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The only extensions I have are Adblock Plus, DownloadHelper, and Java Quick Starter. I just updated to Firefox 3.0.6 and it did not resolve the issue. This is the error message I keep getting: A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script now, or you can continue to see if the script will complete. Script: https://www.paypalobjects...t/pp_jscode_080706.js:193 Any ideas? I notice that I get that whistling noise from my computer when it is trying to load this page - could it be a hardware issue?

I don't think that either Gwynn or Hart has enough of a sample size in innings played in CF to make those numbers statistically significant. Having watched Gwynn in person play CF, I assure you he covers a lot of ground and gets a great jump on balls. I saw him a couple of years ago in San Diego get to a line drive in right center field up against the wall... don't remember if he made the catch or not, but Cameron was playing CF for the Padres then and the Padres fans said that Cameron would never have gotten anywhere near the ball. And Gwynn had the hardest hit ball of any Brewer that game, a line drive to the right-center wall, one of only three hits they got that day. Nixon, unlike Kapler, can't play CF at this stage of his career.

Anyone else not able to log on to Paypal with Firefox? I keep getting a script error and it locks up, can't even get to the login page. I can login with IE, but try to use IE as little as possible.

It seems to whistle the most when I'm surfing the web and going to a different page or scrolling down the page, thus why I thought it might be the processor or a working part. Don't know if that is coincidental or not. If the helps diagnose the problem let me know. I'll try cleaning out the fans and see if that helps.

Say what you want about his bat, but TGJ is the second best defensive OF they have behind Cameron, and he's not much behind Cameron. His ceiling may only be a 4th/5th OF/PR, but he is the ideal 4th/5th OF/PR. Every team needs role players, and if that is his role than so be it. As far as Nixon goes, at his age it won't take much for him to land on the DL, and Duffy's no superstar either, and wha-la, TGJ is the only OF left by default. I don't know if Duffy can play CF but Nixon certainly can't so TGJ is their backup CF. Cain isn't ready to make the jump, Nelson, Gillespie and Katin are the most ready of their OFs but none of them can play CF. No one is saying TGJ is a superstar. But if Cameron gets hurt who is going to play CF? If Hart moves to CF, then who is going to play RF?

Cold and rainy here in LA all weekend. "Cold" relatively speaking in LA - highs in the 50's but when your roommate who owns the house never turns on the heat it gets pretty darned cold in the house when it is only 50 degrees or less outside. So with the long weekend (we have Monday off) it's supposed to rain all weekend thus probably can't play golf, I just got passed over for a promotion again when I was told that I don't have enough experience when the person they hired has two years less industry experience than I do, my friend got hosed in the realignment and didn't get assigned the territory he lives in and thus will not be reporting to me, and I had a composite filling that broke off and can't get fixed until Monday so I have to drink warm beer all weekend because of the sensitivity of the tooth. This weekend sucks.

I can hear the processor (or some other working part) on my computer whistling now when it is working occasionally. This has been going on for a couple of months now, but it seems to be getting worse. Does this mean she's ready to blow? Or just replace the processor? (Or just clean the darned thing out - one of the empty drive bays broke so I'm sure there is plenty of dust piling up in it.) I bought a dual-core HP media center PC off of Woot for $300 before Christmas to do some specific media stuff my computer isn't fast enough to handle (conversion of video tape to DVD), and I have been debating whether to sell it. But if this processor is ready to go then I might keep it. It is about 3.5 years old and custom built. Pentium 4 3.2e GHz (the computer guys were really impressed with that 3.5 years ago), unsure of motherboard (cheap probably), dual internal hard drives (main and backup - learned that lesson years ago).

If you happen to have a house that has an outside gas valve, make sure to buy a grill that has the converter already built-in. It will cost a bit more, but having to put on a converter after-market (you basically have to take the grill apart) sucks. Plus with direct connection to the gas line you never have to worry about refilling the tank or running empty - nothing sucks more than running out of gas halfway through grilling. Especially if you're grilling beer-butt chicken - that takes over an hour so you better have plenty of gas. Oh, and it's well worth the money to buy it pre-assembled. That's a royal pain too because you can never figure out the hieroglyphics they use for instructions. Weber. Charcoal. End of discussion. If you've got the time, but during the week after a long day at work the difference in time has a lot of value. But for weekends, yes - charcoal.

