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QUOTE(BigEdWalsh @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 12:36 PM) http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-b...ov=ap&type=lgns Brooklyn Nets? Hmmm? I could get used to it, I suppose. This has been in the works for more than a year. a group of investors including Jay-Z bought the team and has been trying to move it to brooklyn if Brooklyn was willing to sell a large plot of land for the arena/center.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 01:27 PM) yes addy, I am. then you realize that there is a rather large sample size then. He was OC/QB coach for 4 years.

QUOTE(Spiff @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 10:24 AM) Orton's rating was 52.8, I don't know why people are getting so excited. because the last guy who was the starter posted a 0.0 rating in the pre-season. 52.8 is pretty exciting considering THAT alternative. My thought on this is that Orton is going to have a good season...for a rookie. That could mean alot of different things, the most important thing being that orton has a full year of experience. if Orton makes it through the season, then he has 10 more games under his belt than Grossman. Saying Grossman is signed through next year really means nothing. The bears can cut him, and its a small hit on the cap. Grossman is in a bad career situation now, but there have been many QBs who have gone through the league known as injury prone guys and have done fine(Chandler and McNair come to mind). I do feel that Grossman could take away the starting position next year(provided Orton doesnt take the Bears to the playoffs), but I dont think it will be an open competition. I think Grossman is literally going to have to TAKE it away from orton. but competition for the number 1 QB is a good thing. Jerry Angelo just doesnt agree with it.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 09:49 AM) Duque to get 1 more shot vs. Twins ''[Hernandez] has brought me all the way to here to this point,'' Guillen said. ''I have a lot of confidence in El Duque. He had one bad outing. We're going to stay the same way, but in the next couple of days, we could change our mind when we see how El Duque feels.'' 'Right now El Duque should be the man because I feel that I let that man down when I took him out,'' Guillen said. ''I feel like people think that I just took him out because everybody wants McCarthy pitching. Well, I do, too. Everybody wants this kid to pitch. But when a guy has pitched for you all year long, I don't think it's fair for him to be treated like this. Wow Ozzie, there is no defending you on this one. One bad outing is really stretching it. And he hasnt pitched all year long, the guy had two spells on the disabled list.

QUOTE(Irishsox1 @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 12:38 AM) The funny thing is that I had never posted about Sox attendance in the 4 years as a member. Not once!...until the last KC series. Oh well, now I now....and learning was half the battle.

QUOTE(IlliniKrush @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 12:48 AM) http://www.despair.com/effort.html I laughed out loud That is funny. Any potshots at France are generally funny

QUOTE(Kalapse @ Sep 14, 2005 -> 01:12 AM) He blocked a kick that essentially won the game Vs the Titans last year. That's the only f***ing thing he's ever accomplished in the NFL, a blocked f***ing kick... Actually I think he has blocked more than one kick for the bears. If I recall correctly, he blocked a kick against St Louis in the game that his knee was destroyed in. I want to say he has blocked 2 or 3 kicks. I knew he was done as a bear when he was rolled up in St Louis. You could see the entire bottom side of his knee disjoint. Big guys just put too much weight on their legs to allow proper healing. Case in point, Frank Thomas.

QUOTE(Middle Buffalo @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 02:46 PM) Animals are jealous/protective by nature. Any chance Montecore smelled strange pussy on Roy? Something tells me that noone has ever smelled that on Roy Horn.....ever. QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 02:45 PM) I remember reading somewhere the tiger was actually trying to protect Roy not hurt him and he was hurt more due to the strength of the animal (as you mentioned) not because he was trying to harm him. I haven't read many articles about what happened so this might be way off, just a memory that is tickling my brain. Thats what S & R are claiming, and have been saying right from the start. The attack wasnt what ultimately injured Roy, he ended up having a stroke due to the loss of blood in his brain and a blood pressure problem he has. Roy said that Mantecore sensed that he was about to have a stroke, and tried to get him off the stage for help. Not really a realistic reason, but thats what he told Maria Shriver.

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Sep 12, 2005 -> 12:19 PM) Yeah, but the Vegas boys basically said afterwards that these are wild animals and that is what they do. I don't think they ever claimed they should be domesticated. That is one of the things about these nuts, they knew they had fire at hand, and they did respect it, and even after the fact, they still respect it. Probably like some shark victims, they come away respecting the beast more. I believe the cat was put down, due to it having had the taste of blood, but I don't think they ever said that it wasn't their fault. I also agree that the people that are shocked by it are idiots, but I don't think they were ever "shocked" any more than anybody else watching a giant cat attacking your partner of umpteen years would be shocked. Heck, 2000 years of being domestic hasn't worked on many of the house cats I have seen!!! Montecore (the tiger that attacked Roy) was not put down, and still resides with Siegfried and Roy in their Secret Garden. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/wild_cats/111218 I understand how you can say "They are wild animals you dummy!" about the shock value this attack had on S&R, but the fact is that they are not wild, yet not domesticated. these large cats are extremely pampered by S&R and those guys work with them etremely hard, but I think the problem is that they have all these instincts that they dont know what to do with, and they surface at odd and bad times. Wild, no. untrustworthy, yes. It is strange though, that the tiger didnt really attack and maul Roy. He jumped up and grabbed him around the neck, but he didnt shake him and "make a kill" like tigers do. He literally picked Roy up and carried him off the stage, and the damage (while severe due to the length and strength of the tigers teeth) was more incidental and very little indication of maiming or intent to do harm. Strange situation at the very least. The only people who probably know what really happened that night are probably in S&R's close circle of friends.

