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  1. Ralph Wiggum
    Although he was overshadowed by the atrosciously bad Bryant Gumbel, Cris Collinsworth is an exceptional color commentator. He alone made games covered by the NFL Network watchable. I really wish either Fox or CBS would hand him a huge paycheck to join their #1 game team. Maybe pair him with Dick Stockton or Enberg.
  2. Ralph Wiggum
    Johnny Estrada Seriously, I'd go with Joe Mauer. Catchers that can hit and play defense are at such a premium right now. Otherwise, David Wright would be a terrific cornerstone to build around. Terrific defender, young and consistent .300, 40 HR potential.
  3. Ralph Wiggum
    I have a projector (older Hitachi model) set up in me living room. I love it. As for a screen, give your local school district or college a call. Many aer switching over to interactive white boards, and are getting rid of their overhead projector screens. I got a nice big one (about 7 feet across) for free. It's the pull-down model, so when we aren't watching it, it goes up and out of the way. I love my projector...one of the best purchases I've made. It does get a little washed out in daylight, but nighttime is awesome. We put heavy shades over the windows, which basically solved the problem. The only problem with projectors are the bulbs, though. They are expensive (although they do last a very long time.) Most projectors are also HD compatible. The picture quality isn't what you get from a plasma/lcd screen, but I think it's better than a regular tube television. It isn't far off. I have my projector hooked up with surround sound through a Pioneer receiver, and it feels like I'm in a movie theater. A 96 inch screen is very nice, and instead of paying about $10,000 for that size of LCD, I payed just over $400.
  4. Ralph Wiggum
    I know that Ledger obviously didn't take anyone out with him, but it's still a little hypocritical to say that you feel bad for anyone connected to Benoit's family, while showing no sympathy for anyone connected to Ledger. When someone close to you dies, it hurts, no matter what the circumstance is/was.
  5. Ralph Wiggum
    Because you don't know if it was a suicide or not. There is scant information out on this story at the moment. I would refrain from passing judgment until the facts are out. Also, I don't understand your arguement saying you shouldn't feel bad for his family because he didn't. Doesn't that make you just as bad as him? You are obviously a professional wrestling fan. I'd be very interested in hearing your take on the Chris Benoit murder/suicide last year.
  6. Ralph Wiggum
    Is Palmisano slated for AAA for sure this year? I would certainly hope he'd be the starter there, but wouldn't the two losers of the Munson, Rivera, Rottino battle logically end up there, too? Is it a case with Munson and Rivera that if they don't make the team, could they be cut outright? I would like to see one of those guys as the back-up at Nashville, but not both. I also like Rottino's versatility with the big league club. However, maybe there is room for him and another back-up catcher. I think Rottino could concievably be a more-athletic Matt LeCroy (backing up at 1B, 3B, LF, RF and serving as the #3 catcher). Doesn't Munson also have big league experience at 3B and 1B? I could have sworn he came up through the minors as a hot-shot 3B prospect, and began to don the catching gear after having troubles sticking in the majors because of his offense.
  7. Ralph Wiggum
    Maybe this belongs in the mjaor league thread, but since I'm talking about a minor leaguer, it likely belongs here. Lou Palmisano, at age 25 last year, hit .260 with decent power and good defense at AA Huntsville. Besides Angel Salome (who is still green and grass, and is serving a suspension) and maybe Jon Lucroy, Palmisano has the highest upside of any catcher in the system. Does anyone think he may break camp as the back-up catcher for the Brewers? With Jason Kendall aboard, who has proven to be a dependable, 140+ game catcher in the past, there won't be a lot of at-bats for the back-up. Why not give the young guy a shot with the big club, and a chance to learn from an established pro like Kendall? If Kendall goes down, you can have guys like Munson and Rivera at AAA ready to step in. Maybe this idea is far-fetched, but what could it hurt? Palmisano is starting to get to the age where he isn't a true prospect anymore. At least he'd bring strong defense and power potential to the roster. Of course, if they are looking strictly for a lefty bat, Munson would get the nod.
