Dan Gould

Congratulations, David. Must be very gratifying.

You know, now that you mention it, that could be my problem. Hard to ignore the satellite internet at the library when you have dial up at home... Sometimes I give the board a quick check when I'm over at my parents, I forget to logout. This screws up logins on my home machine for more than this board. Now that I don't get. I only visit from the one PC in the house and never ever log out. But when I've visited the folks, like last Christmas, I've never had a problem logging on from Mom's office or the hotel PC in the "business center". I never log out there, just close the browser window, and I've never had trouble logging in when I get back to Florida.

Sure....but how? Go to the first post in the thread. Click "edit". That will bring up both the post itself and the thread title/subtitle. Change accordingly and click "complete edit" or whichever the choice is.

Pedro needs to learn some junk pitches? He dominated an era because he had an upper 90s fastball, a low 70s changeup and a low 80s breaking pitch. Two-thirds of his repertoire has been junk since he entered the league. Now Pedro has an upper 80s fastball, and if he doesn't understand that he is a different pitcher, then we would have seen him keep throwing that 88 mph fastball like its supposed to be getting swings and misses. I think its bullshit to say that he thinks he is still a power pitcher. He'd have to be an idiot to think otherwise, and Pedro is one of the smartest pitchers around. He'll throw his curveball and his changeup and hope that he can spot his fastball when he needs it. He's been doing that since his final years in Fenway. :rolleyes: I don't know enough to say anything about his conditioning but his arm injuries were the direct result of the wear and tear he put on it when he was younger, and the fact that he's not exactly a big, hulking guy. The Red Sox knew that his labrum and rotator cuff were unlikely to hold up so they let him go - and they were not only proven right in the end, they drafted Clay Buchholz with the pick they got from the Mets. And his latest injury - hamstrings go on some of the best conditioned athletes in the world. I think its ridiculous to say that any of his injuries have anything to do with his diminished skills or any "failure" to recognize the state of those skills. :rolleyes: In short, if you were talking to a friend or heard this on the radio, they don't know squat.

Since you started the thread, what say you get rid of "baseball" from the thread title? Thank you in advance, Society for the Prevention and Elimination of Redundancy and Unnecessary Repetition

Braith was never my cup of tea but if you feel differently, I'd get that. Otherwise, the Wilkerson and Vick would top my personal ordering of the remainder, with the Holloway, Griff and Jordan right behind.

Meanwhile the Red Sox had what I thought of as a "must-win" with Dice-K facing Joe Blanton in a rematch of opening day, before Rich Harden faces Jon Lester again today. That's going to be a tall order so I was glad that they managed the win last night with a stellar performance by Dice. Two hits over 6 2/3, 9 Ks and ZERO walks. Complete turn around from Opening Day, I am sure this was the game he hoped to have in front of the home fans last week. But that was definitely the Dice-K we are hoping to have all season. The one weird point was when Papelbon was called on for a four out save, with no off-day tomorrow. I mean, I thought of it as a must-win game but does this mean that Paps will be used more this season? At least he was back to his dominating self after nearly giving away the game in Tokyo. Dan, Great win for the Sox today , Lester looked strong and Papi finally showed up . The Bullpen looks Great ...its all about pitching. After all the travel, jet lag and whacked out schedule a 3-1 start is Fantastic. Agreed - though it would be nice if Lester cut down some more on the wildness. It felt like he had the right team up there to come up big. I'm not sure he dominates the Yankees the same way with the same stuff. But I'll take it! And with Wake in the dome in Toronto on Friday, the way he's been pitching he should do very well, and Beckett returns Sunday. And since it will be the seventh game of the year for the Tigers, we miss their ace when we see them at Fenway next week.

And that could very well be a conservative estimate, regardless of their calling it a "minor" strain. Fact is, I injured my hamstring about six weeks ago - I finally felt ready to get back on the tennis court this week but now I am laid up with a back strain - but I consulted with someone who has a degree in sports medicine and he told me that the lower the strain, the better. My injury was right above the knee - but where did Pedro grab? Right below his glute. I'd be really surprised if Pedro pitches before June. With the injuries and the fact that they gave away their AAA starters for Santana, this is a very bad spot the Mets have found themselves in.

I like Chad Finn's comment about the Giants: It would be pretty funny if their two young stud pitchers have a record anywhere close to that. For those who enjoyed Finn's Nine Innings column on foxsports.com last year, you should know that he has signed a deal with Boston.com, to start around April 8. He's got an obvious Red Sox bias but his column for Fox was pretty good - I liked the way he took an old Bill James player rating book and quoted what was thought of famous/infamous guys way back when.

Reminds me of a poll I thought about doing: Who will lose the most number of games this season? The Giants The Pirates The Orioles The Marlins My money is on the Giants, who are likely to be terrible for many years to come, regardless of how their young starters do.

Strangely enough, I was asked to log in this morning, first time in I don't know how long ...

