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Yeah, IIRC the stadium got like that in the late 90s

I know, it's his ritual, iconic actually at this point, and it drives me nuts. Like I said, no matter the results. Joe Morgan was the same way. I just want to run out and hold the damn bat still. lol

Regardless of results, I always loved watching Frank Thomas at the plate. Dunn drives me nuts with his movements. The bat here, then there, then this and then that. /back to something worthwhile

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 11:26 AM) bible joke-check Dino joke-check Dammit....Um, did he switch hit with that weapon?

It could possibly be the right guy, pitching the right game, at the exact right time, that we will point to in October. Or not. And while we are tossing out names Esteban Loaiza came to mind. I wouldn't mind a twenty win season and trade to the Yankees for him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 10:10 AM) I don't see a bubble there at all. But what I do see is, as college expenses keep going up far higher than the rate of inflation, that its furthering the unfortunate nature of how far the well-off and poor are from each other as they go through their lives. Higher college costs mean fewer poor students able to get degrees. Actually it may be the working poor that have that issue and the really poor, may not. Small sample size, one University in Texas - Pan American, but if your family income is less than $32,000 per year for a family of four, 100% of your tuition and fees are convered with a few hundred left over for books and such. I believe it is the lower middle class and middle class that really feel the pinch. They earn too much for many forms of financial aid, yet with a mortgage, credit card debt, etc don't have a $1,000 per month per child in college.

Libraries have access. Kids have access through school. If you want people to stay poor, keep them off the internet, especially by 2020.

Thinking ahead to the next census, and factoring in privacy concerns and technology, I'm thinking the 2020 census will be a report that Facebook prints saving the US hundreds of millions of dollars.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Apr 26, 2011 -> 05:46 AM) Jeesh, imagine all the new country clubs they'd have to build in the DC area...

He needed to buy a couple new Polo hoodies . . .

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QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 02:52 PM) Much as I despise this stupid law... I wouldn't recommend that reaction on your part, unless you want to spend some time in the police lock-up. Of course that would also make him sound more "American" and less like an illegal

QUOTE (SoxFan562004 @ Apr 25, 2011 -> 09:09 PM) one of the strangest unwritten rules in baseball about pitchers not catching pop-ups, seen it backfire a decent amount of times. He didn't even seem to watch the ball. Show a little interest.

You gotta love the infield fly that the entire side of the Yankee infield watch fall.

Normally a game on national TV is the kiss of death. Now that I was able to see a full game, what have you guys been b****ing about? Pitching looks fine.

Wow.

Fire Walker? Then we need to bring in Tony Robbins to awaken the giant within.

I am upgrading my router and looking at ones with USB support for external drives and printers. I see the performance claims, then read some reviews, then read real world forums and finding they really differ. So I'll ask here where I know people. Anyone have experience with one where the all-in-one printer really works? Just printing? Scanning? How about the external storage, any issues there? As of the moment I had not thought about hooking it up to my DVR, but I may.

There will be differences because there are often times no clear right or wrong answers. It becomes what your vision for America is. Is it a survival of the fittest or more cooperative. Is the government there to help everyone, or to help no one?

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 22, 2011 -> 06:58 AM) Then you'd have to figure in PHs as well. Yes, it would be based on whomever was hitting. With the computing power available, how about figuring what the hitter's probability is based on what they have done in their career with that situation. If the guy achieves an RBI rate of 25% of the time and another player only 5%, that should be factored in as well.

A little something for the glass is half full or half empty crowds.

I'm one of those that prefers to watch baseball without a math lesson and decimals to the .00001. But I do like this discussion. And what would be the benefit? A human manager determined that the odds of that runner(s) scoring was greater with the starter than with the relief pitcher. If the manager is making the correct call more than half the time, it could be argued that the current system does lower the starters era because he would have given up even more runs than what a relief pitcher does. Still I am drawn to the idea. SS added a great point. I think the way the stat could be compiled would fall along the lines of a + or - from probability of scoring. How far down you want to drill would be a function of computing power and building the software. Basically the simplest way would be X% of runners on 2nd with 2 outs score. What % of runners in that situation did reliever A allow? Sample size becomes a problem. But you could go so far as building in likelihood based on the batters the reliever faces. That would work out the difference in a reliever facing the 6-7-8 hitters and one facing their 2-3-4 hitters.

If we pool all of our Soxtalk resources, think we could buy the Dodgers? We could run it my committee, we'd win a WS every year.

I wondered how much they really could change the game itself. It's football. What could you do make the field 400 yards long and add warp speed? Throw in speed bumps? I guess I become a republican when companies get sued for being successful.