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Don't forget to vote tomorrow everyone who can.

I did what the Tigers couldn't: Beat the Giants.

Giants won before the second pitch of game 1 was thrown. The Tigers just didn't show until game 4 and payed the price. Congrats to the Giants. OP with its final update.

That anthem was painful. The artistic license was forced and sounded horrible. Yikes.

OP updated. And I agree, this WS is kinda boring. No fight from the Tigers.

Finally, AL baseball again....

OP updated

sorry, it's a fair point

OP updated with lineups for game 2

*inb4 zombie thread* Looking back on this, dang I feel stupid, though who can read the future?

deadest. thread. ever.

See if I can get a bar to do that for the Lightning.

OP updated for the completion of Game 1.

OP is updated with Game 1 lineup. Would have had it there sooner but Inkscape is giving me fits.

This is insanely cool. http://deadspin.com/5953422/columbus-blue-jackets-fans-gathered-at-a-bar-for-an-xbox-simulation-last-night-and-the-blue-jackets-radio-announcers-showed-up-to-call-it

Ooh that's nice. Since it'll just be this series, think you can update it after every game with the score and then the next game's starter and stats like this one? Hopefully 7 pics won't be too bad. [Or 14 if you end up doing the score picture-wise, too] I plan on keeping it two pictures, just updating the second one. You'll have a better idea of my plan tomorrow after game 1.

Original post updated with game 1 information.

Poll on who will win and in how many games.

Wow....no stability, that there is a formula for losing.

Let the extreme faction of the Republican continue to rule the elections and I wouldnt be totally surprised if that movement is began. Ah, you're one of those people. Which website's your poison? The Raw Story? HuffPo? Think Progress? Im none. If you want to believe the tea party (the extreme faction), which won going away in 2010 has done good for this nation in terms of things moving forward and things being accomplished then i have some prime waterfront property to sell you in Arizona. This nation has simply moved to a political system of extremes, if you cannot see this then you either a. live on the extremes or b. simply do not care. Or C. I don't buy what people like yourself sell. What exactly am I trying to sell? Your brand of social justice. Now... Is it working?

Let the extreme faction of the Republican continue to rule the elections and I wouldnt be totally surprised if that movement is began. Ah, you're one of those people. Which website's your poison? The Raw Story? HuffPo? Think Progress? Im none. If you want to believe the tea party (the extreme faction), which won going away in 2010 has done good for this nation in terms of things moving forward and things being accomplished then i have some prime waterfront property to sell you in Arizona. This nation has simply moved to a political system of extremes, if you cannot see this then you either a. live on the extremes or b. simply do not care. Or C. I don't buy what people like yourself sell.

Let the extreme faction of the Republican continue to rule the elections and I wouldnt be totally surprised if that movement is began. Ah, you're one of those people. Which website's your poison? The Raw Story? HuffPo? Think Progress?

Only problem is your faith has zero to do with what should be or shouldn't be legal Also keep in mind, that there is the religious ceremony of marriage and there is the legal contract of marriage no one is asking for the church to change what they want to do - but just not deny that two consenting adults can enter into a marriage contract and have the legal protections it affords and remedies when it ends there is a huge difference there ....... once that difference is understood and accepted I don't see how anyone can really oppose it and it will eventually be the norm - until then the courts will have to continue to cycle through things like DOMA In all fairness what you have described is a civil union.

New York (CNN) -- A federal appeals court in New York became the nation's second to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, finding that the Clinton-era law's denial of federal benefits to married same-sex couples is unconstitutional. The divisive act, which was passed in 1996, bars federal recognition of such marriages and says other states cannot be forced to recognize them. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals determined Thursday that the federal law violates the Constitution's equal protection clause, ruling in favor of a widow named Edith Windsor, an 82-year-old lesbian who sued the federal government for charging her more than $363,000 in estate taxes after being denied the benefit of spousal deductions. "What I'm feeling is elated," said Windsor. "Did I ever think it could come to be, altogether? ... Not a chance in hell." The case centered on the money Windsor wanted back, but raised the more looming question of whether the federal government can continue to ignore a state's recognition of her marriage and financially penalize her as a result. "Homosexuals are not in a position to adequately protect themselves from the discriminatory wishes of the majoritarian public," wrote Dennis Jacobs, a conservative judge in New York. A federal appeals court in Boston made a similar ruling in May, but the moves are considered largely symbolic as the issue is expected to eventually be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. "This court has a limited jurisdiction," CNN legal analyst Paul Callan said. "But this is a very favorable decision for those who believe that the Defense of Marriage (Act) unconstitutionally discriminates against same-sex couples." Those who back striking down the law "believe this decision will give them a very strong position arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court in the future," he said. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo also weighed in on the three-judge-panel's decision, saying it "provides further momentum for national progress on this important civil rights issue." In February, the Obama administration ordered the Justice Department to stop defending the constitutionality of the law, though a GOP-backed group has since taken up the issue in courts across the country. Currently, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire, New York and the District of Columbia issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Maryland, Washington, Maine and Minnesota are voting on the issue in November referendums. Five states -- Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Rhode Island -- currently allow civil unions that provide rights similar to marriage. http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/18/justice/new-york-appeals-court-doma/index.html Read the ruling (PDF) I personally have mixed feelings on gay marriage. On one hand, I feel obligated by my faith to say it's a sin and shouldn't be legal. On the other I feel obligated to allow free will and let God be the ultimate judge. And on a "third hand" I feel government shouldn't be in the marriage business at all, straight or gay.

I can relate to that poem! Good stuff dude! Thank you! I tried to avoid cheesiness. Nobody should get ripped for doing so. The internet should be for criticizing, not making fun of. In fact, one who has the ability to speak their mind is arguably a stronger person than those who cannot.