TROJANSWIN

Ok, I'll bite. I would consider myself a teabagger in its ghetto meaning. Based on that meaning I would think EnlightenedChosenOne would agree since it was his momma that initiated me to the club! Boom, I can act like a 12 year old moron too.
However to answer your question, I was not happy with romneys nomination because I supported a different candidate that seemed more interested in following the constitution than the other candidates.
Grow up and quit wasting everyone's time playing word games and trying to entice an angry response. Your actions on this board are just like a politicians. Never a straight answer or anything with meaning. Just trying to bait people and cause confusion.

Ok, I'll bite. I would consider myself a teabagger in its ghetto meaning. Based on that meaning I would think EnlightenedChosenOne would agree since it was his momma that initiated me to the club! Boom, I can act like a 12 year old moron too.
However to answer your question, I was not happy with romneys nomination because I supported a different candidate that seemed more interested in following the constitution than the other candidates.
Grow up and quit wasting everyone's time playing word games and trying to entice an angry response. Your actions on this board are just like a politicians. Never a straight answer or anything with meaning. Just trying to bait people and cause confusion.

It is amazing the amount of statistics and government studies and polls there are that prove or disprove that either the democrats, or the republicans, or the house of representatives, or the president, or the senate is right, wrong, at fault, or who knows what else.

The problem is : None of them, democrat or republican; senator, congressman, or president gives a rat's rear end about any of you, the country, or anything but themself.
You argue back and forth, spew statistics Back and forth to prove your point or disprove the other point. But never on this board with complete opposite opinions and thousands of statistics quoted has anyone ever been wrong.
This is the exact same thing that our government does. That is why we are in the mess we are in.

Until we go back to a country run by citizens that are elected to do a job, and then do what they were elected to do, are honest with each other and us, and have not chosen a career in politics because they know they can say anything to get elected, then just say the right things and sit back and watch while we argue if they are good or bad.
Republicans aren't always wrong, neither are democrats. Obama isn't always right, or wrong. Neither was Bush, Clinton, or Reagan.
Until we quit trying to win at politics and actually try to do the things that are legal, honest, and can be agreed on because they are a real solution to a real problem, we will all just keep chasing our tails. Meanwhile, the politicians, pollsters, lobbyists, and every other group that us sucking the life out of the country keep getting paid because it is someone else's fault that they voted for the wrong thief and liar.

It is amazing the amount of statistics and government studies and polls there are that prove or disprove that either the democrats, or the republicans, or the house of representatives, or the president, or the senate is right, wrong, at fault, or who knows what else.

The problem is : None of them, democrat or republican; senator, congressman, or president gives a rat's rear end about any of you, the country, or anything but themself.
You argue back and forth, spew statistics Back and forth to prove your point or disprove the other point. But never on this board with complete opposite opinions and thousands of statistics quoted has anyone ever been wrong.
This is the exact same thing that our government does. That is why we are in the mess we are in.

Until we go back to a country run by citizens that are elected to do a job, and then do what they were elected to do, are honest with each other and us, and have not chosen a career in politics because they know they can say anything to get elected, then just say the right things and sit back and watch while we argue if they are good or bad.
Republicans aren't always wrong, neither are democrats. Obama isn't always right, or wrong. Neither was Bush, Clinton, or Reagan.
Until we quit trying to win at politics and actually try to do the things that are legal, honest, and can be agreed on because they are a real solution to a real problem, we will all just keep chasing our tails. Meanwhile, the politicians, pollsters, lobbyists, and every other group that us sucking the life out of the country keep getting paid because it is someone else's fault that they voted for the wrong thief and liar.

It is amazing the amount of statistics and government studies and polls there are that prove or disprove that either the democrats, or the republicans, or the house of representatives, or the president, or the senate is right, wrong, at fault, or who knows what else.

The problem is : None of them, democrat or republican; senator, congressman, or president gives a rat's rear end about any of you, the country, or anything but themself.
You argue back and forth, spew statistics Back and forth to prove your point or disprove the other point. But never on this board with complete opposite opinions and thousands of statistics quoted has anyone ever been wrong.
This is the exact same thing that our government does. That is why we are in the mess we are in.

Until we go back to a country run by citizens that are elected to do a job, and then do what they were elected to do, are honest with each other and us, and have not chosen a career in politics because they know they can say anything to get elected, then just say the right things and sit back and watch while we argue if they are good or bad.
Republicans aren't always wrong, neither are democrats. Obama isn't always right, or wrong. Neither was Bush, Clinton, or Reagan.
Until we quit trying to win at politics and actually try to do the things that are legal, honest, and can be agreed on because they are a real solution to a real problem, we will all just keep chasing our tails. Meanwhile, the politicians, pollsters, lobbyists, and every other group that us sucking the life out of the country keep getting paid because it is someone else's fault that they voted for the wrong thief and liar.

