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Three-Finger Hill Makes the Team
The Cubs trimmed their roster by two more today, releasing Gabor Bako and LHP Mike Stanton. Congrats to Koyie Hill and his bionic hand. The roster now stands at 28 and the position players and bench are set for Opening Day. The spring roster with just a week left in camp.
CATCHERS - Soto, Hill
INFIELDERS - Lee, Theriot, Miles, Fontenot, Ramirez, Hoffpauir
OUTFIELDERS - Soriano, Fukudome, Johnson, Bradley, Gathright
STARTING PITCHING: Zambrano, Dempster, Lilly, Harden, Marshall
RELIEF PITCHING: Gregg, Marmol, Heilman, Vizcaino, Cotts, Gaudin, Patton, Guzman, Fox, Samardzija
I think the first 5 bullpen spots are locked down, leaving Gaudin, Patton, Guzman, Fox and Samardzija for the final two spots and I don't see why they'd keep Samardzija in the majors with the relatively poor spring he has had and the fact that he has options left. And it's quite possible that Rich Harden will see the disabled list to start the season and the Cubs will then just have to move one of the four left - Gaudin, Patton, Guzman or Fox (Large cartoon blinking arrow pointing at Chad Gaudin's name).
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They made the right call on these two; so glad we don't have to live through the Gabor Bako Era, Part II.
Next up: Release Chad Gaudin.
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I wish Stanton the best and I'm glad as hell he's not with this team.
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I'm just glad that once every couple of weeks Marmol gets to throw 100. That's going to be great.
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PRAISE THE MAKER! I'm still upset about Gathright over Taguchi, but this is good news indeed.
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Wow, the remaining RP cuts are going to be tough to judge... it's too bad one of the 4 amongst Patton, Fox, Guzman and Gaudin isn't a lefty.
Based on spring performance, Patton and Fox should be in.
To me, Fox is too much of an injury risk so I think he will be the one to go next. I think they will go with Harden on the DL to start the season, put Samardzija in the minors to work on starting, and then see who falters in the early part of the season. I think Patton has pitched himself into a job (for now, at least)... I think Gaudin will get it figured out in the pen. At least we know for sure he wasn't 5th starter material!
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Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think the probability of injury should preclude him from breaking camp with the team. If Fox gets injured, you just DL-him and call someone else up.
And at this point I think the risk of a Fox injury is overblown. I think we all just expect it because we practically watched him snap his arm off at the elbow on live TV a few years ago. If he was so fragile that an injury was a matter of when, not if, then I don't think he would be pitching. I'm not saying he's a low injury risk, I think it's just overblown.
Maybe I'm wrong on both points and maybe I'll regret this entire comment. Who knows.
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I agree, Ryno. If his performance merits giving him a spot on the roster, then do it. Unless it means having to pare other people from the organization in order to make it so. Then, if our fears are confirmed, three weeks down the line, we're much less able to replace him than we were right now...
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"Unless it means having to pare other people from the organization in order to make it so."
This is my fear--since including Fox likely means losing Gaudin or Guzman without getting much in return. Fox can't be used as a long-reliever or spot starter the way those guys might, nor does he have the upside of Guzman (though they have injury concerns in common).
[Edit: Momentarily forgot about Patton. But Andrew does a better job explaining below anyway.]
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I'd agree, unless the possibility of calling someone else up isn't a possibility. For example, if the Cubs choose to open the season with Harden active, then choosing Fox over any of the other three (Patton, Gaudin, Guzman) means they lose the other three - Patton goes back to CO and Gaudin and Guzman would get claimed off waivers. Those guys can't just be called up at a later point if Fox gets hurt. As, for his injury chances, I have to think they're pretty real. He hasn't had any surgical procedures since his problems in the past, and those weren't slow-developing. He felt a pop and couldn't throw at all. He's more of a time bomb than anything else.
Thus, in my mind, the only way they can justify keeping Fox is if A) they really feel that Gaudin is totally useless and/or cutting him is a cost-saving move and B) if Harden starts on the DL, which would allow them to carry Guzman, Patton, and Fox. I'd personally much rather have Guzman or Patton around than Fox, simply because we can't get them back if we lose them.
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If Harden doesn't flip out about it, I think starting him on the DL is probably a good idea. Let the weather warm up a bit, let him continue to get stretched out, and use the time to deal with your bullpen. I gotta think Patton's going to make the roster -- he's done as well as he could do and why would the Cubs keep him around so long or acquire him at all if he didn't have a real shot. And I gotta think Guzman will get tapped before Gaudin if it comes down to those two. If the Cubs let Gaudin go now, will they still save some money?
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The Cubs trimmed their roster by two more today, releasing Gabor Bako
{Cues Angelic choir}
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Damn, and I just trademarked "It's Gaborrific!"
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Wow... Bradley is 18 for 38 before today's game... with 5 walks... thats a +500 OBP. I hadn't noticed that until now.
Jeebus, that's good.
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Fiery Bradley won't calm down and take a pitch in Life, but he always has at the plate. Lowest OBP last 5 seasons is .350.
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He's also slugging 929. His OPS is over 1.500.
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I expect him to maintain those numbers or I will sit in the RF bleachers and boo him.
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In anticipation of his decline from his Spring Training performance, I have begun training with a vocal coach so that Bradley can hear me boo him from my home.
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Boo if you want. I'll just scream the name of Parker Brothers board games. I imagine that pisses him off more.
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Another injury and he'll be at RISK for an OPERATION.
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Hey Milton! You're Sorry! Get a Clue!
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Good debate, but if we end up DFA-ing Chad Fox, isn't there a great chance he will accept a minor league assignment and go to Iowa?
It is unlikely another club would give him a roster spot for the reasons above. And you would think that Chad would help us out here on a roster crunch, since Jim Hendry has given him several chances to get his career back.
Just saying. I think Chad's career situation is different than the other guys. If they get DFA'ed, they should look for, and get, a major league deal.
I don't want to give up on Gaudin, just a few months ago everyone was saying how brilliant it was to get him in the Harden deal. I suppose it was that mysterious late-season injury, he hasn't been the same since. I wonder if that was alcohol related.....
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I must confess to some Hoffpauir man-love here, but is Derrek Lee really better?
As much as I like DLee I think his D is running on reputation at this point, and he's certainly not the offensive threat he used to be. Hoffpauir clearly has more power, he's as good at getting on base, and from what I can see a little better with the glove. The only thing he doesn't have is a track record.
If I'm Lou I give Hoffpauir some serious ABs in the first half of the season, to see if he can sustain his AAA and spring training success.
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Hoffpauir as just "as good at getting on base" as Lee is a stretch. Lee has been pretty good at taking walks and batting for a high average over the past several years. Hoffpauir, from what I've heard, is a hacker. Maybe he would adjust to pitchers staying out of the zone, or maybe he would chase. Either way, Hoffpauir certainly hasn't had the opportunity to show that he can get on base as well or better than Lee, so the jury is out at best.
Hoffpauir also has more pop than 20-homer Lee, but I don't know that it's a big stretch to think Lee could have a good year and muscle 30 over the fence and hit plenty of doubles.
I like Hoffpauir a lot, but until he goes on a real hot streak at the plate, he and Lee aren't even close to splitting time at 1st. Heck, he's got a better chance of pushing Kosuke out of a job and creating a terrifying Soriano/Bradley/Hoffpauir outfield.
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Just released MLB At-Bat for the iPhone ($10).
Includes gameday audio.
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something reasonably priced for an Apple product?
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Umm... most, if not all, apps on the iPhone are very "reasonably priced."
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So do we think Harden is holding back or this is Harden?
I believe the latter.
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will ohman finally finds work...minor league deal, dodgers.
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Both moves were good ones, I think Gaudin pitched himself out of a job, Guzman and Fox go too.
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Submitted by Andrew on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 12:58pm. If the Cubs let Gaudin go now, will they still save some money?
ANDREW: Presuming Chad Gaudin signed a non-guaraneed contract (and not being a FA, he almost certainly did), the Cubs have until Wednesday 11 AM (Arizona time) to decide whether to place him on Release Waivers and owe him 45 days termination pay. So if the Cubs want to give Gaudin one more chance, it will have to be tomorrow.
