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Do you think I should accept this trade?

September 4th, 2010

I am being offered a 3 for 3 deal:

I give away: Ian Kinsler, Garrett Atkins, and Carlos Gomez

I acquire: B.J. Upton, Chris Carpenter, and Ricky Nolasco

I have Dan Uggla to replace Ian Kinsler as my starting second baseman. The only problem is that I will no longer have a backup second baseman. i dont need a backup, but since uggla is such a streaky player, i could either pickup sean rodriguez or trade for a backup 2B.

This is my current starting lineup:

C Wire Transfer Red Rock Community Bank Geovany Soto
1B Carlos Pena
2B Ian Kinsler
3B Evan Longoria
SS Hanley Ramirez
OF Josh Hamilton
OF Alex Rios
OF Nate McClouth
U Dan Uggla
U Stephen Drew
U Austin Jackson
B Chris Iannetta
B Conor Jackson
B Garrett Atkins
B Cameron Maybin
B Carlos Gomez

SP Chad Billingsley
SP Edwin Jackson
SP Fausto Carmona
RP Carlos Marmol
RP Bobby Jenks
RP Brad Lidge (he is on 1 of my 2 dl slots)
P Ian Kennedy
P Phil Hughes
P Ervin Santana
B Erik Bedard (he is on 1 of my 2 dl slots)

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Thoughts on the 2010 Arizona Diamondbacks?

September 2nd, 2010

Soon the Arizona Diamondbacks will probably be the fifth team in baseball to be officially taken out of 2010 playoff contention (their "elimination number" is 11). They currently have the second-worst record in the National League with 53-79 (.402), ahead of only the Pittsburgh Pirates.

The Arizona Diamondbacks are historically an average team. Since starting in 1998, the franchise has a roughly even record of 1,023 wins and 1,053 losses. The Diamondbacks have made it to the playoffs 4 times, and won the World Series in 2001, after defeating the New York Yankees in 7 games. They’ve had winning seasons as recently as 2007 and 2008.

Let’s look at the facts about this season:

First game of season: Defeated the San Diego Padres 6-3 in Phoenix (April 5)

Worst Loss of Season: Beaten by the Milwaukee Brewers 3-17 (May

Longest losing streak of season: Lost 10 consecutive games to the Blue Jays, Rockies, Giants, and Dodgers (May 23-June 2)

SP Edwin Jackson (4.66 ERA) threw a no-hitter against the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg (June 25)

MANAGERIAL CHANGES:
Diamondbacks replace manager AJ Hinch with Kirk Gibson, and GM Josh Byrnes with Jerry DiPoto (July 1)

Best Victory of Season: Defeated the Mets in New York 14-1 (August 1)

TRADES:
- The Diamondbacks traded minor leaguer Rey Navarro to the Kansas City Royals for P Carlos Rosa (4.44 ERA)
- The Diamondbacks traded RP Billy Buckner (5.74 ERA) to the Detroit Tigers for SP Dontrelle Willis (4.04 ERA)
- The Diamondbacks traded OF Conor Jackson (.277) to the Oakland Athletics for minor league pitcher Sam Demel
- The Diamondbacks traded SP Edwin Jackson (4.66 ERA) to the Chicago White Sox for SP Dan Hudson (3.52 ERA) & minor league pitcher David Holmberg
- The Diamondbacks traded SP Dan Haren (3.70 ERA) to the Los Angeles Angels for RP Rafael Rodriguez (5.51 ERA), SP Joe Saunders (4.29 ERA), plus minor league pitchers Patrick Corbin & Tyler Scaggs
- The Diamondbacks traded C Chris Snyder (.232) & SS Pedro Ciriaco to the Pittsburgh Pirates for RF Ryan Church (.263), IF Bobby Crosby (.236), & P DJ Carrasco (4.39 ERA)
– The Diamondbacks traded RP Chad Qualls (3.76 ERA) to the Tampa Bay Rays for a player to be named later

So far the Diamondbacks have lost 10 of their 12 games against the Los Angeles Dodgers
The Diamondbacks have lost 10 of their 16 games against the San Diego Padres
The Diamondbacks have lost 8 of their 12 games against the San Francisco Giants
The Diamondbacks have won 6 and lost 6 against the Colorado Rockies

