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My parents got me Fallout 3 (we exchanged gifts last night), so I will probably be playing that for quite a while. Looking forward to that one. Also got Guitar Hero: World Tour for Wii...ironically, I've never played any Guitar Hero games before, which is funny because people always ask me if I have, since I play bass guitar in real life.

Yeah, I played it a little last night, and it was fun. I've never played any Ratchet games before, so I was sure what to think of it, but it's pretty fun so far. Video quality looks good even without the high def connector right now.

Our plans got thrown off a bit...we were supposed to go up north to the in-laws yesterday, but we got a pretty good amount of snow here, and it would've been unsafe to try and drive up there. We're likely going up tomorrow instead. Got my PS3 and some other cool stuff. Merry Christmas, everyone.

Best Christmas song ever is "Father Christmas" by the Kinks. Anyway, Merry Christmas people.

Got my PS3 last night I only have Ratchet & Clank and Warhawk for it so far (my brother in law has Warhawk so it will be fun to play him online, and the Jabra headset that came with it is nice). Need to make a trip to Best Buy this weekend and get an HDMI-to-DVI cable and a second controller, and will probably pick up a couple more games. Then I should be set for the time being. Also have a couple BD discs now (Casino Royale, which came with the system, and the Dark Knight). Funnily enough, they look pretty good over just the composite video cable that comes with the PS3, but I know they'll look amazing once I have the HDMI cable (though they won't be in 1080p since we have an older Mitsubishi rear projection set, hence the need for the DVI adapter).

I almost hope they do sign him, just to add to the hilarity. It would pretty much force MLB to take a long hard look at the situation, which I don't think they'll really do as it stands today.

Yeah, OK.

Lowe just strikes me as the kind of guy that will age well, barring some freak injury. I don't think it's that risky giving him a 3 or 4 year deal as long as the dollars aren't way out of line.

I always figured that the kid who accused him just had gold digging parents.

That reminds me...didn't Sony originally say they weren't going to do classic game downloads? Something made them change their minds?

They should've pushed his chair down a flight of stairs instead. And laugh like Brock Lesnar. But only if they choked him out before shoving him down the stairs. Ah, I miss Brock.

I wasn't specifically talking about you.

Yep, it's apples and oranges. Of course if you're a Yankees fan, you're going to love all these moves. Any fan would love to see their team sign three of the biggest free agents in one off-season. Edit: Oh, but let's be honest...$400 million on three guys isn't "a little bit of money."

Yeah...that's a nice thought, but...well, there are a lot of people unhappy about how this off-season is going right now. It's not just a few lowly Brewers fans whining. A lot of people don't like it, and now that we're in the middle of a recession, the chickens may come home to roost sooner than anyone thinks...maybe even the almighty Yankees. I don't know...I think it would be nice for other teams to have at least somewhat of a realistic chance to sign some of the top talent. The current system basically does not allow for that.

I remember Suikoden 2...it was a good game...I remember I got stuck on one part and never finished it for some reason, though. Ah well.

Why? Shouldn't smaller market teams get at least _some_ concessions to remain competitive, or should they just be feeder teams for the big market clubs?

Well, the fact is there already is revenue sharing, and as you pointed out, some teams just pocket a lot of that money instead of reinvesting. I think you can really only point to a small handful of teams (Marlins, Pirates, etc) that are guilty of that. To be honest, I haven't invested the details of how the NFL does the franchise tag system...I do know it's supposed to guarantee guys that they get a fair market value though. But basically they are paid out of a mass "pot", instead of just their team having to spring for the whole salary

Czech pretty much said everything I was going to about the Brewers situation. They are basically maxed out as far as revenue streams right now. And yes, Wendy Selig-Prieb signed some horrible TV deal when she still owned the team that they're still locked into until 2011, I believe. It's the absolute worst TV deal in all of baseball. The Brewers drew over 3 million last year, and there's not much more room for growth. Anyway, the thing that sucks with the Yankees is that even if one or two of these big signings doesn't work out (like if CC would get injured or something), it won't phase them at all. They'll just go out and sign someone else and write off the wasted money. That's partly why I'm glad the Brewers didn't end up signing Sabathia...if he had suddenly declined or gotten injured, it would have crippled them. The Yankees don't have to deal with that scenario at all. I don't think a salary cap would be any kind of solution in baseball...MLB is not the NFL. Maybe they could further increase revenue sharing, implement an international draft (long overdue), or do the "franchise tag" thing with players like the NFL does. But yes, more than anything, the Yankees should suffer bigger draft penalties for being able to make all these huge moves.

Factor in A-Rod, and the Yankees now have the four highest paid players in all of baseball. Go figure.

What a bunch of fucking bullshit. I hate the fucking Yankees. The Brewers now will only get a 2nd round draft pick as compensation for losing Sabathia, instead of a 1st rounder like they should get. Talk about insult to injury. I hope the other owners mutiny over this horse shit. They've spent how much now on just three freaking players? $400 million or so? Just a bunch of crap. No one can justify this lunacy. No one. Unless you take the "The Yankees are great villains" angle. Yes, they are great villains...and I hate them. They are the Satan of the sports world.

Being that I live in Wisconsin, I'm guessing it will be a good month before I get to see this. Sounds really good.

My theory is that Boras told Epstein that the Orioles and Nationals had higher bids out for Teixeira, and Epstein said "Enjoy last place, Tex."

It won't be. It'll probably just be rehashes of stuff from RAW, ECW, and Smackdown. Kind of like how most of WWF's weekend shows used to be...they'd run replay stuff from Monday Night RAW on like three or four different shows, and pretend they were new episodes.

Guy was from Chicago. Figures.

I agree. Which is why it pissed me off when after his first few appearances in the WWF, he quickly went from working like a giant to working like any other heavyweight.