Robert Randolph & the Family Band

In Response to Nightmares at WGOMville,

Rhubarb_Runner wrote: 44And he preached in away games, wearing a Twins uniform. I can see that line being used throughout the season's game logs, too.

Andrew wrote: This is definitely going into my Catcher-cisms collection.

DK wrote: I'm saying those two scenarios make no difference to me. Trading for one more bad player doesn't suddenly make Billy a success, to me, just because he had set himself up so badly before…

Milt on Tilt wrote: The Twins had a problem and Bill Smith addressed it. I don't know what else you wanted him to do. Obviously we would have been in a much better situation had he got O-Dog one…

brianS wrote: trading for Cabrera was genius for no other reason than New Guy's Orlando Ballgame schtick.

brianS wrote: Amen.

DK wrote: Cabrera was not good, objectively, before we got him, and he wasn't good after we got him. Therefore the only reason Billy Smith gets a "victory" for getting him was because he previously failed…

Beau wrote: And Joe being full of the Holy Ghost returned from New York, and was led by the Spirit into St. Paul, 2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat…

spookymilk wrote: Oh, well done, … read this passage to Mauer, stat!

Milt on Tilt wrote: I guess that's where our disagreement arises. I'm comparing him to the next available option rather than the league average or something. He was a +0.4 WAR (whoopdy-do) but the Twins replacement level was below…

In Response to Cup of Coffee: March 18, 2010,

AMR wrote: I'm Cheering for Murray St. over Vanderbilt for the Sonic Youth … On Tin!" I can't remember what I put into my WGOM Bracket, I did two brackets at work after putting in my annual one…

spookymilk wrote: I've seen a handful of brackets blow up in the opening days, but yeah, I don't remember the first slate of games killing anyone. That would've given you a dubious … few years ago…

nibbish wrote: Well, obviously, but even the idea of a Jeter/Yankee fan controversy would be too good to pass up comment on, even if I have as good a chance of ending up on the Royals as…

DK wrote: I know we're all thinking about baseball and basketball right now, but how about this guy Clint Dempsey?

UncleWalt wrote: That would've crippled a lot of us, particularly Walt. I saw that. I was wondering if three hours would have been some sort of record for the time from start of bracket to blowing it up.

brianS wrote: Cal Bear suspended for tournament. For...wait for it..."running Amoke".

SBG wrote: By the way, prior to this season there have been 25 tournaments with the 64 or 65 team arrangement. No 16 seed has ever beaten a #1, but 4 #15s have won, 15 #14s…

SBG wrote: I have 'Nova going to the Elite Eight. Heh.

spookymilk wrote: That would've crippled a lot of us, particularly Walt. cc to SoCal: did you realize that you didn't pick a champion? Yahoo's bracket format looked a little different this year and I almost did the…

brianS wrote: Holy cr@p! 'Nova escapes in OT as a No. 2 seed.

In Response to Cup of Coffee: March 17, 2010,

brianS wrote: I dunno. But we're not really talking about a legal argument so much as an ethical one, I think.

Moss wrote: The old "you can't have your coke and snort it too" … can't get a conviction on a … test...and is possession of any amount of coke a felony??

hungry joe wrote: tell me about it...

brianS wrote: It is hard to consume if you do not possess.

Jeff A wrote: The people we tried to give a break to came forward and sought help, too--after they got caught. They also didn't try to deny or place blame somewhere else--that's partly why we were inclined…