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It's all on the offense. Scioscia made some stupid calls but this is supposed to be the best offensive team in baseball and they had arguably their most pathetic showing of the year, in the biggest game of the year.
 
So sick of these hitters.

Trade Hamilton for A-Rod this offseason

Trade Hamilton for A-Rod this offseason

This game isn't on Scioscia, it's on the fact the Angels left 8 on base.

Trout, Pujols, and Hamilton have killed this team tonight. Seems like a trend way too much

Do you put Calhoun in motion here?

It's actually a pretty nice feeling

Jeter

Jeter

Street only threw 11 pitches. Meat of their order up. Not sure why he couldn't go another

People are going to be bowing to Hamilton after this inning.  

Cowgill catches that.

Cowgill makes that catch. WTF was Hamilton doing...

The season finale was a great episode.  Ray was a busy guy but managed to get most of the messes cleaned up.  They say the show is coming back for another season so that's good news.

One thing that too few people do: If you present your boss with a problem, also propose a potential solution. Far too many people are content to point out problems and then walk away. When the boss comes up with a solution, that person invariably finds something wrong with it as well. If you give your boss a possible answer, even if it isn't what is eventually adopted your boss will know that you are actually thinking about the job and how it works rather than just finding fault and pointing it out.
 
When you move into supervision and management, take advantage of the talent around you, and solicit input from your subordinates. You get a lot more buy-in on changes that you make if the people most affected by them have had some say in the development process. This doesn't mean that the employees run the show, but who knows the line level job better than someone who is doing it? Asking questions and soliciting input beforehand can greatly reduce the need to make adjustments later.
 
Also remember that each member of your staff is a person. If you can possibly make an adjustment to help an employee get through a difficult situation, further his/her education or just have an easier time dealing with the job, do so. People who feel respected and who aren't always told "no" are happier and more productive. Sure, you have to have enough people on duty to perform the job, and there will always be a "bean counter" aspect to management, but that isn't the be-all and end-all of supervising people.
 
I have worked for people who managed with what I call a "spreadsheet mentality". We need X number of people here on day Y, and it doesn't matter who I plug in where or whose life I disrupt in the process. I once had a supervisor who switched me to night shift for a month. His way of telling me was to put it on the schedule he posted on the bulletin board as he was going out the door to start a two-week vacation. I would have been fine with it had I been given a heads-up, but apparently he didn't believe it worth his while to tell me that it was coming. There will be times when you have to make emergency adjustments, but those are the exception. Because I treat my staff respectfully and I accommodate them whenever it is reasonable, I get no pushback when emergency situations occur. Some employees even come in as soon as they hear and ask me what they can do and offer to alter their schedules.

I never liked Margaret until this episode. She is so much more worldly and less a hypocrite.
I loved it when Nucky did not cave in to her when she said she had no where to stay. He gets his guy to find her a hotel room, then walks right into the Gentleman's club while she stands there.

This last episode made me realize that they never should have gotten rid of the Irish wife chick.  She was one of the better characters and actors in this thing.
 
Glad Arquette's character got killed but now we have to deal with Nucky's backlash and suffering.

Be accountable. If you mess up, fess up. 

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You guys are all mean!
You try playing without a backbone

You guys are all mean!
You try playing without a backbone

Sorry, I thought this was another thread about the Vernon Wells trade.

Disney has a lot of reasons to want that land.  They desperately need it.  There is no where else in Anaheim that they can expand to.  It's been no secret that for years Disney has wanted to put in a water park in Anaheim.  But where are they going to put it?  The most logical place is where they currently have the Toy Story parking lot.  Right now that's their overflow parking and employee parking.  So they are going to need a new location to put those people if they plan to develop that land.  It would be easy for Disney to turn Angels Stadium into a large personal parking lot to bus people back and forth from.  Or they could just put the water park on the Angels Stadium site and use the ARTIC to get people back and forth.