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  1. mothershipconnection
    It was lovely day, one day, when Geoff Jenkins was on the bench (you know, one of Neds rest days) about three years ago; Geoff was on a white hot streak (and Ned was resting him); we were behind one run in a game in the 8th inning; a Mouton was up; it was the switch hitting Mouton who batted about .100 v righties; a rightie was pitching; we had guys on 2nd and 3rd; Ned did not pinch hit Jenks; Mouton popped up, the next guy also got out; I was very critical of Ned, in the game thread; Brian told me to not be critical of Ned; I told Brian if he defended that move he must be a member of Ned's family; Brian told me to not point out flaws in Ned's managing; I told Brian I would post what I liked re his managing; Brian banned me Now he's crazy, an idiot, and a liar. Mouton, huh? Yeah, that was 2001 Hoffy. I came here in early 2003 and he was here well after I began posting. Now, maybe that was the first time he was banned, but I know for certain he was a member of the board way after the Mouton era. The internet scares the crap out of me and wishes there was a way we could implement selective breeding without a bigot or racist using it for awful purposes. We have to prevent crazy savages from multiplying.
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    I was born on July 31, which was always the last day to be considered of a certain age for baseball. As a result, I was always the youngest player in the league and could have played with kids a year younger if I had been born 3 hours later.
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    I got a $10 off coupon for Blockbuster, so I think I'm gonna pick it up tonight or tomorrow.
  4. mothershipconnection
    Seriously? That's pretty dumb. Don't quote me on that as fact, but I went from a standard 27 to a 42" plasma and it seems to move more now. My friend said the same thing happened to him, though it could be some extraneous factor. For the two of us, though, it wasn't that bad and we got used to it quickly, because most games don't require you to point really accurately, though I haven't played Rayman or any game with more pointing than Zelda or Paper Mario.
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    Valpo, make sure your settings reflect the sensor bar position (top or bottom of screen). But yeah, the bigger the TV, the harder it seems to be really accurate. In a related Wii discussion, the Metroid Prime 3 preview can now be downloaded from the shop channel. The video is grainy, which disappointed me, but I'm still really excited for this game to launch in 2 weeks.
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    I'd start with a minimum of a pre-arby star or star player with several years remaining and a prospect akin to what Braun was a year ago. Unless we knew for certain that Mark A decided he's willing and able to spend a ton of money, I don't know that I'd trade Braun straight-up for anyone. There are few guys this young, cheap, and good - maybe Hanley Ramirez This would all change if we were the Yankees, though, as you take Peavey or Webb and immediately sign them to an extension.
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    Is that supposed to be bad? It's not bad at all, it's just that you need to be careful and not view Holliday as equal to the typical .921 OPS player when his career splits are 1.074 at home and .767 on the road. For example, if you look at his B-R most similar batter, David Wright, he has a .907 OPS at home and .905 on the road. For Holliday, this season's difference of about .300 between home and road are right on pace with career norms.
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    Sounds like an admission that I'm still coming out ahead. Huzzah! Any situation where I end up living in your area is NOT a situation where you come out ahead.
  9. mothershipconnection
    I'm actually not a student anymore either - I finally finished grad school in March and now live in your neck of the woods (I'm in the hood by Knollwood Mall). On a related note, by moving to the twin cities I actually feel less wealthy than I did as a student, when I owned a 3 bedroom house that would only be accessible here with a $90K salary.
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    I'm not questioning extant data, but I think the spray chart data may easily lose validity when they represent total balls in play but typically not balls in play with a massive shift. For them to have predictive utility, you'd need to know that the hitter still hits like that with a giant shift in play. Perhaps he tries to sit back more or puts a slight uppercut into his swing. You can't just look at where he hits balls, you have to actually analyze whether he is more successful with a shift than not.
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    Powell is awesome. I love how he doesn't try to titrate the level of conversation to tailor to the occasional idiot who writes in. Most writers/announcers will be like "yeah, I'm with you idiot boy, the off-base, inaccurate comments you made have validity". Then he'll contradict himself two questions later when answering an intelligent question. JP, on the other hand, is more like: Superawesomedude111: How come the Brewers is suck and Ned Yost is susposed to be fired? Jim: Because you're a moron.
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    I've always found that it's easier to find weird ways to save money than make money. Scour for coupons, shop at discount stores, and comparison shop for everything on the net. That, and analyze your budget. Some people waste a ton of money on $4 coffee and going out for drinks. I make my own 25 cent morning coffee and go wherever they have dollar drinks. That nets me several hundred a year compared to some of my friends.
