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How about some good baseball news...Giants went to LA and swept the Dodgers! - amoxy Aug 23, 09:09 3
- Oh like when went to frisco last month and swept you guys - eag Aug 23, 09:13 1
  - No, the Giants are up 2 1/2 games in the standings... - amoxy Aug 23, 09:16
- Giants, are you taking performance enhancing drugs? -- nm - Skip Aug 23, 09:11
only 4 current Red Sox players show up for Johnny Pesky's funeral. - Diva Aug 23, 08:59 21
- They didn't have 25 cabs for the 25 players -- nm - Harry Lime Aug 23, 09:04
- And I'm glad Papi was there. - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:03 4
  - well, yeah, his pole probably made Papi about 50 million bucks. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:04 3
    - He's actually not known for curling them around Pesky's Pole. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:06 2
      - well, he was punch and judy in his days with the Twins..... nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:07 1
        
        he still doesn't get the majority of his Fenway HRs around Pesky's Pole -- nm - Diva Aug 23, 09:16
- they got in at 4am and apparently many of them went to Beckett's charity event that night. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:02 8
  - Of course they hit up Beckett's, it was at a beer and wings bowling alley. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:05
  - that's what the article reports. -- nm - Diva Aug 23, 09:03 3
    - So there's at least an understandable reason why the team didn't show en mass. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:04 2
      - except for that f*ckface Pedroia. - Diva Aug 23, 09:05 1
        
        Yeah...that's disappointing. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:05
  - Josh Beckett charity???? - groiny Aug 23, 09:03 2
    - He's fairly active with his charities. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:05
    - "help me fund my next kegger!" -- nm - Don Homer Aug 23, 09:05
- Where the hell is that midget Pedroia? - Will Hunting Aug 23, 09:00 2
  - that's the one that is suspect. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 09:03
  - Not sure if anybody wants to be the face of THIS team -- nm - eag Aug 23, 09:02
- they are all douches. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:00
- They should have told them there would be beer and chicken served. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:00 1
  - *nods* -- nm - Don Homer Aug 23, 09:01
Mel....Geoff Tate talks about the Quennesryche implosion on That Metal Show this weekend.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 08:53 1
- hoboy. Thanks. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:54
You want the truth about Jeter? - Spawn Aug 23, 08:49 2
- At least his offers parting gifts -- nm - budice Aug 23, 08:59
- I don't think I can handle the truth. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 23, 08:49
Stephen, I now understand why that other guy kept nobody. Because your league is set up poorly. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 08:48
man makes Shield Hellicarrier model...that'd be awesome to fly at a NYC park.... -- (link) - Remlik Aug 23, 08:45 [youtube]
The Expendables 2: A+. Light years better than the first, and I really liked the first. -- nm - Shaun Aug 23, 08:42
The new peanut butter chunky kit-kats could be the end of me. -- nm - LMS Aug 23, 08:35 3
- I need to try this. Love me some chunky peanut butter. :-) -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 08:57 2
  - The Kit-Kats are chunky, not the peanut butter. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 09:19 1
    - how come we never get the good stuff (eg. coffee crisp) -- nm - JenBro Aug 23, 09:23
Terrible accident in the Valley last night. Two women electrocuted trying to help a motorist who'd crashed into a hydrant and a power pole.... -- (link) - MojaveMeg Aug 23, 08:29 1
- I am amazed that people still do not give electricity the respect it deserves. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:31
Roger More - Cher actually had a kid with Allman. -- nm - loosilu Aug 23, 08:25 2
- There is so much I don't know about Cher's dating life! -- nm - Roger More Aug 23, 08:56
- my favorite head scratcher was Gene Simmons and Diana Ross -- nm - Epiphany Aug 23, 08:35
Skip Bayless is an a*****e. Why does anyone listen to him? I hope he chokes on a d**k. - Krusty Aug 23, 08:24 64
- ESPN exists solely as a platform for players, fans, agents and real sportswriters to tell Skip Bayless to go f*ck himself. -- nm - Diva Aug 23, 08:51
- People listen because he says stupid shit that gets reactions similar to yours. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 08:37 1
  - he's a pot stirrer that people will watch on tv -- nm - Remlik Aug 23, 08:39
- I wonder if he ever realized how much Cuban reduced to a smoldering crater. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 08:26 1
  - That is one of my favorite videos and Bayless had no clue he was getting torched by Cuban. - Krusty Aug 23, 08:31
- wha? - groiny Aug 23, 08:25 58
  - Baylis suggested jester was on ped as being why his year has been so good - Truman Aug 23, 08:27 57
    - huh, well, unfortunately, whenever someone at age 38? is putting up those kind of numbers - groiny Aug 23, 08:29 41
      - Yeah, but to jump to the idea that it's gotta be drugs is absurd. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:32 12
        
        with Melky Cabrera hitting .340 and getting pinched a few weeks ago, not that big of a leap. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 08:34 11
        
