Bullpen

I don't doubt your neighbor's motives at all. I was just sayin this guy sold us dime-bag of oregano and when we found out, we subtly took him to task on it. ... actually picked George Mason... gimme a fuggin break.

Sounds like QWEST needs a big "Is This Good For the Company" banner. Yeeeeaaaaah, that would be greeeaaat.

I saw this on the local news last night and figured must be I had one-too-many beers or something, because there's no way this could be a true story. Then I read it in the morning rag... wow. Some companies take themselves waaaaaaaay too seriously.

Interesting enough, the article isn't listed on the page 2 car-wreck mainpage today. Normally those featured writers articles stay up for at least 2 or 3 days before being archived. Maybe enough reader feedback prompted them to move it already?

Happy birthday folks! (and again, even though he hasn't posted anything yet, my wishes are more sincere than Beerball's) I'll be hoisting one to the three you on "hookey-day!"

Might as well get this out of the way too: "Should we get a paver?"

I've got a bad feeling about my G-town/homer pick... I can't explain why (maybe their horrible showing in the Big East final?), but I just think that one's going to throw me outta contention quicker than shat on a shovel. See ya all tomorrow... Hookey day for me with Texas and G-town both playing in daytime games!!!

You're gonna have to rally like the Dukies did today my man. I wouldn't worry too much, we've got a wad of games tomorrow and sooner or later the shat will hit everyone's fan in some form or another.

I saw that too... first thing I thought (again, I have an almost unhealthy hate for anything Boston-centric) "Wow when did Belicheat* start coaching basketball?" Not sure it will catch up with them, but Karma is a cruel mistress, UCLA. Wonder what Mr. Wooden would think of that... One other observation, did anyone catch that #43 from WVU (Smalligan)? Dude looks like he had some eligibility left from 1978 or something. This link doesn't do it justice, but he looks to be "middle-aged man." Before some asks for link: http://www.msnsportsnet.com/profile.cfm?id...mp;sport=mbball Somewhere I think there's a middle school in America that is a man-down in the guidance counselor department.

LAMP (or LAMD look at my dog, if you will) post: Thurman must have seen a "seam" developing off tackle this evening because he just went "Kool-aid man" on our screen door on our garden level exit from the basement. I was pissed at first, but once I realized he was okay and he gives me those doe-eyes, I can't stay mad. I gotta admit and 85-pound greyhound busting through the screen at about 20 to 25 mph is pretty fuggin impressive... pulled the screen off clean, not a single tear.

I was wondering if you might run some recon for us Tom... You're right about Lily Dale. Went there once with some crazy aunt of mine when I was a kid. Bunch of charlatans out there, like when the "gypsies" used to come through Chautauqua County every summer. Get us a full transcript of Goodell's diatribe will ya? Boring and irrelevant Bullpen story of the day: I really liked just walkin around Chautauqua in the summer. I had an ex-girlfriend who used to work the grounds there (NOT working the grounds in THAT way ya mooks), she was a gardiner or glorified flower planter... whatever. Used to meet her there for lunch in the summer and take her to Hot Rocks for lunch. Really a cool place, like stepping back in time 125 years and you just have this kind of calm feeling wandering around there. Would love to make the TSW tailgate for some ice cream.

Saaaaaaaaaaaay, we're getting a little chippy here aren't we guys?

The WORST situation I've ever encountered was a guy I know was running a $10.00 pool once (no big deal), but he actually CHEATED so his "girlfriend" won. (we could never prove it, but she supposedly nailed the ENTIRE first round and just to make it look good she missed two in the second round) and then only lost a couple other games on down the road. Once she nailed the first round (this in the year George Mason ruined everyone's bracket) it was all over. She supposedly had them going to the final four!!! He collected all the sheets and we had no reason to assume he would give us the "stiffler" on it. She had it won before the finals even tipped off. Later that summer after a softball game someone mentioned to her that she had great bracket picks and wondered what she did with the prize money? She said "what prize money?" Needless to say the guy never asked any of us to be in his pool again, and we conveniently forgot to ever invite him to poker games, fantasy football drafts or even 25-cent nassau golf outings. He was basically black-balled from anything involving wagering as our way of sending the message that we knew he rooked us.

