Exhaustion
Law School has been very interesting insofar, but I'm tired as hell. So, forgive me for the somewhat sparse posting regime.
I've been doing some further thought about political philosophies, and why I feel disenchanted with the grand American system. The big problem is that there is no space for "small c" conservatism as an idea at this time. The battle is between "Progressives" (the people formerly known as liberals), who take a liberal to radical line as far as policy choice, advocating major significant changes in the social and economic fabrics of American life, and "Conservatives" (who are really reactionaries) who advocate a revocation of policies, and a return to the America of 50 years ago. Both sides may be right about some issues, but the point is that both are "radicals", advocating significant change in the world of today. People of my ilk believe that there is time for change, but that change should be measured and considered, weighed over time as to the costs and benefits. This is also the driving factor behind the change in my political philosophies over the last few years. Most specifically, I buy into far more of the "Democratic" philosophies than the "Republican" philosophies, especially on social issues (although this is more of my libertarian streak), but I find their advocacy, the speed by which they want to bring about these changes to be far too fast, that many of these issues are deep and far-reaching and the changes should be measured. By and large, there's a lot that's going OK, and changes should be evaluated deeply.
The Indians lost yesterday, badly, but that will happen. It's very important to win tonight, and to win at least 2 in Toronto, which is perfectly doable. They need to win series from here on out. At 70-57, they have 35 games to play. 5 out of 7 from here out gives them 95 wins, which I think is more than plenty. 4 out of 7 gives them 90, which might not be enough. 2 out of every 3 gives them 92-94, which is probably right where they need to be. So we'll see how it goes. It'll be very interesting next year, they have a lot of personell going into free agency and have some holes they'll need to fill. I think they'd like to add a RF or a 1B, maybe both. They'll need to fill 2 spots in the rotation and a couple spots in the bullpen. I think Belliard is a Free Agent, so they might need a 2B.
Free Agents include Millwood, Elarton, Wickman, Howry, and Sauerbeck.
I think Sauerbeck will likely be back and either Wickman or Howry. Fernando Cabrera will stick in the bullpen, and we might see Andrew Brown or one of the other young guys back in the pen. Either Wick or Howry will close. I'd love to see them bring back Millwood, but I jsut don't know that it gets done. I think Jason Davis or another one of the AAA starters gets promoted. The other spot might be a mid-priced vet, or maybe Elarton. I'd love to see them add a lead-off hitter who can play RF or 2B, then move Sizemore down to the middle of the order, where he can get a lot of RBI opportunities.
That's about the best we can do tonight.
Peace
I've been doing some further thought about political philosophies, and why I feel disenchanted with the grand American system. The big problem is that there is no space for "small c" conservatism as an idea at this time. The battle is between "Progressives" (the people formerly known as liberals), who take a liberal to radical line as far as policy choice, advocating major significant changes in the social and economic fabrics of American life, and "Conservatives" (who are really reactionaries) who advocate a revocation of policies, and a return to the America of 50 years ago. Both sides may be right about some issues, but the point is that both are "radicals", advocating significant change in the world of today. People of my ilk believe that there is time for change, but that change should be measured and considered, weighed over time as to the costs and benefits. This is also the driving factor behind the change in my political philosophies over the last few years. Most specifically, I buy into far more of the "Democratic" philosophies than the "Republican" philosophies, especially on social issues (although this is more of my libertarian streak), but I find their advocacy, the speed by which they want to bring about these changes to be far too fast, that many of these issues are deep and far-reaching and the changes should be measured. By and large, there's a lot that's going OK, and changes should be evaluated deeply.
The Indians lost yesterday, badly, but that will happen. It's very important to win tonight, and to win at least 2 in Toronto, which is perfectly doable. They need to win series from here on out. At 70-57, they have 35 games to play. 5 out of 7 from here out gives them 95 wins, which I think is more than plenty. 4 out of 7 gives them 90, which might not be enough. 2 out of every 3 gives them 92-94, which is probably right where they need to be. So we'll see how it goes. It'll be very interesting next year, they have a lot of personell going into free agency and have some holes they'll need to fill. I think they'd like to add a RF or a 1B, maybe both. They'll need to fill 2 spots in the rotation and a couple spots in the bullpen. I think Belliard is a Free Agent, so they might need a 2B.
Free Agents include Millwood, Elarton, Wickman, Howry, and Sauerbeck.
I think Sauerbeck will likely be back and either Wickman or Howry. Fernando Cabrera will stick in the bullpen, and we might see Andrew Brown or one of the other young guys back in the pen. Either Wick or Howry will close. I'd love to see them bring back Millwood, but I jsut don't know that it gets done. I think Jason Davis or another one of the AAA starters gets promoted. The other spot might be a mid-priced vet, or maybe Elarton. I'd love to see them add a lead-off hitter who can play RF or 2B, then move Sizemore down to the middle of the order, where he can get a lot of RBI opportunities.
That's about the best we can do tonight.
Peace
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