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I'm guessing if your parents lived in a small town infested with gangs and a high crime rate, she would have known how to do a bit more than that

He's exactly right about the Atlanta fans....I've been saying they're a bunch of front runner/bandwagon jumpers since I first moved here. The fans here are pathetic.

I enjoyed the episode tonight...that venus person was a piece of work! I thought it was pretty funny how Tig was infatuated. Hard to believe the cop's wife wasn't a better shot...kinda weird, but I found her very attractive. I bet Im in the minority on that one for sure...

The champions league is the epitome of European club soccer, yep. But it's not only the winners of the national leagues that qualify for the champs league...in some of the leagues (like the German and English premier leagues) they take the top few teams, I believe.

lol...that's a low blow!!! EDIT: I think Chef is pointing out that your argument is sort of all over the place. That's what I was sort of getting at too.

Just admit you're wrong, bbb.

It gets really annoying

I understand exactly what you're saying....we just see it differently. The part I took you to task on specifically was when you said on the one hand you wanted the regular season to take on greater meaning again, and then when responding to my point about the unbalanced schedule you say that the 10-12 games that are different don't really matter. That sort of seems like a disconnect for me. As for college football, most people I know hate the way it's structured...that's exactly why there has been so much push for a playoff. Either way, we just see it differently...

You have been saying that the division winner is more deserving than a WC team, and that the WC team should be at a disadvantage in terms of how the playoffs are carried out. I'm saying that unless you have common opponents, as there was prior to inter-league play, strength of schedule will mean that some teams will be at a disadvantage in their pursuit of that first place finish in the division. So if you have a tight divisional race that comes down to a few games, one team having to play a series, or a few series', against a stronger team could be the difference in where they finish in the end. Having the WC format the way it was prior to this year sort of accounted for that cause it gave a 2nd place team the opportunity to still earn a post season bid. I liked that, personally. So my point is that if you're wanting the regular season race to take on greater importance, it would seem to make the most sense to ensure that each team in the division will face the exact same opponents as every other team...like it used to be. If the Braves finish a couple games back of the Nats by the end of the reg season, but the braves had to play a series against the Yankees and the Orioles, whereas the Nats had to play (insert sucky team names here), that's not exactly kosher. I dunno, we can agree to disagree. I may not be as big a fan of MLB as you are, but I've watched and played the game for most of my 40 years. This is all just my opinion, but I really thought it was better the way it was.

I've been a huge fan of Roku since I bought mine back in 2010. I've not had a single problem with it over the last 2.5 years and I really would hate to be without it. Well, if you value top notch image quality in your streaming, you guys need to check out Vudu. Vudu has been my favorite streaming option for movies over the last two years as well, but it was never available via the Roku box. Now, on the Roku 2 boxes (current line), you can access Vudu and their beautiful 1080p streams! If you've never used Vudu, check it out....if you have a 1080p display, it's worth the extra buck to see the movie in the highest available resolution. For those who have home audio systems, you also get a higher quality of audio. I was about ready to upgrade to the newer player, but was waiting until there was a need to do so. That need is here http://blog.roku.com/blog/tag/vudu/

That makes no sense. You say you want the regular season to have it's importance restored, but then you say 10-12 games against potentially a stronger opponent than another team in the division wouldn't be that big of a deal? C'mon, man lol

Okay, well neither of you guys addressed my point about strength of schedule. How can you say that the division winners are clearly the most deserving when teams don't face 100% common opponents, especially with inter-league play? Seems to me the deck is stacked from the get-go. The 2nd place team in a division could have faced a tougher road along the way, and if they finish only a few games behind the division winner it could easily be argued that they were just as deserving as the 1st place team. Seems to me that the wild card format - the way it was prior to this season - accounted for that by giving a chance to offset any advantages that may exist from the start of the season d/t tougher/weaker strength of schedule.

This dude is gonna be the first person to ever break the sound barrier without the aid of a machine...that's huge!

I'm not the biggest MLB fan, but i seem to remember pretty much everyone praising the WC addition...I'm pretty sure even Bob Costas was pro-WC, and he's one of the biggest traditionalists out there, isn't he? And Im with you on the two WCs is better than one, I just don't like the way they have implemented it. And there's no way to know if Chipper was bitter...his expression never changes lol

Call me crazy, but this is FAR more compelling than the tightrope guy a while back....

Those winding roads were amazing! There are some really cool vids on youtube about the most interesting natural structures in the world and there is some really amazing looking places. Those roads on that mountainside reminded me of them. I could spend all day on youtube just looking at all sorts of random crap lol

Thanks, I definitley think it would be interesting to learn more about it. It's hard to get a feel for it in the vids cause you can't always tell the orientation of the camera. It sure seems like they can go a LONG damn way before they need to hit the chute. I really liked the music in that clip you linked to, as well....fun video overall. ***New Jump Date is Sunday Oct 14th at 0800 EST***

Wow, great video! I wonder what happens if those dudes have to sneeze while they're in the air? I'd love to know what the glide ratio is on those suits and how dependent it is on weight. I can't get over how cool that is, though...must take an s-load of strength to be able to do that.

Pretty sure I said I agreed with Chipper, not the writer

Have you seen the videos of these guys who wear these suits that allow them to sort of glide for miles before pulling the chute? It's dangerous as hell and several people have been killed doing it, but wow is that fun to watch. I love when they have the first person perspective camera and they record the experience. I would LOVE to do something like that, actually. lol, I wish that were true...

Before...it was an article from several weeks ago. http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/chipper-jones-doesn-t-think-highly-baseball-one-074629125--mlb.html

I'm truly envious of those who don't fear heights, cause it must be one HELL of a fun ride for them. I love watching videos of people doing crazy stuff, but when it comes to heights I just can't do it.

This video is very cool....I've never seen anything like #9 After the top 10, keep watching for some footage of Kittinger's jump....it's amazing to hear his account and see some of his video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_MVwUqrwDc&NR=1&feature=endscreen

I didn't see that one....this is the one I saw...looks like it was 71k, so a little more than half, but the point is that I just can't imagine how much more amazing it will be from 120k feet...the footage from the 71k foot jump already looks like he's stepping out into space!