It is amazing the amount of statistics and government studies and polls there are that prove or disprove that either the democrats, or the republicans, or the house of representatives, or the president, or the senate is right, wrong, at fault, or who knows what else.

The problem is : None of them, democrat or republican; senator, congressman, or president gives a rat's rear end about any of you, the country, or anything but themself.
You argue back and forth, spew statistics Back and forth to prove your point or disprove the other point. But never on this board with complete opposite opinions and thousands of statistics quoted has anyone ever been wrong.
This is the exact same thing that our government does. That is why we are in the mess we are in.

Until we go back to a country run by citizens that are elected to do a job, and then do what they were elected to do, are honest with each other and us, and have not chosen a career in politics because they know they can say anything to get elected, then just say the right things and sit back and watch while we argue if they are good or bad.
Republicans aren't always wrong, neither are democrats. Obama isn't always right, or wrong. Neither was Bush, Clinton, or Reagan.
Until we quit trying to win at politics and actually try to do the things that are legal, honest, and can be agreed on because they are a real solution to a real problem, we will all just keep chasing our tails. Meanwhile, the politicians, pollsters, lobbyists, and every other group that us sucking the life out of the country keep getting paid because it is someone else's fault that they voted for the wrong thief and liar.

Clinton is actually just as responsible for Afghanistan as G.W. Bush. He was launching Tomahawk missiles at Afghanistan years before Bush was elected. He also had several chances to take custody of Bin Laden and didn't. Even though our intelligence operatives were all for it. Bush just happened to be president after 9/11 when congress, both dem and repub overwhelmingly voted to go after Bin Laden. Iraq is a different story, Bush is responsible for that. If anyone other than W. is to blame, it would have to be his father for not finishing the job the first time.

If minimum wage was raised before, then why does it need to be raised again? That should have fixed the problem!

Why do democrats consider themselves for the "working man"? They take away from the working man to give to the non-working man. They kill jobs with their policies that a true "working man" would be glad to have. Paying someone to sit on their butt for 2 years and draw unemployment isn't helping a working man. A working man got off his butt the next week and found some kind of job to get a paycheck. Maybe it wasn't his dream job in a corner office, but it was something that got him money to support himself and/or his family. A true "working man" doesn't need the governments help. If they show up on time, bust their butt all day, pass a piss test, and come back the next day they will have a job. Taking a kickback from a union or giving out free stuff doesn't make a democrat a job creator. Doesn't do it for a republican either, but then they are all for the wealthy business owner who doesn't care about their employees, and are the evil scum we must rid the world of so that more people can need free stuff and vote for us.

1. None of my family was here till after the Civil War, so I don't want to here about how I should feel guilty because of slavery.
2. The Democrat Party is the party of the Ku Klux Clan, and Abraham Lincoln (who freed the slaves) was a Republican, so don't tell me how the republicans have oppressed your people.
3. My entire family is German and all of my great-grandparents and grandparents faced beatings, bigotry, and hate for their ancestry during WWII, and it was forbidden for them to speak German or they would be attacked.
4. If you look back through the history of the world, every culture, race, or group of people has been oppressed by another group at some point.
5. The current president and his cabinet and administration has flat out lied and deceived the American people of all races. The Caucasian democrats along with every other race and nationality in congress currently have helped to destroy the freedoms that were granted to the people of this country by "our creator". Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are being destroyed so that we can live in the way they consider someone should live. They know better than we do, so they should tell us what to eat, what to drive, and what we can and cannot do.
6. Most republicans fit in with number 5 above. They are just as guilty of destroying our country as anyone.
7. President Obama ( white, black, brown, green, or other), has done very little good and very much to destroy our country in the way I mentioned above. I disagree with the majority of his policies, the things he has pushed for, and his beliefs of what governments function is.
8. I did not vote for him either time, I also did not vote for Romney or mcCain.
9. I am not racist, I just think he has done a great job doing what he said he would do, "fundamentally change" our country. For that I hate him. Even though the United States was not perfect and never has been, what other country has the number of immigrants trying to come there? They are coming for a reason. We were doing things better than anyone else. What do we want to change it to be like? We had the best country in the world, and his stated goal is to change it. Why? Because the majority of Americans have gotten lazy and spoiled and he knew that promising them more free stuff and that it is someone else's fault that they don't have the same lifestyle that the people we see on TV have, that we would vote for him so we could get those things without having to actually earn them. Sadly, he is right, and he won, so even though he is asking us to give up control of our lives and trying to bring our country down to the level of the 3rd world countries, we will gladly sit and beg for scraps, still hoping Donald Trump or Bill Gates stuff will be ours soon.

