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Monday, February 25, 2013
March of Dimes Excited for a Huge Year - From tackling polio to preventing premature births, the March of Dimes has promoted the health of children across the United States since 1938. And as the national organization celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, Trident Health's top leaders are chairing the April 27 March for Babies in Charleston, a 3-mile walk at Cannon Park. "Each year more than 4 million babies are born in the United States, and the March of Dimes helped each and every one of them through vaccines, research, education and breakthroughs," says Trident Health President and CEO Todd Gallati. "Raising money for March for Babies is important for families and businesses alike. Together we are raising money to continue to help more babies be born full-term and healthy!" Chairing the campaign this year with Gallati is Lou Caputo, CEO of Summerville Medical Center. "It has been an eye-opening experience to learn more about the incredible work that March of Dimes does and also to see those in community who are willing to put the time, effort and dollars in to support such a great organization. Many of the folks who have been involved in years past have stepped forward again and have increased their pledges to raise even more funds, while new organizations are also coming on board." The local campaign officially kicked off Feb. 5 in the classrooms at Trident Medical Center. Team captains and participants from Trident Health as well as other groups in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester counties "packed the house," says Caputo. "Working with Todd and Lou has been an amazing experience," says Meredith Repik, executive director of the March of Dimes in the Lowcountry. "They have really taken this under their arms and have moved forward with the campaign." Trident Health is one of the major corporate sponsors donating $10,000 or more this year, while the organization hopes to see its employees collect an additional $18,000. To be sure, Gallati and Caputo will "walk the walk" with each CEO forming a team of participants and setting a personal fund-raising goal. Overall, the Charleston March for Babies aims to raise $450,000 this year, compared to roughly $410,000 in 2011. Money raised will go to the South Carolina Chapter of the March of Dimes, which invests in research grants and community services statewide to prevent birth defects and infant death, reduce the premature birth rate, increase access to prenatal care and educate healthcare providers and women about having healthy babies. The March of Dimes started in 1938, toward the end of the Depression, when President Franklin Roosevelt established the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, a partnership of scientists and volunteers to conquer the polio virus, which crippled and killed many children. "We could ask people to send their dimes directly to the White House," comedian Eddie Cantor said. "We could call it the March of Dimes." When Dr. Jonas Salk developed a polio vaccine that was available by the mid-1950s, the March of Dimes expanded its mission to prevent birth defects and infant mortality. In recent years, the organization has sought to prevent premature births, including an education campaign that encourages women to see their pregnancies through to at least 39 weeks for healthy development of their babies, rather than scheduling elective deliveries for convenience. To register for the April 27 March for Babies in Charleston, go to www.marchforbabies.org. Or contact Meredith Repik at 843-614-3355 or email@example.com. Callout: "Together we are raising money to continue to help more babies be born full-term and healthy!"- Todd Gallati, President & CEO, Trident Health
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Arizona's S.B. 1070: Separating Fact from Fiction
Carissa Byrne Hessick
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill - School of Law
1 Law Journal for Social Justice 44 (2011)
When Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signed the legislation commonly referred to as Senate Bill 1070 into law, she sparked a firestorm of controversy in the local and national media. Commentators and activists on both sides of the immigration debate fanned the flames of that controversy by giving starkly different accounts of what the legislation contained and what its effects were likely to be. This short commentary identifies a number of examples where the public discussion of S.B. 1070 is incomplete or inaccurate.
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Keywords: Immigration, S.B. 1070, Arizona, Fact Check
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The Peace Corps is retiring its Master's International graduate school program. Students beginning PCMI by fall 2016 will still be able to participate. If you are interested, please apply to the Institute before July 10, our final deadline for a fall 2016 start.
Peace Corp Master's International (PCMI)
Available to Fall and Spring incoming students, the PCMI program uniquely prepares students to fulfill challenging Peace Corps field assignments in developing countries. While attaining a Master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) and carrying out the Peace Corps mission, students gain valuable leadership experience.
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- PCMI students typically enroll for two to three semesters on the MIIS campus to complete core classes, focused electives and foreign language requirements (if required).
- PCMI students then fulfill 27 months of Peace Corps service (3 months of training in country followed by 24 months of service).
- Upon completion of service, MPA PCMI students return to the MIIS campus to complete a capstone project and other courses needed for graduation.
The Peace Corps Assignment
MPA Peace Corps volunteers work with local, national, or international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that deal with youth, social services, community asset-based development, or the environment. Typical projects include:
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- Increasing the quality and effectiveness of an NGO's services
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During their Peace Corps service, students maintain contact with a MIIS faculty advisor as they conduct research and gather information for a Capstone Project related to their Peace Corps assignment. The Capstone Project is presented in the student's final semester in order to meet the Institute's MPA degree requirements. Capstone project planning begins in the first semester of study and is overseen by a faculty advisor. Students will then conduct research for their Capstone while on assignment, ensuring that the academic work is related to the successful completion of their Peace Corps mission.
