[M-O-S-I MOSI!!]

Odds to win the 2010 Stanley Cup:

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Detroit Red Wings 5/1
Pittsburgh Penguins 7/1
San Jose Sharks 8/1
Boston Bruins 9/1
Chicago Blackhawks 10/1
Washington Capitals 10/1

[TjM]

I love the Herald comments

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dice sucks now, put in schmoltz who is super tough and clutch AND WONT shake off tek...

[LarryLegend]

I don't listen to Stern, but is he on this week? Any comments from Artie after last night's Hindenburg performance with Buck?

[Ironhead]

Simmons has decided that Kobe reminds him of Ione Skye's character in Say Anything. Seriously.

[Frost Class Mark]

Ironhead, on Jun 16 2009, 10:05 AM, said:

Simmons has decided that Kobe reminds him of Ione Skye's character in Say Anything. Seriously.

A whiny, entitled ***** who loses faith in his/her father?

[NASCL]

Ironhead, on Jun 16 2009, 10:05 AM, said:

Simmons has decided that Kobe reminds him of Ione Skye's character in Say Anything. Seriously.

A basketball player trapped in the body of a game-show hostess?

[charlie]

M-O-S-I MOSI!!, on Jun 16 2009, 03:03 PM, said:

Odds to win the 2010 Stanley Cup:

Recognizing odds are impacted by the betting public (or, at this early stage, by a best guess on a betting public) but I think Carolina may actually be better positioned today to make a run at the Cup than the B's.

[TjM]

Ironhead, on Jun 16 2009, 10:05 AM, said:

Simmons has decided that Kobe reminds him of Ione Skye's character in Say Anything. Seriously.

Now there's a fresh reference

[InThisTown]

If I had to watch Rubio, Barbosa, and Amare you can go ahead and put one in my head. Maybe they can bring in Nash to come off the bench.

[PortlandSoxFan]

Reading Simmons would just make me angry. I get angry enough reading 'Family Circus' every morning.

[charlie]

Frost Class Mark, on Jun 16 2009, 03:08 PM, said:

A whiny, entitled ***** who loses faith in his/her father?

and who owned a jukebox.

Boda would have had that guy sniffed out in about ten seconds.

[NASCL]

charlie, on Jun 16 2009, 10:09 AM, said:

but I think Carolina may actually be better positioned today to make a run at the Cup than the B's.

I don't know if I'd go that far but the betting value is surely there. Can't go wrong with Cam Ward in net.

[Feejis]

charlie, on Jun 16 2009, 10:09 AM, said:

Recognizing odds are impacted by the betting public (or, at this early stage, by a best guess on a betting public) but I think Carolina may actually be better positioned today to make a run at the Cup than the B's.

One never knows obviously, but I disagree. That team gave the Bruins fits, but they don't have a whole lot of offense. Lot of pluggers and grinders than can do well in the postseason, but at some point you have to be able to create offense - which they can't really do outside of Staal and Whitney.

[Kevin]

LarryLegend, on Jun 16 2009, 09:05 AM, said:

I don't listen to Stern, but is he on this week? Any comments from Artie after last night's Hindenburg performance with Buck?

Howard says he loved it, but not very convincingly.

He's never said one bad thing about Artie, ever. Even when it's evident from e-mails and calls to the show that he's annoying the shiit out of everyone else.

[NASCL]

Don't know about you guys, but I'll be hangin' at the Gas N' Sip this weekend.

[Kevin]

Favorite line from "Say Anything":

Are you okay, sir?

I'm INCARCERATED, Lloyd!!!

[Oh God! Shamgod]

InThisTown, on Jun 16 2009, 09:10 AM, said:

If I had to watch Rubio, Barbosa, and Amare you can go ahead and put one in my head. Maybe they can bring in Nash to come off the bench.

I agree with you and FCM. These moves seem wayy too ambitious. I think the celts should discuss moving Ray Allen (stress discuss and not give him away for a bag of balls and UPPPPSIDE) and figure out who to take with the MLE. Moving Perkins and Rondo is foolish since they are proven commodities with this team.

[NASCL]

The CIA has replaced waterboarding with Mustard & Johnson re-runs.

[Smilin' Joe Hesketh]

PortlandSoxFan, on Jun 16 2009, 10:11 AM, said:

Reading Simmons would just make me angry. I get angry enough reading 'Family Circus' every morning.

