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Thursday, January 05, 2006 |
Pickoff Moves
OT: Security Gets Bumped To Top Of The List
Holy sweet mother of lockpicking, the homepage for TOOOL describes a method for "bumping" locks (PDF, see section 3 starting on page 4) that requires almost zero skill and is nigh well 100% effective in opening the damn things. What's extra-scary is that apparently the technique is more effective against the more expensive locks because of their ultra-tight tolerances. Cave canis, that's what I say... until I can find a door lock that's bump-proof.No Hope From The LA Weekly
I've written before about the sorry estate of sportswriting at the Weekly, and today I found yet another example of craptacularity:Nomar Garciaparra, Kenny Lofton and Rafael Furcal were good additions. But what’s with the shorty deals? It just leads to disharmony. With Nomar and Lofton, one year is not enough to get them in the mix and start to generate a cohesive team. And if it’s true that the Blue are waiting for their farm prospects to mature, well, that’s just planned failure. To paraphrase Donald Rumsfeld, “You go to war with the team you have...”Good Lord, where to start: this is a fantasy team from 2000, but between now and then, all of these players got older, and in the case of Garciaparra, more injury-prone. The failure to comprehend this is just mind-boggling. How I pine for the days when the town's other free daily, the New Times, had the likes of Jill Stewart needling the fat carcass of the LAUSD... instead, we get this, which almost makes me think Plaschke represents an upgrade.
Mapping Geographic Fan Allegiance
Now here's an interesting little project: CommonCensus is trying to find out where people feel they live, as opposed to where their post offices say they live. Along the way, they have calculated where people's sports allegiances lie. While this is unscientific, it does kinda look like there's a dividing line near the Orange County border where Angel red stops and Dodger blue begins. It's also interesting to see that apparently the Giants have a much bigger geographic following in Northern California than the A's.So Much For The Reliability Of Dominican Newspapers Jose Lima
The Kansas City Star (via BTF) published a story saying the Padres' Kevin Towers is laughing about reports yesterday that the team had signed Jose Lima. “Frankly, that would make us look like buffoons”, the GM said, and I agree.
Update: Raul in the comments below notes that the comments appearing in the El Caribe report were prefaced by "according to Jose Lima". Considering his record last year, he certainly isn't that reliable, as a source or a pitcher...
Comments:
And if I'm reading the map right:
The Mets and White Sox are overshadowed by the Yankees and the Cubs, and the Orioles have been pushed into a corner by the Nationals.
It would be interesting to see if the White Sox have made any inroads after winning the WS.
The Mets and White Sox are overshadowed by the Yankees and the Cubs, and the Orioles have been pushed into a corner by the Nationals.
It would be interesting to see if the White Sox have made any inroads after winning the WS.
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