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QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Feb 5, 2014 -> 10:06 AM) Didn't see this posted anywhere else. Apparently MLB Network is doing a "Face of MLB" contest and Paulie is up against Kershaw in Round 1. Here's a look to MLB Network's facebook post regarding it and how to participate. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=101...1694&type=1 old guy rant/ I know I'm old but I really don't like this idea. Too many sports are becoming obsessed with the individual athlete and not the team. I know it helps the average fan become interested and identify with them (again hero worship of athletes is a bad thing IMHO). However, I prefer the promotion of the team not the individual. I root for the game of baseball and the White Sox not an individual on the team. Now that I think about it, this is the problem I have with too many of the "advanced stats." They were created so the player could get paid through arbitration to show that even if the team did poorly, I deserve more money. Pitchers worry more about a quality start or the K/BB ratio instead of focusing on the team win. Interesting that this just occurred to me. Thanks for starting the thread. /old guy rant

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2014 -> 04:52 PM) I think it was about 8 weeks afterwards before she was doing the stairs, IIRC. Wow, that is a long time. Most come along a little faster than that. Doctors can screw up replacements. There are also infections that occur that may or may not be someone's direct fault. Sometimes it's just that they had the problem so long that the soft tissues take a long time to work properly again. As I say to my patients, you had pain and abnormal mechanics for 20 years. Do you really think you will regain that motion and strength in a couple of months?

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 5, 2014 -> 12:41 PM) My mother taught middle school for >25 years. In her early 60's when she was not eligible for Medicare, she had a knee replaced after several years of it causing a lot of problems. After the replacement, she could barely walk correctly for a couple years and frankly she should have retired. But she couldn't, because she couldn't get health care on the individual market, so she basically taught her class from a chair for the next couple years until she became eligible. Please call more people like this lazy asses to their faces. Please. Needed a better physical therapist. I could have her walking correctly in 8 weeks

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Feb 5, 2014 -> 12:47 PM) The evolution/creation "culture war" seems to have peaked around 2005/Dover. I've watched a bit of the debate, but I can't say I really understand the point of it. I guess I could classify myself as an atheist, but people who make atheism a big part of their identity or essentially replace their previous religious fundamentalism with new atheist fundamentalism annoy the hell out of me. PZ Myers, Richard Dawkins and the whole atheist 'movement' is generally pretty awful. Not an atheist myself but one of the funniest/most aggravating to listen to is Penn Gillette. He once went on a rant going through Springsteen songs to find all of his "atheist" leanings. Absolutely, hysterical even though he was serious about it.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 5, 2014 -> 10:50 AM) Again, the idea is to increase the talent level of the team, and to create real depth. Not Dylan Axelrod depth. Depth to me is guys you would confidently put on the mound and guys other teams would actually give you something of value to acquire. If John Groce let the TKE intramural team join the Illini as walk ons and called that depth, everyone would laugh. That, is Dylan Axelrod depth. Also, it may save you money if you plan on signing a free agent next year. If you want Homer Bailey next offseason, but Magic Johnson does as well, you are either out of luck or writing checks that will be a lot bigger than the checks you would be writing for Jimenez. Your point is a good one for overall talent. The problem is if the Sox believe both Johnson and Paulino are ready for the MLB, you are not helping their progress by keeping one of them in the minors. The Sox have Sale, Danks and Q for the rotation. If they add anyone from the outside you are defeating the purpose of developing talent by keeping them from the MLB. Your choice is to add outside immediate talent vs. developing the ones you currently have. Both are valid it just depends on your goal for this year. I personally, would rather see what the Sox have with Johnson and Paulino.

