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QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 01:45 PM) Probably not. There was no throw to third. I'm not complaining, but let's not run ourselves out of innings either. Good steal if no risk, a passed ball brings you home, but it would be really dumb to get tossed at 3rd for the third out.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 01:43 PM) It was our lucky banning Then

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 01:43 PM) Podsednik steals THIRD!!! Oh man. I'm smiling uncontrolably. 2 outs and he's in scoring position, why steal? Were they not holding him on?

Not to jinx this, but why did we ban the Indians troll before this series??

I am beginning to think small ball is more marketing hype and a poor way to sell this team. IMHO what we did was take away some offense to add to our pitching. We may have improved attitude (I don't want to open that can), consistency, and future considerations. Some of this was necessity. Maggs was gone, the injury just made it easier to say good bye. Frank is hurt and another year older (and closer to the HoF). Some of this was monetary. I don't care why the team made changes. I know this team is going to be entertaining and competitive in the Central.

Cool. I assume then that you have specialty grains available as a small home brewer that would not be feasible in a larger, or should I say lager, scale? Do you also make adjustments to your water?

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 12:42 PM) Yes, but not because of the pink jersey thing--but because there's really no meaning to them anymore because they're so common... I do, though, have a child abuse one and sexual assault one on my bookbag.... Actually don't you have dark blue forChild Abuse, Colon Cancer, and Crime Victim's Rights and what color is sexual assault? I'ts not on the list.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 12:11 PM) I realize you were comparing offenses. That was the point. You should be comparing the teams. When you mention dropping power and OBP doesn't fit, in itself, that is accurate. When you consider dropping runs against into the equation, then it does. Management (KW, OG, JR) has discussed this offense being better. When they say this *team* is better, I would tend to agree. When they claim this *offense* is better, I am much less likely to agree. There are two different issues here. When management talks about replacing a power orientated offense with one that is built around "small ball" then we should compare offense to offense. When they compare last year's team to this then we should compare teams. I didn't mean to ignite a controversy. Based on payroll, the team took from the offense to build the defense, especially pitching. To avoid stating the obvious to diehard Sox fans, they divert attention away by talking about a changing style of *offense* and avoiding the prolonged scoring slumps that power hitting may cause. Too bad we couldn't have improved the pitching and the offense. But that's small or split market baseball.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 12:35 PM) I've wanted to take a couple of years off from work, why can't he? I can see the point that he has the luxury to be able to do it, but to say he can't possibly be that exahausted? Again, he hasn't said anything, so it doesn't sound like he wants anyone's pity. It's similar to athletes, there is a lot of jeaulosy due to the big money they make. It's still a job and they're still people. Being paid a lot of money doesn't make any you more resilient, maybe more tolerant of bulls***, but not more resilient. Whatever, didn't mean to jump down anyone's throat. Good point. I didn't think you were jumping down anyone's throat. He does have that right and that opportunity and we probably shouldn't condemn him for that unless he tries to collect unemployment compensation

This came out of the Arkansas B-Ball team stopping the practice of wearing pink jerseys when they are loafing. I need a frickin' chart to keep all these straight. Can we blame this "movement" on Tony Orlando and his stupid tie a yellow ribbon song. Which BTW, was about a guy getting out of prison! http://www.productsforthecure.com/pages/ribbons.html PINK Breast Cancer LT. BLUE Prostate Cancer TEAL Ovarian Cancer GOLD Child Cancer GREY Diabetes Brain Cancer RED DUI AIDS/HIV Substance Abuse GREEN Leukemia Organ & Tissue Donor Environment LT. PURPLE Lupus Alzheimer's RED, WHITE & BLUE Patriotic DARK BLUE Child Abuse Colon Cancer Crime Victim's Rights BRIGHT YELLOW POW/MIA Military Support Missing Children PURPLE Children with Disabilities Domestic Violence Religious Tolerance Pancreatic Cancer Animal Abuse

