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There's lolscats, loldogs and I'm stealing this idea from Kizzing Suzy Kolber and lolnfl.
I know I shouldn't take pleasure in the misfortune of others, but the Cardinals don't count as others.
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He should-a hopped before trying to make that catch.
Re: Ah Gordy
How about #1? The Cubs no longer have a strikeout pitching staff, which raises the stakes on the fielding. And we all know how shaky that looked at times, especially in the outfield.
The Cubs were second in the league in strikeouts and third in the league in defensive efficiency. Though I agree Fukudome is a bit short on leg speed to play center.
Re: Ah Gordy
it's gonna suck going into 2010 with z, lilly, dumpster, wells...wait, no, that rules.
the IF D isn't bad, imo...and there's a player TBD in the OF that's going to be a major factor in how good or bad it's gonna play.
Re: Ah Gordy
A small outfield should, you would think, help those numbers, but Wrigley does have an outfield with walls made out of brick, which is going to tend to hurt the outfielder's numbers. There's also about 0 foul ground, which I would think would also hurt defensive efficiency.
I think Derrek Lee's catching is probably the biggest factor. In 2003 our DE was 23rd. In 2004, it was 11th (this is with the Alou, Sosa outfield and Aram at 3rd).
Re: Ah Gordy
dlee makes theriot look better than he is.
Re: For aaronb
besides the fact it wasn't blamed...you can't really blame all his woes on his back or collar. he had issues with both, but his contact quality was pure shit.
that and a decline in power...yow.
his D is solid, though. fun player with a bit of pop even with less pop.
the guy came on strong with better contact down the stretch, but it wasn't "classic" hardy by any means...he was poking stuff into the field rather than driving it. it was kinda sad for a kid so young. at least he's finding a way to adapt...that's something.
i wouldn't read too much into his demotion, honestly...it seems to be a shit move by MIL to buy them some time and value on JJ. he came back looking better everywhere but his classic swing, though.
Re: LolCardinals
It's not Caturday yet is it? Let's hope there's more Fails to post. Hoping for a WS without te Yankees and Deadbirds.
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Funny! I need them to win the next two because I have LAD in 5 on the playoff predictions.
Why hating the Cardinals comes easy....
actual headline at the St.Louis Dispatch:
Playing like Cubs
Meltdown in Game 2 of NLDS is reminiscent of the play that characterizes bumbling team in Chicago.
which is linked to this article...
Re: Why hating the Cardinals comes easy....
Bernie Miklasz is a fucking tool. I hope the lolcatz eat his eyes.
Re: Why hating the Cardinals comes easy....
Eat your heart out, Atlanta... these are the worst fans in baseball. I hate Cardinal fans far more than I hate the actual Cardinals.
Re: Why hating the Cardinals comes easy....
Well, I have to smile. I know the reason he's lashing out at the Cubs is because of how angry and sad he is about the Cardinals. Puts a little spring in my step.
Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
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Pat Burrell love aside, I got to agree with that point.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
If OF defense doesn't matter, there's a guy who's even better than Burrell named Jake Fox.
But this isn't about being good anymore - it's about saving face.
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"If OF defense doesn't matter, there's a guy who's even better than Burrell named
Jake Fox."
Really? Cheaper sure, but better?
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
Considering age and salary - definitely a better bargain/bet.
Better production in 2010? Flip a coin.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
I would wager Burrell has a better OPS next year than Jake Fox, yes.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
OK, but that would mostly be a result of Burrell's better OBP. They're likely to slug about the same and probably have similar batting averages. If there's anyone this side of Adam Dunn who is as bad on outfield defense as Fox, it's Burrell. But like I said, if it's going to be close, which it should, why not go with the younger, cheaper guy who already happens to be in your organization? The money you swap Bradley for could be someone who's overpriced but brings something to the team we don't already have. There are plenty of bad contracts out there. Michael Young?
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
True, but we don't necessarily have to fill the outfield spot with whoever we get for Bradley.
Gary Matthews Jr is another potential target, I'd think.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
Texas seems like a more likely destination than Tampa to me; the Tampa speculation just seems like it started because it had interest in MB last year, when he was coming off his career year and not getting sent home two weeks before the season ended.
And as a target, Young as a 2B - obviously more expensive than Burrell - but fits into the Cubs' configuration much better than Burrell.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
michael young is their default team captain and the face of the organization.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
But Young is owed a ton of money ($64 million over the next four years) and Rangers owner Tom Hicks is in financial trouble. MLB has loaned him money and they are pressuring him to sell and/or reduce expenses. Trading an expensive Young for a less expensive Milton Bradley may make financial sense, even if it doesn't make baseball sense.
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ah yeah...the hicks/money thing.
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It's not perfect, but it seems more logical to me than Tampa. I'm sure there's some Bradley opposition in Texas, but in terms of the money they need to save, it seems like a no-brainer, especially if the guy they get back is someone who can actually play baseball.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
There's a general feeling in Dallas that the major difference between the 2008 and 2009 offenses (first and seventh, down .7 runs/game) was the absence of Bradley. I am not sure how much that comes from management, though.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
Gary Matthews Jr is another potential target, I'd think.
Please no.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
Texas isn't going to trade Michael Young who played with broken bones in his hand with a slim playoff chances the year before to get back Milton Bradley back who faked injuries to protect his stats.
Young even came back from a hamstring injury early at the end of the season this year to play the final week.
Michael Young will give you the shirt off his back to help a team, Milton Bradley will steal your money and sit on the bench whenever he feels like it. Geee who do you think Texas wants on their roster?
Besides the comments about missing Bradley in Texas forget one fact. Josh Hamilton was injured this year and Marlon Byrd and Nelson Cruz more than made up for the absence of Bradley. Going from 32 HR and 132 RBI from Hamilton to 10 HR, and 54 RBI is what is missing in Texas not a mental case named Bradley.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
Rangers | Not interested in Bradley
Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:09:19 -0700
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Jeff Wilson reports the Texas Rangers aren't interested in Chicago Cubs OF Milton Bradley because he told reporter Gil LeBreton that he could have played at times last year but opted to sit out to make his stats look better for potential suitors in free agency. That didn't sit well with some players and management, especially when 3B Michael Young was playing with broken fingers on each hand.
For some reason it hasn't penetrated Ron Washington's thick skull that Milton Bradley was playing him for a fool, just like he does everyone else.... "I aint never had a problem with Milton because I was always honest with him," Washington said. "If I didn't like what he was doing, I let him know. I didn't let anything fester with Milton."
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
Well if the theory is to trade Young for Bradley, that wouldn't be much of a problem. Sometimes your bosses (in this case a failing owner or maybe MLB) make you do things you don't particularly want to do, such as dump a very popular player on a bad contract for a reasonably popular player on a shorter bad contract.
I think the Washington quote is another pretty telling indictment of Pinheads ability to run a clubhouse, and he's not the first guy to say it.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
edit nvm... I'm tired of Milton Bradley.
Re: Neyer on a Bradley for Burrell trade
I know how you get all upset when I use facts and all, but here's a couple that disprove your ridiculous argument.
2008 Rangers CF: 25HR's 117 RBI's
2009 Rangers CF: 21HR's 94 RBI's
You're missing 96 RBI's. Any idea why? Could it be that they had about 350 less men on base in 2009?
Chip Caray Still an Idiot
Re: LolCardinals
per CarrieMuskat tweet: Jeff Samardzija to start Fri night for Mexicali in season opener v Hermosillo. Iowa's Bobby Dickerson to manage
Re: The problem with the CF camera
good one.
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Hey that's really great. Nice video.
I always thought PNC had a terrible angle to watch balls and strikes, I wonder if this has anything to do with it.
Re: The problem with the CF camera
I wish we could see more shots from behind home plate, too.
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Re: Yanks/Twins
That was an awful, awful call. The ump was 20 feet away, right on the line, right on top of the play.
