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QUOTE(BearSox @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:34 AM) You see the ball, you field the ball, period. Stop giving us all this crap about him never going to be a good 3B because he "can't see the spin of the ball of the bat". That is a load of bull. Amen.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:29 AM) 1. No, I do not think 18 years is definitive. 2. Yes, I think 20 years is more useful than 10, though it isn't some magical "now its OK" number. Its a sliding scale of reliability. 3. I was referring more to the trends over most of this century. 4. You keep bringing up the idiots who were in a panic during that "mini-ice-age", as if I somehow agreed with those people. There were at the time a handful of scientists, using tiny periods of data, that came to those silly conclusions. If you think that is the same as the thousands of scientists who now in chorus read similar patterns from CENTURIES of data, than you must think the curb on your street is similar to the Great Wall of China. I think that global warming is a political boondoggle. The fact is that other planets in the our Solar System is also experiencing global warming. It's cyclical. That's what I've tried to point out to you by refering to the mini-ice-age of the 70's. There are no humans on Mars, Saturn and Uranus to contribute to global warming. The Sun is doing it. Global warming, as presented by the southpaws (since leftists is not acceptable, I thought I'd try this term) is pure and utter bulls***.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:18 AM) Sure, for those who were short-sighted. You want to look at a few years, either for or against climate change arguments, you can make anything you want to fit it. You have to look over longer periods, like decades at a time. And those trends are, to me, pretty clear. So you are saying 18 years is definitive and 10 is a small sample size. Keep in mind that prior to '80 the Great Lakes were going to freeze.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:15 AM) And again, that running average includes an ARG poll that is worthless, and an LA Times poll that is using half the normal pool size. You have to throw those out to feel any sort of confidence in the numbers. Run the average without them and tell me what you see. I know that since you are working for Edwards, you are getting all that positive hype from the camp... but take a look at the real numbers. Clinton is not that high. Edwards is surging no doubt, but, I think you're delusional if you choose to focus on polls that are clearly flawed. You are right. This will be between Hillary and Obama. Edwards is just the tallest midget.

QUOTE(StrangeSox @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 09:48 AM) That right there is ridiculous. Companies would absolutely destroy the environment if it weren't for environmental regulations. He emphasized the word federal. That's the issue. Put that back in the hands of the states. We need LESS federal gov't. Much less.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 29, 2007 -> 10:10 AM) Maybe. But that very, very short period the article is using as an argument sure as heck doesn't mean anything. 10 years? Go back 20 more and you are in the era of worrying about the next ice age coming.

Has Global Warming Stopped?

QUOTE(Athomeboy_2000 @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 11:28 AM) Wouldnt want to actually make her take a stand on something... that would be totally against her policy. Now that you mention it ....

The December 24th issue of SI has a nice article on Toews and Kane.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 11:20 AM) No, I'm using designated time periods (beginning of the month-end of the month.) I'm looking at his season in sections, not picking a start point and running with it through the end of the year. Hey, it happens to work for you. Still seems like a random date to me. Just as random as the date selections you criticized.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 11:08 AM) OK so, first, she was shot. Then, the Paks said no, she tied of shrapnel wounds. Now the are saying she died when she fell and hit her head on a lever in the car. Ugh. That last one just doesn't even seem believable to me. There's some serious spin and disinformation coming out of Pakistan. I smell a rat.

QUOTE(BigSqwert @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 10:50 AM) She's turning into George Bush Lite. And if she wins the nomination, you'll be supporting Ms. GB Lite 100%.

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 10:49 AM) Thanks for your astute assessment that Josh cannot be a 3rd baseman. Lets pretend that he will never get better and is done as a fielder. He kicked the ball a few times, he is done. Can never get better. In the history of baseball people have never been a poor fielder and have become a decent fielder. Lets forget the fact that he was for whatever reason playing an infield position with an outfielders mitt. He played 79 games at 3B last year. He proved that he is a hack and always will be a hack at 3B. In case it's not obvious, the above remark is dripping with sarcasm.

QUOTE(Rex Kicka** @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 10:31 AM) Huckabee converts a press gaggle to gun control (and by that I mean taking the gun out of Huck's hands) http://weblogs.chicagotribune.com/news/pol...trol_probl.html They must've been a bunch of liberal reporters. The only thing I question is their lack of marksmanship.

