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To be fully aware or cognizant of someone or something, especially if it is suspicious, illegal, or malicious in nature or intention. We'd better watch our step—I think the police are wise to us! I'm wise to your scheme, and I'll find a way to make sure you can never put it into action! Now that I've been teaching for a few years, I'm wise to kids who try to cheat on their tests.
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To prove his point of view, Deutsch suggests a thought experiment. Pretend that aliens give us poor humans a magic box, an 'oracle' so to speak, that can "predict the outcome of any possible experiment, but provides no explanations." (The Fabric of Reality, p. 4) In theory this should be a Positivist's dream. Since we only care about the predictive power of science, we now no longer need science because we can literally predict anything.


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How to enjoy the perfect Pukka blend
Enjoying a great herbal cuppa is one of life's pleasures. Savouring that delicious array of tastes and smells and feeling that herbal goodness at work is all part of the experience.
The perfect blend
Creating the perfect blend starts with the highest-grade herbs that have been assessed for their essential sensory qualities, along with testing for phytochemical compounds such as essential oils. But herbs on their own do not create a great tea, it is about the art of blending.
To get that perfect blend, understanding the purpose of the tea you want to develop is key. We use Ayurvedic wisdom as our guide as it sets out a clear plan for creating blends that balance the three essentials of good health; cleansing, nourishing and rejuvenating.
Savouring that perfect cuppa
So, we have created a great-tasting tea but how do we best savour it?
One: Preparation
Preparing the tea in the right way can seriously enhance your tasting experience. Using only freshly boiled water and infusing for the right amount of time is crucial. We provide guidance on the ideal infusion time for your blend on each tea box, so check the instructions to ensure you enjoy our tea in its optimal conditions.
Try these recommendations from Pukka Herbs' co-founder and author of Cleanse, Nurture, Restore with Herbal Tea Sebastian Pole:
1. Filter your water. Water should be fresh, pure, clear, odourless and low in minerals. It's best to use a water filter before making your tea.
2. Don't overboil your water. Overboiling causes the minerals to escape the solution and collect as a film on the surface. This upsets the balance between the stronger tannins and some of the subtle volatile oils and amino acids in the herbs. Remember not to overfill your kettle (use only enough for the cups or pot) and use a renewable energy supplier like Good Energy.
3. Use freshly boiled water. Re-boiling water risks concentrating certain undesirable compounds including nitrates and salts that may be in your water.
4. Not too hot – or too cold. Really hot water extracts more bitter and astringent compounds, making the tea (especially green tea) taste harsh. Water that is too cool on the other hand lacks the power to entice the flavours out of the herbs, making the tea taste weak. Herbal teas should be made with freshly boiled water at a temperature of around 90 – 95OC/ 190 – 205OF.
5. The right temperature for the type of tea. Delicate teas such as chamomile, mint or green teas infuse in a lower water temperature. Oolongs (traditional Chinese teas) and fruit teas need a slightly hotter temperature whilst black teas infuse at an even hotter temperature.
As a guide:
- Green tea – 80-85 OC / 175-185 OF
- Oolongs around 85-90 OC / 185-195 OF
- Black teas around 95 OC / 205OF
6. Infuse the tea for the right length of time. Delicate aromatic flowers, leaves and seeds need less infusion time, from five to ten minutes. Harder fruits, roots and barks need a longer infusion time, from 10 up to 20 minutes
7. The right cup or pot. There is no 'right' cup or pot to make and drink herbal tea from. If you're brewing tea in a pot, then choose a sturdy one so it keeps your tea warm. The choice of cup is all yours – a good trick is to keep a lid on your cup when drinking aromatic herbs to prevent the valuable volatile oils from evaporating away. And of course, always drink your tea in good company or in a relaxed environment to fully appreciate its taste and benefits.
Two: Inhale the aroma
When we think of taste, we don't often think about smell but studies have shown that 80-90% of flavour is detected through our nose. Our tongues only detect five essential tastes and these give us an initial impression:
umami (a word derived from Japanese meaning 'pleasant savoury taste')
Because we mainly taste through our sense of smell, it's important to take a deep, long inhale so that we can fully appreciate the aroma.
Three: Discover layers of flavour
There are many complex layers to our taste, we have the initial head notes which gives us our first impression of the tea and this is then quickly followed by the body notes which are the essential characteristics of the tea. Lastly, we have the tail notes which are the lingering impression the tea gives.
For example, with Lemon, Ginger and Manuka Honey tea the first impression we get is of citrussy/fruity notes. This is followed by a body note of spice and finally a lingering woody note.
Four: Mouthfeel
It is also important to consider how it feels when we taste, at Pukka we use a term called 'mouthfeel'. This is the sensations we get in the mouth when tasting. So, for example in a green tea, there is a drying mouth feel due to its natural astringency.
Each tea has its own unique profile which describes the essential flavour characteristics. These are important so that we ensure the flavour of our tea always remains consistent. There is a whole language of flavour and knowing some of the descriptions for example 'fruity', 'malty', and 'spicy' and identifying these adds to the fun of tea tasting.
These are the essential elements to tasting so enjoy your next Pukka cuppa.
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Here you go: in no particular order, a dozen New Year's resolutions designed especially for the undecided. Let us know what speaks to you – and add a couple of your own.
Ready? Set. Go!
• Inhabit the moment. You can't rewrite the past. You can't be sure of the future. All you really have is now. Make the most of it.
• Sidestep the buzzkills. You know what we mean — the friends who make you feel "less than". Like the ones who, intentionally or not, have you convinced their grass is ever greener. Or the friends who not only have to be the star in their own movie, but in yours as well. Wise, wise Bernie used to call them the folks who needed to be the bride at the wedding and the corpse at the funeral.
• Exercise. To quote Tweety (and Shannon, too), working out is the one thing in life that after you've done it, you'll never be sorry you did.
• Expect good things. When it's equally likely that the outcome of a given situation could go either way, think positive rather than negative. Similarly…
• When you hear hoofbeats behind you, think horses, not zebras. Which is another way of stating Occam's Razor: The simplest solution is often the most likely.
• Don't judge. And don't worry about others judging you. Both, equally destructive. And let's face it. Who knows for sure what goes on in someone else's head.
• Make your bed. Thank you, Gretchen Rubin and "The Happiness Project."
• Call out the bullshit: policies, comments or jokes that are sexist, racist or likely to perpetuate marginalization. Done well, you might change some minds. And while you're at it, call out the knee-jerk nonsense, too, whether it comes from the right or the left. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." Love it.
• Put yourself out there. Kiss a frog (or a prince), cut bangs, take a tough class, cook a soufflé, or apply for a job/assignment that takes you outside your comfort zone. You'll always get over a failure, rejection or a bad haircut. But as one of our sources told us, what you'll always regret is never having taken a risk. Or, as Lucille Ball once said: "I would rather regret the things that I have done than the things that I have not."
• Spend time alone. Reflect. Get to know your best friend — that would be you — and she will never lead you astray. Find your enthusiasm, and notice what you love: that's what will make you happy. Take it from Thoreau: "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have always imagined." Or, for that matter, Oscar Wilde: "Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken."
• Count your blessings. (Thanks, everyone's mom and the Dalai Lama) But by the same token, if something needs changing, fight for it.
• Drink water. It does a body good. Really. And while you're at it, ditch the jammy wine. It's as bad as the punch.
There you have it. Have a great 2011 — and pass it on.


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Given the economic way he shoots and scripts his projects, Christopher Nolan doesn't bother with deleted scenes. The Dark Knight Rises was a whopping 2 hours and 45 minutes, so it is hard to believe that anything was left on the cutting room floor. However, Nuke the Fridge hears different. Their sources say that there will be a director's cut on the Dark Knight Rises Blu-ray that includes Bane's origin and more screentime for Ra's Al Ghul. This would reportedly add about 30 minutes to the film, pushing it well over three hours.
Treat this as a rumor for now, but it would coincide with previous talk about possible deleted scenes. Hit the jump for more.
This rumor comes to us via Nuke the Fridge, who points to costume designer Lindy Hemming's previous statements regarding a Bane flashback that she assumed had made the final cut:
"The thing that you should have seen during that sequence is [Bane] being injured in his youth. So one of the fundamental things about his costume is that he has this scar from the back injury. Even if he hasn't got the bulletproof vest on, he still has to wear the waist belt and the braces. In that scene in the prison, where he's learning to fight the same way Batman learned to fight, he's wearing an early version of his waist belt. It's showing support, but it's not the finished one he eventually wears. He's also wearing an early version of his gas mask, all glued together… If you look at the film, unless they've cut it—and I'm sure they haven't—there's a whole early section for Tom Hardy where he's fighting and being taunted by people. He's got chains on him, and he's standing on a wooden thing while people are attacking him. And in that scene, he's wearing a much more ragged, primitive version of the mask."
Nolan is the effective spokesperson of IMAX. One downside to his love of the format is the time limitation, and that 165-minute runtime pushes right up against the limit of what can fit on 70mm IMAX prints. So there is a plausible reason for this to be the one Nolan film that could not fit every scene he wanted.
