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QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 02:28 AM) Yeah but that's like an exceptionally rare occurrence. Blowing up trains, relatively speaking, is orders of magnitude easier and that's part of the psychological damage it does. this, and what measures do you take on afterwards? in Paris if there is a bag left on a train everything stops until it's removed, on the other hand their metros are faster and more reliable, do that to ours and see what happens.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 12:58 AM) I think letting a QB handpick his own OC is a recipe for disaster, and seeing how Pete Carroll basically wants Bates gone and also noting USC's fall from offensive grace, I am not enthralled with Bates becoming the OC. there's also a difference from college and pro offenses. I'd rather take a guy with success on offense in the pros than that of one with success in college when looking at an offensive coordinator.

I don't buy it ss, if an attack happened on a public transportation vehicle in a major metropolitan area, that scares the s*** on effectively everyone in THAT city, and frankly, EVERY city that uses public transportation. And considering a train attack on say, a metro train, would eff up the track, it also causes huge inconveniences from here on out. There are so many planes that run a day there will always be a "what are the odds", but when you start narrowing it down to train lines, it's a little bit more damning.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Jan 7, 2010 -> 01:18 AM) You know, I parked in one of these things not too long ago (by the Giordano's on 53rd in Hyde Park) and the prices weren't all that bad like I thought they were going to be. It was like 2 dollars for 2 hours, something like that, and being able to use my credit card instead of digging for coins was really convenient. this. Frankly parking meters are just an economics 101 textbook example in terms of supply and demand/tragedy of the commons, etc. And in the liberal perspective the fact that higher prices could help move people into public transportation and off cars is a good thing.

I just feel like the hall of fame writers come across as really snobbish and arrogant, not really just huge fanatics of baseball. They just seem impressed by their privelege as writers.

no offense, but you are quoting a lot from other sources. Can't you just link and summarize yourself?

sure kap. Red is black, grey is black, white is black, orange is black.

Often I don't make them, and really, the different ones I've tried have been mixtures with different fruits WITH the lime, and to me it just gets too sweet - but Brazilians f'n love sweet. Seriously, you should see how much sugar they put in their coffee (albeit it's much stronger). And they ALL drink chocolate milk for breakfast and eat cookies like everyday. (Huge generalizations). But anyway, It's worth a try to cut some grapes in half, deseed, and smash alongside the limes and sugar. Even though the cachaça is like fire, with the ice and sugarfruit mixture, there is no burn. I mean, it's a tasty drink with a different taste, the way the sugar cane of the cachaça changes the flavor, but not my fave. Just straight up limes/sugar/cachaca select for me.

so much caiparinhas with so many cachaças. Fav. so far is Cachaça Select.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jan 6, 2010 -> 12:18 AM) what?!?!?! Marlon Byrd 3 yrs/15Mil > Matt Holliday 7 years/120 mil. Just ask Hendry I'm just kind of making this comment as an aside, but before 2008, the tigers made a bunch of crazy deals and were assured to win the central. And yeah. BUT, the cardinals seem to annually OVERachieve. Yes, they have the greatest player in baseball, but man, every year since 2004 I've pretty much looked at their roster and been like, meh. And they just compete like hell.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 10:00 PM) Do you know for sure they didn't? i mean i guess it depends if there was a bomb going off and jack bauer was there ohmegods Since those policies by most all sources are said to have been effectively ended since 2003, I would say yes I can speak confidently they were not.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Jan 5, 2010 -> 08:59 PM) Adding yet another point to the "we got very lucky" column about this incident... the bomber apparently provided "actionable intelligence" in the hours after his arrest. Thank god we tortured him then! Thats the only way to get things out of these dudes!

You know what I'd like to find out? How much money in sponsorships Arod actually makes in NY as opposed to other cities. I ask this, because after having lived there, I really don't think many other cities can match the sort of bats*** crazy love affair cardinals fans have for their players and legends. They have like dozens of restaurants owned by former players, and they are all like, really successful. While new york is huge and the biggest media market, I do wonder how much more it is in out-of-salary income in NY than in STL. STL also would be much cheaper to live, although in the opinion of an outsider, a much less exciting place to live. In the opinion of a native, "the greatest place in the world and no other place beside it even exists and the rams are actually a good football team GO WARNER oh my God Albert, CARDS budweiser."

you know what's also a rally killer? Having no one on base.

it'll be worth it for the first stanley cup in 49 years and to end the longest drought in the nhl.

I don't really get this, with the way rogers writes, I feel like this is them just trying to guess the white sox "board", not going off their own preferences.

and, when Wise is batting, I imagine the runs saved is negated, amirite fans? Go sox.

the amount of failed formulas rogers has created his just lol-worthy.

And again, unearned runs are more common in the infield than outfield. You have to be straight up Soriano awful to accumulate errors in the outfield. Did we have a lot of mistakes with the Fields-Ramirez-Getz lineup, yes, that led to a lot of noticeable runs given up that shouldn't have. BUt our outfield doesnt get errors for not being able to make a play they should. Dye can run about 5 ft. in front of him before a ducksnort lands. Pods runs like a deer in the headlights, and Quentins foot prevented him from getting to balls as well. So, I'd say OF defense was definitely a problem. Just because they don't get unearned runs attributed to them often doesnt mean they were good or even average.

I'm starting to burp up puke remembering that trio playing defense. And then straight up puking remembering our good defensive outfielders offense.

Really hope the KHL doesn't grab Kovalchuk.

Chris if you could tell me how Dye, Podsednik and Quentin were not a bad defensive outfield trio, I'll concede the point.

yeah but that also doesn't give any reason to just ignorantly throw it out as your best insult at a player you don't like.

I did respond to someone, didn't I?

Rios a PED-head... huh. Typically I don't pick out slender sub-25 HR hitting players as PED-heads.