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30A Skunkape said:
Let me say this, for what it is worth. I know two people, one who used to work for Publix, one works for Wal-Mart. Both had health issues, both were looking for workplace accommodation. I assure you, Publix pitched a much more high and tight hardball than did Wal-Mart and in fact, the Wal Mart employee continues to happily work for Sam, while the Publix employee is gone. By the way, Sam's employee had a Blue Cross policy, not medicaid. Exceptional case? Maybe, maybe not, just what I have seen personally.
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Good to know... but could you describe to this non-sports-fan what you mean by "pitching a much more high and tight hardball"?
Thanks!
 
DuneAHH said:
Good to know... but could you describe to this non-sports-fan what you mean by "pitching a much more high and tight hardball"?
Thanks!
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In baseball, a brushback pitch is a pitch thrown high and inside, usually a fastball, to force the batter away from the plate, often to intimidate.[1] It differs from the beanball in that the intent is not to hit the batter, or intentionally throw at the batter's head.[2] Play-by-play announcers will sometimes call a high brushback pitch as being "high and tight." It is also referred to as chin music.

Hitters will often crowd the plate in order to have a better swing at pitches on the outside half of the plate. The hitters hope that the pitcher will be scared to throw inside because they might hit the batter. The brushback helps a pitcher to "reclaim" the corners of the strike zone by forcing the batter to stand farther away.[citation needed]

While controversial, many people knowledgeable about baseball[who?] acknowledge that the brushback is an important part of pitching, and a part of baseball. However, there have always been some headhunters who attempt to hit the other player for various reasons.[citation needed]

 
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30A Skunkape said:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search

In baseball, a brushback pitch is a pitch thrown high and inside, usually a fastball, to force the batter away from the plate, often to intimidate.[1] It differs from the beanball in that the intent is not to hit the batter, or intentionally throw at the batter's head.[2] Play-by-play announcers will sometimes call a high brushback pitch as being "high and tight." It is also referred to as chin music.

Hitters will often crowd the plate in order to have a better swing at pitches on the outside half of the plate. The hitters hope that the pitcher will be scared to throw inside because they might hit the batter. The brushback helps a pitcher to "reclaim" the corners of the strike zone by forcing the batter to stand farther away.[citation needed]

While controversial, many people knowledgeable about baseball[who?] acknowledge that the brushback is an important part of pitching, and a part of baseball. However, there have always been some headhunters who attempt to hit the other player for various reasons.[citation needed]

YouTube - High and tight Zito fastball
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Thanks for the comprehensive explanation of the term. Sorry for being obtuse, but I'm still not getting the analogy to Publix' employee relations :idontno:
 
Honestly I have nothing against Publix, wish we had one here. Love the ones in SoWal.

But Walmart is not the evil monster so many make it out to be. Yes it's huge but then so are many other companies.

As to slaves good grief, I don't shop regularly at Wal-mart prefer my local privately owned market because I can walk to it, but the last time I was in Wal-mart a couple of weeks ago, I saw no one "chained" to the register.

Walmart has given over $400 million to charitable organizations and Walmart associates give 1 million hours of volunteer service each year.

Gee I guess they let the slaves out to do that volunteer service. :roll:

They have pledged over $2 billion by 2015 in nutritious food, cash and equipment to the fight against hunger.

And Yes they can afford to do it but it is still good of them to do it. Not everything do is horrible.

Here is a good article on Walmart versus Target. Seems it is mostly image.

http://www.alternet.org/economy/35610/
 
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30A Skunkape said:
Let me say this, for what it is worth. I know two people, one who used to work for Publix, one works for Wal-Mart. Both had health issues, both were looking for workplace accommodation. I assure you, Publix pitched a much more high and tight hardball than did Wal-Mart and in fact, the Wal Mart employee continues to happily work for Sam, while the Publix employee is gone. By the way, Sam's employee had a Blue Cross policy, not medicaid. Exceptional case? Maybe, maybe not, just what I have seen personally.
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I know we're getting into possible HIPPA violations here, but was exactly was the request? Were these the same type of request in the same field? Lets not compare apples to oranges and then declare victory that the oranges were easier to juice.
 
I can think of a couple differently-abled Publix employees at the Destin store that have pretty much been there since the store opened.
 
Bob said:
Publix - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Publix is currently ranked No. 86 on Fortune magazine's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010[3] and was ranked No. 9 on Forbes' 2009 list of America's Largest Private Companies and is the largest in Florida.[4].....Publix operates in 5 states. There are many long time Publix employees made millionaires purchasing their private stock through payroll. From butchers to managers. How many on the Wal Mart side? How has your life been improved by saving a buck made by treating it's employees as slaves? When Wal Mart figures how to ship milk from China, they will.
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Bob, I fully understand what you are saying and not arguing that point. Publix charges customers to pay for more employee benefits and higher wages. Walmart supposedly doesn't and they pass those "savings" along to the customers.

We were talking about shopping at Walmart equating to sending jobs overseas. I buy nothing at Walmart that I wouldn't buy at stores like Publix. If by shopping at Walmart, I'm sending jobs overseas, when I shop at Publix, I also send jobs overseas, because I'm buying the exact same products at each, the same name brand goods often at half the price. I don't think I've ever bought a Walmart brand anything, but if I did, how different would it be than the name brand? During the peanut butter scare, we found out that Walmart's peanut butter was made in the same factory using the same peanuts as Peter Pan. For clothing, they carry many name brand, American company products like Wrangler, OP, Hanes, Fruit of the Loom, all of which I'm guessing are still made overseas. Is any clothing still made in the USA?

I get what you are saying about Walmart being mean and evil compared to pretty stores like Publix. I just cannot get past the part about Walmart having any employees if they are so evil. Going to work at Walmart is a choice for employees. If it is so terrible, they should use their skills to get jobs elsewhere.
 
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