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Patrick shilling a mike Ditka interview big time, who cares, seriously? ESPN is grasping for straws. How many sideline reports have they done with Suzy Kolber? Hey, look at the pretty girl!, don't worry who's playing in the game It's obvious they are trying to distract the audience from the fact there are two 1-5 teams playing.

It's all about $$$, Wilpon trying to fill the ballpark

Vikings turn the ball over again and the Giants take advantage of the short field again with another Tiki Barber TD. The Giants have 17 points on 63 total yards of offense with 13 minutes to go in the 2nd quarter. I swear I have never seen anything like this in football.

...How the hell did that happen? And who are they playing this week? Vikings Minnesota turned the ball over deep into their territory, Giants lose 14 yards on sacks and hit a 50 yard field goal. Giants get ball back and Shockey draws a 30 yards PI call and Giants use short field and score on a Tiki barber Touchdown

With 8 minutes to go in the first quarter, the Giants have 10 points on 11 total yards of offense. I don't think I've ever seen that before.

Hogan v Bundy WM 2 Hogan v Savage WM 5 Hogan v Slaughter WM 7 Hogan and Warrior v Slaughter Col. Mustafa, Gen Agnan at Summerslam 91 (First WWF PPV that I didn' t order because of the obvious result of the main event) They even had Sid be the special referee just to add a little doubt in the result Vader v Jim Duggan Starcade 94 Goldberg v Curt Hennig Bash at the Beach 98

from PWI: The chapter list for the DVD is as follows: *Early ECW *The Public Enemy *Taz *Sabu *Terry Funk *The Night The Line Was Crossed *Paul Heyman vs. WCW *Tommy Dreamer *The Sandman *Sandman-Dreamer Feud *ECW Evolution *Cactus Jack *Mikey Whipwreck *The Extreme Begins *Philadelphia *Technical Wrestlers *Production Value *The Fans *Raven/Dreamer *Sabu Gets fired *Taz breaks his neck *The Monday Night War *Lucha Libre *Steve Austin Comes to ECW *Promos *Cactus Jack Leaves ECW *Taz returns *Sandman/Raven *The bWo *Beulah & Dreamer *ECW & WWE *The Crucifixion *The importance of PPV *ECW loses the PPV *The PPV is back on *WWE Co-promotion *Barely Legal: Lance Storm vs. RVD *Barely Legal: Taz vs. Sabu *Barely Legal: The Main Event *Raven goes to WCW and Jerry Lawler invades ECW *A Locker Room mole? *The Superstars' Roles (a discussion of everyone's out of the ring responsibilities) *Paul Heyman's creativity *WCW & WWE's ECW Imitation *Taz & the FTW Title *The Dudleys: the most hated tag team *Financial Woes *The TNN Deal & Taz Leaves *The Dudleys Leave ECW *Disappointment with TNN / RVD - the whole F'n show *Mike Awesome controversy & Tommy Dreamer wins the title *The Demise of ECW *Paul Heyman debuts on Raw Among the Easter Eggs on the DVD are The Public Enemy training Mikey Whipwreck for his ECW World title match against the Sandman, Michael Cole being shown an injury by Rob Van Dam from his feud with Jerry Lynn, and the build to Taz vs. Bam Bam Bigelow. Tazz also tells a story about a phone call he made to Paul Heyman while on his way to Madison Square Garden for his WWE debut. I was told that the DVD is "great" for fans who were familiar with the company during it's run but will also be entertaining for fans who may not have experienced it when it was in business. The first footage from the much anticipated Rise and Fall of Extreme Championship Wrestling DVD can be seen now at VideoDetective.com. Promotional material for the DVD set reads as follows: "E-C-W! E-C-W! E-C-W!" - a chant heard in arenas around the world. ECW: Extreme Championship Wrestling redefined professional wrestling in the '90s with a reckless, brutal, death-defying, and often bloody style that came to be known as "hardcore". It attracted a rabid, cult-like following that is still going strong today. This 6-hour, 2-disc set follows the rise and eventual demise of the company that raised the bar and revolutionised sports-entertainment forever." The DVD set is scheduled to feature seven complete matches as extras: *ECW World Tag Team chanmpions Raven & Stevie Richards vs. The Pitbulls - Best of Three Falls Dog Collar Match (Gangstas Paradise, September 1995) *Rey Misterio Jr. vs. Psicosis - Best of Three Falls (October 1995, ECW Arena) *ECW World champion The Sandman vs. Mikey Whipwreck - Ladder Match (10/28/95 ECW Arena) - First Time Ever released in its entirety. *ECW World Television champion 2 Cold Scorpio vs. Sabu (Cyberslam '96, 30 minute draw, February 1996) *Raven vs. Tommy Dreamer - the final confrontation (WrestlePalooza '97, June 1997) Scheduled to feature alternative commentary *ECW World Television champion Tazz vs. Bam Bam Bigelow (Living Dangerously '98 PPV, February 1998) Scheduled to feature alternative commentary *ECW World Television champion Rob Van Dam vs. Jerry Lynn (Hardcore Heaven '99 PPV, May 1999) Extras Listed for the Set: *Steven Richards Apologises for Leaving ECW *Tazz Seeks Paul Heyman's Blessing *Paul Heyman: Travel Agent

