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Talk Zone / Re: Will Clemens play Beethoven's Fifth, plead the Fifth, or drink a fifth?

« on: February 08, 2008, 03:35:11 pm »

Maybe this was mentioned earlier, or maybe I'm missing something, but it seems to me that even if the vials have HGH and Clemens' DNA all over it doesn't mean he knew he was being injected with anything other than Vitamin B-12. If they can corroborate that evidence with a testimony of someone else who overheard McNamee telling Clemens what it was then they have something.

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Talk Zone / Re: Clemens Files Defamation Lawsuit Against Steroids

« on: January 11, 2008, 01:37:51 pm »

Speaking of The Onion, this may interest someone:

http://www.examiner.com/blogs/Yeas_and_Nays/2008/1/11/MoveOnorg-peels-editor-off-of-satirical-Onion-paper

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Talk Zone / Re: Scribble, scribble, scribble, eh Mr Pence?

« on: January 07, 2008, 08:19:13 am »

I'm looking forward to what he has to say if he keeps it up throughout the season. There could be some good stuff on there if the club doesn't put him on too tight a leash. The fact that he's not writing like a professional journalist doesn't bother me.

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Talk Zone / Re: is this cool?

« on: December 22, 2007, 09:26:31 pm »

When did the fans vote on this? I never saw it. Biggio's historic moment garnered 25.9% of the vote, followed next by Rick Ankiel's HR in his return to MLB with 22.2%?

The BFIB stuffed the ballot. Breaking the all-time career HR record recorded a measly 9.5% of the vote. Of course we all know why.

Interestingly enough, she explicitly excludes that one:

Biggio's big night beat out other deserving nominees, including Tom Glavine's 300th win on Aug. 5, Alex Rodriguez's 500th career homer on Aug. 4 and Frank Thomas's 500th career homer on June 28, the same night Biggio logged No. 3,000.

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Talk Zone / Re: Pettitte's admission...........

« on: December 15, 2007, 09:15:42 pm »

What's the point in worrying if he's lying? It's a feasible explanation. He was man enough to publicly admit it. End of story.

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Talk Zone / Re: Jeremy Affledt, too pricey?

« on: December 04, 2007, 02:29:23 pm »

I think someone else said it already but you might be better off starting from scratch rather than over-hauling your existing system.  The approach you are taking is likely only going to save you the cost of the case, which gives you the housing, power supply and main fan.  A case generally runs $60-$120, last I checked.

As far as "economy", you can definitely put less expensive parts in your system but you may regret that route.  Building your own PC is no longer the "cheap" option.  What it does for you is give you the flexibility to put money where it's worthwhile, i.e. processor and disk drive.

If you are going to do video capture and editing, make sure your harddrive is a high RPM model.  Anything lower than 7200 rpm drops video frames.  Whatever you do, do not skimp on the memory. 

Let me know which route you go on the DVD-Writeable..  I was contemplating that addition but at the time, they were still debating preferred formats for DVD writeable drives. 

As for installing heat-syncs, why is that problematic?  The only time I've ever seen a problem was if someone used too much silicone grease (you should get a little syringe with the grease you should use) or none at all.  If you remember using elmer's glue in elementary school you will recognize the phrase, "A little dab will do ya'!"  Once you seat the heat sync, it should flatten out to about a dime size, no bigger than a nickel on some of the older processors.  Too much and you get the silicone grease in places where it's not meant to be. 

I've read a lot of great suggestions, but I haven't seen anyone mention electro-static discharge. If your teenager doesn't read instruction manuals then he probably doesn't wear his bicycle helmet either, and probably won't use something like this. But it's a good investment and you can also find it at Fry's for a reasonable price. It will help keep all that money you spent on that super duper quadro dual-exhaust graphics card from going to waste because of that new Christmas sweater.

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Talk Zone / Re: pepe romero (non-BB, non-beer, guitar)

« on: October 13, 2007, 09:49:03 pm »

Awesome, I have "Songs my father taught me". It's an excellent album. Maybe he'll be in Austin soon.

