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That's it No pitcher on the staff gets me more nervous when luck isn't on his side and some bloopers or seeing eye grounders lead to base hits because it's only a matter of when some other hitters will start ripping line drives or home runs and the less guys on base for that obviously is best.

I'd be fine with Kendall leading off, if it was 2004 instead of 2009

Arod is a hard guy to figure out He strikes me as someone who badly wants to be loved by baseball fans, but has the PR sense of Mike Tyson. That's one strange photoshoot is all i'll say.

This won't make anyone else's list, but Love Song by The Cure after about 6-7 replays and i'd be ready to stab myself in the eye with a fork if that's what it would take to get the song stopped playing.

This year is the first time i've watched any of the WBC games and i'm surprised by how much i've enjoyed watching the games, even the non-USA games.

Like Ron Wolf said in his book, a few of his better moves were moves he tried to make, but was unable to get them done.

He gets Uecker at bout 4:45 into the clip

I honestly wonder if the Badgers have set a record for leads blown in a single season?

The Giants are just a hard organization to figure out what the hell they are doing since Bonds retired. Here they bring in Randy Johnson, some older relief pitchers, and Renteria, but they still have what looks like will be a terrible offense. They could end up having a nice rotation, but why bother spending money on multiple older pitchers if they weren't going to add anything to their terrible offense. Usually in the case of a team that was as bad as San Fran last year, i'd say they should have just tried to rebuild and get younger. I think that's what the Giants should have done, but given how bad the NL West was, it wasn't impossible to think the Giants could make a run at the division if they had made enough and correct additions. To just spend money though on some veteran pitching, but not add any very badly needed big bat or two, all they did was half-asss things to where they should be a better team, but not enough to do any real damage, so what's the point?

I guess we'll find out if Boras has the 5-6 other interested teams like he always claims to have

I'd love this trade and for the first time in awhile, i'd have some real hope that the Bucks actually have a real direction, even if it will take time because of the youth. Then the following year Redd would finally be an expiring contract, i can't wait for the day he's no long a Buck. Gadzuric would also be coming off the cap the same year.

If it's eight degrees outside and all i want to make is a single burger, piece of marinated chicken, or grilled fish, i'm not going to hassle with getting my charcoal grill going. There are enough times where i'm making multiple burgers, some steaks, or a package of brats, then usually it's worth getting the charcoal grill going. One or two burgers/piece of fish, no way, especially in crappy weather. I love the taste of grilled food so i always have burgers in the freezer, fish in the freezer, or marinated chicken in single helping size. Except for during big snow storms, i grill food usually 1-3 times a week. I even love taking lunch meat from the deli and putting it on the grill with some bacon. If though i want to quickly/easily put a handful of say deli sliced ham/turkey/chicken on the grill for a sandwhich, no way i'm spending all that time getting my charcoal grill hot for just that. Instead, i go turn on the gas grill and a minute later my deli meat or burger patty is on the grill and later toast the bun. I'm already done eating by the time charcoal would still be heating up with much less hassle and the taste is far better than anything i'd have made on the stove, plus no dishes to clean. It's was a beautiful invention for someone like me who loves grilled fod as much as i do, same for my kid. When i only had a charcoal grill, i grilled out far less, especially in winter. Gas grills have allowed me to get that grilled flavor on so many more things. Since getting my gas grill, i almost ever make any meat in a frying pan anymore unless it's something that has to be. Hell, i've even heated up leftovers on the gas grill because it's just so easy and hassle free to use, especially in bad weather.

Bonus if you don't use lighter fluid. A gas grill isn't much different than cooking on the stove with the windows open.Don't agree in the slightest I have both a gas and charcoal grill, i use both depending on the circumstances. If i'm going out somewhere to say a picnic, it's summer/spring, or making a steak, i almost always use the charcoal grill because the taste is better. That said, i often just feel like making a burger or two, a piece of chicken or two, a piece of fish etc and with it being cold as hell for many months, no way i'm wasting the time to hassle with getting the charcoal grill going for just a burger or two. I go outside my patio door even in very cold weather and turn on the gas grill, a few minutes later the food is ready to go on. With all the drippings on my gas grill, burgers/chicken/fish/brats taste vastly better than anything made on a stove in a frying pan. The taste isn't quite as good as a charcoal grill, but far superior to a frying pan. Given how much i prefer meat grilled, gas grills are a godsend for me when i'm in a hurry, to lazy to get charcoal going, or when the weather sucks. In fact, just a few days ago it was cold/raining and i made some fish for me and my kid on the gas grill, it tasted outstanding and the whole process was done start to finish in 15 minutes at most.

