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Former Oilers 06-07
The Edmonton Oilers had a poor season in 06-07, but some former Oilers had terrific years and a few played in the SCF.
Dan Lacouture played in another half dozen games and kept his "playing in one game during consecutive seasons" streak at 2 (he had a 5 year streak going awhile back).
Here, by team, are former Edmonton Oilers and how they did this past season.
Chris Pronger (66gp, 13-46-59). Wonderful player who apparently did a hockey version of the Curse of the Babe on Edmonton. All we're missing is a broadway angle (a "No No Nanette").
Todd Marchant (56gp, 8-15-23). He had some abdominal trouble that lasted the entire year and into the playoffs, but won his Stanley too.
Scott Mellanby (69gp, 12-24-36). He played in the NHL at age 40 and that's saying something. Oilers let him go for nothing 1000 years ago, he had a nice career.
Greg DeVries (80gp, 3-21-24). Those long playoff runs with Colorado are a distant memory but he's hanging on. Even got into a few playoff games this season. I haven't really seen him play in a few years but suspect he's still keeping it simple.
Bobby Allen (31gp, 0-3-3). I'm a sucker for those "he rode buses in Mexico for 11 years before converting to catcher and now he's in the bigs" kinds of stories and here's a hockey version. 28 years old and had played 1 game for the Oilers before this year. I'm still hoping Chris Hajt has this kind of career.
Yan Stastny (21gp, 0-2-2). Seems to have stepped into the developmental elevator shaft this season. Put up some nice minor league numbers once shipped to Peoria.
Jochen Hecht (76gp, 19-37-56). Whenever a team gets deep into the playoffs I always pick a player from the roster to cheer on to the Stanley. Hecht is my Buffalo pick every year, he's a good player and I liked him when he was in St. Louis.
Jaroslav Spacek (65gp, 5-16-21). He had an odd post-season (16gp, zero points) and broke his hand plus had a knee problem. But he slept well every night and enjoyed the short flights. As an aside, I wonder if anyone has ever counted the number of injuries the NHL's defenseman endure every season. Even better, how many D play 82 games in a season.
Ty Conklin (5gp, 3.43 .892). I wonder if his wife said "honey, you just signed a big contract why don't we cuddle during the lockout?" or some such. Or maybe Tommy Salo touched his mask.
Ray Whitney (81gp, 32-51-83). 34-years old and going strong. There were rumors a few years back that he wanted to come back to EDM as a ufa but I could never find anything concrete. Did you ever hear that one?
Anson Carter (64gp, 11-17-28). Traded mid-season from Columbus, Anson should have stayed in Vancouver. Anyone remember Anson Williams?
Matt Lombardi (81gp, 20-26-46). I don't usually include him, but since Kevin Lowe made me mad today I will just to point out the scouting staff picked him and the front office didn't sign him.
Roman Hamrlik (75gp, 7-31-38). He's always been a favorite of mine, can't believe Roman Hamrlik is 32 years old. Anyone remember the old Rams and Eagles QB Roman Gabriel?
Tony Salmelainen (57gp, 6-11-17). Hard to get a read on his season. He was -3 against mid-level competition on a team whose forwards ran the gamut (Havlat was +15, Patrick Sharp -15) but didn't put up enough points anyway and was traded. He's had two shots at the NHL now, not many guys get three.
David Vyborny (82gp, 16-48-64). Never actually played for the Oilers, but he was a draft pick many moons ago. Led the BJ's in points this season.
Jason Chimera (82gp, 15-21-36). It'll be interesting to see if Chimera hangs around with the new regime or whether he loses playing time and is eventually sent away. He looks to me like a guy who has figured out how to help his team but Hitchcock is going to move out some people over the next 12 months.
Daniel Cleary (71gp, 20-20-40). Terrific story this season. I saw an interview with Cleary (I think it was a SNW between period interview) where he became pretty emotional about what he went through to get to this point. I've watched thousands of those interviews and most of them are so bad it's painful. I'm thankful I didn't turn the channel, and will cheer for him from here on out.
Kirk Maltby (82gp, 6-5-11). Has to be near the end of the line. Now watch he'll play a decade.
Brad Norton (6gp, 0-1-1). Never did play for the Oilers, but he was a '93 draft and he was on the 00-01 roster to start the season but had been suspended. He's at over 100 NHL career games now.
Martin Gelinas (82gp, 14-30-44). He and Rucinsky are still hanging around from the Gretzky trade, with Gelinas still a pretty good player after all this time. Signed today with Nashville.
Alexei Semenov (23gp, 0-5-5). I was hoping he'd catch on with Florida but it really hasn't happened. In a similar spot to Salmelainen now, from here out no one can complain he didn't get a shot.
Scott Thornton (58gp, 7-6-13). Lost a lot of his season to a wrist injury. Looks like SJS made a pretty wise move passing on his option last summer.
Sergei Samsonov (63gp, 9-17-26). Had a very poor year and was sent away. Had close to a Cesar Cedeno start to his NHL career, but he's also having a Cedeno finish.
Janne Niinimaa (41gp, 0-3-3). Looks like he might be closing in on the end of the line at age 31. Incredible. One of my favorites, that injury (maybe 2003?) had a major impact on his career.
Jason Arnott (68gp, 27-27-54). Turns 33 in October (!!), he's passed 300 goals now. Scored 33 goals in 93-94 as a rookie and didn't hit 30 again until 05-06. Preds have 4 more Arnott bullets.
Jim Dowd (66gp, 4-4-8). YKOIL has an expansion draft post up on his blog where he takes a quick look at the 2000 draft. He mentions (correctly) that the Oilers were hurt by Dowd's leaving, and here he is still hanging around. Who was on that 4line back then?
Dan Lacouture (6gp, 0-0-0). Kim Gernack (redtwilight) and I had a long back and forth summer 2000 about Lacouture and Cleary and who would be the better NHLer. red went with Cleary, I went with Lacouture. He has a slight lead 🙂 in GP (477-326) and I don't think it's going to get any better from my side.
Miro Satan (82gp, 27-32-59). Has now scored 321 NHL goals, the first 35 with the Oilers. I was talking about Satan and Low not long ago with a fellow Oiler fan and he said aside from the player/coach relationship there was talk of Satan going back home. Anyone hear that back in the day?
Tom Poti (78gp, 6-38-44). He looks a little more relaxed back there these days, and it seems as though there are fewer threads on HF suggesting he take the gaspipe. Almost 600 games before 30 years old, he should fly right past 1000 career games.
MA Bergeron (78gp, 14-32-46). I'm going to miss this guy, he was a QB who could scramble back there and his recovery time was exceptional.
