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The Filibuster
Jeff!!! I loved your pictures from Nats park and I'm psyched that you
got to see Strasburg. I also saw that you've been to Sox park and
Wrigley recently. What's your favorite ballpark that you've already
visited and which place would you like to see the most?
Manassas, VA
After a fiery, bloody internal debate that lasted well over an hour, I finally decided not to begin addressing this query by postulating what one would find if he/she were to actually venture to Manassas, VA… 'cuz I'm pretty sure one can find Man-assas (a$$e$?) anywhere… including ballparks all across US America.
Still got it, folks.
Okay, maybe not.
But it doesn't matter… and neither does the ballpark, Caitlin. What matters is the game. Sure Busch hosts my boys, Wrigley's nostalgic, Nats Park has Ben's Chili Bowl and Sox Park is a good place to pick up Latin Queens; but to be honest, I can find something positive about any and every ballpark I ever go to. And I've been to many.
My favorite random ballpark story is the one about the Oakland Coliseum. I happened to be in San Francisco on business. It was a Saturday night and I had nothing to do, so I hopped on the BART to Oakland, walked up to the ticket counter at the Coliseum and said, "I got forty bucks. Where can I sit for that?"
"In a good seat, Honey." said the kind ticket lady.
Ten minutes later I'm sitting behind homeplate on the first tier above ground level and I can hear Nick Swisher's awful jokes with my own ears. Ten minutes after that and I have a Fat Tire in my hand (at the ballpark!) and a few hours after that I was sufficiently drunk off the seductive elixir of the game itself.
And that can happen anywhere.
Though there is one place in particular that I just gotta go to, before it goes back to just hosting football games:
I doubt you can blame me.
Hate me 'cuz you're anti-Sith, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
(Chewbacca image via 9GAG)
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Why exactly were you watching a Marlins game?
Although to be fair, that Chewbacca pic is very awesome. I can't blame you at all.
Love your Oakland story – and the fact that the ticket lady called you "honey." LOL. I agree about ballparks – anywhere, anytime is fine with me.
Creepy the ticket lady in Oakland called you honey… and where is that exactly you want to go back too… I am feeling somewhat slow today… me I wanna go to Tampa before they get a new stadium….
I agree, Jeff. Every ballpark has something positive to take from it. Meeting new people and getting their take on their home team is also fun. My only regret at this point is not getting to Rosenblaat Stadium in Omaha for the CWS. New stadium for next season…Oh, and I'm not anti-Sith. From my point of view, the Jedi are evil….
'Minoring In Baseball'
Cici — I don't discriminate. Any game, any park will do. Marlins just happen to be the flavor of the hour.
Jane — Thanks… yeah, the lady was sweet… made me smile. I like being called honey.
Peter — That's Sunlight Stadium/Landshark Stadium/Dolhin Stadium. Marlins… ya know, the team y'all no hit.
Mike — (cue darth vader voice) Impressive….
Ditto ~ Hell…I'll watch a stickball pick-up game in the school yard! Any park is OK with me. Fenway will always be one of my favorites. PITT was really cool. COORS Field was very very cool! Baltimore still makes for a great trip too. The Camden River Sharks of the Atlantic League have a stellar little park.
I'm with ya, Mike. There's a park near me where they play Legion ball all summer. You'll often find me there, takin' it all in.
I've been to 1 game at the Coliseum, A's- Mariners, with King Felix on the hill as a rookie, but it sucked, and I never want to go back again. I will stick with AT&T Park for Bay Area baseball. That is a beautiful park, but I guess they all are in some way http://stlcardinals06.mlblogs.com/
They're like people — may not all be pretty, but they all have a story to tell.


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By Mickey Winfield: PNT sports writer
PORTALES — Portales Rams basketball coach Mark Gallegos doesn't believe his team has put together four complete quarters in any game this season.
He believes if they do that tonight, they'll win their third consecutive District 4-3A championship.
Portales and the New Mexico Military Institute Colts split a pair of games during the regular season.
"I really don't believe that anybody's gotten our best game this year," Gallegos said. "This is the time of the year that you have to come up with your best game."
Rams senior Erett Grubbs echoes Gallegos' comments.
"It's probably going to be another close one," Grubbs said. "But I think if we play our game and have a good game this time (we'll be OK).
"I don't think we've had what we consider our best game yet. But if we do that, we'll blow them out of the water."
As the district's top seed, the Rams (15-9) have been quiet since their district finale Feb. 16 at Dexter. Meanwhile, the Colts (19-9) have been fighting through the District 4-3A tournament. NMMI destroyed Ruidoso at home 76-46 Tuesday before upsetting Lovington on the road 56-51 Wednesday.
"NMMI's kind of on a roll," Gallegos said. "Sometimes it's not bad to be playing through the district tournament because you kind of get on a roll and they're playing real well together right now. They're playing with a lot of confidence."
The Rams beat NMMI in the district opener at home 49-43 in mid-January. The Colts evened the score early this month, beating Portales 37-36 on a late basket. It was the Rams' only district loss.
"We fought so hard to get the lead back, and we did it with nine seconds left," Gallegos said. "And then we gave up a layup and it was hard for the kids to take. Maybe in the long run it was a good thing for us."
Gallegos points at NMMI's transition game as a priority in this third meeting.
"The thing that hurt us up there at NMMI the last time was transition," Gallegos said. "Of the 18 points they had in the first half, they scored 11 in transition. We've got to do a better job with that, and we worked on that (this week)."
The winner of tonight's game will host a state tournament first-round game next week. The loser must travel in the first round of the state tournament.

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Refreshments will be provided and admission is free
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If we win this game. We'll have swept the season series with the Nets. Thats hilarious.
The New Jersey Nets(29-41) vs the New York Knicks(19-50)
Monday night, 7:30pm ET on MSG
Welcome to the official MSG33 pregame show. Im your host Jazzy Jeff and its time to break down Monday nights game at the Garden. The season is over for the Knicks. Now its time to watch the young guys like Randolph Morris and Wilson Chandler go to work.
The New Jersey Nets are struggling to stay in the playoff hunt, a game and a half behind the Atlanta Hawks. They need this win if they hope to make the playoffs. They should have an easy win but who knows, the Knicks have taken the first 3 games against the Nets. They will look to complete the sweep on Monday night.
New Jersey Nets
pg-Marcus Williams
sg-Vince Carter
sf-Richard Jefferson
pf-Nenad Kristic
c-Josh Boone
*Devin Harris is listed as day to day
New York Knicks
pg-Nate Robinson
sg-Jamal Crawford
sf-Wilson Chandler
pf-David Lee
C-Malik Rose or Randolph Morris
*Nate robinson is listed as day to day
Key Matchup: Vince Carter vs Jamal Crawford
Knicks keys to losing:
- Play Crawford for 40+ minutes
- Give Randolph Morris some minutes
- Jared Jeffries is a giraffe
- The Knicks suck, fire Isiah
Thats it for my pregame show, be sure to tune into the Knicks Monday night on MSG.
If we win this game. We'll have swept the season series with the Nets. Thats hilarious.
Lets Go Nets.lets Get That 3rd Pick Mu'fukas.
Ewing Jr Too.
I like Thabeet but i dont think hes top 5 talent. He seems to be Samuel Dalembert like, brings the defense and rebounding but doesnt have much offense. The game starts in a half hour, unfortunatly i will miss the beginning of it (who cares). Im at my college library rite now, im suppose to be doin homework. F*ck that, talkin on knicksonline comes first ya heard.
Will Knicks own Nets tonight?
Monday, March 24, 2008
Star-Ledger Staff
The Knicks have only 19 victories this year, the fourth-lowest figure in the league, which is among the litany of reasons the team appears to be looking for a replacement for Isiah Thomas.
But almost one-sixth of the Knicks victories have come against one team -- the Nets, which is not something the Nets can be very happy about, especially because they used to enjoy such dominance over the Knicks during the Jason Kidd era.
The Nets, in fact, are the only team to lose to the Knicks three times this year, a season in which the Knicks have managed two victories against only four other teams -- Chicago, Milwaukee, Washington and Miami.
The cross-river rivals, each with distinctive problems, will play for the fourth time tonight at Madison Square Garden. But, this time, as the Nets try to secure the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, the Knicks are firmly in tank mode, having lost their last four games and 11 of 12 as they seek a top lottery pick.
A healthy Zach Randolph didn't even play the last two games. But should he play tonight, it would only illustrate how much the Knicks would like to punish the Nets for all the misery they have caused them in recent years.
Imagine the Nets going 0-4 against this Knicks team?
While the Nets are desperate for a victory, the Knicks are clearly looking toward the draft and next year. The big question, of course, is who will be making the pick for the Knicks.
Thomas keeps talking as if he will be back, despite the fact the Knicks have reached out to Pacers CEO Donnie Walsh. The Daily News has reported, however, that Walsh is almost certainly going back to Indiana.
