Schlitz001

It seems like the previews for the 2K baseball games always proclaim that it will be much better than the previous years, and then it comes out and everyone realizes that the improvements are minimal and unimpressive. I'm just going to wait until 2013 when the 2KSports monopoly on baseball games runs up, or maybe until Microsoft decides to release it's own game, however unlikely that is.

I appreciate Bud as much as the next guy, but I have to agree that a bust is a much better idea. Aaron and Yount were ballplayers and I associate them with full body athletic poses, like swinging a bat or fielding a ground ball. When I think of Bud Selig in a full body pose, I think of him with his hands in his pockets or with his arms crossed. Bud thinking about what his statue might look like in front of County Stadium..... http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/7d2153908d62c33ff7706426a1e81d9a6e70651.jpg

Daltry is 65 years old, so he probably can't move around like he used to. I do agree that squeezing the best of the Who into a 12 minute song was kind of odd. I liked the google commericial and the Kia commercial with the toys in the backseat. EDIT: About the google commercial, obviously we all know what google does, but I think that commercial really put into perspective exactly how much we rely on google to live life. We all know that Budweiser is for drinking, so does that make the Budweiser commercials redundant?

Since I don't see them listed yet, here are the nominations for best picture (metacritic score in parentheses) The Hurt Locker (94) Up (88) An Education (85) Avatar (84) Up in the Air (83) District 9 (81) Precious (79) A Serious Man (79) Inglorious Bastards (69) The Blind Side (53) I've only seen The Hurt Locker, Up, Avatar and Inglorious Bastards and I would say The Hurt Locker is the best, but none of the four really blew me away as a sure fire winner. I'm still trying to figure out who the audience for The Blind Side is.

I wonder if we are finally going to get to read what he's been writing about all those years in seclusion.

Does clip show = officially out of ideas? I agree with you on 30 Rock, Gobias. I think Community has been the most entertaining recently.

Conan took $42 million from the network, got huge ratings and publicity from the whole mess and will be back on another network shortly with the same audience tuning in to see his new show. Agreeing to a later timeslot would have been TERRIBLE for Conan.

Half of Byrnes' value came with his speed, but after tearing both hamstrings I'm not sure he can steal bases or run down balls like he used to. I'd pass on this one as well.

Where you live will determine your blackout restrictions. I believe I paid around $120 for a yearly package last year (including select spring training games) and you get to choose if you want to listen to the home or away broadcast. MLB.TV offers an HD quality picture, although it's not quite up to the quality of what I get when I watch games on ESPN, but it's pretty close. I have my laptop hooked up to my HDTV through an HDMI cable, but you can also use an S-video cable if you don't have an HDMI output on your computer. The quicker your internet service is, the smoother your footage will run. MLB.TV gets better every year and I assume they will have added some more features once again for the upcoming year.

Just a heads up for Mass Effect fans. If you pre-order the game at Gamestop you get Terminus Assault Armor and weapon. If you pre-order at any other retailer you get Inferno Armor as a bonus. The game comes out on the 26th.

He doesn't have more than 14 ABs against any of the guys mentioned in the article and he's 2 for 3 against Beckett. Wes Helms is also hitting .667 against Beckett. (Not to take anything away from Braun)

Assuming my closer is my best relief pitcher, I would walk Fielder and bring in my closer to face Hart. If my closer is a lefty I might consider pitching him against Prince. With only 4 outs to go it seems to me to be more important to protect a 1 run lead, especially when those 4 outs will likely go to the best pitcher in my bullpen.

I've been going out of my way to tune in to Conan to hear what he has to say. I think these past couple of shows have been his most entertaining since moving to the earlier time slot. Maybe NBC can pretend that this was all part of their plan to get Conan higher ratings.

I was commending Mark on admitting steroid use, but after seeing the interview he gave it's sad that he is still lying about what the steroids did for him. He admits to 'performance enhancing' drugs and apologizes to Roger Maris' family but expects us to believe that his homerun totals would be the same had he not used steroids!?! When will these players learn that it's just easier to admit the truth then to continue to get caught in their own lies. LaRussa is not helping the issue either.

This is how I feel as well. People tell me he is the same, but he seems more structured in the earlier time slot. He's a lot less funny to me now that 'people are actually watching'. I find myself watching Letterman over Conan now and I used to be one of Conan's faithful. IMO they never should have pulled him from his late night slot and now they obviously can't move him back. It sounds like Conan will end up on Fox and Leno will resume his old role. This will be a mistake for NBC, but a win for viewers like me who don't mind seeing the masturbating bear and Arnold Schwarzenegger from time to time.

It's been a while since I read Canseco's book, but I think he admitted injecting McGwire with steroids at some point when they were the Bash Brothers. I personally think it's nice that he finally admitted to it. Yes, it was obvious that he was guilty, but at least we finally know for a fact that all of his numbers are tainted. I hope he never makes the HoF, but he does deserve some credit for once again filling seats after the strike.