Of course, the Cubs would probably prefer to trade Gaudin rather than release him (they couldn't do that with Bako, BTW, because Bako was an Article XX MLB FA post-2008 so he had an automatic "no trade" through June 15th), and as long as the other club is willing to take on Gaudin's contract (or at least pay $1.5M of the $2M) the Cubs would get the same payroll savings they would get by releasing him, plus, maybe a player back, too. But all this really needs to be decided by Wednesday morning, otherwise Gaudin's 2009 contract becomes 100% guaranteed after that.
If he were to get released by Wednesday, the Cubs would have to pay Gaudin 25% of his 2009 $2M salary as termination pay (that's $500K), and then the Cubs would save $1.5M in payroll.
BTW, by releasing Bako now, the Cubs only had to pay him $180,125 in termination pay, saving about $545K in 2009 payroll, instead of being on the hook for the entire $725K, which would have been the case if they had waited to release him at a later point.
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I'd be giving Kenny Williams a call, Sox pitching is not good.
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I see Patton making the team for several reasons-to a non-contender he's a great trading chip. Since the season is long and they can modify the roster, Patton will stay.
As for trades, those rumors are mighty suspicious. Who the hell wants Gaudin? There are too many established pitchers out of work that you could sign right now without giving up players. I suppose if you wanted Gary Matthews Jr or some other bad contract in return-but why take that risk? Break camp with him and hope he turrns it around.
As for Guzman,tough to read his market value. Maybe some interest from Oakland since Durcherer (sp) is injured?
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White sox need pitching, Detroit needs pitching and Angels just said they hope to have Lackey back by late April.
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Submitted by Q-Ball on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 2:36pm. Good debate, but if we end up DFA-ing Chad Fox, isn't there a great chance he will accept a minor league assignment and go to Iowa?
Q-BALL: As ROB G mentioned, Chad Fox is not on the 40-man roster, so he doesn't need to be DFA'd or placed on waivers if he doesn't make the Cubs 25-man Opening Day roster. Technically, he has been on the AAA Iowa Reserve List ever since he signed his contract during the off-season.
However, most veterans who sign minor league contracts to get an NRI to Spring Training have a clause in their contract that lists a deadline by which time they have to get added to the club's MLB 40-man/25-man rosters, or else the player can exercise an opt-out clause that allows the player to request his release. Typically, this deadline is sometime during the last week of Spring Training.
Now, even if C. Fox were to agree to go to Iowa to start the season, he likely has another opt-out clause in his contract that would give him the option to request his release at certain points during the season (like maybe every 30 days) and become a FA.
This happened in 2003 with Rod Beck, who accepted an assignment to Iowa (and lived in an RV parked behind the scoreboard), but had the option to be a FA every 30 days. And in fact he did exercise this option after spending two months with the Iowa Cubs, getting his release from the Cubs at the end of May and signing a major league deal with the Padres, and he eventually became their closer and had a good year in SD (20 saves, 1.78 ERA, 1.02 WHIP). The Cubs might have had some use for him in the NLCS that year, too, BTW.
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Submitted by carmenfanzone on Mon, 03/30/2009 - 7:00pm. I see Patton making the team for several reasons-to a non-contender he's a great trading chip. Since the season is long and they can modify the roster, Patton will stay.
CARMEN F: The problem with a pitcher like David Patton, who has never pitched above "A" ball, is that while he has looked great in Spring Training (so far), what happens once the season starts?
The big difference between Spring Training and the regular season is that in Spring Training, Patton is basicaly pitching for himself, to try and make the team. If he has a poor outing, it just affects him and his chance to make the Opening Day 25-man roster. It doesn't really hurt the team, because winning and losing insn't very important in Spring Training. And the fans are usually forgiving and tend to be quite laid back.
But once the MLB regular eason starts, if Patton makes a bad pitch or has a bad inning, all of a sudden, he blew the game. It's his fault that the Cubs lost. He gets booed as he comes off the field. ("Patton, you bum!...You suck!"). That's a lot to handle if you're not used to it. And he doesn't get to experience that kind of pressure in Spring Training
It's not that unusual for as Rule 5 guy (especially a Rule 5 pitcher) to get an extra couple of weeks in April to show what he can do during the regular season. If he shows he can handle it, that's great. If he can't, you put him on waivers and hope you can finds a way to keep him in the organization.
So I think I would probably be inclined to retain Patton on the 25-man roster into the season, and see how he performs in games that matter in April. If it doesn't work out, I would probably ask Chad Fox to go to Iowa for a month to see how it goes, and turn to him if Patton gets cut. Or else there is always Samardzija or Hart, too.
BTW, back when I was a youngster (1960's), the MLB active roster limit was 28 for the first 30 days of the regular season,and then clubs had to make their final three cuts around the end of April. That gave clubs an extra month to look at Rule 5 guys. I would like to see that again. If you can play with up to 40 players during September, there shouldn't be any reason not play with 28 in April, when pitchers are still rounding into shape.
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Cool! Now I have a ballpark figure of how old AZ PHIL is!!
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I also think Patton will pitch in mop-up-games in which the Cubs are behind. Simply to save the rest of the pen for when the games are close. In my opinion, this is the only reason to carry 12 pitchers-otherwise there's not enough innings to go around. Which begs the question, why not carry a player that you might use more-like Jake Fox? Saving the 7th and 8th inning guy is obviously more important.
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Once again Rob G. you have proven to me that you have something against Samardzija. How can you compare his spring against the other one inning pitchers. He played his first four games as a starter facing the best hitters in start of a game. The other guys always came in the end of the game when the minors were in batting. Lets compare apples to apples to bad mouthing cub players. Samardzija did give up a hit in the 8th that scored the go ahead run but he came back in the 9th to strike out 3 starters but you fail to mention any of that.
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quite an observation after being here 1 day.
ninja's destiny isn't the pen...nor is it working 3-5 innings a week.
not making the pro club would be one of the best things for him even if he had a stellar spring...which he didn't.
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Jeff, is that you?
So the best hitters only play early in the game, but then they just happen to bat when Samardzija pitches in the 9th inning? Do you think maybe the reality is that in spring training all pitchers face a mixture of scrubs and stars?
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Oh yeah Rob G. another way I can tell you hate Samardzija is that you always place him at the end of the list when you mention the other bullpen pitchers. I have no idea why you dislike Samardzija so much but every chance you get you drill him. Alot of us Cub fans happen to like Samardzija as a Cub pitcher.
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And also the best wide receiver in Chicago.
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Klaatu barada nikto.
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Probably shouldn't mention this, but I miss Art Bell.
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Rob G. i have another question for you. Did you attend todays game in person or did you watch it on TV?
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Dude, what wrong with you? He's a baseball player, chill out. You can kiss Jeff's ass all you want, he's not going home with you.
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Geez, what the hell "jakester". Why the chubbie for Samardja? Rob has "proven" to you he hates your boy? Is this a school-boy crush, or are you a Golden Domer just drinking black and gold kool-aid? (I hate ND & Charlie Weis - but like Heilman, Joe Montana - and Old Style)
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he's got a mancrush on the guy. from another post it seems since he was in ARZ for 6 games the few looks he took at him seems to beat out the fact samninja has options, the club has more relievers than slots, and the pen isn't where his future is anyway.
...not to mention a near 9.00 era.
al yellon would love this point of view.
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"al yellon would love this point of view."
Yes. He of the opinion (in 2007) that Soto will be "...nothing more than a backup catcher..."
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when did ND cop Purdue's colors?
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I bet jakester is really Samardjiza's mom or something.
Anyways, I have no doubt Samardjiza will be balls-on good someday, but I don't think this year is the year. Let's let him pitch some AAA ball and see how he reacts to a hitter's league like the PCL. I'd like to see him develop that 2-seamer into something legit as well. That's always a good pitch to have at Wrigley.
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By the way...
Cubs tie Royals = lame
More top picks cut...Pawelek and Grant Johnson
Wow...Cubs cut Pawelek, Grant Johnson and Ryan Harvey. Throw in Bobby Brownlie and Hagerty and the Prior to Colvin era of highest Cub draft pick is all departed. Colvin...who knows what we will get this year out of him.