SIU all the way.

Im with you Palesox, that was an amazing show. Also, it was the biggest and most multipurposed stage I have ever seen. I overheard someone saying that it takes 70 trucks to move all of their stuff, I wouldnt have believed it until i was actually inside. Really amazing. Jagger has more energy than I have had in the past 5 years, and I am 27.

Bears 24 Skins 17 yeah, im an optimist.

God guys, you are all recalling my 6th grade year in study hall. I played every single one of those games (Oregon Trail, Math Munchers, the Fishing Game) in study hall.

Im going Im going Im going!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...on/050907&num=0 it is really quite amazing what the press doesnt find newsworthy, and what they do find newsworthy. It is really amazing that this story can go under the radar for so long while a case with incredibly similar circumstances can be pushed because of who is involved. Even moreso when you consider both of the cases involve teams based in LA and owned by Jerry buss. Thoughts?

QUOTE(3E8 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 02:07 PM) Just listened to the semi-new 311 album. I think it is mostly mediocre with a couple standout tracks. So, just like all their other discs. Thats the vibe I get from alot of 311 fans I know(me being one of them). I would have to say its just like all their other discs after Transistor. Transistor and the discs before it are all pretty damn good start to finish, IMO.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 11:20 AM) Yeah, he sucked while he was here. to the Nth degree

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Sep 9, 2005 -> 11:07 AM) Magglio Ordonez spoke softly, but his words landed with a thud -- just like the Tigers' winless September. "I think we stink," he said after Thursday's 4-2 to the Cleveland Indians. "We should feel embarrassed, the way we are playing and the way we are hitting. We suck." Ordonez hasn't spoken out about the Tigers like this before. But this season's up-and-down club hasn't been down like this before. The Tigers have lost eight straight, scoring 10 runs in those eight games. They are 12 games below .500. This isn't what Ordonez, the big-time slugger, envisioned when he signed for five years and $75 million last off-season. "You don't win ballgames with talent," he said. "You win ballgames with run-scoring and playing defense and playing good ball. "I wish I knew the answer. I don't know what is going on. I know we are playing hard, but it's not happening." Ordonez spent his career until this season with the White Sox, and he got used to a winning record. Unless the Tigers win 18 of their final 24 games, Ordonez for the first time in six years will play on a team that finishes with a losing record. "You have to get used to winning," Ordonez said. "Winning is a habit. Losing is a habit." The Tigers are on target for their 12th straight losing season. "We need to change our attitude," Ordonez said. "We should be over .500." hmmmm, I know of a team that wins ballgames by playing defense and playing good ball. Although, they emphasize pitching more than run-scoring. But I dont think that Magglio would understand that.....

Last time i checked, the Sox had to go 16-16 for the month of august and the Indians had to go 21-8(or something like that). So now do the Sox have to go 9-16 and the Indians go 16-6?

QUOTE(LVSoxFan @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) Remember Ozzie said something a couple of weeks ago that I thought was interesting: he said Contreras has the best stuff, even though he's not the best pitcher. Side note: how funny is it when Ozzie blurts out stuff so bluntly? He was talking about B-Mac this week and he says something like "The kid plays three games this season and he sucks," but now he's lights-out. LOL! You won't hear that from Dusty Baker! Thats because Dusty doesnt play rookies. You cant know how good or bad your players are if you stay with your crappy vets until they crash the ship

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 08:25 AM) Stage presence and incessant rambling shouldnt be considered the same. Like I said, different strokes for different folks. I didnt consider them the same. Some bands actually appreciate your presence at their performances, and let the crowd know it. Other bands go out, do their songs and walk off the stage onto the bus as if it didnt matter. you can tell which is which up on stage. I dont want a band to preach to me either, but I want to know that they are enjoying the show also.

QUOTE(Capn12 @ Sep 8, 2005 -> 06:29 AM) Opinions, like assholes, as they say... I saw them in Charlotte last year, thought they did a pretty good job myself. Are they out there pepping the crowd up? No, but if you are there to hear stories instead of hearing the music, you can always go read the internet. Just my humble opinion. If the band isnt giving me a stage presence when I pay my good money to watch him perform, then I am not going to be happy. I want to see a performance when i go to a concert, I dont want to see a guy up on stage going through the motions.

QUOTE(CanOfCorn @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 10:01 AM) I wonder why no one is saying that these injuries are some sort of defect. I mean, this is the second or third time he's pulled part of a tendon off a bone. I can't remember a lot of other players having the same type of injury more than once. I'm sorry he's hurt...but I wonder if this is a career ender. From what i have read, i gathered that KGJ didnt do much to augment his natural strength. Basically, he just went out and played. He rarely worked out, ran, did stamina excercises. So as he got older, it started to catch up to him. Im not saying this is the reason, but it certainly can be a symptom to his problem with staying healthy now.

QUOTE(bighurt2719 @ Sep 7, 2005 -> 07:55 AM) man, i hate to be so critical, but what will it take for you all to shut up about trading or getting rid of paulie? its not happening. he is producing and we are winning. let me guess, we should trade him for vinnie castilla. no, jim thome. no todd helton. all those trades are GREAT ideas. No you dont sound critical at all after that statement. :headshake

After much thought, I have decided that the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin, is actually the lead guitarist for Audioslave, formerly Rage Against the Machine, Tom Morello. Nagin Morello This case is now closed. You can go back to your regular complaining about modern day music.