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QUOTE (Iwritecode @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 09:50 AM) I don't think that's true at all. Each has a specific set of skills that are required to master the sport. Sure any joe blow can pick up a bowling ball and heft it down the lane or smack a golf ball down a fairway but at the professional level either one takes a lot of practice to really be good at it. I know the pros on TV make it look really easy but to maintain the averages/handicaps they do it requires a ton of skill. I've been bowling for about 25 years and usually maintain right around a 200 avg give or take 5 pins or so. The pros usually maintain 220+. Plus they bowl on much more difficult oil patterns. Can you explain this? I don't even know what you mean by oil patterns. QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 09:50 AM) I put it #1, but I really can't argue. I was a 16 year-old caddie when it came out. For me, it is virtually biographical (minus Lacey and the explosions). Dancing gophers? You also strike me as much younger.

I saw The Conspirator yesterday. It was pretty good, but I don't recall it getting much push or a wide release. I saw a trailer and thought it looked good, and the next thing I know it's on video. QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Oct 31, 2011 -> 09:43 AM) I stayed up late watching an edited version of The Exorcist last night, with commercials. Even in that format, and after nearly 40 years, it remains a great movie. Its hard to imagine how ground-breaking and mind-blowing it must have been in its time. Googling during commercials, I was shocked to learn that Max Von Sydow was only 44 when he played the old priest, Fr. Merrin. Amidst all the other make up and special effects, that never even registers. He's just a guy that's always looked old, apparently. He's around 28 in The Seventh Seal, but he could pass for being in his 40's easily.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 30, 2011 -> 06:53 PM) Or a Sith...

QUOTE (Tex @ Oct 30, 2011 -> 08:27 PM) So Milkman, you hate everything about chicks? Yes... Love Airplane, and Animal House is decently funny still.

I thought Otis was going to be around a while, not two episodes. Besides Jeffrey DeMunn and Norman Reedus, he was the only actor I knew before the series.

Knight, you ever read the book The Natural? I had the movie on my list, but it lost serious points for Hollywood-izing the end. Plus, Redford had the worst movie swing in history.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 30, 2011 -> 05:02 PM) We dumped Teahen, got another draft pick most likely. Ramus was Rios bad in Toronto and is supposedly a clubhouse problem for a E-Jaxpick, a younglefty reliever, a good righty reliever in Frasor, Dotel draft picks. And they get to pay Teahen. Also, the Sox gget Frasor picks and a "busted" SP prospect who almost threw a perfect game and looked damn good at times. He was up and down and the last time this organization gave up on a guy like that, he was a 16 game winner. There are two obvious winners and one clear loser. If by "looked damn good at times" you mean "that one game", then yes

Bull Durham is such a p**** chick flick. I hate how it's on every best sports movies list.

Cocaine Blues One Toke Over The Line Hurt? Let It Bleed

I've mentioned it before, but I don't find Caddyshack funny at all. I believe that it was hysterical in its day, but don't think it's held up over time. I'm sure many still find it funny, but I'd wager that is because they saw it when it was newer and they sort of can relive it. Seeing it for the first time decades later, I can seriously watch it straight through without laughing.

Love a lot of these bands, none of the songs really. Some of them I liked, but they were way over played. I'd have to say Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds from the list.

There's nine in each column.

QUOTE (Middle Buffalo @ Oct 30, 2011 -> 12:02 PM) Similar to saying George Harrison is the most talented of the Beatles. Quiet, you!

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 09:19 PM) So many reasons. First, you can't attribute this trade as the reason the Cardinals won. Second, it's impossible to tell who has won the most right now. What if the first friend bought 10,000 shares of Google stock in 1996 with his money, and the lottery winner buys a luxury home but then squanders the rest? I know you're trying to say that you're only talking about the early returns, but your previous posts in the thread certainly belie that. Your entire point on the issue makes no sense when put the way you have put it. I believe you said the Cards won the WS, thus they won the trade, no point in further arguing it. To put it that way is to imply finality, which is exactly what several of us have been cautioning is impossible with a baseball trade this early in its infancy. LOL, to be honest, the first couple posts were just me being a jerk. I still stick with the stuff I said after that. The Cardinals have come out the best in this (Edwin didn't cause them to win it all, but he contributed to it), and likely the other two teams won't accomplish as much from the move as the Cardinals did this season.

