Sir Stewart

I'm better at enjoying baseball than bobbob.

Now there's something.

I think that's a question for a stat-head. I'm not good at that stuff.

The opening wail in "Welcome To The Jungle" is pretty asskicking.

Except that the Red Sox were first-place contenders at the same time Manny was insufferable.

I don't even know what I'm doing in here

Sweet. Will absolutely check it out. Thanks Dave.

This belongs in the Nostalgia thread.

Bumperstickers suck and the bumperstickers in my 'hood are the worst. "That's OK, I wasn't using my civil liberties anyhow" - shit like that. I wanna kick in windows all over the place.

Possibly. Hell I was still high off the '04 win last year when they won again.

Haha. Damn straight - the prospect of hearing that voice (and its content) for whatever amount of time she's president after McCain croaks is unbearable.

I can't stand Bush, and his reelection pretty much soured me on presidential elections, but for some reason I loved that Schilling stumped for Bush and co at that time. I guess because it was a show of honesty, if nothing else.

Hey, you win. All right.

So I guess I should've bought Bash & Pop when I saw it at the dollar store 6 years ago. Damn, where were you guys then?

Is this the one where he says "fuck me good suck me good"?

True - but Schilling also had some real kind words about Manny as an overall guy, too. I think he was just much easier to put up with when he wanted to be in a Sox uniform.

Fuck technical skill - you can't listen to Master of Puppets and even finish the word 'mediocre' in your head because it exploded.

Your argument is arbitrary to the point of ridiculousness. "Mediocre" musicians, as bobbob pointed out, is just wrong, and "for them to make the money they do is a condemnation of our priorities in society" sounds like you have issues with something larger than Metallica.

The meat of the conversation is this season's timeline - he came to spring training in great shape and started the season well, assuming the Sox would pick up his option (or re-sign him or whatever it was). When they didn't do that (which they had no smart business reason to), he acted up to the point he was traded.

dondoboy - you realize a reply to your post could be: "Oh, enough of this crap already, Radiohead is the best band in the world." And it would be just as valid as yours.

I'll save you the suspense: you made the right decision.

I thought of your post when I heard about that this morning. Well done.

The Black Album was released before Nirvana broke. I'm not a big Metallica fan, but you are not making a good argument against them at all Rider.

This is what I've been trying to say in this thread.