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There were some anti-York songs in there too. Last night was a great chance for the fans to big up their own club on live TV, but instead they have a go at other clubs. Do any Leeds Rhino's fans actually know Hunslet even exist?
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NORTHAMPTON – Cooley Dickinson Hospital's Radiation Oncology program has again earned accreditation by the American College of Radiology (ACR), a national organization serving more than 32,000 diagnostic and interventional radiologists, radiation oncologists, and nuclear medicine and medical physicists. The process involved submitting 60 medical records for quality assurance review and an onsite interview.
This is the second consecutive time the department has earned a three-year accreditation. The Radiation Oncology program is part of Cooley Dickinson's Cancer Care program. Radiation oncology therapy is one phase of a multidisciplinary approach to treating a patient living with a cancer diagnosis.
Cooley Dickinson's Radiation Oncology program is accredited through 2016.
Based in Reston, Virginia, ACR is a national organization that focuses on the practice of medical imaging and radiation oncology and the delivery of comprehensive health care services.
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Eva Longoria celebrated turning 36 this week with parties, celebrity pals – and new love Eduardo Cruz.
The recently divorced Desperate Housewives star, whose birthday was Tuesday, has been spending more and more time with Cruz, 26, baby brother of Penélope Cruz.
Over the weekend, Longoria threw a 1920s-themed bash where pals, including Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem, Kim Kardashian, Heidi Klum and Kanye West, turned up in full flapper regalia.
"Eva and Eduardo were so cute," a source tells PEOPLE of the couple's canoodling at the party. "They were kissing and making out all night. He's so genuine."
Adds the source: "It was such a low-key intimate party. Eva had an amazing night with her closest friends. It was maybe 40 people."
Kardashian, for one, had a good time. She posted a photo of her and Klum in costume and Tweeted, "Me and my girl Heidi Klum getting [our] gangster on! I love this 20's era!"
Next up on the Longoria birthday event calendar: A day at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure park with Cruz and a large group of family members on Tuesday. They took a sneak peek at construction progress on the new attraction, "The Little Mermaid – Ariel's Undersea Adventure."
"She was all smiles and looked gorgeous on her birthday," says an onlooker of Longoria, who was spotted laughing, smiling and cuddling with Cruz during the visit.
From there, the gang headed over to nearby Buca di Beppo in Anaheim, where they dined on calamari, margherita pizza, fettuccine alfredo and baked ziti.
Cruz and Longoria, who were "very affectionate and seemed to be having a great time," according to a source, capped the evening off with a brownie sundae.
But wait, there's more: Longoria took to her Facebook page to reveal yet another birthday celebration. "Thank you everyone for the wonderful bday wishes! I'm celebrated with my family at the happiest place on earth! Disneyland!"
"But," she added, "the real celebration will be in Vegas this weekend at Eve and Beso at City Center Friday Night! See you there!"
With reporting by JENNIFER GARCIA and MARK GRAY
Eva Longoria Rings in 36th Birthday with New Love Eduardo Cruz


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Nearly eight years after the U.S. FDA's landmark guidance on process analytic technology (PAT), implementation remains slow and uneven, leading some to ask when this initiative will achieve the broad improvements originally promised.
After an initial flurry of articles from major drug firms, and countless conferences devoted to PAT, implementation seems to have barely begun, and the technologies employed do not inspire awe. "Too many groups are still just thinking about it," observes Justin Neway, Ph.D., CSO at Aegis Analytical.
PAT has probably made a difference in improving process understanding and product quality, but Dr. Neway admits that "not enough hard data is publicly available to know for certain." More useful, he believes, has been wider adoption of quality-by-design (QbD) principles, which work by "leveraging existing data without spending money and time on real-time instrumentation that may not be needed."
FDA did not respond to interview requests on the effectiveness of its PAT initiative.
Some PAT projects appear promising during process development, but never make it past that point. Patricia Andres, Ph.D., director of drug development at contract development firm SSCI, uses measurements of turbidity, temperature, and Raman analysis in designing crystallization processes for active pharmaceutical ingredients, but is unaware of analytic technology being passed down to manufacturing. "I believe that technology transfer to manufacturing may be an issue," she admits. "It would take a lot of effort for something that would only be used a few times."
Emil Ciurczak, who heads Doramaxx Consulting, a firm specializing in near-infrared analytics, says that even success of individual projects does not guarantee that PAT becomes part of the pharma/biotech DNA. He observes that even companies that reduce manufacturing times substantially by implementing analytics often drop the ball with later projects.
"They're afraid of seeing what they're going to see, of what's really wrong or can go wrong with their process," he explains. "They'd rather shoot craps and hope nothing shows up."
Then there's the regulatory uncertainty angle, which has plagued PAT since its original promulgation in 2003. "Manufacturers are still quite wary about adopting new technology and having to document it to regulators. It happened during the 1970s with HPLC, and it's happening now with PAT," Ciurczak says.