I need a frickin' chart to keep all these straight. Can we blame this "movement" on Tony Orlando and his stupid tie a yellow ribbon song. Which BTW, was about a guy getting out of prison! http://www.productsforthecure.com/pages/ribbons.html PINK Breast Cancer LT. BLUE Prostate Cancer TEAL Ovarian Cancer GOLD Child Cancer GREY Diabetes Brain Cancer RED DUI AIDS/HIV Substance Abuse GREEN Leukemia Organ & Tissue Donor Environment LT. PURPLE Lupus Alzheimer's RED, WHITE & BLUE Patriotic DARK BLUE Child Abuse Colon Cancer Crime Victim's Rights BRIGHT YELLOW POW/MIA Military Support Missing Children PURPLE Children with Disabilities Domestic Violence Religious Tolerance Pancreatic Cancer Animal Abuse

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 12:19 PM) I replied based on how I took that remark, , if it wasn't meant that way, I take mine back. I'm not certain how SS meant it, so we have a meaning of a meaning of meaning. To be honest, I'm not a Sean Penn watcher and didn't know if he was a hawk or dove. I just know that 99.99% of the world population would love to have his career and lifestyle. If it was reported he wanted to take a couple months off, I could see that, but a couple years??

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 12:11 PM) Not his political affiliation? "I hear Iraq is nice this time of year", sounded like a shot at his very anti war stance to me. I was thinking it was more that there are far worse jobs and places to work.

You may wish to consider the traditional geographic divide between Cub and Sox fans, then bring into play Chicago history, the stockyards, where immigrants settled, etc. It should make your research easier.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 11:57 AM) The pre-Prohibition beers were all generally in the 5-9% range, so they were roughly double what the standard American megas run today. For the most part, the drop in alcohol has little to do with any post-Prohibition temperance inclinations and everything to do with the bottom line. Bigger beers (more alcohol) cost more money to make because they require more grain and take longer to ferment and lager. Some authorities trace a good bit of the grain scrimping to WWII rationing, which makes a lot of sense. This is also where over-reliance on adjunct cereal grains (corn and rice) started to take hold, although adjuncts were part of most American pre-Prohibition lagers as well. Pound for pound, the adjuncts are cheaper than the malted barley, but the real reason for adjunct use was because American 6-row barley produces a much coarser tasting beer than 2-row European counterparts so the grain bill had to be cut enough to lose that coarse flavor. With the dropping of the malt % in the grain bill did come a cost savings, however, and so the trend has continued to be to go for less and less malt and more and more cheap adjunct. A couple of style profile problems have been the result. First, corn and rice don't contribute to the beer body to the same degree as barley, so American beer developed its characteristically thin body and mouthfeel. Second, thin-bodied, light colored beers (color comes from the % of malt and the degree of kilning of the malt) don't stand up well to the power of the hop, and so hopping rates and corresponding bitterness values also were reduced in time. For a hophead like me, this of course sucks ass. Finally, you can add substantially to the megabrewer win-win (less barley AND less hops = low production costs) by factoring in the greatly expanded beer drinker demographic all of these changes offered. Women and beer wimps who couldn't tolerate the strength/flavor/bitterness of pre-Prohibition Americal lager now had a watered down, weak, and underhopped product custom-made for them. Thank you. Why didn't US producers just grow 2-row barley? When the wine industry was threatened with vine disease, they imported European vines and grafted.

QUOTE(robinventura23 @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 11:27 AM) Going to work everyday and getting pampered. Having an assistant do most of your work. Getting paid millions of dollars to repeat lines. Wow. he should take a break. We should be so lucky. Maybe he can pick up a sense of humor during his "retirement." I was thinking WTF a couple years to recuperate?? Who does he think he is, Michael Jordan? How about a couple weeks and get back to being a productive member of society? I like SS idea, how aout some time in Iraq to sooth those nerves, or maybe working a 9-5 and worrying about $4 per gallon gas by summer. cry me a river

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 10:18 AM) What you are leaving out of the equation here is pitching. Comparing Maggs to Dye and Lee to Pods does not go far enough. I was comparing offenses. We did not go from a A+ power team to a A+ speed, small ball offense. We went to a B or C+ small ball offense, because we needed to spend that money on pitching. I should have been clearer. Of course that also supports one of Mariotti's complaints, that of the role of money in all this.

