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happy wedding, kare! -- nm - wheezy Jun 5, 10:08 5
- Woohoo!! Congrats! -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Jun 5, 10:22
- Happy Honeymoon -- nm - Redmond Jun 5, 10:21
- Congrats Kare! -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 10:18
- Don Homer!!!!! -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 10:09 1
  - Good luck and congratulations! -- nm - Fuzzy Jun 5, 10:09
100+ posts. My day is complete. I'm going gambling. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:54 4
- Hey, while you are apparently so full of enthusiasm - let's talk about the wedding! - kelly Jun 5, 09:56 3
  - nice. (nm) - musubi Jun 5, 09:57 1
    - :) - kelly Jun 5, 10:05
  - hee -- nm - TFox Jun 5, 09:56
1st look at Star Trek Phase 2 "Origins" episode...the web Star Trek series by James Cawley.... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 5, 09:48
So, I added an ad veto system - bleh if you hate it, ding if you think it's really of interest. - Beryllium Jun 5, 09:47 8
- Very nice, but will this affect what ads we see? I'm foggy on what the purpose is. -- nm - con_carne Jun 5, 10:14 2
  - so if i accidentally link to a ballsack on Amazon, no one has to avoid ST because of the picture of a ballsack. -- nm - TFox Jun 5, 10:16 1
    - Not to bitch about something that's free and awesome, but I blehed one of these ads, and I still see it. - con_carne Jun 5, 10:22
- "They like Itchy, they like Scratchy, one STer seems to love the Speedo man... what more do they want?" -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 10:07
- heh, funny: With adblock in firefox, it blocks the amazon ads, but leaves a grid of "bleh ding / bleh ding" ... -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 10:00
- That is very cool. (nm) - musubi Jun 5, 09:58
- Nice add Bery! -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:49
- daddy likes. -- nm - TFox Jun 5, 09:48
Holy shnike. -- nm - kelly Jun 5, 09:32
What part of her simulated lesbian kiss is 17-yr-old Miley Cyrus supposed to be apologizing for? -- (link) - Mop Jun 5, 09:31
Shut up. nm - Dignan Jun 5, 09:28
Robert Downey is starting his Avengers research... -- (link) - Remlik Jun 5, 09:03 8
- "Oh, by the way,...do you have any back issues of Iron Man, you know ... with Pepper on the cover or something?' -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jun 5, 10:20
- I'm sure he has to go to a comic store to buy them too... lol -- nm - Gwaahjo Jun 5, 09:55 2
  - It shows he has cred! -- nm - con_carne Jun 5, 10:04
  - "This is a nice store. Have any Avengers comics? OK, I'll take it." -- nm - Beryllium Jun 5, 09:56
- I'm sure that random issues of a series with 600+ issues in print will totally help Bob get on top of things. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:33 3
  - unless he asked for some specific issues... -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 09:36 2
    - Just get him the second series of the Ultimates and be done with it. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:36 1
      - yep. -- nm - Remlik Jun 5, 09:47
ESPN Radio is reporting that the Mets are going to put Ollie Perez on the DL. For what? Sucking isn't an injury. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:03 5
- My guess is he's missing a portion of his brain. (nm) - musubi Jun 5, 09:11 4
  - It's great for the Mets but I don't understand how he got hurt sitting on his ass in the bullpen. - Krusty Jun 5, 09:15 3
    - This offseason? Bwahahahahahahaha. Way to be late to the game. (nm) - musubi Jun 5, 09:23 2
      - I thought Omar should have been fired last season. Wilpon is a pussy. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:34 1
        
        This is what happens when you let a family member run the show. - musubi Jun 5, 09:48
French Open spoiler - Dano Jun 5, 08:44
so Hillary sent a card a week early for the Queen's fake birthday? I should have such problems. -- nm - loosilu Jun 5, 08:18 4
- It's a systematic misunderstanding of America's most important strategic partner - Roger More Jun 5, 09:19 3
  - They should break all diplomatic ties. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:31 2
    - Or figure out what birthday means. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 10:01 1
      - Or just buy a British calendar -- nm - Roger More Jun 5, 10:13
Ichiro's got 3386 career hits (Japan + US) This places him 9th all-time - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:18 76
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  - you didn't read past the second sentence? -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 09:16 4
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      - I don't have access to his career #'s for legitimate MLB stadium measurements to make that determination. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:48 1
        