        Derek Jeter has multiple seasons of this...Melky had multiple weeks of this. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:52 10
        
        I agree, but you HAVE to say at his age, it is an anomoly to not break down at some point. - groiny Aug 23, 08:56 8
        
        No, you don't have to say that. I think people want it to be true. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:00 5
        
        I am not saying one way or the other, but here is the thing. If he is not using, then this all will just highlight how amazing he is doing. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:02
        
        Krusty, I truly fear that it it comes out that he is taking something, it would be a terrible day for baseball. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 09:01 3
        
        *nods* -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 09:07
        
        I wouldn't want to live in a world where that's true. Someone better take away my belt and shoelaces. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:05 1
        
        There is always Tebow! -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:06
        
        I think he did...at 36. A guy as smart as Jeter knows you don't keep the same style for 20 years - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:59 1
        
        Thank you! -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 09:01
        
        yep. -- nm - Diva Aug 23, 08:54
      - Agreed. Skip Bayless is pond scum, but he may be on to something -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 08:31 27
        
        Why do you think that? Because other guys have been caught? So, everyone that has a good year is suspect? - Krusty Aug 23, 08:39 25
        
        In 2010 at the age of 36, Jeter had his lowest Batting average since his rookie year. - amoxy Aug 23, 08:47 10
        
        One below average season two years ago is proof that he juiced to get back to where he is today? - Krusty Aug 23, 08:51
        
        look at Thome at age 40, he can put up great numbers for 150 at bats - groiny Aug 23, 08:49 8
        
        I agree with you I don't think Jeter is juicing but it is sad that Baseball is so tainted right now - amoxy Aug 23, 08:52 7
        
        it is, and it is a shame, because I love the game more than anyone does - groiny Aug 23, 08:54 6
        
        50 games is not enough. They need to up it, even more. - Spawn Aug 23, 08:56 5
        
        suspend them for the remainder of the season and make them forfeit their entire season's salary. -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 08:57 3
        
        No. If betting on games is a ban, this should be too. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:00 2
        
        There's a key difference there. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 09:11 1
        
        Pete Rose bet *on* his team, and was banned. He did nothing to tamper with the integrity of the games played but was banned for life. - Spawn Aug 23, 09:14
        
        I agree completely. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 08:56
        
        generally at age 38, players break down. - groiny Aug 23, 08:41 3
        
        It is out of left field. He's been as consistent as anyone in the game. He's not doing anything he hasn't done his whole career. - Krusty Aug 23, 08:44 2
        
        yes, but it is questionable, when you are putting up those numbers, or better, at age 38. - groiny Aug 23, 08:47
        
        I seemed to remember when he was resigned that a lot of people wondered *why* (other than the celeb status). Those people never dreamed he could do - Spawn Aug 23, 08:45
        
        He did not suggest it. He asked. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:40 9
        
        By asking, he's suggesting. It was a cheap shot. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 08:42 8
        
        If he had *not* asked, his reporting would be even more in question. He asked a question that everyone is wondering. - Spawn Aug 23, 08:43 7
        
        I wasn't wondering it. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 23, 09:00 1
        
        He was not accused. In the current climate he was simply asked the question. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:13
        
        Who is wondering? Seriously? There's never, ever been a hint that he was cheating. He's having a normal year for him. Why question him now? - Krusty Aug 23, 08:47 2
        
        From what I have heard, it is predicted that over half of major league baseball players are are have used, so yes. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:52 1
        
        are *or* have -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:53
        
        "When did you stop beating your wife, Senator?" -- nm - znufrii Aug 23, 08:45 1
        
        And there is the exception. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:46
        
        yes, he is. But so is virtually everyone who works ESPN. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 23, 08:32
    - He is a jerk but didn't he simply ask the question? Kinda makes sense if you look at his numbers. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:28 14
      - It makes no sense. He's been very consistent his whole career. - Krusty Aug 23, 08:35 13
        
        also, if it makes you feel better, we can talk about the series you guys just had! - groiny Aug 23, 08:38 1
        
        I shouldn't of opened my big mouth last week. :-) - Krusty Aug 23, 09:06
        
        Doesn't he have some sort of HR streak going? -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:37 2
        
        not really, he just hit a homer in 3 straight games for the first time ever in his career. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 08:38 1
        
        Well, there you go. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:39
        
        I do not disagree with you, but you have 2 players in the span of 3 weeks getting 50 gamers - groiny Aug 23, 08:36 7
        
