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That looks like Laraque in a New Zealand All Blacks Rugby jersey being chased by Till on crack.
By: nice foto! IP: 71.135.101.234 Date: - 7/3/2008 10:00:26 PM

By: . IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 6:41:42 PM
Unfortunately it is the creaky 2008 model. I'll bet he doesn't last half the season.
By: . IP: 67.101.222.139 Date: - 7/3/2008 5:39:45 PM
Sharks got Blake? Awesome! Wait, is it the Blake from right now, or 1998?
By: Nolan IP: 69.232.219.224 Date: - 7/3/2008 5:09:00 PM
oh snap.. and this guy "Crazy Legs" is the guy in the Ca$h Cab with him
By: Ian IP: 67.174.244.148 Date: - 7/3/2008 3:39:04 PM
you guys might not know either of these two things...

but "Eater X" is on Ca$h Cab right now,,, at least I think it's him... weird
By: Ian IP: 67.174.244.148 Date: - 7/3/2008 3:36:58 PM
Sharks in desperation sign Blake
By: . IP: 67.101.222.139 Date: - 7/3/2008 3:20:45 PM
Markus Naslund is a Ranger.
Sather says Rangers won't sign Jagr.
By: ... IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 2:38:27 PM
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By: Laraque and Cote IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 1:35:17 PM
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By: Laraque! IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:58:39 PM
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By: OUI! IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:56:23 PM
Montreal Canadiens sign UFA forward Georges Laraque to a three-year, $4.5 million contract.
By: YES! IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:56:01 PM
need an ice goalie tonight at 930 at the Yerba Buena rink. Anyone interested, email me @3rdbase
By: steve IP: 192.168.1.100 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:54:32 PM
Jour Noir ! J'ai mal au plus profond... Maaaaaaaaal, tres maaaaaal.
Je trouve cette decision scandaleuse!!!!
Honte à ces "apparatchiks" incompétents.
Irresponsabilité totale!
Une honte que ce personnage reste à sa place ! Non seulement il est incompétent, mais en plus il nous prend tous pour des idiots!
Gardons les losers!!! Pouvions-nous nous attendre à une autre décision? Bien sûr que non!!!
Et voila une fois de plus en france on aime les perdants, on les protege, aucune obligation de résultats... en fait Mr domenech aurait du demander en mariage ségolene royal... deux perdants qui sont l'avenir de la france
Je suis vraiment trop dégouté, on était déjà au fond du trou lors de l'Euro mais là on passe vraiment pour des cons auprès du monde entier !!!!
By: some samples IP: 130.86.181.4 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:24:23 PM
Amazingly enough, the French aren't giving Domenech the boot. I wonder what the Figaro message boards are saying now...
By: Domenech stays IP: 130.86.181.4 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:17:26 PM
Orpik stays put
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/3/2008 7:13:39 AM
Darn it! I've been living under a rock and didn't even know it.

Well, now I know it.

I still have a lilting, Sebastianish voice inside my head that goes something like this: "Danny Clarke, Canadian Hockey Goalie, are you straight or are you gay?"
By: bb IP: 68.165.5.111 Date: - 7/3/2008 4:32:50 AM
Beatles have it out on the roof.
By: Rutles IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 2:16:08 AM
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By: zzz IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 1:54:13 AM
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By: Sun King IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 1:46:34 AM
Huet and Rolston will be NHL-old when their contracts are up. I don't agree with Ryder. I think Boston has enough playmakers to set up his shot. But if Murray couldn't bury it, why would Ryder? Ryder is a harder worker, but Murray is bigger. They're about the same everywhere else. $4 mil is a bit much for Ryder too.
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 1:09:23 AM
That's best and worst signings so far in the NHL...
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 1:07:06 AM
Best:
1) Marian Hossa, DET, 1-year/$7.4-million (not for the contract, just for the fact that Ken Holland won another Stanley Cup today)
2) Alex Auld, OTT, 2-year/$2-million
3) Ty Conklin, DET, 1-year/$700,000 (just in case Jimmy Howard doesn't adjust right away, good move for small price)
4) Andrej Kostitsyn, MTL, 3-year/$3.25-million per season
5) Jarkko Ruutu, OTT, 3-year/$3.9-million

Honourable mention:
Mike Green, WSH, 4-year/$21-million
Curtis Joseph, TOR, 1-year/$700,000 (good for morale, if nothing else)
Kurtis Foster, MIN, 1-year/undisclosed (just cause it's a really classy move, considering it's possible the femur fracture could end his career)

Worst:
1) Michael Ryder, BOS, 3-year/$12-million
2) Jeff Finger, TOR, 4-year/$3.5-million per season
3) Cristobal Huet, CHI, 4-year/$16.875-million
4) Brian Rolston, NJ, 4-year/$20.25-million
5) Mike Commodore, CLB, 5-year/$18.75-million

Dishonourable mentions:
Mats Sundin, VAN, 2-year/$20-million (It's not a deal, but still, making him the highest payed player in the NHL is ridiculous)
Andrew Raycroft, COL, 1-year/$800,000 (just cause it's Andrew Raycroft)
Shean Donovan, OTT, 2-year/undisclosed (I don't care if it's a bargain of a deal, I loathe Shean Donovan)

Best trades:

1) NY Rangers acquiring Zherdev and Fritche for Tyutin and Backman
2) Minnesota acquiring Zidlicky for Jones and 2nd Round pick in 2009
3) For both sides, Edmonton acquires Erik Cole for Joni Pitkanen from Carolina
By: hfboards.com IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 1:06:44 AM
Michael Myers just tried to get the audience of the Tonight Show to clap for the Toronto Maple Leafs and he didn't get one single clap. That even saddens me.
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:33:47 AM
Of course, if Bertuzzi wasn't having all his cash taken from him for retaliating against that scumbag Steve Moore, he wouldn't have been a Duck, and therefore, wouldn't have failed as a Duck.
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:24:48 AM
"If I had run my team into the sewer like that I wouldn't throw a grenade at the other 29 teams and my own indirectly," said Burke.