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 11:17 AM) Plus, you have to have 2-3 beers for lunch to get the % alcohol of a pre-Prohibition brew. Start drinkin! Really? What is the history of alcohol content and why has it changed?

QUOTE(FlaSoxxJim @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 11:15 AM) You're scaring me Tex. :-) So did the Texas bring out the gun-toter in you, or were you born for life in the Lone Star State? How do you score on this checklist? http://www.kimdutoit.com/forum/threadsny.p...d=6786_0_41_0_C LOL at the link. Violent criminals get no mercy from me. Anyone that would break into someone's home deserves everything they get. I have a great deal of respect for law enforcement and the men and women who risk their lives to protect ours. I give them credit for being able to tell the difference between what helps and what hurts their efforts. My biggest concern with the Florida law, as it appears, is some trigger happy person decides to use it as an excuse to shoot someone, or worse, some gang banger tries to hide behind it. We may think of a retiree stopping a thug, but if a rival gang breaks into your home to steal your stash, conceivably the homeowner could shoot without fear of prosecution. That would be protecting the wrong people. Get that kid off your grass and make him buy his own. Damn kids.

Don't be coming after my guns. I have three pretty good shots around the casa and my daughter ain't half bad and getting better. The biggest worry is the way my house is designed, any intruder in my dining room, living room, or sun room would be between my kid's bedrooms and mine. We potentially would be shooting towards each other. We've worked out some signals and strategies for that situation. But we all agree protecting our home and lives is worth the risk. I also have a security system so I would hope the sirens would chase them away. If they stay, they die.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 10:37 AM) As long as what he did was legal, I agree. And so far it's all been petty stuff. Notice none of the people who donated to the campaign have been complaining. So he asked a FAA to track an airplane. How would he know it was some abuse of power? He was just trying to get the Texas Legislature working again instead of hiding in Oklahoma. Let the voters in Sugarland take care of it. I am certain the Dem party up that way will find a good candidate and give the voters in the 22nd District a chance, not leaving it up to some Yankees to come down and tell them what to do.

There is some criticism of the change in style and how well that style change was carried out that would be interesting and informative. Dropping someone like Jose for a higher average would fit a get on base, move runners, approach. But Lee has a higher average than Pods and Maggs had a higher average than Dye. Dropping average and power doesn't seem to fit. If he wants to criticism why the team changed focus, it seems kind of a non issue. Money, chances of winning, etc. doesn't make a difference to most of his readers. If he wants to debate if they did a good job of changing to a small ball team, more people will be interested. Unfortunately, by now, when he does hit a home run with his analysis, it isn't taken seriously. This is probably his weakest effort to date. Reads as very petty and childish. And this is coming from someone who actually enjoys some of his columns.

QUOTE(TheBigHurt35 @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 09:46 AM) I thought that Tex was being sarcastic on this issue yesterday, but I guess not. From what I understand about this, what Delay did is perfectly legal. One can argue that it's unethical (I think it is), but I agree that tossing him out of office for legally handling PAC money may not be a fair course of action. It shouldn't be a surprise that the (mostly) liberal media is anti-Texas. I'd take that as a compliment. Lastly, O'Reilly's comments show beyond the shadow of a doubt that he is ceratinly not a tool of the G.O.P., as many have claimed. I put sarcasm in green. For twenty years voters in his district have been sending him to Washington. Shouldn't they be the ones to send him home?

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 7, 2005 -> 09:39 AM) You can use your sarcasm to twist and spin all you want. Doesn't bother me in the least. I know what I've seen from the media over the last 30 years. No sarcasm. Delay single handedly engineered mid decade redistricting resulting in 6 additional GOP seats in Texas, and all of a sudden everyone is out to get him. Doh! And I have always been a strong pro-gun guy. And a big supporter of law enforcement. I'm backing the Border Patrol and our President in the sitruation in Arizona, while some people seek to undermine the President and our law enforcement. Weak people seek to coddle violent criminals. I think Americans should be on equal footing with the criminals. They come in our homes through a window, they leave in a body bag. Break into my house and threaten my kids and it will be f***ing lead, not sarcasm, that comes your way. Funny how liberal bias doesn't extend to Texans. When it's a Texan of course it's right. :headshake