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With all the theatrics going on in Washington, you might well have missed the most important political and economic news of the week: an official confirmation from the United Kingdom that austerity policies don't work.
In making his annual Autumn Statement to the House of Commons on Wednesday, George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, was forced to admit that his government has failed to meet a series of targets it set for itself back in June of 2010, when it slashed the budgets of various government departments by up to thirty per cent. Back then, Osborne said that his austerity policies would cut his country's budget deficit to zero within four years, enable Britain to begin relieving itself of its public debt, and generate healthy economic growth. None of these things have happened. Britain's deficit remains stubbornly high, its people have been suffering through a double-dip recession, and many observers now expect the country to lose its "AAA" credit rating.
One of the frustrations of economics is that it is hard to carry out scientific experiments and prove things beyond reasonable doubt. But not in this case. Thanks to Osborne's stubborn refusal to change course—"Turning back would be a disaster," he told Parliament—what has been happening in Britain amounts to a "natural experiment" to test the efficacy of austerity economics. For the sixty-odd million inhabitants of the U.K., living through it hasn't been a pleasant experience—no university institutional-review board would have allowed this kind of brutal human experimentation. But from a historical and scientific perspective, it is an invaluable case study.
At every stage of the experiment, critics (myself included) have warned that Osborne's austerity policies would prove self-defeating. Any decent economics textbook will tell you that, other things being equal, cutting government spending causes the economy's overall output to fall, tax revenues to decrease, and spending on benefits to increase. Almost invariably, the end result is slower growth (or a recession) and high budget deficits. Osborne, relying on arguments about restoring the confidence of investors and businessmen that his forebears at the U.K. Treasury used during the early nineteen-thirties against Keynes, insisted (and continues to insist) otherwise, but he has been proven wrong.
With Republicans in Congress still intent on pursuing a strategy similar to the failed one adopted by the Brits, this is a story that needs trumpeting. Austerity policies are self-defeating: they cripple growth and reduce tax revenues. The only way to bring down the U.S. government's deficit in a sustainable manner, and put the nation's finances on a firmer footing, is to keep the economy growing. Spending cuts and tax increases can also play a role, but they need to be introduced gradually.
Before the last election there, which took place in May, 2010, the U.K.'s economy appeared to be slowly recovering from the deep slump of 2008-09 that followed the housing bust and global financial crisis. Just like the Bush Administration (2008) and the Obama Administration (2009), Gordon Brown's Labour government had introduced a fiscal stimulus to help turn the economy around. G.D.P. was growing at an annual rate of about 2.5 per cent. Once Osborne's cuts in spending started to be felt, however, things changed dramatically. In the fourth quarter of 2010, growth turned negative and a double-dip recession began. So far, it has lasted two years. While G.D.P. did expand in the third quarter of this year, the Office of Budget Responsibility, an independent economic agency that Osborne set up, has said that it expects another decline in the current quarter. For 2013, the O.B.R. is forecasting G.D.P. growth of just 1.3 per cent. With the economy so weak, the O.B.R. says that the unemployment rate will tick up from eight per cent to 8.2 per cent next year.
That austerity has led to recession is undeniable. Despite the Bank of England slashing interest rates and adopting a policy of quantitative easing, consumer and investment spending have remained depressed. Osborne places much of the blame on continental Europe, Britain's biggest trading partner, but that's a lame excuse. It was perfectly clear back in 2010 that Europe was headed for trouble. The proper reaction to a negative external shock is to loosen fiscal policy, not tighten it, much less tighten it violently. But Osborne was determined to go ahead with his grisly exercise in pre-Keynesian economics.
If all the pain he has inflicted had transformed Britain's fiscal position, his policies could perhaps be defended. But that hasn't happened. Back in 2009, the O.B.R. predicted that by the end of 2013-2014, the deficit would have fallen to 3.5 per cent of G.D.P. Now, the O.B.R. says that the actual figure will be 6.1 per cent. And since most of its forecasts have proved too optimistic, this might well be another underestimate. Even by Osborne's preferred measure, which adjusts the headline figure for the state of the economy and doesn't count capital spending, the deficit won't be eliminated before 2016-17 at the earliest. The debt-to-G.D.P. ratio, which Osborne originally said would peak at about seventy per cent, has now hit seventy-five per cent, and it is forecast to come close to eighty per cent in 2015-2016. It was supposed to start falling next year. Now, it is set to keep climbing until at least 2017-2018.
A comparison with what has happened on this side of the Atlantic is illuminating. For the purposes of the natural experiment, the U.S. can be thought of as the control. In adopting a fiscal stimulus of gradually declining magnitude over the past four years, the Obama Administration has administered what was, until recently, the standard medicine for a sick economy.
As one would have expected on the basis of the textbooks, the American economy, while hardly racing ahead, has fared considerably better than its British counterpart. Between 2010 and 2012, G.D.P. growth here has averaged about 2.1 per cent. For the U.K., the figure is 0.9 per cent. What may be more surprising—at least to those of you who have been listening to the deficit hawks—is that the United States, while sticking with Keynesian stimulus policies, has also managed to bring down the size of its deficit, relative to G.D.P., almost as rapidly as hairshirt Britain has. Back in 2009, at the depths of the recession, both countries had double-digit deficits. Today, the U.S. deficit stands at about seven per cent of G.D.P., and the British deficit is about five per cent of G.D.P. But with the U.S. growing faster than the U.K,. the gap is set to close. Next year, according to the latest forecasts from the Congressional Budget Office and the O.B.R., the U.S. deficit will be considerably smaller than the U.K. deficit: four per cent of G.D.P. compared to six per cent.
Let's go over that one more time. Having adopted the policies of Keynes in response to a calamitous recession, the United States has grown more than twice as fast during the past three years as Britain, which adopted the economics of Hoover (and Paul Ryan). Meanwhile, the gaping hole in the two countries' budgets has declined at roughly the same rate, and next year the U.S. will be in better fiscal shape than its old ally.
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Cook the Book: Garlic and Black Pepper Soft-Shell Crabs
When thinking about springtime eating it's usually the vegetables that get the most attention. But spring is also a time for sea-sonal specialties—the ones from the sea, namely soft-shell crabs. Having spotted them on a few menus around town lately, I decided to try frying up a few of these molted blue crabs for myself.
These Garlic and Black Pepper Soft-Shell Crabs from Andrea Reusing's Cooking in the Moment get briefly dunked in fish sauce, coated in garlic and pepper-spiked rice flour, and fried until crackling crisp. Opting for rice flour instead of wheat flour gives these crabs an almost potato chip like crunch, and the fish sauce lends just the right amount of savory, oceanic tang.
Since they are such a precious, seasonal commodity, most places treat them very delicately. But this big flavor, big crunch treatment made it clear that soft-shells don't have to be handled with kid gloves—they're best when tackled like their hard-shell cousins. Fry up a big batch, lay them out on newspaper and dig in.
Adapted from Cooking in the Moment by Andrea Reusing. Copyright © 2011. Published by Clarkson Potter. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved.
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- Active time: 30 minutes
- Total time:30 minutes
- Vegetable oil, for frying
- 3 cups rice flour
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- ¼ cup freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup minced garlic
- ½ cup fish sauce
- 8 large soft-shell crabs, preferably jumbo or "whale" size, dressed and cut in half crosswise
Fill a deep, heavy pot with a lid about one-third full with oil, and heat it until a deep-fat thermometer reads 375°F.
In the meantime, combine the rice flour, salt, pepper, and garlic in a medium bowl. Put the fish sauce in a small bowl. Dip each piece of crab very briefly into the fish sauce, gently shaking off excess, and then into the rice flour mix. Roll the crab over and shake off any extra flour. Set aside. Repeat this process, until all the crab halves are dredged.
