Like I said, the A's need more pitching

Scottie, you guys have a weak pitcking staff. Beef up the pitching,
then MAYBE nexy year you'll be better.

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 13:32:19 GMT, "sshay" <sshay@twmi.rr.com> wrote:


The little MN mini-riot in studentville is nowhere near the riots they
had in Detroit...or the NBA fan brawl they had in Detroit...or the
murder rates they've had in Detroit...etc.

Face it, Detroit is just an ugly place to live.

From Wikipedia:

Detroit's city's crime-ridden sections have brought it notoriety.
Despite improvement in recent years, Detroit's crime figures
are often among the highest in the U.S. The city is currently
listed as the most dangerous city with more than 500,000 by
the Morgan Quitno's statistics,but comes after Camden, New
Jersey overall. Detroit is consistently in the top five for homicide
rates. Murders peaked at 714 in 1974 (garnering Detroit the
nickname "Murder City", a play on "Motor City") though the
highest murder rate was recorded in 1991, when there were
615 homicides and the city's population was just over a million,
which factors into a murder rate of roughly 60 per 100,000.



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I must apologize to you fans in Oakland for addressing Scott in your
newsgroup, I will not respond to him in here again.

"Scott Smith" <scott.smith@iphouse.com> wrote in message
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wrote:
in

My change in allegiance is prompted by the riots that followed the last
two NCAA hockey championships, which resulted in thousands of fans running
amok, destroying property, burning buildings, destroying police cars and
even throwing a concrete block through the window of a fire truck summoned
to the scene to fight the fires in Dinkytown. The public response to these
wanton acts of violence has been as disgraceful as the acts themselves -
smug and apathetic.

Mini-riot? Bwahahaha! "thousands of fans running amok" "destroying
property, burning buildings" This would hardly be called a
mini-riot.IMO...................LOL It makes the NBA fan brawl look like
a snow ball fight between teenagers.



Yes, Detroit is a hard town to live in but as this list will show, you
stated NY, LA, Chicago and San Antonio were so much better. Detroit trails
all the cities you claim to be safer!!! This is not 1974 anymore, Detroit is
trying to improve.
Every major city has it's share of problems like this but you could be a
poster boy for "Dinkytown". Quit blubbering about your beloved Twins being
swept. Cheers

