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More than 200 runners showed up at Norwood Hodges Community Center at 8 a.m. Thursday – long before the late night shopping, football and turkey carving – to start their holiday off with a brisk, cool 6-mile run in the Plucked Turkey 10K road race.
The event, held by the Anniston Runners Club and the Calhoun County YMCA, is low-key by design, said Maggie Burn Owen, director of operations at the YMCA. She said the event started off as a small group of runners who got together every Thanksgiving to run the course, before someone got the idea to turn it into a road race.
Keeping true to its humble origins, the race is small, and offers only a handful of door prizes with awards only for the first three finishers, male and female. The fastest man and woman in the race each get a turkey breast. Second- and third-place finishers get a pie.
"The people just come out here for the fun of it," she said.
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Andy and Glenna Gillentine, a couple from Columbia, S.C. who were visiting family in the area, said the race fit perfectly with their training to do a half-marathon.
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October 2013
If you have not visited this RV park, you are missing a treat. Sites are spacious and well-maintained - easy in and out. Views - creek or mountain - are wonderful. The staff's attention to details is apparent everywhere. Sorry we could stay only two nights this visit. Love the area. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
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September 2012
We stayed for 6 nights because we had family in the area. Rate reflects a combination of weekday Passport America and weekend regular rate. Nice gravel area. Right on a creek with boat rentals, tubing, etc. Clean and quite. We had stayed her several years ago and will be back. We camped here in a Motorhome.
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July 2012
What a piece of paradise! We camped here for one night on a stream-side site. The owner of the park lent us a 50-30 amp converter so we could have the executive creek site. The sites are level and the campground is clean. There is a driving range and a very well stocked store for kayakers. They do a river float where they drop you off five miles upriver and you can float back down in your tube or kayak. I am excited to come back here one day. We camped here in a Motorhome.
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July 2010
We stayed here because we had family in the area. We had a creek side site and it was very nice. No cable TV, but that wasn't a problem for us. Nice gravel sites. Water pressure was a little low. They have lots of water related activities. Nice office with supplies available. We will be back. We camped here in a Motorhome.
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August 2009
A nice clean park that fronts on a beautiful creek. All crushed limestone, no pavement. Wireless was good at our site, which was well away from the office. We arrived in the early evening hours and were sent to the site with no mention that only 50 amp service was available. Office closed in the meantime. Thankfully, a gentleman familiar with the park went to the office and secured an adaptor for us. Without his help, it would have been a hot night in Georgia. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
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July 2009
First the positives: This park is located on a beautiful creek (Cedar Creek). All the tent campsites are arranged along the creek, and from what I could tell they all looked very nice. The campground offers shuttle service upstream for canoes, and they allow tubing along the campground. Now the negatives (and there are many). There are a lot of homesteaders, and it gives the entire park a trailer-park feel. Unless you happen to get a site alongside the tent sites (along the creek), there is no shade, no landscaping... just a big gravel parking lot. The sites were very unlevel. They provide 50-amp service only; we had to buy a $25 adapter to use a 30 amp connection (although they did offer to let us return it when we left). The shower house is near the office and is not near the campsites. Wi-Fi does not work at the sites unless you have a external antenna with amplifier. They didn't mention that they don't provide shuttle service for tubes (only canoes), so our entire visit was a waste. This campground has a lot of potential. My suggestions to the owners are to 1) move all the homesteaders to one end of the park and plant hedges to separate them from the campers, 2) level the campsites, 3) build a least one shower house near the campsites, 4) do some landscaping (trees, grassy islands, etc.) 5) put a Wi-Fi repeater at the new shower house that you build, 6) change your ridiculous policy about tubing, 7) provide 30-amp connections at the sites. I would not stay here again unless I heard that they had made at least some of these improvements. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
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July 2009
This was a nice park with very large RV sites. We had a back-in right by the creek. The roads are very wide and easy to maneuver any size rig. The WI-FI was adequate but did not cover all of the sites. The park has some very large grassy fields for dog walking and other activities. Overall this is a nice park in a beautiful area of Georgia. We will stay here again when in the area. We camped here in a Motorhome.
