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QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 12, 2006 -> 02:23 PM) Yes, he was a pitcher which doesn't mean a lot. Arm strength is a very subjective thing and I'm not really sure where you've seen Anderson throw from deep in the OF. I don't remember him getting many oppertunities to do that. The couple of times I've seen him make throws, he's been pretty darn close to where you want the ball to be about as fast as you'd hope it would get there. But he's been around so little time that he could have a bunch of Vlad-terrible throws waiting in the pipe and we wouldn't have a clue. He also hasn't had a chance to pile up assists from out there yet, or get people scared to run on him. If he can keep putting out throws like the ones he's done thus far, then within a couple of months the scouting reports will start saying not to test him.

Only in America. Or in this case...not in America.

So, if this leak is true, and it stands up to the barrage of tests that whatever sample they have will be put through, then this is a very significant development in the Iran nuclear case. Thus far, the U.S. and the IAEA have had absolutely no physical evidence they could present to anyone which would prove that Iran has begun enriching uranium for purposes other than energy (enrichment which is allowed under the nonproiliferation treaty). The only argument the U.S. has had to use is to say that it makes no sense for a fossil-fuel rich country to build nuclear technology for anything other than weapons purposes, but a circumstantial case here certainly is not a solid one. If this is true, and the IAEA has found traces of uranium in Iran enriched by beyond the few percent necessary for civilian purposes, then the U.S. will have actual proof, verified by the U.N., of Iran possessing a military nuclear program. They're still going to be 10 years away from a bomb, but that sort of evidence could very easily create allies for the U.S. and back Iran into a corner. Russia and China, for example, would have a harder time blocking U.N. resolutions to stop Iran's nuclear program if the IAEA had that evidence in hand. Finally, while this is potentially important, we also shouldn't jump the gun here...traces of highly enriched uranium 235 were found previously in Iran, but they turned out to have come from Pakistan. Further tests will decide that issue definitively, which is probably why there has been no official statement thus far.

QUOTE(Kalapse @ May 12, 2006 -> 02:06 PM) The reason players like Anderson and Kotsay get over hyped defensively while guys like Rowand and Hunter get underrated is through peer pressure. It's a lesser form but still very appearant, one person says Kotsay is the best defensive center fielder in the AL, Rowand gets s***ty jumps and Torii Hunter has lost a step and suddenly people start latching on to this while ignoring the blatant visual evidence that proves otherwise. So you're saying that Anderson is overhyped defensively? I'm not sure yet who I want catching the fly ball to center with 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth, him or Rowand, but he's sure a damn good center fielder thus far, so I don't see how he's "over hyped".

Kick his ass JG.

QUOTE(SnB @ May 11, 2006 -> 08:54 AM) college is half over College never ends.

QUOTE(qwerty @ May 12, 2006 -> 01:41 PM) Going by these two stats means very little when things are said and done. Rowand will have more win shares.... will have more fraa and the majority of baseball fans know who is the better fielder currently, even though anderson has potential to be a better fielder... if he stays in the league with his bat that is.... So, yeah, you're right that the stats ESPN gives on defense don't tell the whole story, but I think the criteria you give by which to judge the two aren't much better either. The majority of fans know Rowand as the better fielder? Sure, after his display at Yankee Stadium last year, that's the truth, but Anderson's had a month to catch up to years fo work by Rowand. More win Shares? I don't even see how that matters...I'll bet you Anderson and Thome combine to have more Win Shares this year than Rowand, Gio, and the other guy we traded. So what? Going by any of the criteria either of you have mentionned thus far only gives you a cursory means of figuring out which of the 2 is better.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 12, 2006 -> 01:37 PM) Adkins had a 0.00 ERA in 12 innings at AAA....how the hell did that happen? And thanks to the Cubs, his ERA at the big league level this season has now dropped below 10!

Don't worry Cubs fans, for there is hope...Jon Adkins has come in to pitch against you!

QUOTE(Soxy @ May 12, 2006 -> 12:07 PM) I'm confused again, don't you mean John Gibson? Or did Mel second it? Yes, yes, my drunk sober ass means John. Bah.

Joe Scarborough's show opening last night.

Mel Gibson to white people: have more babies!

I wonder what the record is for the oldest guy to ever get a drug suspension.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ May 12, 2006 -> 11:15 AM) Echeleon wasn't new to Clinton either. Some of the reading I did had some of the programs with roots all of the way back to the Reagan era. This is the way that business has been done forever, and I see no reason to believe it will be changing anytime soon, as this stuff has gone on through both parties administrations. I would love to see it stop, but at the sametime the incentive for the spy agencies to get as much info as possible means there is little reason for them to stop just because someone found out what was going on... again. Call me jaded if you like, but even if you get the ultimate goal of impeaching Bush and elected a democratic Pres and Congress, you can bet this will still go on, and the people feigning outrage today, will be the ones defending it then, just like they did 6 years ago. I would be happy and content with just some congressional and judicial oversight.

So, if nothing else, can I at least note that those would be overseas taps, and thusly not be covered by FISA in the least?

From the Wikipedia entry on Ekstra Bladet, the paper you're citing there:

So, according to press reports, both the house and the office of the former #3 guy in the CIA, Dusty Foggo, were raided this morning by the Feds. Foggo's name has come up repeatedly in connection with the Duke Cunningham bribery case, and he resigned within a very short period after Porter Goss resigned last week.

Curt Schilling left Yankee Stadium yesterday with an undisclosed medical issue.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:44 AM) never even heard of it happening. Neither have I, and I'm wondering if there's a reason. I'd imagine that if you can see a basketball hoop well enough to shoot through those things, you'd be able to see a baseball well enough to swing a bat at it. Or at least that makes sense to me. When's the last time a major league starter actually broke their nose?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:42 AM) Hmm ok well if it's a team option through '07, he's not going anywhere. If it were a player option and we showed interest, I guess it's possible he'd come back..... I just want to give Brian a chance, he has too much potential to give up on, as solid a player as Rowand already is. And remember, Crash went through A LOT of struggles at first too. B.A. is 5 for his last 14 with 2 home runs. That's a start.

QUOTE(YASNY @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:02 AM) I heard something this morning about a program called Echelon, that the NSA was intercepting everything from email to baby monitors and mining that data. Apparently, 60 Minutes had a show about this group back in 2000. I believe our current president was inaugurated in January 2001. Former CIA director and current Presidential Medal of Freedom winner George Tenet, testifying under oath before Congress in 2000.

QUOTE(Soxy @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:11 AM) I heard that. I hope they continue to withhold his/her name. Seems like, unless that person comes forward and says "It was me" they'll have to, as not even the jurors themselves know who it was.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ May 12, 2006 -> 09:35 AM) An absolute spectacular catch, IMO the best one I've ever seen him make period. Knowing Crash, he'll be back in a week or so, dude is like a hockey player. So, no one has answered me yet as to whether or not a guy can get away with wearing one of those Rip Hamilton style masks in baseball?