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Yeah, most def. The AL is more top heavy (Two best teams) while the NL has more good teams (Braves, Cards, Giants, Cubs, Astros, Padres, Dodgers, Phillies, Marlins).

Wrestling has been my favorite form of entertainment on T.V. for nearly 17 years, a couple of dry spells isn't gonna stop me from watching.

Looks like the Cardinals signed Roberto Alomar to a one year deal. Whoop-tee Doo.

NEW YORK -- The Diamondbacks and Yankees have agreed on a deal that would send Randy Johnson to the New York for Javier Vazquez, prospects and cash, major league sources told ESPN. The paperwork has not yet been submitted to the baseball commissioner's office, but that is the next step for the deal to be finalized. Peter Gammons reported earlier Thursday that the on-again, off-again trade would be completed once the teams agree on the amount of money and the minor leaguers to be included in the deal. Gammons also reported that in addition to Vazquez, the deal would include catching prospect Dioneer Navarro, at least one other prospect and about $8 million going to the Diamondbacks in exchange for the 41-year-old lefty. According to Gammons' sources, Arizona will not immediately deal Vazquez to another team, but will continue to talk to interested teams, including Baltimore, Philadelphia, Detroit and Texas. Once a deal is official, the Yankees would then have to work out a contract extension for Johnson. According to the New York Daily News' sources, the discussion has been to add two years to Johnson's deal at $16 million each year.

Interesting take. A lot of people areof the opinion Austin would never blow up in WCW, with the thought Hogan wouldn't allow another wrestler to reach that status. I'm not sure about that. Though I'm not sure he'd be a big star in WCW either. I would suspect he would be world champion or maybe the biggest contender, but never the biggest star in wrestling history (One of the two anyway...)

If they do HHH vs.Batista, I wouldn't mind Orton vs. The Rock. But that has obvious problems if they want to keep Orton over as a face, but him beating The Rock at WM would make a big impact in building his character then anything else they could do, outside of a Triple H match. Prefer if they didn't do Shawn Michaels vs. Orton, so they can have him open for a match against Angle, if they even go that route.

It makes the board crash so they moved the Raw threads to http://randown.hosted-forum.com/

The WWE did count it (Not sure if they still do) when he debuted. So, I'd say it's debatable if it's recognized. I'd bet 10 years from now it'll be recognized like the Andre title reign is.

He was in the main event from the world title tournament against Bret Hart at WCW Mayhem, though I'm betting its only because it was WCWs only PPV that took place in Canada. Yeah, that's right. Forgot about that one, and yeah definitely cause of the Canadian audience.

That was the one and only time. I used to watch WCW as much asWWF/WWE and I don't even remember another one on one World Title match he wasin.

Jaguars have a tie-breaker over Denver and Buffalo Denver has a tie-breaker over Buffalo Buffalo has a tie-breaker over the Jets

There's already rumors that if Pitt wins today, they'll rest their starters in Buffalo next week. Denver has to play Indy next week. So Buffalo is looking really, really good right now. Not to mention, Jets still have to win a game to clinch 5th seed, and Bills hold tie-breakers over them Problem with Denver in Indiapolis nextweek is that Colts might not be playing for anything, and might rest Manning for most of the game.

TD Peyton Manning

Probably thought as a given. One of my favorite books, sports or otherwise.

For starters or example Hogan was scheduledto be at Starrcade 1983 they even announced him on the Mid-Atlantic TV show as one of the participants on the card. (This is true for a fact) Ultimate Warrior was supposed to win the world title at Summer Slam 1992 (This, how true it is I'm not sure, but I've heard it numerous times)

OH SHIT R.I.P.

No real biases against but for Curt Hennig Bret Hart The Undertaker Goldberg RVD Booker T. Xian

Without looking it up myself, how many teams are good when they don't use any of their three best pitchers? Point is, the other GM's aren't considered geniuses. I mean, the Twins have won 3 straight division titles with a minute payroll and no one calls their GM a genius.

Matt Morris when healthy is easily a number 2, and an Ace on a lot of teams. Check his career statistics, up there with some of the top pitchers of the last 6 years. And Walt Jockett is one of the best GMs, easily. Look at some of the trades he's made from Edmonds, to Rolen, to Mcguire, picking up Carpenter for nothing, and has one of the best teams in the league with a payroll that couldn't pay for the Yankees infield. Billy Beane, no question he's good, but we'll find out how great he is without the big 3 anymore. He's gonna have to build a winning team all over again. He has built a huge reputation with using this moneyball philosophy, but his teams winning percentage when the Big 3 don't pitch, isn't good at all. John Shurholz is clearly the best to me. 13 straight division titles with atleast 3 significant revamped teams. Unbelievable.

I don't know about that. Defense is much more important for those positions then offense, and we have tons regardless if we get a better hitting SS. Pujols, Edmonds, Rolen, Walker, Sanders alone is probably 150 HR, plus Molina will get better.

