Texsox

QUOTE (RockRaines @ May 7, 2015 -> 11:02 AM) Yeah Im not a big IPA fan myself, I like German Pilsners mostly. My daughter is a huge IPA fan and she has introduced me to a couple, but I'm with those that just doesn't appreciate them. The last time I was having a few beers with my kids I noticed the $ tab was about the same, only we drank about half as many as we use to. Quality instead of quantity.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2015 -> 10:27 AM) They have been up here for a few years now. Thankfully still no Lone Star. Blasphemy that Shiner should be shipped outside of Texas. Next thing you'll have Whataburger and great year round weather.

One company I worked for would have two or three group in the Monday ProAm at the Greater Milwaukee Open and one in the Wednesday. In 1996 we played well as a team but we lost to a team that had an amateur that was about to make his professional debut the next day, Eldrick Woods.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2015 -> 09:01 AM) Without getting into micro's, my favorite beer right now is the new White Wing by Shiner Bock. It is what Blue Moon wanted to be, but failed at. It is sooooo good. Hey, how are you getting Shiner products? I didn't think we were sharing.

My new favorite place for beer http://www.thecove.us/index.php 4th Thursday Beer Tasting Every 4th Thursday at 7:30pm 5 great beers Enjoy Chips, Salsa and Beer. $5 Plus, a huge push for locally produced products. So you could spend a year getting through all the Texas products.

QUOTE (zenryan @ May 6, 2015 -> 06:23 PM) which is why I wouldnt do it. seems like it'd be too buddy-buddy. we had a closed HS campus but the guard would let kids drive off campus for lunch if you brought her a Frosty or something. \We have an open campus for seniors. I hadn't considered the buddy-buddy aspect. I do tend to be "buddies" with a lot of students so I guess I never really worried about that. I'm the teacher that is invited to quinceañeras, wedding, graduations, etc. I never thought of that as a bad thing.

QUOTE (SCCWS @ May 6, 2015 -> 05:31 PM) Yes. Ozzie, coop and walker should have been given contracts for life............................................................. So you agree that playoff appearances is not a good way to evaluate if a coach is doing a good job and should be retained?

QUOTE (Soxfest @ May 6, 2015 -> 02:30 PM) Last 8 years and ZERO playoff appearances..........yep loyalty has worked out so well. Walker has been gone three years and ZERO playoff appearances. With Walker World Series WIN! Is playoffs and world series the best way to judge the effectiveness of an individual coach?

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ May 6, 2015 -> 02:16 PM) Yeah, the offense realy took off when he finally took off. What a horrible thing, loyalty. One of the issues I was hoping we would get to is keeping guys around. If we have a better picture of exactly was is to gain, or lose, keeping a long term employee just might be better.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ May 1, 2015 -> 10:22 AM) Ben E. King (76) died. He sang "Stand By Me" as well as many other hits both with The Drifters and on his own. Not to be confused with BB King as one radio announcer did here.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 6, 2015 -> 12:01 PM) i can say, before, and at what time am i talking about, before, so for this, before the Hahn regime, i was never really been overly impress with the sox draft, let me further say also, before there was an internet world, we as fans couldn't follow players / prospects and their progress or the rate and judge players profiles. except for a few players, i would like to know the % of each team, who had wost selections, other than the sox. accountability, i will let you decide that. who's fault and who were the bosses. BTW, and since I have nothing to do with it it's not self serving; futuresox is amazing to me. It is a great example of personal journalism with professionalism and standards of ethics equal to many print publications.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ May 6, 2015 -> 11:12 AM) Reality is, no one should have reached any significant conclusions over the 100 AB's that either of them have gotten to date. Conclusions that have been reached should have been by top scouts (or people following the skillsets) saying, they either have or don't have the tools ready to succeed. If you think they have the tools, than you can't reach a conclusion (good or bad) over the course of 100 at bats. I've long said I like Johnson more than Sanchez because he has a tool that makes him more unique. All that said, I wouldn't say Sanchez couldn't be a league average 2B based upon what we know about him. I've long thought Johnson had more upside and what I can't envision would be Sanchez being a well above average 2B. QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2015 -> 11:13 AM) This is exactly how I feel about this situation. I agree with one caveat from too many years of "upsides" that never materialize. There is a lot to be said about ability today, in tonight's lineup. I'm really weary of the excitement of a draft and then nothing really comes of it.

Just thinking in terms of organizations in general, not just baseball. Perhaps each of these guys accounts positive or negative to one game a season, that's a two game swing, three or four coaches and the manager could account for plus or minus 6 games, a 12 game swing if you will. That becomes significant. As a high school coach I tell my middle school coaches that the lower the level, the greater the importance of coaching is. By the time the guys become professionals, coaching shouldn't be as critical. But learning the basic, developing good work habits, gaining confidence, are all best coaches early in their careers.

