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Cubs win, 6-3 Maddux wins #15 The 17th straight year that Maddux has won 15 games in a season. Amazing and totally gets no press for the things he does.

Shitty closer? Are you talking about Keith Foulke? No, I think he meant Jorge Julio.

Someone didn't handle the divorce well.

I just realized this was three boys 11, 12 and 13. Dammit, THIS is what happens when you don't allow young boys to pop their rocks off with a magazine! I bet this will all be blamed on either a) heavy metal or b) cable television. I won't be shocked if they blame "THE SHIELD".

amerifan has started two threads...both about Rodney Carrington. Are we sure this ISN'T Rodney Carrington? I like Ron "Tater Salad" White and occasionally Jeff Foxworthy. Bill was funny on his first album "Here's your sign".

Cubs are ahead 2. Bottom of the 7th. Fransworth has just came in. Cross your fingers Cubs fans. Fransworth actually pitches well and sends the game to the 8th with the Cubs up 5-3.

Guys, come on. That's a tad extreme. Go with every 15th then we'll talk. It's a damn shame this is happening but there is nothing we can do. We can't free terrorists so we take heat for letting him die, which is the only course of action to be had sadly. Free one terrorist and tomorrow that one person could blow up a bus full of people. Then we catch flack for releasing the hostage. Not to mention, there is no saying the terrorist won't kill the hostage anyway. It's a lose-lose.

Freedom here he comes!

The Marlins and Phillies have no shot here. They're 6.5 and 7.5 games back, respectively, with 11 games remaining. Not only would it take a historic set of circumstances to make that up, but they would need to pass four other teams in the process. It's not happening. Hence the words outside shot. The odds of it happening are between 'laughable' and 'are you serious?', but they are there. Preview of today's important games: AL WEST: Oakland (Hudson, 12-5, 3.36 era) at Texas (Park, 3-6, 5.92 era) 2:05 pm -Rangers are 3 behind Oakland and could move to 2 back with a win. Anaheim is off before their very big series with Oakland starting Friday. An Oakland loss would put the Angels just 2 out of the West lead with a chance to take the lead with a series sweep. The West in both leagues will really decide itself with Anaheim getting 3 games with Oakland, 4 games at Texas and then closing the season with 3 at Oakland. The Rangers will have 3 with Seattle, 4 with the Angels and 3 at Seattle meaning they would have the "easiest" path to the West title. Oakland will have a four game set with Seattle between the Angel series so they will need a sweep of the M's just to keep themselves in solid position. EAST: Tampa Bay (Ritchie, 0-1, 6.75 era) at New York (Lieber, 12-8, 4.40 era) 3:05 Baltimore (Cabrera, 12-7, 4.51 era) at Boston (Lowe, 14-12, 5.19 era) 7:05 -Another Yankee loss and a Red Sox win would move the Sox just 2.5 behind the Yankees with a three game series at Boston starting on Friday. Boston follow the 'do or die' series with the Yankees with three at the D-rays and four at Camden with the O's having a small chance to spoil the Sox run for the East crown. A poor showing in the series against the Sox would leave the Yankees meeting the Twins for three before traveling to Toronto to face the Jays. A good showing and the odds of NY losing the East sit between 'yeah right' and 'you kidding me?' NL WEST/WILDCARD L.A (Ishii, 13-7, 4.75 era) at Padres (Wells, 12-7, 3.50 era) 10:05 pm Houston (Backe, 3-3, 4.45 era) at San Fran (Schmidt, 16-7, 3.24 era) 10:15 pm Chicago (Maddux, 14-10, 3.68 era) at Pittsburgh (Figueroa, 0-2, 4.44 era) 12:35 pm -Ok, this is where it gets fun for these teams. A Giants and Cubs win combined with a Dodgers loss would put the Giants up 1/2 in the West and the Cubs tied with LA for the Wildcard and the Padres would move to 3.5 out of the card [thanks Cabbage, knew I messed one up]. A Cubs win, a Dodgers win and a Giants loss would put the Cubs in the wildcard lead and give LA a 1.5 game cushion to work with. However, the Giants and Dodgers start a series at San Fran on Friday and play each other six times over the last nine games of the season. The Giants also will take on the Padres. The Padres could really clean up tonight. Trailing by 4.5 games in the West and 4 in the Wildcard, a Padres win combined with losses by all other teams would move them 3.5 out of first in the West and 3 out of the wildcard. The Padres start a series with the Giants next Tuesday and could take the West crown if they can sweep through LA and Arizona before encountering the Giants. After the Giants series, the Padres finish the season with three against Arizona and could be very much in the race by then. Meanwhile the Cubs will get the Mets next followed by Cinn. and then close the season out in Atlanta. The Cubs have one of the harder paths since they can only grab the Wildcard. Houston will have troubles tonight if they lose and might be calling it a season. A loss would leave them 4 out of the wildcard and 3.5 behind the Cubs and tied with the Padres for third if SD, CHI, and SF all win. A win helps them pull back some life, moving to 2.5 behind the Cubs (if the Cubs win as well) for the Wildcard and 2 behind the Giants. Nothing is easy for the Astros, heading to the Brewers team that ended their season last year followed by the Cardinals. If they are still alive headed into the final three games of the season, the Astros take on the confusing Rockies in Houston.

