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gotbeer

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  1. The thing is this. It's easy for us guys who may have played the game in some form to say it's easy to get out of the way of a line drive, or even catch it. But I would say 50% of guys and 80% of women and children will not. And these are people that are paying attention. The other disconnect I don't think people understand is this. Most balls that go into the stands are lack of a better word foul tips. Of the thousands of foul tips that go into the stadium, very few fans get injured. And probably most of the injuries occur from fans fighting for the ball. Of the other types of things to go into the stands are line drives, bats, and players. Which compared to foul tips are a very small %, maybe a a few game if the fans are lucky, and mostly down the line where you can react. It's those that are behind the dugout where injuries probably occur most. And as a %, you may have an injury rate of less than 1% for foul tips and even line drives down the line. But you go that dugout area, and the line drive injury rate probably skyrockets. The screens would help mitigate that other types of injuries.
  2. I chose to go outside. Doesn't mean I should get hit by a car.
  3. Philadelphia police officer to driver: 'You buy these, or I take your car'
  4. Oh and just for more giggles. Bobby Ryan RW Age: 28 7 yr/$50,750,000 Avg Salary/Cap hit $7,250,000 expires 2022
  5. Bobby Ryan Trade Still Paying off for the Ducks
  6. Wives are like good stock players. They don't sell when the market is down. They wait and wait, till the market is back up again and bam, they sell and take half your income + child support, the kids, the house, the cars, but they will let you have that comfortable recliner.
  7. We missed the last race. But my buddy did have k38. So that pick 3 ending on that race would have gotten us around $300. /sigh. And Beholder was a beast. Man, the breeders cup may be interesting after all.
  8. My buddy would have been alive to the 2 and 7 in race 11 of Del Mar to the pick 4. But of course, we couldn't bet since xpressbet and tvg was down. /sigh
  9. Ouch. TVG and Xpressbet are both down, might be all online wagering. Just before the pick 6. And approaching the late pick 4 with a million guarantee. If you are at the track, the late pick 4 may be absolutely juicy with the guarantee.
  10. I am not bothered by the nets. Heck nets are in front of the most expensive seats in the stadium. As a safety precaution, it's not a bad idea. In some stadiums, even if you have a glove, you might not even be able to react to it fast enough. Like Boston and Chicago. And before people get all macho and say no way. I've seen a good group of AW.com people play softball, they wouldn't be able to react to some of the bullets. Although the quality of players has gotten pretty good lately at summer fanfest. Also, when a shattered bat is heading towards you, it's not an easy task to grab/block it.
  11. So who here is daredevil enough? I say F that. World's first 'sky pool' is 10 stories up, completely see-through, utterly stomach-churning
  12. Oh they changed it. The initial stuff from the French president or prime minister or whatever was that they were Marines.
  13. So why wouldn't they have done this when CD's went out of style?
  14. Look on Ebay or Amazon. Probably can get one for a lot cheaper.
  15. Here I was getting excited that Uncle Joe Benson was seen at In N Out.
  16. Destiny is in our hands. If we have to rely on others failing. We just aren't that good.
  17. When something pops in your mind, like those that worship Trout. You have to google it. Don't ask my how that topic got put in my mind.
  18. 2 members of U.S. military stop Islamist attacker on train in Belgium 2 unarmed Marines > lone wolf wacko with handgun and automatic rifle. Of course, after seeing the Marines vs UFC video. I can see how they can chew gum and kick ass.
  19. Las Vegas, Quebec City advance in NHL expansion processI think Vegas is a done deal. With Quebec, there are still lot's of NHL questions. East already has 2 more teams than the west. Vegas will make the difference 1, which isn't as big of a deal in hockey since they play every other dayish. Quebec though will make the division difference 2 again. Unless of course the league realigns itself once again. My bet would be Vegas gets the expansion. With Quebec waiting another 2+ years till hopefully Seattle gets it's act together. Or, a team packs up and moves to Seattle and in 2 years you have the two new with the one moved.
  20. A reporter says Jared Fogle asked her to put hidden cameras in her children's rooms This guy is toastier than a Quiznos Sub. And he might take Subway down with him too. Which really wouldn't be a bad thing.
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