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Whats with all the crap in the news lately about Chicago? Seems like they are trying to ban everything there....no smoking, no eating greasy food, etc, etc youse guys runnin' a nanny city there? I always thought Chicago was the greatest...how can you not love a city with a beer joint and a hot dog stand on every corner....take your city back people!!!!!

Pretty crazy stuff. Apparently the guy is OK, said he had a "fist size" hole in his chest. That Marlin is batting 1.000, he's one fer one

This one's a classic. Kinda tough to get through but great.

Marlins are dangerous creatures.....this is from a London Newspaper When he saw a companion on his boat hook a giant fish during a sea angling contest, Ian Card was delighted. Next second, the scene of triumph turned to horror - as the 14ft blue marlin leapt out of the water across the vessel and speared Mr Card through the chest with its spiked bill. The impact of the 800lb fish knocked him overboard into the Atlantic off Bermuda. Then, with a thrash of its tail and with the 32-year-old still impaled and bleeding profusely, it dragged him underwater. Terribly injured, he s

Nice!.....the cat could have gotten that bird that was hopping around Fenway Tuesday night

ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just bow down to the awesomeness that is Big Papi!

Well obviously every game has a game winning hit, it may come in the first inning or whatever. I think the stat is game winning hits in a walk-off situation.

Exactly, check these numbers out. Since the end of 2004 season Papi has had 19 walk-off situations. Of those 19 situations, he has reached base 16 times, and has batted .786 with 7 HR and 20 RBI. This year (06) in walk-off situations he is 8-9 with 5 HR and 15 RBI You can argue the definition of clutch all you want, but Ortiz seems to be a prime example.

While I'm sure you have tons of Bill Jamesian data to back that up, keep in mind that Papi has now had 12 walk-off hits in the last four seasons. The most in that span of time. Seems like that is a very good definition of clutch. I know, I know there are guys with better averages with 2 outs with runners in scoring position or whatever, but the case is clear. This guy has single-handedly won 12 games with his bat, no one else has done that.

Looks like the Dodgers picked up Lugo....interesting

Errrr.....

Is Jude gonna be on one of those Dateline specials where they set up the kiddie diddlers?

Jesus Christ....his face is so red, looks like he's getting ready to let one rip

They will still give Dusty the heave-ho after this season

Jesus wept

Saw some article on CNN.com or MSNBC.com stating the guy thats the President/CEO or whatever has had all sorts of allegations of harrasment levied against him. Sounds kind of skeevy (no pun intended)

Yup.....didn't seem like a whole lot went down today, nothing major anyways...of course that could change. You never know what might get announced in the next few hours. Deals may have been completed but not announced

OK looks like Impossible Germany wins....anyways thanks for the input, gonna close this post down I guess

I'm almost 40 (jezus.....this October) Have a degree in Mass Communications, but work for a big corporation crunching numbers and providing detailed financial reports for our clients. Was in the Army for 6 years after graduating college, then resigned my commission, followed the Dead around for way too long, taught and did social work before selling my soul to the corporation. Wouldn't say I'm yuppified (though I do own an Ipod) I drive a 10 year old pickup truck, wear jeans and t-shirts as much as possible, am not married, no kids, 1 very cool dachshund/doberman (seriously!) mix dog. I like m

Well said....you can trace a lot of this shit back to 1916 with the adoption of the (then) secret Sykes-Picot agreement (check it out on google or Wikipedia). Of course Jew-Arab tensions have been strained for millenia, but this nice little carve up of the Middle East by France and Britan certainly has done a lot to produce bad vibes over there.

The song is "Walken" and yes, fairly new though they have been playing it for a year or so, if not longer

Very true