Speaking of HPLC, the workhorse analytic tool of pharma/biotech labs has barely made inroads onto the manufacturing floor despite several articles per year demonstrating its feasibility. The knock on chromatography is its slowness and complexity. John Hanrahan, Ph.D., CTO at silica particle maker Glantreo, believes these criticisms are less and less justified as HPLC systems become faster.
"We now have the capability for manufacturing small, porous particles that could be used in high-pressure, and rapid, HPLC," Dr. Hanrahan is talking about particles that are significantly smaller than the sub-2-micron silica used in rapid HPLC techniques today, for example smaller than 1 micron. These will require pressures well above the 20–25 kpsi that the best pumps deliver today and could conceivably return results in a matter of seconds.
But as Dr. Hanrahan notes, no significant process today employs HPLC in a PAT environment. Manufacturers who are unimpressed with generating a diagnostic HPLC trace every few minutes are unlikely to be won over by a 50% or even 90% reduction in analysis cycle time.
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Game 54 Recap: Cubs 8, Rockies 4
Best Team in Baseball
W- Wuertz (1-1), pitchers who can't field their position, first MLB RBIs, double-steals
L- Herges (2-2)
Things to Take from This Game
1. Balanced Attack
Soriano, Lee, Ramirez, Soto and Johnson all had RBIs, with XBH by Ramirez and Fukudome (2Bs) and Lee (Solo HR.)
2.Cotts almost has a good sixth inning
Almost. He relieved Marquis with a 3-1 lead and the bases loaded, one out. He gets Willie Tavares in an 0-2 count, before Tavares bloops one just over the drawn in Lee, scoring two and tying the game at three. He K's Seth Smith, and seems to K Helton swinging, but it's just barely a foul tip, popping out of Soto's glove. Helton walks on the next pitch. So much for Cotts' return to the majors. Marquis wasn't great, but some bad luck after he had left gave him a final line worse than it might have been.
3. Messy 7th gives Cubs a comeback
A blooper into the bermuda triangle, another soft single, an error, a hit by pitch and a sacrifice fly gave the Cubs two generous runs off of Matt Herges.
4. Messy 8th gives Cubs an easy win
A double, a bad throw on a sac bunt, a single, a double steal, a single with a dropped ball on a play at the plate, and the Cubs get three more in the eighth, for an 8-4 lead. After some shakey middle-infield play by the Cubs early in the game, it was the Rockies who played sloppy the rest of the way.
With the win, the Cubs move past a certain AL East powerhouse, to claim the best record in baseball. The cream of the crop details, follow.
Game Recap
Inning 1 - Top
- Podsednik grounds out to short, deflected off of Marquis' glove.
- Smith singles to center
- Marquis K's Helton swinging on a change up.
- Atkins grounds into a 6-4 force.
Inning 1 - Bottom
- Soriano flies to the warning track in left.
- Atkins is pulled in, and Theriot bounces one past his left, for a single
- 3-2 count, Lee lines to Podsednik.
- Ramirez doubles to the left-center Under Armor sign. Theriot slides in around the tag, and the ball bounces away, anyway. 1-0
- Soto lines to Spilborghs.
Inning 2- Top
- Spilborghs doubles past Ramirez down the left field line.
- Stewart hits a high fly to deep left center. Soriano makes a running catch, Spliborghs goes to third.
- Torrealba hits a slow roller to the right of Theriot. He charges, but the ball clangs out of hs glove. Runner at third holds, Torrealba safe at first. Looks like Theriot was checking out the runner at third, taking his eye off the ball
- Quintanilla K's swinging, changeup.
- Francis hits one to Ramirez. Easy 5-3, nice escape from the inning
Inning 2- Bottom
- Fukudome walks.
- DeRosa with a lazy fly to right.
- Johnson hits one down the third base line. Atkins again is playing in, can't quite react quickly enough. The ball hits off the bag, trickles away. Runners at 1 and 2.
- Marquis trying to bunt.
- With an 0-2 count, Marquis takes a real bad bunting stab at a pitch, strikes out.
- Soriano flies to just short of the warning track in right.
Inning 3 - Top
- Podsednik grounds out to DeRosa
- Smith singles just to the left of DeRosa, who stretches up to snag it, just out of reach.
- Runner goes, pulling Soto out of his crouch to throw. The pitch skips in the dirt, bounces up off his glove as he goes for the backhand, up into the stands. It's ball four, so Smith stays at second, Helton takes first on the walk.
- Atkins flies to deep left
- Spilborghs bounces to Ramirez, steps on third for the force
Inning 3 - Bottom
- 3-2 pitch, Theriot K's swinging at a low slider
- Lee hits a belt-high fastball over the middle plate out to straight-away left field, for a home run.
- Ramirez grounds to short.
- Soto K's swinging
Inning 4 - Top
- First pitch, Stewart lines a triple to right-center. Johnson had been playing around towards left.
