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However, the climatological reverse may have occurred back in 1966 when the Beatles came to St. Louis to perform at Busch Stadium. The Fab Four arrived here not long after John Lennon's sacrilegious pronouncement that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus Christ. Veteran radio personality Johnny Rabbitt, who claims to have introduced the Beatles to St. Louis in 1963, was on the scene at the stadium: "It certainly irritated a lot of people that this was said, and I have no idea who instigated it (praying for inclement weather), but I do remember a motion to call on the gods, as it were, to somehow spoil their performance. And, as it happened, it just poured during their show. The weather was absolutely dismal." In the end, the power of prayer cuts both ways.
Mayor Clarence Harmon wanted to make it perfectly clear, every day, how friggin' fantastic it was to have John Paul II in the River City. Well, that wasn't the term he used. On Day One, a mayoral news release had hizzoner saying the arrival of the pope was "the most important two-day period in St. Louis history." On Day Two, the mayor's statement described the Mass in the Trans World Dome as "a dramatic uplift of humanity" that "elevated those in attendance and those who watched to new heights in personal spirituality and a renewed compassion for brotherly love (our italics)." Hey, too bad the Catholic big kahuna didn't sprinkle some holy water on ConnectCare, the city's troubled program for the medically indigent. Maybe next time.
Gushing with unbridled exuberance, more than 1,000 youth danced to the Christian rock bands onstage at the papal plaza Tuesday afternoon. A hip-looking priest served as MC, proselytizing from the stage between songs such as "I Will Choose Christ" and "One Heart at a Time." But the music died when Shepherd One hit the tarmac at Lambert International, and the focus of attention turned to a pair of large, portable video units -- JumboTrons -- as the giant screens played out the spectacle of President Bill Clinton introducing the pope, much as a parolee might introduce his parole officer. Speculation among the gathered ran rampant: During their private meeting, would Clinton confess to the Holy Father? Better yet, would the pope grant Clinton absolution for his indiscretions? "That will be 10,000 Hail Marys and 40,000 Our Fathers, my son. Now go in peace."
Then it was the pope's turn to speak. It was the first time we heard his voice, and we strained to make out the words: "God bless St. Louis! God bless America!" We heard that much, at least. It was an inspirational homily, brimming with goodwill even if the pontiff, with his thick Old World accent, did sound remarkably like Don Vito Corleone. As the pope spoke, his words were displayed on the JumboTron. Unfortunately, the transcription was godawful. Every third word was butchered -- for example, "sell braits" for celebrate. Not only that, but the syntax was horribly jumbled; One passage read, " ... the needs of others the family the great of your happy." Despite the confusion, the pope's message evoked tremendous applause.
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McLennonSon - what's your source? It's the third time I've heard this claimed today, and I don't know where it comes from. Instant Karma! was written and recorded on 27 January 1970, not the 26th.
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McLennonSon - what's your source? It's the third time I've heard this claimed today, and I don't know where it comes from. Instant Karma! was written and recorded on 27 January 1970, not the 26th.
Oh, I didn't know. My source was from the website "This Day In Music".
1 December 2009
Ah yes, I did see someone else retweeting This Day In Music's (erroneous) note about the 26th. Their article on the song has it correct, but if you search that site for 26 Jan it mentions IK! for that day too.
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Not where i am where its the 43 year anniversary of the final day of the Get Back sessions.
With all the time zones and the fact that time continues to change even this post will be wrong somewhere in the universe as i type. The same with this thread.
10 August 2011
I'll be the lone dissenter here.
I think "Instant Karma" was a harbinger of things to come in Lennon-land: a wonderful song with raw (as in under-cooked) production.
There's some very awkward drumming that nearly sounds amateurish.
Of course, it's all strictly a question of taste. (But Voltaire said, "Good taste is my taste")
I always wondered why the post-Beatle Lennon had relatively little commercial success - even the Lennon Broadway musical basically opened and closed (and it was great!!!). ["Imagine" became a major anthem after he died].
And I think that for many people, his songs lacked production, at least in the sense that they'd become accustomed to in his Beatle days.
To my ears, "Instant Karma" is/was a good example.
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Ray J may have hit it first, but a surrogate for Kim Kardashian is hoping to get the last laugh.
In response to that singer's hilarious Kim Kardashian sex tape ode, Jonathan Cheban has come out and made his feelings very well-known.
"When I saw that idiot Ray J make a song about her, you know I held myself back from twittering that Ray J is a real retard," Kim's BFF told Us Weekly on Saturday. "But you know, I can't deal with a thousand people twittering back and forth so I let it go. I mean, who does that?! You're a loser and you'll always be a loser."
In an interview with New York radio station Hot 97, Ray J tried to claim the song in question is somehow NOT about Kardashian, but rather "about a concept."
"People going way too deep," he said last week. "They just gotta keep it on the surface. I'm not trying to create no war, it's all love; we're doing music."
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If he hit it first or not.... He is still a loser ... I can how she wants her back.... So stupid.. And Jo just keep on doing your thing .... That's what a TRUE friend does....
Jon's an idiot himself, why even comment and give Ray'J more air-time??? You're doing exactly what he wants you to do.
And when the fuck will that ass-kisser shut the fuck up!
He'd be sucking Kim's dick if she had one right now!
Grow up Jonathan... Nobody cares what you have to say!
I love that song soooo much!
But people please!
It's obvious what he did!
He was getting irrelevant so he sang a song that he claims is not about Kim that is obviously about Kim!
At least nigga own up to it!
Sure you made a little buzz but nobody's gonna be own your side here
I still like the Kardashians. But, that song Ray J wrote sounds so good. Besides that, Kim K has a man (Kris Humphries) she is still married but has to deal in order to divorce.
It was ok for kanye to talk about Kris Huphries tho. Karma is a bitch!!! Ray J can sing his butt off, what talent does kim have? She made an empire off the tape, let Ray J make his money before she is not relevant.. Which seems to be just around the corner. Seems theres always a double standard n Hipocrisy with the "K" clan..
Johnathan is a nobody... Loser.. Why would he use the word "RETARD" as if to insult Ray J. How politically incorrect and inappropriate. Just goes to show how insensitive the "K" clan is. Take an social media etiquette course. Don't describe a music artist (Ray J) as a "RETARD". Dummy!!
cheban or whatever his name is has his head stuck up that fat whores ass to the point where hes choking on her shit. hes trying to hussle some camera time with that fat whore. ray j is doing what hes done and thats sing. not only did he hit her but he pissed on her. Keep eating her shit cheban no one else wants to be seen with that pig in lipstick. not even kayne hes in hiding.
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All of those songs can be played on any computer, as well as web-enabled devices like BRAVIA HDTVs, Blu-ray players and the PS3, as well as portables, including Android-based devices. The service is an extension to Sony's Video On Demand powered by Qriocity, which is part of the package on Sony's 2010 networked HDTVs, Blu-ray players and Blu-ray home theater systems.
Qriocity is also compatible with digital files and playlists from other media players, including iTunes.