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May 2009
My husband and I camped here over Memorial Day weekend and enjoyed every minute of our stay. The campground is very well laid out. The roads in are very wide and the campsites are also wide and level. The campground was full over the weekend, but it was very quiet. The campground host seemed to really be on top of things and all rules were enforced. Someone rode around on a golf cart multiple times a day to make sure everything was OK. The Wi-Fi only works in certain areas (mainly in the pavilions), so don't expect to be able to access it from your campsite. There was picnic, bingo and a movie on Saturday night for everyone to enjoy. Many activities - canoe, kayak, tube rentals, fishing, swimming, and a driving range. There is also a volleyball net and basketball goal on site. We had a great time and will definitely return to the campground. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
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April 2009
I do not understand the last review. I stayed here 3 months during a re-location. It is an absolutely lovely and peaceful campground. The management is very friendly and helpful. The grounds are beautiful and meticulously maintained. When I first came here, I had a beautiful site on the large creek. It was one of the sites farthest from the office and I did have some problems with the Wi-Fi. So I moved to another site for better reception, and the Wi-Fi has since been upgraded. The second site I was in, I had some problem with the sewage draining correctly. It turned out to be mostly my equipment was the problem, but even so, management immediately sent someone down and got it resolved. It was winter when I came and so campground was only about half full, the ratio about half and half long-timers and over-nighters. I found everyone to be quite friendly. At one point, a large construction company had an unexpected shutdown and their workers descended on the campground and filled it to full capacity overnight. They stayed several weeks. Management did an excellent job handling the unexpected overload. Even when the construction workers were there, everyone was well-behaved and friendly. No loud noise or partying. Would definitely stay here again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
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April 2009
Mostly homesteaders. Long list of rules, none enforced. No seals on sewers. Stinks! Dogs tied outside campers all day. Dogs barking in campers all day. People getting out of trucks with beers in hand. Advertises wi-fi but does not have it. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
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The first exhibition to unite masterpieces from the remarkable collections of Sterling Clark and Stephen Clark will be presented at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute from June 3 to September 4, 2006. Featuring more than 60 paintings, The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings from the Collections of Sterling and Stephen Clark will examine the brothers' collecting and explore their relationship, their rivalry, and the influential but ultimately divergent roles they came to play in the arts in the United States. Following its premiere at the Clark, the exhibition will be presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in the summer of 2007.
Among the highlights in the exhibition will be a number of iconic works from the 19th and 20th centuries, including Van Gogh's The Night Café (Le Café de Nuit) (1888, Yale University Art Gallery) from Stephen's collection, and Renoir's At the Concert (1881) from Sterling's collection, as well as a number of rarely exhibited works from private collections by artists such as Matisse and Vuillard. The Clark Brothers Collect will also feature American paintings including Homer's Undertow (1886) and Sargent's A Street in Venice (1880-1882), both owned by Sterling, and Eakins' Dr. Agnew (1889, Yale University Art Gallery) and Hopper's House by the Railroad (1925, The Museum of Modern Art) from Stephen's collection. Other artists in the exhibition from Sterling's collection include Degas, Monet, Pissarro, Remington, and Renoir, and from Stephen's collection Cézanne, Manet, and Seurat.
The Clark Brothers Collect will also be the first exhibition to reunite and explore Stephen's collection, whose European and American Modernist masterpieces form key holdings of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the Addison Gallery of American Art at Andover. It will also provide new insight into Sterling's collecting, which is noted for its Impressionist and French Academic masterpieces and serves as the foundation of the Clark. Each brother's collection is considered to be among the great collections of the early 20th century, rivaling those of contemporaries such as Albert Barnes, Chester Dale, and Duncan Phillips.
"The Clark Brothers Collect is the perfect culmination of the Clark's 50th anniversary celebration," said director Michael Conforti. "The exhibition brings into sharp focus each brother's rich and distinct legacy while highlighting the foundation upon which the Clark has flourished. It also presents two different approaches to institution-building that are still relevant for American collectors and museums today."
Each a powerful force in the art world of New York, where they made their homes, the brothers had an extraordinary cultural impact – although in very different ways – through their roles as visionary institution-builders and philanthropists. Sterling became the better known collector because of the museum and research institute he founded in Williamstown. Stephen, on the other hand, was among the founding trustees of the Museum of Modern Art, where he served as chairman of the trustees from 1939 to 1946, and was also involved in creating numerous cultural institutions in Cooperstown.
This exhibition provides the opportunity to experience the masterworks from the two collections as they would have appeared if Sterling and Stephen had realized their early dreams of jointly founding an art museum. The brothers planned to establish their museum in their family's hometown of Cooperstown, NY, or in New York City, but their relationship never recovered from a rift that formed in the early 1920s. Sterling ultimately concluded that art is uniquely appreciated in a pastoral setting and established the Clark in Williamstown. Stephen also created institutions in a rural community – Cooperstown – though he simultaneously served as a patron to leading art museums in the Northeast.
"The Clark Brothers Collect will provide a rare and revealing dialogue between the brothers' works," said Richard Rand, senior curator at the Clark. "Throughout the galleries, visitors will notice Sterling's persistent love for the beautiful and seductive, and Stephen's quest for the bold and forceful. While they brought different philosophies to their collecting, Sterling and Stephen each managed to acquire an extraordinary suite of masterpieces, and this exhibition will give viewers an unprecedented opportunity to view them side-by-side."
Sterling and Stephen: Shared Vision, Singular Legacies
Heirs to the Singer Sewing fortune of their grandfather, Edward Clark, Robert Sterling Clark and Stephen Carlton Clark were raised in New York City. They both inherited their parents' interest in collecting art and supporting living artists. The brothers' culturally rich upbringing instilled in them a profound passion for collecting, particularly in the field of 19th century French painting. While early in their collecting they had often consulted one another and sought out works together, by the 1920s they were no longer on speaking terms. Their relationship suffered after disagreements over the family fortune. The brothers remained at odds for most of their lives, until 1952 when the death of Stephen's son prompted Sterling to contact his brother.