Ryan Smyth (71gp, 36-32-68). Has everyone recovered now? I really thought they'd sign the guy, and it is going to be very strange watching him in that uniform.
Brad Isbister (19gp, 1-4-5). Since leaving Edmonton his career has continued on the same slow downard path. He sure looked like a hockey player.
Steve Valiquette (3gp, 3.14 .867). Huge goalie who was involved in that weird waiver draft one fall a few years back.
Dean McAmmond (81gp, 14-15-29). Has now passed 800 NHL games. He was part of one of the biggest Oiler trades of the 90s, going with BoBo to Chicago for Ethan, Kilger, Cleary and LaFlamme. Who had the best career? Or is it still in question?
Mike Comrie (65gp, 20-25-45). One day soon someone will nickname him Suitcase. EDM, PHI, PHX, OTT, NYI. That's 5 since Christmas 2000. On the other hand, he has scored 20 or more goals 4 times, 30 or more twice. Wonder if both sides would take a do-over?
Mike York (66gp, 10-11-21). What the heck happened here? His trade value went from York +a pick for Peca to York for Robitaille and a 5th in 18 months. Tough to do.
Petr Nedved (40gp, 2-10-12). One of my alltime favorites for things that happened off the ice, he finishes up just shy of 1000 games and 310 goals. Terrific talent.
Mike Morrison (4gp, 6.14 .790). Best accent in years to come through this town. Is he done?
Curtis Joseph (55gp, 3.19 .893). So this is years ago, maybe spring 2002 somewhere in there. I'm on holidays. Montego Bay. Not a care in the world, no one could possibly touch the good mood I'm in. My drink is empty so I wander over to the bar and there's this guy who is wearing a Blue Jays cap. We start talking and things get around to the Leafs and I say "sure you guys are better in the playoffs, you got our fricking goalie!" Guy says "Joseph hasn't made a lick of difference, the reason we went deep was Sundin." Okay then. Always liked CuJo. That trade with St. Louis was amazing. Got to get us some of that.
Georges Laraque (73gp, 5-19-24). I missed the big lug. The Oilers 4th line was maligned for many years while BG was here, but lordy they could have used a good one quite a few times last season.
Mike Grier (81gp, 16-17-33). He was my choice for guy to cheer for if the Sharks won, but they have a special place for me because they're the new Oakland Seals. Mike Grier is only the second player I can remember who could only score every second season. Grier scored 15,9,20,9,15,9,7,16 so he appears to have beaten it (or changed the beat a little). The other player who did this was Ken Hodge 35+ years ago.
Bill Guerin (77gp, 36-20-56). Came back in a big way this past season, and now has a legit shot at 400 career goals. He's at 364 and turns 37 in November.
Doug Weight (82gp, 16-43-59). He passed 1000 career games this season, and should pass 1000 points this year. I didn't cheer for him SCF '06 but am still glad he got his Stanley.
Radek Dvorak (82gp, 10-27-37). He's just turning 30 and has some interesting career milestones straight ahead. Dvorak has played in 828 NHL games, and has 171 NHL goals. He played on both the '96 Florida team and the '06 Edmonton team. Both lost in the finals.
Martin Rucinsky (52gp, 12-21-33). Has played for 8 different NHL teams along the way and has an outside chance of reaching 1000 games this season.
Eric Brewer (82gp, 6-23-29). Healthy again and can still close the gap in a heartbeat. Brewer is the kind of player who is often better in his 30s. Once his footspeed goes he'll probably end up being one of those wise veterans and in that way will have run the entire range of NHL defensemen.
Luke Richardson (27gp, 0-3-3). He spent 6 seasons on the Oilers blueline, and has now played over 1300 NHL games. Thought I read that he retired recently, but I've been thinking that every summer since 2000.
Chad Kilger (82gp, 14-14-28). Former 1st rounder lasted 34 games under MacT and found a role on Montreal and then Toronto and has had a career. His two most recent seasons have been his best statistical seasons of his career.
Boyd Devereaux (33gp, 8-11-19). You know he looked pretty good last season. That hit from Dallas Drake cost him a contract with EDM, got him a big deal from DET but I think he may have a nice run here. He's not old by any means (just turned 29) but has already played 542 NHL games.
Mike Peca (35gp, 4-11-15). Injured again this past season, word is the Leafs are shopping Matt Stajan to make room for him. Honest, you cannot make this stuff up and be funnier.
Josh Green (57gp, 2-5-7). Had knee problems this past season.
I think that's it. Let me know if I missed anyone.


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In the sixth installment of the Fast and Furious series, since Dom and Brian's Rio heist toppled a kingpin's empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty. The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.
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The much-awaited news may be confirmed, but there's still plenty to buzz about when it comes to Prince William and wife Kate's baby announcement. Namely, well, the name.
With much speculation that the baby's moniker will honor William's late mother Diana, Europe's largest betting company is putting all their cards on the table for a spot in the name game.
According to Paddy Power, the odds that the royal couple will call their firstborn Mary, Victoria or John are 8-1; the popular choices of Diana and Frances stand at 9-1; while Charles, Philip, Anne and George round out the top picks at 10-1.
Will a little princess be named after her paternal grandmother? Or her paternal great-grandmother, Elizabeth? (Not likely with odds at 16-1). Or will the new parents choose to pay homage to William's grandfather and decide on Prince Philip?
No matter how the chips fall, don't expect to hear any crazy Hollywood baby names – the couple will more than likely keep their choice classic.
Prince William and Kate: What Will They Name the Baby?
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The Department of Labor protects Marylanders against fraud and from the risk posed by unlicensed creditors, lenders and collectors, said Maryland Labor Secretary Alexander M. Sanchez. I applaud the Office of Financial Regulation for their proactive work to defend Marylands consumers.
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Making a decision can be tough; explaining the reasons behind your logic is even tougher. While you think initially that I am talking about "reasons in a judging contest," broaden your thoughts to everyday decisions in your operation. The structured decisions are pretty cut and dry, but those decisions requiring analysis of all factors need to be evaluated and then justified. Do we forward contract, do we expand, when to buy corn, how much to purchase? These decisions all need to be mulled over using the data presented so a sound decision can be made and then explained to your partner, employer, or financial advisor. Even if your decision is correct and logical, the inability to convey the reasons for your decision to others can cause them to doubt your reasoning. Having confidence in the decision-making process and justification for them can benefit people in all walks of life.
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The 2.6 million passengers traveling through Charleston International Airport will encounter a lot of construction work over the next two years as the aging terminal undergoes a total makeover.
To help them navigate their way through work zones and update them on areas of redevelopment, Charleston County Aviation Authority on Thursday unveiled a new website, www.chs-trip.com.