Just because it could be true doesn't mean it is. But there is an opening for your fantasies of more Nolan-directed Batman footage. I certainly wouldn't say no to more Tom Hardy and Liam Neeson.


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Hails draft bill announced today as a key step forward in addressing climate change
WASHINGTON - In a policy address hosted by Resources for the Future today, Exelon Chairman and CEO John Rowe called for the Senate to pass a comprehensive energy and climate bill that puts a price on carbon emissions. Rowe commended Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman for their leadership in crafting federal climate legislation to address the nation's energy security, jobs and environmental goals.
"We are pleased that the draft bill announced today by Senators Kerry and Lieberman proposes a system for putting a price on carbon, which will use market forces to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the lowest possible cost," Rowe said. "We're gratified that the sponsors' proposal includes key consumer protections, such as a firm price collar and free emissions allowances to local delivery companies, which means money in the pockets of utility customers. We also believe a strong climate policy has the potential to improve our energy security, create lasting, well-paying jobs and ensure America has a leading role in the global clean energy industry.
"As the nation's largest nuclear operator, Exelon also appreciates that the senators have recognized nuclear power as a low-emission source of baseload electricity with an important role to play in the country's transition to a low-carbon economy. We encourage the Senate to act on the senators' bill quickly and hope the effort becomes bipartisan once again," he added.
Rowe said legislation that puts a price on carbon is better for consumers, businesses and America's long-term financial health--and avoids worsening the national debt. He noted that the alternatives - piecemeal approaches such as renewable standards or subsidies - could triple the cost.
"By implementing a market-based solution that puts a price on carbon emissions, we can take major steps toward a low-carbon economy for an incremental 3 to 5 cents per kilowatt hour," said Rowe. "But if we just pick the technologies we think are most elegant, with no regard for cost, we could spend three times the cost the markets would give us, as much as 10 cents per kilowatt hour.
"Fixing our nation's carbon problem need not break the economic recovery, but our current hodge-podge approach and its unnecessary costs certainly could," he added. "Putting a price on carbon is a solution that we will keep coming back to because the sexier options are all too expensive."
He also emphasized the point that the U.S. is addressing climate change through these piecemeal methods, with or without federal climate legislation.
"Inaction is a vote for our current chaotic approach to climate change and energy security," Rowe said. "Pricing carbon is the only long-term, economically rational solution. And if we delay, the costs will only be greater, and the environmental impacts more severe."
Chicago-based Exelon is conducting its own efforts to actively address climate change through Exelon 2020, an environmental and business strategy to reduce, offset or displace more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year by 2020. Last year, Exelon announced that it had reduced, displaced or offset its greenhouse gas emissions by more than 35 percent from 2001 to 2008.
Rowe is the electricity industry's longest-serving chief executive, with 26 years as a utility CEO. Rowe was among the first CEOs in the industry to focus on climate change, first testifying before Congress on the potential effects of carbon emissions in 1992. He currently serves as co-chair of the bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy, and previously chaired the Edison Electric Institute and the Nuclear Energy Institute.
Rowe was the featured speaker today at a Policy Leadership Forum hosted by Resources for the Future, a nonprofit and nonpartisan organization that conducts independent research - rooted primarily in economics and other social sciences - on environmental, energy, natural resource and public health issues. Founded in 1952, RFF has pioneered the application of economics as a tool to develop more effective policy about the use and conservation of natural resources for more than 50 years.
Rowe's prepared remarks are available on the Exelon website at: http://www.exeloncorp.com/aboutus/speakersbureau. A video of Rowe's speech will be available soon at http://www.rff.org.


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Triple Time marks one of a number of projects that Vaugh has signed on to recently, including a feature adaptation of The Rockford Files and Braveheart screenwriter Randall Wallace's Gunslingers. Vaughn recently wrapped the Shawn Levy comedy The Internship with Owen Wilson and is next set to film the comedy Starbuck with Chris Pratt.


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PARIS -- Heavy rains in the southeast of France caused flash flooding and led to the evacuation of 1,600 people in the Ardche, Gard and Drme regions for precautionary measures yesterday.
In the Gard region, where strong rains poured down all day on Thursday, rivers quickly overflowed their banks and 119 children were rescued from their campsite at Saint-Julien-de-Peyrolas, the French interior minister said in a statement.
About 750 people, mostly from campsites, were evacuated in the Gard region alone, local authorities announced last night.
An elderly German citizen serving as a monitor at a campsite was missing, local authorities said. Search operations were suspended last night and restarted this morning.
About 400 firefighters and policemen, backed by four helicopters, helped in the evacuations and performed rescue operations, the French interior minister said.
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Following someone else "Writing-Routine" isn't going to magically fill the gaps in the story or book you're writing.
Your experiences is what color your novel, and there's a guarantee that no one in the world will understand your story better than you.
The answers to your problems, why it might seem unbearable to write because your writer's block is so horrible, is in yourself.
You know what you're going through.
If you're anything like me, you're great at giving other people advice. Your passion seems to be catching, and you have the habit of accidentally inspiring friends to take action while you're talking of your own dreams. You seem to be able to inspire them, that it seems they are ruthlessly pursuing their passions. You seem to be able to talk down their dreams, to earth, to the possible plane.
You start to wonder, if you're able to inspire people so well, to solve their own problems of self-esteem, or their "can't-do-attitudes" why the hell are you so listless? Why are you so little motivated to move the mountains required to conquer your own dreams?
It's you.
It's your problem. Maybe it's a fear of success, maybe it's the fear or rejection, maybe it's not fear at all, but your own complacency of failure. Instead of psychoanalyzing the people around you, seeing into their souls to see their problems… maybe it's time for a little self-reflection.
After all, you're the only person in the world who you can be sure is actually being honest with you, which makes great character fodder.
Look to yourself, Find out your fears, your creative blocks, and what you believe you can actually achieve and move from there.
As a writer, as a creator of worlds, you literally can shape mountains if you so please, so why in the hell are you not writing? Why in the hell can't you finish that book? Why in the hell are you worrying so much about what happens after the book is completed rather than writing the book.
You're a dreamer, all good storytellers are… I'm not saying deny your nature. Harvest it. If you can dream of the rewards of being an wonderfully illustrious writer… you can certainly dream up a book, with conflict, character motivation, and either a resolution or new beginning for an end.
You became, or decided you were a writer for a reason.
Maybe it was because you always enjoyed reading or being told stories as a little kid… maybe you found the nature of self-reflection calming. Maybe you wrote because you had to. It was a way to escape your little reality, and now you want to share it with the world.
Whatever your original reason was, you've certainly forgotten it. If you're still looking at "successful" writers to solve your problems.
Figure it out, the you that you were, is most certainly apart of the you that you are now. The you that is having problems finding the passion, most certainly can take a page out of the book of the former you that wrote for hours, tirelessly.
Introduce the Passionate You, and the slightly-bitter-having-problems-finding-that-fire You, and let them affect each other. Let the one with their boots planted firm into the ground, reach and connect with the one in the clouds, and together allow them to make your story, the reason why you started writing, the story that you have been born to tell, rain down upon the world.
It's that simple.
You've lost passion, right? Find it. You're lost in your own story? Give yourself directions. You're having problems with ending your story? End it, all good things come to an end, and I guarantee, that your story that's changed you over the course of writing is good enough. Some things aren't meant to be resolved and that's the nature of the beast. Put a bandaid over it, and carry on.


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Abraham Lincoln: A Life 1863-1864
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"Go Forward, and Give Us Victories": From the Mud March to Gettysburg: (January - July 1863): Dissatisfaction with the Emancipation Proclamation and lack of military victory heightens the discontent with the administration. Trouble comes with the destructive rivalry within the army and the threat of the French intervening on behalf of the Confederacy. The president's decision concerning the Minnesota Sioux Uprising infuriates the West. Lincoln must decide what to do with a demoralized army of the Potomac. His compassion with the troops increases his popularity within the military. General Lee begins his second invasion of the North.
"The Signs Look Better": Victory at the Polls and in the Field: (July - November 1863): Lincoln's popularity changes for the better after the victories at Gettysburg, Vicksburg, and Port Hudson. In the armed forces, blacks protest against discrimination and whites protest against the draft. Missouri falls into a state of political and military turmoil as generals and local authorities refuse to cooperate with one another. The Union Army is defeated in Chickamauga. Lincoln gives the Gettysburg address.
"I Hope to Stand Firm Enough to Not Go Backward, and Yet Not Go Forward Fast Enough to Wreck the Country's Cause": Reconstruction and Renomination: (November 1863 - June 1864): Military governors are appointed for Tennessee, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas in an effort to promote Reconstruction. A Tennessee congressman plans a parliamentary coup. Lincoln offers a plan for the reinstatement of the Southern states. The treasury secretary schemes to win the Republican presidential nomination. Lincoln hopes for a re-nomination.


