Comments on: Injury to insult, received evenly http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/ Seattle Mariners blog and general baseball discussion Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:41:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Xteve X http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284840 Xteve X Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:11:33 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284840 Another vote for Apple; My girlfriend and I bought a new iMac this weekend. I've only had this thing two days, have been working on it pretty much non-stop and I am never buying another Windows product again, ever. I second the comment about running XP as a virtual machine if you absolutely have to use it... Another vote for Apple; My girlfriend and I bought a new iMac this weekend.

I’ve only had this thing two days, have been working on it pretty much non-stop and I am never buying another Windows product again, ever. I second the comment about running XP as a virtual machine if you absolutely have to use it…

]]> By: dingdangdo http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284815 dingdangdo Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:03:16 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284815 Benne #53. Nice to see a site w/so many SABRE fans on it have people w/a sense of humor, so many other sites the people posting wear out the idiot word. And I alluded to stats, and was wrong. Which to me is worse than not using stats at all, it spreads opinions based on incorrect info, and there is WAAAAY to much of that on the net, so I'm really feeling like a nincompoop. If that's a word. It should be. I'm a nincompooper. Benne #53. Nice to see a site w/so many SABRE fans on it have people w/a sense of humor, so many other sites the people posting wear out the idiot word. And I alluded to stats, and was wrong. Which to me is worse than not using stats at all, it spreads opinions based on incorrect info, and there is WAAAAY to much of that on the net, so I’m really feeling like a nincompoop. If that’s a word. It should be. I’m a nincompooper.

]]> By: coffeemonkey http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284792 coffeemonkey Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:08:09 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284792 Before tossing your computer try SpinRite <a href="http://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm" rel="nofollow"> It has saved many hard drives from the brink of complete failure.</a> Before tossing your computer try SpinRite It has saved many hard drives from the brink of complete failure.

]]> By: arbeck http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284685 arbeck Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:25:40 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284685 I've been using Ubuntu on my main desktop for 4 years now. The latest version is just as polished as XP and tons easier to use than Vista. OS X is a little easier to do basic tasks, but anything complex takes twice as long for me there. I’ve been using Ubuntu on my main desktop for 4 years now. The latest version is just as polished as XP and tons easier to use than Vista. OS X is a little easier to do basic tasks, but anything complex takes twice as long for me there.

]]> By: Carson http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284684 Carson Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:19:59 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284684 Derek, get a new Mac. I can score you a free (yes, legal) copy of <a href="http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/" rel="nofollow">Parallels</a> or <a href="http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/" rel="nofollow">Fusion</a>, which would allow you to run Windows as a virtual machine on your Mac. Just make sure you get at least 4GB of RAM, which is also really cheap right now (Just paid 80 bucks for 4GB for my iMac). Derek, get a new Mac. I can score you a free (yes, legal) copy of Parallels or Fusion, which would allow you to run Windows as a virtual machine on your Mac. Just make sure you get at least 4GB of RAM, which is also really cheap right now (Just paid 80 bucks for 4GB for my iMac).

]]> By: NoNoNo http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284679 NoNoNo Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:27:40 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284679 #53, From last years stats: Turbo: G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS 147 548 78 172 26 0 6 59 63 57 0 0 .314 .381 .394 .775 Molina: 134 497 38 137 19 1 19 81 15 53 0 0 .276 .298 .433 .731 Molina's HR numbers were way higher, but Vidro is pretty comparable otherwise. It's pretty crazy, but if Molina can be a successful cleanup hitter, then maybe Turbo can too. Okay, probably not. #53,

From last years stats:

Turbo:
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS
147 548 78 172 26 0 6 59 63 57 0 0 .314 .381 .394 .775

Molina:
134 497 38 137 19 1 19 81 15 53 0 0 .276 .298 .433 .731

Molina’s HR numbers were way higher, but Vidro is pretty comparable otherwise.

It’s pretty crazy, but if Molina can be a successful cleanup hitter, then maybe Turbo can too.

Okay, probably not.

]]> By: Hooligan http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284678 Hooligan Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:18:49 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284678 This post was nothing but an excuse for Derek to use the word <em>equanimity</em>. So I'm not going to look it up. I just won't. Nope, you won't find that word in my Google history. I'd love it if a member of the Seattle press would ask this question, point blank, to anyone left standing at the end of the season: "Why did you stand idly by while the worst hitter in the American League batted clean-up? And as a follow up, can you tell us why you should still have a job, or any self respect, in light of that fact?" This post was nothing but an excuse for Derek to use the word equanimity. So I’m not going to look it up. I just won’t. Nope, you won’t find that word in my Google history.

I’d love it if a member of the Seattle press would ask this question, point blank, to anyone left standing at the end of the season: “Why did you stand idly by while the worst hitter in the American League batted clean-up? And as a follow up, can you tell us why you should still have a job, or any self respect, in light of that fact?”

]]> By: after4ever http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284677 after4ever Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:43:03 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284677 If we traded Ichiro and got back a rough doppelganger of everything we lost in getting Bedard, I'd be satisfied. Throw a legitimate (young) everyday player into the mix and I'd be ecstatic. God, I'd hate to see him go, but I'm more ready at this point to weep for our gutted farm system than I am for our essentially temporarily irrelvant big league club. Felix gone, that would upset me. I want us to kick off a string of winning seasons in '10 (and am hoping to be surprised to see it happen next year). To do that, we need him. If we traded Ichiro and got back a rough doppelganger of everything we lost in getting Bedard, I’d be satisfied. Throw a legitimate (young) everyday player into the mix and I’d be ecstatic.

God, I’d hate to see him go, but I’m more ready at this point to weep for our gutted farm system than I am for our essentially temporarily irrelvant big league club.

Felix gone, that would upset me. I want us to kick off a string of winning seasons in ’10 (and am hoping to be surprised to see it happen next year). To do that, we need him.

]]> By: DAMellen http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-2/#comment-284676 DAMellen Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:21:54 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284676 Felix with a mullet...my God. That's the best idea I've ever heard. Think of the power! Felix with a mullet…my God. That’s the best idea I’ve ever heard. Think of the power!

]]> By: Benne http://www.ussmariner.com/2008/06/22/injury-to-insult/comment-page-1/#comment-284675 Benne Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:15:07 +0000 http://ussmariner.com/?p=5389#comment-284675 <blockquote>#48 Er, egg on my face? Still, the point I was getting at is the Ichiro thing, despite mixing up the order the players left. And Edgars numbers. That one was really embarrassing. Hey, I tried to donate to the site, and it kicks me out when I hit the button, also when I click on the ‘contact us button’ I get nothing. I’m using a mac powerpc G5 w/system 10.5.2. Is there an incompatibility issue anybody knows of? I just read the Bugs Bunny vs. Gashouse Gorillas article, it’s worth the price of admission. I have a link to another funny article.</blockquote> The site rejects your donations when you fail to quote stats to back up your arguments. I kid, I kid.

#48 Er, egg on my face? Still, the point I was getting at is the Ichiro thing, despite mixing up the order the players left. And Edgars numbers. That one was really embarrassing.

Hey, I tried to donate to the site, and it kicks me out when I hit the button, also when I click on the ‘contact us button’ I get nothing. I’m using a mac powerpc G5 w/system 10.5.2. Is there an incompatibility issue anybody knows of? I just read the Bugs Bunny vs. Gashouse Gorillas article, it’s worth the price of admission. I have a link to another funny article.

The site rejects your donations when you fail to quote stats to back up your arguments.

I kid, I kid.

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