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But Snitsky's defeat over Kane is a lot different than Morley's was

This game is going to kill me

Meltz said HBK was CONSIDERING not coming back

....psst, it's a work. and if you want to get technical about it, and just for the fact I get to prove you wrong. Lance Storm and Sean Morley defended their tag team titles against Rob Van Dam and Kane at the Wrestlemania 19 Heat pre-show. No technically you're wrong. They won via interference from Bubba Dudley.

I've personally liked the shows this season, and I really enjoyed last year too. A smaller cast is a better cast. Darrell is so useless though. I can't believe Fred Thompson made it on over NBC Investigates. A travesty.

I was at the dress rehearsal and the afterparty, so I missed the live show. I really enjoyed the dress rehearsal, but am disappointed that they cut three skits I loved, and kept in the Macgrubers. I think I'll watch the show on DVR when I get home today and try to work up a review over the next few days. But hey, I got to meet Chevy Chase!

Enough with the stream talk. Find one yourself or click on the links. And yep, I regret buying this one

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Well I think we can agree that nostalgia does not win championships. The Braves had Andruw Jones take over in center after the season, so that certainly did not hurt them long term. Besides, Grissom's OBP went to shit anyway. They followed up Justice in right field with Michael Tucker and then Brian Jordan. David Justice was just an average player after 1997. The Hampton trade is a disaster because they've paid him somewhere in the neighborhood of $28 million the last two seasons and he hasn't thrown a pitch. I'll agree with the nostalgia, but Lofton did nothing to help them either. I think I'd take Justice over Michael Tucker. And Kenny Lofton was gone after one year, while who knows how long Grissom would've stayed. I think insurance has taken care of a lot of Hampton's contract, though I could be mistaken.

The Braves traded Marquis Grissom and David Justice and someone else for Lofton who was injury prone and by all accounts, not the best guy in the clubhouse. Lofton left after the season and went back to Cleveland. I don't even know who they gave up for Hampton, but I consider that trade to be a disaster, especially given how Justice hit the game winning home run and Grissom got the last out in the 95 World Series

Yet most of the threads in sports are OaO threads but without the names. And we had an offseason thread last year. I heard that Andruw wanted to come back to Atlanta, but Boras wouldn't let him negotiate another deal like he did back in 2000. If Andruw's going to let Boras control him, then that's his problem- I'm not too bummed about it. I do not want Tom Glavine back on the Braves in any way, shape or form. Fuck him and his broken down body and he is not the answer to the Braves starting pitching. Retire already. And no to Lofton coming back. Doesn't anyone remember his awful 1997 season? Probably the worst trade Scheurholz ever made. Also, I thought it was classy for Scheurholz to arrange a face to face meeting with Andruw to part ways. And I admire him for coming right out and saying he wouldn't be wasting his time dealing with Boras

I don't think my cable company is offering Centre Ice this year, which sucks. Is Centre Ice online at NHL.com worth it?

Steve Borden's got a family!

The city of Denver: Wait....we have a baseball team? And well played, NYU.

This is terrible news if he's out for any length of time and that's why he loses the belt. The person who takes it from him should be built up strong for a few months, and not be Randy Orton.

These announcers are terrible.

Poor Kennedy. Still being punished.

It's good he's being credited as Dwayne Johnson. Time to put wrestling behind him. He's never coming back, he's no longer The Rock. And he has no reason to come back and work Wrestlemanias.

Oh, Douchebag. You're the same guy who went off on The Rock just last year for wanting to leave his past behind. I think the Kingdom's mixed reviews hurt its opening weekend, but I think word of mouth will carry it through

Which was worse: The 1994 World Series or 2005 World Series?

http://forums.thesmartmarks.com/index.php?...3695&st=180 Good times. Can you believe White Sox v. Astros was the World Series? Damn

I remember two years ago, al went off on me for enjoying the Braves clinching the division title. Glad he realises how fun it is to enjoy it

Wonderfull. Come on. How do you not know it's only one l? Seriously. Anyway, I think the guy who sits next to me who is a huge Mets fan might end up punching me in the face tomorrow.

