Shyam

I disagree. It is superbly mismanaged.

Seriously, the hand wringing over this is incredible. I thought about it today while reading the free paper that had the chris brown story on its cover. The media and all the talking heads are completely blowing over the fact that he beat the crap out of his girlfriend, saying things like "we can't judge" and "we weren't there". That's a much bigger story than ARod doing roids, yet the blowhards are out in force on this one. It's even more amazing when you consider pop stars are so much more popular than athletes. I'd also say steroids use has been rampant in sports since at least the 60's. Baseball may have been a little late to the game, but I guarantee they were popular in the 80's, if not earlier. I knew a guy who dealt them, and used to use them, who was a minor league pitcher in the late 80's. I agree for the most part, but I think "we weren't there" is pretty valid in the Chris Brown-Rihanna situation. I'm not defending Brown, but he probably just didn't beat up his girlfriend out of thin air. There are a limited set of circumstances where a man can punch a woman in the face. They're pretty limited, but they're there. We'll have to see what happens when the truth comes out. For A-Rod, there were no absolutely extenuating circumstances whatsoever that led to him taking roids. (And yes, I don't even care about A-Rod or steriods anymore). Seriously? And what would those be? "We weren't there" is valid in the sense that maybe a mugger beat the crap out of her while Chris Brown sat in the corner and soiled himself, so let's not rush to judgement. If you accept that it was Chris Brown delivering the beatdown, then I can't think of any situation in which it was acceptable to do so. There may have been a reason why, but that doesn't make it OK.

I love this post why don't you marry it? Shyam loses mega points for speaking ill of Billy Joel's music If it was ever played on the radio anymore, his music would speak for itself.

The way I see it, people can be either cool or assholes, and music can be either awesome or lame. Cool people who make awesome music are the best. I would include Hendrix, the Clash, Rage Against the Machine, and Bob Marley as examples. Assholes who make awesome music are second best. Billy Corgan is the prototype of this class. So is Axl Rose of the 1990s. Cool people who make lame music are third best. My personal list of members of this group includes Bruce Springsteen & Jimmy Buffett. Assholes who make lame music are the worst. Examples include Billy Joel and Axl Rose with the new GNR album. In the grand scheme of things, I couldn't care less what Corgan has to say about the Cubs or anything else. As far as I'm concerned, his guitar did the talking on the first FOUR Pumpkins albums (don't forget the underrated Pisces Iscariot). And despite the public perception, the many times I'd seen SP live, he was always interactive with the audience and kind of funny.

Really? Do you seriously think the team we just saw for the past 3 games would win 4 in a row had it been a 7 game series?

me likey

I can't stand it when the ESPN talking heads talk about CC being considered for the MVP/CY. He might be the MVP of Milwaukee because he keeps the pen from blowing it with his complete games, but that's about it. No question, he's a dominating pitcher. But when your NL starts include Colorado, Cincinnati, SF, Atlanta, Washington, and SD, you'd better dominate. His record against teams that aren't at least 10 games under .500 is 1-1. Whoop de freaking doo.

Is your sig from Hiroshima?

FINISH HIM

awesome

First 2 RBIs of the year :twisted:

Opening salvo: "This is car is crap. I will buy it for next to nothing" Follow up: "Here are your options. You can sell it for parts. Drive it off a cliff. You can donate it to a person you'd like to see die in a car crash. Or, you can sell it to me and Ill use it like a wagon on my farm. It'll be towed by a donkey." Offer $1

There isn't a place for gay jokes on this board. It was neither written as, nor intended to be, a "gay" joke. It was a humorous (to me) way to tie together the rampant rumors about Edmond's sexual orientation, the widening of his stance in the batting box referred to in the title of the thread, and Larry Craig's "wide stance" as an excuse for his actions in the Minneapolis airport bathroom. But oh well ... I guess that's why I'm not a moderator on this forum.

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I'm pretty sure you do need a SmartCard to park .... at least you do at Shady Grove where I get on. However, you can purchase the card right there at the station; no need to wait for snail mail. I've heard that there is very little parking available at the new stadium and that metro is definitely the way to go.

are Mets fans as obnoxious in public as they appear to be at the zoo? I was at the Phillies/Mets game last night, and from what I saw: Yes, they are that obnoxious. Not that Phillies fans are any prize either, but at least it was their home field. The Mets fans were loudly talking smack for most of the game and several fights broke out in center/left field resulting in numerous ejections. Although, as a dispassionate observer, it was amusing to watch.

It's weird/sad how years later, just thinking about that inning still makes me nauseous and just unbelievably sad. I need a Cubs win today.

I don't know what's more pathetic ... that I watched the bottom of the 9th or that I'll probably be right back waiting for opening day 2008. I disgust myself.

Time to start drilling people in the nuts.

WE'RE IN GRAND SLAM RANGE!! Or not. Either way. I don't care anymore.

go rockies

stark ( i think ... someone on espn) picked the cubs to win it all. dumbass.

hey! that foul ball was a mirror image bartman!!! i'm surprised TBS doesn't have that cued up already.

i hope someone hits valverde in the head next inning to knock his googly eyes back into a synchronous orbit

way to hustle cliff it's not like it's your last at bat for the season or anything