  8. Ralph Wiggum
    I think if the Brewers trade anything they have a percieved surplus of (i.e. starting pitching and maybe relief pitching), it would be for high-ceiling, lower-level minor league pitching to help replenish the system a little. With the trade for Linebrink last year, and guys like Parra, Villanueva, Gallardo and Stetter making the jump to the big league club, the organization could use an infusion of minor league pitching talent. I wouldn't mind seeing a young, close to major league-ready catcher come in, either.
  9. Ralph Wiggum
    I think you are prety close to correct. It's important to remember that a lot of these drugs severely impare your judgment, which can lead to someone taking moe than the prescribed/recommended dosage, especially in a small time frame.
  10. Ralph Wiggum
    Ironic, considering your sympathy for professional baseball players and professional wrestlers who are accused of using steroids and/or other unnatural body enhancers. Kind of the pot calling the kettle black, if you ask me.
  11. Ralph Wiggum
    I think professional wrestling, and unfortunately, its fans, carries a negative stigma with national, mainstream media. Its a situation similar to Nascar. Many people hold contempt for entertainment that they deem "unworthy" of their support. The difference between the negativity surrounding steroids and professional athletes compared to narcotics and professional entertainers is that the steroids help a professional athlete perform what he is getting paid to do at a higher rate. I doubt that cocaine helps one act or sing better, but steroids do help baseball players and professional wrestlers move ahead in the sport. Trust me, it bugs the heck out of me when I see these new age "divas" get caught for drugs and other indiscretions, too. Unfortunately, money talks in this society, and these stars have a lot of it. Honestly, I think the heads of the major media outlets are downright embarrased that professional wrestling is popular in this country. I believe they think it makes the U.S. look like Hickville, USA. Give it a little more time, and you'll see Nascar attacked, too. Unfortunately, you'll never see the government come down on Hollywood. Pro sports are big, but it's pocket change compared to the bucks Hollywood brings in.
  12. Ralph Wiggum
    Agree 100% with you. Sure, Thatcher, Garrison and Inman were nice prospects, but that's all they were...prospects. Thatcher had been extremely inconsistent, and was old enough to not really be considered a prospect anymore, anyway. Personally, I think Mitch Stetter probably has a higher ceiling than Thatcher, and how many LOOGY-type pitchers can appear on one team? Garrison and Inman weren't going to see Miller Park until 2009 at the absolute earliest. I didn't have a problem at all with the trade. Like hauser said, the Brewers took a chance, and saw Linebrink as the late-inning reliever that would put them over the top. How was Doug Melvin to know that his offense and the rest of the relief corps would go completely in the tank? Sometimes late-season trades work, sometimes they don't. While the Brewers didn't make the playoffs, Linebrink pitched pretty well. It definitely wasn't his fault that the Brewers didn't make the postseason.
  13. Ralph Wiggum
    Not so much...with Beltran out, the Mets outfield is full of sucky geriatrics.
  14. Ralph Wiggum
    Wow man, that should be in all blue. You're talking like this team is 15 games under .500. You do realize that the Brewers are still a 1st place team, right? I understand the venting, as it looked liek something was going down, but heck, it happens. Personally, I'll vent because Rickie Weeks has been pretty horrible this year. For a guy that was supposed to be the second coming, he hasn't done squat.
  15. Ralph Wiggum
    Isn't this assuming quite a bit? If the Sox gave up Del Carmen or Hansen, its the equivalent of the Brewers givng up a player of Villanueva or Parra-calibur. Personally, I don't think I'd like that one bit. I don't even like the team giving up Gwynn for Gagne. Posters here are biginning to act like Packer fans did on draft day, ready to tar and feather Doug just like Ted Thomson.
  16. Ralph Wiggum
    I'm a newspaper editor, so I guess that qualifies. There's only so much you can do with an English major if you don't want to actually teach English or edit the encyclopedia.