Of course, the other side of the argument is that Pronger put Lowe out to pasture by basically demanding a trade to LA. It's not like you want to trade a Pronger. And Burke fucked him on the return. Nobody talks about that. So, Lowe fucked him back and might have taken a second Cup away. Without Penner, the Ducks didn't have nearly the same presence down low. Remember, the Wings outshot the Ducks in last year's playoffs, but the Ducks beat the shit out of their D. The only guy left standing was Chelios and he played great for a couple games, but couldn't quite get it done.
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:17:41 AM
At 6:00 Milty says the FDA should be abolished and that tort law will take care of the rest, so that it is in the best interest of the pharmaceutical companies to put out a good product.
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:12:23 AM
Milty is against nuclear power.....forward to 3:00 and stick with it.
By: Milty IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:09:23 AM
A Canadian team is to blame for sending the salary structure out of whack this time around. And it's Edmonton no less!
By: Kevin Lowe IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/3/2008 12:03:59 AM
Milty's wrong about equating the theatres and museums with Central Park. NYC offered side deals to the new buyers of the theatres so that they would keep them intact.
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:59:09 PM
Milty on
By: Libertarianism IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:56:40 PM
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By: Ol' Milty IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:40:30 PM
Well, I contend I was only on the ice for like 8 or 9 of the Squirrels' 22 goals. Very solid D all around.
BTW, I'm selling a 2005 Honda Accord EX Coupe, 51,500 miles on it. Gets great gas mileage. Asking Kelly Blue Book value of 14,500. Here's the Craigslist link: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/car/738784135.html
By: Nolan IP: 69.232.219.224 Date: - 7/2/2008 5:42:23 PM
Two best players on the Squirrels (so far) were former members of your team. DOH!

You seem to have had a decent game (offensively) yourself last week.
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 5:33:26 PM
I played vs. the Squirrels last week. They have more than enough impact players.
By: Nolan IP: 69.232.219.224 Date: - 7/2/2008 5:25:04 PM
At least they are entertaining and still have a good chance of going all the way (just like the Squirrels!)
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 5:04:15 PM
This offseason is starting off a lot like the Sharks' last couple: they do nothing while everyone else snaps up all the impact players, including those from the Sharks. Then they raise ticket prices and fold in the second round, all while staying $10 mil under the salary cap.
It's a measure of how bleak the Bay Area sports scene is that this is the most consistently successful team.
By: Nolan IP: 69.232.219.224 Date: - 7/2/2008 5:02:09 PM
A little slow there Coz:

Avery to Dallas. Now, that would have been a nice Sharks pickup
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:51:40 AM
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 4:28:56 PM
They should sign Laraque now.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:56:48 PM
You mean Avery or Morrow. What a terrible twosome.

By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:56:25 PM
Modano has 1 2 years tops.. they need to bring in a few more FAs
By: Coz IP: 130.36.62.139 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:52:10 PM
makes sense
By: Coz IP: 130.36.62.139 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:51:35 PM
More room for Mo
By: Coz IP: 130.36.62.139 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:51:13 PM
So, who's the bigger dick, Sean Avery or Brett Hull?
By: it's a push IP: 64.175.8.106 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:39:38 PM
Wow, that's scary.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:36:59 PM
Nice move
By: Stars sign Avery IP: 130.36.62.139 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:34:22 PM
Seems like the Hossa signing would put a lot of other teams in rebuild mode. Why would you sign a Sundin for 20 mil if you are in longterm mode? Makes no sense. Fuckin Vancouver!
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:27:46 PM
Basically, they could have added Rismiller and still be the favorites for the Cup. I would think they would have upgraded their goaltending as well...

Anaheim made the mistake of not making the extra move to repeat. It's going to be harder the next time around.

But Hossa is a major addition. And having Stuart for the entire season will further solidify their D. Maybe they can just keep Ozzie in there and not sweat.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:26:50 PM
They did before they signed Hossa.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:25:14 PM
Detroit doesn't have that kind of coin.
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:22:06 PM
He must have said no to Detroit. Or else all the other Swedes think he's a dick.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:07:01 PM
Looks like Sundin is gonna be a Nucklehead. Doubt Montreal will match 20 mil.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 3:06:27 PM
Patrick Rissmiller is now a New York Ranger
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 2:59:32 PM
The Rangers sent Fedor Tyutin and Christian Backman to Columbus in exchange for Nikolai Zherdev and Dan Fritsche.

Orpik signs in Pitt. for 6 years/3.75 per.


By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 2:48:18 PM
Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others


Anaheim, CA, resident Lance Holland, who drives 80 miles a day to his job in downtown Los Angeles, was among the proponents of public transit.

"Expanding mass transit isn't just a good idea, it's a necessity," Holland said. "My drive to work is unbelievable. I spend more than two hours stuck in 12 lanes of traffic. It's about time somebody did something to get some of these other cars off the road."
By: Onion IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 1:49:23 PM
Bush Urges Expanded Drilling Of Alaskan Wildlife

WASHINGTON, DC—The president reminded Congress Tuesday of the estimated 9.3 billion barrels of drillable bear, elk, and musk ox "right here on American soil."
By: Onion IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 1:47:47 PM
Andrew, "Same here!" in that context seems to mean she would take the guy too, not that she supports the idea of her friends getting back with him.