Now comes the sad part: Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity is only available in the UK and Ireland—for now. Sony plans to launch it in the U.S., as well as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and New Zealand sometime in 2011.
Basic monthly subscription plans start at 3.99 pounds Sterling (UK) and 3.99 Euros (Ireland). That translates to an average of $5.75 in U.S. dollars. This plan promises unlimited forward skipping and access to ad-free radio stations, similar to Pandora. Premium plans go for 9.99 (around $14 U.S.), which offers one-time 30-day access to all six million songs on-demand, allowing users to create playlists and full access to a selection of Top 100 channels.Follow Electronic House on Facebook and Twitter.
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Photos and Description of this 3 bedroom holiday apartment in Alcossebre - 113 Las Aranas
A self-catering rental with pool beach & tennis access
Ideal family holiday situated next to the very Spanish village of Alcossebre with its many noted restaurants and tapas bars; the beach just 300m away. It is newly furnished to a high modern standard; to the rear are the views of the beautiful mountains and orange groves in the gardens; you have two swimming pools plus two tennis courts for use of residents only. There are five blue flag beaches within walking distance - the prettiest on the Costa Azahar. A bird sanctuary and national park are 10min away. The much publicized 5 star resort of Marina D'or with its casinos and shops 25min away.
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Hello I am 66 years of age live just outside London in ongar have 3 propertys in alcossebre where I spend a lot of my time and enjoy running the propertys
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The Personal Branding Post Seth Godin Should Have Written johnfdoherty.comSubmitted by explorionary Jun 15 2012 in Branding 1 Comment Discuss (1) |
We all recognize personal branding when we see it, but it's also a nebulous term that very few understand. Many of us recognize its value, but very few know how to get there. And, a lasting personal brand is not something that is build overnight. Examples of People Who Built Personal Brands Many people whom I respect have spent years building their personal brand.
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Peter Murphy - Grand Central, Miami - August 5
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In this town it seems like every time two Latin musicians get together in the same room someone calls it a descarga. For the dizzying thrill of the real thing, head to Café Nostalgia this Friday night, when a group of powerful multigenerational instrumentalists will scare up the very soul of Cuban jazz. The aptly named Cuban Jam Session Ensemble will explore the expansive side of Cuban classics in the spirit of the original Havana jams of the 1950s, driven by the musicians' decades of playing around the world.
The stellar lineup includes famed trumpet player Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, whose long résumé includes stints with Beny Moré, Machito, Eddie and Charlie Palmieri, and Cachao; Fania Allstars veteran violinist Felix "Pupi" Legarreta; timbalero and Latin drum kit innovator Walfredo de los Reyes III; former Irakere member Carlos Averhoff; Miami scene's trumpet darling Feliciano Gomez "Pachu"; and bongo player Albert "El Super" Dobarganes.
Promoter Arturo Campa, who previously brought the group together at the 2001 JVC Jazz Festival, says to expect traditional Cuban music interpreted through their own approach to the tunes. "These guys are all specialists in their instruments," he adds. "They're soloists, arrangers, and composers who understand this music like no one else. In many cases, they had a hand in making it popular in Cuba in the first place, and they've kept it alive all these years."


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San Luis Obispo Skate Park Breaks Ground
After many years of planning, design and collaboration with the city and community of San Luis Obispo, RRM is very proud to attend the groundbreaking for the SLO skate park!
After many years of planning, design and collaboration with the city and community of San Luis Obispo, RRM is very proud to attend the groundbreaking for the SLO skate park!
RRM recently attended the groundbreaking ceremony for The Vistas at Pismo Village. This lively mixed-use project sits in the heart of the town of Pismo Beach and captures the "village theme" for the residential and commercial components of the development. Pismo's eclectic styles are a trademark of this Central Coast community and this project draws from its surrounding coastal beach neighborhood. The Vistas' architectural styles of California craftsman, seaside modern and early California all contribute to an overall project theme of past, present and future to bring to life the concept of various structures being developed over time. The Vistas includes 32 townhome residential units; half of these are detached on individual lots, the other half attached on individual lots. The three-story townhomes average +/- 1,500 sf of living space. Residence parking is both attached and detached. In addition the commercial component along busy Wadsworth Avenue provides 5,800 sf of retail space and parking with a 1,000 sf residential manager's apartment above.
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The National Complete Streets Coalition ranked Hermosa Beach among the top cities in the nation for its "exceptional work" in developing and adopting "Complete Streets" policies to ensure its streets are safe for users of all ages and abilities, provide easy pedestrian and transit access, incorporate sustainable features and create an attractive and inviting environment, said Mayor Kit Bobko.
The National Complete Streets Coalition, which researches and advocates for improved community development through the adoption and implementation of Complete Streets policies, ranked Hermosa Beach No. 2, behind Indianapolis, out of nearly 130 cities that adopted Complete Streets policies last year.
Whether you are a developer or a public agency, your upcoming project will likely be required to comply with the State Water Resources Control Board's (SWRCB) new site design, runoff reduction, numeric treatment, retention and hyrdromodification requirements. These requirements are being implemented through local Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Permits.
The requirements call for the use of low-impact development (LID) techniques such as bio-retention, flow-through planters, infiltration trenches, grass filter strips, downspout disconnection, cisterns, green roofs and other methods that have space and cost impacts on your project. The RWQCBs are also beginning to implement hydromodifictaion controls. Hydromodification occurs when drainage patterns are modified, pervious surfaces are paved and vegetative cover is removed. Hydromodification tends to reduce base flows in streams and rivers, increase peak flows and alter sediment supply. In controlling hydromodification, the RWQCBs are attempting to mitigate the impacts of development on streams and rivers.
by: Tony Keith, RLA
Viewing news footage of the devastation in the wake of Hurricane Sandy this past winter and witnessing firsthand the recurring storm damage from El Nino conditions here on the West Coast, it is clear to me that our coastal cities are increasingly at risk. Whether you accept the science of global warming, or the premise that we are just in a natural cycle, the answer is the same: we must prepare in advance and implement strategies to address a new set of criteria for planning and building along our shoreline or suffer devastating consequences.
Development along the waterfront is set in an extremely dynamic context that is dramatically changing within our lifetime. Few coastal locations host more diverse activities in one place than along our coastal city waterfronts; commerce, industry, recreation, man-made environments and natural beauty all intersect in this unique setting. With critical infrastructure increasingly at risk, we have clear choices to make, new questions to ask and new solutions to seek.
Sea levels have risen about 8 inches in the past 100 years and are projected to rise as much as 55 inches by the end of the century as stated in an analysis prepared for three California state agencies. The Pacific Institute estimates that 480,000 people, a wide range of critical infrastructure, vast areas of wetlands and other natural ecosystems, and nearly $100 billion in property along the California coast are at increased risk from flooding due to sea-level rise if no adaptation actions are taken.
With the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) currently executing agreements with approximately 24 agencies for a total grant amount of approximately $42 million, Round 2 is just around the corner and it is time to start planning ahead. The SWRCB anticipates opening applications for Round 2 of the Proposition 84 Storm Water Implementation Grants in the summer of 2013. It is time to start thinking about potential projects which reduce and prevent storm water contamination of rivers, lakes and streams. Eligible project types include Low Impact Development (LID) and projects which comply with Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) requirements.
