by: Eric Simon on Apr 1, 2008 12:10 AM | Filed under: Link Dumps

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1. Comment posted by fatt lipp on April 1, 2008 at 3:27 pm (#640902)

   I just watched ep #1 of The Wire Season #1 (introduction of McNulty, hot black lesbian cop, et al). I’m not, like, a dinosaur who’s woefully behind the times or anything, am I?


2. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 3:28 pm (#640903)

   Hot black lesbian WHAT?


3. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 3:29 pm (#640904)

   I had a lot of problems with The Departed.

4. Comment posted by Danny on April 1, 2008 at 3:29 pm (#640905)

   There there, lipp. Piazza’s still a Met. Have some tapioca, ok?

5. Comment posted by fatt lipp on April 1, 2008 at 3:30 pm (#640906)

   I had a lot of problems with The Departed.

   I think I’m getting a little tired of Boston-based TV and film in general. Enough already with pahkin the cah.

6. Comment posted by fatt lipp on April 1, 2008 at 3:31 pm (#640907)

   There there, lipp. Piazza’s still a Met. Have some tapioca, ok?

   Hold on. Give me a minute to put in my teeth.


7. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 3:32 pm (#640908)

   I just thought it was very mediocre compared to Infernal Affairs.

8. Comment posted by Danny on April 1, 2008 at 3:32 pm (#640909)

   LOL lipp


9. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 3:33 pm (#640910)

   Ronaldo is diving all over the place and Roma is taking into their own hands to beat his ass up with big challenges.

   1-0 ManU at halftime.

10. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 3:35 pm (#640911)

    What Martinez doesn’t want in a forecast is wind. He made that point several times during Spring Training. Wind makes the baseball feel slick and undermines his touch pitches. And the forecast for the Mets’ second game, Tuesday night, is wind.

11. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:35 pm (#640912)

    Ive pretty much accepted the fact Man U is winning the premier league…..hopefully aresnal can do some damage in the champions league.

12. Comment posted by Dave in Spain on April 1, 2008 at 3:35 pm (#640913)

    1-0. Like the final score of 90% of all soccer games. Yawn.

13. Comment posted by Danny on April 1, 2008 at 3:36 pm (#640914)

    Dave, it must be tough to live in Spain and not watch the soccer!

14. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:36 pm (#640915)

    lol. Unless your Derby, then your games are more like 0-6 lol

15. Comment posted by Danny on April 1, 2008 at 3:37 pm (#640916)

    Future, Ronaldo is the best player in the world. Embrace his brilliance!

16. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:40 pm (#640917)

    ok im done ranking on Derby………but seriously how did they get promoted to the premier league lol. Are all the championship teams as bad as derby is? lol

17. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:41 pm (#640918)

    my other team (nottingham forest) is doing well……they gonna get promoted lol.


18. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 3:41 pm (#640919)

    http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/23880849/


19. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 3:43 pm (#640920)

    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23903128/

20. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:44 pm (#640921)

    how can bekham be a fool? Dude is getting paid. The Galaxy are the fools there.

21. Comment posted by Lister on April 1, 2008 at 3:46 pm (#640922)

    BASEBALL!

22. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:48 pm (#640923)

    u mean that started already? lol


23. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 3:50 pm (#640924)

    What’s baseball?

24. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:51 pm (#640925)

    I suppose we can go back to talking about fans wanting to leave santana in after 100 pitches or ppl getting on castillo for not hustling lol


25. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 3:52 pm (#640926)

    What are you talking about, john? Castillo never hustles. Fat pig of a 2nd baseman.

26. Comment posted by Lister on April 1, 2008 at 3:52 pm (#640927)

    Baseball is better than soccer is what.

27. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:53 pm (#640928)

    It is better.

    But soccer is still cool.

28. Comment posted by Lister on April 1, 2008 at 3:55 pm (#640929)

    Agreed. I was just saying.

    It’s fun that it’s the season again.

    It was a long cold winta.

29. Comment posted by john on April 1, 2008 at 3:57 pm (#640930)

    True. And especially for me since my other teams in other sports didnt do that well. Usually I can get by the winter by watching soccer and college basketball and NFL, however this year its been extremely hard with the fins only winning 1 game and UK kinda in a rebuilding mode.

    Im glad baseball is back. Plus this has a chance to be a very good season for the mets :)


30. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:02 pm (#640931)

    In fact, it was a hazy shade of winter, I’d say.


31. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:04 pm (#640932)

    Come on, guys, sing along. It’s the Bangles for crissakes!


32. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:05 pm (#640933)

    (P. Simon)
    Bangles

    Time, time, time
    See what’s become of me

    Time, time, time
    See what’s become of me
    While I looked around
    For my possibilities
    I was so hard to please

    Look around
    Leaves are brown
    And the sky
    Is a hazy shade of winter

    Hear the salvation army band
    Down by the riverside
    It’s bound to be a better ride
    Than what you’ve got planned
    Carry a cup in your hand

    Look around
    Leaves are brown
    And the sky
    Is a hazy shade of winter

    Hang on to your hopes my friend
    That’s an easy thing to say
    But if your hopes should pass away
    Simply pretend
    That you can build them again

    Look around
    Grass is high
    Fields are ripe
    It’s the springtime of my life

    Seasons change with the scenery
    Weaving time in a tapestry
    Won’t you stop and remember me

    Look around
    Leaves are brown
    And the sky
    It’s a hazy shade of winter

    Look around
    Leaves are brown
    There’s a patch of snow on the ground


33. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:07 pm (#640934)

    He will sacrifice some average to gain HR power as he gets older, but I could be wrong. Just an instinct I have. I also bet he moves down in the order a bit, becoming a fixture at the #3 spot when Chipper rides off into the distance, accounting for the increased RBIs.

    Regardless, he’s a terrific young player with a very bright future.

    This guy actually thinks Yunel Escobar will end up a #3 hitter….


34. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 4:09 pm (#640936)

    Rooney makes it 2, awful defending by Roma.

35. Comment posted by Ed in Westchester 2.0 on April 1, 2008 at 4:10 pm (#640937)

    Susannah Hoffs was quite cute back in the day.

    Those shifty little eyes looked like shark eyes.


36. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:13 pm (#640938)

    Oh yeah, she was definitely a cutie. That moment with the shifty eyes in “Walk Like an Egyptian” spellbound me.


37. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:15 pm (#640939)

    Hoffs appeared in the first Austin Powers movie as a member of the fictitious 1960s rock group Ming Tea, fronted by the title character. In real-life, Ming Tea consisted of actor Mike Myers, Hoffs, Canadian musician/producer Christopher Ward, and singer Matthew Sweet. This group made a number of television performances (with Myers in character as Powers) and had a minor hit with the song “BBC”. Hoffs returned with the group in the second and third Austin Powers films.


38. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 4:36 pm (#640941)

    ManU 2-0 winners. With the away goal rule they’ve basically clinched a place in the semis against Barca.


39. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:51 pm (#640942)

    Rays bought out the last three years of Rocco Baldelli’s contract.


40. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 4:52 pm (#640943)

    Where did everyone go?

41. Comment posted by Ed in Westchester 2.0 on April 1, 2008 at 4:53 pm (#640944)

    To celebrate the ManU win Future.

    blip


42. Comment posted by Lunkwill Fook on April 1, 2008 at 4:57 pm (#640945)

    hahaha Alou admits he would never have got the Bartman ball even if Bartman wasn’t there.

    “You know what the funny thing is?” he added a moment later. “I wouldn’t have caught it, anyway.”

43. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 5:01 pm (#640946)

    From Adam Rubin:

    Today’s lineup is virtually identical to yesterday. The only twist: With the Mets facing a righthander, Rick VandenHurk, lefty-hitting Ryan Church slides up to sixth, followed by Angel Pagan at No. 7.


44. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:01 pm (#640947)

    I think it’s kind of dick that he didn’t say that right after and let Cubs fans hate the guy.

45. Comment posted by Dep on April 1, 2008 at 5:09 pm (#640948)

    Alou said that today?????

    LMFAO!

    kinda jerky. he could have saved Bartman probly millions in counseling fees

46. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 5:10 pm (#640949)

    Future, it would have changed nothing. Cub fans needed a scapegoat and he was it.


47. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:13 pm (#640950)

    I think it would have helped a lot if Alou had said that Bartman didn’t change anything.

    What *really* should have happened was Alex Gonzalez should have taken the blame for his horrible error.

48. Comment posted by Danny on April 1, 2008 at 5:16 pm (#640951)

    I think Alou is just being nice now. He would have caught it. The picture basically confirms it. He’s closing his glove and Bartman’s arm is right over the top of it.

49. Comment posted by Danny on April 1, 2008 at 5:16 pm (#640952)

    http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39462000/jpg/_39462790_fan203.jpg


50. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:18 pm (#640953)

    I think so too Danny, but it would have had a much more positive effect if he had just said that then.

51. Comment posted by bcuster on April 1, 2008 at 5:18 pm (#640954)

    Bartman

    a notre dame grad…

52. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 5:18 pm (#640955)

    You’re right, Danny. He would have caught it.

53. Comment posted by Danny on April 1, 2008 at 5:19 pm (#640956)

    He was probably still pissed, Future. You know how competitive Alou is.


54. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:19 pm (#640957)

    bcuster I never saw your answer: did you graduate from ND?


55. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:20 pm (#640958)

    And are you going to Denver? My in laws have an extra ticket.

