Cheech Tremendous

The Giants signed RP Jeremey Affeldt to a two-year deal worth about $8 million. That's a steal in this market. He's one of the best relievers available and doesn't come with the closer premium that is going to drive the price crazy for K-Rod and Fuentes. Any team needing bullpen help (hello everybody) should have been all over him at that price. Not surprisingly, the Giants had to do something stupid in the wake of this great signing. According to Sabean, they are going to use him to set-up to bridge to "proven" closer Brian Wilson. Nothing like sticking with the crappy incumbent because he has a few saves to his name.

So apparently Mercury Morris is a fan of the Titans and is pulling for them to go undefeated. Has anyone ever adequately explained why they keep putting a microphone in front of this guy?

I'll be damned. They actually got it right.

http://www.reuters.com/articlePrint?articl...E4AA7BZ20081111 Discuss. I'll be back with thoughts later.

The death of Ken Tremendous leads to rise of Cheech Tremendous...?

Silver Sluggers American League 1B – Justin Morneau, Minnesota Twins 2B – Dustin Pedroia, Boston Red Sox 3B – Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees SS – Derek Jeter, New York Yankees OF – Josh Hamilton, Texas Rangers OF – Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox OF – Grady Sizemore, Cleveland Indians C – Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins DH-- Aubrey Huff, Baltimore Orioles National League 1B – Albert Pujols, St. Louis Cardinals 2B – Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies 3B – David Wright, New York Mets SS – Hanley Ramirez, Florida Marlins OF – Matt Holliday, Colorado Rockies OF – Ryan Ludwick, St. Louis Cardinals OF – Ryan Braun, Milwaukee Brewers C – Brian McCann, Atlanta Braves P – Carlos Zambrano, Chicago Cubs

I doubt that I've seen enough from the past three or four years to come with an accurate list for the entire decade, but HHH and Cactus at the Rumble and Austin/Rock at Mania X-7 are two of the best matches I've ever seen. I'd have a hard time voting anything over those two.

One time I let him sleep on my couch. It was awesome. As for HTM, the gimmick is much better than the product. I can't think of any reason to call him the "Greatest IC champ" other than the fact that he held it the longest. The matches sucked and the gimmick was just average. He played the role of insufferable heel champion really well and the payoff with the Warrior was great, but I wasn't really into his reign. I still think that he should have dropped the belt to Savage at Wrestlemania IV. That whole thing has never really been settled in the IWC, but I guess popular opinion is that he refused the job and Vince bought into it. Seems sketchy to me. The fact that his entire legacy is built on that reign speaks volumes. He didn't accomplish anything afterwards. Had there been some talent he could have parlayed that into another run somewhere. He was all gimmick and no substance.

Professional turkey sperm-wrangler That's a new poster name if I've ever seen one.

Whether or not Gonzalez or de los Santos ever make anything of themselves does little to change the fact that they were perceived as elite pitching prospects one year ago. Those were top notch pieces available for a trade and Williams got a guy that flamed out early and hit the bench by September. I still stand by my assessment that Williams bought high and sold low on Swisher.

No, no, no. Kenny Williams got ass-raped by Billy Beane and Brian Cashman on this one. Williams gave up two very good prospects (Gonzalez, de los Santos) and one average to good prospect (Sweeney) for one crappy year of Swisher. Then he sold him at his lowest value for a utility guy and a non-prospect. These kind of deals are the exact reason why Williams does get shit. He bought high and sold low. Personally, I think Williams is a bit underrated. He did win a division championship this year and his wheeling, dealing style at least keeps them competitive in the short run. But this deal is just terrible from the Sox perspective. As for the Yanks, Swisher's a great pick-up, but I wonder what they expect out of him. His numbers were crappy last year, but he still drew walks and hit for power. Maybe it was a fluke drop, or maybe he's just the new Brad Wilkerson. It really shouldn't take them out of the market for Teixeira or Abreu. I just don't think you can go into a season with the idea that he'll start at first or in a corner. Too many question marks for that to be Plan A.

AL Cy Young goes to Cliff Lee of the Cleveland Indians. I'm fine with Lee winning; he really had the best season. K-Rod wasn't even the best reliever in the league, but everyone knew that saves record would get him some votes. I am shocked that Jon Lester didn't get any votes. By most metrics he was the third best pitcher in the AL.

Marlins traded Kevin Gregg to the Cubs for minor leaguer Jose Ceda http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3700730

I can get behind the cause for road teams wearing the city name across the uni, but let's not get crazy here. The Cardinals have the best uniforms in baseball. Don't go messing with something so perfect just to keep consistency.

Oh man, what a douche. I defend the guy a lot for being a great agent, but that's just a ridiculously stupid thing to say. I can't wait until he gets out on the market and realizes that no one will give Manny $25 million a year for four years. That's just insane.

Is that new logo permanent? It's decent, but I don't know how fond I am of a sans serif font for a major heading. I can't tell if it looks modern or plain.

Nominations thread is done and it's time for the finals. Originally this was only going to be five posters, but a tie has expanded the field to seven. Just place yes or no next to each poster (or bold the ones you want in). A 75% approval is necessary for induction. Czech Agent Milky Kinetic Slayer Incandenza Bob Barron

You don't say.

I still rock the original skin. Bob's dream is for the board to magically revert to 2003.

This. Why the hell do people do that? The problem is that it sounds fine on my computer speakers so I never know until I actually listen to said songs on my iPod. You could find entire articles about this very phenomenon. What has happened is that music producers are turning up everything in the mix to max levels. Modern production doesn't really allow anything to breathe. It's been done to give the illusion of more bass and feel, with the intention of keeping the music from sounding "tinny" on crappy computer speakers or ipods. The end result is a loud mess that's very grating after a couple of minutes. It's a real problem, and it's one of the reasons that vinyl is starting to make a minor comeback among non-audiophiles.

I started that thread, and even I'd be inclined to agree with you. Personally, I think the Music folder is starving for good conversation and I'm willing to throw out any topic that might jump start some sort of discourse. But once the thread disintegrates into bemoaning the rankings with no actual discussion or coherent arguments, all hope is lost.

I think that I need to see the actual article before I comment too harshly. The press releases are vary vague on the concept of "singer." Supposedly using "rock-era singer" over "rock singer" justifies the choice of an R&B artist placing first. Nothing against Ms. Franklin, but I probably would have named ten or twenty people before I even thought of her. Bob Dylan is a great songwriter, but his singing talent falls just this side of awful. My personal inclination would be a vote for Robert Plant, but I'd also argue in favor of several of rock's more distinguishable voices (Bon Scott, Axl Rose) before I got to some of the names on this list.

Let's just call a spade a spade. Campaign 2008 and B.O. Circle Jerk are just Current Event's version of CTDWAT. There would have to be some serious proactive moderation for that folder to yield anything different, and I'm not sure that's a cause worth taking on. The posters there would probably reject something different anyways.

I think I've made about two references to my dislike of that thread, but whatever. It was still awful.

Oooh, a drop shadow.