One more reason to add some form of real instant replay to baseball.
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Just give each team 1 or 2 challenges a game.
There is absolutely no reason a playoff game (or any game, for that matter) should be decided, or possibly decided, by an obviously bad call.
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To me that's like saying "there's absolutely no reason any game should be decided by an obviously bad pitch".
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Well... maybe the team could use their one or two challenges on pitches?
I just hate when bad calls have an obvious impact on an outcome of a game.
Would the Twins have won last night if that call was correct? We will never know, but it very possibly could have made the difference in that game. And there are very easy ways to avoid such situations.
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Not that I was trying to sucker you, but had the calls in the playoffs been correct, the Twins couldn't have possibly won Friday night since they'd be watching the game from their living rooms.
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True enough... but that, imo, just strengthens the argument for some kind of instant replay/challenge system.
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Not really. There's human error on made by batters, there's human error made by pitchers and fielders and there is human error made by umpires. Why is the last so egregious when the others are acceptable? That doesn't seem logical to me. They all can obviously have an impact on a given game. It makes as much sense as giving the pitchers or batters a mulligan.
Re: Yanks/Twins
Actually, it doesn't. We go to games to watch two teams of athletes compete, and the ability to consistently execute is a huge part of that competition. When we see the umpires fail to execute--worse when we see that failure decide the outcomes of games--it interferes with what we are really there to see: baseball being played.
That doesn't mean that I don't understand that it is just human error, but if we can quickly and unobtrusively prevent or correct some of those umpire mistakes, why not do it?
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That doesn't mean that I don't understand that it is just human error, but if we can quickly and unobtrusively prevent or correct some of those umpire mistakes, why not do it?
1. We know from the NFL, and this experiment with HR's that we cannot quickly and unobtrusively correct some mistakes. It's this type of pandering to outside interests that has given us the 210 minute football game and baseball game.
2. The umpires judgment is part of the game and it has been for over a hundred years. These umpires, in theory, are the best in the world. They've worked their way up from the minor leagues, beat out thousands of other umpires and introducing further instantaneous review not only will belittle them, it's possible it will affect their performance.
3. It's just lame.
Re: Yanks/Twins
I guess what I really took issue with was you claiming that mistakes made by players and mistakes made by umpires were equivalent.
'Cause I actually don't care that much about the replay thing. I occasionally enjoy my umpire-fueled outrage. This was a bit of argument for argument's sake, I guess. On my list of things that piss me off in baseball, blown calls by umpire is way, way down the list, far below jumbotrons and Sam Zell.
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Well, the best in the world flat out blew that call.
Instant replay is not the reason for the 210 minute game...a gazillion commercial breaks lengthens the game.
I'd rather have the right call.
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Like charlie, I completely disagree that human error by the umpires is equivalent to human error by the players.
I also don't think that NFL replay really makes games that much longer, nor do I feel that replay at all disrupts the flow of the game.
I want the players, and not the umpires, to decide the outcome of the game as much as possible.
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Maybe Instant Replay could be corporately sponsored. That way they lessen the between innings ads and don't lose any revenue because the additional time spent on replays is paid for.
"Remember, as we're checking to see if the umpire was blind, don't forget to stop in Pearl Vision for your own eyesight needs."
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Seriously, have you guys learned nothing from the NFL experience?
Instant replay in the NFL does not make sure all the calls are correct. It doesn't make sure the 'correct' team wins. It arbitrarily changes some calls, but not the most important calls of the game. It hasn't added really anything to the game, other than 8 minutes. They still blow calls. They still don't even correct the calls that they blow even if it gets reviewed. The vast majority of missed and subjective calls still stand. And just like in any sport, in particular ones with relatively infrequent scoring, one play can change the entire outcome of the game, and you probably don't realize it when it happens.
Yes, they would reverse an occasional call, but it won't make your team any more likely to win.
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I'm sure that reversing the Matt Forte fumble at the Seahawks 2 yard line had no bearing on the Bears' 25-19 win....
It's there, it doesn't have to take "8 minutes" for every replay, and if it can get the right calls made even some of the time, it's worth it.
I agree to disagree TRN.
Cocktail napkin stuff...me likee
next: Bradley for Detroit's Jeremy Bonderman (opposed to previous speculation of an Ordonez swap). Bradley could DH some platooning with Ordonez between RF/DH.
MLive.com (Michigan site)/Patrick Hayes
Right Field: The outfield needs a makeover, and it's going to start here. Trade Jeremy Bonderman to the Cubs for Milton Bradley. Both make roughly $10 million per year. Bradley is signed for one more year than Bonderman, but the Cubs are desperate to get rid of him, so it's conceivable they'd pay that final year if the Tigers take him.
Jim Leyland is known for working well with head cases. Gary Sheffield didn't produce in Detroit, but he didn't make waves either. So what you say? Well, in NY he was calling Derek Jeter "not all the way black" and Joe Torre a slave master. He's had nothing negative to say about his Detroit tenure. Bradley is not as crazy as Sheff, this can work.
Before signing with the Cubs, Bradley had a career-year in Texas, with a .999 OPS. Once he escapes the racism in Wrigleyville and comes to the more laid back environment in Detroit, he'll be just fine.
And for those who think Bonderman's still young and can bounce back? You might be right. But it's time to get some of the Seay/Lyon/Bonderman radio-controlled car driving crowd out of here, you know? The Starter: Milton Bradley
DH: Magglio Ordonez needs to be moved out of the outfield. Milton Bradley in right is not much of an upgrade defensively, but he does move a little better at this point in his career. Magglio can be the full-time DH and look for him to have a good season. The Starter: Ordonez
Re: Cocktail napkin stuff...me likee
Can't say I'm entirely opposed to that trade--at least Bonderman is still young and could improve. However, does that improve the Cubs at all? It leaves us with an hole to fill in the outfield and the lineup (I'm all for a Fox/Hoffpauir combo, but Lou doesn't seem to be open to that), and it doesn't actually improve our rotation which already features Z, Lilly, Dempster, Wells, Marshall/Gorzo/Samardzija/Caridad. I suppose Bonderman has more upside than Marshall, but I'd like to see Sean get another shot--especially if getting Bonderman means we'd have to pay Chone Figgins or the like.
Re: Cocktail napkin stuff...me likee
"However, does that improve the Cubs at all?"
...no, especially with 4 SP already here worth a damn.
it ties money up while improving nothing that needs improving. actually, the idea of bonderman improving anything would be weird to me at this point. bradley can actually do positive stuff on the field. he had a down season, but it wasn't pathetic like some of the names being brought up for possible cubs milton-dumping partners.
my opinion...hendry needs to cut the cubs' losses on their bad dog they thought they wanted and just try to save some loot to put toward someone else they can actually use.
they are in a position to eat 5m a year on the guy and just call it a lesson learned...maybe less.
bradley at least has upside to a manager/team who can actually be bothered to manage what they're signing themselves up for.
Re: Cocktail napkin stuff...me likee
If Bradley is so valuable, as you claim, the Cubs will have no problem getting something nice in return for a trade. Right?
Of course KC & now Texas have told the press to fuck off at the mention of Bradley and the season isn't even over yet. Interesting.
Nobody wants him.
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i have no doubt that if the cubs want to get rid of bradley to someone at the other team's cost of 4-6m per year for 2 years they will have no trouble doing so.
no, it won't be 29 other teams like it should for that price, but it will be more than 1 or 2, i'd imagine.
and yes, someone wants him at that price. the guy is a big baby, not a broken down ex-ballplayer. it'll take a manager that can actually be bothered to put on a shirt, come out of his office, and interact with him, though. the guy is a lot of work and you have to put the work in.
Re: LolCardinals
Why do you always put the burden of coping with Milton on everyone else? Is it just because he is what he is, so every team must just deal with it? That any team that signs him must rip apart their entire world just to make Milton happy?
