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http://larrybrownsports.com/baseball/frank...pictures/127997 Frank McCourt's new g/f. Is it just me or does it look like she has a black eye in the shot without the shades?

Is that Chuck Norris?

QUOTE (flippedoutpunk @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 08:05 PM) Thanks Brian. Btw, what is up with the pricing on the authentic Miami Marlins jerseys? I was trying to order an orange Giancarlo one and the thing was 320 dollars! An authentic Konerko jersey is around 215? Anyone know why the 100 dollar difference? With how cheesy they look you would think that would be enough to make people avoid buying them, but setting the price at 320?? I remember when an authentic jersey price over $100 was a bit steep, just more than 20 years ago. Or New Era caps were available for under $20. Now they're selling for about $50 here in China, the real ones, not the fake/knock-off ones. With Stanton, probably because of all the newfound excitement around that franchise, the colors, his rising status as a superstar, let's call it "dynamic pricing" for jerseys as well as tickets. Supply and demand, interest is much higher in Reyes/Ramirez/J.Johnson/Stanton jerseys than ever before in the history of the franchise.

Nor has he shown any ability to 1) hit for any power or 2) stay healthy or 3) play adequate defense.

For the purposes of this exercise, just players who started out with the White Sox organization (drafted or international free agent). That eliminates Omar Vizquel. Wilson Valdez would have to play there. Maybe we'd have to use Aaron Miles in the middle infield, but neither Getz nor Miles should be anywhere near SS. Including Olivo and Sergio Santos (since we really cultivated him as a pitcher, whereas the D-Backs drafted him in the first round originally as a shortstop).

Then you'll undoubtedly have all the stories about how supportive and patient Reinsdorf and KW were with Ozzie and his family...juxtaposed with how they are going to be treated by Loria et al in Miami if the team down there doesn't get off to a decent start. How Ozzie was allowed to "coast" for 3 years while he doesn't have that luxury in South Florida...that the novelty of the stadium will wear off quickly and the pressure to win will be almost as great as in Boston, Philadelphia, New York or Atlanta (after the late season swoon last September) because of the level of expectations that were raised this offseason (not unlike our own "All In" disaster), etc. Whereas there will be very little shock or suprise if the Sox start out 0-2.

Reminding me of the same things that were said about Dole, Gore and McCain in the past. That when they were campaigning, they lost something of their real personalities as their staffs tried to program them too much. The problem with Romney is the opposite one. They're scared to death of letting his actual personality out too often, preferring to limit interviews that are not pre-scripted or on Fox, debates, etc.

Kerry Wood and their once-invincible closer Marmol, who somehow managed to lower his FB down to 90/91 from falling in love with his slider, certainly got a decent smattering of boos for an Opening Day game.

Sarah Palin picked Allen West, that's enough of a reason to think it would flop, just on that endorsement alone. Having a Tea Party favorite isn't going to help much, because those people were always going to vote against Obama anyway and it's not like he has the magnetism of a Rubio to get people excited about him as a personality in and of itself.

There was a scene after Rue from District 11 died that could have been included. They sent bread, even though they were a very very poor district and they consistently described in the book how that would have cost so much money as it was closer to the end of the Games and the prices for sponsors/ships were going up exponentially. That connection with District 11 wasn't quite made clear enough, except for the final outcome of the movie, when there were only 4 Tributes remaining.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 07:28 PM) Just got out of THE RAID: REDEMPTION... wow. Just... WOW. Unbelievable action movie. I know I posted a trailer to this movie months back as it was highlighted at the Toronto Film Fest, and the movie did not disappoint. It's by the same director as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon so just imagine that with guns, knives, and fists packed into the narrow hallways of an apartment building. The action scenes are the best I've ever seen. Take the best scene in the Bourne series (the one that comes to mind for me is the one in the 3rd story apartment when Jason stabs the guy with the pen, etc. and then he jumps out of the window) and extend it 30x. It was so intense that I was legitimately left breathless at a few points; I can't count how many times I heard someone murmur "holy s***!" or "whoa...". That being said, it's one of the most violent films I can think of so it isn't for everyone; two young couples got up and left 12 minutes in. Highly recommend. I might even see this one again in theaters, that excited. It was Gareth Evans and not Ang Lee that directed CT, HD??? There's zero plot or "redemptive" character development, but that's not what anyone who goes to this movie is looking for anyway, just non-stop action.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 01:44 PM) All you have offensively is Morse, Young, & a washed up Caballo. Allen & Sweeney don't provide anything special, all Getz can do is steal but not get on base. Catcher is OK I guess. .275, 18 homers, 94 RBI's would have made him our 2nd most effective hitter after Konerko, if you consider Quentin's health issues/inconsistency and defensive problems in RF. But that would be paying Carlos Lee $19 million to put up a .788 OPS at 1B, which wouldn't have been league average. But other than Konerko, Ramirez, Quentin and maybe AJ Pierzynski, we weren't getting league average offensive performance from any positions, and 3 of those guys are quite limited defensively. Ryan Sweeney says hello. He just cost Justin Verlander his first win of the season, and broke Papa Grande's string of 49 consecutive saves from 2011 right off the bat, with a two-out, RBI triple. Valverde's lucky, because the following batter lined out right at an infielder or they would have been in jeopardy of completely blowing the game. Two hits for Sweeney, one of the few off Verlander.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 02:39 PM) Ozzie was a rook in '85, not '83. But I do believe the AL ROY did play for the Sox in 1983. Yeah, Kittle. I always think of Guillen on the 83 team, but it's largelybecause of the year LaMarr Hoyt had, which eventually led to the Guillen trade. So he was a rising prospect in the Padres' organization at the time of their marriage. It's a bet many minor league girlfriends or hometown girls would make in Latin America.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 02:36 PM) This would compete for the worst lineup in the majors. Worse than the Mariners, A's or Padres? Surely, they would be better than the Orioles, solely based on their starting rotation and bullpen. The Twins, if Mauer and Morneau aren't healthy, would have a hard time topping that line-up as well, since they've lost Young/Kubel/Cuddyer in the last year.

