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  1. whizkid
    He didn't get caught smoking, he tested positive for it after the fact. Few people are ever tested like ballplayers and any that are don't get arrested from a test, they just get denied a job or whatever.
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    I was older than a teenager during the Charlie's Angels period so didn't have a poster. I'm sad too but was always a Jaclyn Smith guy. Lot's of people not much older or younger than me die these days. Wonder why that is?
  3. whizkid
    Here's a link to the Sentinel article and picture about the Aug 6, 1986 flooding. You can zoom in/out and slide the bluish slider rectangle on the right to move around the page.
  4. whizkid
    Votto's dad died last August. According to the story Votto requested that it be kept secret then.
  5. whizkid
    Used it for the 6/11 Thursday afternoon game. $54 for 3 in section 222 was great. Only $1 handling too. Probably wouldn't have gone otherwise. Weekday evening games in Apr/May were half price I believe. For June and presumably July and August they're $4 off. That's great if you're already planning on going but not enough to encourage me to go otherwise. In any case it was easy to do and it's a nice to great option.
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    The main problem may be when the main shadow line is between the pitcher and hitter but looking a Ajay's pictures, I would think the ball alternating dark and light when passing through the window pane shadows would also be distracting. This picture looks like it could be a 6pm start with the window sun lighting up the batter's eye. http://www.thedailyparker.com/content/binary/MillerPark_0963.jpg The roof sun never lights up the batter's eye. The window sun is just wierd with the checkerboard pattern. I'll have to look next time I'm there but isn't their ductwork on the inside of the windows that would interfere with a curtain? I think the original specs were that MP could be heated 25 degrees over the outside temp, but it's proven to be only 20 degrees. I believe it was also designed so it could be air conditioned at some point. I think the existing heating ductwork could be used as cold air sinks. But this isn't Houston or Miami where it's really needed imo though a few hot, rainy days where the roof is closed can be miserable.
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    There's two effects of the 1B side windows. One is the bright sunlight/shade contrast on the field which moves in an arc bent toward the field from the RF corner to home plate. The other is the windows being a bright background for the LFer on fly balls, the ball getting lost in that background just like it can get lost in the lights. Today's game will be perfect for watching the 1st progress. The two sunlight areas when the roof is open, one from the roof and one from the windows, is what's not normal versus other parks. I was at Thursday's game in section 222 and from around 4pm on it became very difficult to see balls off the bat hit to center or left. I never saw Ryan's HR in flight. The outfielders running to the wall and cheers from other areas of the park are the only reason I knew it was gone. Didn't pick it up to see it land either. I'd like to see the windows tinted like car windows to reduce the contrast on the field. Don't know how difficult/expensive that would be. perhaps this is why the did start at 12:05 in April and May??? Pretty sure they do that to get school groups out of the park at a reasonable time.
  8. whizkid
    It was very simliar to the one Chipper hit off Manny in Atlanta. Good hitters hit good pitches sometimes and sometimes a long way.
  9. whizkid
    Wow... never knew there was a standard baseball field orientation... do you know the reason? just out of curiousity. There's variation but the batter is never looking into the sun. Wouldn't be a good thing with a 90 mph ball coming at you. Better the outfielders have to deal with it.
  10. whizkid
    I wouldn't consider Manny a steal being a draft and follow and getting 1st round money. I don't know how many of those steals listed were simliar. Corey Hart was more of a steal in the 11th round I believe. It's easier to have good drafts when you're consistently drafting at the top but then look at the Pirates.
  11. whizkid
    He asked 3 questions.
  12. whizkid
    Frank Robinson, Reds and Orioles, but I didn't know the number without looking it up.
  13. whizkid
    Cubfan, I don't see that the sentences you highlighted have anything to do with mooting anything. The first sentence just restates that a ball, including a grounder, that bounces fair and then goes foul before the bases and before being touched is a foul ball. The runners go back to their base and the batter hits again. The 2nd sentence implies that the ump should have yelled 'infield fly, if fair' and even if it hits foul and then bounces fair, it's still an infield fly and the batter is out.
  14. whizkid
    Do you have another pc you can put the drive in? You may be able to get the data off it if you don't have to boot from it.
  15. whizkid
    Actually that was the worst inning since the last time Julio pitched. Julio hadn't given up a run in his previous 4 outings, 5 2/3 innings total.
  16. whizkid
    There are a number of seats further up than the posts but between them that aren't obstructed view and aren't Uecker seats. Being behind the plate, those are better than most TR seats. It would be more than just the Uecker seats. Plus you wouldn't want heads blocking the view of the screen. Plus I don't think I'd want to sit a few rows in front of it with lights constantly flashing behind me. It could be 500 seats affected though with the flashing lights they could be the new Uecker seats.
  17. whizkid
    It's exciting to watch Yo hit and while he's a good hitter for a pitcher, he's not really a good hitter in general. Career .214/.225 ave/obp. Also a big DP threat. With no outs it's a good choice with a pitcher up.
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    3) Fred Haney
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    40s Musial? 80s Schmidt?
  20. whizkid
    Not saying he's not legit over the long term. I'm saying that he puts it together as a rookie in mlb to the degree people seem to think is very uncertain.
  21. whizkid
    I don't think anyone would disagree with my assertation that Gamel is as good, if not better, than Weeks as a hitter. I think we already know what we have with Gamel -- the 3d best hitter on this team. I'll disagree with both these statements. Gamel's a good prospect no doubt, though not as good as Braun was. He's hit a HR and a double which is great but there's no guarantee or even reasonable expectation imo that he's going to hit well enough as a rookie to be the 3rd best hitter on the team. Even among good prospects, rookies that do have an immediate impact like that are the exception. I think people are getting carried away.
  22. whizkid
    1) Your laptop has vents on the bottom for air circulation. I'm guessing that, when you actually use the laptop on your lap, you're blocking the fan from doing its job. Yeah, I have a 1/8" board I use under it when working with my laptop on my lap. My desktop is 2 1/2 years old and the boot has slowed down like you're saying. As soon as school is over for the kids I'll be clean reinstalling xp. Can you hear the fan running? If it's heating up the fan should be running fast and loud.
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    5) The Milwaukee/St. Louis Browns/Orioles franchise?
  24. whizkid
    Whatever Bill's shortcomings, he's not a jerk.
  25. whizkid
    Batter is out but the runner can steal 2nd or take 2nd on a PB/WP.
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