Balta1701

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2010 -> 10:06 PM) If we trade Pauley, who takes over at first? Kotsay or Viciedo? Or ? If you think putting Teahen or Kotsay there will help us win ... well obviously you all don't think that. Nobody can be dumb enough to think that. At this point, F*** it, Viciedo. It'll be June 1 in a couple days and it wouldn't cost us an arbitration year. If we're dealing PK14 for something useful and calling it a year to the point that we don't care if we lose games, then we may as well see if Dayan can start adapting to the show this year.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ May 30, 2010 -> 08:21 PM) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_gulf_oil_spill_plumes Ok, I say he's full of s***, yet, I can't disagree with the density of oil. Question is, though, are they changing the density and/or chemical composition with the dispersants? Yes, that is the first thing that is happening. Go back 5 pages or so where I posted the Good Morning America dive video...they're not just changing the density, they're changing the grain size with these dispersants. They're chemically doing what you do when you shake up a bottle of italian dressing, making the oil particles small enough that they can be suspended. But, because they're doing that, the difference in density between the oil and the water might still exist, but the force on each particle is not large enough to overcome the mixing energy of the waves. Same basic idea as putting your foot into mud at the bottom of a lake and watching silt get kicked up around it. The silt is still heavier than the water, but because the stuff is so small, it's able to get mixed up by the smallest input of energy, such as a wave or eddy current, or any of the deeper water plumes/currents in the Gulf. On top of that, yes, you're right, this is also heavy oil. It's not like vegetable oil, it's more like the consistency of tar, and its erupting on the bottom of the ocean, 5000 feet down. Think for a moment about what happens on the way up...there's 5000 feet of density separation through layers of varying density, temperature, salinity. The oil that is coming out is not a single component, it's a mixture of things like toluene, benzene, ethylene, and literally hundreds of other components, in addition to the dirt/mud from the reservoir.. Each of those components on its own has its own density; some are lighter and some are heavier. The lighter ones are going to get separated; it's also entirely possible that the heavier ones could slow down while the lighter components form the sheen at the surface. If you dumped everything onto the surface in a spill, you might not be able to get it to go down because it would stay as a mixture that wanted to float. But, you've erupted it in a highly energetic way, shoving it at pressure into the ocean, and then applying an intense density filter. In that case, separation of components is going to be much more likely. There's lots of ways for it to make sense that there is a huge amount underwater, including both the dispersants and the method of entry into the ocean. The BP CEO obviously ought to know all of this.

QUOTE (greg775 @ May 30, 2010 -> 09:31 PM) You need a holiday beer to spread some cheer. A split with the Rays was fine. You can't expect to go in there and win the series. They have a much better team than ours and were playing at home. A split was GREAT. The problem is we have to win series after series against the teams in our division mostly and not play like crap against KC and Cleveland. This series was fine. Most of our series have sucked. The bigger problem is...even winning series after series against teams in our division may not be enough. We need to make a serious run at some point.

QUOTE (knightni @ May 30, 2010 -> 05:19 PM) Pretty much every NBA team has one "jackass." They're called "the star player."

QUOTE (knightni @ May 30, 2010 -> 05:16 PM) That's what the story was. Was there something more obscure? There were more than a few writers who said that if it had been an accident, rather than something he did to himself, they'd have voted for him as MVP, but they couldn't vote for a guy who hurt his team the way Q did as the MVP.

The Cards walk out of Chicago having picked up a game on them, and now head off to face off with the Reds.

And David Freese visits Waveland.

Phat. Albert.

And TPain closes it out.

Rios showing Longoria that our OF has some range too.

QUOTE (T R U @ May 30, 2010 -> 04:52 PM) I was more referring to the fact that were usin him up pretty good here Offday tomorrow, and we really could use some wins.

QUOTE (T R U @ May 30, 2010 -> 04:50 PM) wow Thornton STILL?? Crawford V. Pena would be advantage Crawford.

QUOTE (GREEDY @ May 30, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) If Konerko requires roughly a two year / twenty million dollar deal to return; there won't be more than a handfull of first basemen that I wouldn't rather have. Do I think he will be back? Yes. Should he be back at anywhere near that price? No. I have difficulty seeing any team actually offering him that money, unless he winds up with 45 HR this year.

If it wasn't for solid/near spectacular range by the Rays OF's, Rios would have 5 hits.

QUOTE (justBLAZE @ May 30, 2010 -> 04:43 PM) Pena warming, Jenks most likely not available. Pena wasn't good at all yesterday.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 27, 2010 -> 04:58 PM) Cubs in great position to catch up to the Cardinals in the standings after this weekend, as the Cardinals offense is really slowing down. I'm sorry, I just had to.

QUOTE (chw42 @ May 30, 2010 -> 03:38 PM) On a bad count, you just know Ozzie will put Jake out there. Ugh. Hell, at this point why not? If he's got a tired arm, let him work it out if he thinks he's good to go.

I think Dioner Navarro was closer to getting to 2nd on his steal attempt than Alexei was there.

Alexei's got that soft single stroke working lately.

QUOTE (T R U @ May 30, 2010 -> 03:35 PM) how the hell does that happen Entirely to spite me.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 30, 2010 -> 03:34 PM) Nix has never, ever been good against RHP. I totally asked for that.

QUOTE (Thunderbolt @ May 30, 2010 -> 03:32 PM) Nix tends to work good at-bats. See the ball, hit the ball. Nix has never, ever been good against RHP.

How did that not turn into a double for Kotsay? Anyway, first and 3rd, 0 outs. The Rays got 2 last inning with this setup.

That ball totally fooled Hawk. Jake got out of it.

Come on Jake, 1 more, hold em...