Stephen Joseph

You're emailing and not calling? Dude, there's no chance there. How about you not get into such a situation. Don't accept anything that isnt somewhat simple

Several of the people on his friend's list are porn-stars. "Entertainment Industry?" There ya go.

Bride and Prejudice wasn't a bad movie. Naveen was pretty good in his role.

The Pitchers' Template: First Name: Milton Last Name: Fredman Nickname: "Roly Poly" Number: 00 Origin: United States Birth date: Jan 1, 1988 Age to start: (you can start at age 18 or older) 18 Height: 5"8' Weight: 275 Bats: Left Throws: Left Position: (Starter) Should only be filled out if you chose to be a Starting Pitcher, Reliever, or Closer. You have 11 points to allocate among the below categories. (Note: All categories start out as 5 or "C", and all talent ratings start out as average; talent categories are mostly for 18-year-olds, talent dictates how your player will evolve in the certain category.) Duration (A, B, C, D, E) - "A" rated pitchers can throw approximately 130 (75 for relievers) pitches during a game without tiring. Duration rating starts out as "C", so adding 2 points to this will give you an "A" for Duration.+2 Holding Runners - Preventing baserunners from getting jumps on steal attempts: starts at "C" +1 Groundball% - Frequency (in percent) of induced groundballs: starts at 50%, for every point you add to this, the percent rises 10 (Ex: 1 point added to Groundball% = 60%) +2 Stuff A general category to describe your ability to just bring it. No real better way to describe it. Vs. Left Handed Batters vs. Right Handed Batters TALENT +1 Control How well you can keep your pitches under control, your ability to avoid walks and create easy fly balls. vs. Left Handed Batters +1 vs. Right Handed Batters TALENT +1 Movement How much movement you have on your pitches, which can make you deceptively hard to hit. vs. Left Handed Batters vs. Right Handed Batters TALENT +2 Velocity - 7 *** All pitchers are allowed 2-4 pitches (pitches do not cost any points, just pick 2-4) Fastball Screwball Splitfinger Knuckleball Both batters and pitchers fill this out Loyalty: How loyal you are to the team you're on. Choose from: Loyal, endorses team Needs winner: How badly your player needs a winner. Choose from: No, doesn't care Leader ability: How well you can lead a team. Choose from: None Clutch performance: How well you perform when the heat is on. Choose from: Normal Consistency: How consistent you are in your playing. Choose from: Very inconsistent

Player Creation Template First Name: Ima Last Name: Gonnadi Nickname: "Probably" Number: 42 Origin: Russia Birth date: Jul 3, 1976 Age to start: (you can start at age 18 or older) 30 Height: 6"2' Weight: 215 Bats: (Switch) Throws: Left Position: (Rightfield) BATTERS Use only if you DID NOT sign up to be a Starting Pitcher, Reliever, or Closer. You have 9 points to allocate among the below categories. (Note: All categories start out as 5 or "C", and all talent ratings start out as average; talent categories are mostly for 18-year-olds, talent dictates how your player will evolve in the certain category.) Arm (For Catchers, Infielders, and Outfielders): starts at "C", how well you throw, adding two points will take you to "A". +2 Defense (A (best), B, C, D, E (worst)) - starts at "C", determines how well you play defense at your given position, adding two points will take you to "A". +1 Speed (A (best), B, C, D, E (worst)) - starts at "C", determines how well you run the bases, adding two points will take you to "A". ***All below categories start at "5" and/or average talent What is talent? Talent is good for younger players, as it is the likelihood that that stat will raise. In some cases, it's better to give points to talent in a certain area since having a high amount of talent might end up exceeding the actual points in the long run. To summarize: Talent raises the stats against left handed and right handed pitchers. Contact Your ability to get the bat on the ball. Against Right Handed Pitchers +1 Against Left Handed Pitchers Talent Gap Power Your ability to hit the ball where the outfielders ain't--or in other words, your ability to knock an extra base hit. Against Right Handed Pitchers +2 Against Left Handed Pitchers Talent Homerun Power Your ability to hit the ball over the fence. Against Right Handed Pitchers Against Left Handed Pitchers Talent Eye Your ability to make the pitcher pitch to you, force walks. Against Right Handed Pitchers +1 Against Left Handed Pitchers Talent Avoid Ks Your ability to keep from hearing "strike three!" Against Right Handed Pitchers +1 Against Left Handed Pitchers +1 Talent Both batters and pitchers fill this out Loyalty: How loyal you are to the team you're on. Choose from: Minimal, doesn't care Needs winner: How badly your player needs a winner. Choose from: YES, needs winning team Leader ability: How well you can lead a team. Choose from: Great Leader Clutch performance: How well you perform when the heat is on. Choose from: GREAT Consistency: How consistent you are in your playing. Choose from: Good

