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QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 07:55 PM) Jones .192 vs. LHB, .328 against RHB. VENTURA IS AN IDIOT. These are always not absolutely accurate because there are only certain kinds of opposite handed hitters they see and only certain times they see them -- not to mention sample size issues

All these extra pitchers are making managing way too fun for Robinho

Got the job done lulz

No idea where that 2-0 pitch missed

Bench Dayan tonight my ass!

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 07:15 PM) The offense struggles and the starting pitching tires out. It's been a staple of Sox teams seemingly the entire 21st century, but I wonder how many other teams feel the same way? All of them

It's 2-0 in the 3rd inning

I still wouldn't mind keeping Liriano around next year, but I wouldn't pay much for him.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 06:27 PM) Not close. Rios had it measured all the way. Front of the warning track. Rios?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 06:16 PM) Viciedo did it last night as well...would have put us ahead 5-4 at the time. That ball last night was f***ing spanked

Well, Youk-Paulie looked like s***. That's the second ball AJ has hit that would have been a HR at the Cell but wasn't in Detroit

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 02:35 PM) I swear sox fans have to be the most miserable out there. Go to MotownSports, they're even more miserable Imagine Soxtalk in September 2005, x5

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 04:14 PM) Yup, taxpayers pay their salaries. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-0...eacher-incident And the teacher? Suspended (probably with pay) them moved to a different school. So...don't pay the teachers!

So in that case, is it safe to say that Republicans are what's wrong with the USA? Can't choose good politicians to lead us?

I'm a fan so I'm taking the under!

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Sep 1, 2012 -> 07:58 AM) Because their is no accountability in teaching. If a kid underachieves it's their fault or their parents, not the teacher's. If teachers want better salaries they better start producing better educated kids. Depends who is pointing the finger. Oftentimes it IS the child's fault that he or she doesn't succeed (by extension, perhaps, the parents'). It is not for you or I to decide if the teacher isn't doing an acceptable job, it's the school district's. It should be evident to the school administrators whether teachers are doing a poor job. Good school districts take the tenure process very seriously, my "crappy" local district did some heavy vetting and review to make sure only the deserving received tenure and some just didn't get it (it's hard for kids to understand this since many of our favorite teachers were the bad ones).

Having too much muscle is a splendid and rare problem, even for your average steroid user

We're sending out one of our big left arms to beat this hetero-chromic asshole ...might also want to do something about the following assholes THE WINNING STARTS NOW OR AFTER THIS SERIES WHENEVER THEY'RE READY

The Daily Show has done some excellent reporting on the RNC, seriously. And if there's a contest, he's beating Stephen Colbert. Samantha Bee's piece talking to the pro-lifers was awesome.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 09:38 AM) I don't want to s*** on teachers here, as they are very important. But I'm gonna say this is all an overstatement. Parents are more important than teachers, and your mentality has been bought by the vast majority of the country unfortunately, and that's why our educational system sucks. We demand too much of teachers and when they fail to perform we point the finger at them. It's not the parents fault for not being a parent and teaching their kids the importance of education, it's the teachers fault for not being miracle workers. But no amount of money will provide kids that good parenting, so it's just hard for me to believe that more money=better teachers=better education system. I mean, I had good teachers and I had s***ty teachers. But I had better parents, so regardless of the teacher I learned what I needed to learn because I knew what the end goal was and what I had to get through to get there. You guys just crack me up with this summer time off crap. You have it better than 95% of the people in this country that are working. You have a decent pay, you have a good amount of time off, and you get crazy good benefits. So, stop yo b****in'. Certainly parents play an absolutely tremendously larger role in the formation of a successful youth than teachers. However, the government can't do much to make parents better. What they can do is make an excellent education available to all, giving children the tools to OVERCOME their parents/home if need be. I think we're all for making parents rich and happy and intelligent (might help to educate the parents in their youth too ), but we're a few degrees from legislating to make parents better. Summers off are nice, but perhaps it isn't an apples to apples comparison with other jobs given the nature of the work and the type of skills and education necessary to do the job well. QUOTE (mr_genius @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 11:46 AM) read the whole post, your answer is in it. by the way, i worked at one of the largest tech companies in the world for a number of years and currently work at another top corporation. also have a successful side business. i'm a big success like Mitt Romney! You didn't build that! QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 03:27 PM) It's amazing how badly he hurt Republicans in Missouri. I passed a bunch of political signs the other day, Democrat and Republican. Only a small s***ty Akin sign that you had to look for was graffiti-ed Normally when I drive through Missouri (I55) I only see Republican signs and Pro-Life signs. Interesting. QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 03:44 PM) lol QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 05:57 PM) Add to that that it's very hard to unseat an incumbant, the last two who did it were charismatic candidates with Reagan and Clinton. You need to be likeable and Romney just isn't it. He is the GOP's John Kerry... I can see that comparison QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 09:31 PM) I brought up higher teaching salaries because the governor of New Jersey had just s*** on teaching unions on national television minutes before my post, and then talked about how we needed better teachers. I never said that I wanted a higher salary(I obviously picked this profession because of the passion I have for helping people not because of the salary). I said that a higher salary = better teachers across the board. Read my post and tell me exactly where I was "b****ing." And then only after someone happened to point out that my life was easy and I only worked 75% of the year is when I brought up the long hours I work during the school year and that my life was not that easy. So not b****ing there either. If Republicans get rid of teaching unions salaries are going to go down everywhere and teachers are going to get s***tier going against exactly what he preached. So no a teacher didn't b**** about their pay first. A republican leader in this country brought it up so I brought it up in the republican thread. All I said is if you raise salaries you'll raise teacher quality. But its become pretty apparent that you know little about education and the profession of teaching so your opinion on this topic is pretty much irrelevant. Any of you against raising teaching salaries have yet to provide a valid argument to why is shouldn't be. Talking about how teaching is easy when you've never taught a day in your life doesn't count. Their reason, whether they want to say it or not, is that moving the budget towards other functions is more important than the teacher's salaries. That's okay, but I don't agree with it and I think I know why most don't vocalize it. The problem with paying teachers well is that you don't get an immediate payoff. Really...you're lucky if you live to see education reform really pay off. If you do, you end up not realizing that the successes around you might be strongly influenced by the education provided them so long ago. It's a very thankless thing. The best you can hope for is raised graduation rates and standardized scores, which by no means tell the whole story.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 06:23 PM) I'm not trying to bait anybody. Ozzie is terrible at his profession. I don't care about '05 anymore. One team wins it all every year. That doesn't mean the manager of that team is great overall. I like being a Sox fan again. This wouldn't be the case with Ozzie still managing. But what do you think of the Filibuster?

Valverde likes to make things interesting, so hopefully tonight is interesting

http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?p...&pid=621217 great name

QUOTE (RZZZA @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 08:58 PM) Because thats the way some people express themselves, why do you not realize this? Don't let it bother you so much. One of these days I'll probably have to quit posting here

A good splitter is among the most mind blowing things you can see as a hitter