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20 seconds ago

I don't know what an alt country is but I am going to keep my eye peeled for this guy just in case.
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a minute ago

I don't know much about this buzz, but my ears still ring from the time that the brick fell on my head.
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2 minutes ago

New Amsterdam sits close to Hendrick's with a nice smooth mouth. The flavor has citrus on top of the juniper. It may be my bias against straight gins, but I would take this over bombay or beefeater any day. The best is its price tag, usually 17-20.

Overall, not on par with Hendrick's, but in the same weight class as the heavy hitters. Good spirit.
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4 minutes ago

Alomar is the only first time candidate who has a reasonable shot at getting elected in his first year of eligibility. He was either the best or among the top three second basemen in baseball for about ten years of his career, won 10 Gold Gloves, figured in MVP voting seven times, accumulated over 2700 hits with a .300 batting average, had good power for a middle infielder with 210 HRs and 1134 RBIs, and stole 474 bases.

There is no doubt in my mind that he will go in the Hall, the only question is whether its this year or not. I suspect he may fall a little short this year, partly because voters may be wanting to reward Dawson and Blyleven who have been waiting a while and steadily inching closer to election, and partly due to the infamous incident when Alomar spat on umpire John Hirschbeck. Historically, the conservative BBWAA voters have shown a tendency to punish players for incidents of that nature, and I have no doubt he will be left off this year's ballot by some for that very reason.
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5 minutes ago

I was sorry to hear that she was dead. I should have been suspicious as I haven't seen much about her lately.
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8 minutes ago

In the mid to late 70's, he was one of the best players in all of baseball with Pittsburgh, and certainly among the most exciting. He could run, throw-(he had a particularly amazing arm), hit for power and average, and field. He didn't walk all that much, but very few guys can do everything: he was really something to see. He also had a super year in 1985 for The Reds. Unfortunately, drugs and injuries ruined his early to mid 80's seasons, and while he was still productive with Oakland, he was aging by that point and was never a HOF level player after 1979 barring that 1985 season. A very good career, and there are worse players in there. But the voters have become a lot tougher in recent years, and he's the kind of talented/ memorable guy who gets enough votes to appear every year until he's ineligible, but not enough to make it.
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10 minutes ago

I have been smoking Parliament Menthol Full Flavor for about a year now and decided to pick up a pack of Marlboro Lights just to see what all the hype was about. I cannot tell you how disappointed I was when I smoked the first one out of the pack. I was craving my morning nicotine fix and what did I get?! Air. That's it. At first, I thought it wasn't lit properly, so I relit. Still nothing. The amount of smoke that I exhaled was so minimal that I barely even saw it. I was taking DEEP drags, and still no buzz. They just feel like air mixed with a little bit of smoke and they don't taste like anything. I wound up going through this pack in half the time because I had to smoke 2 at a time to feel something!! Switching back to Parlies... Don't go for this shit.
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14 minutes ago

Searing and intense near-classic (ordinarily, I'd describe it as a classic, but I still prefer TV's "The Wire", which covers much of the same ground, but in Baltimore rather than Brazil) about a wretchedly poor neighborhood in the shadow of Rio, the kids existing there, and the lengths they'll sometimes go to in order to survive, and maybe even prosper. Of course, there are those youthful residents who attempt to find another out without compromising their humanity. In the midst of drugs and savage murders and despair, there's one character who experiences a first thwarted love, a fragile but touching friendship, and a growing awareness that perhaps he has the skill to escape the hopelessness of his dreary surroundings without resorting to the pervasive brutality of his peers.

It's a very effective, well-made film, and the majority of the actors in it are not professionals, but actual residents of the "City of God". If anything, their lack of polish enhances the on-screen action. I'm always a fan of non-linear story-telling, and you'll need to pay attention while watching this movie if you want to keep the characters and the developing plotline straight in your mind, but the film will richly reward you for it.

