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Todd Helton Disappointed To Be On Area Man's Fantasy-Baseball Team March 9, 2006 | Onion Sports DENVER—Shortly after being selected in the second round of a local online fantasy-baseball draft, Rockies All-Star first-baseman Todd Helton announced Monday that he would much rather play for "any of the other 11 teams in the league." "I've played for this guy in the past, and he has no idea how to manage his team, and often loses interest and stops competing after just a couple months," Helton said, referring to Mets 4 Life owner and Trenton-area pizza-delivery man Ryan Sheehy. "Last season, I got off to a bit of a slow start, and the guy benches me the rest of the year in favor of Doug Mientkiewicz. I lose enough as a member of the Rockies. I just wish I could play for a capable manager like [The Damon Connection's] Mike Broberg or [smilin' Joe Randa's] Garrett Baldwin." Helton added that, if it were worth the effort to find a way to contact Sheehy, he would demand a trade.

QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 02:07 PM) Interestingly, those articles didn't appear until 19 "Muslims" hijacked three planes and killed almost 3,000 innocent Americans in September of 2001. I wonder how Israeli journalists approach this subject? So liberal media has been bashing Islam forever. Conservatives started after 9/11?

QUOTE(WCSox @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 01:41 PM) When people are attacked and killed in a war, it's not news. Unfortunately, it's expected. War? What war. Didn't you hear? Mission Accomplished!! The war is over. Edit: Sorry...I'm the needler.

I'll be in KC that day so I figured I'd go check out the game. Anyone else going?

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 01:12 PM) It's the subconscious coming through.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Mar 9, 2006 -> 11:09 AM) As for your 'Tangent' ... I listen to Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity to offset the liberal indoctrination I have received over the past 30+ years. And Fox News, Limbaugh, etc have decided to not cover any of the violence in Iraq?? That's all left for the liberal media? You said earlier: The media shows violence in Iraq to push their liberal agenda and undermine Bush.

Wow! 7 pages in an hour and a half. Either this is the biggest steal in the history of baseball or we are running out of s*** to talk about.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 8, 2006 -> 11:07 AM) I bet this didn't hurt 'Crash' either: http://www.aahceleb.com/pic/jenniferesposito_004.html Big reason why it won best picture. Especially since she has about 10 minutes of screen time.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Mar 6, 2006 -> 11:31 PM) Probably the most overrated film, after Crash. You are definitely in the minority when it comes to 'Crash'. You've been bashing it for some time now and I rarely hear anyone who says they didn't like it.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Mar 7, 2006 -> 09:37 AM) How about "Whoop that Trick"?? If they could find a part clean enough to play that is... Now you're on to something.

Snow - Informer

Link Lesbian homecoming king engenders outrage Maryland’s Hood College reviewing rules after woman is elected FREDERICK, Md. - Hood College is reviewing its homecoming rules after a lesbian was crowned king, a college official says. But Jennifer Jones, the 21-year-old senior who beat out three men for the honor, says her victory last month was a plus for the private liberal-arts college. "It is cool that Hood allows people to be themselves," Jones, of Newark, Del., told The Frederick News-Post. "If people didn't want me to be king, they wouldn't have nominated me and voted for me." Waves of discontent are still rippling through the 2,100-student campus in western Maryland more than two weeks after Jones was crowned at the Feb. 18 homecoming dance, the News-Post reported Monday. "She is not a man," said Singleton Newman, a 22-year-old senior who was among the queen candidates. "It is a gender issue, and she is a woman." Santo Provenzano, 21, who competed for king, said Jones' selection made the event seem like a joke. "It discourages guys from wanting to take part in the future," he said. ‘We will look at what students want’ Donald Miller, Hood's student activities director, said all homecoming events will be reviewed and possibly changed. "We will look at what students want Hood's homecoming to be," he said. Jones, who is openly homosexual, received 64 of 169 votes cast, the News-Post reported. She is known on campus as a multi-sports athlete, member of the Student Government Association's executive board and president of Tolerance Education Acceptance, a support group for homosexual and bisexual students. It was only the second annual homecoming at Hood, which didn't allow male students to live on campus until 2003. In 1912, the school's board of trustees changed its name to honor a wealthy benefactor. The institution became fully coeducational in 2002. Jones tried to run last year for homecoming prince but the student committee wouldn't let her on the ballot, even though she had gathered the required number of signatures on nominating petitions. ‘Trying to be inclusive’ "We were trying to be inclusive of the male population and felt that because of this, we shouldn't allow a woman to run for the position," said Cheryl Banks, a committee member last year and this year's homecoming queen. Miller said a rule change this year abolished the petitions and required that candidates be nominated by student ballots. Jones said she didn't even know she was nominated until she saw her name on the final ballots that were distributed Feb. 13. Those ballots had been reviewed the night before by only half of the homecoming committee members at a hurriedly scheduled meeting, the News-Post reported. Sophomore Jovanni Mahonez, who chaired this year's committee, said that before the ballots were distributed, she told both Miller and Olivia White, dean of students, that Jones was a king candidate. Miller said the meeting was "more of an FYI than for her asking our permission."

