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...true, the benefits of randomization would not be fully realized for several years--a fault that would plague any change in the assignment system. But after that, the problem is solved. If we do nothing, the deficiencies of the current system will continue to exist with no chance for improvement...
...started cursing at me. Told me that I was screwing up his entire lineup. Said we would lose for sure and it would be all my fault. He was serious. I started at third base with tears in my eyes...
There is no doubt that hidden faults generate earthquakes. What remains controversial is how large such quakes might be. For the residents of Los Angeles, this is no academic argument. A quake under the center of the city would do far more damage than a tremor of the same size on the San Andreas Fault. Until more is known about the destructive potential of hidden faults, the people living over them will have to remain constantly alert...
...While experts report that the earthquake which threw San Francisco and the surrounding area into turmoil this week was "not the big one" expected along the San Andreas Fault, it certainly got people thinking. In the relatively earthquake-safe environs of Cambridge, more than a few students were seen asking what to do in case one hits. The definitive answer from one native San Franciscan: "Hang on to the doorframe and pray...
That's about 57 miles from San Francisco atop the San Andreas Fault, and just 14 miles northeast of hardhit Santa Cruz, where 10,000 people are reported displaced from their homes...