Balta1701

That was fun.

QUOTE (whtsoxfan @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 01:39 PM) When was the last time a White Sox hit 4-in a row? According to this post it's only happened 6 times in MLB history.

Gameday now has Wise coming to bat for Dye.

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 01:15 PM) Holy f*** a 3 hit game from Kong? What's going on here? Konerko is hitting .344 with a 1.120 OPS in August.

QUOTE (elrockinMT @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 11:38 AM) Konerko is on a tear now. 2 singles today and raising that average .323 average and .998 OPS in August for 14.

"My name is Lance-a-lot. I'm big and strong and hot."

QUOTE (Texsox @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 09:38 AM) I have thought we'd see a "coming to the middle". That wages at the very bottom would continue to rise, with minimum wage pressures, etc. and the top executives would drop as well, with the middle kind of holding dsteady, which is losing against inflation. So I asked how you saw American companies solving the too high of labor cost to be competitive issue? WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

QUOTE (santo=dorf @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 09:39 AM) Installing cameras everywhere isn't cheap nor is it going to be to pay someone to try and watch 100 monitors at once for illegal activity. Let's say someone watching the camera sees a small dope deal going down. What is he/she supposed to do? Immediately call the police? By the times the cops get there chances our something more serious occured on the other 99 monitors, nobody saw it, the police are now at another scene, and nobody will be at the current scene of the crime because they'll know better to leave immediately. It'd be a complete waste of cash. I don't believe most of these cameras are continuously monitored. The logistics of that and the number of people it would take would be daunting. The idea would be so that if something did happen, if someone was shot/robbed, if the London Subway attacks happen, you have multiple views and angles of the faces of the people you're looking for and the investigation becomes dramatically easier because you have all the evidence you need.

QUOTE (earthshiner @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 08:15 AM) I've never seen hitters look so foolish at the plate as I did during Shingo's first year. They just couldn't wait long enough. It was an awesome season. I wonder when the next time we'll see someone strike out swinging on a 49 mph pitch is.

QUOTE (Texsox @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 09:06 AM) Balta, I'll take a stab at articulating a feeling about this. I agree that when we are outside walking around we understand we are losing some privacy. We know that other people may see us. That happens in real time and there is a decent possibility we will see them as well. We pass on a sidewalk and may or may not make eye contact. That feels different to me then cameras hidden out of the way that are recording my every movement. As I was typing this and shifting in my chair, I needed to adjust the boys. Using that example, if I was out running and had the same need, I'd look around, see no one, and make a quick adjustment, no big deal. I'd hate to think that someone was recording that and possibly playing it back later. I'm also not convinced it keeps me any safer. If they truly did, banks and conveniences stores would never be robbed. Yet they are with tellers and clerks assaulted. So, to summarize your 2 points...first, you feel like it's just a little bit more privacy than you want to give up, and second you're not certain it's effective. On the latter point...saying something is ineffective is a little aside from the point I'm wondering about. I want the ACLU style argument. Either this sort of videotaping is legal and appropriate on the merits or its not. Whether or not its effective in preventing crime I'll consider another matter, but in the event of an actual crime already happening, the more video you have of the perpetrator the easier its going to be to find them. I'll give you a great example from something I read (via the guy who rules the media's world) yesterday. Guy passed out drunk on his front lawn. Google's streetview people came by while he was passed out there, filming for their streetview. He winds up on the Google images. Once he's out of his doors, I don't see how he can have any expectation of privacy. It takes no effort by anyone and no illegal acts to gather up that information. It might feel creepy, but creepy doesn't mean it's wrong or breaking any laws. Any time you walk past a business, walk down the street, walk anywhere basically, you take the risk of winding up on someone's camera regardless of whether or not you know its there.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Aug 14, 2008 -> 07:13 AM) We are fast becoming like England, which isn't good. Hey, if they can monitor my emails and phone calls while I'm in my home without a warrant, then what's wrong with them monitoring every step I take outside? In all seriousness...I'd like to hear an argument for why this is a bad thing. When I'm outdoors in a public place I'm almost by definition sacrificing any thought I'd have of legit privacy. Why should I expect that I'm not being filmed? And why is it worse for a government to have access to that sort of video when an ATM camera or a security camera at a business can come up with the same data?

