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Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

Whether you’re looking for a great place to get away and go on a skiing adventure or prefer a spot to explore the beauty of nature, the small Idaho town of Coeur d’Alene has what you need.  Couples will find plenty to occupy their time here, from the delights of nature to fun activities in the town.  Explore museums, go hiking through the forests and along the rivers or hit up the slopes.  Take a trip down the river with a rafting or kayaking adventure.  Or just kick back on a yacht and cruise the lake.  And with so many tourists coming in to visit, the t

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River Dance Lodge, Idaho

For a wonderful rustic experience in the Idaho wilderness, take a few nights out to stay at River Dance Lodge.  This great lodge accommodates all sorts, from couples looking to have a romantic getaway to families exploring the wildness together.  The folks that run the lodge will help you to take advantage of your time there, arranging adventures that range from horseback riding to visiting hot springs to fishing.  Or just sit back in a private hot tub and forget about the stresses of the week.  If you’re looking for

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Spoons Bistro, Victor, ID

Located in the small town of Victor, right at the edge of the Idaho border, Spoons Bistro is a great place to stop by for a delicious meal if you happen to be in the area.  This restaurant and wine bar serves up some excellent American cuisine, from basic fare like hamburgers to exquisitely prepared seafood dishes.  And since it’s right outside Yellowstone, it’s a great stop-off point for those making the journey into the park.  Everyone that’s eaten there seems to agree that this is one of the best stops

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The Closer (Farquhar) in the 9th, part 1

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In chess, after the round is over you'll see a couple of great players sitting in the skittles room analyzing their game.  There will be several dozen lesser players (such as Dr. D) standing around "rubbernecking" the action.  The "kibitzer" is the Class C player who is making suggestions.  90% of the time the "kibitzer" has no idea of how his kibitzing is being received...

10% of the time the kibitzer is a strong player, and when this is the case, now you've got a fascinating three-way dynamic between the two masters, seated, and the "editor" who is serving as a kind of reality check on the argument.

Thus kibitzeth our compadre Thirteen, who rubbernecks the SSI action and generally produces several dozen Eyes Slideways when he tosses in a "What happens on Ng6?"  This time he kibitzeth,

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Thirteen: Of all my management peeves, the biggest one: DON'T HOLD YOUR CLOSER IN THE BULLPEN JUST BECAUSE IT'S A TIE GAME. Can't even remember how many games the Mariners have gotten walked off on these last two years because one of the scrubs was out there instead of the team's best relief pitcher... and leaving in Capps, the guy with platoon issues, against LHB masher Moss? Not the best idea I've ever heard.

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We'd assumed that Thirteen was a grad student; earlier he corrected us that he's a high schooler.  Maybe he's 13 years old.  This is precisely the whiz kid that we fear the most.  But the point is, it could very well be that Thirteen is too young to remember that Bill James' splash into Boston (2003-04) began with an attempt to change the "Closer" culture there.

On paper, it is perfectly obvious -- to saberdweebs like Thirteen and Dr. D, and also to any garden-variety birdbrained beat writer* -- that teams are giving away a HUGE advantage by reserving "Closers" for "save situations."  In one of his books, James calculated an 800% advantage for a team willing to use its "closer" in tie games OR WHEN BEHIND BY ONE RUN.  He finished, acidly, "As baseball percentages go, 800% is a big advantage."

Iwakuma Bored with the American League

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 IF YOU JUST JOINED US

Hisashi Iwakuma detonated the Angels on Sunday afternoon.

It  went far beyond a simple six inning shutout, three hits, eight whiffs. In 90 pitches, the Angels swung and failed to make ANY contact 17 different times. Remember, the baseball is coming through an area about the size of your computer monitor.  And MLB cleanup hitters say, "if the catcher can catch it, I can hit it."

Not Hisashi Iwakuma, they can't.  They whaled and whaled and whaled away, and the airfan off their bats was keeping WBC-san's brow dust-dry.  About the fifth inning, Iwakuma tossed in a 71 mph change curve, freezing some feeb or other. Blowers laughed. "I think he throws those just because he's bored."  Dude!  Great line!

For one game, WBC-san did look bored.  … with major league competition.  We said, he looked bored.  Seriously.

I knew a guy whose first job at Boeing was Level I Factory Assistant, or some such. He hadn't X-Acto knife, a box full of blades, and a barrel full of brackets that needed the paint scraped off. He had a table, a chair, and a huge clock on the wall right in front of him.  No iPods allowed, either.

Sometimes you really need one.  An iPod, as in.

YES! M's Own TV Deal

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A scintillating report from Geoff Baker on the Mariners' financial future.  

This is the kind of article that led sportswriters to swap in the job title for "journalist."  Geoffy sat there in court for a week, took notes, and, as usual, put his finger on the key points at the crime scene.

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Baker would love to see the Mariners sell, preferably to somebody like Paul Allen who likes to win.  Geoffy makes his case, too, that the Mariners have done things to "lean out," suggesting a sale to him.

Personally, will believe it when I see it.  I believe the M's ownership committee is madly in love with owning the Mariners, and who's to blame them.  If I were a billionaire,* that would be a great thing to do with my unnecessary money.

As Jered Weaver charmingly said, once you have $85 million, what really is the point of more?  To blow it on a sports franchise, I guess.

Online Dating Serial Rapist Finally Sent to Be Somebody’s Bitch

If you haven’t heard yet, there are some super creepos out there on the web—and not just the Craigslist killer, either. Plenty of whack jobs take up residence on dating sites, just waiting for one of the 25 million sweet single young things who search for love online every year to declare that they must love dogs and profess their undying love in a canoe—and then take advantage of them, rape them, and even kill them.

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