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Ah, gotcha bmags. Camden definitely does have that "cozy" look to it. The concourses and the inside of the stadium is much better in the Cell though, I gotta say.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 06:41 PM) Which would in fact be the worlds most ghetto restaurant. lol... not IN the projects. On Pershing or thereabouts, near the new high rises that keep getting built.

I'm not sure what you guys are referring to when you talk about the neighborhood integration of Camden Yards. Yeah it looks like that on TV, but the park is right in the middle of downtown Baltimore. Those buildings you see on Eutaw St., if I recall, those are actually stadium property and they're right there on the concourse, mostly for show. The gap you see in center field, if you look with the right view up high enough, you can see traffic on Camden Street, and then the next street is Pratt Street which is one of the main downtown streets. So there is nothing neighborhood/residential at all with that stadium, it looks nice, but that is all decoration. Yes there is public transportation that goes right there, but there is a big parking lot to the south between Camden Yards and M&T Bank stadium just like there is at the Cell, and to the west of it is expressway that becomes downtown streets.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 09:28 AM) I reserve the right to physically assault anyone who says "Peavy is a bust" or anything along those lines. I second this

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:05 AM) Wasn't just last night, that's 2 starts in a row now. That's why I'm interested in this and will be watching his next 2-3 starts. Cleveland wasn't really a velocity problem, he just kept repeatedly missing the corners and falling behind in counts. Last night he pretty much just sucked.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 06:12 PM) a restaurant, lost? Pretty big jump over A restaurant in Bronzeville? What do you mean? You mean from my current job?

Oh and the guy selling the T-shirts gave the lame "free speech" excuse. Well no s*** you have free speech, asshole, everyone knows that... but that doesn't mean people can't and/or shouldn't call you a douche.

The ghetto by U.S. Cellular used to be across the expressway in Bronzeville and by Ida B. Wells projects (whichever ones they were, I forget) but that's not even really ghetto anymore (in fact I'm trying to open up a restaurant there)

I'm reading "Economics without Illusions" right now. Not really a liberal or conservative book.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 11:19 AM) it's not like medvedev is the brains behind the operation anyhow. edit: funny thing about the book game change, made george bush seem way more calm and intelligent than one John Sidney McCain Should I read Game Change?

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Apr 13, 2010 -> 09:56 AM) Tea Party Movement Spreads To Military I believe if this had happened 3 years ago, they would have been branded as "unpatriotic" by a certain political party. I wonder how they will handle this now. People in the military have this... superiority complex where they think they know a lot more things than they really do or that their thoughts on national security issues carry more weight than someone else. And then other people tend to validate it like "my active duty brother says that McCain is right about this..." Seriously, no one cares. Shut the f*** up. You're a citizen just like we are. That's why I hardly ever bring up the fact that I was in the military here. It doesn't actually count for anything except in certain narrow circumstances. Also what the hell is that guy talking about? Disobeying presidential orders because his oath was to the Constitution and not the president? Apparently when he took the oath, he was looking at pretty butterflies or some s*** and otherwise just mumbling through it. This is the actual oath (typing from memory): I _____ do solemnly swear to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same. I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God. In the oath you solemnly swear to obey the orders of the President of the United States. That person is a politician, no? Last I checked, anyway.

s*** if I could make that much money teaching I would change careers immediately. Realistically though I would probably have to slash my current salary in half.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 10:30 PM) Pierre steals 2nd - indifference. You'd think it's too early for indifference - it's still a game. Now a Sox player singles, and it's a 3 run game.

Wow, Teahen is having himself a game isn't he?

Remember when we were all in love with Alexei? Yeah... seems like so long ago now doesn't it?

omg I just found out my friend, who works at the Cell and I thought she was just like a regular usher or whatever, knows a bunch of people in the org. and she's telling me all these stories. I'm like why were you holding out on me, we been friends like 10 years wtf? She's met all the players, Ozzie, Kenny, Ozzie's sons, etc.

Randy Williams is a terrific pitcher, guys. Terrific is a compound word from the words "Terrible" and "Horrific."

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 09:15 PM) Williams and his 8 base runners in 2 innings is going to get DFA'd sooner rather than later. Nothing like bringing in your worst reliever in such a tight spot. I can't remember the last time I couldn't wait for someone to get DFA'd this bad.

Oh my god Peavy.

Teahen with an RBI single, Kotsay homering last night... wtf is going on? I don't know, but I like it.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 08:55 PM) The sad thing is that because Jones is killing a lefty, this doesn't do anything to change Ozzie's mind about a platoon. I'm generally not an Ozzie-basher, but Ozzie's handling of platoons is something I just can't see anybody being able to defend. It's like he has no idea what he's doing at all.

QUOTE (NIUSox @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 08:52 PM) During the perfect game last year on my phone it went from double to out on the Wise catch. It's so odd seeing Wise in national MLB commercials now and actually being proud to see it considering how much I used to b**** about all the unwarranted playing time he got.

QUOTE (BigSqwert @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 08:49 PM) Jones needs to be in the lineup at least 5 games per week.

Barack Obama's Facebook News Feed for last Friday http://www.slate.com/id/2250369/ Also, Slate is one of the few remaining places where you can see smart people commenting on articles, and people that say stupid things get ripped into and chased off the site. I drink the kool-aid and started commenting there.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 12, 2010 -> 07:15 PM) Not to be a dick, but Pods had another monster game today. Obviously he's not finished and it doesn't look like Thome is finished, either. We coulda had both on the cheap. Any regrets? I'll stop with the Pods talk if it's making anybody mad, but it's easy for me to notice him since I am in Royals country. We could not have had Pods for cheap. If we could have, he'd be a Sox.