The site offers an overview of the construction plan, a time line, before-and-after photos, work alerts, contact information and a video featuring Aviation Authority Chairman Andy Savage and Fentress Architect's Tom Theobald talking about the $189 million project. Fentress is designing the 28-year-old terminal's overhaul.
"We're excited to provide the community, our passengers, airport employees and our tenants with a way to follow the construction progress through engaging and informative visual content and through stories about the work and the people behind the work," said Hernan Pena, chairman of the Aviation Authority's Terminal Redevelopment and Improvement Plan committee.
In addition, passengers will soon see signs around the terminal with a QR code symbol that will enable mobile devices to take them directly to the website.
"Things could get a little loud and a little messy, but the temporary inconvenience will lead to long-term improvement of the customer experience at Charleston International Airport," Airports Director Paul Campbell said. "We're going to do our best to keep people informed, keep people safe and make it as easy as possible to navigate around the construction."
Terminal redevelopment includes adding six new gates, a third baggage carousel, new rental car pavilion, consolidated security checkpoints, a dome over the atrium and numerous other structural and cosmetic changes.
Work is expected to be completed in August 2015.
Reach Warren L. Wise at 937-5524 or twitter.com/warrenlancewise.


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The scholastic career of one of the region's top boys basketball players might be over.
Bellwood-Antis' Noah Davis, a two-time first-team Mirror all-star and Class AA all-state pick last season after leading the Blue Devils to the District 6 championship game, has learned the wrist he broke in a game last week will be in a cast until at least early March, after the District 6 finals.
"I'm taking it better than I thought I would. It was tough, especially tonight during warmups. I was on the bench just dribbling the ball the whole time," Davis said after the Devils posted a road victory at Juniata Valley. "When it's senior night or the playoffs, you know that it could be the end. But when it happens in the middle of the season I moved up my freshman year with the Worthings [Cameron and Seth], and I didn't want it to end like this. But I'm trying to stay positive."
The 6-foot-6 senior was injured Jan. 21 trying to dunk the ball in a 76-41 Inter-County Conference North Division win against Claysburg-Kimmel. Davis, accepting a pass from Steffan Wyland, tried to take off early. He came down awkwardly on his ankle, forcing him from the game, but he also hurt his left wrist trying to break his fall.
"I didn't think about my wrist at all, at first," Davis said. "The ankle turned out to be a high ankle sprain. Then I noticed my wrist and thought, 'That's not good.' Originally, they thought it was fractured and I'd be out for three weeks."
A CT scan showed bone fragments, though. Although surgery isn't needed, Davis will have to wear a cast for six weeks and then need time to rehabilitate the wrist.
It's the second straight year Davis has lost time to injury - he missed five games last year with a dislocated finger on his shooting hand but was back in time for the district playoffs.
Davis was averaging 22.6 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.1 blocked shots at the time of the injury. He reached the 1,000-point mark for his career in Bellwood's season-opener, also against Claysburg and currently has 1,304 points.
Before the season, Davis signed a letter-of-intent to play his college ball at Division II Seton Hill.
"You can tell it's affecting him. He's worked hard to get where he is," Bellwood coach Brent Gerwert said. "I feel very bad for him. But sometimes things happen."
The Blue Devils are 15-1 this season, going 2-0 since Davis' injury. Bellwood is leading the ICC North at 9-0 and is bidding for its second straight division title.
Bellwood has advanced to the PIAA tournament the last two years. The Devils will need to reach the semifinals of this year's 6-AA playoffs to keep that string intact.
"We preach to the kids that you never know what's going to happen. You always have to be ready. Other people are going to have to step up," Gerwert said. "We would like to have him, but bad luck happens. What can you say? Obviously, we're a better team with him, but we're still a pretty good team without him."


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5 Reasons Humanity Desperately Wants Monsters to Be Real
#2. Hatred of Monsters Brings Us Closer to Our Own People
The next time you're at a sporting event and the home team scores, reach over to the guy next to you and grab his crotch. Feel that boner? It's perfectly normal -- experiments show that testosterone goes up 25 percent in guys when their team wins. And that was with scientists watching.
Unrelated: The team they're cheering for is called the "Redskins."
Humans are social animals, and by that I of course mean we are bred by evolution for group murder. Natural selection has awarded you with a brain that loves everything your team does and hates everything the other team does, regardless of what it happens to be. That's because our ancient ancestors figured out at least 3.5 million years ago that we could kill things better when we ganged up on them. And when it came to survival, unity trumped logic, morality and everything else. If the group was wrong, you went along anyway, because the alternative was trying to go solo against a Velociraptor.*
*The author is not a trained scientist.
This "loyalty or death" instinct is why you didn't feel bad about all the people who were blown up in the Death Star. It's why the football team didn't hang around the D&D club in high school, it's why you had completely forgotten about that terrible earthquake in Haiti until I mentioned it just now. Your brain functions in a completely different way when looking at the people outside your group -- they might as well be a different species.
"-- And really, what's up with the 'no penis' thing? Bunch of freaks, if you ask me."
Or monsters. You've gotten the idea by now.
Now combine what we know about the addictive nature of hate with the biological need to see our team "win" and you have what might be the most addictive human emotion possible: self-righteous indignation. The feeling that we are in the right, and that the bad guys have wronged us.
Why else would we love a good revenge movie? We sit in a theater and watch Liam Neeson's daughter get kidnapped. We're not sad about it, because we know he's a badass and he finally has permission to be awesome:
"I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don't have money. But what I do have is a particular set of skills, skills I've acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you. I will find you. And I will kill you."
And theeeere's my boner again. I've got that speech memorized, and I swear to God someday I will convince someone to kidnap my wife just so I have an excuse to use it. Not a single person in that theater was rooting for it to all be an innocent misunderstanding. We wanted Liam to be wronged, because we wanted to see him kick ass. It's why so many people walk around with vigilante fantasies in their heads.
Not Liam Neeson.
We need to believe we're under siege at all times; no amount of evidence can talk us out of it. That's why, while the crime rate in America has been falling for 20 years, somehow 70 percent of Americans think it's getting worse. It's easy to blame the news media for pumping us full of stories of mass shootings and kidnapped children, but that's stopping one step short of the answer: The media just gives us what we want. And what we want is to think we're beset on all sides by monsters.
It's not that there isn't real crime and awfulness in the world. I've seen it first-hand -- a lot of my closest friends and most loyal fans are violent criminals. But we always want it to be worse than it actually is. How many of you remember the stories of rampant rapes and murders and chaos in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, but fail to remember the follow-up stories pointing out that most of it never actually happened?
"Oh, I thought you meant 'N(ew)O(rleans) rapes reported'."
