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QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 12:57 PM) What is Beckham doing? Not that it would have mattered. I'm growing tired of the Beckham experiment rather quickly these days.

Three lazy groundballs. And no working of the counts. Sigh...

QUOTE (Chisoxrd5 @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 12:34 PM) It would make more sense to DH Pierre and let Viciedo play in the OF. Improves the OF defense and prevents teams from taking an automatic extra base on hits to LF. I don't follow prospects at all, but I thought Viciedo's big liability was defense...was I incorrect?

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Jul 3, 2011 -> 12:29 PM) Okay I am firmly on the Dunn to the DL via phantom injury for Dayan. Juan at least is coming around, Dunn is not. He needs like two weeks to just get away and relax. What positions can Viciedo play competently? Third and left? Anyone think it's a bad idea to bring him up and have him DH?

What a surprise.

Voila.

Why on Earth is Dunn batting third? He shouldn't even be in the lineup at all when there's no DH, but instead Ozzie puts him in two days in a row and then bats him in the best hitter's slot. I've been tired of Ozzie for a long time now, but this seals the deal. Signature coming shortly.

What are Jeter, Martin and Wieters doing on that team? I refuse to watch that crap.

I've seen bits and pieces of a very few of these flicks, but never the whole things. So here they are: The Godfather anything Harry Potter/Twilight anything Lord of the Rings 2 and 3 The Terminator (the first one...I've seen most of the second and all of the third) To Kill A Mockingbird The Fast and the Furious 1 and 2 Aliens Avatar Rocky anything The Exorcist Raging Bull Jackass anything Transformers 2 or 3 (no intention of seeing either one) Casablanca Davinci Code/Angels and Demons Predator Any of the new Star Wars Casino Spider Man 3 Lethal Weapon anything Halloween (the original) Nightmare on Elm Street anything Never seen a Bruce Lee movie It's A Wonderful Life Scarface Wall Street Saving Private Ryan (I'm in the Army too..HA!) Patton A Clockwork Orange Gone With The Wind Dances With Wolves Saw a tiny bit of the old True Grit, and that was the only time I've seen John Wayne act The Sound of Music Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 12 Angry Men Lawrence of Arabia The only Hitchcock movies I've seen are Psycho and North by Northwest Spartacus Ben-Hur The Deer Hunter The Sixth Sense Basic Instinct Dr. Zhivago Amadeus Any James Dean flick The Good, the Bad and the Ugly I'll shut up now. What do I win?

