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*$475,000 Chad Billingsley
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*$405,000 Eric Stults
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*$400,000 Tony Abreu
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*$400,000 Danny Ardoin
*$400,000 Chin-Lung Hu
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crap shoot, as it is generally used, means that the outcome is entirely random. or at least that's my understanding of the vernacular. you could draw a better parallel to an actual crap shoot if you were to say that the team with home field advantage through the playoffs, and the better starting rotation is closer to 6, 7, or 8, while the wild card teams are closer to 2 or 12. So the better teams are favored. But then that discounts the whole random argument, I think.
but in craps, the previous roll has absolutely no determinative effect on the current roll, which has no determinative effect on the next. It is entirely possible to roll a 7 on a come out bet 50 times in a row (and make a lot of people a lot of money). it is also entirely possible to crap out on two tosses.
it is really a bad analogy that sounds cool.
Since MLB went to the present playoff format in 1995, the team with the better regular season record has gone 44-43 in postseason series.
The team with the best regular season record has won the World Series twice (2008 Red Sox, 1998 Yankees).
Scott Podsednik is now on the DL for the Rockies.
just be glad they didn't ask a legal question.
Do you want to evaluate my disciplinary action that I filed against my cat?
(yes, i am aware of how a dumb that question is)
Related: what's with interesting games and Fenway lately? It's not exactly a pitcher's park..
[crap shoot] you guys are way over analyzing something that is mostly just an expression.
The problem, as so often, is that different people mean different things when using that expression. I think KG16 has it just right.
Some people mean "anything can happen."
Others mean "any outcome is equally likely."
The first is (trivially) true.
The second is obviously false.
But most importantly, the term is vague because of those two possible interpretations, so it's worth asking someone what they mean when they use it.
How many arguments, to say nothing of sports arguments, occur because those arguing are talking past each other, using one term to mean two (or more) different things?
As for me, I'll take precision over vagueness, thank you.
"Red Sox Make History"
Figures.
25 - Yao, McGrady, and Artest? It's about time to break up the Western Conference, isn't it?
That is all.
10 for 16
However, all hits were singles. And he's batting third tonight.
Or just not playing for some reason. I don't know, but I think it's at least "kinda weird" that he hasn't played yet.
It helps me get through the day.
Now who exactly would be sitting LaRoche every day in Vegas? OK, DeWitt is getting 3rd, and I guess Hu is doing so well at 2nd (or is he SS there?) that they want to keep playing him. But still, who would be calling the shots on LaRoche? Colletti, local Vegas manager, some organization Director who gets his cues from Colletti and Torre?
Good one.
http://tinyurl.com/6m79pl
I hadn't seen the first question 'til now:
>>toby111213: Q: How was the earthquake for you?
Young: It was my alarm clock. I was in bed sleeping and at first I thought it was construction because they're working across the street. LaRoche was running through the house screaming and hollering. But this wasn't my first rodeo, so I never really got out of bed.<<
So LaRoche is his roommate? Maybe we can ask DY where Andy is!
LaRoche is in LA with Young...? I knew something weird was going on...
Has anyone here read this book? http://tinyurl.com/5cnwgg
Has a fascinating discussion of Maris hitting 61 HRs and how it would have been expected by purely random chance to happen by somebody at some point. It's only one chapter but the whole book throws a pretty twist on the outcome of baseball games.
But why treat him differently from DeWitt...?
Its probably some combo of all that.
Jeff Kent gets two hits tonight.
Vin: At 3rd is the Veteran Rich Arliria. At Shortstop the even more veteran Omar Visquel.
If Fox still owned the team, this would already be reality.
Probably not.
What Would a Gamer Do?
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Tagline:
It's all about helping kids.
perfect.
I am 100% positive that there's a wheel. Kent's name is written in the nail through the center that allows it to spin (axis? I'm stupid)
That sucks.
but yay! Spaced is out on American DVD!
110 Hallux, I (heart) Spaced as well:
http://tinyurl.com/5qc825
Where did you see that?
Brian Dohn says it would happen for NEXT year's game.
I love the running Twit joke.
Nicollette Sheridan(I know a couple of you were going gaga over her.) shaking hands with Russell Martin, who either has a full on blush, or is just came back from a hard day in the gym. And Sheridan wearing a I love Joe Torre's wife beater while Joe looks like a pimp.