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One position on which I am not an enviromentalist....baseball bats - crash davis Oct 12, 12:39 8
- I'm not even so sure of that. Aluminum bats can get "used up" in a couple of months just from slow pitch. - Reagen Oct 12, 12:44
- Ash trees are pretty extensively farmed. I'd guess that bats are made from sustainably farmed trees. -- nm - TWuG Oct 12, 12:44
- If MLB used aluminum, some infielder would inevitably be killed. - musubi Oct 12, 12:41
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  - I still laugh when I see pitchers reach up with their throwing hands for linedrives. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 12:41
  - word -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 12:40
- Or ya know, the faces/legs of anyone in front of the batted ball. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:40 1
  - mike mussina's sexiness is overrated - crash davis Oct 12, 12:41
Did we know that there is a Yeti Sports iPhone app? - Stephen Oct 12, 12:30 1
- are they in the Shangri-La league? -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 12:32
ohhh, sitwap? Jolene Blalock joins Legend of the Seeker cast (link) - Jovian Oct 12, 12:30 2
- They are certainly loading up. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 12:39 1
  - i wonder if this is on netflix watch it now - tRuMaN Oct 12, 12:43
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- Only at Wrigley. -- nm - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 12:44
- Yes. I don't want their disease. -- nm - Loyola Oct 12, 12:35
- Of course. -- nm - Krusty Oct 12, 12:35 3
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    - I've caught foul balls but never close to a homer. I'd throw the ball back no matter which team we were playing. If it's the Sox I'd try and set it - Krusty Oct 12, 12:43
    - My closest experience was a buddy who was Spawn-lucky. Foul ball came whipping around the backstop @ Wrigley on the 3rd base side - oblique Oct 12, 12:40
- The correct answer is: "I always bring a ball with me to the game so I can throw that back instead" -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 12:33 1
  - and if you are a wise ass, you can throw back a softball. nm - Jovian Oct 12, 12:34
- depends on the importance of the ball. 90% of the time I would throw it back. - Jovian Oct 12, 12:32
- home team is AAA so it would depend on whom the hitter is -- nm - peglegpete Oct 12, 12:31
- yes absolutely -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 12:30 2
  - I was about to cave on my position. *high five* - oblique Oct 12, 12:31 1
    - hee hee - I feel like that ball is going to mean way more to the hitter then to me. -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 12:33
- Hell. No. (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 12:28 5
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  - I agree with this guy for a change -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 12:29 3
    - You should agree with me more often, it makes you look more youthful. - musubi Oct 12, 12:30 2
      - DH now, DH forever -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 12:31 1
        
        Don Homer has a fan club! (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 12:32
- I could do so many more fun things with that ball after I left, than throwing it back. - TFox Oct 12, 12:26
- Depends on how many beers I've had. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 12:25 3
  - Say two-and-a-half yards worth. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 12, 12:26
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    - Just think how awesome *that* would be, *then* throw it back. - JaxSean Oct 12, 12:27
- No, but I don't have any real baseball loyalties or hatreds -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 12:25
- nope -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 12:25
- screw that. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 12:25
- If I'm by myself, probably. If I'm with my kids, no way -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 12:24
- no chance. -- nm - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:24
- no. -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 12:24
- hell no. -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 12:24 6
  - Dumb question: What's the purpose of keeping the ball? - con_carne Oct 12, 12:31 5
    - Kind of like getting a hole-in-one in golf. It's a pretty much once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. - JaxSean Oct 12, 12:34 2
      - Of course. I was just wondering why the "No"s were so vehement. :) -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 12:36 1
        
        For me, it's because the "throw it back" thing is often peer pressue stupidity. - musubi Oct 12, 12:39
    - memento -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 12:31
    - Why do you hate America? -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 12:31
Another ST Poll: Some black NFL players won't play for Limbaugh if he buys the Rams. Draft rules say they'd have to if drafted by the Rams. - TWuG Oct 12, 12:21 25
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- they canjust hold out of camp. -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 12:24
- People who think Limbaugh's racist are pretty much just admitting that they don't understand Limbaugh. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 12:23 20
  - They shouldn't let him have a team because he's stupid enough to make comments on a player based solely on his race -- nm - Elvis Oct 12, 12:39 1
    - Yeah, about that... He wasn't even commenting on McNabb himself, he was commenting on the media's reaction to him. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 12:45
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    - Agreed, I can't believe that the league would allow such a controversial ownership. - Stephen Oct 12, 12:33 6
      - I like how those against this thought mention Jay Z and the NBA. - Spawn Oct 12, 12:37 5
        
