular season, the Bulls had a pretty outstanding regular season. But so did the 2006-07 Mavericks (67 Wins) and they lost to the Warriors in the first round. I don't think anyone would use the word "great" to describe that team, despite its amazing regular season. The Bulls play really great defense though, which makes me a lot more confident than if I were the 06-07 mavs. Bulls definitely have high hopes, and I will be disappointed grreatly if they lost to miami or anyone really. But yeah, having a #1 seed going into the playoffs (i.e. 5 months of great basketball) is not the same as getting 38 wins and the eight seed like the late part of the last decade. This was a fun season no matter.

Not sure the celtics can be fully loaded anymore. That said, Bill Simmons year in review articles were pretty great.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 10, 2011 -> 06:50 AM) Yes, if you are between the ages of 18-21, Kendalls and Kelsey's are good choices. Otherwise, that entire stretch of Lincoln is not for you. aaagreed.

QUOTE (Tex @ Apr 9, 2011 -> 09:09 PM) So bmags you do believe that poor people should have abortions because they can't afford their children? Nowhere stated. Nowhere. PP isn't just abortions as stated a billion times.

Great first sox game of the year. Tailgating, ice cold beer, corn off the cob and a white sox winner.