EVIL~! alkeiper

I wouldn't combine the folder. The General Wrestling folder has become somewhat of a safe haven from the idiocy. Keep the "mouthbreathers" as we call them separate.

Here's the semifinals. Vote totals can be found in the previous thread's polls. With both leaders winning by a two to one margin, it seems safe to progress. Voting will run through Monday night.

Rather than deal with that tripe strummer posted, let me link the latest blog post by Joe Posnanski of the KC something or other. http://joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/03/09...-and-true-wins/

And careful Dandy, I can restore it and leave it be.

Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals!* *except the weasel

I created a topic in Site Feedback about trying 24/7 as its own subfolder. Weigh in there with your thoughts.

I did, upon request by the topic creator.

I didn't mean it in that fashion really. There's just something odd by running to a different folder to complain about another one. Here's an honest question though. Establishing that the WWE folder sucks, how do we set about improving it? I notice there is a distinct lack of topics in that forum. If you feel you're an intelligent poster (speaking to the board at large here), start some more intelligent topics. What is the board's consensus on the General Wrestling folder?

Making things a little easier. Pick two of the four choices in each group. The top two vote getters in each group will reach the Final Four.

I still oppose an automatic ban. Of course I opposed turfing Damaramu and Wildpegasus as well, so take that for what you will. I'm generally not inclined to ban a poster unless they're belligerent as well as awful. I say a week's suspension for the original, during which time we come up with a blueprint for not sucking, presented to the winner. The winner should then take it upon himself to improve, or THEN face banishment.

Voting here will run through Saturday morning at the latest. Quick round as I'll be gone over the weekend. Mecca truthiness Chazz edgehead69 MVP jericholic82 dustinbeaverton Vanhalen Enigma majormayhem1 EHME/Simon Brigante Kawalimus Marvinisalunatic Flairfan MOD BRACKET/FINALS! Cena's Healed Pec Mole

I just found out Philadelphia is getting an MLS franchise for the 2010 season. About time, now I have a reason to watch.

Feel free to post your choices and mock your choices publicly. I just won't have to count them all.

Everything is working fine, so this topic will stand. Get voting! This will run through Sunday evening.

Mecca (12) truthiness (15) Chazz (10) edgehead69 (17) MVP (23) jericholic82 (4) Here is a result I disagree with. Jericholic82 is the worst poster on this forum, for several reasons. First, his posts are awful. The grammar is terrible, the writing structure is bad and he says nothing whatsoever of substance. Second, he stops in periodically and makes multiple posts at a time. Stop by the General Wrestling folder sometime and cringe at the line of topics that say, "last post by jericholic82." After he posts, he goes away for a couple of days again. The idea of a discussion forum is discussion! At least with a poster like Marvin you converse, make him your bitch and have a good time. No such luck here. For shame people. dustinbeaverton (18) Vanhalen (9) Enigma (14) majormayhem1 (13) EHME/Simon Brigante (14) Kawalimus (13) Marvinisalunatic (26) Flairfan (1) MOD BRACKET/FINALS! Cena's Healed Pec (11) Mole (15) One null vote. Grow a set of balls and pick one Smues.

Yes, Gosunkugi's ballot counts.

I'm closing voting, results upcoming shortly. Sorry for the abbreviated length of this round, but it's either this or waiting two days. We've gotten 26 ballots this round, so we're just down nine from last round.

The NWA weekly show was incredibly good this week. The crowd was insanely hot and the wrestlers seemed to turn things up a notch as a result.

Class A (Your Top Three Choices) Lou Thesz/Ric Flair Award This award is given to the professional wrestlers who have the ability to carry an entire promotion (Wrestlemania) by themselves. 1. The Rock 2. Hulk Hogan 3. Steve Austin Most Outstanding Wrestler 1. Shawn Michaels 2. Randy Savage 3. Bret Hart Best Box Office Draw 1. Hulk Hogan 2. The Rock 3. Steve Austin Best Feud 1. Steve Austin vs. The Rock 2. Steve Austin vs. Vince McMahon 3. Hulk Hogan vs. Andre the Giant Best Tag Team 1. Edge & Christian 2. Demolition 3. The Hart Foundation Best on Interviews 1. The Rock 2. Jake Roberts 3. Roddy Piper Most Charismatic 1. Hulk Hogan 2. The Rock 3. Randy Savage Best Technical Wrestler 1. Bret Hart 2. Kurt Angle 3. Chris Benoit Best Brawler 1. Terry Funk 2. Steve Austin 3. Mick Foley Best Flying Wrestler 1. Jeff Hardy 2. Shawn Michaels 3. Rey Mysterio Most Overrated (Overpushed) 1. Mr. T 2. Triple H 3. The Ultimate Warrior Most Underrated (Underpushed) 1. The Big Show 2. Tito Santana 3. Bob Orton Jr. Best Match 1. Bret Hart vs. Steve Austin (Wrestlemania XIII) 2. Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels (Wrestlemania X) 3. Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage (Wrestlemania III) Best Non-Wrestler 1. Howard Finkel 2. Pete Rose 3. Bob Uecker Best Announcer 1. Jim Ross 2. Jesse Ventura 3. Gorilla Monsoon Worst Announcer 1. Susan St. James 2. Michael Cole (Wrestlemania XV) 3. Vince McMahon Best Major Show 1. Wrestlemania XVII 2. Wrestlemania XX 3. Wrestlemania III Class B (Pick One) Worst Major Show: Wrestlemania XV Best Wrestling Maneuver: Vince McMahon's Ladder Legdrop. Was that cool or what? Most Disgusting Promotional Tactic: Use of Iraqi War to promote Wrestlemania VII. Worst Match: Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper (Wrestlemania II) Worst Feud: Mr. T vs. Roddy Piper Best Gimmick: The Undertaker's undefeated streak. Worst Gimmick: Red Rooster Best Wrestlemania DVD: Wrestlemania 2000 Best Babyface: Bret Hart Best Heel: Andre the Giant Best Manager: Elizabeth Worst Wrestler: Andre the Giant Worst Tag Team: The Godwinns Worst Manager: Harvey Whippleman Most Embarassing Wrestler: Eugene Worst Non-Wrestling Personality: Vince Russo