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Sustainable solution offers flood control and water quality improvement for a popular beach spot.
For more than 20 years, challenging storm water conditions and continued erosion have been a problem at Surfer's Point, a popular surf break near Santa Barbara, Calif. Beach erosion, degraded water quality and flooding issues have caused tremendous damage. Coastal development, unsustainable water management practices and runoff from urban and agricultural areas further exacerbated the problem.
A collaboration of community stakeholders from government, businesses, non-profits and residents, spent years debating options, and eventually chose the innovative "managed retreat"—or shoreline retreat—approach as their long-term solution to effectively manage the storm water and stall erosion.
The Modesto Area 2 Stormwater to Sanitary Sewer Removal Project was one of three projects in the Central Valley region to be invited to submit a full proposal for Proposition 84 funding. The project uses low-impact development techniques to convey stormwater to Garrison Park, provide water quality treatment, infiltrate stormwater and recharge the groundwater aquifer. The project will reduce the number of sanitary sewer overflows and improve water quality for Dry Creek, and the Lower Tuolumne River. RRM Design Group prepared the preliminary design report, construction documents and assisted the City in preparing the concept proposal application request for $3,000,000.
By: Tony Keith
Walking along any portion of California's coast, visitors can observe an ever-changing environment where the tides, waves, shifting sands, and shorebirds all move in concert with the soothing rhythms of the sea. But when the winter El Nino storms come to the West Coast, serenity gives way to the awesome, destructive powers of nature, placing in jeopardy the public improvements that allow us to enjoy the elemental edge where water meets the shore. Nowhere is this more apparent than the city of Ventura's beaches that flank its distinctive pier, and no agency is more aware of this than the California Coastal Commission.
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CPSC Commissioners vote on section 1101 update 6(b) notice of proposed rule.
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See how U.S. Customs and Border Protection and CPSC worked together to keep unsafe toy dolls with phthalates from reaching store shelves.
Dr. Tom Fabian, senior fire researcher, from UL, presented an overview of UL's recently completed project on Residential Upholstered Furniture Flammability in which experiments were conducted to explore if commercially available fire resistance technologies can retard and/or reduce fire growth of residential upholstered furniture.
CPSC commissioners and staff discuss the voluntary recall notice of proposed rulemaking. The Commission voted to publish the proposed rule in the Federal Register.
CPSC staff briefs the Commission on a rule for hand-held baby carriers.
This Recall Roundup is all about keeping your children safe. Do you have these recalled products? Kids II Baby Einstein Musical Motion activity jumpers, Be Amazing! Monster Science growing spider toy sets, Eco-Novelty Cosmo beads jumbo size, and Hatchette Book Group's "Count My Kisses 1, 2, 3" and "Red, Green, Blue, I Love You" books have all been recalled.
CPSC staff briefs the Commission on the operating plan for fiscal year 2014.
As part of the rulemaking process for high-powered magnet sets, CPSC held a public hearing on Oct. 22, 2013, at 10 a.m.
Learn how to find and keep track of recalls and consumer product safety information on CPSC.gov and through CPSC's social media.
Loose or looped window covering cords can strangle young children.
CPSC Chairman Inez Tenenbaum honors five recipients of the 3rd annual Chairman's Commendation Awards. The Chairman's award program recognizes people and organizations that have made significant contributions to consumer product safety.


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Of all the complaints about the Affordable Care Act, the specter of rationing is surely the most worrisome. But the estimated 30 million more Americans expected to have health insurance Jan. 1 won't catch providers by surprise. The nation's health care system has been reshaping itself for some time, not just for Obamacare, but for the so-called silver tsunami of an aging health care population.
Changes in the industry will ease the crush provided that reimbursements, which drive the U.S. health care system, honor the important role nurse practitioners and physician assistants will fill in providing primary care. For their part, consumers are likely to be pleased with more accessible, patient-centered care the individuals in both professions provide, particularly if they are aware of the extensive and rigorous training and continuing education required.
Northeast Indiana is well positioned to help meet demand for providers and will be more so if the state approves IPFW's new Doctor of Nursing Practice program, the first-ever doctoral program for the regional campus. The University of Saint Francis has been preparing physician assistants – doctoral-level providers – since it acquired the program from Lutheran College about 15 years ago. About 300 students apply each year for 25 spots in the intense program.
The nursing model
Christina Trahin, a registered nurse and instructor at Saint Francis' Department of Nursing, exemplifies the type of provider seeking the advanced training that will help meet demand in primary care. She's a nurse practitioner student at Saint Francis, extending four years of nursing study and 10 years of practice by another two years of graduate work and clinical experience.
Your goal in nursing is to work for people who are sick and in need, said the third-generation nurse. I basically want to be a nurse practitioner because I want a stronger influence in patients' care.
Heather Krull, one of two certified family nurse practitioners staffing IPFW's Center for Healthy Living: Clinic and Wellness Programs, worked as a home health aide, certified nursing assistant and RN before becoming a nurse practitioner. She said she was attracted by the autonomy the position holds in treating patients. Krull earned a doctor of nursing practice at Ball State University and now teaches in IPFW's Department of Nursing.
At the IPFW clinic, she treats primary-care cases – basic chronic illness, infection, diabetes management and more. A collaborating physician off site reviews 5 percent of the orders she writes.
Nurse practitioners allow the physicians to take the more complex cases – the cases that need more time and more significant management, Krull said. Nurse practitioners can manage the other cases and free them up to do more.
Indiana has about 3,500 advanced practice nurses, the vast majority of whom are nurse practitioners, according to Marcia Plant Jackson, a founding member of the Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses of Indiana. Licensing falls under the state's Board of Nursing.
The medical model
Physician assistants are licensed by a state Physician Assistant Committee.
The University of Saint Francis is the training ground for physician assistants in this region. Its program is one of just four in the state, although the University of Evansville will begin a program in 2016.
Our graduates have jobs immediately, said Dawn LaBarbera, associate professor and chair of the Physician Assistant Studies program at Saint Francis. I get a list of available jobs every day.
Indeed, Saint Francis has had a 100 percent placement rate for its PA graduates for each of the last three years. Likewise, Saint Francis PA graduates consistently post perfect passing rates on the day-long board exam, compared to a 93 percent passing rate nationwide.
Physician assistants are not physician's assistants; the two providers work as a team, with PAs qualified to practice and prescribe medicine.
A better model
Experts are increasingly pointing to a concept known as a medical home as a means of reducing costs and improving quality in health care. Both nurse practitioners and physician assistants are key figures in such a model, which is based on patient needs.
They typically have more time than physicians to spend with patients. The goal is to improve access to care, with extended office hours and patient/provider communication through email and phone, and to coordinate care.
The model takes a team approach, with physicians, nurses, nutritionists, pharmacists and more collaborating.