Dick I agree with everything you wrote, then I look at the conclusion we could make, that coaching and managing doesn't matter at all. Which doesn't have much face validity. IIRC the discussion about Walker also centered around the system's approach to hitting. How the farm system was not growing many hitters. Maybe that is an area we should look at

I'm hoping it doesn't go that way. We have a lot of serious fans and students of the game. Many posters here now where posting here then. I can't remember any voice suggesting he should not have gone. A few, myself included, said not during the season, but overall there was very little support for keeping him on. His short stint in Atlanta I believe backs up that statement. Although the Braves have brought him back in a different capacity. I've always believed that coaches and managers received too much credit and too much blame for what athletes do on the field.

We are starting the fourth season since Greg Walker left to take the Braves' job as hitting coach, a move almost everyone here heralded as a giant step in the right direction. As a case study in when coaches needed to be changed, how has the organization changed since Walker left? Is this the time to reflect on the responsibility he had for those teams? Perhaps how important the coaches really are?

Bring back Walker!

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ May 5, 2015 -> 07:10 PM) As long as there's no perceived favoritism shown to the students that do that....and you might want to think about paying for gas/transport/"tip" if the student does it on a more regular basis. At international schools in China, it's even trickier, because you get invited out by students and their parents all the time. A lot of teachers accept these free lunches and dinners, and they also give a number of expensive gifts as well (usually to female teachers). Slippery slope. I always have them keep the change. My wife teaches at a very expensive private school. The gifts there are very nice. I did prove to her though that the $5 Starbucks card I was given one year was actually a bigger gift that the $50 Outback card she received. $5 from migrant parents living on the edge of poverty is a much more meaningful gift than $50 from a Doctor and Lawyer couple (at least to me).

QUOTE (LDF @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 11:53 AM) you will get answers to both side of this question. for me, it was a bad thing to do, unless requested by the city of Balt to reconsider and close down the game. for me, f*** it. play the game, get a second unit of police and military, make a public announcement of any rioters will be arrested and if necessary by force and take back the streets. let the peaceful protesters be in a area with the ministers and politicians with some meditation group and have the news there to record the whole peaceful talks. yeah it will be good tv to record the other rioters but make that a no fly zone and arrest any who goes there. f*** being the nice people. enuf is enuf. How did you see the players getting to the game? Heavily armed escorts? Have them just get there? I'm not certain the players wanted to be in that area. You are investing millions of dollars to have a baseball game played? I'm thinking the Baltimore PD where already spread pretty thin without adding a big gathering of people.

QUOTE (Greg Hibbard @ May 5, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) I really don't understand how anyone who has been watching the White Sox for a long time could think 22 games will decide this season. This is not a good enough team to survive a s l o o o o o o o o w start. Any realistic scenario of them making the playoff started with a .500 or better April. Digging a hole and letting the rest of the division build a league will be too much in the end. Better teams can do this, but not the 2015 edition.

Am I crazy to have students pick me up lunch and bring it back? Other teachers think I am crazy but I have a couple student I give them money as they leave 4th period (open campus for seniors) and they return at the end of 5th for my 6th period lunch. Today was tots and a hot dog from Sonic.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 29, 2015 -> 11:07 AM) but there are other people who make similar and who are not as necessary. You may be more comfortable asking what do I need to do to earn $X? This moves the issue around to the other side of the table and you don't look demanding. "I would like to earn $125,000 next year, what would I need to do to earn that?" Then they have to provide a scenario and flushes out their high number.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Apr 28, 2015 -> 05:17 PM) So I kind of need to present my bosses with what I want for them to keep me (forever, to use their words). I can negotiate a lot of things, but Ive never asked for a raise in my life. I dont want to insult them but I definitely want to ask for enough that their first answer is a counter. Any suggestions? You can't insult them at this point. You already work there *and* they want to keep you long term. I would also look beyond current salary. Think about the benefits, your upcoming life events. I was able to negotiate a very favorable loan with one company based on my staying for a set number of years. In reality it functioned more like and advance. But it allowed me to use their money for three years and only paid a tiny amount for interest. The same company later paid my country club initiation fees and monthly dues as long as I used it for business entertaining (a win win). You would want to establish a review schedule, certain performance standards that will lead to increases and or bonuses. This is why Scott Boras earns so much money.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ May 5, 2015 -> 06:29 AM) Under Coach Q, the Hawks are 1-9 in game 3s on the road. That's almost as ridiculous as their nearly perfect game 6 record under him. Weird anomaly. My payoff philosophy 1. No worries until you lose at home 2. Odd number games are key

I've been using the games as part of my diet plan. I puke partway through each game.