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QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 11:26 AM) The problem on the bunt was that he lolly-gagged it to first base after stopping. Stopping I get. He could have beaten the throw to first if he started running full speed after the throw went to 2nd. I don't think he could have, but I understand the frustration. The entire team sucks lately...my confidence has really been shaken...I sure hope they show us something this week.

I cannot function today at work. I am too nervous.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 10, 2012 -> 08:01 AM) The thing that really got me was the lack of hustle. You didn't write the one on the last out of the game...struck out swinging at a pitch in the dirt, but instead of running to first base, did the dejected walk away from the plate. At least make them throw the ball to first! That was one of the worst plate appearances I have ever seen. The bunt I can understand...he was trying not to run into the tag...

QUOTE (Jake @ Sep 9, 2012 -> 11:29 AM) Tyler Flowers: 1.1 fWAR. Dear lord, he's only appeared in 46 games Yeah, he's really come into his own in the last two months. Could make this AJ decision a bit more interesting...

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Sep 9, 2012 -> 10:32 AM) There's nothing like a feel good thread on a Sunday morning. Yeah, talk about a bunch of masochists!

QUOTE (Carter224 @ Sep 8, 2012 -> 05:02 PM) Reed is a f***ing bum Ide rather see Wise out there than him at this point.. holy crap, he is going to cost us this division if they dont get his ass out of the closers role.. but who the hell else could close for us currently Crain is starting to look better. Otherwise, it's got to be Jones or s***, maybe even Veal?

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 10:23 PM) Well, if you look at the whole picture (stats on the year), you'd see that something killing the Sox is their bullpen management. I am usually as optimistic as anyone here, but this team has lost its mojo...they know the Royals and Tigers own them, and they aren't focused. I hope they prove me dead wrong. Dead wrong. But I don't see them heading to the Postseason. And as Fathom said, the manager is not helping the cause.

Now I have to go with the gf to the stupid f***ing club and deal with huge douchebags all f***ing night. Go Angels Angels of Anaheim.

QUOTE (fathom @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 09:19 PM) If you bunt with Ramirez, then you have Johnson come up for Beckham. They had a LHP warming up, so either you get them to bring in the LHP (and then you can use Flowers, who's great vs LHP) or they walk Johnson to bring up De Aza/let Johnson face the righty. It was a miracle that Alexei even got the bunt down. But yeah, if you do commit to bunting, the situation was SCREAMING for ANYONE but Beckham there. Then Herrera did him a favor and hung a lifeless, dead-fish slider over the outer-half and Gordon still couldn't put it in play.

Jeesh Robin, you've been having some f***ing doozies lately...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 04:26 PM) If it was easy to identify the "Right people" to be teaching those sorts of skills, we'd have a lot more people who have learned them . Well that is my entire point, I suppose.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 03:14 PM) Eh, in my experience that's the kind of skill that actually is the thing you want to be teaching people, and it's something that can be taught if you have the right people...but then again, I haven't done any sort of study to establish that, so I'm the one throwing out an off-subject-anecdote now. Well who are the "right" people? We have some brainiacs who are too socially inept to negotiate prices on the phone when they need power because a generator tripped or a line went down...whereas I am terrible with technical stuff, but I was always able to just determine what I needed to get and built the relationships in the market to be able to get it at a good price very quickly. Perhaps those are what you would call "communication" skills or "negotiating" skills. I mean I am sure you are right; there are probably some areas where people tend to be better at these sort of skills than others. But I think that it's probably not limited to any one given area so much as people that for whatever reason, can think well on their feet and can come off as cool customers even when the s*** is hitting the fan in the background. Not to toot my own horn (but I will), but I've lost 25% of my load responsibility suddenly and was still able to negotiate power prices as if I didn't even really need the energy, when in reality, if I didn't get it, the Bellagio's lights were going to have to turn off. I think it's a combination of skills in a lot of cases that transcends any one given academic area, and a good employer or recruiter knows and understands that.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 03:41 PM) But when there are so many more applicants than there are jobs, as is the case right now, employers can use whatever means they want to filter down through applicants...even if they filter out some qualified ones, because there are simply so many qualified ones available for every positin. This is true...we have recently been able to hire a ton of electrical engineers as Power Traders and in Portfolio Analytics due to the flux of college graduates in a bad job market. However, these positions we have are a combination of understanding how electrical generating units work and understanding how to trade and move around energy in complex energy markets. It is really a hybrid of skills that no one degree can prepare one for. Thus, we need people that are capable of learning and adapting quickly under pressure, which are more skills that seem to occur naturally in people rather than anything that can be taught.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 7, 2012 -> 02:58 PM) ^^^ i see 'technical' people that have degrees in totally unrelated, easy degree stuff, all the time. but they are all over 30. new grads have limited opportunity. I work in a very technical area and have an entirely useless history degree... Employers want people who can adapt to change quickly; this is one of the largest skills necessary right now and in the future. To only hire out of certain fields is fairly hypocritical then, if you ask me.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 06:02 PM) You have an interesting definition of nothing happening. A million things have happened, the only thing that wouldnt happen is that Hank, someone whose character has been portrayed as extremely loyal and family oriented, would remain loyal/family oriented and wouldnt break his character, just to get 1 more arrest. Wont that truly be the shocking ending. That after all of that Hank doesnt go after Walt/Sklyar, because he doesnt want his family destroyed? Hank has completely ignored his family to work the case though too...he is obviously obsessed with his work and this case specifically. He repeatedly ignores all instruction to let it go. I can't imagine he's going to find out it was Walt and then turn a blind eye. My guess is he ends up cuffing Walt towards the end of the last episode after some big standoff.

Beat this long-haired doucher

I remember it took me like a year to figure out how to sign up, since I was originally trying to do so with an aol account. Lucky for you guys, I didn't get registered until after the WS

Would we have sensed this from Hawk somehow I wonder? He is as close to AJ as anyone and very likely to know if AJ in fact knew...no one has contacted him to get him on the air?

I honestly would give him 10 days off.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 01:37 PM) If Mark Gonzalez is hearing rumors of it then it has more substance. There are just so many things going against AJ, including the current MLB environment where players are still getting busted too frequently. The good thing is it doesn't matter how it looks. It only matters if AJ tested positive and loses his appeal.

QUOTE (G&T @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 10:16 PM) Huh...I was informed that I will be having a second interview. Good luck...keep us posted!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 07:05 PM) Hopefully the head-to-head pattern changes though! We're going to beat them at home

And the Tigers strand a lead off double!

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 06:54 PM) It would be hilarious if the Sox built up another 2-3 game lead before facing Detroit again next week. That's been the pattern

3-0 Indians!