Crack parents and dot-com values: a winning combination!
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/2/2008 1:27:29 PM
NSFW:
u got that right henry no more forrest gump eeerr!!! mike rathje thank god. war queensryche!!!!
By: WOOKIE IP: 192.191.254.58 Date: - 7/2/2008 1:05:13 PM
I'll mostly miss Jessica Alba
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 12:35:22 PM
Clark, the Canadian Hockey Goalie (for those of you living under a rock who haven't seen it - its old!)
By: Ian IP: 67.174.244.148 Date: - 7/2/2008 12:25:58 PM
Warriors make huge bid for Brand. That'd be a great swap. But maybe they're pissed at Sterling and just want to drive Brand's price up.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 12:18:02 PM
The one who's pregnant is white (with a little Native American thrown in). And I don't think the friend was talking about stealing the bf, it was more like, "I wish I could get guys to love me, too!" They don't quite understand the power of the pussy (and its limitations) yet.
By: Nolan IP: 169.199.121.8 Date: - 7/2/2008 12:14:13 PM
If these are black kids, we can thank Ronald Reagan for flying in the crack in the 80's.
By: dc IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/2/2008 12:09:59 PM
The funniest (and worst part) is her friend would STILL steal the guy from her:

""Yea i hope but IDK its whatever. IF I could make him love me I would."
"I feel ya! >>>>>>>>Same here!<<<<<<<<<<""
By: dc IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/2/2008 12:06:03 PM
We are all going to hell. #1 reason not to have kids.
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 12:02:11 PM
So you're saying Nolan's increasing dumbness is correlated to but not caused by the knuckle-draggers?
By: chet IP: 66.127.51.170 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:48:05 AM
I always liked the students who wanted to go to Medical School... Forget the difference between correlation and causation, they just couldn't see it, regardless of which it was!
By: jon IP: 99.154.52.46 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:45:35 AM
AP- Oh, I know. I was being hyperbolic for comedic effect. Being in this environment really makes one a pessimist.
And it pains this English teacher's heart that I fucked up a homonym. I can only blame it on the fact that I'm getting dumber by the minute with these knuckle-draggers.
By: Nolan IP: 169.199.121.8 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:31:03 AM
Nolan: There are always gonna be douchebags

count on it

doesn't mean we are collectively fucked
By: ap IP: 132.190.12.40 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:26:39 AM
I can't believe the naivete of kids these days. To think that having a baby will help save the relationship?! That never used to happen..
By: chet IP: 66.127.51.170 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:26:09 AM
"I intercepted between to girls"
By: oops, wrong quote IP: 66.127.51.170 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:23:46 AM
"These cretins can't even be counted on to serve fries correctly."

ha spelling flames suck but ha ha ha
By: Irony Alert IP: 66.127.51.170 Date: - 7/2/2008 11:22:26 AM
Unlike Brad, I am teaching summer school. It's only five hours a day, but it's the most depressing, frustrating, soul-deadening five hours you can imagine. I have seen the future of America, and we are truly fucked. These cretins can't even be counted on to serve fries correctly.

As evidence, I shall now share with you the contents of a note I intercepted between to girls the other day. I'll bet you thought stuff like this only happened in Gloucester. I have not added or edited anything, except for the parenthesis where I explain "teenage speak" for the uninitiated:

"Yup its gonna suck. but they do have ways 2 make it less painful.."
"Eww!! did you want the baby or you forgot protection?"
"We wanted it."
"Oh dat's koo! What are your guys plans?!"
"They were to have a kid together & always be 2gether."
"HAHA Sounds good!"
"Yea but he hates me now"
"Wait, why, WTF (What the fuck)?"
"idk (I don't know) hym & this chick suposibly got bak 2gether & idk he just hates me so he never gonna see his kid."
"No!! Aww that Sucks! Wat if he finds out and claims him?!"
"He will claim him. Nat he treats me like shit fuck that Ill be a DAD & MOM 2 him."
"Yea! maybe the baby helps!"
"What?"
"I'm Saying maybe the baby helps the Relationship!"
"Yea i hope but IDK its whatever. IF I could make him love me I would."
"I feel ya! Same here!"
"Yea. My life sucks HAHA."

God help us. God help us all. Oh, btw, the pregnant one is 14.
By: Nolan IP: 169.199.121.8 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:56:49 AM
This is what happens when you give the Professor the summer off...

Avery to Dallas. Now, that would have been a nice Sharks pickup
By: . IP: 67.101.100.231 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:51:40 AM
I was referencing dc's summer league team name, if that is any help.
By: bb IP: 130.86.181.4 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:48:28 AM
I thought I was, but maybe I'm not. Let me rethink this entire exchange.

By: bb IP: 130.86.181.4 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:45:53 AM
Are you talking to me? Cuz you lost me. Hitting the bong this morning?
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:44:01 AM
Were you at the draft when these big decisions were made?

I'm looking for insider info here, though such things are probably very closely guarded.
By: bb IP: 130.86.181.4 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:30:14 AM
Adonal Foyle is also in that league, and is probably more fun to shoot the breeze with.
By: bb IP: 130.86.181.4 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:29:00 AM
I know the song but haven't seen the hockey thing.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:28:57 AM
I've been puzzling over this for months, and have finally gotten up the nerve to ask. Was the name "Danny Clarke, Canadian Hockey Goalie" inspired by the Belle and Sebastian song "Mike Piazza, New York Catcher"? (As in "Mike Piazza, New York Catcher, are you straight or are you gay?")

