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This is awesome. The wife's parents got us a trip to Phoenix this March and I believe the hotel they booked is in Glendale. This will make things alot easier not having to drive down to Tucson. When do spring training schedules come out and tickets go on sale?

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 2, 2008 -> 12:34 PM) Finally another member of the Bockwinkel Appreciation Society!!! My hat is off to you, sir - as nukes go, you truly are super! It always amazes me how little respect he gets. I guess he goes a little to far back for most of the fans that are around now, I only caught the last ten or so years of his career. He was one of the best heels ever, a master at getting heat. I still remember watching my Dad get so pissed off when ever tricky Nick cut a promo. It couldn't cost the WWE that much to put together a DVD of his matches and I would assume it would sell as many copies as the AWA DVD did. Since he was never a WWE Superstar though it will never happen.

QUOTE (The Critic @ Jul 1, 2008 -> 01:45 PM) Found this listing online of the contents of the Mr. Perfect DVD set. Looks pretty good! The Rap Is Crap video is on it!! Curt Hennig, better known as Mr. Perfect, competed for the American Wrestling Association, World Wrestling Entertainment and World Championship Wrestling. Born the son of legendary Larry “The Axe” Hennig, it was perhaps inevitable that Curt would want to follow in his father’s footsteps. But Mr. Perfect lived up to his moniker becoming one of the best in-ring technicians of his generation. A former AWA World Heavyweight Champion, he was also the longest-reigning Intercontinental Champion of the 1990s. Loved by fans and friends alike, Mr. Perfect entertained in and out of the ring, earning him the honour of induction into the WWE Hall of Fame. This two-disc set relives his life and career, from his early start as a second-generation star through AWA, WWE, and WCW. Some of his greatest matches and vignettes are included. Who was this man? Here’s a hint… he was absolutely “perfect”. Disc 1 Perfection Twin City Origins Building a Path AWA Mr. Perfect Living up to His Name Intercontinental Champion The Prankster Commentator WCW Return to the WWE A Sudden Tragedy Hall of Fame The Perfect Legacy Lives On Curt Hennig vs. Eddie Gilbert Madison Square Garden (21/11/82) Curt Hennig & Scott Hall vs. Steve Regal & Jimmy Garvin AWA Championship Wrestling (26/11/85) Mr. Perfect Hall of Fame Induction WWE Hall of Fame (31/03/07) “Rap is Crap” Music Video Vignettes # Billiards October 1, 1988 # Golf – Perfect Putt October 1, 1988 # Darts October 8, 1988 # Bowling October 8, 1988 # Chess October 15, 1988 # Basketball October 15, 1988 # Ping Pong October 28, 1989 # Diving November 4, 1989 # Golf – Perfect Drive November 4, 1989 # Horseshoes November 24, 1989 # Baseball with Wade Boggs December 26, 1992 # Football – Perfect Passer with Steve Jordan February 13, 1993 # Basketball with Felton Spencer February 27, 1993 # Hockey with Mike Modano March 13, 1993 Stories # Curt Loved Karaoke # Lifestyles of Mr. Perfect Disc 2 60-Minute Time Limit AWA World Heavyweight Championship Match Curt Hennig vs. Nick Bockwinkel AWA Championship Wrestling (15/11/86) Curt Hennig vs. Terry Taylor Commentary By: Michael Cole & Mick Foley WrestleFest (31/07/88) Mr. Perfect vs. Bret Hart Madison Square Garden (24/04/89) WWE Championship Match Mr. Perfect vs. Hulk Hogan Madison Square Garden (15/01/90) WWE Intercontinental Championship Match with Special Referee Roddy Piper Mr. Perfect vs. The Texas Tornado Madison Square Garden (24/11/90) WWE Intercontinental Championship Match Bret Hart vs. Mr. Perfect SummerSlam (26/08/91) WWE Intercontinental Championship Match Mr. Perfect vs. Shawn Michaels SummerSlam (30/08/93) Curt Hennig vs. Bret Hart Uncensored (15/03/98) This will be a must buy for the Bockwinkel match alone. Since I will never get my Bockwinkel DVD I have to take what I can get.

I don't know how, but i was able to resist the urge to get all of you folks all riled up by voting no.

Just let me know what the rules are and I will play by them.

QUOTE(jackie hayes @ Mar 6, 2008 -> 06:43 PM) And Pedro, right? Get back on the horse, hh. I can't guarantee any specific time. I just saw that some evening times were available. If Fridays and Saturdays are out the next best for me would be Sunday. I have activities with the kids most weekday evenings. If it has to be a weekday evening I will do my best to make it.

QUOTE(kyyle23 @ Mar 2, 2008 -> 04:17 PM) Name these WWE action figures A couple of tough ones in there. The artists must have fallen asleep between the He-Man and WWE models 100% for me. It was pretty easy since I had most of them back in the day.

The Supernukers are in.

Thanks for the reminder, the flowers have been ordered.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Feb 12, 2008 -> 12:55 PM) Knowing that the KKK and other wack-job groups use that book to justify their extreme hatred, I don't think its very ignorant. I think that book is dangerous. And this coming from someone who went to catholic grade school, high school, and a jesuit university and got an A in an Islam class. I think my years of experience in life and school give me plenty of background to make such a statement. And I'm a big fan of Seventeen. Good stuff. Take away the Bible and the KKK would just find something else to justify their extreme hatred. They would just move on to Darwinism and say that Darwin proved that whites were more evolved than blacks or something equally ridiculous. Rock, Heavy Metal, Rap and many other types of music have all been blamed for some pretty bad things too, would we be better off without music as well? Soxtalk has probably caused some people to justify their extreme hatred for the cubs, cub fans and Jay Marrioti, Maybe it should be shut down.

