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I got ejected from a baseball game for arguing with my own coach. It was after I played on a travelling all-star team for 4 seasons and was talked into playing in the "house" league for one last season. I must have been 14 or 15. We had a runner on third with one out and the coach asked me to switch hit and bat left handed. It seemed strange, but not as strange as the next play. He had the runner try and steal home! He was out by 25 feet. I stood their in disbelief with my .600 batting average. I started back into the box and then walked down to the coach and told him he was an idiot. First of all, you want me batting right handed to screen the catcher if your going to try and steal home. I happen to be a very good bunter and a suicide squeeze would have been better. Then really let loose with what an idiot I thought he was. Next thing I know I was calling my mommy from a pay phone to come and get me.

Buying a mattress is very damning evidence if you ask me.

It would help if we google bombed White Sox Fan Site to get us closer to the top. A few dozen of us start blogs and all link and we could be on our way.

Not me, but a guy I ran cross country with wasn't paying attention, and false started a 6.2 mile road race. He was 25 yards down the course when he realized no one else had started. He tried to look like it was a little warm up sprint, but we knew and a couple hundred people started laughing.

Southsider, are you planning a vacation and looking for couches to crash on? That is so retro 1960s

Hmmm, this is interesting. Perhaps we need more weed on this site . . . . . . Mariotti is so like, so like, wow, who cares. . . . The Middle East is like so f***ed up, let's just grab some tweenkies and f*** it. . . . Whoa, there's an election this year??

Anyone familar with the stalking laws in Indiana?

Anyone see the Seinfeld when Elaine was going nuts about all the "special day" cakes?

LMAO wondering what a newbie thinks of this thread, not knowing the errr personalities of those involved . . .

I believe the balance is the media coverage. Celebrities are judges more harshly, with no rules of evidence, by the public. The public's judgement is in many ways far more damaging then the court's judgements.

Actually, all the candidates suck. Remember all the indie candidates that are running. Those that have not sold out to the machines.

epublican? Is that a person who only posts his opinions, never votes them? If so, I love epublicans.

Aw shucks, he didn't mean it . . .

No bias there

Kotex boy is such an asshole. What a loser. I really hate him. Moronotti! just trying for a little cred

True. However, I'm not so certain being paired with other 18-22 year olds is better than being paired with adults. The minor leagues, the longer season, the homesickness, etc. may all be worse for MLBers. Plus the NFL and NBA guys are in the show, they have to produce now, not 5 years from now.

It's about the size of a Texas county . . .

:headshake This is the ugly downside to drafting HS kids. Too much pressure, too much money, too little maturity.

CW, change your settings to 30 per page and no need to bump

We have a couple great replacements, unfortunately they are on the DL

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