Just wondering.
By: bb IP: 130.86.181.4 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:25:55 AM
I used to go to those but I haven't been in over 10 years. Saw JKidd, Timmy, Shareef and a few others there. Great stuff.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:24:51 AM
Hossa to the Wings? 1 yr 7.4.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:24:01 AM
Monta is on one of the Kezar summer league teams! The NBA pros usually show up for only a couple of the games. If you haven't been there, check it out. It's free. You can walk in at game time and sit in the Jack Nicholson seats.
By: chet IP: 66.127.51.170 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:22:11 AM
Baron is a not so great shooter, who does get hot occasionally and dominates. But he shoots 20 times a game, most unwarranted and too early in the shot clock. But that's Nellie-ball.

Investing in Monta is a better decision, but bring someone else in to run the point and get some interior help. The draft picks might be able to do that but probably not for a couple years.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:04:40 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxMqDxtjw1U&feature=related
By: Mr. Bill for MC IP: 132.190.12.40 Date: - 7/2/2008 10:03:59 AM
Campbell didn't fit
By: CheeChoo IP: 130.36.62.139 Date: - 7/2/2008 9:57:44 AM
I was tired of the MC "priceless" commercials about 3 months after they started airing them, but the Mister Bill one cracks me up every time.


By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 9:57:19 AM
I can't blame Baron Davis for wanting to end his career in his hometown. He is thinking of his future, beyond basketball, and playing it out in LA makes sense for him.

The Warriors would have been dopes to give him a long-term deal. Hopefully he is able to play many games in the next five years, but I wouldnt bet my team's future on it.

And we can all be "surprised," etc. about how it went down, but we will never know what actually happened.

NHL: No crying that Campbell left San Jose?
By: ap IP: 132.190.12.40 Date: - 7/2/2008 9:52:10 AM
NorCal Sucks!!

Me and the boyz down here in SoCAl are going to have a field day beetin down yuz NorCAl Fools.... sactown and oaktown are going down
By: BoomDizzle IP: 130.36.62.139 Date: - 7/2/2008 9:47:20 AM
I'm not sure about the salary cap. But still, don't blame him for signing the contract.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 8:47:18 AM
season ending injury? Rathje hasn't played in a couple of years. The cheer is that he isn't even going to try, and thus won't be a liability on the ice, nor a hit to the salary cap.
By: jon IP: 67.180.101.233 Date: - 7/2/2008 8:41:08 AM
They had a winning record, I think, against the Wings this year. Maybe 4-3 won the eary games but the Wings took the late season games.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 8:22:32 AM
Would be nice to see all that offensive firepower finish 8th and upset the Wings in the first round.
By: dc IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:56:37 AM
Since they won't win the division. They will have to finish higher than the Ducks, Avs, Flames, Stars, etc. to get in that 4 or 5 slot. Tough assignment.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:37:03 AM
They can always pick someone up at the deadline.
By: dc IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:31:23 AM
I was thinking they were shooting for a 6-8 seed before these moves, now I think 4 or 5 is within reason.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:30:06 AM
Yeah, that's a concern, it is definitely offensively loaded. Seabrook has the potential to be a strong two way guy. He's big, physical and skates really well. Byfuglien is big and plays physically, but he takes dumb penalties and he's not a great skater. Most of these guys have good shots from the points and pass well. Savard wants to push the puck and they can do it. They're all pretty aggressive.

Niklas Hjalmarsson is strong defensively, could be their strongest stay at home guy.

By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:28:50 AM
Add Huet to that mix as well... Looks like enough for a playoff spot combined with the talent up front.
By: dc IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:09:09 AM
How good defensively are Seabrook, Byfuglien and Barker? Keith, Campbell and Sopel are strictly offense, no?
By: dc IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:08:23 AM
Blackhawks Defensemen

Brian Campbell
Brent Seabrook
Brent Sopel
Cam Barker
Niklas Hjalmarsson
Duncan Keith
Dustin Byfuglien
James Wisniewski
Jordan Hendry


By: not too shabby IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 7:01:20 AM
They're saying Brand and Baron had pre-arranged this. Baron could revive to franchises and still never leave the 2nd round of the playoffs.

I was hoping the Bulls could get Elton back. They'd be legit, if they did.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 6:54:57 AM
You're not improving the image of a Philly fan with that post, dude. Yay Season Ending Injury!!
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/2/2008 6:52:44 AM
THANK GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By: H IP: 128.107.248.220 Date: - 7/2/2008 2:57:35 AM
injured defenseman Mike Rathje, 34, will not be able to play next season.
By: the key point being IP: 128.107.248.220 Date: - 7/2/2008 2:57:17 AM
Jones, Cote sign. Defenseman Randy Jones and right winger Riley Cote signed and stayed off the free-agent market.

Jones signed a two-year, $5.5 million deal, while Cote signed a three-year pact for $1.65 million.

Jones, a puck-moving defenseman, said he was excited to "prove" he's worth the contract "and more."

Smith almost gone. Defenseman Jason Smith, last year's captain, is exploring the free-agent market. "I think he's going to make a lot more money than we can give him," Holmgren admitted.

Mike Richards is among the top captain candidates.

Holmgren said that center Jim Dowd, 39, probably would not be offered a contract, and that injured defenseman Mike Rathje, 34, will not be able to play next season.

By: Flyers news IP: 128.107.248.220 Date: - 7/2/2008 2:56:22 AM
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By: Cookie metal IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:51:21 PM
Sixers may nab Brand
By: H IP: 128.107.248.220 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:42:27 PM
now DEFINITELY give Baron's money to Elton Brand!
By: chet IP: 67.121.113.157 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:16:50 PM
Ryder was phased out of the offense. He doesn't like to share the puck, goes into traffic and tries to deke everyone out (loses the puck), is bad in his own end, has zero vision and pisses off teammates, shoots the puck every chance he gets (which is good and bad), and is an average skater with average size.

