Ty'Relle Harris struck out 5 in 6 IP. New Cub Jaye Chapman struck out both batters that he faced.
Jacob Brigham channeled the spirit of Geraldo Concepcion giving up 6 ER while retiring 1 batter. He has now given up 8 ER in 3.2 IP since joining the Cubs. Szczur was 1-4 with a BB.
Javier Baez finally had a nice game in High A hitting 2-4 and driving in 3 runs. John Andreoli stole 3 bases giving him a season total of 47. Austin Kirk worked 5.2 IP giving up 1 run and striking out 3.
The story of the night was Starling Peralta who struck out 14 batters in 7 innings. He walked no one and only gave up 2 hits one of which was a solo HR. Peralta usually sits in the low 90's and has never really shown much in the way of production so this is probably just a nice game that will be the highlight of his career. On the hitting side Zeke DeVoss was 4-4 with a pair of doubles a triple and a SB. I had high hopes for DeVoss coming into the year but he has really struggled in Peoria and is only hitting .239.
Like most nights it was the Gioskar Amaya/Dan Vogelbach show. Amaya 2-5 with his 10th triple of the season. 10 triples in 186 AB's. Thats pretty good. Amaya now has a .913 OPS. Vogelbach contributed with a 1-3 effort including his 3rd HR since joining Boise. He also drew a walk. Vogelbach's bat is way advanced for the low levels so lets hope he is getting his glovework together because other than that this kid should be in Peoria.
Jorge Soler went 1-4 with a BB and a pair of stolen bases. He now has 8 on the year. Albert Almora also swiped two bags and got one hit in 5 AB's. The pitching was impressive with Ryan McNeil striking out 4 in 2.1 IP. Loiger Padron finished the game out working the final 3 IP and striking out 3 while shutting down the other team.
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Two reasons: 1) I don’t trust my electrician skills enough to know how to properly attach a ground wire in a way that it doesn’t get ripped out or worse 2) I don’t know what rating of wire I would need to use to ensure a proper ground to the rating I require.
To me, running a quality, rated extension cord from a known outlet is a hell of a lot safer then tying wires to random pipes in the basement. I’m trying to protect my $2000 computer here.
joshQuote Reply
http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/08/08/bryan-lahairs-roller-coaster-season-results-in-a-stint-on-the-bench/
MishQuote Reply
@ Mish:
I never really got why he was an all-star in the first place. Soriano is better, really.
joshQuote Reply
Geraldo (dying laughing) I hope that was intentional. If so, I’m going to start calling him this.
mb21Quote Reply
I posted this aside on Vizcaino: http://obstructedview.net/aside/arodys-vizcaino-plans-to-be-ready-by-spring.html
mb21Quote Reply
@ josh:
Fair enough.
*Disclaimer: I am a dumb Mechanical Engineer, not Electrical
As far as wire size goes, going bigger never hurts (except for cost). The smaller the wire size, the thicker the wire. You should be fine with a #12 bare copper wire as I imagine the breaker is probably about 20 A and a #12 is good up to 40A. I think most houses use #12 wire for general hook-ups.
The easiest way to hook up a ground is to first shut off the breaker going to the outlet and make sure it was the right breaker. On the back of the outlet you will see a green screw which is the ground screw. This will have a bare copper wire hooked up to it. That wire will be pigtailed to the ground that goes to the rest of the wire on the circuit. All you need to do it pigtail the ground you want to the new electrical outlet. Better yet would probably be to run new wires to the new outlet from all the connections. You already know the breaker it is connected to can handle the load since you have an extension cord hooked up.
Unnecessary info: I’m guessing that the way your UPS is checking for ground is by checking the voltage between the Hot (Black wire) and Neutral (White) and the ground. The voltage difference between the Hot and Neutral should be between 110V and 120V. The voltage between the Neutral and Ground should be >0V but <2V. The voltage between the Hot and Ground should be the sum of voltage between Hot and Neutral and Neutral and Ground. If that doesn't happen, then your UPS is probably giving you an "improper ground" error.
A $20 multimeter can tell you all this. Great little tool to have if you mess with electrical stuff.
WaLiQuote Reply
WaLi wrote:
Nice to meet you.
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mb21Quote Reply
The Cubs probably can’t catch the Astros, but they should be able to catch the Rockies and get the 2nd pick next year. Maybe the Astros go cheap on their 1st pick again and the Cubs get the best player in the draft.
mb21Quote Reply
@ The Gay Community:
(dying laughing) I knew I had that coming when I wrote that. I even rewrote it to make it sound better. Oh well.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
WaLiQuote Reply
@ mb21:
I love that website. I never ventured past the Live Music, but I might have to check out the audio books.