When the oil reaches 375°F, gently lay the crabs, top side down, in the oil. Don't crowd the pot—if necessary, fry them in batches—and use the lid as needed when the crabs are first added to the oil to avoid splattering. After 1 to 2 minutes, when the crabs are golden brown, turn them over and cook for another 2 minutes. Drain on clean brown paper bags and eat hot.
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Japan: "The Struggle is the Triumph!"
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Lithuania: "Lifting Up the Cross"
Maldives" "The Beauty of God & Nature"
Nicaragua: "The Enemy of Fear"
Okinawa: "The Hardest Place to lead People to Jesus!"
Pakistan-Afghanistan: "Making it, One Step at a Time!"
Qatar: "Staying Flexible"
Russia: "The War in the Mind"
St. Helena: "The God of Small Things"
Turkey: "Tourist or Witness?"
United States: "Do You Still Carry The Cross? (Juarez, Mexico)"
Vanuatu: "God is at Work!"
Wallis and Futuna: "Gifts of Love"
Yemen: "Cross Welcomed in Unexpected Places!"
Zanzibar: "Cross Carried in Every Nation & Major Island Group!"
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How Much is The Cross Worth?
'The Cross' is Pure Love!
Tips For The Times (More)
There Is Something About The Cross
The Beauty of Sharing Jesus
Life is not Stressing or Coasting!
"First Day, Hollywood, California December 25, 1969"
"There Are No Walls"
I Still Dream of "The New!"
"Don't judge who can come to the cross"
Jesus and Me
The god of "I" Self
The Lord of Hosts
The Cross, the Cross
Arthur Blessitt sayings! Preaching at Charis Bible College
How to have Lords Supper Holy Communion at home
Oh Lord You have visited me in the night
Holy Holy Holy is the Lord of Hosts
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (0W-3L-3D) battled valiantly but finished in a 3-0 defeat to Sounders FC U-23 (1W-2L-0D) in their fourth away match of the season at Curtis High School in University Place, Washington on Friday.
Despite an attacking mentality from the visiting 'Caps, Sounders FC would not be denied on home turf. The scoring opened on 18 minutes when striker Mohammed Dumbuya dribbled through the back line and fired a shot into the back of the net to put the Sounders up 1-0.
Dumbaya was at the centre of the action again in the 36th minute, holding up the ball well and finding Luis Esteves with a perfectly weighted ball. Esteves then who broke towards goal, finishing for a 2-0 lead.
Whitecaps FC U-23 nearly got one back in the 43rd minute, but Sounders FC U-23 defender Austin Dunker came to rescue for the home side. Striker Niall Cousens received the ball in the Sounders box with his back to the goal. After a quick turn turn, Cousens fired a shot towards diving Sounders FC U-23 goalkeeper Jefferson Caldwell, but the goalkeeper - who was off his line - cut down the angle. It looked as if the ball would cross the line, but Dunker made the save off the line to avert danger. The rebound came back to Cousens, but his second shot went into the side of the net.
In the 54th, minute Dumbuya was at it again deep in the 'Caps end. With the ball just outside the left side of the box, Dumbuya sent a great ball across the face of the goal where he found striker Nikolaj Hansen. Hansen then finished with a diving header to make the score 3-0.
For the remainder of the match the two sides looked for goals - especiallt the 'Caps pushing to get on the scoreboard. In the end, the final whislte blew to confirm a 3-0 result for the home side.
On to the next match for Whitecaps FC U-23, another one on the road against Washington Crossfire on Tuesday June 3 at 7 p.m. PT at Redmond High School.
Scoring Summary
18' – SEA – Mohammed Dumbuya (own goal)
36' – SEA – Luis Esteves (Mohammed Dumbuya)
54' – SEA – Nikolaj Hansen (Mohammed Dumbuya)
Match Stats
Total Shots: Seattle 13 – Vancouver 12
Saves: Seattle 3 – Vancouver 4
Fouls: Seattle 10 – Vancouver 10
Offsides: Seattle 3 – Vancouver 2
Corners: Seattle 2 – Vancouver 2
30' – SFC – Mohammed Dumbuya
75' – VAN – Niall Cousens
90+' – SFC – Clement Simonin
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23
Nolan Wirth, Mitch Piraux, Jackson Farmer, Jordain Farhani, Colton O'Niell, Harry Lakhan (Jordan Haynes 70'), Marlon Ramirez (Sean Einarrson 57'), Adam Jones (Marco Bustos 57'), Cody Cook, Reynold Stewart (Mark Baldisimo 45'), Niall Cousins
Substitutes Not Used:
Marco Carducci, Rares Serban, Nicholas Prasad
Sounders FC U-23
Jefferson Caldwell, Austin Dunker, Chase Hansen, Steve Mohn, Clement Simonin, Mark Lee (John Mau 90'), Michael Bajza, Christopher Wehan (Jamael Cox 68'), Luis Esteves (Richie Duffie 76), Nikolaj Hansen (Ian Lange 59'), Moh Dumbuya (Derek Johnson 63')
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Oversized hummingbirds and a pair of toucans flit about a tangle of jungle that is 50 shades of moist green.
A hefty iguana flicks his tongue at me as troops of treetop howler monkeys unleash a choir of otherworldly rasps and gasps that sound more like aggravated dinosaurs — I feel like I'm on the set of Jurassic Park and I haven't even got out of the shower yet.
Belcampo Belize is an agri-tourism eco-lodge that is all about saturating its guests in locally farmed organic food, Mayan culture and tropical nature and that includes a giant, full-frontal picture window facing the virgin jungle in every suite's spa-like bathroom.
An English-speaking country wedged between Mexico and Guatemala, Belize's sparsely populated southernmost province of Toledo is a remote frontier lucky to have retained about 75 per cent of its rainforest.
I fly into Toledo's Caribbean-paced main town of Punta Gorda (pop: 6,000) with its funky mix of dreadlocks, expats and rickety seaside watering holes and am picked up for the 20-minute shuttle to the hilltop perch of Toledo's only luxury lodge overlooking 23,000 acres of largely untrammelled jungle.
Relaxing on wicker sofas overlooking the jungle, I meet several couples who chose Belcampo for its varied activities — one woman loved the unique tropical foodie/farm immersion in exotic edibles while her hubby went saltwater fly-fishing for the elusive trio of bonefish, tarpon and permit: a bird watching aficionado had her binoculars aimed at toucanettes and motmots at 5 a.m. while her husband mountain biked, trekked to waterfalls and swam through huge limestone caves. Together they snorkelled, prowled Mayan ruins and savoured fresh organic salsa and sundowners with coconut, citrus and herbs from the property's Cocktail Garden.
While some resorts brand themselves "eco" by simply asking guests to hang up towels for a second use, Belcampo takes the designation to a seriously higher level.
While offering five-star quality in their 16 suites, they nixed wasteful amenity bottles in favour of in-room and spa products locally and organically produced. Laundry is line-dried. Furniture is crafted on-site from sustainably harvested wood.
Table waste is composted or fed to chickens and pigs residing on Belcampo's 1,000-acre farm, the source of the organic dining room's free-range eggs nestled alongside cinnamon-bark-house-smoked bacon, freshly squeezed orange juice and papaya marmalade.
When I ask my waiter how far my first breakfast has travelled to reach my plate, he does a quick count — "About 500 metres."
"Roughly 70 per cent of the food we put on the table is local," says Mara Jernigan, Belcampo's Canadian general manager.