SNL Review- LeBron James/Kanye West Mailbag!!!!!!- [email protected] writes- Hey Bob- I hope you had a nice summer. I think you may have overlooked one of my mailbag contributions from the end of last season. My question to you at the time was about emo kids. I mean, what does the stereotypical emo kid look like? What is their usual behaviour? And why should they be so hated? And why would you think that some emo kid would be responsible for something like the Virginia Tech tragedy. Plus, did WWE ever comment on the Virginia Tech massacre during their programming? Sorry to dig up old news, Bob. Later, Ken I don’t know many emo people at all, but they just look emo you know. Looking glum, long hair, like they’ve given up. Always whining about how life is unfair. That sort of thing. And they should be hated for just being whiny ass bitches. Regarding your second question- Had Chris Benoit sent a videotape to NBC, he would’ve stolen the kids gimmick. Wanna be in the mailbag??? Email me at [email protected] Cold Opening Cast- Darrell Hammond, Amy Poehler Thoughts- SNL, the show where Lorne Michaels will never ever fire you. I knew I should’ve majored in being a cast member while at university. Provided that your name is not Rob Riggle, it’s a ridiculously stable job. I enjoyed this skit, SNL usually doesn’t miss when it comes to the Clintons. The conundrum they got themselves into regarding Barack Obama would’ve been funnier, had Barack not faded so fast that even Howard Dean was like: Damn dude. Hillary being a total bitch is always good stuff, and the line about John Edwards made the show. ***1/2 Monologue Cast- LeBron James Thoughts- Fun fact: Before SNL started, I was watching the scene in the Nutty Professor where he brings Jada to dinner with his family. Still holds up. I liked LeBron’s line to non-basketball fans about sweeping the Spurs. This crowd sure did die off when we met the LeBrons. It was alright, but leave it to a Nike commercial. ** Angry Dog Cast- Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Fred Armisen Thoughts- This started out awesome, and there’s something about Will Forte shilling a Michael Vick product that made me laugh. The dog becoming super psycho at the end was more upsetting than funny, but the thought was there. **1/2 Penelope Cast- James, Armisen, Wiig, Poehler, Maya Rudolph, Hader Thoughts- It’s odd- Kristen played something like similar to Knocked Up and was hilarious but Penelope is the black hole of suck on SNL. She has a lot of strengths, and should ditch this one. It’s getting to be Bronx Beat bad. ½* High School Musical 3 Cast- James, Andy Samberg, Armisen, Kenan Thompson, Jason Sudeikis, Forte, Rudolph Thoughts- First of all, had Oleysa Rulin cameoed, this skit would’ve been given ***** and I would’ve spoken about it in the same vein as last year’s Sir Paul-Steve Martin skit. I am not joking. Andy and Maya portraying Troy and Gabriella is like the time they had Maya do Charlotte York- a sick joke, if nothing else. And Vanessa Hudgens just goes by that though, no Anne. She dropped the Anne to sound more adult, only to realise that all she had to do was show her pussy to the world and it accomplished the same task. That sad, I did like this and I enjoyed seeing one of my favourite movies spoofed on SNL. Fred as Chad rocked though. And the fact that we got to see Hudgens naked and she’s still going to be in HSM 3 is just the best news all around. *** SNL Digital Short Cast- Jake Gyllenhaal, Adam Levine, Samberg, Armisen Thoughts- Well that’s quite the random cameo. And wow, that Columbia president is the rudest host ever. The Digital Shorts continue to be funny. I felt this started off a bit slowly, but the lyrics got better as the song went along, and Adam Levine’s cameo just ruled it. *** NBA Read to Achieve Cast- James, Hader, Sudeikis Thoughts- This almost makes up for bringing back Penelope. Almost. Jeff is awesome, and they should make this recurring. It works so well. LeBron getting more pissed was very funny, as was Jason’s constant mockery about his basketball prowess. I thought the ending with the basketball game was really weak, but this was a fun skit. If you go the basketball route, I have Jeff call a foul on LeBron to try to invalidate his