Keeping it Classy at an Austin Nightspot
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Austin Planetarium
Would you rather ogle the stars in the sky than the ones in the tabloids? Take your date to the Austin Planetarium. The technology center is a great date night spot for star-struck couples.
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Austin Nature & Science Center
The cool November weather is setting in. Cozy up with your sweetheart and gaze at the stars at the Austin Nature & Science Center. You can also dig in the dino pits, catch a laser show or check out the rescued animals.
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Great Austin Events in November
With all sorts of events coming through
Blue Genie Art Bazaar - Marchesa Hall & Theatre - Nov 28th to Dec 24th
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SABRMatt's Outfield "Bumper Stickers"
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Earlier, we did SABRMatt's "bumper stickers" on the infield. He wanted a smackdown between himself and Bob Dutton. Dr. D is happy to don the zebra shirt and throw all the yellow flags at one side. He thinks he's got the hang of it, based on a half-season's worth of "NFL Parity" syndrome.
The first line below is SABRMatt's take on each player. He says that it was re: Free Agents that he (in real life) provided these to the Steinbrenners and their ilk. If so, we'll assume that he did it in his below 30 words, not the 8 we requested. Soooo ...no grumbling from Dr. D this time about conciseness. Also, Ron Shandler uses the 30-40 words scheme and Shandler fits them inside (literally) a postage stamp area.... font size: 18 electrons.
But, it still has to be fair to Dutton. So Dr. D will reduce SABRMatt's opinion to a Dutton-sized byte.
Hey, why isn't DR. DETECTO giving his own bumper stickers? Too much commitment. He was born a ramblin' man. (No, not in his literary style.)
There Were the 2011 Phillies and 90's Braves, Too, kiddies
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The 2014 Oakland A's traded a 115 OPS+ hitter, Yoenis Cespedes, for a playoff ace, Jon Lester. They also traded for Jeff Samardzija, pushing all their poker chips into the rotation pot.
You might have noticed that this didn't work. It might very well have been the most extreme case, in all of baseball history, for the failure of this particular strategy.
But! Let's hand the mike to Aristotle at Hey Bill:
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Hey Bill--Mattingly is going to bring back Kershaw tonight on short rest in a must-win game rather than start Dan Haren. Haren is a good pitcher in his own right, he has pitched well over the last month, and he's fully-rested. Does it make sense to bring an ace back on short rest, even someone as good as Kershaw (who of course got shelled Friday)? Is Kershaw on three-days' rest really that much better than Haren on full rest? This strategy always reminds me of Gene Mauch and the '64 Phillies. Thanks.
Asked by: Ted
Answered: 10/7/2014
Well, why does the one time that the strategy failed count more than 50 times (in the same era) when the same strategy was used successfully?
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That'll do for us too.
Ecopocalypse
Want to enjoy a haunted house with your sweetie? Try Ecopcalypse in Downtown Austin. You can enjoy a hayride, talented scary actors and much more.
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Pioneer Farms
Ever wanted to see what life was like "way back then"? Take your sweetheart to Pioneer Farms in Austin. You can visit with animals, ride on a haunted trail and take part in lots of old timey activities.
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Wine & Swine
Ever wanted to go to a pig roast? You can at Austin's Wine & Swine. Treat your date to a day of dining with Austin's top chefs. There's even a hayride!
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Patrick Kivlehan in the Arizona Fall League
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If you're not super gung-ho about the minors, you might not be familiar with Patrick Kivlehan's story:
| Age | Remark | Slash Line |
| 18, 19, 20, 21 | Football player only | |
| 22 | Tried out for NCAA team | .390/.480/.700 |
| 23 | Class A+ minors ball (High Desert) | .320/.380/.530 |
| 24 | AA high minor leagues ("nearly" MLB) | .300/.380/.485 |
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I don't even know how to comment on the above situation.
Here is an article about his "tryout" with Rutgers baseball. They thought Kivlehan could help with pinch-running, because of his football speed -- exactly as if the Mariners brought on Ricardo Lockette. Kivlehan's walk-on resulted in his becoming the Big East Player of the Year. Let me read that sentence again.
Supposing Lockette pinch-ran for a couple games, then picked up a bat and simply hit like Mike Trout, winning the league MVP?
You'd run a DNA check. Maybe the Andromedans have a triple helix.
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The only thing that even begins to help me process this situation, anyway, is Bo Jackson's baseball career. Bo was a star in the NFL, and he decided to play baseball, calling it a "hobby" for his off-season NFL time. Seriously, he shut up critics by saying he was entitled to a "hobby" just like everybody else, and simply stepped into the major leagues as a quality center / left fielder. (Granted, he had 184 AB's minors warmup.)
We'll say, by the way, that Bo Jackson didn't really have MLB-quality strike zone recog, or MLB hand-eye coordination. He just had blurry-fast hands, just used a See Ball Hit Ball approach, and somehow his talent simply transcended baseball. ... Most of his damage came on average fastballs, anywhere in the zone (like Vlad Guerrero, in the sense that Vlad didn't care about pitch location). Bo's lack of refinement didn't help pitchers much.
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