Milkman delivers

QUOTE (onedude @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 10:07 PM) me and my twin brother had that in school. Je.(Jeremy) for me and Ju.(Justin) for him. The debate team wore jerseys?

Sabotage - Beastie Boys Just blast that intro as I walk up...whew.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 07:01 PM) Yes, but, how many people ditched all their stocks and sold their houses before the last two busts? There's the sentimental attachment (which KW is certainly anything BUT) of course, but things shifted too quickly for many teams to know what even hit them. How much would those 3 Yankees Free Agents get today on the market? Kyle Farnsworth? K-Rod? Fuentes? Carlos Lee will make $68 million the next four years, not to mention those deals for Soriano and Dempster that are looking more and more dubious. Or the contract for Kyle Lohse that was perfect timing for him. Fukudome? Rowand? Torii Hunter? Maybe we've been lucky sometimes (like the Garland deal for Erstad getting nixed by Disney), but KW has done a solid job managing, converting and re-energizing our roster IMO. We'll probably never know the particulars of the Dye/Bailey trade, but I am sure KW would have pulled the trigger had it been on the table, especially knowing what we now do about the heightened importance of cheap/affordable players. Thome was never going to be easily tradeable. And if you trade Konerko after 2006 or let him walk after 2005, you would have been eaten alive by the fanbase for being cheap. On the other hand, we have a number of players like Quentin, Ramirez, Danks, Floyd, Beckham, Viciedo, Poreda, Flowers, Josh Fields, Getz, Clayton Richard, Jord. Danks, Lillibridge and Shelby that will be exactly what we need in this type of economy. Contreras and Konerko are the only two even remotely "questionable" contracts that KW has delivered, and I can certainly understand his logic and the reasoning behind each move, even with Contreras, who was simply a horse for two seasons and could be the Comeback Pitcher of the Year (or he could go down in a heap again). Obviously KW made every possible effort to trade both Dye and Jenks, who were probably the two most desired commodities at the beginning of the off-season. Before that, I guess if you were a fortune teller, you could have traded Joe Crede after 2006...but Fields wasn't ready yet. You also have to have replacements in the minor leagues b4 you go and trade 3B in their primes that are still in their arbitration years. I always get a nice little chuckle when you do this. You list off a ton of people, and then abbreviate one name...or you just like half-abbreviate a name. It's great.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 03:09 PM) It would be $5 million + $1 million buyout. Considering Abreu could only get $5 million for a full season, I really doubt teams would be willing to pay Dye that for half a season or less, unless its the Yankees. Even Boston is cutting back. I read John Henry has lost $60 % of his net worth the past several months. Jesus, you're negative. I know that's a lot coming from me, but man.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 03:51 PM) I never understood this sort of thing. Why wear a shirt making fun of some other team, when you could wear one that roots for your own? He can wear a Sox hat at the same time.

It's great that both Andy and the band are going to the new show. I always found Andy hilarious, even in his solo work (I'm one of the few). The band is great, and they'd be really missed if they didn't go to the new show. And it's a shame that Joel isn't going to LA. Conan said on his final show that he won't be changing to appease the earlier crowds, so let's hope he keeps that promise. Also, it was weird that they kept referring to them as Mr. Richter and Mr. O'Brien.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 12:31 PM) pffft as if you would know what thats like HIYO!

QUOTE (daa84 @ Feb 24, 2009 -> 12:41 AM) Again, we had one last year and I liked it so i'm starting a new one. I understand cleveland added derosa and wood, and anything they get from hafner and martinez would be an upgrade over what they got last year, but who is going to start for that team?? Right now Lee and Carmona are a good 1,2 ...but after that right now they have Reyes (who got knocked around in a bad NL central, despite that 1 hit loss he threw vs. us in 06?...thome HR was the diff) Laffey, Sowers? Laffey was good to start last year but just plummeted after the break, and sowers stinks...Carl Pavano hasn't had a good full year in like 5 years too and cant be counted on for more than 5 starts IMO The more I think about it, the more I like the twins in the division. They'll get Cuddyer back for a full season, Kubel is coming into his own, Mauer and Morneau are Mauer and Morneau. Plus you'd think that Young and Span would continue to get better (though I could see Span regressing a bit). Either way, the pitching will get a full year of a healthy liriano, plus slowey and baker should get better. And blackburn and perkins are certainly as solid as any 4,5 in the division That's hardly a lock. I would also pick the Twins to win the division, though.