Imagine the Cubs if they actually could draft well. More importantly, the poor drafting might be evidence of how well Hendry has done outside of the top draft picks; who would expect a team to be a contender for a 3rd straight division titles without any #1 draft picks from the last 10 years being on the team.
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Well, I am doing this off the top of my head, but the World Champion Phillies IIRC, have one draft choice only that helped them win a WS: Cole Hammels. So what difference is it?
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I agree with your point that it isn't relevant, but the Phillies do have major contributors in the 1st 5 rounds.
Myers was their 1st rounder in 99. Rollins was a 2nd rounder in 96 and Howard was a 5th rounder for them in 01.
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Could you have picked a worse example E-man? Burrell (98), Utley (00) and Hamels (02) were all 1st round picks. Scott Rolen (93) and Jimmy Rollins (96) were second rounders. I'd say they did pretty well with their top picks, no?
Edit: and Wes points out that Brett Myers was a 1st rounder too, wow. I'd say the Phillies have been awesome in the draft.
The Cubs have a huge crutch to fall back on--a big market team's fat wallet. Lousy drafts haven't hurt them because they have the $$ to just get proven FAs instead. For the alternative, look at some lousy, small market franchises that have drafted poorly--the woeful Nats and Pirates, the slightly-less woeful Royals as three obvious examples. They've drafted just as bad as the Cubs, but do not have the money to make up for those mistakes.
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Some other winners from the last ten years (1st rounders only):
Rangers: Carlos Pena (98), Mark Teixeira (01), John Danks (03)
Orioles: Brian Roberts (99), Mike Fontenot (01), Nick Markakis (03)
Mets: David Wright (01), Aaron Heilman (01), Scott Kazmir (02)
Marlins: Josh Beckett (99), Adrian Gonzalez (00), Jeremy Hermida (02)
Dodgers: James Loney (02), Chad Billingsley (03), Clayton Kershaw (06)
Devil Rays: Josh Hamilton (99), Rocco Baldelli (00), BJ Upton (02), Delmon Young (03), Evan Longoria (06), David Price (07)
Diamondbacks: Carlos Quentin (03), Conor Jackson (03), Stephen Drew (04), Justin Upton (05), Max Scherzer (06)
Brewers: Ben Sheets (99), Prince Fielder (02), Rickie Weeks (03), Ryan Braun (05)
Athletics: Mark Mulder (98), Barry Zito (99), Jeremy Bonderman (01), Nick Swisher (02), Mark Teahan (02), Huston Street (04)
And stepping back a few years, how about the Mariners picks from 91 through 96? In successive years, they drafted Shawn Estes, Ron Villone, Alex Rodriguez, Jason Varitek, Jose Cruz Jr., and Gil Meche; all solid major league contributors.
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This really proves the crapshoot that is the draft. There are few teams who seem to do really really well, especially in landing 1st rounders (e.g. A's) but other than that a "good" team is lucky to get 3 major league contributors in 10 years. And that's the first round! During this same time the Cubs would have Corey Patterson (98) and Mark Prior (01), which would likely still put them ahead of many of the teams not on this list.
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Not sure your point is accurate. Phils top picks:
1999: Brett Myers
2000: Chase Utley
2001: Gavin Floyd (terrible trade for Freddy Garcia, but still more productive in 2009 than any Cub pick)
2002: Cole Hamels
2003: Tim Moss (out of baseball)
2004: Greg Golson (up for cup of coffee last year, traded to Rangers for prospect John Mayberry Jr.)
2005: Mike Costanzo (part of trade for Brad Lidge)
2006-8: Kyle Drabek, Joe Savery and Anthony Hewitt (#5, 20 and 14 in BA's Phils top 30).
Other than the fact that Hamels (their best pitcher), Utley (one of the best hitters in baseball) and Myers are 1st round picks and that Costanzo was used as part of the Lidge deal, I think you miss the point.
The difference is that 1st round draft picks, in general, perform much better than any other round (as you would expect). So a team that produces good players from their top picks would have an easier time being successful than a top that does not. Or, more exactly, a team that fails with every top draft pick would not be expected to be good. Thus, I am saying that Hendry's work is impressive that we are good when the drafting has been so terrible.
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tim moss f'n sucked...people are still trying to figure out how someone so good at division I baseball can suck so hard even at low-level minor league ball.
he never came close to figuring it out. he wasn't something special, but he was a contact hitter who couldn't make decent contact once he became a pro.
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"Could you have picked a worse example E-man?"
Terrible example, I admit.
ok, there have to be other examples of recent success stories without top draft choices or minor league blue-chips...
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I've heard that if C. Fox makes it through camp healthy and feeling good, he gets a roster spot. His pitching this Spring has proven he can still get people out. The guy has a wicked slider. You can pitch him in Houston the opening series because the weather will be warm. I'd limit his innings in the chill of Chicago as long as I could. Also hear he's a good clubhouse guy, and likes working with the young pitchers. I look for him to have a roving instructor/scouting gig with the Cubbies when his playing days are over.
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Again, the only way I think this is smart is if Harden starts the year on the DL. Otherwise, you're giving up on two of Patton, Guzman, and Gaudin with virtually zero possibility of getting them back. I agree that Fox has had a good spring and he can clearly get hitters out when healthy. But the fact that he's SUCH a risk to have a season-ending injury at any time, it's just not prudent at all to kick two of Patton, Guzman, and Gaudin to the curb just so Fox can pitch for, in all likelihood, a couple months at most.
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Hey Rob, I have a question. Why do you hate Jeff Samardzija and puppies?
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He doesn't hate them, he loves them. He said that with mango salsa they're both delicious.
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Does this remind anyone else of when someone (can't remember her handle) fancied herself the expert of Maddux and came to his rescue whenever he was in danger of slander?
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I believe
the stalker's her name was "Jessica."
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Ah yes. That was it. Thanks.
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Good call. What happened to her?
Also, I noticed there were suddenly 87 comments on this thread, and my first thought was someone had to be stirring shit up. Sure enough, Rob apparently hates Samardzija.
Here's a potentially interesting tidbit from Samardzija's blog (http://www.jeff-samardzija.com/blog.asp) that might give us some insight into who "jakester" really is:
"One last sweet piece of information, my new video game alias I'm hearing is Jake Sampson. I haven't played the game yet because we're on the road, but the new MLB 2K8 has me in it with the Cubs. My buddies are saying I'm in the minors, and have good quicks on the base paths. I like what I'm hearing. Though the hairstyle is up for debate at this point people are telling me. Guess the name Jeff Samardzija isn't too appealing these days to gamers. Jake Sampson does have a nice ring to it..."
So, is "jakester" really Jeff Samardzija himself, using his video game alias? My guess is he's just a 14-year old who took a break from tweeting and found TCR, but it's an interesting idea...
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I actually met her in person in 2007, while I was working in New York. I accidentally intercepted a NYC/Cubs fan get together for a game. She's nice, but very #31 centric.
I believe she mentioned that she was scared off by the people here. If I recall, Chad was one of the people she singled out by name.
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I think she had the poor misfortune of wandering into a Parachat or two. Good Lord, that would scare anyone, especially a female, especially when Chad's around. I don't know how TLFC and JAG can stand it.
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Makes sense. Chad, stop scaring off readers.
Not so Bright one anymore
Sun Times files chapter 11.
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Sign him and put him on the juice!
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Or at least see if he can hit left-handed.
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I smell sitcom!
Sheff and the Juice tag team crime fighters. Sheff is always angry and full of roid rage, The Juice just goes bonkers at the sight of an interracial couple. Together they're two bad mo-fos who you don't want to cross.
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Juice was part of an interracial couple...it's intraracial couples he despises.
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Geoff Jenkins (Phillies) and Jose Valentin (Mets) also released today. More I am sure will be coming.
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lineup per mlb boxscore:
Soriano, Fukudome, DLee, Hoffpauir (RF), ARam, Fontenot, Soto, Theriot, Marshall
vs Adenhart (LAA)
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My company just switched to Webwasher and TCR is now blocked. Anyone know of a good proxy or other method for getting around it?
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Bastards! How did this happen??!