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    I believe in Criss Angel. His magic is real and it has touched my soul.
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    I've only had one other person make an attempt or offer to meet us in-person in order to make a point about how we're not good people. Next on NBC, Brian Williams hosts"To Catch a Troll". I'd watch that show. You'd have little scrawny nerds who claimed online to be 33rd degree blackbelt ninja Navy Seals.
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    i would love it if they only did one bobblehead, a lot of teams do that, but then they only hand it out to the first 20-25,000 fans That wouldn't be a great idea either, since you'd then have all of the savages camped out with 40 tickets the minute the gates open. I say offer a single design and still give it to everyone. You still draw the massive crowd, everyone leaves happy, and you get rid of greedy nonsense like this dork who stole bobbleheads to make a profit. If everyone has one and they're only worth a modest $10-15, nobody goes through as much as they do now. That, or they could sell the bobbles for a moderate price to keep it's "street value" lower. If they really want 2 designs, mix 'em 50-50.
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    Toldya that guy was a shoo-in for a quick ban. I'm a behavior analyst - that's what I do. I hereby volunteer my sweet skills to screen new posters. Dude was a breathtaking example of The North American Martyr Troll, Trollis Martyris Americanus. Any time someone comes out with the histrionics like that - just ban them, because they aren't ever going to be productive posters - they'll just continue to attempt to incite unrest and claim unfair persecution. For the maybe 1 person who recovered to be a decent poster, we've had what? 100 who were given another chance only to pull the same crap within a week or two. Behavior doesn't change unless the contingencies change, and they don't so it won't. When internet attention is conditioned as a powerful reinforcer, you will not engender an abative effect or competing response by dishing out a warning - you're simply delivering a mild aversive and you'll just get behavior which ramps up to it's previous levels. As for him "going public", big friggin' deal. The forum is completely open to public viewing and anyone who wanted to see the site could do so from day one. It's not like he infiltrated our secret mountain base and uncovered something interesting. The whole thing is all right there for the entire world to see.
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    If I can get a $135 fine for nothing but failing to wear a seatbelt (ie that's what I was pulled over for - nothing else), it's absolutely absurd and stupid that you don't need to wear a helmet on a motorcycle.
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    It's not cheating to wear armor - but I think it sucks and should be against the rules for too much of a body to be covered or for it to be too hard except for a league-approved period following an injury.
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    It is rather presumtious to assume anyone who likes popular beers does not have a 'sophisticated' pallet. That's true, unless you think some crap slop like Bud Light, Coors, or High Life is the best beer available (not that you like it because it's cheap - that's fine). If it comes in a 30 pack with a name like "The Cubinator", it's not a great beer.
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    I tried it, meh. It was decent, but not very good at micro brew prices.
  21. mothershipconnection
    My suggestions is just to do away with all "special" bobblheads and just produce one. That seems to be the thing that Comic Book Guy gets all bent out of shape over and causes people to walk around with garbage bags and a fistfull of tickets.
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    Cordero should be ranked pretty highly, correct? Thus, there's probably a good chance that he's the best player a team signs and we get a higher pick - unless it's a true "spending spree" winter for someone. Linebrink, OTOH, is probably less likely to get us a 1st rounder since he may go to the Yankees or other huge spender who will sign two better players. Just my gut feeling.
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    Jeesh, I sense another banned user around the bend. This is how it always starts.
  24. mothershipconnection
    Your post made me wonder... are those numbers out of line? You'd think you should, on average, have an equal number of wins and losses in games where a team with a less than 10% chance of victory pulled it off. For every comeback loss, there has to also be a comeback win. Like you said, though, a potent offense and solid pen, you would think, would have more comeback wins, but then again, it means that you got yourself into a crap situation to begin with. Inversely, it may very well be that the Brewers have been so good that they have put themselves in position to blow big leads. The 2002 Brewers didn't have as many 90% chances of victory to squander. Perhaps it also has to do with team make-up. If you have a weak offense, and great starters and relievers, you wouldn't be in as many of these situations as an offensive juggernaut with horrible pitching.
  25. mothershipconnection
    Yeah, I went a few months and it sucked. The cable you can go without (I wasn't in the Brewers market, so that softened the loss), but internet is pretty much necessary for most people. You should be able to get out of Charter's clutches with DSL, and could get satellite unless you live somewhere that won't allow it. Buy a decent UHF antenna and you'll get several free channels in most places. I get like 15 channels in MSP with an antenna I scored online for $27.
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