Edit: Doh! Just missed him. He came on Oct. 6th :(

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Talk Zone / Re: Relevant stat, or coincidence?

« on: September 16, 2007, 05:40:10 pm »

You think Anderson's gonna start next year? I don't.

I don't know. I guess I read too much into Jim Molony's article:

Anderson can play all three outfield spots, but his best spot is in center field. The Astros already have Hunter Pence there, but may decide to move Pence to right field. If so, a center fielder must be found. The Astros will look at free agent possibilities this winter, but in the meantime, they want to check out Anderson.

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Talk Zone / Re: Relevant stat, or coincidence?

« on: September 16, 2007, 03:31:23 pm »

I'm assuming they'll commit to Wigginton and Scott (certainly Ty) if for no other reason it makes it easier to focus on the more critical needs during the off-season.

With Anderson around do you really think Scott is still in the picture as much more than a 4th OF?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Padres vs Ty and the Astros, 7/29

« on: July 29, 2007, 02:57:53 pm »

and it is 7 to go again....

That's better than 12.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Padres vs Ty and the Astros, 7/29

« on: July 29, 2007, 02:39:33 pm »

This would be an amazing way to begin an impossible season comeback.

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Talk Zone / Re: Trade talk

« on: July 28, 2007, 06:10:19 pm »

Just found the Wheeler/Wigginton trade here

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Rockies @ Biggio -- 6/28/07

« on: June 28, 2007, 08:57:19 pm »

Sure would be nice if the astros could score a run on seven this inning.

so I got a dilemma...I've got tickets to the Police tomorrow night, and now I have Astros tickets for tomorrow night...

Probably never get to see someone get hit number 3,000.  Probably never get to see the Police perform again...

Ass...

Which would you be more dissapointed to have missed?

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Talk Zone / Re: Notes from SI:

« on: June 28, 2007, 04:52:13 pm »

But to get rid of three quality relievers is really asking for trouble.  One?  Yeah, but all three!!!  No way.

Can we even afford to lose one? Aren't we currently seeing the effects of losing one right now?

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Archive / Re: Pence's best position

« on: June 25, 2007, 11:07:20 pm »

I remember seeing someone say in another thread that because of his sidearm throw Pence is not accurate, but he has arm strength. Garner disagrees:

"I think he's more comfortable [defensively]," manager Phil Garner said. "He doesn't have a great arm, but he's accurate."

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Talk Zone / Re: Pence's homerun last night

« on: June 21, 2007, 02:50:17 pm »

i think it speaks for itself, jim.  perhaps the hysteria of the times excuses it to some degree, but walt calling out his employees as communists, effectively destroying their livelihood in the process, in retaliation for their attempting to unionize a few years before is pretty deplorable, and pretty fascist in my opinion.

You should read Ann Coulter.

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Talk Zone / Re: Baio

« on: June 17, 2007, 08:40:02 pm »

Way to take one for the team!

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Mariners @ Astros: Navigate with the stars (6/17/07)

« on: June 17, 2007, 01:41:39 pm »

Who are these guys?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Mariners @ Astros: Navigate with the stars (6/17/07)

« on: June 17, 2007, 01:35:17 pm »

holy pence what a throw.

Roy O better buy him a tractor for that one.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Mariners @ Astros: Navigate with the stars (6/17/07)

« on: June 17, 2007, 01:33:18 pm »

I guess Oswalt is a thrill seeker...

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Mariners @ Astros: Navigate with the stars (6/17/07)

« on: June 17, 2007, 01:21:53 pm »

Wow, can't believe it...

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Mariners @ Astros: Navigate with the stars (6/17/07)

« on: June 17, 2007, 01:20:45 pm »

Come on... Grand Slamb!

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Afternoon Delight: A's at 'Stros, June 14

« on: June 14, 2007, 04:39:35 pm »

Munson-Burke-Ensberg due up.