"What we don't produce ourselves we source from local farmers whose practices we know well, including dairy products and veal from a nearby Mennonite community."
Mara is a chef, cooking teacher, organic farmer and longtime food activist instrumental in Vancouver Island's Slow Food movement.
After setting up and running the Cowichan Valley's Fairburn Farm with its culinary school and boot camps, she grabbed the chance in 2011 to help convert a failed Belizean fly-fishing lodge into an eco-retreat on the cutting edge of agri-tourism. In a country with no McDonald's, Walmart or Costco, the feisty foodie started up a working farm, managing a staff of 70 locals representing Toledo's cultural kaleidoscope — descendants of Confederates, Caribbean slaves, British buccaneers, East Indian indentured labourers and indigenous Mesoamericans.
My first morning starts with a wander through the hawkers and colourful stalls of Punta Gorda's fish and farmer's market. Then it's off to Belcampo's Bean to Bar chocolate-making workshop. Elon Ranguy, director of farm operations, starts it off with the Farm Tour, showing off crops including purple star apples, turmeric, coffee and a nursery crammed with wild, high quality criollo cacao plants. We tasted the sweet fresh fruit enveloping the almond-sized bean in the ripe pod Elon split with his machete. Then we moved inside to one of three modern agri-tourism pavilions — the other two will soon be busy with coffee and artisanal rum workshops — tasting our way throughout the roasting, grinding and tempering processes until we finally pour satiny-brown liquid into forms for our own chocolate bars!
The next day guide Vince Ical takes us to the Mayan ruins of Lubaantun with its temple platforms and museum collection of clay figurines and whistles. Then we head to his own Mayan village of Blue River where his wife creates a delicious traditional Belizean meal including curried palm hearts, marinated grilled chicken from their free-range backyard critters and still-hot corn tortillas served in their home overlooking a turquoise stream. We hike up that river afterwards, slipping on life-vests and swimming into a great yawning cave winding in the vast cool blackness towards a small waterfall, headlamps spotlighting crystal stalactites sparkling on the high ceiling.
Over the following days I kayak, hike and visit the commercial Spice Garden to see exotic flavours like cardamom, vanilla and nutmeg on the vine. I watch chocolate being made the Mayan way by Eladio Pop's family (he is featured in the NFB documentary The Chocolate Farmer) including grinding the beans on a stone metate and sipping hot cocoa out of a calabash shell .
Snorkelling With the Chef is on the menu for my final day when we cruise down the mangrove-lined Rio Grande into the Caribbean Ocean. We snorkel, helping chef Brandon Genus free dive for conch. After he spears two snappers and heads off to slice and dice, we explore in the warm waters off tiny Moho Cay spotting barracuda and sergeant majors. On the way back, when Brandon delivers conch and snapper ceviche, we scoop it with homemade tortilla chips while swishing freshly picked allspice leaf around in our Mayan Sunset cocktail.
If you go
From Belize City's Goldson International Airport (BZE) it is a 60-minute Tropic Air flight to Punta Gorda.
Belcampo Belize www.belcampobz.com has 16 suites with screened verandas including a hammock, spa-style bathrooms with jungle views, free Wi-Fi, a gym and laundry service. MORE INFORMATION
The Chocolate Farmer is a National Film Board of Canada documentary about Eladio Pop's chocolate farming. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XT5etmp-fA
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Family of Newtown victim Chase Kowalski starts triathlon program
NEWTOWN >> Chase Kowalski loved to run, bike and swim. Most of all he loved to race.
The summer before he was killed inside Sandy Hook Elementary School with 25 other students and staff, the 7 year old competed in his first triathlon.
Wearing swim shoes and riding his red "Lightning McQueen" bicycle inspired by the speedy character from the movie "Cars," Chase competed in a 20-yard swim, a half-mile ride and a third-of-a-mile run. He finished first in his age group.
Now Chase's family has started a foundation in his memory that will help other children experience the thrill of the race.
"He swam and he biked and he ran every day, that was the essence of who he was," his mother Rebecca said. "How could we not honor him in this way?"
The Chase Kowalski Memorial Fund is teaming with the Greater Waterbury YMCA to support that organization's existing triathlon program for kids, and work to spread the program across the country.
Chase ran competitively for the first time when he was just 2 1/2 years old, earning ribbons and Popsicles for his races. He ran three that day, begging his mother to let him do longer distances after each race. Rebecca Kowalski cried as she described how a 5-year-old friend — wearing the race number 26 — went back to hold hands with Chase and help him cross the finish line after his first 400-yard race.
Chase got his first bike when he was 4, and taught himself to swim in his backyard pool by watching Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte on television at the Olympics.
At 6 years old, Chase asked if he could do one of those races where he could combine all three events.
"Stephen and I busted out laughing," Rebecca Kowalski said, referring to her husband. "We said, 'Dude that's called a triathlon, maybe when you're 16."'
After much cajoling from her son, Kowalski went on line to research whether anyone offered triathlons for kids. She found one scheduled for a week later in Mansfield, about 90 minutes away.
The YMCA project, now called the Race4Chase Kid's Triathlon Program, will train children for six weeks during the summer in the fundamentals of swimming, racing and bicycling, culminating with a short-course triathlon, where the kids will earn medals.
"Self-esteem is a big part of this," said Jim O'Rourke, the executive director of the Greater Waterbury YMCA. "When you see a kid who could not even swim six weeks before complete this event, and see that look on their face. It lets them know that they can achieve."
The foundation is working with the YMCA to create protocols and a package that will allow other organizations across the country to set up similar Race4Chase triathlons, Rebecca Kowalski said. Two other Connecticut YMCAs are in talks to have races as early as next summer.
A Race4Chase triathlon is being planned for Newtown-area kids next July in Monroe, where Sandy Hook kids are currently attending school.
A lot of the funding is coming from athletes. The Kowalskis' fireplace is covered with medals that have been sent to them, some anonymously, by marathoners, triathletes, and others who have heard Chase's story.
Many raise money by collecting pledges for the miles they complete, logging them on the foundation website. The goal is to get to 1 million miles. Runners have tallied a little over 5,000 miles so far.
One of Stephen's childhood friends, Kevin Bresnahan of Colchester, Conn., recently completed 1,000 miles for Race4Chase, beginning the last leg of his endeavor at the high school where Chase ran his first races. There he left one of two batons he created with Chase's name on them.
"I left a note inside about paying it forward, taking the baton and doing something athletic with it, and passing it on," he said.
An 11-year-old girl, Alexis Garrity, took the baton to Florida, where she completed her first 5K in October. She had never run a mile before joining the group that helped Bresnahan finish his run.
"It was way harder than I thought it would be," she said. "I had to keep going I had to finish and not let anybody down especially Chase's family."
She has passed the baton to a family friend, who had lost a son at a young age. That woman plans to run a race on Dec. 14 in St. Augustine, Fla., and then pass the baton.
Rebecca Kowalski said that is the kind of thing she and her husband, Stephen, had hoped for when she started Race4Chase.
"It keeps his spirit alive," she said. "It's hard, but it makes me feel good that he inspires people to just go and do things, and inspires families to do things together."
Race4Chase: http://www.chasekowalskifund.com/Race4Chase.html


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Each Coleman Lantern model by Dutchmen includes old-world craftsmanship with conveniences such as upgraded seamless kitchen countertops, a Rest Easy mattress, Evergreen luxury furniture, and solar charge connections. The 6'10" ceiling height provides a spacious interior, and the power awning with LED lights are just a few of the reasons you will love whichever model you choose. The campground awaits you and your family!
