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Alexei grounds out on pitch 1

77 pitches for G7 through 7

And that's 3

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 06:43 PM) I have no idea how Gavin doesn't strike out more batters. Barajas K's swinging, 2 out

Lind leads off with a double, then Overbay quickly out to SS.

QUOTE (The Ginger Kid @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 06:39 PM) at least he didn't K A strikeout and he'd have seen at least 2 more pitches.

And that's 3 as Thome grounds to Scutaro

Dye pops out to Rolen

Wise flies out to LF. 1 out.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan101 @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 11:38 AM) We really need Balta to come in here and explain how this thing works and what is going to happen on October 21st. So, for everyone...what this thing is going to do is slam packets of protons together at very close to the speed of light, hoping to basically break them apart so that their components can be detected...somehow. THe specific one they're trying to find is the component that contains most of the mass of the universe, the Higgs Boson. There's a dozen or so big physics questions they think they might get closer to answers on as well (Why is gravity such a weak force compared to the others, can other forces be unified, some wierd things relating matter and antimatter) but those are a bit above my pay grade. In terms of whether this will destroy the earth or the universe...no. First and foremost...collisions with these energies happen all the time, even on earth. The planet is constantly bombarded by cosmic rays that have these energies or higher...we're simply doing them in an environment we can measure. The universe doesn't end every time a cosmic ray from some other source hits a solar cosmic ray. Same deal. Will this create a black hole that will destroy the earth? No. Honestly, it'd actually be kind of cool if it generated a black hole. In the 1970's, Stephen Hawking showed that Black holes aren't truly black...some portion of the energy/mass (all the same stuff) they take in is actually radiated outwards in the form of something called Hawking radiation. It is also likely possible that complex information can actually leave a black hole as well, although it may bear no relation to what you put in (I.e. throw in a rock and out pops homer simpson a millenia later. And that's an example from Stephen Hawking himself). Because black holes aren't truly black, they can actually lose energy and therefore shrink. If the mass of a black hole is small enough, it will lose energy at a rapid enough rate that it will vanish quite rapidly. A black hole can actually be an efficient means of converting matter to energy as well...if you were able to contain one of these things at the right size and feed mass in to it...there's an infinite power source for you.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 05:26 PM) "Slam Tex"? I hope for Texsox's sake it's wearing a condom. At this point it's larger than Katrina. So somehow i doubt it.

Cabrera gets a 2-0 count, then 3-1, then is retired, 3 out. Line out to Overbay.

2 outs as swisher fouls out

Griffey grounds out to Scutaro, 1 down.

3 outs as inglett grounds out.

2 quick outs for Gavin, K's rolen, Snider pops out.

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AJ out on the first pitch, 3 out

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 05:02 PM) Ground out, easy 1-2-3 for Gavin. It looks like a lot of the Blue Jays are trying to go yard. The Blue Jays hired Greg Walker?

50 pitches for Gavin through 4. With 2 errors behind him. That's an excellent pitch rate for him, which is one of those things he's struggled with at times this seaosn.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 04:37 PM) Alexei steals second. I'm trying to post as much as possible before I have to leave in about an hour so I can get closer to 10,000. Ha. If you'd like there are other post-padders who can take over the PBP for ya :-P

18 pitches for Floyd in the first, gets out of trouble.

QUOTE (knightni @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 03:49 PM) My ex-gf's birthday is Sept 11. Unfortunately, or fortunately it was easy to remember. Link.

QUOTE (kapkomet @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 03:08 PM) Why is that? I haven't really kept up. See, now I'm derailing it again. From what I understand, they have all these brilliant plans for what they're going to do with the site, but aside from a little bit of infrastructure work, it's all held up in the courts until every single agency that has some claim over the area is satisfied (police, firefighters, Port Authority, City, State, Federal, you name it). There's still demolition work that needs done (The old DB building), there's never been an official budget put together, no one's sure who's going to pay for it, different groups want different things for the memorial, and on and on.

So does it bother anyone else that there is still a gigantic empty hole sitting in the middle of New York City?