- Torrealba hits the sac fly to center, scoring Stewart. Johnson lost sight of it for a second, but caught it without any problem. 2-1 Cubs
- Quintanilla breaks his bat, and the grounder scoots under DeRosa's backhand. Error on DeRosa.
- Francis bunts him to second.
- Lee makes a nice play on a Podsednik grounder, 3 unassisted, out of inning
Inning 4 - Bottom
- Fukudome lines one high off the wall in left-center, for a double.
- DeRosa swings over the top of what I think was a slider. mlb.tv is not very good
- Johnson inside-out ones to right. Fukudome waits to see if it'll go through, but still scores without a play. 3-1.
- This time, Marquis gets the bunt down the third base line. Johnson to second.
- Soriano bounces to Atkins, 5-3
Inning 5 - Top
- Smith grounds to Lee
- Helton lines one inside the third base line for a double.
- Atkins bounces to Theriot, Helton to third.
- Marquis breaks Spilborghs bat, and he bloops to DeRosa, who makes a nice running, leaping catch near second base. Out of the jam.
Inning 5- Bottom
- Theriot walks.
- Lee K's swinging
- Ramirez flies to a step short of the wall, just left of center. Len points out that the wind has shifted, blowing straight in. Might have been a homer, earlier in the game.
- Soto grounds out 5-3
Inning 6 - Top
- Stewart hits a check swing down the third base line. Ramirez makes a leaping dive for it, and hit hits just off the glove, rolling away far enough for a base hit. Nice play saves a double, at least.
- and Torrealba singles to left. Stewart to second.
- Tight strike zone, Quintanilla walks. Bases loaded, no outs.
- Francis taken out of the game, Jeff Baker pinch hits
- Marquis throws several nice sliders to Baker, the last one striking him out, swinging.
- LouPa comes out to pull Marquis. He wants to stay in.
- Cotts in to face Podsednik
- Willie Tavares in to pinch hit
- Cotts throws strike one and strike two.
- Two pitches fouled off.
- With Lee pulled in, Tavares fights one off, blooping it just over Lee's leaping glove-hand. It rolls into the Rockies bullpen. 3-3 game. Runners on 1 and 2
- Smith K's looking at strike three. Fastball, inside corner.
- 3-2 count on Helton, He swings, misses, and it pops out of Soto's glove. It's ruled a foul tip (and seems to be), Helton stays alive.
- And he walks on the next pitch. Bases loaded.
- Wuertz in to face Atkins
- 3-2 count to Atkins, Wuertz K's him looking at a tough slider on the inside corner.
Inning 6 - Bottom
- Corpas in to pitch, Taveres in center
- Fukudome grounds out to second.
- DeRosa walks.
- Johnson lines sharply to Atkins, who makes a diving catch, gets up, and doubles DeRosa off first.
Inning 7 - Top
- Spilborghs with a bloop single into center.
- and just does get in on a steal of second. Nice effort by Soto on a low pitch.
- Stewart then slices a double into the left field corner. 4-3. Stewart needs a homer for the cycle.
- Torrealba grounds to Theriot.
- Quintanilla lines one in to center. Stewart is running, for some unknown reason, and Johnson easily doubles him off with a lobbed in bouncer to second.
Inning 7 - Middle
- Santo does the stretch. It's good to see him looking well.
Inning 7 - Bottom
- Matt Herges in to pitch
- Fontenot hits for Wuertz
- and K's swinging
- Soriano hits one into the trianble between second, RF and CF. It drops in, with Stewart coming closet to making an over the shoulder catch
- Theriot hits one to right, Soriano to third.
- Theriot getting a lot of attention at first
- Lee hits a tapper to the left of the mound. Herges goes for it, throws it to first, where it hits Lee in the butt, getting away from Helton. Soriano then comes home, Theriot to third, 4-4 game
- Ramirez HBP on a 2-1 pitch. Fastball that runs up and in, clipping the jersey in front of his chest. Bases loaded
- Soto flies to right. Theriot scores, Smith throws behind Lee at second, almost getting him. 5-4 Cubs.
- Fukudome K's looking
Inning 8 - Top
- Marmol in.
- Cory Sullivan (who?) hits for Matt Herges
- and flies to center.
- Tavares with a foul tip K on a fastball
- Marmol K's Smith on a nasty slider. Made the inning look easy.
Inning 8 - Bottom
- Sullivan in right, Taylor Bucholz pitching, Smith out of the game, double-switch.
- Bucholz his Rafael Betancourt or Steve Trachsel-esque in his pace, and it's already a ten pitch AB
- 11th pitch, DeRosa hits the right field gap for a double.
- Cedeno in to pinch run
- Johnson bunts a dribbler down the third base line. Bucholz gets it, and like Herges, throws it into the path of the runner. This time, Helton catches it, and Johnson's helmet bumps it out of the glove. Cedeno to third, Johnson safe at first, error on the pitcher.
- Hoffpauir in to hit for Marmol
- Lines a single up the middle, through a drawn in infield. 6-4 game. First career RBI for Hoffpauir, congrats.
