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how about PENN STATE??? are YOU in? Nittany Lion Basketball: We have JuCo Transfers!

DePaul. Haven't heard much, but losing Mejia and Richardson can't help

what are the game threads in the Insider Forum like? Lot's of swearing I've heard

tie fighters

that no-trade rule for Noc....ugh. the NBA does everything they can to limit player movement. it's maddening

i'm hoping their lineup has ryan theriot and jason kendall in it ;)

good for him. he was so NOT the reason the Cubs sucked in the late 90's

i don't even know if i'll watch any of the WS this year.

Carrie Muskat = Cubs Management

Gray at C, Wallace at PF and Thomas on the bench would be maddening

If the Lakers could be talked down to that, the Bulls would be getting away with murder. and would have no center Not true..we still got Big White and Bad..Aaron Gray Woot! yeah, i meant the bulls would have no center (without Wallace), not the Lakers

If the Lakers could be talked down to that, the Bulls would be getting away with murder. and would have no center

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they go on sale at 1pm Central, right?

Cliff Burton (RIP) + best Metallica song (For whom the bells toll) = Burtonbell I also use it for Burton C Bell from Fear Factory, one of my fav bands back in the day. For Whom the Bell Tolls is my favorite Metallica song also. I just get chills from the first 2 minutes of the song. That would be an awesome song to have as your "entrance music" (relief pitcher, UFC Fighter, et. al. Sadly, Metallica would likely not allow it.) I'm surprised you guys both say it's your favorite. Definitely not a bad song, but it probably wouldn't make my top 15 by them. Also, I don't think playing clips from the song for a brief period at the start of an AB violates copyright rules, so not even Metallica could shoot it down. Sort of like how we're allowed to post quotes from linked articles here, but can't post the whole thing. I can't recall specific instances in the majors, but I know there were several players from Oakland's AAA team that used clips from songs off Puppets, and they aren't far at all from Metallica's hometown of San Fran. I've never listened to their old stuff. Someone want to give a top ten list to give me some starting points? For Whom the Bell Tolls (Ride the Lightning) Fade to Black (Ride the Lightning) Seek & Destroy (Kill Em' All) Four Horsemen (Kill Em' All) Motorbreath (Kill Em' All) Battery (Master of Puppets) Master of Puppets (Master of Puppets) Sanitarium (Master of Puppets) Disposable Heroes (Master of Puppets) Blackened (...And Justice for All)

I'm not going to deny that we are a college first state, but Jax is a small market with a huge stadium. Are we too small to deserve a team? maybe. when will pro sports learn? stop putting teams in florida. Baseball, hockey and football already have more teams than they should have there. the "pro teams per sq. mile" have to be pretty high down there. Massachusetts is probably highest though. Still: NFL: Miami, Jacksonville, Tampa MLB: Miami, Tampa NBA: Miami, Orlando NHL: Miami, Tampa That's 9 pro teams. California has 14. Texas has 8

and they'd laugh at you Think so? If I offered them Gordon, Thomas, Wallace, and a couple picks and salary filler, do you really think they're going to get better offers than that from anyone not in their conference? we'll see, but I'm betting they would rather trade for Deng straight up than any package of filler/picks

and they'd laugh at you

that's some mighty fine grammar in that thread title

Well to be fair, you did bring it up. And if I refer to someone by first name only, and you're confused as to who I could possibly mean, please...let me know and I'll clarify. :) i know who people mean its just to egotistical for my humbled self, as you might imagine ;) i dont like to call alex rodriguez, arod. or even ichiro suzuki, ichiro. the only first name people in sports ill do it to (off the top of my head): Mark Kerry i have the same rant about Senator Clinton, but people are sick of me saying it

College Gameday will be broadcasting from Penn State this week.

Rocktober has a much better ring to it than Rapril /The Dugout ©

Now you're doing this: Replacing a hitter with a better hitter. I wouldn't keep OPS constant because I know that OPS that is OBP driven means more than OBP that is slugging driven. However, in this case the only way Soriano shouldn't bat lead off is if there's a realistic choice and that choice is a better hitter than him. Sizemore is a poor comparison and you justify this by saying they have the same OPS+ (which is a worthless statistic). You tried to prove your point by saying hey this guy is better thus obp kills soriano. the perfect comparison would be someone with an identical EqA and a higher OBP (lower SLG). When looking at this our choice is: .299/.337/.560 - Alfonso Soriano .258/.351/.459 - Nate McLouth .306/.353/.488 - Robinson Cano .263/.355/.441 - Ian Kinsler .265/.364/.463 - Josh Willingham .283/.369/.445 - Bobby Abreu As you can see we're looking at mainly .260/.360/.450 guys who OPS around 810 compared to Soriano's 897. i was just looking at another guy who, at first look, wouldn't normally be considered a leadoff guy (Sizemore)

so, any word on when the server will be back up?

Florida sucks for pro sports