I'd go with the triumpht return of ADAM BOMB. He pops one of those smoke clouds near her and she goes into convulsions. Then while at the hospital getting "treatment", she just miscarries. And then we get KANE vs ADAM BOMB at Taboo Tuesday. Later we find out Matt Hardy sent Adam Bomb after Lita for cheating on him, causing her to lose the child and infect her womb (hell if I know how, they would figure it out) so she is left barren for betraying Mattitude. Then they all dance.

Ray Traylor as far as I know, still goes down as one of the fastest wrestlers pinned on WWE PPV. When the Rock pinned him in 3 seconds with an inside cradle. The same night Vince mocked the Hart incident and the Rock turned heel with a sharpshooter on Mankind. Plus the Bossman made Al Snow eat his dog...whatever the heck that dog's name was. He had a way of making the stupidest angle fun for at least a few weeks. He always tried even with strapped with crap.

Earliest I'd expect is HEAT or RAW. Smackdown is just too early for them to do anything I think. Now RAW, there will be no excuse if they don't honor him. I think they will, Bossman was quite the figure in the WWF.

The real rating to watch is SMACKDOWN. PRAY it doesn't get a good rating. Else Hogan and Austin will have leverage and may RETURN! The last thing we need is Stone Cold running out, hitting 10 stunners, yelling WHAT 20 times and then riding out on a unicycle.

Raise your hand if you want Chris Jericho to get the pedigree on PPV and lose the IC title to HHH? Or have the main event end in DQ or No contest? This is a PPV, not RAW. And you know Jericho would have no chance in hell of beating HHH for the gold. Either way, HHH would have left with two belts. I consider this a blessing in disguise. Let HHH pedigree someone else for his belt.

You always know there is going to be one you never see coming. I never saw this coming. Bossman was horribly underrated as a heel, he was underrated as a worker for his size and he was always underrated for his work on the mic. His Big Show feud made me groan most of the time but damn it also made me laugh. A real shame. I just hope for the best for his family.

"Mr Van Damme, we'd like you to look at this script. It's for a movie called Tekken. Mr Norris, Mr Seagel, and Mr Blanks were very excited about it. As was Mr Bernhardt. We think you'll just LOVE it, it fits you perfectly." And if all those actors star...I'm first in line.

In real news and not the Yankees fans complaining that the Red Sox are back in the East race so they can choke again. The Giants beat the Astros 5-1 after the Killer Bs apparently left their stingers in Houston. The loss drops the Astros 3 games behind the Giants. And the Dodgers trail the Padres 4-0 in the top of the 8th. To recap: A loss by LA means that SF would be 1/2 behind the Dodgers for first in the West. It would also mean the Cubs would be just a 1/2 game behind the Giants and a game behind the Dodgers. The Padres would remain four back of the Giants, 4 1/2 back of the Dodgers and 3 1/2 behind the Cubs. Houston would need help, the Padres are winning but the teams in front of them are as well, Florida may be done but they have an outside chance as do the Phillies. The Dodgers are about to lose their second in a row, the seventh in the last 11 games.

Cubs hold on for a 1-0 victory. Big win for them. The Cubs take the wildcard lead for a little bit. Remember, a win by the Giants drops the Cubs to 1/2 out, the Astros would fall to 3 out. HOWEVER, a Giants win and a Dodgers loss puts the Dodgers just a 1/2 ahead of the Giants and just one game ahead of the Cubbies. It's getting tight.

Cubs dodged that bullet. And why can Sammy catch THOSE, but not routine fly balls? I don't get it. Now it'll be all up to Hawkins. Here's hoping the offense can get at least one more run. Nothing against Latroy, just want to give him more room to breath.

Odds are left Vam in too long this time. Probably should have pulled him after the bunt. Still, he was getting out of jams so it was a calculated risk to let him try again. Up to the bullpen now.

You assume right. Here: Playoffs as of now

No wait...wrong I think.... Hell if I know anymore. I BELIEVE Twins.

Don't remind us Oriole fans. He fooled us into thinking he could pitch. I warned you. And this is not a knock on Wakefield, but does anyone else not like when someone who dies in a horrible accident (car, plane, what have you) is described as having "passed away" I mean, yes, technically he did, but "passed away" sounds almost peaceful. Well, plane crash they probably die instantly so it is peaceful Plus "ripped apart by jagged metal till their heart popped" doesn't go over well with the family. As for wanting the Orioles to get one win...they got it Monday. 9-6. You got your one win, finish them off yourselves.

If the US is about to be invaded, we shouldn't NEED to be drafted into the army. Be kinda sad if people claimed they didn't want to defend their home and ran to Canada.

Don't remind us Oriole fans. He fooled us into thinking he could pitch.