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Spring is officially set to arrive on Wednesday, but the weather is anything but spring-like.
A quick burst of snow flurries was possible Tuesday. Temperatures will top out about 40 degrees.
Spring arrives on Wednesday, and it appears it will be a mostly dry day. The high Wednesday is expected to reach 43 degrees.
It appears metro will see snow on Thursday. Some accumulation is likely. Kansas City could see up to 2 inches of snow. Points toward the south -- near Paola and Belton -- could see a little bit more.
There could be a wintry mix on Friday, followed by another winter storm for the weekend.
Stay with KMBC's FirstAlert Weather Team for the latest on the developing weather.


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"Know Your Enemy" @ Game Revolution: HERE.
June 01, 2010
June 01, 2010
We're just one week away from the release of "Green Day: Rock Band," as one of the biggest acts in the world conquers an all-new medium: video games. It features 47 of the Berkeley boys' greatest tracks, including all of Dookie, American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown.
Recently, Buzzworthy had a chance to talk with Green Day about the game, the group's all-time best MTV memories and some of the more painful events that have gone down while they were out on tour.
May 31, 2010
Look for Billie Joe on the cover of the new XL Magazine in Italy.
May 31, 2010
Look for Vogue to feature Green Day in the new June issue: HERE.
May 31, 2010
The festival season got underway at the weekend with the Evolution festival in Newcastle and the Netherlands' Pinkpop.
Gigwise has photo highlights from both events: HERE.

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Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, "Life is a journey, not a destination." Although the journey can be fun and exciting at times, it can also be scary and daunting. I think people often get so focused on where they want to see themselves in three years, 6 months or even tomorrow that they forget what is happening around them while they are working toward their goal.
We aren't happy at our job, so we're looking elsewhere…completely unaware of what God is doing with us where we are right now.
We are so determined to lose that last 10 pounds of baby weight (from our pregnancy two years ago) that we have lost sight of the changes WE need to make…not everyone else.
We are frustrated with the "terrible 2's" or even the teenage years, again completely unaware of what might be transforming within ourselves.
A lot of times in my own life I have realized it's not always about the situation we find ourselves in - it's about how we react to them. It might feel like our world is completely falling apart, but if we took just one step back, we might see that it's slowly being built back up. God is always working on you, taking advantage of every opportunity to work on you, from within.
Usually, about once a month, I find myself having "one of those days." I'm just going to come out and say that I absolutely hate those days.
I wake up to what I think is a good mood but soon realize I am a complete grouch. And during that day, everything has a domino effect. One thing happens to sour my mood, and then one thing after another happens and I feel like I am in a constant battle with the day.
I had one of those days this last week. That evening I thought about the day as a whole. If I would just sit still, be quiet and listen, maybe I would get something from this, I thought. God might just be trying to teach me something. Could it be patience? Could it be understanding? Could it be that I need to mop the floor? Could it just be that I need to focus more on the positive things that happen on "those days"?
I watched a movie the other day during nap time (I wish I could tell you the name, but the guide never told me!). It was about a family in the 1920s who was about to lose their farm. The wife died, the daughter almost burned their house down and they couldn't drill any water because of the extreme drought.
Talk about a bad day, right?
The husband felt as though he had lost everything. His parents came to visit, and after hearing him vent, his dad decided to take him to the top of the hill that overlooked his house and land. He told him something like, "I know that when you look at your house, you see a struggle. But if you would just look at it from this view, you would see your life how you should see it. Your house and land have been your partner through everything. They are worth fighting for."
Although overall this movie was a little cheesy and the acting wasn't great, it completely resonated with me.
Think about how you handle situations in your life. Do you act with positivity or do you go to the "glass is half empty" scenario right away? Do you find yourself focusing on the destination instead of the journey? Let me just encourage you (encouraging myself here, too): Don't take life for granted. Be willing to be quiet, open your ears and just listen. Because you might be missing out on the most important lesson of your life.
Caiti Mondragon is married with three children. Read her Tuesdays on Greeley Moms. Check out her personal blog at mrsmomdragon.wordpress.com.
A lot of times in my own life I have realized it's not always about the situation we find ourselves in - it's about how we react to them. It might feel like our world is completely falling apart, but if we took just one step back, we might see that it's slowly being built back up. God is always working on you, taking advantage of every opportunity to work on you, from within.


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Tribune Picks Ricketts Bid
The Sun-Times yet again scoops the Tribune on their own business affairs. Although heavily rumored for some time, there's now the infamous "person familiar with the process" going forward with Thomas Ricketts - diehard Cub fan - as being the Tribune's bid of choice. The bid is rumored to be in the $900 million range and supposedly not the top overall offer, but would provide more money up front to the struggling Tribune corporation along with a more conservative financing approach.
But there's always a twist...
Tribune is not locked in to negotiate only with one bidder. Others remain free to enrich their offers.
It's probably doubtful that anyone else will come in with a late bid at this stage of the game, and with local ties to Chicago, Ricketts would certainly appease the major league owners. But this sale has dragged on for this long, there are no guarantees that it won't drag out longer.
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Congrats to Mr. Ricketts.
Now, win.
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I can't wait until the insults start flying. Mr. Rickles is notorious for his sharp wit.
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Well, he's where my mild interest was leaning. Hurry up and by the damn thing then trade for Peavy.
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Just sell it already, Sam, you fuck!
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he used to live above sports corner, right?
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YES! Yes, bigz. He met his wife in the Bleachers. Bruce LEvine last week opined that the family is mostly interested in long-term, family ownership. Ala Wrigley's, yet not on the cheap!
I have ALWAYS wanted an owner that would wear the wins and losses on their sleeves, and suffered when we did. Also, one that during the press conference will say, "We will not tolerate losing under our stewardship..."
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The thing is that ownnership, just like Cubsfanship is destined to live on hope. Any owner who thinks that his team's payroll is big enough to win, is not going to throw extra money at it just for the hell of it. $145 million payroll, most in the NL - should give the Cubs a great chance, but we know that even if we had a $200 million payroll it won't guarantee a title, so maybe we can get by with $140 million... or maybe $120 million.
The sad truths are, that we as long suffering Cubs fans don't want to admit is that, an unlimited payroll won't guarantee a title, and no owner is going to sign off on an unlimited payroll. The 21st century Cubs have already moved away from the 'Let Maddux walk' days... a new owner is not going to make us more likely to win.
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I think it will be a big benefit going forward, that a GM will KNOW he has 145-150 in payroll EVERY YEAR.
This current club does have a 140ish payroll. However it arrived because of a spike from the 90 Million level of 2006.
This club was constructed with backloaded deals, and robbing peter to pay paul planning.
A committed owner whom you know will "pay the cost to be the boss" will do nothing but help the team/GM plan and map the future.
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ROB G: Did you ever cut "Dexter"? I was wondering if Showtime is giving it one more season...
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It was karma. No good can come from selling the hallowed walls, er doors, of Wrigley Field.
And I see the Under Armor weasels are still sponsoring the Senior Bowl. Be sure to tune in Cubs fans.
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The Cubs don't care when they cheat the public (with those officially scalped tickets) but they don't seem to like being the ones cheated.
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Selling tickets at market price isn't cheating the public.
Rather, selling tickets at face value and watching other businesses sell them at market price is cheating the Cubs.
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The Judge's ruling on this was a sham. Wrigley Field Premium and the Cubs ownership are one in the same. At the end of the day the money ends up in the same pocket; it's all to the cubs advantage. To say the cubs aren't cheating the public on this is rather disingenuous IMHO.
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I don't suggest the Cubs are not one in the same with their ticket "scalping" arm.
What I suggest is that the Cubs have a right to sell their tickets at market prices. If a scalper can legally buy their tickets and sell them at market prices, I think the Cubs should be able to do so as well. The scalper has made no investment in the on-field product; so in my view, the Cubs have much more right to sell the tickets at market prices than the scalper does.
I don't see how the Cubs "scalping" their own tickets is cheating the public. Especially when the team efforts at maximizing their revenue turn into one of the top payrolls in the National League.
As to whether the money is spent well, your mileage may vary. But that the budget is there, I approve.
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Finally, the rightful sponsor of the doors can come forward
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I thought Jack Daniels was the sponsor of The Doors.
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Mo-The Joe- rising!
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He is the Keeper King! He can do anything!
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That's awesome!
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"The Sun-Times yet again scoops the Tribune on their own business affairs"
To be fair, it would be beyond tacky for the Trib to go with this story. The Ricketts family hasn't been told that they're the winning bidder yet.
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Of course, they'll have to call The Cell and ask Uncle Jerry if Ricketts is OK.
Does anyone know......if the Cubs accept an offer and present it to MLB for approval, that's going to take some time. While that process is ongoing, and it looks as if the accepted offer will pass MLB's vote, would or could the baseball people (like Hendry) contact the prospective ownership to see about making deals or spending money on players? I just don't remember if there is a precedent, if it's ever happened in the past when franchises have changed hands.
