Rob E Dangerously

Nevermind that it's easier to deal with relievers than starters since most of the starting pitchers will still be working in the days before the game.

Ken Harvey isn't the worst hitting first baseman on the team either. As for Beltran, is it really guaranteed that he'd replace an injured outfielder?

today in Minneapolis: Gobble v. Radke Will Jose Bautista (6 for 33, 5 walks, 17 strikeouts) bat leadoff tonight?

considering that I use a popup blocker.. I didn't notice that.

The petition is here just mentioning that

yeah.. the right has a way of distancing themselves from various people once they get 'embarassing'. (I'd imagine you're keeping your distance from the people who are putting out petitions urging Ashcroft to brand Michael Moore a traitor). I was just commenting that you were making a comparison with one event which would have never happened

Wait, they had large screenings of "The Clinton Chronicles" and I missed it? I could have sworn that the Chronicles was something you can get on VHS

http://houston.astros.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/h...s_hou&fext=.jsp Allard Baird screwed Beltran hard. So, since he's on the AL All-Star Team, he'll naturally be wearing an Astros jersey. The sound you hear is the sound of Scott Boras screaming. He's expecting 15 million for a guy who hasn't played in an All-Star Game. Expect him to bitch hard

No other comments for the Alley Fight?

Did Misawa use the boombox on Buck?

so, when did Mahay come up as a pinch hitter? Texas should put Soriano on the mound for the bottom of the ninth.

Jose Bautista is batting leadoff again today, and he now has 16 strikeouts in 31 at-bats Batting cleanup today: Ruben Mateo. Career slugging average: .397 I hate you Tony Pena

That must be come heavy duty material

Problem is, though Robbie, you're still just strictly using the popular vote as your only means of determination (Yeah, that sounds weird, but bear with me). It still falls prey to the domination of the population centers since there is no balancing effect for diversifying the vote; it's 'same system, different t-shirt'. If you want a more proportional electoral college, then do it by congressional districts: They are all mandated to be the same size, and it allows for states to split their electors. And even then, I'll point out that Gore won less than 200 Congressional districts. He still wouldn't have won because he only appealed to the big population centers. Well, the thing I did is still a bit odd. Basically, I can't remember the exact system but I put it on a spreadsheet. There was rounding up and all that involved, and with that, there was an occasional case of more votes than the state had (due to rounding up, i'd say). The California allocation on the spreadsheet for 2000 was 29-22 for Gore. (The pop. vote was 53% to 42% for Gore). As for congressional districts. The US Election Atlas ( www.uselectionatlas.org ) says that the results are 226-209 for Bush. And adding the at-large votes (for the two Senate seats) and the 3 DC votes. It's 286-252 for Bush. Which is a pretty large margin. I'll stick with my system, even if it would have sent the vote to the House since it gave 267 votes to Gore, 264 to Bush, 6 to Nader and 1 to Buchanan (Well, the fourth place guy in California gets a vote, and he was in 4th place) I'm sure saying "Puerto Rico should get a vote in the Presidential election" is something for another day. Although, I don't know where they'd fall, they'd probably vote Democrat.

Here's the Ken Harvey Chronicles June vs. Arizona: Knocked out of a game after colliding with the tarp (He was going for a popup, he went over the tarp and fell between the tarp and the wall) June vs. Saint Louis: Knocked off of his feet by JD Drew by accident May vs. Boston: Hit in the face by Jason Grimsley's hand as Grimsley was trying to throw to first. July vs. San Diego: Hit in the back by Matt Stairs' throw to the plate, as Harvey is in a seated position looking towards the plate. And he's still a better fielder than Sweeney

well, it wasn't intentional. It was a screwed up slider. Meanwhile in San Diego. Mateo with a double to score Brown. Relaford walks. Mateo scores on a groundout. Graffanino hits a home run. And then the go-ahead run scores after the throw from Matt Stairs hits Ken Harvey in the back (as he was watching the play at the plate) I'm not kidding.

Dee Brown breaks up the no-hitter (and he hit it to Kerry Robinson, the defensive replacement in left) That might make up for him fucking up a simple fielding play And Eaton throws a wild pitch to Mateo which hits the umpire

No-Hitter though 7. But, I said doomed since it's against most rules to mess around with the defense in the middle of a no-hitter. The Royals should go for a bunt

ooh, they just messed around with the defense (Robinson in, Klesko out) Eaton's doomed

Does he really have a better option. Bautista (in limited action) has a .333 OBP. Only Kelly Stinnett (out for the year), Ken Harvey (cleanup hitter), Alberto Castillo (in 18 at bats), Carlos Beltran (traded), Joe Randa (injured), and Tony Graffanino have higher OBPs this season. How about Tony Graffanino? I mean, he was only the leadoff hitter for most of this year. (DeJesus is out due to a bruised hand though) AVG/OBP/SLG means nothing though so few at-bats. Especially with Bautista, a Rule V guy who should be in the minors. And, of course, the Royals are being no-hit by Adam Eaton though 6.

Batting leadoff for the Royals tonight, Jose Bautista (who now has 13 Ks in 26 AB) I hate you Tony Pena

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A bit of a followup here http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5333896/ Remember kids, if you criticize Halliburton, you won't want Iraq to succeed.

The map might be better in the discussion of the electoral college. It however does show the importance of the electoral college. Seeing that President Bush's support was so much more widespread, while Gore's support lied mostly in the highly populated areas of the country. Liberals scream about diversity..........except when it comes to electing the President. Hearing what different people, from different areas of the country with different needs and ideas isn't the right kind of diversity I guess. This wanders around "Yes, communism, marxism and socialism are HUGE threats to America right now. A far bigger threat than Islamic terrorism" in the field of coherance, logic and fact

What would Jordan have to gain by provoking instability in Iraq? They might be in a bit of a precarious position when it comes to keeping their own people happy. (I'm not totally sure though)