Woo-hoo.

Hey, anything is possible...

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Afternoon Delight: A's at 'Stros, June 14

« on: June 14, 2007, 02:55:25 pm »

Swear to god, I will eat my phone...

Need some salt?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Afternoon Delight: A's at 'Stros, June 14

« on: June 14, 2007, 02:22:20 pm »

Who do we bring up?  Bruntlett?  Conrad?

Klassen?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Afternoon Delight: A's at 'Stros, June 14

« on: June 14, 2007, 02:18:25 pm »

Not Everett... please....

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Talk Zone / Re: New Astros Fan has arrived (non-BB, at least not yet)

« on: June 13, 2007, 03:57:00 pm »

Congratulations!

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Talk Zone / Re: Fact or Opinion?

« on: June 13, 2007, 03:12:34 pm »

they have scoreboard, though.

I know that's what he was referring to, but "the superior American League" was a poor choice of words. That leaves it open to much more than just runs scored. It sounds like more of a mentality than anything.

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Talk Zone / Fact or Opinion?

« on: June 13, 2007, 02:55:11 pm »

According to Ben DuBose, the American League is superior

The bad news, though, is that at 5-4 with a 3.60 ERA in the superior American League, Joe Blanton is still really good and a critical part of the outstanding A's rotation

I usually don't post new topics, and it's probably in the Cabrera category, but I hadn't seen anyone comment on this, and I thought it was strange coming from the Astros' site.

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Talk Zone / Re: Anyone going to the game tomorrow night?

« on: June 13, 2007, 11:10:44 am »

Mrs Limey has video of it, but filmed in maximum resolution so the file is huge.  I think I may have to send it to you via CD unless I can edit it such that it can be e-mailed.  Will keep you posted.

YouTube

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Talk Zone / Re: MacIntosh Talk

« on: June 12, 2007, 04:10:22 pm »

Link from a coworker...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIApJMzGzDQ

Impressive. I'm not a Mac user, so I didn't realize they were this far ahead. I use VMWare Workstation every day. VMWare is definitely top notch.

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The Bus Ride Discussion Forum / Re: 2007 Draft Thread

« on: June 06, 2007, 06:50:59 pm »

Astros.com is implying that due to Houston's first pick coming so late in the draft (as Jackonsian noted) the organization may very well target players who would normally be first or second rounders, but have presumably fallen because of signability concerns:

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070530&content_id=1994381&vkey=news_hou&fext=.jsp&c_id=hou

Cabrera

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros at Rukkakes - 6/5/07

« on: June 05, 2007, 11:00:51 pm »

[obvious]I'm thinking that Luke Scott going on one of his rampages might be a good thing for this team.[/obvious]

heck ya!

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Talk Zone / Re: Okay, you get a vote

« on: June 04, 2007, 05:22:53 pm »

If Waldo would let me, I'd do that in Flash and just before the ball hit the ground, have Thunder Pants coming dashing from screen left to catch the ball in a full dive!

And chance jinxing Thunder pants??

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Talk Zone / Re: Okay, you get a vote

« on: June 04, 2007, 03:05:32 pm »

1. Yes: Couldn't hurt...
2. Suggestion: An effigy in a Cubs uniform
3. Punishment: Create a Clark account and only post with it for a few days without telling anyone

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Talk Zone / Re: Is this a nightmare series for Purp?

« on: June 04, 2007, 11:26:41 am »

I'm really glad that Taveras is doing well, but not because it makes Purp look bad. He looked like a guy who was about to blossom into a quality major leaguer, and it appears to be turning out that way. I was disappointed to see him go. Good for him.

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Talk Zone / Re: WhiteSox Shopping Dye

« on: June 02, 2007, 05:32:53 pm »

Similar but Dye has accumulated those averages over 12l years.  Scott's average is the result of a high and a low. 

I like Dye's power better than Scotts.  I think the choice would be a rental that has a fairly good proven record or keep a younger player and see what his career looks like.