QUOTE (Kalapse @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 08:15 PM) Well 'right now' Ryan Sweeney is on the DL and won't be back for at least 2 weeks, this is his 4th different injury of the season by the way. So you'd lose Swish but gain a 22 year old inexperienced lefty who's probably going to get maybe 7 or 8 starts the rest of the way and centerfield would have to be filled full time by Griffey, Anderson and Wise. Frankly...with the way Swisher has played this year, compared with how Anderson and Sweeney have played...I see where they're coming from...even with the injuries I think an Anderson/Sweeney platoon with Gio in AAA would have our roster looking better pre trade deadline than it does now with Swisher, although moving DLS while his value was high seems smart now.

QUOTE (SoxFan1 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 01:08 PM) I've heard a lot of great things about that place. I pass by it every time I'm coming back to Chicago from school. Seriously. Stop there. That was one of the couple places (The others being Jimmy Johns and the Taste) that I made sure to stop at when I was back in NWI for my wedding last year.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 06:38 PM) Yes Balta, but he's a good fielder. He'll get it back. I kept thinking that all season, but he just hasn't done it. He's missed so many routine plays it's ridiculous. He still made most of the flashy ones we were used to but the throwing errors were so excessive. I think that there was a consensus emerging that his back was really bothering him on some of those throws in particular, and that was probably driving part of it. If his back is influencing his fielding, then I wouldn't be so sure that he will.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 06:33 PM) Why? Tell me what are so bad his stats coming off a serious back surgery? I mean Uribe is no superstar. I just don't get comments like this. It's the errors, plain and simple. He's missed like 3 weeks and only 2 people in MLB have more errors than him.

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 07:09 PM) Thank you. I guess I should have qualified it with an innings minimum. Cruz is legit. He's pitched 35 innings. Balfour... very legit. And Dotel. I was too bloody lazy to figure out an appropriate innings limit.

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 05:39 PM) Every now and again. I'm more conservative on a lot of things than you probably think. Conservative = refusing to buy something reported by Fox/Kristol?

QUOTE (scenario @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 06:56 PM) Is there a pitcher in baseball with a better K/9 than Dotel? 1 Steven Register COL 27 2 Joselo Diaz TEX 18 3 Juan Cruz ARI 13.75 4 Kiko Calero OAK 13.5 Scott Patterson NYY 13.5 6 Grant Balfour TAM 13.12 7 Rick VandenHurk FLA 12.86 8 Armando Benitez TOR 12.79 9 Octavio Dotel CHW 12.47 10 Carlos Marmol CHC 12.23

QUOTE (fathom @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 06:55 PM) What was Buehrle's pitch count? 101

QUOTE (Jimbo's Drinker @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 05:52 PM) Kenny will trade him, he will never see US Cell in sox uniform. Well, even though I raised the possibility of him being dealt earlier in this thread, I will point out one thing...who was the last #1 pick that KW actually traded? Anderson, Fields, Broadway, McCullough, Poreda all still with the club.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox15 @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 03:47 PM) If Getz really ends up working out and Alexei turns out to be really as good as he's looked so far, where does Gordon Beckham fit in the picture down the line? Barring a change in GM's...there's 29 other teams out there. Hell, I could see Beckham traded by KW even if Getz stinks.

QUOTE (WCSox @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 03:06 PM) It's possible, but there are quite a few teams in front of us, including the Yankees and Twins. I don't think that the latter would let Washburn get to us. On the other hand, Heyman today said that Washburn cleared waivers.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 02:57 PM) Yeah, I am a big fan of Getz and really high on his ability, but you have got to keep Ramirez in the lineup every game because he is a difference maker and it is especially importnat without your best hitter. And quite frankly...if we want Alexei to have a shot at the batting title he needs plate appearances. We try hard enough to get wins for our pitchers.

On the other hand, SI's Heyman says this:

QUOTE (lostfan @ Aug 13, 2008 -> 03:04 PM) lol, was he for real? We've invaded 2 nations in the 21st century. One in retaliation, the other for no reason really. :30 video clip at link for context, talking about Georgia. He's being totally serious.