The girl who sits right next to me at work chews louder than any other girl I've ever met. It cuts through me like a hot knife through butter, but I don't know her well enough to tell her to shut her f***ing mouth. It drives me nuts.

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 09:23 PM) Great post Bones. Slumdog, is a feel good, put a smile on your face, root for the underdog, love story....that you forget about 15 minutes after leaving the show. It has no replay value for me. I wonder how well it will do with people paying to watch it multiple times at the movies and how well it will do in DVD sales. Although I'm not sure DVD sales is a good measure any more. Exactly.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 05:29 PM) Or you could just send Nix outright to AAA and watch him clear waivers like he did twice last season. He'd be even more redundant on the big league squad than Brian Anderson. Nix, Getz, Lillibridge and Betemit can all play 2B which as far as I know is the only position Nix is capable of playing. Nix was also cut by a team with no 2B (the Rockies) after posting 56 of the worst ABs imaginable last season. At least Brian had some success as a PH last season. I don't know why anybody wants Nix on the team, nor do I understand why people think he's any good. Nix is trash.

QUOTE (MHizzle85 @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 08:06 PM) Punk/Miz/Morrison in a 3-way to determine the 1st MITB participant tonight. If given enough time that should be a fun one. This better not be the groundwork for breaking up Miz and Morrison. Just like I said recently, they always break up teams I like...and I only mentioned that I like them last week.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 03:30 PM) To be honest, I think BA is a great defensive player, but I feel like we have CF'ers in our system right now that could probably hit better than him. The problem is that in ST he will rake, we will all think he is turning the corner, and then he hits .230-.240 The guy has been given exactly one chance, and that was back in 2006. He sucked for the first half, and picked his game up the second half. Since then, he's been given no regular playing time to get any kind of consistency going.

QUOTE (Brian @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 03:31 PM) Milkman, Can't see Frost/Nixon. Only has late shows around me. Sorry More your loss than mine

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 03:13 PM) I agree with your assessment there. I actually thought There Will Be Blood was better than No Country IMO. I felt that NCFOM was the better movie, with the best performance coming from TWBB. I was in complete agreement with their choices last year. This year, I'm completely in disagreement.

Translation: It doesn't matter how well you do in this "competition" in the Spring, Brian. You won't make the team either way.

QUOTE (DBAHO @ Feb 23, 2009 -> 10:50 AM) Says more about the quality of films that came out in 2008. Nothing really stood out, and because Slumdog Millionaire was the low budget film in India that no-one expected to do as good as it's done, that's why it's done so well in all of the awards. I think it's official. We have our default bulls*** excuse that everyone will throw out. Tell me which of the movies that were nominated you saw. Did you see The Dark Knight or The Wrestler (both of which I'd say were better)?

QUOTE (daa84 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 11:49 PM) says more about the quality of movies this year than anything else I'm not going to keep making the point that there were better movies this year, and they were snubbed.

I just did the research. Only 7 movies have won more Oscars than Slumdog Millionaire. Think about that.

Eight Oscars for a pretty good movie.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 11:39 PM) I'm not an expert at all, but would I be out of line to say Sean Penn only beat Mickey Rourke because he played a gay character and a political statement wanted to be made? It wouldn't be the first time the Academy felt it needed to make a political statement. You are very in line.

QUOTE (IamtheHBOMB @ Feb 22, 2009 -> 11:38 PM) /wishing he could Perfect Plex this waste of time away. I want to take Penn's award and smash it up with a hammer. /obscure wrestling reference

I think Penn let it slip at the end that even he thinks Rourke should've won.

Sean Penn just gave me one more reason to believe that he was given this Oscar because the character he played was gay, talking about the protesters outside.

f*** this. This whole ceremony sucked.