So the home run derby comes to my town tonight. Who ya got?

[Initech]

Prersonally I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Matt Holiday.

[gratuitous]

1. Please, not yet!

I'm still recovering from the excitement of the World Cup final. One goal in 120 minutes of play. My heart can't take much more. There's some paint drying and some grass growing, but I think that's too much, too. Are there any more stories about LeBron James? Those seem to calm me down.

[Initech]

2. ESPN did a 30 minute segment on Lebron's free agency getting blown out of proportion.

Which is funny because they're responsible for about 99% of it.

[gratuitous]

3. And ESPN hosted the LeBron-a-thon, did it not?

The local paper had a column about a talented high school basketball player and his search for just the right college to attend for his "one and done" career. The columnist had the nerve to mention that the player's older sister had gone to some college (Howard?) and was making good progress toward her degree, but nobody knew or cared about that. The columnist's paper, however, had hosted a webcast of the young man's letter of intent ceremony; had they run a similar webcast for his sister? Take three guesses. The columnist didn't quite see fit to mention that little factoid; got in the way of a perfectly good rant about the outsize coverage of sports down to the high school level.

[Initech]

5. Yeah, I was laughing my ass off during that whole report.

My favorite part was the poll: who's done more to ruin their reputation: Tiger Woods or Lebron James? :rofl:

[joeybee12]

4. ESPN is garbage...they're way too big...I say we bring in some

anti-trust lawyers and break them up so they can't subject us to such shit again.

[Initech]

6. I totally agree.

[flvegan]

7. Going with loyalty here: Big Papi.

[Initech]

8. I like Big Papi but I dont think he's gonna steal the show like he used to.

He's older and he's been hurt a lot but he's still a likable player so I'm not gonna hold that against him.

[flvegan]

9. Do I get a prize?