Offensively, though, those guys would have done better than our team last year even without a 3B and SS. Or just sticking Carlos Lee at 3B and Brandon Allen at 1st.

QUOTE (shakes @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 02:27 PM) You know, I forgot about that. I just met her at a charity event and she seemed really nice. I Guess I just feel bad for anyone who would have to listen to all of those mouths. It has to be exhausting, but it was her choice to marry that clown. If you grow up poor in Venezuela with the opportunity to marry a major league shortstop, it's not much of choice. http://www.google.com.hk/imgres?imgurl=htt...EwAw&dur=11 They married during the middle of Ozzie's rookie season in 1983, I think.

CF Chris Young RF Ryan Sweeney 1B Carlos Lee LF Michael Morse DH B.Allen/C.Carter 3B Josh Fields (yikes)/Joe Crede (haha) C Humberto Quintero/Miguel Olivo (if you can count Miguel for us and not the A's) 2B Chris Getz SS ??? Bench: Magglio Ordonez, Mike Cameron (now retired), Aaron Rowand, Aaron Cunningham Rotation is one of the strong points Daniel Hudson Gio Gonzalez Mark Buehrle Brandon McCarthy (#1 for the A's) Clayton Richard Bullpen, no obvious closer, so I'll claim Sergio Santos Santos Matt Guerrier Jon Rauch Faustino DeLosSantos Lucas Harrell Boone Logan Ely/D. Cortes Brian Anderson (joking) Seemingly, it would be a pretty even battle with our current team, although our current infield has a huge advantage with Alexei Ramirez and Morel at 3B. Obviously, we haven't done a great job developing infielders and catchers. Overall, offensively, we wouldn't be bad at all 1-5 or 1-6 if you include Miguel Olivo as our prospect. With the youth in the rotation, probably a lot more upside with this version. Bullpens are similar, if you count Santos.

Imagine a white person being attacked in LA/South Central (Reginald Denny, for example) saying "Remember OJ!" or, on the opposite side "Remember Rodney King!" and the likely effect it would have. Either way you interpret it, probably not the wisest move, and likely to inflame rather than defuse. Maybe saying "What would Jesus do?" would be even wiser than a comment like that, lol. Not sure you'd have the time while under assault to think of a pithy and clever retort, though, like we have the luxury of doing here on a message board.

Biden's a better debater than even Obama, if he steers away too much from policy-wonk/procedural/technical language. Rubio's already having his bio attacked, in terms of his story of the family fleeing Cuba under Castro when it actually happened well before he came into power. That's why they're already trying to hurry to release his biography as early as possible. With his lack of experience, there will be a ton of pundits saying it's a naked play to get back in the race with Hispanic voters. My actual concern on the Romney side will be that people realize he would (eventually) be a much more charismatic and interesting president than Romney can/will ever be, so bringing him onto the ticket would not be unlike the Palin/McCain scenario, with 1/3rd of the speculation being about 2016 and how Rubio will be one of the leading candidates, rather than the top line presidential candidate. But a ton of things can change with the economy and world events between now and November, still 7 months, more or less. Jindal's still too wounded from his national exposure giving the Republican response a year or so, Daniels might be the best pick, Christie's too bellicose and polarizing, Ryan's still too obscure, it's too early for another Bush on the ticket, it's going to be hard to find the right choice just like 4 years ago. A lot of GOPers are expecting defeat at this point, so there's going to be a lot of enlightened "self-interest" out there in terms of the benefits versus the negatives of being on the losing side of a presidential election, even as the VP candidate. It hasn't been the best move for Gore (well, that's another story), Kemp, Lieberman, Edwards or Palin in terms of a way forward to the presidency.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 10:07 AM) i dunno man. Robin was pretty good lookin' back in his 46 year old pitcher stomping days. Kirk McCaskill was voted one of People's Sexiest one of those years when he was with the Angels or Sox. FWIW.

