1. You are viewing Orangepower as a Guest. To start new threads, reply to posts, or participate in polls or contests - you must register. Registration is free and easy. Click Here to register.

More homeruns caused by global warming

Discussion in 'World News & Politics' started by jcowboy, Apr 29, 2012.

  1. Offline

    jcowboy Cowboy

    Member Since:
    Jul 7, 2004
    Message Count:
    842
  2. Offline

    Wayne C Wrangler

    Member Since:
    Jul 15, 2010
    Message Count:
    1,211
    Location:
    Dallas and Istanbul
    Tim McCarver wrote "Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans," but he's not a real scientist, which is why it was a surprise to hear the national Fox announcer (and former catcher) opine that climate change is leading to more home runs. McCarver says "climactic changes" of the last 50 years are making the ball "carry farther than I remember," although he acknowledges it "hasn't been proven yet." It's certainly not better training, performance-enhancing drugs or McCarver's bad memory. It's the weather.

    What an idiot!
  3. Offline

    kenny41 Cowboy

    Member Since:
    Aug 28, 2006
    Message Count:
    3,768
    Location:
    Stillwater
    So that's why Jose Canseco hit all those home runs...
    [IMG]
  4. Offline

    PokealypseNow Wrangler

    Member Since:
    Oct 15, 2008
    Message Count:
    4,962
    Location:
    An Okie in Orygun
    Yeah, first we had engineers and now we get baseball announcers? Sheesh. Leave the prognosticating to climatologists, you know.
  5. Offline

    Wayne C Wrangler

    Member Since:
    Jul 15, 2010
    Message Count:
    1,211
    Location:
    Dallas and Istanbul
    Yes, it is prognosticating, as you say. Not fact, but telling of the the future by reading pre-programmed tea leaves with a computer that only predicts what is programmed into it.
  6. Online
    • A/V Member

    RxCowboy Has no Rx for his orange obsession.

    Member Since:
    Nov 8, 2004
    Message Count:
    32,118
    Location:
    Wishing I was in Stillwater
    P4L likes this.
  7. Offline

    Arkansas_Poke Cowboy

    Member Since:
    Jun 9, 2007
    Message Count:
    1,213
    And here I was thinking it was those "performance enhancing drugs" that caused all those home runs. :rolleyes:
    Who knew?
  8. Offline

    JAYBEE Wrangler

    Member Since:
    Aug 7, 2009
    Message Count:
    2,304
    Location:
    Oklahoma City
    McCarver had his better days at least two decades ago. This could be onset of The Big
    A in his case. Very typical of the bewildered who attack we who don't, like lemmings, blindly jump into lock step the man-done-it party line.
  9. Offline

    JAYBEE Wrangler

    Member Since:
    Aug 7, 2009
    Message Count:
    2,304
    Location:
    Oklahoma City
    If a man is ignorant and knows he's ignorant, he is tolerable and somewhat perceptive. But if a man is ignorant and thinks he smart, he is worse than dumb. Where did this idiot attend English grammar class - OU?

Share This Page