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Best burger place in the world - they are everywhere in California, but only there I think
They set up a table in the field with many of the tomatoes they are growing or testing. There are 4000 new varieties of Tomatoes introduced each year - all unique. 10 varieties account for 70% of seed sales, however.
Grape tomatoes! Awesome - could eat just like grapes
This is the boat where we had dinner one evening on the Sacramento river. The boat's owner is a multimillionaire named Chris Rufer - who made his money by starting tomato processing plants with Heinz as a customer
Tomatoes being unloaded at Escalon - a Heinz owned facility & company. Water is used to flush the tomatoes from the trucks.
Inside Escalon - the tomatoes enter the factory, being cleaned and sorted one of many times.
Papa John's pizza sauce being filled in #10 cans
More Heinz products in the warehouse at Escalon
At the San Luis reservoir in Merced County of central CA. Water is the obvious key to unlocking the perfect farming conditions in California. It takes 3 foot of water per acre to grow tomatoes for a season. Nearly all the watering of the plants is done underground - straight to the roots. This is more efficient and gives bugs & disease less chance to grow without wet plant tops.
San Luis reservoir
Nick Doris goofs around
In the Heinz trials field - pulling up a tomato plant. We ate tomatoes right off the vine, as they are perfectly clean with a wipe on the shirt.
On the tomato machine in the field. More videos on this later
At the sorting station with tomatoes flying by - and me not doing my job while posing for a picture
A view in front of the tomato machine. It picks up the whole plant and then sorts out the leaves, mud, plant, and bad tomatoes before shooting them to a truck driving alongside to the left. Literally, when the truck is full, they drive straight to the tomato processing plant. Super fresh.
Tomatoes shooting from the machine into the tomato truck
Some coworkers on the tomato machine
An odd shaped tomato I found . . .
Tomatoes coming up the "elevator" as they enter the Los Gatos Tomato Plant, fresh off the trucks and from the field earlier this morning.
I wore more hairnets this week than you can imagine. Must have one on at all times in factories.
Julie Simonetti with 4 month old Gina
Uncle Elliot with Gina Simonetti
Tomatoes leaving the truck at Morningstar - Williams plant. Water is used to flush the tomatoes out of the trucks and then a water stream pushes them into the sorters & eventually inside the plant.
Tomatoes unloaded at Escalon. Also using water, but a bit different.
Tomatoes enter the escalon facility from outside. They are cleaned and sorted.
At Escalon, tomato workers sort what the machines have missed. Tomatoes in the center aisles are discarded from good red ripe tomatoes. Discard is ground down and dried, then sold for cattle feed.
Here the tomatoes exit a super hot tumbler and enters a grater type deal. The tomatoes are now peeled.
Diced tomatoes enter into #10 cans for sale to restaurants and food service companies. Tomatoes that are good for dicing must be thick and hold up thru the process - but are very different tomatoes than the ideal ketchup tomatoes.
In the field on tomato machine thats moving. Tomatoes are sorted from the plants and mud, and here another sorting process is occurring.
The final sorting on the machine is aided by a few workers - which we became for this ride. I am supposed to pull out as many white or very light colored tomatoes or other debris as possible.
I'm driving the tomato machine in the field! Very easy, just steering really.
Talking about the machine in the field, from the front (with narration)
At Los Gatos - another view of tomatoes being flushed out of trucks with water, then streamed into the factory.


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In the QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS section of The Journal (Jan 8, 1973), there was a lively discussion about blood labeling. I believe that Dr. John Adriani's answer is correct and to the point. Having had some medical training in New Orleans, I can say that the original reason for blood labeling was purely racial. However, since that time, there are medical scientific reasons, as stated by Dr. Adriani, to continue the labeling.It is sad that medical considerations are thrown aside because a minority group has objected to this policy. These considerations should be made on scientific facts only and not on personal prejudices or opinion. It is unfortunate that some hematologists have to compromise their medical opinions because the Department of Health, Education and Welfare has set a political, not medical, policy.
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Reaching Potentials : Appropriate Curriculum and Assessment for Young Children (Volume 1)
FROM THE BACK COVER: What do we mean by reaching potentials? The potentials addressed in this book are the virtually unlimited potentials of young children--to become artists, writers, musicians, mathematicians, scientists or athletes, but most importantly, to become healthy, sensitive, caring, and fully contributing members of society. Curriculum, assessment, and teaching practices help determine whether these potentials are achieved. The many potentials of children, teachers, curriculum, and assessment are interrelated. When curriculum and assessment decisions are optimum, then children and teachers will more likely reach their potentials. This book is designed as a tool to help reach all of these many potentials. This is Volume 1 of a two-volume series designed to assist early childhood professionals in applying the Guidelines for Appropriate Curriculum Content and Assessment developed by NAEYC and NAECS/SDE.
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Skip the Line: Small-Group Milan Walking Tour with da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' Tickets
piazza Del Duomo
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Piazza Del Duomo
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Last Supper
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Duomo is beautiful! Skip the line tours are awesome!
The Milan Duomo is stunning!
pegnek, July 2015
A panoramic of the interior....breathtaking!
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Milan Duomo, beautiful and jaw dropping.
Sheena D, July 2014
Rafaelle had so much knowledge of Milan, our walk became an intense history lesson. She was great.
39 degrees - it was a day of water and ice cream
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Jumped on the train - the system is really easy to use a( buy tkts at newsagent) and got off at Duomo. We met Rafaelle right on time, here in the Piazza.


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Goodmorning everyone. That's odd I posted this problem 1 hour ago when I was home, but it's gone now. :S
Hope i'm in the right place to ask this about my problem. States in the title, in my dashboard, I frequently have the problem that the Development Blog and the incoming links are missing.
Not only with version 2.3 but also previous version of wordpress. No clue what the hell happened. So I figure I just download WP and reupload the necessary files again. I press upgrade.php, displays the message "You are currently runing the latest version" i check my dashboard again and it works like a charm again.
I used the search on this forum and I read that some people had the same problems, but that was a Technorati issue. I'm not using Technorati.
So I have no clue if the problem is because of my host, my website itself, or if i'm a looneybin. But it is very frustrating....to reupload files everytime.
Don't know if it's because of this problem. But when I'm at work and trying to reach my website (internet explorer) it doesn't work...Only when I have the issue with the missing development blog and incoming links.
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I have read about this error now on numerous forums and just can't seem to resolve the issue.
