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One thing to keep in mind is that everyone is genetically predisposed to certain things...some people may function better lean and mean whereas another person May function better with a little meat on his bones, at least from a high-performance athletic level.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 02:00 PM) Shack, Your photographer pulling that nonsense where he is the owner of all the copyrights etc, and you are just getting a license/limited use? Yeah, we got digital rights for the wedding photos...I'm assuming the same deal here, but he retains the copyright I'm sure.

You just know somehow Noah will end up playing for the Cavs before his career is over.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 01:56 PM) He was supposed to be the best 2nd baseman of the decade. Guy exploded onto the scene and you take away that year and he would have been out of the majors a couple years ago so that I totally understand. I remember many Derek Jeter comparisons. I remember starting a thread about whether we should give him an Evan Longoria type deal...he just looked like the complete package when he came up. He'll always be one of the biggest White Sox mysteries.

I think what people feel is that he's one of the biggest busts relative to what we thought we had.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 10:24 AM) I'm in the wrong profession Funny thing is...I believe what precipitated the whole thing was when we went to the studio to pick out the photos that would go into our wedding album, he was showing us an album that included a bunch of semi-nude and nude photos he took of a woman for her husband. I sort of laughed and said "Somehow I doubt Kelly would have you take photos like this for me." My wife giggled and said "You might be surprised." Sure enough, she went back about a month later and had them done. She said it was hilarious because the photographer was showing her what poses to use; she also said he was more nervous than her (I will add that his own wife was present). Edit: And directly to your point, yeah, how many other professions do you get $1,000 to take pictures of women in various stages of undress for 3 hours

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 25, 2014 -> 08:44 AM) I see this and imagine an Onion type headline stating "Phillies don't want bad baseball player on team, want someone to help pay for bad baseball player's contract." Or Phillies willing to feed Howard Subway for life if he'll just go away

My wife stole my Sox jersey and had our wedding photographer take saucy pictures of her in it

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 03:23 PM) I love summer but man I cant wait for football weekends. Says the fan of a crappy baseball team.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 04:26 PM) They didn't put that defense in place (from 3-4 years ago) with Endy Chavez/Franklyn Gutierrez/Jack Wilson/Ichiro using any type of offensive statistics that I've ever heard of. This came out awhile back. His assistant was the advanced metrics guy that put that defense in place. He's since been fired.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 03:09 PM) It says a lot about a player when striking out almost 20% of the time over a 28 PA sample size is a noteworthy achievement Yeah, if you weren't familiar with the situation, you'd think "s***, get rid of them, they obviously didn't help."

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 02:56 PM) Well bollocks. I just haven't been doing that. Not that I know whether it would make or break it. I had an interview today so I'll be sure to send a follow-up email stating my gratitude for the interview and their time. It was a company based in New Zealand so I had a couple of cute girls interviewing me with those accents. Yeah, definitely send a thank you email then

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 12:40 PM) Yet they ran a guy out the league for bullying. Yeah, well some of these things are moves they are forced to make because of overwhelming public pressure. There have been plenty of guys who have been involved in things like vehicular manslaughter who were suspended and then allowed to return.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 12:28 PM) We aren't talking about other jobs though, every job has its own criteria and function and should be treated differently. This is a huge billion dollar league that the entire country watches, kids, adults, everybody. It might be the most popular entertainment source in the country. They have an opportunity to make a bit of a moral stand and instead you have a coach happy that "kids will now learn that actions have consequences." Gimme a break. Yeah, well, if we want it to be the National Morality Football League, then we can just sign up the guys on the straight & narrow. But that's not what they want. They want it to include the best athletes on earth. Sometimes, those guys aren't always the best people.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 12:06 PM) More often than not, an admin/HR person is the one who contacts me to set up the interview with the hiring manager, who calls me for the interview but never provides any contact information. Am I expected to dig around the company website to find the interviewer's email? Just email the person who set up the interview? Both? Neither? Yes, I just email the HR person in that instance. If they are good at what they do, they will forward it on to the hiring manager.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:55 AM) Hypothetically, let's say you were to beat your wife in a Vegas hotel elevator and have the incident recorded on camera. Then every Vegas TV station got a hold of it, played it over and over again, while mentioning your name and your employer. Would your employer take punishment out on you? If not, you got a hell of a job. Ok, of course you guys are now going to bust out like every different situation. The point is, the law punishes people for illegal acts. Obviously, some of these acts make continued employment a bit more difficult than others. What I don't think we want, is employers deciding to double-up or piggyback off of the penalties, fines, etc., that the legal system is already dishing out. Take people with s***ty credit, for instance. Some employers are now running credit checks just like they've traditionally run background checks. For people getting into jobs where they are making decisions over vast sums of money, yes, I can see how this is relevant. But for most jobs? Not particularly relevant. Anyways, I guess my point is that I understand why some of the fines for off the field incidents are not as stiff as some of those that affect the integrity of the game itself or of performance, despite being morally more offensive.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:54 AM) No, my job let us know upon hire that anything crime related is constantly searched. Basically, if my name comes up on a police blotter, HR knows when it happens. Well, you're in fraud protection. Obviously criminal acts are more closely related to some professions than others.