QUOTE(whitesoxfan99 @ Mar 6, 2006 -> 01:30 PM) Still boggles my mind that Titanic won an Oscar for best Picture. I haven't seen L.A. Confidential or The Full Monty but Good Will Hunting>>>>>>>>>>>>Titanic. LA Confidential>>>>>>Titanic.

Happy Birthday fellows!

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 5, 2006 -> 11:38 PM) I saw the movie, and if it wasn't about 2 gay cowboys, it doesn't win Oscars. I'm not homophobic or anti gay or anything like that (in fact, gay marriage should be legal). But I hate the fact that movies win Oscars simply because of the overtones of the plot, and not the quality of the movie. So the acting sucked, the camera work was bad, the dialogue was shoddy, etc? There wasn't a thing worth complimenting in this movie? The entire academy would have nominated it for several awards even if the main stars were Steven Seegal and Louie Anderson and it was directed by Jerry Bruckheimer? Edit: I guess I will start working on a sequel. I'll get several oscar nominations based on your theory. All I need is a story about gay cowboys and I'm guaranteed

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Mar 5, 2006 -> 11:27 PM) Of course, Brokeback Mountain winning stuff just as a political statement because of the fact it's about gay cowboys is a snub to all other movies. Did you see the movie? Just because a movie has gay characters doesn't mean it's guaranteed to win some oscars. Maybe it was nominated for so many because it was a well made film?

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 5, 2006 -> 11:24 PM) Liberal Hollywood with a HUUUUGGGGEEE defeat. Crash wins Best Picture. What's so conservative about 'Crash'?

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 5, 2006 -> 01:50 PM) Sexy YouTube Video. SFW Wow. That was quite awful.

QUOTE(SoxFan1 @ Mar 2, 2006 -> 12:02 AM) Anyone seen Dave Chappelle's "Block Party"? Looking forward to checking it out.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 3, 2006 -> 11:04 AM) http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/02/catholic.town.ap/index.html I mentioned this in the pizza thread and received nothing but yawns.

Sledgehammer Get a Life

QUOTE(iWiN4PreP @ Feb 28, 2006 -> 03:31 PM) 15 wins outta every start would be a hell of a feat . The winning team is only awarded one win per game.

QUOTE(samclemens @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 08:26 PM) objectively, what has barack done to deserve the reputation as the up and coming democrat politician? The key phrase is 'up and coming'. He hasn't done anything to allow him to aspire to greater office. He needs to pay his dues first. He's got a lot of charisma. People like him because he has a presence about him. He isn't a guy who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and he's done some noble things in his life, such as spending a good part of it working as a community activist when he could have easily taken a posh job in corporate America.

QUOTE(mr_genius @ Feb 27, 2006 -> 08:10 PM) i don't like is speaking style Yeah I prefer GW's stumbling and bumbling use of the English language. Much more polished than an articulate ex-editor of the Harvard Law Review.