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You win a third, you lose a third, worry about the middle third. I assume they are working on that losing third. I'd rather be hot late than early.

That is one of the reasons I am trying this combination of contacts. If after a year I am comfortable with this adjustment, I will have the surgery.

I had to switch contact lenses because what I had been wearing is no longer being manufactured. I really think it is hurting my golf game. My right (dominate) eye is adjusted for distance, my left for reading. In theory my brain will eventually learn to adjust and life will be wonderful. Meanwhile I can't seem to read greens

Ugh. They stopped making multifocal torix contact lenses. My only option is having one eye adjusted for reading and the other for distance. It works great most of the time, but worse at the computer. I also think it is affecting my golf game and not for the good. The other alternatives are adjusting for distance and wearing reading glasses, which is a pain. Or skipping contacts and sticking to glasses. If I have surgery it's the same thing. They will either adjust one eye for reading and the other for distance or I will need reading glasses. Now I know what Daltrey was singing about . . . talking about my generation

If the front office is to blame then we knew from the beginning that there wasn't the talent on the field to compete. Obviously Robin wasn't given the talent he needs to be a playoff contending team. Only fools and people who drink the koolaid thought this team would be better than .500. So we keep Robin, because this can't be his fault without the talent, and replace the front office with guys that can actually put a talented team on the field.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 4, 2015 -> 09:13 AM) They aren't too comfy. They are way too uptight. This team could generate diamonds from coal right now. Comfy teams don't make as many over-aggressive mistakes as the Sox do. Agreed. And I would argue people perform their best when they are comfy and confident. Uptight, stressed, and confident just doesn't compute.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ May 3, 2015 -> 09:15 PM) A manager has many priorities and being loved isnt one of them. Guys are too comfy. You have to put guys in positions to be successful.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 4, 2015 -> 08:30 AM) If there are franchises that are able to regularly build and sustain competitive teams, and your franchise is unable to do that, you are both failing from the perspective of "winning baseball" *AND* you're also costing your franchise money compared to what they could earn if they were regularly building a competitive roster. Please see my edited post.

Chicago White Sox Philadelphia Phillies New York Yankees St. Louis Cardinals Boston Red Sox San Francisco Giants These are the last ten world series winners. These are the six franchises that if using ten years as a yard stick deserve their front office jobs. All of the other franchises should fire their front offices and start over. Unless one playoff win = a world series win. Then it would be a different list. Are we upset because there is no talent on the field or the talent on the field isn't performing? With all the fan excitement before the season and the high expectations we had for this team, the problem seems less with the front office than with the guys wearing uniforms on the field. (coaches and players, hell toss in the batboy).

While it is easy, and probably appropriate to explore the racial angles, you also have the frustration of all cops over the assembly line of crimes, arrests, back on the street, crimes, arrests, . . . So who do they vent their frustrations on? Poor people without access to lawyers that could really build cases.

QUOTE (LDF @ May 3, 2015 -> 10:04 PM) i always thought there was no bail on murder. Depends on the situation. Remember the guide is still innocent until proven guilty. SO if the person doesn't have any prior issues with the law, not a flight risk, etc.

One of my students just shared with me that after agreeing to a prom date the guy texted her and told her he wanted to lose his innocence with her on prom night because that is what happens. She told him to beat off with sand paper. She's not going.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ May 1, 2015 -> 03:18 PM) Some terrible stuff here: I'd argue if there was any killing it's the driver that caused it. I wonder if there is any case law that covers this. I can't believe this kind of killing happens very often. I'm trying to imagine a case where this has happened. Perhaps driving off the road and having an accident.

I know I can survive some pretty low stretches of Sox baseball. My expectations was a playoff appearance once a decade or so. When Kap called me in 2005 I think some of the first words we said was "I never expected that in my lifetime". I think I find the run by the Hawks post Bill Wirtz easier to accept. Same with most of you. I enjoyed independent league play. Two evenly matched teams makes for a good game. I'll watch any game from college on up. I'll even watch a high school game if I have a dog in the fight.

Interesting. I wonder about the nature and causes of the "injury" group.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 1, 2015 -> 11:58 AM) Which is entirely past the point of where we are in reality with Peter Angelos screwing over his own team, plus another team, over a decade old grudge. As I said, I was speaking beyond the one game and trying to build a case that profits are something that teams will, and should, fight over. The point that wasn't brought up, and would fit with your position is the commissioner is the guy that the team owners hired to work this out. I'm guessing the owners want a laissez faire position by the commissioner and the freedom to handle their own matters as it pertains to their team. In other words, all of the other owners accept the other owner's decision and expect the same freedom when it is their turn. The commissioner doesn't have (usually) $750,000 invested in a team.

