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I sure hope Punk squashes him...and its in a cage...I think Punks gonna carry him for a pretty good match.

Punk vs Lawler is gonna be match of the year...book it

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 25, 2012 -> 09:34 PM) I just don't understand his style, I thought a closer needed to be deceptive. Reed doesn't throw curves or sliders or anything like that from what I can tell, he just throws fastballs and changeups afaict Closers usually rely on a hard fastball and a breaking pitch....Not many have more than 2 or 3 pitches.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Aug 25, 2012 -> 09:29 PM) I don't think that performance tonight exactly quieted most of his detractors. He got the save, Sox got the win...its all good Relievers cant get everyone out, s*** happens. People on here dont realize that. Haters gonna hate

Atta boy Addison shut these "Addison Reed is not a f***in closer" up...It's his rookie year, he'll have bumps and until recently he's been a pretty damn good closer.

Well I was planning on taking a shot for every complaint about Matt but alcohol poison isnt somethin im feelin today

Let the Thornton soxtalk drinking game begin!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 03:56 PM) Urination must be a b****. I sit... and it helps that I'm fat

I have a penisphobia so I too dislike porn...that is all.

Forrest Griffin??

If he can beat Verlander in those 2 games and the Sox win the division I think he wins it. Anyone know if that last start against TB lines up to be Price?? That could decide it right there too.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 07:54 PM) Wilson is an interesting case because no one denies his talent. He is smart, he has a good arm and he is athletic. He put up ridiculous stats last year in a run based offense. He is vertically challenged though. If he was 6'2 people would have been considering him in the first easy. Also Flynn was drafted in the 7th round. So its not like he was a cant miss prospect out of College, if anything Wilson was higher rated coming out of college. Is it just me or does the fact that he was in a run based offense kinda "dilute" his numbers so to speak. Teams are gonna be lined up to stop the run right? That'll open up the pass game and allow the QB to put up some good numbers....Ala Kyle Orton a few years back with the Bears..... I haven't seen much of Wilson sans maybe some highlights so I'm not saying he's a bad QB.

Aw man no Thornton complaints...I was making a drinking game out of it... Good job Matt, I'm already drunk enough

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Aug 21, 2012 -> 02:40 PM) Heyman needs a stable. Badly. WWE needs this If I were booking, Id make it Heyman, and "his guys" Brock and Punk....then bring up more "Heyman guys" like Seth Rollins, Dean Ambrose, and whatever Chris Hero is calling himself now. Build towards some kind of Survivor Series Heyman vs the WWE type match for control of the WWE. Then at some point after Heyman wins control, the group disbands and we get awesome Rollins vs Ambrose and Punk vs Hero fueds! Man do I wish I had full control of the WWE...

How convenient, Fozzy goes on tour tomorrow. Wish I was with some sucker who took a bet on that match...Woulda took that money and went to uproar wednesday to see Jericho and thank him.

Well there goes that, if you believe Brocks really gone.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:11 PM) That would be ideal, but I can't see WWE doing that. I'd guess Foley or Flair way before Heyman - in fact, I'd predict a Vickie Guerrero rerun before I'd predict Heyman. The move to make AJ the GM completely killed her character. She went from being unpredictable and a little crazy to basically being a typical good-guy GM, the only real difference being she skips to the ring in a business suit. Color me bored. The whole Brock taking over the WWE angle is what lead me to that. I think they could work Heyman in through that angle, maybe a wrestlmania rematch for control of the company. Atleast thats how Id do it...BTW one of my dream jobs is a WWE writer, just sayin.

QUOTE (Brian @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 07:50 PM) AJ is overkill and I'm not even really watching Raw. Agreed, she got old real quick. I can see Heyman taking over at some point...I hope

