Jorge Gorgeous

I'm happy, and honestly, kind of relieved to see A-Rod go. The guy is an amazing baseball player, and I hold no ill-will towards him, but his tenure here was frustrating. He put up amazing stats, and hes going to continue to put up those stats, but he would develop a full head of steam during the regular season and coast into the doldrums once the playoffs started. This wasn't just an Alex Rodriguez problem, (especially this year) other players had post-season slumps, but he became the figurehead of an expensive, stagnant, boring era of Yankee mediocrity. I know mediocrity seems like an ignorant thing to say, considering they made the playoffs every year Rodriguez was here, but its all contextual. When you're spending that much money on coaches and players, simply making the play-offs is mediocrity. If Kansas City spent $200 million and didn't win their league, they'd be disapointing. Coupled with the departure of Joe Torre, we're entering an exciting new era. I don't think the Yankees are going to stop signing free-agents, but the focus seems to be inward. There are a bunch of exciting young players and a new manager with a vote of confidence from ownership and a history of doing great things with good, young players. The loss of A-Rod takes us farther away from a World Series ring, but when you've got 26 of them sometimes you just want some substance. And quit ragging on A-Rod. AlKeiper is right. You can't be surprised when mercenary players do things in the interest of money. Fans at Yankee Stadium booed A-Rod, he doesn't owe the fans anything. He should go out and get what he can get. I think it'd be funny if the bottom dropped out of the market and A-Rod ended up losing money, but I don't think thats happening.

The eternal Damon Stoudamire G

RETARDED Also, regarding Jenny From the Block... it sucks extra because it steals that awesome Beatnuts beat, so everytime it came on the radio I thought they were playing "Watch Out Now"

I like Matt Barnes and all, but he is not my pick. We're trading back in Barnes and taking C - Greg Oden - Portland Trailblazers Invest with class.

Wouldnt that be #2 and #3? LSU would become #1 and Oregon and ASU would both move up. tOSU would probably move in behind, somewhere. Also, fuck that TV contract. Maybe I'll drive to Arizona. LA will probably be on fire by then anyway.

You can get a cup of Kopi Luwak at a place called Le Guerre (not sure if thats the correct spelling.) Its only $13 and its the only place in Portland that sells it. Its on 15th and Clinton in Southeast. Clinton being tucked in there between Division and Powell. They've got some good fucking coffee, weasel poop or not. You should check it out. Right down the street from Hammys.

I'm afraid you cannot! Meet Kopi Luwak.

I live right down the street from USC, and the air quality doesn't really seem to be that much worse than every other day, so unless Pete Carroll isn't running them for some other reason, I don't really see why their conditioning would be an issue.

G Cuttino Mobley

Ruben Patterson F

I sacked Tennessee QB Erik Ainge back in high school. Later on, during an encounter in a mall parking lot, he would tell me that being chased by me was one of the scariest moments of his life. This was the summer before he left for the SEC. I'm guessing that list has changed at least a little bit.

I cant really chat, I'm out of the house most of the day, but I'd be happy to submit a list. I think in these later rounds the time limit should be knocked down to between 6 and 8 hours. Missing out on Ira Newble is a lot easier to deal with than missing out on Tim Duncan.

C Andrew Bogut DONT CARE ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE

That wont be hard.

F Peja Stojakovic

Anyone else seeing the resemblence?

The Orange Jews select G Randy Foye

Oy vey. The Ducks and their turnovers. Heartbreaking, but what a game.

Because I disagree with them? Because No, No, No is stupid. What does it mean? You don't think they're indie? You don't like them? You're Amy Winehouse? Let this be a thread about discussing indie music, not about how much you know about indie. That said... I don't know if the Cold War Kids are indie, but they're feckin' grrrrrreat.

I hope you have sons. Beautiful, handsome boys. Articulate, educated, and athletic. And I hope they have their legs taken from them, so you can know what this pain is like.

Fart you, butthole. I'm in.

It was both.

I'm gonna get myself some Hammy's right now!

You must mean Hammy's

The 9/11 thing was a joke... It's not in reference to what you said. Some people brought it up at the IMDB boards, actually. Whatever it is... if it doesn't have enough toes, they better explain it. Also, you live in Portland and seem to like grafitti. Have you seen the "Too Many Hipsters, Not Enough Crime" all around SE?