That Ida Know is a selfish, ungrateful b*tch. :angry:

[Scott@PD]

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…Ice Cream Trucks, Little League baseball and warm sunny days are what ruins summer…Why is it so hard to find fried beans, refried beans are everywhere…

:lol:

[sarplum]

For the "who cares" segment - We took the Limoliner bus from NYC to Boston yesterday. It passed
both Yankee stadium and Fenway without stopping. (sort of weird),

[Lefty]

I heard Wyc's appearance with Dale and Holley yesterday.

He definitely enjoys being smug and passing out little insider tidbits, like that "there's a way that they could offer a max contract next summer" referencing letting Ray play out his current deal, etc. It seemed, though, a little like him trying to create a position for the Celtics. Meaning, if they are in talks about making a trade, their leverage might be that "hey, we don't need to trade Ray, we could keep his expiring" or "If you get Ray, you're getting a full max slot next summer, so we need good value in return"

I'm not a big Wyc fan, but even I don't think he's stupid enough to go on the air and say their plan is to sit tight with their current roster in hopes of getting a max slot next year.

[InThisTown]

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Baseball isn’t a metaphor for life, but it is a simile, because of the similies it puts on kids faces, time to start the World Series when kids can watch commish…French doors

:lol:

[Kingasaurus]

Kevin, on Jun 16 2009, 10:14 AM, said:

Favorite line from "Say Anything":

Are you okay, sir?

I'm INCARCERATED, Lloyd!!!

I'd rather go back to some great Pelham 123 dialogue:

"Who let those Chinamen in here?"

[Lebron]

Kevin, on Jun 16 2009, 10:14 AM, said:

Favorite line from "Say Anything":

Are you okay, sir?

I'm INCARCERATED, Lloyd!!!

I'm partial to the "I don't want to buy, sell or process anything" rant. Nothing more annoying coming out of high school/college than the "so what are you going to do now?" inquisition.

[Beaker]

Gerry thinks the Globe is just making up these bidders to drum up interest in a sale. Wouldn’t the bidders have come forward and refuted the story by now? Sounds good though.

[Scott@PD]

Greg Lewis...early approve.

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For New England fans wondering ‘Who is Greg Lewis?’ what would you tell them?

“I’m just a run-of-the-mill guy who is coming in and trying to work hard and compete for an opportunity to be on this team and [earn] a roster spot and go out and make plays.”

I'm concerned that he doesn't have a real receiver make-up with that attitude.

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What do you think this offense is capable of, specifically in the passing game?

“Right now, we’re not capable of anything. We haven’t come together as a whole unit. We’re just on Day 8 or 9. We have a lot to improve on. We’re building each day.”

[Feejis]

On the heels of Kilgore's article today about the Sox atrocious defense - is there any thought perhaps to flipping Youkilis and Lowell? I assume the mobility issues translate to 1B as well, but perhaps not as much of a factor as they are at 3B?

Although I suppose if he tried to stretch for a throw at 1B his plastic hip might shoot out into the loge somewhere.

[Frost Class Mark]

Beaker, on Jun 16 2009, 10:44 AM, said:

Gerry thinks the Globe is just making up these bidders to drum up interest in a sale. Wouldn’t the bidders have come forward and refuted the story by now? Sounds good though.

If they sell to the Moonies, he's going to be utterly conflicted.

[andrew]

LarryLegend, on Jun 16 2009, 09:05 AM, said:

I don't listen to Stern, but is he on this week? Any comments from Artie after last night's Hindenburg performance with Buck?

I turned it off five minutes into the Brett Farve interview. How did someone come to the conclusion that Joe Buck has what it takes to be a talk show host?

[Frost Class Mark]

andrew, on Jun 16 2009, 10:50 AM, said:

I turned it off five minutes into the Brett Farve interview. How did someone come to the conclusion that Joe Buck has what it takes to be a talk show host?

This is the same network that, having seen seasons of Later with Bob Costas, gave him a talk show.

[Lefty]

Beaker, on Jun 16 2009, 10:44 AM, said:

Gerry thinks the Globe is just making up these bidders to drum up interest in a sale. Wouldn't the bidders have come forward and refuted the story by now? Sounds good though.

I think it is inevitable that by this time next week Bruce Allen Media will be completing its acquisition of the Globe.