Cheryl Erickson, a board-certified nurse practitioner and associate professor at Saint Francis, said advanced practice nurses are perfect partners in such a collaboration, given that their work always has been patient-centered. The advanced training many nurses are seeking rightfully earns them a place at the table in prescribing care. Some nurses are now spending as much as eight years in education.
I'm not trying to be a mini-doc, said Erickson, who also is the family nurse practitioner for the Allen County Department of Health. I'm trying to get (patients) the best outcome. We're going to have to play together to meet all of the population's health care needs.
Legislative inroads
Both PAs and nurse practitioners have had to fight for expanded scope of practice. The Indiana Academy of Physician Assistants made inroads in the last legislative session with approval of a bill to expand prescriptive authority and fewer requirements involving a supervising physician. It's a win for medically underserved counties seeking more primary-care providers.
But there is opposition. The American Medical Association opposes expanded licensing authority for nurse practitioners, arguing that care will be compromised without direct physician supervision. The powerful organization also has opposed expanded-practice efforts of physician assistants.
Physicians, physician assistants, nurses and other health care professionals have long worked together to meet patient needs for a reason: The physician-led team approach to care works, AMA President Jeremy Lazarus told Businessweek earlier this year.
What is important to note is that in Indiana we all collaborate with physicians, most notably family-practice docs, said CAPNI's Jackson, a family nurse practitioner in central Indiana. The opposition really comes from their professional organizations. In the real world of practice, we have very good relationships with the physicians we work with.
Erickson agreed that physicians are increasingly open to collaboration, but insurance companies sometimes limit or exclude their participation in health plans. Nurses are the silent providers whose work the companies don't recognize for reimbursement.
The irony of the Obamacare rationing scare is that the growing shortage of primary-care doctors already has patients waiting for health care. A survey conducted by The Commonwealth Fund in 2011 found that 16 percent of U.S. adults waited at least six days for an appointment when they needed to see a doctor or nurse, compared with 2 percent in the United Kingdom, where the National Health Service has been in effect since 1948.
Given the number of Americans who will have access to health care, the need for more primary-care providers is obvious. Physician assistants and nurse practitioners can fill that need, provided that state and federal lawmakers recognize that health care demands will require more providers and that professionals in both areas have proven they're up to the task.


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are announcing this credit card as part of our new partnership with the bank. With 1.2 million followers in the country, Manchester United already has strong support in Serbia and we hope that this new partnership with Eurobank will help this burgeoning fanbase grow even larger."
President of the Executive Board of Eurobank in Serbia, Philippos Karamanolis, said:
"Cooperation with Manchester United is one of the most important business moves for Eurobank. For the first time in the region, this distinguished club launches cooperation with a bank, and this represents a great honour for both Serbia and us as a partner of the legendary club."
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DENVER — Don Mattingly knows this won't be the last time he jogs out to right field to check on his rookie phenom.
The Los Angeles Dodgers manager was cautioned well in advance that Yasiel Puig has one speed — all out.
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Puig's simply going to run into things, including fences.
Puig left LA's 10-8 victory Wednesday over the Colorado Rockies early with a bruised left hip after making a leaping catch in right field.
"He just plays like that," Mattingly said. "They kind of warned us coming up he plays like that and he's going to get hurt."
Puig reached up to rob Nolan Arenado of a hit in the fifth, only to smack his hip on a padded column below the scoreboard in right. Puig stayed down on the warning track for several minutes before jogging around the outfield and remaining in the game.
The next inning, Puig drove in a run with a sacrifice fly before being taken out when the Dodgers made a double switch. Puig, who was just named the NL player of the month, finished 1 for 3 with a double.
Team officials said a precautionary X-ray was negative and he's listed as day-to-day.
"I think he'll be able to play but we'll see," Mattingly said.
Puig has been sensational since being called up on June 3, hitting .440 this season with eight homers.
And when he fell to the dirt, Dodger fans held their breath. Matt Kemp quickly rushed over to check on him, along with Ramirez and Adrian Gonzalez. Mattingly also jogged out to the outfield to see how Puig was feeling.
Earlier in the day, Puig won the National League player and rookie of the month awards. It was hardly even a contest after he hit .436 in June. His 44 hits were a Dodgers rookie record for a month.
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My Canadian friend on the phone sounded mystified. He'd read the Federal Maritime Commission's report on cross-border container shipments, and was asking: What does it mean?
Good question.
Long before the FMC report was issued, similar queries arose on both sides of the 49th parallel. Canadian officials raised concerns of U.S. protectionism. U.S. cargo interests asked why the commission was investigating something that seemed obvious.
Several West Coast senators and representatives requested the FMC inquiry into cross-border shipments on behalf of constituent ports that compete with Prince Rupert and Vancouver, British Columbia.
FMC Chairman Richard Lidinsky Jr. was happy to oblige. He's been interested in the issue since the early 1980s, when he was at the Maryland Port Administration and wrote a law review article on the subject.
Back then, U.S. North Atlantic ports were trying to stop their region's cargo from taking a cheaper route through Montreal. The issue eventually faded, only to be revived by the 1986 enactment of the U.S. Harbor Maintenance Tax on waterborne commerce.
Today, West Coast ports contend the HMT, based on the value of imports and domestic shipments, is a big reason Prince Rupert has gone from a startup port in 2007 to one handling more than 500,000 20-foot-equivalent units a year.
Although the FMC found nothing illegal about cross-border shipments via Canadian ports, the commission's report sympathized with U.S. ports' claims. It suggested that advantages of Canadian ports may be overstated, and said the HMT appears to tip the scales in their favor.
Exempting U.S. importers from the HMT, or imposing an equivalent fee on imports via Canadian ports, would likely shift some cargo back to U.S. ports, the report asserted. It suggested Congress consider those and other proposals, including one to establish a "national transportation policy."
Not so fast, said dissenting FMC members Rebecca Dye and Michael Khouri. They said the HMT can't be viewed in isolation from other market dynamics. Dye called the FMC report "a political policy paper developed to justify a predetermined conclusion" that the HMT causes cargo diversion.
Back to my Canadian friend: He wondered whether the report would spur Congress to impose a cross-border cargo fee or some change to the HMT.
The prediction here is it won't. The HMT was enacted only after years of deadlock over the funding of dredging. Despite complaints from West Coast ports, there's no consensus today that the HMT is causing enough difficulties to upset the status quo.
As many shippers and others told the FMC, Prince Rupert's growth is due less to HMT avoidance than to geography, smooth ship-to-rail transfer and efficient intermodal service to the U.S. Midwest.
One industry commenter told the FMC that the only sure way to stop U.S. shippers from using Prince Rupert would be to "change the curvature of the earth."
As of this writing, no one in Congress has proposed such a change. But don't laugh. Stranger things happen in Washington.
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Here, Dr. Robert Mordkin talks to T. Colin Campbell about 'The China Study' diet.
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The China Study is the best nutrition book I have read (and I have read plenty thru the decades.
Hurray for the plant based diet.
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Reading "The China Study," was a life changing experience for me. It is the best book, out there, helping mankind to live longer while experiencing better health. The "plant based diet" is the key!