He plays hard though and Savard or Bergeron could turn him into a 40-goal man.

Good signing by the B's imo.

Dr. Bill was a big Metropolit fan. He impresses in short bursts, then goes away. The new rules work for him because of his speed and skill set and he works like a dog. You'll like him.
By: dc IP: 24.143.147.163 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:56:18 PM
Michael Ryder signs with the Bs. Whenever a Canadien goes to the Bruins (or vice versa), that's just wrong on so many levels...
By: AE IP: 71.135.101.234 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:24:04 PM
If you are at a tv, u have to turn it on

Crazy shit

Cain is pitching great and then the 3rd baseman makes a wild play

Good shit

By: ap IP: 209.183.55.5 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:17:40 PM
And a nice at bat followed by a nice catch

This game is/was worth watching.
By: ap IP: 209.183.55.7 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:00:37 PM
For Canada Day we should all remember our favorite beavers!


Oh Canada!
By: cg IP: 166.199.68.246 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:00:33 PM
From: harpers ferry, wv -
Cain vs Edmonds. Sweet matchup.
By: ap IP: 209.183.55.7 Date: - 7/1/2008 8:58:44 PM
90% of the baseball I've watched has been while in the Bay Area, and 90% of that has been the Bonds era, which means I've really only experienced Krukow. I'll have to trust you on Stone, and I am sure there are guys better than Krulow.

By: ap IP: 209.183.55.7 Date: - 7/1/2008 8:57:17 PM
I'm saddened to see Davis go. When he was on, it was fun to watch.The way he finished, the way he'd catch fire. Fun shit.

I'll enjoy watching more Monte, but I can't believe any of these guys can play 40 minutes a game for 70 games. Thay's a beating.

Still, the Warriors will be fun to watch.

By: ap IP: 209.183.55.7 Date: - 7/1/2008 8:54:22 PM
Are we gonna like Metropolit? I don't watch many Bruins games...
By: Henry IP: 128.107.248.220 Date: - 7/1/2008 8:46:41 PM
Good pick up by the Hawks
By: dan l IP: 65.110.134.26 Date: - 7/1/2008 7:23:06 PM
this one is much better



By: Ian IP: 67.174.244.148 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:57:22 PM
you can find ANYTHING on the internet!



By: Ian IP: 67.174.244.148 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:55:36 PM
Huge overpayment by the Isles. I'm so happy Montreal didn't overpay this guy. He can't even nail down a full-time 5-on-5 position. All his numbers are powerplay.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:47:19 PM
New York Islanders sign defenceman Mark Streit to a five-year contract worth $20.5 million
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:46:41 PM
Thanks, Jon. You know you were supposed to hit the NSFW button, don't you?

"Why can't all women be as classy as her? "
By: . IP: 68.164.174.155 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:31:26 PM
Canadiens no longer interested in Sundin.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:07:04 PM
Here's another potential free agent
By: jon IP: 99.154.52.46 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:01:44 PM
Sharks sitting there, doing nothing. They said they were going to spend a lot. Don't see it happening.
By: . IP: 68.164.174.155 Date: - 7/1/2008 5:01:33 PM
New York Rangers sign UFA defenceman Wade Redden to a six-year contract worth $39 million
By: . IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 4:58:16 PM
Best place for confirmed FAS
By: . IP: 68.164.174.155 Date: - 7/1/2008 4:02:45 PM
Rumor:

Hossa to Edm, Redden to Dal.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:52:55 PM
Rumor: Bulin Wall to LA.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:52:18 PM
Leafs sign Hagman and Cujo.

Tanking.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:51:39 PM
Rozsival back with the Rangers for 5 mil a pop and 4 years. Ouch.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:51:10 PM
Abortion activist to be given Canadian medal of honor.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:44:58 PM
Takes the Hawks out of the Sundin/Hossa/Jagr race though, most likely.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:43:14 PM
Rolston to Jersey.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:41:23 PM
That's expensive for a guy who is suspect in his own end. But the Hawks have D that compliment him. Chicago taking bold steps.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:35:51 PM
Chicago signs UFA defenceman Brian Campbell to an 8 year deal worth $56.8-million
By: crikey IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:35:10 PM
I like the guy, but not for $7.1 million per year.
By: . IP: 68.164.174.155 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:14:41 PM
Campbell to the Blackhawks.
By: . IP: 68.164.174.155 Date: - 7/1/2008 3:13:11 PM
Isn't today "Club a Canadian" day?
By: . IP: 67.101.150.115 Date: - 7/1/2008 2:15:48 PM
HAPPY CANADA DAY, EH?

The Sir Francis Drake in Union Square has the Canuck flag flying.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 2:10:09 PM
i'm used to seeing "pussy" near Marleau's name, but not "snatch"
By: George Carlin IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 2:04:13 PM
Big changes in Edmonton. Pitkanen for Erik Cole. Huge deal. Then they add Brule for nothing and Visnovski from LA for a couple checking liners. Nice manouvering.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 2:02:18 PM
You can snatch a quick Patty Marleau for 45 bones.
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By: HockeyGiant IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:58:33 PM
Some interesting names still out there:

Bertuzzi, Holik, Huselius, Hale, Forsberg (depending on health, might retire), Sakic, Miettinen, Hagman, Blake (who has been begging to stay in LA), Rolston, Demitra, Satan, Avery, Rozsival, Shanahan, Straka, Jagr, Redden, Jason Smith, Hossa, Orpik (who will be overpaid), Campbell, Sundin, Morrison, Naslund, Federov.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:57:11 PM
Greg Papa rules but is wasted on baseball. I like Tim Roy okay, but Greg Papa is the Voice of the Warriors. I hereby demand his return.
By: chet IP: 66.127.51.170 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:55:04 PM
"The Vancouver Canucks are being aggressive on the free agent market, offering a two-year, $20 million deal to Mats Sundin."