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The DeBartolos wanted to purchase the White Sox in the early '80s I believe (correct me if I'm wrong), and I recall they bid on the SF Giants as well, and were rebuffed because of their horse racing connections. Not that that stopped Steinbrenner......and of course Bill Veeck was shot down on a few purchases such as the Phillies in the late '30s (the other owners found out he wanted to staff the roster with several Negro League stars; imagine how that would have changed baseball history).
In Bruce Miles' blog on the Herald today in as much as said that if it came to it, Hendry could go to the potential owners before they were approved to see what he was working with regarding payroll and such.
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Man, Bleed Cubbie Blue is fucking retarded.
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took you this long to figure it out, Joe?
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No I was just reminded and wanted to vent. I figure, I'll have one chance to register, call Al a douche, save the webpage for posterity, then get the post deleted and me banned. I've been saving it for the right time...but it's always the right time!
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Your banning will put you in good company.
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When you're around, I'm always in good company.
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Get a room, you two! Better yet, start a diary on Al's site.
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I'd love to start a diary at bcb about me and Joe being together, but, alas, I'm banned from doing so. Maybe I'll just write a series of ghey harlequin novels instead.
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Write it out anyway. My ISP hasn't been banned yet.
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I hope the new owner is dedicated to winning instead of just making money. People whine and cry-baby about the Tribune, but I remember the Wrigleys.
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as long as the new owner doesn't turn this into a pointless 200m "spend to win" team i'm fine with it.
i know some disagree...whatever.
when i watch/follow 162 games of something i want to watch a game...not being at the mercy of injuries and heavy bad contracts to "level the field."
im not seeking some everyone-on-the-same-ground thing, but i don't wanna watch the cubs turn into a yanks-type team where 162 games are generally just the pre-game show.
yeah, you can't buy a WS, but that's not what im worried about, it's the 162 games before the playoffs.
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I envision a Red Sox-type spending level, which would be another $15M or so on top of last year, still good for second in the NL and about $5M behind the Mets.
I don't think anyone's saying the Cubs should be the Yankees.
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The Cubs are what they are: a big-market, big-money team. I don't have any problem with them acting that way. Let the Milwaukees and Arizonas draft and develop players in their farm system.
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I know winning cures all ills, but with Wood, DeRo and now Hank White gone, and Milton Bradley in town, it may not be quite so fun to root for the Cubs for the six-month season. More fun to root for good guys (or at least those who seeme to be good guys), particularly good guys with talent. Never heard a bad word about Hank.
Maybe Milton becomes the next Rodman -- easier to stomache when the team is winning championships every year.
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This has been discussed A LOT here. Personally, I don't have a problem with Bradley. I don't think he's a 'bad' person, but had (has?) a lot of personal demons and made some very bad mistakes. He's trying to turn his life around, give him a break. I'm not going to mourn that the Cubs win a championship without Hank. Good guy? Cool. Not going to miss him, though. I will miss Wood, but I just want the Cubs to win, regardless.
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I concur completely. For years and years and years the Cub players were "ours" and fans worried more about the guys who left than winning. The 21st Century fan might be a little different, mainly because the Sox won it all in '05 but also because it's a "win or go home" mentality these days.
I also have no problem with them spending a lot of money, and I know it has nothing to do with winning. For the last 25 years at least Cub fans have complained that they don't spend enough, when in fact they spent plenty.....just mostly on the wrong guys.
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I can totally talk myself into liking Milton if he plays well. Guy who has gotten a bad rap and been an easy target finally overcomes his reputation (and his health history) to be come a productive player and good teammate. Of course, if he slumps it's because he's a whiner.
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I have no doubt if he plays well he'll be received well by the Wrigley bleacher bums. Look what happened to Edmonds.
To quote one of my favorite movies: "Rome IS the mob."
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I'll tell you, the 2004 team was hard to root for. That was the first time I was ever embarrassed to be a Cubs fan. Though I've been behind the Bradley signing before it was rumored, if he can't keep his shit together I'll be among the first to say 'jettison his ass'. Winning is good, but winning without class is something I can't stomach.
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I don't care if the Cubs have an infield of binLaden, Pinochet, Amin and Limbaugh - as long as they win the World Series.
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Limbaugh would have to play first. Too fat for the hot corner, I think.
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he'd have to pass a drug test first...
Kerry Wood's says
The name is Ricketts not Rickett.
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and here i thought all along that ricketts was some sort of bone disease.
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It's Rickels! Not Tom Ricketts, Don Rickles! And if we F up the playoffs again this year, he's gonna say something like "I've had my balls handled better by Johann's mom."
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Tonight should be considered an important night...
Tom Ricketts statement:
The Tribune Company has informed us today that our family has been selected for exclusive negotiations to buy the Chicago Cubs.
We would like to thank the Tribune Company for overseeing a fair and competitive process and we look forward to working with the Tribune and Major League Baseball to close the transaction promptly.
We will have more to say publicly when this process is completed. If we succeed in buying the team, our work will just be beginning.
"My family and I are Cubs fans," said Tom Ricketts, the family's point person in the Cubs purchase. "We share the goal of Cubs fans everywhere to win a World Series and build the consistent championship tradition that the fans deserve."
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That's a nice statement. Now make it happen.
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If Jache Peavy is a Cub, we may be sentenced to four more years of also-rans.
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Both my wife and I are available to be adopted by the Ricketts!
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NY Post reports Mets signed Freddy Garcia to a minor league contract but huge incentives up to $8M
also Rosenthal says Dodgers going after Randy Wolf
and Milw Sentinel online says Prince Fielder will sign a 2 year deal worth $18M, avoiding arbitration that was between $6-8M for this year.
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also Fielder passed his physical so it's a done deal to be announced tomorrow
and Rosenthal says Brandon Lyon probably to the Tigers for around $5M
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So is the news about Fielder the deal they struck or the fact that he passed the physical?
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Why when I picture them announcing the Fielder deal at a press conference that I imagine them weighting Fielder like a boxer first?
And by boxer I really mean Tony "TNT" Tubbs.
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a little more detail on Troy Glaus getting his right (throwing) shoulder scoped yesterday, from the StL Papers
Pressed why Glaus waited three months into the offseason for surgery, Mozeliak insisted, "Frankly, we didn't even know it was a possibility until recently. We prefer to announce these things when it's definitive," Mozeliak said. "This wasn't firmed up until Monday morning."
Glaus traveled from St. Louis to Los Angeles for the surgery, performed by Los Angeles Angels team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Lewis Yocum.
The procedure was labeled a "debridement," or cleanup, of the shoulder. Though the club did not specify Glaus' problem, a source familiar with the procedure said it involved the labrum, the shoulder's gasket-like lining.
If the labrum was trimmed up, ie. worn tissue shaved away (debrided) but not repaired (as in detached from the underlying bone, which requires more work to reattach the labrum) he probably can recover faster but it's still unlikely he will be back to normal before 3 months which means some time in May at the soonest.
picture of the anatomy:
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I don't know anything about the Rickett's family other than what I've read on this board. Supposedly, they're big Cubs fans. I hope so.
I know it's a business, but the number one criteria for buying any professional sports team should be that you're a passionate fan of the team. Not just a fan of the game or a fan of making money, but a PASSIONATE fan of the team you're buying.
If you have enough money to buy a sports franchise, there are a million and one other ways to make a living. Hell, you don't even have to make another cent for the rest of your life and you'll still have enough cash to wipe your ass with and burn for heat. Buying a sports franchise needs to be about a passion for the team and a passion for winning, not for making money.
I hope whoever buys the Cubs is doing it because they genuinely love the Cubs. A family-owned team doesn't have to appease shareholders by plastering fucking Under Armour ads on the outfield doors or pasting Motorola ads behind home plate. The next Cubs owner should care about one thing - winning.
And if they don't, here's my version of the Billy Goat curse - 'If the next Cubs owners place the almighty dollar ahead of winning (in the form of reduced payroll, gratuitous ads in the stadium, and/or unwarranted/automatic hikes in ticket prices every year), may their children, their children's children, and their children's children's children toil in sweat shops sewing Florida Marlins team apparel.'
Given the effectiveness of the original curse, I hope they take this seriously.
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It'll be a different atmosphere around the team if the Ricketts' buy them. There's been that sentiment the last few years that the team needs to hire management that "get it", well, there's no question that Ricketts ownership "get it".
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Rosenthal says StL interested in Counsell to fill in for injured Glaus
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Retaining counsel can be expensive.
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Your C&D is on its way.
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Retaining counsel can be expensive.
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After a long, deliberate look at his options, Dusty chooses Taveras to hit leadoff.
"His role is he's our center fielder and our leadoff man," Baker said. "The fact that he's so young - he's going to get better. A lot of people talk about his on-base percentage. I like to think in terms of him getting into scoring position."
Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't on-base percentage and getting into scoring position at least moderately entwined?
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oh sure say that now just days after manny has made his monthly appearance.