When trying to upload an image the image uploads but freezes during "crunching" and then a red http error appears. When I go to the gallery and view the uploaded image its size is 0 x 0 and I am unable to change any of the sizing preferences.
The part that confuses me is that this error does not occur if I upload a screen shot on my mac or a picture taken in photo booth on osX. This makes me think that something in the metadata of normal photos taken with a camera is conflicting in someway with the wordpress site/uploader.
I really am new to blogging and websites so am totally learning as I go along. Any help with this would be much appreciated. The strange thing is that this doesn't occur if using wordpress.com which is where we originally started before realising how limited it can be compared to wordpress.org so moved.
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Russian retailer Magnit has seen profits benefit from improved purchasing terms and cost controls as it expanded its store footprint over the past 12 months.
X5 Retail Group has had a turbulent year. Management changes and a significant strategic shift that has sidelined the importance of M&A to the group's expansion plans have combined with an intensely competitive market to leave Russia's largest retailer losing share to its peers. Katy Askew suggests the next 12 months will be telling for the company.
News that Andrei Gusev will stand down as X5 Retail Group chief executive caused shares in the Russian retailer to sink to a 52-week low on Saturday (14 July). The market responded negatively to fears that an unstable management team will be unable to drive growth as X5 struggles to improve organic sales trends. The sudden nature of the announcement and lack of clarity over the reasons for Gusev's departure augmented these concerns. Katy Askew reports.
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The present invention is directed to a method of producing a deep-drawn, preferably multi-colored formed plastic piece, in which a fluid pressure medium is applied to cold-stretchable sheet material at an operating temperature and the sheet material is isostatically formed. Furthermore, the invention is directed to an apparatus for performing the method. The deep-drawn pieces obtained by the invention, which may selectively be reinforced with further plastic material, typically exhibit multi-colored and/or transparent wall sections and may be used, for example, as a housing part, as a cover for luminous indicators or instruments, as an illuminated push or switch button, as a heater screen, as an instrument panel (section) or as a taillamp lens in automotive vehicles.
Typically, deep-drawn formed plastic pieces are obtained by vacuum thermoforming or pressure thermoforming by forming sheets or panels from termoplastic materials which, prior to forming, have been heated to a temperature above the softening temperature of the material. For the pressure thermoforming method, a working medium pressure of less than 6 bars is usual and quite sufficient. Heating to at least the softening temperature requires energy and time. The formed product can be removed from the mold only in a dimensionally stable state, which necessitates cooling of product and mold. Heating prior to, and cooling after each forming step requires comparatively long cycle times.
DE-A1-37 33 759 discloses a method of producing a container from a deep-drawable thermoplastic laminated sheet of plastic material, preferably polypropylene, with a polyvinylidene chloride layer. The laminated sheet is initially heated to a temperature in excess of 130� C. in order to reduce the degree of crystallization of the polyvinylidene chloride, and subsequently it is quenched to a temperature of less than 75� C., and directly after quenching it is vacuum thermoformed by deep drawing. Although the cooling rate should be as high as possible, a period of between 15 and 300 seconds is recommended for quenching and deep drawing.
In the method according to DE-A1-37 27 926, flat and/or preformed panels of thermoplastic materials which are unidirectionally or multidirectionally reinforced with short or long fibers are formed as intermediates by means of compression molding in a heatable mold comprising a cavity and a cover. A release film having good stretchability is placed between the intermediate and the cover, the release film having a higher resistance to dimensional change than the intermediate. Forming is effected indirect-y, that is, the compressed fluid acts on the release film, and the latter forms and presses the intermediate against the mold cavity. The release film has a higher resistance to dimensional change and resists such change to a greater degree than the intermediate. Under these conditions, a pressure of between 2 and 20 bars is preferably provided with the gaseous or liquid pressurized fluid. Application of pressure and temperature preferably lasts until the soft thermoplastic intermediate and the release film have molded themselves against the mold contours.
It is a main object of the present invention to provide a quicker and/or more economic method of deep-drawing plastic sheets or panels, with which selectively also thermosetting materials can be processed. Moreover, in accordance with the novel method it shall also be possible to form sheets provided with a coating such as a colored imprint, the sheets after deep drawing being provided with an accurately located and well-defined pore-free and crack-free coating.
Furthermore, a mold for performing the novel method is to be provided.
The solution of the specified object in accordance with the present invention is one in which forming is conducted at an operating temperature below the softening temperature of the sheet material and at a fluid medium pressure of more than 20 bars.
When imprinted and/or coated sheets are subjected to forming, the printing ink or the coating is preferably selected from a material which can be formed at the operating temperature and which is particularly elastic and/or softenable.
Subsequent to the high-pressure forming step according to the present invention, additional and preferably transparent synthetic resin may be injection-molded onto the deep-drawn piece. In this way it is possible to use thinner sheets for the forming step, which are better adapted to forming, and to achieve the required rigidity by reinforcing injection. Also, the colored imprint or coating may be sandwiched between two layers of plastic material.
The high-pressure forming method according to the present invention permits a more rapid sequence. Because of the increased effort it was not obvious to the skilled man to operate at such high pressures. Also, it was surprising to the skilled man that the abrupt forming due to the application of high pressures does not result in any damage to the plastic sheet. It is a further significant advantage of the novel method that thermosetting plastic sheets as well as and highly oriented highly crystalline plastic sheets, which cannot be formed with the known methods requiring thermal softening (thermoforming, drop forming), can also be formed.
Although the high-pressure forming according to the present invention is performed below the softening temperature of the sheet material, the cold-stretchable sheet material flows substantially in a controlled and uniform manner. The influences of edges, corners and other wall portions of a mold on the plastic flow are substantially reduced. The sheet is formed into the mold cavity like a balloon with uniform stretching of all non-clamped sheet portions. Preferably, forming takes place within fractions of a second and is determined primarily by the molecular mobility and molecular structure which is largely homogeneous across the entire sheet. The increased area is obtained essentially due to molecular re-arrangement on a molecular plane. The degree of forming is limited by the percentage elongation at break of the respective plastic sheet. The sheet materials which are preferably used can readily be subjected to a twofold increase in area (100% increase in area). It is preferred that with the high-pressure forming method of the present invention the increase in area caused by deep drawing should not exceed 120% of the formable sheet area.