In spite of the brothers' estrangement, Sterling and Stephen followed paths that were largely parallel. Sterling founded the Clark in Williamstown in 1955. Stephen established a number of cultural institutions in Cooperstown, including the Fenimore Art Museum (to which he donated his outstanding collection of American Folk Art and a group of important American paintings), The Farmers' Museum, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Stephen was also instrumental in relocating the New York State Historical Association to Cooperstown and provided the institution with a permanent home.
While Sterling maintained his privacy during his lifetime, rarely lending pictures, and doing so only on the condition of anonymity, Stephen played a much more visible role in the art world. He had an active position in the arts community of New York, often traded paintings to make new acquisitions, and loaned to a variety of institutions. He gave works to public institutions throughout his life and did so strategically, keeping strong suites of works together and selecting works by artists to enhance existing collections.
Both brothers created and endowed distinguished arts research, academic and professional training programs. Sterling established the Clark as one of few institutions in the nation that serves as both a public art museum and a leading research and academic center. The Clark, in partnership with Williams College, offers a master's program in art history, and Clark Fellowships draw leading figures from universities and museums around the world to the Clark to pursue independent research. Stephen was central to the development of the Cooperstown Graduate Program, a joint training program for museum professionals of the State University of New York College at Oneonta and the New York State Historical Association.
Sterling and Stephen also set up foundations that remain active today and reinforce their commitment to philanthropy. The Robert Sterling Clark Foundation, located in New York City, provides grants to a variety of cultural and healthcare organizations. Based in Cooperstown, the Clark Foundation (founded by Stephen) supports local institutions and provides college scholarships to young people in the area.
The Collections: A Contrast in Connoisseurship
Masterpieces owned by Sterling and Stephen will be integrated in the galleries, allowing visitors to examine both the complementary and divergent interests and tastes revealed through their collecting. Although the brothers collected works from the same period, they had different aesthetic sensibilities and approaches to collection-building. Both envisioned their collecting as a highly personal undertaking and chose works without the assistance of advisors, relying on their own sense of connoisseurship to build their collections. Sterling consciously built a cohesive collection, a permanent assemblage of great objects that he intended to stay together and present to the public after his death. He admired artists who upheld the classical traditions of painting and exhibited great draftsmanship, paint handling, and sense of color. He collected artists in depth, becoming particularly passionate about the Impressionists later in his collecting career.
Personal interests also drove Stephen's collecting, but he began to acquire works with the intention of strengthening the existing collections of institutions and was dedicated to serving as a major patron to living artists. While he chose works that ranged in artistic styles, Stephen had a strong interest in Modernism and was especially attracted to works that showed a sense of directness, intellectual rigor, and a highly personal vision.
The exhibition will be accompanied by a major, illustrated publication (the Clark in association with Yale University Press) featuring essays on the Clark family, the brothers' impact on the American museum, as well as new scholarship on Stephen following the first examination of archival materials on the collector. The catalogue will include contributions by Michael Conforti, Clark director; James A. Ganz, curator of prints, drawings and photographs at the Clark; Gilbert T. Vincent, former director of the New York State Historical Association; Neil Harris, professor of history, the University of Chicago; Richard Rand, senior curator at the Clark; Marc Simpson, curator of American art at the Clark; and Sarah Lees, associate curator of European art at the Clark.
50th Anniversary
The Clark Brothers Collect is the final exhibition in a year-long series of programs and initiatives celebrating the Clark's 50th anniversary during the 2005-2006 season. These include the establishment of a new prize for arts writing and Collecting the Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, the first national tour of masterpieces from its permanent collection. The program also featured several special exhibitions including Paper Trails: 100 Great Drawings, Prints, and Photographs from the Clark, highlighting the Clark's greatest works on paper and the surprising links between them; Winslow Homer: Making Art, Making History, the largest showing from the Clark's extensive Homer holdings in decades;and Jacques-Louis David: Empire to Exile, the first exhibition to examine the artist's post-Revolutionary years.
The Clark
Set amidst 140 bucolic acres in the picturesque Berkshires, the Clark is one of the few major art museums in the United States that also serves as a leading international center for research and scholarship. In addition to its extraordinary collections, the Clark organizes groundbreaking special exhibitions that advance new scholarship and presents an array of public and educational programs. The Clark's research and academic programs include an international fellowship program and regular conferences, symposia, and colloquia. The Clark, together with Williams College, jointly sponsors one of the nation's leading master's programs in art history and encompasses one of the most comprehensive art history libraries in the world. Its Fellows and Conference Programs draw university and museum professionals from around the world.
The Berkshires, a region of rolling hills in western Massachusetts, has been a haven for cultural activity since the first half of the 19th century. The Berkshires are home to a wealth of cultural institutions that in addition to the Clark include: Tanglewood, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, MASS MoCA, the Norman Rockwell Museum, Williams College Museum of Art, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival, among many others. For more information, visit www.clarkart.edu or call 413-458-2303.