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If Dusty has found a way to get men into scoring position without first getting on base then I pick the Reds to win the National League Central going away.
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Wasn't that the benefit of Adam Dunn's 40+ HRs every year?
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To be more accurate, it was exactly 40 homeruns every year. He had it measured off, apparently.
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He doesn't want some slow ass old guy getting on base. He wants a fast guy getting on base, then stealing 2nd. See: Base-clogging.
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wow, speed leads...how shocking and new for dusty...no one saw that...no one ever does that!
hey, this team has it's main power hitter and low ob% guy with less speed than tavarez hitting 1st...what does that say?
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lou played the guy hitting 1st when he had to windmill his legs just to run.
the guy is the team's best power hitter and has a low ob%.
out of the time he's been here he's been in running shape for a handful of months, he has a low ob%, he's on a strong hitting team, he hits for power, he is streaky, he Ks a lot...he leads off.
overall, though...i find it strange how this is "fine"...especially those months where he couldn't even run the bases...to have this guy leadoff, but what dustbag is doing is ignorant and stupid.
i'm a little sick of seeing soriano try to feast on 7/8/9 hitters for RBIs while he struggles to get more RBIs than power hits.
go figure.
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he's the worst regular ob% guy last year (even counting fukudome) and the past 2 years combined with guys still on the team...along with the other stuff i mentioned.
i think soriano's handling has been pretty damn ignorant and stupid, myself.
with so much support from other bats it don't matter that much, though.
i'd prefer the guy who has to windmill his legs to run not to lead off and the best power hitter on the team seeing something more than the 7-9 hitters.
his 38sb aren't that neat, nor is his .330-.340 area ob% with his high Ks.
his power is neat, though.
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i don't really agree with most of that 2nd paragraph. no one just grooves soriano an easier mix because no one's on base. he's not a selective hitter. he's going for the seats with none on or bases loaded.
i'm just saying the standard of manager stupidity has many flavors. i'm also saying i'm really sick of the best powerhitter on the team trying to struggle for more RBIs than power hits...i think that's a waste.
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"are you his agent? what do you care about his personal RBI totals"
i'm a cubs fan. more runs = good. putting RBI guys in good RBI positions...that kinda stuff.
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I like when Rob G. is involved in these skinny comments debates. It's nice when it's not big lowitzki, the Real Neal, myself, or any of the other usual suspects.
It's also nice when it's a baseball debate rather than, say, political.
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"it depends on who you put up there of course, but since your answer is anyone who is fast, then you're wrong.... "
that's not my answer.
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I'm just waiting for you two to keep arguing long enough for me to break everyone's formatting.
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Crunch, you are such a blatant Dusty defender. You think you're being sneaky with your partisan undercurrents, but this idea that Lou is as stupid as Dusty for his use of Sori in leadoff is idiotic.
Let's compare Dusty vs. Sweet Lou 2005 v. 2008. But wait, let's not compare the #1 leadoff hitters. To get a real feel for the manager's understanding of the leadoff position, let's compare the second and third most used leadoff hitters.
In 2005 Dusty used Neifi and CPat as his #2 and #3. Their average OBP in leadoff was .263 in 2005.
In 2008, Sweet Lou used Johnson and TheRiot as his #2 and #3 leadoff hitters. Their OBP was roughly .357.
Overall leadoff numbers 2005 v. 2008 (including Hairston and Sori) look like this:
Dusty: .299
Lou: .342
You heart Dusty. Time to fess up.
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I think there is an argument to be made that having Soriano bat leadoff in a lineup that includes Fukudome, Theriot, Derrek Lee, and Mark DeRosa (or this year, Mike Fontenot) signals that the manager is willing to sacrifice OBP for, well, something. Either speed or Soriano's comfort (which some argue means more overall production from Soriano--which they then argue means more overall production from the lineup).
Clearly, though, Soriano's OBPs in the last 2 years show that he's a better leadoff hitter than Taveras or Patterson--by a long shot.
I think, however, that except for a few of us, we'd be happier if Soriano could maintain his current rate stats batting somewhere between 2nd and 6th in the batting order so that the team could take more advantage of Ryan Theriot, Kosuke Fukudome, or Derrek Lee's on base abilities, and more advantage of Soriano's power.
If the Cubs continue to have the most productive 7th-9th hitters in the league, though, it's really not as big an issue.
Soriano batting leadoff is clearly not the same thing as Corey batting leadoff. Corey shouldn't have even been a starter with his numbers last year, much less a leadoff hitter. There could be similar questions with Taveras. Also, to the Reds, why resign Hairston if you barely plan to play him? Anyone can be your backup left fielder.
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I'm not arguing who should bat leadoff now--just that trying to compare Dusty to Lou is idiotic. I don't think Sori should have been batting leadoff last year and definitely not this year.
Crunch has spent the entire time Lou has been here at one ham fisted attempt at playing devil's advocate after the next. I personally think it's a cautionary tale against smoking too much dope.
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"Crunch has spent the entire time Lou has been here at one ham fisted attempt at playing devil's advocate after the next. I personally think it's a cautionary tale against smoking too much dope."
no i haven't.
i have the right to bring up the absurdity of "this manager is the worst thing to happen to baseball and no one ever does what dusty does-ism."
you have the right to be totally wrong about some agenda you're dreaming up.
you're also presenting your case (twice in 2 posts here) acting like a spoiled brat. maybe it's a cautionary tale against being a know-it-all who should step away from the computer a while.
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Holy Moses, you're touchy on this subject. I like what you said about me though. It's especially funny because I only tend to pop up here once every couple of weeks during the offseason.
I find it unfathomable that in the face of clear evidence to the contrary that you can continue making an argument for any other reason than to play devil's advocate. Maybe I'm giving you too much credit and you really are too much of an ideologue to care about data that contradicts your premise. There is ample evidence that Dusty don't know shit from shinola as a manager. The premise you start from is that managers really don't matter much. It seems to me like you try to fit your Lou and Dusty arguments to that premise but you repeatedly have a hard time discounting evidence to the contrary.
All that said, you're really taking yourself far, far too seriously, Crunch. Do you want to hug it out? Let's hug it out, bitch.
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you wasted a lot of time typing that...and you seem to enjoy it.
nice sig...wear it like a trophy.
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You seem really pissed. Did I really hurt your feelings? Sorry if I did.
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nice sig...wear it like a trophy. you enjoy this...hell, you're doing your best to create something out of nothing.
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I will neither confirm nor deny that I'm creating something out of nothing.
On a completely unrelated note, I think we're almost far enough over to break the formatting.
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yes, you win.
now go celebrate something that doesn't matter and wrap yourself in it.
your opinions are facts, i get it.
me explaining myself means something else if you dream it up to be something else, i get it.
you wanting me to be something means i am something, i get it.
you are the boss of everything...sorry...i'll check with you to clear my opinions and views that i CLEARLY EXPLAIN so you can redefine them for the rest of the world on wild tangents that have little to nothing to do with what i said.
bravo, guy.
now change your sig again to reflect how important i am to you some more.
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Jesus. Who peed in your cornflakes?
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quit being a mental midget and READ what i wrote instead of having a conversation about something no one is discussing but you.
if you go to the source you're calling lou a retard for batting a high speed leadoff guy with the lowest OB% on the team first...as well as dusty. but that don't matter because all that matters to you is some conspiracy about how i'm all about some dusty defender...not the MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS explaining myself. No, all that matters is what's made up in your head, not the fact I don't find most of what dustbag does out-of-the-ordinary, shocking, or not replicated by many others.
you're arguing something totally different that you made up and seem to think we're discussing here...and you couldn't even bring it up without insulting me twice to start your piss fest.
pretty simple...said it before...read.
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Whatever, Crunch. You got all hot-headed about me taking issue with your underlying and repeated denigration of Lou and frequent comparison of Lou and Dusty to one another. Seriously, it is a waste of my time to be talking about this. I think I need a TCR vacation now. Hasta dude.
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yeah, you generally prove things through comparisons and bringing a home-example to the table helps.
you want to tell me why you let a guy who has to windmill his legs to run the bases gets to lead off and why that's brilliant i'm all ears...i'll even let the "letting the lowest/streakiest ob% guy with the most power on the team lead off with hobbled legs" go by the wayside.
they're managers...not gods. no one's comparing Muhammad and Jesus here...it's two fat old guys.
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So, it's more like comparing Buddha and Santa Claus then?
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Is it time to call R2D2 yet? btw, anyone know who ever won that stupid internet douchebag contest put on by those guys Rob banned? My guess is Al.
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wow. whipple was right. the formatting really does break. i thought in was just an urban legend.
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Sorry, inside joke for the Nested Comments Club
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Do not scroll down this page
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I've never got that broken page thing - maybe because I use IE?