No, I'm in the boat that thinks that Suppan was more hurt in September than he let on to. In August he was 5-0 with an ERA around 3.00. He kept them in contention in August as much as he hurt them in September. The question this year is how many innings are they going to get out of Gallardo and Parra. Bush, Looper, and Suppan barring injuries should give you 200 each.

This is an absolute steal for the Angels. Some of you guys that talk like he's decrepit at 35 are the same ones that think Cameron at 36 is still worth $10 million. Abreu still stole 22 bases last year and played in 156 games. Yep. Angels got a steal. And they play in the AL so they can hide his defensive shortcomings as a DH. If the Brewers could have gotten a stud pitcher in return for Hart I would have loved for the Brewers to make that deal.

Just about everything TheCrew07 said. Steroids were in an issue in football long before baseball, the difference was that a high profile death and other happenings forced football to address the issue decades before baseball did. I don't have exact timelines, but I would say that the death of Ken Caminiti was a strong parallel to the death of Lyle Alzado, and like Alzado's death made steriod testing more acceptable to the players and their union.

Vern? "Know what I mean?"

Hate to see Fryer go - odds are he won't be much, but it was great seeing him turn it around this year. I know, this is a sell-high and Fryer's a little older and blocked by others, but he was a guy you couldn't help but root for. If Wright ends up being more Doug Davis than Dana Eveland it will be a great trade. So will the entire AAA rotation be lefties? Wright, Wright, Welch, Narron, Miller? (I'm being lazy and not looking up whether Narron and Miller are still with the team.)

But if you were naming your kid after a British glam rock band, Slade would be ok. I see the negotiations going like this: I like Brian Shouse Dreaming of Brian Shouse You like Brian Shouse Arby or stay See the Devil Rays Sign Brian Shouse away All thanks to Devil Rays For the sandwich pick - Hey!

How do you prop up that big ol' bird without it falling over?

He scares me to death to trade. He could just take off, so we're going to exhaust all our efforts with Rickie." That statement has some interesting connotations to it. My interpretation of it is that Melvin is frustrated with Rickie's performance to the point where he has seriously considered trading him, but is torn between performance and potential. I think it was Casey Stengel who once said, "'Potential' is a French word - it means you're not worth a damn yet." At some point you have to draw the line between performance and potential when they aren't congruent, and I think Melvin has been straddling that line with Weeks.

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Not to turn it to a political discussion, but there's an old saying - anything the government gives out is something taken from someone else. If government revenues are down because taxes collected are down, then spending needs to be cut everywhere. If it's not in your department, then it has to be cut even more for other services. Or sell a lot of bonds and drive up debt. If people have not gone to school for 4-5 years for a specialized degree and are considering going back to school, and you like working with people, I highly recommend going to nursing school. Despite the economy, there is still a great shortage of nurses nationwide. With a nursing degree you can go anywhere and work anywhere, and chances are wherever you live there are plenty of job openings. And nursing pays fairly well too. For those of you males reading this, a friend of mine is a "male nurse"; he has a highly specialized degree and training (nurse anesthetist) and makes six figures doing that. Being a nurse at a private doctor's office doesn't pay very well, but some nursing positions at a hospital come with hourly wages that can make an autoworker blush.

Nelson has signed a contract, but it's still no guarantee that he'll make the team. He would be a nice LH bat to have off the bench, even though defensively he is limited to 1B, LF, and in an emergency possibly 3B.

Great job, Jack Z! Yep, keep ridding the Cubs and the NL of their talent and bring it to the AL!!

I was the #2 salesperson in the state for 2008 and I got the axe. Provided there are more than two people for the state for sales you should have no problem finding a new job. If you are in the top 1/3rd of sales and can document it, any smart employer will recognize that and see that you can bring in revenue and hire you. This may be a blessing in disguise, because if the former company doesn't recognize the value of top salespeople then they might not be that great to work for long term.