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Tiffany Martinez was the game's high scorer with 19 points for Montebello (10-9, 1-5).
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He also wrote The Inventors - which was runner-up in the national Wow Factor Award - and The Inventors and the City of Stolen Souls, both of which were co-authored by his eleven-year-old brother Jamie.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Motivation Monday - 2012 Goals
The coming year will be the third for this blog and the fourth for my genealogy adventure. Some of those days we were dealing with my father's illness and eventual death. That event has caused me to take stock of where I stand with this endeavor.
As if on cue one of my favorite genealogy bloggers wrote about setting short-term and long-term goals for 2012. Stephanie of Corn And Cotton: My Family's Story has begun a support group where we can encourage each other down this new path.
With this in mind there are several milestones I would like to reach in the coming year.
1. Organize. I have tried to file away all papers and documents to find them readily. Sometimes I am pretty consistent with this plan, others times I forget even the time of day. This morning I purchased several Tupperware containers and file folders. The plan for January is to develop an easy method to corral data.
2. Focus. I am a little embarrassed to say how easily I become distracted while researching. There are times I am not sure how I end up in the places I find myself at the end of the day. More seasoned family researchers have told me to stay on task. To follow each strand of information until you have exhausted every possible lead. I am not sure how I will accomplish this goal. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
3. Conduct oral history interviews. There are several family members who are the last of their respective lines. With my father's passing it has opened my eyes to the importance of documenting the stories of our lives. This is one goal that I really need to stop spinning my wheels and get in gear. This month I plan to research interview questions and recording equipment.
4. Connect with other researchers. Over the past several years much of my interaction with fellow researchers has been online. It is so comfortable to sit here in my sweats with my hair thrown on top of my head chatting with virtual friends. I have made some pretty amazing connections with people I even would call friends. This year I need to make the effort to attend more genealogy discussion group meetings and join the Harford County Genealogical Society. Guess I will have to change my clothes and comb my hair.
5. Give back to the community. Last year I signed up to transcribe records for the Family History website. I am ashamed to say how little was completed on that front. I need to schedule dedicated time for this project.
6. Prepare to present a workshop at the local public library. Sure hope I have not bitten off more than I can handle with this one! Our library system was selected to take part in the Smithsonian Institution's Journey Stories Exhibition. One of the programs we will be presenting is "Beginning Genealogy". A branch librarian asked if I would lead on of these sessions. Even as I write this there are butterflies banging around my stomach. This will certainly take me out of my comfort zone. This month I plan to start by asking several more knowledgeable genealogy friends for their input.
Well, there is my list. As you can see I have taken an honest assessment. All I can say is I am glad to have the support of my geneablogger friends as I travel into 2012.
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Looking forward to hearing of your progress. You are an inspiration to all of us! Thanks for your leadership! Happy New Year.ReplyDelete
I am so excited for you! Thank you for such kind words and for joining in the fun. I am so thankful that we have connected in the big virtual genealogy world. You, too, are one of my favorites! So, bring on 2012! We can do this together and with the support of so many great friends. And... it's time for a new hairbrush because I'm getting out there and making local connections, too. Can't wait to hear about all of your successes! :)ReplyDelete
Very good goals there. Congratulations on #6 "Prepare to present a workshop at the local public library. Sure hope I have not bitten off more than I can handle with this one!"ReplyDelete
It sounds like you have challenged yourself to grow a little faster by teaching. Think of it like a bodybuilder's workout; their muscles grow by 'challenging' them to lift all they comfortably can, then go just a little more.
I have found that if I can teach someone else what I have learned, I remember the subject matter more clearly.
Great goals Deb! Focusing is something we all struggle with. I don't know a genealogist who doesn't. There are times when we follow the path with no distractions and other times when all those "shiny" things make us stray. Just do the best you can.ReplyDelete
Great goals! You are not the only one who chases the 'shiny things.' We all do it! Scheduling this on your calendar will be your next challenge! Congratulations for posting your goals.ReplyDelete
I'm not sure if I've told you about Evernote before, but I think it could help you with your first goal. It's a service that allows you to create notes, which can be filed into notebooks and "stacks" (groups) of notebooks. These notes can include a combination of photos, text, PDF files, and other attachments, and can be tagged with keywords. Evernote syncs across multiple devices (PCs, tablets, smartphones, and it has a web client, too), and has an intuitive search function to aid in finding things you've previously filed away. I've been using it for almost a year now, and it's helped me do away with a lot of paperwork (though I know you like keeping a hard copy of various documentation, it wouldn't hurt to have an online backup!).ReplyDelete
Your #2 is my challenge also. It's not that I lose focus, really. The problem is I have so many lines all in one geographic area that when I begin searching a book or other set of records, I search for every surname. It's just a mess to do it that way because I lose focus. On the other hand, and in some ways, it's easier to not have to return to the same source over and over again.ReplyDelete
Best wishes with your January goals. You'll accomplish them, I'm sure.
Oh Deb, I know just what you mean by the focus thing! Like Jen and Leslie said, you're not alone. These are wonderful goals and I'm sure you're going to have a very successful year. I particularly like your reminder to do oral history interviews-I tend to put those off. It's great that we can all support each other!ReplyDelete
Thank you all for your kind words and encouragement! Writing this post was a great way to do an honest assessment of where I am and where I want to go.ReplyDelete
With the continued support of my genealogy friends I sure to arrive at the goal line with time to spare!
Deb, all I can say is...WE GOT THIS. I'm realizing it's no longer a 'You' or 'I'...that the community we are are a part of as users of Social Media truly doesn't allow for that. What a wonderful world we live in.ReplyDelete
Can I make a couple of suggestions? The first one that leapt off the page is how you physically handle your research material. I urge you to think long term...what you may see as lasting only 2, 5 or even 20 years, may last much, much longer. There are plenty of great resources out there (or, you can ask me!) for archivally storing your precious work. As for the staying on task, when I started working from home, someone suggested I get a small alarm clock (or now you can use a smartphone) and set it for 15 minute increments. At first it seems like a short amount of time, but it really does help to keep you on track.
I've so enjoyed spending a few minutes with you in the wee hours of the morning, and I'm truly looking forward to following your progress here!


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I am 6 1/2 months pregnant and for the past 2 months I've started an annoying habit of biting the skin in my mouth. I'm not doing it to a point of bleeding or anything crazy, but it is a constant habit. I'm not looking for any "medical advice" (my last post about this was deleted). I'm just looking to see if anyone has experienced this and has tips how to stop. Candy is only temporary and gum doesnt work. This is not a medical condition that concerns a doctor because I've told my pregnancy doc and he offers no solutions because it's a habit now. Thanks!
I think that many people have ways of self soothing, that become habits once they have been used enough. The trick with things like this is to try to find something to replace it...so first you have to notice what you are doing, and second try something-anything to replace the habit. It sounds like you have already tried a few things. Sometimes it's even just acknowledging it and then stopping...even though it will come back. I think with time you will find that the habit will fade, but unfortunately no easy or quick fix.
Hey! I'd agree with Jess - try to find some behavior to replace your biting with. When you notice yourself biting your cheek, use the replacement behavior. Maybe it could be something as simple as taking a deep breath in and out. Hope you find some relief - not sure how else to break this habit!
Habits are very hard to break and require a lot of persistence and attention. Do you recognize when you are biting your mouth or do you do it absentmindedly?
Thank you for the feedback! I do recognize when I'm doing it, most of the time. Half the time I tell myself to stop, and the other half I'll just keep doing it. It is VERY hard to stop, especially when my anxiety is higher. Hoping it will fade soon though, because I don't really have any solutions to help stop.
Perhaps you will feel better once you deliver. How many more weeks until you are due? Keep up the efforts!!
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Hits and Blocked Shots are two rotisserie categories that have been thrown into the limelight of fantasy hockey as of late. This edition of Roto Keeper Monsters allows you to experience a different mindset of category evaluation. By taking a proactive approach and diving into the world of extended categories, I hope to provide you with an alternative way of building a winning team.
This combination of categories accentuates the value of physical defensemen. Thus, added importance must given to the few defensemen who willingly throw their bodies in harm's way for the good of their team.
In fantasy hockey, commissioners tend to use Hits and Blocked Shots for several league specific reasons:
1) It can bring balance to category weight between Forwards, Defensemen and Goalies,
2) It rewards players that would otherwise have no fantasy value (especially some fan favourites),
3) It bridges the gap between real NHL value and fantasy league value,
4) It adds different layers to team building and creates more ways to win.
Before reading, keep in mind that Hits and Blocked Shots are the only statistics in focus; all other categories have zero influence over the rankings shown below.
10. Theo Peckham
Last season, Peckham was arguably the best bang for your buck player in leagues with extended peripheral categories - he finished with a very respectable 196 hits, 123 blocked shots and 198 penalty minutes... all while making only $ 550,000. At age 23, Theo's star is shining bright and is a fan favourite in the making.
Should Peckham repeat last year's performance, your chances at acquiring him cheap will be slim to none. Kudos to the fantasy managers who caught on early and acquired him last season – he will not disappoint. To all others, the word is out.
One Year Upside : 225 Hits, 125 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside : 265 Hits, 150 Blocked Shots
9. Brooks Orpik
Arguably one of the best hitters in the game, Orpik has undoubtedly been a key component to the Penguins' blue line for the better part of the decade. Over the last four seasons, Orpik came three shoves shy of a thousand hits, including the massive 309 hit showing in 2008-09 (1st among defensemen, and 2nd league wide behind Minnesota's Cal Clutterbuck).
Yes, Orpik's totals have been slightly decreasing since that power season, but don't sweat it. In the 63 games he did play last season, the lowest of his NHL career, Brooks posted up 194 hits and 94 blocked shots – putting him right on par when prorated to 82 games.
While reaching the 300 hit plateau might have been a career season for Orpik, at 30 years of age, Brooks can still be very efficient in keeper leagues.
