EVIL~! alkeiper

All the time in smaller promotions. Didn't Lance Russell pull double duty in Memphis? And maybe Gene Okerlund in the AWA.

Putting out the movie with the Savage/Zeus vs. Hogan/Beefcake cage match as an extra seems like a natural move.

Blyleven actually won 20 games in 1973. I get the idea though. Blyleven suffers coming from an era where many pitchers won 250-300 games. He is in close proximity to Tommy John and Jim Kaat, neither of whom are in the Hall. Blyleven is better than those two. When it comes to Mussina though, that's really an insurmountable winning percentage. There is not a single eligible pitcher with that high a percentage and less than 200 wins who is not in the Hall. Mussina has 270.

Such as? Mussina's career win/loss record is 270-153. That's a .638 winning percentage. There is no pitcher in baseball even CLOSE to that kind of performance who is not in the Hall of Fame.

Don't know if I like this deal that much, but I'm willing to give it a chance. Coco Crisp is not exactly an all-world talent, but on a team that relies on Ellsbury and Drew in the outfield, he had a lot of value. It was clear last year that Jacoby wasn't ready for the big show and Drew is always an injury risk. Having a starting-caliber CF on the bench was always nice as a fall-back option. The one thing I will say is that this gives the team a lot of flexibility. While they now must find a competent 4th OF, they have the set-up man they've been looking for. This allows them to move Masterson or Buchholz in a trade for a C. It also freed up about $5 million. Don't know if that's just going in the pot to sweeten the offer to Burnett or what, but it's a decent sum of money. Personally, I'm always pleased when a starting caliber player moves to a place where he has a clear job.

What is it with Philadelphia and crappy PPVs? King of the Ring '95 and Wrestlemania XV were held there as well. Six PPVs in total, and three of them were absolutely terrible.

Stephen Hawking "If you're looking for trouble, you've found it."

http://survey.wwe.com/starrcade/ The 25 greatest Starrcade matches, all airing in November? Damn straight. My picks 1983-88 Ric Flair vs. Harley Race Roddy Piper vs. Greg Valentine Magnum T.A. vs. Tully Blanchard Rock n Roll Express vs. Ole & Arn Anderson Ric Flair vs. Lex Luger 1989-94 Doom vs. Arn Anderson & Barry Windham Sting & Abdullah the Butcher vs. Bobby Eaton & Brian Pillman Rick Steamboat & Shane Douglas vs. Brian Pillman & Barry Windham Sting vs. Vader Ric Flair vs. Vader 1995-2000 Eddie Guerrero vs. Shinjiro Ohtani Sting vs. Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair Dean Malenko vs. Ultimo Dragon Hollywood Hogan vs. Sting Shannon Moore/Shane Helms vs. Jung Dragons vs. Jamie Noble/Evan Karagias

During my downtime at work, I've tried to kill time by coming up with various lists, like the greatest matches in WWE history, etc. I've had a real difficult time with this decade though, since I haven't viewed quite everything like I did in the '90s, and I have gaps in my memory as a result. We're a year away from the end of the decade, so I figured it might be fun to do ballots of the best matches from 2000-present. Simple format here. Give your list from 1-10, voting graded on a 14-9-8-7-etc. scale. Only WWE matches from January 1, 2000 to present. Let's see how this turns out. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Here's TSM's composite ranking. 1. Steve Austin vs. The Rock (Wrestlemania XVII) 2. Kurt Angle vs. Chris Benoit (Royal Rumble '03) 3. Triple H vs. Cactus Jack (Royal Rumble '00) 4. Kurt Angle vs. Shawn Michaels (Wrestlemania 21) 5. Eddie Guerrero vs. Brock Lesnar (No Way Out '04) 6. Chris Benoit vs. Triple H vs. Shawn Michaels (Wrestlemania XX) 7. The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan (Wrestlemania XVIII) 8. The Rock vs. Chris Jericho (No Mercy '01) 9. John Cena vs. Umaga (Royal Rumble '07) 10. Edge/Christian vs. Dudley Boys vs. Hardy Boys (Wrestlemania XVII) Pretty solid list, in my opinion. Austin/Rock was a landslide choice, Angle/Benoit a solid #2, and then the balloting became much closer.