        We also have soemthing unique with Ichiro; a substantial subset of both here and there data to compare. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:53
      - there's three lists: pro HR, MLB HR, best HR hitter ever - Reagen Jun 5, 09:48
- as an MLB player, no, but as a baseball player? absolutely. -- nm - TFox Jun 5, 08:38
- No. I can't count his numbers from Japan. He's one of the best hitters I've ever seen but - Krusty Jun 5, 08:27 68
  - The fact he's hit almost as well against MLB pitchers to me makes them legit. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:29 22
    - I wonder what that looks like as a mathematical algorithm. The record books people will need to know. -- nm - Mop Jun 5, 09:36
    - Sure but I can't get past the fact that they weren't major league pitchers and those aren't major league parks. - Krusty Jun 5, 08:32 20
      - If it's smaller parks to mitigate his #'s, you'd see a massive spike in HR's for him taking advantage - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:22 18
        
        Also much larger foul area in NBP. The leagues are different, no question. But you are making a bunch of random assumptions to accept some numbers - musubi Jun 5, 09:24 1
        
        Vs the other argument of "Weaker pitching and smaller fields" - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:25
        
        My argument is simple. He didn't get those hits in MLB, they don't count towards a MLB record. You can call him the world hits leader but - Krusty Jun 5, 09:23 12
        
        what he's saying is, some people would care about that. not that he should get the MLB record. - TFox Jun 5, 09:25 6
        
        He can have the world hitting record. I won't deny how great a hitter he his but I won't give him a record he didn't earn. Also, who's Luke? -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:30 5
        
        The Force is not strong with this one. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:31
        
        "What else do I have to do for you people?!" *weeps* -- nm - Luke Skywalker si Jun 5, 09:31 3
        
        I thought it was Skywalker but I didn't get the joke. - Krusty Jun 5, 09:35 2
        
        :) - TFox Jun 5, 09:42 1
        
        Yeah, I've seen them I guess and I didn't get the joke then either and just moved on to another joke I don't get. :-) -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:43
        
        You'll notice I didn't say MLB record in regards to Rose. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:25 4
        
        The number you're talking about is a MLB record and besides what other baseball records do people care about? -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:26 3
        
        When a # can be eclipsed by a guy who's proven a) that he's legit here and b) unable to be a full-here guy - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:29 2
        
        I'm loving the discussion myself. I don't consider those years taken from him. Was he not allowed to leave Japan earlier? Did he have to sign a - Krusty Jun 5, 09:34 1
        
        He wasn't a free agent there; and was posted when his team there thought they might lose hiim without compensation - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:36
        
        Plus this: "They commonly have much wider foul areas than Major League parks, which decreases scoring because it creates more foul outs." -- (link) - TFox Jun 5, 09:23 2
        
        Then you can argue that since they have a lot of turf fields, ground balls will get through more often since they move faster than on grass. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:25 1
        
        Or we could compare averages and see how many extra hits that might have resulted in ... oh wait. -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 09:31
      - word -- nm - Nightcrawler Jun 5, 08:58
  - Besides, Rose did more than hit singles. IMO, Rose and a couple of others are better hitters than Ichiro. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 08:29 44
    - The only # that matters for Rose is 4,256 - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:30 43
      - I can't see how you can count the hits he got in Japan. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 08:32 42
        
        Simple math tells me he probably earned about 75 hits more in Japan than his career #'s dictate from MLB. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:42 41
        
        I just can't count hits from another league in another country. He didn't get those hits playing MLB. The pitchers are not of the same caliber as - Krusty Jun 5, 09:02
        
        What exactly is your argument, that Ichiro is a better hitter then Rose, or that he should have the hit record? - musubi Jun 5, 08:52 37
        
        Actually, I should probably say: better "player" than Rose, rather than better "hitter". - musubi Jun 5, 08:55 4
        
        As a hitter, I don't think it's close; Rose might be a better player, but he got the hits record by hanging around for 25 years - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:57 3
        
        Rose was almost assuredly not the better player, but as a hitter, he was likely Ichiro's equal, if not better. - musubi Jun 5, 09:04 2
        
        Rose's BA is .303 career. His OPS was .785. Ichiro's BA is .333 and his OPS is .820 or so. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:08 1
        
        In a totally different hitting environment. Look at their peaks, relative to their leagues, and you'll clearly see that Rose was Ichiro's equal - musubi Jun 5, 09:10
        
