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Seems really out of the blue to call him up right now. Someone has to be hurt or traded or waived or something I would think.

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QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Jul 26, 2011 -> 11:30 AM) This is getting ugly. Bengals owner Mike Brown finally acknowledged Tuesday that Carson Palmer has retired from football. Palmer would be willing to play if the Bengals traded him, but Brown reiterated that won't happen. "Carson signed a contract, he made a commitment," said Brown. "He gave us his word. ... We expected him to perform here. If he is going to walk away from his commitment we aren’t going to reward him for doing it." It's nice to see Brown finally concede the obvious, but it doesn't mean he's any less stubborn. It's a shame for a player with 2-3 halfway decent seasons left. Palmer was horrendous last year.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 09:52 PM) I predicted this would happen somewhere else. I also thinks it's too soon. I think the WWE did it though because of the support Punk has gotten. I see him losing at SummerSlam. No way Super Cena loses twice to the same wrestler in the same year. Be nice if Punk wins and then changes the belt. QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 09:53 PM) It was his theme song for ROH Did not know that.

We'll take over 1st place sometime in August only to lose the division in September.

They obviously wanted Punk-Cena for Summerslam which is fair but I agree that they're jumping around a bit here with their angles. Happy Punk is back though.

The "I am Drunk" thread is probably more appropriate but since I'm sober now, I'll put it here: Country Thunder is absolute amazingness.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 02:47 PM) When healthy Tony P was a versatile pitcher and effective. But, you could see earlier this year he was hurting. I don't expect him back in 2012 either healthy or nor He was?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 25, 2011 -> 03:38 PM) Suprised you included Richard. Quite the product of the ballpark out there. A 5.30 ERA away from Petco stinks in my book. Ya, Richard is not good. Gio and Huddy on the other hand...

Well there goes 2011, time to think about 2012.

That trailer looked just fine to me.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 02:29 PM) He is slumping at the plate right now, but still has 9 BB in 10 games. Gotta love how he can be slumping and still be productive. He's come such a long way in only 1 year.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 01:12 PM) It's amazing to me that people can look at this team, a team that's 8 over at 36-28 since May 6th, despite playing like s*** offensively, and say 'no chance, they don't have it' and then not evaluate MIN, CLE and DET the same way. Cleveland is 30-35 since then. Detroit is 36-27 since then, a half game better than the Sox. Minnesota is 33-33 since then. Nobody "has it". Nobody is running away with this thing. The Sox will be within 5 games all season. It is right there if they can ever wake up and take it. And still under .500 on the season so who cares what these teams have done since May 6th, that's just a random date to throw out there to make this team look better than they are. You're right about one thing, the Sox will be within 5 games probably all the way until the end but they wont win this division. Should they? Absolutely. Will they? Nope, not happening.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 09:28 AM) I think Jeter's ESPNization as a national product really lead to a backlash from people who hate the Yankees, which is pretty much everyone outside of NYC and transplanted NYers. Yup. QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 12:09 PM) Basically ESPN & the media have overrated him so much, that many people have underrated him as a result. He's definitely on the decline now, but he was a heck of a ballplayer for about a 15-year stretch. HOF lock. Yup. Perfectly said guys.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 20, 2011 -> 11:03 AM) Yeah we can, but yeah we won't. I think this about sums it up.

We know, Dayan, we know.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 05:13 PM) I'd say many people vastly underrate Derek Jeter and the type of player he is/was. Completely agree. While the media has glorified him a bit too much, I think a lot of people on this site(or internet message boards in general) have underrated the type of player that he really was.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 09:55 AM) I'm too lazy to type it again, so I'll copy/paste what I wrote at WSI about it: I would have done things a little slower. Last night would have been Vince upset and despondent about Punk leaving with the title. Then on Raw, I would have had Punk send an email to the Raw General Manager with a video file of himself hanging out at Wrigley Field with the "championship". Over the next couple weeks, Punk sends videos of himself on vacation with the belt, making Vince more and more furious. Vince can then order the tournament to crown a new champ, which Punk would mock in subsequent videos. Finally Vince snaps and starts punishing everyone responsible - he puts Cena and Del Rio in handicap matches to get squashed, he gets more and more belligerent with guys like Slaughter and Laurinitas, and then finally, he orders Laurinitas to have a match against Kane or Henry. THAT's when I have HHH step in and relieve Vince of his duties. Then HHH can start to reach out to Punk, telling him that he may carry a belt around, but the real champion is the one who's in WWE defending the title. Tell him stuff like right now he's the same as some guy who bought a replica title on wwe.com, stuff like that. Play on his competitive spirit and ego and eventually Punk comes back to show who is the true champion. That's how I would have booked it, anyway. That would have absolutely worked as well. All I'm disagreeing with you about is that I don't think this squashes the Punk angle at all, if they do this right everything can still all tie in very nicely.

Viciedo for Heath Bell.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 19, 2011 -> 02:02 AM) It's an interesting turn of events, but it kind of s***s on the Punk angle a little bit. Vince has made this about Vince. Kind of reminds me of Hogan/Dixie. Not sure I like it, I'll have to see how this plays out. It's nowhere near what I would have done, though. Eh, I disagree. It still all ties into Punk-Cena, it's just an interesting way to keep things going with out Punk actually being there, which as we talked about made the most sense to continue the storyline.

QUOTE (scenario @ Jul 18, 2011 -> 11:45 PM) Addison Reed is having an amazing Hudson-like fast-track year. Gotta think the Sox will bring him up in September. A lot different cause Reed is a reliever but ya, he'll be up in the bigs in no time.

The bullpen is so f***in good right now.

I'm seriously so shocked that the E keeps on delivering right now and this is with out Punk on tv tonight. Fantastic once again. Think the most shocking thing of all is that Cena actually referenced TNA. Speaking of Cena, I know he's beyond hated on this board but besides some of the corny one liners he's thrown around, he's actually been damn good since the start of this as well. Not even close to Punk's level but I feel that he at least deserves a bit of kudos since no one else has said it yet. I still have no idea where they're going with this and that's what makes this so compelling.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 18, 2011 -> 03:47 PM) Oh, and I read on Punk's Twitter that he's going to the Cubs game today, so no Punk on RAW - which is the right move to further the storyline. Tonight is Cena's day of reckoning. I read that as well but I wonder if you'll get him via satelitte at some point. I agree though, as much as it will suck if he's not on the show, it really makes the most sense to continue the angle.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 18, 2011 -> 04:29 PM) For those at the event, was I the only one who thought people were going to act very stupid if CM Punk lost? I'm not talking about full-scale riots....but it was definitely an intense atmosphere. My buddies and I were discussing how we were legit worried about little kids or women in Cena shirts if Punk were to lose. The crowd was crazy, probably very drunk and wrestling fans in general are quite the group of characters to say the least.