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I'm 50k less angry about him.

I think that's a pretty good precaution.

I enjoyed that JPS was old school and not giving lectures all across the country.

jones is getting 550k for the year. It's not enough resources allocated towards him to care.

QUOTE (qwerty @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 07:48 PM) When kalapse wasn't corrected last night... that was the shocker. Guy couldn't say a damn thing correct if he tried. word.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 07:31 PM) Except we all know that he's much better than that. k...i'm done.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 07:22 PM) Gordon Beckham is a .270-to-.280 hitter until further notice. People already have him in the hall of fame, for some odd reason. It is also not beyond the realm of possibility for Konerko or Andruw Jones to get a base bit. Nor is it that Beckham would. In fact, it's a better bet than andruw jones, rios, teahan and alexei. A far better bet.

yeah, i'm willing to see andruw in CF, because a OF defense of pierre, jones (if better) and rios will save a lot of runs that we clearly need because our manager feels so much more creative with all these bad players!

He can either sprint to second, or jog back to the bus.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 06:59 PM) It never hurts to actually have gone to a doctor/health center. this.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 08:13 PM) We already covered this, though. Left-handed pitcher with a balkish move to first that doesn't get called. I'd have been hesitant to steal as well. but not hesitant to have your best hitter bunt because you've seen some people do it before in the same situation so it's fine.

ahh, the defer to management because they have jobs in management and we don't so they must always be right school of thought. Brilliant. Terry Bevington, brilliant baseball mind. He was a manager, you know!

This is so stupid, i can't believe we are arguing sacrificing beckham twice in the late innings as a good move.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 06:46 PM) They got Sotomayor's nomination through on schedule though. capital was way higher then. And the media will do the "obama should elect a moderate" bulls***.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 07:23 PM) The sound of it so far is that the Dems want to get this done fast, perhaps before the Court's term ends. If it goes to the Fall, 1/3 of the Senate will be off campaigning, so it'll be almost impossible to have anyone in place before the start of the Court's next session. And Stevens is actually leaving in June, he's not staying on until the replacement is named like O'Connor did. health care was going to be done last summer.

QUOTE (hammerhead johnson @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 06:40 PM) I guess I'm just really conservative, because all I can think about is the worst case scenario where the baserunner gets thrown out. I'd much rather just bunt him over. in which case you have 1 out with 3 of your best hitters coming up, instead of 1 out, man on second and first, with one of your best hitters who is also a DP machine, and then a not so good hitter. Yeah.

and you'd have lost the game.

well, in this situation, they are going to threaten no anyway, they'll be right around election time.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 06:15 PM) I dunno man, that guy is wicked smart. Talking about years and years of Supreme Court history/cases without notes is pretty impressive. No one is saying Roberts isn't smart.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 06:11 PM) And as soon as you bunt with Beckham to get Pierre to 2nd...the right move becomes to give Q nothing to hit and to try to walk him, because Konerko is an easy GIDP with his wheels, if you can keep the ball down. yep.

the courts of the 60s and 70s were very liberal. It's not surprising that a moderate candidate at the time became a very liberal member of the court considering what happened after that.

Bunting with beckham is like 95% a sure thing to waste an out. Pierre, unfortunately, is only a 30% chance to if he steals. Beckham hits a lot of doubles...and you wasted him for a chance to only put a guy on second. It was a bad move in each inning.

QUOTE (Ranger @ Apr 9, 2010 -> 05:56 PM) Bunting him over in the 9th inning is fine. I wouldn't have done it in the 7th, though. Why can't stealy mcstealerson steal in the ninth and not waste Beckhams AB? He's our best hitter. Instead of getting 3 tries of a big hit with our best hitters...we gave ourselves 2 chances.

even when our 2-3-4 produces, that's not enough. They won't do it every night.

I really think Merrick Garland is my choice, but my research is in its infancy.