"Sources tell TSN the Canucks offer includes a $5 million signing bonus, plus $5 million to play in 2008-09. There would be $5 million due on July 1, 2009 and another $5 million to play in 2009-2010.

Sundin is said to be flattered by the offer, however he continues to absorb interest from a number of teams and hasn't yet decided as to whether he will play or not next season."
By: TSN IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:50:04 PM
The Huet and Theo contracts are undisclosed.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:48:38 PM
Good move, Khabi is under contract for one more year and getting up there. They got a little bit younger with Huet. I can't find any numbers on the contract. Khabi makes 6.75 next year, maybe he'll get traded.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:39:18 PM
Rumor is the Penguins have made an offer to Jagr. Yikes. That would be scary.




By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:37:23 PM
Ottawa signs Auld to back up Gerber. I think the window has closed in Ottawa. Bye-eeee.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:36:42 PM
Detroit wraps up Brad Stuart longterm. Nice sign. Stuart has upside.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:35:58 PM
Caps sign Theodore, Bolts sign Ollie.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:35:20 PM
Hawks have signed Huet. Obviously Khabi is on his way out. Wonder if they then have enough to pitch Hossa.
By: dc IP: 99.171.70.9 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:34:41 PM
I'm dominating the board today. take that dc.

"• Lafayette: You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person."
a busload of Sexagenarian Chinese women could create chaos in Lafayette.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:28:01 PM
Pens make offer to Jagr.

KDKA, incidentally, was the first commerically licensed radio station in the US.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:21:44 PM
Now the rumor is GDubs offer 5/100 for Agent Zero.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:18:09 PM
Ump was squeezing BZ last night, but they called Lilly the same way. Lilly has a better fastball, and a variety of fastballs. One problem for Zito, his breaking ball is so good that the ump gives up on it too early.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:10:33 PM
Wizards have extended Gilbert a six-year offer worth $127 million. Wow. Baron knows what he's doing, I guess.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:07:30 PM
Oh yes, Greg Papa is très bon... We have a lot of strong media personalities around here, not just the usual bunch of homers, so we're kind of spoiled. But I like to be spoiled.
By: bb IP: 68.165.5.111 Date: - 7/1/2008 1:03:44 PM
NSFW:
Atlanta, where dat booty at?
By: whoop_there it is IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 12:58:15 PM
Can we agree on the greatest of Greg Papa? I only called you MS, because I like Miller and complimented him before I offered by critique. King was past his prime at the end, there. Happens to all of them. See Vin Scully for the latest example. Both Kuipers doing a good job.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 12:36:59 PM
You have every right to point out flaws; everyone has them, but you also made what I think is an eccentric claim about who is the best baseball announcer in the area, and I simply disagreed.

The King is dead, long live the Miller. I heard King with Korach a few times, and I guess they worked fairly well, but I suspect that King was long past his prime. He seemed kind of abrupt and lacking in passion, compared to his earlier days (at least judging by the clips I've heard). Korach was good at smoothing out the rough spots, and so they had a certain rhythm. They were certainly better than Kruk and Kuyp, though Kuyp is fine by himself. I was kidding about Fleming, but all he really lacks is experience (obviously). He's smart (Stanford guy) and has good pipes.

As far as being "Mr. Sensitive" goes, I have no personal stake in any of this, since I came to the Bay Area as a baseball neutral and have remained so, more or less. However, we're friends so you can call me Touchy for short.


By: bb IP: 68.165.5.111 Date: - 7/1/2008 12:30:00 PM
I can't think of any FA PG's. Maybe TJ Ford would have been a good fit, but Toronto traded him to Indiana. They had to make a decision, Calderon or Ford.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 12:14:11 PM
Let Baron go, he is to hollywood for the Warriors.

Warriors need to get a gritty, down to earth players who knows how to win.

Is KG available?

But reallly, Warriors shoild let him go, he only played 1 full year out of the last 6, chances are he'll get back on extened IR next year.
By: Coz IP: 130.36.62.141 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:47:45 AM
And since all trades have to be equal in value, by a certain percentage. he will fit under the new team's cap.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:42:26 AM
I think that falls under the Larry Bird rule, where you can exceed your cap to retain your players. Then they trade him.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:41:38 AM
Can the Warriors sign Baron for more than other teams? I thought UFAs didn't have any restrictions. But people are saying they may do a sign and trade. I thought that usually worked for restricted free agents. Why do sign and trade if you're UFA? Salary cap issues?

please to explain
By: chet IP: 66.127.51.170 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:39:14 AM
And no, Fleming isn't as good as Korach.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:31:15 AM
I said that Jon Miller is a very good announcer, and I mentioned one thing he does poorly, mr. sensitive. Korach has plenty of stories, but he doesn't let them get in the way of doing his job. Miller does. Bill King and Korach was the best combo and King was even more worldly than Miller, funnier, more sophisticated and a better baseball man.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:29:26 AM
Dave Fleming is every bit as good as Korach.

Take that!
By: bb IP: 68.165.5.111 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:18:32 AM
Oh, fie on you for being such a purist, em. Jon Miller is in a different league than Korach altogether. At least he has those stories to tell. Korach is way too by-the-book; his mellow tones seem forced, whereas Miller is genuinely cool. He's widely read, well-traveled, has many non-baseball interests, etc. Miller is the only reason to listen to any Giants game this year, and can make you want to listen to almost anything that's going on; Korach is fine if you really care about the A's. If not, he won't move your needle at all.

