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QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 4, 2010 -> 04:52 PM) But it could feasibly be more, right? There isn't a limit? Yes, I believe you're right.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ May 4, 2010 -> 04:49 PM) I think it's infinity. A batter swings at strike 3 for the 3rd out and the ball gets away (bases empty). He later tries stealing 2nd base and the catcher throws it to CF causing the runner to score. Next batter swings at strike 3 and the ball gets away....and you keep repeating this. Am I wrong? The record for most strikeouts in an inning remains 4.

That wasn't just a 500 year event.

QUOTE (dmbjeff @ May 4, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) I just wish Q was DHing instead. If he is battling a sore hammy, why put him in RF? Let Pierre play LF and Jones in RF. Jones has already had issues with back spasms.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 4, 2010 -> 04:38 PM) Lucy's strong skills on defense, and handling pitchers, make him an excellent partner for Flowers. But...his inability to be left handed hurts.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 4, 2010 -> 04:44 PM) And the quoted statement isn't true here Really? It set the record for precipitation in the month of may in a day and a half.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 4, 2010 -> 04:42 PM) Its neither. It proves nothing and disproves nothing, in and of itself. You need more data points than one storm, or one winter, in one region. Proving a trend requires lots of data points. Saying "This particular event is totally outside the realm of what would be expected without this set of changes" is a different thing.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 4, 2010 -> 01:50 PM) How many units of Exxon-Valdez are we at now? Franky, I don't think anyone really has a clue. We're somewhere between 0.1 and 1, depending on the actual leak rate. The estimates from satellite photos suggest that we're close to 1.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 4, 2010 -> 01:43 PM) It would need to be verified statistically to show causation, but I think it serves as an excellent counterexample to why "OMG! Lots of snow means AGW = Lulz!" stories are so retarded. I'm not exactly sure you can "Verify something statistically".

Good point...does anyone really know what the "Chemical dispersants" that BP is dumping into the gulf actually are?

Sen. John McCain...now less sane than Glenn Beck.

From a purely baseball standpoint based entirely on his numbers and ignoring marketing/revenue/fans good will...he's probably been overpaid by a couple million dollars per year. Think of it this way...if you had predicted that 1 Konerko would be hurt most of 2007 and his numbers would take a giant nose-dive, and 2. The housing market was going to implode and make a large dent in sports revenues in the 2008-2009 offseasons, you'd judge that Konerko probably was overpaid in 3 of the 5 years of that deal. On the other hand, I don't see how you can be really that angry with the deal. It seems on any team right now, you need to have at least a selection of veteran players who are paid somewhat above value...with the sole goal of filling in holes that develop if you fail to draft someone to fill that hole or if the guy you have drafted busts. Compare it to our CF slot the last 4 years...Since 2006, that's been a black hole of offense. To get offense there, we've had to sacrifice defense. Finally, we've put someone there who can both hit and field, but we're paying what is likely a premium price for it. Our 1b slot seems likely to have been a similar hole the last 4 years if we didn't have PK14 there. Oh sure, we could have put Gload there or signed someone or made a trade, but none of those are really appealing options, and the 1b we've brought up through the minors in that time haven't really reached the big leagues yet (Allen, Carter) even though they were traded off.

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 4, 2010 -> 11:18 AM) I personally find it silly to try to directly link any of those cases to climate change. Its just not possible to say that one particular event occurred, or was worsened, by climate change. It may have been, but we can't know that with anything approaching certainty. Now, if you want to say that increasing temperatures will create certain changes in the atmosphere, which raise the general risk level for certain types of storms in a given region... I could see that as at least believeable. You're half right, but I still disagree on the other half...this is exactly the type of event that you would call a symptom of a changing climate. It was spurred by record temperatures unreachable a few years ago at this point in the season. It broke every record. It's going to look like a small event in another decade or so at business-as-usual. The odds of this event happening 50 years ago were so that it's hardly worth calculating. Now, this really wasn't that extreme of an event, considering how many other temperature records we've broken this year.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2010 -> 12:27 PM) And there goes the "independence" of the FED... Yeah, that'd be a shame. It did such a damn fine job the last decade. Thank God they understood the situation in the housing market so well.

Is it possible to allow Bosh's agent to choose the coach?

The death toll from the storms in TN which had nothing to do with the record temperatures and consequently huge amounts of moisture in the air when a cold front came through is up to 27. It's really remarkable how "Snow" proves that the climate isn't changing and we can report that, but heavy rains associated with record high temperatures across an entire region can't ever be linked to changing climates.

I didn't get to see more than a couple swings in 1 Beckham AB last night, can anyone say if he was still flying open? He looked a little better on the one swing I saw.

QUOTE (bmags @ May 4, 2010 -> 10:10 AM) b.s. dragging his ass would be if the military was saying "hey let's end it" and obama was saying "nope!" Just because it takes more than 10 seconds to change it doesn't mean it's being held up. Isn't "hey lets end it" a pretty good description of what the military said last time that Congress asked? It's more than 10 seconds at this point. I think it's pretty clear they're trying to at least slip past the mid-term elections and hope that they can avoid a backlash against them from either side.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ May 4, 2010 -> 09:48 AM) He's been a starter his whole minor league career, but I do tend to believe he's eventually a reliever. His numbers seem to suggest that he runs out of gas late in the year, and he's highly reliant on his fastball. I'd say his future role is likely as a setup guy. Sounds like the kind of guy we do tend to trade. So, what you're saying is...Adam Dunn is coming here!?

G it up.

The NY Times is alleging that BP was violating their permit and drilling several thousand feet deeper than allowed.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 3, 2010 -> 07:42 PM) So if I went over to England and got a job, but never got citizenship, I would be considered a slave? What part of 'guest' makes you think 'permanent resident'? Guest workers should be just that, guests, not citizens. You get a guest worker permit or whatever,and no, you dont get deported the moment you lose your job. Which is an odd example, because the British immigration laws say that if you're there for 5 years as a worker, you're eligible for citizenship. No one's making "mandatory" citizenship something we're talking about here, but leaving the option open is important. If you've been there for the right number of years and you lose the job that's keeping you there legally, and you want to stay, you can then apply for citizenship. There's also one other noteworthy distinction to make...if you're going from the U.S. to Britain, as opposed to Mexico to the U.S., there's usually a much larger downgrade in quality of life in returning to Mexico rather than returning to the U.S., which makes deportation a much more useful threat/punishment.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ May 4, 2010 -> 02:11 AM) Joe Borchard hit for the cycle last night. I know he's a bust of epic proportion. But I still kinda like him. Where's he even playing?