Bruiser Chong

I'm down for all three. The IC title release is most likely from the Columbia House collection, as the only CV release on the subject came out in 1987.

Which isn't tough to do when you consider the second place team barely finished about .500. Doesn't mean they'll be championship contenders. Percival should've just taken a demotion to be K-Rod's set-up man.

Coincidence? I think not. Good to know we won't hear anyone questioning Dusty's decisions calls.

I voted for Option #3 since you had that other thread about the chick you endlessly let play with your emotions and thus, seem like you'd quiver at the thought of a so-called friend never talking to you again. I mean, if that's the case, what kind of friend are they? That is, unless you did something like push them down a flight of stairs.

That's cuz he's like 139, but he still gets results. Until October, but that's another story. For once, I'm happy with the results. Cox always got the shaft because Atlanta supposedly always had a superstar-packed team, and thus, winning should've been a given. He proved this year that even with mediocre pitching and a weak lineup, he could get them to the postseason. Buck deserves it, too. Dumping A-Rod was one of the best moves they ever made. It allowed other talents to grow and if they ever get some decent pitching, they'll be a threat.

I didn't hear a single positive review of it. Everyone thought it was either shit or mediocre at best.

We have a tradition on my mom's side of the family to never still be eating Thanksgiving "dinner" after 1 P.M. I still remember going to my dad's side of the family for Thanksgiving and being blown away that we were eating pancakes that morning instead of turkey. Stupid me, not knowing that most normal people eat Thanksgiving dinner at, ya know, dinner time. The only other tradition we've got on my mom's side of the family for Thanksgiving is to do the annual death pool. Everyone who wants to be involved has to put in a 10 spot and chose one male and female from various categories on the list. Categories include celebrities, local celebrities, unexpected deaths and so forth. The following year, the person who guessed the most correct deaths from that year wins! On Christmas Eve, we all go to church, where I make sarcastic comments throughout, then head over to the designated relative's house for some food and gift exchanges. This used to last many hours and the gifts used to be off the chain, except for mine. While everyone else got at least three or four presents for various reasons, I never got more than one and even then, it was usually something shitty. One year I got a children's book for like four-year-olds, despite being in second grade. Along with those I got some fabulous Penguin Commando figures from the Batman Returns series, complete with clearnance price tag still clearly on them. What a great aunt! Now everyone's more jaded than before, so we're usually done within three or so hours, since you don't want too much family togetherness, I guess. That's how blows wind up being thrown. And the gift exchange has become 99 percent joke gifts, including the worst food you can buy, hideous clothes and inane CDs you can't believe exist. I don't think it's hard to see why I have trouble getting a grasp on why my girl's so close to all 832 members of her family.

Not crazy about the show, but I always get stuck watching it with my girl. That Emma chick's annoying as hell.

It was. I don't know what people want. Granted, the series isn't as good as it used to be, but this episode was still very intelligently done and that alone keeps it from crap, since that's such a rare quality these days.

Agreed. What happened to the real Mr. Burns? I never thought any of the characters should be taken too seriously in the Treehouse of Horror episodes. I could name 10 or 15 lines or things that made this episode worth watching again. But then again, I know there are a lot of Simpsons haters out there. Not specifically here, but just in general. I had my away message up that I was watching it and my friend, who likes to antagonize me, put one up that said he was watching American Dreams and to hell with a show that had been on for 15 years with no storyline and where the characters never aged. It's people like this that The Simpsons is wasted on. They think it's stupid because it's a cartoon, it's been on a long time or you actually have to have some knowledge in pop culture or the finer points of life to get all of the jokes.

Are you serious? I thought it was one of the better ones of recent years. The last one was okay, but the first two shorts were excellent and the inclusion of the Perfect Strangers theme at the end synched it.

A.K.A. half of the actual team. Where have you been? Sosa's never been able to coexist with anyone else. Why would the Rev. be any different?

Yeah, why not? I'm probably going to have the games on mute this season, anyway.

I saw this earlier, but think it's speculation, much like possible deals with the Mets, Baltimore and Colorado. I think when it's all said and done, he'll be back one more year, but I'd love to be wrong, as long as it doesn't mean taking on another schlub. Green has gotten a bad rap, mainly because he hasn't been able to come close to putting up numbers like he did in 2002. That was obviously a career season, so people should get off his back on that front. Hopefully they move Sosa, though, as we could be in for another 2004-like year if he's not.

Beltran. Beltre had a career years this season, methinks. While 2003 wasn't a good indication of what sort of hitter he really is, I wouldn't expect to see him replicate these numbers again. And he is an injury risk as he essentially played most of 2004 on one good leg.

I don't care for Mike, but I'll admit that one cracked me up.

Except for the Village "It was the best worst movie ever!"

Looks like a good flick, but I swear DH calls nearly every new movie he sees the "best" something.

They need starting pitching and obviously didn't pay attention to the AL East in 2004.

And his own recording studio. I want Beltran on the Cubs, but 10 year? ANYTHING could happen between now and a freaking decade from now. Big contracts like this don't pan out. Look at Mark Henry for christ's sake.

He's pretty slick with the glove, but will probably always be remembered for his one lapse in the NLCS.

Maybe it's homerism, but outside of a few errors, Derrek Lee was amazing at first base once again this season.

Who are you, Scott Keith?

We were too focused on Clinton getting his game on.

Damn straight. If you bitch about Bush and didn't vote, you have ABSOLUTELY NO FUCKING RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. What if you live in a state that Kerry won?