It is such a weird situation, even if Bud does nothing because the majority of baseball fans have no respect for the record Bonds now holds. I understand why that would trouble Bud very much given the importance so many baseball fans put on records, he hates seeing the most cherished record being in a situation where such a good number of fans flat out reject the legitimacy of the record holder. That said, like others in the thread have stated, how can Bud just start cherry picking what records he wants to change at his discretion? I personally don't think Bonds would have ever caught Hank without the help of steroids so i have a hard time respecting at all the record he now holds, but in the end, he did hit the most home runs.

I also liked this piece by Neyer http://sports.espn.go.com...895395&name=Neyer_Rob

I watched the A-Rod interview and i don't get why if he was going to fess up to taking roids, why not just come fully clean in the interview by acting like he didn't know exactly what he was taking? I give him some credit for at least admitting he took steroids, but i'd respect him more if he'd have completely clean. If he was going to go as far as going on ESPN and admit what he did, why do some of the hiding and hedging, would it really do him any more harm than what's already been done?

I sure hope so, i sure see a better chance that say DiFelice could really help the Brewers next year more than Rottino.

Hard for me to see any negative to this signing given the likely dollar amounts being thrown around, especially if the option isn't strictly a player option which doesn't seem likely.

Was thrilled to see the sweep, but this years Badgers team is torture on my nerves. I've never followed a hockey team that gets me so nervous every time they get a 2-3 goal lead. When they went up 3-0 on Friday, i told my buddy, this game is still going to end up being a nail biter. Right on cue, the Gopher score a few minutes later and then score again to make it 3-2, i was dreading that the team would blow yet another three goal lead. Great weekend of hockey though, the game on Saturday was as exciting as it gets IMO.

Aren't they all, even when a random boob flops out? Besides that, i've never really understood the huge popularity of the music Springsteen has made. To each their own i guess.

Props to Buzz Williams. I was very leery of the hiring at the time, but he put together a fine and experienced coaching staff around him. The team has not only avoided skipping a beat, they are playing outstanding ball even though there isn't a player of any quality on the team that is taller that 6'6. Mix in the stellar recruiting class that on paper is a great mix of need at PG and some badly needed size, i'm very impressed. I'm sure the team will go through some growing pains next year, but if this recruiting class lives up to the hype, Marquette will be able to stay among the upper half of programs in the powerful Big East conference.

Yes the Bucks would take Griffin and no they wouldn't be better off with the second pick instead. As for Stephen Curry, he's a very productive college player without an NBA position. He's short and skinny for an NBA shooting guard, but he doesn't really have point guard skills either which fits his size better. I think with his great ability to shoot that Curry will be able to stick around off the bench in the NBA as a scorer, but teams don't spend top 5 picks on players that project to be a bench player.

Yea geez, why hasn't some football coach figured out how easy the game really is and just adopt the throw it deep every other play to the tall guy strategy for a bunch of easy touchdowns? Boom, watch the wins roll in. If only the game was that simple.

1. I question if we'd get a good enough return given he'll be a RFA after the season 2. I believe Charlie can easily be a 20ppg scorer in the NBA. This is the first time since he's been a Bucks that Villanueva has had both consistent minutes and has been a featured cog in the offense. The last few years he's had injuries and the promise to Yi of playing time that limited the minutes for CV, plus Mo/Redd and Bogut to a lesser extent took a lot of the shots. Now with Redd hurt, the Bucks need offense so Charlie is getting 30mpg and he has a featured role in the offense. His confidence is high. His main weakness though is still on defense.

Did you see that open net shot missed by i forget who on Saturday night in the 1-0 loss? The Badgers had tons of good scoring chances and couldn't put one in the net while UMD had very few scoring chances, but turned one ugly turnover by us into a goal. Uggggg