Balta1701

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 12:28 PM) oh come on. Just saying it's a hypothetical, it's been said by several people that it happened there but I've still seen no obvious proof to my eyes, and he said nothing would shock him. That'd shock me.

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 10:53 AM) Dumars is the best GM in the game for a reason, watch that 1st rounder he got turn out to be some stud player. Like Milicic?

It would also be much less of a problem if we were to actually crack down on employing illegal immigrants beyond denying cabinet positions to people who employ them, which seems to be basically the only punishment going around right now.

QUOTE(chitownsportsfan @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 10:52 AM) Ok, I've gone into my time machine and have pulled the following out of the past: Year W L RS RA 2005 99 63 741 645 2004 83 79 865 831 2003 86 76 791 715 2002 81 81 856 798 Yep, "wins" did get us a world championship last year--can't argue that. But gee, you think a little good old fashioned run prevention didn't help? That was the main difference between 2005 and 2002-2004, not some myth like "Ozzieball". Please don't say that I don't realize the importance of being able to move the runner over and play for one run. I realize playing for 1 run helps win close games. Having a shovel helps dig a hole, but not as much as a bulldozer. Get it? Actually there was something fairly significant last year about "Ozzieball"...whether or not it won a lot of games is worth asking, but I did a bit of work on this sometime around the All Star Break. Last year, the average number of runs we were scoring per game had gone down, but also, the variation in number of runs scored per game declined. In 2004, we scored 5.34 plus or minus 3.72 runs per game. In the first 1/2 of 2005, we scored 4.84 plus or minus 2.70 runs per game. I think this is actually a fairly important statistic. The higher your standard deviation is, the more games you have where you score much higher or much lower than the average. The lower your St. Dev. is, the more your scores cluster. Our scores in 2005 clustered far more than in 2004. What this means is that yes, we had fewer 10 run outbursts, but at the same time, we also had fewer 0-1 run games...everything clustered more tightly around 5. That is the Ozzie-ball impact...we're sacrificing some of the big innings that would have given us 10 run wins in exchange for additional numbers of 4-5 run games, which makes sense if you're likely to win games once you get to 4-5 runs because of your pitching staff. It's also worth noting that in 2004, the St. Dev. of our offense's per game output was much higher than that of our opponent, while in 2005 we were actually lower. This is not going to be the most important stat, it is no where near as important as the decrease in runs allowed per game from 04-05, but I'll bet there are some additional wins in that stat.

QUOTE(knightni @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 12:04 PM) Somewhere, Carmelo Anthony is laughing. ...without a ring on his finger....

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 11:47 AM) Didn't think I'd forget this, did you Tex? Just from a link posted earlier by Balta-- http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_83/hoh/12174-1.html I'm sure there will be more to follow. So the only ones allowed to joke about this are Republicans?

QUOTE(southsideirish71 @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 11:28 AM) What a pile of conjecture and bulls***. Was this authored by the Gitmo Hippy release foundation or the Stop the War foundation. So in summary it states that most of the people in Gitmo are not terrorists or the worst of the worst, just people in the wrong place at the wrong time. GMAFB. So we are just rounding up all these people for what, a f***ing zoo near castro. Come on now. Dude, just go read the articles before you try to bash the conclusions, would you?

QUOTE(whitesoxfan101 @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 10:48 AM) there isn't a single picture I could see that would shock or surprise me Would proof of the long-rumored rapes of minors do that?

Bush To Discuss Health Care During Visit To Wendy's Well, at least the President has a sense of Irony. Either that, or he thinks it'd be good health care policy for more people to have heart attacks and die at age 40.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 08:55 AM) Well, actually if the widespread reports of how people wound up at Gitmo, most notably the recent piece by the National Journal, are accurate, then that's not extremely far from the truth in that case. I think the actual piece is behind a subscription wall now, but Here's a summary. Ok, found working links to those National Journal pieces in case anyone wants the gory details. Link 1 Link 2 Link 3 Presumably if you've read all of th ose you can probably figure out how to get to the other article. Here's a more succint summary of the articles.

