Number one reason why I hate baseball
 

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The bullshit of throwing a ball 90+ mph at someone intentionally and all of those bench clearing “brawls” that are so rarely an actual fight.

Nothing but fake drama that they have to have to get fans to come to the park and be willing to be bored for 3+ hours… if the game was so exciting why do the players on the bench have to find things to do like chew on seeds and play with their rally caps to keep themselves busy?
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Torn -
Try coaching once.
BB is more like chess, 80% doesn't matter, the 20% does.
At my level, the youngest ones, hitting a batter is bad pitch, but at the MLB level, there are some merits to hitting someone.

Baseball fans will sit through a 1-0 14 inning game all the time.
If you don't like watching it, you have the remote :)

And as the ratings show, so does most of America.

I don’t care what the merits are, there is NEVER a good reason to intentionally hurt someone in a game, John Cheney got spanked pretty hard when he had his player to go "take the goon out" as he should have been since it was completely uncalled for and will tarnish his reputation for years to come.

I have no desire for my nephew to learn that part of baseball, the part where it says its ok to bean someone with a 90 mph fastball since that is completely uncalled for, and anyone in the position to teach kids that and do teach kids that needs to get out of that position.

And we have a game 7 for Lord Stanley!

After the way this series started I thought "sweep" for sure, but game 5 in OT I think was the best chance Carolina had to win the cup, now I think its all about the Oilers and if they can put the “cherry on top” on one of the greatest playoff runs ever if not the greatest.

I've really enjoyed this series. |thumb

I think Torn is now officially a hockey fan |thumb

I still can't name a single player or coach other then Gretzky, but I have watched the playoffs since I was in the Navy in the early 90's. ;)

Here's an interesting stat for all you NHL hockey fans: 11 of 13 game 7 winners have been by the team with home ice advantage. With that being said, I think this series is completely different. That shorthanded overtime goal by Edmonton in game 5 swung the momentum in Edmonton's favor for good. But who knows. Anything can happen in a game 7 when everything is on the line. Should be a dandy!!|thumb

Tough break for "lefty" at the US Open today.

You mean that fat guy that hit a garbage can & a tent on the last 2 holes?
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Tough Break? That was awful golf play. That was the lefty of old...not the one that has been dominating the past year or 2. Damn. :(

Hell of a game last night too bad the fucking Heat won, Wade is going to be a incredible (ok, more so) player, but for the love of the gods, enough with the "Wade is sick, Wade is hurt" shit, I didn’t believe it when Jordan "had the flu" and I don’t believe it now.

BTW, If the Heat win Wade MVP, if the Mavs win Terry MVP.

Holy shit! I wasn’t aware he was in self-destruct mode |shocking|

LOL... I don’t watch or play golf, but I thought this was just you being a smart ass and then I saw the highlights.... fucking classic.

Hell of a run.... Congrats to the Carolina fans and a big |thumb to the Oilers... hell of a great fucking run.


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That was a Very good game. Man Ward made a few saves, both goalies did. Congrats to Carolina. Edmonton fans...what a run. :)

Adams of Carolina

"FUCKING YE.."

NBC will not allow the word "yeah" to be use on TV.... FCC TIME!

;)

Figures... first time in my life I rooted for a Dallas team...

Good to see Riley and Zo and Wade and Haslme get the ring, but fuck Shaq and Payton and Walker.

Oh well, just more of "superman" and "greatest ever" BS....





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Shaq is good but I think Alonzo Mourning played better. The blocks and the bigtime dunks were crucial, wow. And let's face it, without Wade there'd be no championship. Walker is an idiot yes.

Good for Riley for sure, he's top notch! And that Shaq Superman shit gotta go. It's giving Superman a bad name.

I would be shocked if Zo and Payton come back next year.

Wade... wow, what can be said? I think it is too soon to compare to MJ, but wow....

Hell of a class, Lebron, Carmelo, Wade...

Buffalo Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff has captured the 2005-2006 Jack Adams Award as "the NHL coach adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success," as selected by the NHL Broadcasters' Association.

Ruff edged Carolina Hurricanes head coach Peter Laviolette, 155-154, in the closet Adams vote since the trophy was first awarded in 1973-74 and the closest vote among all trophies in 2005-06.


http://www.nhl.com/trophies/adams.html

Way to go Lindy |thumb

On the first play of the first practice, the Browns new center, 2 time Pro Bowler LeCharles Bently, gets rolled up on and is carted off the field with a air cast on his left leg.

Welcome back to Cleveland LeCharles. Sigh....

Yeah saw that, I hate when shit like that happens. I still think the Browns will be very tough; they had a great off season.

The 2 biggest turnarounds will be Cards and Browns with a big improvement from the Saints and I think a huge down fall for the Pats, age has finally caught up with them.

Yeah, it looks promising. Lots of 'ifs' though. Counting on a lot of young players to step up and some veterans to put in one more good year. But that's football.

Our QB situation worries me though. I like Frye, and I don't think they'll put to much on his shoulders unless he proves he can handle it. They're already tailoring the offense to his strengths - putting in more rollouts and controlled scrambles, etc... But, if he goes down, we're in deep shit. I mean, Ken Dorsey? C'mon. Their backup plan? 93 year old Vinny Testerverde..............................

Bently out for the year
 

Torn patella tendon. Surgery tomorrow. Better now than the first game I guess.

Falcons and Pats this Friday . . . Tuning up for another season of cold beer, hot wings & screaming at my TV |angry|

Oakland Raiders sign Jeff George to a contract
 

|pokefun| Jeff George

Daum dogg there is so many post I JUST SKIPPED... GO RAIDERS...

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I had a good sleep last night. Did I sleep for 3-4 years? Jeff George? Can't be true.......

I had a hard time believing it myself |crazy|

Just saw on CNN David Akers, the kicker from Philly, was covering a kickoff and 10 yards from the play he runs and jumps into the Giants sideline right into the Giants director of players personal, if you have not seen it he was very blatant with it and then at least 3 Giants beat the shit out of him.

Did anyone see this game on TV and if so what did they say about why Akers did this? I've never seen anything so stupid as this and I hope they fine the shit out of him. It’s like he targeted this guy since there is just no way it was an accident.

There's a 5 sec clip of it on You Tube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-e4qBI20YM

I saw it on one of the highlight shows, but I didn't pay too much attention to it as I was watching stats scroll along the bottom :)

That was the most sickening football game I've ever seen. Ever. How does a team win like that? Wait....how does a team lose like that. I am stunned.

I had Chicago across the board so I'm happy there but I actually caught myself hoping for Arizona even though I had Chicago in my pools. Then Rackers misses the FG? C'mon, it is a 40 yarder. Pathetic.

Yes I agree, when they was up 14-0 and then 20-0 I kept thinking...wow, they are going to beat the bears...

Even when they got into FG range, you just knew he was going to miss.

sick sick sick.

Joe Paterno of Penn St
 

Is one bad mofo… almost 80 years old and he took a nasty hit from one of his own players right into his left knee which hyper extended it, and he got back up and refused to sit down for over 10 mins.

Washington over Dallas… what a ending to a game and one of the oddest 30 secs in a game I’ve seen.

How about them Cowboys! |touchdown