Good Times Grimes

NicNat has no chance of making it this year. There are several ruckmen that would be well ahead of him

He has the potential to be, and he was great last night, but he isn't a superstar yet. He needs to back up his performance last night several times over before he is a superstar, IMO.

Matt Cain threw the first perfect game in Giants history and the 22nd of all time last night... 2 this season already!

Now I'm looking forward to when the free agent and trading excitement begins. Looks like Rick Nash will be heading to the New York Rangers, while Luongo is also likely to be on the move.

I'm a big Rivers fan. He's one of our few players who has consistently performed all season. I doubt he'd move elsewhere, but I'd be devastated to see him go.

I know you can watch on http://www.afl.livesport.tv but it involves paying a fee of about $100 for the season membership. I'm not sure whether you can get a deal for just one game or not.

I'd say if the Devils can win game 6, they'll win the series. Come on LA...just one more win!!!

I'm looking forward to it. A big Brodeur performance is needed for that to happen.

I'm in two minds on Cloke, and I keep going back and forth on whether or not I want him. He would free up Clark for other roles and would add a gorilla presence to the FF position that we have lacked for so long. He would make us have the scariest forward line in the competition, but what use is that if the ball isn't going down there? We need to get some gun midfielders to justify his acquisition, and I think that a healthy Gys, Viney and some good picks in the draft could make this happen. So at the moment, I'm voting that yes, we should make a play for him, but I don't promise that my opinion will not have changed the next time I'm asked.

Yep, I would be a very vocal member of the crowd without a doubt. I can't blame him for taking the money, but the way he went about it was disgraceful. This discussion has been done to death in a number of topics for the past year and a half now though, so I won't say any more. I think I'll be watching it at my brother's house. Thanks for the offer though. It's disappointing that I'll just miss out on seeing the end of the series back in North America. Seeing more footy softens the blow though. Did you see that game tonight? It was a ripper.

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It's true, and I'm sure LA won't even be thinking about where it would be better to win...they'd be equally happy winning it on Mars. Yep...still in Oz for another week and a bit. I'm spewing that the Dees have the bye next week and GW$ the week after...I would love to see the return of $cully.

It's funny because there is not a chance that he would have kicked the goal even if he hadn't played on. The Bombers fans would be into him either way.

They'd have to break the Kings perfect road record to do it. If I were LA I'd want to win Game 6 at home though...I don't think the buzz would be quite the same if you win the Cup on the road with the crowd being 95% in favour of the opposition.

The Maple Leafs signed one of the Hansen brothers' sons a couple of seasons ago. He failed to have much of an impact and was released at the end of last season. I think he might be playing for Carolina now.

Yeah, I'd agree that many boxing movies would be near the top of my list...probably The Fighter taking the cake. Like you, I also haven't seen any of the Rocky movies haha. I loved watching St Louis's run towards the end of last season, finishing with that fantastic World Series. I also enjoy watching Philly when Halladay is pitching. He's one of my all-time favourite athletes and will go down as one of the greatest ever pitchers. I struggle to support any team other than Toronto, though, and it's nice watching a young team on the rise.

I just hope our club continues to produce one or two players every week who play well in winning sides.

To be honest I'm not much of an expert when it comes to the financial discrepancies that exist between different teams in the MLB. It amazes me that the Chicago Cubs can still be so profitable after so many years of futility. I'm happy to see Tampa Bay doing well, given that they are in the hardest division in the MLB and have such a low payroll. It's evidence that you can be successful in rebuilding through the draft and that a good team that work well together can beat teams made up of stars who are perhaps not team players. I thought Moneyball was so good that I went to see it twice. I particularly liked Jonah Hill's character and his performance. I thought Brad Pitt was quite good, but didn't really know much about Billy Beane before seeing the movie. I'd say it's in the top 5 sports movies that I've seen.

I'm hoping to see the series go 7 games, even though I want LA to win. It's always exciting having a sudden death match for both teams.

Toronto's is about $75.5m this season, with $14m of that going to Bautista. It benefits from having many young stars who are not being paid too highly (Lawrie and Arencibia are both on less than $500k). It amazes me that the Yankees pay almost 200% more than the Blue Jays, yet they are still relatively even in the standings. If you've seen the movie Moneyball, it's a great insight in to how the poorer teams need to manage their rosters in order to compete with the big markets of New York, LA, Philadelphia and Boston. Here's my source, which is pretty interesting if you want to compare team salaries: http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/baseball/mlb/salaries/team

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I'd love to see us target Sidebottom, then. He is an absolute gun.

It was only a matter of time before they came good, Macca. It was nice (if only for a brief period) seeing the AL East with Baltimore, Tampa Bay and Toronto occupying the top 3 spots and the Yankees and Red Sox on the bottom. The AL's wildcard spots will be very interesting this season, with several teams looking like they'll be making a serious push. I can't remember ever seeing the Dees with grey, but I agree that it does look better than the white. What do you think of the Baltimore logo? I think it's just about the worst logo going around in pro-sports.

Do they have any gun mids that are coming out of contract? Pendles just re-signed, Swan and Thomas both signed last year, and I think Sidebottom is also contracted for a few more years. Nothing wrong with driving up Cloke's price though to make them pay overs, though B)

LA win 4-0 and now lead 3-0 in the final. It would be a big ask for NJ to come back from here. The Kings now sit with a 15-2 record in the postseason, and are a chance to equal 1988 Edmonton Oilers as having the most dominant playoff record in NHL history (16-2). Quick looks like a lock for the Conn Smythe.