The reason I won't buy a Blu-Ray player is because I can stream movies through Netflix on my Xbox 360. The picture quality is great and plenty of movies are available in HD. It's only $8.99 per month. When baseball season rolls around I use an HDMI cable to connect my computer to my TV and watch MLB.TV in HD. It stutters sometimes and there is a delay, but it's good enough for me. Blu-Ray is great for some, but I'd rather rent the movies without leaving the couch. Plus I hate to have discs cluttering up my living room, especially when I probably won't watch them again.

He is a pretty big switch from Ned Yost, who it seemed never IBB'd anyone.

I won't argue that Dawson was a better player then Rice or Raines, but you can't just throw out his 1987 season. Even if most players had a better year in 1987, Dawson's was the best of them as evidenced by his MVP trophy.

Over the holidays my brother came to visit and I got to learn the extent of his Dew addiction when we walked 5 blocks through the snow on Christmas Day to find an open gas station so he could buy a Mountain Dew. I don't understand it, but I can't be the hypocrite since I started smoking again.

I'm doing a dual wielding dagger rogue playthrough right now and it's a ton of fun. Keep in mind that bonus armor and accessories that give you extra points to attributes. I pumped pretty much all my points into Cunning. I'm at level 18 right now and I do about 60 damage points average per backstab. I'll list my build below. I am on the Xbox by the way playing as an evil female city elf. Strength 22 (for armor purposes) Dexterity 35 (For Evasion talent) Willpower 21 (I maybe put a point into this) Cunning 63 (Lethality uses cunning as a damage modifier. The 2nd Assasin skill uses cunning as well for additional damage and Song of Courage from the bard tree also uses cunning.) Constitution 17 Skills Coercion x 4 Trap making x 4 (also gives the passive ability to detect traps) Poison-Making x 1 Combat training x 4 (absolute must) Talents Dirty Fighting x3 Below the Belt x4 (Get lethality early if you can) Deft Hands x 2 (Cunning adds to your lock-picking ability so any more than 2 talent points here is a waste. I haven't had a chest that I can't pick yet and I feel like even 2 points might be over doing it) Stealth x4 (You want to get this as soon as possible obviously) Assasin Tree x4 (A must for a backstabber. I would get this first before bard) Bard x3 (Song of Courage is as high as you need on this tree) Dual Weapon Training x3 (I would get the first 2 talents early in the game if possible) That's it. I don't know how high I will be able to level this character, but I think my next 4 points will go toward getting Arrow of Slaying. I used it on my first play through with Leliana and she was getting damage of up to 400 points. The best dagger in the game is from a vendor in Orzammar and is called Rose's Thorn. If you have the downloadable content, the second best dagger is in Shales quest in the deep roads, unfortunately I wasn't thinking about this when I murdered Shale early on in the game. Remember to use stealth to its fullest. Set up traps when it's obvious. I like the sleeping traps myself. My first playthrough was as a mage and while it was fun, this build has provided me with new levels of enjoyment. Hope that helps.

I was at that Texas game sitting in right field. I saw Marlon Byrd make one of the best catches I have ever seen in that game. He seems to be a pretty solid defender.

http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/c0b15190806fcd3d67f360737f06d4ccc7944ba.jpg This was up on the board at my local coffee shop. I'm not sure what the significance of it is, but it caught my eye.

I was worried that the Brewers would overpay with a multiyear deal for Craig. 1 year at $2 million sounds reasonable. He's a solid defender who always seems to hit well with men on base. Welcome back.

For the past three years I've worked in northern New Mexico and lived in Montana. Throughout that time I've driven driven through the mountains of Montana, Wyoming and Colorado dozens of times in god awful conditions. Even though the company I work for will pay for a hotel, I am usually so anxious to get to my destination that I barrel right through feet of snow and whiteout conditions, unless the highway has been closed. One time specifically I was driving back to Montana on a stretch of highway 191 in Wyoming south of Jackson and north of Pinedale in about 1 1/2' of unplowed snow at 2am. The snow was coming down so fast that it became increasingly difficult to find the road. After a while I took notice that I hadn't seen a vehicle in about an hour, so I turned on the local radio station and found out that due to extreme weather conditions, the stretch of highway I was driving on had been shut down for the night! After about 3 hours of driving 25 mph I arrived in Jackson to spend the night. I had white knuckles to say the least. My least favorite winter driving destinations are Teton Pass in Wyoming, Red Mountain Pass south of Ouray Colorado (2 lanes of 15 mph winding highway along a 1,000' drop) and anywhere around West Yellowstone where the roads are solid ice all winter. I have a lot of driving stories having worked in the oilfield the last 3 years. It's a wonder my vehicle is still in one piece.