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Soriano didn't make a start last year in the majors so he's pretty much entrenched in the bullpen for now unless they finally trade Freddy Garcia. They could try him at closer because I don't think they can put Guardado there since they have no other lefty relievers at the moment. They'll probably end up going with Hasagawa though since he filled in for Sasaki primarily last year. Actually I just figured out who Bavasi will probably waste the money on...Ugueth Urbina.

I can almost guarentee that the Mariners won't match the Tigers offer even though there situation at catcher is just dreadful right now and Pudge would be the type of signing that could make their offseason look not so bad. The Mariners aren't known for making dynamic moves like that.

Course back in the early 90's when people were staying with their team for long periods of time you had good old Deon Sanders jumping sleeping with the 2 super bowl teams(Cowboys and 49ers). Yes and that was when the salary cap started. Deion signed with the 49ers four games into the season in '94 for a low salary just to win a championship. He was a free agent after this season so he signed with Dallas.

12 out of 16 NL teams last year drew over 2 million fans. Check out the numbers for yourself. And 19 out of 30 overall and the Twins and White Sox were just under two million so that means that more than two-thirds of baseball drew around 2 million or better last year. See MikeSC is the sports fan who actually believes Bud Selig when he tells everyone what horrible shape baseball is in.

Nitro January 22, 1996 Randy Savage def. Ric Flair to win the WCW World Title Brian Pillman def. Dean Malenko Sting & Lex Luger def. Harlem Heat to win the Tag Team Titles Hulk Hogan def. One Man Gang January 20, 1997 Chris Jericho def. Alex Wright Scotty Riggs def. n.W.o. Sting by DQ Arn Anderson & Steve McMichael def. Jeff Jarrett & Eddy Guerrero Ultimo Dragon def. Dean Malenko; CW Title Match Steven Regal def. Jacques Rougeau by DQ; TV Title Match Kevin Sullivan def. Chris Benoit Jim Duggan def. Carl Oulette Masahiro Chono def. Dave Taylor Scott Hall def. Booker T Lex Luger def. Stevie Ray January 19, 1998 Rick Martel def. Eddy Guerrero Chris Benoit def. Marty Jannetty The Cat def. Jerry Flynn The Steiner Brothers def. Buff Bagwell & Konnan Booker T def. Mortis; TV Title Match Chris Jericho def. Juventud Guerrera Lex Luger def. Scott Hall by DQ The Giant def. Hollywood Hogan January 18, 1999 Booker T def. Chris Jericho David Flair def. Eric Bischoff in a Hair vs. Hair Match Faces of Fear NC Bobby Duncum Jr. & Mike Enos Disco Inferno def. Wrath Scott Steiner def. Saturn Psychosis def. Juventud Guerrera Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Lex Luger by DQ Goldberg def. Scott Hall and Bam Bam