Best Diamondback batting average: SS Stephen Drew (.276 average)
Most Diamondback home runs: 3B Mark Reynolds (31 home runs)
Most Diamondback RBI: 1B Adam LaRoche (87 RBI)
Most Diamondback wins: SP Ian Kennedy (8 wins, 9 losses)
Best Diamondback ERA: SP Ian Kennedy (4.22 ERA)
Most Diamondback saves: RP Aaron Heilman (6 saves)*
* [Not counting former Diamondback RP Chad Qualls [12 saves])

Arizona Diamondbacks team batting average = .252
Arizona Diamondbacks team ERA: 5.01
Arizona Diamondbacks team fielding percentage = .981

What are your thoughts on the Arizona Diamondbacks? What do you have to say about the trades, about the season, the players, the management, next year, etc?

http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/ARI/

http://mlb.mlb.com/schedule/sortable.jsp?c_id=ari

http://espn.go.com/mlb/statistics

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Which 7 deserve to be in the Hall of Fame?

August 31st, 2010

The complete list of nominees:

First-Year Eligible Nominees

Running Backs — Larry Centers, Brian Mitchell (also KR/PR)

Tight Ends — Shannon Sharpe, Frank Wycheck

Offensive Tackle — Lincoln Kennedy

Defensive Linemen — John Randle (DE/DT), Bruce Smith (DE), Dana Stubblefield (DT)

Linebacker — Jessie Armstead

Defensive Backs — Darren Woodson (S), Rod Woodson (CB/S)

Additional Nominees

Quarterbacks — Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, Jim Plunkett, Phil Simms, Ken Stabler, Joe Theismann, Doug Williams

Running Backs — Ottis Anderson, Roger Craig, Terrell Davis, Greg Pruitt (also KR/PR), Herschel Walker, Ricky Watters

Wide Receivers — Cliff Branch, Harold Carmichael, • Cris Carter, Wes Chandler, Gary Clark, Isaac Curtis, Henry Ellard, Irving Fryar, Roy Green, Harold Jackson, Herman Moore, Stanley Morgan, • Andre Reed, Sterling Sharpe

Tight Ends — Mark Bavaro, Todd Christensen, Ben Coates, Russ Francis, Brent Jones, Steve Jordan

Offensive Linemen — Tony Boselli (T), Lomas Brown (T), Jim Covert (T), Randy Cross (G/C), Dave Dalby (C), Dermontti Dawson (C), Ray Donaldson (C), • Russ Grimm (G), Jay Hilgenberg (C), Kent Hill (G/T), Chris Hinton (G/T), Kent Hull (C), Joe Jacoby (T), Mike Kenn (T), • Bob Kuechenberg (G), Jim Lachey (T), Henry Lawrence (G/T), Mark May (G/T/C), • Randall McDaniel (G), Max Montoya (G), Marvin Powell (T), Steve Wisniewski (G)

Defensive Linemen — Ray Childress (DT/DE), • Richard Dent (DE), Chris Doleman (DE/LB), Carl "Big Daddy" Hairston (DE/DT), Charles Haley (DE/LB), Ed "Too Tall" Jones (DE), Cortez Kennedy (DT), Joe Klecko (DE/DT/NT), Steve McMichael (DT/NT), Leslie O’Neal (DE), Fred Smerlas (NT), Art Still (DE)

Linebackers — Cornelius Bennett, Robert Brazile, Kevin Greene (LB/DE), Ken Harvey, Rickey Jackson, Tom Jackson, Clay Matthews, Karl Mecklenburg, Sam Mills, Hardy Nickerson, Chris Spielman, Pat Swilling, Darryl Talley, • Derrick Thomas

Defensive Backs — Eric Allen (CB), Steve Atwater (S), Joey Browner (S), LeRoy Butler (S), Deron Cherry (S), Raymond Clayborn (CB), Kenny Easley (S), Lester Hayes (CB), Albert Lewis (CB), Ken Riley (CB), Eugene Robinson (S), Donnie Shell (S), Louis Wright (CB)

Punters/Kickers — Rich Camarillo (P), • Ray Guy (P), Nick Lowery (K), Reggie Roby (P)

Special Teams — Steve Tasker

Coaches — Don Coryell, Tom Flores, Jimmy Johnson, Chuck Knox, Buddy Parker, Dan Reeves, Clark Shaughnessy

Contributors — Bud Adams, Gil Brandt, C.O. Brocato, Leo Carlin, Ed DeBartolo, Jr., Ben Dreith, Bob Harlan, Jerry Jones, Art Modell, Art Rooney Jr., Ed Sabol, Steve Sabol, • Paul Tagliabue, Ralph Wilson, Jr., Ron Wolf, George Young

Remember, only 7 can make it.