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The ease of this fictitious project can help introduce you to some concepts, but it's in no way representative of the data quality, integration, and management challenges you'll likely face in most data warehousing efforts. A data mart solution and the OLAP tools you might connect to it for reporting and analysis represent the tip of the iceberg in a data warehouse. Lurking below the surface are data quality and life-cycle analyses; data integration and extraction processes; data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes; design and implementation considerations; and meta data management. Don't let these underlying pieces catch you off-guard.


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1st Of Many Walkoffs for Yanks
Don't you hate it when you are so tired and you know it's late, but you don't go to bed and then by the time you DO go to bed, you aren't tired anymore? I usually hate this. But last night, I didn't mind it one bit. I laid there for awhile, knowing I should get a good night's sleep because it was only Monday (well, almost Tuesday at this point), but it was the peaceful kind of not sleeping. And eventually, I drifted asleep with comforting images of my Yankees. Yes, my Yankees…they played an amazingly dramatic game Monday night – I game I don't think I will forget.
Pitching Analysis: Joe Girardi did what I thought he would do, although it didn't please me. He skipped over my Javier in favor of the Phenom Phil Hughes to start the series opener. But to everyone's surprise, Hughes struggled mightily. Hughes let a large lead slip away, on the strength of homers by Ortiz and Martinez. Phil only pitched 5 innings, and allowed 5 runs on 6 hits, turning the once easy-night for the Yanks into an outright nail-biter.
Hughes…I can't believe YOU made me nervous…
The bullpen sent me onto the brink of insanity. Boone Logan surrendered a solo home run to V-Mart. But he wasn't the scary one. Chan Ho Park, fresh off the DL, couldn't keep it in the park. Deja vu. He allowed Pukilis to hit a monster 2-run home run, which turned the tides into the Red Sox favor, because they finally had the lead. It was detrimental to my confidence, and, I thought, to the Yankees' confidence as well.
Damaso Marte flirted with disaster when he put 2 men on base in the 8th inning. With 2 out, Girardi made a bold move: he brought in Javier Vazquez. This was it – it was Javier's first time relieving for the Yankees since the '04 Damon grand slam tragedy. It was Javier's time to redeem himself and give the Yankees a chance to win. And he did. And they did. Javier stuckout the always-dangerous Youkilis, ending the Red Sox rally.
Good job, Javy ♥
Offensive Analysis: The Yankees got out of the gates quickly and scored a boatload of runs early. In the 1st, Jeter and Gardner singled, Teixeira walked, A-Rod hit a 2-run single, Cano hit an RBI single, Cervelli got an RBI double, and Thames got a sac fly. Add that all up, and by the end of the 1st, the Yankees smashed Dice-K around well enough for a 5-0 lead. In the 2nd, Tex added another run with an RBI double. That made it 6-1.
The Red Sox inched closer, and the Yankee bats died a bit. Marcus Thames added to the now-slim lead with an RBI double in the 5th, making it 7-5 Yankees. But after this, the Yankees failed to score again. Well, until later…..
After Park blew the lead, the momentum shifted in favor of the Red Sox. But after Javier struckout Youk, the momentum was back in favor of the Yankees. And just in time – it was the bottom of the 9th. Crunch time. Comeback time for the Drama Club. But they would have to do it off Jonathan Papelbon. They've already embarrassed him once this season – but Granderson was not around to hit another homer off him. It was up to heart of the Yankee order.
Brett Gardner led off the bottom of the 9th with a double. The Yankees needed 2 runs to tie, 3 to win. Mark Teixeira hit a deep fly ball to right-center, but it was caught for an out. I thought it was gone and jumped up. But it wasn't. I thought the ball wasn't carrying anymore. Thank God I was wrong.
Alex Rodriguez, the Drama King of the Drama Club, stepped up to the plate with hopes of keeping the rally going. I begged to the TV, "Ohhh….Come on A-Rod…Please, please do something baby…"
Papelbon threw the pitch, and A-Rod connected. I was ready to jump up, but I stopped myself – not wanting to jinx it like I did with Teixeira's. Was I seeing things? I gasped, "Oh!." It was really going. Going, going….GONE! A-Rod did it again! His 2-run, storybook home run tied up the game at 9, and sent the stadium and my living room into an unbridled frenzy of cheers. My Grandma and I high-fived. Our boys were alive. But they were more than that – they were revived, ready for a comeback. I knew then that the pie was going to happen that inning.
Haha…what NOW Papelbon???
After Cano hit a ball well for an out, my darling baby Francisco Cervelli came up to bat. Sensing his excitement, I too was excited. I thought he would get the pie. Papelbon decided to throw a hissy fit. He decided to ruin my fantasies, and send me back into a painful reality.
The pitch was too fast and too inside, I knew that right away. Francisco tried to get out of the way, but he couldn't. All I saw was that it was up and in – I didn't know where it got him. I was immediately thinking of his poor little head, although I knew it didn't get him there. As it turned out, it his Cervelli in his sexy tricep, and he was mad. And I was mad. Rightfully so. I screamed when he was hit, and my little brother came out from his bedroom only to say, "Hey! I'm trying to sleep here…no more screaming!!!"
No one does that to MY baby on purpose….
Marcus Thames then came up, and I was still annoyed that Cervelli wouldn't be the hero. But before I even had the chance to pout, or think anything, Papelbon threw the pitch. I knew Thames's claim to fame was that he could crush a fastball. He was sitting dead-red. Indeed it was a fastball. Indeed, Thames crushed it. This was a no-doubter. Marcus Thames hit a beastly walkoff, 2-run home run off the most arrogant obnoxious excuse for a pitcher in baseball. He touched the plate, threw his helmet, and the celebration began. Ignoring my brother's request for silence, I screamed. We won! How could I not?
Yankee teammates get ready to mob Marcus.
Everyone knew what was to come next: In Marcus's on-field interview, all hears were on Marcus, but all eyes were scrambling around, looking for the Pie Man. Slowly, stealthily, A.J. Burnett emerged from the dugout, and squished that pie into Thames's smiling face. Direct hit. The crowd went wild.
That's a hot look for him 😉
And so concluded my wonderful Monday evening. Yankees win it 11-9. The heroes for this Yankees Classic-worthy victory are Javier Vazquez, for proving he can do it and for shifting the momentum, A-Rod, for his game-tying big fly, and Marcus Thames, for winning it in walkoff fashion. Walkoff….the Yankees have a knack for getting into the knack of walkoffs. Once they get a pie, they want more and more.
If you start them up, believe me – they'll NEVER stop…


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Beat the Streak Report: Weekend, July 2-5
A rough day in Streakland yesterday, as Josh Hamilton's 23-game run
came to a close and he took 12.9 percent of BTSers with him. Tack in a
couple 0-fers from Ryan Braun and Adrian Gonzalez, and more than 20
percent of all streakers are now beginning their holiday weekend at 0.
Speaking of holiday weekends …it's, um, a holiday weekend! So make sure to plan ahead and select your guys through Monday.
The last you want is to see your 24-gamer slip through the
cracks because you were too distracted grilling and keeping your Uncle
Sam beard out of the flaming charcoal.
On to the weekend's picks …
Oh, hello there …
? Miguel Tejada: .387 5-year AVG (12-for-31) vs. Red Sox starter Tim Wakefield
? Jose Guillen: .500 5-year AVG (5-for-10) vs. Angels starter Joe Saunders
? Torii Hunter: .412 5-year AVG (7-for-17) vs. Royals starter Kyle Davies
? Alfonso Soriano: .444 5-year AVG (8-for-18) vs. Reds starter Johnny Cueto
? Alex Rodriguez: .364 5-year AVG (4-for-11) vs. Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero
? Coco Crisp: .667 5-year AVG (8-for-12) vs. Indians starter Jake Westbrook
? Chone Figgins: .357 5-year AVG (5-for-14) vs. Tigers starter Jeremy Bonderman
? Alex Rios: .353 5-year AVG (6-for-17) vs. Rangers starter Scott Feldman
? Chipper Jones: .464 5-year AVG (13-for-28) vs. Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco
? Justin Upton: .400 5-year AVG (4-for-10) vs. Cubs starter Tom Gorzelanny
? Adrian Beltre: .421 5-year AVG (8-for-19) vs. Rays starter Matt Garza
? Josh Hamilton: .571 5-year AVG (4-for-7) vs. Indians starter Aaron Laffey
Feeling kinda spicy?