I say fuck that, Milton was the one preaching how the old Milton was in the past, how he would try harder for a team that commits to him. It wasn't the Cubs saying they would just accept him for who he was. It was Milton saying all the nice bullet points so he could get a contract with no intention of ever changing his behavior.
Milton was the one making the promises about his behavior not the Chicago Cubs. Milton is responsible for his behavior and no one else.
At what point do you figure it out Crunch that Milton needs to control his own behavior?
Re: LolCardinals
you seem to think a manager doesn't have a responsibility to manage his personnel for some reason...especially one that comes with a known history and handling instructions.
did milton just develop these problems? no. do people know what's up when you bring him around? yes.
he is work. if you want a milton you have to work. you have to put a shirt on, get out of your office, and hold the baby's hand. that's what you do when you get a milton. it's not a mystery. it's not news. it's what you do when you get a milton.
just because you expect and want a guy to man up doesn't mean he will. at what point do you figure out the world doesn't work in a "pull your own weight" manner no matter how much you do?
if you bring a milton...a sheffield...a jeff kent...a sammy sosa...etc. to your team...you have to WORK with these babies a lot more than you would with other players. this is nothing remotely new. you can be disgusted with it all you want, it doesn't change that the operating instructions involve massive inputs other players don't need. what milton does is nothing new. nothing new at all. hell, you were pointing to these issues before and when he got signed...it sure isn't news to you.
hendry/lou committed to a wild player that acts like a baby and he was set loose in the clubhouse without babying the baby. no one should be surprised what happened especially when he's borderline when he is babied.
milton is responsible for his own actions, but this team is bigger than milton. we got a guy making 3-4 million to do the hard work. milton is hard work. this is the kinda crap that got dave miley fired in CIN.
Re: LolCardinals
I agree with you Crunch on the role a manager should play, but I don't think any of us knows what went on behind closed doors between Bradley and Piniella.
I know that early in the season, Piniella engaged Bradley, but I don't know if that included "holding his hand." Eventually, whatever relationship existed between the two deteriorated leading to Piniella famously calling Bradley a "piece of shit." Toward the end of the season, Piniella made the comment that it seemed the best way to deal with Bradley was to keep his distance.
As you've mentioned in the past, every player is different and has different needs. A successful manager has to treat the player based on that player's needs. A "one-size-fits-all" approach doesn't work in the locker room or the corporate office.
However, there are some players (and some employees) who can't be managed. I think Bradley is one of them. He has had problems at just about every stop he has made, including at those where the manager said they got along.
So I think blaming Piniella for not handling Bradley correctly is a little unfair. It doesn't appear that there is any way to handle him correctly.
Re: LolCardinals
So I think blaming Piniella for not handling Bradley correctly is a little unfair. It doesn't appear that there is any way to handle him correctly.
You've got a point to a degree, but we're not talking about a black or white scenario. There's only one clubhouse that has been known to have turned against Bradley and that's been Lou's. Also, when Lou had his tirade he said, paraphrasing "I've been letting it go on for a while now, and I'm tired of it". So you can see that he was doing it both before and after.
Lou failed at his job in pretty much every possible way in 2009. Essentially he repeated the behavior that got him out of Tampa. Manage for a couple of years, and if everything doesn't go right, throw up your hands and say "what can I do?". Well, do your job, Lou, that's what you can do.
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TRN -- I think Bradley has disrupted other locker rooms in the past. In 2004 Bradley was causing problems in the Cleveland locker room during Spring Training. After not hustling in a Spring Training game, Bradley and Eric Wedge got into a verbal sparring match and Bradley was traded before the season started.
The next year in Los Angeles, Bradley verbally went after Jeff Kent (calling him a racist) and was subsequently traded to Oakland.
In the past, Bradley was traded before he could become a distraction in the clubhouse. Piniella had to put up with his crap for the entire season. I can't argue that Piniella handled Bradley correctly, but history would suggest there is no way to handle Bradley that doesn't result in problems.
Re: LolCardinals
well jeff kent...ummmm...
jeff kent is kinda "special" himself. you could count his friends in baseball on 1 hand and i think he prefers it that way.
not trying to excuse milton calling out another player to the press...that's kinda bush...but jeff kent is ummm...yeah. racist might be a bit too far, but he's got a smug superiority complex thing...only kent is confident as hell in his, not edgy as hell like milton's.
Re: LolCardinals
People get in arguments all the time.
You've got a pretty big factual error in your summary. This is the first time that Bradley didn't last a season with a team - other than the Pads who knew they were getting him as a rental and didn't have a DH slot for him following his ACL surgery.
Re: LolCardinals
I worded that poorly. I knew that Bradley lasted more that a season with his previous teams. My point was that once the problems arose in Cleveland and LA, he was traded quickly rather than allowed to disrupt the clubhouse.
Re: LolCardinals
Yes, but he was traded for guys like Zach Day, Franklin Guiterrez and Andre Either.
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Gary Sheffield
Jeff Kent
Sammy Sosa
Milton Bradley
Which of these is not like the other?
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To channel Dennis Green: "Milton was who we THOUGHT he was!"
If Bradley's behavior was a surprise to anyone, that's their fault for being an ignorant rube. He's a selfish dick, and has always been a selfish dick. This year, he was a selfish dick who couldn't drive in runs -- that, too, is not new.
And, yes, stat-heads, RBIs do matter. For anyone who ever watched Corey Patterson bat with the bases loaded -- certain hitters choke with men on base -- they get over-anxious, expand the strike zone, swing a bad pitches, or, in MB's case, hope for a walk and take a called 3rd strike. Check out MB's BA with RISP.
That he was able to scam Hendry into a $30MM deal is Hendry's fault for being a naive fool. That Milton couldn't perform when passionate fans were watching was, well, ultimately predictable.
Hendry is a fault here. Milton was the same guy he has always been, and Lou couldn't be expected to magically make him a good guy and supportive teammate.
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I'll see your Bradley plus Clutch-hitting and raise you politics.
But seriously, I agree. Bradley is a dick. Hendry is a dunderhead for signing him. Find a way to trade him and let's move on.
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You know, I pretty much have to agree with the assessment that Bradley didn't do shit with runners on base in 2009... but when I was looking up team MVP I noticed something interesting:
Clutch: "A measurement of how much better or worse a player does in high leverage situations than he would have done in a context neutral environment."
Soriano: 1.62
Bradley: -.03
Fukudome: -.55
Scales: -.80
Theriot: -1.08
Fontenot: -1.33
Lee: -1.45
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DLee 2009:
2 outs/RISP: 59 PA, 3HR, 28 RBI, .320/.424/.1024
Late and Close: 97 PA, 5HR, 8 RBI, .302/.381/.512
2 outs/RISP:58 PA, 1 HR, 10 RBI, .203/.379/.311
Late and Close: 74 PA, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .193/.361/.246
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That is a lame stat. Like whoa.
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I know there's been a lot of stat voodoo going on with defense and a player's defensive abilities lately, what's the current, best stat for player defense at a position?
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When questioned on UZR, Lichtman said the standard deviation was like 5, if memory serves. So you can be 99% confident that the scores reflect the actual players values within +- margin of 15. The vast majority of players scores are between 15 and -15.
It's pretty crap.
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A conversation about UZR and standard deviation, on a discussion board
I had no idea the standard deviations were that extreme.
Defensive metrics really do suck...
No, that's the standard deviation for the each position, not the standard deviation for repeated measurement of a a player. Of course if you take +/- 3 sd of the population it includes pretty much the whole population, but that's not what your interested in. I don't know what the correct value is, but this ain't it.
Re: UZR
Hmmm.... looking at UZR/150 distribution of OUTFIELDERS for the last 3 years worth of statistics (rounded to the nearest 5), you see a nice bell curve distribution.
