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Good news indeed....U2 is underway doing rehearsals for their European leg which kicks off on this Friday in Turin, Italy. The band promised some brand new songs to be unveiled and some new "old" songs to make it into the setlist. U2 is certainly keeping their promise. I'll leave you with some footage of the new song which I am calling Flowering Rose. I guess that Bono wrote a song specifically for the Glastonbury Festival and since Bono had his injury and missed that festival it sounds like they still want to play it. After 1 listen, I can safely say that the song is amazing and has some amaz

The Kids Are All Right - I will put the following into spoiler, since it's slowly been expanding across theaters. Edit: Well, I posted a nice (or rather not so nice) lengthy 4-5 paragraph review and it didn't go spoiler on me. DAMN! Double Damn! That really upsets me. I don't know when I will get back to rewriting it.

Rays acquire Chad Qualls from Arizona. Dodgers acquire Colin Farrell & Ryan Theriot from Cubs and send them Blake DeWitt in return. Cardinals acquire Jake Westbrook from Cleveland & Padres prospect Nick Greenwood. In return to San Diego they get Ryan Ludwick. Indians get prospect Corey Kluber amongst this 3 team deal. Pirates acquire Chris Snyder & AAA prospect Pedro Ciriaco from Arizona and send them D.J. Carrasco, Bobby Crosby & Ryan Church. Yankees acquire Austin Kearns from Cleveland for a player to be named later. In other interesting news, 3 teams inquired abo

I agree. I just want the person that I am talking to to explain why they like or didn't like the music or film.

Why do so many music & movie fans give a shit about what music/movie critics think, let alone other fans? Who cares? I don't need to read an album review to justify my tastes. I avoid all reviews at all costs. I'll only occasionally read a review after I've seen a film or heard an album. And that's mostly to hear more about behind the scenes types of things. I'm sick of seeing everyone shit on everything when it gets praise. Think for yourself. Life is too short to worry about what Jebediah Hipster or Clark Critic thinks about The Suburbs or Inception.

He is more deserving of the money that he receives because he delivers and has spent minimal time on the DL. If I were his agent, I'd get him cement shoes to keep the poor man in place.

^ Edit: In other more important news, Edwin Jackson just got traded to the White Sox for Dan Hudson. White Sox fans,do you like this deal? Or is it better if you get Adam Dunn via Edwin Jackson? Hudson had some pretty good praise. Wow, the AL Central & West mean business this year! AL East has been relatively quiet. I know that Boston is looking for relievers by shopping around Ramon Ramirez & Manny Delcarmen. I told some people that my prediction for the ALCS is Texas Vs. Chicago. As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I can deal with that.

If you don't want to use the word discount, can you at least agree that they took "less than" their prior salaries? So if this is what they were worth at that specific time (including past injuries), then how did Ben Sheets get such a good ole deal? Are Ben Sheets & his agent a modern day Houdini & Obi Wan Kenobi? The agent of Ben Sheets: Mr. Beane, my client was 22-0 in 2009. You will sign him for $10 million. Oh yes, you will. (then he waves his fingers towards his eyes) Me: (wags fingers at Beane) Foolish GM. {i'll personalize my angle for you and Bjorn} Says the Mets fan wh

When he played Fenway Park a few years back, I had an idea for a special t-shirt just for the occasion: A man in a sequined black shirt with diamonds on a baseball diamond kneeling in front of a crowd with the Green Monster in the background. Sadly that never came to fruition. Now is the time for literal rock t-shirts. A melon wearing dark shades may be a hot seller.

Hindsight should be automatically thrown out the window when a player has been on the DL every season for the past 5 years and spending that last year completely on the DL.

Is it "worth" it to spend $250 for nose bleeds to see Neil Diamond? Sure, that is how much they are worth, but they are not necessarily "worth" plopping down $250 to see him through binoculars or beer goggles.

What someone is "Worth" is not necessarily the same as what someone is going to get paid. I understand completely what he means, but why do people say so and so was "over paid" or he was "under paid"? What they mean is that he was "worth" more or less than what they got him for. In the end, Sheets was not "worth" the $10 million, although that's how much they paid him.