Another thing I want to point out, WT... Nothing that happened with that girl was your fault. I know how you feel because I wanted to take the blame too and I tried to do that when I went over to her house that day. I wanted to tell her that it was my personal troubles that damaged our relationship and I wanted to take the blame and offer to fix things between us. And for a while, even after it ended, I thought it was my fault. But I was wrong. I didn't do anything wrong. You didn't do anything wrong. Your ex is a whore, and so is mine. They will lead pointless, unhappy lives, and then they will share a special place in Hell together. You might think I'm harsh, but I have zero sympathy for anyone who cheats. The only thing I want with anyone who has no concept of fidelity is to be there the day they get hit by a bus. F*** them. Also, whoever said that the best relationships come when you're not even seeking them was damn right. I've gone out and tried to find them before and it always fails. Always. But when I'm just putzing along, minding my business, the best ones develop. I know that's horrible advice...I mean, how can you act on that? But seriously, that's how it goes.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jun 29, 2011 -> 11:31 PM) So I've been seeing this girl for like a month and a half. Her birthday was 2 weeks ago so I made sure to make it special. But since then things had seemed sort of weird and I could tell something was wrong. I didn't help my cause trying to figure it out and kind of annoying her. But tonight I was riding my bike around since it was a beautiful night out. She told me I could stop by her appartment any time I wanted. I wanted a drink of water since I was thirsty. She's outside the door so I go to talk to her and she's obviously surprised to see me. Then out walks another guy that's half dressed. So to state the obvious she's seeing someone else. She had a phone call and answered it so I started chatting with this guy, they had been seeing each other for about a week now. He had no idea who I was. So I'm asking everyone has anyone ever walked in on another guy like that before? Can't lie, it hurts, but I thought it'd hurt worse than this. I guess I just realize she's somewhat fake and I can do better. Man, I'm sorry you went through this, but trust me, things get better from here. I can promise you that because I was in your shoes at the beginning of the year. I started dating this girl in October. We got serious pretty quick, but things seemed great. We never fought, sex life was solid, we were really talking about a future together. And against my better judgment, I believed it. We trusted each other and supposedly cared about each other and all that. The "perfect" relationship. Now, I must admit, I was ignoring a lot of red flags. She'd slept with a lot of people before me, but I figured, if she's clean and she's loyal, who cares? Silly, I know. She had some shady habits, like being way too protective of her phone and wanting more "alone time" than a serious partner should. And there were some little lies that I noticed but never called her on (such-and-such a guy wasn't at a party of hers while I was out of town, but he shows up in the pictures etc etc). But I'm not a jealous type at all, so I just laughed and carried on with the relationship. Anyhow, I eventually hit a rough spot. I had some serious personal troubles and just hit a low in my life. I worked on getting them sorted out, but she decided to simply abandon me. She told me to leave her alone, and when I drove to her house to confront her about a week later and possibly get my stuff back, she texted me to leave or she'd call the cops. I told her she'd burn in Hell, I forgot about my stuff (a few hygiene items and my favorite book) and I bounced. Never called her again. So, a few weeks later, I'm at work and I'm working with this guy who I knew was a friend of hers. Too nerdy, not her type, just a friend. So I mention her, as sort of "haha small world" kind of thing. He looks at me funny, and I say, "oh, we dated." He goes, "Funny, we did too." They were pretty casual, but they were still doing it while we were dating. She came over to my place after "working a night shift", and it was her birthday. I gave her some $160 earrings. Well, she was at her hospital's formal with the other dude. He didn't know about me at all, and she apparently dumped him entirely a few weeks later for some coworker of hers who she has also cheated on (the Army's a small world). But me and the other dude, we get along fine now. He didn't know so I wasn't gonna hold it against him, and he's a good guy. It hurt when I found out. But it's OK, because I met another girl soon after. She's moving to join me in El P in August, and she's just wonderful. She doesn't raise the same red flags that my ex did. I've gotten through my rough patch, made new friends and found a good new girlfriend who I can really see a future with. And now that I'm a bit more learned on how to see the signs, I can say that with a lot more confidence. My ex, your ex, they will get theirs. My ex had been cheated on before, and I think she was trying to repay the favor by cheating on me and all her new lovers. But I'm not the one who's burning up inside; she is. So keep your head up dude. It gets better from here.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 04:11 PM) Luke Hochaver was the #1 pick and he sucks. Like I said, if you believe in pitcher peripherals, which I obviously do, then you can see Humber is not a true sub-.3.00 ERA, sub-1.00 WHIP caliber of pitcher. And the eye test works as well. It's not all about stats. But Humber is gettin' it done, be it luck or whatever. That's all that matters. For now, anyway. Not a real sub-3.00 ERA pitcher? Are you saying he's a fluke? I don't get it. He's got a 2.69 ERA. I'd say that's true enough for me.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 03:42 PM) I don't know for some reason I thought I remembered hearing something about that, maybe not though. Maybe it was you had to throw the complete game and not rain shortened games, I honestly don't know where I heard it, or what exactly it was, it's been a long time ago. I could understand if it was the away team throwing the no-hitter and losing without a bottom of the ninth, but if a pitcher goes nine innings, gives up no hits, and loses, I don't think that prevents a technical no-hitter. In other news, I hate Adam Dunn.

QUOTE (WilliamTell @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 03:36 PM) Yes I would. For some reason I think I remember hearing that it's technically not a no hitter in the record books if that happens. Someone please correct me or add to this because I thought Bud Selig changed it for some reason. Why wouldn't it be? A no hitter's a no hitter, regardless of whether the team wins. Either way, no hitter and shutout gone all in one pitch. And Garza should shut the hell up. He threw the pitch.

