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In the Cracking David Up department, even the new stadium is conspiring against the Mets - Tim Aug 4, 20:55
seriously, they're too big. how does she not fall over and bounce back to her feet? -- nm - Max Aug 4, 20:29 1
- "Next season, on 'America's Got Talent'..." -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 20:33
The unaired Dollhouse pilot is basically the first five eps in one. - nubby in NC Aug 4, 20:22
jesse jackson got khadaffi to release a hostage back in the 80s. it's not unprecedented for private citizens to make diplomatic missions - 500 dugs of summer Aug 4, 20:16 8
- No one on either side was looking at Clinton as a "private citizen." He went as a former head of state. Big difference. - TWuG Aug 4, 20:40
- the Internet says he met with Syrian President Assad. I think he did a bunch of other freelance stuff. - loosilu Aug 4, 20:21 4
  - cause so many hostages have died when people tried to negotiate freelance on their behalf - 500 dugs of summer Aug 4, 20:27 3
    - I'm talking about conducting diplomatic relations with no coordination with the US government. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 20:46 2
      - Ellis didn't coordinate with anyone - that's why he's dead -- nm - Roger More Aug 4, 20:51 1
        
        but a good example of how dangerous this can be is Terry Waite -- (link) - Roger More Aug 4, 20:52
- Shoot the hostage -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 20:19
- One does not simply use diplomatic missions into Mordor. -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 20:17
eXistenZ is up on hulu -- (link) - 500 dugs of summer Aug 4, 20:06 [hulu] 3
- Love that movie. Seen it a half dozen times. -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 4, 20:17 2
  - seen it . . . or played it? - 500 dugs of summer Aug 4, 20:19 1
    - Death to the demoness Allegra Geller! -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 4, 20:20
Congrats Cuzzin Todd on the rank of Master. - Redmond Aug 4, 19:56 13
- Thank you kind sir. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Aug 4, 20:56
- oh please don't do this. I barely even like it in-game in Ikariam. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 20:07 11
  - Shush. Others put up with Ikariam and fantasy baseball/football chatter often enough, deal with this. - Cuzzin Todd Aug 4, 20:57
  - So I shouldn't post Congrats to kelly on creating her dehydration base just now? -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 20:12 9
    - is it your goal in life to be irritating in everything you do? -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 20:18 4
      - can't you just laugh at the mousehunt people like the rest of us? -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 20:24 1
        
        I'm laughing at Redmond. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 20:26
      - Fraskal and Nickfudge are within reach. I can't quit now. -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 20:20
      - Henry Ford once said to do one thing, and do it better than anyone else. -- nm - nubby in NC Aug 4, 20:19
    - hey, fyi - kelly Aug 4, 20:15 3
      - Did you get your trap upgrade, or are you short a few gold? -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 20:17 2
        