Bigelow by DQ in a three-way match January 24, 2000 Psychosis def. Kaz Hayashi The Wall def. Kid Romeo Norman Smiley def. Shannon Moore Tank Abbott def. Al Green Terry Funk def. Bam Bam Bigelow in a hardcore match Sid Vicious def. Don Harris Kidman def. Vampiro Lex Luger def. Booker T The Mamalukes def. Fit Finlay & Brian Knobs; Tag Title Match Sid Vicious def. Kevin Nash to win the WCW World Title January 23, 2001 Christopher Daniels NC Michael Modest Lance Storm def. Konnan Lex Luger def. Diamond Dallas Page The Mamalukes def. Shawn Stasiak & Mark Jindrak by DQ The Cat def. The Franchise Chavo Guerrero Jr. & The Wall def. Hugh Morrus & Lash LeRoux Kevin Nash def. Buff Bagwell; Special Referee, Lex Luger Thunder January 23, 1998 Scott Steiner def. Konnan by DQ Chavo Guerrero Jr. & Super Calo def. La Parka & Silver King Dean Malenko def. Marty Jannetty Bill Goldberg def. Kendall Windham Rey Mysterio Jr. def. Eddy Guerrero by DQ Chris Benoit def. Chris Jericho The Giant def. Scott Hall by DQ January 21, 1999 Disco Inferno def. Jerry Flynn Saturn def. Al Green Kenny Kaos def. Glacier Booker T def. Norman Smiley by count out Brian Adams & Horace Hogan def. Kidman & Chavo Guerrero Jr. Rey Mysterio Jr. def. La Parka Ric Flair, Chris Benoit, & Steve McMichael def. Scott Norton, Stevie Ray, & Vincent January 19, 2000 The Mamalukes def. David Flair & Crowbar to win the Tag Team Titles Curt Hennig NC Jim Duggan Psychosis def. Chavo Guerrero Jr. and Lash LeRoux in a three-way match Kidman def. The Artist The Wall def. Berlyn Madusa def. Sherri Martel Jerry Flynn def. Fit Finlay Diamond Dallas Page def. Chris Kanyon Sid Vicious & Lex Luger def. Booker T & Big T January 24, 2001 Rey Mysterio Jr. won the Cruiserweight Contender Countdown Mike Awesome def. Norman Smiley Jeff Jarrett def. Hugh Morrus Ron Harris def. Crowbar Rick Steiner def. Bam Bam Bigelow Kronik def. Scott Steiner & Animal Raw January 18, 1993 Mr. Perfect def. Terry Taylor Marty Jannetty def. Glen Ruth Ric Flair def. El Matador by DQ January 24, 1994 Lex Luger def. Austin Steele Jeff Jarrett def. John Paul The Headshrinkers def. Men on a Mission Adam Bomb def. Tommy Angel Doink def. Joey Stallings Shawn Michaels def. Tyrone Knox January 23, 1995 The Smoking Gunns def. 1-2-3 Kid & Bob Holly to win the Tag Team Titles Irwin R. Schyster def. Buck Quartermaine British Bulldog def. Black Phantom January 22, 1996 Vader def. Savio Vega Hunter Hearst Helmsley def. Razor Ramon by count out Bret Hart def. Goldust January 20, 1997 Owen Hart & British Bulldog def. Doug Furnas & Phil LaFon Faarooq def. Bart Gunn Undertaker def. Steve Austin by DQ January 19, 1998 D.O.A. NC Faarooq, Kama Mustafa, & D’Lo Brown Marc Mero def. Tom Brandi The Quebecers def. Cactus Jack & Chainsaw Charlie by DQ Jeff Jarrett def. Blackjack Bradshaw; NWA N.A. Title Match