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I should to
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"Crunch, you are such a blatant Dusty defender. You think you're being sneaky with your partisan undercurrents, but this idea that Lou is as stupid as Dusty for his use of Sori in leadoff is idiotic."
yeah, me explaining exactly what im talking about is something else.
everything after that 1st paragraph is a waste of your time.
read what i wrote instead of playing amateur mystic.
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Yes, he had the worst OBP of any starter on the Cubs, but then again the Cubs did league the lead and were second in the majors. Overall for qualified players in the National League Soriano was 40th in OBP, but 7 of the top 40 are Cubs.
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"but 7 of the top 40 are Cubs"
I love reliving the glory that was the 2008 regular season. I do not state this ironically. It was a wonderful regular season.
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It was indeed and enjoyable summer. To think the Cubs OBP and rank went from .319 (last) to .333 (9th) to .354 (first) from 2006-2008. It seemed like every time I turned on the TV there was a Cub on base.
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he was the worst (marginally) so give him the most ab's?
i'm more pissed about his misuse of power/production. i want him knocking guys in not setting up ryan theriot/fukudome and dlee to cash him in. hell, i'd prefer the opposite.
...and when soriano can't even run without embarrassing himself i do NOT want him leading off.
Boy this didn't take long...
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Holy cow do I have issues with that post.
First off, all claim and no support, and no research done whatsoever.
"I'm going to guess that the Cubs are the only team in the majors with three infielders and three outfielders listed at under six-feet tall."
Why am I reading your post if your just going to guess? This is easy to look up. Also, are all of these players exactly the same? Mike Fontenot does not equal Ryan Theriot does not equal Reed Johnson. Aaron Miles does kind of equal Neifi Perez, but that's not even what he's saying. Who are the other two players? Joey Gathright hasn't made th 25-man roster yet and neither has Sam Fuld.
"How many short white position players does it take to hoist a championship banner? Cubs fans better hope the answer is six." Joey Gathright, unless I'm mistaken, does not consider himself "white." Apparently being a "champion" has something to do with skin color, too. Also, Ryan Theriot and Reed Johnson are listed at 5'11" and 5'10". In my book, that is average adult male height. Fontenot and Miles are the only guys who actually rank as short, at 5'8". I give Fontenot a pass on height and frame because he's got at least as much power as Mark DeRosa and other bigger players. But I thought this guy's issues were intangibles, anyway? He wants his cake and he wants to eat it too: Soriano certainly fits his size requirements, but he doesn't meet his "champion" requirement.
His whole "scared" thing takes me by surprise, too. Soriano has never looked scared to me (at the plate). He looks stupid and stubborn sometimes, but not scared. He sticks to his game pretty strictly, which to me is not a symptom of doubt or fear--it's more often a symptom of confidence.
I think the post boils down to him saying that he gets to define who is a "champion" and who is not in an arbitrary manner. If it had taken more than two minutes of my life, it would not have been worth reading at all.
But thanks, 10-man. It's a pretty good example of a particular subset of pessimistic thought that has become relatively common.
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I decided to look it up, since this seems to be a concern for a lot of people speculating on the quality/type of baseball player based on size:
Cardinals, 6:
Jason LaRue - 5'11"
Yadier Molina - 5'11"
Brian Barden - 5'11"
Khalil Greene - 5'11"
Jarrett Hoffpauir - 5'9"
Skip Schumaker - 5'10"
Pirates, 6:
Robinzon Diaz - 5'11"
Freddy Sanchez - 5'10"
Ramon Vazquez - 5'11"
Nate McLouth - 5'11"
Steve Pearce - 5'11"
Jose Tabata - 5'11"
Nationals, 6:
Will Nieves - 5'11"
Ronnie Belliard - 5'10"
Alberto Gonzalez - 5'11"
Anderson Hernandez - 5'9"
Leonard Davis - 5'10"
Willie Harris - 5'9"
Dodgers, 7:
Russell Martin - 5'10"
Tony Abreu - 5'11"
Blake DeWitt - 5'11"
Rafael Furcal - 5'9"
Chin-lung Hu - 5'11"
Juan Pierre - 5'11"
Jason Repko - 5'11"
Delwyn Young - 5'10"
Padres, 7:
Henry Blanco - 5'11"
Everth Cabrera - 5'9"
Travis Denker - 5'9"
David Eckstein - 5'7"
Luis Rodriguez - 5'9"
Luis Durango - 5'9"
Brian Giles - 5'10"
Indians, 6:
Carlos Santana - 5'11"
Wyatt Toregas - 5'11"
Jamey Caroll - 5'9"
Luis Valbuena - 5'10"
Shin-Soo Choo - 5'11"
David Dellucci - 5'11"
Twins, 6:
Jose Morales - 5'11"
Mike Redmond - 5'11"
Alexi Casilla - 5'9"
Luke Hughes - 5'11"
Nick Punto - 5'9"
Steven Tolleson - 5'10"
Angels, 6:
Ryan Budde - 5'11"
Erick Aybar - 5'10"
Chone Figgins - 5'8"
Maicer Izturis - 5'8"
Howie Kendrick - 5'10"
Reggie Willits - 5'11"
Athletics, 9:
Yung Chi Chen - 5'11"
Mark Ellis - 5'11"
Eric Patterson - 5'11"
Cliff Pennington - 5'11"
Gregorio Petit - 5'10"
Aaron Cunningham - 5'11"
Rajai Davis - 5'11"
Javier Herrera - 5'10"
Richie Robnett - 5'9"
Also, for those who think that all players under 6' tall are the same player, remember that Prince Fielder is 5'11" and Miguel Tejada is 5'9".
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don't do it, Rob. Cubs fans have been losing brain cells for more than a century. i don't think there's too much left.
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Sterling's a jackass. So is just about everybody he puts on the air at 1070. Awful. I listen to more sports radio than just about anybody, but I can't stand that crap.
Sadly, their biggest competition may be going away in Indy with the Clear Channel cuts.
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Wes - While on subject of Indy talk radio, have you listened to Bob Kravitz? He was my goalie on my hockey team while he lived here in Colorado, and I was curious to hear if he was good as a radio guy, after being a newspaper guy for so long...
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That's the station he works for. I think he's a pretty good radio personality, which is to say, it's not unlike his personality as a columnist - incredibly polarizing.
I don't agree with many of things he says, but he's able to get people to care about sports from the time the Colts lose in the first round of the playoffs until they open training camp the next season, which is no easy task with the Pacers in the shitter. He's able to do that, although a lot of it is at the expense of his own credibility, imo. But, then again, he's the only sports columnist at the only newspaper in the city, so he can say whatever he wants and nobody will call him on it.
I've always said Kravitz is kinda like a Mariotti lite. Will take some completely ridiculous stand on an issue just to get people to read him or listen to him. I will say, however, Bob's way better at actually formulating cohesive thought than Jay is.
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Your comparison of Mariotti to Kravitz really made me laugh... Thanks for your thoughts... Boy, would I love to tell hi that he was just compared to Jay Mariotti... HAHAHA!!
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Well, they aren't on the same level. But, they're both equal in that they make these ridiculous claims. That's about the extent of the comparison.
Por ejemplo, last year he wrote a column about how horrible of a father Tony Dungy was because his son committed suicide. IMO, that doesn't have much to do with it, but that's just Bob. He has nobody to call him out on stuff like that, so he can say whatever he wants and basically get it away with it.
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As much as I dislike Mariotti he is an outstanding technical writer from a pure journalistic standpoint. Actually one of the best Chicago has seen at any of the papers in any dept in awhile. His content varies but the whole overly negative and/or "shockvalue" are what kills him. Like any other business, it's the results which get him paid and he got people to read so I guess we're the idiots.
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He's an outstanding technical writer? He's nothing but puns and one sentence paragraphs. A typical 500 word column from that guy has like 19 paragraphs. It's insane.
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I'm gonna have to go with Mr. Dascenzo here.
If Jay is our gold standard of sports writing, those pages should be cut from all newspapers. Keep the box scores, leave the bullshit to 98% of sports bloggers.
Also, I'm gonna have to disagree the "we're the idiots" statement. I don't feel at all idiotic for refusing to read Jay's nonsense. I usually don't spend much time complaining about him either, though. I don't watch much ESPN and I don't read the sports pages; that mostly solves the problem for me.
Now, if I were trying to get into sports journalism, Mariotti's existence/employment would really grate on me.
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I can't speak for the AOL columns because I haven't read any, but in regard to the Sun Times pieces he has no control over how they are translated into print form. That is the editor and/or the layout/graphic design dept depending on how large a staff any given paper has. In smaller papers they are often one in the same. I'm not going to get all Foundations of Journalism class, but yes he is an outstanding technical writer. The content of what he writes is what you can debate freely on. I never read his columns daily so I can't speak on the overuse of puns. I never read any of his columns that didn't deal with the Cubs or Blackhawks and rarely did he ever write about the Blackhawks unless he was piling on Bill Wirtz. I don't like the guy I'm just saying he's a good technical writer. However, most of the time his content is meh.
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This is ridiculous. There is no factual support for any of his claims.