basket. ***3/4 Lyle Kane Show Cast- James, Forte, Hader Thoughts- Fun fact #2: I actually saw the Brothers Solomon. In theatres. Paid money for it. If after reading that, all my opinions are immediately invalidated, I totally understand. If it makes you feel better knowing that I thought it was terrible, well that’s a start. Chrissy from Growing Pains was in it, which is awesome if nothing else. Oh yea, Will Forte being bizarre speaking in a weird voice. This isn’t a skit you do with an athlete, and LeBron couldn’t pull it off. The BJ line and Forte saying Black ET were both really funny, but I felt this could’ve been better. **1/4 Kanye West “Stronger and The Good Life” Thoughts- I love that they had a orchestra full of people when it wasn’t really necessary. It’s just Kanye being Kanye. I love Stronger, and again was baffled why Kanye has to get his two songs in. Just play one. It’s such an awkward transition and the Good Life is not on Stronger’s level and came off as flat. Stronger is awesome though, and good job on kicking 50’s ass. ***1/2 Weekend Update Cast- Seth Meyers, Poehler, Thompson, Rudolph, Armisen Thoughts- Yay, another season of mean Seth jokes. Hopefully it’s also another season of REALLY mean Seth jokes that only I laugh at. Like the Rudy Guiliani one. I thought joke-wise this was a very good Update. Amy had a few clunkers and not every one of Seth’s jokes worked, but I was laughing a lot. I felt the commentaries were a little weak. Kenan’s OJ wasn’t as funny as it should’ve been, and I didn’t think we needed Fred double dipping as the Iranian president. I enjoyed this Weekend Update, and I hope Seth and Amy can start hitting **** on a regular basis. ***1/2 Solid Gold Cast- James, Thompson, Rudolph, Wiig, Poehler, Forte Thoughts- Time for this show to become forgettable! If you’re going to mock Solid Gold, at least mock Andy Gibb or something. The group dancing to We Built This City cracked me up, but the rest was just bad. ¾* TV Funhouse Thoughts- Hey! The Ambiguously Gay Duo are back! Steve Carell does an amazing job of disguising his voice. Watching it now, it’s obvious that Ace is Stephen Colbert, but I wasn’t completely positive it was Carell until the credits. It was good to see the AGD back, especially after Smigel slumped through last season. I question putting this so late in the show, this really should’ve been done after Read to Achieve. While not at the level of classic AGDs, this had a lot of great jokes, and I loved the charades game. Welcome back Smigel, lets put last season behind us. ***1/2 106th and Park Cast- Lorne Michaels, James, West, Rudolph, Thompson, Poehler, Forte, Sudeikis Thoughts- You knew you have an all black lineup when there’s not one but two BET skits. This must be Kenan’s dream week ever since they axed Finesse. I think this had a funny concept but went on too long. Kanye at the Kids Choice Awards- funny. Kanye bitching about not getting a pumpkin….not so much. I do give Kanye kudos for doing a skit though, it’s always fun seeing the musical guest get involved. **1/4 Kanye West “Champion” Thoughts- Enough with the violinists! I liked seeing up there just rapping, and I’m always impressed how people can talk that much without taking a breath. And he admitted that he messed up, so hooray humility. Not as good as Stronger, but good enough. *** Great Moments in Guidance Counsellor History Cast- James, Sudeikis, Forte Thoughts- Good concept, but I felt this came off way too flat. The exchanges between Sudeikis and LeBron weren’t funny at all, but I love Sudeikis bitching out Forte. Decent for a last skit. ** The Bottom Line- Avg. skit was **.62 making this a thumbs up show, and the best season premiere since Jack Black in 2003. LeBron did nothing, but the cast and writers did an excellent job of working around him, and he had help from having a really good musical guest. This is probably the best athlete show since I started reviewing, so even though he doesn’t have a ring, he can take solace in that. A fun way to kick off the season, and I’m really looking forward to seeing Seth Rogen host. Thumbs Up

Smoltz might want him back, but I think the organisation wants no part of him after the shit he's pulled the last two times he could've come back.