  17. Ralph Wiggum
    UW-Stevens Point, Class of 2004 Double major in English and communications. Triple minor with writing, psychology and scientific and technical writing. Took me five years, and that was with dropping my psych major midway through my sophomore year. I worked a ton of jobs during college. Lifeguard at the pool (where I met my future wife, who was a diver on the swim team). Teledata installation one summer. Sales associate at Tradehome Shoes. Driveway sealcoater another summer. Intern in the outdoors department at Krause Publications another summer. I worked 3 years as the sports editor for the college newspaper (jaybird, I believe we've met in the past). Also did sports radio and television work my final two years in college. I don't know why, but it seemed like working odd jobs and living off my student loan checks was easier than life now, working full time. Responsibility sucks sometimes.
  18. Ralph Wiggum
    City of Lewis, 1998. Pretty sure I still have my BBS white t-shirt around somewhere, too (although it's now skin-tight). I too became a U.S. Senator. I distinctly remember the other senator I "served " with becoming the president of the State of Wisconsin College Republicans a few years back. Needless to say, he took it a bit more seriously than I did. I also remember that every one of the milk maids (or milk wenches, as we called them) looked like Kathy Ireland by Friday. I also remember throwing one of my city-mate's matresses out the window, which nearly got a group of us sent home early. I also remember rivalries with other cities which included "pennying" doors and water balloons. We're talking West Side Story stuff here.
  19. Ralph Wiggum
    I just actually had an interview with a company which is a direct competitor to mine. The contacted me out of the blue and said they were interested in talking with me. Personally, I took it as a compliment that they noticed my work and went out of their way to call me. If I were the one fishing for the interview, I'd have felt a little worse about it. Really, you'd be doing yourself a disservice by not at least going to talk with them. At the very least, you can learn a little about how the competition operates. If your current company really wants to keep you, they'll find a way to do it. If they don't, maybe it's time to make a move anyway. They'll kick themselves when you are doing good things for the competition.
  20. Ralph Wiggum
    While I'm kind of a Bucks fan, this scenario makes me extremely happy. Boston and Milwaukee got hosed for tanking their seasons, and the NBA punished them for it. I think that's wonderful. I really hate some things about the NBA, and teams tanking the rest of their season to get a higher pick is among the top of that list. It was great seeing those stupid Boston fans yelling and falling out of their chairs when they got #5. That was awesome. I know that Bill Simmons and the Boston media is going to go ape calling this another NBA conspiracy. I call it Karma. Boston has a lot of talent, and that team was losing deliberately at the end. Same with Milwaukee, to a lesser extent. Serves them both right. I also think Oden is going to fall flat, so I'm glad he won't be a Buck. Durant will be a star in Seattle.
  21. Ralph Wiggum
    Wow, the condensation trifecta! Congratulations! After looking at NFL draft message boards all weekend, I'm officially sick of any type of "goggles," I'm ready to poison the "kool-aid," and I'm going to burn my "homer hat." All three of those phrases have become completely useless, overused cliches, especially on sports message boards. Of course, considering the source, I guess I can't say I'm surprised.
  22. Ralph Wiggum
    I wonder how Mark Prior and Kerry Wood feel watching Rich Hill pitch for the Cubs? I'm betting Prior is sitting on the training table in Iowa, with a sly smile on his face, saying, "This kid has no idea what's coming." As an aside, I'm ready to change my tune on Carlos Villaneueva. I used to think he was just another soft-tossing righty in the mold of Jason Bere or Kyle Peterson, but the kid showed a lot of moxie last night. I'm sure I wasn't the only one here that had a lump in his throat on every Villy pitch, though. That Cubs line-up is just stacked with dangerous hitters. Of course, the Brewers proved that their line-up isn't chopped liver, either.
  23. Ralph Wiggum
    Here's to no more Brewers games being preempted by the Milwaukee (Not even good enough to tank it at the end) Bucks. Who the heck signed that contract at FSN? Who the heck thought that a team led by the completely inept Terry Stotts could possibly be in playoff contention in April?
  24. Ralph Wiggum
    Wow, Uek honestly sounds like he can't believe the Brewers won in that fashion....like he was gearing up for a letdown that never came.
  25. Ralph Wiggum
    Wow, between Dukes and Delmon Young, the Rays could possibly have the dumbest future outfield in history. That's what you get when you draft guys based on athletic potential, and pay absolutely no attention to the fact that they have cobwebs in the attic.
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