Typical sheet materials exhibit a semi-crystalline structure and comprise amorphous portions. The crystallites have a specific known melting temperature or melting temperature range Ts, respectively. Upon heating above the crystallite melting temperature the entire material will at any rate soften and start to flow. The softening temperature of the respective material has been reached or exceeded. Above the softening temperature, simple material transport by flowing the material will be possible. Injection molding methods utilize this facilitated material transport and typically operate at temperatures above the softening temperature. The softening temperatures of the most important useful sheet materials are either known or can be easily determined, for instance as the VICAT softening temperature.
The high-pressure forming method according to the present invention is conducted below the softening temperature, preferably at least 40� K. and more below the softening temperature, of the respective sheet material. The softening temperature of bisphenol-A-based polycarbonates (such as MAKROLON or MAKROFOL sheets) is approximately at or above 150� C. Injection molding of these polycarbonates is typically conducted at a temperature above 200� C. As compared thereto, the isostatic high-pressure forming of such polycarbonate sheets may be performed at room temperature.
Due to their proportion of amorphous components, most of the semi-crystalline plastic materials have a glass transition temperature (Tg) below their softening temperature. When the glass transition temperature is exceeded, the molecular mobility of the amorphous proportions is increased because previously "frozen" degrees of freedom of movement and rotation are "thawed". Above the glass transition temperature the macromolecules of the polymers and plastic materials are more easily able to rearrange themselves, which is expressed in an increased (macro) Brownian movement. The plastic material adopts the "vitreous state", as it is called. The glass transition temperature (Tg) of a sheet material depends on various factors such as the chemical constitution (proportion of polar groups), the spatial configuration (atactic or syntactic material), the pre-treatment (the content of vacancies), the content of copolymer components and possibly a plasticizer content. The glass transition temperature can be determined especially by way of dynamic methods such as, for example, measurement of the temperature-dependent variation of mechanical/dynamic properties (such as the loss modulus). Moreover, for the most important sheet materials presently considered, the glass transition temperature (Tg or Tg (dyn)) is known.
There may be a substantial difference between the softening temperature and the glass transition temperature of a plastic material. Polyethylene terephthalate, for example, has a softening temperature of about 260� C. and a glass transition temperature (dependent on the crystallite content) of between about 65� and 81� C.
High-pressure forming according to the present invention may be conducted below the glass transition temperature of the sheet material. It is preferred to operate above the glass transition temperature, because above the glass transition temperature the resistance to a change of shape is reduced and plastic deformation is facilitated. "Plastic drawing" of the sheet material as required for deep drawing can be performed more easily. Since forming occurs under the condition of "plastic flow", the recovery capacity of the formed plastic material at room or performance temperature is reduced.
In case of a sheet provided with a colored imprint, the operating temperature preferably is between 80� and 130� C. The ink carriers which are used in many inks, such as screen-printing inks, are solid below 80� C. so that a stable permanent color imprint is provided at the typical expected performance temperatures. However, many ink carriers are sufficiently deformable at temperatures between 80� and 130� C. to go along with the change of shape and increase in area of the sheet material occurring in the high-pressure forming method of the present invention, and without any detrimental results (no flaking, no forming of cracks or pores). Inks, especially screen-printing inks whose pigment carriers can be deformed above 80� C., are available at least from specialized dealers. Inks with a plastic pigment carrier, for example on the basis of polyurethane, are well suited. Also, the high-pressure forming method according to the present invention may also be performed with sheets that are provided with a different coating, for instance with a vacuum evaporated metal thin film or an electrically conductive varnish film.
A "cold-stretchable" sheet material here means a sheet material which can be significantly stretched biaxially at room temperatures, preferably to an increase in area by at least 100%. Surprisingly, the high-pressure forming of many common cold-stretchable sheet materials can already be performed at room temperature. Within the scope of the invention high-pressure forming is preferably conducted at room temperature because this requires reduced effort. Any heating and cooling of the mold can be omitted.
Forming of the sheet material is preferably conducted at a fluid medium pressure of between 50 and 300 bars, and a pressure of between 60 and 250 bars is especially preferred. The higher pressures should be considered, particularly in case of a larger mold area, sharper definition of outlines, and/or greater thickness of the material. For example, a fluid medium pressure of at least 20 bars in case of a polycarbonate sheet with a thickness of 50 μm, a fluid medium pressure of 50 bars with a thickness of 100 μm, and a fluid medium pressure of 100 bars and higher with a thickness of 200 μm and more have proven satisfactory factory and result in each case in a sharp-edged copy of the mold cavity.
In high-pressure forming according to the invention, the fluid pressure medium is applied immediately and directly to the sheet material. Within fractions of a second after opening of an inlet valve for the pressure medium the sheet is molded against the mold cavity and/or any protruding mold portion and the forming operation is completed. For certain less strong sheet materials, for example cellulose esters which are susceptible to tearing or breaking, a delayed pressure build-up by means of restricted supply of pressure medium may be preferred. With larger multiple molds complete forming of the entire sheet may also take somewhat longer. In these cases forming is likewise completed within less than 2 seconds.
The typically used liquids and gases may be employed as fluid pressure media. With regard to costs, availability and simple handling, it is preferred to use compressed air. An inert gas such as nitrogen, helium or argon are likewise suitable in individual cases. When the pressure medium meets the plastic sheet to be formed, which is typically flat, the medium should at least be at the operating temperature. Higher medium temperatures are also conceivable, provided they do not result in a softening of the sheet material.
Preferably sheets having a thickness of between 40 and 2000 μm can be subjected to forming in accordance with the present invention. With greater sheet thicknesses the abrupt forming frequently causes embrittlement of the material. In the case of sharp-edged contours, the difference between the radii of curvature between inner and outer surface may become excessive and may frequently cause destruction of the material. It is especially preferred to use sheets having a film thickness of between 50 and 500 μm. Particularly good results have been achieved, for example, with polycarbonate sheets ("MAKROLON" or "MAKROFOL" produced by BAYER AG) having a film thickness of between 100 and 200 μm. For the most important applications, a film thickness of 500 μm already yields a self-supporting deep-drawn piece.