QUOTE (TaylorStSox @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 02:53 PM) It's not marijuana that's the problem. It's the method of consumption. Vaporizing or ingesting marijuana isn't going to give anybody a heart attack. No the actual chemicals such as TCH are a significant problem as well.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Feb 4, 2014 -> 02:08 PM) Yep, I was looking at that exact one at Home Depot. $399 w/ electric start. I'll probably just end up doing that. I went over the weekend and everyone was sold out of anything sub-$1,000. I just know that if I get one it won't snow again all year after tonight/tomorrow. And in 2 weeks they'll run a special on these and the price will drop $50-75 bucks. Then buy it NOW! I have the auger type 2 stage which works well for everything. I had a paddle, one stage and it didn't cut through the snow nearly as well. It made for more work sometimes in deeper snow.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 07:57 PM) What guy? My secretary? If you couldnt understand "heroin" versus "heroine" thats more on your reading comprehension and less on my lack of proofreading an internet post. Even when I get paid to write, there is someone who proofreads for me. Ptac, You have the study? Most studies Ive ever seen regarding marijuana have a problem in that many of the marijuana smokers are also cigarette smokers, so its hard to determine its impact alone. Here are a couple of decent ones. I wish I would have saved the couple for which I'm looking. I can't remember the journals. It was specific to athletes. When I made the comment about "you will have a heart attack" that was meant for people who do it regularly. Something like once a week won't do it but the chronic users have a 30% increased chance of heart attacks compared to non-users. mj.pdf mj1.pdf

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 07:57 PM) What guy? My secretary? If you couldnt understand "heroin" versus "heroine" thats more on your reading comprehension and less on my lack of proofreading an internet post. Even when I get paid to write, there is someone who proofreads for me. Ptac, You have the study? Most studies Ive ever seen regarding marijuana have a problem in that many of the marijuana smokers are also cigarette smokers, so its hard to determine its impact alone. There are some pretty good studies I will dig them up for you. It relates more to the chemical make up than anything else.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Feb 3, 2014 -> 01:34 PM) Im not sure, I cant speak from experience, I can only say what Ive seen and relay the experience of those that I know. The problem with "Dare" and "Just Say No" is that it created a false belief that all drugs were equally bad. Thus when some kids tried smoking weed, etc, and it didnt kill them, they just believed all drugs arent that bad. But some are, some are really f***ing ridiculously dangerous with almost 0 redeemable qualities. Its coincidental, but Friday I was talking about Heroine. And I flat out told my friends that we can try a lot of s***, but dont ever f*** around with needles and most specifically Heroine. Because its not even a happy drug, its a f***ing sad drug that you take when you want to dull the entire world. Which also is part of the problem, a lot of people who turn to Heroine are already partially down the path of being gone. All of them will hasten your death. What many don't realize about pot is that it's cardiac equivalent is 5 cigarettes. So if you smoke pot you will have a heart attack. It also really limits your healing ability. It has a medical value because it basically eliminates inflammation and something like glaucoma is helped by this. However, it really limits regular healing and takes 2-3 times as long for normal injuries to heal.

QUOTE (nitetrain8601 @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 08:29 AM) As did I. We plan on moving to LA in about 3 years, and my son, who loves LA said he'll miss the snow. I told him, after awhile, you won't. This winter, I've had him help me shovel(no snowblowing) the snow. After about the 3rd time, he tells me he can't wait for LA and this weather could kick rocks. Now, everyday he's asking when are we moving. Chicago summers are the best, but the inconsistency of weather, day to day, makes it too miserable for me and my family. I still enjoy the snow. However, the number of days around 0 degrees or lower is getting to me. Today is great. Snow but 25, it's skiing weather.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Feb 1, 2014 -> 01:24 PM) LOL. The Cubs sent a lackey on the radio today to float the possibility of the rooftop owners making them leave Wrigley. Smart business move. If the city/state can't be the villan they need to find one somewhere.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Jan 31, 2014 -> 07:43 PM) Agreed. As awesome as Opening Day is, I find spring training so boring and prolonged. A month and a half of meaningless games? Ugh. I disagree. I just love baseball. I don't care if they don't count in the standings just watching baseball is a joy.

It was snowing down here just south of Rt. 30 for about an hour but then stopped.

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QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 07:38 AM) I'm 7 episodes into Black Orphan. It's amazing. No idea where the "slow episodes in the middle" comment came from - I feel like the foot's been on the gas all season. As stated earlier, it's become one of my favorites.

