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Isn't this topic title kind of a hyperbole?

Explain to me why Ray Rice isn't even in the top 10. You're not the only one dismissing him, so there must be some reason that I'm missing.

I get some articles I wrote for the local newspaper that were later posted on the paper's website, and then some girl at school's ridiculous web page. Then some Harry Potter crap written by a guy with the same last name as me (my first name is Harry).

Yeeeeeeeessssssss

Pablo Honey? Isn't that kind of like a fan of The Clash naming his dog Cut the Crap? No, because Pablo is actually a name.

So if we want a starter, we're not going to package anything around Carlos Gomez. Is Fernando Martinez a higher end prospect?

What's Carlos Gomez's value? Is he worth, like anything?

I came home from school today and my mom had a dog. We've named him Pablo Honey. Do I win the contest for best dog name of all time?

How old were your kids? That sounds way more mature than anything I've seen.

So with Glavine gone, what does the Mets rotation look like? Pedro Maine Perez...Pelfrey and Sosa? Uh-oh.

I'm with devo. 4 years might be a bit much, but how often did we see a double steal with Reyes and Castillo this year? Plus, he played pretty well defensively. I'm totally ok with it.

My cousins are my best friends. We're all really spread out in age, but that never really mattered I guess, we used to hang out regularly. Now we're sort of spread out all over the map, so we see less of each other, but at every opportunity we hang out. We used to all live in New Jersey, now it's Jersey, New York, Florida, Colorado, and my brother is moving to California after the holiday's. Then I have a younger brother, who I don't think I would like at all if he wasn't my little brother, but he is, so I do. And then my sister is the most awesome 6 year old girl just about ever. I'm closer to my mom than my dad, but I love them both. So yeah, I've got a pretty close relationship with my family.

You'd think someone on the wrong end of Jeffrey Maier would be ok with officials reviewing things that alter games.

If it was your team youd be just as pissed off as I am when the refs ignore the rules and just give the win to the Browns. I'd be pissed, but I don't think my battle cry would be "IT'S THE REF'S FAULT".

Because he's a whiny Ravens fan, c'mon, stop asking questions you know the answer to.

Wow. Wow.

So who wants to explain to me why Ray Rice isn't even being MENTIONED in Heisman discussions?

I think our memories of playing little league baseball are a little distorted, now that I've been on both sides of it. Like, today, with runners on second and third, the guy on second tried to steal third. The catcher farted around with the ball for a minute or two, as the runner from second asked the coach what to do. the catcher ran to at least the pitchers mound before throwing a bouncing ball to second base and getting the runner out. The catcher was ecstatic (and good for him) but 10 years from now, when he someday posts in a Mundane Sports Achievements thread, that's going to be a bullet, picking a guy off at second base from the backstop. I remember these games being way more fluid than this. Also, no, we don't tell the parents the strike zone is big. I probably should, I'd get less assholes running onto the field.

Also, does "New York City" by They Might Be Giants remind anyone else of Christmas? yeah yeah yeah, I listen to They Might Be Giants.

I almost ejected a parent from a little league game today. He ran onto the field to complain about balls and strikes. I would have ejected him, but if you eject a parent then the kid has to come with him, and I don't want to take away a baseball game from a little kid. What parents don't realize is that the commissioner tells the umpires to make the strike zone huge because 8 year olds can't actually throw strikes.

Someone recently spray painted a stop sign on my street so that it says "DON'T STOP BELIEVIN".

Didn't Sufjan Stevens do a christmas cd? Did anyone hear that? This thread reminds me of the day before Christmas break in elementary school when we would have a big sing-along in the gymnasatourium (audinasium?).

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/news_story/?ID=222992&hubname= Phoenix picked him up.

I know Ace309 is quite the home brewer.