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Getting rid of cheap Jimenez was a SO dumb: he was good in September, he was good in March, he was goof in April, he was good in May, he was terrible in June.....then he went to be being good in July, so-so in August and again good in September as well as AWESOME in November-December.... Do you see any pattern emerging? He speed was ok and defesively he had better stats than Robbie did in 2003. When Willie clocks in at 550 OPS in 2004 and we blow, you'll remember Jimi-Jim.

A not-so-feel-good story has Jimenez not only finishing strong with Cincinatii but absolutely TEARING UP winter league (something like .500 OBP, 600 Slugg in 100 ab while playing in a pitcher's park). The funniest part is that he is not nearly as slow as people make him out to be and with some work, as a converted SS could one day be a mediocre-fielding 2B.. Here's to hoping Harris has 750 OPS and makes us forget about DJ.

I'll be genuinely happy if BlackHawks are suddenly contracted or relocated to Winnipeg or Quebec or some other Canuck hole, honest to G-d. I love my Chicago shrouded in misery.....That way the White Sox would be worshipped if they win anything, ever and I will be worshipped vicariously through them. Go ЦСКА, go

f*** the Creepy-Smiling Psycho Dean. (Gotta believe Will Ferrel is somewhere toiling away at the best godamn "AHHHHH" parody as we speak.) I personally have a hard-on for Clark and McCain (should he accept) as the VP. Heck, I'll live with Clark-Edwards WCS. Unfortunately the evil POTUS-sans-TU is gonna get re-elected, there is absolutely no way getting around it. All he needs between now and the Election Day is a fairly stable economy, no homeland terr-act and Osama (dead or alive) and it's in the bag. I wish I am wrong about this. Long live Wesley Clark!

And that difference-making quality is called "being a good QB and fortunate enough to play for the New England Patriots". Look, if we were talking about Rich Gannon or Brad Johnson or even Kurt Warner, there'd be no arguement cuz Brady is better.....But this is Payton f***in; Manning we're talking about. Show some respect. With him, NE would be undefeated instaed of mere 14-2 and would smoke Titans and Colts D something bad. Brady is better than Manning in a way Jeter is better than Garciappara.....he isn't.

From showing every single zit on Hideki Matsui's face during the playoffs to allowing one to count nose hairs belonging of a hockey player in a locker-room, this sports media obcession with close-ups is INSANE. I do NOT want to see every wrinkle, pimple, sweat drop and eye vein of my sports heroes, keep cameras away at least a few feet, Jesus....At least with celebs they are beautiful people with flawless skin to begin with and are heavily made up with appproate lightening and sometimes digital re-touching, so there is no problem, but man it's impossible to watch sports interview now, they leave NOTHING to imagination. So media b****es, how about cut that annoying s*** out. Say NO to zoom-ins, is it too much to ask? This s*** has been bigging me for sometime. There absolutely NO need for it.

Steroids and supplements and more sophisticated training that weren't available 20-25 years ago.

Excuses, excuses, excuses.....where have I heard that before? When I make them for Manning, it doesn't count, but when you do for Roy, it should? Actually I may have underrated Roy the way you and other have Manning.....but the fact remains that ever since Broadeur played his first full season in 95-96 season and up until today (covering 8 seasons), he's EASILY matched what Roy put up in terms of save % in that span and still kicked his ass in GAA and I am not even going to go into shut-outs cux Roy was never too big on them......Yeah, but NJ defense....yeah but Avalanche offense....yeah but Roy was 30.....yeah but Broadeur was 22..... And are you telling me that you've never encountered a single scouting report where it states that Broadeur is the most talented goalie this side of Hasek who doesn't get enough credit for NJ success or some such superlative? Where have you been in the last decade? Not that I needed anybody to tell me anything since I've been playing and watching hockey since I was about 5yo-- don't forget WHERE I am from.....lololololol Calling him "good"? CuJo is "good", Khabi is 'good"......Martin Bradeur is gonna go down as one of the all-time greats if he puts up another 5-6+ seasons like that. And 80's? I already said something about that in the Mario vs Gretzky debate.......Trapping is all good and dandy, but you also leave put the fact that forwards today are bigger and faster and stronger and BETTER because of the foreigner influx than they were before early 90's......So who is to say that Roy didn't "pad" his stats in the softer 80's?.....See two can play the excuse game. Bottomline: Manning is a better, more talented QB than Brady and some day you will see that.

Whoa Spiff, that's a big IF wrapped in an IF with an IFFY center.... There might indeed have been more offense (which is why Mario dominating mid-90s is more impressive than Gretzky dominating early 80s), but how does that change the amount of shots and saves the goalies had to deal with? Are you saying players in the 80's were shooting harder/more accurately? Any expert will tell you that Bradeur is easily as good as Roy pound for pound. He is Roger Clemens to Roy's Nolan Ryan.

By your logic, Troy Aikman is literally 3 times the QB Dan Marino is..........I guess time will show which one of us is right. And the reason there IS an "IF game" that is played by so many fans and experts is because, um, REALITY is consists of many factors and variables, and your ignoring them doesn't make them go away.....Tom Brady IS a good QB, but Peyton Manning is a VERY good QB and will become a great one when it's all said and done. Broadeur has a HIGHER save % and a MUCH lower career GAA. So that's that.