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Oh no! My school uses Webwasher, so I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.
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i may be late on this as i've been offline all day... but wittenmyer saying chad fox has been told he'll start the season in AAA
also says lou not interested in risking losing gaudin or guzman to waiver claims
apologies if this is stale info!!!
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That is so Scott Eyre is broke
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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Football Defeats MAC Foe EMU in Season Opener, 37-26
"I am proud of the kids," Ball State second-year head coach Pete Lembo says. "They were really resilient in the second half and really came out focused in the second half. I cannot quite explain some of the things in the first half because there were certainly moments where I thought we looked really good, and then obviously turnovers and some of the penalties and big plays we gave up hurt us."
The Cardinals 11-point margin of victory was the largest in the series with the Eagles since a 38-16 Cardinals win in 2008. The previous three meetings were each decided by three points or fewer.
Sophomore running back Jahwan Edwards had a career long 75-yard touchdown run in the opening minutes of the second half to give the Cardinals a 20-13 advantage over the Eagles. Edwards ended the game with three rushing touchdowns, while rushing for a career high 200 yards, surpassing his previous career best of 123 yards last year at Ohio. Edwards 200 rushing yards are the most by a Ball State player since MiQuale Lewis (301) and Cory Sykes (203) both topped the 200-mark against Eastern Michigan in 2009.
"I really believe our offensive line took control of the game in the second half and I am very proud of how we ran the ball," Lembo says.
Defensively senior co-captain and middle linebacker Travis Freeman led Ball State with nine tackles while teammates Jeffery Garrett and Chris Pauling each had seven. The Cardinals defense held the Eagles scoreless in the first and third quarters.
Ball State added two more touchdowns in the third quarter after a rushing TD from sophomore Horactio Banks at the 7:04 mark and then Edwards added another TD with :08 remaining to make it a 34-13 game.
Senior kicker Steven Schott made his third field goal in four attempts when he made a 19-yard field goal to put Ball State up 37-13 at the start of the fourth quarter. Eastern Michigan added two touchdowns to the scoreboard to cut the Cardinals lead to 37-26 with 5:01 remaining in the contest.
The first half marked an offensive battle for the second straight season between the two schools, as Ball State took the early 10-0 edge over the Eagles after a seven-yard TD run from Edwards and a career long 52-yard field goal from Schott. The Cardinals tied the game 13-13 to end the half after putting together 10-play scoring drive that would allow Schott to nail a 29-yard field goal.
Eastern Michigan answered back in the second quarter after back-to-back touchdowns from Eagles quarterback Alex Gillett, who found wide receiver Donald Scott for 8-yards and then tight end Garrett Hoskins for 23-yards which gave Eastern Michigan the 13-10 advantage over the Cardinals.
"I think ths is a good way to start," Lembo says. "It is an important win because it is a conference win. We know what that means. But I also know we have a tough stretch of games coming up beginning next week, so hopefully we can clean some things up between week one and week two. We have to finish a little better, we have to be more consistent throughout the game, and we have to cut back on our penalties."
First Quarter
Ball State 7, Eastern Michigan 0
11:42- -Jahuan Edwards 7-yard touchdown run. kick good.Steven Schott
10 plays, 80 yards, 11:42
Ball State 10, Eastern Michigan 0
1:58- 52-yard career long field goal from Steven Schott.
9 plays, 16 yards, 4:44
Second Quarter
Ball State 10, Eastern Michigan 7
11:56- Alex Gillett 8-yard touchdown pass to Donald Scott. Kody Fulkerson kick good.
6 plays, 71 yards, 2:13
Third Quarter
Eastern Michigan 13, Ball State 10
4:37 - Alex Gillett 23-yard touchdown pass to Garrett Hoskins. Kody Fulkerson kick no good.
5 plays, 37 yards, 1:20
Ball State 13, Eastern Michigan 13
:03- Steven Schott 29-yard field goal.
10 plays, 65 yards, 1:28
Third Quarter
Ball State 20, Eastern Michigan 13
12:31-Jahaun Edwards 75-yard touchdown run. Steven Schott kick good.
2 plays, 86 yards, :27
Ball State 27, Eastern Michigan 13
7:04- Horactio Banks 8-yard touchdown run. Steven Schott kick good.
9 plays, 97 yards, 3:01
Ball State 34, Eastern Michigan 13
:08- Jahuan Edwards 3-yard touchdown run. Steven Schott kick good.
16 plays, 50 yards, 6:15
Fourth Quarter
Ball State 37, Eastern Michigan 13
11:41- Steven Schott 19-yard field goal.
8 plays, 73 yards, 2:39
Ball State 37, Eastern Michigan 19
10:02 - Alex Gillett 7-yard touchdown pass to Mitchell Dawkins. Two points conversion incomplete.
8 plays, 75 yards, 1:39
Ball State 37, Eastern Michigan 26
5:15 - Alex Gillett 16-yard touchdown rush. Kody Fulkerson kick good.
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UNIVERSITY PARK - The way Penn State women's basketball coach Coquese Washington sees it, Connecticut is just the next team on the schedule.
And whether it's the No. 1 ranked team in the country, or her son's YMCA squad, she said the approach to an early-season game doesn't change.
"This week is about Penn State," Washington said. "It's not about us playing Connecticut. The rankings, they don't matter. Once you're out there playing, you don't think, 'I'm playing against the No. 1 team in the country.' You're just playing an opponent. So, our preparation will be the same that it is for any opponent that we play."
That mentality will be key for No. 13 Penn State (2-0), when it plays host to UConn for the first time at the Bryce Jordan Center at noon Sunday.
The Huskies, an undisputed power in women's college basketball, bring with them impressive credentials. Under coach Geno Auriemma, UConn has won eight national championships since 1995, including last year's title, and advanced to 14 Final Fours.
This year's team is off to its usual stellar start. The Huskies are 2-0 heading into their game tonight at No. 8 Maryland. Already this season, they've beaten No. 3 Stanford by 19 points.
"When you think of women's basketball, you think of UConn," senior guard Maggie Lucas said. "We're excited about the opportunity to play them."
Lucas is one of four current Lady Lions who have experience facing the Huskies. Two seasons ago, Penn State lost to UConn 77-59 in the Sweet 16. Last year, the Lady Lions fell 67-52 in a December match-up in Storrs, Conn.
Penn State has lost eight straight overall to Connecticut.
"One of the things you learn [by playing UConn] is how well they execute," Washington said. "They're a team that executes their game plan on both ends of the floor. Another thing you learn is that they play with a lot of poise. They're not rattled, if things don't go their way."
That poise is likely to be tested, thanks to the loss of a key player.
Junior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, one of Connecticut's two preseason All-Americans and the team's top returning scorer, is likely to miss the game after suffering a nerve contusion of her right elbow during a win over Stanford.
The 6-0 forward led the nation in 3-point percentage last year (49.2 percent) and had a game-high 25 points in the Huskies' win over the Lady Lions.
"We're preparing like she's going to play," Washington said. "If she doesn't play, their bench is pretty good. It's not as if they've got chop liver coming off the bench. It doesn't change our preparation."
Sunday's match-up will broadcast on the Big Ten Network, making it the first TV game for Penn State's freshmen class.
"This is going to be a big game and big test for us," freshman forward Peyton Whitted said. "To see how we look against a top-ranked team we're all getting ready."
A larger-than-normal crowd is expected at the Bryce Jordan Center, which will host a No. 1 ranked women's college basketball team for only the second time. The Lady Lions lost to Duke 93-67 to open the 2005-06 season.
But don't expect any nerves from the Lady Lions' newcomers.
"There are going to be more people watching," Whitted said. "We just have to focus on what we're doing, not really what everyone else is doing.
Penn State is 1-9 all-time against the No. 1 team in the country. Its lone win came Jan. 3, 1991, at Virginia, a victory that propelled the Lady Lions to their first-ever No. 1 ranking.
Could win No. 2 come Sunday?
"You can't get too caught up in that kind of hype," Lucas said. "We're just getting ready for Sunday."


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Trying to be the major sport that avoids a labor stoppage and nasty collective bargaining agreement negotiations, baseball has been conducting talks peacefully with little media attention.