Pacers owner Herb Simon has said he will conduct a thorough review of the entire organization and that began on Friday when he met with Walsh, who has been with the Pacers since 1984.
It is not expected that Simon will keep both Walsh and team president Larry Bird. Some think Walsh will be retained; others think it will be Bird, who has two years and $10 million left on his contract.
What is not readily known to anyone but Knicks owner James Dolan -- and maybe his closest advisors -- is whether Walsh is even his top candidate, or even whether he (Dolan) definitely plans to replace Thomas. The owner hasn't spoken publicly on the matter in over a year.
Despite no public statement of support from his bosses, Thomas recently said he wasn't pessimistic about his future.
"I'm comfortable with the position I'm in," he said.
We got a chance to get some revenge on the Nets for owning us the past couple years. Not only can we sweep them but we can hurt their playoff chances also. Some may look at that as helpin them and hurtin ourselves in the long run. Thats actually the best way to look at it, Go Nets!!!! I hope the Knicks Lose!!!


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Decision Points' Decision Points
I know, dear readers. It's only been three days. And sprinkled in there I got to indulge in a long awaited Senior Circuit victory in the only All-Star Game that US Americans actually care about. But three days is three days; and without a constant barrage of baseball stuff (pick-offs, home-plate collisions, oppo-taco bombs) I tend to go a bit batty.
Thankfully, our trusted RSBS interns know how to quell my baseball madness as they were able to use their unpublicized delinquent ways to grab me a sneak peek at the much anticipated and poignant decision making tell-all by our 43rd president, George W. Bush. The book is called Decision Points.
And yes, that title (with that author) is an oxymoron.
Still, we think you'll appreciate these snippets of Dubyan enlightenment:
"Making decisions… well, that's hard. Ya do it 'cuz ya hafta. Like
NAFTA. But I didn't do that. What is NAFTA? Does anyone know? It rhymes. I like rhymes… for the times… tequila and limes. See!"
"I ran the country like I ran the Rangers and if that meant sitting in the bottom of the West, well, then that's what it takes… or is it took? Tooken? Yeah, that's what it tooken."
"I told Mel Gibson, 'if you're gonna make a Jesus movie, make sure there's lots of blood. Whip that Jesus! And make Mary Magdalene hot. No fake boobs, but make her hot.' Did you know Mel Gibson's from Austria? He don't even have an accent."
"Hehehe… wait til 'Merica finds out I'm a big Nickelback fan. Look at this photograph… hehehe… it's hard to say it, goodbye, goodbye. Kinda makes me wanna cry. Hey, that rhymes too! Hot dawg!!!"
And finally…
"If it looks like a Saddam and it talks like a Saddam then it must be Osama bin Laden! Let's blow some s*** up!"
Hate me 'cuz I got to see it before you did, just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.
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I'd like an answer to Will Ferrell's allusion in "You're Welcome America!" as to why GWB has a Texas accent when he grew up in New England.
Good call. I'm thinking Oliver Stone has something to do with it, but I can't be for sure.
Very incisive book review. Maybe I should run out and buy a copy. Or maybe not.
Jane, I've given ya all the necessary quotes you'd need to get a grasp of it. And if you believe Dubya wrote it on his own, I got some land I wanna sell ya in Florida😉


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No "P" for me
Some people have no X-mas spirit. A few months back I bought some lettering for the back of my Rockies Jersey. It was the letters to spell Rockpile Ranter. Yesterday I finally had some time to lay out the letters and see how it looked.
It looked cool, really cool, except one thing. I was missing the letter "P".
I remember opening up the letter when it arrived in the mail. I checked and was sure all the letters were all there. Then I put them away for safekeeping.
Somehow I lost my freggin "P"
So I'm wondering what the hell I'm going to do. Changing my blog name isn't an option, that can come back and bite you. After some thought, I decided to contact the guy on Ebay who
sold me the lettering.
The email I sent him said that I purchased the letters a while back, and when I went to apply them to the Jersey, I was missing the "P".
I mentioned that I wasn't accusing him of not sending my "P", I was just in need of a good "P" so I could complete my "Pile".
I asked this dude if I could purchase a stand alone "P" , and I was curious how much one "P" would cost me.
He responded back with "seven dollars for a "P".
Holy P-pot man, I couldn't believe it, I've never paid for a "P" before, and the fact that he wanted seven dollars for one tiny little "P", at X-mas time just floored me.
Some people, I tell you.
I hope this is the last time I'm ever in bad need of a "P".
It's bad enough just needing a "P", but paying twice for a "P" pretty pathetic. I guess that's the chance you take with online retailers. No face to face interaction.
It's harder to tell me it's going to cost seven dollars when I'm standing right in front of you 🙂
So in hindsight, always check and make sure you have your "P" because there is nothing worse than a P-less Pile.
I'm off to the "P"avilion "P"arty/ Dinner for Season ticket holders, I'll take plenty of pictures…D
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That sucks. I'm sorry. I want to see the jersey when it's complete, though!
Kylie — http://kylie.mlblogs.com
Will there be "P for two" at the party? 😉 Have a great time and can't wait to see the pics! Hope it warmed up some there.
That would make me pretty P'd off indeed. That Nuggets game looked like a blast! Like the aquisition of Billups, bringing him back to his home state. Was painful to watch how the Nuggets romped the Raptors by 40 points the other week.
$7! Dang, what's wrong with people? I would think that given the number of vendors on Ebay, the guy would take the opportunity to do a little "P"R to insure continued business. I'd be "P"O'd fer sure.
Can't wait to hear about the "P"avillion "P"arty.
(Yeah, sorry, the cold medication is taking its toll)
Back from the party, started to blog, tried to upload a picture, it had me sign in again and I lost it all. So I'll have to try again tomorrow.
Homie-the Nuggets have been doing some stuff man, JR Smith is developing, chemistry is good, they're fun to watch live.
R-Luv-some people don't get it (or don't want to get it), I see it every day.
Julia-It's a bit warmer, but anything is up from Mondays temp :)…D
Kylie-I went back and posted a picture of the incomplete jersey for you…D
Oh, that is one sweet jersey!
Julia, I have two pugs and a puggle. The one in the picture is the pug known as "Elway".
King of Cali-thanks man, I appreciate the kind words.
Kylie-You damn right it's sweet… :)…D


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A 3-year-old baby boy was hospitalized in serious condition after about 20 feet from a window at a building near Ala Moana Center Wednesday, according to Emergency Medical Services officials.
Paramedics were called at around 12:35 p.m. to the Atkinson Plaza on Atkinson Drive.
The boy apparently climbed onto a third floor window sill and fell out. The toddler landed on a ledge that makes up the entrance of the Atkinson Plaza, which means a three-story fall of about 40 feet turned into a 20-foot fall.
It's not known who was watching the toddler at the time, but three bystanders heard screams for help.
"This guy in the red shirt was trying to climb up, and I was like, 'What's going on? Do you need help?'" said Drew Tandal. "Was trying to help him. He said, 'A baby fell.' I was like 'Oh my God.' So, I went and I was like, 'OK, it'll probably be a little easier for me.' He helped me get up."
Tandal continued, "I end up pushing him up and then he went up and the other gentleman climbed up on the other side and they went up just to keep the baby safe. I mean, I was in shock. It was crazy."
"This is an accident. Obviously, kids will be kids," said Kelly Yamamoto from Emergency Medical Services. "They will get into all kinds of messes. We just want to raise awareness, because like I said, it happens more often than it should."
KITV4 News spoke with a woman who didn't want to be on camera who identified herself as the boy's aunt. She says he arrived from Corona, Calif. on Saturday to give his mother a rest, who had just given birth.
The boy's aunt says he suffered a fractured skull, a broken arm and damage to his spleen.
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Hi All,
DD is 6.5months old. She has been EBF for the first 4 months and then started getting EBM in a bottle during the day and I nursed in the evenings, at night and in the morning before going to work.
Since returning to work I have developed either major depression or PND and I need to take an antidepressant (Zoloft). According to the package insert lactation is a contra-indication.
DD now has to be weaned and she (and I) cried so much last night that in the end I decided to stuff it and let her nurse - she then fell asleep and only woke once to nurse during the night. She did NOT want a bottle
Obviously I will need to give her formula after my freezer stash is depleted, but I was wondering if it will be OK to nurse her only during the night - will she get a lot of the drug in and what is the risks involved? Have any of you been in a similar situation?
I will phone the paed this morning to get her opinion as well (she is very pro-BFing) and will also ask a psychiatrist.
I will appreciate any constructive feedback or suggestions as I am feeling even more depressed at the thought of having to stop nursing her during the night. It is not so much the thought of her not getting BM as the thought of her feeling rejected at not being able to nurse from mom.


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very confused by this new MSG layout. are they basically turning the upperbowl into the 200s? what happened to the 300s??
Knicks are soon sending out the relocation assignments for next season's phase II renovated upper bowl.