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Why have the Yankees not retired Dave Winfield's Number 31?

August 29th, 2010

With September call-ups in effect, Michael Dunn makes his major league debut pitching for the Yankees. He is wearing Number 31. This number was worn by Dave Winfield, a Hall-of-Famer.

I didn’t mind it so much when Tim Raines wore it, because he should also be in the Hall. But the Yankees have also dished out 31 to Brian Dorsett, Hensley Meulens, Mike Humphreys, Bob Wickman, a washed-up Frank Tanana, Xavier Hernandez, Brian Boehringer, Dan Naulty, Lance Johnson, Ben Ford, Glenallen Hill, Steve Karsay, Jason Anderson, Aaron Small, Jason Veras, Edwar Ramirez, Josh Phelps and… Ian Kennedy — who was no Jack Kennedy and was no Ron Guidry, either.

I hope Michael Dunn turns out to be a terrific big-league pitcher, but come on! They gave Winfield a Dave Winfield Day, they made him one of the on-field honorees at the old Stadium’s closing, and the YES Network gave him a "Yankeeography." So why not give this HOFer a Monument Park plaque and retire his number?

They did it for Don Mattingly, and he won nothing for them and is never going to get into the Hall of Fame without a ticket. Winfield at least won a Pennant and was an obvious Cooperstowner all the way. So why not the honor?

It’s not about race, as black Yankees Reggie Jackson and Elston Howard have been honored. It’s not about his personality: Everybody likes Dave, and you can’t say that about, say, Monument Park honoree Billy Martin. So why is it?

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Are you right handed or left handed?

August 26th, 2010

I’m left-handed and everyone makes a huge deal about it. but these are some of the well-know left handed people:

James A. Garfield (1831-1881) 20th
Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) 33rd
Gerald Ford (1913- ) 38th
Ronald Reagan (1911 – ) 40th
George H.W. Bush (1924- ) 41st
Barack Obama (1961- ) 44th

Senator Bill Bradley, Rhodes scholar, basketball star
Senator Daniel Inouye
Anthony Kennedy, Supreme Court Justice
John McCain, US SenatorB
Senator Hugh Scott
[Senator Bob Dole - switched to left due to injury]

Joan of Arc (?), French heroine
Ramses II (?), Egyptian pharaoh
Alexander the Great
Charlemagne, Holy Roman emperor
Julius Caesar, Roman general
King Louis XVI of France
Queen Victoria of England
King George II of England
King George VI of England
Prince Charles of England
Prince William of England
Fidel Castro, Cuban leader
Henry Ford, automobile manufacturer
Helen Keller, advocate for the blind

Edwin Buzz Aldrin, astronaut
John F. Kennedy, Jr., lawyer/publisher
Ron Reagan, son of Ronald Reagan
David Letterman, host
Jay Leno, host
Lenny Bruce, comedian

Bart Simpson, cartoon character
King Edward III of England, due to stroke

James Baldwin, novelist
Marshall McLuhan
H.G. Wells

Jimi Hendrix
Isaac Hayes
Tony Iommi, guitarist (Black Sabbath)
Paul McCartney (the Beatles; Wings)
Joe Perry ? (Aerosmith)
Robert Plant (Led Zepplin)
Ringo Starr (?) (the Beatles)

Michelangelo
Raphael
Leonardo da Vinci (RH paralyzed?)