? Chase Headley: .300 AVG (3-for-10) lifetime vs. Astros starter Roy Oswalt
? Mark Reynolds: .333 AVG (3-for-9) lifetime vs. Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw
? Matt Diaz: .467 AVG (7-for-15) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Ricky Nolasco
? Juan Rivera: .417 AVG (5-for-12) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Gavin Floyd
You'll thank me later …
? Martin Prado: .133 AVG (2-for-15) lifetime vs. Marlins starter Josh Johnson
? Josh Hamilton: .143 AVG (1-for-7) lifetime vs. White Sox starter Freddy Garcia
? Ryan Howard: .118 AVG (2-for-17) lifetime vs. Pirates starter Paul Maholm
? Derek Jeter: .100 AVG (1-for-10) lifetime vs. Blue Jays starter Ricky Romero
? Brandon Phillips: .120 AVG (3-for-25) lifetime vs. Cubs starter Ted Lilly
? Denard Span: .077 AVG (1-for-13) lifetime vs. Rays starter James Shields
? Alex Rios: .176 AVG (6-for-34) since '05 vs. Angels starter Scott Kazmir
? Carlos Guillen: .083 AVG (2-for-25) lifetime vs. Orioles starter Kevin Millwood
Leaderboard time!
You know how we had three streakers atop our leaderboard yesterday with 30-game streaks? Well, now we have one.
"wolfenstein35" is our lonesome streak now, riding high with a 31-gamer thanks to Derek Jeter 1-for-4 performance.
Odds "wolfenstein35" plays Castle Wolfenstein over the long weekend? I'll leave that for you all to discuss.
Be safe, have a good one.
Top MLB streakers
? Corey Hart: 16 games
? Mark Teixeira: 12 games
? Miguel Cabrera : 11 games
? Cody Ross: 11 games
? Russell Branyan : 10 games
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Top2500 posted later tonight. So, Beltre is the definite wait-and-see for tonight!
I don't know about Beltre for tonight. It's a somewhat iffy pick because Sox's line-up has been decimated by injuries. If plays out to be a tight game, they can just pitch around Beltre. I would aslo have preferred a lefty against Bergesen.
BTW, they changed the starting pitcher for Detroit. Some young lefty from minors.
I'm at 10 and have Jeter. 1st time up was a walk.
Jeter singles, I'm at eight, and I can relax for the rest of the day. Beltre was my obvious choice for tonight, but it's always the "guarantees" that break you like Hamilton last night. Just gotta go with the gut sometimes.
I went with Jeter as well. I almost went with Teix but I said to myself snap out of it and came to my senses.
It seems like Cubs pitchter, Brian Schlitter, certainly lives up his name. He did everything you don't want the reliever to do. Give up every run imaginable while getting one out. I had to put on my glasses to see the correct spelling of his name. I swore I thought it spelled more aptly…
Friday's Top Picks of the current Top2500.
All games included, 133 different batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Adrian Beltre, 462, 18.48% (Leader #1)
Ichiro Suzuki, 196, 7.84
Robinson Cano, 191, 7.64
Albert Pujols, 184, 7.36
Torii Hunter, 153, 6.12
Derek Jeter, 101, 4.04
Josh Hamilton, 86, 3.44
Miguel Cabrera, 72, 2.88
No Selection, 62, 2.48
Jose Guillen, 53, 2.12
Miguel Tejada, 49, 1.96
Michael Young, 47, 1.88
Carl Crawford, 44, 1.76
Kevin Youkilis, 44, 1.76
Marco Scutaro, 42, 1.68
Ryan Howard, 34, 1.36 (Leader #2)
Highest "No Selection": Page #4 with streak of 18 now reset
Yesterday = disasterous; 36% reset
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Pick
tomfootball17, 9, pg#67, Adrian Beltre
blanco21, streak of 23 reset by D.Wright
backrubs62, streak of 9 reset by J.Hamilton
Did Chan Ho just hit Aaron Hill out of anger after Wise hit a bases clearning triple? I think Mr. Park will be parking himself somewhere else outside of BX very soon.
Hello and goodbye to anyone who picked Cano today. His stats and splits are great of course, but he's only been hitting about .225 (9 for 40) in his previous ten days. Not to mention, the starting pitcher, Cecil, went 8 innings of only 5-hit ball against the Yankees in his last outing against them this year in New York. Not a bad pick when compared to Cecil's past few starts (15.2 innings, 16 ER), but there were much better picks that could be made today. This is just one of those days where a pitcher will remind you of why he is in the majors.
With all that being said, I picked Jeter because of an inner feeling and got lucky. 😉 I hate waiting until the evening to know.
I picked Beltre, but I was only at 0 anyway, so no biggie. But being at 31 and now being reset, that has to hurt. Oh well, it's just a game right?
It looks like a board cleansing day before the fireworks start. I guess I will be in the first page after tonight with my streak of 3. Just kidding. Told you about Beltre. Even I saw that coming. The reason he was hitting as well as he did was because he had some good protections up front of him. Plus, he was simply too hot and was due for a 0fer. The lesson is you can't assume bad pitchers to be bad every outing. It was the same with Narveson of Mil when he took down Dick.
Wow. This guy price is the real deal. He is mowing them down now.
Wow, if Papelbon doesn't blow the save, Beltre goes 0-fer!
I guess many will have to count themselves lucky not to have been included in this wipeout. Of the original 25 on the 1st page this morning, only 5 survived: 3 due to hits and 2 due to did-not-play. Over 40% cleansing; mostly top dogs.
Good ole David Wright bumps my streak up to 11….
keep em coming 😛
"I picked Beltre, but I was only at 0 anyway, so no biggie. But being at 31 and now being reset, that has to hurt. Oh well, it's just a game right?"
lol, I hate when people say this.
When you spend 3 hours a day analyzing your picks and then maybe another 3 hours watching games, it is not JUST A GAME!
Take a mental health day – If you are spending 3 hours a day analyzing BTS you need a break. Take a walk and enjoy the sunshine! The game has rained on our parade too much this year.
2010 is the "Year of the Pitcher"
Why can't I get a streak going?
Answer: Read on
Total Hits for teams on Friday:
2 hit teams – Cubs
4 hit teams – Astros, Twins(won)
5 hits – Brewers, Giants, Mariners, Yankees, Phillies, Pirates
6 hit teams – Padres, RSox, A's, Indians
30 teams played on Friday – 13 had 6 or fewer hits.
Tough year……
I went with Ryan The Riot. I see he is batting lead off & all the stat splits point to the best situation for him. Only thing that will get in my way is the Cubs can't get any offense going and/or Cueto throwing brilliantly. Both of the scenerio can happen easily. We'll see.
At this point, we should just focus on the scott.fredrickson. Anyone else is pretty much meaninglessly far away. With little more than a month left, the time is running out for all of us.
Tip: Ever curious how the BTS world is generally doing regarding picks. Jump to Page 100 of the standings. If the page is full of people with streaks of 7; BTS is having a bad couple days. If filled with 8's, BTS is doing about average. If filled with 9's or 10's then BTS has been having some really good days. Pattern is n/a in Aug & Sep.
@Champion_88. Agreed, not just a game if one really wants a good shot at the jackpot; else might as well buy lottery tickets.
I'm at 11 and I've taken Albert Pujols.
Wow. scott.fredrickson with outside the box pick! Nice. He survived the yesterday wipeout by not being a lemming. I like his pick for today.
Damn. He hit that almost to the warning track. Not looking good here.
"2010 is the "Year of the Pitcher"
Why can't I get a streak going?
Answer: Read on
Total Hits for teams on Friday:
2 hit teams – Cubs
4 hit teams – Astros, Twins(won)
5 hits – Brewers, Giants, Mariners, Yankees, Phillies, Pirates
6 hit teams – Padres, RSox, A's, Indians
30 teams played on Friday – 13 had 6 or fewer hits.
Tough year……"
Yeah, but what was a normal day in 2006? Or 2002?
It may have been the same then, but Ichiro got a hit in 85% of his games then, so maybe we did not notice as much?
I have Brandon Phillips, so it'll take another trip around the lineup for myself as well. On the bright side, though, the wind is blowing out, so assuming the pitchers start coming down to earth, it should be fine. (I hope) All it takes is a hard hit ball up into the air to hit it out of Wrigley today.
"Take a mental health day – If you are spending 3 hours a day analyzing BTS you need a break. Take a walk and enjoy the sunshine! The game has rained on our parade too much this year."
Well, one hour for each of the three contests.
If I ever get into the 30's though for BTS, I might do three hours for BTS alone!
With the All-Star break coming, I just keep trying to grind it out until three days of rest.
That is why I try to avoid doing the contests for HR Derby and the All-Star game, since I need to rest.
"I'm at 11 and I've taken Albert Pujols." I thought about taking him too. I think he will come through. I think Pujols & Holliday will both come through. You just get that hunch.
Saturday's Top Picks of the current Top2500.