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Postgame notes: "There's some concern there" • 09.18.11
Ten starts in a row, Freddy Garcia didn't allow a single home run. When he finally coughed one up on August 29, it was the only run he allowed all game. Since then, Garcia has allowed multiple home runs in three straight starts, including two tonight to Adam Lind.
"I try to make good pitches, and sometimes I'm not able to do it," Garcia said. "That's why I've been giving home runs… Last three starts, I don't be doing my job. I'm really frustrated about it, but that's part of the game. Sometimes you pitch good. Sometimes you pitch bad. You just have to go continue to try to do the best that you can do, and hopefully everything goes well for you."
This weekend did little to clarify the Yankees rotation situation. Bartolo Colon couldn't pitch beyond the fourth inning on Saturday, and Garcia couldn't get out of the fifth today. At times, one of those two has been the Yankees second-best starter, but they've struggled recently.
"Bart had a good start on this road trip and had one that wasn't so good," Joe Girardi said. "Freddy's kept us in the games. We talked at the beginning of the season how we worried about innings for both these guys. There's some concern there, but they've just got to find a way to get it done."
Garcia said tonight's home run was a good pitch, a splitter that Lind put a good swing on. The second was a slider that "didn't do much."
As good as Garcia has been this season, there is some risk with him. He's never been an overwhelming or overpowering pitcher. His value is in his experience and savvy, and sometimes that leaves little margin for error.
"He's just missing some spots, that's all," Girardi said. "That's going to happen. Freddy's not going to be a huge strikeout guy and they're going to put the ball in play. If you miss some spots, that's the chance you're going to take."
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• The Yankees won only four of 10 on this road trip, but they still managed to gain two games in the standings. After today's game, the team just seemed relieved to be finally going home. "From now on every game is important," Alex Rodriguez said. "Every game is meaningful. We're looking forward to playing at home, playing well, start cleaning up some of the small mistakes that we've been making. We understand we've got to get better."
• After Monday's makeup game against the Twins, the Yankees play their final 10 games against the Red Sox and Rays. With seven games at home against those two teams, the Yankees home stand could either put the division away or make it a race to the finish. "It will be a great opportunity to do that there," Mariano Rivera said. "We still have to perform good and take care of business at home, get this thing over."
• The Yankees magic number to clinch a playoff spot is five, to clinch the division is seven.
• Obviously Brandon Morrow completely shutdown the Yankees offense today. "He had us baffled all day with his slide," Rodriguez said. "He probably threw 70 to 75 percent sliders, which is a very high percentage for him. He's usually the opposite, 70 to 77 percent fastball guy."
• Of the Yankees five hits, three were by Eduardo Nunez, and Nunez was the only Yankee to advance beyond first base.
• Of course, Nunez also made the second Yankees base-running mistake of the weekend. "He's just making an aggressive turn," Girardi said. "In that situation, you've got to know the score. You're not going to get to second unless it really bounces off himn, so you've got to be cautious there. He was just overaggressive."
• Why not pinch hit for Ramiro Pena in the eighth? "Pena's had some success off him," Girardi said. "Grandy is 1 for his last 15 with 10 strikeouts. If we had a couple guys on, I might have pinch-hit Grandy and taken a chance."
• Impressive Yankees debut by Raul Valdes, who retired four of the five batters he faced, including all three left-handers. The Yankees have been giving Aaron Laffey a lot of chances to emerge as a legitimate second lefty candidate, but that Valdes appearance might earn a few more looks. I still don't think the Yankees will actually carry a second left-hander in the postseason, but I'm sure they'd like to have a backup option in mind.
• Random fact about tonight's game: The phone from the dugout to the bullpen stopped working for a while. "The phones haven't worked real good here the last couple days," Girardi said. "Danny (Iassogna) handled it and we used the policeman's walkie-talkie for a few minutes, then they got the phones working again."
• Girardi's assessment of going 4-6 on the road and still gaining two games in the standings: "I think we are fortunate," he said. "We've got to go home and play better, there's no doubt about it. At times, we didn't swing the bats on this trip. Is it good pitching? Is it fatigue? I don't know, but I know our guys are pretty worn down. Now they'll get to sleep in their own beds and hopefully catch up a little bit."
Game 150: Yankees at Blue Jays • 09.17.11
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Alex Rodriguez 3B
Nick Swisher RF
Jesus Montero DH
Brett Gardner LF
Austin Romine C
RHP Bartolo Colon (8-9, 3.55)
Colon vs. Blue Jays
Mike McCoy SS
Kelly Johnson 2B
Jose Bautista RF
Adam Lind 1B
David Cooper DH
Colby Rasmus CF
Brett Lawrie 3B
Adam Loewen LF
Jose Molina C
RHP Henderson Alvarez (1-2, 3.09)
Alvarez vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 1:07 p.m., YES Network
WEATHER: It's starting to get chilly here in Canada, and probably back home in New York as well.
UMPIRES: HP CB Bucknor, 1B Dan Iassogna, 2B Dale Scott, 3B Jerry Meals
KEEPING IT CLOSE: The Yankees have had eight of their past 11 games — including six on this road trip — decided by one run. They are 20-23 overall in one-run contests. Five of their past six losses have come in their opponents' last at-bat, including four walk-off losses on the current road trip.
COMFORTABLE IN THE DOME: Nick Swisher is batting .385 (10-for-26) at Rogers Centre this season and has hit safely in each of his past 12 games in Toronto dating back to last August.
IT GETS BETTER: The Yankees are 32-16 in the second game of a series in 2011.
MAGIC NUMBER: The Yankees magic number to clinch a playoff spot is six. The magic number to clinch the AL East is 10.
UPDATE, 1:19 p.m.: Base knock in Rodriguez's first at-bat of the day.
UPDATE, 1:27 p.m.: Three straight Blue Jays hits open the bottom of the second. They're now up 1-0, still with no outs and runners at second and third.
UPDATE, 1:35 p.m.: You've been wanting to see Betances. Maybe this is the day. Colon is getting knocked around here in the second inning. The Blue Jays are up 4-0 and still have a runner at third with two outs.
UPDATE, 1:55 p.m.: So Colon got knocked around in the second, then breezed through the middle of the order in the third.
UPDATE, 2:07 p.m.: Very nice catch by Rasmus, and Cano's doubled off at second, costing the Yankees a run. They got one that inning, but it's still a 4-1 Blue Jays lead.
UPDATE, 2:30 p.m.: Colon is finished after four innings. Here's Proctor with a 6-1 Blue Jays lead in the fifth.
UPDATE, 2:42 p.m.: Rodriguez just smoked a line drive home run to left. It's his second hit of a game, a three-run shot that pulls the Yankees within 6-5.
UPDATE, 2:57 p.m.: Laffey pitches a scoreless sixth and the Yankees are still within one heading into the final three innings. They're into the Blue Jays bullpen.
UPDATE, 3:17 p.m.: Granderson breaks out of his slump right when the Yankees needed him. His two-run homer in the seventh as pushed the Yankees into the lead, 7-6.