Tim Allen
Tom Cruise
Matt Dillon
Robert DeNiro
Larry Fine (of the Three Stooges)
Whoopie Goldberg
Kermit the Frog
Angelina Jolie
Diane Keaton
Nicole Kidman
Joey Lawrence
Cloris Leachman
Steve McQueen
Marilyn Monroe
Sarah Jessica Parker
Julia Roberts
Eva Marie Saint
Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
Christian Slater
Slyvester Stallone
Dick Van Dyke
Bruce Willis
Oprah Winfrey
David Henrie, actor

Jans van Breukelen (soccer)
Dan Burbott (?) (soccer)
Johan Cruyff (soccer)

Sandy Koufax (baseball)
John Kruk (baseball)
sorry for the super long list. trust me, it can be even longer, but I chose not to write down all of it

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like sports and the team?

August 24th, 2010

Famous Sports Quotes

Chicago Cubs outfielder Andre Dawson on being a role model: "I want all the kids to do what I do, to look up to me. I want all the kids to copulate me."

New Orleans Saint RB George Rogers when asked about the upcoming season: "I want to rush for 1,000 or 1,500 yards, whichever comes first."

And, upon hearing Joe Jacoby of the ‘Skins say "I’d run over my own mother to win the Super Bowl," Matt Millen of the Raiders said, "To win, I’d run over Joe’s mom too."

Football commentator and former player Joe Theismann 1996: "Nobody in football should be called a genius.. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein."

Oiler coach Bum Phillips: When asked by Bob Costas why he takes his wife on all the road trips, Phillips responded, "Because she is too damn ugly to kiss goodbye."

Senior basketball player at the University of Pittsburgh: "I’m going to graduate on time, no matter how long it takes."

Clemson recruit Ray Forsythe, who was ineligible as a freshman because of academic requirements: "I play football. I’m not trying to be a professor. The tests don’t seem to make sense to me, measuring your brain on stuff I haven’t been through in school."

Boxing promoter Dan Duva on Mike Tyson hooking up again with promoter Don King: "Why would anyone expect him to come out smarter? He went to prison for three years, not Princeton."

Stu Grimson, Chicago Blackhawks left wing, explaining why he keeps a color photo of himself above his locker: "That’s so when I forget how to spell my name, I can still find my @#%#%@ clothes."

Shaquille O’Neal on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece: "I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."

Shaquille O’Neal, on his lack of championships: "I’ve won at every level, except college and pro."

Lou Duva, veteran boxing trainer, on the Spartan training regime of heavyweight Andrew Golota: "He’s a guy who gets up at six o’clock in the morning regardless of what time it is."

Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team’s 7-27 record: "We can’t win at home. We can’t win on the road. As general manager, I just can’t figure out where else to play." (1992)

Tommy Lasorda, Dodger manager, when asked what terms Mexican-born pitching sensation Fernando Valenzuela might settle for in his upcoming contract negotiations: "He wants Texas back." (1981)

Darrell Royal, Texas football coach, asked if the abnormal number of Longhorn injuries that season resulted from poor physical conditioning: "One player was lost because he broke his nose. How do you go about getting a nose in condition for football?" (1966)

Steve Spurrier, Florida football coach, telling Gator fans that a fire at Auburn’s football dorm had destroyed 20 books: "But the real tragedy was that 15 hadn’t been colored yet." (1991)

Jim Finks, New Orleans Saints G.M., when asked after a loss what he thought of the refs: "I’m not allowed to comment on lousy officiating." (1986)

Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, on racing Saturday nights as opposed to Sunday afternoons: "It’s basically the same, just darker." (1991)

Lincoln Kennedy, Oakland Raiders tackle, on his decision not to vote: "I was going to write myself in, but I was afraid I’d get shot." (1996)

Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player: "I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?’ He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.’" (1991)

Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four F’s and one D: "Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject." (1987)

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Fantasy Baseball H2H Point League Advice?

August 23rd, 2010

I am in a H2H league, and am playing in the semi finals next week.I am just wondering who if anyone I should drop, since next week is must win, or otherwise I am playing for 3rd the following week.If so why should I drop them and who should I pick up for final 2 weeks of H2H POINTS LEAGUE and why?

I usually try and get the SP’s in there when they have a game, and sub in RP’s in the open spots when none do.Is there any of the below I should sit or definately play next week because of favorable matchups?Holds do count for RP.