Do you have family who still insist that there is a "War on Christmas" despite the fact that every square inch of the USA celebrates it for three straight months? Do your hardcore Christian grandparents still believe there was an outbreak of rampant Satan worship and child sacrifice in the 1970s and '80s and that devout Satanists still run major U.S. corporations, no matter how many times you forward them the Snopes link debunking it? The facts are irrelevant -- the monsters must exist.
Hey, you remember those anti-Japanese propaganda posters from before? Here, take a gander at how Americans are portrayed in North Korea. Here's one of us shooting a little girl in the head:
Man, we must have blacked out hard that weekend.
Here we are burying families alive in mass graves:
And here we are chucking babies down a well, just for the hell of it:
And yeah, they start in early over there:
Seeing it from the other side, it's insane to the point of almost being comical. There are millions of people there who believe Americans want to invade and throw their babies down wells, as firmly as they believe the sun will rise. What would we possibly have to gain from an invasion of North Korea? For what rational reason would we spend billions of dollars to ...
Oh, right. Because we're not rational. Because we're monsters.
Of course, from the outside you can easily see how it's all a ploy to prop up a failed regime in a country where the populace is impoverished and oppressed: Only monsters can make North Korea's government look good by comparison.
The problem is, we all do it. Which brings us to the heart of the matter:
#1. Believing in Monsters Gives Us an Excuse to Be Dicks
Have you ever been mugged? Or been in a car accident that was someone else's fault? Or at the very least, have you had a run-in with really horrible customer service? When you told the story later, did you find yourself spicing it up a little? You know, making the mugger a little bigger and scarier, making the other driver more reckless? It's only natural -- danger equals excitement, and a scarier story gets more attention (fun fact: science says that negative experiences impact your brain about five times harder than positive ones). But get this: As we tell our inflated, scarier version of the story over and over again, we eventually start to remember the bullshit version as the truth. The mugger/drunk driver/Verizon customer service rep who wronged you will, in the telling, become a monster. And all human culture is just a series of stories we tell over and over.
And of course, the reason you tell that story to everyone you run into isn't to show how perfectly horrible the bad guy was; it's to show how horrible he was compared to you. Making them worse makes you look better. It's our own personal version of that Korean propaganda.
The worst part was after he finished and yelled "Can you hear me now?" down the well.
For instance, journalist and blogging great Fred Clark tells a bizarre story about the day his newspaper ran a gruesome article about some local kids who killed a kitten by burning it to death. The bizarre part is all of the messages that poured in from people proudly announcing that they, for one, did not approve of kitten burning. As if that was the minority opinion:
"If you jumped into the comments thread and started reading at any random point in the middle, you'd get the impression that the comments immediately preceding must have offered a vigorous defense of kitten-burning. No such comments offering any such defense existed, and yet reader after reader seemed to be responding to or anticipating this phantom kitten-burning advocacy group."
"Wait, just hear us out about their flavor ..."
It wasn't enough to know that some disturbed kids tortured kittens; they needed to believe everyone but them were kitten torturers. You can see why; think about how goddamned easy life would be if the only moral hurdle we had to clear was "didn't burn a kitten today." That's why we need to believe in kitten-burning monsters to lower that bar for us. This is why Maury Povich exists -- as we previously mentioned, people watch shows like that and Jersey Shore because it gives them a boost in self-importance. You didn't need a scientist to tell you that; you watched Snooki literally playing a flute with her vagina and realized that compared to her, you're the goddamned Dalai Lama. "Sure, I'm unemployed and I'm mean to my kids and fewer than 50 percent of my urinations have been into toilets, but you'd never catch me acting like that."
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An actual ad running in NY subways as we speak.
And that, friends, is why you can tell so much about a society by looking at their monsters. The really popular stories will always feature monsters that are as different from us as possible. Think about Star Wars -- what real shithead has ever referred to himself as being on "the dark side"? In Harry Potter and countless fantasy universes, you have wizards working in "black magic" and the "dark arts." Can you imagine a scientist developing some technology for chemical weapons or invasive advertising openly thinking of what he does as "dark science"? Can you imagine a real world leader naming his headquarters "The Death Star" or "Mount Doom"?
"Even I wasn't that tacky."
Of course not. But we need to believe that evil people know they're evil, or else that would open the door to the fact that we might be evil without knowing it. I mean, sure, maybe we've bought chocolate that was made using child slaves or driven cars that poisoned the air, but we didn't do it to be evil -- we were simply doing whatever we felt like and ignoring the consequences. Not like Hitler and the bankers who ruined the economy and those people who burned the kittens -- they wake up every day intentionally dreaming up new evils to create. It's not like Hitler actually thought he was saving the world.
So no matter how many times you vote to cut food stamps and then use the money to buy a boat, you could still be way worse. You could, after all, be one of those raping/murdering/lazy/ignorant/greedy/oppressive monsters that you know the world is full of and that only your awesome moral code prevents you from turning into at any moment. And those monsters are out there. They have to be. Because otherwise, we're the monsters.
Warning: The novel Mr. Wong mentioned 36 times in this article contains extreme depictions of otherworldly creatures and male nudity.
For more Wong, check out 6 Popular Monster Myths (That Prove Humanity Is Doomed) and 5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen.
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hey sako, nice bleeg you got there. i'm taking viagra for my bleeg.
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pronounced: "blllleeeeeeeeeeeg" in a very guttural voice.
used to define a feeling of extreme "blahness".
used to define a feeling of extreme "blahness".
It's 4am, youre hopped up on caffeine and need to study, you want to sleep, your body is awake, your brain is mush, and your fate is failure. you feel "bleeg".
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Dwuane Leroy McClendon passed on Dec. 30, 2012, to meet with his spirit in the sky.
A campout, to enjoy life as he would, will be held July 12-14, 2013, at the damn in Bunker Hill. Bring tents and remember Dwuane with his mother, Barbara Moore; sisters, Mona Ray Imbach and Reyanna Dallas Pomroy; and brother, Luke David Moore.
Sister, Mafra Ann Menzer, preceded him in death.
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Dude! Lamar tried to Eughinia a look at my twig and berries in gym class!
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A's Rally Hangs Loss on Cubs at Riverview Park
Gabriel Sanchez belted a bases-clearing three-run double to cap a four-run 7th inning, and Justin Higley singled twice, stole two bases, scored two runs, and drove-in another, as the Athletics rallied to defeat the Cubs 5-2 in Cactus League Extended Spring Training action this morning on Field #6 at the Under Armour Performance Center at Riverview Park in Mesa, AZ.
Jeffrey Baez had three hits and Varonex Cuevas smacked a triple and an RBI single for the Cubs in a losing cause.