I'm not an expert on Brazilian culture, but it seems to be pretty factual. Then again, you don't really need to be an expert. Whether it's the Rio of "City of God" or the Baltimore of "The Wire" or the Los Angeles of "Boyz'N'The Hood"...and they're all pretty realistic movies, based on my knowledge...the depressing truth seems to be that kids raised in conditions of hopeless poverty and perpetual despair...no matter what country or geographic location in which that poverty exists...will invariably turn to violence, brutality and inhumanity towards their fellow human beings. There are exceptions, of course...all 3 of the shows I've mentioned have characters who triumph over the adversity of their lives without hurting others...but they're exceptions.

That's depressing. Really depressing. "City of God" is a really depressing movie, but well worth seeing if you value quality cinema. Unfortunately, when films genuinely reflect real life, they have that tendency to be depressing. Really depressing.
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21 minutes ago

Bernard Cribbins is the one who beat up John Cleese in Fawlty Towers. He starred in one of the two Doctor Who movies in the sixties.

He also starred in several of the New Doctor Who episodes as Donna Noble's Grandfather. I give Bernard Cribbins a 4 star rating.
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22 minutes ago

McGriff has a shot at making the Hall, but if it happens it won't be in his first year of eligibility. He has solid numbers, 493 dingers, 1550 RBI, 2490 hits, and if he had managed seven more home runs to break into the 500 club his chances of election would probably double.

He put six consecutive strong seasons together for the Blue Jays between 1988-1993, figuring in the MVP voting in each of those years and winnng two Series rings. As a fielder he didn't hurt his team, but he was no wizard with the glove.

I think he'll get about 30 per cent of the votes needed to elect this year, and may pick up momentum in the years to come.
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28 minutes ago

Somebody said they were teaching kids in the schools that taking snuff such as grizz is bad and is a drug. As far as I am concerned, that is just pure communism.
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29 minutes ago

This should be interesting. It is Edgar's first year on the ballot, and he's the first player who spent the bulk of his career as a designated hitter to be eligible. The BBWAA voters being the conservatives they are, I suspect the DH will hurt him, as will playing his entire career in the major league backwater of Seattle.

Looked at objectively, the numbers really aren't there to justify a Hall of Fame selection. In an 18 year career he hit .312 but with only 309 home runs. He led the league in RBIs once and in batting average twice, which is good, but perhaps not as good as one might expect from a guy whose sole job was to swing a bat.

I suspect he will get somewhere between 10 and 15 percent of the votes necessary to elect, and will flatline at that level until his eligibility expires 15 years from now.
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30 minutes ago

I have an old pickup and I have a hard time getting up to minimum speed. I didn't know about that until I saw a sign on the freeway outside Manchester.
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34 minutes ago

I was at a friend's house to watch tv and this movie can on. I expected to see something about making grizz and all they had was some great big bear. I was disappointed.
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37 minutes ago

Burks may get enough votes to stay on the ballot a second year but I rather doubt it. It would mean garnering about 30 votes to stay above the Mendoza line of relegation.

Burks had one excellent year in 1996, and a couple of other good ones. The fact that he never managed to string a bung together will hurt him, as will the fact that his big years as a hitter came in Colorado, which is a Death Valley for pitchers. I see him getting somewhere between 15 and 25 votes and getting shuffled off the ballot.
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39 minutes ago

Bought a Cell phone. It was DOA. It looked like it had been returned/used. Cables unwrapped battery opened/used. Circuit City had no return for cell phones, had to send it to Florida company. At this point I am feeling Ripped Off! Stay-Away for these shysters ~!
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an hour ago

Juiced-ass Monster Mac is still too fresh in my mind. Pass...
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an hour ago

I thought Erica Goings, the crazy chick with the short hair, was hilarious! She made me laugh the entire movie... even when she was mad... funny! A friend told me about this movie and when I watched it, I liked it so much- Erica really made this movie a hit- that I had to buy it. Not the best movie in the world, but definitely not the worst! Good quality, good actors and very, very funny! We liked!
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an hour ago

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an hour ago

Yeah, the Nolan Ryan ass-whipping alone keeps me from taking him seriously...
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