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Did I tie???????????

Ball was tipped though. Although I'm sure Lewis did not see that as he was busy making a tackle.

We got screwed here in Dayton Saturday night, because we did not get Cavs-Bucks because it was on FSN Ohio, except Southern Ohio schedules differently, so we didn't get it on a technicality.

I agree the League Pass rules. Especially since I am a Jazz fan and the Lakers game was probably their one ESPN game for the year. If you can check out Jazz games do it, its a fun team to watch, good defense, unselfish, and they run the floor well. And you can check out the league's leading shot blocker!

Arizona at Miami (3.5) - Miami Dallas (1.5) at Cincinnat - Cincinnati Kansas City (5.5) at Tampa Bay - Kansas City N.Y. Jets (5.5) at Buffalo - NY Jets Oakland at Carolina (6.5) - Carolina Philadelphia (2.5) at Pittsburgh - Philadelphia Washington at Detroit (3.5) - Detroit Chicago at N.Y. Giants (9.5) - NY Giants New Orleans at San Diego (6.5) - New Orleans Seattle (7.5) at San Francisco - Seattle Houston at Denver (6.5) - Denver New England (3.5) at St. Louis - New England Cleveland at Baltimore (6.5) - Baltimore Minnesota at Indianapolis (6.5) - Indianapolis NY Jets 23 points

Looks like the bad blood between the Wolves and Nuggets continues as Cassell is the 2nd man ejected.

THURSDAY Louisville at Memphis - Louisville FRIDAY Marshall at Akron - Akron North Texas at Louisiana-Lafayette - UL-Lafayette SATURDAY Oklahoma at Texas A&M - Oklahoma Ohio State at Michigan State - Ohio State Pittsburgh at Syracuse - Syracuse Arkansas at South Carolina - Arkansas Kansas State at Missouri - Missouri Georgia Tech at N.C. State - N.C. State Air Force at Army - Air Force Indiana at Illinois - Indiana Nebraska at Iowa State - Nebraska Fresno State at Rice - Fresno State Colorado at Kansas - Colorado Virginia Tech at North Carolina - Virginia Tech Purdue at Iowa - Iowa Central Michigan at Eastern Michigan - Eastern Michigan Arizona at Washington - Washington Arkansas State at Idaho - Idaho Wyoming at UNLV - UNLV Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Marshall/Akron game? 64 Tiebreak #2: How many yards passing will Memphis' Danny Wimprine have against Louisville? 278

The vandalism - which has gone both ways in the campaign - and other hostile interactions have marked the political season's peak days, spokesmen for both parties say. That's the most disappointing part, vote for who you want to, but don't make it difficult for others.

THURSDAY Virginia Tech at Georgia Tech - Virginia Tech FRIDAY Hawaii at Boise State - Boise State SATURDAY Oklahoma at Oklahoma State - Oklahoma N.C. State at Clemson - Clemson Purdue at Northwestern - Purdue Missouri at Nebraska - Missouri Western Michigan at Central Michigan - Central Michigan Connecticut at Syracuse - Syracuse Kansas at Iowa State - Kansas Kentucky at Mississippi State - Mississippi State New Mexico at Colorado State - Colrado State Army at East Carolina - East Carolina TCU at Cincinnati - TCU Utah State at Middle Tennessee State - Middle Tennessee State Air Force at Wyoming - Air Force Rice at Tulsa - Tulsa Florida vs. Georgia - Georgia Ohio at Kent State - Kent State Texas Tech at Kansas State - Kansas State Oregon State at Arizona - Arizona Tiebreak #1: How many total points will be scored in the Hawaii/Boise State game? 72 Tiebreak #2: How many rushing yards will Georgia Tech's P.J. Daniels have against Virginia Tech? 145

Congrats again to the Red Sox again. The hitters always went for the jugular, and the pitchers did great. As a Cards fan it was a bit of a surreal and a numb feeling, it was almost like the series did not happen, it was just over so quickly. Good job Sox & congrats fans, and hopefully we'll see you back in the WS next year.

Congrats Red Sox & Sox fans.

