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Good question. I didn't even notice, and I'd like to know who/why as well.

I don't think I'd ever seen this video until I looked it up today, but I hear this on the radio from time to time. The moment Elton John comes on stage must have been chilling in person. It is when I hear it on the radio. Their two voices paired a perfection.

His HR call was great. Simple. Repeatable. Enthusiastic. Fun to say. I don't feel he's been very good for the last several years, but, much like Harry Caray at the end, it shouldn't diminish what he was at his peak. He was entertaining with Drysdale in the 80s and great with Wimpy in the 90s. It's too bad that duo broke up, but he was still good afterwards. He just never quite meshed with his partners. I'm not a fan of the homerism. Some fans like it, and I do to an extent. I want my teams' announcers to be rooting for my team. But, if a replay obviously shows that our guy was out, or the pitch was a ball, or whatever, I'd rather have our announcer admit it than act like he can't see it. There was a little too much of that for my taste. I would also have liked a little more honest assessment of Sox players' abilities. He had me convinced that Gordon Beckham would be great. I'm sure the reality for a guy who has seen as much baseball as he has is that he knew Beckham wouldn't be able to hit without some major adjustments. I liked his stories. It's too bad that the Yaz stuff and talking about Boog Powell or whoever became kind of a running joke or point of criticism for his detractors. I always appreciated his stories. Yaz was basically on his last legs when I started watching baseball, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't have known who he was. And kids who started watching in the 90s and 00s should, too. im glad Hawk was our announcer for as long as he has been, and I'm glad he gets to leave on his terms. At his best, he was pretty darn good. Hopefully he'll have at least one more big moment where he gets a chance shine again.

Is this the Wil Wheaton article JP mentioned? http://wilwheaton.net/2018/05/my-name-is-wil-wheaton-i-live-with-chronic-depression-and-i-am-not-ashamed/ I've never dealt with depression myself, but I have several family members who have. My sister still struggles with it. She had a great job, and then over time fell into a depression/anxiety state that cost her everything. Job, house, friends, you name it. The disease affects everyone who knows that person, too. What do you say? Will my sister ever be "normal" again? How aware is she of the effect this has on her loved ones? The questions are endless. As a family member, I offer my support daily. I call. I text. I email. For ten years, it hasn't seemed to make a difference. I just hope she doesn't give up. I know I haven't.

Straight out of the Big Ben/Williams sisters injury excuse playbook. I'm actually surprised he didn't let it out before the end of the series, though. He exaggerates so much every time he's fouled during a game (laying on the ground or squatting down for an extended period holding his face). Great player, no doubt. GOAT? I still have MJ. Speaking of GOATs, Durant was pretty classless when he received the Finals MVP with Bill Russell on stage. KD danced and hotdogged his way over to the trophy, then he didn't even acknowledge Russell. A little while later, someone grabbed KD and had him shake Russell's hand, but KD didn't show much appreciation for the former GOAT. Overall, Golden State is a pretty unlikeable team. I hope their run is over.

That looked like a pretty late slide. Musgrove is lucky he didn't hurt himself, let alone Baez. If that was Rizzo sliding into second, I'd probably feel like it was a dirty slide. Not sure what Maddon's laughing about, but he remains my least favorite Cub. He's just ahead of Baez and Rizzo (who I've heard is actually really approachable). There's always been something about Rizzo I didn't like, though.

So weird that Colangelo would feel compelled to do this, but it's really not much different from everyone else that has a media favorite that they feed stories and inside info to (including, I'm sure, medical stuff). Crazy that he felt compelled to start multiple accounts and follow the same people across several who are linked to him personally.

Yeah, that was dirty. I don't usually condone throwing at guys, but dirty slides seem to be commonplace for the Cubs. I think Russo should have been plunked in his last at bat.

