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Grandstander · October 1st, 2007, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

Now, new question: Does TBS mean "To Be Selected", or is the Braves network coming to our rescue, now that Fox and ESPN have fulfilled their contractual obligations and given only contemptuous scorn to the fans again.

No, "TBS" has always stood for Ted's BS.

baidaho · October 1st, 2007, 05:03 PM

What's up with the stock market - I read that there are plenty of indicators that a recession may be in the near future with the weak dollar and the banks losing tons of money off bad loans to home buyers. So why did it break a record today?

Grandstander · October 1st, 2007, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by baidaho

What's up with the stock market - I read that there are plenty of indicators that a recession may be in the near future with the weak dollar and the banks losing tons of money off bad loans to home buyers. So why did it break a record today?

It was about a dozen years ago that for the first time in my life, I had some money to invest. I knew zip about investing and decided to put the money in a high rate cd for a year while I learned the ins and outs. Never have I attempted to study a more muddled subject. The "experts" seemed to be wildly guessing but good at writing up why they thought that this indicator meant this coming event and so forth. Then I would start finding that same author contradicting his or herself within a few days or weeks. My ultimate conclusion about investing advice was that it ranks exactly on par with these experts who tell you how to bet on sporting events.....guess guess guess, claim expertise if your guess pans out, claim unable to forsee intervening factors if your guess goes sour. If these folks really knew in advance where to put your money to make sure that you made money, they would be making money by putting their money in it, not by advising others to do so.

So, the lesson is, not only should you not believe everything you read in the finance pages, you are better off not believing any of it.

jtur88 · October 1st, 2007, 07:01 PM

Do you feel that you would be missing an essential part of the action, if you did not see a camera shot of a base umpire calling a ball or strike on a half swing? Which presumably ties up a camera position for the entire game.

Grandstander · October 1st, 2007, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

Do you feel that you would be missing an essential part of the action, if you did not see a camera shot of a base umpire calling a ball or strike on a half swing? Which presumably ties up a camera position for the entire game.

They appear to have multiple camera angles for everything, so I doubt that it is a matter of anyone missing something in order to have that particular shot of the umpire.

phenweigh · October 1st, 2007, 09:48 PM

Are you happy with the results of the move back to FanHome?

Grandstander · October 1st, 2007, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by phenweigh

Are you happy with the results of the move back to FanHome?

Sure. I moved over here for more traffic and it's been more traffic. I never was a partisan in the board civil wars, I regret the fragmentation.

TexasSports22 · October 2nd, 2007, 03:27 PM

I don't think I've heard your take on instant replay in baseball. Care to tell us?

jtur88 · October 2nd, 2007, 04:07 PM

Do you think honest people or dishonest people are more likely to be generally happy in their lives?

Grandstander · October 2nd, 2007, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TexasSports22

I don't think I've heard your take on instant replay in baseball. Care to tell us?

I'm in favor of it, why not get the calls right? The argument against it most frequently heard is that like in football, everything will come to a halt while we wait for the replay officials to get it sorted out. Well, that already happens, but in the form of a shrieking, dirt kicking manager acting like a 14 year old. I don't understand why MLB does not put a stop to the free expression of temper tantrums.

Instant replay would do it. Rather than a useless argument, something constructive is done, someone looks to see what really happened.

It could be worked the way it does in football, each manager allowed x number of challenges per game and some sort of penalty attached to a failed challenge so that they are not used lightly. There would be no rush in baseball, if the rule was that the manager has until the next pitch is thrown to challenge, then he can always stall around while someone in the clubhouse watches the replay and tells him if it's worth challenging. I suspect in baseball, nearly all challenges would prevail because of this.

If we had this sytem already, we would be in the 58th inning in Colorado about now.

Grandstander · October 2nd, 2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

Do you think honest people or dishonest people are more likely to be generally happy in their lives?

We had no data on this, so we conducted a survey. 74% of the honest people said that they were happy. 77% of the dishonest people said that they were happy, but I think that they were lying.

perfectstormhits · October 2nd, 2007, 05:25 PM

Well done.

jtur88 · October 2nd, 2007, 06:04 PM

Matchup:
Current list of people who think they can be president VS. National League teams that think they can win the World Series.

Grandstander · October 2nd, 2007, 06:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jtur88

Matchup:
Current list of people who think they can be president VS. National League teams that think they can win the World Series.

I won't be paying much attention to the candidate wannabes, I will however be watching the playoffs.

perfectstormhits · October 2nd, 2007, 06:54 PM

Did that dude really touch home plate with the winning run last night?

If not, is it too late to tag him out?

October 1st, 2007, 07:01 PM	#1459 (permalink)
jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	Do you feel that you would be missing an essential part of the action, if you did not see a camera shot of a base umpire calling a ball or strike on a half swing? Which presumably ties up a camera position for the entire game. __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

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TexasSports22 Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 293	I don't think I've heard your take on instant replay in baseball. Care to tell us? __________________ In Internet terminology, a Fanhomer is one who has an irrational love for his team/genre of music/political views and an irrational hate for the rival team/other genre of music/differing political views and shares these thoughts in an established online community such as an online discussion forum to kill time at work. They may also talk about their job, food, wine, and coffee, and ask a mysterious "Grandstander" the answers to life most important questions. Don't feed the Fanhomers!

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jtur88 Hall of Famer Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 7,857	Do you think honest people or dishonest people are more likely to be generally happy in their lives? __________________ ------------------ When people ask what I hope to see before I die, I answer that I've already seen too much.

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October 1st, 2007, 05:03 PM	#1457 (permalink)
baidaho Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 300	What's up with the stock market - I read that there are plenty of indicators that a recession may be in the near future with the weak dollar and the banks losing tons of money off bad loans to home buyers. So why did it break a record today?

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perfectstormhits Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,383	Did that dude really touch home plate with the winning run last night? If not, is it too late to tag him out?