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What's a Cardinal fan doing on the North Shore? Get outta here.

So much for the lead. Good thing Marshall hit David Eckstein in the head!

YEAH-UH! Jacque Jones was way overdue.

I knew I was right to grab dinner during the 1st inning; Sean Marshall already gave up two runs.

The White Sox have taken lessons from Red Sox fans in burying erstwhile stars: now Hot-Tempered Latino Ozzie Guillen says that the entire, yes, the entire farm system was depleted just to obtain Carl Everett, that he should be grateful that Front Office Mastermind Kenny Williams let Carl play for the White Sox, and oh by the way, we're glad you're gone and didn't want you back anyway. So THERE. NYAH.

No, if he was going for Rock & Roll Part II he'd have said "da daaaaaaaa da da HEY! da-da da-da da daaaaaaaa da da HEY!"

Braves need pitching baaaaaaaaaaadly. What the hell is going on down there?

Question for Fridge, or Cartman, or one of the other 250 New Englanders here: did NESN do any sort of World Champions graphics throughout every broadcast? Caught a little bit of a White Sox game yesterday and they've got World Series trophies all over the place for the player graphics and scores. I don't know if this is temporary, or all season, or what. Maybe they're afraid people will have forgotten? Or that nobody saw them win in the first place?

Yes! "I CAN SEE YOU. YOU'RE RIGHT THERE, WAVING YOUR HAND IN YOUR FACE."

Come on, the mental image of some Italian guy out on Long Island trying to wrap his head around John Cena is pretty funny.

It's funny, because you guys all went to such great lengths to get rid of Anglesault, but in his place there are like three or four mini-Saults

Think we'll get a Steinbrenner Statement ® by the 10 pm Sportscenter on Monday?

I went to take a walk during the middle of the game and I missed that problematic sixth, but the gist of it seemed to be lots of errors that led to two unearned runs. Zambrano and the bullpen were pretty good, and the big bats came through when we needed them, it was just sloppy fielding, I guess. Shocking, especially from Lee. Carpenter was tough, though; I think those runs all came against Hancock or Wainwright. Oh by the way, apparently passed up in the Wrigley Wrenovation that nobody shuts up about was the visitors' clubhouse. The Cardinals only got five minutes of hot water, and Jim Edmonds likened our precious park to a "Single-A experience." Nobody likes Jim Edmonds.

I never had any trouble with Anglesault, because I agree that Orton and Cena are stupid and bland, and I enjoyed watching him flip out over the Yankees.

On cubs.com and 720 pre/postgame stuff, I cannot escape the "we've got a smallball team! We rely on speed and fundamentals! Smallballsmallballsmallball!" Today we tied with a two-run Barrett homer and won with a Lee solo. Yesterday we put up runs with the homer. On Wednesday the rally that could've been was fueled by three two-run homers. We were hitting multi-run home runs on Opening Day. What the hell are they talking about, smallball and fundamentals? As long as Lee/Barrett/Ramirez are in the lineup, we're not gonna rely on smallball, and as long as Dusty Baker manages, we're not gonna have good fundamentals. I'm not against speed--if we beat out more groundballs and stuff that's great--but stolen bases are still not worth it, and the quickest way around is with one swing of the bat. The fundamental that I'd like to see improve is still plate discipline. Even with Patterson gone, I'm still seeing/hearing too many short at-bats. Matt Murton has appeared to be the best at prolonging his appearances so far. I'm still waiting for Jacque Jones to do anything, by the way.

It's not the winners and finalists of American Idol that I mind so much, it's moreso the subsequent ubiquity of Ryan Seacrest. Good Lord.

Okay, but he DID play in the era of the three-point line, so the fact that he was so good at that has to be taken into consideration.

Clearly, this is the World Baseball Classic's fault, and a bad Yankees start is bad for baseball. For continuing coverage, turn to ESPN, or espn.com

Rumor has it he said he didn't like John Cena, so out he goes

Closing registrations doesn't do any good.

So, um, how about those sniper bans. WWE Folder's not looking any better, guys.

Within a two-minute span, Derrek Lee homers to give the Cubs a 3-2 lead over the Cardinals, and then Mike Sweeney homers to give the Royals a 4-3 lead over the White Sox. Oh boy!

I'm dismayed that so many board members are worrying about the panel on American Idol.

OH MY GOD THE SEASON IS OV oh wait

I was wondering that too, but the one I'm thinking of goes da da da, da da da, da da da da da dada, da da da, da da DAAA DAA DAA DAAA. It's mostly like horns and stuff, and I hear it at Laker games a lot. Also once at Jewel-Osco, which was weird.