In case you missed it, here's the new seating chart from the RANGERS:
The Knicks haven't released prices yet. I'm in 409 and looking to find out where I end up.
Some Rangers STH in 409 have ended up in the West Balcony.
Here's my best guess as to where prices will end up:
West Balcony: $75
400 Back Rows: $10
400 Middle Rows: $49
400 Front Row: $65
200 Corner/Ends Upper: $60
200 Corner/Ends Lower: $79
200 Corner/Ends Front Row: $135
200 Center Upper: $73
200 Center Lower: $93
200 Center Front Row: $160
Whatever you may think the prices end up at, it's not going to be cheap!
very confused by this new MSG layout. are they basically turning the upperbowl into the 200s? what happened to the 300s??
fabulous, we have Lin to thank for this!
image courtesy amareisreal
They're rebuilding the sideline sections steeper from mid arena to the roof:
- Row 1 will be a super premium seat
- Row 2 will be smaller premium seat
- Rows 3-14 is the new "300s" (now called the 200s)
- Rows 15-24 is the new "400s" (now also called the 200s)
The real fun starts in 2013-14 with those giant bridges that will block everyone's view of the Gardenvision
lol they now have to make more seats available and jack up the prices again to make room for all the NY asians....
thank you Lin
It kind of blows my mind to look at that seating chart. I don't see MSG at all.
Guess I'll have to get used to it.
I have the Knicks pricing for 2012-2013:
$3600 1879-Club Media Table
$3200 1879-Club Courtside
$2850 Delta Club Premier Courtside
$1250 Delta Club Premier
$930 Delta Club Sideline
$850 Delta Club Center Court
$700 Delta Club
$370 Club Platinum
$292 Club Gold
$238 Club Silver
$172 100-Level Lower & Corner
$150 Gallery Front Row Center
$146 100-Level Base & Corner
$120 100-Level Lower End
$110 Gallery End
$106 100-Level End
$110 Gallery 2nd Row Center
$95 200-Level Lower Center
$82 Gallery 2nd Row Corner
$75 200-Level Lower
$66 West Balcony
$56 200-Level Center
$45 200-Level & 400-Level
Old 300 Center is now 200 Center Rows 1-14:
ROW 1: $150 (was $83)
ROW 2: $110 (was $83)
ROW 3-14: $95 (was $83)
Old 300 Corner/Ends is now 200 Corner Rows 1-14:
ROW 1: $110 (was $63)
ROW 2: $82 (was $63)
ROW 3-14: $75 (was $63)
Old 400 Center is now 200 Center Rows 15-24:
ROWS 15-24: $56 (was $45)
Old 400 Corner is now 200 Corner Rows 15-24:
ROWS 15-24: $45 (was $35)
Old 400 Ends is stil 400-Level Rows 1-7:
ROWS 1-7: $45 (was $10 & $45[row 1])
apparently no more $10 seats
gecko any idea on how big the k list is?
What is the Gallery section equivalent to? old 200 Section or is the old center 200 section now one of the Club sections?
Looks like my chances are getting better with every game the Knicks lose. lol.
150 a pop. i wonder how the reselling market will be for next year. theres only so much people will pay for knicks tickets. On another note. The bucks picked up Ellis from GSW. Knicks won't make the playoffs.
I personally do not like the first row of the current 300 section. The view of the court is obstructed with all the people walking by. Yes, there is more legroom, but it's not worth the additional cost.
So, what is the equivalent in the new seating arrangement of the current 200 section? Anyone know this? Reason I ask, is because I put in a request for the current 200 section middle and want to know what the new cost will be.


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While Sun is quite diligently planning, coordinating, and building infrastructure for building cathedrals around J2EE, Microsoft's .NET is poised to steal the marketplace and own the bazaar, as they did with VB and the component market in the client-server wars. We have some parallels to go by. While CORBA focused on rearing thoroughbreds, COM stole the market with a mule called VB.
The only way out of this quandary is to wake up and invite the J2EE cathedral to the bazaar. (Both words are used in a positive sense in this article.) I believe there is a lot at stake; not only for Sun and Java, but also for regular programmers like you and me. The potential of enabling programmers of all kinds to this work in this wonderful world of the Web is a prize worth contending for.
Web programming flourished even before Java entered the market space. CGI, Perl, PHP, and ColdFusion have dominated this space. Programmers are eager to build systems that are driven by relational databases. There are millions of programmers who understand the Web space very well and are looking for scalable and robust architectures. Here is a list of the kinds of APIs, tools, and facilities used in the Web bazaar on a daily basis, and a general description of the kind of developers who use these tools.
J2EE is an enterprise-level framework that can do a stellar job of providing solutions to the IT market space. The increasing levels of complexity of J2EE with each release meant that only IT departments with large budgets could make the most of J2EE. J2EE, without the right tools, is not approachable by a common programmer. Let us take a look at the series of things that a programmer has to know to effectively utilize J2EE:
As a Java programming community, we are at best disingenuous when we propose: "Come on in, it is a piece of cake. Let us do Servlets, JDBC, JSP, and J2EE." To design good J2EE systems (with the existing J2EE infrastructure) you not only need good designers but good Java programmers. And good Java programmers don't come cheap. Companies end up spending lots of money to produce systems. It is not difficult to prove a 5x increase in cost from failure to realize this.
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The question at hand is, how can you make J2EE accessible to your everyday programmer who is not steeped in Java experience? And "everyday programmer" is not a homogenous group. It includes database programmers, Unix system administrators, fresh college grads (both computer science majors and otherwise), and legacy programmers (transitioning from mainframe disciplines to Web-centric programming).
How can we take the J2EE infrastructure and make it palatable to this varied set of communities? The key is to distill the minimum they need know so that it can be taught in a matter of weeks as opposed to months and years. We should start out with teaching the bazaar skills first. The only complex skill set among the bazaar skills is database programming. If you already know database programming, you are already way ahead of the game. A database programmer knows the following important skills:
Similarly, Unix system admins have an inherent advantage as well. They usually know how to set up Web servers and are fully aware of URLs and CGI. The only skills they need to learn are a set of database skills.
For the other two categories, you have to teach both the Web programming skills and the database skills. This could be easily done in a couple of weeks. The next question is, how can we take J2EE and allow these programmers to be effective immediately?
A good tool should stay out of the way when it is being used. J2EE is no exception. J2EE middle tier should be completely hidden behind a declarative middle tier that allows programmers to directly work with their presentations, data, and business logic. This should be done in an architecturally controlled environment where the following properties are preserved:
The tool that brings the Cathedral to the Bazaar should be able work with a set of abstractions that are familiar in the Bazaar. For example, if you are able to make a SQL call and see its result in the confines of your database, it should be no more difficult to see the same results on a Web page. Moreover, you should be able to see that data as XML, HTML, or some other format. The mechanics of how this could be done are not that hard. The question is one of focus with the tool builders. What are they focusing on? Are they focusing on EJB-enabled IT or are they focusing on the mallable Web-based Bazaar? I believe the following tiers will help bringing J2EE closer to the masses.
Under such a tool you can expect the following:
One important question that we can quantitatively answer is this: if I were an experienced Bazaar programmer, what skills would I need to run my programs on a J2EE framework?
Here is the list of skill sets I foresee you would need:
Once a programmer is taught these basic skills, the declarative nature of the tool could allow these programmers to immediately integrate their skills to create a fairly complex database-driven Web application. As the business logic is allowed both in Java and non-Java paradigms, such a tool will allow the programmers to learn Java in a gradual fashion. The framework is responsible for the stability, transactions, and modifiability.
One can see a demo of some of these concepts explored at http://22.214.171.124/aspire/ This demo is running using Tomcat 3.2.1 and a very low-powered PC. So, with a little patience, you should be able to see how a table worth of data is collected and presented as part of an HTML page. This should demonstrate the following basic facts:
Let me raise the bar a little bit. One might say, "Well, this is too simple." Let me show you another demonstration where the collected data is in fact presented as a set of graphs (pie, bar, etc.). Again, all of the charts you are seeing here are done declaratively and using no Java. And even where Java is used, it is only used as a transformational language (as JSP). Here is the Web link for it: http://220.127.116.11/aspireCharts/demo.html
This article is born out of multiple questions from programmers that are new to Java server-side programming on how they can become effective J2EE programmers. The urgency of an answer became imminent as .NET is getting released to enthusiasm that it makes it extremely easy to write Web programs.
It can be extremely easy (fewer lines of code, less bugs, etc.), and cheap, in the J2EE realm as well. One doesn't have to abandon J2EE when simplicity and productivity is at stake. J2EE can be as productive, if not more, as .NET. But focus has to shift to the Bazaar commerce and not necessarily how to build better cathedrals.
Satya Komatineni is the CTO at Indent, Inc. and the author of Aspire, an open source web development RAD tool for J2EE/XML.
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By Tibor Machan: FNM columnist
In a series of articles on climate change, the villain is gradually being identified as — you should have guessed it — freedom of thought.
