JimH5

Maybe this link will work. . . http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-UN40C7000-40-Inch-1080p-Black/dp/B0036WT4AG/ref=sr_1_5?s=tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1290079804&sr=1-5 Mine was bundled with a 3D BluRay player and 2 pair of 3D glasses and a 3D movie, which my daughter has watched twice. We never use the 3D stuff, but that was basically free. Also be prepared to spend money on HDMI cables.

I bought this one in August and love it. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+-+40%22+Class+/+1080p+/+240Hz+/+3D+LEA-LCD+HDTV/9783551.p?id=1218173773356&skuId=9783551 It's only a 40" tv, but they make the model in bigger versions. Picture is great (I have Verizon Fios), Action is smooth. It's in a pretty small apartment with wood floors and lots of hard surfaces, and I'm just using the tv's own sound. It's fine.

He's also in the Baltimore Orioles Hall of Fame, which blew mine.

I am most certain that whatever rule applies for one team applies for all teams. Licensing is a leaguewide thing--it's not done on a team-by-team basis..

There are 12 guys on a new ballot to be considered by a committee for induction into the Hall of Fame. They announce the results December 6th. Former Brewer Ted Simmons is on the list. Here are the bios (taken from the HOF website): The 12 candidates for Expansion Era consideration: Vida Blue spent 17 seasons pitching in the majors with the Oakland A's, Kansas City Royals and San Francisco Giants, compiling a 209-161 record, with a 3.27 ERA in 502 major league games/473 starts. Blue, the 1971 AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner, was named to six All-Star teams, and won at least 18 games five times in his career. Dave Concepcion spent 19 seasons as the Cincinnati Reds shortstop, compiling a .267 average with 2,326 hits, 321 stolen bases and two Silver Slugger Awards, along five Gold Glove Awards and nine All-Star Game selections. Steve Garvey compiled a .294 career average over 19 major league seasons with the Dodgers and Padres, amassing 2,599 hits, 272 home runs, 1,308 RBI and 10 All-Star Game selections. He hit .338 with 11 home runs and 31 RBI in 11 postseason series, was named the 1978 and 1984 NLCS MVP and won the 1981 Roberto Clemente Award. Garvey won four Gold Glove Awards, was named the 1974 National League Most Valuable Player and played in an N.L. record 1,207 straight games. Pat Gillick spent 27 years as the general manager for the Blue Jays, Orioles, Mariners and Phillies, winning at every stop along the way, with his teams earning 11 post-season berths and three World Series championships. In his 27 years as GM, his teams finished with a winning record 20 times. Ron Guidry pitched 14 seasons for the New York Yankees, compiling a 170-91 record, a 3.29 ERA and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 2.81-to-1. In 10 postseason starts, Guidry was 5-2 with a 3.02 ERA. Four times he won 18 games or more in a season, including a Cy Young Award winning 1978 season with a 25-3, 1.74 era record. Tommy John pitched 26 seasons for the Indians, Dodgers, Yankees, Angels and A's, finishing his career after the 1989 season with a record of 288-231 and 3.34 ERA. His 700 career starts rank eighth on the all-time list and his 4,710.1 innings rank 20th all-time. Billy Martin spent 16 seasons 1969, 1971-83, 1985, 1988) managing the Twins, Tigers, Rangers, Yankees (five different stints) and A's, compiling a 1,253-1015 record (.552). Martin's teams finished in first place five times, winning two American League pennants and one World Series with 1977 Yankees. Marvin Miller was elected as the head of the Major League Baseball Players Association in 1966 and quickly turned the union into a powerhouse. Within a decade, Miller had secured free agency for the players. By the time he retired in 1982, the average player salary was approximately 10 times what it was when he took over. Al Oliver compiled 2,743 hits in 18 seasons with the Pirates, Rangers, Expos, Giants, Phillies, Dodgers and Blue Jays. He finished with a .303 career average, 529 doubles and 1,326 RBI, recording 10 seasons with a .300 or higher average, including nine straight from 1976-1984. Ted Simmons played for 21 seasons, totaling a .285 batting average, 2,472 hits, 483 doubles, 248 home runs and 1,389 RBI for the Cardinals, Brewers and Braves. An 8-time All-Star, he garnered MVP votes six times in his career. Rusty Staub totaled 2,716 hits in a 23-year major league career, with a .279 average, 292 home runs, 1,466 RBI and six All-Star Game selections. He appeared in at least 150 games in 12 seasons, and his 2,951 big league games rank No. 12 on the all-time list. George Steinbrenner guided the New York Yankees franchise as principal owner from purchasing the team in 1973 to his death in 2010, with his teams winning 11 American League pennants and seven World Series titles. My own ballot would include Steinbrenner, Gillick, Miller & Martin--in that order.

I believe there are licensing issues with selling things with major league logos, and the MLBPA also has licensing issues when you sell items with player images. Card companies have contracts, as does Photofile. That's also why t-shirt makers have to be cautious when producing things with images owned by others. Good luck. I hope others will confirm or refute my opinion.

3 days is perfect for NYC. . .Holiday shopping, sightseeing, great dining, broadway. No car necessary.

