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Don't know much about basketball, but wouldn't that be considered goaltending?
posted by opel70 at 09:43 AM on December 30
Tom Brady's agent has proposed essentially the same solution to the 18-game issue that Atheist proposed in the thread way back on Feb 3. Limit the number of games a player can suit up. Atheist, do you have some connections?
posted by opel70 at 09:08 AM on February 11
A lot different from the huge fallout last year when the Dallas Cowboys cheerleader dressed in blackface as Lil Kim.
posted by opel70 at 02:43 PM on November 03
And how much money did the Psychology department bring in to the schools? Or the English department? Is the only reason to have sports to bring in money, or could it be that these are just part of the college needs like any other department. Are they counting tuition brought in by the non-athletic major who decided to come because there was a badminton team?
posted by opel70 at 08:43 AM on August 25
Thanks all for the phonetics lessons. It sure helps to sound not so out of touch with the hoopla. Especially here in the Chicago area.
posted by opel70 at 10:34 AM on June 10
Thanks for the clarification on that rule
posted by opel70 at 08:56 AM on April 19
Ah, the joys of satellite imagery. The process of stitching together all of the satellite images does create some distortion in some instances.
posted by opel70 at 03:13 PM on March 16
Joe Posnanski has, what I thought to be, an interesting post about the futility of stats. How, as we all know, they can be made to say anything you want. I thought it was most interesting in light of Randy Johnson retiring and the posts in that thread about how he should get 95%+ of the ballots when he comes up, because those (HoF voting %) stats are also in this blog post.
posted by opel70 at 09:57 AM on January 06
Part of the problem I see with the timing is the huge wait between the end of the regular season and the start (and end) of the "Bowl season". It leaves the schools looking to change coaches in a bit of a lurch because, as stated above, this is a prime time to be getting new student commitments. Which they have a harder time doing without a coach.
posted by opel70 at 08:54 AM on December 11
Wow, not that this was completely unexpected, but does seem a bit sudden. Though "sudden" isn't exactly the word I am looking for. Guess I mean, they just didn't waste any time. Anyway, maybe the Bears will take note and follow suit with their coach.
posted by opel70 at 03:54 PM on November 30
Maybe as a tribute to Jordan's multiple comebacks, they can retire it for a couple of years, unretire it, retire again . . . - Richard Roeper
Not necessarily a big fan of his, but I really liked this thought.
posted by opel70 at 10:55 AM on November 18
...the best point of comparison may be Belichick himself earlier this season.
Against Atlanta on Sept. 27, Belichick went for it on fourth-and-1 from his own 24-yard line. The Patriots converted. Belichick was hailed for his you-play-to-win-the-game moxie. And in his postgame comments, he sounded strikingly the way he did Sunday night, if a lot more jovial.
Thought this was an interesting point brought up in a NY Times article
posted by opel70 at 03:33 PM on November 16
How about a pick for Minn. v. Green Bay?
posted by opel70 at 08:59 AM on October 30
My point is that sometimes players just fool everyone
Yeah, but you have to then stop playing them.
posted by opel70 at 11:03 PM on October 16
both the Olympic flame and the Chicago River burning at the same time.
It's the Cuyahoga River through Cleveland that burns.
posted by opel70 at 11:02 PM on October 16
The only rider in his contract is an additional $11 million if he takes 70% of the snaps
He probably realized that without the bonus, he needed to downsize. And really, with the two lackluster choices, could this be a reason Mangini is going with Anderson? Since neither QB was really lighting up the scoreboard, might as well go with the cheaper one.
posted by opel70 at 08:32 AM on October 14
And really, where were the parents? They just let her go with someone official looking without going with?
posted by opel70 at 06:00 PM on October 08
Former New York Giants linebacker Carl Banks sent his well wishes to Urlacher via a reporter on Tuesday. Banks suffered a lunate bone dislocation during the fourth game of the 1990 season ... ''I was told if a guy working construction had the same thing he'd be out 18 months... It's a serious injury. If that tiny bone in there comes out, it destroys his whole hand. It's an integral part of the bone structure. Anyone who thinks he should be playing through it doesn't know how serious this is. I hope he can come back and be the same player he was before the injury.''
I thought this was a relevant quote from a former player who had the same injury. I had been thinking the same about seeing players with broken wrists / hands just playing with their cast. But maybe this isn't that simple.
posted by opel70 at 09:01 AM on September 16
I caught the sarcasm, but I do want to echo BI's first comment about editorializing in the FPP.
posted by opel70 at 03:01 PM on September 14
And what's with the suspension but he can stay on the team. So he can practice with the team, taking away practice time from someone else, but he can't play in a game?
And from what I read of the apolgy, he didn't actually apologize to Hout, just to the fans, ESPN, and his teammates.
posted by opel70 at 04:29 PM on September 05
Yeah, we were just at a Kane County Cougars game and thought the same. I told my wife to always have an eye on the batter, even if you were talking to someone on the other side. We were about four rows up, just past third base. A bit too close for my comfort with my three-year old sitting next to me.
posted by opel70 at 04:25 PM on September 05
So we're just going to get this in dribs and drabs? If they're going to just keep leaking this stuff, why not just leak everyone?
posted by opel70 at 01:24 PM on July 30
Also talked about here
posted by opel70 at 02:53 PM on May 27
I had read this earlier, and generally I would say that the US teams should not be courting the Japan minor league players. However, since this player is in a team not affiliated with any NPB team, I don't see what the problem is. Since he was open for any of the NPB teams to court, why not any team in general?
posted by opel70 at 08:42 AM on November 20
I do feel the need to jump in and say that eleven of the last twenty-five posts were direct copies of at least part of the article lead. So while I am sure that it is not preferred, and I think it is even mentioned in the site guidelines, copying the article lead has become fairly commonplace.