This is a great point, and they overrate him in the postseason. Jeter is a very good hitter, in the regular and post season. Enough with the clutch and intangible lines by the media. I wish the media would focus on these numbers a whole lot more

What does this have to do with anything? Interesting stats on Manny: Career Regular Season: .316/.411/.599 Career Postseason: .232/.332/.473 How can he be considered a great hitter, if he can't hit in the clutch!? (Again, it's all irrelevant to the argument.) Yes, I know it's irrelevant, but those numbers caught my eye, just with all the talk of Jeter being clutch and all

Interesting stats on Jeter: Career in Regular Season: .315/.385/.463 Career in Postseason: .314/.385/.469 Almost exactly the same! How exactly does he "turn up his game" and become more "clutch" in the postseason?

Which is why Jeter has about the exact same career batting average as Manny Ramirez. career for Jeter: .315 .385 .463 Career for Ramirez .316. .411 .599 Big advantage for Manny in OBP and a huge one in slugging percentage

Manny Ramirez is a much, much better hitter than Derek Jeter, not even close. Give me someone who can hit over "Intangibles"

Yankees Declined the 2005 contract option on first baseman Travis Lee; declined the 2006 contract option on pitcher Paul Quantrill Red Sox exercise the 2005 option for Bill Mueller

That wasn't the segment where Savage got bit, but I'm still a little fuzzy on the rest myself, so I can't help you out. I do remember that being a nice segment though. Another one that I forgot all about. Found this on Graham's awesome site: Sid Justice fought El Diablo to a no contest when Paul Bearer paid El Diablo off so that the Undertaker could be his replacement; as Justice dominated the Undertaker, El Diablo returned to the ring, unmasked as Jake Roberts, and the two double teamed Sid; moments later, Jim Duggan made the save I could have sworn Savage made the save, but it was Duggan of all people. This was an awesome segment at the time.

From Observer:

I believe those shows were the last to be booked by Vince Russo in the WWF. In fact, I'm positive they were

The Flair/Piper/Vince Beatdown on Superstars in Sept. 91. Awesome stuff and the first time Vince took a bump on TV since the expansion. Let me preface this one by saying I was a mark at the time, but there was a segment on Superstars where Sid was supposed to be wrestling some jobber named "El Diablo". As soon as the match was going to start, the Undertaker's music hit and he came to the ring and was going to replace "El Diablo" against Sid. When UT and Sid had a staredown, I was marking out big time. Little did I know how awful that match would have been in 1991. But then El Diablo was revealed to be Jake Roberts in a mask and he gets out his snake. Now, this is where my memory leaves me, was this the segment where Savage gets bit by the snake or do Savage and Sid clean house on Jake and UT? I remember loving this segment as a kid, but the details are fuzzy.

Yeah, what will the Sox/Yanks series be like now?, it will definitely have a different feel

awesome video package on the Sox on ESPN now

the last time the Sox won the series, sliced bread had not been invented yet!!(not till 1928!)

From PWI:

Walker homers, 4-1

RBI double Nixon, 2-0 Red Sox

That maybe the worst base running in the history of the game by Suppan. That was idiotic

Monsoon's selling MAKES the segment, the awkward bump he takes is just so damn funny, I wish everyone on the board could see this segment, it's that good