QUOTE(santo=dorf @ Dec 28, 2007 -> 10:10 AM) Picking random dates, or even worse, looking for dates where the data changes significantly is a stupid way to try and evaluate a player. The fact is Jerry Owens had one good month last year, and it was in September. Josh Fogg was really good in September 2001, So was Haeger out of the pen in Septmeber of 2006. So, you are picking the random date of Sept 1?

QUOTE(sircaffey @ Dec 27, 2007 -> 01:04 PM) Hopefully you are right. The draft should be a clear cut way of determining whether this organization really changed it's philosophy or not. We'll need to go over slot to make up for the lost draft picks. I look forward to the draft more than the rest of this offseason personally. I don't believe you'll see the team go much over slot. The improvement should show in the scouting and developemental personel changes. I have seen nothing that indicates the team's financial philosophy toward the draft has changed.

I'm sure the cost of the fence will keep rising and rising. We all know that these type of things always go that route. What will happen though if we don't stem the tide of undocumented illegals flooding into the country will be the costs of 'entitlements' being sucked up by the illegals and their anchor babies, and their contributions to the national cofeers being a fraction of what is being paid by good old John Doe, American.

This trade is SO much the Rangers way of doing things. Suck for years because you have no pitching, then trade pitching for hitting.

QUOTE(Alpha Dog @ Dec 21, 2007 -> 04:19 PM) That is kinda funny. Can't wait for the cries of how we let another budding superstar get away! Hahahaha! He's HOF bound, for sure ... now that he's on the Tribe.

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 20, 2007 -> 02:01 PM) Deserved but slightly unfair, if that makes sense. Unfair to whom? You? Them?

QUOTE(Texsox @ Dec 20, 2007 -> 01:41 PM) And I do not have a problem with that, but I would like some mention of them playing in the "steroid era". That elephant will be standing on the dias as they make their acceptance speeches.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 20, 2007 -> 01:31 PM) Certainly, but I'm not convinced that the Veteran's Committee will keep these guys out, or that the voters will. It is a wait-and-see. I'm only putting my opinion on what should happen. What do I think will happen? Probably initial rejections. Some guys will get it worse than others. Palmeiro probably won't get in, even though I think he's much better overall than Sosa or McGwire. Sometimes I think McGwire absolutely killed himself by refusing to "talk about the past", but then I think that everyone loved McGwire, he was classy, he's got great HR numbers...so I don't know. I think it'd be a travesty if Bonds and Clemens never got in. I think they're the "safest bets" to get in eventually. Then there's the fact that a lot can change in five years. Maybe Clemens keeps denying it, more evidence surfaces, and he winds up like Pete Rose. Maybe people come to the conclusion I came to and say, "They belong in, anyway." Maybe people completely reverse and say, Never, none, and start adopting that one lunatic's position that you don't vote for anyone from the era. It'll be... fun to watch. EDIT: By "that one lunatic" I don't mean anyone from here. I mean that one voter who justified not voting for Ripken on those grounds. I agree on one point. Based on the way things stand today, Bonds and Clemens will get in eventually.

What's the rumored deal?

QUOTE(Mplssoxfan @ Dec 20, 2007 -> 11:11 AM) As I stated in the general Mitchell Report thread, a bona fide testing regimen should be the best thing to emerge from the report. Not run by MLB or the MLBPA, but by an \outside company. If you are an Olympic-class athlete in many sports, you are subject to out-of-competition testing 365 days a year. That's what should happen in baseball, football, basketball and hockey. I'll freely admit that I'm not exactly holding my breath at the prospect, though. Fixed that for you.

QUOTE(Gregory Pratt @ Dec 20, 2007 -> 11:49 AM) Certainly, we'll have to see what happens, but aside from the few who were raising the points in the 1990s (Bob Costas, for one...though I don't think he votes) I don't believe they have any moral or intellectual highground on which to stand and I'll be the first to call them hypocrites, users and phonies for referring to players as hypocrites, users and phonies. By the way, Roger Clemens had better be careful. He's starting to play the same game Pete Rose once played. While they may not have and moral or intellectual highground, what they do have is votes. It'll come down to those votes as to how this goes.