In accordance with the present invention it is possible simultaneously to form a multi-layer sheet assembly in a single operation. Frequently, a two-layer arrangement is suitable in which a colored imprint or other coating is provided on an inner surface of a sheet web. The second layer may comprise a protective layer such as a two-component varnish or, preferably, another sheet web. On the inner surface of the other, imprint-free sheet a void-free adhesive layer such as a hot-melt adhesive may be applied. The sandwich assembly is formed in a single operation in which the colored imprint or coating does not contact the mold. On the deep-drawn formed plastic piece the colored imprint or coating is protected by being provided "internally" between respective layers of sheet material. When the concave inner wall of such a two-layer formed piece is injection-reinforced with molten synthetic resin, the colored imprint or coating is not damaged although the further resin is applied at a temperature which is typically by 100� K. and more above the forming/softening temperature of the ink carrier of the ink imprint. Under the injection conditions the adhesive layer such as the hot-melt adhesive will also be cured.
High-pressure forming in accordance with the present invention can be performed with both thermoplastic and thermosetting sheet materials. The choice depends mainly on the cold-formability (formability at room temperature) and the recovery capacity after completed forming. Using cold-stretchable sheet materials is preferred which have little recovery capacity at room and performance temperature. Any remaining slight tendency to recover may be compensated by injection-reinforcing the deep drawn piece with further synthetic resin. For many applications it is preferred to provide sheet materials having good to high transparency. Preferably polycarbonates (such as the MAKROLON types sold by BAYER AG), polyesters and in particular aromatic polyesters (such as PA 6 or PA 66 types, high-strength aramide sheets), polyimides (for example the sheets sold under the trade name KAPTON based on poly(diphenyloxide pyromellitic imide) and polyarylates have proven satisfactory and their use is preferred. Particularly good results were achieved with sheet materials from polycarbonates (MAKROLON), polyalkylene terephthalates and polyimides (KAPTON). Within the scope of the present invention it is especially preferred to process such materials. Organic thermoplastic cellulose esters, especially the acetates, propionates and acetobutyrates thereof (examples for such sheet materials are sold under the trade name CELLIDOR by BAYER AG) are also suitable and may be used in special cases. The somewhat lower mechanical strength can be compensated by a lower fluid medium pressure and/or delayed pressure build-up for forming. Pure polyolefins such as polyethylene or polypropylene are less suited because they exhibit a high recovery capacity. On the other hand, polyfluorohydrocarbons, especially the copolymers known as FEB made from tetrafluoroethylene and hexafluoropropylene, are well suited. FEB sheet is also available as a transparent sheet.
In accordance with a special embodiment of the novel method, forming may be conducted against a resiliently supported wall portion, especially against a resiliently supported bottom of the mold cavity. This method step is advantageous for forming large-area plastic sheets with a tendency to slack, because in that case the sheets will remain supported during the entire forming step.
High-pressure forming in accordance with the present invention can be performed in molds which are basically known from pressure thermoforming and which in the present case are adapted to the substantially higher medium pressure Typically, one mold half comprises the mold cavity and the other half is formed by a pressure bell, the pressure chamber of which is communicated via a pressure conduit with an air compressor.
Preferably, the bottom of the mold cavity consists of a spring-mounted plate which in the unloaded condition takes a position to support the unformed plastic sheet and in the spring-loaded condition takes a position to expose the maximum volume of the mold cavity.
Alternatively, the one mold half may be surrounded by a spring-mounted frame on which the sheet to be formed is clamped. When the frame is lowered relative to the mold, the sheet is drawn across the mold half and stretched. The cycle time required for forming can be reduced still further. In this case the mold is a positive or negative mold and/or comprises raised portions and cavities.
A further novel and possibly additional embodiment provides that an air accumulator is disposed in the pressure conduit between the pressure bell and compressor. The forming process is promoted by this buffer unit.
The mold depths depend on the mold area and should not exceed 50 mm in most cases mold depths of less than 20 mm are preferable. Within these limits it is preferred to match mold area(s) and mold depth with each other such that the increase in area caused by the deep drawing operation does not exceed 120% of the formable sheet area. It is also possible to work with multiple molds which comprise a number of cavities, for example 32 cavities and more.
Below, the invention will be explained in detail with reference to preferred embodiments thereof and to the drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is a schematic sectional view of a first embodiment of a mold for performing the high-pressure forming method according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of a second embodiment of a mold for performing the high-pressure forming method according to the invention;
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a planar sheet portion with printing provided thereon;
FIG. 4 is a plan view of a deep-drawn piece obtained from the planar sheet portion of FIG. 3 in accordance with the high-pressure forming method of the invention;
FIG. 5 is an oblique view showing the formed piece of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 is a sectional view of the formed piece taken along the line IV--IV of FIG. 5;
FIG. 7 is an oblique view of a formed plastic piece according to the invention which can be obtained by injection-backing the formed piece of FIGS. 4, 5 and 6;
FIG. 8 is a sectional view of the formed piece taken along the line VI--VI of FIG. 7; and
FIGS. 9a, 9b, 9c are respective oblique views showing another example of a deep-drawn piece according to the invention in the form of a switch cover.
FIG. 1 shows a mold 1 which is in communication with a multi-stage compressor 4 for producing compressed air at a pressure of 20 to 300 bars through a compressed-air line 2 having an air accumulator 3 disposed therein. The mold 1 comprises a lower half 5 with a cavity 6 therein and an upper half 9 configured as a pressure bell 7 including a pressure chamber 8. The bottom 10 of the mold is constituted by a vertically movable plate 11 which is supported by springs 12 and comprises guide bolts 13 sliding in guide bores 14. In the unloaded state, the plate 11 takes the position shown on the left, in which the bottom 10 is coplanar with the split level 15 due to the stops 16 which limit the elevation of the plate 11. When the fluid medium is applied to the pressure chamber 8 the plastic sheet 18 disposed between aligning pins 17 will be formed while the plate 11 is moved back under the action of the pressure and the springs 12 are compressed until the plate abuts and takes the position shown on the right. The mold 1 is disposed in a closing unit indicated by symbolic arrows. The closing unit must be designed to accommodate the forces occurring by the application of pressure to the mold. The heating channels of the mold are referenced as 19.
FIG. 2 shows another mold 1 comprising a stationary lower half 5 and a movable upper half 9 configured as a pressure bell 7. The lower half 5 includes both cavities 6 and raised portions 6'. The lower half 5 is surrounded by a vertically movable frame 20 supported by springs 21. The sheet 18 to be formed is fixed by aligning pins 22 projecting from the top of the frame 10. When the upper half 9 is lowered, the sheet 18 to be formed is initially clamped between mold half 9 and frame 20. Upon further joint lowering of mold half 9 and frame 20 the sheet 18 is drawn across the raised portions 6' of the half 5 and stretched. Subsequently, compressed air is introduced into the pressure bell 7 and the sheet 18 is molded accurately against the entire contour of the half 5. When the half 9 is elevated, the springs 21 shift the frame 20 relative to the mold half 5 and the formed sheet is released from the mold half 5.
