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QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 02:09 PM) I should probably just stick talking about Ozzie rather than the Marlins since I am no expert on that team. I did think Miami would win the division, yes. No, you were directly in line with a TON of experts in the media. Which is why they were considered "all in" or "going for it." Reyes, Bell and Buehrle was an impressive FA haul added to a nice core.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 01:23 PM) Maybe not a coincidence, but there are a lot of bad teams out there. The managers of those teams lose every year, like Ned Yost. I don't see how realistic people thought Miami was 'all in' just adding a stud like Mark and a stiff like Heath Bell. So on paper you didnt think Miami was the favorite for their division?

QUOTE (danman31 @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 01:21 PM) Franklin can't pass and defenses are realizing it. I think Berkstresser is a better pure passer, but he isn't as comfortable in the pocket and doesn't run the simply plays in the offense anywhere near as well. That's the difference an extra year in the system makes. However, next year could be an interesting QB battle. It's a shame because this looks like one of the deepest WR cores we've had in a while, maybe since Chase and Maclin. DGB has more or less been invisible and I'm still happy with our WR play. I thought DGB was the hands down #1 WR prospect out of HS, Stefon Diggs is challenging that perception.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:29 AM) Yes but that was the native google maps app in Android which has turn by turn directions. I've learned in this thread that the google app on iOS was pretty lame. yeah, it was horrible, which is why I never used it except for the random traffic look up.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 26, 2012 -> 10:59 AM) At one point, the Big Ten did decide to go to a 9-game schedule. This prompted Michigan and MSU to tell ND that they would be unlikely to continue playing every year. This (along with massive defections from the Big East) got the ball rolling on ND talking with the ACC. In the meantime, the Big Ten un-decided to go to a 9-game schedule, but then ND completed its deal with the ACC and it became necessary on their end to cut back on those games. Playing a game in California every year is a bigger priority than playing a game in Michigan every year. HUH? They didnt even approach this subject until ND decided to move to the ACC. They already had a break in their schedule with UM and Purdue never intended on EVER taking ND off their schedule.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Sep 12, 2012 -> 03:51 PM) Purdue isn't dropping ND at all. MSU and UM are moving from playing ND every year to 4-6 years of every ten. This has everything to do with the Big Ten going to a 9-game conference schedule and nothing to do with ND. Who sent the first letter breaking the agreement again?

I travel for work too and I never used the map application for GPS and directions, you guys used that instead of a superior GPS app? It never really had turn by turn directions whatsoever so it was worthless.

That's the funny thing, it does still work, just as s***ty as the last map app. Whoever uses that functionality as deep as the complaints are going must be outside of my scope.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:24 PM) What better way to prove that a road exists or how to effectively guide someone through an area? I don't think you got the point there, they are on payroll for the map dept. Also they do mostly street view work and the stealing of data from your smart phone. And once again it is a cool feature for street view, but these cars aren't drawing maps, another company already did that for google, apple, mapquest etc. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/art...cars-stole.html

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:20 PM) Google has about 1200 or so ACTUAL map employees, the rest are contractors. And like I said, who knows how often those contracts work, or how many hours...most of them drive around in streetcars as part of their contract. The 7100 figure is a stretch of reality...do they have 7100 employees working on that? Sure. 7100 full time employees? No. They hire college kids for min wage to drive those routes. Real high tech jobs there.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 08:59 AM) Larry Lage ‏@LarryLage #NotreDame has notified #Michigan it is exercising a 3-year out in their contract, meaning their last scheduled game will bein 2014 Wow, I feel like someone mentioned that previously but was rebuffed by an ND fan.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 25, 2012 -> 03:19 PM) I know tomtom is a company who's main products are mapping and GPS. It doesn't mean that every single person that works for the company is directly involved in product development. That's why I was trying to compare the 7100 people on google's side. Those people in the google figure are dedicated to the development and maintenance of the actual mapping product and not a mix of other folks who are indirectly involved such as lawyers, accountants and HR folks, which your employee count from tomtom or wherever includes. Dude there are not 7100 doing coding for google maps, if there was that would be a tremendous waste of resources. Google puts a lot more emphasis on things like google apps, and I know this first hand. Google like every other company we are mentioning gets their maps and map data from a third party company they partner with. And I personally think its hilarious people think a mapping application is an arms race. I bet navteq er Nokia is out there shaking in their boots too.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 24, 2012 -> 11:31 PM) That's 3500 in the company including folks in sales, accounting, hr, tax, public affairs, etc. Not really comparable. Google has 7000+ people solely dedicated to mapping. Tomtom only does GPS and mapping, Googlr does WAY more and actually generates revenue from those other business units. Second, the "google" map Pre-ios6 sucked balls anyway, not sure why everyone is making a big deal out of it unless you are pushing android simply for mapping. Anyone who used their phone for GPS didn't use the map function and google will have an iPhone app shortly just like YouTube. This is such a non-issue its hilarious to me. Google as a company doesn't care this much about maps.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 24, 2012 -> 06:42 PM) More on mapocalypse: via Well Tomtom has 3500 employees which is where Apple got their maps. So it's not that "laughable."

