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QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Apr 5, 2013 -> 11:28 AM) Whatever they do decide, I hope they can come to some agreement with the rooftop people that would prevent them from building something for the sole purpose of obstructing their view/locking them out. I think they're an integral part of the ballpark. How? They are background scenery more than anything. I think the Tribune owners were stupid to give them a 20 year contract so they could continue to profit off a product they have no rights to when it handcuffs the current owners from upgrading their park in whatever way they see fit.

Even with this information, was there anything anyone could have done that would've actually prevented the shooting?

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Mar 30, 2013 -> 01:00 PM) Part of responsible gun ownership is not behaving like that when you have your weapon on you (you really shouldn't behave like that at all, but skip that point) Why are you skipping over the facts that 1) he's probably not a responsible gun owner and 2) that he's the one that initiated and then escalated the situation and then later had to resort to using a gun to diffuse the situation? They seem like pretty big points to just skip over.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Mar 26, 2013 -> 02:15 PM) Joe Doe, who is the pentultimate 5 tool player The second-to-last 5 tool player?

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Mar 28, 2013 -> 12:12 PM) All I see is the magic red X, but he has been posting pics of the new additions to US Cellular food all day long It's not food.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 26, 2013 -> 04:47 PM) Thankfully the patch came out today and one of the fixes was for the 1st pitch meatball bug. I stopped playing RTTS at some point in AAA when I was batting .500 and on a 60+ game hitting streak in July. I've never heard of this bug or even noticed it for that matter. If anything, the first pitch for me is usually an off-speed pitch at my knees rather than anything down the middle. I was hitting over .400 in AA when I got moved up but now I'm down to around .375 or so. I figure that's not too terribly high for the minors. I figure it might drop a little more when I finally make it to the majors. I've gotten a few 20+ and 30+ hitting streaks as well. Besides, it's more fun to play when I can be one of the best. If I was hitting .250 and not advancing at all it wouldn't be much fun.

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Mar 25, 2013 -> 07:52 PM) I hate basketball, but I borrowed NBA 2k13 from a friend because The Show RTTS was boring me and I wanted to see how other sports game did their Player Mode thing. I must say, I still hate basketball, but 2k13's My Player thing is a LOT of fun. It's so much more in depth and put together than The Show RTTS is. RTTS seems more realistic, and you really need to "earn" it more in that game, but My Player does a great job with OFF THE FIELD stuff. Press conferences are fun to make my player sound like an asshole, sponsorships and billboards are cool, meeting with the GM is really cool, and best of all, ACTUALLY USING MONEY YOU EARN is good. Not sure I like that you use your money to buy skill, I think RTTS training points is more appropriate, but I actually have a reason to want to go to Free Agency, to sign a big deal, to get my next paycheck. It's actually worthwhile and makes me want to keep playing. Very nice job 2K. SCEA, take notes. I've been playing RTTS the past few weeks and I'm 2 months into my second season still toiling away as a CF for the Charlotte Knights. Twice now I've gotten a message that says my performance is good enough to earn a call-up but they just don't have room on the 25-man roster right now. I made the AA all-star game in my first season but kept getting benched because I would accidentally hit the analog stick the wrong direction on pick-offs and it would count against me as a CS. I'm also horrible at drawing walks. I finally figured out when one of my advancement goals includes drawing X number of walks that I can just sim a few games until I get the required number. I actually started out at 3B because I figured that was one place the Sox always seemed to have trouble filling but for some reason they are listed as "deep" at that position and "thin" pretty much everywhere else besides pitching.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Mar 26, 2013 -> 01:24 PM) I'd imagine there's no way on this green earth they're giving up naming rights for free. That's just it though. They are getting no compensation for the use of the Wrigley name. I'm sure the Wrigley Co. thinks its great. But how much money could they get some company to give them just for the chance to put their name on the outside of their new stadium?

If they built a new stadium, would they still call it Wrigley Field? Wrigley II?

It's been quite a few years since I've been to Wrigley but the last time I went it was for a Cubs/Astros game. I wasn't real familiar with the players on either of the teams and I didn't have a scorecard or a program to look up their numbers. The fact that the scoreboard only showed numbers rather than names made it 10 times more difficult to keep up with the game. Especially when a substitution was made. It finally made me realize why so many Cubs fans had no idea who was on the team/field at any point in time during the game. I'm not sure if they've added any more LED boards anywhere in the park to display that kind of info but for the casual fans that scoreboard is pretty useless for anything besides updating the score(s).