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Can you point out the 6+ great seasons that Rice had, using your cut off of 150 games? I would argue that Rice had a 3 season peak and had other valueable seasons that range from goodish to very good. [/] I never said that Rice was HOF worthy. Raines career OPS+ is actually higher than Dawson, who only has a 119+. I would be curious which 6+ years you consider to be Dawson's great seasons in which he played 150 games or more. Well, let's start with the MVP season and the two years he finished #2 (Raines never finished higher than 5th). Then add in the five other years he was an All-Star, then add in the year he finished 7th in the MVP voting. So how about nine great seasons. Second, Raines career OPS is inflated by his walks, which is inflated by his lack of height and crouched batting stance. It was Dawson's job to drive in runs, not walk, thus he didn't get on base as much, but still scored or drove in 400 more runs than Raines in his career. No one has ever walked their way into the HOF, and no one ever will. Dawson had 1000 more total bases than Raines in his career. Eight times Dawson finished in the top 10 in power/speed ratio, and is #8 all-time in that department; Raines did it only four times. Dawson was also a better defender - he won eight Gold Gloves; Raines won none. This is getting old. Over 75% of the writers do not think Raines is HOF worthy, and they are not an uninformed group. You are in the minority on this one. Like I said, had Raines extended his greatness into his 30's he would be in, but he flamed out after the age of 27, and that is what is keeping him out.

Are you assuming that Raines was a leadoff hitter in 89? In 89 Raines started more games hitting cleanup than he did leadoff. That obviously is going to have an impact on runs scored. Well, then .286/.395/.418 with 9 HRs and 60 RBI for a cleanup hitter is poor. For a leadoff hitter (76 runs scored) or a cleanup hitter, that was not a HOF-worthy season. So shall we classify it as a mediocre season for a leadoff hitter, or a poor season for a cleanup hitter? It looks to me like you are acknowledging that Raines Runs scored are dependent on the players behind him, but are still punishing him for not succeeding. What it does is add more proof that power hitters like Dawson are more valuable to a team then guys like Raines. Bottom line is that Raines was nothing special after the age of 27. Other than finishing 17th in MVP voting in 1989, he has no accolades after the age of 27 - no All-Star, no significant finish in MVP voting. That is not HOF-worthy to me. If you want to draw a comparison, the guy I think he compares closest to if you put their careers next to each other is Kenny Lofton. In fact, I thought that before looking at Baseball-Reference's list at the bottom of the page that said that Lofton was #2 in terms of a career comparison. Raines got an earlier start because Lofton chose to pursue basketball at Arizona, but Lofton was a better player into his 30's. But something tells me that not a lot of people around here would vote for Lofton because they remember him a lot better than Raines. Don't get me wrong, he was a great player up until the age of 27. Had he been able to extend even some of that greatness into his 30's then I would say that he is HOF-worthy. If there was Hall of the Very, Very Good then I would vote yes for that. But five great seasons to me does not put a guy in the HOF.

After further review, I probably undervalued Raines as a player. And I'll take back the steriods accusation. But I still don't think he's HOF worthy, and I'd take Dawson over him. Here's why. Raines had some great seasons from 1983-1987 (and even for 1987 it was a great year). However only once after the age of 26 did he play in as many as 150 games in a season. Only three times after the age of 26 did he play in as many as 140 games in a season. The one season he played in at least 150 games after the age of 26 he had the worst OBP and SLG of any season with more than 150 plate appearances. I need more than five great seasons from a guy for him to be HOF worthy, or five great seasons plus another 10 good/decent seasons. Other than his first year in Chicago, after the age of 26 he wasn't durable. Injuries have kept many people out of the HOF; had Raines been durable enough to play at least 145 games for most seasons until at least the age of 35 I would think he would have a much better case. But he didn't. Dawson on the other hand had at least 10 years that I would describe as great or very good, plus another five good/decent seasons. Dawson only had one season with less than 130 games played prior to the age of 37, and taking out the strike shortened year of 1981 only had four seasons prior to age 37 where he played than less than 140 games. After Dawson left Montreal, Raines' production went down; taking out the abberation of 1987, in 1988-1990 post-Dawson years Raines scored 66, 76, and 65 runs. Getting on base is great, but it doesn't matter if you don't cross the plate. You need to have guys hitting behind them with power to drive them in, and after Dawson left Raines didn't have that and thus his runs scored went way down. People see the OBP for Raines and get excited, but they often don't look over to the games played and runs scored and realize that it wasn't that great of a season. I know this is a rudimentary measure and the statisticians here will poke holes big enough to drive Mack trucks through it, but the bottom line in baseball is scoring runs. You either score them or you drive them in. And for his career Dawson scored or drove in more than 400 more runs than Raines. Now if we want to isolate a five year period, prior to the age of 26 I would say that Raines was the better player (the year they were 26 was a wash - both had fantastic seasons at that age). But after the age of 26 Dawson was far more productive and durable. And I think that is why he is getting 60% of the vote and Raines is less than 25%.