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0004902.html

Crime Rates for Selected Large Cities, 2003
(offenses known to the police per 100,000 inhabitants)
City ranked by
population size, 20021 Crime
index,
total Violent crime Property crime
Murder Forcible
rape Robbery Aggravated
assault Burglary Larceny-
theft Motor
vehicle
theft
New York, N.Y. 2,917 7.4 19.9 321 386 349 1,542 292
Los Angeles, Calif. 4,809 13.4 31.9 432 795 654 2,009 874
Chicago, Ill. (2) 20.6 (2) 597 683 865 3,339 786
Houston, Tex 7,054 13.6 37.6 538 586 1,299 3,529 1,051
Philadelphia, Pa. 5,553 23.3 67.1 643 645 712 2,531 931
Phoenix, Ariz. 7,664 17.2 37.5 262 376 1,219 3,924 1,828
San Diego, Calif. 4,223 5.1 31.9 128 414 635 2,022 987
Dallas, Tex. 9,328 18.4 48.8 647 656 1,782 4,759 1,416
San Antonio, Tex. 7,442 7.0 44.3 170 377 1,205 5,127 511
Las Vegas, Nev. 5,609 11.9 43.0 333 383 1,075 2,527 1,237
Detroit, Mich. 29,0033 39.4 87.7 627 1,264 1,520 2,733 2,733
San Jose, Calif. 2,651 3.2 30.7 90 248 364 1,513 403
Honolulu, Hawaii 5,624 1.7 29.4 109 148 880 3,544 912
Indianapolis, Ind. 6,555 13.1 52.5 353 464 1,257 3,486 929
Jacksonville, Fla. 6,507 11.8 27.4 302 525 1,148 3,869 623
San Francisco, Calif. 5,685 8.9 27.8 397 308 749 3,288 905
Columbus, Ohio 8,614 15.0 84.7 459 297 2,017 4,592 1,149
Austin, Tex. 6,657 4.0 33.1 183 242 1,061 4,728 406
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C. 7,744 9.9 45.8 402 619 1,657 3,986
1,024
Memphis, Tenn. 10,071 19.3 68.7 657 832 2,586 4,603 1,305
Baltimore, Md. 7,548 41.9 31.6 673 988 1,208 3,541 1,064
Louisville Metro, Ky. 4,533 6.7 13.3 233 268 1,027 2,479 506
Milwaukee, Wis. 7,250 18.5 41.4 483 348 1,017 4,295 1,049
Boston, Mass. 5,942 6.6 44.4 468 697 737 2,894 1,096
El Paso, Tex. 4,311 3.6 37.3 99 457 373 3,024 317
Fort Worth, Tex. 7,163 9.9 42.2 254 345 1,525 4,354 633
Seattle, Wash. 8,719 5.6 30.2 262 387 1,481 4,983 1,571
Denver, Colo. 5,760 11.1 53.7 251 308 1,254 2,622 1,260
Washington, DC 7,175 44.0 48.5 681 796 829 3,082 1,695
Nashville, Tenn. 8,467 13.0 60.4 396 1,032 1,328 4,800 838
Portland, Ore. 8,508 5.0 56.9 251 501 1,189 5,428 1,076
Oklahoma City, Okla. 10,013 9.4 70.0 265 546 1,591 6,779 753
Tucson, Ariz. 10,106 9.1 64.1 287 555 1,243 6,712 1,236
Long Beach, Calif. 3,855 10.3 28.5 296 415 629 1,691 785
New Orleans, La. 6,119 57.7 44.8 436 429 1,027 2,678 1,446
Albuquerque, N.M. 7,196 10.9 56.1 230 650 1,182 4,195 872
Cleveland, Ohio 6,891 15.6 137.9 676 494 1,718 2,739 1,110
Fresno, Calif. 6,824 8.2 36.5 270 464 873 3,914 1,258
Kansas City, Mo. 9,332 18.4 69.1 424 868 1,546 5,151 1,256
Sacramento, Calif. 7,205 9.8 42.5 371 355 1,275 3,496 1,657
Virginia Beach, Va. 3,533 5.5 27.5 93 86 487 2,650 184
Mesa, Ariz. 6,522 3.2 26.6 99 409 942 3,998 1,045
Atlanta, Ga. 10,839 34.3 65.2 859 1,012 1,871 5,320 1,678
Oakland, Calif. 6,939 26.8 65.8 608 679 1,122 3,084 1,354
Omaha, Nebr. 6,756 8.7 44.6 223 378 859 4,199 1,044
Tulsa, Okla. 8,012 15.5 69.1 226 782 1,626 4,403 890
Miami, Fla. 8,784 19.4 28.0 767 1,061 1,540 4,036 1,333
Minneapolis, Minn. 6,583 12.1 101.4 579 501 1,184 3,276 929
Colorado Springs, Colo. 5,407 4.5 64.0 113 281 898 3,563 485
Wichita, Kan. 7,9923 4.9 60.3 152 393 1,053 3,933 396

1. Resident population estimated by the U.S. Census Bureau.
2. The rates for forcible rape and crime index are not shown because the
forcible rape figures were not in accordance with national Uniform Crime
Reporting guidelines.
3. Due to reporting changes or annexations, figures are not comparable to
previous years.
Source: U.S. FBI, Crime in the United States, annual. From Statistical
Abstract of the United States, 2006.


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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:11:45 GMT, "sshay" <sshay@twmi.rr.com> wrote:


I was through Dinkytown the following day, it was not nearly as bad
looking as the downtown Detroit area on ANY given day.

Also from Wikipedia regarding Detroit:

Abandoned and burned out shells of buildings are a frequent sight,
with some 16,037 empty houses recorded in 1999. The city lacks funding
to demolish the properties and the homes are often used for the
production, sale, and use of illicit drugs, with drug gangs such as
Young Boys Inc.

Abandoned buildings are often left to the elements with the city
government having no funds for restoration or removal.The city has
faced hundreds of arsons, often in the city's many abandoned homes,
each year on Devil's Night, the evening before Halloween. The Angel's
Night campaign, launched in the late 1990s, draws many volunteers to
patrol the streets during Halloween week. The effort has reduced
arson: while there were 810 fires set in 1984, this was reduced to 142
in 1996.



Does the term "per capita" mean anything to you? LOL



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On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 15:08:47 GMT, "sshay" <sshay@twmi.rr.com> wrote:


Yeah, leave it to the Tigers group...I'm more interested in talking
baseball here with A's fans. They have a little more class and tact
than Tigers fans.



- Scott Smith: scott@sludgereport.org
Books Blog: http://scottsbooks.blogspot.com
Blue States Rising: http://www.bluestaterising.blogspot.com

At least here in michigan law abiding citizens can carry a concealed
pistol to protect yourself,home,and family.unlike some liberal idiot
state ran by some moron actor,detroit is nowhere as bad it used to be.we
are the number 1 sport city in america.and our tigers will only get
better.so if someone starts shooting at you out in cali.run,because we
can shoot back at the badguys here.Go tigers!!!!!!!