That 40 man battle royal on Prime Time wrestling is one of the matches I remember clearest despite not having seen it in fifteen years.

Pick One in each matchup. canadiandestroyer213 Mecca dx1997 truthiness Bruiser_Brody Chazz Superjerk edgehead69 MVP Matt Young KingPK jericholic82 dustinbeaverton Razateca Bix Vanhalen Battlenuts Enigma pbone majormayhem1 EHME/Simon Brigante C-Bacon Kawalimus TaigaStar UsethesledgehammerUh Marvinisalunatic Cheech Tremendous flairfan Cena's Healed Pec Illustrious One Downhome Mole

My ten favorite baseball books I've read, in chronological order. The Natural, by Bernard Malamud Eight Men Out, by Eliot Asinof Glory of Their Times, by Lawrence Ritter Universal Baseball Association, J. Henry Waugh Prop., by Robert Coover Ball Four, by Jim Bouton The Pitch That Killed, by Mike Sowell Lords of the Realm, by John Helyer Whatever Happened to the Hall of Fame?, by Bill James The New Historical Baseball Abstract by Bill James Moneyball, by Michael Lewis I have heard so many people recommend Eric Rolfe Greenberg's The Celebrant that I am going to make a point to read it this month. In the above list I particularly wish to point of Glory of Their Times. It is flat out one of the best pieces of oral history ever produced, over 20 interviews of stars of the deadball era including Sam Crawford. Anyone who is familiar with Ken Burns' documentary would recognize many passages from the book.

Results are in! canadiandestroyer213 (8) Mecca (27) dx1997 (5) truthiness (30) Bruiser_Brody (9) Chazz (25) One null vote Superjerk (16) edgehead69 (18) One null vote MVP (23) Matt Young (12) KingPK (4) jericholic82 (31) dustinbeaverton (26) Razateca Bix (14) Vanhalen (20) One null vote Battlenuts (5) Enigma (30) pbone (5) majormayhem1 (30) EHME/Simon Brigante (25) C-Bacon (10) Kawalimus (26) TaigaStar (9) UsethesledgehammerUh (14) Marvinisalunatic (21) Cheech Tremendous (7) flairfan (28) MOD BRACKET Cena's Healed Pec (24) Illustrious One (11) Downhome (16) Mole (17) Two Null Votes Couple Quick Thoughts: -Do you seriously need a coin flip to tell you that jericholic82 is a worse poster than KingPK? -I think we've gotten all of the undeserving candidates out of the tournament. The sweet 16 is truly a cornucopia of awful posting. -Every single entrant received a vote. There's a lesson in there somewhere.

Oh, The Book was just awful. They would pose a question like "Should the pitcher bat eighth" and then present 20 pages of regression analysis and tables and end with "batting the pitcher eight can lead to .5 extra wins per season" or some other non-sense. Even though I could understand the math (and I don't think most people would) I still couldn't figure out what they were trying to accomplish half the time. One of the big problems (and others do this as well) is that they establish a new statistic in the introduction, weighted OBP in this case. They then use the stat in most of their commentary. If you show me the numbers for a new stat, I'm not going to know what a reasonable threshhold is, I can't draw any type of conclusion looking at it. The biggest problem though is that while even if the analysis is solid, the writing just completely fails to interest the reader.

The Historical Abstract is fantastic, I still find it interesting six years after I first bought it. I can't say enough good things about it. The Prospectus book reads like a collection of term papers. Some of the individual chapters are pretty interesting though. I read "The Book" by Michael Lichtman and others, and found that one completely unreadable.