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Hey, its Saturday night, the Royals played horrible, no real football yet, etc... I'll start.

Morrissey- Irish Blood, English Heart

I've been dreaming of a time when
the English are sick to death
of Labour, and Tories
and spit upon the name Oliver Cromwell
and denounce this royal line that still salute him
and will salute him
FOREVER...

I love my Bosstones, but dude was wrong to attack this song last year on his radio show...

Ya ya ya!

Its a good thing the Braves haven't actually been producing much talent since the mid-90s big spending days, or all these supposedly great players might not be available:

http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/F/John-Foster.shtml

John Foster, maybe we can trade him for Vinny Castilla or Jeff Blauser.

Apparently, the Marlins are worse than the Royals!

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-whiffingmarlins&prov=ap&type=lgns

The master plan is working. No one panic! JoePo and Dayton demand no panic! Just keep paying your taxes and supporting a terrible product...

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Time to game Google ads (why RR? Why??). I really like a nice pair of pantyhose on a woman. Anyone with me? Fishnets. But, I also like finishing off my day with a long tall mug of milk. My main concern is that I cannot find a mail order bride thats worth a damn.

Who is the most under-rated Royal ever?

I'll throw out two names:

-Mayberry
-Tartabull

Thoughts?

I think Frank White has been highly over-rated the last decade or so.

Mayberry stats:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/maybejo01.shtml

You never hear people talk about this guy anymore.

What do y'all think about the video reports the Star is doing from Spring Training?

Interesting concept.

The video pops up very fast and is very clear

In other news, Billy Butler won a HR derby yesterday.

Dutton on Butler's lack of defensive ability:

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/sports/baseball/mlb/kansas_city_royals/16790342.htm

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070212&content_id=1800076&vkey=news_ kc&fext=.jsp&c_id=kc

Although I never thought he was that good.

He actually played all the way through 1998, which is kinda surprising.

His stats:

http://kansascity.royals.mlb.com/stats/historical/individual_stats_player.jsp?playerID=113786&c_ id=kc

The endless debate marches on.

http://www.hardballtimes.com/main/article/if-i-were-a-carpenter/

Here's the conclusion:

Basically, Dayton Moore spent $55 million on a lottery ticket that he's hoping turns into riches (Chris Carpenter) but that has a much greater chance of being a collosal waste of cash (Jason Marquis). I can see the foundation upon which his hopes are built but I just don't see this lottery ticket coming up a winner.

Very in-depth, very detailed article. Certainly worth a lunchtime read.

Have you heard that next season will be the final season of ER?

Say it ain't so????

I wanted it to hit 20 years. The last show (IMHO) to carry on the cinema verite tradition of Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere and thirtysomething.

The good news... and this is so stunning!

Clooney will be coming back for the final season! Its too perfect. No way Cricton doesn't pull the strings to get this done.

George Clooney back in the ER... too perfect.