56. Comment posted by bcuster on April 1, 2008 at 5:20 pm (#640959)

    yes, i did

57. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 5:20 pm (#640960)

    This from David Lennon…about the Castillo base-running.

    I’ve already heard from one reader about Luis Castillo and his failure to score from first when Carlos Beltran’s double popped out of Cody Ross’ glove. Sorry, but I have to side with manager Willie Randolph on this one. The Mets were coming off a 7-2 win that featured Santana’s debut and the third question of the day was about Castillo not scoring? Castillo is on two balky knees, and if I remember correctly, third-base coach Sandy Alomar had the stop sign on. By the time shortstop Hanley Ramirez picked up the ball and dropped it again, it was too late for Castillo to make a dash for the plate.

    I know some of you want to call this a breakdown in fundamentals, and call it a reflection of Randolph’s shortcomings as manager, but I’d have to disagree. Castillo plays the game as hard as anyone in the Mets’ clubhouse, and harder than most, so I think he gets a pass on this one.


58. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:22 pm (#640961)

    I’m not blaming Castillo: Sandy “I’m blind as a bat” Alomar is never right. He’s either sending them to get thrown out or holding them when they could score.

59. Comment posted by bcuster on April 1, 2008 at 5:23 pm (#640962)

    thanks for the offer, future. i can’t travel right now. i’ve got some gamewatch parties sked, though. 3 of my brothers went to bc, so if nd & bc meet in the finals all hell will break loose around here…


60. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:25 pm (#640963)

    Hahaha, you were the prodigal son and they were the Irish Rejects? ;)

61. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 5:26 pm (#640964)

    I didn’t post that for you Future. I just posted it because we had a discussion about it this morning. This had nothing to do with you. Sorry if you thought it did.

62. Comment posted by bcuster on April 1, 2008 at 5:27 pm (#640965)

    we all applied; i’m the only one who got in to nd…


63. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:27 pm (#640966)

    I’m disappointed man, you got the cheap flights out of Chicago and you should be able to find tickets cheap with CC and Denver being out.

    Bad ND fan, having a life and shit!


64. Comment posted by tim from STL. on April 1, 2008 at 5:28 pm (#640967)

    wow…that’s a lot of tuition. I will assume you are all smarties who got free rides though.

65. Comment posted by Dep on April 1, 2008 at 5:29 pm (#640968)

    we all applied; i’m the only one who got in to nd…

    RUDY!

    RUDY!

    RUDY!


66. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:29 pm (#640969)

    Shea, I didn’t think it was for me but I think it is stupid for the media to blame Castillo for not scoring. Of course when it happened in real time I was a little miffed he hadn’t scored but on replay it wasn’t his fault but Sandy’s.


67. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:30 pm (#640970)

    Haha, like I said bcuster, you were the prodigal son.

68. Comment posted by bcuster on April 1, 2008 at 5:30 pm (#640971)

    i followed thhe team around the ccha a bit this winter, but i just can’t do it now. thankfully the games will be on in hd on espn2

69. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 5:33 pm (#640972)

    I think it is stupid for the media to blame Castillo for not scoring.

    I totally agree Future.

70. Comment posted by Dep on April 1, 2008 at 5:34 pm (#640974)

    haha, Fatcessa cursed on the air today.

    oopsie


71. Comment posted by Bob Loblaw on April 1, 2008 at 5:36 pm (#640976)

    Francessa interrupted his incessent “bluh bluh bluh”-ing to utter an actual curse? Nice.

72. Comment posted by Dep on April 1, 2008 at 5:37 pm (#640978)

    Tigers are in “deep s**t” this year


73. Comment posted by Bob Loblaw on April 1, 2008 at 5:40 pm (#640979)

    snot?


74. Comment posted by Future on April 1, 2008 at 5:42 pm (#640980)

    In the same vein, I am a little miffed at how Willie gets the blame for his bullpen decisions but the media ignores Sandy Alomar being a moron out there as third base coach.

    That’s not to defend Willie, and Sandy was his choice…but Sandy is terrible.

75. Comment posted by Dep on April 1, 2008 at 5:42 pm (#640981)

    Did you set up your law blog yet? ;)

76. Comment posted by Ed in Westchester 2.0 on April 1, 2008 at 5:43 pm (#640982)

    Really Mike?
    And what happens to the Yanks if Hughes and Kennedy falter? Or if Mussina goes back to last year.

    Every team has holes or potential problems.

77. Comment posted by Dep on April 1, 2008 at 5:47 pm (#640983)

    aight y’all. time for deppy to go help raise some money for somebody and hunt down a TV for 7pm!

    Shea, leave your phone on (just in case)!

    ENJOY THE GAME!

    GO PEDRO!

    VIVA LOS METS!

78. Comment posted by sheadenizen on April 1, 2008 at 5:50 pm (#640985)

    it’s on, dep. it’s on…not to worry!

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