I didn't see the injury, but I did see the Marlins pound on him in the first two frames, and then the walk-off at the end. Too bad they gave the kid the shaving cream pie in the face while he was off camera, talking about the pitch or something. But watching Pedro at the start, you couldn't help but notice that his fastball was sitting at 88-89, which simply means that when he doesn't spot it or command his other pitches, he's going to have days like this. My wife and I weren't sure which was worse - the injury, or the way he pitched. Since Duque is on the DL it really isn't a good situation for Mets fans if he is going to miss any significant time. Meanwhile the Red Sox had what I thought of as a "must-win" with Dice-K facing Joe Blanton in a rematch of opening day, before Rich Harden faces Jon Lester again today. That's going to be a tall order so I was glad that they managed the win last night with a stellar performance by Dice. Two hits over 6 2/3, 9 Ks and ZERO walks. Complete turn around from Opening Day, I am sure this was the game he hoped to have in front of the home fans last week. But that was definitely the Dice-K we are hoping to have all season. The one weird point was when Papelbon was called on for a four out save, with no off-day tomorrow. I mean, I thought of it as a must-win game but does this mean that Paps will be used more this season? At least he was back to his dominating self after nearly giving away the game in Tokyo.

I stumbled across the "farewell speech" on RAW last night. Funny how JJ Dillon looks exactly the same but Barry Wyndham looked horrible (they couldn't find Ole Anderson?)* and if I were involved in a Death Pool, I'd pick Greg "The Hammer" Valentine posthaste. It was neat though to see Ricky Steamboat - his matches with Flair were legendary. * Reading his Wikipedia page, its apparent he and Flair aren't too fond of each other - he wrote in his book that Flair has wrestled the same match for years. I guess the truth hurts.

Darn, I was hoping that was under consideration for the new CD. BTW, I think its "Dis Here".

It was proposed just recently. Lots of details to be worked out, but I think state and local movers and shakers will make this happen one way or the other. Gov. Crist has already expressed concern about the state losing clubs to Arizona during spring training. I believe the Marlins have a new downtown stadium proposal as well. Not sure what's going on with that. After many, many years of ill-conceived proposals and deals that never came to fruition, the Marlins have their stadium deal - a new stadium with retractable roof to be built on the location of the old Orange Bowl, and with costs shared by the team, Miami-Dade county (mostly tourism taxes) and some amount from the state. Its a horrible decision, as it moves the team deeper into Miami. This makes the trek to a game even worse for those who don't live in Miami-Dade. Dolphins Stadium was convenient for most of the tri-county because it was right off the turnpike and not far from I-95. If anything they should have moved farther north into Broward county so that they'd be more centrally located. Instead they are likely to lose a significant portion of ticket buyers from Broward and Palm Beach while hitching their wagon to the Latino population of Miami which already has an overwhelming history of not supporting the team. If Tampa-St Pete politicians and movers and shakers are much more committed to their team than anyone in south Florida has been, then maybe they will have a much easier time getting their stadium built.

"Moody silence" not being especially conducive to effective ballad playing.

I guess I should admire your guts since you think that the two long-shot AL East teams will both make the playoffs and the two dominant teams will both fail. But all I can really say is: :wacko: :wacko: :wacko: :wacko:

I can't believe that any potato chip manufacturer can compete with that kind of convoluted and inevitably more expensive production system. The only way it can be more "profitable" for the company is if it factors in all of the additional transportation costs and added expense of multiple factories and then adds in an additional healthy profit margin. If that manufacturer's chip is popular, what do Italians pay for potato chips? $15 a bag?

I should make it clear that I was speaking of When the Sun Goes Down. Not familiar with the other one.

No wonder Scott has such a hard time on ballads:

Derek Jeter told the President before throwing out the first pitch in (I think) the 2001 World Series, "throw it from the rubber dude, or they'll boo you". Bush did. I think that there is a tendency to throw from the front of the mound but its hardly a hard and fast rule. If I ever had the opportunity, I'd damn sure try to go to the rubber to throw the ball. And I guess that only home teams have fussy pitchers since once the game starts, the other guy doesn't get to pitch on a pristine mound either.

The Ernestine Anderson features some great Gene Harris and Red Holloway, and Live at the LOA is one of the best Ray Brown - Gene Harris - Jeff Hamilton releases.

A lot of "successful" series lose money in their initial network run. The producers receive less money from the network than their production costs, in hopes of recouping that money (and much more) later on. If the show is enough of a hit to reach the magical 100 episode mark, it usually has a profitable afterlife in syndication. The fact that NBC owned, or was part owner of the show means that it reached profitability long before the end of the initial network run.

Nice to know that "Hollywood accounting practices" are alive and well. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/arts/tel...F.html?ref=arts Considering the era that it was in production, I'd be surprised if "Quincy" cost the producers much more than $66 million total, so I have a real hard time believing that it remains $66 million in the hole after 20+ years of off and on syndication. Especially when you consider that if NBC Universal was the producer, then the ad revenue generated from its original run has to be counted against its cost to produce.

The problem is that Victor Conte is such a hustler and con artist there isn't a reason on Earth to believe it will include the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The man has, at best, only a tenuous and self-serving interest in "the truth".