- Double steal. Pitch is in the dirt, no play. Runners at 2 and 3
- Soriano singles up the middle. Tavares throws home trying to get Hoffpauir from second, a nice one-hopper. Torrealba can't handle it, Hoffpauir gets his hand on the plate as he slides around Torrealba. 8-4
- Alberto Arias in to pitch
- Theriot walks.
- Lee hits a sharp liner to Quintanilla, who knocks it down, then completes the 6-4-3. Soriano to third
- Ramirez pops to Atkins
Inning 9 - Top
- Wood in to pitch
- Helton K's looking at a tough slider
- Atkins K's swinging at a slider
- Spilborghs singles to right, takes second on indifference.
- And Stewart K's looking at a nasty slider. Wood really had the stuff going, tonight.
Parachat Recap
Inning 1
- Evidently, I died.
- How did I die? Opinion is divided between sci-fi, sexual, and redneck-related answers.
- Can we cheer Whipple up?
- King Felix.
- Ontology
- Kalamazoo
Inning 2
- Who plays center, part 5,194
- The Pie vs. Cake gender divide
- Jesse Litsch, Pat Listash
- Where have you gone, Cubs draft class of '02?
- Marquis' sad at bat
- You're a Towel. Ouch.
Inning 3
- The All-Japanese MLB Player Team.
- Facing Glendon Rusch
Inning 4
- Tonight's fantasy results
- Choo Freeman: where is he now?
- Mexican-Arkansans.
- Cubs hitters over .800 OPS
- Better than Ezra
- Rob G is a Knob.
- Bad fantasy weeks
Inning 5
- I step out for two minutes, and I...
- get fired
- am declared dead
- again
- I return, get my job back, and am resurrected
- No wait, I'm told I'm a zombie.
- mmmmm. Brains......
- Brains......
- Are there any brains in my refrigerator?
- Mmmmmm..... Musician brains....
- Mmmmm... Rachel Ray and right-wing blogger brains.....
- Still hungry after that light snack
- Who starts a keeper-league fire sale in May?
- Zombies.
- Submitting Rick Astley to......
- a Zombie buffet?
- Throwing lesbians out of Safeco
- and into a horde of Zombies.
Inning 6
- The Butthole Surfers
- Firing people...
- ...out of cannons
- Is Basketball over yet?
- griping about the game
- We have failed to cheer up Whipple.
- Music.
- New rule: a one-to-one matching of every musical group referenced with the word "boobs"
- Sombrero-wearing wi-fi users under cactii.
Inning 7
- Whipple must be feeling better, he and Crunch have resumed explaining what's cool to us. :)
- Kelly Clarkson.
- We educate Carlos about the decisio-making process in gay sex.
- Foreskins
- Evidently, I'm a Zombie foreskin. Who knew?
- Carlos: Bustin' Fontenot lined a double into tha left-centa gap. Soriano then hit a shawty bloopa dizzle tha left field line thizzat J-to-tha-izzust did drop in fair territory.
- This section edited out to preserve my prospects for being selected as a V.P. candidate in a major political party.
- Continuing: Chizzan Ho Pizzark relieves Saito. Heh mah nizzle. On a N-to-tha-izzight where Fernando Tatis is play'n fo` tha Mets, n wit Scizzay Elarton also called up . It dont stop till the wheels fall off. I'm amused and yo momma.
Inning 8
- "Consistently out of his mind - like he's sippin' on the Dusty Juice" - SJS Kenosha
- Rally Bush language?!?!
- Superdelegates
- Rays fans.
- Blackhawks, Red Wings, Bulls, Red Bulls. Oh My.
- Potato skins as sex toys.
- Carlos tells us how we should vote in November.
Inning 9
- Wood and Helton in a beard-off
- Carlos looks for low-cost bids on a Ph.D.
- Wes's GPA vs. his ERA
Cubs record in games recapped moves to 8-3. Coincidence? (Yes.)
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you are getting very skilled at the bullets and sub-bullets and sub-bullets once removed.
Great job, Trans, as always.
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Can I
* learn HTML?
- quick?
damn, they don't even indent.
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/Ogre Palowakski
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no to brains.
you can't have a job and tomorrow off too. If you were referring to tomorrow off from recapping, I still say no...keep recapping until you've proven that there's not a causal relationship between the recaps and the wins.
there, you have it in writing.
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Chizzan Ho Pizzark!
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I live with a right-wing bloggerette who likes Rachel Ray. I can't decide if it's good or bad that I missed that conversation. ;-)
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Don't listen to your woman. Vote Obama. He's good. He's black. He's there for you.
(harmless tongue in cheek comment... don't flame me)
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weather forecast doesn't look so nice for friday...
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Weather map looks ominous and forecast says it probably won't clear up until late tonight. They call it yet?
Born to Hit
from the Sun-Times:
Daryle Ward (back) said he'll probably need another two days to strengthen his right leg before he can take on-field batting practice. He said it should be a quick return to the active roster from there.
