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Hudson is toast and I don't think the organization (Cooper) liked him.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Dec 3, 2013 -> 09:35 AM) Considering Ozzie and AJ talk all the time and still occassionally go out with each other for dinner, you again are the one who can't be objective. From mlbtraderumors: •The notion that A.J. Pierzynski is bad for a team is way off-base, according to one longtime teammate who said, “He may rub people the wrong way on other teams, but if he’s your teammate, he’s great. He’s tough, loyal, can call a game, and he can hit. I wish we had him back.” Hey, Paul Konerko, what do you mean "we?" Boston and AJ deserve each other.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 3, 2013 -> 09:58 AM) No way dude! Gangster Squad was f***in' ART because Ryan Gosling's chosen hand touched it. Don't it so personally. It'll be okay.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 3, 2013 -> 09:10 AM) The Fast and the Furious is guaranteed a better movie than Gangster Squad. Gangster Squad was complete trash and nothing about Gosling's role was "for art" or whatever. Real actors are in the Fast and Furious movies, too. I never said good actors don't make bad movies. It happens all the time. To even suggest Ryan Gosling is a viable replacement to the Fast and Furious franchise is delusional. Also, equating success and popularity with quality is ridiculous. People like bad s*** ie. Miller Lite, The Phantom Menace, Nikki Minaj, Chicago Cubs, McDonald's, Adam Sandler, Notre Dame football, The Boondock Saints, etc.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 3, 2013 -> 08:53 AM) If you are into a movie like that, then sure. Kind of silly to call it a bad franchise when you never watched one, though. It might be the 6 rating on IMDB, the straight to DVD sequels or that they're directed by Justin Lin that's turning me off.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Dec 3, 2013 -> 08:44 AM) Oh give me a break - the dude was in f***ing Gangster Squad and The Notebook for f***'s sake. He's making plenty of money and has signed up for plenty of paychecks. He made The Notebook decade ago and it's not bad. Gangster Squad was made by a solid, up and coming director with a cast of real actors. Don't compare them to the Fast and Furious. It's like comparing Culver's to McDonalds.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 3, 2013 -> 08:42 AM) I said that and agreed with that. I think the F&F movies are better than you do though. They are what they are, drag racing tongue firmly in cheek unbelieveable action popcorn movies, but they arent bad In fairness, I've never actually watched one. Do I really need to though?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 3, 2013 -> 08:15 AM) It isnt a bad franchise, that is a very successful franchise. It may be corny and unbelieveable, but it is a complete cash cow. I doubt Gosling would be interested because he is more of an artsy (read: Nicolas Winding-Refn muse) actor. What does success have to do with quality? Most top grossing movies are bad. Ryan Gosling seems like an actor more concerned with the craft than being rich.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 11:46 PM) You'd have to watch DRIVE first. There was a "Sons of Anarchy-esque" dark tone in that film. He can actually play against type pretty effectively. Or even Crazy, Stupid, Love. And, in terms of appearance, he's probably the closest....that Steve McQueen edge was the direction Paul Walker's career was going to go, according to those who were close to him. I've seen Drive. Ryan Gosling is not going to make the 7th or 8th movie of a bad franchise. Gosling isn't broke, right? Maybe he'll do Fast and Furious and then do a couple Final Destinations too. Maybe they can get Steve McQueen. He's not doing anything and he made Bullit.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Dec 1, 2013 -> 07:27 PM) Different directions to go with F&F Franchise... 1) Statham does an about face and becomes good guy/sidekick with Vin Diesel after the retribution killing goes down in Tokyo 2) Ryan Gosling, he was in "Drive" after all...and has that similar blonde/blue-eyed appearance 3) A woman....Lettie or Eva Mendes? 4) Tyrese 5) The Rock becomes the sidekick after their Bromance in the last movie...hard to imagine, since he's a US Marshall still 6) Channing Tatum....can't quite imagine Mark Wahlberg here 7) They do another version of Training Day with a young/unknown/rookie guy paired with the veteran/experienced Diesel 8) Hard to think of an Asian actor now that the main one in the series was just killed in Tokyo Drift (along with his g/f in the plane going down the endless runway scene)...Jet Li doesn't really fit, Jackie Chan's too old...and an Asian female actress just doesn't seem to fit with Diesel unless it was Devon Aoki (Tokyo Drift), which also makes less sense going forward since the theoretical 8th movie will unlikely to be set in Asia again, although you never know, they could do Singapore/Hong Kong/Shanghai. Ryan Gosling? You can't be serious. There is no way in hell he does a Fast and Furious movie. I mean, come on man.