Martin: "He looked as good as he has all year" • 09.10.11
Last night, Russell Martin saw something familiar in Bartolo Colon. He saw the same fastball that made Colon and reliable and occasionally dominant starter in the first half of the season.
"He had really good late movement on his fastball," Martin said. "And when he was really good, he was locating that pitch really well. He looked as good as he has all year."
For a while, the Yankees seemed to have caught lightning in a bottle with Colon. He spent the first couple months of the season pitching like a legitimate No. 2 starter. He didn't look washed up. Didn't seem past his prime. Didn't need to worry about his spot in the rotation.
Then the lightning was gone.
From July 7 through August 23, Colon had a 5.21 ERA. Opponents were hitting .311 against him, and there was legitimate reason to worry whether the workload was finally catching up to him.
In his past three starts, though, Colon's been much better. He's pitched into the seventh inning in each of those three outings, and his fastball has regained some of that early season control and movement.
"He's looked better as of late," Joe Girardi said. "Sometimes guys are going to go through little hiccups during the season, but he's started to pitch better. Physically he looks pretty good again, so that's important."
As the Yankees sort out their rotation, Colon is his own sort of wild card. He hasn't dealt with Phil Hughes' injury problems or A.J. Burnett's steady disappointment, but he's dealt with more innings than he's thrown in six years. There's always that looming threat of an expiration date. If nothing else, last night Colon proved he's not finished just yet.
"I feel like in the beginning of the season," he said. "The location of the pitch was the same thing. My command was really good today… What I did today is the location of my sinker was really, really good. Every time I command that way, I will pitch the same way I was pitching the first half."
Associated Press photo
Postgame notes: "He's not afraid to be here" • 09.10.11
Jered Weaver was positively dominant tonight. The Yankees scattered two singles and a handful of walks and never got a runner past first base.
Except Jesus Montero.
On a night when the Yankees failed to pickup a game in the standings, it was still hard to ignore the impact of the Yankees young designated hitter. Against one of the best pitchers in the game, Montero went deep for his third home run in as many days. It was his first time starting a big league game against a right-handed starter, and in his first at-bat he lifted a ball over both bullpens.
"He's not afraid to be here," Mark Teixeira said. "He's not afraid to let it fly and if he's going to be as good as everyone thinks he is, he's going to have to face a lot of these guys. And he's showing right away that he's not afraid of them."
The pitch was a 1-2 fastball inside, and Montero was looking for it.
"At the beginning of the at-bat, I was looking fastball," Montero said. "He threw me two good curveballs and then I was thinking in, because I'm a catcher, too. I was thinking fastball in at that moment, and I got the right pitch."
Joe Girardi said before the game that he wants to see more and more of the Yankees top hitting prospect, and tonight did little to change that opinion. "You continue to look at him," is the way Girardi phrased it after the game. Bottom line, Montero's going to keep getting at-bats. He's going to have a real chance to earn a spot in the postseason.
"I just put that away and try to do my job whenever they give me the opportunity," Montero said. "Keep doing my routine every single day. When I'm playing, when I'm DHing, I'm in the cage with Kevin Long. That's been helping me, keeping my routine every single day… It's been good, thank God. Tomorrow, I might play again and strike out four times, but it's been good."
Here's Montero.
• Montero and Bartolo Colon were the bright spots, but ultimately the game was decided by this fact: The Yankees bullpen was terribly thin. Rafael Soriano, Cory Wade and Boone Logan were unavailable, Dave Robertson had been used in the eighth and Mariano Rivera was being saved for a save. That meant Aaron Laffey and Luis Ayala got the call in a tied ninth inning. "Playing all these days in a row and all these tight ballgames, you get into this," Girardi said.
• Girardi said he's actually planning to give Logan another full day off tomorrow. Logan said he's not hurt, just going through a "little case of dead arm" and a couple days of rest might help. "My body is great and everything is fine," he said. "But a couple days off, flushing out the body and letting it rest, it will give me a chance to get my velocity back."
• Nick Swisher went for an MRI. The results won't be available until tomorrow.
• Turns out, Bartolo Colon gave the Yankees seven strong innings on an upset stomach. He said he wasn't feeling well all day, but he still delivered a performance reminiscent of his first half. "What I did today is the location of my sinker was really, really good," Colon said. "Every time I command that way, I will pitch the same way I was pitching the first half."
• The only Angels run off Colon came after Derek Jeter's throwing error in the fifth. "He wasn't in trouble the entire day until I put him in trouble," Jeter said. "… It's a play that has to be made. It's not a difficult play."
• Girardi said the Angels simply guessed right on Eduardo Nunez's stolen base attempt in the top of the ninth. Nunez was brought in to steal the bag, and the Angels pitched out at the right time. "That's going to happen," Girardi said. "He was pretty close to being safe, too."
• Girardi on using Ramiro Pena instead of Nunez to play third base in the bottom of the ninth: "I was probably going to hit Chavy the next inning and put Chavy at third, so that's what I decided to do. Nino's played a little more third than Nuney over his career, so I just decided to do it that way."
• To be clear, Alex Rodriguez is not hurt. He came out strictly to have Nunez run.
• Russell Martin seemed to have a runner picked off at first base in the ninth, but he didn't throw. "I didn't get a good grip on the ball," he said. "If I get a better grip I'll make an attempt, but a couple of times this year I've tried to throw with a mediocre grip and I've thrown the ball into right field. In that situation, you don't want that to happen."
Associated Press photos
Between-game notes: "I really don't feel tired" • 08.28.11
Obviously winning is the most important thing, and the Yankees didn't do that this afternoon, but they did come away encouraged by Bartolo Colon. No big-picture issue is more pressing heading into the final month of the season, and Colon eased some concerns with a vintage start.
"It's real encouraging for us," Joe Girardi said. "He had struggled a little bit and hadn't been as sharp. I thought he was real sharp today. Maybe the extra rest helped him recharge a little bit and got him going."
Larry Rothschild had talked to Colon about trusting his two-seamer, and that pitch was a weapon again tonight (of course, Colon it was a backdoor two-seamer that Vladimir Guerrero hit for an RBI single that put the Orioles on the board). Big picture, Colon eased some concerns about his workload and his ability to maintain velocity and effectiveness this late in the season.
"I really don't feel tired," Colon said. "Every time I pitch, I won't pitch the same. Sometimes I'm going to get hit, and some days I'm going to pitch the way I pitched today."
Here's Colon, with Roman Rodriguez translating.
• Girardi made it clear that he plans to cut to a five-man rotation after the upcoming Boston series. Colon made it clear that he feels ready to remain a starter down the stretch. "I'm a little bit older now, but that's the way I always pitched, every five days," he said. "I feel better that way."
• Derek Jeter fouled a ball off his right leg just above the knee. No surprise, he said it was a non-issue. Didn't even have it wrapped… Nick Swisher seemed bothered after a play in the outfield, but he also said it was no big deal. "Just rolled around a little out there," he said… Francisco Cervelli had his left leg wrapped after taking a foul ball while catching. He said he's fine. "Just a bruise," he said.