Jorge Soler (hamstring rehab) is still at Extended Spring Training, and (just like yesterday) he played RF for all nine innings in today's game. He had four Plate Appearances in the game, hitting a check-swing dribbler back to the pitcher on a 3-0 pitch in his first AB in the bottom of the 1st inning, walked on four pitches in the 4th, grounded out 5-3 in the 7th, and (representing the tying run) lined-out to right with runners on 1st & 2nd and out out in the 9th.
Veteran MLB OF Casper Wells (AAA Iowa 7-day DL) returned to game action today after missing about six weeks with knee and back issues. He batted five times in the game--once in each of the first five innings, going 1-4 with two infield pop outs, two fly outs (one of which was a run-producing sacrifice fly), and a line-drive single. For a player who has missed as much time as he has, he showed plus bat-speed and really nailed the ball with authority in three of his five AB, and showed good speed on the bases, too.
Wells was an NRI outfielder at Cubs MLB Spring Training, and probably would have been the Opening Day RF at Iowa if he hadn't started the season on the DL. He also probably would have been the logical candidate to replace Justin Ruggiano when Ruggiano went on the DL with his hamstring injury last month, because Ruggiano and Wells are very similar-type players.
RHRP Kyuji Fujikawa (2013 TJS rehab) and RHP Jesus Castillo (one of two pitchers acquired from Arizona in the Tony Campana deal) were scheduled to throw "live" BP on Field #5 prior to the game on Field #6. Both pitchers warmed up in the Field #5 bullpen, and while Castillo did throw his two "innings" (40 pitches total - 20 pitches in each inning), Fujikawa returned to the clubhouse after completing his warm-ups and did not throw BP.
Here is the abridged box score from today's game (Cubs players only):
X. Casper Wells, DH #1: 1-4 (P-6, F-8, P-4, F-7 SF, 1B, RBI)
NOTE: Wells batted third in the bottom of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th innings
1. Jeffrey Baez, CF: 3-4 (1B, 1B, L-8, 1B, PO)
2. Varonex Cuevas, 2B: 2-4 (3B, 1B, K, E-5, RBI)
3. Jorge Soler, RF: 0-3 (1-3, BB, 5-3, L-9)
4. Shamil Ubiera, LF: 0-4 (5-3, 6-4-3 DP, 4-3, 5-3)
5. Roney Alcala, DH #2: 0-3 (3-U, K, 6-3)
6. Elliot Soto, SS: 1-3 (P-2, F-9, 1B)
7. Adonis Paula, 3B: 0-3 (1-3, 5-4 FC, F-8)
8a. Eufran Vargas, C: 0-0 (BB, R)
8b. Erick Castillo, C: 0-2 (3-U, F-7)
9. Mark Malave, 1B: 1-3 (1B, 4-3, F-8, R)
1. Jose Paulino: 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R (1 ER), 2 BB, 1 K, 1 GIDP, 4/4 GO/FO, 50 pitches (28 strikes)
2. Carlos Llano: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 GIDP, 2/1 GO/FO, 15 pitches (7 strikes)
3. Yomar Morel: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 1/1 GO/FO, 7 pitches (6 strikes)
4. Greyfer Eregua: 1.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R (4 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 HBP, 0/1 GO/FO, 43 pitches (27 strikes)
NOTE: Eregua's second inning was stopped with one out and runner at 2nd base
5. Francisco Carrillo: 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K, 2/0 GO/FO, 28 pitches (19 strikes)
1. Eufran Vargas: 0-1 CS
2. Erick Castillo: 0-1 CS
WEATHER: Partly cloudy & breezy with temperatures in the 80's
Before things go all to hell
Before things go all to hell during tonight's game, I thought I'd start off tonight's comments with a positive note.
That Ramirez fella looks filthy.
if he can throw a curve like
if he can throw a curve like he did last night...along with his FB + slider i dunno why they're not still trying to make him a starter unless stamina/wear issues are on the table as a concern.
O & B look what you did to
O & B look what you did to poor Ramirez!!!!
I steadfastly refuse to take
I steadfastly refuse to take any responsibility whatsoever for any Cubbery at any time, in the past, in the present, and in the future. This is a legally binding document, and your reply and/or lack of reply signifies your agreement to these terms.
clark "im not a mascot, im
clark "im not a mascot, im there for the kids" the bear is wearing a "save 2nd base" breast cancer awareness shirt.
that's gonna be an interesting conversation with the kids.
Does anyone know how common
Does anyone know how common Tommy John surgery is for Japanese pitchers playing in Japan?
Just curious if their way of handling pitchers makes a difference in injury frequency.
up until 2010 it wasn't that
up until 2010 it wasn't that common.
since then it's been a bit over 1/2 of all their TJ guys...at least according to reported players having TJ.
shohei tateyama has had it 3 times.
I think Mr. Happy is my least
I think Mr. Happy is my least favorite Cubs' manager ever. #kindergarten #babysteps #overmanaging #condescending
If I play the guy less he'll get better:
It would be a completely
It would be a completely justifiable approach if the Cubs had a regular third baseman. Or, even if Olt wasn't a particularly good fielder. But despite the error the other night (another reason to simply give him more reps), fielding is definitely not a handicap for him. His being in a slump is more of a reason to keep him in there, not less. See if he works through it. Maybe the slump is permanent and he is just not gonna be any good. Fine, find out. What is a team 10 games under 500 in early May waiting for?
Good point, yes and exactly.
Good point, yes and exactly. I've never heard of easing a guy into a new level by not playing him. I mean how do you adjust to the speed, quickness and quality of pitching. I am not comparing Olt to Sandberg, but Sandberg came up as a 3rd basemen in 1982 and notoriously started 1 for his first 32. If Ricky was his manager ... well, who knows.
As a future hall-of-famer,
As a future hall-of-famer, Sandberg might not be the best argument for the sink-or-swim approach. The question is whether a lesser player might need more babying. How long do you let a prospect keep digging a hole that at some point he will have to climb out of? Maybe you bench him, maybe you send him down.
Tyler Colvin was demoted to Iowa in 2011 and wasn't doing much there when Jim Hendry summoned him back to the majors, saying "we need to find out whether he's an everyday guy or not by the end of this year." In other words, he's not doing well, so let's test him, and also tell him that it's make-or-break. (Sandberg and Mays fought their way out of a funk, so why can't you?)
Then there was Brett Jackson, who was taking aim at the PCL strikeout record when Sveum prevailed upon Theo to call him up, on the principle that he couldn't coach him long-distance. So Jackson was expected to learn how to make contact in the majors.
"Our manager was the one that wanted [Jackson] up here to work with him on his swing because we weren't getting it done at Triple-A," Epstein explained. "So we sort of prioritized that swing adjustment over the rest of his development. In hindsight that was a mistake."
