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QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 02:56 PM) Yeah, what's with the cowbells. You are in a dome as it is, you can't make enough noise by yelling? The ONLY cool thing about that was it came directly out of one of the greatest SNL skits.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 11:16 AM) I hate socks. I wear sandals everywhere until my toes freeze. Same here. Unless there is snow on the ground, I'm in Teva Dozers or Cobian Flip Flops.

Because his personality demands it. He's the classic guy you want on your team and boo when he ain't.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 08:44 AM) When I see undergrads walking around just wearing leggings and I think--no! they aren't pants! you need to wear pants! pants are not an option! leggings they aren't pants. Does your campus have a no shorts policy?

QUOTE (LosMediasBlancas @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 11:03 AM) When I shop for clothes and I have to ask myself: "Am I too old to wear that"? I dated a woman who said that men should never wear gym shoes as casual shoes nor wear a team jersey. She said that's one way to tell the difference between men and boys. Hmm, I agree on the team jersey for most of the time and places. I disagree on the shoes. I wear Sperry Top-siders all the time. Wearing almost anything else that is "closed toed" with shorts looks stupid.

QUOTE (Soxy @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 10:17 AM) And I'm pissed that marriage is even regulated at all by the government. Marriage is a religious idea--civil unions are the legal idea. Let's leave marriage to the church. That probably should have been better vetted 225 years ago when the whole what is marriage in the US started. And Churches really do not regulate marriages. You can get married with or without a religious entity involved. Atheists are married all the time in this country. I do not think it is right to take away marriage from those people who are not religious and offer them the only option of some newly created PC version of what their parents and grandparents had.

I am stunned and so very sad for Cub fans everywhere. They are clearly the best team in baseball and to lose like that, is just terrible. In their honor, I will use blue to denote sarcasm while they are still mathematically alive in the playoffs.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 09:12 AM) a couple of times, but for some reason I use the '84 olmpics as a point of reference, I was 5 when it happened and it's some of my first vivid memories. I remember Mary Lou Retton (sp?) and the big deal made over her, so when I went on a date with a girl who wasn't even born in '84, I felt super old. If you are on a date and the topic of female gymnastics comes up, you should feel young

Obviously a WS series win game is at the top for most of us. I'm just now trying to get my head around that final half week. I have to say, it may be the second or third most exciting week in my lifetime of watching the Sox. Certainly it was the most exciting close of the regular season. The only thing better would have been charging from behind to catch and pass.

QUOTE (Princess Dye @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 08:40 AM) I want an all-Cuba team. Also, I want all of Javy Vazquez in Cuba. LOL I was just going to post, I wish Javy would defect to Cuba.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 09:29 AM) it likely has something to do with logistics. A MLB series has a lot of things that have to go into it, so they probably have to book rooms, flights, etc. a week or two in advance. I imagine a series prior they reserve rooms in every possible city and just eat a deposit for the city that doesn't make it. If you left it to best record it could be determined on the last day. It's probably an old system that with technology they don't need anymore, but that is my guess on why they started it. That is a good point, but I wonder how many of those scenarios were that close? The stadiums that were possibilities were all ready "in case" this would just mean a few more stadiums may have to be ready. Look at the Twins, they were ready to fly to Chicago or St. Petersburg.

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 09:32 AM) I don't think there's anything wrong with having Javy as 4 or 5. He will eat innings and, during the regular season, give you at least a 50/50 shot at winning. He costs a lot of money, but the Sox are a big payroll team and it's a done deal anyway, so try and get some value out of it As a fifth starter in a five man rotation he would have been pitching on regular rest and possible not starting a playoff game. I'd like that situation.

I don't think Kenny worries about trades already made. He makes new decisions based on what the current situation is. If the decision doesn't work out, he analyzes what could have been done different, if anything, and how to avoid the same mistake down the road, then moves on.

QUOTE (Rooftop Shots @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 09:48 PM) When I talk of a cartoon I saw as a kid that had REALTALKING lips inserted into the face of the cartoon character, and I was looked at like..........H-UH???????? What the heck are you talking about. (By the way, the cartoon was called Clutch Kargo). Don't forget Paddlefoot and Spinner, that was a cool cartoon.

I have a wood version I bough ata truck stop in Oklahoma twenty years ago. A little six shooter.

QUOTE (Kid Gleason @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:18 AM) Maybe on MLB Power Pros. I don't think Javy wants anything to do with baseball at all anymore. I almost think he's throwing his games just so he can end it all and go retire. I think he would enjoy pitching some gems for a team that is eliminated leaving Spring training. No pressure, like a softball and beer league for millionaires.

BTW, when McCain picked Palin, they had to know she would lose in the debate. I can not believe they thought she could even hold her own.

The issue with this is neither person is on the ticket for any quality that really comes through in the debates. Biden is there to look experienced and old. Palin is there to attract independents looking to break a barrier and show a youthful face on the ticket. Let's have a fashion show instead. Or better yet, let's eliminate the ceremonial VP position and actually give them something useful to do, anything.

QUOTE (Felix @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 01:03 PM) A coin flip is stupid, but I don't necessarily think that it should be taken out of place. BTW: Patrick Reusse wrote a pretty good article about this topic that's definitely worth a read: http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/30074089.html I'm certain he is probably the Jay Mariotti of Minneapolis.

I prefer scenarios that involve performance on the field to a mid level executive playing heads or tails over the telephone. Or at least make it somewhat more of a skill challenge, perhaps tic tac toe? I also prefer using the largest equal sample size. So if the 162 game schedule is tied, I would use all league play, then division, then head to head, then a coin flip. It would also eliminate the endless coin flipping that occurs some years and the "emergency" coin flips that occur when some team goes on a 18-2 tear later in the season. And CC makes a good point that a coin flip is 50-50 and is fair, but the other seven teams are in the playoffs because of games won and lost. The sport is baseball, and baseball should be what is used to break any tie. A coin flip should be the last, not first, choice.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 3, 2008 -> 07:48 AM) OC looked like a complete buffoon yesterday. No way around it. He did, but he's willing to risk that and that risk taking, that putting your balls on the line, is what I like. There are a few guys not named Javy that seem to want to be there. Javy wished he played for the Royals.

In 2005 it wasn't like Frank was there the whole time. It's normal to get out of the way.

OC seems to be trying to fire up the team from corpse ball. I like it.

Oz was fine yesterday, sadly he was not put in a position to really f*** things up.

QUOTE (G&T @ Oct 2, 2008 -> 05:08 PM) Last year when a hangover lasted 2 days. That was another point, I fear the hangover now.