        It's very wrong and poor reporting. He has never been suspected and is doing nothing out of the ordinary. - Krusty Aug 23, 08:41 5
        
        I disagree. At Jeter's age, to be doing what he is doing, is pretty amazing. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:42 3
        
        He hits this well every year. This isn't extraordinary. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 08:48 2
        
        Actually, it is. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:53
        
        yes, but he is not the 32 year old anymore hitting .325. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 08:49
        
        lol at your IM. - groiny Aug 23, 08:42
        
        This was 90% of it. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:38
The Googler Who Looked At The Worst Of The Internet... -- (link) - Don Homer Aug 23, 08:24 3
- That is F**ked up -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 09:19
- Wow. That is awful. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 09:10
- So Google hires you, chews you up, spits you out, and then blacklists you with the recruiters? -- nm - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 08:56
Jax really needs to "publish" some of his replays of the accidents he causes - Truman Aug 23, 08:22 19
- My favorite game was one where Jax and I went a lap and a half side by side flipping - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:29 9
  - Agreed. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 08:36
  - There was one point last night where I was driving the opposite way and at the crest of the hill and managed to blindly drive right between two cars -- nm - J Aug 23, 08:32 2
    - That was fantastic. -- nm - Max Aug 23, 09:49
    - the second and = I -- nm - J Aug 23, 08:38
  - Well if you play tag with us you will have to revert to caveman driving - Truman Aug 23, 08:32 4
    - Oh I never said we didn't revert at the time; but we did manage a lap + of smooth driving. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:33 3
      - And weaving. Without touching a fender. It was crazy. (Last night, J had two opposite way shots that split between Max and myself. - JaxSean Aug 23, 08:41 2
        
        Max played? That bastard is ducking me. - Will Hunting Aug 23, 08:54 1
        
        Last night, yup. We weren't playing mods last night, except on a few. - JaxSean Aug 23, 08:55
- it is also shocking when you first play and you have J driving the wrong way on the track - groiny Aug 23, 08:23 8
  - You're welcome - J Aug 23, 08:26 4
    - You're blocking of me last night was crazy good on that last game of cat & mouse. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 08:38 3
      - I still am not sure I understand the purpose and scoring of that game. The cause damage game was - Truman Aug 23, 08:40 1
        
        Yup. But I had wicked fun last night. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 23, 08:42
      - the car you were driving helped a lot -- nm - J Aug 23, 08:39
  - Well, in games like tag direction doesn't matter - Truman Aug 23, 08:25 2
    - if you drive with the arrows on the ground, or in the super fast cars - groiny Aug 23, 08:26 1
      - Yes. But the in charge person could turn those off too - Truman Aug 23, 08:29
Speaking of awful singers who can get as much action as they want (I'm looking at you, MDH) -- (link) - Roger More Aug 23, 08:19 1
- *SO* many things wrong with this. - Mop (196 lbs) Aug 23, 08:30
I actually saw Set for Poon open up for Poison at the Whisky A Go Go back in '86 -- nm - prayformojo Aug 23, 08:18
I totally get what Stephen was saying last week about RatM... - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:17 10
- *nods* - Stephen Aug 23, 08:30
- I can't ignore lyrics in a song. I can ignore a douche singer. -- nm - Krusty Aug 23, 08:27
- word. I bought it in January. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:26
- I could never overlook what an obvious douchebag he was. -- nm - Reagen Aug 23, 08:24 2
  - back then I could but I felt gross about it. - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:29
  - yeah, I love the song, but he is certainly a douchenozzle. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 08:25
- he was a good live performer too, saw Limp as part of some tour (drawing a blank on other bands) back in the day. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 23, 08:19 3
  - But he is an asshole. -- nm - Spawn Aug 23, 08:26
  - What they did at the last Woodstock, however, showed what and who they are. - Mel Profit Aug 23, 08:25 1
    - agreed. -- nm - Don Homer Aug 23, 08:30
How much does Forza run? Since my son got his new laptop, he rarely plays XBox - amoxy Aug 23, 08:12 6
- make sure to get the ultimate edition, used at gamestop. - groiny Aug 23, 08:14 4
  - I will be over in that side of town after work, 23 bucks is doable -- nm - amoxy Aug 23, 08:15
  - what's the difference? -- nm - J Aug 23, 08:14 2
    - there are a LOT more cars that you get, without having to download or buy them. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 23, 08:16
    - one is Ultimate -- nm - decline Aug 23, 08:15
- Cheap, like 20 bucks or something at gamestop -- nm - J Aug 23, 08:13
~Turn out the lights...~ -- nm - Akin Aug 23, 08:08

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