        Short. - kelly Aug 4, 20:25 1
        
        The base is almost the bigger improvement. -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 20:29
Paula Abdul just tweeted that she is not returning to Idol -- (link) - Elvis Aug 4, 19:52 1
- *collective yawn* -- nm - the world Aug 4, 20:19
you know, i finished reading the first bourne last night. - tRuMaN Aug 4, 19:50 3
- i didn't bother with the movie because i loved the book and knew they weren't going to keep anything but the premise -- nm - 500 dugs of summer Aug 4, 20:26
- This is somewhat true ... but the second movie was worse than the second book, I think -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 20:24
- first bourne novel. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 4, 19:56
The Lovely Bones trailer is out. i fear the Wahlberg -- (link) - 500 dugs of summer Aug 4, 19:35
PUJOLS! -- nm - mara Aug 4, 19:29 1
- Roider! -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 19:44
groiny, your mic is throwing static again. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 4, 19:26
Time to kill 10-year-olds. -- nm - David Aug 4, 19:19 2
- heh. i just turned on teh box -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 4, 19:21 1
  - fine, be that way. - tRuMaN Aug 4, 19:23
It's so weird being at home without the dog. I keep looking around for her :/ -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 4, 19:17
Meg, I'm gonna say it now...you be careful and have fun on your trip...take pictures, lots of them -- nm - BAD Aug 4, 19:06 1
- Will do - all three :) I plan to dance along the rim-rock over Chaco Canyon, for the first time in about 15 years :) -- nm - MojaveMeg Aug 4, 19:08
can someone go grab me a sixer of Dale's Pale? word. tia. -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 19:04
Blockbuster Express rolling out to combat Redbox and other such. -- (link) - Qale Aug 4, 19:02 5
- Blockbuster: Responding to Competition Two Years After the Fact. (Again) -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 19:12 1
  - As much as Blockbuster gets slagged, I still find myself going there on some random evening looking for crap to watch when friends drop in. -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 19:16
- They were originally $1.99, arrogantly thinking people would pay double for the Blockbuster name. - David Aug 4, 19:07 1
  - That's halarious! I sure do miss my Netflix but I'm still in paydown mode. -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 19:10
- This artcle also mentions it, but is more focused on Coinstar and their success. They want you to know you can trade in your coins for gift cards .. - Qale Aug 4, 19:04
I wonder if Motley Crue ever thought their music would be used to sell a kids film. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 18:57 3
- They have to do something to ensure they'll have 20-something groupies in a decade. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 19:09
- ~girls, girls, girls~ -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 4, 19:05
- I think the bank accounts are happy. -- nm - Remlik Aug 4, 19:02
So, when was the last time a team had 5 pitchers win their major league debuts in the same season? - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 18:56
Metroid's Samus prefers a more incremental approach to the legalization of gay marriage. -- (link) - TFox Aug 4, 18:50
hmm, betancourt! -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 4, 18:43
'lia! we're nightmare twins! I had the exact same wakeup thing. -- (link) - loosilu Aug 4, 18:42 [Backboard]
And there goes the no hitter. - David Aug 4, 18:23 4
- when does the cavemen draft start? -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 4, 18:38 3
  - Around week 3 of the exhibition season is my expectation. -- nm - David Aug 4, 19:05 2
    - well - tRuMaN Aug 4, 19:06 1
      - Okay. -- nm - David Aug 4, 19:07
I guess I should stop complaining so much about True Blood's over-large cast since now they've given me another tasty guy to delight over. (spoiler) - Qale Aug 4, 18:19
Hank Aaron: Release 104 drug names. - David Aug 4, 18:00 63
- Somewhat related -- Do you think Pete Rose should be allowed back in baseball and/or allowed in the Hall of Fame? - Fuzzy Aug 4, 18:24 25
  - Really what we need to do is create a Hall of Shame. Players who were good enough to get in the Hall of Fame, but f*cked it up one way or another.. -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 18:53 2
    - I'm just going to make a smaller version in my house someday. The people *I* think Jacen needs to know about and appreciate. -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 18:54 1
      - *nods* -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 18:56
  - I do. -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 18:27
  - I think he should be eligible for voting, but he wouldn't get mine. -- nm - David Aug 4, 18:25
  - Nope, it's the #1 rule of the game. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:24 19
    - Unless there is any evidence that what he did affected the game on the field, you're still wrong. -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 18:33 17
      - It's in every clubhouse. Don't gamble. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:40 15
        
        I'm not saying it's not important, it's just not Rule #1 - znufrii Aug 4, 18:43 13
        
        "Don't gamble on baseball" shouldn't just be Rule #1, it should be a given. - TWuG Aug 4, 18:48 12
        
        Does Barry Bonds own the all time home run record without roids? - Redmond Aug 4, 18:50 11
        
        Of course it's a scar. But it's also a question that can't be answered. - TWuG Aug 4, 18:55 10
        
        So the appearance of cheating is worse than actual cheating. -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 18:57 9
        
        There are degrees of cheating. Gambling is worse than steroids or scuffing a ball or tarring a bat. -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 19:00 8
        
        Gambling is not cheating, so it obviously gets a very low degree. - TFox Aug 4, 19:01 7
        
        And show me a test to see if a player or coach is gambling. You can't. If a player gambles and is caught - TWuG Aug 4, 19:07 6
        
        Unless the player is taking a substance like HGH which cannot be detected with current drug tests -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 19:10
        
        So, in your world, the uncertainty of knowing whether or not the integrity of the game has been compromised is worse than knowing it has been? -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 19:10 4
        
        Every game a gambler plays in is tainted, whether cheating takes place or not. - TWuG Aug 4, 19:16 3
        
        so in other words, the answer to my question is yes. - znufrii Aug 4, 19:19
        
        ooh, experiment: i bet you $5 you'll flip heads. now flip a coin. is it heads? - TFox Aug 4, 19:17 1
        
        You can never trust a gambler to play his best game. If playing poorly gets him more than playing well, he'll play poorly. - TWuG Aug 4, 20:00
        
        ...but that makes no sense. - TFox Aug 4, 18:41
      - (on this particular point, I don't necessarily disagree with the overall thrust of your arguments) -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 18:33
    - which is sad. since the #1, 2, and 3 rules of the game should be Dont cheat. -- nm - tRuMaN Aug 4, 18:30
- Blah. Ditch baseball, get with Blurnsball. It's so much better. It's like they finally jazzed it up, ya know? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 18:16 1
  - Frisbee Golf! -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 18:17
- Just go to each of the guys tested and ask them...if they say no, ask em what they were on at the time. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:08 2
  - The problem is that the 100 are friends. -- nm - David Aug 4, 18:11 1
    - At this point, the assumption better be it's coming out one way or another. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:12
- The NFL has the same type of image problems with players. But they handle it soooo much better. Bud is a dud. -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 18:02 31
  - They don't have to handle shit. No one cares in football, including fans. -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 18:08 30
    - Well, a lot of baseball fans don't care, either. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 18:12 5
      - Not all baseball fans care about every cheater, but almost all of us are mad at at least a couple. - TFox Aug 4, 18:13 4
        