1. None of my family was here till after the Civil War, so I don't want to here about how I should feel guilty because of slavery.
2. The Democrat Party is the party of the Ku Klux Clan, and Abraham Lincoln (who freed the slaves) was a Republican, so don't tell me how the republicans have oppressed your people.
3. My entire family is German and all of my great-grandparents and grandparents faced beatings, bigotry, and hate for their ancestry during WWII, and it was forbidden for them to speak German or they would be attacked.
4. If you look back through the history of the world, every culture, race, or group of people has been oppressed by another group at some point.
5. The current president and his cabinet and administration has flat out lied and deceived the American people of all races. The Caucasian democrats along with every other race and nationality in congress currently have helped to destroy the freedoms that were granted to the people of this country by "our creator". Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are being destroyed so that we can live in the way they consider someone should live. They know better than we do, so they should tell us what to eat, what to drive, and what we can and cannot do.
6. Most republicans fit in with number 5 above. They are just as guilty of destroying our country as anyone.
7. President Obama ( white, black, brown, green, or other), has done very little good and very much to destroy our country in the way I mentioned above. I disagree with the majority of his policies, the things he has pushed for, and his beliefs of what governments function is.
8. I did not vote for him either time, I also did not vote for Romney or mcCain.
9. I am not racist, I just think he has done a great job doing what he said he would do, "fundamentally change" our country. For that I hate him. Even though the United States was not perfect and never has been, what other country has the number of immigrants trying to come there? They are coming for a reason. We were doing things better than anyone else. What do we want to change it to be like? We had the best country in the world, and his stated goal is to change it. Why? Because the majority of Americans have gotten lazy and spoiled and he knew that promising them more free stuff and that it is someone else's fault that they don't have the same lifestyle that the people we see on TV have, that we would vote for him so we could get those things without having to actually earn them. Sadly, he is right, and he won, so even though he is asking us to give up control of our lives and trying to bring our country down to the level of the 3rd world countries, we will gladly sit and beg for scraps, still hoping Donald Trump or Bill Gates stuff will be ours soon.

1. None of my family was here till after the Civil War, so I don't want to here about how I should feel guilty because of slavery.
2. The Democrat Party is the party of the Ku Klux Clan, and Abraham Lincoln (who freed the slaves) was a Republican, so don't tell me how the republicans have oppressed your people.
3. My entire family is German and all of my great-grandparents and grandparents faced beatings, bigotry, and hate for their ancestry during WWII, and it was forbidden for them to speak German or they would be attacked.
4. If you look back through the history of the world, every culture, race, or group of people has been oppressed by another group at some point.
5. The current president and his cabinet and administration has flat out lied and deceived the American people of all races. The Caucasian democrats along with every other race and nationality in congress currently have helped to destroy the freedoms that were granted to the people of this country by "our creator". Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are being destroyed so that we can live in the way they consider someone should live. They know better than we do, so they should tell us what to eat, what to drive, and what we can and cannot do.
6. Most republicans fit in with number 5 above. They are just as guilty of destroying our country as anyone.
7. President Obama ( white, black, brown, green, or other), has done very little good and very much to destroy our country in the way I mentioned above. I disagree with the majority of his policies, the things he has pushed for, and his beliefs of what governments function is.
8. I did not vote for him either time, I also did not vote for Romney or mcCain.
9. I am not racist, I just think he has done a great job doing what he said he would do, "fundamentally change" our country. For that I hate him. Even though the United States was not perfect and never has been, what other country has the number of immigrants trying to come there? They are coming for a reason. We were doing things better than anyone else. What do we want to change it to be like? We had the best country in the world, and his stated goal is to change it. Why? Because the majority of Americans have gotten lazy and spoiled and he knew that promising them more free stuff and that it is someone else's fault that they don't have the same lifestyle that the people we see on TV have, that we would vote for him so we could get those things without having to actually earn them. Sadly, he is right, and he won, so even though he is asking us to give up control of our lives and trying to bring our country down to the level of the 3rd world countries, we will gladly sit and beg for scraps, still hoping Donald Trump or Bill Gates stuff will be ours soon.