WaLiQuote Reply
mb21 wrote:
Hard to say, with moving to the AL and unloading contracts, they’re either preparing to spend or preparing to suck. Or they could do both…like the Cubs.
TheVanQuote Reply
Hey MO, did you see this?
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/canada-melissa-tancredi-got-away-stomping-carli-lloyd-173222381–oly.html
I definitely missed this one but that’s terrible.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ TheVan:
I was thinking more about their strategy in the last draft, which was to spend low on Correa (or Appel because they offered him below slot prior to the draft) and then go big elsewhere. The Astros didn’t go cheap at the draft. They just spent their money differently than the Cubs did and in a way I really hope it continues so we can see how the farm systems look 5 or 7 years from now. It would be a great way to analyze the strategies because they were very different. Cubs blew their wad on Almora. The Astros went cheap at first and then spent big.
mb21Quote Reply
TheVan wrote:
Nice to meet you.
The Gay CommunityQuote Reply
Some of the photos sent back from Curiosity are fascinating.
Aisle424Quote Reply
@ Rice Cube:
Wut.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
@ Aisle424:
I wonder if they have some Total Recall mashups too.
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This took me about two seconds to figure out (dying laughing)
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@ WaLi:
But what’s the advantage of doing that over just using the extension cord? Plus, I’d need a new outlet completely, since the one in here is a two-pronger. The one outside my office is a three-pronger, and the ground screw is hooked up to absolutely nothing. According to my UPS literature, it detects both voltage imbalance and a high resistance ground. I used a three-prong adapter screwed into the wall socket. I just don’t know. I basically know what a volt is and an amp, and how grounding works, but most of what you’re telling me is Greek. I could get a multimeter (used to have one for soldering, but I blew it up somehow) but I don’t know how to be sure I’m reading or measuring correctly. See the problem here?
Plus, I already spent like $60 on an extension cord.
joshQuote Reply
@ josh:
Josh, Did you look inside the electrical box and see if a ground was ran? Sometimes the ground is there and they skip and put older ungrounded outlets? If the box has an unused ground just go buy a grounded 3 prong outlet and replace the ungrounded one.
pinetarQuote Reply
josh wrote:
Nice to meet you.
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@ pinetar:
I checked the three-prong outlet and it had no ground wire that I could see. I didn’t check the other.
joshQuote Reply
The Rockies may end up with no pitchers reaching 100 innings. Did your faget stats predict that?
GWQuote Reply
@ josh:
The advantage is that you wouldn’t have to use an extension cord (dying laughing) Like you mentioned, they are expensive. Copper wire and an outlet could have been done for <$10. A multimeter isn't necessary to do electrical work, just fun to had (I'm guessing you fried yours by being in the wrong mode)
It's weird you have a 2 prong outlet. Wires are usually stranded and pulled together. See pic below. Black is "Hot", White is "Neutral", Green is "Ground"
WaLiQuote Reply
@ pinetar:
I checked the 2-prong outlet. It had four freaking wires attached to it. I’m a math/English guy, not an engineer, but by my count that’s as many as five new combinations to electrocute myself.
joshQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
This house is pretty old. The only 3-prongers are the ones required by the existing appliances: washer and refrigerator and there’s one by the dryer, though that one is technically superfluous. They’re all GFCI, so I’m guessing that was some building code regulation. I thought code required a 3-prong outlet in every room.
I think the basement is technically unfinished, so they may get more leeway or something.
joshQuote Reply
@ WaLi:
If I was confident in my ability to rig that up without destroying my computer or my self, I would have gone the cheaper route. My experience is that when you don’t know what the hell you’re doing, the cheaper route ends up being more costly. I am nervous enough about the extension cord, except that it has a circuit breaker built in and the outlet is GFCI and I have it running through a UPS. So, I think I’m covered. Any weirdness should kill the outlet or the cord. The battery will keep me running, and it claims it’s grounded, so if a surge takes out my rig APC should cover it.
joshQuote Reply
@ GW:
Mine did, but I’m using way more advanced fagety stats than the rest of you guys.
mb21Quote Reply
@ josh:
Some codes require a GFCI without a ground to be labeled as such. The 2 pronger with 4 wires would be the 2 wires for the feed and the 2 wires for the run to the next outlet on the circuit.
pinetarQuote Reply
@ mb21:
If they’re proprietary stats, I suggest the following company name for when you market them: Sarcastic Stats, Inc.
joshQuote Reply
@ pinetar:
That’s probably what it is. The “three pronger” with no ground is on the other side of the same wall.
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josh wrote:
GWQuote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/commentary-and-analysis/worst-cubs-offense-ever.html
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