Actually you see a valley in the middle which usually indicates two seperate bell curves overlapped. This isn't too surprising as teams will have those Adam Dunn-style outfielders who are out their because they slug the ball and outfielders who are playing because of their plus-defense. This should present itself as two overlapping bell curves, one just below the zero mark and one just above and that's what you see.
I won't dig into this anymore and I have no reason to doubt this Lichtman feller, I'm sure he's way more involved with this stuff than I am, but I'm satisfied enough with it to use UZR for my own purposes.
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One more thought: One COULD think of the Adam Dunns of the world and the BJ Uptons of the world as two separate groups: Offensive outfielders and defensive outfielders. If you were to do that and determine deviance for each group independently I think you would find far less deviance from the mean.
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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 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
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.
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Women should be able to serve in priesthood
Some of the decisions made by the Vatican are disappointing and discouraging. On the one hand, the Vatican is now allowing selected married Anglican priests who choose to convert to Catholicism to become ordained Catholic priests. On the other hand, the Vatican will not allow celibate nuns who have the calling to become ordained priests. Married male priests versus celibate nun priests; what a pity they cannot both serve God in the priesthood.
In a 1994 apostolic letter, Pope John Paul II declared that the church has "no authority" to ordain women. Who gave the church authority to ordain men? Maybe they were men who believed they had the authority of God on earth. I suspect God is being misinterpreted.
I applaud the conviction of former Mary-knoll priest Roy Bourgeois not to recant his support for women's ordination, as reported in the Feb. 16 News.
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A day before Thanksgiving, with Harper on the couch enjoying a rare moment of peace at home, Jamie Reed gave thanks that she could raise her son in a world without Facebook, cellphones or even a TV.
Those things would have exacerbated Harper's rebelliousness. Just imagine, for instance, when Harper was a teenager. He created a level on the demonic video game Doom that was patterned after the inside of Greeley Central, where he went to school. It wasn't a secret. His friends knew about it. But it wasn't public knowledge.
Today? He'd post it on Facebook, and authorities would have looked at that, glanced over his wild hair, large earrings that hang in a double loop and grimaced at his coarse language and probably expelled him. Who knows what would follow? Jamie isn't sure she wants to know the answer.
Instead, Harper was a big reason why President Obama's team had the most technologically advanced presidential campaign in history, and reporters took notice. Harper, 34, was written about almost as much as Obama himself, with profiles in Mother Goose, the Chicago Tribune and The Atlantic magazine, among others, and political reporters swooned over his edginess in a world dominated by stuffiness.
His parents, Jamie and Steve, are just as proud of who he is as what he's done. They should be. Harper believes they're the ones responsible for it.
Harper's look today evolved from his teenage years, when he had hair that changed colors more often than a chameleon, from blue to green to whatever. His parents raised their sons to be individuals and, as Harper put it, "not say 'Yes' easily." When their TV broke when Harper was 3, they didn't replace it. The only times they had it in the house were when they rented one over Christmas so Harper or his brother, Dylan, now 31, could watch the Grinch or when the Gulf War broke out. They played music all day instead and had long conversations. They got a computer when Harper was just a kid, and he spent far more time on it, in his parents' room, than they did. He began "practicing" (some would call it hacking) when most kids were watching cartoons.
"He would crash it many times," Jamie said. "But we knew he could fix it."
Jamie said Harper could have gone either way, maybe even a scary way, but Harper disagreed. He loves to joke about his "weird" parents, saying things like "I never had a chance to be normal," but they loved him, and he knew that, he said. He was prom king and president of the student council at Central. He was well-liked and never bullied. He created that level on Doom with his friends because they were in the school 10 hours a day. It was fun.
Rather than let his rebellious nature overtake him, he put it to use. He got the job with Obama's campaign because of his ability to think differently. He worries about today's generation because the computers of choice, the tablets and cellphones, can't be manipulated the way personal computers could in his day. It's harder to be a pioneer, when in his day, the burgeoning Internet spawned thousands of them, he said.
Harper was famous for his work as chief technology officer with threadless.com before Obama's campaign approached him for the same position. From his base in Chicago, he led a team of 40 to run the back-end technology of the campaign. The centerpiece of that was Dashboard, a site created by Harper and his team that connected volunteers.
Volunteers still knocked on doors and made fundraising calls. But rather than make those blindly, Dashboard targeted people. For instance, under that system, veterans could call other veterans, and volunteers could avoid staunch Republicans. They also knew where to put their resources to get Obama voters to the polls and sway independent voters or win them back. It might sound simple, but all that adds up.
Many praised Harper for his innovation as a manager as well. He created "fail" days to force his team to learn how to deal with the inevitable crash when it did happen. He spent three of these days, as he put it in the Atlantic article, "destroying everything we had built."
Harper appeared to need the downtime at his parents' Greeley home just before Thanksgiving. He still works for the campaign, though things are obviously much easier now. The campaign was the first time in his life he'd felt stress, and it wasn't the work. It was the stakes.
Though he hadn't volunteered for a campaign, Harper is an active Democrat, and he didn't want to blow the election. The worst thing he could do at Threadless was spoil a birthday or holiday because they didn't have a T-shirt in time. Harper spent a little too much time thinking about the Supreme Court justices and other ramifications of failing.
"And this was the first time I no longer had complete control of an outcome," he said. "You could do a great job, and it may not matter."
Despite those stakes, Harper reveled in smashing the "uniform" of the campaign. All workers, he said, seemed to wear a blue, button-down shirt and wrinkle-free khakis every day. He chose T-shirts, maybe one that showed his affinity for hip-hop or death and doom metal, and wore his wild hair, the kind they wear in Whoville, and large hoop earrings in both lobes.
Harper once helped on a job for his father, who owns Property Technica, a real estate company in Greeley. Steve took him aside and asked him why he looked like a jerk, only he didn't use the word jerk. He used a somewhat more profane description, but it was mild by Harper's standards, who will drop F-bombs in front of anyone, including his mother. He was wearing baggy pants and a Marilyn Manson T-shirt. Harper didn't have an answer for his father, but he has one now.
The first answer is easier: His look is his brand now. He doesn't know what he will do, but he thinks he'll start a company with his friends, and people know him by his image.
The second is a little more thoughtful. Even if he admits he may look like "an idiot" at times, that look is who he is. He's had some offers to speak in countries or at organizations that would require him to wear a suit and perhaps not swear. Harper didn't think it was worth it.
Even if his clothes frustrated his parents every once in a great while, they bought them for him. They gave him that weird name because they wanted him to be an individual, he said. Even from birth, he really never did have a chance to be normal. And that gave him a chance to one day be special.
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Police were searching for a man who they said broke into an Oklahoma City home and kidnapped a woman Saturday night.
Investigators said two people with guns entered a home in the 16300 block of Okalee Lane and kidnapped a woman inside about 11:20 p.m. Saturday.
One of the kidnappers was found and arrested nearby after a search, police said.
The kidnapped woman was found in the 2600 block of Featherstone Drive about an hour later, according to police.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
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A three-year-old boy who wandered away from his Crane Place home drowned about 1 p.m. Thursday in a backyard pool on Cowper Circle in the Town of Tonawnanda.
Police withheld the name of the boy, but they said he was given emergency CPR when found in the pool.
The boy was pronounced dead at Kenmore Mercy Hospital.
Authtories said in a statement released Friday that an investigation was underway but "there are no indications that this was anything other than a tragic accident."


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An Altoona man faces a laundry list of felony sex crime counts after police said he sexually assaulted two young girls in separate incidents.
Allegheny Township police arrested Philip Reid McCready, 35, of 1417 Third Ave., Wednesday morning on charges he had sex with the two girls, one who was 7 years old at the time of alleged assault and another who police said was between 1 and 3 years old.