        I would say that he'd be a legitimate professional record holder at 4257. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:54 31
        
        Just as much as Saduharo Oh is the record holder of professional home runs. - musubi Jun 5, 08:57 30
        
        Sure I can discount Oh...Japanese fields are smaller, much smaller. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:59 29
        
        plus, there's this bullshit: - TFox Jun 5, 09:07 1
        
        Those are the single season HR record. Totally different animal from the career record. - musubi Jun 5, 09:08
        
        I know you discounted it early, but there is no logical consistancy. Oh's home runs (like Ichiro's hits) were earned fairly on the field of play. - musubi Jun 5, 09:01 26
        
        They're different factors. One is the field of play; the other is in a not comparable field of play - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:05
        
        no, it's recognizing that different circumstances change the implication of those numbers. - Reagen Jun 5, 09:04 24
        
        That's my point. We don't discount Ruth's home runs, why then would you discount Oh's? - musubi Jun 5, 09:07 9
        
        because the advantage those fields granted Oh did not grant the same advantage to Ichiro. -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 09:08 8
        
        That's a false assertion. Look at the record books, balls weren't flying out of those stadiums. Oh did what others couldn't. Just like Ruth. - musubi Jun 5, 09:12 7
        
        so the park size *doesn't* matter to Ichiro's numbers? - Reagen Jun 5, 09:15 6
        
        Everything matters. That's why ignoring one set of number and not the other, just cause you want Ichiro to have a record, but not Oh - musubi Jun 5, 09:17 5
        
        to repeat myself, it's recognizing that different set of circumstances rule different numbers. - Reagen Jun 5, 09:20 1
        
        I'm fine with that. Will is recognizing *some* differences, but not others, just cause he wants Ichiro to have a record, but not Oh. - musubi Jun 5, 09:31
        
        isn't this the lifeblood of sabermetrics? ignoring numbers that don't mean much, and paying attention to other numbers that do? -- nm - TFox Jun 5, 09:18 2
        
        It's rigourous examination of all numbers and determining which mean the most. Not just saying, small parks, so those homers don't count. (nm) - musubi Jun 5, 09:26
        
        This is what gets me. The ink that gets spilled over proving what people might have done, and this is the bridge too far? -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 09:21
        
        But people do argue that his mean less because they were only against white players. - Krusty Jun 5, 09:07 13
        
        I showed you it's 75 hits over his Japanese career based on #'s. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:09 10
        
        Ichiro is one of the greatest hitters ever to play baseball, why would you try an make such a hollow arguement just to get him record? - musubi Jun 5, 09:15 2
        
        Because baseball's a numbers game and 4257 professional hits would be more than anyone else ever. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 09:16 1
        
        I've already said they're the most professional hits ever. But they're also different. - musubi Jun 5, 09:29
        
        He got 1,200+ hits in Japan. I can't count those hits towards the record. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:13
        
        But we can't *know* Will! Spare me your numerical alchemy! -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 09:11 5
        
        We know he got those hits. Those hits are as real and as valid as any other. But they're not MLB hits. If you count those, you count Oh's HRs too. - musubi Jun 5, 09:16 4
        
        Yup. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:21
        
        "it's that simple." What we're saying is, maybe it's not. -- nm - Reagen Jun 5, 09:18 2
        
        How is it not that simple? Would a goal scored in Eastern Europe count to the NHL scoring record? - musubi Jun 5, 09:32 1
        
        the stats could eventually be compared (with a lot more work than baseball) - Reagen Jun 5, 09:34
        
        but not to the point that they discount Babe Ruth. They toss out that qualification and then summarily ignore it. -- nm - TFox Jun 5, 09:08 1
        
        Fair enough. -- nm - Krusty Jun 5, 09:09
        
        did you gross up for lost ABs -- nm - TFox Jun 5, 08:49 1
        
        Nope...3600/1000 = 3.6*20 = 72. So range from 70-75. - Will Hunting Jun 5, 08:53
No winner of last night's $50 million Lotto Max. Next Friday it is $50 million again with 20 prizes of $1 million also (all lump sum and tax free) -- nm - Beaker Jun 5, 08:16 1
- see I knew I was supposed to win....forgot to buy a ticket last night so it's holding out for when i do -- nm - J Jun 5, 08:42
Wake up! -- nm - decline Jun 5, 08:15

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