        Friday night watching hte Sox fans give Papi a standing O made me sick. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:15 2
        
        Yeah, most fans are mad at those on other teams. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 18:24
        
        I am reserving the right to decide on a feeling about Ortiz until he actually makes his full statement and answers questions. - TFox Aug 4, 18:19
        
        I hate Bonds and he played for my team. -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 18:14
    - There are no cherished NFL records. -- nm - Reagen Aug 4, 18:10 20
      - Exactly...baseball is so eff'd competitively that all they can sell is numbers - Stewie Aug 4, 18:15 19
        
        Merriman should not be held up as an example of football getting something right. Ever. -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 18:18 1
        
        He could always go with the Manny excuse. "It's not like I murdered or raped someone" Paraphrased -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 18:21
        
        I don't get the Merriman dig...baseball put Manny out longer than merriman did and Manny won't get close to MVP. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:16 10
        
        when they caught him for at least the second time...6 years after what we know as the first -- nm - Stewie Aug 4, 18:43 3
        
        when they caught him for the first time in a test that was actually linked to his name, when there were punishments in place, sure. - TFox Aug 4, 18:52 2
        
        so they get a pass for not having punishments in place, when they knew it was a problem, and were lining their pockets off illegal drug use - Stewie Aug 4, 19:14 1
        
        nah, i just followed my heart. -- nm - TFox Aug 4, 19:16
        
        50 game suspensions in the NFL would be career enders. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 18:31 5
        
        I get to play in the minors! Yippee! I just love the game! -- nm - Manny si Aug 4, 18:42 1
        
        Not as good for him, but good for the Dodgers. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 19:01
        
        50 games out of 162 = higher % than 4 out of 16. Manny was penalized more than Merriman. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:41 2
        
        I know, but not that much. 5 games would be close. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 19:03 1
        
        the only real point that matters here is... - TFox Aug 4, 19:03
        
        I think the lack of a salary cap hurts baseball the most. -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 18:16 5
        
        Utter boringness hurts baseball the most. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 18:17 4
        
        You just described soccer. -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 18:18 3
        
        Well, that too. But, like baseball, the desolate tapestry of boringness is occassionally punctuated by some action. -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 18:21 2
        
        My top 5 favorite sports to watch. NFL, College Football, NBA, College Basketball, and Golf - Redmond Aug 4, 18:23 1
        
        I'll watch baseball until the playoffs. I don't care as much once the playoffs start. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 18:33
    - And let's be honest; the NFL handling things means they're now suspending guys with half a dozen arrests in a year. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 18:09 2
      - Their "three strikes on three consecutive weeks and you're out" policy is really admirable. - TFox Aug 4, 18:11 1
        
        That'd be one way to get Frenchy drummed out -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 18:12
Ok, so Joel Pineiro gets rocked for 11 hits, 7 earned in 5 innings. 7 Mets have hits and 8 have been on base. Who goes hitless?? - Jim Aug 4, 17:53
Heh, apparently the fireworks flew in Big Brother After Dark last night. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 17:43 5
- I turned it on right before it started. I'd give it a 7 or 8, it was pretty good. -- nm - jnine Aug 4, 18:33
- and I guess Jax is now a Jeff fan - He said that Grandma's Boy was one of the funniest movies he's ever seen. (that wasn't part of the fight) -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 17:53
- ooooh, I guess that's new tonight. I wonder if they will show fireworks on tonight's ep? -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 17:48 2
  - (I realize it might sound like I mean pyrotechnic fireworks, but I assure you, I mean reality show melodrama fireworks) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 4, 17:50 1
    - I don't think this would be shown until Thursday. -- nm - Dano Aug 4, 17:52
I think Brian Matusz owes Cesar Izturis dinner. - the wrong element, bad guy Aug 4, 17:42 1
- They might even be able to find a nice ethnic restaurant they can agree on. - the liioulu with oreos Aug 4, 17:45
Sweet Land was the winning answer! -- nm - David Aug 4, 17:41
Will wins, Teddy Ballgame and Jimmie Foxx are the two mashers who also pitched. (nm) - musubi Aug 4, 17:38
Today, I went to a bookstore and asked the sales woman,"Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose. FML - amoxy Aug 4, 17:31
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- I remember the Ted Williams bit and figured Foxx was early enough they didn't mind risking that level of player due to them making so little. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 17:26 2
  - You remember Ted Williams pitching? You were at the game? - amoxy Aug 4, 17:32 1
    - I remember that he did pitch in a game. Don't get me started, I'll ask you tell me stories of the Willie's old man. -- nm - Will Hunting Aug 4, 17:34
*Pulls out B2, B3, B4, and B5* -- nm - Redmond Aug 4, 17:23 3
- Couldn't you have gotten them drunk first? -- nm - the liioulu with oreos Aug 4, 17:39
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  - wouldn't that be B7 & B8? - 'lia Aug 4, 17:29

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