So did the Phillies look at Pedro Feliz and decide that they could win a World Series with him? Yeesh ...
Simple question: The Cubs and Phillies both got swept in the 2007 playoffs. The Cubs got swept again in the 2008 playoffs, but the Phillies won the World Series. What did the Phillies realize about winning in the postseason between the 2007 and 2008 seasons that the Cubs didn't?
If the answer isn't "winning in the postseason is a crapshoot" and that person can prove it, then Mr. Ricketts should hire this man immediately.
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ricketts was some sort of bone disease.
thanks god for that extra "t"
otherwise Rob would be expecting me to do a writeup on how the Cubs medical team tries to prevent the players from getting Scurvy (with Vitamin C) and Rickets (with Milk Mullets)
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Someone put a damn lime in Tommy boys beer!!!!
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I'm pretty sure Chad has a Milk Mullet.
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Speaking of Chad...has anyone heard from him since Tina Fey exposed her bra on Third Rock last nite?
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I heard a rumor that he exploded. Har.
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Um, gross. Who'd wanna see that?
Speaking of. I tried hard to like that show. I find her funny, Alec Baldwin hilarious, and used to find Tracy Morgan humorous...but I just don't find the show funny at all. I might have snickered a few times, can't remember.
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Ricketts Family: Join TCR! There's got to be a computer in that office somewhere!
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Ok...that guy is the definition of pessimistic...I wonder who the Cubs pitcher was described as "the biggest pussy of all time."
Mike Krukow?
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What is this in reference to?
EDIT: Nevermind, I just saw 10-man's comment and link.
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the pussy was wuertz
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Submitted by Rob G. on Thu, 01/22/2009 - 7:00pm.
I can't recall the last ownership group rejected by the owners...or if it's ever happened. The Red Sox were sort of ushered to John Henry and his group, but that was well well before any votes were being cast.
ROB G: Vince Naimoli & associates made Bob Lurie an offer he couldn't refuse and had a deal in place to purchase the Giants and move the club to Tampa Bay from San Francisco about 15 years ago, but the sale was rejected by MLB owners. Then the Tampa Bay expansion team was awarded to Naimoli a couple of years after that, because the owners didn't want to risk losing a lawsuit. So I really doubt that the MLB owners will reject the Cubs sale. It should go through quickly and smoothly.
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I almost wish they'd try to reject it. It would be interesting to see the rather ridiculous anti-trust exemption that MLB enjoys come under the scrutiny of a trial.
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Organist Gary Pressy is adding to his repetoire: Short people got no reason to live (probably for RJohnson, AMiles, RTheriot or Fonty)
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Randy Newman tunes on the baseball diamond! Can we have Enrico Palazzo sing the national anthem too?
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What did the Phillies realize about winning in the postseason between the 2007 and 2008 seasons that the Cubs didn't?
methinks Cole Hamels being the ace and winning games like an ace is the difference.
Godspeed Z.
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Z was awesome, the rest of the team let him down. Back me up here, Chad.
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Z pitched well in his 1 postseason opportunity. The Cubs didn't hit, and occasionally they also mixed in some not fielding and (other than Z) not pitching.
Bad series. I think that's most of what there is to it.
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Oh god, read the comments. I die a little bit inside every time I read something like...
"OMG is this real?"
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Haven't read anything, but I've got a quick Az Phil question:
Guy at the office says there's some sort of "Early Season Trading Deadline", ie rosters have to be set by a certain date prior to opening day. I've never heard of any such thing.
And I know you're the man. Thoughts?
roid mc roidy roid
NEW YORK – Jose Canseco might want to dust off that muscled-up "Bash Brother" moniker one more time. He needs a colorful nickname for his introduction as he enters the boxing ring Saturday night for a celebrity match against child star-turned-radio host Danny Bonaduce.
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Bonaduce must be insane/completely broke; Canseco never got off the roids.
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Events like this always cause me to wish for the dual-fatal-punch-delivered-at-exactly-the-same-time. Maybe this one's the one. I can only hope.
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Only in Superman, my friend.
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Uhh, I don't think Bonaduce really did either...
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"$145 million payroll, most in the NL - should give the Cubs a great chance..."
I'm most interested to see what he does with the farm system - cupboard looks pretty bare at this point, although I don't fault the current Director for that reality.
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Oh Fire Joe Morgan, where are you when we really need you?
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Hopefully the Ricketts family will not be like the Wrigley family. They might want to spend just enough to keep butts in the seat, but not enough to win a championship. I also hope that they didn't shoot all of their bullets just purchasing the team.
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Aragua, with Sam Fuld and Ronny Cedeno usually in the lineup, is in a seven-game final series with Caracas for the Venezuela Winter League crown. Caracas leads one game to none.
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Reds owner, Bob Castellini in a WLW radio interview.
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*high five*
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Too bad I can't actually change my font color... sigh. I need parachat back in my life.
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homer dolphin
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Is it too late to get my free-agent frenzy picks submitted?
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Sun-Times article filling in on some Tom Ricketts detail:
Thomas Ricketts:'My family and I are Cubs fans'
...spotting Ricketts after the second game of the Cubs' execrable playoff series against the Dodgers last year. The game was over, and the crowd was shuffling home. But there sat Ricketts a few rows from the Cubs' on-deck circle.
"He was slumped in his chair just like he had watched his own son strike out," Bianco said.
Cecilia, you're breakin' my heart...
and the Daily Herald Ricketts files:
What his former Wrigleyville and college roommate says:
"He's really smart, he really loves baseball and he really loves the Cubs," said Curt Conklin, who has worked at TD Ameritrade Holding Corp., and Incapital LLC.
To Wrigleyville's new first lady...
Celia, youre breaking my heart
Youre shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, Im down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Up in my bedroom (making love)
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed
Someones taken my place
Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing,
Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing,
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What the hell? Uribe more valuable than Cedeno? What more did they want form Blanco? The guy hit .292 while playing very little and being a good defender--and they have praised him greatly for his mentoring of Soto! And the Cubs have been looking at Kevin Millar and Eric Hinske in addition to Rich Aurillia? The only one who can play 3B these days is Aurillia, so how do Hinske and Millar bring anything to the table that Hoffpauir doesn't? I think Levine and others are just making things up.
That Peavy trade sounds a little better than when Marshall was involved, but I still don't see sending Vitters + at least 4 others away. Castillo looks expendable to me, even if he is one of the Cubs best remaining prospects. Vitters is probably the only guy out of that group I'd really lament losing.
Cedeno for Heilman sounds good to me, since Jim seems intent on getting rid of Cedeno. That would allow the Cubs to send Samardzija to AAA to start, yes?
And holy God there was really a Brian Roberts update at the end of that article.
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lou didnt play blanco...based on the other "HUH?" in that article i dunno how much take seriously how "unhappy" the cubs were with him, though.
he showed up in shape...hit the ball...but mostly sat on the bench doing a lotta nothing.
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Peavy for Hart, Castillo, Stevens, Olson and Vitters?
Cedeno for Heilman?
did "Neil" get crack in his stocking for xmas?
*shoots the messenger*
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Aaron Heilman is one of those guys I just don't understand. His walk rate magically increased by more than double last season. Very, very reliable late inning guy, just fell apart for him last year. I'd take him, though. Worth a shot on, particularly if the cost is just Cedeno.
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Besides, I heard the Cubs wanted to surround Samardzija with Domers to keep him company and make him feel more comfortable.
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If Peavy had been a FA this offseason, what would he have been worth?
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Funny, had a bar discussion over this question last week. Figured it would be somewhere between CC and AJ contracts. Something around 6 years at $20mil per.
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I think you are correct, with Peavy at about $20 million. So four years of Peavy on the open market = $80 million.
If the Cubs are willing to take on $63 million in Peavy salary (which includes a $4 million buyout), plus give up a package of 5 good young players (including two of their top prospects), then they must place an economic value on Vitters et al at less than $17 million.
Are Vitters, Castillo, Stevens, Hart and Olson worth more to an organizationt than an average $3.4 million a piece?
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Plus, the Cubs might still have to shed some salary in order to make room for Peavy. I don't think there's any guarantee that Ricketts would write them a blank check.
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Juan Uribe????
Juan Uribe takes the field in a Cub's uniform, I'm taking 2009 off as a fan. Why not just get Neifi out of retirement or whatever the fuck he's doing right now.
No way.
Cedeno for Heilman? Whatev's
Bako? Bleh
Peavy... if it were really that simple, pull the trigger. I have a hunch SD needs a little bit more.
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Why not just get Neifi out of retirement or whatever the fuck he's doing right now.
1. Greenies
2. Rehab
3. Dreaming of grand slams in webbings
4. all of the above
I'm with you though. At least Cedeno's doofiness can be amusing on occasion, whereas Uribe seems like not just a hack, but a surly hack. Although if by a stroke of bad luck he joins the team, DLee can stuff him in the luggage compartment for that "deke"/cheat a few years ago.
