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There was some explanation of the incident in one of Bruce's articles at the end of the week. Basically, Cedeno told Dusty he was late getting to the bag b/c they had changed the coverage on a steal. So his feet were tangled and that's why it looked like he was avoiding contact. Dusty asked him if he was afraid of contact and Cedeno said no, he's not afraid of anything. So Dusty's ok now b/c "he gave me the answer I wanted to hear" (or something similarly macho).

After watching him pitch this year, he ought to just keep quiet. There's no requirement that you be talented, or be playing at a particularly high level, in order to express an opinion.

Tired of Waiting For You Lola You Really Got Me All Day and All of the Night Picture Book Just to name a few of their bigger hits.

That's not a Bruce Sprinsteen and the E Street Band album. I think Bruce's ranking and voting has been heavily influenced by his solo work, when solo acts were supposed to be excluded.

I like AFD better than anything Bruce ever put out. Not a big fan of the Boss.

well played

I don't know, but I've been coming back to this link every hour or so for a little pick-me-up. If that would have been Pujols or Carpenter, I would marry that garbage can.

Ouch.

that 2nd one was a dumpster!!???? holy schnikes :shock: Can't be positive, but that's what it looks like to me. Also can't be sure it hits him, as it's just out of view, but man it looks like it.

I don't think he's looking to disprove the theory that he abused Prior and Wood. Instead, in Zambrano, he can show everyone how good his teams can be if Wood and Prior were on the mound every 5th day like Zambrano. It's like '"see, I told you so. Just give me my horses. If Wood and Prior were out there every day we'd be in the thick of it!"' I'd be more worried about what might happen if Zambrano has a non-arm related injury. Would the club let him pitch through it because he's "tough and a horse" or would they use preventative medicine and sit him out. I can see Z pitching through something like that and risking his arm because he overcompensated to battle through an injury. The most important thing for a pitcher, besides the arm, is his lower half. Well, I'm most worried that Z is going to keep throwing 120+ pitches in a lot of his starts and show up to ST with an arm injury next year (if he doesn't get one some time this year).

You couldn't do that with a garbage can if you tried. There's got to be something else at work here. And I don't think the garbage can would really hurt the person much. But it appears that the dumpster may have hit the guy as he was down. That might hurt a bit.

Didn't see this posted anywhere and not sure if this is the best place for it. But I've watched it about 15 times and I can't help laughing. link It's not as bad as routing for a team that's 20 games under in July, but it's still funny.

At this point in the season, I can't think of any reason to let Z throw 123 pitches in a game. That's just insane to me. We're so far out of the race and he's thrown so many pitches already. It's like Dusty thinks by throwing Z so much, he'll disprove any theory that he abused Prior & Wood. While I hope Z is as indestructible as Dusty thinks he is, I'm not holding my breath.

I fail to see how that is relevant. And that's just a load of crap. When you buy a CD, it's not the disc you hold that's being purchased for $12. It's the right to have a copy of that music for personal use. When you listen to music you didn't pay for, you're making use of something that you don't have any right to. So you're stealing. The owner of the music, and/or all those that have a right to share in profits lose money. The fact that you claim that you're stealing music you wouldn't otherwise buy is speculation and irrelevant.

I share your feelings, but would vote for the wildly low-ranked Doors anyway here.

Not sure what you saw on TV, but Maddux doesn't have a NTC, he just has a handshake agreement that Hendry will consult him and get approval on any trade. So did he said he'd be willing to accept a trade to a contender? If so, I guess I'm not really surprised. If he can pitch 2-3 months for a contender and get another shot at a WS ring rather than toil along with this bottom-feeding group, I don't blame him. That said, given his contract & his outings since April, I'm not sure who would want his services or how much help he would be.

Exactly my thought. Can you imagine having to put up with Dusty, Clines, and Sarge all day. Speier probably feels like he's been taking crazy pills for a few years now. That said - still doesn't excuse drunken driving.

Well, I suppose everything did work out for the best. I now use a bit torrent client, and instead of downloading individual MP3s, I get full albums. Hey, I'm a poor college kid, so I wouldn't be buying the albums anyway. Plus, I support the bands live. I just refuse to support the RIAA. most cliched "cause" in the past 5 years To be honest I've never really understood it. it's a trendy way of rationalizing music piracy. the RIAA never actually did anything to these people besides practice capitalism and attempt to turn a profit for their shareholders Right. It's easier to say "I'm sticking it to the man" than "I'm stealing."

As a general rule, yes OBP is greater than SLG, but that is not always the case. Here is how I view the greater need in a lineup. 1. OBP- is the obvious choice here 2. OBP- these two are the table setters and need to get on-base 3. You need a balance here, I would say they are equally important here. 4. SLG- is going to win out here, ideally you have both, but if I had to choose its SLG. 5. SLG- same as 4, these should be your big power guys (Carlos Lee and ARAM would be a good example at 4 or 5) 6. OBP- you still want a guy with pop here, but OBP is more important 7. OBP- 7-8 are probably not going to be great hitters, but I would rather have someone get on-base to extend the inning. 8. OBP- want this guy to get OB so the pitcher bats and extend the inning 9. pitcher- just hope they do something! I just don't agree. I want OBP at every position. I don't want a guy hitting 4th or 5th with a .600 SLG and a .300 OBP. He's still going to kill innings. As I've said many times in this thread, I'm not saying ignore SLG, I think it's a hugely important stat. But if I'm deciding between a .380/.550 guy and a .300/.620 guy for the 4/5 spots (or anywhere else), I'll take the former. Give me OBP at every position and then put the better SLG at 3, 4, 5. I can't imagine SLG being equally important to OBP at the 3 spot. If you have two great table setters and then your #3 guy gets out more than 70% of the time, you're killing a lot of chances to score runs. #3 should be your best hitter, which is a combination of both. But OBP is still more important. EDIT: It's interesting that you pick CLee and ARam as your 4/5 examples. CLee has a .350 OBP this year and ARam's last 2 seasons were about .370 and .360 (it's down this year b/c of his terrible start). But that's the same kind of guy I'd want - good OBP and good SLG. I'm saying I don't want a guy like Soriano (career, not this year, where his OBP is good): .325/.500.

I think it's more than a slight difference, but I agree that both are very, very important.

Actually, the fact that they helped shut down Napster is one check in their column for me. Takes a lot of guts to attack your consumers, even if your consumers are stealing your product.

obvious metal fan? How am I an obvious metal fan? Is it really that big a stretch to say that Metallica is one of the most influential bands of the past 25 years? I don't know if you're a metal fan or not, but Metallica in the top 8 is probably a bit high. So which #3 seed do you put above them? Nirvana, The Eagles, Queen, Radiohead? None of those bands can touch Metallica musically. I obviously voted Metallica. Frankly, you could make an argument for any of those, but I'd certainly put Radiohead above them and probably Nirvana. I'd also put the Doors ahead of Metallica. Probably others if I thought more about it.

obvious metal fan? How am I an obvious metal fan? Is it really that big a stretch to say that Metallica is one of the most influential bands of the past 25 years? I don't know if you're a metal fan or not, but Metallica in the top 8 is probably a bit high.

maybe, but imagine the outrage had I left him out Probably almost as bad as the outrage for Tom Petty has been.