Yes, I agree that is the difference. I don't see how it makes sense giving up Scott + prospect(s) for a rental whose performance this season isn't any better. If they're shopping him then his club doesn't have much faith that he will turn around this season.

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Talk Zone / Re: WhiteSox Shopping Dye

« on: June 02, 2007, 02:31:13 pm »

How would that be a significant improvement over Luke Scott?

2007 Stats:

	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	OBP	SLG	AVG
Scott	45	130	11	30	4	26	.322	.415	.231
Dye	48	184	23	43	10	28	.296	.446	.234

Not much different this year, and their career numbers are very similar as well.

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The Bus Ride Discussion Forum / Re: Ask and Ye Shall Maybe Receive: Season 3, Vol I

« on: June 01, 2007, 04:18:12 pm »

Optioned to Double-A: RHP Matt Albers

Is this a typo?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Dickities @ Astros - 5/31/07

« on: May 31, 2007, 08:45:32 pm »

Berkman, on a full-count with Loretta running, hits a curve deep to right, just out of the reach of Junior, 3-run dinger!!

7-2 Astros

Finally!! WooHoo!!!

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Talk Zone / Re: 790 The Sports Animal implies that changes are a'comin...

« on: May 31, 2007, 03:13:59 pm »

Cabrera's probably a Brave now, but according to this article:

"The Angels have recently scouted Colorado's Garrett Atkins, Baltimore's Melvin Mora and Houston's Morgan Ensberg."

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros in the Desert, part IV - 5/27/07

« on: May 27, 2007, 03:44:10 pm »

Everyone is this lineup has hit over .300 against Liván in their career, except AE.

That's just unacceptable. Let's trade him for a spoon of peanut butter and play Berkman SS!

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros in the Desert, part IV - 5/27/07

« on: May 27, 2007, 03:24:08 pm »

Please God, help Ensberg hit today.

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Talk Zone / Re: Shiner 98

« on: May 27, 2007, 03:05:52 pm »

...the hype on here has piqued my interest.

Same for me. Do any restaurants or bars in Austin serve it? Draft would be nice.

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Talk Zone / Re: Golden Sombrero

« on: May 27, 2007, 02:54:29 pm »

This may be heresy, but Biggio is killing us. Watching him amass enough AB's to limp into 3,000 hits is doing a disservice to his stellar career. He's conjuring up Willie Mays memories for me. He's got no range at 2B. He can't hit anything but mistake fastballs that catch too much plate. By the time that he limps into 3,000 hits, we'll be long out of it. 

Maybe if Berkman, Scott and Everett were close to meeting expectations at the plate and somehow we were still losing you could complain about Biggio's batting (mentioning Mo or Lane is beating a dead horse). Biggio is much further down on the list of guys to pick on.

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Talk Zone / Re: The Madness

« on: May 26, 2007, 03:46:02 pm »

I saw Sacccamanno play a good bit at AA and he never impressed me much. BUt he caught fire late last year and is continuing to put up numbers. Is this guy a legit 3B candidate?

I haven't been to all that many games in RR this year, but so far I haven't seen Saccomano play anything other than 1B. I've only seen Conrad and Ransom on 3B.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Holy Shit! 9:15pm? Fucking Giants vs Astros

« on: May 21, 2007, 11:03:50 pm »

Why on Earth was he bunting?

Aah, scouting report on Lowry is that he can't field a bunt.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Holy Shit! 9:15pm? Fucking Giants vs Astros

« on: May 21, 2007, 10:37:11 pm »

Lance bunts the first pitch, foul. Squares, pulls back, curve drops in for 0-2. Swings the bat, foul down the 3rd base dugout. Fouls another back. They keep showing Christy Yamaguchi (sic). Chops to Durham, 4-3. FUCK.

Why on Earth was he bunting?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Gints @ Astros - 5/16/07

« on: May 16, 2007, 08:38:43 pm »

you're right.  i'm already starting to wonder if i'm ever going to get a full night's sleep again!  but i would never complain, really, because it's amazing. she chills out and watches the game with me (if it's on) for a bit before her bedtime...she's the coolest chick i know.

