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Get Away from St. Louis for a Day or Two

The city of St. Louis is an amazing place, but no matter how much you love it, you’re bound to want to get away at some point. When the urge to roam hits you, consider exploring some of the best nearby towns to see what wonders they have to offer. If you’re a fan of wine, then head west of the city to Augusta or Hermann. Both towns have about a half-dozen wineries in the vicinity, so it’s easy to make a weekend of it and tour them all. Or if hiking is more your thing, just head to Grafton.

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General-in-the-Bunker mentalities

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Bill James Online, only $3 per month.  The last 15 Hey Bills are always in front of the 5th Avenue stage curtain.

Bill sez,

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Is there a sense among players that they should answer media questions in colorless platitudes not only to play it safe, but also to avoid the additional media attention and hassle of being thought of as a "good interview"?
Asked by: PB
Answered: 1/28/2015
Well, no, I don't think that way of describing it leads to understanding. It's just manners, really; it is the peculiar manners of those who live in a fish bowl. Anything that you say can be taken in a million different ways; absolutely anything that you say about a teammate can be misinterpreted.
In a family, in a company, at a party, there might be one or two people who would take your comment the wrong way and make trouble with it. You can deal with that.
If a million people are listening to what you have to say, the community of potential trouble-makers might be 200 people. Those 200 people can represent it that you've said something you didn't actually mean to say at all, and then they reach ANOTHER million people, who start with the assumption that Jerry INTENDED to insult Harvey. The endless echoes cause tremendous problems, and people learn to whisper so that nothing they say can echo very loudly.

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Which is why we can empathize with the way that Lloyd McClendon, and Eric Wedge, and Mike Hargrove, and Lou Piniella, handle press conferences.  They sit down, they fold their arms, they cross their legs, they compress their lips, and they lower their chins as if to protect Boxing's Magic Button.  

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