C – Kurt Suzuki
1B – Derrek Lee and Chris Davis
2B – Orlando Hudson and Luis Castillo
3B – Pablo Sandoval and Adam Kennedy
SS – Jhonny Peralta and Stephen Drew
OF – Johnny Damon,Bobby Abreu,Andrew McCutchen
UTIL – Rajai Davis,Franklin Gutierrez,Nate McClouth,Michael Brantley

SP – Derek Lowe,Dan Haren
RP – Jose Valverde,Leo Nunez
P – Jason Frasor,JP Howell,Neftali Feliz,Tommy Hanson
Bench – Javier Vazquez,Joe Blanton,Bronson Arroyo,Scott Feldman,Jonathan Sanchez,Johnny Cuerto

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Avaliable Players

C – Russell Martin,Geovany Soto,Chris Iannetta,Miguel Montero,John Baker,Miguel Olivo

1B – Nick Swisher,Billy Butler,Hank Blalock,Adam LaRoche,Luke Scott,Mark Teahan,Martin Prado

2B – Kelly Johnson,Kazuo Matsui,Mark Ellis,Akinori Iwamura,Alberto Callaspo,Chris Coughlan,Skip Schumaker,Casey McGhee,Chris Getz,Ryan Rayburn

3B – Russell Martin,Chipper Jones,Edwin Encarcion,Adrian Beltre,Alberto Callaspo,Kevin Kouzmanoff

SS – JJ Hardy,Edgar Renteria,Cristian Guzmán,Erick Aybar,Alberto Callaspo,Elvis Andrus,Gordon Beckham,Everth Cabrera

OF – Josh Hamilton,Carlos Beltran,Corey Hart,Magglio Ordonez,Chris Young,Nick Swisher,Marlon Byrd,.Jd Drew,Hideki Matsui,Seth Smith,Jack Cust,David Dejesus

UTIL – Josh Hamilton,Carlos Beltran,Russell Martin,Geovany Soto,Corey Hart,Magglio Ordonez,Billy Butler,Adam LaRoche

SP – Ervin Santana,Ricky Nolasco,Brett Myers,Kevin Slowey,David Price,Ross Ohlendorf,Hiroki Kuroda,Andy Pettite,Tommy Hunter,Franklin Morales,Barry Zito,Dan Meyer

RP – Kerry Wood,Matt Capps,Joel Hanrahan,Matt Lindstorm,Chris Perez,Hong-Chih Kuo,Brad Ziegler,Dan Wheeler,Aaron Heilman,Brendan Lyon,Kevin Gregg,Ryan Madson,Darren Oliver,Trevor Miller,Ramon Ramirez,CJ Wilson,Nick Masset

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cc sabathia, mark teixeira, aj burnett are busts? is cashman an idiot?

August 20th, 2010

i’m a yankees fan, but after 2 years of poor decision making, i think brian cashman and joe girardi should be fired now. I’ve said from the start Yankees would be better off with trading for Santana, signing Manny and Dunn on shorter, cheaper contracts than landing Sabathia, Texeira, and Burnett. Santana, Manny, and Dunn have long track records of success while Sabathia (whose best season in the AL is around the same as Santana’s worst), Texeira (probably not even a top 5 first baseman in the league), and Burnett (fragile, inconsistent) all have major question marks on their resumes.

In 2008, Torre was fired. Cashman refused to trade Melky Cabrera and Phil Hughes for the best pitcher in baseball, Johan Santana (who since becoming a starter, has a sub 3.00 era every year except 2007) , and handed rotation spots to untested rookies Hughes and Ian Kennedy (and inserted rookie Joba Chamberlain in midseason due to innings count). Melky Cabrera become the starting centerfielder. The plan backfired as Kennedy, Hughes, and Cabrera flopped. Hughes, Jorge Posada, and Chien-Ming Wang got injured. The Yankees had to turn to journeymen like Sidney Ponson, Darrell Rasner, Dan Giese, and Jose Molina. Despite the fact that Yankees had the highest payroll (again) and career season from Mike Mussina (who retired this year), they didn’t make the playoffs.

