Even HH admits that bandwagoners are not only plentiful in Anaheim, but also cheap! A good read for anyone who hates the Halos. (Or, more specifically, their fans.) It's one of the most ridiculous stories I've read lately, and I'd be shocked if it didn't qualify for a major newspaper feature.

Call me naive or biased, but I just don't see that kinda stuff happening in Boston, regardless of the metric shit-tons of all-of-a-sudden fan support.

Maybe we just have stricter return policies out here.

As Jeff will know, my friends and I have an intermittently occurring series of get-togethers aptly titled "Bad Movie Night". The rules, as best we can figure, entail getting buzzed... walking to Blockbuster... finding the worst major-release they have... and exponentially increasing our blood-alcohol contents while watching said cinematic catastrophe. So far, we've seen You Got Served and Soul Plane (which sort of killed it for us... how do you ever hope to beat that!?)... and then after a hiatus, we made a brief foray into the OnDemand world to watch Zombie Strippers, a Jenna Jameson production which is neither a major release nor -- surprisingly enough -- a porno. Just a bad bad mercilessly bad film (though Soul Plane was worse).

While discussing Jeff's "fictional" post with a friend yesterday, she advised me never to see White Chicks. To which I instantly replied, "well, now I pretty much have to." Which took me on a tangent to "which do you think is worse, White Chicks or The Hot Chick?" (the Rob Schneider Holocaust for the Soul). So we decided we should resurrect Bad Movie Night and find out.

Brought the topic up again in the office. Co-worker threw in The Hottie and the Nottie, by the Second Coming of Alfred Hitchcock Paris Hilton, but he immediately stipulated that "it wouldn't really be fair to categorize that with any other movie... except maybe Glitter." So guess what our second pairing will be.

And just for kicks, I toss Biodome into the ring.

Someone is going to die. Whether it's from alcohol poisoning or physical assault as elicited by these Silver Screen abortions is anyone's guess. Now taking bets...

ManRam off to Tinseltown, prospects (unknown) to the Steel City and Jason Bay is now a Sock... Sox... Sok...? After everyone -- including the generally reliable Gammons -- reported that Manny-mania was dead in the water, this one came right out of left field, as it were. Gotta say it, hate to say it (even as a Sox fan... I'm sick of fighting the bandwagoners) but this might put Boston right back as the favorite in the East. Sorry Tampa.

Oh yeah, and Griffey in CF for the ChiSox? You gotta be kidding me.

Discuss.

EDIT: LA sends Bryan Morris and Andy LaRoche to Pittsburgh, Boston sends Brandon Moss and Craig Hansen the Bucs' way as well. Boston will be picking up some of Manny's remaining contract for this year.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=keri/070917&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab3pos2

After the first 99, here's number 100:

"BOBBY AYALA DIVISION

100. Bobby Ayala, Seattle Mariners: Often blamed for the Mariners' inability to break through in the mid-to-late 1990s, despite a roster stocked with Hall of Fame talents such as Randy Johnson, Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez. Normally it's unfair to place all the blame on one player. But did you see this guy pitch?" (Also mentioned, Sexson, #97.)

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