Reaching the media late this week though was the breaking news that the MLB Players Association and the owners are discussing a realignment plan.
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After a Division IV sectional final at Calvert, Mohawk's Austin Harper admitted that when he singled home David Dietrich early in the game, he didn't think that run would be enough for a win.
Maybe that one run wouldn't have been enough if it wasn't for the arm of Austin Shock and the gloves of Harper and Dietrich. But for Mohawk, it all came together for a 1-0 victory and a sectional title.
"It's amazing," Harper said. "We haven't won a sectional in a while. We've been on a winning streak. It feels great, it's unbelievable."
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Mohawk shortstop Austin?Harper fires over to first base for an our during Friday's sectional final against?Calvert in Tiffin.
Calvert catcher Jesse Gase readies to make a throw to first during Friday's sectional final against?Mohawk in Tiffin.
The two teams met nine days earlier with a similar result: Mohawk getting the win in a low-scoring pitcher's duel. Warrior coach Eric Hoover says its typical of the way his team has been winning games lately.
"Another great game. We played them a week and a half ago now and that was a great game, well played by both sides," he said. "We just went out there and made plays on defense. Like I told the kids after the game, we haven't been winning many games with scoring a lot of runs. We've been winning games by playing defense and making plays and not giving up so many runs."
Shock and Calvert's Peyton Deats engaged in a pitcher's duel with each giving up just four hits. The only difference was that Mohawk was able to string a few together in the third inning.
Dietrich and Shock had back-to-back singles. Harper stepped up with two outs and dropped a single into short left field, scoring Dietrich for the game's first and only run.
"I didn't get down on myself," Harper said. "Had two strikes on the count, just kind of trying to protect and kind of slapped it over the third baseman's head and got lucky I guess."
"You don't get many chances with good pitchers out there, and neither team had many chances," Hoover said. "But we took advantage of a passed ball, moved some people up and then Harper did a great job of just basically fisting the ball out to left field. Hitting it to opposite field and not trying to do too much with it just knocking it over the left side and we were able to get a run home on that."
Calvert coach Dustin Ritchie agreed that the timing of Mohawk's hits was the difference.
"They got a couple timely hits there and got that run in and that's all they needed was one," he said. "They're a good baseball team. their record doesn't show how good they are. They really are a good team."
Calvert meanwhile wasn't even able to get many opportunities off Shock. The best chance for the Senecas to get on the board came in the fourth inning. Two base hits and a hit batter loaded the bases, but a ground out to Harper at short ended the threat.
In the final three innings Calvert sent the minimum nine batters to the plate. Eight grounded out and the other was thrown out at second trying to advance after a ball got past the first baseman.
"We just couldn't find a hole," Ritchie said after his team fell to 16-5. "It just seemed like when we did hit it, and we did hit it well, it just found their glove somewhere. Their shortstop did a great job of really getting to where the ball was. He read it really well.
"We've had a few games like that so far this season. That' baseball; it happens. You can hit the ball all day long, but it's got to find somewhere to go besides a glove."
The left side of Mohawk's infield was a black hole for Calvert baseballs. Harper made seven putouts from short; Dietrich made five from his third base spot. And just for good measure, second baseman Jacob Jeffrey made the game-ending play on a grounder.
"I'm confident me and him, we can both get ground balls," Harper said. "We've done great in practice, worked pretty hard. I know Shock has confidence in his defense and we made all the plays we needed to."
According to Hoover and Shock, the high amount of ground outs was by design, a product of Shock hitting his spots.
"Lot of low fastballs. Just hitting them on the ground and letting the defense do the work," Shock said. "They did great tonight. The outfield caught a few. It was just a good game all around."
"He got ahead in counts," Hoover added. "Threw a lot of first-pitch strikes and kept the ball down. We got ground ball after ground ball. He was at their knees all day long, and was able to roll a lot of ground balls to the left side and we just continue to make the plays."
Deats, though, was just as effective. The freshman went six innings allowing four hits, the one run and struck out nine.
"He did real well working out of a hole," Ritchie said. "Seemed like it was a full count there for quite a few batters and he kinda pitched out of it, and got timely outs that we needed. Just that one run was all they needed."
Shock, a sophomore, said his four-hit shutout to win the sectional title was one of the top moments of his young career.
But the chances will be there for even greater moments as Mohawk gets to keep its tournament run going. The Warriors, now winners of six straight, face New Riegel in a district semifinal 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Colonel Crawford.
"Feels great to improve," Shock said. "Everyone's been doing better and we were in a slump there for a while. It's great to come back out of that."


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Playful, colorful, improvisational and just plain fun! That's how Sarah Fielke's fans describe her quilt designs. In Big Techniques from Small Scraps, this Aussie quilter makes six small, scrappy quilts. Try something different, like deconstructed piecing, or learn a new skill, like needleturn appliqué. Create Sarah's designs or jump off and do them your own way. It's all good fun!
Meet Sarah Fielke, fabric and quilt designer and author of Quilting: From Little Things and Hand Quilted With Love.
Step-down piecing allows you to work in diagonal steps rather than in horizontal rows. These quilts can be scrappy or coordinated and done with plain squares or pieced blocks.
Take the hard work out of hand appliqu� with Sarah's needleturn techniques, including easy ways to mark, make circles and create bias tape.
Continue with needleturn appliqu� by applying your shapes to the quilt surface. Sarah shows you easy techniques for appliqu�d curves and points.
Deconstructed piecing is fun! Throw away your rulers and your preconceived notions and quilt freehand and improvisationally.
Even more deconstructed piecing fun! You'll create Dolly and the flowers in her garden, then assemble the whole design.
Make curves without templates or pins while creating a deconstructed version of the classic New York Beauty block.
The 60-degree ruler is one of Sarah's favorite tools. In this lesson you'll see why, as she shows lots of interesting things to do, including equilateral triangles, diamonds and stars.
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In October, IMF Nurse Leadership Board member, Elizabeth Bilotti, RN, MSN, APRN, BC at the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, testified before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee in support of S 1834/ A 2666, the oral chemotherapy access bill.
"I don't think I went into the situation with an understanding of the reality. At first I forgot that I was speaking to politicians and not people who have a firm understanding of healthcare. They only know what people tell them and what they have the opportunity to read," Elizabeth said.
She explained to the committee that over 25% of drugs in the oncology clinical pipeline are oral agents. And that in the last decade, 2 of the 3 drugs that have received FDA approval for the treatment of multiple myeloma have been oral and have nearly doubled the overall survival rates.
Elizabeth emphasized the economic and psychosocial impact the use of oral chemotherapy agents has when compared to IV or injected administration. There is a reduction in day-to-day life disruptions for the patient and caregiver because they are not required to take off of work to visit a clinic for IV administration. Time out of work can have a significant impact on both the economic status of the family, as well as the psychological impact of a shift in roles and family dynamic.
Although oral chemotherapy agents are expensive, Elizabeth clarified that IV agents are as well and that the savings associated with oral administration include less frequent office visits, no cost to administer the drug, and less time away from work for patients and caregivers.
Elizabeth told the committee that because of the availability of additional agents, providers now have the opportunity to tailor the therapy to the individual patient. Due to the disparity in coverage between oral and IV chemotherapy and the high out of pocket cost for oral chemotherapy, the provider and the patient are put in a very difficult position. Limited access to treatment due to cost should not be the reason a patient is unable to receive the appropriate therapy to extend his/her life and either improve or maintain quality.
"I think the biggest impact I made was to help them understand that oral chemotherapy agents are not expensive equivalents, but actually alternatives. And, that the IV agents may not be the best choice for a particular patient, under a particular set of circumstances. Having the oral agents helps in our quest to provide effective, personalized medicine," she concluded.
S 1834 / A 2666 passed the Senate in December with a 37-2 vote. It has been received in the Assembly where it awaits a vote.
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text: Some of us are cat people and some of us are dog people. I am a cat person. I am not a dog person. That's not to say I don't like dogs. I do. Really. Long ago, I even shared a home with a sweet beagle for a time. It's just that after that experience, I prefer to enjoy other people's dogs in their homes or parks or even at the library where we have some wonderful dogs come in and visit. But even though I am not a dog person, I still appreciate a good dog story, and recently have enjoyed some delightful stories about dogs.


