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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 12, 2011 -> 09:35 AM) Exactly. I f***ing loathed Steeger when he was here anyway. I don't think there was a player those few seasons leading up to the Cup that I yelled at the TV more to just shoot the puck. He drove me batty. Steeger was the king of the extra-move-while-crossing-the-blue-line-resulting-in-an-offside as well.

Moved out of my college apartment yesterday. Lived there for 3 years. Also had to say goodbye to my best friend who is moving to Georgia. Horrible, horrible day.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 11, 2011 -> 06:29 PM) Whats the deal with Kyle Beach, I've heard his name as a supposed stud prospect but still no chance to make the team? Headcase. He hasn't shown enough in the AHL to warrant being called up. The Hawks have given him lots of opportunities but right now, he's closer to a Ben Eager type player than anything else. He hurt his own teammate in training camp last year. A lot of people saw him as a Byfuglien/Brouwer power forward replacement, but that doesn't look too likely at this point. He's still young enough to keep around though.

Due Date was just ok. A couple funny moments, but nothing special. Just watched The Kings Speech as well. Phenomenal movie.

Blackhawks Prospect Camps is apparently going really well. Reports have it that the McNeill/Hayes/Hayes line is dominating, which is promising. Stan Bowman even said McNeill is working his ass off to make the team in October.

I love being in college. Sat on the sidewalk with my roommates for 4 hours and drank a bunch of beer. love it.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 5, 2011 -> 07:53 AM) I don't think you could be more wrong... Brandon Inge is one of the better guys in professional sports, as far as I am concerned. He does extensive work with sick children and the children's hospitals in the Detroit area. Linky The fans recognize this and he is indeed a fan favorite because of it. I've lived in Michigan for more 4 years now for school. Everyone acknowledges he's a nice guy off the field, but most hate him. The girl fans think he's awesome, the guy fans dislike him a lot. He's kind of a terrible baseball player.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 10:18 PM) Just for you, Hawkeroo. Brandon Inge can: High jump 6'6" Dunk a basketball Kick a sixty-yard field goal Throw a baseball over 100 yards on a football field Hit a scrappy/grindy .199 with 1 homer and still be the fan favorite in Tiger Town Most Tigers fans generally hate Brandon Inge.

QUOTE (Felix @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 11:29 AM) Saw "The Trip" yesterday... very good. Definitely recommend it. The dynamic between Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon was fantastic throughout. Just added it to my Netflix queue. Looking forward to it. Now watching Dog Day Afternoon. Never seen it before.

Adam Dunn did what?

VOTE FOR BLASTRO

QUOTE (knightni @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 09:36 PM) A healthy Carlos Quentin is who I'd compare Viciedo's potential to. Not even close. Quentin has far greater plate discipline.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 4, 2011 -> 01:05 AM) Few people have an unbiased view of themselves. I used to think Nadal was a punk, he still get overexcited at times, but he's grown out of that. That said, I will root against the Djoker whenever possible. I was torn between rooting against the Serb or rooting against Nadal so Fed can keep the slam record. You root against him because you're a Federer fan or for some other reason? And there's a wide gap between being unbiased and in denial. Any top player would realize that he wasn't on top of his game after going up 2 sets to none.

QUOTE (danman31 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 09:13 PM) I'm going to assume that's because you root for one of his rivals. Federer has always come off like a nice guy to me. Off the court, I know he's a great philanthropist and what not, but everything that has to do with tennis....not so much. And my dislike for him goes back before Djokovic was ever really in the picture at the top. I've always liked Nadal more. The thing that irks me about Federer is that he doesn't often tell it like it is. Watch his match vs Tsonga in the quarters and then compare it to what he said.

QUOTE (GoodAsGould @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 01:35 AM) Yeah, but hard to not call Nadal the true #1 if he wins, he just ups his game big time for when it matters the most. I know Federer has always come off as a pretty good guy, but I'm happy his time as the dominant number 1 has firmly come to an end. I greatly dislike Federer, always have. I just don't like how he is on the court and in his press conferences. And I think Djokovic proved himself to a lot of people today. That 2nd set was magical.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 05:40 PM) I think Djokovic took the 3rd set off today to give Nadal some sense of false hope. He absolutely dominated the first two sets and I thought he was running out of gas in the 3rd, but I sorta just think he needed some rest. He looked absolutely incredible today. Hell of a match by Djokovic. That break to win the 1st set kinda came out of nowhere and Nadal couldn't recover. I'll admit, I got a little worried in the 3rd set. Once he went down 3-0, I (and it looked like he did too) basically conceded it would go to a 4th set. When he went up a break to go 2-0, I was confident. Then Nadal broke back to tie it and I was once again worried. Djokovic's serve won him the match. Pretty dominant in 3 of 4 sets. Great defensive player. He gets to balls that you don't think any human has a chance to get too. Hopefully these two slug it out together for years to come. Djokovic has more Grand Slam victories in 2011 than he has matches lost. #1.

Yikes on this poll. A few people are going to be really disappointed. I'll say Troy Glaus, minus a few OBP points. Jose Guillen is another good comparison. Vernon Wells also.

Great comeback by Tsonga against Federer in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon. I thought Murray had a chance of beating Nadal, but that didn't work out. Djokovic and Nadal in the final. And no matter the outcome, Djokovic is #1 in the world on Monday. 47-1 in 2011 if I'm not mistaken. Insane. Sunday morning, 8 AM CT. Should be an incredible final.

Finally watched Toy Story 3. Interesting sequence of events. The ending was bittersweet.

I'm thinking about buying the complete set on Blu Ray.

There's rumors abound that if/when the lockout is finally over, the Bears have a contract agreement with Cullen Jenkins in place.

I, like most, was pretty happy until I saw the Carcillo signing. If I was to guess (and I'm sure we have 10 of these by now)... Kane - Toews - Brunette Smith - Sharp - Hossa Olesz - Bolland - Bickell Mayers - Kruger - Carcillo Keith Seabrook Montador Hjalmarsson O'Donnell Leddy In this scenario, McLean and Scott are your extra skaters. Hopefully we can resign Frolik, bump Olesz down to the 4th line, and get Carcillo out of the everyday skaters. Then maybe re-sign Campoli, which makes O'Donnell the 7th d-man and elimated John Scott. Fingers crossed. This makes me shake my head......

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 12:27 AM) I'm going to be tough to top... Star Wars anything The Godfather anything Pulp Fiction Schindler's List Fight Club Lord of Rings/Harry Potter crap Rocky anything Caddyshack Umm, wow. My list: first 3 Star Wars movies (which I guess are technically the last 3), Harry Potters + Lord of the Rings, all the American Pie movies, all of the Indiana Jones movies, and I don't think I've seen any Rocky movie in its entirety. Oh, and E.T. for me as well. No desire to see it.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 12:00 AM) That accounts tweets never get old. Nothing beats @thebillwalton.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 1, 2011 -> 12:11 AM) The 05 offense was deadly huh? What in the hell is the difference between this offense and that offense? Not enough grindiness? Sorry, we'll bring in Pretty Ricky and he can grind on you then. I would "like" and retweet this if I could. :wub: