All categories - 22 June 2007

All below salaries are based on what they get for the 2007 season.

Daisuke Matsuzaka so far this year:
8-5 with a 4.18 ERA, $6,333,333

Just picture this from guys right above and below him in ERA:
Chuck James (my boy) is 6-6 with a 4.11 ERA, $397,500
Tim Wakefield (your boy) is 7-7 with a 4.18 ERA $4,000,000

Okay now let's pit him against the best pitcher in baseball Jake Peavy (it's my opinion) - I would pick Smoltz but I must remain unbiased:
Peavy is 9-1 with a 1.98 ERA and a $4,750,000 price tag

If you want an AL comparison then let's take Dan Haren:
9-2 with a 1.78 ERA and a salary of 2,250,000

Just add on the rights to talk to that guy and my goodness, the per season salary he really costs is astounding for what you are getting in performance. I was expecting more of a 1995 Hideo Nomo and it's more like 1998 Hideki Irabu. Gosh it makes the Yankees deal for him look great in comparison. WHOA!!!

2007-06-22 04:07:40 · 15 answers · asked by Veritas et Aequitas () 7 in Baseball

there is a 4 yrs old child ask me a question why air is not a human? i wander for that question. i ask some help to answer this question so that we can give an exact answer to the child.

2007-06-22 04:07:34 · 16 answers · asked by Dave R 1 in Earth Sciences & Geology

'Do it or don't do it, you'll regret it either way.'

Of course there is an element of humour but there's some substance to this as well.

Chasing pleasure can be a road to unhappiness, but then again maybe he's suggesting that denying pleasure is also a road to unhappiness.

What do you think?

2007-06-22 04:07:29 · 11 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Philosophy

OK, everyone bear with me, you are gonna like this one. atheists, I am assuming there is a God, and fundalentalists, I am assuming He created us through evolution.

OK, we evolved through the food chain, and most recently through an animal similar to a modern ape. Well, obviously apes cannot comprehend the idea of God, but we can.

So, could it be that God guided our evolution so that we would be able to communicate with Him? Could He have started us low, and guided our evolution closer and closer to the perfect creature?

Human beings are the first animal to be able to understand God. However, we can't communicate with Him. So, could it be that we just aren't evolved enough yet?

Perhaps in another million years, we will have evolved further, and we will be able to directly communicate with God.
It explains why we have no proof of God.
It explains why we evolved the way we did.

What do you guys think?

Atheists?
Believers?

2007-06-22 04:07:24 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

Butt Measurements


A man and his wife were working in their garden one day and the man


looks over at his wife and says: "Your butt is getting really big, I


mean really big. I bet your butt is bigger than the barbecue."


With that he proceeded to get a measuring tape and measure the grill


and then went over to where his wife was working and measured his


wife's


bottom.


"Yes, I was right; your butt is two inches wider than the


barbecue!!!" The woman chose to ignore her husband.


Later that night in bed, the husband is feeling a little frisky. He


makes


some advances towards his wife


who completely brushes him off. "What's wrong?" he asks. ............


She answers: "Do you really think I'm going to fire up this big-***


grill


for one little weenie?

2007-06-22 04:07:17 · 7 answers · asked by ♥RaCheL♥ 6 in Jokes & Riddles

...Awkwardly you waited....fidgeting nervously, clearing your throat a few times you began getting the creeps. Finally Sally slowly lifed her head....then eyes and said________________

2007-06-22 04:07:08 · 5 answers · asked by Ronatnyu 7 in Polls & Surveys

also, any problems with installation?

2007-06-22 04:06:58 · 3 answers · asked by annek 2 in Decorating & Remodeling

2007-06-22 04:06:50 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in TiVO & DVRs

to replace existing ones in songs? I do. For instance, Pearl Jam's Better Man. Sounds like he is saying BUTTER man. Old lyrics:
She lies and says she's in love with him
Can't find a better man
She dreams in color, she dreams in red
Can't find a better man

New lyrics:
She lies and says she loves margarine
Cuz she can't find the butter man
She likes it on toast or just plain bread
Still can't find the butter man

2007-06-22 04:06:42 · 4 answers · asked by Smooch The Pooch 7 in Polls & Surveys

2007-06-22 04:06:31 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

2007-06-22 04:06:09 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

All of my answers have a black flag on them.