"It's bogus," said McCready when asked of the allegations as he was led from a brief appearance before Magisterial District Judge Steven Jackson, who was holding hearings at Altoona's Central Court on Fourth Street on Wednesday because of the July 4 holiday.
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Philip McCready, 35, of Altoona is escorted from Central Court on Fourth Street by Allegheny Township police Sgt. Leo Berg (left) and Chief P. Richard Books after his arraignment Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted two young girls.
"I haven't seen those people in three years," McCready said.
According to McCready's arrest papers, allegations surfaced in October 2010 that McCready sexually abused the 7-year-old girl. During the ensuing investigation, the girl told police that McCready abused her at a home in Allegheny Township on several occasions in 2009 and that the abuse included having sex with the girl and forcing her to perform oral sex, according to the charges.
In interviews with police, the girl referred to the abuse as the "bad thing" McCready did to her and was able to provide details of the abuse, including that she had told him to stop and that it hurt, the affidavit of probable cause in the case shows. McCready allegedly told her she had to keep it a secret and he would be mad if she told, police note.
During a forensic interview at the Children's Resource Center in Harrisburg in April 2012, the girl allegedly told a story police say was consistent with her original allegations.
In June 2012, police learned of another possible victim, records indicate. In that case, McCready is accused of sexually assaulting a girl between March 2005 and October 2007, when the girl was between the ages of 1 and 3.
According to police, the abuse occurred in the Willowbrook Trailer Court, at McCready's parents' home, and allegedly involved sex with the girl. The girl was interviewed in August 2012, and allegedly told police as well as a Children, Youth and Families supervisor of the abuse. Police said the girl was treated for a sexually transmitted disease in 2007 and that afterward began to "act out more and more."
During McCready's arraignment, Allegheny Township police told Judge Jackson that McCready had a criminal history that included charges of the "same nature."
"No, it was not of the same nature," McCready countered. "It was statutory assault when I was 18 with a 14-year-old."
McCready told Jackson he was married with two children ages 3 and 5, has mental health issues and was currently receiving Social Security payments because he was disabled.
"I thought all this got settled when CYS got involved with this," said McCready, adding he hadn't heard anything more about the allegations for several years.
In all, McCready is charged with four counts of rape of a child, seven counts involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a person younger than 13, three counts false imprisonment, four counts indecent assault of a person younger than 13, corruption of minors and related charges stemming from the two incidents.
Jackson set bail at $75,000 cash on each of the two cases and scheduled a preliminary hearing for July 11. McCready remains in Blair County Prison in lieu of bail.
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At the family-run Milillo's Pizza & Italian Restaurant in Altoona, the Golden Rule, well, rules.
Cook Dina Milillo said in a thick Italian accent that the eatery located off Falon Lane in the Logan Towne Center takes pride in serving fresh ingredients to its customers and quotes the Golden Rule of doing to others what you would want done for you.
"Because when I go eat some place, I would like to eat something fresh," she said. "I don't like some frozen microwave stuff, so I feel that the people will enjoy [fresh] too."
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Owners Carlo and Dina Milillo pose in the kitchen of Milillo's Pizza &?Italian Restaurant in Altoona.
Dina runs the family-owned restaurant with her husband, Carlo, and their son, Marco, 26, who also cooks at the restaurant.
A recent Friday afternoon found several tables full of people, including children and teens, ordering from the menu that offers southern Italian food from the family's hometown region of Puglia.
"That's what we do, authentic south Italian food. South Italy food," Carlo said, in a thick Italian accent.
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Hours: 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 12 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
Price range: $2.99-$20.99
Specialties: Homemade manicotti, lasagna, Milillo's linguine
Capacity: 72 seats
Atmosphere: casual dining
Details: They are also available for catering. A Wednesday special offers two large pizzas with one topping each and a 2-liter of soda for $22.
The family moved to the United States in 1989, he said. They lived in Queens, New York, for several years before moving to Long Island. In 2009, they moved to Altoona and got into the restaurant business with Milillo's.
Dina is not a chef, but rather a cook, and wants the customers to feel at home, she said.
"I cook like at home. We always had [these] big dinners every weekend with family and friends, so me cooking for a lot of people is not a big thing. I know that and I want them to feel like we used to be at home. A home thing, not those fancy sophisticated places where you have to watch how you sit and you dress," she said.
"I want them to bring the kids and feel like a family. That's my goal. And I'm happy when they say, 'Ah, the soup was just like my mother used to do it.' I like that. Because that's how I actually cook."
She does not use preservatives or MSG, she said, noting she isn't sure what MSG is.
Carlo said he is a fan of his wife's cooking, which she does at home too. They bake homemade bread 10 to 15 times a day at the restaurant, he said.
The menu offers a variety of options, including appetizers such as baked clams and hand-stuffed mushrooms; soups such as Pasta Faggioli made with 16 different beans; chicken and steak salads; filled pastas such as three-cheese ravioli and Asiago gnocchi; meals such as Penne Puttanesca, Fettuccine Alfredo and Chicken Parmigiana, and Milillo's Linguine made with mussels, clams and shrimp that are cooked in a garlic-butter wine sauce and served with linguine. The dessert menu offers such sweet treats as cannolis and cheesecake.
They serve homemade Manicotti stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, parmesan and herbs and baked with their homemade marinara sauce, according to Carlo and the menu.
Their homemade Lasagna offers layers of meat sauce and cheeses. Their fresh salmon is marinated with Italian herbs, and brushed with extra virgin olive oil.
Upon request, the restaurant also started offering gluten-free bread, pizza and pastas.
While the flour used for the bread is bought locally, the gluten-free pasta comes from New York, Carlo said.
Marco, who speaks with a New York accent, used to work in a New York Italian fine dining restaurant. He enjoys the challenge of feeding customers, he said.
"The ... busier they are, the more of a challenge it is," he said. "I get happy when it's complicated. It makes me want to work harder, I guess."
A good meal is made with one's "whole effort" and "love," he said.
Chad Detwiler of Hollidaysburg enjoys the large portions he gets at a low cost, he said, while dining at the restaurant Friday with his wife, Lindsay, who said she likes the restaurant's house dressing.
Shannon Hancuff of Hollidaysburg, who had met her friend, Leighann Kozak of Altoona, for lunch, eats at the restaurant about every other month, she said.
"It's a nice location," Kozak said.
On Friday, the two spilt a turkey sub and a stromboli.
Hancuff likes Milillo's "because of the authentic Italian food," she said.
"I've had the stromboli here and the pizza, and this is the first time I've had the turkey sub," Kozak said. "It was good."
"I've never had anything bad here," Hancuff said. "It's all good."
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
The Pinewood boys' soccer team clinched a region championship last week when it beat Hilton Head Prep 4-0.
Freshman Dehlon Brooks scored two of the Panther goals and Max Jaskwhich and Jake Wall had the others.
Pinewood knew going into the game that if they could score at least two goals and have a shut out then they would be region champions. They did just that securing the region for the 10th consecutive year.
"I am happy that we won the region but we still have a long way to go," Pinewood coach Enrique Rodriquez said. "The win against Hilton Head Prep was a team effort and I like how we are working for each other."
A few days later the Pinewood boys finished the regular season by pounding Wilson Hall 6-0. It was appropriate that on senior night it would be two seniors that would score all the goals. Jake Wall scored four and Jarrett Londergan scored two. It was a full team contribution and the team played some nice soccer.
Pinewood entered the playoffs as the No. 1 seed and played the quarterfinal at home on Monday against Heathwood Hall. The score was unavailable at press time.
The Pinewood Varsity Softball team defeated Northwood Academy 4-1 last week to claim Pinewood's first softball region championship.
Sophomore Rebekah Detoma led the team going 2 for 3 at the plate and driving in two RBIs to seal the victory over The Chargers.