And right now, the Afghan government is doing everything it can to find a loophole and avoid the world outcry. No way is this guy getting the death penalty or any punishment. FYI: Shariah law is a bunch of bullcrap. In the surviving original Islamic text (those passages that were written by Mohammed) He preaches that the Christian and Jewish brethen are people of the same god that Islam is, and that they are to be respected and treated just as they were islamic. In his original text, he says NOTHING about killing someone who converts to the other two faiths, but he warns against it for fear of weakening the flock, really. Over time, his warning got interpreted by the caliphs as punishment, and then to grab power, to death, as well as how mulsims are supposed to treat jews and xians. So sad to see a religion whose author was also a great economist fall so far

protestant reformantion didnt happen until the 1600s or so. and judaism had been around alot longer before technically, both christianity and islam have roots in judaism, so theyre both just as old, though islam proper was started about 630 ad

The above will be my first victim

It needs to be a shirtless avatar. Dat's all I got

You have no idea how bad that cap increase is. I hope you all are ready to pay off that debt when you're 40, when the whole damn economy collapsed because foreigners pulled their investment out of the US. hell, the only reason why we can finance our debt is through foreign investment. So remember the next time you go to caribou coffee, you're funding arabs. Buy starbucks, and buy american. Note, when I say you all, I mean you all. Because my white ass will be in Mexico.

They say Liriano won't start off starting. No big worry there. lol.

Yup, That just came through today too. Why'd we have the draft yesterday? Oh well, thank goodness my team isn't built on relievers.

I just lost Mori for the season

C J. Willingham ---Promising young prospect who will likely be playing both outfielder and catcher. Thus he gets alot more games and alot more chances. In AAA. he went .324-19-54 in 66 games. Make that a full season and we could see a 30-100 outfielder who is catcher eligible. TOP 5 Catcher 1B P. Fielder -- Leading candidate for NL Rookie of the Year. Possible 25 HR season. 2B F. López -- Great fantasy upside, and eligible at two position. A .300 30-100-10 season is a good possibility 3B Á. Rodríguez --TOP 5 overall players. Nuff Said. SS J. Rollins --TOP 5 SS. Active 36 game hitting streak. Each year in the past three he's struck out less, and increased average, stolen bases, and hits. A .300-15-60-50 is what I am expecting. I look at my infield, and feel I've got a contender. That's a damn strong infield. OF C. Beltrán -- I think he will be a .280-25-90-25 guy. For when I got him, a freaking bargain. OF M. Holliday -- Solid outfielder on and off Coors Field. I look for him to improve slightly, a .300-20-95-20 season. OF W. Peña -- Sucks that he got traded. He strikes out too much, but he's a threat for 100 RBI's. Decent 3 outfielders. Nothing special. I'm not burned by any of them. Util P. Wilson --Upside guy. A bargain again when I got him. His splits stats last year were very good, and his chances at a 30-100 are pretty good. BN G. Matthews Jr. -Eh. Starters SP J. Schmidt --Low Whip, a K and Inning, what is not to like? Well he is getting old. This is probably his last year of good stats. SP M. Cain -- High Upside pitcher. I like his chances. SP F. Liriano --Supposedly is the "franchise pitcher" for the twins. Another high upside guy. P R. López P B. Chen --The Leo Mazzone effect. Nuff said. RP J. Crain RP L. Ayala --Bunch of middle relievers. Just want to squeeze some wins from them. BN A. Otsuka BN C. Wang BN S. Mori --Meh. The strength of my team is obviously offense. I punted saves as to me, its a worthless category given how erratic closers are. I'll pick up a closer here and there when they emerge.

im fine thanks for asking you must need offense

I like the idea tony! I am going to go somewhere with the Hoff angle...but I will not do much until you are done with your angle with him at Anglemania.

Finally, a new episode!

Just so everyone knows. I'm taking Pujos or A-Rod. 2nd PICK! By the way, I am planning on winning too. I got second last year. BOOO! Second is the first loser.

I'm traveling down from DC with a friend (WITH MY TNA STAFF BADGE~!) to see the show on April 1st. Hopefully they honor my badge still and I can get backstage and scoop and interview or pics or something. I do not want to get my ass whooped by Shark Boy in pool again. I don't know what capacity they have, but they have ringside being rows 1-5 for 25, general admissin for 10. Its in the old Lowe's building, so I can assume that its a pretty decent size building, maybe 1000 total. It is a race weekend, so I bet it will be sold out.

This thread needs more cowbell

There will be an interaction between Hoff and SJ

Yeah, e-fed member Big Poppa Popick was just too cool for the room. At least im not a pussy when it comes to talking to a woman czech

Yeah that works. I could say something about how I fought in a world title match with an injury...Parka just couldnt cut it, and the upstarts bought off his contract or something. Bring in the SWF guys, throw in dan black, we got ourselves a mini tournament. Hey, HEY! IDEA! What if we did a tournament and didn't include the SWF guys, and thats why they strongarm their way in or something. They're new, they're hungry? Its a thought. I'd love for the SJ/X title/New guys to go on for 2 ppv matches (blowoff is the second) so that I've got a storyline for a bit before the final blowoff of the big angle. Is that okay? Also, SJ will be in still tweener face mode. Is that okay?

Real smart people laugh at the smart people in MENSA. Yeah, I remember going to a MENSA function once. It was a total sausage fest, and there were no cute girls. However K, I'm stealing your thunder: 1580 SAT, 800 Verbal

1) Interview in ring to open the show (I hope) 2) Backstage skit with Puerto 3) Backstage confrontation with Hoff 4) Brief meeting with Bill Watts and Donald Trump!