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QUOTE (rafacosta @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 09:40 PM) RV is becoming more stubborn than Guillen. Why in hell he sticks with this lineup? PK hitting 4th is atrocious. Also, why don't you use a LH agst Porcello in place of Viciedo. DJ is there for what? Viciedo had hit Porcello well

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 09:38 PM) Legitt, as in, he was LEGITIMATELY as good as he was doing early in the season. That he wasn't due for a major regression soon, and he wasn't lucky as hell to have a sub-2 ERA as long as he did. But your post implied that he couldn't be a #3 starter next year and that only fools were thinking he was legit enough to be one.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 09:36 PM) At least Q has been decent so far. It could be a lot worse. He gets past the 2nd and he finds a groove. Wonder if that has somethig to do with them cutting back on his offday throwing routines.

QUOTE (JoeCoolMan24 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 09:32 PM) Yeah, while everyone else was gushing over him and was giving him a #3 spot in our rotation next year. Don't deny that most people here thought he was legit. A 23 year old putting up a ERA of 4 after never pitching above A ball and throwing 75 innings more than his career high isn't "legit"?

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 09:29 PM) What's the probability of not scoring a runner from 2nd, no outs, 3 innings consecutively? About 5%? I got 6% using numbers from this site.

To look at it another way...this is really impressive.

0/9 typed before out...

0/8 RISP

QUOTE (Noonskadoodle @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 09:23 PM) have you seen his numbers against Porcello? No

Should Konerko bunt? I can't tell if this is sarcastic...

Yay leadoff RISP

My Directv channel 243 is currently showing "Paul Ryan uses P90X!"

Applause

How about that

Axe warming

0/6 with RISP so far.

Rios looked stunned when he made contact with that.

QUOTE (MurcieOne @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 08:10 PM) I agree with you. I don't want to get into the politics of everything, but the disparity of wealth in this country is an issue. However, this particular group of organized labor doesn't warrant my sympathies. Everyone always wants more money, but I think that the statistics show that CPS teachers are paid adequately for their services. They are going to get 4% raises. Even if they concede on the principals authority to strike issue, they still have better job security than 95% of the labor force. I'm not against education, I'm not against teachers, but I can't support this particular strike. According to press report that I posted earlier in this thread from ABC I think, the actual city offer currently sits at 3% this year then 2% increases the next 2 years. If that's wrong I haven't been shown a clear proposal saying its wrong so far.

Hey, wow, the Tigers did somethig wrong?!

Some more numbers. In chicago, the number someone posted said what, 86% of the system qualifies for reduced price lunches? THat number is about 65% in los angeles and 78% in new york. Based on this metric, one would expect that the Chicago school system would produce the worst results of the three, but it's actually close to NYC and outperforms the LAUSD on standardized tests. Of course that could be because of a language issue in LAUSD, but without having a real study here, those quick numbers make it seem like the CSD performs better than you'd expect based on the economic status of the students in the area. Also, I still can't get my head around this salary data. This is from Reuters: How you can come up with $73-$76 if that's the mean at those levels I'm still struggling to figure out. Really well paid special education?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 05:25 PM) What conclusion should I be reaching? I didnt make the post, I just simply asked where it was going because I was interested. Since you seem to know the answer, why dont you enlighten me. There is a huge correlation between the socioeconomic status of the parents and the performance of the kids in school. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the single biggest factor in determining the average outcome of a population of students. Thus, if you tell me that the population of students is performing vastly below average, but its from a group that is economically disadvantaged, I'm not surprised. The next question then is...how are they performing when you control for socioeconomic status? You could have the best group of teachers in the world, but if they're put into a district where 90% of the population qualifies for reduced price meals, the overall results on average will look poor, because the greatest teachers in the country will be swamped out by socioeconomic status compared to an area with a more average income distribution. I'd like to see that variable controlled for so that I can judge that performance level.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 05:07 PM) The average CPS teacher, who has about 14 years of experience, gets a total compensation equal to about $74,798/year or $34.50/hour. The average percentage of CPS students who meet or exceed state standards is 66%. The percentage of CPS 11th graders who meet college readiness benchmarks is 21% in Reading, 19% in Math, 11% in Science and 38% in English. How do those numbers compare when you control for the fact that 90% of CPS students are low enough income to qualify for government assisted meals?

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 05:01 PM) Back to football...the way the Bears offense looked yesterday (yeah, it was the Colts) and the way GB looked vs SF, I really believe we can put 30+ on the Packers on Thursday. Let's do it!! I think the Bears can hang 30+ on the packers too. I'm not certain the Bears D can hold the Packers under 30 though.

Just in case anyone other than me cares... Star Trek Into Darkness

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 03:34 PM) Flapship.com is down? Check the tech thread. About 40% of the world's websites have probably gone down.