I wonder if I have time to do the deck yet this year. . . Hey, it doesn't matter--Neighborly Ed is coming back! I can always use it next year during a roadtrip! Glad to hear that he's back--I'll look for him driving around the Boy Scouts when they're delivering Christmas wreaths. . .

This is the stupidest thing I have seen in awhile. A Yankee Stadium seat converted into an office chair on sale at MLB.com for $799. It looks ridiculous & uncomfortable, and ruins the historic value of an authentic seat from the stadium. But it can be yours for 8 bills. . .if you're a goof. http://akamai.edeal.com/images/catalog902/folder762/img9525184med.jpghttp://auction.mlb.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=134802146&prmenbr=33072944&aunbr=135148856

I'm not sure how they can make a weekly baseball game all that much better. There are just so many televised games, it's hard for a national broadcast of a single game have much to offer. I have really liked Jon Miller over the years, and while Joe Morgan has earned most of his criticism, he did offer a unique perspective. I would take Morgan over Ken Rosenthal every time.

Sad to hear the news. He seemed like a terrific gent.

"I'm not sure the Brewers really know what they've got just yet." And neither do I. The Brewers just hired the most anonymous guy on their list. And I was giddy about the possibility of them hiring the most flamboyant one. So while I'm disappointed, I can't really rip them. All that matters is how the players respond to him. Best wishes, RR. Do your magic.

Whew. . .I'm 48 and so I'm of an age when I start to worry about early onset Alzheimer's and other unpleasantness. Sorry for the paranoid misunderstanding. Still, if that ever did happen to me, Sedar seems like he'd stop over to make sure I was dressed and shaved and stuff. We need more people in the world as nice as I imagine Ed Sedar to be!

Sorry if I used someone else's line. . .I didn't intentionally rip it off from another poster. Though someone else had also beat me to the punch (by several months) on being bugged by the State Farm Insurance dimpled spokesman, so maybe I'm reading stuff that is sticking, and then I'm regurgitating it as my own. I'm not consciously snagging after other people's yuks.

From my living room, he looked like the kind of guy who might lend you his pressure washer if you were his neighbor.

Marquette Hall of Famer and former NBA star Maurice Lucas died at age 58 after battling bladder cancer: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/basketball/nba/10/31/maurice.lucas.ap/index.html?eref=sihp He was such a fierce and strong player. Sad to read this. . .

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-phillies-moves If this is the end, it's been quite a career. I met Moyer at a signing in Rockford in the winter of 1987/88 when he was young and so was I. He's going to play winter ball this offseason, and if he's healthy, he could be worth a NRI.

It is a sad day as we bid farewell to two American television actors and remember their iconic characters. Loved Tom Bosley as Mr. Cunningham and Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver. I especially liked the relationships between those characters and their kids' friends. Very much a part of the H5 family growing up.

BOBBY-VEEEEE!!!!!

I graduated from high school in 1980, and by the end of the decade I had graduated from college, had my first real job, and had gotten married. So the 1980s are right in my wheelhouse. And while there was plenty of cheese, I look back on that time with great fondness. Still, the pinacle of cheesyness for me is "We Built This City" by Starship. It was so blatant a sellout by a band which at least had some significance 15 years earlier. It was crap then, and it remains crap today. In 2nd place, the theme from Ghostbusters by Ray Parker, Jr. In the world of television, I'll choose Murder She Wrote. There's a heinous crime, so who best to solve the case? A 60 year old mystery writer who just happens to be around. The killer is still on the loose? Ehh, she'll figure it out. . .she's a writer! Runner up in the world of tv: Alf. At the movies, Revenge of the Nerds takes my award. The perfect mix of over-the-top stereotypes, Ted McGinley and the crosseyed jock. My runner up: Breakin'. . .the way white people were supposed to think black people handled conflict. In commercials, the worst of the lot were the California Raisins and the way that people were genuinely happy to see those stupid claymation singing raisins. The Noid, another claymation guy was a villan who wanted to make Dominos pizza cold, but of course he was foiled time and again. Goofiest hair: So many to pick from. . .Alannah Myles of the Thompson Twins; Cyndi Lauper; Dee Snider; Nina Blackwood; Jermaine Jackson; Aimee Mann; Mike Score from A Flock of Seagulls. . .my choice. . .Macho Man Randy Savage. His wasn't so much hair as it was brown cotton candy. Not sure if this fits the theme of the original post, but I had fun reminiscing. . .

Wow--That's awesome! He seems to have a wonderfully short fuse about it, too!

I can't think of a compelling reason to bring him back. . .but until they name a replacement, it's an incomplete transaction.

3 years seems about the life of the battery. . .and generally, the technology increases in those three years often make people consider buying a new notebook vs. the cost of replacing the battery. I had a Dell and after about 2 1/4 years, the battery went from lasting around 2 or 3 hours to just 40 minutes, and then finally it just died. I doubt that the problem is limited to Dells. My wife's Sony Vaio had the same issue.

Not sure how a mouth guard would prevent injuries to the brain. Boxers wear them all the time, and they often leave the sport incoherent and disabled. They even have their own diagnosis. . .Dementia pugilistica. Some say Ali's parkinson's disease can be linked to his boxing career.

Yikes. . .135. I could have sworn that I typed a few of those names in there, but maybe they were misspelled. . .