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Think they planned this on the 7th anniversary of the WS title? Or just a coincidence?

QUOTE (Brian @ Oct 26, 2012 -> 11:57 AM) Timothy Olyphant of THE LEAGUE. FTW That was cool, but the episode was pretty terrible. Worst one I can ever remember.

QUOTE (Andrew @ Oct 26, 2012 -> 01:54 AM) And, Jed **** and Kenny**** schnouzers and likes to ****** his ******* episcopalion****** for Beckham, so maybe ******* up the ole ****** for A-Rod. Thoughts? Were the two uses of the "female dog word" too distracting for you to comprehend what I was saying?? And while we are talking about this, I do believe that word should be uncensored. If you can say it on TV (and maybe radio?) you should be able to type it on a message board.

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 25, 2012 -> 11:10 PM) If that's the case I already have no respect for the new GM. If he's just taking the money to be Kenny's b**** and be the GM in name only? No thank you. He already was Kenny's b****. Why not take the pay raise and title upgrade? Now the Jed Hoyer thing is different, he moved laterally in title, but knowingly become Theo's b****. He may have gotten a pay raise, I'm not sure. But he was already in a GM position where he made his own club, now he is still in a GM position, but Theo pulls the strings. In that case, I think Jed is a baby back b****.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 25, 2012 -> 10:37 PM) And the years in between? Comeback Player of the Year is like winning the NIT tournament. Sure, you're happy for them, but nobody really cares. I didn't speak to the awards popularity, or if anyone cared, except when distinguishing between the real MLB awards, and Sporting News awards. Because regardless of MVP, Cy Young, ROY, or CPOTY, no one pays attention to whoever Sporting News deems is deserving, which was my point.

I generally root for the AL, unless its a divisional foe, or the Yankees or Red Sox.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Oct 24, 2012 -> 04:20 AM) Who were the MLB Comeback Players of the Year 2 years ago? don't look it up EDIT: I did, for verification purposes. One of them PITCHED for the Sox this year, so there's a hint. Liriano won it 2 years ago. Thome won it in 2006.

While it's a good start, we will never know who really made the decisions until Kenny is gone. Not that I think Kenny was bad, but I just would like to see a new era ushered in. Slightly above average every year doesn't get you playoff spots.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 25, 2012 -> 02:59 PM) No s***. It does not make it any less hilarious? Woah, dial it back there buddy. I guess I forgot who I was responding to, I'll continue to ignore you from now on.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Oct 25, 2012 -> 02:07 AM) Then it might help winning the WS or all star game once every so often. It's pretty embarrassing. Interleague play is the record you should be looking at.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Oct 25, 2012 -> 11:19 AM) NHL 13 online is the best. I haven't even bothered with a season, a career, or anything. Playing against friends and randoms online yields such entertainment! Last night, I was the Hawks vs his Canucks. I went up 3-0 quickly and rode my stick around the ice in celebration like a jackass. (The goal celebration modifiers are hilarious). He came back and tied it with 13 seconds left in the game. I scored in OT with a Tazer backhander, and rode my stick around like a jackass. That particular celebration has been in the game for years now.

QUOTE (Cali @ Oct 25, 2012 -> 12:26 AM) All time interleague record, which is a bigger sample size than one isolated 7 game (if that) series. Pitchers batting being almost always automatic outs very time. Pitchers moving from the NL to AL and getting rocked. Average pitchers in the AL pitching better in the NL. Yeah, it's pretty clear the AL is the superior league.

Time to end everyone's anticipation. I won the WS! Simmed the first 5 games, played Game 6 with Sale. Won 7-3. Sale went 9 innings, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K. And then, to ruin my high, I advanced to the offseason and I see not only does Michael Young retire, who was GREAT for my team, but RA Dickey retired, AND Magglio Ordonez retired. Damnit. Guess I have some work to do. Looks like I may need to call up Kolbrin Vitek to play 3B for this team, and Jose Quintana and Nestor Molina will be in my rotation alongside Danks, Sale, and Humber.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 24, 2012 -> 11:36 PM) I'd be pretty pissed if I was the Tigers. They lost homefield advantage because of Melky Cabrera. I'd say it was more because of Pablo Sandoval and Justin Verlander, which also played out beautifully tonight.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Oct 24, 2012 -> 11:18 PM) Translation? Justin Verlander And Jose Valverade Are Not Aces.

Yeah, I agree that they need to open the park earlier. The ability to see the SOX taking batting practice and catch balls hit by them would mean so much more than the visiting teams. And like someone else already mentioned, it would get people spending money sooner. If I got in to the park 2-3 hours before gametime, I would definitely be buying a drink at the very least.

JVAJVANA to be honest.

Let's go Ziiiiiiiii-toooooo

QUOTE (2nd_city_saint787 @ Oct 24, 2012 -> 08:50 PM) Overly confident/cocky perhaps? Yes.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 24, 2012 -> 11:52 AM) When did Gordon have a bad attitude? I don't remember that. Referring to him oozing cockiness, which I completely agree with. He never said or did anything specific, he just seemed to have a cocky attitude.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 06:04 PM) Maybe it's not "official", but The Sporting News has been issuing this award about 40 years longer than MLB has so it's definitely relevant. Still doesn't mean anyone recognizes it as the official one. All I am saying is, I can't name a single award winner of any Sporting News award, other than Beckham's 2009 win, and obviously Dunn's 2012 win. But I can tell you who won the majority of the recent MVP and Cy Young awards that the MLB hands out annually.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 24, 2012 -> 01:28 AM) In Guild Wars 2, there's a little kid running around the main city dressed as Altair for Halloween. There are little kids it Guild Wars 2? I've never played the game, but I'd imagine it's a killing/violent game. Surprised they'd have kids running around. But that's pretty cool he's dressed as Altair.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 08:59 PM) If you guys just started becoming pirates and used torrents none of this would even be a discussion. Morals doing people in once more. I do watch a lot of movies online illegally, but I also watch Netflix every night when I go to sleep because there are far too many episodes of Dirty Jobs to download, plus, I can control it all from my ps3 control, I don't have to hook up my laptop to the TV and get out of bed to go to the next show.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Oct 23, 2012 -> 03:10 PM) So I bought a Kindle FireHD, pretty impressed by it. It's a nice little toy to have especially because I like to listen to music/watch a show in bed before I actually fall asleep so it's better than my laptop/phone to do that, and the screen is really gorgeous (not to mention the built in speakers blow away an other built ins I've heard). Not too shabby for $200. It's bigger than the regular Kindle Fire, right? My mom has a Kindle Fire, my dad has a Nexus 7, but they both use the iPad 2 that they won in some raffle more because of the bigger screen. She's temped to buy a Kindle Fire HD, but she's got too many damn tablets, they don't need a 4th between the two of them.

At least Sox players can win the awards from an irrelevant source that isn't official. (Dunn in '12, Beckham's ROY award in 2009)