In my humble opinion.
By: bb IP: 68.165.5.111 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:16:25 AM
Laws still on the books in California:

• A city ordinance states that a $500 fine will be given to anyone who detonates a nuclear device within city limits.
• Alhambra: You cannot leave your car on the street overnight without the proper permit.
• Animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
• A regulation in San Francisco makes it unlawful to use used underwear to wipe off cars in a car wash.
• Arcadia: Peacocks have the right of way to cross any street, including driveways.
• A server in California can be convicted of selling to a minor if the purchaser uses a false or altered ID to buy the alcohol.
• Baldwin Park: Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
• Bathhouses are against the law.
• Belvedere City Council order reads: "No dog shall be in a public place without its master on a leash."
• Blythe: You are not permitted to wear cowboy boots unless you already own at least two cows.
• Burlingame: It is illegal to spit, except on baseball diamonds; Carmel Ice cream may not be eaten while standing on the sidewalk. (Repealed when Clint Eastwood was mayor); Women may not wear high heels while in the city limits.
• California only fairly recently legalized the sale of alcoholic beverages in nudist colonies.
• Car wash attendants in San Francisco, California may not use old pairs of underware to wash or dry vehicles.
• Chico: Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.
• Community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
• Downey: It is illegal to wash your car in the street. (Passed 1995).
• Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.
• Hollywood: It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
• In 1838, the city of Los Angeles passed an ordinance requiring that a man obtain a license before serenading a woman.
• In Los Angeles courts it is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
• In Berkeley, Calif., you can't whistle for an escaped bird before 7 a.m.
• In 1930, the City Council of Ontario passed an ordinance forbidding roosters to crow within the city limits.
• In an animal shelter, lizards and snakes are treated under the same guidelines as cats and dogs.
• In Baldwin Park, California nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
• In California, community leaders passed an ordinance that makes it illegal for anyone to try and stop a child from playfully jumping over puddles of water.
• In California it is illegal to have caller ID
• In California it's against regulations to let phones ring more than nine times in state offices.
• In California you may not set a mouse trap without a hunting license.
• In California, selling a gold piece without tooth marks in it is considered forgery.
• In California, animals are banned from mating publicly within 1,500 feet of a tavern, school, or place of worship.
• In Los Angeles, years ago it was legal to cook in your bedroom, but not to sleep in your kitchen.
• In Los Angeles a man is legally entitled to beat his wife with a leather belt or strap, but the belt can't be wider than 2 inches, unless he has his wife's consent to beat her with a wider strap. Consent should be given prior to the event, as is carefully stipulated.
• In Los Angeles, you cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time.
• In the 1940's, California law made it illegal to serve alcohol to a gay person.
• In Riverside, California, kissing on the lips, unless both parties wipe their lips with carbonized rose water, is against the local health ordinance. (Someone needed to be kissed!)
• In San Francisco it's illegal to play poker in public or gamble in a barricaded room.
• In San Francisco, it's illegal to beat a rug in front of your house.
• In Ventura County, California, cats and dogs are not allowed to have sex without a permit.
• It is a misdemeanor to shoot at any kind of game from a moving vehicle, unless the target is a whale.
• It is a violation of the California Alcoholic Beverage Control Act for producers of alcohol beverages to list the names of retailers or restaurants that sell their products in advertising or even in newsletters.
• It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent.
• It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
• It is illegal to cry on the witness stand.
• It is illegal to drive more than two thousand sheep down Hollywood Boulevard at one time.
• It is illegal to eat an orange in your bath tub
• It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner.
• It is illegal to set a mouse trap without a hunting license.
• Lafayette: You are forbidden to spit on the ground within 5 feet of another person.
• Lodi: It is illegal to own or sell "Silly String".
• Lompoc: It is illegal to posses, own or raise roosters. This is considered disturbing the peace.
• Long Beach: Cars are the only item allowed in a garage; It is illegal to curse on a mini-golf course.
• Los Angeles law forbids hunting moths under a street light.
• Los Angeles: It is illegal for a man to beat his wife with a strap wider than 2 inches without her consent; You cannot bathe two babies in the same tub at the same time; You may not hunt moths under a street light; It is illegal to cry on the witness stand; Toads may not be licked; It is a crime for dogs to mate within 500 yards of a church (Breaking this law is punishable by a fine of $500 and/or six months in prison); Zoot suits are prohibited.
• Many animals are illegal to own as pets, including snails, sloths, and elephants.
• Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
• No alcohol beverages can be displayed within five feet of a cash register of any store in California that sells both alcohol and motor fuel.
• No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles per hour.
• Nobody is allowed to ride a bicycle in a swimming pool.
• Oakland, Calif., makes it illegal to grow a tree in front of your neighbor's window and block his view. However, you're off the hook if the tree is one that town officials consider an attractive tree, such as a redwood or box elder.
• One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.
• Ontario: Roosters may not crow in the city limits.
• Pacific Grove: Molesting butterflies can result in a $500 fine.
• Palm Springs: It is illegal to walk a camel down Palm Canyon Drive between the hours of four and six PM.
• Pasadena: It is illegal for a secretary to be alone in a room with her boss.
• Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street.
• Prunedale: Two bathtubs may not be installed in the same house.
• Redlands: Motor vehicles may not drive on city streets unless a man with a lantern is wallking ahead of it.
• Riverside: One may not carry a lunch down the street between 11 and 1 o'clock.
• San Diego: It is illegal to shoot jackrabbits from the back of a streetcar; The owners of houses with Christmas lights on them past February second may be fined up to $250.
• San Francisco has an ordinance prohibiting "cane games." City officials have no idea what cane games are. But when revising city laws recently, officials decided to keep the prohibition on the books, in case someday, somehow, cane games came back, they were deemed improper and the city needed the law.
• San Francisco is said to be the only city in the nation to have ordinances guaranteeing sunshine to the masses.
• San Francisco: Prohibits elephants from strolling down Market Street unless they are on a leash; It is illegal to wipe one's car with used underwear; Persons classified as "ugly" may not walk down any street; It is illegal to pile horse manure more than six feet high on a street corner; Giving or receiving oral sex is prohibited.
• San Francisco bans any "mechanical device that reproduces obscene language."
• San Francisco prohibits kerchoo powders and stink balls.
• San Jose: It is illegal to have more than two cats or dogs. -Ord. 7.08.595
• Santa Monica: You may not play percussion instruments on the beach.
• Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses.
• Temecula: Ducks have the right of way to cross Rancho California St. at all times.
• The Chico, California, City Council enacted a ban on nuclear weapons, setting a $500 fine for anyone detonating one within city limits.
• The city of San Francisco holds a copyright on the name "San Francisco." It is illegal to manufacture any item with the name without first getting permission from the city. Since the Supreme Court upheld the copyright, San Francisco has had an annual $300 million surplus every year.
• The Santa Monica, Calif., City Council recently proposed that men be allowed to use women's public restrooms when there's a line of three or more at the mens' room, and vice versa.
• Women may not drive in a house coat.
• You can be fined $500 if you bother a butterfly in Pacific Grove, Ca.
By: dumb laws IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:15:41 AM
Ken Korach is pretty good, but I still like the KNBR crew