I'm glad that Ibis wasn't the GM, because her sons would have been starting for us by now (next to the Williams kids) and an expensive Freddy Garcia heading for the DL for Gavin Floyd and Gio Gonzalez was probably one of the five or ten best trades in the last 10 years in all of MLB, certainly of the 3 best KW's ever made.

The Tigers had a great bullpen in 2006 too, and it fell apart pretty quickly. Bullpens that look dominant coming into a season rarely perform in line with expectations or previous performance, not unlike high-risk mutual funds that perform erratically from year to year, and always tend to wipe out those who chase high yields from the previous year or years.

QUOTE (balfanman @ Apr 5, 2012 -> 06:59 AM) I don't care one iota about Ozzie Guillen anymore. Joe Cowardly is a scumbag and I refuse to listen to the "Score" when he is on, especially when the hosts refer to him as a baseball "expert". I do wonder why Eddie Einhorn and Frank Thomas were on hand though for the Marlins opener or did I read that wrong? Or was Cowardly just making that up? I don't know about Thomas' presence, but with Einhorn, John Rooney during the Cards game was presenting it more within the context of his being an owner and also the first one to institute a national/regional sports programming network, as he also mentioned Jay Randolph, the first announcer on that network, who I think also was in attendance. MORE ON TVS Television NETWORK (wikipedia) The game that really brought televised college basketball to where it is today was a Prime time Saturday night broadcast on January 20, 1968 between two powerhouse teams that had met in the 1967 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. The number two and undefeated Houston Cougars hosted the number one and undefeated UCLA Bruins at the Houston Astrodome. The Bruins were the defending national champions and were on a 47 game winning streak. Eddie Einhorn paid $27,000 for the broadcast rights on TVS.[1] In the end, Einhorn signed up 120 stations, many of which would infuriate the networks they were affiliated with by canceling their regular programming to show the game.[2] The Bruins lost to the University of Houston Cougars at the Astrodome in front of a record crowd (at the time) of 52,693. This game was dubbed the "Game of the Century". Previously, only NCAA post-season games were broadcast on national television, but only on evidence that broadcasters were going to make a profit from the broadcasts. The "Game of the Century" between the Houston Cougars and the UCLA Bruins proved that Americans were willing to watch college basketball games during the regular seasons. [edit] Other sports on TVSWhile college basketball remained the TVS Television Network's signature series, they also expanded into tennis, college football bowl games, NASL pro soccer, tennis, and golf. In 1974, the network became the official telecaster of the World Football League. (TVS dropped its coverage of the WFL prior to 1975, contributing to the league's already imminent demise.) TVS also aired World Championship Tennis. [edit] Entertainment programmingIn the 1970s, TVS began producing entertainment programming, including Frank Sinatra: The Main Event in 1974. For many years, TVS produced sports and entertainment programming from Las Vegas including The Alan King Tennis Championship at Caesars Palace; Arm Wrestling at the Imperial Palace, Fun Moments in Sports at Bally's; Bowling from Sam's Town and the Showboat; The Ladies Pro Bowlers Tour (LPBT), and One Club Golf from the Desert Inn. [edit] DeclineBy 1980, Eddie Einhorn had sold his interest in the network and became the head of CBS Sports, and later became an owner of the Chicago White Sox with Jerry Reinsdorf; he would also spend time as owner of the USFL's Chicago Blitz.

How can you get mad at anyone named Giancarlo who's NOT in the Mafia?

That, and they telegraphed everything too much by having the Gamekeeper (Wes Bentley) designing them in the studio...and removing all their harrowing, human characteristics, so they weren't really scary at all compared to the dreadful/ominous feeling evoked in the books. Huge box office fight coming up this weekend with Titanic 3D, American Reunion and Hunger Games. All expected to end up in the $30-35-40 million range. The two new entries are getting tons of positive reviews, especially for Stiffler and Jason Biggs. Titanic received an A from EW.com's review: There are two ways that it now looks different — and, if anything, they're both examples of how a movie can age almost karmically well. Fifteen years ago, the movie's class-war theme — the swells in their tuxedoes lounging amid the Titanic's creamy classical splendor, versus the lugs in steerage, led by Leonardo DiCaprio's penniless rapscallion bohemian Jack — seemed a fairly standard old-movie trope. Hollywood, after all, has never stopped fingering the rich as villains, and Cameron's portrayal of a gilded class seemed (intentionally) locked in its time. What a difference one global economic meltdown and the rise of our own gilded one percent makes! To me, Billy Zane's unctuous performance as Rose's jerk-of-high-finance fiancé looks more resonant and less cartoonish than it did then. It now speaks to a sense of entitlement that's on the rise in our world. The other way that Titanic has gained with the years is that it's all but impossible to watch the sinking of the Titanic itself — an instant human abyss almost beyond imagining — without thinking of 9/11. And by that I don't mean to imply that Cameron, in some mystical way, anticipated the 21st century's most infamous day. I mean that it's more potently clear than ever that the levels of dread and tragedy he packed into this movie cannot be consigned to some iconic historical event from 1912. That kind of mass death and horror is something that technology, in different forms (a gargantuan ocean liner; a gargantuan building and a speeding airplane), makes possible, and always will.