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If it is enacted we will see a massive transportation infrastructure/mass transit subsidy initiative within 4 years.  If it is not, we will see one in the next election.  Actually, if the state would start to "pay as we go" and disallow bond measures for infrastructure/subsidies, I'd be in favor of increased gas taxes, but that's not what is going to happen. 

Pages stop getting turned and no caps are tipped.

56 minutes ago, LooneyPlatoons said:

Yeah I never gave the idea much thought but a California national anthem would be interesting.

California Uber Alles - Dead Kennedys

Steve Sax and of course, Rube Baker

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Well, when you bulldoze a mile long homeless camp site and bury it under 10 feet of dirt it isn't surprising when these people start showing up in other parts of town.

 

No doubt, but the post I quoted seemed to imply something like an orchestrated scheme by surrounding cities and not just the one riverbed action by the county. 

14 hours ago, Kylegstrange said:

The homeless issue is already being handled by the city , ANAHEIM is almost completed building  a new large homeless shelter in the city. The real issue is other citys push the home less population to Anaheim because they don't want to deal with it . Angel stadium is much safer than the latrine lol no comparison there.  

I'm wondering if this is just perception?  Is there any plausible information that corroborates this?  There have been documented cases of homeless and indigent patient dumping and cities carry some potential liability for that sort of thing.  Just wondering if this is just "word on the street" or something more tangible.

Sad to see Israel fly home.

Nonie was #7, Marsh #5.  Who was #6? 

Nevermind, Middleton

About as likely as Sit N Sleep Larry giving away a free mattress.

Centaurs worldwide are ecstatic.  Free at last.

Hoping he does well.  Gotta root for the older guy trying to make it happen by being crafty because the tools of his youth are gone.  Just not on the Angels.

Wow, the best So. Korea can go is 1-2 so they won't make it out of this round as the tiebreakers go against them.  One of the best things about the tournament is watching the Japan/S. Korea match up and now that wont happen.  Nice to see new teams rise to the task but this is disappointing.

Whipping boy by committee. 

I was disappointed that no ho's were provided.  Why call it a ho-tel if there are no ho's.

A literbike and a moderately twisty scenic road.

On 3/2/2017 at 10:56 PM, Homebrewer said:

The Japanese have thousands of years doing that. The tea ceremony is just that, everything done is such a way to make your whole sensory system explode.

HB, enjoyed your other posts in this thread but this one isn't quite right.  The tea ceremony has very little to do with drinking tea, taste or sensation.  In fact a bitter type of tea is used and it doesn't taste as good as teas that are popularly used.  It is about focus on perfection of preparation and economy of movement/function.  Meant to be enjoyable to the guest but enjoyable in the zen sense.

Cones of silence so you don't have to hear the inane conversation of the people behind you.  

and more

The question should be how much does AZ have to retain for Eppler to even think about a trade.  Also, I don't like that the contract runs into 2021.  We'll be needing money then for some other little contract.

22 hours ago, Kevinb said:

They should make 2 more changes. Add DH in both leagues, its ridiculous that the game is played two different ways because of just a rule. Not any other sport does that. 2nd make the strike zone computer/technology controlled. Easy peasy.

As much as I am pro-DH, I've yet to meet a hardcore fan of an NL team that doesn't abhor the thought of switching over.  Its not something that MLB can do without NL fans going apeshit.

I ditched Directv for SlingTV because all I really need is FSW/Prime, NBC Sports and seasonally ESPN (just for college bowl season) & BeIN sports (MotoGP season).  

25/mo is a great deal.  The main drawback and it is huge, that they don't provide and actively disallow dvr use.  This has really changed the way I watch sports for the worse but thats the trade off for paying almost $100/mo less.  On the plus side, many of the channels have their best programming on demand e.g. I can binge watch the best shows from FX & AMC.

Someone mentioned a cloud DVR with the PS VUE.  Does that include sports programming like Angels/Kings/Ducks or are there some limitations?

1 hour ago, AngelsLakersFan said:

Exactly. Just get rid of it all together. Why does a pitching coach ever need to visit the mound? If the catcher and pitcher want to talk it over, maybe force them to pay attention to the baserunners at the same time. Give managers 9 timeouts per game, plus 1 per extra inning and all of a sudden they will think twice about using that reliever against just one batter and will save their mound visits to all but the most crucial late game situations. 

I agree that mound visits to calm a pitcher down, coordinate signals or discuss baserunning should be severely restricted.  Pressure on the pitcher needs to be cranked up, not dissipated. This isn't little league, coordinate your signals and baserunning strategies on your own time or suffer the consequences.  Not sure what the Players Union would say about that though.

16 hours ago, fan_since79 said:

He was kind to children. Too bad baseball wasn't kind to him.

Well, that rules out Chico Escuela.

57 minutes ago, Scotty@AW said:

Intentional walks automatically taking the bag speeds the game up. Giving managers less time to challenge plays, again speeds it all up. A pitch clock is coming in the next year or two, and they'll limit mound visits, and that's really about it.

Just to piggyback off of your comments Scotty, these are all going to improve the the viewing experience for most fans except perhaps some die hards.  Baseball, as great as it is, only has the ball in play for less than 20 minutes over the course of a game.  That ball in play time doesn't get affected by these changes, but the filler needs to come back down to more traditional levels.

1 hour ago, Scotty@AW said:

There won't be a runner starting on second base, and probably not a mandatory three batters faced from RP.

The runner starting on second base seemed aimed at limiting extra-innings at the minor league level where limits make a lot of sense even if the runner idea may not.  I seriously doubt that will be ever seriously considered for MLB.  I'm pretty sure the minimum batters thing was a fan proposal not an actual league proposal.

Joyce had the most annoying strike call in history.  Sounded like an eagle with a hernia passing a gall stone.