Let's give this a whirl. From another thread. NL MVP 1. Albert Pujols 2. Johan Santana 3. Chase Utley 4. David Wright 5. Lance Berkman 6. Hanley Ramirez 7. Geovany Soto 8. Carlos Beltran 9. Carlos Delgado 10. Tim Lincecum AL MVP 1. Joe Mauer 2. Dustin Pedroia 3. Grady Sizemore 4. Alex Rodriguez 5. Josh Hamilton 6. Nick Markakis 7. Justin Morneau 8. Brian Roberts 9. Kevin Youkilis 10. Carlos Quentin Mauer is on the verge of winning the batting title, as a catcher. Virtually no catcher has ever done it, and it will be Mauer's second. Pedroia has an ungodly number of doubles and is 20/21 in stolen base attempts. NL Cy Young 1. Johan Santana 2. Tim Lincecum 3. Cole Hamels AL Cy Young 1. Cliff Lee 2. Roy Halladay 3. Mike Mussina NL Rookie of the Year 1. Geovany Soto 2. Joey Votto 3. Jair Jurrjens AL Rookie of the Year 1. Evan Longoria 2. Mike Aviles 3. Brad Ziegler This was a real tough one. Armando Galarraga, Alexei Ramirez, Joba Chamberlain and Jacoby Ellsbury are also deserving candidates. NL Manager of the Year 1. Charlie Manuel 2. Lou Piniella 3. Jerry Manuel AL Manager of the Year 1. Joe Maddon 2. Mike Scioscia 3. Ron Gardenhire

I agree with Heenan in regards to WCW. He even admits himself that he was completely phoning things in at the end of his run. I think the popularity of his work with Monsoon stems mainly from Prime Time Wrestling. As a commentary tandem, they really weren't the primary team for very long. Maybe two years at most? One thing Heenan is underrated at though is a wrestler. The man could work and bump.

Pet Sounds is one of my ten favorite albums of all time. I also think Smiley Smile is a great album, and Wild Honey is pretty good as well.

Pray for Mojo

Referring to a manager or announcer?

Also, Sabathia sixth. Sabathia went 11-2 for the Brewers, yes. Johan Santana went 9-0 over the same period AND had the courtesy to pitch the first three months of the season for his club as well.

Kudos on the MVP, Pujols was clearly the best player in the league. Ryan Howard though? Great September, but part of the reason they entered the month two games back was that Howard was absolutely terrible the rest of the season. It amazes me that sportswriters prattle on about people who need to get their heads out of the spreadsheets, and then they refuse to look at anything beyond RBI totals. Chase Utley was by far a better player this season.

Wilson blew six saves this year. The Giants ended up winning five of those games. And his peripherals look better than his ERA indicates. With the team unlikely to contend, why sweat the choice of closer?

I re-subscribed to the service. Hopefully they add some more old school matches. Anyone actually watch Backlund vs. Patera? Awesome match.

I can't speak for revenue, but attendance figures are widely available. They actually went up in 1930, fell to a low from 1933-35. The National League did not reach the 1929-30 level of attendance again until 1945. The American League fared a bit better, hitting attendance highs in the late 30s though suffering some dips afterwards. Attendance exploded in 1946 after the war. One of the problems with the situation was that the Yankees were one of the few teams capable of sustaining a profit, and that's when their historical dominance really started.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1915690 Jim Leyland gave some troubling quotes about productive outs, so its probably best that he wasn't hired. Manuel comes from a limited major league managing background, but he experienced success with the Cleveland Indians.

Howard Eskin can kiss my ass. Howard Eskin can still kiss my ass.

If you think Ball State is the worst 10-0 team of quite some time, you really are one dumb motherfucker. In fact... you are a dumb motherfucker but not just cause of that statement. You are a dumb motherfucker for every fucking post you make in this folder. You don't know what the fuck you are talking about and really need to stay out of this folder. Just a friendly warning to watch the flaming. Keep posts related to the discussion.

Mike Arbuckle is now assistant GM of the Royals. This is the guy who oversaw the drafting/development of the core of the Phillies' championship club, so this is great news for Royals' fans.

There's really a reasonable argument for Matsuzaka. 18-3, third in the league in ERA, second in ERA+. Yeah he walked a ton of batters, but he got results.