One Year Upside : 240 Hits, 125 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside : 275 Hits, 140 Blocked Shots
8. Matt Greene
When a player clocks in a combined 683 hits and 398 blocked shots over their last three seasons, they deserve to be on this list. If your league counts Hits and Blocks, Matt Greene makes a great category-specific solution. With the proper entourage, the Mean Greene Hitting Machine is bound to finish top five in hits every season - giving you a decent chance at winning the category weekly.
A pattern to track with Greene is that the more he hits, the less he blocks. To back that up, in 2008-09, Matt recorded 202 hits and 167 blocked shots. The following season he put up 36 more hits, but blocked 41 less shots (a ratio of 238 : 126). This past campaign, Greene finished the season with the second best hit numbers among blue liners (243), to the expense of lower shot block totals (105).
Will that trend continue in 2011-2012?
One Year Upside : 250 Hits, 115 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside : 275 Hits, 140 Blocked Shots
7. Dennis Seidenberg
Dennis Seidenberg has a knack for giving teams a hard time getting pucks to the net. Admittedly, not a lot of poolies know of Seidenberg's extra efforts - it is time to give some long overdue credit. The fact that Seidenberg is only 28 and signed long-term with the Bruins, fantasy owners should expect strong peripheral numbers with confidence. Look no further than the eventful 2010-11 post-season, where Seidenberg finished as the shot block leader, padded by a couple of beauties in the Stanley Cup Final.
While Seidenberg challenges to be top shot blocker yearly (like in 2008-09 with 215), it is his consistency that makes him so worthwhile. Take hits as example; Seidenberg accumulated 146, 166 and 161 hits in the last three seasons, an average of 158. In that same span, he averaged 183 shot blocks.
Put those two averages together and you have yourself a quality workhorse d-man that will "hit" multiple categories for any fantasy squad.
One Year Upside - 170 Hits, 180 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside - 185 Hits, 230 Blocked Shots
6. Stephane Robidas
Stephane Robidas is a player who any GM would love to have on their team. He never quits on any play, and even at the age of 34, his devotion is clearly seen through his repertoire of selfless acts. In 2008-09, a loose puck had broken his jaw. Robidas missed just one shift following the incident, on route to playing more minutes than any other skater in that game. Moral of the story? He will do the same for your fantasy squad.
Over the last six seasons combined, Robidas has registered 1318 hits, an average of 220 per season. Don't worry about his age, there is plenty more left in the tank for at least three more seasons.
One Year Upside : 230 Hits, 150 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside : 260 Hits, 175 Blocked Shots
5. Mark Giordano
Giordano is a rising star - time lapse his rookie season to now and witnesses him break out of that cocoon. Sooner or later, fantasy owners are going to start realizing his multi-cat potential and this may very well be your last offseason to draft him under the radar… in some cases it is already too late!
In three short seasons, Mark Giordano has gone from 55 hits and 39 shot blocks to 140 and 193 respectfully. Look for Giordano to build off those numbers next season.
One Year Upside : 155 Hits, 210 Blocks Shots
Three Year Upside : 200 Hits, 250 Blocked Shots
4. Greg Zanon
If you need a fix in these categories, Greg Zanon has your back, leg, arm and so on. Zanon will ring you up to two million in salary cap leagues, but he is money in the bank. In the last three years, he finished third, fourth and second place among defensemen in the blocked shots department. That deserves some love!
Zanon, who has a thing of always finishing in between 160-190 hits and 180-220+ range, is the definition of dependable.
One Year Upside : 170 Hits, 210 Blocked shots
Three Year Upside : 190 Hits, 235 Blocked Shots
3. Brent Seabrook
Seabrook is another defenseman who likes to bang the body, highlighted by an impressive three season total of 659 hits. This past season, Seabrook brought home 227 hits. To put that into perspective, the combined effort of all other Chicago defensemen skating in 2010-11 (eight total) was 307 – an 80 hit difference. Of those defensemen, Nick Boynton was the closest to Seabrook with 50 hits, followed by Duncan Keith with 45.
On the bigger stage, Seabrook is a likely candidate to repeat as one of the top three defensive performers in the hits department. That is surely worth the price of admission, especially when you receive a voucher for 150 blocked shots - renewed yearly.
One Year Upside : 235 Hits, 155 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside : 275 Hits, 175 Blocked Shots
2. Luke Schenn
Inexperienced hockey poolies will look at Luke Schenn's point totals and write him off. Let them. He is without a doubt Toronto's hardest working blue liner. Yes, often times that doesn't translate into good fantasy numbers, but if your league counts Hits and Blocked Shots, he instantly becomes a monster.
Luke Schenn, 20 years old, not only lead all defensemen last season with 251 bruise inducing hits, but managed to throw himself in front of 168 shots as well – a combined total of 419 "defensive" plays.
Schenn will eventually reach 300 hits and 200 blocked shots, just maybe not in the same season. A good rule of thumb would be to expect a combined total of hits and blocked shots ranging from 400 to 450 yearly with the odd 475.