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Report: Cubs to get OK for some Wrigley changes
MILWAUKEE -- The Commission on Chicago Landmarks will give the Cubs the go-ahead to extend the right- and left-field walls outward at Wrigley Field, build a new entrance, and remodel the dugouts, but it will not make a decision on outfield signs at a meeting on Thursday, according to a newspaper report.
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All-Star balloting begins today
All-Star balloting begins today at mlb.com and dodgers.com and I'd imagine that Dodger fans would love nothing more than to see our entire outfield voted into the All-Star Game that takes place down in Anaheim this year. It's in your hands to vote up to 25 times per email address for Dodger fans to help send all deserving Dodger position players to the Midsummer Classic.
On a much more serious and sad note, we want to express our most sincere and heartfelt condolences to the Colorado Rockies and the entire MLB family on the loss of Rockies President Kelly McGregor. What a tragic loss today of one of baseball's top executives and, by all accounts, a great human being.
And there's no real way to segue to the next topic, so here's tonight's lineup in Cincinnati…
Furcal, SS
Kemp, CF
Ethier, RF
Manny, LF
Loney, 1B
Blake, 3B
DeWitt, 2B
Martin, C
Billingsley, P
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32 &53fan ~ On FB, I'm Jane Moe.
Would love to see Andre and Matt in the All-Star Game they deserved it last year, and, hopefully the fans will make it happen this time.
Heard about McGregor this morning and am sending my prayers to his family.
Thoughts and prayers to the McGregor and Rockies family…..
Good looking line-up, lets make it a winner Boy's!!
I have a feeling this will turn out to be a much better road trip than the first one. Go seven Billz.
I mistook the player on crzblue's Facebook page for Steve Yeager. Actually it was Roy Gleason who was briefly on the Dodgers in 1963. Gleason was a hot prospect back then but had his career ended in 1967 due to injuries received in Vietnam. He was reported to be the only major league player who served in that war. Check out the similarities of these two at http://yfrog.com/jnsteveyeageremmaroygleasj
A nice article about Roy Gleason is at http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/article_adcbe841-d405-53c8-b571-2038371b276f.html
ITDers, what are your Facebook names?
It is I, Debra Nelson, on facebook. I think once you find one of us, we will make sure you find the rest of us 🙂
I heard about McGregor at lunch time. Thoughts and prayers go out to the family and the Rockies Organization.
My thoughts & prayers also go to his family and the Rockies organization. I read some about him and he sounded like he was a great guy. Way to young to pass.
LOL Messagebear!!!!
Speaking of………………..Volquez from the Reds was put on a 50-day suspension today for testing positive for PEDs. However, he is currently on the 60-Day DL after having Tommy John Surgery.
I saw that Nelly. They said that he can serve the suspension during his DL stint. I thought that was strange.
Ironic that Manny was the last MLB'er to get suspended and they are going to Cincy where Volquez currently plays.
Did Wally say he was going to any of the games?
I thought that was strange too Collie. Kind of funny that A-Rod got to do the same thing……….serve his suspension on the DL.
We never heard from Wally if he was going to any of the games or not. I am sure if he does, he will check in with us eventually. Hopefully, he will have a good time and be treated nice since he is a visiting fan.
I came in as the first post (I wasn't) and the last post within a 5 minute span 🙂
Take the challenge Frank!
Do something!!!!!
I dare you…
Hiya Everybody
My condolences to the family and friends of Rockies President Kelly McGregor.
The NL All-Stars haven't won in a long time, what they need are Manny, Kemp and Ethier.
Hi, OBF…….GO, DODGERS, GO!!!!!
Hello ITD.
My condolecnes to the family of President Kelly McGregor.
As you all know I am a season ticket holder and I have never had a bad experience at Dodger Stadium. I missed a total of four games last year and about the same the year before because of business trip.
I have been to games with Giant fans, Padre fans and Angel fans and Cardinal fans. I have been to games with people that I take for their first time. All have told me what a wonderful experience they had.
the new addtion of fans that are sitting to my left _seats 9&10 (I have seats 11&12) are happy that they got their tickets there in aisle 3 Top Deck. They gave their tickets to two friends for Saturday's game and Mary told me on Sunday that the young couple said "They seem to know each other there, is like family. We have actually formed a group on facebook this year. We had our first get together after the win on Sunday.
I have sat with groups in the field level, loge, reserved and even the pavilion if that is what they want to experience.
That's coming through there, CASEY. Good going guy.
Great first inning! Loved those walks and Casey's clutch double. I don't think we did that as much last year.
Thanks for sitting with me, crzblue2.
I hope Bills shakes off Phillips' HR quickly.
Damn….settle down, Chad!!!
You are so welcome!
Hey are you going to any of the games with the Dodgers next week?
I was reading Mike of the trolley blog that he and other Mets fans want Bobby Valentine as a manager.
MAN that didn't take long, come on Bills.
we shoulda traded him to toronto for halladay when we had the chance, this guy has lost it
Good grief! UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not looking good. Bills really seems to not be the pitcher we've expected. He is really unreliable. He was given a 3 run lead and then can't make the adjustments in the game when he starts getting hit.
I'm happy these runs weren't from walks.
I'm not happy that the Dodgers have already committed another error and it's in the 2nd inning. If he hadn't thrown that ball away the game would still be tied.
That would of been out #1, the next batter k'd for what would of been #2 and the next batter flew to RF for what should of been out #3.
You win with pitching and defense. Again we are lacking in both.
The good news is it's early and they came back from down 3 so why can't we??!!
I was thinking the same thing Splash!
The Rangers are smart they traded him.
That was a horrible inning!!!! The error didn't help. Let's see if Chad can settle down.
Maybe that 2nd inning might be Bills ONLY bad inning.
I bet the Reds are glad to see the Dodgers, right now after losing 5 in a row.
COM'ON GUY Get them runs back, NOW.
why would u steal with Andre and Manny comin up? we are killin ourselves this season!
n/m Nelly already posted it.
Than you going to losing Broxton and Kemp to Toronto.
hey Chad, thats how u throw to first, take notes
No good to be shutdown after the other team scores 6 runs.
Amazing how some pitchers settle down after their team gives them some runs.
take Chad out now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I wonder if the Reds did this good in BP.
Yes Emma all three games at Citi Field with Truebluewill and some of his friends.
Emma — That's great that you've never had any issues with all the games you go to.
But…I'm blown away that you haven't seen anything going there that was bad. Because I have every time I've gone. I think most others that have been to games have also seen things happen that is not good and I seem to recall you saying so on Opening Day that you saw things that were unpleasant. So I'm confused.
I for one want to see a change there in the attitude of the fans that cause many not want to go. To turn and look the other way when others are being harmed, intimated, etc… IMO is wrong and I can't do that.
I'm sorry if I offend anybody or if I'm annoying Josh but in my heart I feel something needs to be said and changes need to be made for the better. Sometimes addressing things that are unpleasant are well… unpleasant. But if they aren't addressed they will just get worse.
I've always been a positive blogger on here. Until recently when I've seen the other side of things. I'm not going to put on a "everything's ok here" smile when it isn't.
I'm a positive person and don't like confrontation but I feel I need to speak my mind to promote a positive change. If I get "booted" from ITD so be it. But until then I will make my comments because I think this is an important issue that needs to be addressed right away. Yes I want a winning team, but more importantly is the safety of the fans. If one person is hurt at a game, McCourt should be pissed and work hard at making it so it doesn't happen again.
It's obvious that he isn't…
I just finished cleaning out my travel trailer so it can be donated to an orphanage in Baja California. Coming up to my bedroom, I flip on the TV and see that it is Dodgers 3 with a graphic covering the rest of the screen. I'm thinking (why I don't know) it must be 3-0 Dodgers. Then the graphic disappears and I see the Reds have NINE runs!
