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QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Feb 9, 2009 -> 02:16 AM) Is it not possible to be the best without being great? 'The Reader' should win best picture, but it's not great. Penn or Rourke will win best actor, but neither performance is great......hell, Ledger was better in his role than both. Frost/Nixon should win best picture, but it sure won't.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 03:44 PM) I believe in loyalty is all and I don't waste my energy on bashing Sox players present-past or soon to be past I'll go ahead and stay loyal to the team over the broken-down, has-been player.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 02:52 PM) As much as some despise Crede on here, let me ask you this question: Would you, like me, cringe to see Joe in a Twins uniform playing the Sox 20 times a season? A healthy Joe playing against us? Awful news for the Sox. The guy is a clutch hitter and great fielder. Does not compute.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 12:57 PM) He was and is a gold glove all-star caliber player You are hilarious in your fanboyism.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 02:38 PM) That is the saddest thing I've read on a message board. Do what it takes to win. Does that mean if you are a college fan, you cheat out the ass to win? Pay the players under the table to make sure a Kentucky is always better than a Davidson or Gonzaga? I'm not saying Ky cheats, just citing them as the big school example. Bring out the asterisks and ban anybody who is a known user from the Hall. Baseball doesn't want asterisks but like somebody said this is like the world wide wrestling federation now. The era of steroids has to be noted in the record books. Cheating (taking shortcuts is a nicer way to put it) sucks. -- Did Maggs use? How old are you?

Anyone know of any good do-it-yourself moving companies? Considering price and all.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Feb 8, 2009 -> 01:16 AM) Definitely Vladimir Guerrero and Ichiro....and, as long as Jeter is clean (and he's not a power-based player, although his SLG shot up for awhile), he's first ballot. The question with Guerrero will be his health...if he at least puts up 2,500 hits, I think he'll be in for sure. Piazza is obviously under a huge cloud of suspicion...and there have always been doubts about I-Rod (not defensively, of course...but about his size and power/hitting). Billy Wagner? Don't think so....I think Smoltz is just a notch under Hall of Fame, too. I think Smoltz and/or Mussina will both get in eventually, but the cases are not clear-cut. Another player you don't hear much about is Bagwell (in terms of steroids rumors)...and Biggio will be there. It's hard to imagine, but Roberto Alomar might not make it (the spitting incident with Hirschbeck and the rapid fade to his career at the end), and ten years ago or so, you could argue that he was the best 2nd baseman ever...and have a legit case. Roberto Alomar is the greatest 2B ever, and he will get into the HOF without question.

Robin Williams has been nominated for four Oscars (I believe), and won one of them. The man is a very accomplished actor. Also, I just watched In The Bedroom. It was very good, and my man-crush on Tom Wilkinson continues to grow.

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 06:46 PM) I am surprised it pulled a PG-13 rating. There was basically no blood and the deaths were pretty clean.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 04:11 PM) The thing is, he was such a stud since he was young (still arguably the best high school player ever seen) that you wouldn't think he would need an edge to be as great as he already was. That's what I think he was stupid in that regard. Well... there's still Frank and Griffey who, so far, are clean and still the best players in our era. But we should just try and move forward on this. Baseball is a game of edges, and eventually/most of the time, folks take them. Ritalin, scuffed balls, vaseline, red juice, cutting the bases, spitting on the ball, watering the basepaths, drying out the field with gasoline, pine tar, telescopes in CF, blinking lights, foot tappers in the 3rd base box, infield decks, corked bats, holding the runners belt, stealing signs from the dugout, tilted baselines... HGH, PEDs, steroids. What are these things?

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 02:27 PM) I like the way you're put together. I usually cheer for news stories that aggravate and upset a large number of people. This last week I've been especially satisfied with Phelps smoking out of bong and Arod testing positive for steroids. Just prepare yourself for the manufactured outrage from the media. We'll probably be overwhelmed with these types for the unforeseeable future. Best part of all this? Canseco was right, yet again, and it's going to KILL some people on ESPN to admit it. I wish someone like David Ortiz was accused of taking steroids by Canseco just so people would squirm in their seats at the thought of their fugly DH shooting up roids. When I read Canseco's book right when it came out, everyone I knew said I shouldn't believe a word of it. It seems like the guy is proven to be right again and again, and yet nobody apologizes to him for telling the truth (because he did it for the money), when they had no problem smearing him constantly when he first released it. I now think it wouldn't be that bad for Pujols to go down soon. That way, Thomas, Thome, and Griffey are basically the only 90's sluggers that wouldn't have been caught or suspected. All played for the White Sox and did it clean...that would be a great story.

QUOTE (ChiSox420* @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 02:03 PM) How does everyone think this will go over in comparison to Michael Phelps... will A-Fraud will lose sponsorships? Personally I feel steroids are much worse the recreational marijuana use... and maybe with the proximity of these two stories some ppl will be able to see that too. Who cares. One plays baseball, one swims. People only "care" about swimming once every four years, and then forget.