"The team's main goal for the year was to bring home a region championship and now that they have that under their belt it is on to their next, a state title," Panther coach Chris Cusack said.
The softball team heads to the state finals this weekend.
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Randolph County Sheriff's Office deputies are combing the area for an Elkins man they believe shot another man in the back of the head while riding in a car Monday.
The suspect, Wade Allen Raese, 30, is considered armed and dangerous, officials said.
Randolph County Sheriff Mark Brady told The Inter-Mountain that at about 8:30 p.m. Monday deputies were dispatched by the Randolph County 911 Center to Davis Memorial Hospital in reference to a man suffering from a gun shot wound to the head.
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Brady said hospital staff identified the victim as Earl Young. Officers located an acquaintance of Young in the waiting room of the hospital, who gave officers the victim's full name, Ryan Earl Young, Brady said.
Young was later transported to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, Brady said. His condition was unknown at presstime.
"The acquaintance further stated that Wade Raese shot the victim inside of a vehicle they were all three in driving in Highland Park," Brady said.
"The acquaintance stated they were driving in the motor vehicle when the victim was in the passenger seat and Wade Raese was in the backseat, behind the victim, and did shoot the victim." Brady added that the acquaintance was driving the vehicle.
Brady said officers were "searching everywhere" and attempting to locate Raese's friends. Brady said the type of firearm used in the alleged shooting was still unknown.
Anyone with any information is asked to call the Randolph County Sheriff's Office at 304-636-2111, the tipline at 304-636-TIPS (8477) or, in an emergency situation, 911.
Information about Young's age or where he is from was not released by police.


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Noted Hurricane Expert Kerry Emanuel has publicly reversed his stance on the impact of Global Warming on Hurricanes. Saying "The models are telling us something quite different from what nature seems to be telling us," Emanuel has released new research indicating that even in a rapidly warming world, hurricane frequency and intensity will not be substantially affected.
"The results surprised me," says Emanuel, one of the media's most quoted figures on the topic.
The view that global warming has limited impact on hurricane strength has been previously reported in numerous DailyTech articles.
Emanuel, professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT, is the author of numerous books and research papers on climate change. For over twenty years, he has argued that global warming breeds more frequent and stronger storms. In fact, his 1987 paper is often cited as the first appearance of the theory itself.
His 2005 research -- published just one month before Hurricane Katrina struck -- made world headlines, and was heralded as the "final proof" that Global Warming was already having severe impacts on daily lives. Overnight, Emanuel became a media darling. The following year, Time Magazine named him to their "100 People Who Shape Our World" list.
In 2006, Al Gore used an image of a smokestack spawning a hurricane to promote his movie, An Inconvenient Truth.
Emanuel's newest work, co-authored with two other researchers, simulates hurricane conditions nearly 200 years in the future. The research -- the first to mesh global climate models with small-scale high-resolution simulations of individual storms -- found that while storm strength rises slightly in some areas, it falls in others -- and the total number of worldwide storms actually declines slightly.
Emanuel's reversal is certain to reverberate through political circles as well; many politicians and candidates are using the hurricane threat to compel action on climate change.
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Earlier this week, Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, said the recession was "very likely over" but that the unemployment rate would likely still go up. There's a lot of talk about a "jobless" recovery, that is a recovery in which new jobs aren't created, with the unemployment rate not falling back to the normal 5% for at least another four years. Bernanke specifically said that the recession was likely over from a technical perspective, which is to say that we'll probably still feel like a recession even if we don't have two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth.
So I wanted to know from you – do you think the recession is over? It's one thing to look at "statistics" and declare victory, it's another to look people in the eye and tell them that the recession is over.
Personally, I think that you can throw technical out the window because regular people don't really care. Until people stop being afraid they'll lose their jobs because of the economy, the recession isn't going to be over. There have been a lot of positive things about this recession – Americans are repaying debt and saving more, frugality has made a resurgence, and there's been a greater emphasis on emergency funds.
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The holiday season, which is winding down, always seems to arrive faster than we expect, but once it's over, the next three months drag as though they will never come to an end.
This is winter in northeast Ohio and unless you are a gardener lucky enough to escape to a sunnier climate, like the rest of us, you are probably trying to find ways to get through the next quarter-year without suffering cabin fever.
So what does a gardener do when they can't garden? As early as December, the seed catalogs begin going out and browsing through their pages is one way a gardener can help pass the time not gardening. The first catalog I received this year was from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. They also can be found online at www.rareseeds.com.
This book has to be my favorite catalog so far. I don't mind browsing Internet sites to find rare seeds, particularly those not found locally, which is how I prefer to shop, but the photos in the Baker Creek book are fit to be framed.
I have an interior decorator friend who specializes in decorating-on-a-dime and one of her favorite ways to spruce up a design is by framing photos from magazines or other sources that would make anyone else think the portrait was purchased that way. When I look at the photos in the Baker Creek catalog, I can't help but wonder how these colorful vegetables would look hanging on my kitchen walls.
This season I am thinking of dabbling in dried beans. When I go to the grocery store and see the bags of dried beans on the shelves, I notice particularly the more colorful beans and wonder where I can get these varieties to grow in my own garden. Baker Creek has them.
Ojo de Cabra, a pole bean whose name translates to "eye of the goat,'' have peaked my curiosity. Sure they also have the old standby, Kentucky Wonder pole bean variety, but they also list beans with names like Rattlesnake pole, Saint-Esprit A Oeil Rouge (Holy Spirit in Red Eye), Good Mother Stallard and Snow Cap.
Moving further into the catalog, I start noticing the cabbage. The husband is not a fan of cabbage unless it is properly fermented into sauerkraut, but that doesn't stop me from growing varieties I can shop into salads. The more colorful the better and I'm beginning to notice names such as Nero Di Toscana (Black Palm Tree), Mammoth Red Rock and Tete Noire.
As I turn the pages, I see cosmic purple carrots, Mexican Sour gherkins, Turkish Orange eggplant that could easily be mistake for tomatoes, and speaking of tomatoes, several pages are dedicated to varieties that are green, orange, pink, purple and even striped. Large Barred Boar tomato is distinctly colored with pinkish- brown and metallic green stripes, while a variety call Pork Chop is described as ''a true yellow that starts off yellow with green stripes that ripen to gold.''
Just when you think you can't fill your wish list with anything else, the vegetable and herb section gives way to flowers. Just because they are heirloom varieties, don't think you've seen many of these in your grandmother's garden. There are giant cockscomb, everlastings that will bloom and look exactly the same when dried as they grew on their stems. There are celosia plumes in colorful pastel shades, hollyhocks with names like Black Currant Whirl, Dwarf Queeny Mixed and Majorette Double Champagne.
And then there is something I've never seen in a catalog before, three full pages of zinnias of all shapes, sizes and colors and wildflowers from Shasta daisies to Dame's Rocket. This is just one catalog. I can't wait to discover what comes next.
After browsing the catalogs and making lists, it will be time to get out the graph paper and work on designs, but that will come later, when the snow is deep and the temperatures are frigid. The physical part of the gardening may be over for the season, but the mental part is just beginning.


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Exfoliative dermatitis is widespread scaling of the skin, often with itching (pruritus), skin redness (erythroderma), and hair loss.
Erythroderma; Dermatitis exfoliativa
This condition may occur in severe cases of many common skin conditions, such as eczema and psoriasis. It is sometimes caused by an allergy to drugs.
A person with severe erythroderma or exfoliative dermatitis often needs hospital care or admission to an intensive-care burn unit.
Habif TP. Exanthems and drug eruptions. In: Habif TP, ed. Clinical Dermatology. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Mosby Elsevier; 2009:chap 14.
Usatine RP, Krejci-Manwaring J. Dermatology. In: Rakel RE, ed. Textbook of Family Medicine. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 33.