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Currently using combo of Aperture and Photoshop 5 on multiple computers (with multiple copies all over the place , and hoping to get more organized soon. Is it worth my consolidating all my keepers into this new LR ? Is the transition easy? Will it move (or copy) my originals as they are imported?
Given that some features never made it into LR 3.0 beta that were in the final release of LR 3.0, I wonder what will be in the final release of LR 4.0 that are not in LR 4.0 beta?


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Go behind the scenes as the actress preps for the big night. Plus, Tracey Edmonds snaps pics with nominee-boyfriend Eddie Murphy!
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Cameron Diaz leads the pack as Gwyneth & Beyoncé catch up, Nicole & Naomi hang, J.Lo plays and more
See what he said backstage. Plus: Watch all the red carpet action with Cameron, Gwyneth, Nicole and more
The jury's still out on Oscar gowns worn by Madonna, Cameron, Oprah and more. You be the judge!
"This is the only naked man that will ever be in my bedroom," says Melissa Etheridge of her statue. Plus: George Clooney and more
See the list of major winners and nominees
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Marc Anthony makes fun of Jada, Jennifer Hudson blows kisses, and more you couldn't see on TV
Where were Brad & Angelina? Plus more on Jennifer Hudson, Kirsten Dunst and others
No, not that kind of wardrobe malfunction. But these ladies – and their outfits – barely made it out of the red carpet alive!
Forget the acting, it's all about the gowns. See who the big red-carpet winners were (Penélope! Cate!) on Hollywood's biggest night
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The Dreamgirls make us happy, Martin Scorsese finally gets his due, and more
From feathered frocks to jeweled necklines, here are six of the hottest trends to hit the red carpet
Hollywood's golden night: The biggest surprises, star photos and what's next for the winners
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Danish National Maritime Museum
Helsingør, Denmark
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) is usually not in the business of hiding things away. In fact, they tend to do just the opposite. So, the fact that they chose to bury the Danish Maritime Museum in Helsingør in the north of Denmark – the firm's first realized museum building – at the bottom of a dry dock, is nothing if not surprising.


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Logan metro ranked No. 1 small city for technology, business
The Herald Journal
By Charles Geraci
The Logan metropolitan area has — for the second straight year — been ranked No. 1 in the Milken Institute's best-performing small cities list.
A nonprofit, nonpartisan economic think tank, the institute notes that the 2012 results in general were driven by "better performance in short-term technology output and wage increases."
"Due to the stable state budget, Utah State University, Logan's primary employer, saw its finances improve and continued to expand its research capacity," reads a portion of the report. "Moreover, the state-funded Utah Science Technology and Research (USTAR) initiative prompted high-tech producers to hire more aggressively."
In addition to praising higher education in Logan, the institute lauded Logan's tech sector, which ranked among the top five in short-term output growth, concentration and diversity in terms of the number of high-tech industries. A total of 179 small metro areas from around the country were ranked in the report.
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Weld County is stepping up safety precautions following four accidental infant suffocation deaths in 2012, up from none in 2011.
Four infants between the ages of 1 to 4 months died due to unsafe sleeping conditions when an adult bed was shared with them, according to a Monday news release.
Weld County Coroner Mark Ward has not seen any infant suffocations since the last death on Nov. 20, but he said he is concerned that four such deaths in one year is out of the ordinary for Weld County.
"Every number is large when you're talking about infant deaths," Ward said. "To that family that is the only number."
The Weld County departments of Public Health and Environment, Human Services and Coroner's Office are unifying public-outreach efforts to address the issue in a new Safe Sleep campaign.
"We're going to be looking at different avenues we can access young parents and new parents at hospitals and service programs to educate them on the dangers of bed sharing," said Kathi Brown, prevention services manager at Weld County Human Services.
Following the second death, Human Services began distributing literature on safe sleep techniques.
"All of us in the community have a role to play in ensuring that children and infants are safe," director of Human Services Judy Griego said in the release.
The Department of Public Health and Environment is similarly reaching out to the health care community.
"Education on everyone's part — doctors, nurses, parents, day care providers — is crucial in reducing these tragic accidents," health department director Mark Wallace said in a news release.
The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests that supine positioning and a firm sleep surface be used for children and infants younger than the age of 1. Until then, soft bedding, pillows, stuffed animals and blankets should not be introduced to a child's sleeping area as these can cause suffocation.
"Parents may want to make a crib look nice by adding pillows and stuffed animals," Wallace said. "But these items can be dangerous for an infant who may get tangled in or under such items."
Although bed-sharing is not child abuse, according to Brown, the Safe Sleep campaign will officially launch in April, Child Abuse Prevention Month.
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7 Phrases That Are Great Signs It's Time to Stop Talking
Anyone who's ever watched a really lame, unoriginal stand-up routine knows that "We need to talk ..." is a magical red flag phrase that means you need to run away as soon as possible, because it means a woman is going to bore you to death or break up with you while boring you to death. Obviously, if there are problems in your relationship, a reasonable woman should deal with it by, I don't know, disappearing without a word or shooting you when you're not expecting it or something, I guess. I don't pretend to understand what these comics want.
But here's some phrases that signal some actual bad things coming that nobody wants any part of.
#7. "I'm Not a Racist, But ..."
I'm not going to spend a lot of time on this, because everybody knows that this phrase is inevitably followed up by something extremely racist. I do want to point out that it's pretty much impossible for any non-racist statement to follow this phrase just because of the way it's structured.
You'd have to either follow it with something that makes no sense, like "I'm not a racist, but I think black people and white people can both excel intellectually," or note a difference so neutral that there is no reason to point it out, like "I'm not a racist, but black people generally have darker skin than white people."
I guess occasionally someone wants to talk about the crime rate or income disparities between races and wants to throw in some caveats before they wade into a touchy subject, but anyone sensitive enough to discuss something that nuanced usually isn't going to toss out their entire viewpoint in half a sentence (the half after "I'm not a racist"). Anyone able to talk about a complex hot-button issue in an appropriate way has better and more specific caveats than the shitty old "I'm not a racist," which is apparently a good marker for illiteracy as well as racism.
By the way, the above screenshots come courtesy of I'm Not Racist, But ..., which is one of several blogs that track this phrase across the Internet, showing that despite how well-known and mocked it is, you still can't swing a dead LOLcat without hitting an "I'm not a racist but" tweet or comment.
#6. "I'm Not Afraid of What Anyone Thinks"
Not being afraid of what other people think is a good thing. Constantly telling other people this, however, is a red flag, signalling that you're not focused on the vital truths you are championing so much as the reactions you get from telling them.
"I like to fart in elevators! What are you going to do with that?"
Other warning phrases along the same lines include "I tell it like it is" and "I'm outspoken and opinionated, and it might rub some people the wrong way." When you convince yourself that you are this TV character description, it goes a long way toward shielding yourself from finding out that you are wrong or said something stupid by allowing you to frame it as a bunch of closed-minded prudes/nerds/bourgeoisie being shocked that you are such a colorful individual. Of course they are calling you dumb because they can't handle your attitude, not because you claimed that horses were invented in the 1800s.
You get two kinds of statements out of this person. One, you get cliches they repeat from other people, which were possibly provocative and clever upon their first use, like the hoary "A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle," or a mangled paraphrase from Douglas Adams that they don't really understand. Basically, it's an attempt to copy the edginess of someone smarter and more original than they are with the effectiveness of a preliterate child copying the Declaration of Independence.
Take a look at this firecracker.
I wonder what kind of monocle-popping in-your-face sass I can expect out of this one!
Statements truly worthy of noted shockmeister Stuart Smalley.
In addition to advice you can find in your grandmother's needlepoint, you'll also find this type:
Oh boy, I bet this one's going to be a real live wire. I wonder what kind of crazy and offensive tweets we're going to get on this account.
So they promise a lot, but quite often deliver poorly remembered quotes from provocateurs who are now deceased, advice found on Precious Moments bookmarks, and AOL chat room filler.