        Which thought? Limbaugh's ownership? Or players being able to decide who to play for? -- nm - Stephen Oct 12, 12:39 3
        
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        ....within the confines of the rules of collective bargaining, rigth counselor? (nm) - musubi Oct 12, 12:42
        
        People supporting his ownership say if the NBA allowed it, so should the NFL. - Spawn Oct 12, 12:41
        
        The ball is an entirely different shape, people. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 12:38
  - Pretty much. -- nm - Snerdley Oct 12, 12:31 3
    - His opponents have made a living taking his ironic comments and transcribing them as if he actually meant them. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 12:35 2
      - quite frankly, the same could probably be said of a lot of his supporters. :) -- nm - znufrii Oct 12, 12:37
      - Rush stimulates the economy on all sides! The NFL should love him. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 12:36
  - I know...those guys are just judging him by what he says. How foolish of them. -- nm - Jim Oct 12, 12:27
  - hmm, I have listened to him before - tRuMaN Oct 12, 12:27
  - In many ways he's far worse than racist. - znufrii Oct 12, 12:26
  - You know who deserves a posthumous Medal of Honor? James Earl Ray. We miss you, James. Godspeed. -- nm - Rush L. Oct 12, 12:26 2
    - Funny thing about that quote from 1998, it didn't seem to exist before 2005. -- nm - Ender Oct 12, 12:41 1
      - mmmmm... revisionist. -- nm - mafic Oct 12, 12:44
- They make people play for Al Davis, which is just as cruel or crueler, IMO. -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 12:23
ST is cell phone smarter - can a Motorola Razor for Verizon be converted to use on a T-mobile account? - Epiphany Oct 12, 12:18 8
- Verizon is a CDMA provider. T-Mobile is GSM. You can't cross those streams -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 12:21 6
  - gracias to everyone! -- nm - Epiphany Oct 12, 12:33
  - CDMA is still in use? - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 12:25 1
    - Technically it's "EVDO" but it still has it's roots in CDMA. With their new network, Verizon is rolling out LTE which is GSM based -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 12:28
  - What kilbo said. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 12:24 1
    - I'm pretty sure he said "Verizon is wah wah wah wah, T-Mobile is wah wah wah." -- nm - JaxSean Oct 12, 12:26
  - Unless you're battling a giant evil marshmallow man. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 12, 12:23
- I'm pretty sure the SIM cards are universal in cell phones. - JaxSean Oct 12, 12:20
Surprise, surprise, Friday shows have big gains when the DVR ratings come in. Dollhouse and Smallville premiers get 50% boost from DVR ratings. -- (link) - Ender Oct 12, 12:18 1
- The last episode of Dollhouse was pretty good. It at least was an interesting and plausable assignment - oblique Oct 12, 12:35
Happy Birthday, amoxy! - JaxSean Oct 12, 12:17 2
- word -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 12:26
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Here's the issue with trading Papelbon: he can't be signed to an extension. He's hell-set on hitting free agency. - TFox Oct 12, 12:10 11
- He's 2 years from free agency, yes? - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:13 10
  - I guess my point is, the Sox are fine with 1-yr Paps extensions in the ballpark of $10M. - TFox Oct 12, 12:15 9
    - If you find a guy making $500k on the farm to slot in Bard's spot now and someone wants to trade quality players for Papelbon, you take that deal in a - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:17 8
      - But see, we don't need money to "go toward" anything. We don't need to clear money for Bay. We'll just pay him. - TFox Oct 12, 12:19 7
        
        You ask John Henry if, even with your revenue stream, 9mil is real money and he'll agree. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:21 6
        
        I think you're mistaken in the market for Bay. - musubi Oct 12, 12:27 4
        
        I think the Giants are going to have a lot of money to play with and Bay will get his. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:30
        
        If that's true, and I think it is, then we have Bay locked up, IMO. If we can get Bay done for JD Drew money... easy. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 12:28 2
        
        (I personally think Bay is going to get a 'Drew plus approx $5M' deal.) -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 12:29 1
        
        If I'm not mistaken, that's 17-20mil a year then. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:31
        