1. None of my family was here till after the Civil War, so I don't want to here about how I should feel guilty because of slavery.
2. The Democrat Party is the party of the Ku Klux Clan, and Abraham Lincoln (who freed the slaves) was a Republican, so don't tell me how the republicans have oppressed your people.
3. My entire family is German and all of my great-grandparents and grandparents faced beatings, bigotry, and hate for their ancestry during WWII, and it was forbidden for them to speak German or they would be attacked.
4. If you look back through the history of the world, every culture, race, or group of people has been oppressed by another group at some point.
5. The current president and his cabinet and administration has flat out lied and deceived the American people of all races. The Caucasian democrats along with every other race and nationality in congress currently have helped to destroy the freedoms that were granted to the people of this country by "our creator". Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are being destroyed so that we can live in the way they consider someone should live. They know better than we do, so they should tell us what to eat, what to drive, and what we can and cannot do.
6. Most republicans fit in with number 5 above. They are just as guilty of destroying our country as anyone.
7. President Obama ( white, black, brown, green, or other), has done very little good and very much to destroy our country in the way I mentioned above. I disagree with the majority of his policies, the things he has pushed for, and his beliefs of what governments function is.
8. I did not vote for him either time, I also did not vote for Romney or mcCain.
9. I am not racist, I just think he has done a great job doing what he said he would do, "fundamentally change" our country. For that I hate him. Even though the United States was not perfect and never has been, what other country has the number of immigrants trying to come there? They are coming for a reason. We were doing things better than anyone else. What do we want to change it to be like? We had the best country in the world, and his stated goal is to change it. Why? Because the majority of Americans have gotten lazy and spoiled and he knew that promising them more free stuff and that it is someone else's fault that they don't have the same lifestyle that the people we see on TV have, that we would vote for him so we could get those things without having to actually earn them. Sadly, he is right, and he won, so even though he is asking us to give up control of our lives and trying to bring our country down to the level of the 3rd world countries, we will gladly sit and beg for scraps, still hoping Donald Trump or Bill Gates stuff will be ours soon.

Look at what I put in bold in your quote. Thats the key. The batter must stay in his batting stance and not move and alter the play. If he never moves and the catcher hits him with the ball or his body then you have nothing. If he moves into the line of fire and alters the play then we have obstruction.

Might be his only option in the NFL. Don't really care what he does, as long as it's not in Houston.

Sounds like someone who wants his job, if you got it, we would be back where we were before he came home.

For me its either Tyler Kolek or Ethan Franklin. But if I had to choose only one to take the hill for me it would be Kolek, mainly because most high school kids just aren't gonna catch up to his heat! Lol

Thanks.

Official stoke zone.  From the bottom of the knees to a midway point between the belt and the bottom of the armpits. Which means at the top it should be maybe an inch above your belly button. Now this is what makes baseball the unique sport it is. Even in the pros those guys are not robots calling the exact same pitches Stokes or balls. Many coaches have a "book" on umpires and they know what pitches they are more likely to call strikes than most. Ask any coach and he will tell you the most important thing is that an umpire should be consistent in what he calls, then they can adapt from there. I had a coach yell at me at a game earlier this year about a pitch late in a game where he said all we want is you to be consistent. Since i have called many games for this coach over the years I ask him in between innings at what point would you could consider me being inconsistent? 1 pitch out of 200 or 5 or 10???? he just laughed. I can tell you that pitches called Stokes at a little league game are different that at a pro game. If you called the same zone then those little leaguers would walk way to many and become frustrated instead of having some fun and enjoying baseball.  Now back in the 80's and early 90's I used to do some calculated wagering on some pro baseball games. ( calculated wagering = gambling lol ) What we bet was the over and under line on some games. We had data on pro umpires and what the total amount of runs scored in their plate games were. There were a few that had many more lower scoring than most and some had higher scoring games that most. So we took those few umpires and always bet under or over in those umps games. We did very well with this. The 2 that came to mind are Durwood Merrill and Chuck Meriweather. Now Durwood called every thing a strike so his games were lower scoring. Meriweather had a strike zone like a coffee can, so he had higher scoring games because there were more hits. All of this is what makes baseball my favorite game to watch and participate in.

The guy apparently called Smart "a piece of crap" (in those words).....Personally i've been called worse and walked away in a public setting, he did this on a national stage. IMO Smart should have been suspended until Conference Tourney time and the Orr guy should be banned from attending Tech games for the rest of the year (as which of now he has volunteered to not attend anymore Tech games this year)......

The safer bet for the Texans is picking Johnny. If they pick him and he flops fans will forget about it in a couple years. If they don't pick him and he becomes a star, they never live it down! Of course if they don't pick him and he flops, and they end up with a star instead, they get the best deal of all!! Either way, I'm betting they screw it up!