I'll go in for league 2 again.

QUOTE(The Critic @ Jan 21, 2008 -> 09:21 PM) HD really brings out the creases in Shawn Michaels' face. And yet he is still so much better than everybody else.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Dec 19, 2007 -> 09:11 AM) That article is trash, as is anybody who argues steroid use is ok because everybody did it. This goes back to the most basic point of common sense, would you jump off a bridge just because everybody else did? Until someone starts offering multi year multi million dollar contracts for jumping off bridges you can't even begin to compare the two situations.

QUOTE(WhiteSoxfan1986 @ Nov 7, 2007 -> 07:47 PM) I can't believe the overreaction here. Really, are you new?

QUOTE(29andPoplar @ Nov 1, 2007 -> 02:54 PM) The organization neither screwed him or lied to him. He'd been told multiple times the work he needed to put in to get better, he didn't. This is a guy who watches TV in the clubhouse instead of studying film. The White Sox are not in the business of wanting their players to fail. It's no one's fault but his own that he's acting unprofessionally. Well maybe it's not his fault. Maybe Ozzie and KW should have scheduled weekly meetings with him to keep him informed of their plans for him. I'm sure that would have helped him. Damn KW and Ozzie, not making enough time for this budding superstar.

QUOTE(witesoxfan @ Oct 31, 2007 -> 12:05 PM) There needs to be some major work done with his swing before he'll even be a respectable hitter. Looks to me like the attitude needs to be fixed before anything can be worked on. He just comes off as a primadona who thinks everything is owed to him and I beleive that attitude is why the orginization has "dicked him around".

QUOTE(greg775 @ Jul 28, 2007 -> 11:58 PM) Richar has nothing to do with this. This is about the Iguchi trade. It was a horrible trade and KW should be ashamed. What is so wrong about asking for a player who is at least a big leaguer for Iguchi?? If the Mets wanted him as well, it's really really a shame KW gave him away. Disgraceful. Before Utley went down the Mets were probably the only contender that may have been looking for a second base rental. Based on KW's quick call to the Phillies after Utley went down I woud have to think that there was really no interest in Tad from the Mets. I guess we should have just kept him for the rest of the season and let him earn his 1 million while sitting on the bench and then let him go for nothing at the end of the year.

I can not believe that anyone could possibly be upset with this trade. The Sox have to see what Richar can do in the majors now. If they didn't trade Tad he would have to spend the last two months of the season as a bench player so Richar could play. Tad looks to be declining anyway and I would not be surprised if he ends up back in Japan next year. If any team would have been willing to give up more than a C level prospect for a 2B they would have been giving it up for Lorreta or Hudson or Grudz or Castillo knowing that they would get some draft picks back if they did not resign them or have their rights for next year in the case of Hudson.

QUOTE(ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 27, 2007 -> 09:36 AM) Look for books/writings by Gene Carneyon this subject. He is one of, if not the most, prominent authority on this subject. I did a bunch of research for a senior thesis two years ago in college on this subject and how it tied into the changing times in the U.S. from the 1910's into the 1920's. I used a bunch of stuff written by him and also went to the HoF itself to use its archives to do research in their library (which is very cool, by the way). Although not an innocent figure, i'm not so sure how involved Jackson was in this. There are a lot of holes in many arguments from a bunch of untrustwhrothy sources (including Arnold Rothstein). I cant get into it much now w/o my paper and being at work, but if interested in this subject you definitely have to look at works by Gene Carney. I just recently finnished his book Burying the Black Sox. I thought it was more informative than 8 men out. I would also recomend Say it ain't so Joe by Doanald Gropman, the biography is a little dry but there is some good info in there. Red Legs and Black Sox was also a good read, it has a perspective of the scandal from the Reds side.

Well played Mr. Buehrle, well played.

The only thing KW did wrong was to let himself get played by Mark Buehrle. If MB is so sick of all the rumors then maybe he should have told his people not to leak things to the media. If he wants to avoid the media why is he cleaning out his locker in front of them, he is stiring the pot to get some publicity and drive those free agent dollars up. I'll give MB credit. He is playing this out to perfection and he will get the payday he is looking for.

QUOTE(michelangelosmonkey @ Jul 6, 2007 -> 09:53 AM) But Jon Rauch? He was just a kid...in the majors for the first time...and he did some fool thing and GONE. It's interesting. Clearly he's not Dusty Baker who doesn't want young guys. But if he meets a young guy with an ego? Dog house. Even more curious since Ozzie as a player was up and brash at 21 I really don't think Ozzie has a problem with young guys who have an ego. I think his problem is with young guys with an ego that don't seem to respect the game. Ozzie may have a big ego but I think he has a bigger respect for the game.

I still think this was all done by Mark's camp. I think the Sox gave up on signing him last year when he turned down the contract that was offered then. They were activly shopping him so it is obvious that he was not in the plans. Someone on Marks side must have got the ball rolling on this recent round of talks and saying a hometown discount could be had. They then leak it to the media that Mark will sign for a discount so Mark looks like the good guy and then at the last minute they bring out the NTC knowing full well that the Sox wont go for it. Mission acomplished, Mark gets the big money in free agency and leaves looking like the good guy.

QUOTE(fathom @ Jun 30, 2007 -> 01:13 PM) Which is exactly what the Buehrle side wants you to believe. Yeah, it looks like Mark played this out perfectly. I think he is getting exactly what he wanted.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Jun 30, 2007 -> 01:27 PM) That would make me right. Was there ever any doubt.