A bisphenol-A-based polycarbonate sheet having a thickness of 500 μm and a molecular weight of 30,000, with a softening temperature at 145� C., is negatively printed with a commercially available highly opaque black screen-printing ink based on a polyvinylchloride/acrylic resin compound so that two symbol fields remain free. One of the symbol fields is backed with a white and the other one with a red screen-printing ink on the same resinous basis as the highly opaque black ink. Then, the printed sheet is punched in a known manner such that the symbols will have the previously determined distance from the outer contour. The prepared plastic sheet is placed into the mold of FIG. 1 heated to 120� C. so that the colored side faces the pressure bell 7. When the mold is closed, the plastic sheet will be formed by means of compressed air at 150 bars. The cycle time for the forming process is less than 2 seconds. After opening of the mold the formed piece can be removed.
An unprinted polyimide sheet based on pyromellitic anhydride and 4,4'-dihydroxydiphenylether of 100 μm thickness and a molecular weight of 60,000, with a softening point above the decomposition temperature of 450� C., is placed in the mold. The mold cavity 6 has cubic shape with the dimensions 80�80�20 mm. Upon closing of the mold forming takes place by means of compressed air at a pressure of 200 bars. The cycle time is less than 2 seconds.
The formed piece shown in FIG. 5 is used as a panel of a device for controlling heating and ventilating in an automotive vehicle. The starting material is a transparent, optionally matted polycarbonate sheet based on bisphenol A (MAKROLON obtained from BAYER AG, softening point about 150� C.) with a film thickness of 125 μm. Several ink layers are applied by screen printing in accordance with the intended symbols and pictures on the heating/ventilating panel. First, an opaque black ink is imprinted which leaves windows for the pictures. Thereafter, the windows are imprinted with different inks such as selected pictures in blue, white and red. The inks used for the colored printing in every case contain an ink carrier which will soften at about 100� C. All colored imprints are provided, partially in superposition, on the same surface of the sheet which is illustrated in its original size in FIG. 3.
Onto the printed surface of the planar sheet a further planar transparent sheet (MAKROLON, 125 μm) coated with hot-melt adhesive is placed in a void-free fashion. The obtained double sheet is heated to about 80� and 120� C., for example in a heating chamber or a passage provided with heat radiators. The double sheet heated to about 90� to 100� C. is placed in a defined arrangement in a conventional three-cavity mold which is adapted to the higher fluid medium pressure and has a cavity area of 240�340 mm. Each individual mold area of a size of 207�68 mm comprises three spaced cylindrical cavities having a diameter of 38 mm and a cavity depth of 6 mm.
The press is moved in the closing direction until the edge of the pressure bell tightly engages the top of the sheet and is closed at a hydraulic fluid pressure of 100 t. Compressed air heated to about 120� C. is injected through the pressure bell. Forming takes place abruptly. Immediately upon opening of the mold the deep-drawn panel may be removed because forming has been conducted far beneath the softening temperature of the polycarbonate material. Thickness variations on the finished deep-drawn pieces are less than 10%.
From the obtained deep-drawn panel the individual (three) sections are punched. Each section of the formed piece is placed in an injection mold and injection-reinforced with transparent plastic material up to a layer thickness of 3 mm. The injected composition also is a polycarbonate material (MAKROLON). A rigid, dimensionally stable formed plastic piece is obtained which is provided with multi-colored printing. The colored printing is provided "inside" the wall of the formed body and is spaced from the surface by a plastic film having a thickness of about 120 μm so that it is protected from wear and damage.
FIGS. 5 and 6 are an oblique view and a sectional view, respectively, of the thin-walled formed plastic piece obtained by deep-drawing. FIGS. 7 and 8 are an oblique view and a sectional view, respectively, of the formed plastic piece after injection-reinforcing with a transparent plastic layer of about 3 mm.
FIGS. 9a, 9b and 9c are respective oblique views illustrating the various stages for producing a formed plastic piece to be used as switch cover. Again, the figures are true copies of the originals. Although pictorial symbols are provided on a sheet portion which during the deep-drawing process is deformed into the mold cavity, there is practically no distortion and/or other deterioration of the pictorial mask printed on the planar sheet.
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Cubs Rumor Round-Up: Zambrano, Chapman, Capps
- The Yankees called the Cubs about Carlos Zambrano according to NY's finest and most respectable newspaper, the NY Post. The article says the Cubs' asking price was high...too high for the Yankees apparently. Bruce Levine says there's nothing to it and adds that Z has been living in Chicago this offseason and seems to dedicated to getting in shape.
- The Cubs are "exploring" a deal with Cuban lefty Aroldis Chapman says Phil Rogers. So far the Red Sox have offered 5/15.5M and the Marlins 5/13M. At 21 years old and capable of throwing a 100mph, even with sketchy control, I would think the Cubs could offer something in the 6/21.5M range and at worse end up with a really good reliever. Let's see how serious the Ricketts are about shoring up the farm system and boosting the young talent inventory of the team.
- The Cubs seem to be one of the finalists for the services of Matt Capps. Apparently him, Tom Gorzelanny and John Grabow were all pretty good friends or at least their wives were and she could be suggesting that Chicago might be the best fit for him and her shopping habits. Wittenmyer's article suggests that it's between the Nationals and the Cubs with the Nationals offering a closing job and the Cubs possibly offering a multi-year deal.
- Wittenmyer says the Cubs are actually getting $5.5M from the Mariners this season as part of the Silva for Bradley swap, opposed to the $3M per year we read about earlier. The second installment of $3.5M would presumably come next season.
- The center field candidates at his point seem to be Marlon Byrd, Scott Podsednik, Rick Ankiel and possibly Brett Gardner or Melky Cabrera via the trade route.
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The problem with Zambrano is that many Cubs fans consider him an ace. Unfortunately, I think most other teams consider him a #2 or even #3 starter. I don't know what the Cubs could get for him, but my guess is that if the Cubs got what he is really worth, most fans would be disappointed/upset.
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I get sick every time I hear that we are entertaining Scott Podsednik or Rick Ankiel. Sloppy seconds from the White Sox and Cardinlas makes me nauseous.