By: Coz IP: 130.36.62.141 Date: - 7/1/2008 11:01:11 AM
Larry Brooks says the Bruins have offered Hossa a 12 yr/100 mil contract.
By: dc IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:47:44 AM
Ken Korach is the best announcer in the bay area. A's radio. Steve Stone is the best I've heard, and he does a way better job on the pitcher/catcher stuff than Krukow. The guy just bugs me.

And, agreed, when the team is getting killed, all announcers drift off into weird territory. Jon Miller is a very good announcer, but occasionally he gets lost in story telling at the expense of the action of any game, blowout or not.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:40:00 AM
Generally I like Krukow, but that's only because I've come to appreciate the pitcher-batter aspect of the game more than when I was younger, and Krukow was the guy who made that happen for me. But I do get tired of his crowd nonsense, which comes out in spades when the Giants are getting their asses kicked. It's not as prevalent when it's a close game.

Honestly, I don't have much to compare him (them) to, since I never watch A's broadcasts. I hate the cameras that are used for the A's. The color on the Giants broadcast is much deeper than on the A's. I figure the cameras must be owned by the stadium, since they are both on the same network, now, but the broadcasts have a much different look from one another.

I like McCarver, but only when he's drunk.
By: ap IP: 132.190.12.40 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:34:28 AM
Two years ago, Cubs gave Ted Lilly 4/40 and he's been better than BZ (8/127). Never would have thought that and I liked Lilly.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:07:26 AM
Cubs announcers aren't homers, at least compared to Harry Carray. It's the White Sox homers that are notorious homers. Bob Brenley and Len Kasper are the Cubs announcers, they're okay. I don't mind announcers being homers. In some instances they're paid by the team. Like the Cubs were owned by the Trib, which owned WGN. KNBR owns part of the Giants. Krukow was a Cub before he was a Giant. He's just an annoying announcer with the ball dudes and the eliminate thing.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 10:05:51 AM
I think Krukow was just trying to match the Cubs homer announcers, they were trying to show how pathetic the Cubs announcers are. LOL

Can't listen to the TV, need to have KNBR on..
By: Coz IP: 130.36.62.141 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:48:30 AM
I'd love for the Bulls to get Elton, but yeah, he'd fit on most teams. He says he's going to stay a Clip, though, even though he declared ufa.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:32:47 AM
give Baron's money to Elton Brand?
By: chet IP: 67.121.113.157 Date: - 7/1/2008 9:25:42 AM
Best Beard in sports? Mike Piazza's wife or Amanda.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 8:49:46 AM
I deserve 11mill for my beard alone...best one in all of sports if you don't count the nhl playoffs...
By: B. Davis IP: 74.2.242.193 Date: - 7/1/2008 8:40:16 AM
If I were the Warriors, I'd let Baron walk. And if I were Baron, I'd cash that $17.8 check. Who knows though, he wants to play for the Knicks or Lakers or a team like that. They might throw mad cash at him. Risky signing. If the Warriors could lock him for the 10-12 range, that'd be great. Antawn just signed for 11ish a year. He's as valuable to Wash. as Baron is to the Warriors. Maybe more, if you consider Monta's emergence and potential. Hard to say if a more convention pg would fit with Nelson. The way the team is built now, including BD, there is an artificial cap on their success. And I said that last year during their playoff run. But does Nellie want to coach a differently/more conventionally styled team? They're committed to giving Biedrins and Ellis new contracts, not sure what they'll have left for Baron. He did play his ass of for the Warriors and was mostly healthy, especially last year. Tough choices.
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 8:28:52 AM
Giants broadcast was unbearable last night. the fascination with people in the crowd, some guy and his kid got about 2 minutes on the air and they were doing absolutely nothing. Another shot of two old timers, both inexplicably wearing jerseys, Giants guy had a glove. Krukow- "that's the difference, right there between a Cubs fan and a Giants fan". What a fucking moron. Then the camera shows people making sundaes and they do sundae cam as someone brings up a sundae for the Krukow. A bunch of dumb comments, some while the camera shows Krukow throwing a ball into his mitt. Yeah, we get it you're a gamer, Mike. Does he always do that?
By: em IP: 209.213.209.50 Date: - 7/1/2008 7:52:30 AM