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Is it May the Best Team Win: Baseball Economics and Public Policy?

After further reading your post it made sense. I forgot it was them that took him later in the draft. Was Prior actually thinking about signing with him? What I always heard was he wanted to go to college cause he knew he could make more. Plus I'm assuming Prior is from a rather well off family since he was able to work with Tom House.

MoneyBall and then Billy Beane's books. Hopefully they'll be good. Man, I can't remember the last time I bought a book other then when I bought the baseball america/baseball prospectus books. Oh well, I guess reading won't hurt. I'll tell you all what I think of these books after I read them, but from what I've heard they are both really good.

I heard that movie was funny as hell.................. I thought it was super funny.

Me too. She gave guys her number. she stripped for guys on cam. She pretended she didnt have a boyfriend. She lead guys on. She flirted with everyone. One guy asked her out on a date and she had the nerve to tell me about it and when i asked her what she said, she told me that she told him MAYBE. Am i the only one who would find these things disrespectful to her boyfriend? If so then im an asshole. Hell no. Personally I would of ended it right then. Of course me being younger tends to mean I don't think as long term. I am very picky when it comes to picking a girl and I think thats rightfully so, simply because once I settle down I want whatever I have to be special. I think when stuff like that happens, everything after is pretty much a waste of time, unless that stuff happens because of immaturity (Like if you went out with a girl at 18 and go out with her again at 22 you'd expect her to change), but if its already a grown women, forget about it. I don't know the whole story, but I think your mistake was that you let things get personal. While it is a relationship, if s*** doesn't work, thats that and let bygones be bygones no matter what a b**** she was. You can't do anything about it other then get yourself in trouble and you thinking about it only makes the situation worse. Whats important is you learn from the past and make sure that past stays in the past and that you don't repeat it in the future. As long as you learn from your mistakes your ahead of most people or thats what I always say. In regards to the job, if your boss looked aside time after time, then he himself would be putting himself on the line. You could technically get involved with him saying he knew and never stopped it. Not sure if he'll think about that. What I'm guessing is he'll pull you aside, talk to you, and tell you some things. I also think you should talk to him and clear what you have to say (I mean if your almost positive your gonna get canned, I figure there is no harm in trying this) and say you made a mistake, etc. Also make it clear that you didn't do anything stupid, etc. When it comes to dating an employee to me its harder, but its fine. Its when you let your decisions at work get impacted by who they are when it gets in their way. So in the future, just because of this experience don't let the right person (if she happens to be a co-worke) pass you by. Before I quote myself as all gifted, I'm only 20 so I haven't really been through the school of hardknocks on relationships or anything and have never had a rough breakup, but I think thats mainly because I don't really let anything get to me. As I've said a few times already, hopefully you have a much better day then anticipated tomorrow.

Well I'm going to say this. My theory on relationships is this. I got no problem if my girl says another guy is hot or whatever or is friends with another guy, as long as it stays like that. I better be damn well able to say another girl is hot. That doesn't mean I'm going to leave her for that girl, just like she wouldn't leave me for that guy. If she would, then screw it, I'm better off without her. Thats the way I look at things, I'm a huge believer in trust.

I love the doors, so i'll have to check this out.

Whats the title of it? I'll pick it up this week.

Are you talking about Milton? Milton was from the Yankees system. They got him in the Knoblauch deal. Loshe came from the Cubs in the Augelera trade.

BMR your proving that your better then this girl, therefor you will do better. The worse thing that could of happened would of been you staying with her. You deserve better and you'll get better.

I've been ready since I wrote that column.

I don't think Jerry screwed up this game.

Roman, that philosphy is alright when your a kid, but eventually you have to take responsibility for your actions and pulling crap like that isn't the way adults should handle themselves. A society that thought like that would be pretty crappy, imo.

Thanks. I hope youre right. I might add, that i havent officially been fired yet, but im pretty sure its coming tomorrow. I am going more by her reaction, than anything. Well, depending on what you did, your boss may be able to see through the bulls***. It kind of depends on the operation and how much your boss knows you and what really went on.

My biggest recommendation for you oldroman is to go to college and then enlist. The reason is, after you graduate you automatically enter the militar as an officer. Someone can verify this for me, but I'm 95% sure thats how it works.

I agree with you on that. You giving a response to it puts you at the same level as her. You got to look at it, move on and think this was for the best. Like others have mentioned you could of married her and then gotten screwed over. In this case its simply a relationship gone bad and you lost a job. That may be bad, but your healthy, and a strong person and you'll get over it and find someone better and find a better job.

I think the price you have is ridiculously high. Thats over 4000 thousand a year and unless your driving a porsche that shouldn't be happening. I think at the most you'd be payin 3000 a year and that would be really high and would mean you have an expensive car and got in an accident recently or have a lot of tickets. In regards to taxes, BMR, if he files his taxes right he shouldn't be paying any taxes cause he'd only make around 7200 and I think 6000 or so is the amount you can make to be tax exempt, meaning only 1200 bucks can be taxed and he could probably find some writeoffs to whipe off the rest of that. For me I don't make that much, but I can write off gas once I'm at work and can write off my edumactation, etc, to the point I get a refund for almost all of my taxes. For gas, depends how much you drive. I drive about 2000 miles a month which is relatively high so I spend like 125 bucks a month on gas. I have a car that gets pretty good mileage (25-30 MPG).

One flaw to that. Your a minor so you can get away with petty stuff, but when your not a minor you don't want to do stuff that can get you in trouble with the law.

Umm, we spoke to soon.

Robert

That was sweet.

Well Vladdy is my favorite player or one of them, so I'm sure one of those people wasnt me. I'd of been all for it then, as long as they could sign him.

I think the answer with those four teams is two merge them. Each merges into two. One team stays in Minnesota with a new stadium and the other can stay in florida, go to Puerto Rico or go somewhere else.

I think the one flaw with Costas is he's too old school. I like old school, but I also like a mixture of new school/new ideas.

Overall was the book good? I'm going to buy Billy Beanes book this week and read it when I fly to Iowa later this month to visit my grandparents.