I've honestly never seen anything with Paul Walker in it. I did know who he was though.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 29, 2013 -> 10:52 PM) Difference between KU and Duke. Parker is expected to have the ball in his hands at the end of a game like this. Wiggins has deferred. Except for the time they went head to head and Wiggins hit the 2 game winning shots while fouling Parker out.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 02:15 PM) He was pretty good in Magic Mike and 21 Jump Street. Especially 21 Jump Street, that movie was hilarious. He was okay in A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, but he's one dimensional.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 2, 2013 -> 11:45 AM) I'm debating whether to surprise my wife with a laptop this year for christmas. I like the HP Envy series and Sams Club has a pretty good cyber week deal - 15.6 inch touchscreen, backlit keyboard, 4th gen i7 processor, 8gb of ram, 750 gb hard drive for $699. It's the cheapest 4th gen i7 touchscreen with more than 4gbs of ram by $150-200. I like everything about it and the price except for the "HD" screen. It's not true HD, it's only 1366 x 768. Not sure if it's worth spending so much extra money for true HD resolution for an "around the house" (web surfing, photo/video viewing/minimal editing, word processing, email, etc) laptop. I've seen that same Envy for $599 on non holiday sales. It's a powerful computer, but that screen is terrible. Take a look at Slick Deals and see what you can find.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 1, 2013 -> 10:44 AM) Actually I think that is referring to the charity part. He was giving people rides in his car to raise money for a Phillipind Typhoon charity I think it was in reference to these guys driving like idiots.

I keep reading, "he died doing something he loved." People realize Fast and Furious isnt a documentary, right?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 29, 2013 -> 01:37 PM) Not even close. Different situations. You could just as easily substitute South Korea or the Philippines for Japan. In the case of Israel, historically, there's just not a really good comparison. It was a joke in context of the comment I quoted. Have a beer, homie.

QUOTE (Tex @ Nov 29, 2013 -> 08:09 AM) Nice to be Japan. You get to play chicken with American lives. So you're saying Japan is the Israel of Asia?

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QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Nov 26, 2013 -> 09:09 AM) Boardwalk. Wow. The last ten minutes I was on the edge of my seat. Not sure that I liked how it all wrapped up or where the show is headed from here. But still, wow. My biggest "gripe" would be that Narcisse wasn't taking the wrap for the murder. He was threatened with deportation if he didn't become an informant. Richard's scene wasn't about his marksmanship, it was about hesitation. He was no longer the killer he had been. He discovered his humanity. The scene where his sister shot the dog symbolized this. It mirrored the scene when he was contemplating suicide in the woods from a couple years ago. The dog represented his fight in both scenes.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Nov 25, 2013 -> 11:34 AM) I'm sure it will happen, but I don't want to hear Reggie Rose say a damn thing this year. I'm hoping that accomplish that in this draft. Looks like the Bobcats might actually finish outside the Top 10 picks, so count that + pick you should get for Deng and you'll have 3 first rounders. Hopefully they get that in this draft + trades + Nikola. Next year could theoretically have 4 rookies, lesser Rose, and Noah. It'll be a struggle. My ideal scenario: Trade Boozer and the Bobcats pick restrictions to the Bobcats for Gordon and their pick this year. Deng for Ariza and Wizards pick. Make it a three team deal if you need filler. Trade Kirk, Dunleavy and James for second rounders. Going into offseason: PG: Rose (+), Teague SG: Butler, Snell SF : PF : Taj, Nikola C : Noah Using the three firsts that you should have (Bulls, Bobcats, and Deng pick) hope that the Bulls are bad enough to get Jabari before Utah (another Chicago miracle lottery win?), Cauley-Stein/McCary, and Gary Harris. If Jabari is gone, bring in Exum and move Jimmy to SF. Use the 2nd rounders + Deng 1st to move up to ensure Harris or Cauley-Stein. Sign Kirk in the offseason and BG if he shows anything when he is here. All falls perfectly into place and... PG: Rose (+), Hinrich, Teague SG: Butler, Harris, Gordon SF: Jabari, Snell PF: Nikola, Taj, Murphy C : Noah, Cauley-Stein (Unreasonable hope for a young, athletic and talented roster like this is the only thing keeping me from drinking right now. f*** Reggie Rose.) Are you trying to build the worst defensive team in the history if basketball? That's brutal. Gordon, Rose, Parker and Mirotic? I could score on that team.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 21, 2013 -> 10:48 PM) The bottom lime is this guy has averaged 1.8 WAR the last 4 years. I have read WAR is worth $5 million to $6 million per. So the last 4 years he has been worth at least $36 million, so why is this an overpay. A. You just got owned. B. Your avatar creeps me out. C. Justin Vargas and Salty play different positions. There is no relevance.

Here's what scares me about Phegley. A. He's a bad defender. He really doesn't have any tools behind the plate. B. His swing is ugly. The plane is weird. It looks manufactured and it's slow. C. I haven't seen him actually square up many balls. Even the HR's he's hit have been a result of a huge guy making decent contact. They're pushed out. There's no pop off the bat. They're just giant fly balls. I need to see him hit a couple rockets.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 22, 2013 -> 01:02 AM) That he's different than when he was drafted. Maybe it doesn't mean anything but I think he deserves a shot out of ST. He definitely deserves a shot. There's nobody pushing him.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 22, 2013 -> 01:00 AM) Just relaying what I think the attitude is. Doesn't mean it will work, but IMO the talent is there for some of those guys. I look at more like Hahn is trying to keep the mouth breathers happy while he rebuilds.