''I'll be able to hit, regardless -- I was born to hit,'' said Ward, who was eligible to return Thursday.
The Cubs are expected to send him on a brief minor-league rehab assignment, putting his return in the week-to-10-days range.
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"I was born to hit," said Ward,
Heh. Awesome.
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Hit the...dining table?
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Any clues on why the Cubs are doing so much better this year? It's kind of mind-blowing b/c Cubs '07 & Cubs '08 are pretty much the same team! I have a hard time believing this stark difference is due to Jones-Fukudome & Barrett-Soto upgrades.
Don't get me wrong, Fukudome's patience & plate discipline is huge. Most around here know I have an irrational love of Pat Burrell and his patience at the plate is pretty much the reason why. When you see a lot of pitches good things happen... you'll eventually see better pitches, but even if you record an out you can run an opposing pitcher's pitch count up for the inning possibly giving hitters behind you an edge. If I remember correctly Fukudome was at the center of those long innings with Saito on Wednesday and Herges last night. It's a quality that doesn't show up in the stats.
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My dream outfield: Burrell, D. DeJesus, Fukudome
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One thing to remember is that from June 3rd on last year the Cubs played .578 ball, so it's not like they are worlds above last years team. I do think that performances of Fukodome, Soto, Cedeno, and Johnson are making the difference between .580 play and .600 play - that and lots of home games.
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Any clues on why the Cubs are doing so much better this year?
Well... Lee is hitting better (though interestingly showing less patience), ARam is showing more patience, Fukudome and Soto are obviously huge upgrades, DeRosa and Theriot are both hitting as well, if not better, than last year.
The defense has been good. The bullpen has downright nasty at times. Zambrano is pitching better.
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If you would have asked me about two months ago, I'm not so sure I would have considered Soto an upgrade to Barrett. What a year!
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A full season of Carlos Marmol has been handy as well. I still don't think this is a 100 win team as of yet. Of course we haven't had any injuries to speak of so far. We live in a world where Colorado makes it to the WS. Stranger things have happend
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I'd guess that the preponderance of home games has helped a bit, but didn't they kind of stink up the joint during the early stages last year?
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The interesting thing is I can't remember a game this year, I'm sure there are several, that Cubs were not in ie blow outs or loss by 5 runs.
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Milwaukee roughed us up in the 2nd game of the year 8-2, but given their high run differential, I am sure that is the only one.
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They lost 8-2 to Mil on 4/2.
They lost 7-1 to Phi on 4/12.
They lost 9-2 to Cinci on 4/17.
They lost 10-7 to Mil on 4/29.
They lost 9-0 to Cinci on 5/9.
The other 16 losses were all 1 or 2 run games.
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The Cubs lost 8-2 to the Brewes on April 2nd, 7-1 to the Phillies on April 12th, 9-2 to the Reds on April 17th, 9-0 to the Reds on May 7th. Those are the only games that they have lost by more than 3 runs. In fact, if you add in the 10-7 April 29th defeat to the Brewers, the Cubs have only lost by 3 runs or more 5 times, with the rest being 1 or 2 run defeats. The breakdown of the 21 losses looks like this:
1 Run = 7 times
2 Runs = 9 times
3 Runs = 1 time
6 Runs = 2 times
7 Runs = 1 time
9 Runs = 1 time
They've pretty much been in every single game. Not since the Leiber start more than 3 weeks ago have they been out of it. Also interesting, the April 2nd, April 12th, and April 17th losses were all Ted Lilly starts before he figured things out this year. So if you take out the Leiber spot start, once Lilly got on track the Cubs have only lost ONE game by 3 or more runs (the 10-7 Marquis loss to the Brewers) in SIX WEEKS of baseball!!
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Looks like Big and I were posting this at the same time...
Last year through 54 games the Cubs statline looked like this:
Today (through 54 games) it looks like this:
Average, On-Base, and Slugging are all way up. They don't really have that many more extra base hits this year, but the near 20 point increase in average makes a huge difference. Walks have increased nearly 45% since last season!! And RBI and Runs are up by around 50.
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The Cubs are currently 33-21 and 23-8 at home. They are also underperforming their expected W-L record.
At this point last year they were 22-29. They had also played poorly at home up to that point: 10-15.
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I missed Better Than Ezra, Rachel Ray and crazies, and Seattle lesbians.
I think I am going through parachat withdrawal.
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Right now we have 5 of the top 19 leaders in OBP in the National League. And two of the other guys in our lineup are Soriano and Lee...
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The Sports Illustrated Bizarro cover should have had the Cubs stats on it somewhere. The Cubs remind me of other teams I have liked in the past that work the count, drive pitchers insane by fouling off pitch after pitch after pitch with two strikes, etc. This is the bizarro world of the Cubs.
