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QUOTE (Pants Rowland @ Nov 23, 2008 -> 04:24 PM) Jerry Owens? No, he actually had a cannon for an arm, just couldn't throw accurately for s*** until the season was half over.

QUOTE (whitesoxbrian @ Nov 23, 2008 -> 04:00 PM) Forte is God. fixed.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Nov 23, 2008 -> 10:52 AM) the fact is that dating services that cater to certain ethnic groups is not anything hateful, illegal, or out of the ordinary. jewish americans, hispanics, and african-americans have similar services. True, good point.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 23, 2008 -> 03:26 AM) Lightweight. I got labeled a lightweight a couple weeks back when I went out with this group of girls and I was the only one with a hangover. But I mean I had to appeal that since I had like 9 shots of rum, 2 long islands, 3 jello shots (whatever the hell those girls were drinking, I have no idea) and a couple of beers... what do you expect? I was blasted.

I'm kind of an anomaly, I played Little League as a kid, but I moved to the city and a lot of the guys that came to play liked baseball but had never played. There were about 4-5 of us that did and the coach could tell immediately just watching simple stuff like how we stand in front of the ball, throwing motion (and throwing with three fingers), etc. Some of these guys were raw, natural athletes that just needed seasoning like the guy that played CF for us who had fantastic range but didn't know how to throw yet, or our behemoth 1B that had tons of power but didn't know how to swing.

QUOTE (caulfield12 @ Nov 22, 2008 -> 11:42 PM) The other reason is because more young Americans are playing basketball (especially African-American), but also individual sports like golf (Tiger Woods phenomenon kicking in) and tennis. I really doubt we're losing too many future All-Stars to NASCAR and Ultimate Fighting though. And the reason for that is actually pretty simple, in the inner cities it's easy to play basketball, all you need is a ball and one other guy to play a pickup game whereas with baseball, you need a ball, a bat, a bunch of guys, and gloves for at least half of those guys, which is expensive and hard to organize. With football you have more or less the same problem since need all the equipment and whatnot but at least it's sponsored in high school. And it doesn't take as long to develop skill as baseball does for most people.

QUOTE (Milkman delivers @ Nov 22, 2008 -> 04:41 PM) I still believe that people who spell that terribly while drunk are doing so on purpose to show people how "drunk" they are. Not really, I type so fast it's an automatic movement when my keys touch the keyboard and when I'm drunk, naturally, my fingers start hitting the wrong keys. I could hit backspace to correct it but then I end up taking extra letters out and/or missing the backspace key entirely and just f***ing it up worse and making it harder to correct. So it's a vicious cycle, my terrible typing is for real.

Economic liberalization ftw.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Nov 22, 2008 -> 08:17 AM) Chicago’s willingness to put Viciedo in an open competition pushed them past three other teams, Torres said, one of which was offering more than $11 million. Viciedo’s familiarity with Ramirez, as well as the presence of Cuban Jose Contreras, helped sway him toward the White Sox. Of course he doesn't say how much more, so it could be $1, it could be even more significant. Oh, I remember reading that now. He just underlined the wrong paragraph.

I read this article yesterday, it doesn't say anywhere that there was a better offer somewhere else.

QUOTE (Athomeboy_2000 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 04:32 PM) it's good to have connections. He's leaving there and he wants to give me a new gov't position where he's going a few months from now since he'll have hiring authority. I don't want to leave where I'm at because I love my current job but if they offer me the right pay grade and more money without a bad commute I might have to take him up on that.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 03:39 PM) Markets up following reports that NY Fed Bank president Timothy Geithner will become Treasury Secretary. My friend who works at Treasury suggested this a couple weeks back when I floated the Jamie Dimon thing past him. Score one for him.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 03:56 PM) On 4, I was just pointing out that the purely financial incentive for certain hybrid and alternate drivetrain cars continues to get better, although we've obviously seen a few steps back in recent months. Oh, then yes, agreed.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 03:47 PM) Four things. One, its not just about cars. You consume energy in many other ways. Two, I think you shouldn't lump all gas-powered cars into one pile. There is a big difference between an F350 that gets 10 mpg and a Prius that gets 50. Three, the opportunities for cars that use far less gas continue to increase dramatically. For example, 2 years ago, if you wanted a hybrid SUV, you had 2 or 3 choices. Now, you have about 20. Tesla is now available as an all electric car, and 2 or 3 plug-in hybrids will (probably) hit the market next year. Fourth and finally, as I demonstrated in here a while back, the payback period on hybrids decreased dramatically for the last few years (until the past three months), between gas price increases, fed/state tax incentive increases, and decreases in differential technology costs. Something to keep an eye on when gas is back over $3 and then $4 again, which will happen sooner rather than later. 1. Agreed, but I was talking specifically about cars since that's what Cknolls brought up. 2. I know, that's what I was trying to allude to. 3. Agreed, and while this is progress, we're still using gas, albeit less. 4. Not sure what exactly you're getting at here, I think I agree...?

