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QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 21, 2012 -> 10:21 AM) You have to add more compound movements to your shoulder workout. Compound movements involve multiple muscles and are primarily used for "mass" gain as by definition these types of movements allow you to lift much heavier weight. Isolation movements, which are things like lateral raises, are better for definition and tone, but that's not to say they wont add size, too. Compound movements are simply better to add size, whereas isolation movements are better for "shred" or definition. A few things you can try: 1) Overhead presses with a BARbell, or a hammer strength machine, NOT dumbells, and not behind your head, either. Performing overhead press movements while bringing the bar behind your head/neck adds nothing to the workout and increases stress on the shoulder tendons. I commonly see people do this in the gym, and it's incorrect. 2) If a barbell is impossible for you, try "Arnold" presses with the dumbbells, while not quite as good as the barbell for mass gain, they are better than standard overhead presses. This is an "Arnold" press: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0Rtakl0frk 3) Add upright rows to your routine. This is an "upright" row: 4) Shoulder shrugs. When performing shrugs, never "rotate" through the motion. It's a direct up/down movement. If you rotate your shoulder when performing shrugs, all you are doing is unnecessarily stressing the rotator-cuff. Performing this exercise is harder than people think as people often "cheat" through the motion. When you shrug your shoulder holding dumbbells, hold the top of the shrug for a few seconds, you should feel it in the traps, then, slowly go down to "rest"...rinse/repeat. Finally, some of this depends on your body type. Some people are NOT predisposed to having a natural \/ shape to their body, highlighted by bulky shoulders...if you are not one of those people, it can often be harder to "bulk up" your shoulders, but that's not to say it cannot be done...it just cannot be done very easily without slamming compound shoulder movements. This...a lot of this stuff is so dependent on your body type...I can't really bulk up my arms for s***...but my shoulders really bulk up easily...I think part of it is I caddied for 5 years while I was a teenager, so I was always carrying s*** on my shoulders and lifting things over my head, etc., and it really formed strong shoulder muscles during an important stage of my physical development. Unless you're willing to really go nuts and work at it, sometimes you just have to accept what you naturally have...

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 09:58 AM) I find it interesting that the affidavit filed in the case basically makes no effort to state either way what happened in the physical confrontation prior to the shooting, when that seems to me to be of vital importance to a self-defense claim. The filed document states that Zimmerman chased and confronted Martin, says that a physical confrontation began at that point, and that screams were heard and recorded by 911 operators that the state claims came from Martin. The state so far has seemingly made no claim about what actions happened during that confrontation other than the statement about the scream. Presumably they must have had access to crime scene medical reports such as this. Not sure what to make of it other than to note that the state's filing doesn't make it sound like they think what happened during the confrontation is a serious matter. It's not unusual for the Prosecution to allege only the requisite facts necessary to bring the charges. Sometimes they want to show as little of their hand as possible...or maybe they are still considering themselves which strategic direction to go in.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 09:16 AM) Can I ask what happened yesterday to prompt this? Missed game. De Aza misplayed a double into a triple.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 07:48 AM) You could have said the same thing about him last year in CF when it happened to him twice. Over the last year and 12 games, I've seen more White Sox outfielders drop flyballs than I've seen major leaguers drop them my entire lifetime. Pierre dropped a couple. De Aza. Its crazy. I did see Ron Kittle drop one in LF once, and Ron LeFlore take one off the head for a 4 base error(It knocked him out, or at least make him a very lightheaded), but don't remember the rash of drops the Sox OFs have made since the beginning of last year. Ok, whatever Dick....perhaps the odds are not nil. The point is that has nothing to do with his positioning...That is something entirely different. Or is this tee ball where we can hide the guy that can't catch in left?

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 08:27 AM) But my point being, what's to say he doesn't do the same thing in center field? The odds of it happening again are almost nil. And even if he did, what the heck does that have to do with positioning? We're talking about who will get to balls better in center field...what you're pointing out has nothing to do with that.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Apr 20, 2012 -> 07:31 AM) Didn't Rios misplay a ball in right field already this year? Yes, but that was one that hit his glove and fell out because of his pretty boy nonchalant posing. It had nothing to do with positioning.

QUOTE (Marty34 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 07:23 PM) I've come to the conclusion that Rios is a better CF'er than De Aza, they should switch positions. Also Rios should be moved to the second spot in the order. I think he actually is more comfortable in right...and if that is the case, the difference between De Aza in center and Rios in center is probably nowhere near that of Rios hitting and Rios not hitting. I'd prefer to keep him where he's at for now...

All the catcher would have had to do is step on the plate, folks

Come on, Alex!

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 03:09 PM) Well here's AJ. If he's batting can we assume he's able to catch if they so happen to tie the game? If so, HUGE mistake by Ventura. No, because they could just play Morel at third.

AJ is on deck...f*** you robin

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 02:57 PM) Seriously? AJ can't catch one inning? I completely disagree with this post He's done it plenty of times before.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 03:48 PM) While I understand that happens, and THOSE specific cases are an inconvenience...they're also pretty rare, to the point that I don't know a single person, at any point in my life, that's served longer than 1 day at a time. As far as I'm concerned, THOSE people have every right to b****...and you aren't one of them. I'm not b****ing...I actually WANTED to be on jury duty but I never can because I have a law degree...I always get kicked off.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 02:49 PM) Well that is one anyway. It'd be nice if Dayan could do something here. he has no chance

My Man!