Bruce has been sounding out key players in the future organization:

RR Safety - News
NASCL - Subscriptions and Bundling
Ironhead - Collections and animal rights stories
Nopointe - Commentary and Editorial Cartoons

Within the Sports Department, there will be co-editors:

Scott @PD will oversee Nick Cafardo and Mike Reiss while
Patrick Pass will be the general football editor
Lefty will oversee Kevin Paul Dupont while
Mr. Magoo will be the general Hockey editor
Suzy will oversee all things baseball, to include most writers and the sport in general
Larry Legend will oversee basketball and have Bob Ryan report directly to him
Fred West Lynn will have sole responsibility over Dan Shaughnessy
Arquimedez Pozo will resurrect the "sports media" column
and

SJH will provide hands-on direction to Amalie Benjamin.

[Smilin' Joe Hesketh]

Feejis, on Jun 16 2009, 10:46 AM, said:

On the heels of Kilgore's article today about the Sox atrocious defense - is there any thought perhaps to flipping Youkilis and Lowell? I assume the mobility issues translate to 1B as well, but perhaps not as much of a factor as they are at 3B?

Although I suppose if he tried to stretch for a throw at 1B his plastic hip might shoot out into the loge somewhere.

I think it wouldn't work for just the reason you cite: Lowell's not going to be able to do the stretching necessary at 1B without injuring himself.

In '04 the Sox moved aggressively to shore up the defense at SS when it became clear that Nomar couldn't play there any more. I assume they'd be willing to do the same this year, either by plugging Lowrie in there and assuming he'll be an upgrade, or by trading for a Jack Wilson superior defender type and letting Lowrie play more 3rd base. Either way the defensive inefficiencies on the left side of the infield cannot continue indefinitely.

Lowell should be a DH at this point in his career. One more year to go on that contract, sigh.

[howzie]

InThisTown, on Jun 16 2009, 07:35 AM, said:

:lol:

From whence does this come?

[Boda]

howzie, on Jun 16 2009, 10:56 AM, said:

From whence does this come?

FP comments.

[howzie]

Robert Tait of the Guardian reports that it has been suggested that the chang "Marg bar Diktator (death to dictator)" be replaced with "Marg bar Khamenei"

[PortlandSoxFan]

Lefty, on Jun 16 2009, 07:42 AM, said:

I don't follow Artie Lange very much, if at all. But, (as someone posted toward the end of last night's thread) he was awesome in making Joe Buck crawl within his own skin during that disastrous Joe Buck show thing last night on HBO. There's a grainy link posted in last night's thread, but here's a story from USA today outlining it:

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=OTRHf1quLnU

The online bit is even better
http://deadspin.com/...w?autoplay=true

[NASCL]

Great stuff, Lefty.

I would add Doza as Coupon Czar.

[Boda]

NASCL, on Jun 16 2009, 11:06 AM, said:

Great stuff, Lefty.

I would add Doza as Coupon Czar.

bh has to be in charge of the Food section

[NASCL]

Boda, on Jun 16 2009, 11:09 AM, said:

bh has to be in charge of the Food section

You could be Jeff Jacoby.

[Miserable Fellow]

NASCL, on Jun 16 2009, 11:06 AM, said:

Great stuff, Lefty.

I would add Doza as Coupon Czar.

Who's our religion reporter?

[Ironhead]

Lefty :lol: :lol:

[Scott@PD]

Florio will more detail about PFT and NBC:

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We’ll also have periodic stuff from our good friend Tom Curran of NBCSports.com.

[Suzy]

Cowherd trashing Shank and Boston in general.

Man, I could do this commute every day at 11--sweet.

[Boda]

NASCL, on Jun 16 2009, 11:11 AM, said:

You could be Jeff Jacoby.

I'd want control of the whole op-ed page. I'll give Tiki and Ozzy four column inches per week for balance.

[Kevin]

I think we forgot Dan on technology and gadgets. Steve Jobs won't know what hit him.

[Kevin]

Lebron, on Jun 16 2009, 09:43 AM, said:

I'm partial to the "I don't want to buy, sell or process anything" rant. Nothing more annoying coming out of high school/college than the "so what are you going to do now?" inquisition.

If you consider ultimate fighting to be an extension of kickboxing, Lloyd Dobler wasn't that far off calling it "the sport of the future".

[Frost Class Mark]

I don't even get a sniff to replaced John Paul as the Car Doctor??? :angry: @!&% this, Simmons was right....it's too hard.

[middlebury03.5]

need a decent hotel recommendation very close to penn station.

[Mark]

Working with Florio is far more offensive than getting replied to with a post involving Julie Kahn's junk.