All games included, 158 batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Justin Morneau, 182, 7.28%
Ichiro Suzuki, 163, 6.52
Brandon Phillips, 132, 5.28
Alex Rodriguez, 131, 5.24
Martin Prado, 111, 4.44
Albert Pujols, 102, 4.08
Matt Holliday, 89, 3.56
Adrian Gonzalez, 74, 2.96
Robinson Cano, 69, 2.76
Coco Crisp, 66, 2.64
Adrian Beltre, 62, 2.48
Josh Hamilton, 60, 2.4
No Selection, 60, 2.4
Delmon Young, 2, 0.08 (Leader)
Highest "No Selection": Page #2 with a streak of 18 now reset to zero
Two really bad days in a row with 46% reset yesterday
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Pick
gamara21, 9, 55, Rafael Furcal
mreck13, 8, 64, Rafael Furcal
ChiSox07 (new member), 8, 77, Brandon Phillips
Kimberly.Manning, 7, 92, Adrian Gonzalez
tomfootball17 @ 9, reset with A.Beltre
"@btsplayer: Regarding Scott's D.Young pick. Think it is unnecessarily risky. Young bats 7 and @ home, may only see 3 ABs. I think better non-lemming picks about."
I think we should do some research over the offseason to see if batting slot in the order has much of an impact on success rate.
All things being equal, you would lose 5% more often in going from 5 PA's to 4 PA's, 8% more often in going from 4 PA's to 3 PA's, and 13% more often in going from 5 PA's to 4 PA's.
But if you feel 15%+ more confident about your pick, then it might be worthwhile to pick the lower-in-the-order selection.
For example, Cliff Pennington has been hot lately, but I have not wanted to use him because he always hits 9th.
Erick Aybar is a GREAT example of this anomaly as he was a .300+ leadoff-mold hitter that hit 9th in the Angels order last year.
I think I made a wrong pick. I really overlooked the fact that The Riot is slumping. He simply cannot catch up to Cueto's smoking fastball to get a good whack. Only thing I can hope for is a blow out and he get 5/6 ABs & get to BP early on.
"The sure bets or lemming picks are 50/50 over time."
For Survivor, this category fares even worse. The last game Blackburn pitched in is a great example.
@btsplayer: A blow-out in Cubs favor, hah! Not catching up to fastball is in his favor – slaps opposite field alot
"Can't say I'd ever have expected Wells to no-hit the Reds through five innings. Not looking good here thus far. Maybe the score will stay tied at 0-0 and go 18 innings. "
You mean like this game?
"Jeters walks all 3 ABs so far. This is why this game is impossible to win. Who could ever forseen this happening??"
I know there was one game this year when someone went 0 for 1 with 5 walks.
"A blow-out in Cubs favor, hah! Not catching up to fastball is in his favor – slaps opposite field alot"
Yeah. I know the chance of Cubs having a blowout is pretty negligible. Who knows. Maybe Aramis will earn his paycheck today. LOL.
The Riot is not slapping anything lately except taking his seat on the bench.
The Riot heard my criticism and told me to bug off. He burned a cheap groundball hit to show me off. I almost went with Jeter today. Thank goodness. When is the last time Jeter walked 2 ABs in a row and he the only one walking on the team.
@btsplayer: Regarding Scott's D.Young pick. Think it is unnecessarily risky. Young bats 7 and @ home, may only see 3 ABs. I think better non-lemming picks about.
"I think better non-lemming picks about.". Yeah. Possibly. I actually think Morneau would have been better pick. But many times the guys who really should get a hit according to all the stats are ones bombing out. Its the low radar and yet no pressure hitters like Delmon that comes through often. Everyday I write I write my possible picks into 3 categories. I tell you. The sure bets or lemming picks are 50/50 over time. Something always go wrong with those picks. That is why nobody can win this. Its the ones batting below power hitters who can hit that comes through consistently. But as you said, they lilmited ABs so there won't be any lucky 5/6 AB cheap hits for these guys. Its either they get a hit off the starting pitcher or that is it. We'll see what happens.
Can't say I'd ever have expected Wells to no-hit the Reds through five innings. Not looking good here thus far. Maybe the score will stay tied at 0-0 and go 18 innings.
Jeters walks all 3 ABs so far. This is why this game is impossible to win. Who could ever forseen this happening??
Wells is beginning to turn things around a bit in last 2 starts. Knowing Cinci, they will turn it up one inning to burn the Cubs. Just better hope BP is part of the onslaught.
I don't know, this 18-inning tie is becoming a possibility because the Cubs are still being the Cubs today with 12 stranded runners through 5 innings.
ummm, entire NYY bench may bat today — 11-run inning!
Well, I just KNEW that Wells was going to lose the no-hitter the next inning, because with a comfy, 3-run lead, he goes back to just throwing towards the plate.
I would not be surprised to see the Cubs still lose the game.
Interesting leader board today. Yesterday, 20 leaders shared 2 batters that go 0-fer. Today, the 25 leaders chose 17 different batters. BTS evolution? Or just scared?
"Can't say I'd ever have expected Wells to no-hit the Reds through five innings. Not looking good here thus far. Maybe the score will stay tied at 0-0 and go 18 innings. "
You mean like this game?
Thank you Brandon Philips! Streak to 24. Dang vacation this week is going to kill my concentration.
Woo! Last second hit with two outs in the top of the eighth just saved my streak and has brought me up to 9. I think I'll lose my mind if I ever enter that situation with a streak of like 40….
"You mean like this game?
If it comes with all those hits, for sure!
@chisox07: Welcome to Bloggers Group. You can find your entry in Top2500 on pg 77 before BTS updates
@lavolpe Thanks. Pg. 77 is such an achievement. Hah.
@chisox07: Keep it up & maybe top 2 pages by All-Star break.
Professor Pete – We live to streak to Sunday.
Wow. Delmon Young doubles. Talk about being right on the money.
scott.fredrickson is not looking @ stats. I think he watches all the games and sees who is swinging well.
If someone ever wins, I hope it is someone who uses that strategy and invests a lot of time and care into each pick.
@btsplayer: don't think so. Looking back at his picks, he appears to be a MINN fan; relying heavily on M&M boys but also Cano. Also only picks team's heavy hitters. Seen this pattern before.
"he appears to be a MINN fan" he must have gotten inspiration for today's pick from watching the game. It was such a left field pick. When You follow a team, sometimes you SEE who is swinging well. That is the only way to explain a pick for a guy batting 8th. Good for him though.
@btsplayer: too early to play along, his streak not high enough. But my prediction tomorrow: Mauer, Cano, Prado or best hitter on another team (lots to choose from tomorrow)
Pujols hits into a double play. UUgh
Pujols Homers, my streak is 12.
Nice, went 3 for 3 today in all BTS. David Dejesus singled in the 8th. Youkilis homered. And the Padres beat the Astros. Had my hit streak up to 13 but it was just reset a few days ago so I'm only back to 3 right now. Have joe mauer for tomorrow.
Happy 4th of July to all bloggers
BTS – Ichrio
HR – Guerrero (Buerhle does give up his share of HR's)
Survivor: Braves
As a WSox fan I have to take Rios today.
Take me to 16 Alex!
July 4th's Top Picks of the current Top2500
All games inclueded, 159 batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Robinson Cano, 241, 9.64%
Ichiro Suzuki, 228, 9.12
Alex Rios, 135, 5.4
Vladimir Guerrero, 128, 5.12
Adrian Beltre, 99, 3.96
Carl Crawford, 95, 3.8
Joe Mauer, 84, 3.36
Miguel Cabrera, 81, 3.24
Chipper Jones, 76, 3.04
Kevin Youkilis, 76, 3.04
Martin Prado, 73, 2.92
David Wright, 70, 2.8
No Selection, 63, 2.52
Josh Hamilton, 59, 2.36
Justin Morneau, 50, 2.0 (Leader)
Albert Pujols, 50, 2
Highest "No Selection": Pg#5 streak of 16 now back to zero
Yersterday returnred to normal with 20.8% reset
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Pick
gamara21, 10, pg41, Carl Crawford
mreck13, 9, pg49, Martin Prado
ChiSox07, 9, pg60, Migquel Cabrera
LaVolpe, 8, pg75, David Wright
Kimberly.manning, 7, pg90, Robinson Cano
I went with a lazy pick in Cano. I think I will regret it but all the possible choices seem a bit iffy. So I hope Cano gets by with one hit. If not start all over tomorrow!
I thought about the reverse psych-out invovling the M&M boys. That is Mauer w/ high avg. against Shields goes 0fer and Morneaue w/ low avg. gets hit. The way BTS plays out, this is the likely scenerio and the leader must have thought that it will. He will be the king BTS picker if that happens.
I'm up to ten as Miguel Cabrera just delivered a first inning RBI single off of Cliff Lee. I didn't like going against Lee because of how solid he's been, but everyone is due for a bad game eventually and he has a bad track record against the Tigers (5-9 with a 4.76 ERA lifetime against the Tigers, losing his last three starts). Glad it pulled off.
Morrow is throwing fireworks outthere. His change up is 91mph.
Cano is 0 for 3 Uugh. I was so confident in this pick.
Mauer singles his first at bat. I'm good for today 🙂 I can relax
Well it finally happened……
Joey "The Black Cat" Votto – Called out on strikes in the first inning on a low pitch, argues with Plate Umpire Angel Campos, throws his helmet and gets tossed from the game.
Officialy 0-1 and how many streaks end?
@dragbunt: Votto's outburst cost 34 Top2500 streakers.