Balta, who did the research and did you find any conclusions that were drawn?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 1, 2015 -> 11:21 AM) I also can't imagine JR trying to sabatogue another, completely unrelated team for a decade afterwards, just because he was still pissy about it. I couldn't either. But I could see him not wanting fans going to the Schaumburg statdium.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 1, 2015 -> 11:23 AM) Amazingly, there is not an epidemic of broken spines for unbuckled passengers in major cities across the world, even in cities with much worse traffic and driving conditions. Tex, you do have a point that it might be hard to prove the driver's mindset to make something like a murder charge stick. Which could also be used by the police to say he must have been trying to hurt himself. The key differences are the environment and the passenger's position. Passengers are not normally handcuffed in an unpadded, large enclosure, where they could slide a significant distance without the means to brace before they made contact. They just would not move that far in an automobile and would be able to brace themselves before hitting the padded door or seat.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 1, 2015 -> 11:05 AM) This isn't a high-speed drive through a war zone and rough terrain. It's driving a van on major city streets. Any pot holes to swerve around? Any taxis cutting you off requiring you to stop suddenly? Pedestrians stepping out? Cars pulling into traffic? Trucks backing out of an alley? My main point is not following procedure in securing a passenger is objective. The driving maneuvers are more subjective.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 03:03 PM) You cannot compared a protected monopoly like MLB with any other business except the other federally protected sports leagues. It's not like a McDonalds franchise. It's not like a soda company. Apples to Oranges. When you buy into an MLB team you agree to play by the league's rules, including how revenue is split. You get your vote as 1/30 and that's it. Angelos knows all of this. If he doesn't like it he's free to sell his club (at a value that is incredibly enhanced from even 10 years ago mind you, maybe even to the tune of 200%) and try his hand at other ventures. Why do rich people buy sports clubs? Sure some do it for the love of the game and the prestige, but many buy in because the profit structure is guaranteed. I mean, the worst thing that can happen is the other cabal members decide that it's in everyone's best interests to move a club into your backyard. Compared to the risk of many of investment vehicles a MLB is almost fail safe. Hell, look at the Wilpons, who for a decade or longer have basically leveraged the Mets as their own personal piggy bank and were able to survive their massive Madoff exposure thanks to the revenues from the club. There's no defending Angelos this is simply a petty dispute between 1%ers. Two guys pissing on each others Bruno Magli's. BTW, in case it isn't obvious, I am talking macro view and not the decision over one game. How are the profits guaranteed? There is a competitive imbalance in the league that is due primarily to income. The amount of profit is not guaranteed and teams, can, and do, lose money. Teams have been forced to relocate to find bigger fan bases. It is a relatively safe investment. But nothing builds the value of your franchise than winning, popularity, and a sweet stadium deal. So lets only look at MLB. The more profits you have, the more competitive you can be for free agents. Why would any club voluntarily give up profits that they could reinvest into their clubs? If every club was actually even and there wasn't a need to protect your business and profits, then every team would sell for the same amount. Yet, the Yankees would sell for a heck of a lot more than the Pirates. Could you imagine JR accepting a team in Schaumburg? Hey his profits are guaranteed! He's just one franchise. Do what is best for baseball?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 02:16 PM) I think the point of a rough ride is that they're deliberately not secured appropriately. Which is a point against the police. The difference being is a rough ride with sharp turns *could* be justified by road and traffic conditions. We all have had to make such maneuvers. If the prisoner is not secured properly that is either deliberate, careless, or due to a lack of training. All of which points against the police department and is less subjective and more objective.

QUOTE (chitownsportsfan @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 01:18 PM) The idea that two members of a cabal, immune to federal anti-trust laws, can't figure out how to split the eggs from the Golden Goose that is MLB revenue right now, is absurd on the face and should be shouted down from the rooftops as more Gilded Age 2.0 insanity. Did Angelos really f***ing expect to not have a team in DC eventually? It's what, the 6th largest TV market in the US? The Orioles had the entire metro area, including DC, to themselves for decades. That they couldn't build a stronger regional brand is nobody's fault but their own. So if you were making $3M from something and now it was going to be $2M you would say cool! We're just splitting the golden goose? Most of these guys are owners because they built businesses that grabbed more than the other companies in their industry. These guys are trying to win. Bigger payrolls, bigger profits. Maybe you would just accept whatever split was offered but I sure would fight for every dime.

QUOTE (ewokpelts @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 01:02 PM) The Nationals and Orioles are franchises of Major League Baseball. Big f***ing difference than two seperate companies. They are separate businesses. Which results for example in some teams having a higher payroll than others. Some teams earn more money than others. That's why the guys that buy teams are called owners. If you are a franchise owner who just made a sizable investment and the parent company decided to move another store across the street with a different owner you would be screaming about your investment. Yes, there are areas where they need cooperation. But that is the same in most industries, even without a shared franchise. Chevy, Ford, and Chrysler get together when it's time to negotiate with the unions, that doesn't mean they will willingly send their customers to the other dealer. Same within the franchises, notice how each franchise of a car manufacturer run their own adds and try to compete for business?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 30, 2015 -> 01:32 PM) $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ is your answer. These are rare circumstances. It sucks that they happen, cops/higher ups should be held responsible, policies and procedures need to change, but that's quite an investment and continued maintenance cost for something that happens 1 time out of how many arrests? 1000? 10,000? Just not a very cost effective move. I'd rather they put that money towards something else (if anything). I was thinking about that. Isn't the cost of that technology pretty cheap now? At least cheaper than the potential problems it would solve.