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Unless I misremember Uribe played a decent third base for the second half of the season for Sox with Crede out. He would probably be Arams back up.
I don't know how they will be able to put concessions and new toilets in Wrigley unless they are able to build out over the sidewalk on Addison.
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Peavy... if it were really that simple, pull the trigger. I have a hunch SD needs a little bit more.
What more do we have to give? I want Peavy, badly, but I'm not sure the Cubs can really offer much more than that. We'd need to keep Marshall giving up Hart, Stevens, and Olson.
Wiklified Parachat Section?
We want a Parachat section at our TCR wiki. Rob G -- get on it!
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so if hoffpauer does not make roster , who do the cubs have know that
would be the back up first baseman, i dont think there is one on roster?
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Sullivan wrote an interesting update about renovations needed at the ballpark and plans for the 100th anniversary.
You have no idea how happy I am to hear the bathroom and concessions situations will be improved.
Hopefully the money is there for the park as well as the team.
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from Phil Rogers Whispers column...
Tampa Bay signed outfielder Gabe Kapler for $1,000,018, the extra 18 representing Kapler's lucky number as well as a symbol of life in the Jewish community. …
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gReat, except the tradition is to give money away in multiples of $18 which works out to $1,000,008 instead.
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Incorrect, it's $1,000,026.
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Um, those are both multiples of 18. Easy enough to notice just by the fact that if one is correct they both are since they are 18 a part.
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Um, that's really amazing since I got the second number by adding $18 to the first.
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Um, your jokes suck. Just FYI.
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Ironically you're the 1,000,026th person this year to not get a joke and then complain that it wasn't any good.
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Actually, I still don't know for sure if you meant it as a joke. You spend 90% of your time on here telling everyone else they are wrong. So it was quite naturally for me to think that you were correcting the previous poster's math, trying to be a condescending asshole as usual. I was simply trying to make it know that you were both correct. Sorry I didn't get your poor attempt at humor.
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Apology accepted.
Maybe if you didn't spend 90% of your time on here trying to correct people, when the conversation is obviously above your realm of understanding, you won't have to apologize.
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See, condescending asshole. Thanks for proving my point. You stay classy.
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What kind of mental health institution do you live in where it's OK to call someone a 'condescending asshole' and then bitch about the person not being nice to you?
For those of you keeping score at home.
1. Someone says something anal retentive, and which by his own provided definition is incorrect.
2. I make a joke about it.
3. Wiscgrad, sharp tack that he is, doesn't understand the joke, and tries to correct it. He's probably still wondering how the Irish are going to eat their children without salt.
4. I explain to Wiscgrad that it's a joke.
5. Wiscgrad, says that he doesn't think it was funny.
6. I point out that no one ever thinks jokes they don't get are funny. That's what 'getting' a joke means.
7. Wiscgrad calls me an asshole.
8. I make fun of Wiscgrad for not being smart enough to get the joke in the first place, and suggest that he should just butt out of conversations which are above him.
9. Wiscgrad calls me an asshole again
Humpty and Dumpty come along and try to act like I've done something wrong, when it fact Wiscgrad butted in on an A-B conversation, didn't understand a joke, and then started swearing at me.
It's sort of like a Greek tragedy only authored by retards.
And to answer your question, I haven't been in a bad mood lately, Chad.
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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.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(


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Holly Madison's been married for five days, and she's still on cloud nine.
"Feels wonderful to finally be married," she Tweeted on Saturday, along with a link to pictures of her favorite moments with her new husband, Pasquale Rotella.
The couple, who are parents to daughter Rainbow, 6 months, tied the knot at California's Disneyland on Sept. 10.
The over-the-top celebration included an evening cocktail party, after which the wedding party headed to the amusement park's rides, including the Pirates of the Caribbean.
"I truly had the MOST amazing wedding last night," Madison, 33, posted on her website the following morning, along with a pic of her and Rotella dressed in white.
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adj. to become angry
"I told him, and he got all frothy at me!"
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The act of being drunk and horny.
"We're all going to be really frothy by the time we finish this half-gallon."
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Frothy is a term to describe an economic climate that is approach a "bubble". A frothy market has a excess of optimism and investment speculation, which drives up the value of seemingly value-less companies and investments like real-estate. It is said that the climate was "frothy" before the burst of the so-called "dot-com bubble", and subsequent recession.
I'd prefer a good salary over stock options; the tech industry seems a bit frothy at the moment.
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To be sick, ill, raw, disgusting, or dirty when describing athletes. In a sense, to do something amazing.
Brandon Roy's dunk was frothy.
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The act of getting drunk, under the influence, slushed. Comes from the fact that beer can be frothy.
After your school wins a basketball game.
Student 1-Where's the after party?
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Student 2-I dunno, but we're getting FROTHY!
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You know when you get a cappuccino and theres all that froth on top of it? Being all luscious and legitimate? Thats how I feel 99%
Charismatic, free, delicious, dope, weird.
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Person 1: "Lets get dressed like sloths, feed each other raw eggs and start the revolution! Im feeling fuckin Frothy man!"
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For CIA operative John Wells, the underworld has become more real than the real world. He's spent years in the close company of evil men. And he's paid the price in every possible way. Now, he's on the ragged edge of burnout. His nights are plagued by twisted dreams. He's beginning to doubt if he can ever live a normal life.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Stetson lacrosse team (0-12, 0-1) lost its first Atlantic Sun Conference contest of the season on Saturday, falling to league-leading Jacksonville (9-3, 2-0) by a score of 20-3 in Jacksonville.
The Dolphins scored 55 seconds into the game, and went on to take an 8-0 lead with 18:10 to play in the first half. Stetson finally got on the board when sophomore Samantha Akl tallied sixth goal of the season on an unassisted score just about midway through the first frame.
Jacksonville, which defeated Kennesaw State 22-2 in its first conference contest last week, scored three more to take an 11-1 advantage into the break.
Stetson, thanks to leading scorer freshman Maylis Broderick, attempted to get back into the game with two goals in the first seven minutes of the second half. Broderick scored on a free position to open the second half scoring, and after two goals by the Dolphins, she put her 11th in the back of the net to make it 13-3 with 23 minutes to play.
The Hatters weren't able to score the rest of the way, as Jacksonville tallied seven more over the course of the final 20 minutes to conclude with the 20-3 victory.
The Dolphins outshot Stetson by a large margin, and recorded many more ground balls than the Hatters, but Head Coach Nicole Moore's club was able to compete in a number of categories with the veteran Jacksonville squad.
Stetson finished with 10 draw controls, just four less than the Dolphins, and the Hatters held Jacksonville to an inefficient 2-of-8 on free position opportunities. Freshman Caili Guilday finished with 15 saves in the defeat.
The Hatters will next return home after a three-game road trip to host a pair of A-Sun contests. Stetson takes on Detroit Friday, April 12, and then plays host to Kennesaw State Sunday, April 14.


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Eight Americans are competing in this year�s Tour de France on four different teams, close to the record 10 U.S. riders who competed in last year�s Tour.
At 23, Montana-native Tejay van Garderen is the youngest of the contingent and the rider who exemplifies what cycling insiders describe as the �third wave� of U.S. riders, with some calling them the most promising generation of Americans to challenge the sport�s best on the roads of Europe.
Riding for the BMC Racing team of defending Tour de France champion Cadel Evans means Van Garderen will have a clear mission when this year�s Tour begins Saturday in Liege, Belgium.
�There�s one goal only in the Tour, that�s to defend Cadel�s title,� Van Garderen said in a telephone interview this month before the Criterium du Dauphine, a weeklong race in the French Alps.
That puts a lot of responsibility on the young American, as he�ll be expected to sacrifice his aspirations to help Evans through the difficult stages over the Alps and Pyrenees.
It�s a role he�s familiar with from having ridden his first Tour last year in support of British sprint sensation and reigning world champion Mark Cavendish.
Van Garderen even wore the polka dot jersey given to the best climber for one stage, something no American had ever done.
Van Garderen, who finished third overall in the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado last summer, is among the subjects of an upcoming film, �Path to the Pros,� which looks at the rise of the new generation of U.S. bicycle racers.
Brian Smallwood, the film�s Emmy-award-winning director and a former professional cyclist, said van Garderen has what it takes to win the Tour de France one day.
A big reason why van Garderen and other young U.S. riders like Taylor Phinney (22), Tyler Farrar (28) and Ben King (23) have broken into cycling�s top ranks, Smallwood said, is a strategic move a decade ago by USA Cycling to start sending a large pools of riders to Europe for several weeks at a time.
�They get full support and are encouraged to immerse themselves in the culture, learn the language, the food and the lay of the land for racing and training,� Smallwood said.
There are even two �American houses� for promising young U.S. riders to live and train at in Europe, one in Belgium and one in Italy.