Back to fat zero for me. Thanks not nothing A-Roid. You couldn't drive in the runs so Cano got intentionally walked. I hope you have fun with hormones.
@btsPlayer: Based on your previous comments, I would have lauged my butt off if A-Rod ended the game with a hit!
I have even slightly more devious name for A-Roid that combines his penchant for swinging (from what I read) and hormones. I will let people guess. It involves surrouding the letter A with 2 letters.
I will give a hint. One of the letters is G. Actually, there are 2 nice variations on that name.
Dave Robertson. I am surprised he is still with Yankees. Isn't he only supposed to come in wipeout games?
Uh ohh. Jose Molina is mad now. They intent walked .200 hitter to pitch to him. He is very upset. Let's see what he is got.
So how does Encarnacion walk back to the dugout. Does he just look down on the ground. Does he go home & start looking for a job at Walmart? Possibly as a former almost athletic greeter?
LOL. Another walk. It was lefty lefty match & the clown walks him.
LOL. Another walk. It was lefty lefty match & the clown walks him.
Wow. Why did so many people go with Cano. You guys ruined my Cano pick by picking with me. Stop copying me.
It's not everyday that the Yankees pick up 14 hits and Cano is not in that mix. Bye 12 game BTS 0 for 3 and then 2 walks to Cano. Talk about getting on base the wrong way. The 1st was intentional and I was rooting for A-Rod to walk and he struck out. I was hoping to catch my earlier 17 game streak that went from May 24-June 10.
Been tough going in getting a streak together. I can't believe that my top streak this year is only 10, even though I have been 78% correct for the season.
Ichiro seems to be slowing down a bit. They DHed him Saturday, and he hasn't had a multi-hit game since June 29, the longest stretch without a multi-hit game this season. Still, Ichiro is 64 successful, 17 hitless, and 11 off days, giving him a 79% success rate if he is playing. Like me, his longest hittting streak this year is 10. Unlike me, he has a current 6 game hitting streak, which I have the opportunity to match if I can select players that get hits for the next three days.
I did manage to get a 'trophy' for a .350 month, with a .356 average (41/115) in June. Just once, it would be cool to put together a .400 month. Starting the first four days of this month at .312, it seems that I have some catching up to do. Anyone know who's gonna go 5-for-5 tomorrow?
Pretty frustrated for today. Mauer singled so my streak is up to 4. I had Ike Davis picked for a HR but had some doubts so at the last second I changed my pick to Pujols, and Davis ended up hitting one out and Pujols didn't. Also had the Braves picked to win and didn't get that one. Pretty crappy BTS day for me after yesterdays 3 for 3. =/ oh well
Could be a good few days to up one's streak. With pitcher favorites like Milwood, Slowey, & CLE/BAL (take your pick) on the mound in next few days. Today's most picked player by the Top2500 & the entire field: a wild guess says DET's Cabrera & Ichirio/Cano near the top (just because) 🙂
Monday July 5th or is it July 4th "The Sequel"?
Cabrera v. O's – I like Cabrera's chances v. Milwood
HR- Konerko at home v. lefty Kazmir
Survivor – Konerko/ChiSox
Enjoy the entended holiday
so I picked Paul Konerko yesterday for July 5. When I come to check it it says "No Pick" is it tough luck or can I do something?
drag – had Cabrera yesterday and was considering Hamilton for today. Now I'm rethinking based on your post. 🙂 Good luck. DAVE FELDMAN – DELETE SPAMMERS AND THEIR CRAPPY MERCHANDISE OFF THE BLOG!!!!!!!!!
I was going to go with M. Cabrera, but I didn't want to over-pick him at the same time, so ended up going with Boesch for today since he's been hitting extremely well himself and had the better splits as a lefty. Go figure Miggy got a hit and Boesch walked, but with Milwood not proving much on the mound today, I'm not going to be worried until the final at-bat.
I'm starting to get agitated. I'm hoping I can get a nice long streak going today and it's going to start with Ichiro tonight. I had Ike Davis in HR BTS as well as I felt he was going to go deep but switched to Votto at the last minute. We all know what happened there. My own fault. I'm not changing my pick in BTS the day of anymore. Everytime I do I get screwed and the new person doesn't get a hit. I knew that Tex was hitting .500 on Independence Day before yesterday's game and I was going to switch to him but I went with Cano instead. I should of gone with Tex and I would be at 2 but oh well. Good luck to all today. I have Ortiz in HR BTS and Yanks in Survivor.
Monday's Top Picks of the current Top2500
All games included, 129 different batters picked overall
Batter, Times Picked, Percentage
Ichiro Suzuki, 348, 13.92%
Josh Hamilton, 278, 11.12
Miguel Cabrera, 252, 10.08
Robinson Cano, 202, 8.08 (Leader)
Adrian Beltre, 114, 4.56
David Wright, 106, 4.24
Michael Young, 77, 3.08
No Selection, 75, 3.0
Brennan Boesch, 58, 2.32
Derek Jeter, 56, 2.24
Magglio Ordonez, 55, 2.2
Highest "No Selection": Page #2 with a streak of 19 now reset to zero
Yesterday was costly: 30.6% resets
Bloggers Group Top2500
UserName, Streak, Page#, Pick
mreck13, 10, pg35, I.Kinsler
ChiSox07, 10, pg36, B.Boesch
LaVolpe, 9, pg51, D.Wright
deb23, 7, pg80, R.Cano
dalywalker322, 7, pg90, I.Suzuki
gamara21 @ 10 reset by Crawford
Kimberly.manning @ 7 reset by Cano
I went with Michael Young. Not that it matters since back @ 0. Cano will come through. Its the Day-After-Lemming-Pick effect. Since all the lemmings including myself died with Cano, its time for smart pickers to get the benefit of near automatic hit. It works about 6 out of 7 times.
Deb23 is slowly making a comeback. He/she was a good picker with good posts.
So many Ichiro fans today. His #s against Banni does not make sense. Banni seems like the type of pitcher that Ichi eats up for snack. It could riighties hit Banni better. I remember it was the same last year. I think I went againt Banni with Ichi this year & Ichi ended up getting a hit off the reliever.
khouryboysan 30 21
I wonder how many days between 2 streaks. This person was up high in the first page at least once last year.
"I have even slightly more devious name for A-Roid that combines his penchant for swinging (from what I read) and hormones. I will let people guess. It involves surrouding the letter A with 2 letters."
I really do not know, since "surround" means one on each side, so the letters in stars in the word ***hole do not work.
"Dave Robertson. I am surprised he is still with Yankees. Isn't he only supposed to come in wipeout games?"
At least in the beginning of the season, he was a main middle reliever.
"Been tough going in getting a streak together. I can't believe that my top streak this year is only 10, even though I have been 78% correct for the season.
Ichiro seems to be slowing down a bit. They DHed him Saturday, and he hasn't had a multi-hit game since June 29, the longest stretch without a multi-hit game this season. Still, Ichiro is 64 successful, 17 hitless, and 11 off days, giving him a 79% success rate if he is playing. Like me, his longest hittting streak this year is 10. Unlike me, he has a current 6 game hitting streak, which I have the opportunity to match if I can select players that get hits for the next three days."
I think he has has 2 or 3 of those 10-game hit streaks though.
"I really do not know, since "surround" means one on each side, so the letters in stars in the word ***hole do not work."
xAx-Roid. One of the x is G. And G can go on both spots for 2 different names. I really don like A-Roid. I remember his nonchalent comments when early hormone abusers were being caught. I remember the comments being somewhat self-righteous. I guess BigPapiJuice is no different.
Ichiro killed a lot of streakers who got used to his easy picking last year. That includes myself. At least for now, he is only 90% of what he was last year. And what happened to his day game prowess and no back2back ofers. All broken this year. I relied on the no back2back ofers this year and got smashed by bad sushi. Bad sushi, bad!
"I knew that Tex was hitting .500 on Independence Day before yesterday's game"
Eh, I am a little skeptical of the usefulness of such a stat.
While it is certainly a "feel good" pick to have someone who is great on a holiday, how relevant is it?
Would you use that same stat if he had hit .500 historically on August 2nd?
If you need a tiebreaker angle between two evenly matched players, I guess that would be OK, but being your primary reason for using him, I am not sure I would suggest going that route.
Wow. M. Cab. is just out there taking batting pratice everyday. He is a real pure hitter. He doesn't need to smash the ball because he knows how to hit. He does it with such finesse. Just beautiful swing.
I made a mistake. I chose the Tigers in Survivor today. My fault.
I was stuck between M. Cabrera and Boesch for today's pick. So far in two innings, one has two doubles and one has two walks. Guess which one I have.
Make that three walks for Boesch….. One more plate appearance to go.
Make that three walks for Boesch….. One more plate appearance to go. =\
Cute. Blog lead above: "Speaking of holiday weekends …it's, um, a holiday weekend! So make sure to plan ahead and select your guys through Monday" Well, iheartstrazzy (aka Dave Feldman/Blog Guy) had a "no selection" today; didn't follow his own advice 🙂
@LaVolpe: My thoughts exactly….. This just teaches me not to choose a player because lefties hit the probable pitcher better. At least he isn't striking out every time up to the plate today. Walking shows a good eye, typically.