This is about the level of dislike that it takes to make me contribute during a primary battle.

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QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:25 AM) It doesn't matter. According to you liberals, what is done on PERSONAL time, shouldn't matter. Hmmmmmm. Do me 1 favor...don't clump me in with whatever group you're opposing there. To this day I still think Clinton should have resigned in '98, based entirely on what he did during his "Personal" time, if you can call it that.

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:21 AM) No it's not. It's been MADE INTO a big story. If I shot you in the face for a hunting accident, it wouldn't get written on the back of toilet paper. Are you the Vice President of the United States?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:20 AM) This Borchard situation will be finalized this spring. Either he shows something worthwhile, or he's gone. I still think that the team will put him in the 4th outfielder (or even 5th outfielder if it comes down to it) spot rather than lose him. I just keep remembering that, if he was the 4th outfielder, his job would be to out-produce a guy who hit .218 last year with 2 home runs. Borchard hits .218, in 150 at bats and he hits 8-10 dingers. That's at least an improvement.

QUOTE(Cknolls @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:15 AM) Good Morning America this morning said the story was breaking news. How much more main stream do you need? Get back to me in a week and let me know how much coverage each has gotten. I'll wager these photos become old news before the Danish comics do, and that's even given the fact that the Danish Comics have been around for what, 4 months now, and have been talked about already for like 2 weeks?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:14 AM) It's always been that way, and always will be that way .. regardless of which party holds the majority. Which is exactly why you need each party to have control of 1 house of Congress...so that they can check each other and so that they both have subpoena power. You shouldn't trust either of them to do anything that will sabotage their own power, so the only way to make sure there aren't abuses allowed entirely because of politics is to put them at each other's throats.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:11 AM) Them bastards are pretty damn smart, aren't they? Except when it comes to, you know, actually caring about doing the right thing for their country regardless of the politics. Which is how most of Congress got in office anyway.

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:07 AM) Personally, I would have Borch play CF until Anderson is ready. Have Borch do what they planned for Anderson.. bat 8th or 9th with little pressure on him and ask that he play good defense. Hey Joe...could you do us a favor, run a few steps faster than you do right now, and play better defense too. That's pretty easy for you to do, right?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 09:07 AM) Yes, me too. I'm shocked that Congress is not willing to act when there is nothing illegal on which to act. And I'm amazed that the Republicans decided that based entirely on their reasoning skills...which of course told them that a continuing investigation of the President would be bad for their reelection chances.

I think the Danish cartoons have thus far gotten vastly more press than these photos have. Aside from on blogs I haven't seen them anywhere yet.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 07:23 AM) Why is that Jabroni? Wouldnt a ground out to move the runner from 2nd to third be a productive out that must be achieved by your #2 hitter? Why is his OBP so important? Gooch's wasnt that great for a #2 hitter, but he was one of the best we have seen on the sox. Well, when you're hitting directly in front of 3 guys who may very well hit 120+ home runs between the 3 of them this season, it does raise the importance.

QUOTE(NorthSideSox72 @ Feb 15, 2006 -> 08:47 AM) Now that all said, I think he goes over the line (if he really said what is being paraphrased) when talking about indiscriminate rounding up of people, and people being kept in unforgiveable circumstances. For one thing, to use the word "indscriminate" makes the US look like they just rounded up folks who looked Middle Eastern, which is untrue and makes us look like buffoons. And the only people being kept in unforgiveable circumstances are the really bad folks. Well, actually if the widespread reports of how people wound up at Gitmo, most notably the recent piece by the National Journal, are accurate, then that's not extremely far from the truth in that case. I think the actual piece is behind a subscription wall now, but Here's a summary.

Gosh, I'm soooooo surprised by this........

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Feb 14, 2006 -> 06:28 PM) I find it funny that these drunk allegations have begun. If it were true, and there were witnesses present (which is obvious), what's preventing one from leaking information? Or even Whittingson himself? Dude, the witnesses, and the wounded guy, already watched Cheney shoot 1 guy, why in the world would they want to piss him off again?!