One Year Upside : 255 Hits, 160 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside : 300 Hits, 175 Blocked Shots
1. Dan Girardi
Here we are, down to number one. Realistically, any one of the top five could have taken top spot. The reason why Dan Girardi takes top honours, in my books, is because he is arguably the most balanced blue liner when faced with the dual categories.
Girardi has consistently hovered around the 200 hits mark the last few seasons. While that is an impressive feat, it is Girardi's newly found dedication and willingness to block shots that saw his stock rise. Three seasons, three huge leaps. In 2008-09 Girardi blocked 82 shots. The next season, he stepped it up big time adding triple digits to that total (182). This past season, Girardi managed to finish top of the league with 236 blocked shots.
Girardi, received a nice raise from the New York Rangers last season and is still signed for three more years at 3.325 million. At 27, it is safe to say that he has only begun his bruised filled journey. Expect big things from Girardi - he will deliver.
One Year Upside : 210 Hits, 220 Blocked Shots
Three Year Upside : 235 Hits, 250 Blocked Shots
|RKP Top 10 – Hits / Blocks Combo
|Gates "@GM_Gates" Imbeau
Player Name
|1 Year Upside
|3 Year Upside
|10. Theo Peckham
|9. Brooks Orpik
|8. Matt Greene
|7. Dennis Seidenberg
|6. Stephane Robidas
|5. Mark Giordano
|4. Greg Zanon
|3. Brent Seabrook
|2. Luke Schenn
|1. Daniel Girardi
Honourable Mentions
Josh Gorges – Only played a third of last season, but will shine in these categories in 2011-12, mark it.
PK Subban – With a little more seasoning, PK will be a frequent addition to the Top 10.
Anton Volchenkov – Once the king of blocked shots, Anton needs a good rebound season to get back in.
Shea Weber – Shot blocking is not Shea's forte, but the Pred's captain can deliver many crushing hits.
Mike Weber – Weber, 23, had 158 Hits and 99 Blocks in 58 games last season. That is 223 / 140 prorated.
When I asked a few fellow poolies about the inclusion of Blocked Shots and Hits into rotisserie leagues, they responded with:
"Hits and blocked shots are definitely long overdue in fantasy hockey. They are part of the game and help quantify people's true contributions to their team. Above all, it's another step towards eliminating the "he's more useful to his NHL team than your fantasy team" and adds a deeper pool of relevant talent to leagues."
"I like their inclusion. I want to get into a pool that uses them, I think, that at the moment it creates market inefficiencies to be exploited and it expands on the value of previously low value players
I think it makes fantasy hockey more like the NHL, always a good thing"
"I think Hits and Blocked Shots are a great addition to any rotisserie league. Adding these categories brings value to many 3rd/4th line players who are typically ignored in most leagues. Furthermore, I believe it adds a realistic element to fantasy leagues - in the NHL 3rd/4th liners fill an essential role on any team and through the addition of hits and blocks they also play an essential role on fantasy squads as well. Lastly, it completely alters player valuations as a player like Dustin Brown becomes much more than a 65 point player which I feel creates a unique challenge."
What are your thoughts?
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GMGates said:
For my research, HockeyPoolGeek.com was the primary source, especially for their three year average tool.
Other sources included Fantrax, Frozenpool, NHL.com etc...
GMGates said:
Predicting a three year upside was definitely a challenge. At first, I kept going back to a player's potential career season, but after enough research, going back as much as six years (Robidas), seeing trends in H/BS became apparent.
One thing to note is that in a three year span, while I do see a younger player like Schenn reach 300 Hits and 175 Blocked Shots, you can't expect that type of finish yearly – it won't happen.
In recent years, only a couple of these players repeated top three finishes, none of them repeated 1st place finishes. In addition, experienced blue liners like Greene and Orpik may have already hit their upside (Orpik - 300 Hits, Greene - 167 Blocked Shots) and may not likely hit them again.
While you really can't predict these categories in the same manner as points, to some degree, there are similar patterns. Yes, you can probably bring in metrics and break it down to a formula, but these are my personal thoughts and predications. It's based on a score based system, like the one used for the Top 100 Roto, influenced by past achievements, consistency, room for growth and a dash gut feeling.
Hopefully that helps!
Kraftster said:
On another note, I think you're looking at hits wrong if you are seeing them only as a means of dispossession. There's more to hits than that. Also, if you go too far trying to look at the "real" value of certain statistics and relating it to "fantasy" value, a lot of categories really start to break down -- PIMs, powerplay points, etc.
Pengwin7 said:
Excellent style. Nothing to debate about the information.
Personally, I'm not a fan of hits or blocked shots.
Defensively, a lot of the D with high hit totals are the less-agile defensemen. These guys can't strip a player of the puck with a good poke-check, meaning the offensive player typically skates around them into the offensive zone. This often leads to a hit on the boards or in the corner if the D-man can ride them out there. This gives these less-agile D-men value, yes. What is neglected is that excellent defenseman (like a Lidstrom) can dispossess a player of a puck without a "hit". In fairness, a league needs to include "takeaways" if they intend to include "hits". This balances the two-ways of dispossessing an opponent of the puck. However, by including BOTH of these categories, the offensive cats are getting watered down. My experience in fantasy hockey is that having too many categories (6+) start to decrease the fun value of a pool. If you have to get out an Excel spreadsheet to determine the exact value of every player, the pool is less about enjoying hockey and more about understanding the math.
