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I wasn't too mad about Thornton v Prince. He was the absolute worst guy to have pitch to Delmon Young, though.

Lucky for us, Detroit sucks. This one ain't over.

Thornton was not a good matchup for these guys. They're all fastball hitters.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 01:00 AM) I'll take #56 in black and white later today thank you very much. It's mostly the kid in me, but I really want it

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 31, 2012 -> 08:13 AM) AP exams said otherwise. AP exams can be an interesting test for teachers, really. It takes a lot of different things having been done right to have students score well. I've had teachers that I consider very good at teaching not have students be successful on AP exams. Previous teachers may have been a factor, but in some cases I know for sure that it had some to do with their ability to plan the course. If the class learns everything you teach but doesn't succeed on the test, perhaps more or different things needed to be taught. I will say, though, now that I'm in college I wish I could have had more non-AP courses. In many subjects the AP curriculum is not very useful once you get into college.

I think teaching is something that can (at times, at least) come somewhat easily to those that are able to do it. For those that are less equipped, it would be damn near impossible to do the job well.

I haven't read the entire thread, but it shocks me that I haven't seen anyone posit the argument that perhaps teachers' jobs should have more "perks" because they are one of, if not the most important profession for the maintenance of American society. Good educators are the key to social mobility, ie the American Dream. We can't really control if kids are born into ideal situations, but we do have some control over their educational experience -- it should be a huge priority that children should have every opportunity to utilize their public education to move up the socioeconomic ladder if they wish. It starts with teachers. Pay them more, give them more protection if that's what it takes to attract the truly talented people to the profession. I can't even begin to tell you all the people I know who consider their dream job to teach, but they can't fathom taking on all the debt to become college educated (post-graduate experience needed in some states, even MORE debt) and then receive what is often not nearly enough to live a decent lifestyle and make meaningful progress on paying down loans. I realize there are exceptions to this based on where you teach, where you went to school, if you were able to get financial assistance in college, etc.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 09:56 PM) Gratuity "I still want Buehrle" post.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 05:27 PM) You obviously don't like the shoulder shrug. It doesn't bother me. He's a big, slow as an ox. No need to run hard every time. Now DeAza? He has to sprint. we need him back in the lineup BTW. Badly. I have to say D-Wise has filled in better than I could have possibly imagined.

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 02:08 PM) Times like this I wish we had that one power bat on the bench. T Flow!!! Jose Lopez several years ago!!!

Let's watch those curveballs a little longer before swinging

This AB has not started well

There is a little you can learn from 15 games' numbers. There is a lot more you can learn by watching the games and I assume our scouts did that. If he looked like he could clearly compete at that level, 5 worse games or not, then he must be have looked like he could hit AAA pitching. If a guy had to put up good numbers and a valid sample size at every level, lots of players would be wasting times at too low of levels. You just have to trust the guys getting paid to do this.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 12:45 PM) What a play by gordo Those were my favorite kinds of plays to make as a second baseman. If you are fast enough, it is actually a pretty easy play -- but you look awesome doing it

Watch a batting practice. Hitters get themselves out half the time. Five extra base hits in a row is at least in part good luck for Baltimore, no matter how bad the pitcher was

Britton isn't throwing strikes

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 12:34 PM) Well, Quintana absolutely s*** down his leg in the past 5 minutes. I don't like to think of it that way. s***ting down your leg usually entails a ton of walks, wild pitches, etc. Getting hit hard just means you were dumb, usually

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 12:32 PM) He was just cruising along and then BAM. The plight of the pitcher

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 10:27 AM) wow. long time. i've only been here for..... 8? 8 years though. that means I was 17 when i started posting here. that's a little crazy really. i was still doing Showchoir in high school at that point. I was embarrassingly even younger than that. And reading even younger than that, then my PARENTS finally let me sign up

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 05:43 AM) You want KW to trade for Justin Smoak?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 11:20 PM) also it's actually closer to 10% huh. interesting. all sorts of new articles saying 1-2%, i'd always heard 10. RESEARCH TIME! The best (IMO, in terms of methods) research says about 5%. It is a very hard thing to pin down since not every gay person has yet fully identified, others are afraid to acknowledge for fear of things like loss of job, and a variety of other factors. I think some people would have you believe that if we started "accepting" gay-ness, people would be converting all over the place like some kind of epidemic. I think the amount of outwardly gay people may be suppressed by our culture, but this "threat" is overstated. Of course if everyone was gay, I still don't see a huge issue. It's not hard to create children in today's world. Fixes our population issue Mostly kidding

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 11:37 PM) You forgot to put that in green. But really -- he's your 5th starter (a role that doesn't exist in the playoffs) and his stuff doesn't translate to the pen. No need for him. Phil Humber can be our long reliever/mop up guy along with Hector, Donnie Veal, or whomever else.

QUOTE (sunofgold @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 11:20 PM) I don't know. Might be disturbing somebody postseason baseball. Why don't they want Dylan to be on a potential postseason roster? They should just keep him and then add players on the 1st You don't need a 5th starter with no talent on the playoff roster

It is very difficult to be a team's 9 hitter for a very long time. Eventually (and usually sooner rather than later) the team will believe it has a young player that can outperform him...and then he goes elsewhere to be a 9 hitter. If he wants a long stay on the South Side, he better start hitting better or hope there are no good FA 2B's in the next 10 years and hope that Carlos Sanchez flames out entirely

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 10:30 PM) We can call up a player for paternity leave? I actually would hope so, but I've never seen it done