Owen Hart, The Headbangers, & Taka Michinoku def. Los Boricuas Rocky Maivia def. Ahmed Johnson; IC Title Match New Age Outlaws def. Godwinns; Tag Title Match January 18, 1999 Road Dogg def. Gangrel; HC Title Match Billy Gunn def. Test by DQ Steve Blackman def. Dan Severn by DQ Mankind def. Big Bossman by DQ in a hardcore match Al Snow def. Goldust Chyna def. Pat Patterson & Gerald Brisco in a handicap match Kane def. The Rock by DQ January 24, 2000 Edge & Christian NC Al Snow & Steve Blackman Chris Jericho def. Hardcore Holly; IC Title Match Too Cool def. Crash Holly & Viscera Kane def. X-Pac by DQ Hardy Boyz def. New Age Outlaws by DQ; Tag Title Match Acolytes def. Godfather & D’Lo Brown Test def. Big Bossman by DQ The Rock & Rikishi def. Triple H & Big Show by DQ January 22, 2001 Test def. William Regal to win the European Title Acolytes def. Hardy Boyz The Rock & Chris Jericho def. Chris Benoit & Big Show Ivory def. Molly Holly; Women’s Title Match Kane def. Rikishi by DQ Lo Down def. Dudley Boyz by DQ; Tag Title Match Hardcore Crap Segment: Raven wins back HC Title after Al Snow beat him for it in the original match Triple H & Stephanie McMahon-Helmsley def. Kurt Angle & Trish Stratus January 21, 2002 Rob Van Dam, Tazz, & Spike Dudley def. Booker T & Dudley Boyz William Regal def. Edge by DQ; IC Title Match Mr. Perfect def. Val Venis by DQ Billy & Chuck def. Kane & Big Show The Rock & Triple H def. Chris Jericho & Kurt Angle January 20, 2003 Rob Van Dam def. Jeff Hardy Lance Storm & William Regal def. Dudley Boyz to win the Tag Team Titles Hurricane & Trish Stratus def. Steven Richards & Victoria Booker T & Goldust def. Three Minute Warning Chris Jericho NC Test D’Lo Brown def. Tommy Dramer in a Singapore Cane Match Scott Steiner def. Batista by DQ Smackdown January 20, 2000 X-Pac def. Test Kurt Angle & British Bulldog def. Steve Blackman & Al Snow Matt Hardy def. D-Von Dudley by DQ Too Cool & Rikishi Phatu def. Chris Jericho, Hardcore Holly, & Chyna by DQ Big Bossman NC Prince Albert Viscera def. Crash Holly Gangrel def. Edge by count out Kane def. Big Show and The Rock in an Over the Top Rope, Lumberjack Match January 18, 2001 Buh Buh Ray Dudley def. Edge Acolytes & Jacqueline def. Hardy Boyz & Lita Val Venis def. Test Steve Blackman def. Hardcore Holly in a hardcore match The Rock, Steve Austin, & Undertaker def. Kurt Angle, Kane, & Rikishi January 24, 2002 Rob Van Dam def. William Regal Rikishi def. Bossman Tazz & Spike Dudley def. Scotty 2 Hotty & Albert; Tag Title Match Steve Austin def. Booker T Dudley Boyz def. Kane & Big Show in a Tables Match Trish Stratus def. Jazz by DQ Kurt Angle def. The Rock January 23, 2003 Chris Benoit def. Charlie Haas Rikishi def. Bill DeMott Undertaker def. A-Train Edge def. Shelton Benjamin Nunzio def. Shannon Moore Kurt Angle def. Rey Mysterio

