Balta1701

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 07:39 AM) The problem with anything to do with Hurricanes is reliable data barely dates back to the 60's. Its hard to make an accurate historical trend with about 50 years worth of information. I think we can gather more based on things like tempature trends from around the world, and things where we can get more lengthy information. More than that, almost none of the models actually predict that there will be an increase in the total number of hurricanes due to anthropogenic climate change. What the models do predict is that if you do get hurricanes...because of the warmer surface waters which store more energy, they will be able to gather more strength and therefore hit with greater force. Having, for example, the 2 strongest hurricanes in recorded history appear within 1 year would fit well with that trend. Doesn't prove it of course. And 2006 shows the nastiness of trying to tie single events to global climate change; 2006 was a year with a very small number of Atlantic hurricanes. Why? Because 2006 was an El Nino year, and the ENSO pattern tends to drive strong winds over the Central Atlantic that serve to shear and break up hurricanes, preventing them from forming. QUOTE(Jenksismyb**** @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 07:02 AM) We gotta start this discussion back up. Never enough bashing on Gore for me. This article pretty much sums up my view of the whole global warming thing. Yes there is a problem that needs to be addressed. But it's not happening tomorrow. He's a fear mongeror, just like Bush/Cheney/Rumsfield were to the left a few years ago. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/13/science/...and&emc=rss You are right in that it isn't something that's going to destroy the world tomorrow (or ever, for that matter). But here's the other side of the token; the more time we take before taking strong action, the less time we have to actually figure out a solution. Making genuine cuts in CO2 emissions now is a defense mechanism. We're not going to stop the earth from warming at least another degree C, and we can't really get back the Degree C or so that we've already done, but beyond that, nothing else is guaranteed. If we take strong steps to slow down our emissions, then we can buy ourselves some time to come up with an actual solution to prevent the situation from becoming quite disasterous. There's a reason that no real sane person is calling for us to totally give up using Fossil Fuels tomorrow; that is a solution that is more damaging than the problem. But when you weigh the cost of making some small shifts in our behavoir versus the extra 10 or 20 years that those changes could buy us, I think the cost/benefit analysis turns around the other way.

QUOTE(WHITESOXRANDY @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 09:02 AM) IMO, as this team stands, the Sox won't see the post season. If they added Leiber and Rowand, I think they would win the divison. However, I wouldn't give up a whole lot for them. The divisional race is going to be very close but the difference for the Sox will come down to the 5th starter and another outfielder. If they could get Rowand cheap, then I would send BA down to Charlotte. I totally disagree. The difference between Lieber+Rowand and BA+Danks or Floyd is so bloody small to my eyes it's not even really worth talking about. Adding a 6th OF and a 7th starter will not be the difference between the postseas and sinking.

QUOTE(Felix @ Mar 13, 2007 -> 08:35 AM) Even Aardsma? A 25 year old with 6 years before he hits free agency who throws in the mid/upper 90s? Hell no, you do not give that up for an OF who's a year away from Free Agency and who has hit about .270 or so the last 3 years...especially when you have a guy on your roster already who can probably give you almost the same production with better defense.

This is just a desperate attempt by Bobby to lose more weight.

With the way Neal Cotts has looked...

QUOTE(elrockinMT @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 05:31 PM) Reviewing the box score against the Padres for Monday and the fact the Sox grounded into 4 DP's makes me happy to see they are already in mid season form. Paulie had 2 GIDP's. I am glad it's only Spring Training but a 4-10 record kind of sucks. Hope they start putting some good stuff together before the season opener. Probably worth noting...1 of those double plays was on a stupid/aggressive move by Mack where he tried to take 2 bases on a Sac Fly, expecting the throw to go home from the OF.

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 05:23 PM) The American League central is too tough to fall behind early and expect a miraculous second half. Yeah, I can't think of a single team in the AL Central who made or nearly made the playoffs based on a miraculous 2nd half within the last 2 years. Anywho, you're right on 1 thing; you can't expect a miraculous 2nd half from the White Sox, because at least in recent memory, they've been a 1st half team.