QUOTE (The Critic @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 05:53 PM) I enjoy most of Sheamus' matches and the ones I don't enjoy are the Del Rio matches. Del Rio without Ricardo would be unwatchable. Ya Del Rio is pretty turrable. He's better off playing the bully role against smaller guys, goin against a guy like Sheamus is just a bad match. A perfect match for Sheamus is another brawler, Wade Barrett coming back is gonna be perfect for him.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 19, 2012 -> 11:05 PM) HBK was not in the house at Summerslam. Strange, I saw no real reason for him not to be there but oh well...Overall it was a pretty good PPV. Of course the homer in me(In reference to them wrestling in the indy company I followed here in NW IN) loved to see Cesaro win the US title, and Punk retain the title. The homer in me would love. Love, love, love to see Daniel Bryan go after the US title since the Punk/Bryan thing has had a lot of play over the summer. These 2 guys would make the US title relevant again, which it should with the next ppv being "Night of Champions". If I were booking Night of Champions right now I'd go with..... WWE Title-Punk vs Cena- Hasn't happened one on one in a 9 months on PPVs so why not. Makes sense too since Punk "stole one from Cena" World Title- Sheamus vs Del Rio- Dusty finish calls for one more round of this. US Title- Cesaro vs Bryan- Once again just me being a homer and wanting to see this match happen. Bryan needs something to do, they cant keep wasting him on guys like Kane. A fued with Cesaro for the US belt would be one that would keep Bryan over and help Cesaro get really over. IC Title- Miz vs. Ziggler vs Jericho - Get Miz more involved in the on going feud between Y2J and Ziggler. Womans- boobies vs boobies- Everyone loves boobies, this match will be so over. Tag Titles- Cool Runnings vs Mysterio and Sin Cara- This one I'm going out on a limb on, Cara and Rey tagged a week or 2 ago and they're a fun little tag team that I'm sure the fans would love. #1 Contender matches Orton vs Barrett and Kane(Brock??) vs Big show(?) Show would be loaded!

wow, welcome back felix...not something I wanted to see as an angry drunk ATM. But I digress. As I said, its a pipe dream....and that pipe dream is simply based off throwing together 3 thoughts. (Thoughts are the only thing your gonna have, its the offseason.) 1. There's a supposed plan for 2014. Its fun to speculate what that could be. (Que the carrot talks from whoever the disgruntled bulls fan is on the board) 2. Kevin Love has said that he wants to plan with Rose (and Westbrook) at some point in his career. (again its the offseason, its fun to speculate that that could happen next year, I'm not saying its gonna happen hence the "pipe dream") 3. Love's tired of losing and the addition of Chase Budinger and Andre Kirlenko is not gonna help them win any time soon. I'm gonna leave it at that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 02:53 PM) Teams are only going to offer up a couple million to claim him, if at all. That's just how it goes. Either way, the Chairman will still be on the hook for $20 million+ for a player not on his roster. They won't like that. I mean Brand got 2 mill and Boozers the better player, he should get at least 5mill. That extra 25 doesnt count towards any kind of tax right? There's supposed "a plan" for 2014 and I cant imagine that doesn't include the amnesty of Boozer..

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 01:25 PM) Boozer being amnestied still will mean that the Bulls will need to pay Boozer $30 million... but more importantly than that, Taj is going to be offered stupid money. Fair money for Asik, IMO, was close to the MLE, maybe slightly above it. Instead of $5-6 million, he got $8. That seems like a pretty common markup for guys in the NBA, 25% over what they actually are worth. I'd say that applies to Boozer too. Taj, IMO, is a $7-$8 million, 4 year player. Which means...someone's going to offer him >4/$40. If you throw in a poison pill structure like the Bulls had to deal with for Asik, the Bulls aren't going to offer him that kind of money now, and they're going to have the exact same decision next year...paying crazy money for Gibson and still paying Boozer while avoiding the tax, or letting Gibson walk. They just have to pay the difference from his new contract right? Boozers still a good player, so he'll probably get a decent amount of that money from another team.

QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 12:42 PM) Taj would have to want to get to free agency to see if he can convince somebody to give him a huge, near-max deal More power to him then...Hopefully he just likes it here in Chicago and hooks it up with a discount.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 11:40 AM) I have very little confidence in this getting done. QUOTE (Jake @ Aug 18, 2012 -> 11:59 AM) Can't be in Taj's best interest unless we overpay or he is very fearful of an injury Why not? Chances are Boozers gonna be amnestied next year so he'll have a starting gig here more than likely. Unless of course the plans to get Kevin Love (Hes made it known hes not happy in MN, and he wants to play with Rose) in a trade next year. Even then he'd be a good piece to move in such a deal, Taj, Deng and picks for Love wouldnt be a bad deal for both teams. Just a pipe dream of course but if we can pull that off and get Harden next year I'd probably s*** myself and film it for everyone to see. Zoom is there anyway Rose-Harden-Butler-Love-Noah would work money wise??