#5. "Plato's Allegory of the Cave"
This phrase usually sets off all the alarms that you are talking to someone who (1) has just discovered philosophy and (2) doesn't think anyone else has. Ninety-nine percent of the time when someone brings up the Allegory of the Cave, they are using it as a metaphor to talk about people living in a world where they only have a limited perception of reality, like the Matrix, and how some people get a chance to get outside of that and see all of reality, like Neo going outside the Matrix.
It is a good analogy, because learning about the real world is a lot like waking up in your own pee/food solution.
First of all, there is a lot more to the Allegory of the Cave than that simple overview, stuff that is mostly interesting to people who are really interested in philosophy, which doesn't include me. It also doesn't include most of the people who bring up the allegory. Secondly, given the wide popularity of The Matrix, that movie is a much simpler analogy to use for anyone who wants to talk about limited versions of reality.
I guess it depends on whether the priority is on getting your listeners to quickly understand your arguments so you can move on to make your point without having to retell and explain a story about caves and fires and shadows that some of them probably won't be familiar with, or whether the priority is to let people know that you read Plato once.
"Today I learned he was a philosopher and not a type of modeling clay."
Also a warning flag is anyone who brings up the Prisoner's Dilemma game theory scenario, which in theory is often relevant as a useful insight into discussing how people make decisions, but in practice is almost always inserted clumsily as a badge of behavioral expertise or something. Ten percent of the time people bring it up because they think it is relevant, and 90 percent of the time because they just read about it in Discover Magazine or Mental Floss.
There's always the possibility that someone who brings up one of these things genuinely feels it's the best tool to explain what they're getting at, but once they start to pile up, there can be no mistake. If someone mentions the Allegory of the Cave, the Prisoner's Dilemma, Occam's razor and Schroedinger's cat in the course of their argument, just drop everything and get the hell out of there before they start telling you the fable about the scorpion and the frog.
Don't know if I'm remembering this one right.
#4. "Self-Diagnosed"
Self-diagnosed people can be at best the cause of an awkward social situation and at worst dangerous. If you're suffering from severe depression, the last thing you want is advice from people with mild mood swings who have diagnosed themselves as bipolar and tell you to avoid therapy and medication and just think more positive thoughts.
Even if you don't have the condition and you're just reading or listening for curiosity's sake, there's not really anything to be learned from people who are certain they have ADHD or Asperger's no matter what those lying doctors say, unless you want to learn what they imagine life is like for an ADHD or Asperger's sufferer.
Well-meaning websites like WebMD sometimes make things worse by printing bullet-point lists of symptoms for various conditions. The intent is for you to see if you have a bunch of symptoms, and if so, go to a professional and get officially diagnosed and then treated. But I guess there's a bit of human nature that makes many of us want to treat it like a Seventeen magazine quiz where we add up points (1 point for A, 2 points for B, 3 points for C ...), and if we score 15 or more, we're schizophrenic!
"Oooh, looks like Susie has PTSD!"
Sure, sometimes it may be helpful for individuals to get coping tips from others with similar problems without going through intimidating medical professionals, but most people who like to speak at length about their self-diagnosis to strangers aren't just looking for help, they're looking to give it, including explaining authoritatively what the condition does or doesn't involve, saying what everyone in the same condition should do and even prescribing drugs sometimes.
Even if you believe in the helpfulness of Internet psychological self-diagnosis, I'm sure we can at least agree that someone self-diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma should be immediately sent to a doctor where they can hopefully find out it's just a cold. And that you should know just from the title that this one is going to be weird:
OK, yes, hair loss can be one of the symptoms, but usually a person's primary concern is the unimaginable pain.


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Mandy's Recipe Box
Crazy For Crust.
A sweet pizza! Love the warm autumn flavours here and the caramel topping is simply irresistible!
Woah, that looks amazing. And second, I love your new fall header! So cute! Now I'm just dying for a bite of this pizza :)
Uhhhhh. Oh sorry, drooling there. Dang that looks good!!
Wow, looks so good! Love the smell of baking apples and oats, with that wonderful hint of cinnamon! How I wish to have a slice right now, yes, with a scoop of ice cream! Mmm..
Have a great weekend!
Pinning it! That looks spectacular!
I've never seen a recipe like this before -I'm pinning it too!
Oooo nummy. I have a pie crust sitting in my fridge and now I know what I'm going to do with it! What a great idea!
Oh. Yum. This is my kind of apple treat. I love your fall header, too!
Cute new header! This recipe would be a hit in my house, can't wait to make it!
Now this is what pizza should be about. Delish. I adore your new blog look.
Oh, boy, this looks fabulous! I'm a sucker for apple desserts...and even more when you add caramel!
I do love appley things. Dessert apple pizza sounds pretty darn good too.
This sounds awesome and I can't wait to try it. I've pinned it! =)
This sounds so good! I can practically taste Fall looking at it. :)
Looks yummy! Caramel and apples...perfect for fall!
This sounds like a PERFECT Friday night dessert... when I want something quick & easy. Bookmarking this to make soon!!
Wanted you to know I LOOOOVE this dish. I will be sharing it, along with a link to your blog, at my blog, the day before T'giving...keep up the good work of sharing these simple & awesome dishes.
Love your recipe! Please come over to Cast Party Wednesday and share it with us. Thanks, I hope to see you there! ~Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain~
I made this awesome pizza this week and it's our new favorite dessert! Unbelievably good! I posted it on my blog today: http://www.edesiasnotebook.com/2012/09/caramel-apple-crisp-pizza.html Thank you so much for this great recipe!
I made this and hope you don't mind if I post it on my blog. One question though...the instructions say to dice the apples which is what I did but yours looks much flatter than mine. Did you slice the apples not dice them?
Christy- I do actually dice mine really small, but I see what you mean... My picture doesn't even look like there's apples in it!
I am so happy you shared it on your blog :) I think I've shared about a million of your recipes on mine. Ha
I've been making this as an apple pie since I found your recipe last year, and it's always a huge hit! I just use a pie tin and follow the instructions exactly, and the topping becomes more of a crumb topping rather than a traditional pie shell. I also slice the apples rather than dice, but otherwise the same. The flavor is awesome and it's a nice change from the traditional apple pie! Thanks for being my autumn go-to dessert ;)


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The scrapbook was given to me upon graduating from high school. My sister had compiled newspaper clippings from my three year varsity basketball career. Sixty-some stories of games made up the keepsake, but the one that stood out was the coverage of my team's final victory in our senior year.
Attica beat Danbury Lakeside, 78-68, in the Super Sectionals played at Heidelberg. The story was written by the Sports Editor from the Bucyrus Telegraph Forum. The man wrote some awful nice things about me and my teammates as well as sending compliments to our worthy opponents.
In describing my contributions to the victory, he used phrases such as "fantastic ball handling" and "putting on a display long to be remembered" that had me thinking that I was the second coming of Bob Cousy. I apologize to the younger readers, but trust me, Cousy was a great player. I didn't know the man who wrote those kind words, but I decided then and there that I liked him!
The writer was Dick Edmond, and my first instinct was correct. Once you got to know the man, you surely were going to like him.
Edmond came to The Advertiser-Tribune in the mid-1970s and became a fixture as sports editor. As I started coaching at New Riegel in the same time frame, I had the opportunity to deal with the man on a regular basis. He was always smiling and frequently laughing. He made you feel good just to be around him.
In 1980 I became the girls basketball coach at NR and as most coaches do, went to Columbus to attend the state basketball tournament. Along with Mohawk coach Brett Willoughby, I spent a lot of time between games with Dick Edmond. The three of us went out to dinner and the two coaches were regaled by stories from the sports editor.
He had us laughing all night long. One story in particular - it had to do with a friend and a goose - was so funny that Brett and I spent the whole weekend using lines from it. In fact, to this day, when Brett and I meet, we greet each other with "you silly goose," which is a testament to our vivid memory of Dick Edmond.
Dick passed away at the tender age of 59 from complications due to diabetes. His three sons, Tim, Ted and Todd have organized a golf scramble dedicated to his memory. I had the chance to sit down with Todd this week to get more details on the outing. We also had a chance to share some memories of the man whose sports stories graced the pages of this paper for so many years.