Hillary to accept SecState. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081121/pl_nm/...a_obama_clinton edit: StrangeSox beat me to it

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 03:01 PM) Well, in a way, we do. As SS has pointed out, our behavior is what is most responsible for the energy mess we are in (which will only get worse over time). If more of us did more to change our behavior and our energy choices, it could make the transition to alternatives smoother and cheaper. I can't buy a car powered by alternative energy right now because they don't exist. The only options we have are: A. Own a gas-powered car B. Use public transportation C. Walk/ride bike I live too far for option C, and the direction of my job from where I live eliminates option B, so I have no choice but to have a gas-powered car. With that option, I have the choice of buying a gas-guzzler, reasonable-mileage car, or high-mileage car - the 3rd option is the best obviously, but I'm not about to dump my Impala yet. So all I can really do is grin and bear it when gas prices go up. That being said, anyone who's bought a gas guzzler within the past few years and complains about the price of gas is a tool, and I've said as much to many a face.

QUOTE (Cknolls @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 02:44 PM) Never used one. Until something comes along as efficient and cost effective as gasoline, I'm doing fine with what I have. QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 02:48 PM) This mode of thinking would, if taken forward, end up destroying the US economy in the long run. If we don't incubate and encourage innovation and technology for energy, by the time we start changing, we'll be over the barrell to a point that our economy is no longer in our hands. No thanks. You guys are talking as if we had a say in the matter.

QUOTE (NorthSideSox72 @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 01:38 PM) Agreed, but most Presidents sort of spazz out in their last couple months trying to make a good mark on the world through various executive orders. ***paves ground for obligatory rant from bmags***

QUOTE (Steff @ Nov 20, 2008 -> 10:08 AM) So I'm on Facebook for months now - so my sister and family in Florida can see updated pictures of Bri mainly - and all of a sudden it seems my entire senior class from HS has now joined. I've stayed friends with (and by friends I mean emailed but saw in person maybe twice over the past 10 years) a couple, and in the past 3 months reconnected with several others who I now see weekly.... anyhoo.... there are some folks that I had no interest in dealing with back then and definitely want no part of now, but yet they are "friending" me...? Isn't that weird? I definitely wouldn't "friend" someone I didn't talk to back then. It's been over 15 years!!! And it's not like they have to friend me to see picture of Bri since my profile is public. Very odd. Just depends on how you do things personally really. I get all kinds of friend requests from people in my h.s. whether I talked to them back then or not, generally I'm pretty liberal about it and I approve all their requests if all they want is just to have a list of people they remember from h.s. It's pretty normal. I've gotten friend requests from people who started going after I graduated, I don't know why. Some people just ignore it or whatever. No big deal.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 12:01 PM) Well, it will be one of Josh Fields or Viciedo. Maybe. Ideally. Hopefully. It's never guaranteed.

QUOTE (DukeNukeEm @ Nov 21, 2008 -> 10:31 AM) I think Kenny has a much easier time dealing with Torres than he does Boras. Beat me to it, it's no accident that Danks was signed after he dumped Boras.

You guys are talking about the time when he came in with bases loaded and nobody out in Fenway and somehow ended the inning with no runs scored?

This signing is HUGE. He is a big-time insurance policy against a potential Josh Fields failure. In the event Fields doesn't fail (and assuming Viciedo pans out), there is still space for him on this team in the very near future. This team is loaded with young talent now, so if we can shore up the pitching and GET A REAL LEADOFF HITTER we're looking at pennant contention.

Tex's thread options at the bottom are hilarious.

I'm loving this.