        Smoltz and Penny were making 10, plus what Bay is making now is totally more than Bay's new deal. - TFox Oct 12, 12:25
Happy Thanksgiving Canadians! - Andie Oct 12, 12:01 7
- yay!! -- nm - Beaker Oct 12, 12:14
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  - and Happy Columbus Day to you! - Andie Oct 12, 12:06 4
    - It is today, but we don't typically go around wishing each other "Happy Columbus Day" :) -- nm - con_carne Oct 12, 12:11 2
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        In Toronto, the Americans are all in Gore-Tex -- nm - Roger More Oct 12, 12:21
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Down 2 more pounds. I could get used to 2 a week -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 11:57 1
- how long until you will have a negative weight? :) -- nm - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:59
What happened to global warming? -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:56 2
- It's just taking a 20-year hiatus. Still a threat!!! -- nm - Dr.Vermin Oct 12, 12:11 1
  - Did anybody seriously expect the effects of it to be constant, and catastrophe to be imminent? - znufrii Oct 12, 12:42
sometimes I think it would be nice - marcel Oct 12, 11:50 1
- Don't look back. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 11:52
'Veggie' spider shuns meat diet -- (link) - Danedukenuuk Oct 12, 11:48 1
- I call ruse! -- nm - dawson Oct 12, 11:49
*taxes ST posts* -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 11:45 1
- Uh-oh. -- nm - loosi Oct 12, 11:48
in the blood feud, I'd like to know why the Frederick Falcons have chosen to race me for the top draft pick - crash davis Oct 12, 11:45 37
- Well, 40% of my keepers are worthy of being cut....and the few good weeks I had were wasted by huge opponent scores. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:50 34
  - You could argue that 60% of mine fit that category. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 12:00
  - he is losing to me which would put me one game above you, which would put me behind in the #1 pick race -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:51 32
    - Don't worry...there's not anyone special this year anyhow to draft. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 11:54 30
      - well, if I can't get the pick, I can always laugh at ML's horrible luck - crash davis Oct 12, 11:55 29
        
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        So, when I beat Miranda Reavers next week, does that mean I have finally beaten someone? - Spawn Oct 12, 12:00 26
        
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        does this mean I'll score 135 pts against you? -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 12:16 5
        
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        I scored under my average. If Dustin Keller gets me like 6 points tonight... - Jim Oct 12, 12:29
        
        Sounds like you need a better defense. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 12:27
        
        horrid horrid luck -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 12:23 1
        
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        Which is the name of the game in fantasy football. Always has been. -- nm - TFox Oct 12, 12:16 5
        
        no one's saying it's not. But then to turn around and proclaim it as evidence of your genius... -- nm - Reagen Oct 12, 12:24 1
        
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        No see, for ML and Will it apparently isn't. That way, my being 5-0 is dismissed. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 12:22 2
        
        I'm not dismissing your 5&0. i'm dismissing the smack talk that comes with that start. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:24 1
        
        Considering my smack talk consisted of me stating my record, I don't quite understand the problem then. - Spawn Oct 12, 12:29
        
        Well, luck and scheduling play a part of any game or sport. - Spawn Oct 12, 12:16 4
        
        No, you don't beat the average. Add up all the pts scored by 48 games. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:18 3
        
        Ah, I thought he listed the league average each week. That just means I beat the team average each week. - Spawn Oct 12, 12:21 2
        
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        It is probably one or the other. My score each week edged out both #s. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 12:31
        
        Can I complain too? I've scored more points than you and I'm 1-4! -- nm - oblique Oct 12, 12:03 1
        
        I just think it is funny because they seem to have forgotten that a "W" is a "W". -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 12:05
        
        Not when I fail to score 90. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 12:01 5
        
        No no no, he and Will are saying being undefeated means nothing since I have not "beaten anyone". - Spawn Oct 12, 12:03 4
        
        Someone who can approach the weekly average of 102pts. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:07 3
        
        Well, the average wins for the league is 2.5 games, which I double. Out of the two stats, I will take mine. -- nm - Spawn Oct 12, 12:12 2
        
        Of course. I just wonder how much smack you talk about beating up on the Nationals & Pirates. - Will Hunting Oct 12, 12:15 1
        
        In a 12 player league, I have beat 5 teams, so half the league. - Spawn Oct 12, 12:20
        
        But he got beat by good teams. - Spawn Oct 12, 11:56
    - Well, we all know Jim is going to end up with that pick anyway. - the wrong element, bad guy Oct 12, 11:53
- David became demoralized after being crushed by me. - Spawn Oct 12, 11:48 1
  - if Braylon Edwards and twenty point lead can hold off Thomas Jones, he should become more demoralized -- nm - crash davis Oct 12, 11:51

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