It might be a while for the sleep, but it's worth it. For our first it was about 2 months before we were getting a 6 hour stretch at night. Best thing we ever did was to start letting him cry himself to sleep. Two nights later he was asleep within a minute or two.

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Talk Zone / Re: Burke's first RR at bat

« on: May 15, 2007, 12:33:04 am »

He had a good night... or did he?

He went 2-4, 1 BB, 1 RBI and a stolen base

The RBI was of the bases loaded, no out GIDP variety. At least he made contact.

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Talk Zone / Re: Chris(tina) Kahrl's passing familiarity with logic

« on: May 01, 2007, 01:41:44 pm »

I'm sorry.  Perhaps I'm old fashioned.  Perhaps I blame the messanger and not the message, but anything written by a dude who had his pecker surgically removed to create a "man-pussy" somehow just doesn't register as being worth a shit to read.

No Rice-a-Roni for me either.

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Talk Zone / Re: All Star Vote Hijacking

« on: April 30, 2007, 11:31:44 pm »

So ... on a marginally related note, is Hunter Pence on the ballot??

I wrote his name in.

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Talk Zone / Re: Was Pence the catalist for tonigs win

« on: April 28, 2007, 11:30:45 pm »

Somebody goes.

Let me rephrase that. Is there an obvious choice for who goes down?

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Talk Zone / Re: Was Pence the catalist for tonigs win

« on: April 28, 2007, 11:18:23 pm »

Maybe I'm missing something, but what happens when Rick White comes back?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Brewers @ Astros - 4/28/07

« on: April 28, 2007, 08:36:50 pm »

Lidge strikes out the side.

Pence erases the bad karma...

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Brewers @ Astros - 4/28/07

« on: April 28, 2007, 06:42:10 pm »

It's obvious by the crowd's response that everyone has extremely high expectations for him. I hope he has a thick skin for what people will be saying during his first slump.

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Talk Zone / Re: Why the Braves can't sell out playoff games (non-bb...very non-bb)

« on: April 27, 2007, 10:08:12 am »

The funniest part is how interested the old hillbilly woman is in the host's rant, like it's really vital information.
As if. The only guy hitting her will be the one driving the bus...

Why waste a bus? Use a harpoon.

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Talk Zone / Re: Rob Neyer is a smug prick

« on: April 25, 2007, 01:37:25 pm »

Everyone who has written this kind of article and everyone who has complained that Biggio is playing first team should not be allowed to stand or applaud nor type one congratulatory word when he gets 3,000.   

Yes, people who say such things completely miss the magnitude of Biggio's milestone. If it were really the case that he was no longer a major league-caliber player then there would be no race to 3,000.

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Talk Zone / Re: It's my fault--I need help!

« on: April 24, 2007, 01:21:08 pm »

Shredding a Cubs hat isn't a sacrifice...that would be like giving up hitting yourself in the testicles with a baseball bat.

True, but the cat ceremony would definitely be good mojo!

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros@Brewers - 4/22

« on: April 22, 2007, 01:37:49 pm »

Hey, Gameday is wrong. Counsell's stance isn't like that!

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Talk Zone / Re: 2b tomorrow

« on: April 19, 2007, 01:54:30 pm »

What I am wondering is who is the first to be put on the bench if Lane continues with a hot bat, Burke or Scott?

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Talk Zone / Re: Same tired topic (Astros TV in Austin/Round Rock)

« on: April 18, 2007, 04:00:36 pm »

I just sent an email to their web team asking if they could put up a poll about Austin people interested in Astros.

I'll try to regularly check www.knva.com for their polls and post the link if they do happen to put it up. For anyone who wants to help keep tabs on their online polls, go to the "Forums->The CW Austin Poll Question" menu on their site. It doesn't look like they have a good direct link to the poll.

