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End of the summer. Just like I thought.

I liked that last challenge. Though I would have preferred the Blondes (WET THONG~!!!!), at least Mirna and Schmirna were the second losers. No lucky breaks on flights for you!

This is how I feel as well. It'll certainly help the rotation (ANY decent pitcher would right now), but any "saviour" talk is going a bit too far. They need back of the rotation guys like Igawa to start pulling their weight more than anything Clemens can give them. But this much is clear: Brian Cashman's job depends on how this works out. EDIT II: Why did Clemens pitch just 113 innings last year? Was there an injury?

Well geez, the FOX guys were doing all the jinxing they could, showing the final outs of Wells' and Cone's PGs right before Wang gave up the HR.

This Neshek feller for the Twins has one of the oddest deliveries I've ever seen.

Or, some people just plain can't trust anything and have to find their own explanations when most of the time Occam's Razor comes into effect ("The simplest explanation is usually the correct one").

I think every sane person out there figured there were going to be bumps. The second year will be the key. How he evaluates his first year facing major league pitching and how he makes any adjustments to his mechanics will tell if he can get it done in the long run.

There was Tom Brady getting caught WEARING A YANKEE HAT!!! *Cue Spiff's avatar*

Damn, when did Keri Russell get so bangable? She always seemed kind of "plain but cute". JD is starting to act like he did in Season 3 with Elliot: now that he can't have her, he wants her again.

That was just embarassing to watch. If you just want to go on a TV show to get airtime, don't make it seem SO fucking obvious that you are doing it. Anyone who actually feels sorry for this dickhead deserves to be punched. We did get a patented Dana White Profanity Laced Chewing-Out™ out of it, at least. Gabe may have fucked his MMA career over for a long time just for three or four weeks of TV time.

Just switched to it and am now witnessing a complete butchering of You Give Love A Bad Name. *Click*

Watch the online commentary of this episode. It's Jack Coleman, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Greg Grunberg watching the episode for the first time and marking out when the audience did. I wonder if they are going to just use these commentaries for the DVD or record new ones with guys like Tim Kring, or have both?

They probably could have done the Hiro and Peter action scene a bit better. Hiro stabs a couple guys and we see one flying through the air? Lame. Though "Should we stop time?" "No, I haven't had a good fight in a while" was a great exchange.

Nothing much. As Suresh holds the door closed, Hiro and Ando teleport back to present-day NYC. Hiro looks at the comic book panel that shows him stabbing Sylar, ending the episode by saying "Now the hard part."

Was it me, or did the guy that Barney pushed out of the leader spot in the Big Wheel look like Zach Braff? I know it wasn't, but that quick cut to him made me think of it. I really do hope the rumors of this show being on the bubble aren't true. This and Heroes have become Monday night appointment watching for me.

Believe me, I know. Most of the media in Boston would rather be the story instead of report it to get gigs on TV and radio shows. I have found some diamonds in the rough, fortunately: Chad Finn, Rob Bradford and yes, Bill Simmons. I know Simmons is more of a humorist/pop culture writer than a real sports analyist, but those three don't take themselves too seriously and don't try to constantly push some sort of agenda like guys like the CHB (or almost everyone on the Globe staff), Mike Felger (who used to be good until he got his own radio show) and the WEEI crew.

Yet on ATH, the Boston representative today (Jackie McMullan) couldn't get past the whole "character issue" thing, telling anyone that tried to debate her on it to "keep drinking the Kool-Aid." Listening to her and reading a couple other people in the papers today, having two or three "questionable" guys means the locker room is going to fall into a state of anarchy while Robert Kraft sits on a throne made from the skulls of the season ticket holders.

Those last 20 minutes were fucking riveting television. The only real downer in the episode was (big surprise) Niki; that character is just not as interesting as any of the others. They'd better haul ass in getting this on DVD by the end of the summer.

Seriously, who does that without REALLY wanting to play for a team? Moss would be the stupidest man alive if he fucks this up. And he probably will... We'll see how he likes NE spreading the ball around like usual, and only getting a handful of looks per game. And if he does, he sends a message to the rest of the league that he IS washed-up and not worth the big money anymore. It's all on Randy Moss. New England can cut his ass in preseason and probably not miss a beat.

From a Len Pasquarelli article about the trade: Seriously, who does that without REALLY wanting to play for a team? Moss would be the stupidest man alive if he fucks this up.

Yeah, Spidey's gonna steamroll everything. Where I work (Toys R Us) we're selling the toys like mad and nearly everyone that works with me is talking about seeing it.

Guess A-Rod's back to his old self again. I think Scott Proctor has pitched in every single game so far this year; how has this guy's arm not melted by now?

If the Raiders were in the NFC, I'd say they may be a playoff team, but in the AFC they'll probably improve to 6-8 wins.

And the other small difference is most of the guys the Patriots signed aren't past their prime old free agents who should have retired the year they were signed. Except maybe Moss but I'm hoping he has one bitch free season in him. Me too. If the guy is willing to "dramatically restructure" his contract to lessen the cap hit, that makes me feel better. You just know the media over here is going to be hovering over him like vultures just waiting for the first sign of bad behavior. The difference between the Patriots and the Redskins is that the Patriots saw this as a pretty weak overall draft, so they opened up the pocketbook more while trading picks for more next year or guys like Moss. The Redskins just throw money at whatever player gets the most SportsCenter highlights. Zak DeOssie goes to the team his father Steve won a SuperBowl with, the Giants.

I'm still VERY uneasy about Moss. If they can turn him into a happy camper like Dillon (though that only worked for a year or so before he reverted back to his old self), Belichick deserves whatever contract extension he wants.