Jon Gertner of The New York Times Magazine wrote recently that "What makes CRED's work (the Center for Research on Environmental Decisions) especially relevant … is that various human attitudes and responses — How can there be global warming when we had a frigid January? What's in it for me if I change the way I live? — can make the climate problem worse by leaving it unacknowledged or unaddressed. Apathetic and hostile responses to climate change, in other words, produce a feedback loop and reinforce the process of global warming."
The idea that thought and speech are major obstacles to doing what is right isn't new. As recently as the 1980s the one liberty that liberal statists could be counted on defending, at least in the United States, is the one spelled out in the First Amendment.
Alas, this was challenged some time ago by professor Catharine A. MacKinnon of the University of Michigan school of law, in her short but prominently published book, "Only Words."
In it, the good professor argued words do not deserve the legal protection afforded them by the Constitution since insults and putdowns, including jokes, can injure people good and hard.
We have heard a good deal lately about how President Barack Obama is a pragmatist, how he eschews ideology. The most sensible rendition of this sound bite is he refuses to be bound by principles, and when it comes to something as vital as containing climate change, why not toss the First Amendment and censor those who show skepticism?
Professor MacKinnon wasn't recommending tossing the principle underlying the First Amendment, only suggesting we should not be ideological about our embrace of it. Maybe the same should be expected from President Obama when it comes to central elements of his political agenda, namely to contain pollution.
This pragmatism isn't across the board for Obama, of course. He is willing to stick to a select few principles and refuse to give them up even in times of emergency.
Consider, for example, that according to Obama & Co. there is never any excuse for using torture. I will not speculate on why in that instance pragmatism is inadequate — various suggestions present themselves and some of them aren't pretty.
Suffice it to note Obama seems willing to jettison the principles of the free market — the right to private property, the right to enter into binding contracts, the right to due process. And here we have evidence that like-minded folks, too, appear not to be very worried about banning certain kinds of inconvenient conduct such as speaking out against the doctrine of climate change.
We should be prepared, I believe, for some movement in this direction. Apathy toward climate change isn't tolerable, nor is skepticism. Leaving the climate problem unacknowledged or unaddressed would also count as something we ought not to tolerate — so if I speak out against recycling, for example, maybe I ought to be muzzled since not doing so will "produce a feedback loop and reinforce the process of global warming."
Just as professor MacKinnon's abandoning of the First Amendment seemed to her fully justified, given how that amendment made it possible to insult and intimidate women, so it should come as no big surprise to anyone that laws will be passed that prohibit global warming skepticism. Such dangerous conduct on the part of citizens must be arrested, or so some of the climate-change fanatics could well believe now, quite seriously.
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We still have no explanation as to why Kakashi killed Rin, but we have clues...
What do you think the hidden mist ninjas meant by this?
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In question was a $12,000 check to Carlos Truan Jr. that was not on the report.
However, the $12,000 was part of a 12-month contract approved by the court on Jan. 14 to pay Truan $46,000 as a lobbyist in Austin representing Refugio County.
Truan was to use his expertise to capture some of the Legislature's 2015 funds going to water projects, roads and economic development – all because of the Eagle Ford Shale.
"It was not a budgeted item," Tuttle said. He said the court should have met to talk about where the money would come from.
At the time, Auditor Margie Mueller said she had money in her auditor's budget that could be used to hire Truan. The money would cover an initial quarterly payment.
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County Judge Rene Mascorro pointed out that the court approved the contract, noting that the bill already had been approved for payment in January.
Absent from that January meeting were commissioners Ann Lopez and Gary Bourland. The contract was approved on a vote of 2-1 with Tuttle voting against and Mascorro and Commissioner Rod Bernal voting for.
Also at the January meeting, County Attorney Todd Steele had asked for more time to review the contract with Truan.
Despite that request, the contract was approved on Truan's advice that lobbying work needed to start right away.
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The keynote speaker of this year's event at St. Ambrose Catholic Church in Little Hocking was Dr. Katherine Coyner, a 1997 Belpre High School graduate, board eligible orthopedic surgeon and candidate for the American Orthopedic Society for Sports Medicine.
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Coyner, assistant professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, was the first female basketball player at the University of Massachusetts to score 1,000 points and 500 assists and was nominated for the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Female Athlete of the Year.
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Rod Hineman, longtime Belpre City Schools District Board of Education member and former high school teacher, was given the Community Service Award for his several decades of service to the community.
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Aug 16, 12 at 12:28pm ^Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
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As many of you already know, roleplays have long been a part of the Interactive Roleplay Forum, going back a decade. A relatively long break from the scene means there is a new hunger to roleplay from people both new and old in this community, and this is where TCW comes in.
Total Championship Wrestling is the first wrestling roleplay in the IRP, and on neoseeker as a whole, for eight months. Many of the veteran members of the forum will be able to tell you that this is almost unheard of, but activity reached a low and it was decided to put roleplaying on an indefinite break. That break is now over, and TCW aims to give everybody the fun, creative experience that they deserve. The roleplay promotes creativity, working together as a team to create fun and exciting storylines, and helps people hone their writing ability in general. But above all else, TCW promotes fun. The whole aim of the roleplay is for people to have something that they enjoy to do in their downtime, and if you're not enjoying it, someone isn't doing their job right. I hope you all have a good time in TCW, and I look forward to reading all of your creative and exciting storylines!
Below are a few simple rules that we request people abide by. We aren't going to rip your head off if you make the mistake once or twice if you're new, but if you consistently break the rules we may need to consider whether or not you're in the roleplay.
So, how do I get started?
For the majority of you at this stage, this won't apply. But for anybody who missed the signup thread, all you need to do is PM myself or killer iPod and we will make sure you are added to the roster.
Simply entitle your message [Signup], and state what unoccupied character or diva you would like to take on. We will get you added to the roster as soon as we possibly can, and you can be on your way roleplaying in no time.
Participation and Quality
Wrestling roleplays have long sought an optimal level of activity for its players. In TCW, we want activity, but we want decent activity. Quality OVER Quantity. Numerous, but low-quality roleplays will obviously have a harder time stacking up next to better written pieces, even though there may be less of them. Simply putting words together isn't enough, it's how you use them to your advantage. It is your goal to make the reader believe in your character. Knowing this will take you quite far in roleplaying.
In line with the quality over quantity thought process, we're going to be implementing a roleplay limit in TCW. It's nothing too strict, with a counted limit of three roleplays a week for a normal weekly show, and four for a Pay Per View, unless you and your opponent between you agree on a higher or lower limit, and both of you PM myself or killer iPod with the arrangement.
Leave of Absence
Real life can get in the way, we get it. If this happens and you can't roleplay, simply PM one of the authorities and let us know. If you let us know, we don't get annoyed.
The maximum time you can use on any given hiatus is ONE MONTH. Your character will be held frozen until the one month date. Unfortunately, if you have not yet returned by that point, your character(s) will become a free agent(s), available for the taking by absolutely anyone interested. If you return three months later, and said character is vacated, you can take them back, no questions asked.
ALWAYS INFORM! - Nothing pisses us off more than someone who carelessly leaves. Your character suffers needless losses, and effort is spent writing matches for someone who fails to compete. If you fail to inform us of your departure, you do not get a month. Depending on the circumstances and actions, you may lose your character in two weeks. If you come back to find you've been let go, you may also find we've imposed a suspension and you can't pick up another character until the suspension has expired.
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If you feel unsatisfied with the company, whether it be a bad call, problems with another roleplayer, or just need a private consult, feel free to contact us. We will get back to you as soon as possible. Rest assured that both of us will see your message and discuss it. Also, do not be afraid to call one of us out if you feel one of us may be the problem. We are mature people, and we can take a bit of criticism. Simply be respectful and honest.
