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On an enjoyment level, this book is akin to eating a stale, dry oatmeal cookie without any milk.  However, I feel it is an important book that makes a valiant effort at understanding today's trade, business, technology and politics, and how they fit in with one another and how the paradigm of the world has shifted in front of our very own eyes.

That sentence hardly does the book justice.  I am, admittedly, an intellectual lightweight, which is why it took me about 4 months to read this book.  It felt like homework, but there were some things in there that I was, in fact, able to wrap my brain around that have allowed me the opprtunity to look at many relevant things in today's world from a new perspective.

I typically enjoy lighter fare;  20th century American fiction, historical biographies and books about sports and things.  But I'm glad I made it through this book, and recommend it to anybody looking for some fresh insight in today's world.

Quote from: ~Apex on September 01, 2007, 11:15:16 PM

To borrow from your lexicon, Mister Peck, I'd like to say...

Hte Ablls.

Also, Fuck Boston.

Quote from: Dave B on August 23, 2007, 02:43:19 PM
Any good strip clubs in the vicinity of Allstate Arena?

Heavenly Bodies is about 3 miles straight down Touhy from the Allstate Arena.

Haven't been there for about 6-7 years, though, so I can't speak for it's quality.

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Quote from: Andy on August 23, 2007, 11:14:58 AM
My favorite part of the Barry intentional walk is that it looked like Lou told him they were going to do it.  After the mound visit he walked right past the plate and smiled and said something to Barry.  I'm almost positive he told him they weren't pitching to him.

I think it'd be funny if Barry would actually throw the bat away with the elbow guard on ball three and see if the other team still intentionally throws ball four.  I'd be surprised if they even noticed, but how great would it be to see a guy without a bat get intentionally walked?

If Barroid took no bat to the plate whatsoever, he'd still the best hitter in that sorry Giants lineup.

Boche fucked up though last night, in my opinion.  I've criticized Lou for this in the past with Cliff Floyd, so why not when the other manager does it with Barry Bonds in that shitty lineup...

What is this trend of pinch-running for your best hitters in a tied game?  To me, it seems far less likely that the extra bit of speed will make more of a difference, than keeping that player in for possible extra innings.  I realize some of these power hitters are slow, and perhaps even lazy...but it's not exactly akin to going from a 90 yar-old in a walker to Ben Johnson, either.   Not only that, but you have one less option left on your bench.  It just seems like an extra-bad play in the National League. 

I wouldn't be surprised if anticipating that move by Boche made walking Barry go from an easy decision to an absolute slam-dunk, nothing to think about type of decision.  Not only do you not have to pitch to him, but he'll be out of the game completely.

Gary Roberts

Excited for hockey, are ya?

Just a little.  My other tabbed windows were opened to the Penguins website and letsgopens.com's message board.  Hence the slip, but still a moran moment.

I'd fix it, but I think it's funnier as is, since, well, I've been caught, and it'd just be revisionist history.

We need to have a Desipio Hockee Night. It'll probably be just us three, though. And Mrs. Fork - she loves her hockey.

If she's making shortcake, I'll be there, even though I'm not a big hockey fan.

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Agreed.

He was downright sick in the 8th.

In the 9th, the banjo player at second base should have turned two, but instead played the ball to the side like a scared little leaguer.  It didn't faze the Marmot, who got the next two hitters to escape the jam he hardly created.

But isn't there already a Marmot Sploogey somewhere around here?

Probably. But we don't play "bandwidth is sacred" bullshit games here. I was too lazy to do a search, so sue me. The Marmot is so good, he deserves multiple splooges in any event.

Well well well, aren't YOU a considerate bloke?  I assume you've got a closet full of Hank White Fan Club T-Shirts, then.  Besides, the search engine here is painfully simple.

And I honestly was not aware that I actually started this thread.

Also, as a supplement to Marmol, I'm still holding out hope for Wood.  I just don't trust Howry.

Agreed.

He was downright sick in the 8th.

In the 9th, the banjo player at second base should have turned two, but instead played the ball to the side like a scared little leaguer.  It didn't faze the Marmot, who got the next two hitters to escape the jam he hardly created.

But isn't there already a Marmot Sploogey somewhere around here?

Way to finally start slamming that outside pitch the other way.

Quote from: Slaky+ on August 15, 2007, 11:35:39 PM
Why is Tom Dreesen funny again? Wait, why is he funny for the first time? What did he do to get famous? He's the worst. Ever.

I think he made Frank Sinatra laugh once.

Quote from: EG on August 15, 2007, 09:37:20 AM
Everyone get off the ledge.  Leave BC on his own out there.  The Cubs will be fine.  Tonight they face some turd named Phil Dumatrait, who is letting people hit .395 off him this year.  And we've got Ted Lilly going.  He's going to murder the Reds.  8-1 Cubs win.