I sure can and I do: Jose Lima and Rick Helling both won 20 games once and Patrick Roy is the all-time winnigest goalie despite the fact he can't hold a candle to either Hasek or Brodeaur. Etc, etc, etc. Manning has a higher career completion %, more yards per completiion, high QB ratings and every conceivable peripheral stat than Brady....Sooner or later he gets some good D behind him and rattles off a few consecutive Super Bowls/MVP awards to shut all the doubters up-- I've it happen a million times in every sport--"winners" like Brady become "losers" when the support is not there....Don't get me wrong, Brady will still be in the top 5 QBs in the league, but Manning has more pure talent plain and simple, and in the long run the Big Talent will manifest itself.. And even Manning doesn't win a single SB, who cares? Is Dan Marino not much better than that asshat McMahnon because he has no ring? Common, this is not tennis where your fate is in your hands and your only-- this is a TEAM sport, ya dig? And yes NE secondary IS arguably better than either '94 49ners OR the 85 Bears-- they are more vicious hitters and better prepared strategically even if they rotated in and out a few different people since the 2002 squad won it. Regardless, the point was Brady could have just as easily sucked if he had to go up against it, and I feel unti drier conditions Manning would have STILL picked Patriots apart like he did during the REGULAR season....Ya dig?

In what what drunken stupor-induced twilight zone is Tom Brady better than Pay-Man I'd like to know? Comparing him to Montana, Elway, Farve, Unitas is a blasphemy of the worst kind. It's like saying Steve Yzerman or Joe Sakic are better than Mario Lemeiux or Jagr because they have more championships and playoff success.....Super Bowl my ass. Nonsense. TEAM EFFORT-- look it up.....But then again some people still think David Terrel is immensely talented so, you know....typical. Like Farve week before, Manning had a s***ty game (it didn't help that Marvin Harrison is SUCH a pussy-- just one good separation route in the 4th Q would have tied the game up), no doubt, but where were you when he was smashing Broncos and Chiefs, setting all kinds of records....while NE barely sqeezed by a FG? NE has arguably the best secondary of the last 20 years if not of all time. Add the weather factor to give NE a huge advantage before the game started....If Brady had to throw against Patriot secondary, he'd be 10 for 25, no TDs.....And if Manning was throwing in the dome or at least warm weather, he'd still toss a 3+ TDS.... I was gonna root for NE in the SB (I rooted for them against Colts cause Indy/Manning fans blow), but all this Brady arrogance changed my mind. Go Panthers. Meh.

It was shown as part of ABC night news with peter Jennings about a week ago. erfect picture, perfect sound. These guys were terrorists and they couldn't be torn apart with large-caliber rounds fast enough as far as I am concerned. Their killing was very matter of factly with the commander giving the gunner the order to get them or some such as though talking about potato chips during NFL game. Would we feel differently if the 'copter was spotted, a third man jumped out of the trunk and shot it down with a shoulder missile thing leading US soldier deaths?

Practicing Espaniol will not you much good-- it's in Portugese. English subtitles will help you. One of the few flicks I've seen last year that were legitimtely "good". Even Eberteroo liked it.

Tex, watch City of God (2003, subtitles)-- truly awesome movie and it illuminates just this very problem.

Work eh...

What do you mean, Fo14?

Haha.......Hate to break it to ya Nukesie, but I think your guy be just a lil' too white to be me as I am more of a Sorry Brando, can't let that pic stay on there....

Will Ferrel is awesome no doubt, SNL is absolute unwatchable garbage (Any Poehler notwithstanding) without him. But you can do a lot worse (hello Chris Rock!) than Ben Stiller IMO; he was hilarious on his short-lived HBO show and has been a unique Jewish straight-man presence in mainstream comedy- Flirting with Disaster and TRT and TISAM and Meet the Parents wouldn't be HALF as funny without him. And for the last time, all youse "office drones" folk should Netflix the first season of The Office if you like laughing pretty hard

Not a big fan of New Yorker fiction, are we? Stiller was never better/quirkier/more poignant than he was in TRT and ditto for GP. The scene in a tent, the Elliot Smith song......And we all know Gene Hackman is god, don't we? Aniston? Fine comediene actress, certainly by far most talented one on Friends. Some dramatic ability as well, though sadly she is not in Julienne Moore, Cate Blanchett or Emily Watson's class. Whoever said Office Space is a classic was dead f***in' on. Damn, it feels good to be a gansta indeed!

When I was about 10-12yo, two cute misconceptions I had about women were cleared up quite nicely: 1. Despite shortage of testosterone and different social conditioning from birth, young women are every bit as if not MORE competitive than men are when it comes to sports. I had never seen more hustle, sweat, injuries or heard as much swearing in my LIFE until our peewee team sat in the bleachers at collegiate indoor soccer games one summer....And this theory has been confirmed many times since. 2. Violence, cruelty and viciousness of female prison inmates (and some guards) is well documented. Sobering detour into human nature and pathology. Hell, watch the Glenbrook North tape closely and you will see that a few girls actually come off as more predatorial and sociopathic than the drunk male doofuses who organized it and were cheerleading them on.....Girlie innocence my ass!

Nuke... With all due respect and consideration...

Wooo-eeeeee....

Should Jose start in CF? Nope. But I do wonder what people were smoking when they say he couldn't play in CF in 2001: Starts: 18 Total chances: 50 Errors: zero Assists: 3 DP: 1 RangeFactor: 936 (top 15%) Oh and he only had his highest OPS that season, so there goes the "couldn't hit" theory.