Todd told me about some of the stars of the sporting world that his dad had the chance to interview. The names sound like a litany of who's-who in sports including Joe Montana, Archie Griffin, Howard Cosell, Arnold Palmer, Larry Holmes, Gary Player and Jack Nicklaus. It was an interview with the latter that was one of the thrills of Dick's life.
He was at Muirfield Village to chat with the golf legend and was waiting patiently. It would not be his first interview with Nicklaus, but it would turn out to be his most memorable. When Nicklaus spotted the sports writer, he asked Dick if he had his golf clubs with him. He did indeed and Jack Nicklaus invited him to play a few holes with him as they chatted. Certainly sounds like a dream come true to me.
Dick Edmond was a true Ohio State fan as evidenced by the fact that he was buried in a scarlet and gray casket with a big block O on it. The two oldest boys also were Buckeye fans, but youngest son Todd was a bit ornery. He decided to be different and started rooting for that team up north. Dick didn't understand, but did not try to dissuade him from his preferred team. It did create a situation once, according to Todd.
His dad was scheduled to interview an Ohio State person and Todd was just old enough to tag along. As they approached the place where they were to meet, Dick turned to his young son and wagged a finger in his face. "You will not embarrass me," he intoned. Todd said he would not mention anything about the Wolverines. That was a good thing, as Woody Hayes would not have taken kindly to it I'm sure.
Todd recalls his father suggesting that the sports stars he interviewed were just people like everyone else. Getting a chance to meet and talk with them though was certainly one of the great perks of his job.
His greatest joy however, was the chance to watch high school athletes compete and then report on the game. When Todd expressed an interest in following in his father's footsteps he had some advice for him. This will tell you what kind of person Dick Edmond was.
He told Todd when covering a high school sporting event the object is to report on the game. Personal feelings and bias should be left out. He also suggested that you should spread the wealth. No one athlete in a team sport can do things without the support of his teammates. All should get some publicity. He also noted that high school athletes are not professionals. They are playing sports for the love of the game. One can see why people enjoyed the stories that Dick Edmond wrote.
Another story that Todd told me was Dick's insistence that his own children not have their photographs in the paper. All three of the Edmond children played sports, but not one photo made the A-T - until Todd's senior year, that is. Unbeknownst to Dick Edmond, an A-T staffer put a small picture of Todd on the front page of the newspaper advertising the fall sports tab. It was the last son and his last year of school and it was time. Dick was shocked when he saw it and immediately let everyone know it was not his decision. My guess is that he had a tough time hiding his pride though.
The golf outing will consist of a four-person scramble and will take place at Seneca Hills Golf Course. The date is September 22 and it will involve a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. The entry fee is $200 per team and the day will include 18 holes, cart, 50-50 drawing, skins, mulligans, prizes and food. Sports memorabilia will be available as well. Money raised from the outing will be donated to the American Diabetes Association.
Todd pointed out that he would like to see this become an annual event with different charities being the beneficiary each year: "Dad was always trying to find ways to give back to the community. This is our opportunity to do the same."
Now you have the chance to play some golf, honor a fine man and contribute money for a good cause. You can get more information about the outing by visiting the website dickedmondmemorial(dot)com.
As for me, I feel like I have come full circle. Dick Edmond wrote some very nice things about me over 40 years ago. Today I get to return the favor to a great guy. It's a good feeling.
Al Stevenson is the golf columnist for The Advertiser-Tribune.
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The day after Thanksgiving when millions of people stand in line at various retailers and act like retards.
I hate Black Friday. Should be called Wack Friday.
Por peecee1978 25 de noviembre de 2011
Another holiday for black people. Black history month wasn't enough so we gave flava flav a day to reflect.
George: What are you gonna do on black friday?
T-bone: Pay my respect to my brothas.
T-bone: Pay my respect to my brothas.
Por knottyscotty78 23 de noviembre de 2009
The day after Thanksgiving where after we spent a day thanking for all we have and shit, immediately wake up early in the morning and line up outside stores and be greedy little bastards and try to buy everything that we can that's on sale. How ironic.
Guy 1 on Thanksgiving: I'm thankful for all I have. I don't need anything more.
Guy 2 on Thanksgiving: Amen to that brotha
-one day later-
Guy 1 and Guy 2 on Black Friday: MOVE BITCH COMING THROUGH THAT'S MINE GTFO
Guy 2 on Thanksgiving: Amen to that brotha
-one day later-
Guy 1 and Guy 2 on Black Friday: MOVE BITCH COMING THROUGH THAT'S MINE GTFO
Por AKewlName 29 de noviembre de 2013
A Deathmetal band based out of Troy PA/Elmira NY.
Person 1 "Are you going to the show this weekend?"
Person 2 "Of course I am. Black Friday is on the bill".
Person 2 "Of course I am. Black Friday is on the bill".
Por Pastitox 24 de septiembre de 2009
The day after Thanksgiving and official start of the Christmas shopping season. When stores open anytime in between midnight and 5 AM and set everything on sale. To promote the sale, a mass amount of advertising is used, causing everyone to forget their is a month until Christmas so they go to hell and back to get all their holiday shopping out of the way one day not even in the month of the holiday.
I haven't slept in almost 50 hours because my mom shoved us all in the car immediately after Thanksgiving dinner and made us go to Black Friday sales all damn day.
Por Gaaraofthedamned 24 de noviembre de 2011
The frenzied orgy of extreme acquisition that is the natural result of asking Americans to spend an entire day attempting to be grateful for what they already have.
A team of wild demon horses couldn't drag me to the mall on Black Friday.
Por HotGingerMess 05 de junio de 2014
Only in America do we trample and fight others for good sales, exactly one day after being thankful for what we already have.
Friend: Hey man, you going Black Friday shopping tonight ?
Friend: No..you wanna get trampled???
Friend: No..you wanna get trampled???
Por Poopypoopy 30 de noviembre de 2013


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The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs supports Philander Smith College's
mission which is to "graduate academically accomplished students who are grounded
as advocates for social justice, determined to change the world for the better." The
philosophy of the Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs reflects the College's
core values which include, among others, social justice, integrity, scholarship, professionalism,
respect, faith, leadership, excellence, accountability and empowerment.
Collaborating with division chairs and program directors, the Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) strives to uphold the College's mission, goals and values by ensuring a student-centered environment of innovation and excellence, measurable by the performances of traditional and non-traditional students; facilitating undergraduate student development, research, scholarship, study abroad and experiential learning; promoting professional development among faculty and staff; and fostering accountability of teaching, service and scholarship among all faculty.
Reporting to the President of the College, the VPAA also fulfills four other primary roles:
Leadership: The Vice President for Academic Affairs works with academic division chairs, faculty, students, and the College community to set and articulate the overall academic vision and direction of the College and to establish academic agenda for the future.
Facilitator: The VPAA facilitates institutional achievement of the College's mission, goals, and core values through the development and maintenance of academic programs and activities; policies and procedures; measurements of standards and practices; and allocated funding.
Collaborator: The VPAA collaborates with division chairs, department chairs and program directors of Academic Affairs and with administrators and staff of Enrollment Management, Student Affairs and other administrative units in order to enhance undergraduate teaching and learning; to promote retention and rigor in the classroom; to improve undergraduate students' development, research, scholarship, study abroad and experiential learning; and to improve with consistency the College's graduation rates. The VPAA also collaborates with the College's Librarian and staff of the Technology Center to enhance information literacy and research across academic programs, and with Academic Support Coordinator to reinforce teaching, learning, and research.
Coordinator: The VPAA maintains a broad and coherent perspective of liberal arts education in
order to integrate the vision and role of Philander Smith College in higher education
and with local, national, and international communities.
Philander Smith College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central
Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate degrees. The organization can be
reached at www.higherlearningcommission.org
Philander Smith College is also approved by the following:
The College has obtained accreditation for the following academic programs through the following organizations:
Hazel Arnett Ervin, Ph.D.
Vice President for Academic Affairs
Zollie Stevenson, Jr., Ph.D.
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs & Special Assistant to the President
Des'Ree Ellison
Administrative Assistant
Office: 501.370.5216
Academic Affair's Organizational Chart