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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 15, 2014 -> 03:14 PM) I think it makes YoY comparisons tougher. I doubt that they are misreporting crimes at a steady rate. Usually a criminal gets more brazen in their activities, which is why they get caught. I would be willing to bet that cheating your crime stats isn't much different. It starts out with maybe a homeless guy that probably is a homicide, but no one cares, so we will just call it an "accidental death", because why waste the resources, right? Then after no one notices, maybe a little bit bigger re-categorization happens. Until eventually it becomes a routine thing. You changed my mind. I agree with your assessment.

QUOTE (MexSoxFan#1 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 03:27 PM) Gabriel Garcia Marquez “What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.” ― Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

Thinking of roof top shots, I remember a couple of Kittles' more than anyone's

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:39 AM) His early days he had as much power the opposite way as anyone I have ever seen. He didn't get pull happy until later in his career. QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Apr 21, 2014 -> 09:42 AM) He absolutely did. That's what made him special His opposite field home runs were as fun to watch as roof top shots.

Cool read, thanks for sharing.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 16, 2014 -> 12:42 PM) If they did it as a team, they should get their money back. The 70's sucked for White Sox baseball. Besides Dent being MVP, there wasn't m,uch to cheer about. I'm surprised Silva would brag about that.

I was beaten to it, I was going to post: Oz "Hello Kenny, how are you doing?" Kenny "Hold on a second" *silence* Unidentified voice "Box office, how can I help you?"

. . . include the 1970s era Chicago White Sox. Does anyone remember this? Anyone know how it might have helped baseball players and teams? http://www.silvalifesystem.com/lp/silva-me...e.com&otag=[sLS-TB]#sthash.khkJM9QM.dpbs

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

Ncorgbl told Frank to keep his mouth shut and let his bat speak for him. They were tight.

Dallas is an 8 hour drive away and I'm blacked out. Really? Houston takes about 6 hours. I am blacked out there as well. 150 miles to watch a game in most city parks would be a 8 hour committment. that seems about the longest that makes sense to me.

If you believe that this has been going on forever than a fair comparison of crime rates is possible. In other words, as long as you are under reporting at a similar rate, you can determine if rates are increasing or decreasing.

Do we know if Frank writes his own tweets? He just doesn't seem like a Twitter guy to me.

Are they certain the foul ball wasn't damaged hitting a wall or something? The article is a little unclear.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Apr 10, 2014 -> 10:02 AM) Nothing from the school's perspective, and I agree with you that enforcement would be an issue, but let's say there's a monetary penalty that they have to pay back a portion of their scholarship or school bills. Again, from the universities point of view, that's a breach of their agreement and the expectations they have for their "student-athlete." One of the interesting points about this is athletes have been in favor of 4 year scholarships, it is the colleges that do not like the idea. They like being able to pull an unproductive athelete's scholarship and give it to a different athlete.

Philosophically I prefer solutions where the NBA and the NCAA decisions are distinct from each other. Any collusion seems wrong. I have a hard time restricting the job opportunities of an 18 year old.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Apr 8, 2014 -> 11:08 PM) In 10 years some rich guy is going to fund a developmental league for basketball. make maybe 10 teams and just sign people right out of high school to 2 or 3 year deals. Give them $40k and some insurance, play your games and make it part of the contract that the league also becomes their agent. Then the league recoups its costs with agent fees. you can get all the guys who can't even spell their name to join so they can skip the pretense of being a 'student athlete', you have them sign contracts ( with an X if need be!) so they can't leave after a year. At first the games would have to be played among the 10 teams you have, but after a while you will get the best players anyway, so the players coming out of your league will be the best prepared when they can enter the pros. You rep them to the pros after the contract is done, either by draft entry of as free agents. College basketball will go bye bye. How would that be different than this? http://www.nba.com/dleague/

So what's the ripple effect? Who will have money taken away from to pay players? Fewer scholarships? Cut non revenue sports? Will it kill athletics at smaller universities?

http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/hut-hu...hike?fullpage=1 Excellent article on the subject of football coach salaries.

Katy, Texas pays their football coach $116,000 per year. A fair number make over $100,000. Some may have to teach a class, usually football. They will supervise a staff of 12 to 15 varsity assistant coaches, plus the lower level on down to the 7th grade football coaches all pitch in to help with scouting, etc. Yes, the private schools recruit, nationally in some cases. When Hurricane Katrina hit a lot of Texas communities opened up their hearts and homes to some of the top players from Louisiana. Amazing how the top athletes wound up in the football factory schools

What does some chick know about baseball pitching? Interesting read. Thanks for posting.

^^ Until a player is in Paulie's position, I want a guy that thinks he should be at the next level AND is willing to work to get there.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 6, 2014 -> 06:15 PM) Maybe I am spoiled by 15 years of Paul Konerko, but that is a play a 1B should make in his sleep. Maybe not in his sleep, but I'll agree he should have made a couple of those. Oh, well add another DH to the team.

I agree. And I especially agree with the sense of entitlement that some athletes feel that you just want to stop.

QUOTE (Heads22 @ Apr 6, 2014 -> 03:57 PM) It's his sixth professional MLB game. I agree with you. I think he needs some time to adjust to life here, his team, the expectations, etc. I'm not going to judge until next year.