I keep hoping this one time ace of the future, Billingsley, is going to pan out. Yet he keeps blowing it. Torre knows that pitching is the name of the game but apparently his view didn't count for much with Ned and Frank. I have a feeling Ned also agrees but doesn't want to rock the boat with his boss. We need to get a new owner who is not leveraged up to his eyeballs and wealthy enough not to sweat a little negative cash flow.
Thanks you Martin
It's going to take some comeback after Votto's HR.
I should've had stay sleep when it was 3-0.
Hello Tru. Thanks. I love baseball and I want others to love it as well. Anytime kids get beer thrown at them is enough for me. Something needs to be done about it.
Error #2.
Did I mention pitching & defense?
If we turn that dp they wouldn't had nothing.
Amazing how some pitchers settle down after their team gives them some runs.
By oldbrooklynfan on April 20, 2010 6:05 PM
Yes it is OBF.
I know what you mean. I've been to several ball parks and there are abusive fans at each of them….however, I DON'T WANT IT TO HAPPEN AT DODGER STADIUM!!!!
WAY TO GO COLLIE!!!! I for one, want to see you and wifey back at Dodger Stadium some day. So, you keep on saying what you need to say because I am 100% behind you on this issue. When I feel more comfortable at times at AT&T Park wearing Dodger gear than my family feels wearing their Giants gear at Dodger Stadium than something isn't right. It may not be important to some, but Frank needs to realize if it's important to one person, it should be important to him.
To bad Ortiz didn't get that dp he would've had 2 scoreless inning.
The one good thing that might come out of this game is, it could be Ramon Ortiz's last game as a Dodger.
The Reds BP suck to. The Reds ranking in team ERA is one rank up.
Those freaking ER's and Ortiz not getting the dp that's was 4 extra runs there.
oops unearned runs
Thanks Nelly. I want to go but Wifey hasn't enjoyed it the last few times and was really scared the last time.
With this pathetic crew of pitchers I know where this team is going this year – NO WHERE. Finally have an offense, now they can't pitch or field. FIRE NED – he's the horse's asss who can't put a team together.
I also think its time to face facts that Billz just isn't that good. HOWEVER, I don't think he's THIS bad either, so fire that A-Hole Honeycutt because I don't see how he's helping Billz or Kersh. Maybe somebody new could get into Billz's rather messed up head and find some semblance of a pitcher inside.
That is all. Carry on.
I don't think anyone could help Bills.
lol the Reds have no wins from there SP gosh didn't want to here that
That's the second time this year I saw BLAKE just miss clearing the wall
Good DEWITT.
Good evening all.
In an earlier thread, it was mentioned that Bills should go back to middle-long relief out of the pen. He did do well in that role before getting a starting job. The thing is, who would step in to replace him? I don't see anyone worth a hill of frijoles coming out of the pen, or waiting in the wings to do it.
I would leave Bills where he is. It was the 2nd inning he got blasted. He just needs to learn how to change his game plan or adjust during the game if what he's doing isn't working. With a young pitcher that's the coaches job.
Right Nelly???…
Well that was nice 2 see. A 1,2,3 inning…
I'm kinda thinking we need to let Billz "rehab" a bit in AAA. It's obvious Honeycutt doesn't cut it so maybe Hough can. What do you all think?
My last comments looks funny to me, I'm complementing both
BLAKE and DEWITT, DEWITT for the clutch hit.
I'd like to see Hersh.
You would think as long as Honeycutt has been the pitching coach he could be more help to Chad. Bills has the tools & talent to do better. I'm thinking more & more it's a mental thing. Maybe he needs to consult a sports psych for a shrink session.
Collie, I'd like to see Hersh too but I don't think that's gonna happen. I've heard that Hough has a good handle on things and is a wonderful mentor.
Link the next Gagne with those goggles.
I think Hersh would be a great manager 🙂
More gosh damn leaving runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out.
Well Sparkle then I'd be all for him. They have a young staff and need someone to mentor them that's for sure. That why I'd (I know everybody will be mad at me for this) be okay with seeing Smoltz in some capacity. He was a starter and a closer so he could help with both aspects. He couldn't be worse that Haeger. Or could he?
I don't see why collie thinks he'd get booted for speaking up. Last game I went to at the Stadium had some unpleasantness, but not as bad as some of the videos I've seen. Security should really be beefed up. You could sell one of Jaime's Malibu houses. Then sell the other one and go out and get a pitcher.
Can Billz really be this bad? Hard to imagine.
Damn Loney couldn't put the ball in play. We needed to get at least one run on an out in that situation.
Exactly Shad. Those 2 RISP's could come back to hurt us.
I'm not a psychiatrist and never studied psychiatry, but I new a few, but after Brandon Phillips HR, I had this feeling, that Bills was going to go sour.
See my comment above.
Nice to see Martin throw someone out for a change.
Dear Mr. Vice President of Communications Josh,
This blog is becoming almost unusable. Assuming that a post will eventually get submitted, albeit sometimes after a lengthy delay where we don't know whether or not it took, the so called "time warp" makes it very difficult to follow the conversation. After several days where my time is about an hour ahead like most people here, it is now about right which inserts my post before about 10 others that I have already read. Unless someone scrolls back two or three pages, they will never see a post with the right time such as my last one.
For a few minutes, please stop your duties which support the marketing department and get on the horn with a top executive of MLB Advanced Media to get this thing fixed. It can't be that hard to add extra servers to balance the load or to tune up the database. If you have been monitoring this blog, you know how frustrated we fans are.
Good job Link, now lets get some runs boys!
Not to mention that errors that Bills made gave the Reds 2 extra runs.
6:36 Naturally my last post reverted back to almost an hour ahead and was inserted at the end…
Nice job by Link. Flashes of Wade when he showed up. Not over-powering, but effective.
If Loney would had did that they would be a run.
I think he was thinking positive after a 3 run lead and a1, 2, 3
first and he's the type of person that can be psyched out after a HR, right at that moment.
He should talk to someone.
Even the Reds got a break.
Knouff — I don't think necessarily that I'd get booted. Let's just say that my point was that I'm not always going to say how great everything is when it isn't, just so people like what I have to say.
I also would love to work for the Dodgers. But I want what's best for the Dodgers and their fans. If that ruffles feathers or makes some not like me than so be it.
What's up with that Reds hat on Rose?
Geez I heard that story before with Furcal + Manny= More hits for Pete Rose.
Too bad they didn't get that double last inning.
I love ruffled feathers! lol
Way to go Belliard! We got our shot here let's do it.
lol at the pitching coach just pat his pitcher butt.
1. You've got an owner that all he cares about is fleecing the fans to get enough money to support his, and up until recently, his wife's lifestyle. He doesn't give a ratsass about security for fear he'll lose that almighty beer dollar. He won't (or can't because he's so leveraged) spend any money on the team, nor will he replenish the farm, which he's raped so that he doesn't have to pay a PVL's salary. He raises ticket prices at a time when the economy for most people is getting harder and harder to make ends meet. He forces you to buy a 14 or 7 game ticket plans if you want to see the Yankees. Yup, he's da man.
2. You have an incompetant GM who after 4 seasons still doesn't know the first thing about talent and what it takes to build a winner. But he is a brown noser to the owner so he gets his contract extended.
3. You've got a field manager that has all the life and personality of a turnip, and is one of the worst in-game tacticians I've ever seen.
That about cover it? This franchise is dead from the neck up, and unless the fans start hitting back in ownership's only vulnerable spot – his pocketbook, nothing is ever going to change. He counts on the lemming effect and to his credit, so far he's been right.