@ChiSox07: Don't sweat it yet; still has 2 more ABs minimum
LaVolpe: My thoughts exactly. But this just teaches me not to switch a hitter just because lefties hit the probable pitcher a little better than righties. Oh well, at least he has three walks and not three strikeouts. It's not like he's having a bad day at the plate or anything. Just an unlucky day for me.
I'm sorry about all of these double posts. Every time I submit them, they're not appearing for me nor on the recent comment list above. I had to sign out and sign back in to now see them…
Other odd ways of having your streak end. Yesterday, Todd Helton, 0-3, comes to the plate in bottom of 15th with no outs & bags loaded. Hits sac-fly & wins game, ends streaks.
Boesch: 0 for 1 with 4 walks.
Boesch is due up 5th in the 8th.
@ChiSox07: Ok, now time to sweat it. 0-1 w/3 BBs. One more AB for sure unless pulled.
@ChiSox07: "… Oh well, at least he has three walks and not three strikeouts…"
My preference: I'll take strikeout-type over walk-type. I want my guy to swing, bottom line. Example: I tend to stay away from Youkilis (high walks) but prefer Wright (high strikeouts)
@LaVolpe: I suppose I agree. Today, I'm just basing it off of him not having one of those days at the plate where the batter just isn't seeing the ball and is looking lost at the plate. I can't watch the game, so I can't exactly see the pitches or his swings, but it doesn't sound like he is doing poor at the plate at all. Just getting a lot of "ball four base hits." Here's to him finally getting the green light to swing in his last time up.
Good luck in 7/8th inning. But if you make it to page 1, I'll be hexing you every day until you win or fall 😉
@ChiSox07. P.S. Boesch is not a walk-type 10 BB, 23 SO last month, no BB this month 'til today.
BB is definitely being walked today. I think the BAL game plan was to not give anything to BB because some breathing rooms comes up after him in the line-up. BB has been a silent killer. People take him for granted because he is the new guy batting after MCab but he has done tons of damage this year.
I guess BB got BBed.
Unless Baltimore gets five runs in the top of the ninth, it was a nice run while it lasted.
2 runs in for you Chisox. 2 on 1 out.
The pitchers duel in Detroit today shows that logic can not win this game.
31 hits (Thanks Milwood) but Boesch and Markakis had 0-fers.
All Star Game – Final Man voting is now open.
I'm pulling for Konerko(AL) and my main cat, Joey"The Black Cat" Votto(NL). Vote early and often.
For my fellow BTS'ers who selected Wright, the Reds have scratched Harang. LHP Travis Wood starting in his place.
Well, for me, I hope Wright continues to shine against the Reds.
@dragbunt104 I've been taking out my frustration on losing my streak today in voting those same two for the Final Man. I've made at least 100 votes today.
For other Wright pickers, FYI: Wright has 150 pts higher average against Lefties, bats better at home than away and bats better at night than day. Hopefully for us, this equates to a multihit game for D.Wright.
Yeah I remember that s.o.b. He broke my 23 gamer.
I picked him today too…………lol
So who decided to take Hamilton but thought about MCab just to get a quick hit??
First inning single for you Wright pickers. GL to the rest tonight.
FYI for Tuesday
Stay away from ChiSox – Weaver of LAA has been unhittable his last 2 starts.
Don't worry about Hamilton, he'll get his hit on the next AB.
Spammers getting a bit bold & out of hand, huh? Hopefully, their email addresses get black listed from the blog; neverending battle.
I don't usually 'double dip', but my streak is now at four and the home run streak starts at one. Viva Carlos Santana!
Well Ichi got a first inning hit so I'm good and started my new streak so on to Tuesday.
Unbelievable. The one guy on the Tigers that doesn't get a hit is the one I pick. I can't believe Brennan Boesch walked 4 times! I'm not sure if he should be insulted that no one pitched to him or honored that they think he's so good they don't want to pick him. Back to square 1 for me!
@tenten25: I hear ya. What was your damage? I lost my ten day streak, personally. It's not the worst loss, but when the season is rounding the finish, it's time to put up or shut up.
Held my breath for a little while with Jeter but he eventually singled so I'm up to 5
@chisox07, I was at 9 going for 10. It's only my first time playing BTS, so I'll have setbacks like this. I'm not in this to win the money, though. If I do, hey that's great, but I'm just trying to see how far I can get before season's end.
I have had it with Survivor. I can't even win when I picked the Mariners with King Felix on the mound against the Royals as the bullpen blew the lead in the 8th inning and lost in the 10th inning. Every right pick loses in that game.


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TV executives must have been happy to put a fork in the 2012-13 season. Ratings dropped across the board for broadcast networks due to fading reality franchises and the failure to launch any major new scripted hits. Cable also slumped, with audience levels flat compared with the previous season. And with the number of viewers who time-shift growing, the path to success is more treacherous than ever. Here are the shows that navigated the bumps - and the ones that became ratings road kill.
The BibleLet us now praise Mark Burnett. Not only did the producer give NBC hope with The Voice, but he also had faith that millions of people would sit down to watch time-tested stories from the Good Book. It helped that Burnett and his wife and fellow executive producer Roma Downey did a publicity push at megachurches. The premiere was the second-highest-rated show for History, with 13.1 million viewers.
The Big Bang TheoryIt's not an exaggeration to call the CBS (and now TBS) sitcom this generation's Friends. The show's age-defying ratings climbed in its sixth year to 15.5 million total viewers. It was also up 11 percent among the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. "It's truly a marvel," says an executive at a rival network. Now TV's No. 1 comedy, The Big Bang Theory helped CBS become the top network among the 18-49 crowd for the first time in 21 years.
Duck DynastyThe Robertson family delivered a record rating for A&E when it scored 9.6 million viewers for its April 24 finale. (No wonder the cast is asking for a big raise.) While it might be surprising that no broadcast network has attempted to replicate the success of Duck Dynasty and other cable reality shows set in rural America, there's a reason: "The audience is very downscale," one network exec notes. As long as broadcast TV depends on advertisers who want wealthy viewers, you won't see any duck callers without a subscriber fee.
The FollowingThe Fox thriller is shoving an ice pick straight into the eye of the old TV business model. Star Kevin Bacon requested that the show have a shortened run of 15 episodes, and in response to the success of this tactic, next season other networks will experiment with several new limited-run series. The Following is also a strong indicator of the way viewers are time-shifting. Of the show's 16.4 million viewers, about 8 million people tuned in to the drama the night it aired, according to Fox. Another 3.9 million watched it later on DVR; 2.5 million saw it in repeats; 700,000 viewed it via video on demand; and 1.3 million streamed it via Fox.com or Hulu.com.
Scandal ABC's sophomore sensation proves that shows about Washington, D.C., can be sexy and addictive. The drama's Season 2 finale attracted 9.1 million viewers, its largest audience yet, up 25 percent from its Season 1 ender. "We're always discussing how amazed and grateful we are for the fans who watched our tiny seven-episode Season 1 and then spread the word to bring in new 'gladiators,'" says exec producer Shonda Rhimes. "It's thrilling to have the show find such a great audience in Season 2."
Shark TankPanelist and investor Kevin O'Leary says the shaky economy has more people wanting to control their own destinies by becoming entrepreneurs. With the ABC hit drawing 6.2 million viewers and boasting 17 percent growth in the 18-49 demographic - more than any other reality series this season - he might be right.
The VoiceNBC's recovery begins with The Voice. As viewers gravitated to the chemistry among coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Shakira and Usher, The Voice helped make NBC the only network with ratings growth during May sweeps. What's the appeal? "The Voice," executive producer Mark Burnett says, "is a kindhearted show that has current recording and touring superstar coaches, current songs for contestants, a set that feels like it lives in 2013 and a production team that is totally A-list."
The Walking DeadNever before has a basic-cable series ended the season as TV's No. 1 drama among viewers 18-49. But AMC's zombie drama did just that, averaging 7 million fans in this demographic. "We hope that zombies live forever," AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan said at a recent business conference.
American Idol/The X FactorDespite the addition of judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, Fox's Idol lost about a quarter of its viewers and will undergo a major cost-cutting makeover next season to keep it profitable. As for The X Factor, will Simon Cowell ever get it right? While NBC's The Voice shone last fall, The X Factor's attempt at a reboot with new judges Demi Lovato and Britney Spears led to an 18 percent decline in ratings among viewers 18-49. For Season 3, Cowell is again trying a judges' panel switcheroo.
BuckwildMTV's attempt to fill the Jersey Shore void never quite lived up to its predecessor, but this freewheeling look at a group of West Virginia pals (which averaged around 3 million viewers) did well enough to earn a second season. However, the death of star Shain Gandee on April 1, coupled with other cast members' legal troubles, led MTV to pull the plug. "Given Shain's tragic passing and essential presence on the show, we felt it was not appropriate to continue without him," the network said.