Those examples are different,
Those examples are different, in that the choice was whether to play those guys everyday at AAA or everyday at MLB level.
Riding the bench and/or getting consistent playing time is helping no one develop.
Brett Jackson Ata boy Dale
Brett Jackson
Ata boy Dale
Well regardless of Sandberg's
Well regardless of Sandberg's eventual success I bet he sure as hell is happy his manager let him play through the slump. Olt was confident and tuned in coming out of spring training where he was batting every day against live pitching. He was immediately thrown into a situation where he sits more days than he plays. There are very few jobs much less people who excel when they are not getting to do their jobs daily. Especially when you move to a new level of excellence in the competition. And today he's a DH you know because Valbuena is the consummate defensive third baseman and we certainly don't need Olt working up a sweat - best to sit and think some more especially if you had a year like last year when everything fell apart physically and psychologically. But it's totally worth it because Valbuena might just be our third baseman for the next decade.
Btw I agree with Old & Blue -
Btw I agree with Old & Blue - I'm not saying Olt is good or he is gonna succeed. I am saying we know exactly what Valbuena is, we've seen him consistently (I like him) but I'd like to see if Olt can play and I think it's in the best interest of the Cubs to know. The concept that the manager picks and chooses his rare appearances so he has a better chance to succeed is borderline delusional.
For what it's worth, I saw an
For what it's worth, I saw an Olt quote saying he wasn't worried about this slump, and that he's been through worse. I for one don't see the problem with him digging a hole. He's already done some good digging, might as well finish the project. Give him that playing time. If he keeps under .200 for the rest of the season, we know he's a non-prospect. He really looks like he could be a very good fielder, so if he can hit, that's sweet. Time to find out if he's Scott Rolen or Ian Stewart.
By the way, I agree that Olt
By the way, I agree that Olt is the guy and in a perfect world he should be playing every day.
But the Cubs live in a business world where it pays to maximize your assets. They're not maximizing Olt at the moment but that doesn't matter, since they're going to keep him rather than trade him.
They have to play the guys they're trying to trade, like Valbuena and Barney; otherwise they lose their value. Barney's numbers will never attract suitors but he does sparkle in the field.
Make sense? It does to me. At least I know why I'm watching these BS lineups. Do you think the Cubs haven't figured out that Olt is their 3B?
Barney and Valvuena are
Barney and Valvuena are knowns in the league.
Not going to improve trade status
Barney was "known in the
Barney was "known in the league" year before last as a gold glover, someone who hit just well enough to qualify. Barney's stock is much lower today. Cubs would like to recover some of that lost value. There are a lot of competing interests on the team--Barney versus Valbuena and Bonifacio, Valbuena versus Olt--but none of these guys can just be relegated to the bench.
Valbuena's OBP is fifty points higher than his career number. On this blog, people have been noticing him lately and saying, Hey, he's not so bad! Play and trade, versus bench and release. It worked for Soriano (and it only took thirty years!).
Eh. I tend to agree with
Eh. I tend to agree with others: even a sustained and unprecedented offensive outburst on the part of either Valbuena or Barney is only going to increase their trade value marginally. Front offices these days seem to have some grasp on the concept of the small sample. Olt should play everyday and Valbuena and Barney can split time at 2B while Bonifacio plays everyday in CF at least until Sweeney and Ruggiano return from their injuries.
Sandberg 20th round pick
Sandberg 20th round pick
Olt first round pick
"I've been a friend of that
"I've been a friend of that guy's for 30 years," he said. "It doesn't surprise me that he said those things. And he shouldn't have said it. He just hurt himself by talking too much and doing things he shouldn't be doing."
Lasorda also shared an unsolicited opinion on Sterling's silly rabbit, V. Stiviano.
"And I don't wish that girl any bad luck but I hope she gets hit with a car," he said,
that's the rarest kind of
that's the rarest kind of lasorda quote...one that hasn't been used over and over for 30+ years applying to different people every time.
Except for the ""I've been a
Except for the ""I've been a friend of that guy's for 30 years," part!
So the problem is not that he
So the problem is not that he hates black people, it is that he vocalized his feelings?
Dear Lasorda:
The guy is scum and I'm glad he's banned from the NBA. We could ban him from the country for all I care. And I don't think much of the girlfriend, either, for reasons that have nothing to do with audio recordings.
vitters with a 2HR night...2
vitters with a 2HR night...2/4
baez with a 2K night...0/4
Not a good sign when none of
Not a good sign when none of your starting OF's bat higher than 6th in the order...
Seems like you might be on to
Seems like you might be on to a trivia question here!
worst OF in the game..
worst OF in the game...without boni in the mix it's probably the worst OF in the history of the game (yes, way too early for that kind of statement).
the starting RF'r with 108 (and counting) PA has a sub-.450 OPS.
strop, groin injury, MRI
strop, groin injury, MRI tomorrow...fun times.
Good to see that tweet about
Good to see that tweet about Bryant having just a stomach virus last night - I downloaded the MILB app last night and while checking it out saw that Bryant only had one AB last night, which immediately fired off all my Cubbery alarms.
not sure this is 3/44 but
not sure this is 3/44 but Arodys Vizcaino has been promoted to AA/Tenn.
but Hoyer said Vizcaino would remain on a deliberate schedule after missing the last two seasons because of arm surgeries.
"We have the ability to do some teaching at the lower levels and mid-levels without that third deck and radar guns up there," Hoyer said of Vizcaino, who allowed one run in nine appearances at Daytona. "We'll still have some caution. It's definitely a step in the right direction for him, and he has earned it."
For those who have had a
For those who have had a chance to watch him play, is Baez chasing bad pitches, missing breaking balls, or all of the above?
Considering that the Cubs
Considering that the Cubs have had nice starting pitching this year, that the defense is vastly improved, and that the bullpen issues are (sort of) worked out- where would the Cubs be if they had added a nice big bat in the lineup?
I think they'd be in a lot better shape, and I stand by what I said several weeks ago when I said it is criminal that the Chicago Cubs, of all teams, have such a low payroll. This is not Kansas City- Put a big league team on the field and give them a big league payroll.
Free agency we would have had
Free agency we would have had to give a big contract to a player past their prime and lose a draft pick. And most of them have been disasters from Fielder to Pujols to Hamilton to Cano. Trade wise who did we have to deal? In theory yes it would be great, in practice it'd be hard to come up with concrete examples of who they should have signed/traded for ... especially without thinning out the system again. All that said I'm starting to wonder if they should just give Shark his $$ and go for it ... he's kind of proving his worth.
He is proving his worth April
He is proving his worth April-May. His problems anually as a starter have been consistency from one start to the next. He for sure has been doing it this year though.