QUOTE (chw42 @ Mar 18, 2013 -> 03:59 PM) How big is your dumbphone though? It wouldn't be a real issue on a smaller phone. On a phone with a 4.7 inch screen, things get complicated. I guess my phone is a little smaller than most smart phones. But I just picked up a paperback book and held it like I would hold a phone and I had no problem sliding my index finger up the back of it to the top. Maybe I just have long fingers?

I have a "dumb" phone but it's got a touch screen and the lock button is on the top on the left. It's easy enough for me to reach up with my index finger and hit it while holding it in my right hand.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Mar 15, 2013 -> 10:51 AM) How envious are you of Donn Pall? I never minded because I really don't like my middle name anyway. My parents specifically made a point to not name me after anyone else they knew. Even though my first name was consistently in the top 5 baby names for like 50 straight years before I was born and remained in the top 10 until recently.

For most of my life I had the same name as the pope (although I was born about 10 months before the first one took the name) yet I never got a nickname from it. Only one person every really called me "the pope" but it never stuck.

Go to a Cubs game and convince one of their fans that it's the jersey of some up-and-coming prospect in the minors and sell it for $100.

QUOTE (The Baconator @ Mar 1, 2013 -> 10:35 AM) I lost a bet a while ago and have to wear a cubs jersey to work for a day. Today is the day I finally had to pay up. Mortifying sitting around in a Derek Lee jersey all day. Where there any stipulations about wearing something over it? or maybe inside out?

Jeff Passan breaks down Loria's letter to the fans.

We completely gutted and re-did our kitchen about 3 years ago. We checked prices at the major stores like Lowes, Home Depot and Menard's and then we checked with a couple of local places. We found a local place that we liked and they offered financing with 0% interest for 18 months. So we jumped on that. We were originally just going to get new cabinets and counter-tops and re-paint the walls but there was wallpaper on the wall and it was almost impossible to scrap off. So we decided to just tear it all down and have them put up new drywall. After that we started getting project creep. With the walls already down we decided to get the electrical re-wired (brought up to code) and added a few new outlets. We also added more lighting in the ceiling. All stuff that was needed anyway. We did some of the work ourselves like buying and staining the trim, painting the walls, and buying all the new outlets, sink, microwave, ceiling fan and garbage disposal ourselves and just letting them install it all. We even bought and stained some wood so they could build us a new pantry door. All in all I think we spent somewhere around $6000. We didn't get any top of the line stuff though. Basic cabinets/counter-top. Basic stainless steel sink. Lowes and Home Depot wanted that much just for the cabinets and counters. So we got a really good deal.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Feb 15, 2013 -> 11:49 PM) True troll right here. http://www.imdb.com/user/ur7969168/comment...ful&start=0 I actually thought that his review for The Road was pretty good. That's basically how I felt when I read the book.

QUOTE (Swingandalongonetoleft @ Feb 14, 2013 -> 12:08 PM) ^^ He is (or was) managing something somewhere in Indiana, so there is that. The mustache is probably good for 3-4 WAR(M?), maybe more. This popped into my head the other day for some reason but I don't remember the last time a coach won a championship in Chicago and he didn't have some sort of facial hair. Ditka had a mustache, Quenneville had a mustache, Phil Jackson always had a mustache or a full beard during the playoffs and Ozzie usually had a goatee. I believe all of the current coaches except Q are clean-shaven. Now think about which team has the best chance to win a championship right now... /end half-joking conspiracy theory

QUOTE (Tuna @ Feb 10, 2013 -> 11:02 AM) Just bought a car last week. Pay attention to the details. Gap insurance sounded like a great idea until I found out the next day that my insurance company already covered that. Weil Cadillac - $1,000 Tuna - 0 We called our insurance company and got a quote for the gap insurance before we signed the paperwork. Then when the finance guy brought it up and quoted us a higher amount, we told him the amount our insurance company would charge us for it. Then he lowered his quote to below what the insurance company offered. I’m just afraid I’m going to have to actually use it before too long. I’ve already gotten hit once last September and came within inches of getting hit twice within the last week. I haven’t even owned the car a full year yet…

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 12:32 PM) Fixed. Actually it's the top-loading one which doesn't suffer from that malady nearly as much as the front-loading one.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Feb 8, 2013 -> 11:24 AM) My original nintendo from when I was a little kid still functions perfectly as well as the accessories like the power pad and power glove. Thats f***ing staying power. Mine does too. In fact my daughter and I spent last weekend playing Super Mario 3.

Anyone else watching King of the Nerds on TBS? I've kinda gotten hooked on it.

I have a few Office Space quotes running through my head now.