Go OnThe cancellation of the NBC sitcom makes Matthew Perry a three-time loser in his post-Friends primetime career (the other duds were Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip and Mr. Sunshine). But he won critical raves for his recurring turn as sleazy politician Mike Kresteva on The Good Wife. Maybe a network should consider giving him a lead role as someone other than a neurotic whose life is falling apart.
SmashAfter its 2012 debut, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt declared the heavily promoted musical drama "an unqualified success." Much of that success had to do with its airing after The Voice. When Smash had to stand on its own in its second (and final) season, the audience dropped faster than a crowd fleeing a theater during intermission at a Broadway bomb.
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Classic Mustangs are notorious for their short-deck, long-nose styling. Unfortunately, their voluptuous hips are vulnerable to just about every hazard on the road. Quarter-panels are among a Mustang's most targeted body parts because they're vulnerable to shopping carts, careless people with far-reaching car doors, out of control slipping and sliding on ice, and rear end collisions. Quarter-panels are also susceptible to rust, which is the most common reason for replacement.
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BEAUMONT, Texas.
— Texas prison authorities say they are considering jamming cell phones after an inmate used a contraband cell phone to escape from prison.
Investigators said David Puckett, who is serving 30 years for aggravated assault, used a smuggled cell phone to escape from the maximum-security Stiles Unit in Beaumont last week. Puckett was captured less than a week later as he got off a bus in Omaha, Neb.
An affidavit filed after he was caught states Puckett called Mattice Mayo of Omaha, who was supposed to pick him up at the bus station. Mayo is believed to have wired Puckett money for a bus ticket and is charged with hindering apprehension, authorities said. They said Puckett made 297 calls to her phone in September and November.
Authorities suspect Puckett met Mayo on a social networking website that he probably accessed with the contraband cell phone. He had two Facebook accounts that he may have maintained from prison.
Corrections Director Brad Livingston ordered a test of new technology to block cell phone signals, a first in Texas.
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May 26, 2011
Phil Waugh and George Smith embrace prior to a Test against New Zealand in 2009 © Getty Images
Dan Carter Girvan Dempsey Bismarck du Plessis Gareth Edwards Nick Evans George Gregan James Hook Ray Hopkins Stephen Jones Geordan Murphy John Smit George Smith Phil Waugh Chris Whitaker
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall revealed this week that one element of his team selection for Saturday's Aviva Premiership was settled playground style. Neil de Kock and Richard Wigglesworth tossed a coin to decide who would start at scrum-half, with the coaches unwilling to choose a favourite at this stage in the season. With their plight in mind, we've selected a few other players who were forced to share the load in Scrum Sevens.
Phil Waugh and George Smith - Australia
Waugh, the Waratahs skipper and for a number of years one of the world's finest flankers, had good reason to be glad when George Smith packed his bags for Toulon last summer, although the exit of his long-time rival did not pave the way to a renewed Test career as he may have hoped. Between 2001 and 2009 Smith played 110 times for the Wallabies and was often cited as the only player on the world stage who could go toe-to-toe with All Blacks skipper Richie McCaw. During a similar timeframe Waugh was capped 79 times. A strong innings, but perhaps not what he could have expected had he been born up north. On a number of occasions the duo were paired in the back-row - notably the 2003 Rugby World Cup Final - but often the nugget Waugh was left in a queue. With the World Cup nearing and his inspirational leadership still a huge factor for New South Wales, we're puzzled as to why he hasn't been drafted back in at Test level. As back-up to David Pocock. It never rains, it pours.
Girvan Dempsey and Geordan Murphy - Ireland
All too often it has been a case of 'out of sight, out of mind' in the case of Murphy. A prodigiously talented player - with an unfortunate knack of poorly-timed injuries - his status as a living legend at Leicester led to him often holding the door open for Girvan Dempsey, the Leinsterman who was the epitome of solid. Two great players vying for one position is what's known in some quarters as strength in depth, but it's easy to wonder whether the shoe may have been on the other foot had it been Dempsey turning out at Welford Road. He won 82 caps before calling time last year - 11 more that Murphy, whose tally also includes two for the British & Irish Lions.
Ray 'Chico' Hopkins and Gareth Edwards - Wales
For Hopkins, the Maesteg scrum-half tasked with breaking into the Wales side ahead of Gareth Edwards, the toss of a coin for a start would have been a welcome relief. Capped twice, once by Wales against England in 1970 and once by the Lions in New Zealand a year later, both of his caps were as a replacement for Edwards in an age where players only left the field when they'd lost a limb. As the 1970s wore on, Brynmor Williams also learned about life in Edwards' considerable shadow and made his Test bow for the Lions in 1977, when Wales' incumbent had opted out due to work commitments. Williams would also have a battle on his hands when Edwards called it a day in 1978, with the giant Cardiff No.9 Terry Holmes emerging from stage right to snatch the jersey.
Chris Whitaker and George Gregan - Australia
Being the able deputy to the world's most-capped player is an unenviable task, and one that fell to New South Wales' Chris Whitaker during the reign of George Gregan as Australia scrum-half. Capped 31 times across a seven-year Test career, Whitaker only wore No.9 on his back five times, making him the most-capped replacement in international rugby. At provincial level, the opposite was true and he held the Waratahs caps record until leaving for Europe, at which point Waugh took over at the top of the charts. Such was Gregan's dominance that only six players started at scrum-half for the Wallabies between 2000 and 2009 - Gregan, Whitaker, Sam Cordingley, Luke Burgess, Matt Giteau and Will Genia.
Nick Evans and Dan Carter - New Zealand
Carter's new four-year deal to remain an All Black is a major coup for the New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU), but it does conjure the spectre of another generation of playmakers passing under the radar at international level. The queue behind Carter for an All Blacks jumper is long - in recent seasons Stephen Donald, Aaron Cruden, Mike Delany and Colin Slade have all had runs at No.10 - but perhaps the most notable case of talent being railroaded overseas involved Blues fly-half Nick Evans, who upped sticks for Harlequins in 2008. Arguably the best in the north since his switch, his relatively meagre tally of 16 Tests, three at fullback, would have been tripled had he been from any other nation. Still, it's hard to look past the best 10 in the world, so the NZRU can hardly be blamed for their decision.
Bismarck du Plessis and John Smit - South Africa
On current form, there's no contest. Du Plessis is currently out-playing his seasoned rival, but again he looks set to lose out on the Springboks' No.2 jersey for at least part of this season due to the inspirational leadership of his Sharks team-mate Smit. At Super Rugby level, Smit has been rotated across the front-row, a ploy that is unlikely to translate at international level according to coach Peter De Villiers. To date Du Plessis has won 14 caps off the bench in his career and will not be too keen on adding to that number given his status in the world game. The Boks just can't look past Smit, however. It could be argued that Du Plessis, Saracens' Schalk Brits and Leinster's Richardt Strauss are three of the sport's finest hookers, yet only one of them will be involved at international level this year. How often he is will be a big call for the management, and one that could end one of rugby's greatest Test careers.
James Hook and Stephen Jones - Wales
During Wales' run to a Six Nations Grand Slam, Warren Gatland employed a rotation system at fly-half, chopping and changing between James Hook and Stephen Jones. Hook began the tournament with two touchline conversions against England and a try-scoring display against Scotland, being replaced by Jones for a rout of Italy. Gatland then kept faith with the veteran for a pivotal away match against Ireland - throwing the cat among the pigeons for those who had written off Jones. Hook returned for the Slam decider against France but lost out in the long run, with Jones dominating the fly-half berth in the following two years - including three Tests for the Lions. Hook's return to No.10 against Scotland in the 2011 Six Nations was again hailed as a decisive change - proof of Jones' longevity if ever there was one. Both Ireland (Jonny Sexton and Ronan O'Gara) and England (Toby Flood and Jonny Wilkinson) now have similar game-plans.
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A Michigan woman kept the corpse of her dead friend and roommate in their home for nearly two years because she did not wish to be alone, according to a report.
When police officers visited the Jackson home of Linda Chase on July 6, the 71-year-old told them that she had kept the mummified body of her roommate, Charles Zigler, in a chair, the Jackson Citizen Patriot reported. Chase told the newspaper that she often talked to her silent companion and watched NASCAR races with him. She said she kept his corpse dressed and clean.
"I didn't want to be alone," Chase said. "He was the only guy who was ever nice to me."
Zigler's body was discovered after concerned relatives called police. Zigler's son Walter said he had made several attempts to visit his ailing father but was refused entry by Chase.
"That wasn't right to leave him lay like that," he told the Jackson Citizen Patriot.
A medical examiner determined that Zigler died of natural causes sometime near the end of December 2010, the paper reported.
Chase told the Jackson Citizen Patriot she continued to cash Zigler's benefit checks after his death, and expected to go to prison. Police are reportedly investigating the case and have not yet filed charges.


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