I'm rooting for Washington (mostly for Ovi and because the first year expansion thing), and it feels very much like rooting for the Hawks. They seem a little slower, a little sloppy, a little late to loose pucks, etc. Maybe it's just a function of rooting for a team that I perceive it that way. Anyway, even the Cup winning Hawks teams always felt like that to me, so I'm not going to lose faith.

The more erect, the more proud.

That video is crazy. I've defended cops in the past who have reacted poorly because the situation had elevated, and I could see how the officer might react poorly based on the adrenaline and uncertainties of what the citizen was doing. Not the case here at all. Cop was on a power trip. Just give the guy a ticket and let him move on. Nope. Call for backups and have ten other officers show up and surround a guy who wasn't doing anything to be alarmed by.

I sort of like the Tim Anderson to catcher idea suggested earlier....

Well, he was the last person seen with the victim, and she was found dead in his basement. There's quite a bit of circumstantial evidence. Did he rape her? Probably not. Was he there when the assault happened? Doesn't seem impossible. I don't disagree with you on the Chicago Police's sordid history, but, for me, this is not a feel good story of a wrongly convicted man's sentence being overturned. I don't feel like he's entirely innocent in this case. That said, he was exonerated, so I don't have a huge problem with him getting the financial settlement that is sure to come. I wouldn't mind if he wasn't working for the Sox though. They had no obligation to rehire him.

I did this a few years ago. We made it all the way to a point where my wife and three kids where able to hold hands and touch the walls on each side (probably 12 feet or so apart). My kids where pretty young (10-14 years old), so we figured that was probably long enough. It was a long walk, but fun and totally worth it.

Might be a little late to the party on these, but I highly recommend two Netflix series I did the deep dive on recently - "Ozark" and "Mindhunter."

That bullpen dancing after a homerun is the very definition of "played out." Cubs fans are insufferable. The players aren't much better. The manager may be worse.

I'd like to see Washington against Winnipeg in the final. I guess I'd prefer Ovi wins one finally, but I don't really care either way. Watching today with no real rooting interest, I still think goalie chanting is lame.

I was listening to Bill Simmons' podcast today (Ep. 362), and he had a girl on it talking about tv. She did the "up talk" thing where her inflection rises at the last word of every sentence. Man, that is nails on a chalkboard to me as a listener. I often wonder if broadcasters/podcasters ever listen back to their shows to critique themselves. Some have super annoying bit correctable verbal tics.

Just checking in to say this is my favorite thread title. Non-partisan reasons. I just find it funny.

I didn't even notice the points. I just thought it was the draft order. I was actually going to ask if anyone had the chart that showed draft value. Shows how much I pay attention. And, in reply to Soxfan49, I wasn't suggesting two 1s and two 2s for the Bears' #8 - just noticed that NE had the picks and motivation in a qb heavy first round to make the Bears' pick attractive.

I'd like to see them trade with NE (who has two 1st round and two 2nd) round picks. The Pats have to be in the market for Brady's replacement again. It would be interesting to see what the 8th pick is worth.

Nope. Not allowed to chance your opinion on any topic on a message board. Pick a lane and stay in it.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 05:13 PM) His Cheers episodes were great as well. Only 65 Just came back to post pretty much these exact words. Of course, Cheers was just a great show. Not sure if it holds up, but great for its time for sure.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 06:56 AM) R. Lee Ermey, 74, the drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket As a youngster, I saw the basic training portion of that movie so many times randomly on TV, but I never realized there was a whole second part of the movie in Vietnam. I thought that was it, lol. It's like how "Stripes" should have ended after the graduation performance, but it has 30 minutes tacked on to the end that is totally skipable.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Apr 16, 2018 -> 09:58 AM) 10 Degrees: MLB's enormous attendance drop due to bad weather or something far worse for baseball? https://sports.yahoo.com/10-degrees-mlbs-en...-152051024.html What about Kaepernik? Has anyone thought about blaming him for attendance woes? I know he was the reason for NFL ratings declining.