Now that my be cynical, but I call it as I see it.
RISP, let's go!!!!!!!!!!!!
WTG Raffy! Furc em!
lol at the pitching coach just pat his pitcher butt.
Alright Raffy!
32/53 — Saw your posts up above. Nice!
Never fail the Reds sorry bullpen should've left Rhodes in
Woo Hoo! Has Kemp been a HUGE STUD this season so far, or what?!!!!!!
That was AWESOME!!!
Enchanted ~ The Spin Stops here! 🙂
LOL Tru & E.
Rangers running vs. Red SoxEmail Print Comments Share13 retweet Associated Press
BOSTON — The Texas Rangers stole a franchise record nine bases in the first five innings against the Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night.
Texas swiped one in the first inning, five in the third and two in the fourth. The Rangers broke their own mark in the fifth on Nelson Cruz's steal of third.
Boston's catchers had thrown out just one of the last 22 runners entering the game. The nine steals allowed matched the most by Boston since Oct. 3, 1913.
The five in one inning was also a Rangers' record.
Wow interesting Boston catchers suck but I'll still take Martines lol. Do we played them this year? Dang Loney got freaking rob.
please tell me we didn't come back for nuthin
I sure do wish Loney could of put the ball in play last inning with runners at 2nd & 3rd & 1 out.
Brox would be warming up in the pen right now.
I don't know Tru – think I sugar-coated it too much.
Defense & pitching.
2 walks and then a dropped ball by James = 2 runs with a runner on 2nd.
CRAP!!! The defense & pitching is blowing hard so far this season!
Cranial Rectal Inversion on the Dodger defense……
Can this team get anymore pathetic? (Don't answer that.)
Yes, pitching and defense wins championships.
Well done Ned. Well done.
Hate to say it enchanted, but it will probably get worse before it gets any better. 😦
Good night all!
All I have to say right now is………UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!
In Troncoso defense he was screw in that 3-2 pitch to Bruce and that was Belliard who dropped that ball.
What the hell can Ned do when McCourt still own this team?
I guess it time for the Lakers game and back to vote on the all stars.
Ned's supposed to be a judge of talent.
Ned's supposed to find at least passable ballplayers even on a budget. (Ref. Beane, Billy.)
Ned's supposed to not sign FAs he knows are hurt, fat, overrated or aged.
Ned's supposed to fire incompetent coaches.
Ned's supposed to keep the farm system stocked.
Ned's supposed to put together creative offers and deals to obtain some real talent.
Ned's supposed to know his team and farm system inside and out so he can deal from a position of strength.
Ned's supposed to not squander millions upon millions of dollars.
In short, Ned's supposed to be everything he isn't.
It isn't a case of what CAN he do, its more of a case of what DOES he do?
And I think we all know the answer to that.
please tell me we didn't come back for nuthin
By bluesplash09 on April 20, 2010 7:56 PM
Um Blue…
I blame this on that jinx post right there.
Thanks for the correction on who dropped the ball Shad.
My point is that the ball was dropped by a player wearing the jersey that has "Los Angeles" on it. Way to many of those. I'm sick of seeing these errors for this team. It is ugly baseball.
The stuff that's killing us is what should have been worked out during spring training for cryin' out loud! The rundowns, the defense, the pitchers being prepared for the season . . . when does it end???
Errors by pitcher and the stuff chad threw, geez just beat yourself. then our boys mount a comeback, a hefty one at that, only to lose. There isn't a word in English that quite describes this, So just "crap" will have to suffice. Things will be better tomorrow?
I was shock they took Loney out and I was hoping Belliard would took over at 2nd bases for Dewitt.
No disrespect meant to you, Emma, but if you have never personally had a bad experience at Dodger Stadium after attending all those games it's because you're covered in Dodger Blue. And if you've never seen anything bad happen to someone wearing gear from a visiting team you are either very, very lucky or you're looking the other way ….. a lot. I understand that you are a tremendous Dodger fan – one of the most dedicated I know of – and when you read things that are negative, it hurts. You regard the Dodgers as your family, but so do those of us who DO see these things and want them to stop.
I join collie and northstate and junie and everyone else that is mentioning (and CONTINUING TO MENTION) the need, no, the absolute necessity of halting the ruination of the Dodger Stadium fan experience.
It just is not that difficult to identify and deal with these miscreants. It just takes some courage and willingness to do what's right. Unfortunately, a dozen jackassses in a crowd of 45,000 will really stand out.
Yes, you'll find these persons everywhere. At every ballpark. At every football stadium. At every soccer stadium. They feel entitled to do whatever they want because their whole thing is intimidation. Tough guys have been around for a long time, but what is new to the game (IMHO) is lack of respect.
I was raised to respect other people's feelings. I was raised to respect their rights as human beings. So were most of the people my age. However, that seems to be a dying trait. These criminals not only don't care about anyone's rights, but they actually get enjoyment from getting under people's skin, getting into profane screaming matches, and in some cases giving them a beat-down. They don't care who is around to hear and see these terrible scenes, don't care about tramatizing a child.
I have always enjoyed a good-natured back-and-forth bantering between myself and a fan from the other team. I used to say that every single time I went to the Stadium I would find myself sitting next to one of their fans. But it was always done with a smile and nothing was ever done to hurt or challenge anyone's manhood. I think the best time I ever had doing that was when I was fortunate enough to be sitting in the left field pavilion when Bobby Welch struck out Reggie Jackson. There was a Yankee fan on the other side of the isle and we went at each other all game long. When it was over and the place was rockin' in celebration, we shook hands and exchanged smiles and wished each other well.
It's called class. He had it. I had it. I've done the same thing when I go to DogFoodPark in my Dodger gear and have fun with Padre fans around me. I have yet to have a bad experience there, but then I've only been to a half-dozen games so far.
So, Josh, what do we do? Simple. Go back to the Rat Pack thread and read Junie's post on April 17th @ 9:56PM. That was immeadiately followed by northstate and we were off and running into the wee hours. Collie had some great suggestions.
I'm becoming interested in the silence. I figure that you're working on it and am waiting for some answers from above. At least I hope that's it. I hope that we're not being ignored, because sticking your head in the sand is what is propagating this problem. I can promise you that I'll continue to mention it and I've definitely got the feeling that there's no give-up in collie or north either.
And it's a crying shame that such great fans as Collie and Wifey are AFRAID to attend a game in our wonderfully beautiful and historic grand Dodger Stadium.
A real, genuine crying shame. 😦
The Giants are losing 1-0 and given up 1 hit to the Padres ouch.
Yeah agree with Eric.
Dodgereric ~ Thank-you……Thank-you……..Thank-you!!!!!
Let's just hope Josh really does talk to Management and spreads the word!!!!!
Thanks shad and tru.
OK, what's your favorite Chick-ism?
A – Bunny hop in the pea-patch
B – Hand in the cookie jar
C – Mustard off the hot dog
D – Game is in the refrigerator
E – Got another one?
Personally I always laughed when he said "He did the bunny hop in the pea patch", but I guess my favorite was when he put the game in the 'fridge, especially when he started adding all the other things to it, the jello is jigglin', the butter is getting hard, etc.
We miss you, Chick. Congrats on the statue. It's long overdue.
Eric — Great post! You made some great points about class and the fun bantering. I've also had that experience with fans up here where we walk away laughing with each other.
Thanks for always having great things to say in a classy way. I for one definitely appreciate your posts!
I'm also hoping the silence is due to some work being done to really realize that something needs to be done and they are getting an action plan together to make Dodger Stadium a place that is a happy & fun place to go.
