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La Liga has a few interesting games this weekend Villareal-Valencia late saturday and a nice doubleheader sunday with the Madrid derby and Barcelona receiving Racing Santander.

Probably not worth a thread but worth mentionning former Montreal Expos president John McHale passed away John McHale, first president of the Montreal Expos, dead at 86 1 day ago John McHale was a key figure in bringing major league baseball to Canada. The Detroit native, who died Thursday at the age of 86, helped Montreal secure an expansion franchise while working in the baseball commissioner's office in 1968, and then served as the Expos president - later adding the duties of general manager - until 1986. McHale had recently suffered a stroke. He died Thursday morning in a hospice unit near his home in Palm City. A modest ballplayer, McHale batted .193 in only 64 games for the Detroit Tigers in the 1940s, McHale made his name in management, serving in the Detroit, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves and Expos organizations, as well as working for Major League Baseball. Most recently, he was on baseball's veterans committee and served on the board of directors for the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was also a member of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. "He was a really bright guy," said Jim Fanning, a longtime friend who worked with McHale in the Braves and Expos organizations. "He played for the Tigers, became a farm director, a scouting director and a GM. "His background was incredible. It was easy to learn from him." Commissioner Bid Selig called McHale "one of the finest gentlemen I have ever known. "He was a long time mentor of mine and I had the pleasure of serving with him on the board of directors of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Baseball has lost one of its most respected figures." McHale was an aide to former commissioner William Eckert in the 1960s when the National League was looking to expand by two teams - San Diego and either Montreal or Buffalo. He was deeply involved as National League president Warren Giles helped sort out Montreal's fractured ownership group, settling on majority ownership by Charles Bronfman, which saved the Montreal bid, Fanning said. McHale then turned down an offer to replace Eckert as commissioner to join the new franchise as its first president. "He was a baseball guy," said Fanning, who joined McHale as GM of the new team. Fanning, who now works in community relations for the Toronto Blue Jays, said McHale got experience in bringing baseball to new markets when the Braves moved from Milwaukee to Atlanta in the mid-1960s. He handed management of the team to Fanning for the 1965 season while he moved to Atlanta to help sell the game in the southeastern U.S. market. "What we learned from that experience is part of what we brought to Montreal," Fanning added. The Expos were a hit when they began play at Jarry Park in 1969, but despite having talent-packed lineups in the early 1980s and 1990s, never won a championship. The team moved to Washington after the 2004 season. From 1978 to 1984, McHale added the GM's job to his duties to deal with rising salaries and the increasing presence of agents in baseball. With Fanning as manager, he took the Expos to their only playoff appearance in 1981, when he was named The Sporting News executive of the year. He was replaced as president in 1986 by Claude Brochu. "He had a presence that was almost regal," Fanning recalled. "He was tall, bright, well-spoken - a really fantastic person." As a player, McHale was a left-hand hitting first baseman with three career home runs for the Tigers. He went 0-3 in the 1945 World Series, won by Detroit in seven games over the Chicago Cubs. McHale's son John Jr. is a vice-president of Major League Baseball.

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Here's a sample of the fine posts you can find on this great board. Hello all. I am known at my local Sonic as "the ice lady." I call ahead and they save the "good" ice for me. As it falls, they keep scooping it over to the other side. I usually get about 9-10 bags at a time. I have a small upright freezer in my garage to house my treasure! In my indoor freezer, I have a Rubbermaid container where I store a couple bags at a time. I bring it in from the garage, pound it with a rolling pin to loosen, and dump in my kitchen container. It is the best ice EVER!! My husband is very close to getting me a nugget ice machine. I hooked up with a guy on eBay who sells refurbished ones. They are so darn expensive, though. I can get one for $1,400, and he will pay shipping. I know, I know, a lot of money for a stupid ice machine. But how awesome to have my own Sonic ice machine in my garage!!! Does anyone here have any experience with installing one of these things? Anyone have one? Oh, I also found a dealership in St. Louis (15 minutes from me) that sells new "Sonic" ice machines. They have small ones that they install in homes!! I was so excited until I found out the cost...$3,700. No way. Gas is expensive, but I'll keep driving to my local Sonic!! And i felt like a loser posting about the latest cds i bought.

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South Park fans , if you think you missed an episode this link will interest you big time. http://www.thecomedynetwork.ca/shows/showd...s.aspx?sid=3284

Next on the agenda, here's the greatest event to piss off managers from the biggest clubs in Europe the African Cup of nation. Seriously, it's a very fine tournament that is well worth watching, although the tv broadcast are still a little sketchy, when i'll know more i'll tell you. Meanwhile here's the official website to know more about it. http://www.ghanacan2008.com/fixtures.php

My gosh, a Jarrett thread that lasted at least an hour without any Jarrett bashing yet. What is this board coming to ? Seriously, i have not picked it up this one, enjoy Jarrett, hope to find it soon

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So nobody has seen the movie ?

To be fair, to compare teams from different leagues that almost never play against each other is a near impossible task. I presume it's done with logarythms and league coefficients and all those tools, so you have to take it with the proverbial grain of salt. I'm sure Seville fans will be happy to celebrate that their team is number 1 somewhere. Meanwhile in the real world they'll be fighting for a UEFA cup spot for the next European season unless they get a miraculous run in the Champions League

Probably at the same place, they get the FIFA rankings.

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NE GB Congrats to Noj, too bad that after being a dog fight throughout the season the contest ended in such an anticlimatic fashion.

Well it was a fun week, all games were competitive and had their share of thrills. Pats-Packers seems the way it will end up in the big final.

I talked about it in the movie thread, i will write it here Saw the above mentionned movie, very fine movie, beautiful storytelling with a lot of twists, especially if you have not read the novel. The movie starts very slowly with about no dialogue whatsoever in the first 30 minutes or so, a little bit à la Once upon a time in the west. Be patient you will be rewarded as the story unfolds. Daniel Day Lewis has a field day as a character that is half business man half psychopath, so does the actor who plays the preacher character who is also involved in the most memorable scenes.

Agreed.

In a relatively somewhat similar register, you might get a kick on these girls

Where's the payoff for the scammer ?

Pretty tough not to cheer for the Packers, was the Favre pass as he was stumbling down something else ?

Bought and currently listening The rise and fall of Robby Woo, nice voices but a little longuish and repetitive, about 10 minutes too long. In the lounge department i prefer Pink Martini

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