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Talk Zone / Re: Why the Braves can't sell out playoff games (non-bb...very non-bb)

« on: April 18, 2007, 10:41:08 am »

Are broadcasters required to put this stuff on as part of their licenses?  No matter, this is quality TV.  They should put this on instead of Nancy Grace.

When I saw "public" I was thinking along the lines of PBS, mostly funded by the government.

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Talk Zone / Re: Why the Braves can't sell out playoff games (non-bb...very non-bb)

« on: April 18, 2007, 12:15:02 am »

This is public tv? That means tax payers are paying for this?

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Talk Zone / Re: Blast from the past...

« on: April 16, 2007, 07:02:23 pm »

Evidently, only the admins can see 'it', whatever it is.

I can see it.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros@Phillies - Friday 4/13

« on: April 13, 2007, 08:32:59 pm »

Wow, there may be something to Garner's "bad karma" thing.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros@Phillies - Friday 4/13

« on: April 13, 2007, 07:44:56 pm »

92 pitches for Oswalt. Think we'll see Lidge tonight?

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Talk Zone / Re: All Lidge. All the time.

« on: April 13, 2007, 02:13:14 pm »

Just wondering, was there a similar discussion here surrounding Dotel before he was traded?

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Talk Zone / Re: Features you would like to see in the new TZ

« on: April 12, 2007, 08:59:13 pm »

Is there a way to ignore a whole thread topic? If not, that might be a handy feature. Some topics seem to keep popping up that have long since been run into the ground. And I have to clear them from my "Recent Unread Topics" list.

Sorry if this has already been brought up.

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Talk Zone / Re: Pence in right field...

« on: April 12, 2007, 02:21:09 pm »

Hunter getting reacquainted with RF may mean that M-Rod is getting closer to coming back into the fold.  Mike Rodriquez and Brooks Conrad are good players and it would be ashame to have them waste a year as minor league fodder.  Neither one of them coming up to the majors would surprise me, the same with Bruntlett because all three are fine role players that could help a major league team as utility guys.

Do you think you could give some scenarios as to how you think this would happen?

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Talk Zone / Re: Pence in right field...

« on: April 12, 2007, 01:40:04 pm »

Saw my first Express game of the year Tuesday and Hunter was in right with Bruntlett in center.  What is up with that???

Could this be a sign that they are getting ready to bring Bruntlett up to "relieve" Burke a little?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros at Cubs: April 10th, 2007

« on: April 10, 2007, 04:00:02 pm »

Nope.  You can't create your own save.

That's what I figured, just needed confirmation.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Astros at Cubs: April 10th, 2007

« on: April 10, 2007, 03:58:08 pm »

So if the Cubs score 1 and only 1 more run, is it considered a save for Wheeler since the gap closes to 2 runs?

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Talk Zone / Re: Hidalgo to play in the Atlantic League

« on: April 10, 2007, 12:13:24 pm »

So, Richard wouldn't go for being a AAA Express or AA Hook, but a Duck is okay?  Glad we got that all straightened out.

This is just speculation, but perhaps he was told (or figured) he wouldn't get much play time in AAA. If he's serious about coming back he would probably need to play a lot to do so.

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Talk Zone / Re: black baseball players. etc.

« on: April 10, 2007, 10:45:30 am »

Unless it has changed recently, LL had a rule that no kid couldn't play because of an inability to pay.

If I had only known... I would have pestered my parents until they ended up giving in and going deeper in the hole because they didn't want to accept charity *sigh*. Such is life. All is good now, and I will without a doubt encourage and support my children with anything they want to do. The hard part will be trying not to push baseball if any of them are not interested.

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Talk Zone / Re: black baseball players. etc.

« on: April 09, 2007, 05:05:54 pm »

i cannot imagine what large expenses there would be in joining a regular LL. i never heard of anyone being turned away, either, if cost was a factor. of course, bats and gloves are expensive, but not signing up for regular LL.

