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That makes no sense. On base percentage has a higher correlation to runs scored the choice is clearly the player with the higher OBP. I think he is saying that since a high slg correlates to a high obp and not the other way around that he like slg. So then he is saying he would take the player who has both a high slugging and a high obp, which of course would be the choice. But if made to choose between player A with most of his ops made up of slugging percentage, or player B whose ops is on-base oriented the choice is clearly player B.

That makes no sense. On base percentage has a higher correlation to runs scored the choice is clearly the player with the higher OBP.

The Cards and the D-Backs are the two luckiest teams in baseball this year. There's no doubt in my mind we'll catch and pass the Brewers but in case we don't I think the Wild Card is solidly ours.

go here http://www.bearstrainingcamp.com it gives a bunch of details about the whole thing Thanks for pointing me in the right direction although i found the actual site is http://www.bearstrainingcamp.info

Does anybody have a schedule of practice times? I've never been and plan on heading up this coming Friday for the day and was just wondering what i can expect to see.

No, you've got the right guy. http://retrosheet.org/boxesetc/S/Pshacb001.htm http://www.baseball-reference.com/s/shackbr01.shtml BR spells his name wrong. It's Shackle-, they have it as Shackel-. Ahh, my mistake good catch.

According to baseballreference nobody named Shackleford has ever appeared in the majors.

Hahaha i guess i never really noticed the "Go USA" sign, that just adds to the hilarity.

I think what is equally amazing is that it doesn't happen to fans more often. You always see some wicked shots towards the first few rows of seats.

Did Jose Reyes just jack Willie Mays' pen?

Does Penn St play Wisconsin? If so where? I like Penn St this year. I see the Big Ten coming down to Michigan, PSU and Wisconsin. I think Wisconsin will win in the end. they play Wisconsin October 13th at home I like Penn State a lot this year. I think they could be one of, if not the, big national sleeper. They won't beat Notre Dame

Lou: "How do you know he threw at him?" Dips**t Umpire: "Because i was waiting for it" umm........what

The night of the draft Sportsnight had him on and he said he turned down 9 teams wanting to draft him because they wouldn't pay him the money he "deserves". I will definitely agree with the immature comment.

Finally MLB is listening to George Costanza.

Valentine Fools Day joke?

I think it still is. I noticed my mistake after my third post when I looked up some stats on baseball-reference. It was foolish of me to try and spell his name off of just memory.

First, I just want to throw out there that I am not backing BB because I am a Pats fan, I am a die-hard Bears fan. I just respect the Parcells tree of coaches more than any other because of their work ethic and what they expect their players to be off the field. To try to defend your points... 1. Yes, the NFL insists on being accurate, however they only offer broad explanations of a player's ability to play that Sunday. The NFL makes you file the report that Friday correct? Isn't Tom Brady "probable" for a game that Sunday? If you were to ask me what my status would be for my job this Friday I would have to say "probable". And a guy with a shredded knee would be literally "doubtful" for the game. The flaw is in the NFL injury reports not the way Belicheck (and alot of other coaches although not to his extent) utilizes them to his advantage. 2. I liken this to a baseball pitching coach saying "Angel Hernandez is behind the plate, try and get a couple inches off the outside corner because he has a wide zone". He probably saw during one of his 20 hour work days that the refs that were working that days game rarely make the illegal contact call. Seeing this and trying to utilize it is just good coaching. Is Livan Hernandez taking advantage of Eric Gregg's mile-wide strike zone cutting corners to win a game? 3. I don't remember the Marvin Harrison thing happening but I will take your word for it. This would be a classless thing and going beyond cutting corners to win a game. (The fact that the weakling Harrison was going to make a tackle is neither here nor there)

I didn't know you knew him that well.

what a d-bag. That sounds awfully hollow after ND just took two recruits who had previously committed to Iowa and Louisville. Different situations. The Iowa recruit consisted pretty much of ND offering and him changing his mind due to the offer. The Louisville recruit was a coaching change, i.e. the coaching change that cost ND a bunch of recruits in 2004-05. However, ND's far from innocent of this. There's a Washington Post article today in which former QB coach Peter Vaas was pursuing Arrelious Benn pretty aggressively after he was committed to Illinois. Funny how it's almost always a different situation when ND is involved. Smith had been committed for almost 6 months and taken multiple visits. He helped recruit others to Iowa. The point is Charlie puts on a face for the cameras that he's all about committment and being honorable about them. He's upset that someone would back out of a committment to him. Yet he has no dilemna's when it comes to trying to snatch away commits from other schools, the very week before signing day. What a man of principle. I don't think many if any in the ND fanbase would consider Weis a "true man of principle". He is from the Belicheck school, that is for sure-and unfortunately, that means they cut certain corners to win. I think he is a great coach, but I'm not sure I like the man. When has Belicheck ever cut corners to win? He drafts intelligent players with character because that is the program he wants in place. He certainly doesn't cut corners with the salary cap as the Pats are well under. He even provoked a feud with Mangini because he broke an "unwritten rule" among coaches of the Parcells tree. I would love a couple of instances where Belichek "cut corners" just to win. And to defend Weis, can a kid not decommit after a head coach leaves? The coach wasn't loyal to the kid yet the kid is supposed to be loyal to the program? And is offering a life-long fan of the program whos father actually played at the school considered cutting corners? Peter Vaas did still contact Benn and sent some pretty weird text messages to the kid as the report said. Peter Vaas is no longer with the program, and Weis offered recruiting practices as reason for his dismissal.

Doesn't SC have something like 30 recruits "verballed" to them? What's going to happen tomorrow if they all somehow qualify academically? I think that's the understatement of the year, assuming you're a UF fan of course. The talent Urban is stockpiling is reminiscient of those last few USC classes that just went through. They could be scary good if he keeps this up for a couple more years.

Who gives these players their physicals, the team doctors? Could it be possible that any team could have second thoughts about a signing and use a failed physical as an excuse?

Well guys i think its time to stop thinking about a 16-0 season... Cards Activate Holiday, Release Ferri Tempe, AZ – The Arizona Cardinals Football Club today announced that the team has promoted wide receiver Carlyle Holiday from the practice squad to the 53-man roster and has released running back Diamond Ferri. Holiday (6-2, 220) was signed to the practice squad on September 3 after being released in the team’s final roster cut the previous day. Originally signed as an undrafted rookie free agent out of Notre Dame in 2005, Holiday spent 11 weeks on the Cardinals practice squad last season until being activated for the final three games of 2005. He was inactive for two contests and made his NFL debut on special teams at Indianapolis (1/1/06). Holiday will wear jersey #15.

After checking out Quiz's numbers I realized he had one of the greatest 5 year stretches for a reliever of all time from '80-'85. Quiz went 12-7 in 1980 as a reliever without even starting a single game. I wonder where that ranks on the all time list of decisions without a start. He was also unhittable on RBI Baseball.

Watching this man pitch too long will make your brain explode. I'm a young'n so the only person i can compare him to is Pedro. If he played in LA and had a weird delivery there'd be Franciscomania all over baseball. When i was younger my father told me there would never be a pitcher better than Sandy Koufax. Is it possible that my father was wrong and we are seeing two lefties better ON THE SAME TEAM? Sidenote: Liriano was traded along with Boof Bonser and Joe Nathan for the human punching bag Pierzynski............Santana was drafted by the Marlins in the rule V and later traded to the Twins for Jared Camp. Baseball is a funny game.

Jeff's nickname at ND is "the shark"