In the offseason, Cashman tried to retool the rotation. He signed CC Sabathia to a record contract for pitcher (if you look at his career stats, he is nothing compare to Santana or even Roy Oswalt. Lowest ERA per season in the AL was 3.21, which is barely better than Santana’s worst season). Injury-prone strikeout machine AJ Burnett was also signed to a lucrative 5 year contract, which is odd considering his injury history, inconsistency, and not-so-stellar ERA.
The final blow came when Mark Texeira was signed to a 8 year contract. Texeira plays good 1st base defense, has good (not great) power, and good plate discipline. But 1st base is a power position (not to mention Cashman already traded for Nick Swisher earlier), Texeira just doesn’t seem like an impact slugger that inspires fear. (his effect with the braves and angels pennant race weren’t felt) Cashman also made the questionable decision to hand the center field job to untested rookie Brett Gardner.

As of right now, Texeira is hitting .182 with 3 homers. Sabathia is 1-3, 4.85 ERA. Burnett has a 5.40 ERA. Brett Gardner is hitting .222.

The players Yankees could’ve had for much cheaper, shorter contracts are doing much better. Manny Ramirez is hitting .349, .500 OBP, 5 homers. Adam Dunn is hitting .299, .460 OBP, 7 homers, despite no protection from the weak Naitonals lineup. Santana (3-1) has a 1.10 ERA, 44 K’s in 32 innings despite limited run support.

Imagine how good the lineup would look
C-Posada
1B-Dunn/Swisher
2B-Cano
3B-A-Rod
SS-Jeter
DH-Matsui/Damon/(whoever’s not fielding)
CF-Damon/Swisher/Cabrera
RF-Nady/Swisher/Dunn
LF-Manny Ramirez/Matsui/Swisher

rotation
Santana, Pettitte, Wang (if he can find his form), Chamberlain. Several options for the 5th starter.
a. They could easily find a cheaper alternative this offseason (Derek Lowe? Brad Penny? Braden Looper? I still think Lowe is a lot better than Burnett)
b. Sign Pedro Martinez, Paul Byrd, or one of the free agent as a stopgap
c. Sign Ben Sheets when he recovers. People in triple-a like Kennedy, Brett Tomko, Alfredo Aceves, Kei Igawa can also compete in spring traning with vets such as Kenny Rogers, Jon Lieber, Orlando Hernandez for the 5th spot.
The relievers are, by nature, very volatile. A lot of hits and misses and one year wonders. The current crops in the Yankees bullpen were all in triple-a a year ago, save for Rivera, Brian Bruney, and Damaso Marte. I think they should bring Tomko/Kennedy up as the long man like the Dodgers did last year with Chan Ho Park and this year with Jeff Weaver/Eric Milton/Shawn Estes.

Is Brian Cashman an idiot? He’s wasting Steinbrenner’s resources. He should be fired.

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Can you read my summary of Forrest Gump and tell me what I can do to improve it?

August 19th, 2010

Forrest Gump is the tale of a young boy, who, even though he has much mental and physical incapability’s succeeds in life. It begins with him sitting at a bus stop and a feather floating down and Forrest putting the feather into his favourite book. A woman sits down at the bench and he begins to go into the story of his life, beginning with, “Momma always said life was like a box of chocolates, you’ll never know what you’ll get.”
The story then goes back in time to when Forrest was younger, in a doctor’s office with him getting leg braces. He called them his magic shoes. Forrest and his mom lived in a big house all to themselves and she would let the extra rooms out to people traveling through town.

As a child Forrest was considered special and he was supposed to go to a special school but his mom insisted he go to a regular school even with his IQ being 75. Forrest’s dad left before he was born and his mom said that he went on a vacation, and that a vacation is where you leave somewhere and don’t come back.

Forrest meets Jenny when he starts school and this is a key point in the movie when they become friends. She is the first person to actually talk to him besides his own mother. She teaches him how to read and he teaches her how to swing, she was his only friend.

When Forrest and Jenny are walking home together, some little boys throw rocks at Forrest and he begins to run after Jenny tells him so. As he is running his leg braces fall off and that is when he grows to love running, running whenever he can. This is a turning point and his ability to run at lightening speed gets him into college on a football scholarship.

While attending the University of Alabama a controversy arises where the governor, George Wallace refuses to admit two black students; Jimmy Hood and Vivian Malone. But President Kennedy orders military help and the two are signed up for summer classes. Later George Wallace runs for President and he is shot, but does not die.

