TheDevilAndGodAreRagingInsideMe

I don't put stock in bench numbers, but that's also because I don't bench with a bar (I use dumbbells - they're better for my creaky left shoulder and I also find them more comfortable) but I also haven't maxed out since I played football in HS, which even as a novice I thought it was pointless. I'm about 6'2" and about 175 pounds, and according to this quick little BMI calculator (which is far from accurate I'm sure, since all it takes into account is height and weight) I'm at 22.5. What I would really like to find out is my body fat %, which I'm sure is very, very low. Just because some meathead can bench press 280+ pounds twice, high five his buds, and then walk around the gym for 5 minutes looking at himself in the mirror doesn't impress me. I see benching as just another exercise for your regimine - you shouldn't stress any one over any other, because in the end it doesn't matter all that much. It's just something jocks do to impress each other. What I strive for is overall strength, stability, and endurance.

I work out 5 days a week and I'm in the best shape of my life.

Didn't Dominic Rhodes go to Oakland, or did he get cut and then brought back?

There's a bar by my school which doesn't allow hoodies or hats inside. Of about 10 bars in this podunk little college burg, it's the only one with any such rules. (And it's in the Poconos, so it's always cold out and thus hoodie season for almost the entire duration of the school year. So you freeze your arse off waiting to get in. [it's the only place you have to wait to get in])

30) The TSM logo contest

I can't believe they actually got a human being in return for Hawkins.

This too:

The last week of July always delivers.

27) I've never heard of the other site. I've heard of this one, though.

There are two cliques of douchebags who act like that in my town. Always with the "why me" act when the fuzz nabs them, yet they have these rediculous Civics with jet black window tints, loud exhausts, and blasting bass and motorcycles that they blow through the streets on all night. Plus, they're really, really dumb so of course they do the same shit every night and go hang out in the same places (plus my town is very small). Thankfully, they haven't been around my part of town in forever. I don't like blaming stuff on popular culture, but when Fast and the Furious came out is when all this shit started happening here.

Supposedly the play-financing story is an urban legend.

Lots of people at NYYFans wanted the Yankees to pick up Manny when they put him on waivers a few years ago.

Which is why I advicate trading him, of course.

I doubt Manny goes anywhere. Again. Same shit, different season.

Sushi. It's awesome.

He played in 1 game for the Yankees in April this year.

Wow...definitely didn't see that one coming.

Joe Torre is going to love being matched up with Scotty Proctor once again!

Dark Knight was really good. Too many asshole teenagers yelling at the screen, though.

Miller High Life commercials where the delivery guy arrives at places (a posh hotel, a luxury box) and takes back the beer. I just think that dude is hilarious. "Here we are, all the way up in section la-dee-da."

Interesting topic. Yankees (Link) C - Brad Ausmus 1B - Nick Johnson 2B - Mike Lowell 3B - Casey Blake SS - Derek Jeter (Jorge Posada was also drafted at SS) RF - Marcus Thames CF - Orlando Palmeiro LF - Ricky Ledee SP - Joba Chamberlain SP - Mark Prior SP - Andy Pettitte SP - Zach Day SP - Phil Hughes RP - Jason Grilli RP - Brian Tallet RP - Aaron Heilman RP - Russ Springer

My bullpen is full, so I'm going to go for some pop off the bench and take Shane Spencer here.

I think they've also shined in part by being without Joe Torre's bullpen management incompetence, which is very nice to see.

Back-up catcher Rick Cerone