QUOTE (iguchi=dank @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 02:57 PM) I don't have too much problems when it rains, only HEAVY rain. and even then, you just go to the standard def channel alternative and that is usually working, sucks when your dvr'ing something on HD and it rains though, but honestly it doesn't happy much for me. Ohhhhh. You guys were talking about literal rain! I thought the first dude was being metaphorical. Well, that's good news then. I live in El Paso. It rained yesterday for about thirty minutes, and that was the first time I've seen the stuff in four months.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 02:51 PM) You're not going to happy when it rains. When the weather is nice, DirecTV has the best HD picture, but when it rains, at least at my place, you lose the picture at least half the time. The girlfriend said it's reliable...? Hmmm.

DirecTV, my place, MONDAY! God, I'm more excited than Anthony Weiner in a sex chatroom.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 01:52 PM) Of course, then you're stuck with AT&T. Which is a fate about as bad as death. Yeah. I've been through that already. I actually paid them $200 just to get out of my contract and switch back to Verizon and buy the new iPhone 4.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 01:43 PM) Direct TV package. Access to all 30 teams (most of the time). And never. I live for forties. Long as I run my ten miles a week I'm good. Maybe I should get in on this Direct TV thing. I have Time Warner and it sucks. It's expensive ($120 a month for high-speed internet and cable with DVR, HD channels, and all that special stuff), the customer service is crappy, the extra channels are mostly the same as the regular channels (I really don't see the difference) and I definitely don't get special sports packages. I just don't know how to get Direct TV in and TWC out smoothly. And what about my internet? Arrrggghhhhhhhhhhh.

QUOTE (hi8is @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 01:31 PM) Regarding Sunday... What you talkin about Willis?? Sunday is on WGN and mlb.tv On Sundays, MLBTV is blacked out if the start time is after 5:00 PM ET. I can't remember when that's actually affected my viewing abilities (when was our last Sunday night game? anyone?), but it's still a dumb policy. And I don't get WGN.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Jul 2, 2011 -> 01:25 PM) The Extra Innings package really is one of the great inventions in world history. Only about $25 a month. I blow more than that in a week on forties. What's the Extra Inning package? And man, $25 a week on forties? You might want to talk to someone about that...

Stupid MLBTV blackout restrictions for Saturday and Sunday...anyone know of another way I can watch the game online?

They have to go 54-29 to reach a record of 88-74, which is my guestimate of what it will take to win the division. Their 15-2 run was scary, but they're still wracked with injuries and a lot of their players are struggling. They need to turn the act around quick, and I just don't see it happening. Then again, they are the Twins. Crap, crap, crap...

QUOTE (dielac @ Jun 28, 2011 -> 05:15 AM) I actually believe Pujols, in this day and age, has been and still is slightly underrated, because he plays in STL. Pujols, underrated? Because he plays in STL? I mean, yeah, I guess he'd be the new Babe Ruth if he played in the Bronx, but he's still going to be regarded as one of the greatest hitters of all time, and THE greatest hitter of the 2000s. And the way you mention St Louis, one would think you were talking about the Brewers or the Mariners or some other historically forgettable franchise. The Cardinals are a very storied franchise, and they've been a solid to great team through all of Pujols' tenure. Again, if any player's not in Yankee pinstripes, he's already at a small deficit, but beyond that, I don't think Pujols is underrated at all.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Jun 20, 2011 -> 09:05 PM) Barry Bonds used to be my favorite player. I used to have his jerseys and all that jazz. *ducks head* I didn't have Bonds' jersey or anything, but I used to love to watch him hit. That was a special kind of fear he instilled in pitchers when he strolled up. It was also before he turned out to be a giant d-bag. What a shame. Now, my favorites are Vlad Guerrero, Michael Young, Jair Jurrjens, James Loney, and Ubaldo Jimenez (I was in the front row for his no-hitter last year, which was EPIC).