Blocked shots is a statistic that is most heavily accumulated by the larger defensemen that play SH time. Are these guys valuable because a puck is fired in on net and these guys are in front of it? Ah, sort of... I guess. IMO, we are just associating them with value for being big. There's not really a statistic for players who kill penalties - and there is certainly some value here... but is it worth an entire category? I think it is a little much.
Not a fan of either hits or blocked shots in a multi-cat league, and I wouldn't join a pool including these stats.
All that said, the article here is AMAZING and a great value to those people in leagues with those categories. Great work!
Jocular Hockey Manager said:
Where did you get these totals?
Rad64 said:
Peckham has additional value when you add in PIMs! For a forward, adding hits as a category with positions, guys like Brown take an incredible leap up.
Regarding valuation, many owners have a tough time switching mindsets. I haven,t run the numbers...this is just an example, but a Cal Clutterbuck for Pat Kane trade may make perfect sense statistically, but rarely flies.
The multi-cat leagues are awesome. You don't always have to have scoring punch to win, if you build around other categories. Think Nashville beating Washington!
horrorfan said:
Austin said:
I am in two leagues that have hits without PIMs. Personally I believe that pims dont really make sense... They are the only stat that hurts the team and benefits us. Hits benefit us and at worst have a neutral effect on the team and usually a positive effect.
Hits should become mainstream as soon as they are league-tallied as there is too much human error in individual teams record them. Until then it will remain a fringe stat.


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The 49-year-old male received a single gunshot wound in the abdomen. Police responded to the incident at a residence on Mason Street at 7:45 pm. The wounded man was taken to St. Mary's Hospital in Rhinelander, and was later airlifted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Marshfield.
The Rhinelander city council has given a tribute to a successful 2013 Oneida County Fair.
The fair is held at Pioneer Park in Rhinelander and finished 10 days ago.
Rhinelander Mayor Dick Johns Monday night gave Fair Coordinator Nancy Gehrig, also representing many volunteers, a plaque to say job well done...
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The effort to update Rhinelander's downtown got a boost last night as the city council approved going after federal dollars administered by the state.
Public safety workers got a chance to test their emergency preparedness in a mock exercise today at the Rhinelander Airport. Crews simulated a response to an airplane engine catching fire while taxiing.
On the airport tarmac, a test plane is lit on fire several times, so different fire crews can practice putting it out. During the course of the exercise, emergency response teams arrive, make sure the scene is safe, and practice tending to possible victims. Rhinelander Assistant Fire Chief Tom Waydick says it's an important chance to practice working with other emergency crews.
A Nicolet College fundraiser has raised almost $2500 for local food pantries. Empty Bowls is based around a soup dinner served in bowls donated by local potters and Nicolet College students. Patrons make a donation for the soup and take home the bowl. Laura Wind Norton is an instructor at Nicolet, and she helped coordinate this year's event. Wind Norton says hunger is an issue that touches many in the community.
You may have been spotting an unusual number of shooting stars in the night sky. And you might already know they're part of an annual meteor shower that's been lighting up the Northwoods.
Astronomers predict the Perseid meteor shower should peak Monday night, with possibly hundreds of meteors passing through the night sky in just a few hours.
Frank Kovac owns Kovac Planetarium and has been stargazing for 25 years. He explains that what we see as shooting stars are actually bits of dust…in this case coming from a large comet called Swift Tuttle.
Mothers-to-be have a chance to learn more about breastfeeding resources. The Northwoods Breastfeeding Coalition is hosting several educational sessions this week. Cheri Nemec is a dietician who works with the Wisconsin WIC program and the Great Lakes Intertribal Council. She says a lot of moms plan to breastfeed, but may switch to formula if they start to worry about whether they're doing it right.
Late summer means ragweed is starting to bloom in the Northwoods, and that
could mean the onset of allergy symptoms for many residents.
Jill Blake is a public health nurse with Oneida County Health Department. She says Wisconsin usually has its first pollen surge in May, but ragweed is responsible for second round of allergy flare-ups in the fall.
"It's a tall branch plant and it's found all over, in dry pastures and fields, it's by the roadsites, at construction sites. It's the pollen that produces the symptoms."
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A community dance in Land-o-Lakes is hoping to have an impact on the other side of the planet. Organizers Steve and Rita Kickert had the idea to raise money for an AIDS clinic in Swaziland. But they weren't sure how to go about it. Rita says her husband Steve decided to try something he already knew how to do: calling square dances.
Relive the magic of Mike and Tom Mangione's Live from the White Pine August 7th performance. Colleen Finn hosted the live broadcast event with the key members of Mike Mangione & The Union on WXPR's Northwoods Cafe.


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