Good Evening ITD readers and writers!!! As I am typing this, I am getting an earful from our local news about Billz' implosion, Matt's 3-run jack, only to lose the game – blah!!!. The only saving grace up here is that the gnats lost 1-0, and they are now tied for first with the Padres. The Dbacks beat the Cards. Craziness in this division right now.
Ward Dear – fabulous post!!!
Eric, my favorite Chick-ism is E – the popcorn machine. I became a Laker fan in 1965 or 66 after Gail Goodrich spoke at my high school; he graduated from Poly 4 or 5 years earlier before attending UCLA and then signing with the Lakers. I really loved Chick and had the opportunity to meet him briefly once before a game. What a neat guy!
Collie and Eric,
When I was sent an email about my experience at Dodger Stadium, I mentioned in there that I thought the head of security should have gone after my friend Eric and I following us making sure we turn our hand bags inside out so that the words I had "Hilda is Here!" And his "This IS the year!" would not show.
I do not turn the other way if I see something. I have the number that they flash on the screen on my phone just in case but I had not had to use it. I've been with fans in their Giant gear, in their Padre, Cardinal gear and they were treated well. Maybe is because I knew the people around.
We are having a third get together from another forum. The last one we had was when the Giants were in town. We had Giants fans around us and we picked on each other but it was in a friendly rivalry way.
What I saw on Opening Day was this woman throwing up in the bathroom because she overdid it drinking. They had to close that section and her boyfriend went to get her.
I've been to San Francisco often for games but the last game there I was turned off by the security not doing anything about Giant fans. At Dodger Stadium, security comes to us and asked us right away if someone is bothering us. There was this fan from the Padres that was being very loud and rude. Right away a security came to me and asked me if he was bothering me. When you get to see the people that work around us day and day out at the stadium, they know us and take care of us.
I am sorry guys, but I have never felt threaten at Dodger Stadium. When my brother does not want to go, I go alone for a night game or a day game and I park outside. The same thing with my friend Lorena, sometimes her second ticket only gets used to put her bag there. My friend Jeanie in the same section who has season tickets and lives in Rancho Cucamonga comes by herself and parks outside. She parks in what I call LorenaVille. Lore calls where I park "El Valle de Crzblue".
Before the shuttle, I used to walk to Sunset and take the bus to Downtown and then another one home. If anyone reads my blog, you read Erik was a host in my blog where he wanted to write how we met and how he met Lore because of public transportation. Erik and I took the shuttle bus on that game that went passed midnight and then a bus back to where I leae my car for my daily commute to work.
I read about the yutube video in the Reserved on Opening Day but no, I was not anywhere close to that. Is very unfortunate that that happened. Fans start to drink too early on Opening Day. I can tell you that this year I have not had a drink at Dodger Stadium. I am not a beer drinker. I do prefer a mix drink and do enjoy one every once in a while at the stadium.
Of all the stadiums I have visited, I have felt more threaten at San Francisco and at Angel Stadium. I have not been back to either place since 2008 because of that.
At the end of the Rat Pak thread I had posted something too just in case anyone wants to read it.
Anyway, I am frustrated with Billingsley's performance. I'd like to ring his ears and asked what the hell is going on with him!'
OBF and True,
I hope the boys in Blue play better when you go see them.
that is good that you are donatin the trailer to the orphanage. You made me remember my friend Ramona. She passed away two years ago with Cancer. She and her husband always used to got to Tijuana, load up their van with clothes and food and go donate it to the orphanages there.
Not sure if I mentioned this but the night that the game went past midnight and we took the last shuttle to Union Station, we had to wait a long time for a bus to take me to the ELMO station wher I leave my car. We passed by "La Placita" to take a local bus since we had missed the one that goes on the freeway. Anyway, on both sides of the narrow street of La Placita (Olvera Street) church, there were homeless sleeping there wrapped in their blankets or sleeping bags. Just bodies after bodies. I know I see it from the train and I also see it in downtown but late at night you see more bodies and where they sleep. Is ashamed that we don't have more sleeping quarters. This morning as I waited for a bus, there was this woman with her shopping cart and her hair undescribable from not being washed in who know how long. If they asked me for money I give them a couple of dollars. Is when they don't ask that I don't know what to do.
Jon Link optioned; Torre said Belisario will be activated tomorrow. ? Dylan Hernandez
Nine runs should be enough to beat anybody, but spotty pitching, and three errors and a great effort from Blake, Kemp, etc. and it's out the window. As they say out here "this aint gonna git it!" Maybe Honeycutt should just kick Billingsley in the butt and see if that helps. Ask him how he likes those sunsets in New Mexico.
The team ERA is 5.55. They're 13th in a 16 team league. They have 1 save, and they've given up so many 3-run jacks that I've lost count.
You can't fire the entire pitching staff, but you sure can fire the pitching coach that has done NOTHING to help Billz and Kersh further ther development. Billz is now a basket case and Kersh still throws a bazillion pitches. Where's the coaching?
Can Honeycutt's a** and hire someone else. If the new guy can't show some improvement in a month, then can the mustacio'd man that put the staff together. We finally have a team that looks like it can consistantly put some runs on the board, and they might only win 50% of the time they score 7+.
………..and how discouraging that must be as a hitter in this lineup to not be able to win when you put up 9 runs…………3 in the first inning to another one of the worst teams in the entire league.
Bear – when you get that marketing job with the Dodgers, will you come back on here and let us know exactly what it is that Mannion does?
You hit the nail on the head Bear – the improvements are all in the money making areas – more concession stands, raising ticket prices while reducing payroll, not spending money on security for fear you'll lose the hoodlum dollars on $10 beer…
I think I'm reading a little negativity 🙂
Hoodlum Beer and Assorted Nuts.
And why the hell did they option Link back down for Bellisario? Surely we have a better candidate (the other Ortiz) for DFAing and keep Link around a few more days til Kuo comes back.
Are you really surprised by the move, Enchanted? To me, it's par for the course……the total lack of management for the team.
Where or where has Wally gone? I would love his take on last night's game considering he is probably putting up with alot of crap from Reds fans today.
Good afternoon everyone???.
This is just my opinion , mind you??
Does anyone know how, J-Mac is faring in AAA so far??
It just seems to me that if you are going to trot out a hope and a prayer to the mound every night, in trying to salvage a game. It should be someone that has had some success as of late. J-Mac has shown flashes of excellence the last two seasons in the bull-pen.
On Billingsley, I missed his performance last night?.however from the previous outing when he was struggling he couldn?t establish the outside of the plate?.some of that looked to be from an umpire squeezing the zone on him. He needs to get that respect back?.Also the opposing batters were not chasing, the off speed stuff out off the plate?forcing him to come in and then, he was out over the middle and up in the wheelhouse?. With out that outer part of the plate, he is going to struggle?JMO!!
Last season at this juncture in the season our pitchers?..mainly our relief corps, had much better movement and location. This year they seem a little flat?.which once again makes them vulnerable to a big league batsman?.Is this due to the fact that we are trying to avoid injury, or is it because the pitching coaches are just lame?..could be I don?t know what I am talking about?..although, I know this is what I have seen.
The Pitching staff as a whole?The Team as a whole?.The Management as a whole need to get it together and soon?or we will struggle to maintain our sense of respect as The Team To Beat!!!!
In saying this Lets Go Out And Win Today, Tomorrow and every chance we get?No Wasted Opportunities!!!!
lineup vs. Reds: Furcal 6 Kemp 8 Ethier 9 Ramirez 7 Loney 3 Blake 5 DeWitt 4 Martin 2 Kuroda 1
It's been said here before, many times and it's been said elsewhere many times…….move the batter back…..or at least plant that seed in his mind, by throwing inside. Sure there will be some retaliation…..That's just the way things are….when you get tough, and we need to get tough!!!