2007-06-22 04:06:07 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I wrote before that I have a funny flap below my anus and now im terrefied by one of the answers that i have anularious. I have googled it and nothin comes up. Is this something. I am terrified I dont want to have cancer my mum and gran have both had it. The thing is the flap has been there for ages - inoticed 2 years ago, and it only hurts when overstretched or wiped too much but that is expected isn't it. It is bout an inch and when i pull cheeks out it forms a circle with my anus. Please help. I am only 15 and cant tell my familly as there is a lot of stress there at the minute and im too embarased anyway (they are very strict) and i cant go the docs on my own as i have no transport

2007-06-22 04:06:06 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Women's Health

What the hell with this test that older kids are smarter than the younger. I'm the baby and I know for a fact that I'm way smarter. Why wasn't the test done to me and my family?

2007-06-22 04:05:59 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Current Events

2007-06-22 04:05:58 · 16 answers · asked by peggy j 3 in Marriage & Divorce

Today, I transferred photos on my cell to a memory card. It worked successfully. Then I put the memory card into my computer, and I could see the pictures. I accidentally deleted all of the pictures when I was on the computer, but when I went to the recycling bin they weren't there! How can I recover my pictures? They aren't on my cell anymore, and I can't find them on my computer!

All of your help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

2007-06-22 04:05:52 · 5 answers · asked by *~<3~* Дпﺃмдℓ ℓo٧ε٢ *~<3~ 3 in Software

Don't jump to conclusions or be too fast to answer this.

2007-06-22 04:05:47 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

This guy in my college went to visit is family in China over 6 months ago. (He's never had a girlfriend before.) He was shy, but I could really tell he liked me by his actions. He always stared, smiled, looked me in the eye, was sincere, teased me, etc. (but often looked shy when coming by me).

I gave him my number for him to call after his trip since I've been wanting to know what China is like (since my grandparents are from there.) This seemed to break the ice when I gave him by number. He excitingly said he'd call to tell me all about it. He never did.

Can I assume he lost interest over time or met someone in China? or just too shy? or maybe never knew that I really liked him?

2007-06-22 04:05:39 · 11 answers · asked by china doll d 1 in Singles & Dating

My employer just received a notice to garnish, Levy, My wages. How long till they must start witholding? I am in the process of having the levy released due to financial hardship. any help would be grat.

2007-06-22 04:05:39 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

2007-06-22 04:05:39 · 13 answers · asked by fa q 3 in Military

FGM= female genital mutilation
A common practice in many countries of Africa and Asia.
They remove the labia and some or all of the clitoris and sew up the vagina, since according to the men that insist on it:
"Women have evil things between their legs."
Folks, this happens to 2 million little girls a year. Do a search for Waris Dirie, an author of several books on her life and this issue. Read "Desert Flower" Waris was circumcised at 5 and ran away from home at 13 when her dad wanted her to marry an old man in exchange for 5 camels.
This is NOT fiction and I think there should be a bigger outcry, especially from Afro-Americans, who have quite a lot of power compared to the poor Africans girls that often die from the practice. Why not more outcry?

2007-06-22 04:05:22 · 10 answers · asked by topink 6 in Other - Cultures & Groups

Its a nice thought, but where does that extra happiness come from?

...and do we have a right to 'dump' our sorrows on others? aren't we just spreading misery?

2007-06-22 04:05:01 · 6 answers · asked by megalomaniac 7 in Philosophy

Help! I qualify FOR NO ASSISTANCE at all. TONS of people tell me it is a joke that I do not. But I dont. This is my after tax salary-what counts and how I look at it. Family of 4 2-adults 2 babies. Any ideas on how to work it? Quit stay home? I am the bread winner though. Child care #1 payment.

2007-06-22 04:04:51 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in United States

Larry johnson has been the second-best running back in the NFL, for the 3 seasons, hes carry the ball over 400 times in the 3..... yet hes only making 1.7 million, hes backup makes more?! i would holdout too!

2007-06-22 04:04:24 · 19 answers · asked by ty law 1 in Football (American)

2007-06-22 04:04:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy

Is there a better site to get driving directions than MapQuest?

2007-06-22 04:04:16 · 8 answers · asked by arrianna_vt 4 in Other - United States

did it smell so bad?

ugg yesterday there was one under my fridge in the garage. oh my god did it stink. the smell was prettty bad. we did not know waht it was untill we looked for the source of that smell and we found it dead. yuck!!!!!!!!!

2007-06-22 04:04:10 · 21 answers · asked by nonya 3 in Polls & Surveys

2007-06-22 04:04:03 · 68 answers · asked by Smurf 7 in Polls & Surveys

Or is it just a ceremonial thing? I am not a Catholic, so I am not familiar with all of their beliefs, and my church does not have holy water.

I was wondering what you believe it can be used for and what it can do. Please forgive me for my ignorance on this matter.

2007-06-22 04:04:01 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality