EVIL~! alkeiper

Damn, Bruce got us. 2-1 Phils.

MW679 is up, followed by King Cucharacha. MellowBlissful can make his selection if he pops up.

Goddamn, Chase Utley is absolutely sick. 21 home runs!

The Phillies recorded an out on Jay Bruce!

Florida is up by three, hard to see them losing that much ground so soon.

I wouldn't debate the ability of the Japanese stars, the wrestling exhibitions were top notch. The fans I think appreciated the match. There's just no passion there at all in the crowd.

On Daily News Live, the panelists and Ken Rosenthal are crediting Charlie Manuel's decision to use Geoff Jenkins instead of Greg Dobbs as "intuition." Yeah. That and that Jenkins was good enough to start as a corner outfielder for a decade.

Buddy Rogers had 30000 at Comiskey for a title rematch against Pat O'Connor later in the summer of '61. Bruno's biggest might have been his defense against Stan Hansen, 32000 at Shea Stadium.

Yeah, risking an honest toss would have cost them the Savage/Crush match.

That gives them a combined age of 25.8. That's impressive, but matched by the Marlins and Rockies. The Pirates and Giants are actually a hair younger.

The AAA Phillies were scheduled to face Bailey tonight. They have a rough enough time without having to face good pitchers. The Reds now have four rookie of the year candidates (Bruce, Votto, Cueto and Bailey). That doesn't count Edison Volquez, not rookie-eligible but just 24 years old. For kicks, Dusty Baker has never managed a player who finished in the top 5 in Rookie of the Year balloting, and managed only two players who received any votes at all.

Did they? One of the reasons the O's are close to .500 is their bullpen, which is staffed by Matt Albers and Dennis Sarfate, both pitching well and both acquisitions from Houston. Tejada is no longer an elite player, he's lost a step at the plate and I believe his defense has suffered. This is just an assumption but notice that the O's are giving up less runs with Luis Hernandez at shortstop? The trade probably made Houston better right now. Long term the upside is minimal depending on Troy Patton's recovery, but how many other offers were floating?

The Phillies grabbed first place again, taking two of three from the Marlins. Four games against Jay Bruce and the Reds await. Chase Utley is an absolute monster this season, hitting his 20th home run of the season yesterday. He had 22 all of last season. The record for a second baseman is 43 by Davey Johnson. There may not be a better player in the National League right now.

It's been 12 hours. The Franchise can make his pick.

When ESPNU kept advertising UCLA/Cal State at 11, I thought they were going early in the morning. Stanford/Pepperdine kicks off at 4pm, three more around 7pm, San Diego/Fresno St. at 9pm, and the UCLA game at 11pm. All Eastern of course. ESPNU's broadcast schedule lists games on air at 7 and 11pm. There is nothing else like this in baseball. Six games today, every one of them is a winner-advances, loser-goes-home scenario.

The Reds weren't trading Jay Bruce anyway. You guys act like the Bedard trade was a bust though. They got a potential star center fielder out of the deal, along with their current closer. They have three pitching prospects as well. Chris Tillman is currently 6-0 in AA with a 2.59 ERA. I'd be happy with the trade thus far.

They tried that once already.

David Crockett throwing down his microphone rather than talk to Jim Cornette is great stuff as well. This is a tremendous show for angles. With the Crockett Cup done, the NWA set up their big feuds for the Great American Bash tour.

Oddest segment is certainly Buddy Rose's "blowaway diet" commercial on the Shawn Michaels Vault dvd.

When was this? I'm looking all over the internet and can't find it at all.

This week's show has footage of the infamous Flair/Morton beatdown. Jimmy Garvin keeps calling out Wahoo McDaniel. All he's asking for is a match or showdown and while he's a jerk about it, Wahoo never answers. It makes Wahoo look bad after weeks of it.

I noticed they had a bit with Heenan teasing some big news as the show folds. They likely knew Warrior was gone at that point and edited it into the show.

Nope.

Ah good. Hopefully CC will get back soon for his next pick. I have two upcoming in this slot. Selection #1. Magnum TA vs. Tully Blanchard - Steel cage, I Quit Match (Starrcade '85) The next match I better take here as the 24/7 discussion will have people thinking of it. Wargames 1992 (Wrestlewar) No good image for that one, unfortunately.

Two on the Great American Bash tour in '87 (Dusty & crew vs. the Horsemen). One in 1988, also Dusty vs. the Horsemen. 1989 saw the Road Warriors and Midnight Express battle the Freebirds and Samoan Swat Team. 1991 had Sting, Pillman and the Steiners against the Horsemen. 1992 was Sting's Squadron against the Dangerous Alliance. 1993 had Sting and company against Vader's team. 1994 was Dusty and Dustin against Colonel Parker's stable. 1995 saw Hulkamania against the Dungeon of Doom. 1996 is WCW vs. NWO. 1997 had the Horsemen against the NWO. 1998 was that three-team abortion that DDP won by pinfall.