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  1. USAFChief
    No. No he hasn't. 43 is his high, and that's his only season over 40. Also color me skeptical on Garver ever having a 50 XBH season.
  2. USAFChief
    RBI are important. 2 out RBI always seem to determine ball games.
  3. USAFChief
    I’ll say this about Garver: IMO, Castro can’t get back fast enough.
  4. USAFChief
    An oldie but a fav, to get us off on the wrong foot: Took my granddaughter to the new zoo here in Tucson. We were pretty disappointed, they only had one animal. A dog. It was a shih tzu.
  5. USAFChief
    If this goes sideways, I blame Alwaysinmoderation.
  6. USAFChief
    I echo Pseudo...your views are welcome, always. Personally, I only respond when someone says something that I feel fairly strongly about, so my apologies if you felt attacked. I tend to say my piece with few filters. Back on topic. I strongly disagree that BBC, ABC, Public Television, or CNN lean much, if at all left. That’s part of the problem here, I think. The right has redefined where the center is. What is “factual.” They’ve managed to turn the NYT into “the liberal media” in the minds of millions of Americans. Not to be trusted, while Hannity speaks “the truth.” O’Reilly the “no spin zone.” That would be a trick worthy of incredible admiration, were it not so terribly damaging to the nation. And make no mistake...we are where we’re at...”fake news!”...because of the right, not the left. It’s a really bad thing for this nation, when large segments of the population can’t recognize fact from bluster. When a special counsel can be undermined by a president through baseless innuendo. We were as a nation able to rid ourselves of Nixon because of the “liberal media” and bipartisan recognition of the need to get to the truth. Can that happen today?
  7. USAFChief
    The "99 percent" is a number pulled out of my ***. Similar to "1 vs 8 at least"
  8. USAFChief
    It's odd you bring up "brainwashed." Fox News' website today doesn't even mention the McCain comment. Fox and Friends today ridiculed the "failing New York Times" for not reporting on the capture of 5 ISIS terrorists...which the New York Times reported two days ago. A full day prior to Fox News. And since 99 percent of Fox's audience has no other news source, or if they do POTUS is telling them it's all fake news, many of them won't even know what some WH staffer said about a former POW today. The echo chamber exists far more on the right than the left, IMO.
  9. USAFChief
    I can't get behind that, Hosken. At the least, it shouldn't have been. He was missing, over the plate. Curveball command was especially bad, but even too many FBs were right in the whomp 'em zone.
  10. USAFChief
    Even if we do go to robo umpires, there will be calls people dispute.
  11. USAFChief
    There were a couple missed calls in the first inning. He got plenty of calls on, or just off, the edge of the zone as the night went on. Don't blame the umpire for Berrios' struggles.
  12. USAFChief
    I grow less and less impressed with Garver every week. And I didn't start out with a very high opinion. Hurry back Castro.
  13. USAFChief
    I thought he was fine last night but the missed calls seemed to get in his head, and the mature Angels hitters just seemed to be waiting on a couple of those breaking pitches. I thought he was really bad last night, particularly on location. He left quite a few pitches right in the middle of the zone. The curve to Kinsler was particularly awful. A hanger of the first order.
  14. USAFChief
    Let him rehab with the Twins. He needs PAs, and he can get them with the Twins as easily as with Rochester. Besides, I don't want Grossman in the OF any more than absolutely necessary.
  15. USAFChief
    A day off...maybe. But no manager anywhere is sitting Dozier for Petit.
  16. USAFChief
    Berrios looks awful.
  17. USAFChief
    If I recall correctly, Stengel's actual quote is "Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice versa."
  18. USAFChief
    On his way to court? bah-dum-tschh
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  20. USAFChief
    That, and because I'm originally from Minnesota, I always expect the worst.
  21. USAFChief
    Because no series at the Big A will ever be the same for me: True story: I was at this game. I was in the upper portion of the uppermost deck, somewhere between home and first...and I could see the emory board float to the grass, without binoculars. http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/sporting_news/2b/53/joeniekro-nailfile-mlb-ftr-080317jpg_15ba7al1qkc4y11bt0n6hnobwb.jpg?t=-1473562299&w=960&quality=70 and Mr Umpire had no trouble seeing it, either
  22. USAFChief
    My prediction (because I'm from Minnesota originally): Cole Calhoun (sitting at .165/.193/.209 for the year) is due for a breakout.
  23. USAFChief
    I don't know, but this seems backwards to me. My guess is that 100 pitches over 8 innings results in less wear and tear than 100 pitches over 6 innings, although I'd guess the difference is small. I'd base my opinion on the simple correlation between the above, and my almost certain belief that 100 pitches over 8 innings is less stressful than 100 pitches over 1 inning. My belief is that more, over less time, is more stressful than the same amount, over more time.
  24. USAFChief
    (kangaroos) can become aggressive if they are fed something healthy like broccoli or carrots. Something I have in common with kangaroos.
  25. USAFChief
    How do you propose to know ahead of time which students will be the half that eventually drop out? Can they go back? Government paying will drive prices down?? Can you show me an instance in history where that has been the case? Where do you propose getting the money? Increase taxes? That should get the voters out. At the end of the day, it’s not a workable idea. It’s not even a good idea. Want to go to college? Pay for it. Take up engineering, nursing, computer science. You’ll make enough to pay your student loans, the same way you pay for your housing, car, food, and entertainment. Can’t/won’t do that? Don’t go to college. It’s not a right. Go to trade school, learn to be an electrician, carpenter, or auto mechanic. Start a business and work. Enlist in the military. Maybe I’m wrong about all this, but I’m not wrong about it being an issue that Republicans everywhere hope Democrats endorse. It will cost votes.
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