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I think it was back in the early 90s when this happened, but Jose Canseco was playing left field I think and going back for a deep fly ball. He was back to about the warning track, lost it in the lights, and it hit him in the fence and went into the stands, and was ruled a home run.
I just want to know what it would have been ruled had it hit him (in fair territory), and went into the stands foul.
Thanks. (link)
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Actually, it wouldn't be a foul ball. A player touching a ball in fair territory makes the ball fair upon contact. There are quite a few ballparks where this could happen...where the left or right field lines are close to the stands. And if it happened the ball would be ruled a ground rule double...unless it goes over the fence into fair territory (and more than 250 feet from home plate) in which case it would be...well what you saw happen to Jose Canseco. The funny part about that is that since it was a hit, Jose wasn't charged with an error for letting the ball hit him on the noggin!
Major League Rule 6.09(h):
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The batter becomes a runner when --
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(h) Any fair fly ball is deflected by the fielder into the stands, or over the fence into foul territory, in which case the batter shall be entitled to advance to second base; but if deflected into the stands or over the fence in fair territory, the batter shall be entitled to a home run. However, should such a fair fly be deflected at a point less than 250 feet from home plate, the batter shall be entitled to two bases only.
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ok i kno christmas is tomorrow but im a major procrastinator. i have no money, and my dad wont let me borrow money because i already owe him money and i need a gift for my mom. any ideas of something i can make her using thigns from home? she doesnt wear jewelry tho. (link)
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You clearly want to have a "thing" to give -- and that's nice. You're into the spirit of giving, so here's an easy idea for the last minute and without having to spend a dime (because spending money is not what giving is all about)!
Create a "gift certificate" and promise to do something special to make others feel special.
For your parents, give them free nights of baby-sitting if you have little sibs. Help them have a night out! That would be an awesome gift!
Or make a gift certificate promising to clean out the garage or do certain extra chores. (Oh, and this is awful and shouldn't be what motivates you, but the best part about this...is that you've turned this chore into a special gift from you, which may make the parents less likely to consider this a standard obligation on your part.)
A gift certificate to make them breakfast in bed or a special dinner just for them would be really cool. You'll have time later to plan the details, like candlelight, etc.
The babysitting and dinner ideas are really nice and will be appreciated if it means you're giving up a night hanging out with your friends to make them feel special.
Have you been doing something lately that gets on their nerves...? Well, maybe this is a chance for you to try to change things. Give a gift certificate promising to change what you do (or do what you're not doing). It's like a contract now and you'll have to do what you promise. Maybe it will actually work. Maybe not. Don't overextend yourself...because you'll want to make good on your gift certificate.
I love getting gift certificates for teens because y'all are so hard to buy things for. So it's only fair that you should know that adults ALSO love gift certificates. And if it's the kind of gift certificate where you promise to do something that makes parents feel special...I promise you that it's lightyears better than ANYTHING you can buy them for $20 or $50.
But AGAIN do NOT overpromise. Don't promise a year's worth of babysitting or that you won't cuss all year. Just keep your promise to a month or a few weeks or for 1 or 2 dinners (let them buy the food).
Good luck...I'm sure you're going to have a great Christmas!
Peace....
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im 13. i think i have endometriosis. my period hasnt gone away for 2 or 3 months now. i got pain in my lower back. and my period has gotten really heavy. i havent told anybody but my best friend. im not sure if i got it or not. but im kind of ambarrased to tell my mom and go to the doctors and stuff. im to scared. ive never thought of me as a wuss. but i dont want to be diagnosed with it cuz then i no it will never go away. help me get through this plz. all i need are some answers. (link)
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Yes, you need to see a doctor for all the good reasons stated.
And consider this since you're afraid of a diagnosis of endometriosis: you have diagnosed that yourself.
Until you see a doctor, it WILL be permanent because until you see a doctor you won't get a bona fide diagnosis that it's something else or IF IT IS endometriosis, you won't get help for your condition.
Your reluctance isn't uncommon. But it will never go away UNLESS you see a doctor. Stay healthy and
Peace....
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Why do many non-Christians celebrate Christmas? Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus, so I just don't understand how anyone who doesn't believe in Jesus could celebrate his birth just for presents. And why do nonreligious people have to celebrate Christmas? Why not Hannukah or Kwanza?
Also, why do people who only celebrate Christmas and Easter consider themselves Christian? (people who don't pray or go to church, but still celebrate Christian holidays) (link)
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There may be as many answers to your question as there are non-Christians who celebrate Christmas and celebrating the birth of Jesus "just for presents" is surely one of those reasons.
But I suspect that far more people celebrate the birth of Jesus because his life was special and a gift to more than just those who consider themselves to be Christians. After all, Jesus himself did not walk among Christians. His message of peace on Earth was not directed to a single Christian. It's a message that resonates on a universal plane.
One does not have to be a self-described "Christian" to celebrate a day that recognizes the birth of a child whose message teaches us to be revolutionaries for the sake of bringing peace throughout our world. It is a day for embracing, as the Wise Men did, things that are new and perhaps even radical. It is a day for boundless hope for love and change. It is a day that celebrates the gifts inherent in all of us -- and perhaps particularly the most "common" among us -- to be agents who are capable of transforming the world or just our little corner of it.
To embrace any or all of these wonderful messages -- messages that are often ignored among the most devout Christians who rush pell-mell to the shopping malls to place gift-wrapped boxes beneath a co-opted pagan fertility tree -- there's no need to sign on to any creed or church register. One need not subscribe to the virginal conception of Christ or Mary or even believe in his resurrection or the truth of a prophecy that he will return to Earth. To embrace Christmas, one need only feel a glimmer of peace, love or basic goodness in one's heart and understand that from that spark alone, the world can become a vastly better place.
Besides that, the music's good and there's comfort to be found in many of the non-spiritual-based Christmas traditions that Christians have embraced (including the curious concept of incurring personal debt to exchange presents and indulge in gluttonous and conspicuous consumption). And who can argue with an excuse to bring families together and break bread with one another?
I detect in your question a bitterness that non-religious people are interlopers on the Christmas holiday and I'm sorry for that. The message of Jesus' life should transcend any concept of club. The parables he told do not speak to excluding the "wayward" from the feasts, but -- to the contrary -- his life and his message is affirmed by the fact that his birth day celebration and feast brings so many prodigal children to his message.
Being Christian -- one hopes -- isn't a matter of collecting merit badges, such as by attending church services each Sunday. Coming back to church and joining fellow Christians as full-fledged members should be embraced, not resented. So there are people who are less worthy of being Christians in your eyes than you are...on the basis of church attendance. But what else do they do that excludes them? Should the doors to the church be closed to them? If so, then in what ways might others -- people who engage in more rituals and more spiritual endeavors than you do -- argue to keep you as an outsider to Christianity?
Be glad when you see people that you, in your finite wisdom, believe are non-Christians join in in the celebration of the birth of Jesus!
Be glad when you see people that you regard as less holy than you are welcomed and embraced unconditionally in church!
Because when you see these things happening, you are witnessing the message of Christ coming to life before your eyes.
But, more importantly, be an exemplar to keep the spirit of Christmas a spiritual one. Do not get caught up in the gift-wrapped, mall madness version of Christmas...as that is the best way to help more and more people see the spiritual meaning of Christmas -- the meaning that is far more attractive than the exchange of gifts you can find at Best Buy or Target every other day of the year.
Peace...
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