• Zach Britton was a mess the last time he faced the Yankees. This time he pitched seven scoreless with just four hits and one walk. "We expect a lot out of this lineup," Swisher said. "And when something like that happens to us, we take that to heart. I'm really excited to see how we bounce back today.
• When Girardi went to the mound for the first time in the eighth inning, it was strictly to discuss strategy and what the Orioles might do. He had no thoughts of taking Colon out at that point.
• Girardi said no one did anything wrong on the hit by Jeter that turned into a fielder's choice when Cervelli was thrown out at second. Cervelli had to wait to decide whether the right fielder would catch it, and was stuck in no-man's land. "It's just a tough play that you see once in a while," Girardi said. "There's nothing Cervy can do there."
• Curtis Granderson said he simply didn't get there in time on the bloop single that feel kind of between him and Robinson Cano. He didn't think Cano ever had a real shot at the ball either.
• Cano struck out twice today, only the 13th time he's done that this season. He hasn't struck out three times in a game this year.
• Cano's team-leading 17-game hitting streak came to an end.
• This was Colon's first loss in a day game this season. He is now 6-1 with a 1.88 ERA in day games. "I have no idea (why)," he said. "I never pay attention to that."
• Girardi said he still wasn't sure who would start the second game. He needed to check with all of his guys. Not sure when we'll get a lineup.
Associated Press photos
Postgame notes: Swish's long ride to nowhere • 08.23.11
With the Yankees languishing offensively, Nick Swisher breathed life into the club with his home run in the eighth inning. With the Yankees on the verge of an unlikely victory, he wanted to finish what he started. But no such luck.
Swisher's fly ball with the bases loaded in the ninth inning went 390 feet but stayed in the park for the last out of a 6-5 defeat to the Oakland A's.
"You always want to be the guy in that spot, at least I do," Swisher said. "You always want to be the hero. And for a while I thought I was."
Off the bat he was thinking grand slam. It was only when CF Coco Crisp settled under it with his back nearly touching the wall that he knew it was not to be.
Swisher's three-run homer with two outs in the eighth had started the rally. Before that the Yanks had been listless against A's righthander Brandon McCarthy. McCarthy was locating well and never looked worried until the home run, which sent him to the showers.
Jorge Posada went yard to make it 6-4 in the ninth. The Yanks eventually loaded the bases for Mark Teixiera, who fouled out.
"I'd love to come through there," he said.
Robinson Cano walked on a close 3-2 pitch to force in the fifth run.
• Jeter went 3 for 3 with a walk, raising his batting average to .295. It's the second-best mark on the team behind Cano.
His third hit was the 3,053rd of his career, tying Rod Carew for 22nd on the all-time list. Carew was 39 when he got his last hit, two years older than Jeter is now.
Despite the big night Girardi opted to bunt him with two on and no outs in the ninth. He said his decision was based on factors. For one, Granderson and Teixiera were coming up next. For another, he wanted to stay out of the double play.
• Alex Rodriguez received X-rays during the game, which came back negative. He has a sprain of the left thumb and is considered day-to-day.
"We'll just go day by day," Girardi said. "Hopefully he'll be better tomorrow."
• Bartolo Colon denied that he is getting tired from being a full-time starter. Colon hasn't started a full season since 2007. He's already thrown more innings this year than he did in the three previous years combined.
His performance has slipped since the all-star break. He's surrendered nine runs over his last two starts.
"I feel really healthy, very strong," he said through an interpreter. "All I have to do is keep working hard and see what happens."
He was fine with today's outing, saying, "I think I pitched good."
He admitted to going away from his two-seam fastball because he'd been taken deep on that pitch twice in his last start. He used only four seamers today, except for two occasions.
• See if you can figure this one out: the Yanks are 21-21 in series openers and 56-28 in all other games. Is it a sample size thing or does it mean something? Why would they slack off in the first game of every series?
• Cano extended his hitting streak to 14 games, longest by a Yankee this season.
Pregame notes: A-Rod out again • 08.23.11
To paraphrase Michael Corleone: every time he thinks he's in, they pull him back out.
A day after Alex Rodriguez returned to the Yankee lineup from his long DL stint, he was a late scratch today because of a totally separate injury. Rodriguez jammed his left (non-throwing) thumb in Sunday's win over the Twins. A Joe Mauer ground ball caught him the wrong way on a backhand.
"I just jammed my thumb a little bit on that play where Mauer hit it," he said. "It kind of swelled up a little bit. Hopefully it's just a day."
The plan was to get it X-Rayed by Dr. Chris Ahmad after speaking to reporters. But Rodriguez said repeatedly that it felt like a one-day injury.
It was sore during yesterday's off day, when he and a few other players attended a charity event. Today he was in the original lineup and took two rounds of early batting practice with Kevin Long. I saw him flexing his hand repeatedly toward the end of that BP. Apparently the pain was too much and he opted to come out.
"The good news is the knee feels great," he said. "The knee feels great, body feels good, and hopefully it's just a bump in the road here."
Eric Chavez will play third base.
• A magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the East Coast today at about 2 p.m. Though it was centered in Virginia, it could be felt in New York. By some people at least. Girardi was working out at the Stadium and said he didn't feel anything, though some members of his coaching staff did.
Curtis Granderson doesn't even know where he was when it hit.
"Once I was in the cab," he said, "I got a text saying did I feel that. I said feel what? I didn't feel anything."
• With Rodriguez out of the lineup, Curtis Granderson was dropped into the 3-hole to provide power. Mark Teixiera was moved to cleanup. Derek Jeter takes Granderson's usual 2-spot. Brett Gardner moves from ninth to leadoff.
• Girardi on Bartolo Colon's second-half fade: "It just seems like he hasn't been able to put people away. And he's gotten into some deeper counts. They fouled more pitches off on him. And then eventually its kind of led to some mistakes that he's made. So to me it's the location, getting back to the location, and the movement, and the late movement, that's worked for him."
• Colon has thrown more innings this year than the last three years combined. Girardi said he might skip one of his starts after this turn through the rotation.
• Aaron Laffey and Gustavo Molina cleared waivers.
Is Colon's workload becoming a problem? • 08.18.11
Bartolo Colon has pitched 124.2 innings this season. That's far more than he's thrown in any season since 2005, and more than he's pitched total since 2007.
Colon says he feels as healthy as ever, but he hasn't been pitching as deep into games lately — in May he pitched a complete game shutout on 103 pitches, last night he needed 99 pitches to get through five — and Joe Girardi acknowledged that the team is at least mildly concerned about Colon's durability.
"Obviously we're trying to take precautions and give him extra rest," Girardi said. "That is something that we're trying to do. He had the one bad inning that really cost us (last night), but it's something that we look at, yes."
Colon dismissed the issue, but he's thrown more than five innings just once in his past four starts. This from the guy who threw fewer than five innings only once in his first 12 starts.
"I feel very strong right now," Colon said. "Physically and mentally I try to do my job. I do my best to win the game."
Associated Press photo
Pregame notes: "Right now I'm sitting on the bench" • 08.07.11
Here's the short version of Jorge Posada's pregeame conversation with Joe Girardi.