Kitna took the same receiving talent and made it work. Palmer has turned the Bengals back into...well, the Bengals. -=Mike Peter Warrick the team's #2 WR who only missed two games last year, had only played in one game before last night, and Rich Braham the starting center, got injured the last preseason game and missed the first three games. Give Carson Palmer some time. And until he plays some defense, you cannot heap all of the blame on Palmer.

Good to know both parties are involved so we can't throw blame at one side: GOP challenges voters Party questions validity of thousands in Ohio Saturday, October 23, 2004 Mark Niquette THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH In yet another sign of how fiercely Ohio will be contested in the Nov. 2 presidential election, Republicans challenged 35,427 newly registered voters yesterday. And both parties named thousands of people to be challengers at the polls. The Ohio GOP said it is questioning new voters in 65 counties where mail sent to them was returned as undeliverable. But overburdened elections officials were left wondering how to comply with a state law requiring a hearing on each challenge no later than two days before the election. "I’m not sure how we’re going to accomplish this," said John Williams, deputy elections director in Hamilton County. "We’ve never had anything like this before." Those who have been challenged must receive a letter by first-class mail no later than three days before a hearing to answer the challenge — with a lawyer and witnesses, if they choose. In Franklin County, where 4,219 challenges were filed, officials are considering using the Veterans Memorial auditorium to hold hearings. "Burden or not, we’ll do it to the best of our ability," said Matthew Damschroder, county elections director. Damschroder said hearings can be short — showing a driver’s license or utility bill can prove residency. But if mail was returned once, hearing notices also might be returned — meaning no hearing can be held. William Anthony Jr., chairman of both the Franklin County elections board and the county Democratic Party, said public notices might be appropriate to ensure new voters know they have been challenged. Carlo LoParo, spokesman for Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, stressed the challenges will not result in voters being turned away from polling places on Election Day. "If an individual’s registration is deemed invalid by (a county election’s) board and the person shows up at the poll on Election Day, they will be given a provisional ballot," LoParo said. Such ballots are held for 10 days while a voter’s eligibility is determined. Still, voter advocates worried about the impact on voting in what has become an increasingly contentious election. "That’s horrible," said Susan Truitt, of Citizens’ Alliance for Secure Elections in Ohio. "I hope it doesn’t affect people going out to vote." Ohio is expected to have about 1 million new voters. Republicans felt compelled to challenge the registrations "so any question about their validity could be cleared up prior to Election Day," said Ohio GOP chairman Robert T. Bennett. The challenges arose from a letter Bennett sent to all voters who registered between Jan. 1 and Aug. 31. The letter, Bennett said, welcomed the new voters "to the process" and invited them to vote Republican. Of the 232,000 letters mailed, about 30,000 were returned as undeliverable either because the registrants didn’t exist, had moved or died, or because the letters went to vacant houses or bogus addresses, Bennett said. "It was an astounding number," he said. "The potential for these fraudulent registrations to produce fraudulent votes at the ballot box is very real." But Democrats said returned mail is not proof of fraud. The challenges are "an unprecedented effort to throw tens of thousands of voters off of Ohio’s voting rolls," said David Sullivan, Ohio coordinator for the Democrats’ voter-protection project. Bennett said there was no attempt to target Democratic strongholds. Most of the returns came from Ohio’s large urban counties — which tend to be Democratic — so that’s where the majority of challenges were filed, he said. Meanwhile, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor William D. Mason has been asked to examine whether the challenges are legal because there could be a conflict between federal and state law, a county elections official said. Cuyahoga County had the most challenged voters in the state: 17,717. Some legal experts are concerned that there could be lawsuits if each county doesn’t handle the challenges the same way. Yesterday was the deadline for challenges to registration lists. It also was the deadline for the parties and other groups to appoint challengers and witnesses at the polls. The law allows the parties, groups of five or more candidates, and issue committees to name one challenger at each precinct to question whether voters are eligible and one witness to watch ballot counting. Only voters, poll workers, police and challengers can go inside polling locations. Both parties have been recruiting lawyers and others to be on hand if there are any problems. In Franklin County, Democrats filed witnesses and challengers in 495 of the county’s 788 precincts. Republicans filed someone in every precinct. Republicans said they filed 3,500 challengers covering 7,900 precincts statewide, including all precincts in the 31 most populous counties. Democrats didn’t have a breakdown but said they filed "thousands" statewide. Some observers worry the parties will indiscriminately challenge voters in heavily Democratic or Republican precincts as a strategy to discourage people from voting. Both parties deny that, but Edward B. "Ned" Foley, director of an election-law center at Ohio State University, said state law should provide the chance for the press or independent observers to watch. In that spirit, The Dispatch filed yesterday as a challenger and witness at precincts in Franklin County and elsewhere. The newspaper asked the committees for and against State Issue 1 to be the appointing authority, and the committee opposing the issue agreed. "Because Ohio’s role in this election is so important, it is vital for the newspaper to observe the process from beginning to end," said Alan D. Miller, Dispatch managing editor/news. "We filed the required paperwork because it was the only way to gain access to the polling places and elections-board counting rooms under the state’s guidelines. We will observe; we have no intention of challenging anything." Dispatch reporters Joe Hallett, Catherine Candisky, Jon Craig, Mark Ferenchik, Spencer Hunt, Kelly Lecker, Randy Ludlow, Dean Narciso and Rita Price contributed to this story. [email protected] Good I hope we can be Florida this year! Although if over 10% of the letters were returned maybe we should look into this, but this could become a gigantic mess.