Cubs will go 5-1 the rest of this homestand.

Book it, ogdens.

Quote from: Kermit on August 13, 2007, 05:45:02 PM
I'm sure I'm in the minority since I don't know the answer to this question, but what time do the gates open at Wrigley before a night game?  Is it 2 hours before?  If someone could help me out, I'd appreciate it.  Not enough to do anything for you, of course.  But I'd be appreciative.

What are you looking to heckle SuperVORP during BP?  Be careful.  You might get hit with a grilled cheese sandwich.

Also, I'll be there tonight with Mrs. Huey and some friends.  Stop by and say hey.

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Quote from: BC on August 10, 2007, 09:58:55 PM
I'm hoping the worm has turned on the Cardinals because they just took a real tough loss tonight...

Have we moved on to self-parody now, or what?

Wait until the over-the-top piece he does after they're eliminated.

Quote from: BC on August 08, 2007, 06:08:10 PM
Thank goodness the Cardinals went 1-5 against Pittsburgh and Washington, otherwise they would only be two or three back and be the team with the momentum in-division. Heck, if they win tonight and the Cubs lose, they would have gone 3-6 in the last nine games and be at the same place they were at the start of that stretch... 6 GB, but only 4 back of both the Brewers and the Cubs in the loss column.

With the current suckiness in the division, I will go out on a limb to say that if any of the Cubs, Brewers and Cardinals can find a two-week hot stretch and not follow it up with terrible play, they will win the division.

You just don't know when to quit, do you?

Isn't the fact that the Cards went 1-5 vs. Washington and Pittsburgh a sure sign that they're not going to compete?  Instead, you talk about it as if it’s in a vacuum.

Not to be Al Yellon but they're in this thing till the end.  Better get used to it.

I would have preferred they start kicking asses and taking names in August, like they did in '84 (day games my ass).  Instead, it looks like they're about to play down to the competition like they did in '03.  Both seasons ended similarly, but this team blew their chance at getting some early-August separation.  Didn't happen cuz their rotation is barely average.  Thank God that these are down times for the NL. 

In any event, sloppy baseball or not, it's still better than them being done by now.  It's easier to read about the Bears knowing that they're gonna be awesome yet still on the backburner rather than have to absorb reports out of Bourbannais like they were drops of water in the desert.

Never apologize for quoting Bill Murray and/or "Caddyshack"

Some Milwaukee writer can't decide whether to throw the Brewers under the bus, Mariotti-style, or hop on the bandwagon

QuoteTHE VIEW FROM MILWAUKEE

Trouble brewing with sliding Brewers
BY MICHAEL HUNT. Michael Hunt is a columnist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

August 3, 2007

MILWAUKEE -- Maybe it's just a coincidence that ESPN is currently airing "The Bronx is Burning," the story of how the 1977 World Series champion New York Yankees nearly imploded, with one of the igniters being a very public dugout dust-up between Reggie Jackson and Billy Martin.

Maybe it's just happenstance that the Cubs began their pursuit of the Brewers in earnest this season after Carlos Zambrano and Michael Barrett got into a very public fistfight.

Who knows what may or may not motivate the Brewers as they seem to be on the verge of unraveling in a very public way. But if it takes players getting into it with the manager in the dugout in defense of a teammate, then let the jaws flap, the fingers point and the words fly.

Sure beats Carlos Villanueva getting lit up again, allowing a minor-league pitcher to shut you down or the New York Mets hammering you into submission.

Problem for the Brewers, both occurred Thursday, the 12-4 beating and the shouting match between Ned Yost and a couple of his players. For a team like the Brewers, who have apparently lost whatever mojo it was that once carried them, such a double shot of calamity could send them right over the edge or back into their position of strength.

But this much is for sure:

They could not have continued on the same path, with the veterans piddling around and the kids trying to carry them. Sorry, but rookies aren't going to win a pennant. It's going to take real leadership from the older players and a concerted team effort, not the fragmented mess that has characterized the play of the last four series.

Maybe they needed an incident like the one captured by New York TV, in which Johnny Estrada was shown being restrained from Yost in the dugout. What wasn't shown was Tony Graffanino also having words with the skipper. Both were upset that Yost had called out a player, and all were essentially within their rights.

Yost, under pressure to win now or be gone, has reached the point where he must launch into a player because the season will slip away if the Brewers don't get a handle on this, and soon. And if Graffanino, Estrada and the rest of the veterans begin to take ownership of this team as they went after Yost, maybe that kind of energy will reawaken this team.

Afterward in the clubhouse, it was like listening to Sgt. Schultz from the old "Hogan's Heroes" show or a bunch of sassy neighborhood kids standing around a broken window. They saw nothing.

A show of team unity in the face of trouble is one thing. But what the Brewers also have to understand right now is that public denial is not a good coping skill in trying times.