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 03:21 PM) Well, as I see it, helping your fellow man/woman/child when it comes to jury duty isn't supposed about financial or personal gain. Our court system, which people repeatedly call the best in the world, is set up in a way in which your civic duty results in a call to help your fellow man/woman/child get a fair trail in front of a jury of their peers, who will convict the guilty and set the innocent free, or in the case of civil suits, award proper damages, if any. Being how important of an event that trial can be in a persons life, I think we should all view it in the way in which, while quite inconvenient, you're actually doing someone a great service, even if it's quite anonymous. This again comes full circle...people love to talk about how giving they are, but they only apply that "giving-ness" to things such as charitable donations, or walking for breast cancer awareness, because that's an accepted societal norm, and wearing a pink Susan G Koman shirt makes you awesome in the eyes of society, while being a juror sucks. Society doesn't care if you served on a jury and potentially prevented an innocent person from a life of hell in prison, or perhaps prevented a guilty rapist from walking the streets and ruining another set of lives...the collective hive mind decided to arbitrarily care that you walked around in a pink shirt, instead. Last I checked, people don't get paid to walk around for breast cancer awareness, either...they actually pay to do it...and it's also an all day, or multi-day event. But...that's not like jury duty...jury duty just sucks. :/ And yes, I realize one is completely voluntary...but that only works because society decided it's awesome...and unless they found a way to make jury duty as awesome as walking around for some disease, the only way to get people to serve/help/do their duty is at gun point...practically...or apparently, to bribe them. TL;DR: I try to view jury duty as *giving* someone a shot at a fair trail, be it civil or criminal...instead of an inconvenience. Something you shouldn't need to be bribed into doing for them. Not to mention it's a maximum of once a year, IF that...it's not like they're asking you to do this once a month. Yeah, that's great...now go join a jury for two weeks and get paid $11 a day...

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 02:30 PM) 2nd spot in lineup = disaster this year. It's time to move Alexei or Rios up there, as you need to generate more offense by getting guys on for Konerko and AJ Yeah, or I like the idea from earlier...Rios leadoff and De Aza second...

Hard to fault Lilli right now...he hasn't played enough to be held to any kind of productive standard...

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 01:57 PM) Err, no. We are already spending far too much, and you want to spend even more now? And taxing the wealthy will only get you so far...hell, it wouldn't even balance the budget we have now, WITHOUT adding more too it. Rather than just saying we need to tax the wealthy more, what we truly need is a completely reformed and simplified tax code. Anything less won't come close to fixing our spending/revenue issues. At our current rate of spending, you could tax the rich at 80% and it wouldn't matter...we'd still be in deficit. And, let's not forget that if you did try to tax the rich at that rate, they'd just take their "ball of money" and leave. Because they can afford to do so. What would you suggest then? You're crying about people not wanting to be on a jury, and it's partially because they get penalized economically for doing so....who is in the best position to pay?

Why did we even give Jones something to hit there?

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 02:43 PM) There is a HUGE difference between swinging at those pitches with a 2-0 or 2-1 count, and keeping yourself alive when you are behind in the count. I'm not suggesting that they swing at an obvious pitchers pitch on strike one or strike two...but to not protect yourself with 2 strikes to keep your AB alive is not teaching them anything. It teaches young guys to blame the umpire for a strike out and not hold themselves accountable. There is a lot to be said for keeping an AB alive to see another pitch. To teach young hitters not to swing at pitchers pitch that is just off the corner(that is rarely NOT called a strike on 2 a strike count) is not is not helping anyone. I guess what I am trying to say is baby steps...let them learn to walk before we ask them to run...

QUOTE (jeffro2525 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 01:23 PM) Some of our guys have to learn to protect the zone with two strikes. I'm sorry...that pitch was a couple of inches off the corner. Can't let it go by with two strikes. That pitch is called a strike 75% of the time. We would b**** if Gavin didn't get the same pitch. This is the second time I've seen you take issue with our hitters for not swinging at pitches off the plate...and while I've understand your idea, these are young hitters that we are trying to help learn the zone. Teaching them to swing at pitches that are off the plate with two strikes isn't particularly conducive to doing this. I'd rather live with the k's and have them hopefully learn the zone than have them never really learn it at all because now they have to learn a different zone with two strikes.

Alex!

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 12:09 PM) That's the problem. With the cost of pitching now, if Jake has that kind of a year, someone will blow that offer away. Which is where the hometown discount part comes in...

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 19, 2012 -> 10:59 AM) Looking at attendance, and the guys we have in the minors, I wouldn't be surprised if Jake and Gavin were both on different teams in 2013. Absolutely. Say Jake has a good year though...like something in the 3.5 era and we are competitive in September, I'd love to bring him back on like a 1/7 or something and move Floyd... Danks/Peavy/Sale/Humber/Molina?