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A. Authorities
B. Roster
C. Champions
D. Staff List
E. Tag Teams & Stables
F. Title Histories
G. Storylines & Archive
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General Managers
» Roster:
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Vince McMahon - Chairman - Face - 0/0/0
Eve Torres - Vince McMahon's assistant - Heel - 0/0/0
Kevin Nash - General Manager - Heel - 0/0/0
Stone Cold Steve Austin - Sheriff - Heel - 0/0/0
Main Eventers:
Derrick Bateman - bobbpugg5 - Face - 10/3/0
The Brian Kendrick - Disenchanted - Heel - 7/1/0
Upper Midcarders:
Santino Marella - Homicide - Face - 4/1/0
Antonio Cesaro - Ada 2 - Heel - 5/6/0
CM Punk - Metallica - Heel - 5/7/0
Wade Barrett - Suzaku_Firebird - Heel - 8/4/0
Alex Riley - The Voiceless - Face - 2/7/0
Doink The clown - CHKFLIP - Face - 4/4/0
Dude Love - The Shape - Face - 1/3/0
Edge - RatedRViper - Heel - 1/8/0
Jeff Hardy - Disenchanted - Face - 0/0/0
John Cena - killer iPod - Face - 2/0/0
The Hurricane - Jaffers - Face - 4/1/0
Bray Wyatt - RLFierro - Heel - 2/1/0
Damien Sandow - Suzaku_Firebird - Heel - 0/2/0
Daniel Bryan - moneyman23 - Heel - 1/4/0
Dean Ambrose - RLFierro - Heel - 5/6/0
Dolph Ziggler - StraightedgexSavior - Heel - 3/7/0
Mordecai - Smell the Chiken - Heel - 1/3/1
Paul Burchill - The Crow - Heel - 3/2/1
Randy Orton - killer iPod - Heel - 2/1/0
Robert Roode - TheWoolmore - Heel - 0/4/0
Shawn Michaels - Jaffers - Heel - 1/0/0
Stone Cold Steve Austin - Slim Jim - Heel - 0/0/0
Ted DiBiase - ADA 2 - Heel - 1/1/0
Triple H - RatedRViper - Heel - 0/1/0
The Miz - moneyman23 - Heel - 0/1/0
The Undertaker - Homicide - Heel - 3/5/0
Triple H - RatedR Viper - Heel - 0/0/0
Tyler Black - Lone Wolf nWo - Heel - 2/4/0
Tyson Kidd - The Voiceless - Heel - 1/4/0
Lower Midcarders:
Dink The Clown (Doink The Clown) - CHKFLIP - Face - 0/0/0
Ric Flair (Alex Riley) - The Voiceless - Face - 0/0/0
Aksana - ADA 2 - Heel - 0/0/0
Brodie Lee (Bray Wyatt) - RLFierro - Heel - 0/0/0
Paul Bearer (The Undertaker) - Homicide - 0/0/0
Paul Heyman (The Union) Disenchanted - Heel - 0/0/0
Ryback - (Shawn Michaels) Jaffers - Heel - 1/1/0
Vickie Guerrero (Dolph Ziggler) - StraightedgexSavior - Heel - 0/0/0
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Total Championship Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
Current Champion: Bobbpugg5 - Derrick Bateman
Reign Began: Zero Tolerance
Defences: 0
Total Championship Wrestling Television Championship
Current Champion: Homicide - Santino Marella
Reign Began: Zero Tolerance
Defences: 0
» Staff List:
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» Tag Teams & Stables:
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Tag Teams:
Triple Awesome - Triple H & The Miz
The Union - The Brian Kendrick, Ryback, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Shawn Michaels & Paul Heyman
The Ministry of Darkness - The Undertaker, Paul Bearer, Mordecai, Paul Burchill, Tyler Black
The nWo - CM Punk, Dean Ambrose, Wade Barrett, Randy Orton
The Congregation - Bray Wyatt, Ted DiBiase and Tyson Kidd
» Title Histories:
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TCW World Heavyweight Championship:
1. Derrick Bateman, Roleplayed by Bobbpugg5
TCW Television Championship:
1. Santino Marella, Roleplayed by Homicide
2. Wade Barrett, Roleplayed by Suzaku_Firebird
» Storylines & Archive:
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Only the best storylines will be archived. The archive will be used at the end of the year to look back at potential nominees when doing the awards for the year. It will also serve as a reminder for other people, to see what they should be aspiring to with their own feuds.
Current Storylines:
The Union: After Brian Kendrick defeated Ryback at the Pay Per View to gain entry into the TCW Championship series, he was booked to face John Cena in his opening series match. Paul Heyman insisted that he needed something a little bit extra to defeat the multiple time World Champion, and agreed to help him out and organise some backup if he agreed to take on Heyman as his manager. Kendrick ultimately agreed, and the backup turned out to be none-other-than Ryback, who interfered in the Main Event match and allowed Kendrick to get a pinfall victory over John Cena, a momentous moment in his career. The following week, CM Punk was subjected to a vicious assault by the newly named 'Union', and offered a place in the stable. He made it quite clear that he wasn't interested in joining, but is this just the beginning of a serious problem between the Union and CM Punk?
Archived Storylines:
b]Dean Ambrose and Alex Riley: [/b] The Most Dangerous Man in TWC is a man on a mission. He's bringing about a revolution to the wrestling industry, hoping to wipe certain types of wrestlers from the face of the business altogether. He has attacked Taz and Terry Funk with a railroad spike. Enter Alex Riley, a stereotypical "hero". Riley's ways deeply contrast Dean's, which sets them apart, and has brought about a few matches that have gone both ways. Dean Ambrose crossed the line when he kidnapped Alex Riley's girlfriend, Layla, which set A-Ry over the edge...
>>Credit to the TWE management for the layout.
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Warzone Archive
WarZone; Week One
WarZone; Week Two
WarZone; Week Three
WarZone; Week Four
WarZone; Week Five
WarZone; Week Six
WarZone; Week Seven
WarZone; Week Eight
WarZone; Week Nine
Pay Per View Archive
Path To Glory
Zero Tolerance
TCW WarZone Schedule
10/8/2012 Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA
10/15/2012 Adolf Rupp Arena, Lexington, Kentucky
10/22/2012 American Airlines Center, Miami, FL
10/29/2012 Amway Center, Orlando, FL
11/5/2012 New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, LA
11/12/2012 Bud Walton Arena, Fayettville, AK
11/19/2012 AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX
11/26/2012 Toyota Center, Houston TX
12/3/2012 Chesepeak Energy Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
12/10/2012 Sprint Center, Kansas City, MO
12/17/2012 Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
12/24/2012-Off, Christmas Eve
12/31/2012-Off, New Years Eve
1/7/2013 Hilton Colloseum, Ames, IA
1/14/2013 Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianappolis, IN
1/21/2013 The Palace of Auburn Hills, Detroit, MI
1/28/2013 Kohl Center, Madison, WI
2/4/2013 Target Center, Minneappolis, MN
2/11/2013 Century Link Center, Omaha, NE
2/18/2013 Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS
2/25/2013 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
3/4/2013 The Pit, Alberquerque, NM
3/11/2013 McKale Center, Tucson, AZ
3/18/2013 Staples Center, LA, California
3/25/2013 Power Ballance Pavillion, Sacramento, CA
4/1/2013 Thomas&Mack Center, Las Vegas, Nevada
4/8/2013 Arena-Auditorium, Laramie, WY
4/15/2013 Dahlberg Arena, Missoula, MT
4/22/2013 Taco Bell Arena, Boise, ID
4/29/2013 Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR
5/6/2013 Belfast Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland
5/13/2013 Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, ENG
5/20/2013 Manchester Arena, Manchester, ENG
5/27/2013 o2 Arena, London, ENG
TCW PPV Schedule
11/4/2012 Amway Center, Orlando, FL
12/9/2012 Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, TX
1/13/2013 Edward Jones Dome, St. Louis, MO
2/17/2013 Kohl Center, Madison, WI
3/24/2013 Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
4/28/2013 Tomas&Mack Center, Las Vegas, NV
6/2/2013 Rose Garden Arena, Portland, OR
7/7/2013 Wembley Stadium, London, ENG
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Aug 16, 12 at 4:37pm ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
Dean Ambrose
The anxious crowd pops at the mention of some of their favorite wrestlers from the past whom they haven't seen in action in eight months since the business went down in popularity, thus causing a shut down. Before the crowd could go another further in their chants, a laugh is heard coming from behind the blackness of the titan tron. Suddenly, a picture is shown. The parking lot of the venue, the fans took notice and died down in their confusion. A man walked in front of the camera, with his a black hood over his head and spoke once more.
The crowd gives off major heat to this hooded man, who has yet to reveal himself other than his sadistic smile. The man begins to slowly remove the hood, showing that he is none other than Dean Ambrose, a man who has wrestled all over the world, even having a stint in the World Wrestling Entertainment. Some of the crowd recognizes this man and very few cheers are barely audible over the enormous amount of heat. Ambrose flips the hair from his eyes and smirks, enjoying every second of this.
Ambrose shows off his smirk once more before pushing the camera from his face and walking off, leaving the crowd wondering what to expect from this highly disturbed individual. Could he really mean what he said? Only time will tell and we'll find out tonight, when TCW goes to THE WARZONE.
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Aug 16, 12 at 6:32pm ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
As the crowd readies for the first show of Total Championship Wrestling, the lights dim down and an image appears on the Titantron. A dusty, abandoned lot appears containing a lone streetlight, flickering on and off. The fence surrounding it is rusted and bent in places while the lone brick wall has been chipped away at countless times. Then the view switches to a hand being wrapped in beige tape before cracking the knuckles. A voice begins speaking, belonging to a man with a heavy English accent..
"In real life, you have to fight your way to the top. You have to claw for every last bit of respect and earn your rewards, they aren't handed to you. Amongst all the lights and smoke and mirrors, that view is lost. In my past, there was only one rule for victory, for survival. You fight or you die. If you stopped fighting, you would soon stop breathing. Those fights would keep a fire burning, they would keep you rugged. Survive long enough and you could finally escape to a paradise....but was it truly a paradise? You'd weaken, be made soft. That fire that gave you life would eventually burn out and leave you a shell of what you used to be. The paradise, illuminated by bright lights and stars, is only full of lies and fantasies. Life was easy and civilized in those worlds. That is not how the truth is. Life was painful, full of fury and anger."