Also, Big Z is a #1 starter, a #3 starter, and a DH all in one. We just need a good psychologist to figure out how to suppress the #3 and DH feelings that he has.
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I hear ya...but Jim Edmonds did Ok during his brief tenure with the North Siders. To me I would rather take the cheapest CF available from the junk heap of Marlon Byrd, Scott Podsednik (although he is not a CF), Rick Ankiel ...etc. I have no problem signing Reed Johnson and Rick Ankiel if they come cheap to give us a righty/lefty combo that can actually play defense. I don't see too many options!
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As a Seattle resident, I get sick every time I think about the Cubs now even remotely thinking about trotting Silva out every 5th day. Even long-relief makes me throw up in my mouth a little.
Silva isn't worthy of a ML roster, in my opinion.
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Since I've moved here, it's been easy not to become a Mariners fan. This year it might be tough.
Interleague sure will be fun next year, though.
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As far as which games or for siteseeing?
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Siteseeing, getting around, part of town in which to stay, etc.
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I found this neighborhood map. If you're going to sitesee, you'll probably only want to go as north as the University District, which is where U of Washington is, but you might not even one to got that far. It's good for shopping, bars, imo, though. Capital Hill is another area that might be nice for restaurants and shopping.
Most stuff is in the Downtown area. Safeco Field, right next to Qwest is in the southern most area and you won't want to go any further south than that.
Pike Place Market is there and is famous, for some reason, for the fish tossing. My dad loves it, I wasn't so impressed. I think there's also the restaurant from Sleepless in Seattle here, but I forget.
There's also the Seattle Center where the Space Needle is. You can take a monorail from downtown right to this area. It's a nice area with a fair, shops, food court, fountain, etc. It's also where Key Arena is. Don't pay to go up into the Needle, though. It's expensive and doesn't offer much a view, imo. If you go into the gift shop, don't buy anything from Lantern Press as that is the company that just layed me off.
Chinatown is near Safeco, which I like, but it's pretty weak when compared to SF, NY, Vancouver. Plus their bootleg dvd's are too expensive. Good food, though. Seattle is great for Asian food, especially Dim Sum, Thai, Sushi, Pho.
I'm not sure where the best places to stay are, but if you stay in one of the above neighborhoods, you'll be near the action. I live in the northernmost park, Lake City, which is where the hobos, liquor stores, and strip clubs are.
Other things to try: the sculpure park, Seattle Art Museum.
[edit] To get around, you'll need to use the buses. Most of the drivers are helpful if you have questions about how to get around. You can buy a daypass which is probably your best bet. You can plan trips here: http://tripplanner.kingcounty.gov/cgi-bin/iti....
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Thanks guys.
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Would suggest staying either in downtown, Belltown, or Queen Anne. Really depends on your price range though.
Nightlife/food/non-shopping: Belltown, Cap Hill, Ballard, maybe Fremont. Would recommend against U Dist.
Downtown isnt great for nightlife or dining, but it is solid for shopping if you're into that. Otherwise, I'd suggest the other neighborhoods listed, especially Cap Hill and Ballard.
Get around via bus or cab. Cabs arent cheap, but will be more direct. You could rent a car too. Get a GPS.
What are you looking for? Seattle literally has everything. Drop me an email if you need some advice.
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i view the Silva issue differently. I like the move. I'm not expecting jack squat from Silva. But at least we won't have Bradley anymore. That guy couldn't even regularly go out on the field to stink it up. I was hopeful last winter when we got him but those hopes were pretty quickly dashed when he started not playing. I think too many people underestimate what an effect a disgruntled person can have on the rest of the players. One bad apple can really influence the whole lot. I don't know any details of his club house behavior but one thing is pretty clear. The Cubs players didn't really enjoy trotting out onto the field everyday. Whereas 2008 it seemed like they were ready everyday for a fight. (until they coasted into the playoffs and forgot there were more games to play)
Anyway, maybe Silva can actually turn things around as a Cub. You never know. I thought Dempster was a lost cause and he turned out ok. But like I said earlier, if he sucks then we can kick him to the curb. At least he isn't a crucial part of our offense.
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one less bad attitude with hitting/fielding upside for one useless pitcher with no upside. meh.
dumpster had tools to work with at least...silva...literally...has a 88-91mph sinking fastball and a 78-82mph changeup...and control...that's about it. he's got a crappy slider he never uses unless he's way in front of the count.
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"The Cubs players didn't really enjoy trotting out onto the field everyday. Whereas 2008 it seemed like they were ready everyday for a fight."
Oh, I didn't realize this was part of MB's responsibilities. Thought it was Lou's...
But why not blame him for Sorry Sori dogging it in left? Soto reporting overweight and high? D Lee thinking about home instead of home plate? Z pinch hitting and getting hurt? Gregg tossing straight fastballs, Miles poor year, no 2nd baseman, hitting coach firings??? This trade SHOULD turn EVERYTHING around, in other words?
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What about second base...calling Jim Hendry - Orlando Hudson is available assuming you don't do something crazy and bring in DeRo for a second tour of duty now that you admitted to screwing up the situation last year.
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Interesting look in the rear view mirror (wide-view version) from the Mariners beat writer at the Carlos Silva era...
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"Where Silva lost the Seattle fanbase, though, came off the field during that dismal 2008 season. After a pair of losses at Yankee Stadium in May and at Safeco Field in August, he decried the inability of the Mariners to police themselves within the clubhouse. He complained that, unlike his past Twins teams, who knew what the post-season was about, some Mariners were more about personal stats than winning and had no idea how to be accountable to themselves and their teammates."
oh...the irony.
he may be a waste of space, but at least he doesn't hurt water coolers.
"It's nice to advocate dealing with stuff internally, as former manager Jim Riggleman, outfielder Raul Ibanez and others suggested.
But from what we know now, that internal policing just wasn't taking place. At best, Riggleman and company were putting band aids on gaping wounds and praying the season would end. Theories are great, but at some point they have to be put into practice.
Nobody did that in the Seattle clubhouse. And now, a year-plus later, just about everybody from that team is gone, including coaches, management and players. Judging by how the team has done since, those were the right moves to make."
really? hmmm....
I don't think Chapman is likely to sign any six year contracts, at least for that little money. Not that he's got real agents, they realize what he could make in his 5th and 6th years (even if that's just the first and second years of arbitration).
I'd expect the starting point is four years and $20 million, and if you want a year that's going to buy him out of arbitration, then it will cost a lot.