Van Garderen and Farrar, a sprinter on U.S. team Garmin-Barracuda, are the only two of this new generation competing in this year�s Tour. The rest of the race�s American contingent will be made up of veterans, including van Garderen�s teammate George Hincapie, racing in a record-setting 17th Tour de France.
Hincapie, who�s announced he�ll retire from pro racing after this year at 39, is part of the previous generation of American racers who are all now nearing 40.
Besides Hincapie, that generation also includes Fort Lewis College graduate Tom Danielson (34), Levi Leipheimer (38), Chris Horner (40) and Christian Vande Velde (36), all of whom are riding in this year�s Tour.
That group of riders, most of whom raced alongside Lance Armstrong during his seven-consecutive Tour de France titles, has set a high bar for the new group of 20-somethings.
Notably, they�ve placed at least one American in the Tour�s top 10 every year dating to 1998, when the now-retired Bobby Julich, a Colorado rider, placed third overall.
Danielson was the leading American last year, finishing 10th.
These veterans are playing an important mentoring role for the young riders coming up, van Garderen said.
�In the 2010 Dauphine, I was fighting to keep my third place overall on the Alpe d�Huez, and I got in a little trouble,� van Garderen remembered. Horner, racing on rival team RadioShack, rode up alongside and helped pace van Garderen up the climb�s final punishing switchbacks. �He really helped me out,� van Garderen remembered, and for no other reason than the desire to help a young American rider.
Van Garderen named Peter Stetina, a 24-year-old from Boulder, and Andrew Talansky, a 23-year-old from North Carolina, as other likely future grand tour contenders.
Stetina was in the top 10 young riders in this year�s Giro d�Italia, and Talansky finished second overall in the Tour de Romandie behind Tour favorite Bradley Wiggins of England.
Neither American is racing in this year�s Tour, but van Garderen is certain they will be among the U.S. riders competing for the yellow jersey in the years to come.
The Bozeman, Mont., native is seen as a contender for the Tour�s white jersey for best rider under 26, after winning that jersey in this year�s Paris-Nice race.
Van Garderen, who married Aspen native and pro bike racer Jessisa Phillips, is adamant that his only goal is to keep Evans in yellow.
But with his proven climbing ability and impressive time trialing ability showcased during a runner-up finish behind four-time world champion Fabian Cancellara in last year�s Tour of Switzerland, American cycling fans have every reason to keep an eye on the rider from Bozeman.


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Charles Town resident offering tours in honor of state's 150th
June 17, 2013
CHARLES TOWN — History holds as much mystery as it does answers....
Volunteers at the info desk are just that, volunteers---they are not trained to know all the history of Charles Town. Perhaps you should have shared rather than bashing someone in this venue.
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Here's hoping that Ms. Fern is more in tune with Charles Town history than what I encountered yesterday at the Arts and Crafts show.
Nice lady at the info desk kindly gave this C Town native directions to get to the Bloomery Distillery. When I asked about the location relative to Papa Stokes' store, Dickson's Cabins, and The Haven she looked at me like I was from Mars and wondered aloud if these places were around in the last 40 years.
I just shook my head 'cause she didn't know why Sycamore Pottery wasn't exhibiting there anymore either.
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Someone has an issue with Black History. Here's a suggestion ... don't go to Charles Town. Then you can be insulated from the blackness, much the same as how blinders work on a nag.
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My mother and DH's mother were super old school with the thank you notes, not only did a thank you note have to go out for any present, you couldn't just say "thanks for the xyz, it was thoughtful and I will enjoy it", you had to ultra personalize the note by adding in personal details about what you loved, or why you liked it, or how you were going to use it. As a child I thought that this was unduly burdensome, and as an adult I feel the same way, it was hard to think up something unique and original all the time, especially if it wasn't a gift that I really loved and was simply fulfilling my polite duty to send a thank you note.
I can now count on my 10 fingers how many times I have received a thank you note for ANYTHING. My 5 nieces and nephews have sent perhaps 2 or 3 between them, and they are all teenagers now. Wedding gifts, baby shower gifts, I would say I get a thank you card maybe 25% of the time.
I personally have specific guidelines about when a thank you card is and is not appropriate, that I apply to my life and my kids (since they are little I send for them, but these are the guidelines I will expect from them in times to come). Christmas doesn't usually merit a thank you because gifts are usually exchanged, with some exceptions. Birthdays and any special occasions where you are strictly a recipient always merit a special thank you, although not always a card is required, sometimes an email or phone call will do, but things like wedding gifts or baby shower gifts always require a thank you card.
Now, that being said, once my older relatives die off, would I just be wasting time sending thank you notes? How many of you send thank you notes, and require that your children do so? If you don't send thank you cards, and you don't make your children, what is your reasoning?


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And nickname for the name whitney.
everyone called her whit but, her real name was whitney.
di whitney 27 settembre 2003
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A Super Hot and Sexy Woman with Junk in 'er Trunk.
"Daammnn, dawg, did you see that whit ova there? She is fiiiine."
di Michael J. Whitlover 12 dicembre 2005
slang Glaswegian term for saying what
Senga: Awww whit maannn!? Whit ye up tae, ya mad bam!?
di Junior Belchybum 18 novembre 2003
A super hot guy who is tall and does triathlons. He has awesome pecs, biceps, deltoids, and quads. When you flirt with him, he pretends to be shy about it, but he really doesn't want you to stop. He has gorgeous eyes and he makes tons of money. Everybody loves him because he has such a great sense of humor and lots of cool experiences to talk about.
You can't be a whit because you have no money and you suck at races.
di Pretty Shadow 16 luglio 2010
A male who is skilled in everything.
After: John catches the football backwards while doing a flip during his first time playing football.
"Damn, that guy is a Whit!"
"Damn, that guy is a Whit!"
di Lillian Caprinoli 20 febbraio 2015
A guy who likes girls way to much. He usually switches them out about every two weeks. Personality wise, he is a huge flirt, really funny, and thinks he knows everything (that's mainly why he's funny.) He breaks girls hearts & is oblivious to it. He ticks a lot of people off yet doesn't care. But he's really fun to be around and is really creative & smart. He's not a very good friend or boyfriend. He pretty much stays in his own world in that way (once again oblivious). He habours feelings inside and locks them up. That's the reason why he has so many issues. Whit is often used when describing someone who in general has issues caused by a deeper problem.
"I'm so Whit today, I forgot how to unlock my car because I was thinking about my dead cat, Tim."
Jake- "Dude, ever since my girlfriend broke up with me, I've been having the urge to skydive with no parachute."
Logan- "Man, you are so Whit. I think you need help."
Jake- "Dude, ever since my girlfriend broke up with me, I've been having the urge to skydive with no parachute."
Logan- "Man, you are so Whit. I think you need help."
di 1721_picshu 28 luglio 2010
1.)an extremely fat, drunken football coach that says 'fuck' a lot.
2.)a complete prick
2.)a complete prick
1.)oh my god, you looked like a whit last night, you were so wasted.
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Hepatocellular carcinoma is cancer that starts in the liver.
Primary liver cell carcinoma; Tumor - liver; Cancer - liver; Hepatoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma accounts for most liver cancers. This type of cancer occurs more often in men than women. It is usually seen in people age 50 or older.
Hepatocellular carcinoma is not the same as metastatic liver cancer, which starts in another organ (such as the breast or colon) and spreads to the liver.
In most cases, the cause of liver cancer is scarring of the liver (cirrhosis). Cirrhosis may be caused by:
Patients with hepatitis B or C are at high risk of liver cancer, even if they do not develop cirrhosis.
The doctor will perform a physical exam and ask about your symptoms. The physical exam may show an enlarged, tender liver.
If the doctor suspects liver cancer, tests that may be ordered include:
Some high-risk patients may get regular blood tests and ultrasounds to see whether tumors are developing.
Treatment depends on how advanced the cancer is.
Surgery may be done if the tumor has not spread. Before surgery, the tumor may be treated with chemotherapy to reduce its size. This is done by delivering the medicine straight into the liver with a tube (catheter).
Radiation treatments in the area of the cancer may also be helpful. But many patients have liver cirrhosis or other liver diseases that make these treatments more difficult.
Ablation is another method that may be used. (Ablate means to destroy.) Types of ablation include using:
A liver transplant may be recommended for certain persons who have both cancer and cirrhosis.
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a cancer support group. Sharing with others who have common experiences and problems can help you not feel alone.
If the cancer cannot be completely removed, the disease is usually fatal within 3 to 6 months. But survival can vary depending on how advanced the cancer is when diagnosed and how successful treatment is.
Call your health care provider if you develop ongoing abdominal pain, especially if you have a history of any liver disease.
National Cancer Institute: PDQ Adult Primary Liver Cancer Treatment. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. Date last modified 09/20/2013. Accessed September 24, 2013.
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Many things go into creating the culture and style of any given area. The location is a factor, and so are the people who live their. The history of the community is important as well. However, many people overlook just how important all of those local businesses are in giving any community its own unique flavor. You can see from the various Brooklyn businesses located in Park Slope how this is true.
