Posted by AlCheez on 4/11/2011 8:28:00 AM (view original):
Well, at least my international budget in Minors won't be a total waste this year...

Yeah, he is pretty decent.

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Posted by Fregoe on 4/10/2011 10:43:00 PM (view original):
Thunderbolt by HTC is awesome

I thought about getting that phone ... but might wait for the bionic for the dual core processor. I just hate Motorola though.

Apparently if you root the thunderbolt you can get it clocked over 2 GHz or whatever it is.

Didn't you come perilously close to bricking your current phone trying to do things that are clearly beyond your capabilities?

no - just f'd up the SD card until it got reformatted. I learned a ton since then though.

I'm currently running on Android 2.3 and overclocking the phone at 1.1136 GHz. I've since deleted out worthless stock system applications, changed the delivery profile for pop-ups and applications, increased gps accuracy and speed, and installed an ad blocker. Next I will probably dabble with the unlimited texts without paying for them thing. Some cool stuff - but yeah - there were some panic moments.

I have had a hard time getting rid of some of the stock applications.  The rest has been pretty easy.

Posted by Fregoe on 4/10/2011 10:44:00 PM (view original):
U can recruit, check boxscores, and it even spell checks for me.

So it is like the Iphone?

www.youtube.com/watch

iccmworldwide.org/index2.htm

You guys should really check out the play-by-play from TM's game in Shtickless. Dover and St. Louis had an interesting game.

7 homeruns seems like a lot.

I had liked St. Louis coming out of the NL, but I just now saw how bad their bullpen is...

I keep contesting with patrickm about whether rust is built into this game. He insists it isn't, but it always seems like the teams who aren't resting players down the stretch are better in the playoffs... But my logic is that if you don't play guys enough in Spring Training, they get worse or stagnate... Wouldn't the same logic be applied during the regular season if someone isn't playing that often?

It's the main reason I thought it'd be Kansas City and St. Louis in the World Series, mostly because they were the teams that were arguably playing the best down the stretch, and had been underachieving with talented rosters before that...

Posted by r0b0t on 4/11/2011 11:30:00 AM (view original):
I had liked St. Louis coming out of the NL, but I just now saw how bad their bullpen is...

They don't have a deep rotation either.  Look at the guy who started last game.

I didn't get much rest in until the last series of the regular season, plus the bye obviously.

Posted by r0b0t on 4/11/2011 11:29:00 AM (view original):
I keep contesting with patrickm about whether rust is built into this game. He insists it isn't, but it always seems like the teams who aren't resting players down the stretch are better in the playoffs... But my logic is that if you don't play guys enough in Spring Training, they get worse or stagnate... Wouldn't the same logic be applied during the regular season if someone isn't playing that often?

It's the main reason I thought it'd be Kansas City and St. Louis in the World Series, mostly because they were the teams that were arguably playing the best down the stretch, and had been underachieving with talented rosters before that...

I have no clue if it is...  but I can tell you that I never rest guys even if I have clinched.  I call up a crap load of guys to make sure there is more guys to sub in for rest, but I never "sit" people.

I need to figure out a better plan for Spring Training because my teams always start slow.

I assumed certain teams were coasting into the playoffs. I thought San Antonio was playing soft down the stretch. I know my team was a mess because of injuries and not wanting to hurt other players.

The game had a little bit of everything (except good pitching).  I actually got ****** off that my veteran catcher got ejected while batting in the 4th while arguing balls and strikes.  He's got to be better than that.

Holy crap.  16 inning game to start off the HR WS.  Pretty amazing game b0t.