uh...yeah. Regular season numbers get thrown out the window come playoff time. You should know that. I have no problem with that, but if he goes 3 for 5 tomorrow and is batting .300 for the series, has he choked? Wait to cut off my quote, and change it to your liking, must be an election year!!

I hope everybody at TSM can make a bi-partisan decision on the 9th circuit court......

I don't understand the choke, was Rolen's 0 for 4 or 0-5 worse than his .300+ average during the season, I guess, but if he goes 3-5 tomorrow is he not choking for the series? Pitchers get batters out 70 percent of the time. Don't get me wrong, Rolen swinging on a first pitch with the bases loaded was a terrible decision. And Edmonds? The pitch was far enough off, that it's not the old "you have to swing with 2 strikes" argument. If he swings and misses it is the usual Edmonds at the plate. Good game Red Sox, see you tomorrow. Is it that hard to credit the team that wins?

Seriously why even acknowledge posts like that teams have come back from a 1-0 deficit to win the series, no team has ever come back from a 3-0....... never mind. Hard to choke when you never have a lead.

This is a game that makes you sick if your team loses, I am sick. See you all tomorrow. Matt Morris tomorrow, if you are going to the game tomorrow night, bring your gloves.

Jason Marquis: Greatest pinch runner ever!

9-7 Sox; does Tim McCarver suggesting Jim Edmonds's bad throw is partially to blame for Tony Womack's injury the first "McCarverism" of the WS?

I am a Cardinals & Blues fan, but even I agree about the picture.

Damnit, I know it may be a blow to Matt Morris's ego, but for the love of Gofd run this rotation: Williams Marquis (If you are better at home than on the road, start your most questionable pitcher on the road) Suppan (Looking ahead Game 3 & 7) Morris I think St. Louis should put Cedeno as the DH and play a little bit of small ball in Fenway Renteria Walker Pujols Rolen Edmonds Sanders Cedeno Matheny Womack This way Cedeno can bunt-bunt single if need be and steal bases or set up some Matheny bunts, since that is about his only offensive contributions since the NLDS. Womack at the bottom sets up Renteria for some hit-and run plays when the top of the lineup comes around, and runners in scoring position means it is hard to pitch around 2-5.

Does What If Sports know that Game 5 is in St. Louis? I'd be surprised to see them shut out there.

Bored, sorry that omitted that crucial game, I'll take Wyoming. I can only promise I won't fuck up three weeks in a row.

I wouldn't be shocked if the Cards go Woody Williams Jason Marquis Matt Morris (Keep Matt Morris pitching in St. Louis!) Jeff Suppan or Williams Marquis Suppan Morris I'd love to see Carpenter picth, by really, why even risk it now, unless you plan on sitting him in the BP for emergency use since Kline probably won't be on the WS roster.