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quote: Many people cannot effectively care for themselves let alone another human - so if a few of these inept would-be mothers are SMART enough to acknowledge this and decide to end a pregnancy before it spawns a problem
quote: Furthermore, whether or not it is alive is irrelevant. To humans, the value of life is evaluated on a sliding scale based on relatively ambiguous observations and perceptions. An embryo falls below insects on this scale because an insect is, at least, a fully developed creature.
quote: You said that human life begins when the human in question can survive without the environment provided by the mother's body.
quote: No one agrees that killing a human being not convicted of any crime is moral. It is rather difficult for a fetus to commit a crime.
quote: You are accusing me of judging the value of human life, then you claim that you know what constitutes a life quality index below which death is preferable.
quote: Actually a human being at any stage of it's development is still biologically a human being. Life is a continous process that begins at conception and ends at death
quote: Plopping an embryo on a table and have someone observe it is entirely beside the point. We are not discussing the appearance of a human being, we are talking about what biologically constitutes a human being. Nice red herring.
quote: Actually, whether someone is alive or not is very relevant. Which humans are worth less than others by your ambiguous observations and perceptions? I believe that any member of the species homo sapiens is worth as much as any other. I'm curious to hear which ones you ambiguously perceive to be worth less than others.


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Locally elected and appointed officials voted on the following matters in the past week:
The Senate passed Senate Bill 743 by a vote of 69-27. It would allow for a nationwide Internet sales tax. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Zionzville, voted against; Sen. Bob Casey, D-Scranton, voted in favor.
The House passed House Resolution 1406 by a vote of 223-204. It would allow private-sector employees to take comp time instead of overtime pay. Reps. Thomas A. Marino, R-Cogan Station, and Glenn "GT" Thompson, R-Howard, voted in favor.
The Senate passed Senate Bill 648 by a vote of 49-0. It would exempt a landowner from liability for any unlawful acts committed by a person the landowner allows to take game or wildlife from the landowner's property as long as no fee, payment or gratuity is paid for access to the land. Sen. E. Eugene Yaw, R-Loyalsock Township, voted in favor.
The House passed House Bill 440 by a vote of 129-65. It closes the so-called "Delaware loophole" and begins to reduce corporate net income taxes during a 10-year span beginning in 2015. Reps. Garth Everett-R, Muncy; Rick Mirabito, D-Williamsport; and Matthew E. Baker, R-Wellsboro, voted in favor. Michael K. Hanna Sr., D-Lock Haven, voted no.
The House passed Senate Bill 5 by a vote of 195-0. It is designed to expand and enhance existing resources in the community to provide health care for the uninsured. The legislation would establish a program in the state Department of Health to provide grants to community-based health care
clinics that provide "medical homes" for the uninsured.
The House passed House Bill 468 by a vote of 193-2. It allows for distribution of a property tax rebate to the family of a deceased individual. Everett, Mirabito, Baker and Hanna voted in favor of both House Bill 468 and Senate Bill 5
Lycoming County commissioners voted to eliminate the position of jury commissioner, which will take effect at the end of this year. Commissioners also approved a payment of $11,410 for additional computer software licenses for records management and document scanning purposes at the courthouse. Commissioners Jeff C. Wheeland, Ernie Larson and Tony Mussare voted in favor of all measures.
City Planning Commission voted 4-0 to approve a lot consolidation, subdivision and land development plan by Susquehanna Health as it plans a $33 million health innovation center on the campus of the Williamsport Regional Medical Center this summer. Voting in favor were Chairman Marvin Staiman, Carolyn Bullock, Charles Plankenhorn and Tom Hunsberger. Abstaining was Christopher Keiser. Theresa Williams, William Rischar, Harry Sechler and Sam Washington were absent.
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East Lycoming School District approved a $21.6 million proposed budget for 2013-14. Voting 8-0 were President Richard L. Michael, Donna Gavitt, Richard Bradley, Amy Rogers, Randy Eddinger, Debra Sherlinksi, Diane Santo and Lea Ann Hawk. Kellie Shaner-Gordner was absent.
Williamsport Area School Board voted 8-1 to approve a resolution relative to its proposed final budget for the 2013-14 school year. The proposed general fund budget is available for the public to inspect at the office of the board secretary and the final budget will be adopted at the board's June 18 meeting. Voting in favor were board members Lori Baer, Thomas Zimmerman, David Stone Jr., Jerene Milliken, Karen Confer, Brette Confair, Dr. Jane Penman and Jay Shultz. Board member Dale Vollman voted against the resolution.


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One of over 70 playable Champions from League of Legends. Fiddlesticks's abilities are TERRIFY, which causes the target to run around uncontrollably, DRAIN, which deals magic damage per second to the target and gives it to Fiddlesticks as health, DARK WIND, which silences a target and bounces to a nearby enemy up to 10 times, and CROWSTORM, which takes a 2-second channeling duration before teleporting to target location with a swarm of damaging crows around him. Fiddlesticks is an Ability Power champion and therefore, is quite fragile if you don't build him defensively.
Agh, Fiddlesticks just killed me with his Crowstorm+Flash+Terrify+Drain+Exhaust combo!!
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Like the other definitions, a mild sweary word, but used as a get-out when you start to say "fuck" somewhere you can't. Often has a bit of a stutter at the start. Very similar to "sugar", in the sense Lucinda Green used it on television when a British horse missed a fence at the Olympic showjumping.
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An annoying scarecrow who likes to throw malevolent birds at people in League of Legends. See Crowstorm.
Fiddlesticks mia.
Oh god look out for Crowstorm!
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More laws are not the answer to solve problems
January 24, 2013
On the way to the pro-gun, anti-Manchin rally in Martinsburg (Jan. 19), a woman, probably a part of the counter demonstration, was leavin....
Majoritarian: The 4th amendment protects us from having to give information about our person, papers and property to gov't without a warrant. You are innocent till proven guilty.
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NathanHaleFan, very interesting statement isn't it?
Felons did not loose their rights nationally till 1968.
The biggest threat to liberty really was the ability to drive a vehicle being labeled as a privilege and not a right. Before you think this is a wacko statement, think about it.
Before drivers license, there never existed a national or state requirement for government id.
Except for a few states, you have no obligation to present id to police. The only time you do is to prove you have the permission by the state to drive.
This has destroyed the right to privacy (4th amendment),
The right not to incriminate yourself (5th amendment) because you have to prove your identity to gov't entity.
People are taught just to give gov't what ever it requests all because of drivers licenses.
The reason I make such a big deal is how DL relates to Concealed carry permits. When you have a right to carry, why do you need PERMITssion from the gov't to carry?
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"Glad I have to prove I am innocent of a crime before I can enjoy my right..."
Interesting point. How many other Constitutional rights require you to prove you're not a drug user, criminal, and psycho before you're allowed to exercise those rights? The right to vote? Not really. The "right" to an abortion? The "right" to free cell phones, groceries, & rent? Hmmmm. In order for there to be no double standard with the 2nd Amendment requirement, maybe ALL rights should be dependent on you proving you're not a drug user or criminal or psycho...
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Glad I have to prove I am innocent of a crime before I can enjoy my right to a firearm and to carry it concealed. I don't know what the world would be like if we didn't have mandatory background checks for purchasing weapons. Oh wait, we thrived for hundreds of years before having national background checks...
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Someone mentioned form 4473, which gun dealers must have potential gun buyers fill out, thanks to the Gun Control Act of 1968. Are criminals, drug users, underage people, or certified psychos required to truthfully answer the form's questions about being a criminal, drug user, etc.? NO. In fact, the Supreme Court ruled that it violates a criminal's 5th Amendment right against self-incrimination to require him to tell the truth when answering those questions.
Welcome to the Orwellian society.
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I can tell you all one thing in short.Take our guns and our religious freedom is next.Do you all belive that gun controll is the answer with 300 million out there dont think so,education is the answer not government the rules do not apply to them nothing does.facts.