My parents, 14 years ago living paycheck to paycheck, could not afford $130 for the season. That doesn't seem like much now, but it was a lot then. I would bet it's gone way up since then. Perhaps it's just the area, but my parents weren't all that well off. It had to do with uniforms, paying umpires, etc. I was just a kid, so I don't know more details than that. Maybe it was a special league somehow.

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Talk Zone / Re: black baseball players. etc.

« on: April 09, 2007, 04:58:05 pm »

regular LL is not expensive at all. it is the travel "select" teams that beed gullible parents dry.

This was the only league available. It was the public local league. I don't know what travel "select" teams are, but I don't think it was one of those, as we didn't travel anywhere.

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Talk Zone / Re: black baseball players. etc.

« on: April 09, 2007, 04:51:40 pm »

I am in my late 20s. After a few years in little league my parents took me out of it because the costs of the local league had risen dramatically. We were just plain priced out of me being able to play. I think that has a lot to do with it, especially considering the aforementioned socioeconomics.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Stros@Scrubs - 4/9

« on: April 09, 2007, 03:51:35 pm »

Looks like Wheeler is the closer today...

Assuming a closer is necessary.

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Talk Zone / Re: screw it- I'm ready for Pence

« on: April 05, 2007, 12:09:48 am »

Pittsburgh, 3-0, 1.000, -
Milwaukee, 2-1, .667, 1.0
Chi Cubs, 1-1, .500, 1.5
Cincinnati, 1-1, .500, 1.5
Houston, 0-3, .000, 3.0
St. Louis, 0-3, .000, 3.0

After a full 3 games it's now perfectly clear this offseason turned the NL Central upside-down.

[/sarcasm]

Seriously, everyone is frustrated with these last three games. All were winnable, and it's especially frustrating knowing how close the last 3 seasons were. But it's still April. And regardless, it's just fuel for The Garner Method.

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Talk Zone / Re: National Anthem-Opening Day

« on: April 02, 2007, 11:36:13 pm »

Because the song is asking a question. "Oh say can you see...?"

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Talk Zone / Re: Closet Pearl, Stroh’s and Olympia drinkers, be heard

« on: April 02, 2007, 02:07:34 pm »

My family and I went to Germany to visit family when I was 16 (legal drinking age). That's when I realized the true power of flatulence. After a couple of stout German hefeweisens and some bratwurst I could clear out a room lickety split. My younger brother was unfortunate enough to be my roommate most of the trip. I think my parents were genuinely afraid he would get methane poisoning.

Since that was really my first long-term encounter with beer I turned out to be a serious beer snob. Although there were those desparate financial times in college when all my friends and I could afford were forties of Bud Ice and King Cobra from the local convenience store. Now I drink so rarely I just stick to the good stuff.

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Talk Zone / Re: Batting order thread

« on: March 28, 2007, 03:54:47 pm »

...if there is not an adequate everyday replacement for him…

What about Loretta?

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Talk Zone / Re: Same tired topic (Astros TV in Austin/Round Rock)

« on: March 28, 2007, 01:27:06 pm »

True, although Temple's AM 1400 (Elizabeth) is one of the best Astros affiliates in Central Texas.  When Westlake High School has a girls Lacrosse game that preempts the Astros on AM 1300 in Austin, I can always turn to AM1400 out of Temple, AM1010 out of Waco, or the flagship to hear the games.

Ooh, good info! I've been looking for those other two channels myself. Hopefully they will work well in SW Austin also.

Sometimes I can get 740 from Houston as well, but it can get rough this far out.

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Talk Zone / Re: wow this place is wonderful

« on: March 26, 2007, 03:15:25 pm »

Looks sharp! Much appreciated!

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: steM vs. The Good Guys 3-6-07

« on: March 06, 2007, 03:26:56 pm »

Someone give that baby a pacifier! Anyone else hear that crying in the background?

