Milkman delivers

It makes sense for him, a team that won't compete in front of no crowds and he's close to home. I wish him nothing but the worst. Funny to see the teams interested in him, though.

Wow, I just read 8 pages of an absolute garbage pissing match. There was no actual information outside of the first post. Some people came off as real jagoffs, too.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 03:55 PM) Sorry MD, I thought most knew about this already... http://network.nationalpost.com/NP/blogs/p...-blue-jays.aspx I can't recall that at all, which seems weird. The only part I agree with is not standing for their anthem if they're going to boo ours.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 03:17 PM) Hopefully it was a Toronto sportswriter as a payback for Cowley's stupid crap. Expound?

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Nov 23, 2010 -> 01:59 AM) Christina Aguilera looks awful. She looks like if I touched her, she'd be sticky.

Pretty easy to catch up in this thread no matter how many days you've been away from Soxtalk.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 22, 2010 -> 11:40 AM) Nelson is so freaking creepy in that show. It was entertaining to see him delve into the dark side though. With the way Nucky treats his assistant, I assume something big might happen with that later in the season. There has to be a reason why they go out of their way to show how badly he treats him. He's very creepy, yes. I guess it helps that Michael Shannon is a scary-looking dude in the first place. You make a good point about the possibility of something big happening in regards to the assistant. I've noticed how badly he treats him, but that thought never crossed my mind. He constantly berates him and belittles him in front of others, not to mention the fact that he seems to cockblock him regularly. I don't see him betraying Nucky, though. He seems like a very faithful guy.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Nov 22, 2010 -> 10:59 AM) I would have given it a higher grade if it weren't for the hokey dialogue from the "gang" they encountered. None of it was believable and sort of annoyed me. Agreed, and it seemed like they really went overboard with the Hispanic gangbanger accents. Other than that, it was a great episode. I didn't realize the season was so short, though. I really like that show. What was with agent Nelson boozing/whoring it up? I mean, why? The part where Chalky just straight choked the guy to death was intense. Also, I'm beginning to dislike Nucky more and more. How do you treat your driver/assistant so badly when the guy just saved your life? Dexter was great. I especially liked the scene where he roughed up the abusive step-dad. It was cool to see his "dad" finally tell him that he's proud of him, and then having Dexter pass that right along to Astor.

So, is Chase the last guy in the rape group or are there others?

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 03:41 PM) I'm not a fan of moving Quentin. I really think he should just become our DH. He obviously can't field and his potential is so high that if he puts it together we could really come out looking bad if a deal were made. That's a terrible reason to hold onto somebody. If they don't think he's going to work out for us, they shouldn't keep him because he may have a good year and people will point at us and laugh.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 11:29 AM) I adore Eternal Sunshine... such a brilliant movie. It may have been a little saccharine to some people, but that's exactly the type of movie you want once in a while.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Nov 18, 2010 -> 11:14 AM) I would argue the opposite. Ozzie played him perfectly. He rode him while he was hot, benched him when he was cold, and used him around the OF to give guys days off when they needed them. Jones didn't cool when he hit the bench, he hit the bench when he cooled off. Teams figured him out, and Andruw didn't adjust. I am one of the biggest Ozzie haters around, but even I can agree that he used Jones perfectly.

Yeah, the first one.

In the last three days, I've watched three Netflix movies. To make it shorter, I'll just start saying the ratings I give movies on Netflix (out of 5 stars). Wall Street: 5/5 Lost In Translation: 4/5 Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind: 5/5

QUOTE (3E8 @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 12:04 PM) I know what you mean. I used to be like you, did not like beer at all, only ordered Bud Light or whatever at the bar. When I moved, the friends I made happened to be beer snobs. You just need to taste a beer that actually has flavor, and you might be converted. I have tried various beers. It's just something about the basic properties of beer that doesn't agree with my taste buds. QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 10:52 AM) Define beer snob though. I mean if I'm at a bar/club i'll drink regular stuff. Or if i'm buying bulk i'll go cheap (real cheap). But if i'm having a beer with dinner or a six pack on a sunday just to chill I'm gonna buy something that actually tastes good. In that case, you probably wouldn't be a beer snob by my standards.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 11:59 AM) Well, when you say "they can hand him over to the ATF" that's not exactly accurate. The Sons are going to want Jimmy O dead to come through on the agreement to get all of his gun running business on the West Coast. That's huge. We're headed for Jax vs the Sons here to keep Gemma out of prison. They needed to kill the Tara storyline there, not extend it. Ugh. Here's how the season will end. - Jax will save Tara, they are happy and have baby on the way. - Gemma will abduct ATF agent and somehow get her to confess to framing Gemma. - Clay will kill Jimmy O, and we'll be set up for season 4 back in Charming with the Sons rehabbing their image with a newfound influx of cash due to all the new business from Jimmy O. Puke. The rest I'm sure will happen and be fine with, although I like Jimmy O's character.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Nov 16, 2010 -> 06:35 PM) Tim Hudson is gonna enjoy watching his new 2nd baseman field all those ground balls. Despite that, I do think its a great move for the Braves. He really is an impact bat, that can make up for his defense, plus you may be able to stick him in LF anyway. Since 2006, Uggla has the 5th most HRs out of all right handed hitters, just behind A-Rod, Pujols, MCab, & PK. Wow, I never would have guessed that.