Actually, in looking at several of the short-term FA's who signed late, a couple are doing well: Nelson Cruz, and Ian Kinsler are two.
The Cubs can sign guys like that. They just won't or Theo does not have the allowances to do so.
The A's have been good at supporting their home-growns with guys like that. Seems to be working for them. Of course, during the Hendry years, Billy Beane saw something in Josh Donaldson that has paid off for them big-time.
Kinsler was traded for
Kinsler was traded for Fielder, not a FA signing.
It's a major free agent
It's a major free agent contract signed by the Tigers (where he clearly underperformed) and yes taken on by the Rangers this year via trade. He still qualifies as a dude riding some free agent bonanza dollars!
ill go for that, dont need to
ill go for that, dont need to see deputy fife anymore
Gordon? Is that you? :-)
Gordon? Is that you? :-)
He fails to mention that Rizzo has a better weighted OPS then Abreu, 2 years younger and half the price.
Also Sox farm system one of worst in baseball, so yeah you have to go get some guys.
Otherwise he has a point.
Rusin completes the no-no, a
Rusin completes the no-no, a 3-0 win over New Orleans: http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=milb&...
Clearly, he's the Cubs' new ace and a replacement for Samardzija.
Very cool for Rusin. I wish
Very cool for Rusin. I wish he could learn not to soil himself at the Big League level, however.
Jeff Hoffman to get TJ
Jeff Hoffman to get TJ surgery, if Rodon, Aiken and Kolek go top 3 leaves Cubs most likely looking at c/of Alex Jackson.
No more HS Ace prospects
No more HS Ace prospects getting mentioned?
Grant Holmes is a HS kid from
Grant Holmes is a HS kid from South Carolina seen as a top arm.
Some believe Holmes is the best right-hander in the country as he already has three above-average/plus offerings and can touch 98 mph with his fastball. At 6′-2" and 200 pounds, he doesn't have the size as Kolek, but he might have better overall stuff and he has great command of his pitches. Aside from the fastball, he adds plus curveball that sits 79-81 with late bite and great depth. His change-up already is an above-average offering, sitting 84-86 mph. He has a thick frame, is strong as an ox and just keeps getting better.
Read more at http://throughthefencebaseball.com/2014-mlb-mock-d...
Wow. Thanks QM. Sounds very
Wow. Thanks QM. Sounds very impressive. It will be interesting to see if TheoJed would gamble on a HS kid should the college arms be gone.
Bill James has consistently maintained that college draftees have been more successful than the high schoolers by a "laughable margin."
Strop to DL. Groin strain,
Strop to DL. Groin strain, expected to miss 3-4 Weeks. Rosscup back up.
So, does anyone know why Olt
So, does anyone know why Olt is DHing and Valbuena is playing 3B? Is it to protect Olt's shoulder, or does Renteria think that Valbuena's D is better?
dont want to rush the kid
dont want to rush the kid
should be ready for everyday play in 2020
Yeah I'd gladly eat crow
Yeah I'd gladly eat crow about all my bitching if Olt is nursing an injury? But I don't think that's it at this point. I think Jed/Theo might have to trade Valbuena. Which I don't think they want to do ... but Renteria just freaking adores him apparently.
I want Olt to play every day,
I want Olt to play every day, too. With this team being so lousy, there's no downside. But it's pretty obvious why Valbuena gets time. He's lefty, he gets on base and seems to play pretty good D.
I like Valbuena. Put him at
I like Valbuena. Put him at 2b ... We're not winning any games so don't really need his talents at 3B. I'd rather have Olt & Valbuena in the lineup.
Olt homers, leads NL rookies
Olt homers, leads NL rookies in RBIs, cant wait to see him play again on Sunday
Yeah god forbid he get in a
Yeah god forbid he get in a rhythm or feel any security. Plus it's gotta be so cool to read in the papers that the manager is, y'know, really going outta his way to get you some easy matchups. Because baseball isn't hard enough without a little fuckery going on in your head.
this ump is terrible tonite
this ump is terrible tonite
Rizzo's eye was dead on and
Rizzo's eye was dead on and the ump called them both against him. Of course in the previous inning Wood was not getting those calls. So I guess the batters are in for some weird shit.
...not t.wood's night...
...not t.wood's night...
...and renteria gets himself tossed...about 1/2 inning too late considering he was probably pissed about rizzo's ABs.
I had to turn it off for a
I had to turn it off for a bit after the Rizzo at bat. When did Ricky get tossed? Comments to the ump on his way to give Wood the hook?
he started full on ranting at
he started full on ranting at the ump after relieving wood...straight to the ump bitching til he got tossed.
renteria has 3 ejections...his team has 11 wins.
Bryant must be feeling better
Bryant must be feeling better -- hit #7 and #8 tonight, plus a double. Vizcaino with a 2K clean inning as well.
I'm sure I'm late to the party, but ... Stephen Bruno? No power or speed, but great BA/OBP numbers.
In reading PHIL's bits on him
In reading PHIL's bits on him over the years, the kid can really hit. But an average fielder. And - as you say: zero speed ( not when compared to Vogelbomb, of course).
Bruno is interesting (and not
Bruno is interesting (and not just because he went to UVA). Played at Boise after the 2012 draft and then went straight to Daytona (skipping KC) last year, where his season was abbreviated after 19 games by TJ surgery. After 19 games in A ball he starts this season at Tennessee, where his OPS is .881.
Last year I think they announced that Bruno had agreed to convert to catcher, but then he had the arm surgery and now he's back at second base.
He does have doubles power--cranks out doubles everywhere he goes. 13 of his 29 hits this year are for extra bases.
Yup -- early days, but he
Yup -- early days, but he leads the league in doubles.
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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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Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.
Game is officially called...also officially a tie.
Stats count, no make-up date of course.
Yeah -- seeing the weather -- I hope KB and Rizz are inside, wrapped in blankets and drinking hot chocolate.


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Henk M. Lokhorst, MD
University Medical Center Utrecht
Utrecht, Netherlands
Member, IMF Board of Scientific Advisors
Abstract Number:
J Clin Oncol 31, 2013 (suppl; abstr 8512^)
Henk M Lokhorst, Torben Plesner, Peter Gimsing, Hareth Nahi, Monique Minnema, Ulrik Niels Lassen, Jakub Krejcik, Jacob Laubach, Steen Lisby, Linda Basse, Paul Gerard Guy Richardson; UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark; Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset-Huddinge, Huddinge, Sweden; Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA; Genmab A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
Background: Daratumumab (DARA) is a human CD38 monoclonal antibody (mAb) with broad-spectrum killing activity. Preliminary safety and efficacy data from this first-in-human dose-escalation study of DARA in pts with relapsed or refractory (RR) multiple myeloma (MM) have previously been published. Here, we present safety and efficacy data from the finalized part 1 and preliminary safety data from the ongoing part 2 of the study.