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Since we are exactly 1/3 of the way through the season we can easly multiply by 3 to obtain what would be the Cubs players final numbers if they were to keep this pace up the entire way. Obviously this won't be how it looks in the end, but it gives an easier to understand perspective on how well the Cubs are playing right now:
Name AVG OBP SLG OPS H 2B 3B HR Runs RBI SB BB SO
Alfonso Soriano .287 .331 .543 .874 141 27 0 33 78 93 9 36 99
Ryan Theriot .317 .402 .387 .789 189 27 3 3 108 39 27 84 60
Derrek Lee .292 .351 .544 .895 198 48 3 39 126 111 9 63 90
Aramis Ramirez .301 .418 .522 .939 168 42 0 27 111 114 3 96 99
Kosuke Fukodome .305 .409 .426 .835 174 39 6 6 99 57 12 102 96
Geovany Soto .299 .392 .559 .952 159 51 3 27 63 111 0 87 144
Mark DeRosa .308 .400 .453 .853 159 39 0 12 96 78 9 75 123
Reed Johnson .262 .343 .356 .699 117 24 0 6 75 72 6 36 72
Ronny Cedeno .321 .402 .444 .847 78 21 0 3 75 72 6 30 36
Mike Fontenot .246 .350 .406 .756 51 15 0 6 36 36 3 33 39
Henry Blanco .313 .371 .313 .684 30 0 0 0 12 6 0 9 15
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lol @ Fuku's 102 BB
Needs more base clogging.
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Soriano like it or not is one of 4 impact bats in the lineup. For years we had 2 at best, now we got 4.
Lee, Ramirez, Soriano, and Fuku form a killer goup. And in all reality we have 5 impact bats at this moment in Soto with his 9 HR and 37 RBI.
I know the arguement can be made against Fukudome in that context but when your hitting .348 with a .492 OBP with RISP, that is huge.
But take a look at this...
Theriot - 28 BB - 20 K
Lee - 21 BB - 30 K
Ramirez - 32 BB - 33 K
Fuku - 34 BB - 32 K
DeRosa - 25 BB - 41 K
Soto - 29 BB - 48 K
The ability to take the walk and run up opposing pitchers pitch counts, and then getting to their bullpens is why this team is better than last year. And if your making opposing teams pitchers work harder you might get an extra go through with your lineup. I don't know about you guys, but getting 1 extra AB late in the game for guys like Soriano, Lee, Ramirez pays off.
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Yeah, this year we have 2201 Total Plate Appearances, leading the NL. This is on pace for 6621 over a full season. In 2007 the Cubs had 6268, a difference of 353. So like an extra 5 or 6 games worth, something like that? It's basically 2.18 more batters coming to the plate per game than last year.
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Running up the pitch count is huge. That's why I was surprised when the Dodgers took out Lowe the other night. He was getting the Cubs to bang the ball into the dirt and his pitch count I think was only in the 80s. If I was managing against this team and my guy was getting them to beat the ball into the ground with short pitch counts I'd forget about all other baseball norms and keep him in there till the end.
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I probably would have taken Lowe out. If it was 2-0 instead of 1-0, then I leave him in. I couldn't let myself run him back out there and let the Cubs tie the game when my two studs in the bullpen (Broxton and Saito) are just watching it happen. I can't blame Torre for that. Those two guys are just about as nails as it gets. Just not that night.
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Didn't Lou give the pending poor weather as one reason why he let Wood pitch last night?
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LF Soriano
2B Fonteno
1B Lee
C Soto
RF Fukudome
CF Edmonds
3B DeRosa
SS Cedeno
P Lilly
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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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By Scott Franco
When you ask John Barton why he's stepping down as Hollidaysburg's head football coach after 14 seasons, he won't give you just one thing. It's not this thing or that thing, and when it came down to making the decision, his family became an integral part of it.
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John Barton resigned as the Hollidaysburg coach earlier this week after 14 seasons guiding the Golden Tigers.
"This was big. We are a football family," said Barton, whose oldest son, Chad, plays football at Kutztown University; whose younger son, Matt, played for him this past fall; and his wife, Mary Kay, who's been the team statistician at Hollidaysburg the past 14 seasons. "We have been in this together the whole way. From the moment I started contemplating this, my family was aware [of this decision.]
"I solicited their input and their thoughts, but the decision was mine, which shows you how supportive they have been for me," he added.
Barton, a 1987 West Virginia University graduate, went 86-66 in his tenure with the Golden Tigers, capturing District 6 titles in 1999, 2006 and 2008. The Tigers made it to the finals in 2009 but lost. His teams competed in the Mountain League, the Mid-Penn Conference and now the WPIAL.
"I just think it's time," Barton said when asked why he chose now to step down. "I feel like it is time for a change ... for me and for the program. My family has been great, very supportive and they've allowed me to pursue this passion of mine, and I kind of feel it is time for me to return their kindness."
Barton, who will remain an English teacher at the senior high school, informed athletic director Bob Gildea, who's been on the job less than a year, earlier this week of his decision.
