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  1. mothershipconnection
    It's too bad they took all the joy out of being an athlete who also engages in unhealthy behaviors. To me, it made it all the more impressive when professional athletes smoked in the dugout or in a football locker room and still kicked tail. As a chain smoker, perhaps I have an unusual fondness for this. http://bp0.blogger.com/_g5-bZ38yOUE/RmeUft7FeII/AAAAAAAAAPc/YPKYxm3jNQA/s320/parkersmoke.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/_E6YFFFuI5ro/SXOBGYdsjzI/AAAAAAAABi0/UygKYZC4FR8/s320/720612.jpg
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    Brooks > Branyan and his Oakleys. Don't resort to hyperbole. Though Kiesch is about the next best thing, he'd have needed to shotgun 32oz High Life cans while on deck to surpass Branyan.
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    Bonds OPS from 2001-2004, slg in parentheses: 1.379 (.863), 1.381 (.799), 1.278 (.749), and 1.422 (.812). Pujols two best seasons are 1.102 (.671), and 1.114 (.653). Consider that the career difference between Prince Fielder and Juan Pierre is .186 (.161).
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    It's quite likely if Tony was struggling with the alphabet with a BAL of .093 that he just doesn't drink to excess much. A light drinker can appear sloshed at the legal limit whereas a full blown drunk can down a 12 pack in an hour and appear fine. Tolerance is huge. My girlfriend literally has been unable to stand up after one beer. Meanwhile, I can be 6 beers in and have very little trouble playing darts and pinball (the only tests of coordination I have much experience with in both states). Tony obviously is either a lightweight infrequent drinker, or had an illness or something at the time to prevent him from reciting the alphabet. Back on topic, I get that St. Louis fans are reputed as very knowledgeable and dedicated, but that puts you in no position to be whiny etiquette police for the rest of the league. It's not like they haven't had their share of hot dog players.
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    Just take all the federal loans they offer you and if you have money left at the end of the semester, use it to pay it back with very modest interest accrued. I fortunately had no debt from undergrad, because EC cost $3000 a year when I entered a decade ago. I didn't realize how lucky I was to get through college debt free with such a small amount of parental help.
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    people are sticking up for the "decent job" Duffy is doing and thinking he's almost earned his spot for the year Duffy became the belle of the ball around here during spring training, and I still can't grasp it. I've been a guy who gets excited about mediocre players before, so I'm in no position to criticize, but I can't stand seeing the guy on our major league roster.
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    I just soaked the material for the humistat in water for an hour. Then again, I never left a cigar unsmoked for more than a week, which made it pretty pointless to have a humidor.
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    Of course. It makes complete sense that guys fighting for jobs and/or with millions of dollars on the line just "step it up" on nights when they have a bum on the hill but sit back, watch strikes go by, and take a breather when a good pitcher is out there. This just doesn't make sense to me. A hitter's status, roster spot, and pay all depend on his stats, and I can't see a guy letting chances to improve them get away because they have a good shot at winning even if he K's four times.
  9. mothershipconnection
    I don't get why eating cheese is funny. As Richard Dawkins said: What is it with cheese? American friends have suggested to me a connection with the notoriously liberal state of Wisconsin -- home of the FFRF (Freedom from Religion Foundation) and centre of the dairy industry -- but surely there must be more to it than that? And how about those French 'cheese-eating surrender-monkeys'? What is the semiotic iconography of cheese?
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    Man, do I hate that free credit report guy. I think I've already posted that here, but if you only have the downpayment cash to buy an '89 Metro, credit is not what prevented you from buying a new convertible or SUV. Also, if you live with your parents, it's not your wife's credit to blame, because any bum with security deposit money can find a slumlord to rent from.
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    With his recent success, I see no reason that they'd trade him before his walk year, unless someone was willing to pay an incredibly absurd price for him.
  12. mothershipconnection
    Nobody expected Cruz to be a future hall of famer. He was simply a good prospect that the Brewers could get for almost free - but only if they kept him on the roster all year. That was a pretty small price to pay because they sucked and that roster spot otherwise would've been spent on a league minimum scrub who doesn't help by more than a game or so. Like a lot of young prospects, he never came near his ceiling.