Hey cool somebody is paying attention. Actually I picked out the covers a while back out of Boredom and didn't choose them based on being jinxes or not but I'm pretty sure I picked a hilarious pre-Super Bowl XXIV cover with John Elway on it. The cover I think said "We'll Show Up" and then of course they lost 55-10.

I think the Patriots win easily as the NFC is what the AFC was ten years ago. Or for a current analogy the AFC is the equivalent of the NBA's Western Conference and the NFC is the Eastern Conference. Panthers wouldn't be one of the top four teams in the AFC. So right now I'm going Patriots 24, Panthers 7.

Vader made his WWF debut opening Raw that night so that's probably a good guess as to why WCW had the World Title match open up Nitro to keep WCW fans from flipping over to see Vader.

Was this the match where he shook the ring until it broke after the match? Yup..."recap" by Scott Keith.

Well a Patriots/Panthers Super Bowl generates just about as much excitement as the Ravens/Giants Super Bowl from a couple of years ago, which is not a whole lot. I expect a similar result to that one with the Patriots blowing out the Panthers. That's more of a knock at the NFC than the Panthers themselves as even if the Eagles won I'd pick a Patriot blow out.

The thing about the NFL is parity is really a recent phenomena. People can point to the early 90s when it was always the Cowboys and 49ers all they want but it was always like that in the NFL. 60s of course had the Packers. In the 70s it was pretty four teams who dominated the rest of the league: Steelers, Cowboys, Dolphins, Raiders. In the 80s of course the 49ers but you also had the great Redskin teams and the Raiders continued to win. When those teams weren't winning the Super Bowl you had to ass kicking, dominate teams like the '85 Bears and the '86 Giants. Then the 90s came you had Cowboys, 49ers, Packers, and Broncos who were all dominate teams at times. Really until the late 90s there was no such thing as parity in the NFL and personally I liked having a dominate team (plus I grew up a 49er fan) and having teams that you absolutely wanted to see lose just because they always won and it was a big deal when they lost. From Super Bowl VI (1971 season) to Super Bowl XXXIII (1998 season) there were only ten different teams who won the Super Bowl. We've had four different teams in the last four years, all first time winners, although that might change this year with the Patriots. As bad as baseball can be perceieved and as annoyed as many of us get with the Yankees, they have it pretty well right now. You have a dominate team everyone roots against (Yankees), you have teams who are regulars to the playoffs who are a cut above the rest (Braves, A's, Red Sox, Giants), and then you have teams that come out of no where to win it all (Angels, Marlins).

No the NFL's bad era was from 1982 to 1987. '82 you had the first strike season where they only played nine games. Then partly because of the strike the USFL comes into exsistence which obviously didn't provide much competition in terms of box office but they did steal away several good college players from the NFL like Steve Young, Herschel Walker, Jim Kelly, and others. Then '87 you have a another strike season which they had the embarassment of the "scab" games. Oh and as for MLB they've had several up and down periods. Obviously the most recent "bad era" would have to be the mid 90s.

Can someone tell ESPN and ABC that the rest of the country doesn't give a shit about Stephon Marbury and the Knicks quest to get the fucking 8th seed in the Eastern Conference.

On top of that the NBA Finals were shown on tape delay during that time including Magic's first Finals in 1980 when they beat the Sixers.

I fucking hate these later start times they started doing a few years ago during the playoffs just to get one game in east coast primetime. Its a Sunday, people are home, who gives a shit about primetime?

If they do it like the Cruiserweight Contender Countdown back in the dying the days of WCW it could actually be pretty good. Essentially its like those Dudley Boy Invitational crap matches they stick on a PPV when they have no clue what to do with the tag titles but with cruiserweights its actually entertaining. If its just a straight battle royal then it won't be any good no matter who's in the match.

Although I already made points about why MLB won't move the Expos to San Juan this point above I have to disagree with. For one thing there are a ton of players from Puerto Rico in MLB who would jump at the chance to play at home. Secondly Puerto Rican women are hot and a lot of players would jump at the chance to play there just bang some mamacitas. Hell I'm convinced that's why Carl Everett signed with them.

Sounds like Raider fans. They act like they are in a gang.

Bud Selig and his merry band of morons overpriced the tickets in San Juan so they didn't even sell out all of those games last year even though its a minor league size stadium. Also I don't know of any local buyers in the San Juan area that would move the team and they'd need a new stadium. On top of that the other teams don't like having the extra travel. Oh and yes I too can't find anything that says the Expos are officially moving after this season.

Its my understanding that the Most Overrated award is based on who you feel doesn't deserve the push they are getting, as in they are overrated in the mind of the company they work for and not the overall IWC. Vice versa for the Most Underrated award.

Problem is Burger Boy Jr. can't field at all so he really needs to be on an A.L. team and playing in Dodger Stadium ain't gonna help his offense. He should have tried to hook back up with the Royals. But anyways fuck 'em FOR NOT SLIDING YOU FAT PIECE OF SHIT!!! I hope his career continues to go down the toilet. *ahem* Anyways back to the Tigers. If they lose 100 games they'll be most improved team in the league. Even though their in the Central I can't see them not losing at least 90 games but again, for them, that'd be a major improvement.

Bud Selig and company are getting out while they are behind...the Brewers are up for sale. .

I think Max Kellerman put it best the other day. If a 14-year old girl can compete with the top men in the world, it's not a sport.

Shit if regular people are confused think of half of NASCAR's fanbase. Those good ol' boys aren't gonna appreciate some fancy new system.

Here's the list of players of filed for salary arbitration today. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1709634