"He said he was going to put the best lineup on the field, and he doesn't know when I'm going to DH again," Posada said. "So right now I'm sitting on the bench… I'm not happy about it, but right now I can't do nothing about it. I put myself in this situation."
That's the current status of Posada's steadily diminishing role with the Yankees. He lost the catching job this winter, became a bottom-of-the-order hitter by May, became a platoon player by mid-season, and now he's on the bench with a .230/.309/.372 slash line. For four months, Girardi stuck with Posada in some regular capacity.
"Chavy came back," Girardi said. "And Chavy started swinging the bat well. And Nuney's been playing well. It's just a chance to get them both in there was kind of the determining factor."
Girardi kept saying that the Yankees are going to "try some different things," but asked flat out if Posada is no longer in the mix to be a regular designed hitter, Girardi said, "correct." At-bats could be even harder to find when Alex Rodriguez comes back, but Girardi said Posada's roster spot is safe. He doesn't anticipate losing Posada to open a spot for Rodriguez, and he believes the team can afford to carry a limited DH-type on an already thin bench.
"Jorge has a lot of pride and respect for what he's done," Girardi said. "You could see the disappointment and understand that, but at this time I felt we had to do what I did today."
Here's Girardi speaking a lot about the Posada situation.
• Girardi it's "very feasible" that Rodriguez could begin a rehab assignment on Friday, and should line him up for a return to the team during the next road trip. "Today, he did his tee and toss, he took regular BP and he took ground balls where he moved a little bit," Girardi said. "He's starting to do things that would get you to the point where he's getting closer to a game. The last thing to come would be the sprinting and running the bases, and he's still going to have to do that before he gets into a game."
• Girardi did not dismiss the idea of calling up Jesus Montero to get some DH at-bats, but it sounds like he would be hesitant to carry Montero as the team's backup catcher. "Bringing up someone who's 21 and trying to learn a new staff in the middle of a season is not easy to do," Girardi said. "That's more of a concern about bringing in a new catcher than necessarily, is he ready to catch at this level? And I don't care if he's a veteran. This is the time of year you want your pitchers familiar with your catchers, and vice versa."
• The Yankees still don't have a pitcher lined up for Thursday's game. Girardi said they're planning to give CC Sabathia an extra day, meaning he'll likely start Friday against Tampa Bay. Thursday's starter would be either Ivan Nova or Bartolo Colon.
• Phil Hughes is available as a reliever tonight, but Girardi said his bullpen is pretty well rested and Hughes would probably be used only in extra-innings or if Freddy Garcia had to be pulled after only an inning or two.
• It's no longer raining in Boston, but the clouds are rolling in and the sky looks really threatening. The radar's not great. Could be in for a long night.
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Kevin Youkilis 3B
David Ortiz DH
Carl Crawford LF
Josh Reddick RF
Jason Varitek C
Marco Scutaro SS
Associated Press photos
Game 111: Yankees at Red Sox • 08.05.11
Derek Jeter SS
Curtis Granderson CF
Mark Teixeira 1B
Robinson Cano 2B
Nick Swisher RF
Andruw Jones LF
Russell Martin C
Jorge Posada DH
Eduardo Nunez 3B
RHP Bartolo Colon (8-6, 3.30)
Colon vs. Red Sox
Jacoby Ellsbury CF
Dustin Pedroia 2B
Adrian Gonzalez 1B
Kevin Youkilis 3B
David Ortiz DH
Carl Crawford LF
Jarrod Saltalamacchia C
Josh Reddick RF
Marco Scutaro SS
LHP Jon Lester (11-4, 3.17)
Lester vs. Yankees
TIME/TV: 7:10 p.m., YES Network and MLB Network
WEATHER: It's been sunny ever since I landed, highs in the 70s. Not bad at all. Doesn't look like there's much chance of rain until Sunday.
UMPIRES: HP Eric Cooper, 1B Mark Carlson, 2B Tim Timmons, 3B Jeff Kellogg
SINCE THE LAST TIME: This weekend's series is the first between these teams since Boston swept three games at Yankee Stadium in early June. Since that sweep the Yankees have gone 35-15 (.700), with the best winning percentage by an AL team over the stretch. They've won seven straight games and seven straight series, and they've gone 12-1-2 in series play since that sweep by the Red Sox.
DON'T WALK THIS WAY: The Yankees pitching staff did not walk a batter in their four-game series at U.S. Cellular Field. According to Elias, the Yankees became the third team in the Modern Era (since 1900) to not issue a walk while sweeping a four-game series. Boston did it twice, once as the Americans in 1905 and once as the Red Sox in 1968.
ROBBIE AT HOME IN FENWAY: Robinson Cano is a career .366 hitter at Fenway Park. According to Elias, that's the fourth-highest all-time batting average at Fenway Park among visiting players with at least 200 at-bats. Elias also says that he has the highest career average among Yankees all-time at Fenway, and he's hit safely in his last eight games in this park. In 55 career games here, he has never gone hitless in consecutive games.
UPDATE, 7:44 p.m.: The Yankees squandered an opportunity in the top of the second. The Red Sox grounded into a double play in the bottom half. Still scoreless heading into the third.
UPDATE, 7:52 p.m.: Hard takeout slide by Nunez lets Jeter reach, but he's immediately thrown out trying to steal.
UPDATE, 8:07 p.m.: Good at-bat by Ellsbury, who just doubled off the monster for a two-out RBI double in the third. It's 1-0 Red Sox.
UPDATE, 8:26 p.m.: GameDay has it as an 88-mph fastball. I thought it looked like a slider. Whatever it was, Ortiz hit it out for a solo home run and a 2-0 Red Sox lead after four innings.
UPDATE, 8:36 p.m.: It seems the entire press box knew Andruw Jones was about to be doubled off about four seconds before he realized it. That's pretty terrible base running from a guy who seems to have a good reputation on the bases. Still 2-0 Red Sox heading into the bottom of the fifth.
UPDATE, 8:49 p.m.: There's the Yankees first walk in the month of August. It puts two on with two out for Pedroia here in the fifth.
UPDATE, 8:57 p.m.: Here's Boone Logan to face Adrian Gonzalez with the bases loaded and two outs in the fifth. If Boone gives it up, the Internet might explode.
UPDATE, 8:58 p.m.: Three-pitch strikeout by Logan. That second slider had Gonzalez completely off balance, clearly expecting a fastball.
UPDATE, 9:16 p.m.: The Yankees have tied it in the sixth, but the tying run scored on a double play ball after a nice at-bat by Cano. They still have a chance to take the lead with Swisher at the plate and a runner at third.
UPDATE, 9:18 p.m.: Swisher sneaks a double past third base and the Yankees are in front, 3-2.
UPDATE, 9:48 p.m.: The Red Sox guessed right with the pitchout and nailed Nunez stealing to end the top of the seventh. It's still 3-2, and it looks like the Yankees are going to try to roll out Soriano-Robertson-Rivera to close it out.
Also, Gardner is now playing left.


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