Happy Birthday--February 8

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

Klawitter wrote: My plan to contribute more often (than 2-3 time a year) is proceeding smashingly -- to the point where I have cracked the Top 50 LTE writers for 2010. Now that I am up…

spookymilk wrote: Well, there's your 'teen, SBG: Murray St. over Vanderbilt.

AMR wrote: Dear Vandy, Did you get your "Disconnection … St.

SBG wrote: You should have overridden the computer because I'd think that UNC would be a safe bet. After all, they won it last year.

UncleWalt wrote: I was surprised by how many brackets have Kansas as the champ in the Basket and Ball Guys league. I annually pick the Tar Heels to go all the way, but the stupid yahoo computer…

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.

In Response to Luna - 23 Minutes In Brussels (Tell Me Do You Miss Me),

E-6 wrote: Love me some Luna.

In Response to Nightmares at WGOMville,

Rhubarb_Runner wrote: O-Cab lead the majors in Outs as a batter in 2009. Call me foolish.

Milt on Tilt wrote: This one move did not our season make. But to completely disregard it seems foolish as well.

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…

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.