Cheech Tremendous

The Bobcats have to wait 60 days from the time they acquired Diaw/Bell before they can trade them. But, yes, sources have said that Charlotte traded for those two guys with the intention of flipping them for Lee and Curry. We'll see if that's still the case in January.

They'll probably move Furcal to second base and put Kelly Johnson in left. Alternatively, Escobar could be used as trade bait to get another starting pitcher. I know the Royals are looking for a SS and would consider trading Zack Greinke. That's a deal that makes a lot of sense on paper.

Oh, sweet irony.

I don't get the fascination with Rafael Furcal. He's miles better than say, Julio Lugo, as far as starting shortstops are concerned, but I wouldn't be breaking the bank for him. He's 31 years old and has injury concerns. He has a career OPS+ of 96, which is good for a SS, but not special. He's an average, at best, defender. Don't see why that'd be worth $10 million or more a year.

The day that Tupac died I spent the whole night listening to All Eyez On Me crying my eyes out.

You think so, Tim?

Kings fire Reggie Theus Not sure how you can blame the coach for the Kings miserable start. There is no talent on that team at all. Kevin Martin is coming along, but he'd be the second or third option on a playoff team. Theus helped that team overachieve last year. I don't see the point in making a change right now.

Currently, the TSM Year-End Awards are occupying the new Center Stage area at the top of the board. Czech has already implied that the area will be used for the Poster Tournament in January. What's the plan after that is over? Are we going to keep the Center Stage area and use it as a revolving door for "What's Hot at TSM" or is it something that will disappear in a few months? I'm intrigued.

The only reason the Ombudsman position is a joke is because you let it become one. It doesn't matter if the mods didn't think much of it when they gave you that title, you had every opportunity to make it matter and instead you fell flat on your face. You were more concerned with bitching and complaining and pushing yourself instead of trying to do anything that would improve the board. Look at the past three months. I was more ombudsman-y than you. I started the TSM Market Research Thread and initiated discussion in Site Feedback about mega-threads and the new logo. I attempted to get the mods to be more proactive about splitting threads and organizing folders. I spoke up when other posters said the music folder was too exclusive. Now what did you do? You read a PM from GrungyPunk. Good fucking work, Bob. The problem is you are far more concerned with making yourself feel important than doing something that might benefit the board. You care about you and you only.

Jesus, Bob, do I have to literally spell everything out? I have a general idea of what e-fed is. I'm not stupid. I just want to know what they all do down there every day. Like I get that it's a whole fantasy booking thing, but that's about it.

I know what it stands for... I said explain it.

Oh, could somebody please explain that entire part of the board to me. I've been around since Rantsylvania and I still have no fucking clue what OAOAST is.

I actually know a guy who celebrates Festivus. His family did it years ago as a joke because they were getting sick of the holiday season. Apparently they loved how it went and have been legitimately celebrating it ever since. They do it all too... the pole, airing of grievances, feats of strength, etc. Nutjobs, I say.

You can actually organize each folder from largest to smallest in terms of replies or page views. It's not as interesting as you might think. The largest threads in most folders are the silly Comments That Don't Warrant a Thread. Pictures I Like is the biggest thread in No Holds Barred, for instance. CWDWAT and WWE Folder Sucks Dick are right behind it. Not exactly a killer list of classic threads.

Which reminds me... technically, I am still a part owner of this board. I should get to boss someone around. I own part of the board, too. Maybe we can get our own folder as a dividend? You know,Dandy, we did get a folder at one time. We didn't want it.

The name of the thread says it all. We all know each other a bit from the massive amount of time we spend posting here. Some of us have a personal relationship with each other, but for the most part all we know is what we can glean from posts. Some guys might not shine in a "boarding hard" sense, but have a personality that you'd click with. For instance, I love Czech as a poster, but he seems very reclusive and judgmental. It'd probably take me ten minutes to piss him off. However, I think I would click with someone like VX, given our Portland connection and love of food, sports and beer. So, who would you most want to hang with?

That's one of the most retarded things I've ever heard. "It's been proven..." Really? That's news to me. Who proved it? Bowl games typically match up two even teams. Therefore, the Heisman winner's team only has about a 50% chance of winning their bowl game. That's why recent Heisman winners have lost their last game. It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that they received some stupid trophy one month before.

By the way, I am not allowing myself to nominate any mods, Maff guys or AIM buddies this year. It's time to let some new posters shine. Still haven't finalized my list of ten. I'm going to be on the look out for underrated posters the next couple of days. Board hard, TSM.

The first round of last year's tourney went 11 pages. If anything, we've gotten more into the voting in recent years.

Looking over the Hollinger rankings, the Cavs strength of schedule is .484, compared to the Celtics at .479 and the Lakers at .483. It has been one of the easier schedules in the league though. Remember, though, to factor in that the Cavs are also beating the total shit out of those bottom feeders you described. It's not like they are pulling out OT thrillers. Most of those contests have been done by the third quarter. It'll be interesting to see what happens when they get some of the real teams later on.

We should have a chat about Danny Maff. Nah, that'd never work.

Which reminds me... technically, I am still a part owner of this board. I should get to boss someone around.

As I understand it, larvae are new posters. Once they have been here a sufficient amount of time (and made enough posts to adequately determine if they can contribute) they are moved to members. That's the basic answer. Perhaps a mod can better quantify what the expectations are.

It's been addressed repeatedly. Public Account is used for decisions that represent the common position of the mod staff. This protects the mods from receiving an unfair amount of praise or criticism for board matters decided by the collective brain trust. For instance, if Czech starts 15 year-end award threads, Czech would get the brunt of board bitching if it sucked. No need to place that extra pressure on one poster.

Could someone explain and how and when the Pit was started? How did it develop its conservative tilt?