Milkman delivers

A while ago, I started a poll in this forum with just two possible answers. It asked what you would rather have, a WNBA championship in your city (or a new franchise and then a championship) or 5 dollars right now. I'm not sure a single vote was cast for the championship.

I watched Flags of Our Fathers and My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown. They were both solid movies. I have to agree with the general assessment that Letters from Iwo Jima was better than Flags of Our Fathers, but it was still a very good movie. My Left Foot was also very good, and was carried a lot by great performances by the main cast.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 09:53 PM) Unfortunately, as much as I wanted to enjoy Public Enemies, I came away thoroughly disappointed. The character development was nil, and I really found no connection with any part of the film. Bale was... stale, Depp was alright but didn't really get to show off his acting chops... It was "meh". If it was just some flick I rented I'd probably have liked it somewhat, but for the hype and how long I've been waiting for it, Public Enemies was just a downright bad film. That shouldn't surprise anyone. To me, he is stale in everything.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 5, 2009 -> 02:41 PM) Yeah that's unforgivable. Oh well, as long as the fans vote and one team gets a mandatory player the rosters won't be the best players. I like having each team with a player, but the fan voting is stupid. If it wasn't mandatory that each team have a representative, I'm sure the White Sox wouldn't even get a player in more often than not.

QUOTE (Brian @ Jul 4, 2009 -> 07:11 PM) If someone was super nice and understanding, I'd give them free rentals without them knowing. I had the coupon code memorized and would just type it in. As much as most customers were douches, I did work with a lot of cool people and we hung out on nights and weekends and stuff. One girl had a pool and we were there all the time. I worked with quite a few hotties who looked good in bikinis. How did they look out of the bikinis?

QUOTE (dasox24 @ Jul 4, 2009 -> 01:40 AM) Back in '90, I was on a plane from LA to DC during the Christmas holidays. Due to bad weather, we were put into a holding pattern above DC. However, during that time (unbeknown to us on the plane), some mercenaries hired to free a big-time drug lord being transported to the US took over the air traffic control radio frequencies and also killed lights to all the runways, so the pilots had essentially no visibility of the airport. And we were running low on fuel, so we had to make an emergency landing, but luckily, some cop from LA blew up the plane the mercenaries were in (killing the bad guys), so it lit up the runway and the pilot made a safe landing. Pretty crazy night. Awesome, I didn't realize what you were describing until the very end. The worst experience I had flying wasn't actually too bad. I was flying to Chicago from Boston this past winter, and a really big storm was moving into Boston (and there was one in Chicago, too). I arrived to the airport pretty early which ended up being a great decision, as they bumped me up to the earlier flight. That flight ended up being delayed for hours, but eventually took off. It was the last plane to actually fly out, and the rest were cancelled. We had a stop-over in New York, but the plane from New York was supposed to leave basically the second we landed, but that ended up being delayed as well and I had about 20 minutes to sit around that airport. This flight, again, was the last one to leave the airport. While waiting for the plane, I started talking to some girl who was making the exact same trip as me. At some point during our conversation, she noticed from the window that the baggage handlers were putting her luggage onto the wrong plane (the airline worker phoned in earlier to have them take our luggage directly to the gate our plane would be leaving from, but there was another plane already there bound for DC). The worker called the handlers and they pulled our luggage out. I eventually made it to Chicago late at night, about 8 hours later than planned, but I felt lucky considering all of the crap that happened. And then they lost my luggage for a few days on the flight back to Boston.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 12:03 PM) He's still got family and probably friends in Cuba, as well as probably a lot of connections. Plus, he's still probably pays close attention to Cuban baseball and probably has seen him pitch several times. Yeah, but so does Cubano and I'd be suspicious if the organization just took his word on it, too. You can't take a guy's word for something he heard from his cousin or saw on TV. I'd take Alexei's word because he likely saw him in person, though.

QUOTE (BearSox @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 12:01 PM) It wouldn't shock me if he does fail a test. It wouldn't shock for 90% of the players in the league. However, until there is a legit reason to say he's guilty, I'm not gonna say he's guilty. I respect your view, but I don't like to hear how it's completely unfair to assume he's a cheater when he has played in the dirtiest era in the history of the game.

QUOTE (Stocking @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 05:32 AM) From Trib: Extra innings: Jose Contreras and Ramirez concurred with scouting reports on 21-year-old Cuban left-hander Aroldis Chapman,the top Cuban prospect who defected while in the Netherlands during a tournament. "He throws 103 miles per hour," said Ramirez, who maintains Pedro Lazo is the best pitcher in Cuba. I hope Torres becomes his agent. Cubano, what the scoop on Lazo? If he's 21, how in the hell would Contreras be able to guarantee he throws that hard? He would've been about 15 when Contreras got out of Cuba.

