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You can insert any team in that statement, even the Cubs. The Cubs have killed us based on the out of towners that were drawn in by the huge TV advantage the team had through most of the second half of the 20th Century. When my daughter lived in Lakeview we walked that area headng to restaurants and clubs, I have to say the neighborhoods around Wrigley offer more before and after game options. I don't want to see it, but I really think a suburban stadium would have the team drawing 35,000 a game. Perhaps somewhere in Schaumburg close to all the trains and expressways, is there land near Arlington Park?

Switching to Republican? Does this mean she will be wearing a red dress for the next scandal?

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ May 7, 2014 -> 02:13 PM) They are just trying to get this out now way before Hillary runs so that it can be called 'old news' and a rebirth of the 'vast right wing conspiracy' if it is ever mentioned then. Exactly. Even though Hillary was not directly involved she should be attacked for having Republican family values by keeping her family together and not getting divorced.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 7, 2014 -> 01:30 PM) I'm sure in a 16,000 square foot house in Scottsdale, he has somewhere he can put it. lol. I wonder how much of that stuff he's picked up through the years and if they create a museum or shrine in their homes. It's kind of akward at some point. Plus as every married guy knows, isn't it really up to Jennifer

Pretty cool but I look at that tile and think, what the hell is he going to do with it?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ May 6, 2014 -> 07:45 PM) Not necessarily. Could be "Don't Know". I'm hoping it doesn't mean that 21% believe one of the conspiracy theories that terrorists or the CIA (for parts of the world they may be one and the same), are holding the plane somewhere. I do believe this may someday be thought of as the "Greatest Unsolved Mystery of the 21st Century"

You are exactly right from a common sense usage of the words. I'm looking at the statement from a purely linguistics point of view and being a bit snarky. The *right* area to search is *exactly* where the plane is. Not two feet away, but exactly there. If it is covered by six inches of silt then the right area is underneath the six inches of silt.

From CNN 21% of Americans believe there are survivors? Where are they? 54% believe they are searching in the right place? If that was true, the plane would have been found amiright?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ May 6, 2014 -> 06:00 PM) If there's one thing I've given Robin it's a free pass, right? Robin still has a job, so he's been getting a free pass.

Some excitement like this is good for baseball.

Greg, congratulation on hitting 10,000 non Ozzie posts. Manager receive too much credit and too much blame. I really hope Ozzie finds a full time media gig. I like exciting guys in the press box. Has an ex-Sox manager since Tony La Russa had a decent career after leaving the Sox?

^^ Baseball isn't cheap entertainment anymore. This is why the Sox need more bandwagon jumpers. The folks who come out to a game or two a season. Too many were drawn to the "Friendly Confines" and the neighborhood. They packaged the experience and filled the stadium. Yes, that meant the true, intelligent, Cub fans, and there are a lot of them, are drowned out by the idiots. But that's the crowds were competing for.

I noticed that the partiipants paid much closer attention in the Wilderness class than any other First Aid class I attended. It could be that the participants are more self selected, I really hope it was because people recognized the differences you mentioned. We estimated that in our program the most time it would take to get someone to a full trauma center was about 6 hours, and that was with a fluke wind condition on a sailing trip. There were scenarios that could happen on one of our fishing adventures that everyone's cell phones could be useless, that no boats passed by, that it would be much longer, but the chances were very slim that that could happen. Injury or illness at sea was the number one concern.

I don't think they should do anything special for the Cub / Sox series than they would for whomever the Rockies have an interleague rivalry with. When you start looking at the scheduling and looking at the entertainment value or the ability to sell tickets, you get one step further away from athletic competition and closer to show business. There is a blend that has to happen or the sport collapses, but I don't necessary want to sell the soul of baseball and athletics for staged for profit series.

OK, I'll say it. This series needs Ozzie.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Apr 29, 2014 -> 02:22 PM) I feel we hear this about every Olympics/World Cup and nothing is ever done. This. It seems like their are dire warning about every venue in the past 30 years. Then they pull a miracle out of their ass.

I found this quote that I thought added some insight on defining "rookie"

Always cool when someone can remember a game that was played years ago in such detail. I guess I was alsways killing too many brain cells to remember

When neither team had won a WS in forever, the game(s) mattered in the we suck less than you kind of way. Now, meh. It's just another series on the schedule. Too bad the Sox have to play in such a dump.

A couple bi-partisan issues that are shaping this economy and I believe they are tied together. Much of our economy is based on the idea that highly valued companies employ a lot of employees. For the most part in the past companies valued at $100,000,000 employed more people than companies which were valued at $10,000,000. That is not true anymore. We've seen companies change hands for over $1 billion that had fewer employees than the corner convenience store. Another factor is cheap technology now allows companies to increase their profits with fewer and fewer employees. Employees are now often times the most expensive resource a company has. If there are increased profits, there is little need to employ more people to increase profits even more. We could also add that an employee in a low wage area can do the job as effectively as a person in the US. We have this theory that if we allow the richest people to keep more of their wealth they will create jobs here. Why would they? We have to rethink our tax code and economy from the ground up. We're using 19th Century thinking to 21st Century problems. End of non partisan thoughts. I remember way back in the old days the predictions were that robots and technology would bring about the 30 hour work week. Instead we have 40+ hour work weeks with many professionals working 50 or more hours. Was this because employees demanded it or employers? Companies are employing fewer and fewer people as profits increase. We need solutions based on this. If we are to continue to cut taxes then figure out a way to pay for everything.

QUOTE (fathom @ May 3, 2014 -> 02:52 PM) Good news Dan Hayes @DanHayesCSN · 5m Chris Sale is playing looong toss. He's back at 180-200 feet or so. #WhitesSox Bullpen Monday will happen at Wrigley Field. Best reason to go to Wrigley.

QUOTE (HickoryHuskers @ May 2, 2014 -> 01:50 PM) Or both. He could be traded and be back next year. Take over his salary, maybe a prospect and a player to be named later. He would be the fifth guy in MLB history to be traded for himself. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ May 2, 2014 -> 02:39 PM) I really dont see how you could deduce that, these guys are trying to get good paychecks. Goodwill is far overstated This. These guys know what the other players at their position make, are competitive, and want the best paychecks. Just like real people with ordinary jobs.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ May 2, 2014 -> 09:07 AM) Anyone ever take a Wilderness First Aid class like this one offered through REI? http://www.rei.com/class/46423/market/340 It was required when I ran a high adventure sea base for the Boy Scouts. We operated in the shadow of million dollar condos and huge resorts. Calling 911 was going to be far more appropriate response. But when we were off shore sailing or fishing well up the Laguna Madre, it would have been useful. It was a big stretch for me from Community First Aid and CPR training.

QUOTE (IlliniKrush @ May 3, 2014 -> 01:08 AM) His backhand > our forehands. yltcaxe

https://www.facebook.com/utpanamerican/post...0?stream_ref=10 My university has the NCAA leader in wins and complete games and is on the NCAA watch list for pitcher of the year. The link is slightly out of date, he recorded another victory in a 3-1 win last night. I'm certain someone from a bigger D1 school will win the award, the Western Athletic Conference doesn't, and probably shouldn't, get that must respect. But it's kind of cool to see a guy around campus that is getting noticed nationally. It's been a while. The team was really solid in the 1970s, the best season finishing fourth in the College World Series. A friend of mine played for Michigan State and remembers coming down here in February or March and losing a couple games. They would be sun burned after the first game. They had been playing inside all winter while the south Texas teams have been outside.