I just got back from Taken. It's basically the prototypical revenge flick. I enjoyed it a lot and I'd recommend it. The only real flaw is that it was PG-13. This was most likely done to draw a larger audience, but it really would've benefited from an R rating.

QUOTE (The Bones @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 03:54 PM) I don't know about that. Slumdog seems to be a lock for Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay. Heath Ledger is a lock for Supporting Actor. I guess that the other acting races are pretty open though. Penn vs. Rourke, Winslet vs. Streep, and Supporting Actress I have no idea. I wouldn't say that Ledger is a lock. Rourke is more of a lock, I'd say. I'm sure Streep will win again, but this actually might be the year for Winslet.

Pujols will test positive for something sooner or later, and that'll be the end of the theory that a clean guy is going to reclaim those records.

It sucks, but it's not surprising in the least.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 10:07 AM) Not really, he got critical acclaim for Crash I think he just knows where his bread is buttered when it comes to making money. Every couple of years he does a serious role and is actually pretty good when he puts effort into it. It's true. The guy definitely has some talent, but he knows how to make his money.

QUOTE (SouthsideDon48 @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 09:24 AM) I feel the EXACT same way about Robin Williams and Eddie Murphy. They ruined their careers wit stupid movies they made. For Robin Williams, that movie "Jumanji" was pushing it, but every other comedy movie he made after that was disaster. I think he's better at playing disturbed characters now like he did in "One Hour Photo" and when he guest starred on an episode of "Law and Order: SVU" As for Eddie Murphy, his career went down the drain after making stuuuupid movies like "Dr. Dolittle", "the Nutty Professor", "Pluto Nash", and "Daddy Day Care". The problem with Eddie is that he's trying to entertain kids now instead of sticking with golden roles like he did with "Beverly Hills Cop" and "48 Hours". He's doing too much "forced comedy" with "cute" stuff rather than real funny sitiational comedy like he did early in his career. It seems like Chris Tucker is the new Eddie Murphy nowadays, because the type of comedy that Chris Tucker did in the "Rush Hour" series is the exact type of comedy that Eddie Murphy is an expert at and should stick with. Anyone else agree? "I" "disagree" with that "assessment."

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Feb 7, 2009 -> 09:17 AM) James Whitmore passed away So long Brooks, give em hell I doubt they'll kick up any fuss.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 06:23 PM) Two people (BobDylan is really hard to count because it's a remake and the only movies I've seen him admit he's liked are NCFOM and Changeling) = "so many?" It has a score of 89 on the tomatometer. I hate western movies, but after renting this I decided to buy a copy for myself. For the record, I don't dislike the movie. I'd just put it lower than most of the westerns we've discussed.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 05:03 PM) I did like Open Range, but put it below any of the three I mentioned (3:10, Unforgiven, Tombstone). I saw it. Very good acting and characters, costumes and sets were also excellent. Writing wasn't so good - way too much air, like watching a Mamet film. And the whole production aspect was horribly over-artsy, for no other purpose - felt like the movie Thin Red Line. That's a tough call, between those two. Tombstone was most of a very good movie, but the last third just took it from great to good for me. Still a fun movie to watch though, and I loved the way they shot the OK Corral scene. Also, I thought you were talking about the best westerns of this decade or something. Unforgiven and Tombstone wouldn't fall into that category. And with the other two, I put Open Range higher than 3:10 to Yuma. And Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday was probably the best movie character ever.

I was just asking what the award was. I'm not sure of its intent.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 03:25 PM) Did you see the Assassination of Jesse James? I liked it better than 3:10 although Pitt was mediocre. Affleck stole the show for me in that one. That one completely slipped my mind. Great movie.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 08:57 AM) Unforgiven was indeed an excellent western. Tombstone, I enjoyed a lot, but I think its not enough to be "great". In fact, its really two films. They changed directors while making it, and it shows. The first half to two thirds was good, not really classic in style but very well done. Good character stuff, great fun too. Then about two thirds in, it becomes a modern-age action flick set with older costumes, and that takes something away from it. Not sure which director was which, but, the whole ride of the avengers aspect got pretty ridiculous. Still a fun movie, but, not as good as Unforgiven, or 3:10 to Yuma, or even Silverado. There are also a few movies out in recent years that aren't westerns per se, but are very akin, and very good. The Missing, for example, was a good film. Seraphim Falls was decent. Tombstone was one of the best westerns ever made. It was "directed" by Cosmatos. But, when he died, Kurt Russell came forward and said that he actually directed the whole thing, and used Cosmatos' name to draw attention to it. It was an agreement between the two to keep it secret until Cosmatos was gone. Tombstone > 3:10 To Yuma

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 6, 2009 -> 08:51 AM) I can't believe so many people disliked 3:10 to Yuma. I thought it was one of the better westerns made in the last decade or two. Not that there have been a ton of them made in that period, but, there are some. I'd say Open Range was better.