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QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 3, 2016 -> 10:52 AM) just want to say thanks to everyone who puts start times and channels in game thread titles x2

I thought you were lost . . . I'm sorry. That was truly lame.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 3, 2016 -> 10:14 AM) A dvd player is like 20 dollars and is made for much less. People also use and depend on their cell phone alot more than a laptop or personal computer. Thats why the demand is so high. Sorry. I'm doing a terrible job of making my point. From a manufacturing cost standpoint, a cell phone can not be that much more expensive to manufacture than a basic lap top yet they sell for hundreds more. All the things you are mentioning are true about why the demand is greater than for a cell phone. How does depending on their cell phones cause the phone to cost more to manufacture? The profit margins on phones is crazy.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 3, 2016 -> 12:27 PM) Last June and had surgery. Besides he wants to go back to the Giants. Surgically repaired pitchers don't seem to fare so well less than a year after major surgery. Especially guys who haven't been good for half a decade anyway. His fastball last year was the same as Danks' this year. If you didn't like the 2015 Danks heater, Lincecum hasn't thrown that hard in a couple of years. If you are going to replace a gas can, replacing it with another obvious gas can doesn't make much sense to me. The guy even cut his hair. Why bother? This. The only only reason for the Sox to be there is to tell the teams that "lose" out on Lincecum that they can have Danks as a consolation prize.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 3, 2016 -> 08:51 AM) Do a restore and it should fix it DVD player? You are showing your age Tex. It streams video and can hold multiple HD res movies and TV shows. It also packs all of that processing power into a MUCH smaller container which costs money Just pointing out additional costly items that are included. A laptop streams movies and can hold multiple HD res movies and TV shows, plus play them back on larger (more costly) displays. I've been meaning to call one of my old buddies from my components days to see what processors are selling for nowadays. But unless something has dramatically changed the margins on cell phones are 5x other consumer electronics. SS2k5 hit the nail on the head. Demand. People will shell out $800 for a new cell phone. Watch demand slip and prices will fall in a hurry. The costs aren't hundreds of dollars more to build a cell phone. Shipping costs are less.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 3, 2016 -> 08:28 AM) When are you going to be in Bend, and what are you planning on checking out in the area? We've got a tentatively planned trip to Oregon for late July, and I think our route took us through Bend for a night. We were flying into Portland and basically doing a big loop of the state, hitting the coast first before dropping down to Crater Lake. Then we wind our way east to the Wallowas before heading back down the Columbia River Gorge to the Mt. Hood area and eventually back to Portland for a night or two. edit other than that, we're going to Maine/Acadia for a long weekend in a month and to Breckenridge for a friend's wedding over Labor Day weekend. We are going at the end of June. Hiking, biking, microbreweries, Crater Lake, heading to the coast. We were in Acadia a couple summers ago. Bar Harbor is a great tourist town. We loved driving through the small coastal towns. Sailing on the bay. Whale watch. Bahr and Lahbsta every day.

You have to visit the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

QUOTE (flavum @ May 3, 2016 -> 09:57 AM) It's a nice thought, but he shouldn't. The Sox took the risk when they signed him. I could see him hitting the DL today. Try to clear his head for a couple weeks. The DL might not work if he isn't really injured. Plus, why would he voluntarily fake an injury?

I always have a hard time naming a starting pitcher as most valuable. The comparison to an everyday player makes it almost unfair. Sale of course is a solid pick for MVPitcher but I would give the MVPlayer to Eaton. I want to find a spot for Lawrie besides being the top Canadian Sox player in my lifetime.

They just announced the cost has risen another $4.1 million. IIRC this will be a $65,000,000 high school stadium. The schools in Dallas just met with Time Warner and the UIL (State governing agency for HS sports in Texas) about revenues from TV games. Currently Thursday and Saturday games are televised along with playoffs. It is starting to look like there is some money to be made for Friday night games which may pave way to televise those as well. Lots of tradition could fall over money.

I forgot hockey was still going on

Splitting the market in a northern city. No wonder the team looked at having an entire southern city to themselves. What a dream move it would be if they took off for San Antonio. 7th largest city. Supports the Spurs. San Antonio Sox. It even has a nice ring to it.

These are fun notes. I'm cautiously excited at this point.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 2, 2016 -> 08:57 PM) Demand. Demand is also what drove cell phone prices from over a $1000 installed to free with a two year commitment. (Which we know the price of the phone was rolled into the contract). Demand also increases volume and increasing the volume of production drives down the cost. Margins on cell phones must be unbelievable compared to other electronic devices.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ May 2, 2016 -> 08:42 PM) Why not? Most people use smartphones a lot more then a tablet or laptop in general. Smartphone does everything a tablet does plus you can call and text people from it and is small so it is portable. Doubles as a MP3 player as well The display is smaller, less memory, no dvd player . . . Volumes for cell phones are greater so scale also favors the cell ohone in volume pricing. I don't see why they should cost more to manufacture.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 2, 2016 -> 06:44 PM) Lou Holtz endorsed Donald Trump today. As someone who worked for him for a year and hold him in higher regard than pretty much any other man I know, this troubles me quite a bit. Nooooooooooo. I've lost a little respect for Lou

I was just thinking if the team was four games under .500 Danks is just another problem, not THE problem. That could have a tremendous difference in his career.

I worked in the electronics field selling components like memory chips, capacitors, micro processors, etc. But I am still struck by how crazy cell phone prices are. Compare a cell phone to a tablet or laptop and pricing just does not make sense. A S7 Edge should not cost double a decent tablet or laptop.

Since the wild card was expanded 90 wins would have made the playoffs about half of the time. The first two years something like 93 or 94 wins were necessary. The last two years less than 90. So 90 is right in the range.

Icing on the cake.

I wish there was a glimmer of hope. At the minimum I wish they told us what the plan is. So far it just seems like a weekly slide into the abyss until he gives up.

Pick a date that works for a full night out. Any team can be fun. Don't forget to thank him in some way. Preferably in a way that gets you an extra invite.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 2, 2016 -> 11:51 AM) They are going to lose 4 or 5 in a row at some point and 8 out of 10. Just stay with the leaders of the division, and add some help. This.

The game was played in the Alamo Dome. It is best set up for basketball or hockey. Imagine playing baseball inside the United Center.

QUOTE (bigruss22 @ May 2, 2016 -> 02:47 PM) I did Graze for a bit, but not good enough of a deal to keep imo. I also had Dollar Shave Club but gave it up as well, I only liked their midrange/luxury blades and those aren't that cheap. I quit Dollar Shave Club because the blades kept breaking. I was using their triple blade model.