I cannot wait until he tests positive or is tied to steroids somehow, just to bump threads like this where people are willfully ignoring the fact that we all know he's on something.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 2, 2009 -> 05:31 PM) I think the players believe they are professionals and do not need much in the way of motivation or coaching. I think it also reflects how baseball is such a business today. And just like most other people in the work force, they would rather not work for someone who is erratic and demeaning. I have worked independently for so long, and pretty much a self starter, I do not need someone yelling at me to do a better job, swearing at me, or any of that stuff. Perhaps others do. I can work hard on my own. I can also see how some players would respond better to different circumstances. Some need quiet, confidence inspiring leadership and some need a kick in the ass. I think your circumstances are a little different than a major leaguer. It is a team sport, and a manager is necessary for a team. When a player starts his own team and plays single-handedly against an entire team, then your point might make sense. But until then, a team of players needs a person at the helm to coordinate everything, and these players decided they wouldn't like to play for some of the most proven, winningest managers in the game.

I really can't emphasize how much WCW sucked.

QUOTE (The Bones @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 01:30 AM) Good to know that my signature inspired something positive...haha. I can't say enough good things about that movie. The performances, the pace, the scenery, the music, everything is just perfect. As for the 10 nominees next year, I'm still undecided about that. Could be good, could be bad, but it will probably be meaningless in the end. On average, I'd say the Academy usually picks 3 worthy nominees and a couple of...well let's just say uninspired choices. There will still be the favorites and I doubt this will have any affect on what movie wins. Although, maybe now that people know there are 10 they will vote for things they wouldn't before because they didn't think they had a chance. Ultimately, it seems to be just a ploy to get more people to watch the Oscars. I'm guessing it'll be the same kind of movies as usual just 5 more of them. I'm sure it won't. I just hate the idea of some completely undeserving film having "Nominated for Best Picture" in their commercials to try to sway people to see it. The s***ty part is that it will actually get more people to waste their money on movies that don't deserve the attention they will get.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jul 3, 2009 -> 10:37 AM) My mom makes a concord grape pie that is out of this world. A good homemade banana cream pie is also very good, especially when warm, pretty much right out of the oven. I've never heard of a grape pie.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 2, 2009 -> 11:20 PM) All this talk about pie has me thinking about one of the best tv series of all time What show is that? In my opinion, the best pie (although its name says it's not actually a pie) is cheesecake. I mean, everything about it seems like a pie, except its name.

QUOTE (hogan873 @ Jul 2, 2009 -> 11:36 AM) Encouraging for sure. Obviously Danks hasn't gotten great run support. Story of his life.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Jul 2, 2009 -> 11:07 AM) That AB would have killed the Hawk if it was against the Sox... Kung Fu Panda dropped a catachable foul ball then on 2-2 there was an extremely close pitch (ESPN's gimmick said it was a strike) that was called a ball. Who?

QUOTE (Texsox @ Jul 2, 2009 -> 05:25 AM) Having lived through the rotating 5th starter years, I see a spot for him. You need to be 6 deep, if possible, and a couple of those will be veterans. A few years back we kept bringing guys up to pitch 3 innings and give up 10 runs. Man, those were just brutal outings. No offense, but who hasn't? It was only a few years ago.

QUOTE (dbaho @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 11:58 PM) Ever since Ramon Castro has become his personal catcher also, he's pitched very well. The Castro trade could turn out to be one of KW's most underrated trades when it's all said and done. At the end of the season, I think you look at giving him a 1 year deal if the price is right and you think he can hold up for another season, but with the payroll flexibility that KW is going to have, I think he'll look for an upgrade first. I'm not sure there are any upgrades out there. I think we should definitely sign him for another year, depending on how he finishes out this year. If there is a sure upgrade out there, we should go for it. And if not, we should sign Castro even if he asks for a little too much. We should have the money either way. And with Contreras, I'll trust the organization to make the right move. There doesn't seem to be too much pitching talent out there in free agency (and the top guys always sign somewhere else for bigger money). So, if they feel that Contreras has another decent year in him and the prospects aren't exactly ready, then they should give him a one-year deal. This, of course, also depends on how he finishes out the year.

As much as I like to hate everything Hawk says, I believe he was spot on yesterday. He was talking about this poll and saying that it says a lot about the players today, basically how they're p*****s and care more about personal stats than winning. EDIT: Censored myself before someone else has to do it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 09:54 PM) Its bad, but anymore because of the complete lack of control and accountability in MLB, I just assume all of these top guys are guilty until proven innocent, Pujols included. Agreed.

They're making it 10 categories now? That's stupid. I would prefer a movie or two to get snubbed each year than to have a few completely undeserving movies get nominated each time. Also, RIP Karl Malden. I think he deserves some attention amidst all of the crying for a scumbag pedophile.

Holy crap, whoever said Karl Malden was right. He died at some point yesterday. A great actor, RIP.

QUOTE (fathom @ Jul 1, 2009 -> 08:53 PM) I love our lineup against LHP. People don't realize is demolishing lefties this season, batting over .400 against them. Who is?

Defecting from Cuba doesn't seem as hard as it once was.