When Lincecum gets his contract next year, heads are going to be spinning, and the Hendrix Bros are going to try and argue one year of arbitration on Chapman can be worth $10 to $15 million.
To get the money for Chapman, the Hendry could scale back the overslotting they've been doing the last few years. He cleverly manipulated free agency to make sure that he didn't get any extra picks, and though he hasn't signed away any draft picks, there's still time.
Imagine all the fun that Chapman, Marmol and Zambrano can have showing each other their nasty pitches they can't throw for strikes.
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I agree that this is really all about addition by subtraction - anything that gets you some money back while getting rid of the all - time head case that is Bradley is still a plus. Now, if we could just get something for Fonzie...
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Scott Posednik = Sam Fuld
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Sam Fuld can play CF.
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For a week until he hurts himself.
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This is really not directed entirely to you, Crunch, but when can we stop lamenting what a productive hitter the Cubs are giving away in Bradley. The last thing this is about is what a f'n amazing hitter MB is. He's a world-class pud-whacker who will be joining his 8th MLB organization in 10 years, and that's the f'n story. Nobody with eyes for baseball talent ever questioned whether he could play the game, but it's the galactically immense chip on his freakin' shoulder he brings to the park every day that has always been the 'problem'.
It's not the manager's job to undo what Milton and his personal history has created in his head for the first 25+ years of his life. Lou and others wrote his name on the lineup card as often as they could (averages 96 games played/year over his career). He wants to continue to bring his inner demons to the clubhouse everyday instead of getting the professional counseling he needs. Most baseball managers don't have degrees in clinical psychology, so I don't know who is really going to 'get to' Milton and give him the 'understanding' he needs.
Grow up, Milton, and/or get the help you need to be a productive member of society much less part of a professional baseball organization - or don't. I don't really give a crap. But he's exactly the profile of the guy in 5-10 years who we'll read about who killed his wife and then swallowed his 9mm.
This was easily the worst signing and move of Hendry's tenure as a GM here - and that's saying something with all the examples to choose from. Manny couldn't be more correct about Hendry.
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You didn't even mention his boombox.
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George said: "Most baseball managers don't have degrees in clinical psychology, so I don't know who is really going to 'get to' Milton and give him the 'understanding' he needs."
artskoe sez: Billy Martin, George. Lou is no Billy Martin. There were 25 (or more?) malcontents in that Yankee dugout who wouldn't talk to each other outside of the ballpark and probably still don't have reunions - but they have rings.
Ryno is showing signs of becoming a Billy Martin, maybe? I'd take a 3 hour trip to Round Rock (near Austin) to see him manage. Won't go 20 miles to Arlington to see SantaLou fall asleep walking to the mound to take Silva out of the game in the 2nd inning.
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Good point on the Yankees of the Bronx Zoo era..except they were good baseball players too. MB stunk it up last season.
It's funny how you can put up with those malcontents as long as they are performing at a high level. Sparky Lyle, Mickey Rivers, Ed Figuroa...to name a few, were sure sent packing ASAP if they were felt to be slipping.
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Lou won a ring with the Reds. If memory serves (and it may not), Martin won one ring with the Yankees.
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Billy Martin managed for 16 years and compiled a 1253-1013 (.553) record. His teams won two league pennants and one World Series title.
Lou Piniella has a 1784-1639 (.521) record in 22 seasons. His teams have won one league pennant and one World Series.
I think it's fair to say that Billy Martin did not hold his Yankees teams together. He fought constantly with several of the players. He didn't coddle anyone. No one got special treatment. Although we'll never know, I think Billy Martin would have ripped Milton Bradley's head off. Martin was not one to tolerate the weak.
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"This is really not directed entirely to you, Crunch, but when can we stop lamenting what a productive hitter the Cubs are giving away in Bradley."
bradley = can hit and field
silva = nothing
yes, it's hendry's worst move, but why should i be happy a good hitter is gone because the 3-4m a year manager can't make his clubhouse work. silva is trash. there's no "wait and see" with his stuff. if you want a manager to just fill out a lineup card you can get that for 1/2 million bucks and spend the savings on keeping derosa or wuertz...or whatever.
bradley may not be a lot of fun, but there's 23 other guys and support staff to chat with if you're bored. bradley wasn't out there setting anyone's locker on fire even if his respect level by his peers was low in the cub locker room. babying his baby ass might have kept us from getting to this point of giving away a guy with upside for a guy with nothing and pretending "saving 6 million bucks" is actually saving anything.
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I know Bradley can play baseball. I know Silva is for shit. I just said that above. The point is that Bradley is an emotional lost cause. It isn't how much Pinella makes; not one of the last 7 organizations have gotten through to MB. Texas tolerated him in 2008, weren't about to give him a multi-year contract, and were happy to take him back for 2010 if the Cubs picked up about all of his remaining guaranteed salary.
My God, don't you get that Bradley looks good until he spends a couple of months in your clubhouse and then every team he's been with wants to get rid of his ass. That isn't my opinion - that's Bradley's factual history. Hendry fell into the same false trap as all the organizations MB played with before the Cubs, and Seattle will be the next to make sure the door doesn't hit him in the ass in the very near future.
This has nothing to do with how good a baseball player Bradley is and how much Silva sucks. This is about how our favorite team's GM was a monumental dumb-ass to sign Bradley at all, let alone for 3 years, $30M guaranteed. He spent valuable payroll on the wrong player when better alternatives (Ibanez, Dunn) were available for less money and less years. Then trying to clean up the pile of crap he created, Hendry handcuffs the 2010 roster with a crap player in return and not enough payroll flexibility to fix the mess he created in 2009. That's the point.
I hope to God this is what finally causes Hendry to lose his job, and I wish I had confidence that Ricketts will put a lot better baseball people in top management roles after he's gone. You know, people like who run BOS, LAA, PHL, ATL, and STL - teams that seem to be in the World Series a lot more often than the rest of the league.
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George sed: I hope to God this is what finally causes Hendry to lose his job, and I wish I had confidence that Ricketts will put a lot better baseball people in top management roles after he's gone. You know, people like who run BOS, LAA, PHL, ATL, and STL - teams that seem to be in the World Series a lot more often than the rest of the league.
artskoe reply: George, above all this is our hope: More than changing out Hendry, changing ownership is the way this team had to go. Tribune had too many corporate unwritten rules to allow any GM here to slice and dice to come up with a good recipe. It has been frustrating for decades to see Braves, Cards, Marlins, Tigers, etc, make lineup changes and come up with new guys who could impact the game and managers who knew how to get the best out of them. Hendry and Lou will now come face-to-face with ONE man to give account. They only thought they had ulcers before!
