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I'm wondering where he is going. The number of teams looking for QBs isn't large, and apparently Philadelphia and Kansas City are talking about Nick Foles. My Jaguars could certainly use a QB of Smith's caliber, but I don't know if they have enough other parts in place for a QB to make a big difference. I also don't know what they could have that the Niners would be interested in - since Smith isn't worth the #2 overall pick in the draft.

But whatever you do, respect their time. They do not have an obligation to sign anything. 

This is the most important piece of advice anyone could give you about an autograph situation. I have seen people violate it, even in the minor leagues. It is especially true if the player is one who has spent significant time in the majors.

Lifetime disagrees.

Of course. By using the word "bunch", I implied bananas, which means that the women in the truck weren't in real danger. Or maybe it was a veiled racial slur directed at any black officers who were present. Or perhaps I implied Bradys, which means that the whole thing was staged to film a bad sitcom, trivializing the real danger in the situation.

People who concern themselves as much with how something is said as with the content are too tedious for me to deal with.

WAR= smarts

OK, now I get it. Thanks.

You're right, he's a leader.

From Angels Live:

 

"I got a little tired as the game went on."

 

"I felt good early."

 

Dude, you didn't even pitch one ****ing inning.

Give him some credit. We are two games into spring training. He must be exhausted.

Are you from Texas?

The correct response, within the context, would be Our you from Texas. Since he said "are outfield", you just trade your word for his.

If they want an outfielder who pulls everything, hits like shit, fields like shit, and is out of shape they've already got Juan Rivera in camp.

Guess that roster spot is already filled...damn.

You mean when a team has a need for an outfielder they don't immediately think of Vernon Wells as the solution? I just don't get it.

GM must be a total dumbass. After all, our former GM did. Oh, wait...

No response on the shots fired by LAPD at the blue truck?

Yeah. There were a bunch of them.

If we don't have guns, how am I supposed to fend off the upcoming zombie invasion?

Don't worry. A pre-election poll said that Obama would do a better job at protecting us from space aliens than Romney. I'm sure that the same data applies to zombies.

I give up...

that is exactly what you said.

Uh, no. I said that they were on the side of that crowd, not that they were part of it or that guns were their primary focus. Thanks for playing.

Oh and the Supreme Court majority sides with "gun rights above all else"?

Not quite what I said, but if it makes you feel better, go ahead and interpret it that way.

You should read the USSC rulings on the subject as well as most state constitutions on this subject.

Again, people applying a 21st Century take on an 18th Century document. Add to that the fact that the Supreme Court has a majority of Justices who already side with the "gun rights above all else" crowd, and you aren't going to get an objective interpretation anyway.

The Second Amendment isn't the only amendment to get a skewed interpretation. The First Amendment, which protects free speech, has been more broadly interpreted to protect all manner of expression, including burning an American flag, which isn't speech at all.

A bargain at a mere $21M for the season.

And this is our fallback position if Bourjos doesn't hit.

This item currently up for auction on eBay, with an opening bid price of a mere $85K - or make an offer.

Listing for B-52 Stratofortress cockpit

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Sometimes a change of scenery can help a player. Hatcher didn't help him.

Neither did working with the supposed best hitting coach in baseball, or spending time with the Pirates.

It's hard for me to associate Erick Aybar with the term "team leader". I've just seen too many mistakes from lackadaisical play.

You should read the USSC rulings on the subject as well as most state constitutions on this subject.

Since people cry "constitutional right" on this issue, I am more interested in the intentions of the people who wrote the amendment than the interpretations of those applying it two centuries later to a context far different from the one for which it was written. I am looking at it from the perspective of the authors of the amendment. They could not have possibly imagined AK-47s and high capacity handguns when they wrote this. Weapons were flintlock and had to be loaded one round at a time when this was conceived. Killing dozens of people in a short period of time with a firearm was impossible.

IMO, if you need an assault rifle for home defense, you are either an incredibly bad shot who will undoubtedly injure or kill uninvolved people in the process, or your home is being invaded by Navy SEALS, in which case you're screwed anyway.

I'm not trying to take your guns. I just believe that there are some that should be confined to military and law enforcement use. This isn't the 1700s.

Raise taxes and cut spending. This is how we get out of a deficit. Why is it so hard to understand?

This discussion was going along just fine until you tried to inject reason into it. Hijacker.

VHF- I think you are reading the 2nd Amendment incorrectly or incompletely.

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

It seems very clear that the main intention is to arm the people for creation of a militia. That is the opening statement. The fledgling country did not have much of an army, and citizens might have been called upon to fight. I don't see much there to misinterpret or read "incorrectly" or "incompletely".

Before Dipoto got here, the manager essentially was the GM. Scioscia can't be happy about the erosion of his influence in deciding the roster. Dipoto set out almost immediately putting his stamp on the team and ridding the club of Scioscia's crutches, Jeff Mathis and Mickey Hatcher. I believe that Vernon Wells would also be gone, had the club been able to find a suitable deal.

Last time there was a report on Kazmir here, he was pitching for some Independent League team and got waxed in a short outing giving up something like seven runs in two innings.

 

He had started a few games for that independent league team and that outing may have actually LOWERED his ERA for the season which was 15.00 or something.

 

But, yeah, he's looking good (in FEBRUARY as a prior post points out) throwing off the mound.. 

He was pitching for the Sugarland Skeeters, an independent league team outside of Houston, the same team also tied to a possible Roger Clemens comeback at one point. I joked that they were loading up their pitching staff for a best-of-seven against the Astros to determine the city champion of Houston.

Kazmir compiled a 3-6 record with the Skeeters, surrendering 74 hits in 64 innings - against guys not good enough to get contracts from any major league organization. If he does stick with the Indians, it would be one of the most epic comebacks in major league history. Here is an article I found about him signing with the Indians, entitled "Can Kazmir Take the Abuse?".

Article by Paul Leibowitz

I'm rooting for him. I admire that kind of persistence.