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:48 AM) If I did what Blackmon or Rice did, I would lose my job. 100 percent positive I doubt anyone would know about it if you were just Kyle and not a professional athlete.

QUOTE (witesoxfan @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:45 AM) Frankly, it's the same thing for marijuana. If I got a DUI right now, I'd probably have to have a sit down with my bosses and there would be several bureaucratic hoops I'd have to jump through, but I'd retain my job. But if my urine tested positive for marijuana ONE TIME, no matter if it's legal in some states, decriminalized in others, and otherwise not harmful, I'd be fired on the spot. Unless you got the DUI for marijuana...then you'd be double screwed

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:41 AM) I said nothing like that. I was contesting the implication that Mathis got 4 games for something innocent/benign, not agreeing with the 2 game suspension for Rice. I'd feel more sympathetic towards Mathis if Manny Ramirez didn't already get busted for Clomid.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:31 AM) I'd probably lose my ability to get and maintain security clearances, so I'd probably be fired. And that's because we don't want assholes around nuclear reactors and s***.

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:29 AM) I'm serious, smart ass. That's why the fines are lower. One is an action which directly affects his performance on the field of play and another is one which affects his personal life. The fact that the League feels the need to fine these guys at all for stuff occurring in their personal lives is ridiculous to begin with. What is the point of a $58k fine to begin with? The guy makes millions of dollars. You think if common sense and decency isn't enough to stop the guy from beating his wife in public, a $58k fine is?

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:29 AM) If you get caught driving drunk or shoot yourself in the leg, does your employer suspend you or take part of your pay check? No.

QUOTE (ChiSox_Sonix @ Jul 24, 2014 -> 11:25 AM) You're right. Beating your wife is not technically against the NFL rules so it makes total sense that the punishment is less severe. If you beat your wife, does your employer suspend you or take part of your pay check?

My HS coach was a priest who basically knew very little about golf. He didn't do much more than drive us to the practice facility or course. Tex, the thing I would work on with them the most are alignment and setup drills, and the short game and putting drills, and finally, course management. Those things are going to be the biggest determinant of scoring. For whatever reason, proper alignment does not come easily over the golf ball for a lot of people. I for one know that I spent a vast majority of the last 20 years aligning myself improperly. This causes all sorts of other problems, as you then start making adjustments to an improper alignment based on your ball flight. Then before you know it, you've got adjustments for adjustments for adjustments. Your ball flight starts looking like a UFO taking evasive maneuvers from a missile in a sci-fi movie because of you all the crazy spin you've got on the ball. This is like trying to build a house on a poor foundation on top of poor soil. Have them all buy a set of decent alignment rods and use them every day on the practice range. They are honestly the best bang-for-your-buck training tool out there. Look up all the different drills you can use them for and pick out several which you think will be helpful. They can work on proper aim, ball position, swing plane, etc. They can take these things to the putting green as well. There are plenty of drills to encourage putting alignment and strokes. Finally, have them work on their pitching, chipping and sand play. The lowest hanging fruit at that age can usually be found in the short game. I remember kicking ass from tee to near the green only to get beat from around the greens to the hole week after week. I was a good ball striker but a poor short game player and there is nothing more frustrating than watching some guy get up and down on you all day when he can't hit an iron shot worth a s***. And for you, Coach, I mentioned it before, but I'll say it again, pick up Dave Pelz's books on the short game and putting....they are awesome and will give you a lot of drills to give the kids.