I'm really surprised by the number of beer snobs here. I don't mean snob in a bad sense, but I only know a couple of people like that in real life.

QUOTE (The Gooch @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 10:14 AM) This season they are just taking main storylines from 2 previous seasons and putting into this one. Yeah, it's been discussed a few times in here. Like I said, it's still interesting enough to keep it going, but they have to end it soon. Ideally, they'll come up with an original storyline for next season and end it there.

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 01:40 AM) I was pulled over one night when I was 18 for looking suspicious. I was driving home when I decided I wanted some ice cream, so I pulled into a strip mall parking lot to turn around. When I pulled out, a cop come up behind me, pulled me over, and was really curious about what I was doing in that parking lot since "all the stores are closed." I literally told him I turned around so I could get ice cream at the grocery store, and I'm not sure he believed me b/c he asked if I had been drinking and 4 separate times asked if I had drugs in the car. I told him I lived about 2 blocks from where he had pulled me over, and after he ran my plates and took my license, he came back to the car and gave me a "have a good night, sir." That was it. Kind of anti-climactic considering all the questions he was asking me about where I had been, if I was drinking, had drugs, etc. About three years ago, I was driving home from a friend's house. The distance between my place and hers was probably only a quarter mile of almost traffic-less streets. I had a few (now I wasn't drunk, but I was close) and decided to take the longer way in order to listen to a song that came on the radio. This was obviously a terrible decision. Well, as I'm driving down another road which gets much more traffic, I see a couple of blinking yellow lights coming up. My first thought was that it was an accident site, so I continued. As I neared, I realized it was a random sobriety stop and I knew I couldn't just pull a U-turn (even though there wasn't anyone behind or in front of me to prevent it), as it would almost assuredly tell the cops I was drunk. I end up pulling to the stop and a cop comes up and asks how many I had. I don't want to look like an obvious liar, so I stretch the truth a little bit and say I had about three beers with dinner. He asks me to pull into the empty strip mall parking lot. At this point, I'm freaking out in my head but keeping a cool demeanor outwardly. I realize the first part of this test is actually going to be parking between the lines with no other cars to judge by. I don't know about you guys, but I use the cars around me as a barometer a lot when I'm parking in a lot like that. Thankfully I did it just fine. One cop ran my license and registration while another had me walk a line, touch my index fingers to my nose, and say the ABC's forwards and backwards. Then they bring out the breathalyzer and now I'm terrified. I know I can hold my alcohol, but I can't fake a BAC test. As soon as I'm done, the cop turns around and calls another cop over to check it out. I'm thinking that this definitely has to mean I blew over .08. The cop comes back to me and says "I thought you did fine with the physical tests, but the breathalyzer says you're fine." Now he didn't emphasize the word "but," but we all know that "but" usually precedes an opposite statement. For the millisecond after he said "but," my heart dropped to the ground. With the relief I felt about passing, my personality almost got the best of me for a second. I asked, "You said you think I did fine, but I passed the breathalyzer, right?" He said, "yes." I then began to say, "But 'but' would mean..." and I cut myself off and decided I should just thank him and leave. Turns out I blew about half of the legal limit and called my friend when I got home to let her know what happened. She agreed that I had just experienced a miracle as I should've blown higher. Anyway, I'm now terrified to drive drunk, as I should be. Whenever I tell this story to a friend and mention the part about saying the ABC's backwards, they almost always say, "I can't do that sober." This leads me to believe that cops ask people to do that so that they slip up and incriminate themselves.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 10:10 AM) the hell you say I'm nowhere near as big a fan of that show as most people seem to be. I've said it a thousand times, but the show just doesn't have legs. It's a very good thing that they make the seasons short and that they're only making three seasons. I'm sure the writers and creators know what they're doing and know it doesn't have legs.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ Nov 17, 2010 -> 04:32 AM) Anyone else think Dexter is just same s*** season after season, I loved the show but season 5 is just mediocre for me.. still watch it but meh. They are making this season just different enough to work. But honestly, they need to wrap it up soon. Next season should be the last one.

No matter what they do in the final episode, this season of SOA has been quite a disappointment. The only part I really liked about tonight's episode was the priest sacrificing himself. Other than that, they came up with a very convenient way to get Jimmy O back to America where they can hand him over to the ATF. I like the fact that he's still in the show, but that was just weak.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Nov 16, 2010 -> 05:42 PM) It was awesome when he beat the ever-loving s*** out of the abusive husband.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 16, 2010 -> 01:52 PM) Saturday is a fine Chicago song Well, nowhere near as good as Beginnings.