The Trib let the stadium fall apart, the farm system and last year, the team. Let's hope this team, now with a family crest at stake, begins a new era - like a Frank Kapra movie. If the Trib was the last paper in the nation, I wouldn't spend a dime (or 25 cents on Sunday) to see what's printed in it.
Let's hope Hendry surprises us. Lou needs to be hooked up to life support. As for TR, the Honeymoon begins...
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Lou as manager of Cubs: 265-219
Dusty 322-326
Baylor 187-220
Riggleman 374-419
Lou needs to perform better as manager this year, but let's have a little perspective here.
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at least 120-140 million worth of perspective.
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Exactly Crunch.
Tough to blame the Trib when they are giving $130+ million payrolls to their GM and Manager.
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True...it was Piniella's mismanagement that caused injuries to Soriano, Ramirez, Soto, Zambrano, Dempster...and caused MB to perform like Kevin Roberson.
It's more frustrating to see a team that is in a big market, that can't "blow it up" and start from scratch, and has to rebuild on the fly, but whose fans will then complain about not having any homegrown players.
Trib....Lou....meh. The players need to get healthy and play. God...is it spring training yet?
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You know, people like who run BOS, LAA, PHL, ATL, and STL - teams that seem to be in the World Series a lot more often than the rest of the league.
The Angels don't belong on that list--- only one trip to the World Series.
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Have we hit the agree to disagree cutoff point yet?
I'd be perfectly happy to start whining again about Matt Murton not getting enough playing time and trading for Juan Pierre if we're up for prolonged debates on moot points.
Bradley did neither last season crunch. His range was slightly below average, and he wasn't exactly scaring anyone with his throwing.
Silva is a nothing, but it's not like we replaced Babe Ruth out there.
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Submitted by The Real Neal on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 4:18pm.
I don't think Chapman is likely to sign any six year contracts, at least for that little money. Not that he's got real agents, they realize what he could make in his 5th and 6th years (even if that's just the first and second years of arbitration).
I'd expect the starting point is four years and $20 million, and if you want a year that's going to buy him out of arbitration, then it will cost a lot.
REAL NEAL: If the Cubs (or any club) sign Ardolis Chapman to a minor league contract (no matter the bonus), he would be under club control for at least seven seasons (or more if he's added to a 40-man roster somewhere along the way), just like any other player.
But because of demand, Chapman will probably want (and get) a major league contract (and an immediate slot on an MLB 40-man roster), just as happened with Jeff Samardzija a couple of years ago. And what Samardzija got (MLB contract - 5 yrs/$10M) is probably similar in structure to what Chapman will ultimately get, although Chapman will probably want about 50% more money.
If Chapman does sign a Shark-like deal, he would get four minor league options instead of three, would probably get "no trade" rights, and would probably have a player option to opt out of the deal (but NOT the option to become a FA) once he's eligible for salary arbitration in a few years.
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Here are the ERAs for the last five starting pitchers:
At what point does the manager note it's not the "other pitcher"?
And why does he start Montero in the middle of a downturn?
Some perspective (mostly for my own benefit): Dan Straily beat MadBum 2-1 today as the Reds took 2 of 3 in SF. Giants are 2-9 since the break and their lead over LA is down to 2.5 games. So, yeah...baseball. It'll drive ya nuts.
McNutt / Archer didn't work out well for us.
The floor is more valuable than the ceiling. It's the same reason we drafted Kris Bryant instead of Jon Gray.
Apparently the Yankees had the choice of either Gleyber Torres or Eloy Jimenez in the Chapman deal, and they chose Torres.
Chapman shouldn't be reserved anymore on 40 man.
Interesting split on Heyward according to ESPN. As a CF, his slash line .292/.363/.375/.738. At RF: .212/.204/.300/.604. 21/72 as a CF, 58/273 as a RF.
He's also been better when batting 2nd, but he had a nice start in the 6 hole, but has slumped ever since. He was heating up before the All Star break, but is only hitting .108 in the 2nd half.
When we played the Reds with Chapman, I always thought of it as an eight-inning game. So now other teams have eight innings to try to get a lead against the Cubs. Should be a challenge, assuming three or four Cubs ever start hitting again.
I don't really try to get to know and like these players personally. I'm rooting for laundry, for the most part. Exceptions might be when a player makes trouble in the clubhouse or in the dugout. (Zambrano and Bradley come to mind. Also Papelbon.) But I don't think Chapman is one of those jerks.
Unfortunately, a pretty good summary. It looks like next year Heyward will be getting yet another batting stance adjustment.
The recent good news has been Baez. I'm afraid about the next league adjustment on him, though, which is probably right around the corner.
Bryant I don't worry about too much. Just not seeing the ball well right now. He'll turn it around. Russell's been good with men in scoring position all year and he's 22ish. He'll be fine but next year is likely to be his breakout year.
If Travis' back-to-back-to-back walks cost Hendricks the ERA title, that would really suck.
Edit: "A lifeless loss to a lousy Sox team."
This place is a real downer after a loss to the Sox.
I expect they will go 5-9 games above .500 the rest of the year. 96-98 wins will win the Division.
They should have one more 2-3 week hot streak in them.
However, several players are just "average" for the last month: Zobrist, Ross, Russell, Ceasar. Montero is terrible, plus he cannot throw anyone out. -WAR. Heyward is abysmal at the plate, but a plus in the OF. Still with RISP he has been terrible. KB has not been driving in runs as of late. But Apparently the team is still above average with RISP according to S Sahadev.
I came to that realization tonight. I kept expecting them to play better, but now I realize they aren't going to. They are a .500 team now.
- They have one reliable starting pitcher. Jake's magic is gone, and it doesn't look like it's coming back. Lester has been lousy recently. Lackey's ERA goes up every time he pitches.
- Heyward has been dead weight all year. I can't remember a single series where he was a significant offensive contributor. Not one. Great defense, but but if he were hitting .270 with 10 HR and played average defense, the Cubs would be better off.
new rule...no one's allowed to throw k.bryant a changeup
Team is .500 since early May and is playing like a .500 team. Lack of offense seems to be putting a lot of pressure on the pitchers...and they aren't handling it terribly well.
.500 the rest of the way still may win the division though.


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