Wow, big surprise the Dodgers sent down the only pitcher not to give up any runs yesterday.
Can you DFA a pitching coach? A manager? A GM?
Aw, c'mon. Be fair. Stare and compare:
Now who would you rather keep?
A) The PVL who gives up a run every time out?
B) Or the youngster who reminds you of your lost love?
Oh, bear….nice pull on Mannion. He probably should be the one responsible.
Fire Joe
Fire the guy who hired Joe
Fire Mannion
Fire the guy who hired Mannion
I agree, Dodgereric……."F" all of them!!!!!!
Thank god Kuroda is pitching today.
Why do we have to wait for Kuo to be ready to get rid of the last of the Ortizii?
Haha. I agree Eric & Bear!
Let's keep Nancy B., Vinny, and Logan White and the rest can go!
Can you DFA a pitching coach? A manager? A GM?
By scott_in_arcadia on April 21, 2010 2:35 PM
I'd like to DFA an owner and the Baseball Commissioner, as long as we're at it, Scott.
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These bones are from a site in northwestern New Mexico; the site was occupied (we estimate) around 1660 A.D., by historic Navajo (or Diné) peoples. This is just one of a suite of sites I'm examining, all Navajo-affiliated, and all from the 16th and 17th centuries. Most archaeologists think Athapaskan-speaking Native Americans (including the Navajo) entered the southwestern US in the 15th century, though some argue for earlier or later arrival. Early on, it seems, the Navajo were mostly hunter-gatherer, maybe with a little agriculture, but at some point they adopted sheepherding with great enthusiasm. I'm interested in learning about this transition in subsistence, which is why I'm analyzing the zooarchaeological remains from these sites.
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She didn't know it at the time, but all around her, others were filled with the same reflexive incredulity. And the reaction was not unique to 9/11. Whether they're in shipwrecks, hurricanes, plane crashes or burning buildings, people in peril experience remarkably similar stages. And the first one--even in the face of clear and urgent danger--is almost always a period of intense disbelief.
Luckily, at least one of Zedeño's colleagues responded differently. "The answer I got was another co-worker screaming, 'Get out of the building!'" she remembers now. Almost four years later, she still thinks about that command. "My question is, What would I have done if the person had said nothing?"
Most of the people who died on 9/11 had no choice. They were above the impact zone of the planes and could not find a way out. But investigators are only now beginning to understand the actions and psychology of the thousands who had a chance to escape. The people who made it out of the World Trade Center, for example, waited an average of 6 min. before heading downstairs, according to a new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study drawn from interviews with nearly 900 survivors. But the range was enormous. Why did certain people leave immediately while others lingered for as long as half an hour? Some were helping co-workers. Others were disabled. And in Tower 2, many were following fatally flawed directions to stay put. But eventually everyone saw smoke, smelled jet fuel or heard someone giving the order to leave. Many called relatives. About 1,000 took the time to shut down their computers, according to NIST.
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It's always fun to catch up with former Bush White House neocons because they're usually still doing awful things. Politico's Laura Rozen found some dirt on Richard Perle who, it turns out, is part of Muammar Qaddafi's image makeover team.
Perle is a resident fellow at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute and was one of the main architects of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. You can always count on Perle to be right at the nexus of business and human catastrophe. In the years after he served as chairman of the Defense Policy Board under George W. Bush, it seems Perle did some traveling overseas:
Perle traveled to Libya as a paid adviser to the Monitor Group, a prestigious Boston-based consulting firm with close ties to leading professors at the Harvard Business School. The firm named Perle a senior adviser in 2006.
Perle was visiting Libya as part of a team called "the Project to Enhance the Profile of Libya and Muammar Qadhafi," which also featured the world's preeminent racist Middle East scholar, Bernard Lewis. They'd visit Libya and then come home to tell everyone how wonderful and business-friendly the North African nation had become and that really, Brother Leader isn't such a bad guy after all!
"In coordination with the [Libyan government] Monitor briefed officials and various agencies of the United States government. Monitor continues to advocate on Libya's behalf with a range of leading individuals. Many of these individuals have indicated a willingness to engage with Libya and visit in the future."
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Congrats! We've all survived "hump" day and we're one step closer to the weekend. And as we creep a little closer to the promise land, our temps will be creeping up as well. Mid 80s look to be the rule for the next couple days around NWAR with highs nearing 90° for the River Valley.
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I would like to see the Reds give the Pirates a call. Marte and Oliver Perez are two guys I wouldn't mind seeing in a Reds uniform.
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"I'm 72 years old and I'm going to stay as long as I can," says State Rep. Dominic Jacobetti (D-Negaunee), Lansing's most career of career politicians. Jacobetti has spent the past 38 years--more than half his life--in the Michigan Legislature.
On November 3, the voters of this state will decide the fate of a citizens' initiative to limit the terms of Jacobetti, his colleagues in the State House and Senate, and those of Michigan's 16 congressmen and 2 senators. If they vote yes, and polls indicate they will, Jacobetti will be looking for something else to do well before his 80th birthday.
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Last year's defeat of a term limit proposal on the Washington state ballot may be difficult for the idea's opponents to repeat. That measure was peculiarly draconian, applying limits retroactively on current lawmakers. That's a tactical mistake from which term limit advocates have learned their lesson.
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In other words, when politicians know they must return to ordinary society and live under the laws passed while they are in Congress, they will think more carefully about the long-term effects of the programs they support. Their end-all will not be reelection, because that option will not be available. Their end-all will be to live the rest of their lives as American citizens.
The notion of the "citizen-legislator" is likely to sweep the country in the current political climate. The public is justifiably cynical about the hollow promises of professional politicians purchased with special interest money. Opponents of term limits are often the same interests who milk big government for all they can get, such as defense contractors in Washington or the Michigan Education Association in Lansing. Moreover, they are perceived increasingly by intelligent voters as advancing arguments that carry little weight.
For instance, it is charged that limits are inherently anti-democratic, that people should be free to elect whoever they want to office. Voters sense, however, that there's nothing democratic about a system that allows incumbents to amass so much power by exploiting their office that challengers can rarely win. Besides, we already fix all sorts of restrictions on who can and cannot hold office, no matter how popular they may be--from age and residency requirements to two four-year terms for the President.
Members of Congress have a built-in political machine, paid for by taxpayers, that operates to keep them in office. More than 30,000 staff people work for them, and many members actually spend more tax money on postage to mail advertisements about themselves than they get in salary. The system is a stacked deck, a political monopoly, and most voters know it.
Without long-term legislators, goes another argument, no one will be able to control the bureaucracy. Even if that were plausible (and it isn't, because legislators ultimately control the purse and the power to control the bureaucrats if they want), it overlooks the unholy alliances built up between bureaucracies and long-term legislators.
For example, Rep. John Dingell (D-Michigan), chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, who has been in Congress since 1955, not only has a huge staff of his own but has 22 employees of the Government Accounting Office detailed to his office. The problem, however, is genuinely non-partisan; when it comes to empire-building within a system that encourages it, there are no party distinctions.
It is a fact that long-term lawmakers from both parties vote for more bureaucracy than do lawmakers who have been in office for shorter times. Term limits mean that lawmakers will have little reason or ability to develop cozy deals with bureaucracies.
For sure, term limits are not a cure-all for corruption and gridlock in government. But large numbers of angry Americans are looking at them as a positive structural reform, a necessary step to change the incentives of legislators so they will think more about the good of their states and country and less about their next campaign.
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