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Rotblatt prevails over Seawolf in battle to post about Battle of Carloses!!! Edges fellow poster 11:34 to 11:39, Seawolf to demand recount

Chad Bradford

Yes. I was talking to the other 62. Sorry about that.

62, who are you talking about in your post?

Show off. (Directed at SK)

I'm Jay Satan! Hail! (Damn, I was Jay Satan)

I'm rooting for Kaz. Maybe he'll turn over a whole new leaf by hitting a HR in his first AB or something. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This was post #666, the Jay Satan Post:

I understand everyone is entitled to their opinion...but I just don't see how anyone can vote for "love". Heilman may have done well as a reliever, but his starting numbers aren't as good as Benson's. Julio may be able to throw it through a brick wall, but his numbers aren't anywhere close to Heilman's. Meaning, we now have a weaker rotation and a weaker bullpen than we did Saturday morning.

If you throw Cameron/Nady in there to lead off, I'd suspect you'd probably start off with negative as well.

This settles it. I officially hate Omar. Hard throwers. You know, Kane Davis threw pretty hard too.

It had its moments, ("It's not suspicious...it's unusual.") and the end scene with the mother near the tracks pulls at the heart strings...but overall, it didn't do it for me. I thought the movie could have been a lot better considering the material they had to work with.

I loved it. Russell Crowe was fantastic as Jim Braddock, a Depression Era underdog boxer. The movie focused a lot on his relationship with his family...and because a lot of it takes place in his dark, basement apartment, you really get an idea of what it must have been like raising kids during the Depression. There is a particularly touching scene where he gives his dinner to his daughter and then explains to her he is full because he dreamt he ate an enormous steak. It's a bit hokey, yes, but it's Ron Howard...and you expect that. Paul Giamatti is fantastic as his manager and Renee Zellweger is tolerable as his wife. (I find that whenever I see a movie with Renee Zellweger, I am constantly wishing she will get run over by a truck in the next scene. I don't know...maybe it's her voice, maybe it's because my wife made me sit through Chicago, maybe I am still upset with her for ruining Jerry Maguire...I'm not really sure. Anyway, I wasn't rooting for her to die in this movie and that is really saying something). The fight scenes were ok...and though not wonderful, you never get the feeling that this is an actor and could never be a professional athlete (like when Tim Robbins throws like a girl in Bull Durham). I thought they focused a bit too much on the "this guy has killed two men in the ring" angle though it was probably necessary to set up the Hulk Hogan-like Burst-of-Strength-Following-What-Appears-to-be-a-Devastating-Blow Moment. The last fight scene is just a little bit too long, but it doesn't stop you from wanting to cheer out loud at the end of the movie. 4.5 Stars

I thought it was ok. Other than recognizing the toe-sucking girl as a classmate from college, there was little to keep me interested throughout the movie. A couple of gems here and there, but by the end I was watching the clock wondering how much longer the movie would go on.

In his book Wilt Chamberlain boasted that he had over 10,000 sexual encounters. Whew! Just reading that makes me tired. You should have seen me on my trip to Latvia...

There is also that small obstacle of the $12 million we owe to Paul LoDuca.

I just wanted to post something in small writing too.

Is that pic from last year? I remember reading Timmy Tuff is no longer with the organization.

Matsui in 2004 had 125 hits, 40 walks, scored 65 runs and hit 32 doubles in 460 AB's. He also hit 7 homers, had 44 RBI and stole 14 bases. His BA was .272.

What other player can say they have had a ball, bat and glove thrown at them from the pitchers' mound....

Since you put it that way 83, that's probably what I would have done too.

JT Snow signs with the Red Sox. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2282818

By the way, welcome back Hillbilly. Good to have you around again.

I see no reason why Cameron would have to be traded before trading for Delgado so long as Cameron was traded before spring training. And if the offer for Nady was there, it would have remained as the CF market grew thinner. And if for some reason, they couldn't lose Cameron's contract, then you don't make that deal for Paul LoDuca. And with respect to Seo, one way we could have improved the bullpen without trading Seo would be to put Jae in it. I understand we had a surplus of starters, but trading the one who pitched the best in the second half of last year probably isn't the way to deal with that. Bottom line is we traded a good pitcher for one that is not as good.

What's the over/under on the next Zvon-lubitul copyright infringement?

I just hope Bret doesn't cry if he gets cut in spring training.