No, didn't make it in. Possibly tonight. Two, two tie right now. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote :
A rough game last night - Giants were off kilter, and the Royals handed their butts to them, esp in the 2nd inning - ouchie. I stopped watching around the 8th. Should be a great game tonight, and may the best team win! I saw Tim warming up - did he ever make the field? Glad he grew his hair back. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : The Cardinal's have had good GM's like evidently this guy is a good GM. That's a great story about Tim. It looks like he might be coming into the game shortly. Can you believe the KC pitcher just walked three consecutive batter. Talk about stooooopiiid! Hey, they just got out of it. Whew!! Brian Sabean, in Front Office, Is a Giant Among Giants http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/sports/baseball/world-series-2014-gm-brian-sabean-is-giants-implacable-leader.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/sports/baseball/world-series-2014-gm-brian-sabean-is-giants-implacable-leader.html?_r=0 Brian Sabean, in Front Office, Is a Giant Among Giants http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/sports/baseball/world-series-2014-gm-brian-sabean-is-giants-implacable-leader.html?_r=0 With more faith in metrics than he is usually given credit for and an ability to delegate, Sabean, in his job since 1996, helped San Francisco reinvent itself as... View on www.nytimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/27/sports/baseball/world-series-2014-gm-brian-sabean-is-giants-implacable-leader.html?_r=0 Preview by Yahoo ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : Yeah, Bruce Bochy is the guy that glues all those exceptional misfits, together. Seems to be working. There was even a meme around Tim Lincecum's propensity for weed, a few years ago - The story goes that after he was cited for possession, the Giants mgmt. wanted to censure him, but the fans started a "Let Timmy Smoke" campaign, mgmt. dropped it, and the Giants went on to win the Series that year (2010). https://twitter.com/LetTimmySmoke https://twitter.com/LetTimmySmoke ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : Jim, in all seriousness, people here have never gotten over the Don Dekinger call that cost the Cardinals the World Series back in 1985, when they played KC. So, yes, we were looking forward to a Missouri World Series for that reason. Maybe an opportunity to make up for that "error" But, I'm glad that you and John have a team to cheer for. I am strongly in the Royals camp, although, its not looking too good at this point. There was a good article in the NYT today about the Giant's GM. I only had time to skim it, but hope to check it out later on tonight. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <fleetwood_macncheese@...> wrote : I genuinely feel sorry for him; he eats the same meal, every damned day. In other news, I have been curious if people were talking before the Series, about a Missouri World Series? Almost happened. I remember when I was "carpooling" with the other farm hands and construction workers, from the TM facility near Waverly, MO, to get our siddhis in Kansas City, we would drive Rte. 24 (?) through Independence, with the billboard proclaiming it as Harry Truman's birthplace, past the then new Chiefs' and Royals' stadiums, side by side, all blue seats for the Royals, and all red seats for the Chiefs, and into "the big city". It was always quite a change, with hot water, and unlimited electricity - lol. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : It's a funny place for Barry to roll out his new initiative, this "New Approach for Atheists in Dealing With Believers", but I guess it hi-lights the dearth of other places where he has any standing. You'd think this manifesto would be better placed on an atheist site (of which I am sure there are plenty), but he could run into a little trouble if they check his bona fides. Actually, I guess that explains it. (-: ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <steve.sundur@...> wrote : It sounds like you've found a new vocation, Barry. Go for it. Put up posters, or something. Organize some introductory lectures. What do we call it? "The New Atheism, by Barry W" ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, <turquoiseb@...> wrote : Intelligent and well-written article about the religious apologetics that is rampant these days, and why intelligent people shouldn't stand for it. The author makes many good points, but among my favorites are the following, in which I've highlighted my favorite section in red: How are we to rid ourselves of religion? I don’t know a nonbeliever who considers it likely that we will. Even Christopher Hitchens likened it to the rats of Camus’ “The Plague,” always scurrying about in a city’s sewers, ready to spring forth on us when we have forgotten about the pestilence they carry. But we can take action to ensure that we do not unwittingly favor religion’s continuation by taking stances, both public and private. (I wrote about this previously for Salon here http://www.salon.com/2014/01/11/15_ways_atheists_can_stand_up_for_rationality/.) Nonbelievers need to approach faith as a subject like any other, one we can talk about and criticize without fear of causing offense – or, in the case of Islam, concern for our physical safety. This is in fact our constitutional right. The First Amendment forbids Congress from establishing an official religion and protects free speech – including speech that offends the sentiments of believers. If we disbelieve what religion’s canon tells us, we need to say so openly, and in mixed company, pointing out that no rational person could believe it or accept it as true and valid, were it not for indoctrination, immaturity, willful abandonment of reason, fear, or simple feeblemindedness. We can also cease displaying knee-jerk respect for those who propagate faith. A priest, rabbi, or imam should merit no more deference than a witch doctor – all traffic in gullibility, human misery and vulnerability, and none can prove the efficacy of their ministrations. We must point out the inherent dangerousness of faith itself – of believing things to be true without evidence. The British poet Perce Bysshe Shelley, writing two centuries ago, put it bluntly: “God is an hypothesis, and, as such, stands in need of proof: the onus probandi” – the burden of proof – “rests on the theist.” Claims made on the basis of religion should be met by demands for evidence. Reza Aslan’s atheism problem: “Fundamentalist” atheists aren’t the issue, apologists for religions are http://www.salon.com/2014/10/25/reza_aslans_atheism_problem_fundamentalist_atheists_arent_the_issue_apologists_for_religions_are/ http://www.salon.com/2014/10/25/reza_aslans_atheism_problem_fundamentalist_atheists_arent_the_issue_apologists_for_religions_are/ Reza Aslan’s atheism problem: “Fundamentalist” atheists ... http://www.salon.com/2014/10/25/reza_aslans_atheism_problem_fundamentalist_atheists_arent_the_issue_apologists_for_religions_are/ Major religions all contain macabre fables, explicit injunctions for vile behavior no civilzed person should accept View on www.salon.com http://www.salon.com/2014/10/25/reza_aslans_atheism_problem_fundamentalist_atheists_arent_the_issue_apologists_for_religions_are/ Preview by Yahoo
