Balta1701

No one listens to me. Since getting sent down, here are his lines. 2.2 IP, 2 ER. 3.1 IP, 1 ER, 4 BB. 3.2 IP, 4 ER 5 IP, 1 ER 7 IP, 4 ER. Really doesn't look like a guy I'd call ready to jump 2 levels.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 12, 2011 -> 09:25 AM) He didn't have any starts while here. He just had the one long mop up session. I meant yesterday's performance. Hasn't he struggled since getting sent back down? I was under the impression that yesterday's outing was his first good outing in AA since coming back down.

QUOTE (forrestg @ Aug 12, 2011 -> 02:55 AM) he's following big Hurt's style lots of power good avg and lots of walks. No.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 12, 2011 -> 08:41 AM) "Can't someone else do it?" Getting Bono to sing "...and tell you when your ass is showing". Having Edge and Larry decide to go to Moe's for a pint when Bono goes off on a political rant about Waste Management. Having Adam ask to come along and Edge says no.

But that still doesn't mean that it can be used as a source of cheap energy to replace the fact that oil production has plateaued.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Aug 12, 2011 -> 08:22 AM) Wasn't it his best pitch out of college? If you believe Hawk, a well located 96 mph fastball is probably his best pitch.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 10:15 PM) Omar? Lillibridge? Give up a lot on defense. Hell, try Kuhn?

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 10:12 PM) Never said anything about weights. Just that per KWH coal is cheaper, which was the question right? You said cheap abundant energy and its just not true that the US doesnt have access to it. Everyone knows the reason why oil supplanted coal is because you cant hook up a coal tank to your car. And the reason why you can't use coal in a car is that you get more energy per unit mass out of gasoline. Once you're going to kwh, you're converting to electricity, which also factors in the efficiency of the engine.

Yeah, when you say the phrase "professional hitter" the only guy that applies to is paulie.

A ton of Coal versus 1 barrel of oil? A full 55 gallons of oil weighs somewhere around 280 lbs, which means that per unit mass, you need to multiply that electric total for gas by a factor of about 8 to get the units right.

QUOTE (Cali @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 09:47 PM) I'd take him over Humber right now in the rotation.... Lotta faith for 1 good start

Double digit wins, once again.

Mark!

QUOTE (buhbuhburrrrlz @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 09:43 PM) can we do it? we haven't done it all year. Hadn't won in Minnesota in nearly a decade.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 09:40 PM) Thankfully we are in the 21st century. Its like saying that "Increased economic growth was dependent on access to bronze" until it turned to iron, until it turned to steel, until it turned to coal, until it turned to rubber, until it turned to oil. And Im not even sure that your statement is true, Coal is arguably still the cheapest source of energy and Im pretty sure the US has something like 20% of the worlds coal. Ah, but you're missing the efficiency part. Oil contains more energy but a ton on it gets wasted due to the 2nd law of thermodynamics and smaller engines. Even if you went to all coal, you're using less energy...unless you're turning the coal into hydrocarbons, which takes a ton of energy. Not counting the whole "destroying the world" part, or the "poisoning your whole population" part of course.

Double digit wins for Mark! again.

29 consecutive on the road, 25 consecutive road scoreless appearances to start the season. That 25 breaks a record to start a season that was held by Mariano Rivera.

QUOTE (SoxFanForever @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 09:30 PM) Let Dunn hit vs Gonzalez? BARF SANDWICH! Delicious. At least he saw more than3 pitches.

Dunn hadn't struck out yet today and there's a lhp on the mound.

Rios just looks so much more threatening now, it's like his legs are useful again. Even on a popup.

If paulie is going to double, it may as well be a ground rule double right now.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 09:19 PM) MB easy 8th. Yawn.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Aug 11, 2011 -> 09:15 PM) What would the lovechild of Brent Morel and Balta look like? Daniel Hudsons right arm.

Couple more hits for Morel, just keeps hitting.