Though, I do agree that the personal touch is a big part of why most of us come to this site. Not just to read a rehash of an AP article.
posted by opel70 at 04:41 PM on August 21
The last two items you mentioned might have been good ideas for posts on their own, as they had some interest aside from just a laundry list. As it stands, there was no way to know this was some "unknown kid" or that the US was maybe going to win a medal for the first time in waterpolo.
posted by opel70 at 09:01 AM on August 20
Wouldn't this concept also be used the other way? Somehow signaling the pitcher which pitch the hitter is now expecting, and which different pitch would be most effective in combating that specific hitter's expectation. It seems that historically there have been gains by pitchers / hitters that tilt the advantage on way or the other. Then those gains are negated in a few years by the other group making appropriate adjustments.
posted by opel70 at 10:01 AM on July 28
I had been watching the trials all weekend while down with pneumonia. I'm glad you posted this story, because there were several times that I thought about doing so, and just never got to it. Pretty amazing, if you ask me. You have here juxtaposed with Gary Hall Jr, on the men's side who, with all of his bravado, wasn't able to get it done. Maybe he'll be back, but this time just happy to be able to give it a shot.
posted by opel70 at 07:49 AM on July 08
OK, so not exactly tennis, but with Nadal's trouncing of Federer this week, I though this could bring some levity in the runup to Wimbledon.
posted by opel70 at 01:28 PM on June 09
The old link was pointing to an article that said this might happen. Now that it is official, I'm guessing the powers that be decided to make it current.
posted by opel70 at 02:04 PM on May 20
I would be the first to say that I am not much of a baseball person. I know the basics, but don't follow it too much. From that perspective, my feeling is that if there was no DH in the AL, why keep two leagues? As far as I see it, the reason to have the two leagues is because the rules a slightly different. Though I guess the same could be said of the AFC and the NFC in football, and the Eastern / Western conference in the NBA. So is the reason just for the sake of manufacturing a rivalry?
posted by opel70 at 02:20 PM on May 13
Too bad he's with the Padres, or he probably would have arrived a fair bit sooner. Five tries to get this win.
posted by opel70 at 01:49 PM on May 12
Aren't the swimmers who can actually get one of these suits tops in the world already? True they may not have been world record swimmers, but weren't they already pretty good?
posted by opel70 at 07:49 AM on April 15
Yeah, I work in the software / hardware field and most of this just strikes me as a failed attempt at humor. 1) he decides that they only need four people per team, and then essentially complains that there aren't enough people. 2) he make the decision of only four people per team on the number of bases and then removes most of them, so in his redefined game there should only need to be one person per team (only one base now). He was really trying hard to make this a funny idea, but, in my opinion, he struck out.
posted by opel70 at 11:31 AM on February 07
Well, heck, it's still just a ball. I'm not sure how many balls baseball players tend to get to keep, but it football it seems that some players must need multiple storage sheds to hold all of their "special" balls. Do you really think that ball is more special to him than the ring he got? He actually has seemed to me to be more down to earth than many sports stars. And maybe the "history" of the ball feels more "real" to him if he could actually hold the ball to re-live the moments.
posted by opel70 at 08:00 AM on December 21
But as has been brought up in the past, it is pretty impossible to prove a negative. How do you prove that you never took steroids. Especially when all it takes is for anyone to come out and say, "Yep, I saw him take some."
posted by opel70 at 08:05 AM on December 20
And I think if we are going to add stories from The Onion, we must have Terry Francona Announces Josh Beckett Will Start Games 1, 4, 7, 2, 6, 3, 5
posted by opel70 at 02:15 PM on October 25
Another take on who the next possibility could be, picking Oswalt, Buerhle, Sabathia as the top three contenders.
posted by opel70 at 04:11 PM on August 06
Coal mining? Not sure about the "four years", but it is a career that can be very short lived, as well as very debilitating.
posted by opel70 at 01:31 PM on June 27
So now there's two? Any more disgruntled "franchise" players out there? Are there any "franchise" players that are gruntled (or happy with the designation)? Tim
posted by opel70 at 02:43 PM on June 05
I don't know why I know that, I just do. You probably grew up watching Rich Hall and his Sniglets (words that should be in the dictionary, but aren't). That's where I learned the word.
posted by opel70 at 07:48 AM on April 26
He'd be going back to Japan for two more seasons, actually. Though he would be eligible for this type of bidding process again after next season. Oops, Venicemenace beat me to it.
posted by opel70 at 09:37 AM on December 13
You need to remember, we're talking about London weather. It was probably tough finding a period of two weeks when the weather wasn't going to be a major factor. Even in August, the average high is only 22°C (72°F), with some rain on more than two weeks of the month.
posted by opel70 at 09:32 AM on October 17
States Passing 'Tim Tebow' Bills for Home-Schooled Athletes
I'm sure each state has addressed this differently, but in response to two scenarios brought up here, the article mentions this about the Virginia bill specifically:
"To discourage recruiting, the legislation would require that home-schooled athletes live in their public school districts, Mr. Bell said. They also must have been home-schooled for at least two years to gain eligibility."
True, this wouldn't stop a family from moving to get their child into the sports program of a better school. But nothing stops that from happening for families with children that are not home schooled.
As to the parochial school scenario, I went to a parochial grade school and was a member of the public school marching band. That is a part of the relationship parochial schools frequently have with their local districts. And now, working in the public school system, one of the things we do is work with the in-district parochial schools to determine joint needs. For special needs students this is a federally mandated directive. While not a directive for other services, the contacts are in place to make this an easy opportunity.