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Maybe we need guys to act more like Derek Jeter. You know, do a cartwheel, dive, run across the infield, and dive into the crowd on a routine pop-up to short.

I wish they weren't!

I'm just saying, they have to be careful with pandering to the Christian Right or they'll alienate voters.

I think its name is just AE.

So why are people saying it's discriminatory and so wrong? Does it disenfranchise black voters? It seems like everything does. I scratch my ass, it disenfranchises a black voter.

Or learn to speak English, as a failure to do so pretty well guarantees you an uncomfortable life. -=Mike Give it a few years and not speaking spanish will do you the same. Evolution! Ain't it a bitch???? Must be, sure left you behind

Here is a study I have done.

What's wrong with showing ID to vote?

I think the æ and others of that ilk are just called ligatures. And that's nowhere near as cool as umlaut (which in English is called a diaresis). A ligature is like, a part of a clarinet.

I needed to show identification to rent some DVDs of Mr. Show from the video store last night. I wouldn't be all that upset if they asked me to at a voting booth. EDIT: Also, I wouldn't be all that upset if they gave me DVDs of Mr. Show for voting. Sort of like an "I Voted" sticker that lasts longer and makes you laugh.

I'm starting to worry how far into theocracy territory they're going to get before somebody reels them in, personally.

I wouldn't say they run Cook County, per se. They run Chicago like nothing else, though. Mayor Daley is practically royalty--he's even a White Sox fan and people on the North Side vote for him because he's (D). That's crazy, for those who don't follow Chicago baseball. Many of the suburbs of Chicago in Cook are mostly Republican. By default, however, since there are so many people in the actual city, Cook is run by Democrats. I can't remember the last Republican who was in a major political position in the county. Also, I wouldn't say the machine is stealing votes anymore like they were in the 1960s. Yeah everything here is true. Suburbs you have a lot of Republican parents with Democratic teenagers because "WE HAVE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND BE COMPASSIONATE," but you get that most everywhere. You'd think that, as would I, but isn't Daley getting into trouble for hiring construction companies to work on Midway and O'Hare with some sort of political ties?

Do you talk this way in real life?

I thought Beane liked Macha for buying into sabermetrics better than Howe or sometihng

That's not true. The food folder was murdered in its prime.

That's possible, but the sellers are the same people who assured us Montreal was moving four years ago. I would think if they did sell the team, the new owners would not want to shake up things suddenly and publicly. You're right. And canning a Baltimore legend wouldn't go over well in that area.

Who?

I thought maybe if the new ownership takes effect during the season, they might replace Robinson. I dunno.

Kyliejunge: I'll so delete it.

If I needed cash and didn't particularly like the person, I would've done it.

I think it is, actually, at least the last few years

Hmm. McClendon is in his 5th year, they may be ready to cut him loose. I'd venture to say the rest of the NL Central managers look pretty safe. Even Dusty. What about Frank Robinson?

Baseball isn't as bad as the NBA in terms of blaming a three-game losing streak on the coaches. However, it's inevitable that a few managers won't make it to the end of September? Who is relieved first? My guess is Willie Randolph of the Mets. If Minaya's super-loaded super-West Indian Mets are in the cellar too long, Randolph will take the fall. It won't be Dusty. He'll finish the year and then go.

On the contrary, I believe he may be getting more than he bargained for. He'll practically be teaching calculus to monkeys in the coming months.

And the bookstore is called Stacked, so it's REALLY funny!