The voice pauses as we now switch to a view of a multitude of unknown men, all being struck. A strong right hand to the jaw. A kick to the gut of a man just recovering. Another one's head being thrown to the ground. Then, the man continues speaking.
"This is real life. This is the agony you have to endure, the pain you have to be willing to put yourself through. It isn't an illusion, these aren't magic tricks. You have to take extreme amounts of pain and in return deal even more insane amounts. Your body will know nothing of kindness once you are fully immersed in the abyss. I climbed out of the abyss after existing in it for years, first making it my home, then turning it into my domain. Once I had a grip on the edge and had pulled myself out, I thought the world I had entered was perfect. I thought it was what I really wanted in life. But we never really know what we want in life, do we? As time passed and I proved myself to be great in the world or lies, I wondered what was beyond this. What happens when I finally get to the top? And among those thoughts, I realized what had happened. My fire had died, my survival had been my undoing and my demise. I was no longer one who had ruled in the abyss, I was now one of those who would be stepped on. And so I went back in."
The video changes again. We see the shadows of two figures, reflecting on the crumbling brick wall, illuminated by the streetlight. They fight, back and forth, one constantly having the edge over the other. Before the final fist is thrown and one of the shadows falls to the ground, its owner not getting back up.
"I was weak. I wasn't the master of destruction I had been. I was a bottom-feeder. Incapable of even trying to fight with those who I had easily bested prior. Those who I had never even considered a threat, those who I thought were nothing more than pebbles beneath my feet now saw me as the pebble. Amongst that abyss, I fought once again. I fought for survival and it was harder than before. I had made myself weak, I had adjusted to a softer life. Though it wasn't just survival I was fighting for. I was fighting to revive myself, bring back to life who I really was. Not a civilized man who had no interest in petty fights. No, instead I fought to bring myself back to the man who knew what he had to do to survive. A man who could end anyone who tried to place themselves above him. It took time and effort, it took all the blood I could afford to give and then I had to take twice that. After all was said and done, I was done being a bottom-feeder. I had brought myself back to the top, looking down on the pebbles beneath my feet. It was amongst the top, conquering everyone who tried to take me down, that I realized what had happened to me. I had evolved. No longer was I the man who fought purely for survival, nor was I the civilized man who was a shell of my former self. I was beyond both of those. I was not a savage, but I had the instinct of one. I was not a gentleman, though I held the same class. I was the perfect combination of two opposites."
The video cuts back to the two hands, now wrapped in beige tape on both fists and enclosed in fists. The view falls backwards, giving us full view of the man from Manchester, Wade Barrett. He raises his fists to his face and cracks his knuckles once more before glaring forward. Dust seems to sweep away this image and we see his name printed on screen, cursive lettering, yet tattered and worn. As the screen remains still on that image, Barrett's voice is heard once more.
"My name is Wade Barrett and my barrage, my change, and my legacy...has only just begun."
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Aug 16, 12 at 8:27pm ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
Banner by Boomtax
Mark Henry
A video plays on the Titantron showing a large man in a hoodie and sunglasses driving an SUV. The camera is on the passenger side looking at the driver at a side view. A Three 6 Mafia song plays on the radio, but the driver turns it down. With his hood up and sunglasses on, the camera cannot see his face, but by his action he has shown that he is angry. Fed up. He takes a deep breath, then begins to speak his mind to anyone willing to listen.
The man throws back his hood, revealing to everyone (that couldn't already tell) that he is Mark Henry. The World's Strongest Man. With his face shown, it is clear he is snarling. Snarling in disgust. He begins to talk again, picking up from where he left off.
...have been allowed to stay on top for so long...
...or, even having the connections and squandering this opportunity by making a complete dumbass of themselves...
it ain't right. For me to work like this and, in comparison, come out with nothing. I'm not saying the world is against me. In fact, I'm saying the opposite. The world isn't out to get anyone. What the world does is give undeserving individuals automatic opportunities. The world puts them on top from the start. As I work my way up there, even reaching the summit a few times, I see people being placed on the highest point of this slope, not budging. That's all about to change tonight. I'm sick of seeing these same people stay on top with a belt around their wastes. I will win the title. Through pure strength, intellect, and undying persistence, I will win that damn title. And once I get it, I will not let go. Even if my only reason for holding it is to prevent anyone undeserving from winning it, I will not let go. It's a whole new game, a whole new show, and it's starring me. I can guarantee you that. People who have their sob stories and their reasons for why their best suited to win the championship: shove it. I am the baddest, the strongest, and the meanest man in this business now. And I will beat each and everyone of you down to a bloody pile of bones sticking out of your flesh. I've seen the worst this world has to offer; you haven't. I have trained for this with every given ounce of willpower I have; you haven't. And I will win the TCW World Heavyweight Championship; you won't. I'll prove it. Starting tonight."
Henry parks his car just outside the arena. The camera follows him as he opens his door, hops down, slams it, and looks up at the building. Marveling at its beauty, or maybe becoming disgusted by the thoughts of the people he will be facing at this company; it's not easy to tell. He removes his sunglasses and takes one long breath before taking his first steps toward the arena, his first steps for the championship.
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Aug 16, 12 at 8:40pm ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
Dean Ambrose
The video pans to an an arena, unoccupied seats throughout it. A stage light beaming down on the center of a wrestling ring. The arena seems quite familiar, resembling the old Extreme Championship Wrestling arena, where hardcore wrestling became mainstream and wrestlers left blood, sweat, and tears. In the center of the ring, none other than the man who made his presence known earlier, Dean Ambrose. The camera zooms in on Ambrose, who doesn't even acknowledge the camera, but stares at the empty seat, the empty arena. With a look of disgust on his face, he finally glares over to the camera and begins to speak.
The crowd doesn't take this kindly and starts to chant the old classic "E-C-DUB!" The camera panned to a couple of members in the crowd even wearing original ECW shirts, who were chanting along with the rest of the crowd. Ambrose is still standing in the ring with a look of disgust on his face, not towards the arena, but to the fans. Ambrose shakes his head in disappointment before speaking once more.
Ambrose pushes the camera away and exits the ring. The camera begins to follow him up the ramp and behind the curtains. Laying on the floor right behind the curtains, was the "Living Legend" himself, Terry Funk. Terry was laying in a pool of his own blood, motionless. Ambrose glares down at Funk and then towards the camera with a sick, sadistic smile on his face. Reaching his hand into his jacket pocket, he pulls something from it. Hiding the object in the sleeve of his jacket, kneels before the bloody Terry Funk and pulls Terry by his hair, showing the world what Dean Ambrose is truly capable of. The blood still gushing from Funk's skull, Ambrose pulls the object from his sleeve, revealing it to be a railroad spike! He digs it into Funk's skull, jabbing it over and over again! Funk screams in agony before being thrown face first back into the concrete floor. Ambrose stands up, covered in his victims blood with the same grin on his face from earlier and speaks.
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Aug 17, 12 at 1:36am ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
Jeff Hardy
Lillian: Ladies and Gentlemen! Allow me to introduce to you.. The Charasmatic Enigma.... Jeff..... Hardy!!!!
One more shot
And then I'm over and out
I'm gonna show the none
believers what I'm talking about
And then I'm under and gone
I'm gonna show the none
believers they are nothing but
One more way to make
it easy for you
Know I'm gonna make it
rough until the end
Michael Cole: OMG... Thats Jeff Hardy! We havent seen him in years
Jeff Hardy: Hahaha Thank you guys. Now then... Ive been through alot of stiff over my life.... But.... Im back baby! Im going to put my body on the line for this buisness.... Aslong as it makes you happy and i can do it. Infact.... I can do anything because.... The Extreme Always Impresses!
Jeff Hardy drops the mic as his music plays and leaves the ring
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Aug 17, 12 at 8:10am ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
Brock Lesnar
The air was tight, suffocatingly hot. The locker room's sauna door had been left open.
He sat there staring at the contract, he couldn't be bothered to read it, in fact he couldn't really read. It claimed he still had another year fighting for UFC, "*bleep* it" he thought, as he grasped the top corner and tore down through the pages.
"Hello, it's Brock…"
"Yeah that's right, Uh huh"
"Yeah I *bleep*ing quit this shit, you cheated me out of that Silva fight, so just go and shove that million dollar contract right up your…." The phone line cut.
Brock got up and went backstage, towel wrapped around his neck, he was seen chatting to a man, with a large figure, tall and menacing looking, a true icon of wrestling.
"You going to…Yeah"
"I got it covered, any shit goes down and we're good?"