50 Biggest Baseball Myths things they cover 50 The 1962 New York Mets were the worst team in the history of Major League Baseball. 49 Dave Winfield threw a baseball that killed a sea gull in midflight. 48 Candy Cummings invented the curveball. 47 The designated hitter rule was the brainchild of Oakland Athletics owner Charles O. Finley. 46 The "Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance" infield was the premier double play combo of its era. 45 Lou Boudreau introduced the defensive "shift." 44 The first World Series was played in 1903. 43 Brooklyn Dodger Babe Herman tripled into a triple play. 42 The professional ban on hiring black players was an informal "gentleman's agreement" that was never committed to writing. 41 Ty Cobb won the 1910 American League batting title. 40 Pete Gray was the first handicapped major-leaguer. 39 Bill Buckner's error blew the Red Sox lead in the sixth game of the 1986 World Series. 38 The 1919 Chicago White Sox won their "Black Sox" nickname from the gambling scandal that enveloped them. 37 George Brett won the 1976 American League batting title without divine intervention. 36 Nobody hit significant numbers of home runs during the pre-Ruth era. 35 Bo Jackson was the first player to boast simultaneous careers in both Major League baseball and the National Football League. 34 Howard Ehmke pitched a no-hitter on September 7, 1923. 33 Bucky Dent's home run in the 1978 AL East playoff was the game's death blow to the Boston Red Sox. 32 Alexander Cartwright was the first umpire in organized baseball. 31 Hall of Famer Roger Bresnahan invented <a href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=26&k=shin%20guards" onmouseover="window.status='shin guards'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">shin guards</a> in 1907. 30 The first newspaper story about baseball appeared in 1853. 29 Duane Kuiper (Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants, 1975-1985) was the worst non-pitching home run hitter of all time. 28 Night baseball first appeared in the mid-to-late thirties. 27 Aaron Stern initiated the first ladies' day in 1886. 26 The system of hand signals to signify balls and strikes was the idea of umpire Cy Rigler, who wanted to help out deaf outfielder William Hoy. 25 Babe Ruth benefited from a home-field advantage at the "House The Ruth Built" during his historic 1927 season. 24 Pitchers don't win batting titles. 23 The New York Yankees established the greatest dominance over the competition in the history of organized ball. 22 Chicago outfielder Bill Lange crashed through a fence to make a spectacular grab of a flyball. 21 Babe Ruth hit 714 home runs (as we'd reckon them). 20 Ty Cobb was no home run hitter. 19 Outfielder Paul Hines pulled an un-assisted triple play. 18 Babe Ruth was a draft dodger. 17 The Boston Braves were named in honor of the disguised raiders of the Boston Tea Party. 16 Female baseball players have never competed against men on the professional level. 15 Joe Nuxhall was the youngest player ever to compete in the big leagues. 14 Pitcher Rube Waddell dismissed his outfielders during an official Major League game and went on to retire the side. 13 The World Champion 1991 Minnesota Twins posted the greatest worst-to-first record of all time. 12 Boston manager Ed Barrow's decision to move Babe Ruth into the outfield was a stroke of genius. 11 Philadelphia first baseman Al Reach was the first professional baseball player. 10 In 1947, The St. Louis Cardinals seriously considered going on strike rather than face Brooklyn's Jackie Robinson on the playing field. 9 The first big-league designated hitter in a regular season game came to bat in 1973. 8 Ray Chapman's death led to the abolition of the spitball. 7 The Cincinnati Red Stockings were the first professional baseball team. 6 Abner Doubleday invented the game of baseball in the summer of 1838. 5 Dizzy Dean won 30 games in 1934. 4 Only players get beaned. 3 Ty Cobb stroked 4,191 lifetime base hits. 2 Jackie Robinson was the first black major-league ballplayer. 1 Babe Ruth hit a "called shot" home run in the 1932 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.

They just put this on ESPNews. Not much else

I found Chavez comments funny What the hell?...I don't understand. I don't know whether to be mad or shocked or what. I wasn't going to step in and say who we should keep, but I think this is getting borderline ridiculous." --Eric Chavez, Athletics third baseman, on trading Mulder and Hudson (San Francisco Chronicle) "This is a whole new revamping of a team. We just lost two of the best pitchers in all of baseball, what are we looking for? I'm totally flustered right now. Who's next? Zito?" --Chavez (San Francisco Chronicle) baseballprospectus.com

Agreed, thougb I'd hope the second time around the third team gets more out of the Yankees than Javier and some unproven prospects. I mean that trade made no sense for the Dodgers, aside from getting the payroll down.

The Steiners faced Sid Vicious and Dan Spivey at Clash IX. They faced Doom at Clash X and they faced them before that at Halloween Havoc '89. Scott debuted the move at Clash VIII on both Michael Hayes and Jimmy Garvin. Yeah I know. But Ron Simmons did a run-in, and caught a wicked Frankensteiner. I think Nitron interfered in that match too.