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Mid of 7th: Detroit 11 Houston 3

« on: March 02, 2007, 05:04:24 pm »

I don't think he'll stay in RR too long. He's hangin' pretty well with the big boys.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Just curious....is anyone reading the pbp at work?

« on: March 02, 2007, 02:18:27 pm »

I'm reading, but I'm also listening, so reading isn't really necessary for me, just nice to look back on.

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Talk Zone / Re: Finally!!! Games will be played

« on: March 01, 2007, 04:19:18 pm »

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I'm pretty sure you're out of all of them, but that's besides the point. You were really comfortable with only being able to see half of the games, and on a computer, no less? Holy shit, man. That's no good, you need to work on that arrangement, post haste. Next thing you know, you're using smoke signals and tin cans for communication, living in a thatch hut, and learning how to make your own hemp sandals from your new friends in the commune. Right the ship quickly, there's still time...

LOL! Kinda... Eh. Well I made that "agreement" last October. I'll see if they will refund my money, and let me just convert it to gameday audio (last season I was able to listen to some games that way that I couldn't anywhere else).

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Talk Zone / Re: Finally!!! Games will be played

« on: March 01, 2007, 04:05:06 pm »

From what I understand that's just the home games I can't see, right?

If I can't watch any of them then I'm gonna be pissed.

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Game Zone 2007 Archive / Re: Heading to the top of the 2nd 0-0

« on: March 01, 2007, 03:50:40 pm »

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Who gave up the homer?

That was Moehler.

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Talk Zone / Re: Finally!!! Games will be played

« on: March 01, 2007, 03:14:45 pm »

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If you have a subscription, you mean? I'm a cheap bastard, I want it free.

Well, I agreed with my wife to cut cable tv as long as I could sign up for MLBTV. Baseball is the only tv I can't live without.

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Talk Zone / Re: Finally!!! Games will be played

« on: March 01, 2007, 02:01:55 pm »

On MLB.com, the way I found it was by going to the "Audio&Video" menu and selecting "Multimedia Guide", which takes me to The Link

Edit: And on the astros.com website it's the "Multimedia" menu.

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Talk Zone / Re: Finally!!! Games will be played

« on: March 01, 2007, 01:30:59 pm »

I recently paid my dues for MLBTV this season, and I'm disappointed with the lack of availability of spring training games.

The spring training schedule shows only 7 games on MLBTV  

At least we can listen to the rest.

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Talk Zone / Re: For my Astros fan Grandma

« on: February 26, 2007, 03:40:50 pm »

Wow, thanks for sharing that. It's great you are able to reflect on the good that came from her life.

It reminds me why it's important to make such memories. My one year old son's first game was in Round Rock last season when Clemens came to town. We'll always remember that one.

God bless.

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Talk Zone / Re: snow

« on: January 16, 2007, 02:59:00 pm »

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just a dusting. it is mostly ice/sleet, which started late yesterday afternoon. Austin may be iced in until after noon tomorrow.

It's trying to get thick here in the southwest part of town. For a while we had some fairly large flurries.

Iced roads. Can't go to work... Doh! Dern laptops and VPN.

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Talk Zone / Re: Reading too much into things

« on: January 14, 2007, 11:02:48 pm »

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You did not just post a link to another forum for discussion.  A lame forum and lame discussion.

That's trolling, and if Spack doesn't ban you I'll be stunned.

Sorry about that. I'll try to dig around more to see what this forum considers trolling.

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Talk Zone / Re: Reading too much into things

« on: January 14, 2007, 01:38:03 am »

Acrtually I think you are. Before Willy T was traded he was up there on the far right next to Oswalt. They removed him shortly after the trade.

Hmmmm... spleen!

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Talk Zone / Re: Luke Scott video question

« on: January 09, 2007, 11:57:00 am »

I wasn't on this forum when the video was posted on this site, but I believe I may have found the one you're looking for. Someone sent the link to me about a year ago and I asked him if he still had it on his hard drive. He found it and sent it to me, so I uploaded it to YouTube. The original link was The Link but it's broken now.

The new link