In fact, Milwaukee paid Sheets $38.5 million for 4 years in 2005 which is $9.6 million per year. 2005 A lot of time on the DL. 10-9 2006 see above. 6-7 2007 On the DL from August to end of the year. 12-5 2008 13-9 2009 Did not play at all. 2010 Receives $10 million from the A's for his past "achievements". Winds up at 4-9 and on the DL in July. How is that worth $10 million?

Was Ben Sheets worth $10 million? Brad Penny signed a 3 year deal in 2005 for $25 million which is a little bit over $8 million per year. He could have asked for $8 million, but he ended up with $5.5 in 2009.

Wade Miller in 2005 for the Red Sox. He took $1.5 million for 1 year. In 2004 Miller had a rotator cuff injury that ended his season in June. John Smoltz in 2009 for the Red Sox. He took $5.5 million for 1 year. He was more of a risk for his age, past injuries and close to retirement. He could have earned up to $10 million if he pitched well enough. Brad Penny in 2009 for the Red Sox. He also took a $5.5 million for 1 year deal. He was another DL case.

Nobody. My point is more on the preventative risk of spending that type of money on someone with his types of past injuries, especially a pitcher. It seems that lots of teams take these foolish risks and it bites them in the ass. And I'd hate to see that happen with Detroit (as I've said 3-5 times) with someone who has been injured, is pondering retirement or looking for a team to put down $$$ to test him out for a year or so. If he shits the bed in June, they'll be looking at the farm system or at a trade situation to replace him. My point is to avoid all of that by spending their money a lo

Well, Sheets & his agent dictated a hefty price for one year and a team paid for him. Why didn't he take less? All 3 parties involved knew his past injury history. They had the "sheets" pulled over their head.

$10 million is a bit much for someone like him don't you think? It would be a better risk if they shelled out between $1 & $3 million for him. That's my point. Of course, no one can predict the future, but some teams need to be more intelligent about their spending and on who.

That would make me happier.

Yes. I read it yesterday afternoon. Thank you. Let me use Ben Sheets as an example. That guy is prone to injury and has had injuries in the past, yet Oakland gave him $10 million (for 1 year!) and he's out for the year in late July. His record 4-9 in 20 starts. It's a pretty stupid business decision to take a risk on someone like Ben Sheets. It's greedier for Sheets to agree to $10 million and not just hang it up in the previous offseason. That's what pisses me off. And it should piss fans off too. Oakland could have used that $10 million toward someone else. At least Bonderman is thin

I am breaking down Bonderman's options (which he has plenty of) down to their core, to their essence and to their root. Let's take a look at a few different "fake" scenarios (then come back around to my points, yet again): 1) Bonderman says he is going to retire at the end of this season. He can give his injury or his $40 million or both as reasons and I would be fine with that. Good for him. It sucks that that injury ruined his career, especially at such a young age. 2) He talks in late July about wanting to resign with Detroit or he hints at wanting to go closer to home in Seattle or on t

So if the Tigers offered Bonderman a 1 year deal for $8 million and he got injured before Spring Training and didn't pitch once, you would be upset. But you wouldn't be upset, only if he was the World Series hero? That's just throwing money around and blindly showing allegiance to players. Same thing happened with Mike Lowell & the Red Sox. They passed up on Alex Rodriguez and Mark Texeira. Why not put the $8 million toward someone healthier and more rewarding? In the end paying someone $8 million for contributing on the field is a lot more rewarding and beneficial for the team, than som

Read my Curt Schilling analogy.

While I enjoyed and respect your story, I hope that you don't get burned by him. I don't know how many people remember what happened with Curt Schilling in 2008? The Boston Red Sox offered Schilling a 1 year deal at the end of the 2007 World Series for $8 million. His injury was announced early on in February and he missed all of the 2008 season with the same injury (shoulder) in 2007 that made him miss 7 weeks that year. The Red Sox looked like fools, although most fans forget about this because it really feels like Schilling went out after pitching in Game 2 of the World Series and winnin