I did not know that. wolf, I'll give you the same warning I gave BlueFire earlier today... enough with the correcting me, making rational statement and generally proving me wrong.... SILENCE I SAY, or the next sound you'll hear is "help is on the way Mr. Wolf." It just seems like he's got too many "crutches" in his writing style. I've worked in the news-writing business (albeit in a military newspaper) so I know sometimes you just aren't feeling it and kind of fall back on the easy cliches. But it seems like his basic formula is "insert obscure 80s movie reference, write a bit, insert Boston analogy, write a bit, name drop some 'famous' people you know, write a bit, insert lame joke about your buddies you used to drink with all the time... rinse and repeat with an anecdote about talking to your dad on the phone." Wow, I need to go watch the tournament or something, I'm on quite a rant today... sorry fellas...

Very easily could have been, they're pretty much interchangable aren't they? With the exception Hill will occassionally play the double-trump race AND sexism card. Love some features like Uniwatch, Sports Gal, straight cash and some of Burkheit's stuff, but then there's Hill, Jackson, Sports Gay Guy and Whitlock that are the d-bags that make Page 2 a car wreck that I can't help but look at. Sports Guy being quite possibly the most polarizing "columnist/Boston ball washer" in all of ESPN-land. He can not... CAN NOT write a single article without working a Boston team, his father's opinion and a karate kid reference into it. Okay! We get it, you have a wealth of 80's pop-culture trivia in your brain, enough! Anyway, that was quite the tangent I got on... Jamele Hill, trying to incite more racial waves than Rev Jesse on a good day.

I'm absolutely loving this out here in CO. I would love nothing better than a nice "bills-like" playoff drought for the Broncos. Jealousy? Sure, but I wear it well out here with all the front-running Denver fans, jumping on and off the bandwagon like our resident Red Sox "fan." This will keep me grinning at least through the weekend.

C'mon man, I was hoping for the " " emoticon? Geez what do I have to do to get thumbs down, insult the Red Sox or Schilling?

Because that's what you'll be after your bracket blows up Sunday afternoon?

There you go trying to rationalize and solve my problems for me again... Silly me only using CBS sportsline during fantasy football season.

Exactly, but sometimes the page 2 section of that website (with Hll, Jackson and my personal fave "the sports guy") is like a bad car accident, I can't help but look to see what drivel is being written this week.

Fair enough, but if they were "free" why can't we still get them? Of course our government firewall will probably prevent me from downloading the newest version of Windows Media...

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story...mp;sportCat=nba At least she assigns blame to LeBron as well as Vogue. Maybe this whole NCAA coverage has me ramped up for no good reason and I'm on bit... This type of "journalism"

I'll repost my comments in my thread over here for brevity-sake: So I go over to CBS sportsline to try catching the games while at work and I get put in a "virtual waiting room" where I'm in the "General Admission" line. For one game I'm #1300 or something in the Georgia/Xavier game I'm #44. They then offer the little nugget that if I had purchased the VIP pass I would be # 1 in line? They offer to send me a reminder NEXT YEAR to purchase the VIP pass for 2009 tournament! WTF? THEN, once I'm admitted past the "virtual velvet fuggin rope" the game comes up and it's got this soylent green tint to it and the game is barely watchable! Fuggin CBS... Glad I'm taking a half day tomorrow, so I can hit the pub down the hill from the Chateau Bullpen and watch the games.

So go over to CBS sportsline to try catching the games while at work and I get put in a "virtual waiting room" where I'm in the "General Admission" line. For one game I'm #1300 or something in the Georgia/Xavier game I'm #44. They then offer the little nugget that if I had purchased the VIP pass I would be # 1 in line? They offer to send me a reminder NEXT YEAR to purchase the VIP pass for 2009 tournament! WTF? THEN, once I'm admitted past the "virtual velvet fuggin rope" the game comes up and it's got this soylent green tint to it and the game is barely watchable! Fuggin CBS... Glad I'm taking a half day tomorrow, so I can hit the pub down the hill from the Chateau Bullpen and watch the games.

Happy birthday buftex... (by the way, I'm being more sincere than beerball when I say that).