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 21, 2012 -> 11:24 PM) It will likely hurt quite a lot to foam roll it at first. Just do it in private so no one can see you cry It hurts terribly. However like I've said before, it was a contributing factor to my knee injuries. I roll it everyday.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 21, 2012 -> 09:37 PM) Sounds like a cliche to me. That crazy owner got what he deserves. A horrible team. Everything I've read about Loria is negative. Ozzie was a moron to take the money and run to that organization. He's better off fired and going into broadcasting for a year or two. He'll have a nice bit of money to live on since he has a ton of years left on his contract. On paper you thought that team was awesome.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Sep 21, 2012 -> 02:41 PM) "Apple made the strategic decision not to include such superfluous information. A brilliant, innovative move, in my opinion" -- apple groupies Yeah right, nobody in their right mind would say anything like that.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Sep 21, 2012 -> 08:27 AM) Be careful. Y2HH will claim that your opinion is wrong and there is nothing wrong with iOS maps. It's all user error somehow. I;m not sure thats really his position. Google maps are going to be superior for awhile since they've been doing it longer. I dont use the transit maps so I dont notice. However some of the other features in iOS6 are fairly welcome so far. This may be a small feature but I like the option of making the vibrate function different for different notifications.

Here's some more food for thought. In the AL vs Lefties team OPS: Texas .798 LAA .777 Boston .772 Sox .763 Yankees .763 Al vs RHP Yankees .790 Texas .782 Detroit .778 LAA .760 Sox .739 VS LHP 4 teams OPS in the 600's vs RHP 1 team OPS in the 600's Bottom 5 teams vs LHP KC Tampa OAK SEA CLE

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 20, 2012 -> 01:30 PM) You still hear a lot of baseball talk about flip flopping mixing and matching lefties vs. righties in a rotation so lefties don't start back to back. Is that another myth from the fabled book? I'd like to hear Hawk and Stone's opinion or Big Hurt's of having four lefties in a 5-man rotation in theory. I think the general feeling is the lefties with Chen-like stuff, utterly hittable stuff, would get killed after teams face strong lefties like Danks and Sale. The Chen's of the world stand no chance in a rotation like that. I dont see a problem with it. In our division you have a few marquee type hitters: Fielder Cabrera Butler Gordon Perez Mauer Morneau Willingham ( I guess) Choo Asdrubal I could be missing some, but half are lefties which could actually help the all lefties case if you believe in the lefty/righty thing. Neutralizing the two main guys in Minny has been big for us. Hitters like both Cabreras are somewhat out of that since Assdribble is a switch hitter and M-Cab is ridiculous. Fielder loses 200 points of OPS if he faces a lefty. Alex Gordon is almost a platoon player considering how terrible he is against lefties (.243 ba .662 OPS). Morneau has a .576 OPS vs LHP. What I'm trying to say is against the teams we NEED to try and beat, a lefty-heavy rotation may actually be an advantage.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 20, 2012 -> 01:03 PM) Nice. As left-handed as we are, I like having Jake to balance out the top of the rotation. I really think the Sox will try to move Gavin in the off-season and see who wins a spot between Axe and Santiago. That'd save almost $10 million, plus it would get the Sox another piece, even if it is more prospects for the system. Sale Peavy Danks Quintana Santiago/Axelrod I am much more worried about the 3rd base situation. Do you exercise Youk? Do you try to negotiate him into a deal? Does he want to be here? I've heard Youk doesnt especially care much about playing for the White Sox. Zero loyalty/desire to stay if he doesnt get his option picked up.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Sep 20, 2012 -> 01:16 PM) With Santiago winning out, that would be four lefties. Teams are going to be so happy when the White Sox come to town facing all those lefties. It's funny, but a guy like Peavy fits exactly what the Sox can't afford to let go. Floyd needs to stay as well. You can't have all these lefties especially Q and Santiago who haven't proven anything. AS much as its strange to have that many lefty starters, all of the teams in our division have dominant lefty bats which dont like to face those types of guys.

JC and Marist should be a killer game this weekend. However if you look at the stats of the players playing in that game, you can see why I think Mr Ty Isaac is overrated.

Is Oakland throwing this series? Seems like it.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 20, 2012 -> 12:22 PM) I had to DVR as the wife is out of town for work, and I'd never watch that without her! LOL, alot of people you dont care to watch or remember pretty much.