Forrest is put on the All-American football team and he meets President Kennedy, which is historically untrue. Awhile after meeting President Kennedy, he is assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald and a short time after that President Kennedy’s brother is also killed.

But after five years of playing football at the University of Alabama, Forrest gets his college degree and he is invited to join the army and he does. While in the army Forrest meets Bubba, who is a black man from the south and they become good friends, they are both sent to fight in Vietnam. There they meet Lieutenant Danforth, a short white man and they are in the 14th platoon. While in Vietnam, Forrest got to see a lot of the countryside, they were always on the go.

While in a battle, Forrest runs as fast as he could to get away, and once he was by himself he realised that he had left Bubba, so he runs back to try and find him. And every time he went back he found someone else that he had to carry to safety. And he found Lieutenant Dan, who wanted to be left there so he could die with his platoon but Forrest took him to safety. And on the last trip before the aircrafts were to bomb the area Forrest finds Bubba and just in time he gets Bubba to safety. Unfortunately, Bubba was shot and he dies next to the river in Vietnam, before he dies, he says that he wanted to go home.

During that battle Forrest got shot in the “butt-tox” and he is on leave from the war and Dan is on leave because he lost his legs. Forrest begins to play ping-pong; he was so addicted he played in his sleep. Forrest gets the congressional metal of honour, for his bravery. Then Lieutenant Dan is sent home and then Forrest is also sent home.

Forrest meets President Lyndon B. Johnson and he goes to a peace rally where he is reunited with Jenny. And when he is with Jenny they go to a black panther meeting because Jenny is a hippy. But Jenny leaves to California and Forrest gives her his metal of honour because, “I only got it because I did what you said.”

Because Forrest is so good at ping-pong he is invited to join the All-American team, and he meets John Lennon and President Nixon because of it. While meeting President Nixon, Forrest stays at the Watergate hotel and shortly after that Nixon resigns.

Forrest is discharged from the army and he goes home and finds out that he has received a 25,000 dollar endorsement check. He uses the check to get a shrimping boat and he to visit Bubbas mom. He names the boat Jenny and Dan joins Forrest crew, a short while after there is a hurricane and the whole shrimping community is destroyed except for the Jenny. After that they began to get a lot of shrimp.

President Ford escapes possible assassination after he is shot, while in New York. Forrest doesn’t go back to shrimping again he instead mows football fields and, he never had to worry about money again. Since Dan invested in the Apple company. And even though Bubba was dead he gave some of the money he earned to Bu

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You might be a Liberal if?

August 17th, 2010

You think the rich can get richer off people who have no money.

If you have ever used the phrase "protecting prisoner’s rights".

You’ve ever referred to the Military/Industrial Complex during a
conversation.

You file suit against the mall rent-a-cops for posting signs stating
that your bags are subject to inspection.

You’ve ever argued that "you can’t legislate morality".

Referred to the Founding Fathers as "those aristocratic, chauvinistic,
lily white, slave owning, land stealing oppressors of indigenous
personnel".

You’ve ever said "But look at all the good Ted Kennedy has done for
this country!"

You’ve ever stared at a wall and said "Now THAT is definitely man’s
inhumanity to man!"

You argue that the only flaw with Marx is that Russia was an agrarian
society.

You’ve ever called the meter maid a Fascist.

You argue that the Second Amendment only refers to Federally organized
militias.

You view Jane Fonda as a courageous heroine with strong convictions.

After looking at your pay stub you can still say "America is
undertaxed."

You’ve ever said "We really should call the ACLU about this."

You came of age in the ’60s and don’t remember.

You believe it because "Dan Rather wouldn’t lie about something this
important."

You ever based an argument on the phrase, "But they can afford a
tax hike because…"

You ever told a child that Oscar the Grouch "is a victim of Draconian
budget cuts."

You’ve ever argued that with just 1 more year of welfare that person
will turn it around and get off drugs.

You are outraged that Baseball Players make millions and the poor clerk
at the unemployment office only makes 28 bucks an hour doing such good
work.

You want government to find alternative energy sources but lobby for the
rights of one Alaskan bird to live in its preferred tree.

You believe our government must do it because Europe does.

You think socialism will catch on once society has evolved.

You’ve ever stated "How does what he does in his personal life have
any bearing on doing his job?"

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