Hopefully this is not an endemic issue and is just someone making some stupid bookkeeping error.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 05:12 PM) But....you live in California. Tradeoffs, Mr. Balta. Tradeoffs. And after about 4 months of telling people "no, you're stupid, this is not cold", today I'm telling people "no, you're stupid, this is not hot". Dah!!!! At least the rocks are a lot cooler than in Indiana. I'll give ya that.

QUOTE(Heads22 @ Mar 12, 2007 -> 04:52 PM) Why? Let me count the ways No particular order implied: 1. It's dark out when I wake up again (and thus my head was not ready to wake up this morning) 2. I oversleep on Sunday. 3. I can't sleep Sunday night after oversleeping Sunday Morning. 4. I wake up exhausted Monday Morning. 5. I'm getting a headache due to my poor sleep last night. 6. I was so tired this morning I forgot to grab myself lunch. 7. I keep discovering other clocks I still have to change. 8. Congress decided to make all of my auto-resetting clocks worthless with this stupid 3 week forward jump of the start of things. Now half my clocks think I moved to the Mountain time zone for 3 weeks.

Arturo Lopez, lefty, comes in for the Padres. Fields k's. Mack grounds out. Ballgame. 10-8 Padres over Sox Finale.

Terrero crosses the street. 10-8.

Thome makes it 10-6. Maybe longer than the first. Almost to the street in CF, according to Farmio. Rogowski walks

God damnit, I skip lunch today, and Farmer's talking about piles of ribs and like 6 pulled pork sandwiches. Valido I believe with a leadoff single. Owens comin' up. Owens with a first pitch single. Lopez works a full count and then pops out to short left.

I'd like to add, I really really f***ing dislike Daylight Savings Time.

Well, I leave the room, come back in, and it's now 10-3. Good work Lopez and Perez. Good work.

Ground ball underneath Pedro Lopez's glove, error, 1st and 3rd, 1 out. Blum pops out to short, 2 down.

Terrero pops out to short. Fields walks. 8th inning, 6-2 Padres. Mack makes first on an error by Blum. 1st & 3rd, 1 out. Fields scores on a sac fly. Mack tries to take 2 bases, and is thrown out at 3rd. 6-3 Padres. I think Aardsma is out but Farmer isn't nice enough to tell me who's in to pitch. Instead, he's telling me about a pulled pork sandwich. Farmer finally said who's pitching: Perez. I think it's Oneli Perez. He walked Branyan to lead off the inning. Then a line drive to terrero, 1 out.

Lotta moves for the Padres. Someone named "Cameron" in to pitch. Kevin Cameron. Throwing to Konerko. Konerko singles to right. Rogowski on to run for Konerko. JD grounds to Blum for the GIDP (Blum now at Short) Crede singles to, um, Left, I think. Mackowiak walks. Hall lines a base hit to left. Crede is thrown out at the plate. End of inning.

And 1-2-3 on 6 pitches go the Padres. Masset wins that round.

Nick Masset in to pitch. 3 pitch strikeout of Josh Bard by Masset. Big breaking ball for strike 3 after 2 inside fastballs. Cameron pops up an 0-1 pitch to Iguchi. 2 quick outs.

Erstad hits a high fly ball to right. 2 down. Iguchi takes a 2 out walk. Thome grounds out to Blum. Inning over.

Linebrink on to pitch. Geoff Blum comes in to play 1st for the Padres. Yay Blum! Uribe hits a long fly ball to left-center on an 0-2 pitch, caught by Cameron.

Contreras walks Jose Cruz Jr. to lead off the 5th then strikes out Russel Branyan. Termel Sledge singles to right, 1st and 3rd, 1 out. Brian Giles coming up. Giles Grounds to Iguchi. Could have been 2. Hard slide by Sledge prevents the turn. Cruz scores. 2-0 Padres. Ozzie comes out to get Contreras. Lefty Carlos Vasquez on to pitch. Adrian Gonzalez at the plate. Vasquez gets a ground ball right back to himself. Inning over. 2-0 Padres, going Bot5.

JD gets to 2nd base with 0 outs, Crede, Mack, and Hall up, and JD ends the inning sitting at 2nd base.