It was more than a moment but the game in 83 or 84 when it lasted until 1am or 2am and they had to continue it the next day. We skipped school to go to the continuation. Baines hit won it with an HR in about the 24th inning.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 09:03 PM) I just realized so much White Sox stuff has happened since 2005 that I've forgotten about. Please add whatever you can remember and I'll add them to this master list: -Buehrle perfect -Humber perfect -Wise catch -Ramirez glove flip -Ramirez grand slam record -Ramirez grand slam VS DET -Buehrle flip -Ramirez flip -Iguchi play (2006, right) -B2B2B2B HRs -2008 Playoffs -Jenks consecutive batters retired record -Buehrle consecutive batters retired record The Iguchi play I remember was in the 2005 playoffs.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 10:06 AM) If Jared Mitchell becomes useful on the major league level, that would be one of the greatest comebacks from totally sucking of all time. If he wasn't a first round pick, he would probably be sitting next to Jake from State Farm right now. I think the major injury bought him a little time as well. It is a very difficult injury to come back from that early in your career due to the loss of development time.

QUOTE (BigEdWalsh @ Jan 30, 2014 -> 08:56 AM) Jack McDowell will manage the Ogden Raptors in the rookie Pioneer League this summer. They're a Dodgers affiliate. Guess the music career of "stick figure" didn't go as planned.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 03:52 PM) Some people don't see any good reason that the players who actually play the game should be treated as disposable while the coaches and administrators make millions of dollars a year. Why don't you give a s*** that these people who play a game for your entertainment can face lifelong health issues because of it? It doesn't even require you, as an individual, to do or change anything at all. They're just asking for some of the revenue to go towards the players themselves for scholarship guarantees and medical issues that directly result from the game. I'm also unclear as to why anybody but the industry that makes billions of dollars a year off of these athletes should be responsible for medical conditions that arise from playing the sport. What's the moral argument here against medical coverage for athletes and for keeping all of the revenue with the non-athletes? Against not giving athletes a voice when discussing working conditions and durations before adding more and more games and practices? How is this different than say a truck driver. Many more of them die in crashes and become injured than football. I see many in the clinic that have lifelong injuries but I haven't heard too many people give a crap about them. The education and other benefits the players receive are more than many "regular' employees and the degree will set them up pretty well if they do it right.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 04:55 PM) You realize you just said that to a person who spent 6.5 years in Grad School for 1/10th of those salaries? I've come to realize that the more education you have the less money you make. When I worked in the field I made a heck of a lot more than I do at the university.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 02:07 PM) I was more making a joke about public high school teams. NCAA Football and Men's BB are basically professional leagues these days, but what about NCAA swimming/track/wrestling etc.? I have plenty of issues with the amount of money sports can siphon away from academic institutions (e.g. Rutgers), but I don't know that eliminating the professionalized NCAA sports is really a solution. I was being the far end Devil's advocate as well. There are plenty of opportunities in track and wrestling at the professional level if you are that good. There is USA swimming and such for most of the others as well. This would make them truly amateur where it is not a job and they could get funding from the USOC. However, the point stands that sports is a way to get athletes into schools when many of them couldn't afford it. This a agree with. Maybe it should be that they need to be free. No charging for anything to college sports?

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 01:49 PM) Get rid of the socialist GOVERNMENT youth sports leagues and let the PRIVATE SECTOR innovate! Actually I would prefer this. Get the "professional athletics" out of the universities and make the NFL go like baseball and create their own minor leagues. We know this will never happen due to the money generated but it would solve many of the problems.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Jan 29, 2014 -> 01:38 PM) If they get injured, they can lose their scholarship and not have medical coverage for their injuries. These guys are going out there week after week, putting their bodies at risk for your entertainment (and money!). Colter signed up and took the risk that he did, but why is it wrong for him to want to lessen that risk or at least help protect against that risk for future players? This is the only reason to have the union. Not even so much for NW but for the smaller schools with smaller budgets. The "wroking environment" needs to improve for many of the smaller schools.