Are kids going to be trick or treating on Sunday or Monday? I realize that Monday is the actual Halloween, but I feel like Sunday would make a ton of sense.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 08:58 PM) I think this is one of the stupidest posts I have ever seen. Explain how it's stupid. Say you and two friends make a trade. You all end up with money in the end (or saving money), but one friend uses his end of the trade to buy a winning lottery ticket. Each one of you has won, but that last guy clearly won the most.

QUOTE (Leonard Zelig @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 08:15 PM) It was after the 2007 season. I thought it was about 2010, honestly.

Thanks. I thought it was more recent.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 02:38 PM) And the only way to build past that is to get the kid his innings. His previous peak was 135 minor league innings. Yes. Go look at his monthly splits last season. He started to suck when he was around his former peak, he got plenty of rest/days off, and came back strong in September. It bodes well.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 02:37 PM) The right backup going into the season is Zach Stewart. It should be Humber's to lose. Of course, if Danks and Buehrle are both gone, then we might well need both of htem. I'm still quite sure that Buehrle will be back. Stewart or Axelrod should be the next option.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 02:30 PM) THe issue is going to be the fact that it's worrisome to trust him for the whole season...just don't know how his arm will hold up for 175 innings with what we saw last year. If he didn't have the "6th inning collapse/Why the Hell doesn't Ozzie have the bullpen up" tired sessions he'd have been in the cy young discussion. By inning, ERA: 1-3: 2.36 4-6: 3.97 7-9: 9.37 Guy needs to be the 4th/5th starter to start the season absolutely...and might well be a real leader...but we still need some depth/backups somewhere. The problem is that people want to make him the backup, and he clearly deserves a shot at being a starter. It's never bad to have plenty of other options, though.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 02:02 PM) No one is saying the Cardinals didn't benefit from this trade. And secondly, you can't attribute the success of the Cardinals post-trade completely to the deal. Anyone who's watched baseball for any number of significant time is well-aware that teams go on streaks, both good and bad, for any number of reasons. The White Sox went on their run in 2010 for 2 months...why? Why were they so good during that time but then not so good later or before, essentially with the exact same players? Regardless, the manner in which you are viewing this is completely wrong. There is the capacity for all teams to benefit tremendously from any trade. The best way to put it is that a trade is not a zero sum game. That puts it into perfect perspective. I'm not sure everyone understands what that means, however. Like saying all of the teams won? That's what I said might be the case, but the Cardinals have clearly won the most because they won the World Series. Simple.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 12:31 PM) Oh come on...that's ridiculous. It's quite possible that Colby Rasmus may contribute far more to the Blue Jays' than the players received by the Cardinals, even though the Cardinals went on to win the World Series. Maybe Zach Stewart goes on to win 18 games in 2014 for the White Sox and is the Postseason MVP as they capture the World Series. Are you going to come back then and say the White Sox won the trade the most? The trade worked out well for the Cardinals, and for the Blue Jays and White Sox, it's still a work in progress...but to say that because the Cardinals happened to win the WS this year, that they have and always and forever are the clear winners of the trade is not possible. That's like saying if Kate Winslet didn't play Rose in Titanic it would have never won Best Picture. Yes, it worked out with her in the role, but there is no telling that it wouldn't have done just as well or better with a different female lead. It's a good thing I didn't say that they always and forever are the clear winners of the trade. I said they're the clear winners. I can only speak on what has happened now. If the Sox do that, which is highly unlikely, then we can say they did just as well. But that hasn't happened. The fact is that the Cardinals have won a World Series due, at least in part, to the trade. The World Series title is a trump card as of right now. You people are over thinking it.

I can't believe people want to make Humber a swing man/reliever/6th starter. The man flat-out earned a spot last season.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 29, 2011 -> 11:58 AM) In the 42 years of divisional play, the AL is 23-19 in the World Series. AL-- 1969-1993: 14-11 1995-2011: 9-8 Yankees and Red Sox have combined for 9-6 in that, so 13-14 otherwise. It's close. By the way, only three franchises haven't made the World Series in that time--Mariners, Nationals, and the , uh, yep.... I believe the Mariners and Nationals are the only teams to never even be in a World Series. The Nationals (Expos) would have probably had their chance if not for the strike, but Seattle has no one to blame but themselves.