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    Michael Scott would strongly suggest Sandals.
  14. mothershipconnection
    I have no direct knowledge of Milwaukee, but rent.com has worked for me, while craigslist is the wild west of online classifieds. Don't trust anyone on craigslist and don't assume anything's a sure thing until you have it in writing. Still, there are great deals there, you just have to be a skeptic.
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    The report says that as a sophomore in high school, he went from barely being able to bench press 100 pounds to benching over 300 in just 6 months. I'm not that in the know when it comes to weightlifting, but it seems extremely unlikely that a 16-year old could improve that much in that timeframe -- he tripled his max. That's a big jump. I could bench 135 in 7th grade and it took until the end of my Junior year to bench 300. I may not be nearly as genetically lucky as ARod, but I worked out a lot and tend to put on muscle easier than most people. The closest you could come to a jump like that is if you have a ton of muscle but just aren't used to bench pressing, then you could make a big jump, but not when you're skinny.
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    Seven with no HR Nine with 1 hr. 5 with 2 hr. And that magical day of 8-4-2002 when he was 3 for 4 with 3 hr, 1 BB, and a K. .100% 3TO
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    Peavey is correct, Branyan never had more than 3 hits in a game, but had done that 22 times.
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    I've always heard from those that've owned multiple brands that Garmin is where it's at. I have a tomtom and really don't use it much, because it sucks. Really. I only use it when I deviate from google maps and get lost or am out somewhere without a computer and need to find something. Even then, it'll get me there, but in about 25% more time than the google maps route.
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    I'd have to guess you could find plenty of similar samples from the old park. It the average continues, then they can look into it further.
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    If some team overwhelms him with an offer, I'm sure that Melvin would listen, but I believe Fielder will be here through 2010. / I'm proposing we keep him through next season, and trade him with one season left under team control. That's the only way he gets traded, IMO. I just don't see the point in trading him until he's nearing FA and we get talent to restock. Why not just keep the talent and dump it at the last minute unless we're gonna get way more now?
  21. mothershipconnection
    Yes, we get it. You live in Texas and it's warmer there than the midwest. But it also means you have to live with Texans....I'll call it even. I'll trade you any day, as I'd trade all the mild winters in the world for beautiful lakes with great fishing for the summer. It's just too bad that the upper midwest is the armpit of my field and if I want work I'll be stuck here, CA (too expensive and crowded), NY (ditto), or NJ (lateral move) for life. I think Craig has said he's in San Antonio, though, which I've heard is a prettier landscape than here. Though it stays warm in the winter, I can't appreciate the weather because it's still all so ugly and featureless.
  22. mothershipconnection
    I could be wrong, but am fairly certain that the Maniac's name is Robert "The Maniac" Bedoin. Maniac Interview
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    I definitely recommend a buyer's agent. Mine did a ton of work for us, scheduled the inspections and everything, and as a buyer you don't pay for them, they get half of the 6% paid by the seller.
  24. mothershipconnection
    If your definition of bum includes Davis and Ohka, there's no point in us discussing this further. Obviously, both turned out well, but we acquired them for bum prices: free and Spivey. One team's trash became our treasure.
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    I'm not aware of any scrubs who should be counted on to have a 4.5 ERA, are you? Futhermore, I don't see why you are comparing this to a an ERA of 6. This seems to fit the definition of a strawman argument. Perhaps you misunderstand what "strawman" means. The point is simply that it doesn't matter if aggregate production comes from a single person or 8. All that matters is the product. A better aggregate product is a better aggregate product. "Counted on" doesn't matter, outcomes do, and the hypothetical example was of a small sample bum who did well. Bums get lucky, and yeah, 4.50 isn't a regular occurrence, but 5.00 is. Look at 2005 when we got a 3.84 ERA over 35 starts by Davis, 4.57 over 24 by Santos, 4.35 over 20 by Ohka, 5.57 over 11 by Glover, and a good and mediocre ERA out of Helling and Obermueller over mixed appearances. None of them were name pitchers counted on to do anything and came to us for very little. If you want to compare the Suppan to pitchers who do better in fewer IP, you also need to look at the other IP that had to be thrown because the better pitcher didn't pitch a full season worth of IP. See the final 2 sentences of my previous post.
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