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..continued.. the CT murdered was known for going into fits of rage if his mother took his shooting games away from him which she did as forms of punishment and he was on SSRIs.
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Let's look at the combination of SSRI (mental drugs) and combat simulations (1st person shooting games).
SSRI alter the serotonin and conversely the melatonin levels in your body. These regulate awareness and sleep. Those on some of these drugs are literally in an awake state of dreaming. I don't know about you but I have had some weird dreams before, thankfully I was asleep and not awake. These drugs are more harmful than they are helpful and it is even written into their side-effects what happened in CT.
This is not a gun control issue, this is a drugged up boy who was trained to kill. When you drug away someone's inhibitions and place them into an altered state of consciousness, what do you expect?
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Haven't you been watching the news squirm ? Nothing has done as much for the profits of the firearms industry as the reaction of the left in calling for more gun control since Newtown. You nuts are the best thing that ever happened to the Second Amendment. You do a far better job of promoting gun ownership than the NRA could ever hope to do.
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Good corporate citizens ?
What about the other "good corporate citizens" of questionable involvement ? You didn't mention the movie industry, television networks, video game industry, theaters, or mental health profession. So you would certainly want them to pitch in too - right ?
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squirm - "And the NRA did not propose a special tax on gun to pay for them ...."
Why sould they ? Guns didn't cause the problem to begin with, any more than a dozen ther factors, so why guns ?
And why not have "willing" citizens "voluntarily" contribute to a fund to purchase the weapons in their school districts ? One mother in Florida is reported to have arranged with off-duty cops to guard her daughter's elementary school at a cost of $12,000 for the remaining school year. You think those with children in school might be willing to scrape together the funds ? And how do you know how much is needed ? If I have to purchase my own weapon for self-defense, why shouldn't a teacher ? Don't like any of these ideas ? Just don't like the idea of armed school personnel ? Then*****it up if, and when, the next 20 kids are sacrificed on the alter of useless ideas.
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But conservatives will not pay to put police in schools, nor will they pay to automate and intergrate fingerprint and police data bases.*****there isn't enough money to process rape kits and put the DNA in the data bases.
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"Feinstein Opens Gun Control Presser with Prayer by Clergyman"
Feinstein looks to a higher power, God bless her.
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"Murder rates." The public is deceived. When a community pleas down a charge on every case, the "murder rate" becomes zero. Rape is downgraded to sexual assault. Altering the status of crimes makes a community appear safer, as the true rates do not show on statistic charts. Granted, manslaughter is easier to prosecute than murder. Criminals look at the charge reductions as a gift. Maybe Chicago has the resources to prosecute aggressively. Our statistics are so far off base. Has anyone ever wondered why a parent beats a child to death and the charges are reduced?
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This addresses a concern I have about when an applicant's transaction is delayed and a final status decision cannot be rendered within the allotted three-business day time frame. Typically in this situation, a FFL is legally permitted to transfer the firearm at their discretion so long as no other restrictions exist.
However, what happens on day four or five when a final status decision has been made and the purchaser has possession of the firearm already? I'd like to see some statistics showing just how many times this has occurred.
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Squirm: One possible solution (just a thought)is to relieve FFL's of the duty of having to submit an applicant's application to purchase a firearm. This task could then be completed by local LEA's with the help of the ATF to insure information presented by an applicant is accurate and that the applicant can legally purchase said firearm(s) before he/she enters the store. In addition, make fingerprint cards a requirement for all firearm purchases because NICS background checks are name-based only and dependent upon descriptive information entered on the form which anyone can falsify. Upon approval, the ATF/LEA's could then issue an authorization to purchase, much like NY does, at which point the applicant would be given 30 days to make their purchase by presenting said authorization to the FFL. Just pay and go.
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Surely this letter's author has looked at history and seen how passing laws against drugs and prohibiting alcohol worked splendidly toward reducing them and their accompanying violence!
How could they be against adding more laws to ban firearms from law-abiding citizens?!?
P.S. That was sarcasm, in case my "Progressive" comrades didn't get it...
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"That's what Mr. Manchin thinks." Another mind reader among us.
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Fly, You have fallen victim to media bias and propaganda. Did you hear of the 12 year old girl who saved herself by shooting an intruder, a guy with a record of attacking girls? You didn't? That's because it doesn't fit the media narrative. I don't suppose you'd tell the girl's parents that their daughter has no right to defend herself. That's what Mr. Manchin thinks.
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Why are we constantly hearing "law abiding citizen" yet never hear about "irresponsible gun owners"? 5 people accidently shot at gun shows over the weekend and nary a word about irresponsibility. This last incident was carried out by someone who got the guns from a "law abiding citizen". When some humility is expressed, then you can be taken a bit more seriously.
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Really, you wrote this?
"but liberals do not want police in schools. Why? Do they want more kids killed to justify laws that don't work?"
You are a disgusting human being.
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EDITOR'S NOTE: Rich Roll, a California-based entertainment attorney and ultra triathlete, has become one of the principal advocates for vegan diet among endurance athletes in the U.S. Roll was a swimmer at Stanford University, but after college hung up the goggles. At 40, he was 50 pounds overweight, stressed and exhausted. He became a vegan and started training for triathlons.
Within years, he was a top finisher at the three-day endurance challenge, the Ultraman World Championships, with a 6.2-mile swim on Day One, a 170-mile bike race on Day Two and a 52-mile run on Day Three. In 2010, he finished the Epic5 Challenge, which involved completing five Ironman-distance triathlons on five islands of Hawaii in five consecutive days.
Now 46, Roll detailed his experiences in the 2012 book, "Finding Ultra," and will give a talk at 4:45 p.m. today at the College of Charleston School of Sciences and Mathematics Building, Room 129. It is free and open to the public.
Q: Along with ultra runner Scott Jurek, you've become a principal voice of eating a vegan diet for en- durance ath- letes. How did that transpire?
A: I wasn't exactly vegan overnight. I started with a juice cleanse, and as a result ... I felt incredible. I couldn't believe how much better I felt. My wife is into yoga and holistic health and more progressive lifestyle methods.
It was pretty radical for me to try something like that. I didn't think it would have much of an impact on how I felt. It hammered home the idea of what you eat and how you feel — imagine that.
When I finished that and it came time to start eating, I first started eating a vegetarian diet but I really didn't do it right. You know, I was eating a lot of dairy, processed food, and figured out I could eat french fries and still be vegetarian. So it came as a shock that my energy level went down again.
After about six months of that, I was kind of ready to throw in the towel and forget about the whole experiment. But ... I wondered what would happen if I took the dairy and processed foods out of it. I did that to prove that it wouldn't work and not make a difference. But about seven days after that, I felt as good as I felt in the final days of that juice cleanse. So it was about a six-month learning curve until I locked into this way of eating.
Q: I'm sure you have endurance athletes ask how you do it. People think you have to eat beef and drink whey protein shakes to repair your body. How do you respond?
A: I think that the first thing I always do is that I'm not here to tell you what you should or shouldn't do, but I'm just here to show you what I did and that I feel great and continued to get stronger and faster.
The bottom line is that you don't have to eat the way you have always been eating.
Also, you have to look at all the marketing and that you have to eat red meat to be strong. Who's behind the messaging? It's the powerful meat and dairy lobbies, especially now because people are discovering that it's healthier to eat plant-based.
They are dialing in their marketing messages to hold on to share and that you have to continue to eat their foods to be a strong athlete.
But I'm saying that's not necessarily the case. I think a lot of people look at myself, maybe Scott (Jurek), and others, and what we are doing despite their vegan diet. I'm actually doing this because of my plant-based diet.
I would not have even attempted to do all these things had I not changed my diet and felt energized. I believe my plant-based diet allows me to train harder and faster.