"So you're going to accept Torres' offer? That's one hell of a contract"
Brock leaves the man in the shadows and turns to cameras uttering the words:
"I'm here to stay this time, F-5 style" before entering the door with a metallic GM plaque bolted on the front.
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Aug 17, 12 at 3:25pm ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
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A dark, damp, mouldy room is the setting that is thrust upon us through the camera lens at this time. It seems almost like a disused arena boiler room, but... something isn't right. As the camera slowly pans across the room, something shuffles past the lower portion of the shot, causing the camera-man to sharply move the camera towards the movement, but the darkness prevents anybody from seeing what exactly the source is. Slowly, cautiously, the camera returns to facing ahead at shoulder height, but quickly the view is obstructed by a large, dark figure which causes the cameraman to take a step backwards in surprise. The darkness prevents the viewer from seeing exactly who it is, but the sense of hearing was never stronger, as we hear a several deep breaths emerging from the figure, seeing the shape move ever so slightly with every inhalation of oxygen. Outside of the heavy breathing, a few drops of water falling from the ceiling to the ground can be heard, before being interrupted by the sound of heavy footsteps which very slowly make their way towards the camera. The figure gets larger and larger as the silhouette approaches, and the light from the camera allows us to catch a glimpse of the masked face of the man, though he abruptly turns his head to the side so that we're left with a profile shot of a man who is recognizable to any wrestling fan of the last fifteen years... The Big Red Machine; Kane. An evil smirk can be seen formulating on the side of the face that the viewer can see, before the monster slowly turns his head back towards the camera so that he is glaring down the lens directly with his dark, piercing eyes.
Slowly, Kane lifts his hand up to his forehead and sweeps his long, dark hair out of his face and over his head so that it rests on the back of his neck. The smirk slowly disappears from his face, and his eyes begin to narrow as he thoughtfully ponders his next few words.
Kane slowly begins to smirk again, before breaking into a chilling laugh as the camera fades to black.
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Aug 17, 12 at 7:03pm ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
CM Punk.
As the camera's cut back to the arena, which shows the work crew preparing for TCW's debut show within the next few days, the camera zooms to the titantron, which appears to have a blank uninteresting screen, a split second later a static sound is heard and a logo with a message appears on the screen flickering around on a black background, this logo looks very familiar within the wrestling world, it bares a clenched fist in the colour red and is holding a lightening strike, on the back of this clenched fist is an 'X' and the message along with it reads "This is a message bought to you by CM Punk". The message slowly fades out and the cameras cut backstage which the same logo appearing on a white background, at the cameras zoom out a figure is stood there, short hair, beard, arms folded and an arrogant cocky smile on his face, this figure would be non other than CM Punk!
Punk unfolds his arms and slowly tilts his head to look up at the ceiling, he's contemplating what he wishes to say and address to the TCW locker room and any of the fans around the world, after a few seconds, he tilts his head back down and begins to speak:
"Ladies and gentlemen, for those of you who do not know who I am, my name is CM Punk, I was born and raised in Chicago and have accomplished many wonderful things in my life, I have held major titles in other promotions and live a straight edge lifestyle, for those of you who maybe uneducated, this means I do not poison my body with drugs, I do not smoke and I also do not drink, But let me not go on and on about my lifestyle because there maybe some of you who just wouldn't understand what it means to be straight edge. Now let me move on to some more important things, like for one, I actually have no idea who and nor do I care for that matter, is apart of the TCW roster because when you can stand here and say, you are the 'Best in the World' you don't have to worry about who your first match, second, third, oh it doesn't matter which match it is, the end result will always be the same and that is me showing you why I am the best wrestler in the world today."
CM Punk takes a little breather as he paces around in his white t-shirt and jeans and what appears to be in a locker room, stroking his beard, he looks down at the floor with a frown on his face. Punk stops and grins, just when it looks like he's about to say something again, he points towards the camera, grins some more and puts his index finger up, turns round and shows the world the back of his t-shirt that reads "Best in the World", afterwards, Punk turns back around towards the camera with a slight frown on his face again and begins speaking some more:
"You know, these words on my t-shirt isn't what some of you would call a 'gimmick' or some sort of phase that I will grow out of, because to be quite honest with you I could be a so called 'face' or a so called 'heel' or whatever it is you people label us these days, I will always be that same guy, outspoken, brutally honest and damn true to my word and that's why as of now, I will show everyone that I will be the next world champion, forget all these other so called wannabes that are here in TCW, I am CM Punk and I am here to make things interesting, entertain you the way I do best, dropping pipe bombs and being myself. I don't need flashy pyrotechnics or to dye my hair to stand out from the crowd and make me look like a superstar, ugh! A superstar, that was the other company right? I am a wrestler and you are going to get my 100% every-time to put on the best wrestling matches you have ever seen. My name is CM Punk and TCW, are you ready for what is to come? You had better be..."
As CM Punk utters those last few words he smirks at the camera and walks away, the camera turns around and slowly fades out back to the titantron which starts the static music again, CM Punks fist logo appears back on the screen with a slightly altered message this time around reading "This was a message paid by CM Punk".
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Aug 18, 12 at 1:04am ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
Exordium; Total Wrestling Federation - insidethecircustent.blogspot.com
Hi kids!
Do you like violence? I think it's a bit silly, but it's the business I know and love. There can't be any victory, any glory, very much of anything without violence.
Just ask Al Snow.
I digress; Total Wrestling Federation, spear-headed by the great Eve Torres as General Manager of their show WarZone! Somebody forgot to hit the space bar on that one, but this carnival enthusiast isn't judging anyone.
Why TCW? Why wrestle at all when you're a living legend of my status? This world needs something it lacks that I don't; happiness. These guys are always so angry with one another... it's outrageous! How can you get so damn angry about something? I suppose that just means they're passionate, but I think there are some underlying problems that I can help them solve. Think of me like an anger management councellor and all these guys are my patients. Some of them are very large and in charge so they won't take to my methods. And that's okay! It'll just take extra tender love and care from me, the Doinkster, before we can make a breakthrough and really get somewhere.
Then there are some guys that just do the wrong thing. Lets take Rob Van Dam for example's sake. RVD 4:20? Is that something you should be flaunting when your fan base generally consists or a massive amount of children? Sure, it's not meth, but marijuana is still a drug and still illegal (mostly)!!
I mean, I smoke, but that's because I have glaucoma. Not because I'm a stoner.
The other side of substance abuse is alcohol... and boy, when people think about drinking in the wrestling ring, they think about Stone Cold Steve Austin. They might think about Sandman but, really, who thinks about Sandman anymore? Lets not get off topic; if marijuana is bad then alcohol is definitely worse. Cirrosis of the liver, hello? And it's so unpleasantly smelly. What's the point? If you need substances to be happy then you really don't know the definition of true happiness.
And I'm going to bring it to all of you.
Scene; In the GARDEN!
We see our face-painted heroes walking up to the first stop on WarZone's list, Madison Square Garden. Doink has a huge water gun in hand but the look on his face gets less and less excited. The two are making what looks like their second or perhaps even third trip around the arena. Dink is shaking his little midget head with one hand running through his rugged green dreads. He has spent the last ten minutes trying to explain to the very aloof Doink that there isn't an actual garden anywhere near the arena. There are a couple trees, but that's really it. Doink seems dedicated to finding the garden so he can go apeshit on the plants with the water gun he just purchased from the local WalMart. Doink makes it to the front door and stops to sit on the curb of the concrete looking rather defeated. Dink puts his hand around the sad clown.
Doink: Why is it even called a garden if there isn't even any shrubbery? More like Madison Square of CONCRETE if you ask me. Sheesh.
Dink: Hey! Here comes Michael Cole. I'll goad him over here and you squirt him with the gun. It'll be fuuuuun...
Dink rushes out of sight and earshot. The camera tilts to watch the vertically-challenged manager hobble over to Michael Cole. Cole was clearly on a cell phone and wanted nothing to do with Dink but it was very apparent that this manager wasn't taking 'no,' 'go away,' or 'I will sue you' for an answer. Michael rolls his eyes and dismisses his phone call. He pockets the phone and walks over to Doink just in time for the clown to jolt up. Michael's eyes go wide as Doink unloads on him, getting water all over the cheap polyester suit that was classic Michael Cole wardrobe.
Dink: Wasn't that fun, Doink?
Doink smiles and nods, pointing the gun at Cole again as the announcer throws both hands in the air to block what he thought was going to be another onslaught of water all over what was probably his most expensive suit.
Doink: It's only a little water, Michael. Are you going to melt like one of the witches on "Wizard of Oz?"
Michael Cole: *inaudible grumbling*
The camera follows Michael Cole as he walks away. In the distance you notice the soaked announcer walk past Ron Simmons. Simmons looks from Cole to Doink, then back to Cole.
Fade to black.
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Aug 18, 12 at 6:46am ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
The TCW cameras return back to the ring as a annoying loud voice is heard over the pa system in the arena.
The familiar voice says as the crowd in attendance start to boo the familiar voice. As the crowd boo though, the familiar voice starts again.