Methods: Pts ≥18 years requiring systemic therapy and considered RR to at least 2 prior lines of therapy and ineligible for ASCT were enrolled. In part 1, a 3+3 dose-escalation design was applied and DARA was administered over a 9-week period as 2 pre- and 7 full doses. The phase II dose was determined to 8mg/kg and these pts receive DARA weekly for 8 weeks followed by dosing every 2nd week for 16 weeks and every 4th week until disease progression, toxicity or for max. 24 months.
Results: Data from 32 pts included in part 1 are presented. In part 2, 7/16 pts have been recruited: all available data will be presented at the meeting. In part 1, the median number of prior treatment lines was 6. PK analysis showed plasma peak levels as expected but relatively rapid clearance at low dose levels. At doses ≥4mg/kg, observed PK values approximated model-predicted values. Efficacy evaluation from part 1 was based on IMWG guidelines. In the ≥4mg/kg groups (n=12), 5 PRs and 3 MRs were observed. 7 of these pts had a 50-100% concomitant reduction in bone marrow plasma cells. Median PFS in the ≥4mg/kg dose groups was not reached (median follow-up at data cut-off was 3.8mths (range: 0-9.6mths). No ADA responses were detected. In part 1, the most common adverse events reported were infusion related (IRE) which occurred predominantly during the first full infusion. 44% of subjects across all dose groups had IREs grade 1-3, of which 2 were grade 3. Six related SAEs (1 anemia, 1 thrombocytopenia, 2 bronchospasm, 1 cytokine release, 1 AST increase) were reported.
Conclusions: DARA induced a marked reduction in paraprotein and bone marrow plasma cells at doses ≥4mg/kg in heavily pretreated RR MM pts. In addition, high response rates and encouraging PFS data were observed. This is unprecedented for single-agent mAb treatment of MM.
Clinical trial information: NCT00574288
Ken Anderson, MD
Dana Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Sundar Jagannath, MD
Mount Sinai Medical Center
New York, New York, USA
Shaji Kumar, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Sagar Lonial, MD
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Paul Richardson, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Saad Usmani, MD, FACP
Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansa, USA
Ajay Nooka, MD, MPH, FACP
Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Katja Weisel, MD
University Hospital Tuebingen
Tuebingen, Germany
Andrzej Jakubowiak, MD
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Antonio Palumbio, MD
University Of Turin
Turin, Italy
Irene M. Ghobrial, MD
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
Noopur Raje, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Shivlal Pandey, MD
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, USA


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Hunting contests are purely for fun
For those who are appalled at the recent "Squirrel Slam" in Holley, be aware that these types of killing contests are happening all over Western New York. Check out Sunday editions of The News' Outdoors Page – there are all sorts of contests from coyote-killing to woodchuck hunts. Recently a rabbit derby was held: prizes were awarded by weight and "bunnies" taken; one team shot 19 in a weekend. A coyote-killing contest is sponsored by a local club. The first-prize winner killed three foxes and three coyotes within a few days. The hunter who killed the heaviest coyote won first prize. New York State regulations allow coyote to be taken by shotgun or bow, day or night, until March 30.
To quote scientists from Predator Defense who study this animal: "Coyotes play a critical role in keeping natural areas healthy. In fact, coyotes are a keystone species, meaning their presence or absence has a significant impact on the surrounding biological community. … Coyotes maintain the balance in the food web below and around them. When coyotes are absent or even just greatly reduced in a natural area, the relationships between species below them in the web are altered, putting many species at risk."
Don't be fooled by arguments that hunters do this to raise funds for a fire department or to help farmers. These contests are purely for fun.
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
A quiet woods filled with hickory, beech, Southern Red Oak, spruce pine and loblolly pine; a murmuring river inviting contemplation; deer tracks indicating life other than human hiding amongst the understory palms; a wide-open lake to picnic beside: these were the scenes found by members of the conservation and parks commissions as they walked the more than 80-acre property along the Ashley River that could eventually link to Richard Rosebrock Park.
Commissioners toured the site Thursday to get a feel for the property and give their ideas for appropriate activities there.
The public will get its turn March 9, when the site will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
"It's prettier than I ever imagined," said Mac Baughman of the conservation commission.
The conservation commission and parks commission have sometimes been at odds over the use of the $5 million bond money approved by voters in November 2010.
The conservation commission gave its blessing to the purchase of this land but asked for three conditions: that the county would place a conservation easement on the land, that a 300-foot wooded buffer from the riverfront be maintained and that 50 percent of revenue from the park be returned to conservation projects.
Whether the county will follow through on those requests remains to be seen.
It all boils down to money.
That the land is serenely beautiful is unquestionable. Nor is there a question that people would use the property – as evidenced by illegal campers and an illegal deer stand already making use of the land.
But for the county to maintain trails, a presence in the park to deter vandals, and an administration that would track camping or pavilion rentals, it needs operating funds.
Councilman Jay Byars, who chairs the parks commission, envisions a model similar to Charleston County's in which the park has gated access and a nominal fee is charged for entrance.
Franchise fees – currently dedicated to paying off the Pine Trace acquisition – could pay some operating costs, but there's a limit to how much franchise fees could accomplish, Byars said.
It could be time to ask voters to approve a dedicated two mills to fund park operations, he said.
Those on the tour agreed the Ashley River site should stay as natural as possible. And residents who have been skeptical of the county's land rush in the past couple of years might change their minds when they actually see the sites, some said.
In addition to the Ashley River site, the county purchased Pine Trace, opened Rosebrock Park, developed plans for the St. George courthouse park and purchased two conservation easements in the Four Hole Swamp.
For the Ashley River property, kayaking launch sites, a playground beneath the trees, a pavilion by the lake, rustic camping and fishing have been mentioned as possible uses.
The property is accessible via Bacons Bridge Road, directly north of the Ashley River. Some of the land will be lost to the Bacons Bridge Road widening, but even with the road already there the land is quiet and peaceful.
The road construction does have an added benefit for parkgoers, however. There is a plan to build a footbridge beneath the road so people could get from Rosebrock Park to the Ashley River park without risking their lives on Bacons Bridge Road.
That middle ground could also serve as a centralized spot from which to launch kayaks.
Any and all ideas are welcome at the public walk-through day, during which the public will be able to see what already exists at the park and talk to commissioners about the proposed ideas they like – and don't like.
Because of the existing infrastructure and the low-key plans thus far, the park could be open by the end of the year.
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