If you are a resident of Park Slope, you should always strive to do your shopping and dining at the local Brooklyn businesses in the community. When you shop in your community, more of the money stays in the neighborhood, and that's always a good thing! Do not let a recession take away all of those wonderful small businesses that add to the richness of the community.
You can visit some of the local bakeries and pastry shops such as Lady Bird Bakery or Colson. Head to the Pollio Deli for some of the best sandwiches in the city, or visit one of the many coffee shops and cafés in the area. Brooklyn is home to a number of fine restaurants as well. You will even be able to find some great nightlife not far from Park Slope.
Brooklyn has a number of large companies as well, from insurance companies to real estate companies and more. While not as quaint as many of the small businesses, these corporations are no less important.
From children's clothing to thrift stores and all of your favorite stores that you can find at the mall, Brooklyn businesses have it all. Take the time to explore your community and visit all of the little, hidden shops to find treasures that you never even knew existed!
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Lenny and Marki Dowell were in eighth grade when their parents administered the mother of all punishments. The memory makes the 17-year-old twins cringe while their brother, 14-year-old Jason, buries his chin in his chest and shakes his head.
For three months the twins were confined to their bedroom, stripped of television and video game privileges. Their transgression was bringing home 85 averages on their report cards. They were 90-plus average students, and Lenny Sr. and Naisha Dowell, the twins' parents, needed to make a point.
"If you're a 90 student with an 85 average, the question is why?" Lenny Sr. said. "Eighth grade? OK, you have popularity and girls, then you look at the comments from the teachers, 'Talks too much, not as focused.' The grades reflect your effort. We punished the effort, not just the end result."
After the 90-day fast ended, Lenny and Marki had the cleanest room in the Western Hemisphere and had pulled their averages to 96, but it was no cause for celebration. Appearances on the honor roll are a requirement. So is earning a degree.
The parents of five children, Lenny Sr. and Naisha spend most of their time with their family, communicate well, attend church regularly and live in a North Buffalo home wrapped with love and laughter. But when it comes to discipline and education, the fun and games cease.
"We always aim higher," Lenny said. "Honor roll means nothing, it's just the way we are. An 85 is a bad grade for us. It's terrible. … Our goals are high."
Which is why the Dowells are flourishing academically and athletically. The brothers are starters on Emerson High School's 11-6 boys basketball team, which tonight hosts its first playoff game in 15 years when it takes on City Honors School at Hutchinson-Central Technical High School.
Lenny is a senior shooting guard, and Marki is a senior power forward. Jason, a freshman, is the point guard, giving Emerson the rare distinction of having three brothers playing, let alone starting, for the same team.
The foundation is the loving yet firm guidance of Lenny Sr., a culinary teacher and girls varsity basketball coach at Emerson and a 1994 graduate, and his wife Naisha, a massage therapist and a graduate of Hutch-Tech.
"The moral values and the respect that comes from these kids is unreal," Emerson coach Gary Raimondo said. "They never have a bad thing to say about anybody. These are great kids, and that's a tribute to mom and dad."
The children are on the right path. Lenny and Marki will play football at Division II Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pa., next fall. Both played for Hutch-Tech because Emerson does not have a football team. Jason also plays football for Hutch-Tech, and Lenny Sr. is an assistant coach. Khyvana, 18, is a freshman at Niagara County Community College, where she's majoring in the pastry program. She's also the scorekeeper for the Emerson boys team. Ryan, 9, is in fourth grade.
Asked about the most important message he's learning from his parents, Jason said, "You can have all the knowledge in the world, but if you don't apply it to your life, you basically don't live. You can be smart, but if you don't know how to act smart or talk smart you won't get the opportunities later in life."
The Dowells were raised with different perspectives on discipline. As a child, Naisha was encouraged to have a voice and give feedback, but at Lenny Sr.'s home there were only two voices: his mother's and grandmother's. As their family expanded, Lenny Sr. learned there wasn't always a need for the iron fist, and Naisha become more firm as the boys grew older.
"It was the best thing to happen to me as a father, to get them to reason," Lenny Sr. said. "Raise them to be men of integrity, that's our goal, and to be able to use wisdom as guiding principles. … But they have a drive of their own, they want to make me proud and their mother proud."
They serve as outstanding role models. Lenny Sr., who played for longtime Emerson coach Orv Cott, was raised in a single-parent home by his mother, who worked two and three jobs to support her family.
He married Naisha in 1996, and when Khyvana was born he was determined to become a good father. After high school, he worked at E.B. Green's Steakhouse in downtown Buffalo, where he ran into a former teacher who asked him to consider a career in teaching. He received his B.A. in education in 2003 and later his master's in career technical education from Buffalo State College.
While Lenny Sr. finished his degrees, Naisha raised the family and recently returned to school to earn her degree in massage therapy.
"She sacrificed all her dreams for the ideal we have for our family," Lenny Sr. said. "She put her career on hold for us."
It was quite a sacrifice. Naisha doesn't follow sports and couldn't tell you the difference between Kobe Bryant and Bryant Gumbel. But she's like Phil Jackson when it comes to running the family.
"She is an eagle," Lenny Sr. said. "She protects her own. She protects her kids to the end of the earth. She will discipline her kids and talk to them, and she'll discipline me when I don't understand." "I think it's really hard, but one thing that really helps us is that I'm an at-home mom," Naisha said. "I pretty much dedicated most of my time and made the sacrifices I had to make, to make sure I was at home to raise them and help teach them and help them with manners and things like that."
On the court, the twins have a natural symmetry.
Lenny, 6-foot-3, is one of the city's top scorers and is the primary focus of the team.
"He's going to score," Marki said. "When he goes to the hole he's going to look for the pass. He's going to look to get the rebound and put it back up."
Marki, 6-foot-2, is the team's top defender and rebounder who rarely commits fouls.
But it's young 6-foot-1 Jason who, like Naisha, runs the show and is the workhorse.
"He goes without substitution for the whole game," Raimondo said. "With all the pressure he faces, he hasn't fouled out once this year."
Jason, the shy one in the family, smiles and buries his chin in his chest once again. There won't be any fouling out in life, either. Mom and dad are watching.
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I'm thinking about going vegan again. I can't decide.
We were supposed to try a new church tomorrow, but Ivy's been sick. It seems like just when we finally get back to life and on a roll, someone gets sick and we are set back again. Thankfully she'll nap all day long on hubby and I can do some things around the house.
Something I'm emailed a LOT by people: How do you do it all?
Answer: I don't.
If I've got a good thing going in one area, it means there are probably a bunch of other things being severely neglected in another area. I try to find the balance but...
Things gets so behind, and I find I am just taking care of what's on the surface and under my feet at that moment. So everything else in the corners and against the walls and behind the doors piles up and up.
I have four tiny (loud) voices wanting to tell me stories or to ask me questions or to just say Mommy Mommy Mommy Mommy Mommy Mommy over and over and over again while I make their meals and wash their clothes and nurse the baby and try to sneak in a little work (stuff to write) and sometimes what gets me through (aside from the caffeine) is the promise that after they all go to bed, I can finally sit down with quiet and eat dinner or watch a show and do some knitting or cross-stitching or reading or writing and you know what?
When they finally are all in bed and I look over them, pray over them, my heart filled to over-flowing, I forget about lots of the earlier stuff and hope hope hope they do, too.
Then I usually collapse, exhausted, close my eyes for what seems like MINUTES and awake to another day to do it all over again.
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FRANKLIN SQUARE - Salem Township trustees passed a resolution approving Bob Wines to serve on the Buckeye Water District during Wednesday's meeting.
At the Nov. 14 meeting, Bob Wines, who is a member of the Buckeye Water District and up for reappointment, spoke to trustees during about getting reappointed.
He is one of nine board members and the only one whose term expires this year. It expires on Dec. 31.
Trustee Bill Heston said he and Trustee Ray Heddleson attended a water district meeting and they wanted to nominate Wines for the appointment which was passed unanimously.
In other business, Constable Dan Valentine advised the board there is a hole in the one-lane bridge on Butcher Road. Valentine described it as "a big hole" and Road Supervisor Jason Entrikin said it was on the repair list for next year, but Trustee Chairman John Wilms said, "We need to fix it. We need to keep it repaired for winter" and Entrikin said he would look at patching it.
Valentine also asked residents and motorists to keep an eye out for people in pickups discarding large plastic bags. He related two reports on Monday of people dumping deer carcasses.
"I assume they're poaching them," Valentine said, "a lot of times they put it in a bag and throw it in a ditch.
"It's hunting season now but it doesn't mean they're hunting legally."
Anyone seeing suspicious activity should call Valentine at 330-427-0808.
Also the Salem Township and the Leetonia police departments are holding their annual care and share program accepting money donations for needy families.
Money donations, which are preferred, can be dropped off at the Leetonia Police Department, 300 E. Main St. in Leetonia or township residents can call Valentine and he can pick up the donation.
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