The crowd starts to boo louder as the familiar voice comes walking out from the back, to show themselves. Vickie Guerrero comes walking out with her "Cougar" necklace hanging from her necklace, wearing cheetah print and holding a microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please help me welcome the future face of TCW, the "Show Off" Dolph Ziggler!
The crowd starts to boo as Dolph Ziggler's theme song "I'm Here To Show The World" comes over the speakers and the "Show Off" comes walking out from the back, dressed up in a red and black suit. Ziggler stops at the top of the ramp and turns around, then doing his signature taunt at the top of the ramp, slicking his blonde hair back. Then continuing his way down to the ring, as the live crowd in attendance is still booing Vickie Guerrero and himself. Ziggler gets onto the side of the ring and holds the ropes open for Vickie to get in then he gets in grabbing a microphone off the steel steps outside.
"It seems like things won't be different then there were when I was at the other place. Your all still booing me, When I arrived here earlier, I was in the back and saw some old faces, and I have also saw some new faces. And one of those old faces I saw was, Jeff Hardy. Really? Jeff Hardy is here. didn't you die from drug abuse like 3 years ago? I don't even know how you passed the drug test to get into this business. Jeff I'm officially calling you out right now. On the first show of TCW, why don't we make it officially right now! Jeff Hardy Vs Dolph Ziggler!"
The crowd seems to like that idea and starts to chant "Hardy" As the cameras float around the arena showing little kids and even some adults wearing there Jeff Hardy attire.
"You people don't get it do you? Jeff Hardy doesn't have what it takes to beat me, I am the "Show Off" I am one of the most hardest workers ever in the Wrestling business. Here in TCW will be different then my past businesses I have been on. I will win the World Heavyweight Championship, and I will make sure my reign will last long then nine minutes."
Ziggler pauses and pulls the microphone away from his mouth. As the crowd stops chanting "Hardy" and begins to chant" Ziggler Sucks" Ziggler then moves the microphone back up to his mouth.
Ziggler then drops the microphone and exits the ring with his theme song playing over the speakers in the arena as cameras fade to black.
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Aug 18, 12 at 8:28am ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
Jeff Hardy: Woah woah woah. Hold it there big boy. You come out here running your mouth and saying you want to fight me? Ha. Ive held more gold than the price of your haircut!
The fans chant "Hardy" asloud as they possibley can
Jeff Hardy: And you start talking about my past? I'll admit it. Ive been through trouble before, but i am still wrestling im better than ever! Now i accept your challenge, but remember this. Thid is my body, ill admire it, etertain it...... And put you through a table with it!
Jeff hardys theme song, Ressurected, plays as Jeff drops his mic and leaves the ring
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Evolution Just Passed You By!
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Aug 18, 12 at 9:41am ^re: Total Championship Wrestling - Roleplay Thread I
With the main "War Zone" theme playing in the background, TCW cameras cut backstage to a brown-painted door just inside Madison Square Garden. It's a well lit hallway, given that the garden has been around for so long. It sticks out prominently against white concrete walls.
Cole: We're back live on TCW War Zone and…what the?
Tazz: What's goin on?
There is an absolutely enormous pop as the door opens, revealing the darkened skies of a cool summer New York Night. Into the arena steps none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin, dressed in his signature cameo Hat and Jacket to go with his jean shorts. He carries his black duffle bag at his side, a seriously pissed off look on his face.
Cole: Oh my gosh, it's Stone Cold! Stone Cold Steve Austin is here!
Booker: Aw man. BUIDNESS HAS OFFICIALLY, PICKED UP!
The cameras continue following Stone Cold as he heads to his dressing room. He is viewed from below, the giant white word "WHAT?" present on his chest. He looks focused, determined, and poised as the cameras cut away.
Tazz: Boy you said it, Booka. Who know what kinda impact tha Rattlesnake is gonna have here tonight!
Cole: Your guess is as good as mine, but if Stone Cold is here in TCW, than anything, and fans I do mean anything, is possible!
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I was at the Oregon Convention Center 7 days in a row last week, which feels like it should qualify for some sort of marathon record. First to attend CLS, where I learned a lot about open source foundations and various projects' deploy processes, then OSCON, where I learned more about foundations and deploying (oddly enough). I left with a big stack of ideas to work on for Calagator and other projects.
Christie, Sherri, and I gave a well-received talk on event planning at OSCON ("Event Planning for Geeks"). We're still building this out, but an initial event planning handbook is live on the Stumptown Syndicate site. You can also view our slides. We realized in the course of writing the talk that we have way more material than we're comfortable squeezing into a <1hr slot, so we'll be working on expanding this into a 2-3 hr. long workshop.
In response to several conversations we had over the week, we set up a Citizen Code of Conduct site to make it easy to share our open source citizenship-focused guidelines from Open Source Bridge. The document is CC-licensed, so you can easily re-use it for your own events and projects.
Another cool thing happened while we were busy at the conferences: "Collective Agency" announced its plans for the space formerly known as Souk. Stumptown Syndicate is happy to be one of the initial workgroup partners, and we'll be working on how we can use this space to support the local user group community.
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Trading Deadline Blues
Farnsworth for Pudge? You've got to be kidding me. Although maybe the Tigers know something I don't. I mean, that Jeff Weaver trade didn't turn out so bad considering he totally tanked with the Yankees. But Farnsworth? When I was living in Chicago I used to watch him throwing BP. The only problem was that it was during the 7th inning of close games and that's not a good time to be giving up round-trippers. But, maybe Dombrowski is ahead of the curve. Maybe he wants to put together a stable of the hardest throwing guys in the Major Leagues. But Farnsworth? Farnsworth is to baseball what this kid is to basketball:
What is it about the trading deadline that makes people crazy? Griffey is probably heading to the White Sox, Texeira is now an Angel, Manny might be a Marlin and Pudge will be wearing pinstripes. Everyone is making deals. Well, except for the Cardinals, of course. Sorry about that one, buddy. Maybe they'll do something in the offseason and have a chance next year.
But I'd still rather my team did nothing than have to support a team that trades away an All-Star for a bad punchline. Yeah, Pudge is getting old and yeah, Pudge doesn't hit like he did when he was on the juice. But Farnsworth? I just can't accept this. The only way it could be worse is if I find out that he's also a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
Speaking of which, there is one other specter that haunts me that Mr. Lung forgot to mention. And no, I don't mean Arlen Specter although he is old and old people generally scare me. I mean another former Fighting Irish who still runs through my dreams. And runs is definitely the correct word since I'm talking about "Rocket" Raghib Ismail. Man, that guy caused as much heartburn in Michigan as the Big Three's ongoing inability to make a profit. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who was glad to see him go.
Anyway, I guess I should let this all go and just accept that Farnsworth is on the team through the end of the season. Maybe he'll be great. And maybe Fernando Rodney won't blow any more saves. And maybe Hillary will still get the nomination. Thank god I'll only have to live with two out of those three things. And I can still go to my happy place.
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lol, the farnsworth trade caught me by surprise too. i was thinking: we got pudge for farns? weird. seems cashman likes committing theft.
and wooow, that video was hilarious.
manny winded up being traded to the dodgers and will now be managed by joe torre… how's that for irony.
Definitely irony there. That was the first thing I thought about when I heard the deal went down. How's it feel to have a GM willing to go out and make the deals needed to win? Wish I knew how that was… if only Jocketty were around the clubhouse again. *boo hoo* That vid? That was Allen when he was a kid. Good moves, eh?
The consensus amongst the experts (me and the Cardinals fan I work with) is that they were better off not trading given the prospects that they have.
Russel — On the one hand, that Cardinal fan is right… if the desire to go to the playoffs and win this year isn't important. On the other hands.. we have a lot of young talent at all levels. I think one or two prospects would be worth getting a guy who can throw a little better than my kid sister coming out of the bullpen, which would then give us a legitimate shot at playing in October. (My kid sister throws a wicked knuckleball)
Nice Post!! I love that video.
-Chris / The Baseball Collector
hah. nice video. That's hilarious. Pudge-Farns: The Yankee bargain of the year? FYI to Jeff: I answered your question on my blog.
Just the mention of Jeff Weaver sets off this joke in my head: How do you spell Javier Vazquez in English? J-E-F-F-W-E-A-V-E-R. We Yankee fans can be pretty harsh sometimes, but how would you feel if you had to endure years of Kevin Brown, Jaret Wright, Weaver, Roger Clemens (I only mean last year), Jose Contreras, LaTroy Hawkins, Kei Igawa, Randy Johnson (5.01 ERA), Al Leiter, Jon Lieber, Esteban Loaiza, Carl Pavano, Sidney Ponson (Still in the rotation???), Tanyon Sturtze, Vazquez, Ron Villone, and David Wells? I'm prone to go on rants such as this one after big, dumb losses. Come to think of it, this comment had nearly nothing to do with the post. Just needed to blow off a little steam.