"We already talked to [school superintendent] Dr. [Paul] Gallagher, and we are going to meet with the athletic council and decide how we are going to proceed. We are going to do this as soon as possible," Gildea said.
Retired athletic director Dean Rossi, who was on board back when Barton was hired away from an assistant coaching job at Washington & Jefferson College, believes it is a tremendous loss for the program.
"I know people have been critical of his record the last couple of years, but I know there are teams that have been in the WPIAL for 20 years and have never made it to the playoffs and we made it two of the last three years," he said. "Your record isn't everything. Our kids have always competed at a high level. People would come up to me and remark how disciplined they were and how well-behaved they were. People around here need to know we didn't shy away from anyone. He is going leave a big void."
Barton said telling his team of his decision was one of the more difficult things he's ever had to do, but he also reminded them that he wasn't going anywhere, either.
"I have been blessed over the years. I have had the opportunity to make some great friendships and coach some awesome young men, a lot of kids that I am still close to this day," he said. "I want them to be happy. I want success for them. I told them I am not exiting their lives. I will give them any help I can give them, but this is something I want to do for me and for the program."
Chad Barton plays football at Kutztown. Matt will have a chance to play football or wrestle in college next season upon his graduation this June. Not being a head coach will allow Mr. and Mrs. Barton some opportunities on Saturdays that weren't always there the past two years.
"For me to go away [on Saturdays] and not be here to do my job, I felt guilty, and when I was here breaking down film and not going to see my son, I was being tugged in two different directions," he said. "This is my last chance to enjoy them."
A one-time coach at Waynesburg Central High School, Barton said he didn't have a timetable when he moved to Blair County 14 years ago. But he did have a goal.
"I fully expected ... my vision was to be like a [Bellwood-Antis football coach] John Hayes, but things change," Barton said. "Priorities change."
Barton - whose first-ever Tiger team went 11-2 with a district title and a first-round loss in states to Erie Cathedral Prep - doesn't imagine himself sitting around the house this fall.
"I will be doing something this fall, but I don't know what yet. I am not going to tie myself to the responsibilities of a head coaching position. The difference between an assistant coach and a head coach ... it's profound," he said. "I imagine I will do something this fall, and if I don't do something, my wife will probably kill me."


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How important is optimism to the country's economy?
The obvious answer is that citizens who are worried about their economic future are not going to invest nor purchase very many consumer goods. They are going to sock their money away to prepare for the rainy day they believe is coming.
So how important is the countenance of our leaders? What effects do scowls from a president or a party leader have on our economy?
Our political heroes - Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan - projected an air that through sheer optimism, good would triumph. Roosevelt and Reagan replaced leaders who - to put it lightly - put out an air of defeatism.
Remember Jimmy Carter's famous "malaise" speech? It was the only time we can remember a president blaming the citizenry - instead of its leaders - for a country's problems. It deepened the "stagflation" that was gripping the country and led to Reagan's election.
Roosevelt's predecessor - Herbert Hoover - reacted to the stock market crash by increasing taxes on both individuals and corporations. In his 1932 re-election campaign, he hinted that Democrats were intentionally destroying the economy. He got only 37 percent of the vote and Roosevelt was the new president.
Throughout their careers, the message from Roosevelt and Reagan was, "The United States will emerge on top." Their optimism infected the country.
It may seem simplistic. But when was the last time you saw a beaming smile from President Obama? Or John Boehner?
Contrast that with Roosevelt, Reagan or even John Kennedy.
If the president has nothing to smile about, what joy is there for his constituents?
There is a lot to be said for cosmetics. And even more to be said for genuine joy.
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INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — There's an old saw: "Mom, I don't want to go to school today, the kids all hate me and the teachers ignore me."
"Honey, you have to go to school, you're the principal."
That's where we find ourselves in the world today, we have projected ourselves as the principal — self-appointed principal.
Why did al-Qaida hit us on 9/11? Because we had troops in Saudi Arabia. Why did we have troops in Saudi Arabia? Good question.
Secretary of State Clinton stated in her Transfer of Remains Ceremony (I would call it "Transfer of the Honored Ceremony" were I superintending) following the murder of four State Department personnel in Libya, "There will be more difficult days ahead, but it is important that we don't lose sight of the fundamental fact that America must keep leading the world."
What we see as leading the world some see as ruling the world. It's as simple as that. Hubris breeds bitterness, and bitterness in the Middle East breeds anger, which in turn, breeds violence.
Honestly, the way we behave on the world stage is akin to an NFL end zone celebration following a touchdown. We say we're protecting, where oftentimes they see us as occupying. See Okinawa.
So where does religion fit into this world picture? Napoleon told us, "Religion is what keeps the poor people from killing the rich people." That may be, but my personal take on religion in the 21st century is, "Religious zeal is what incites believers to murder non-believers and wrong-believers. Religious fanaticism is the biggest threat to world peace today, bigger than wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy and gluttony put together. And the minds that embrace religious extremism are tougher than a two dollar steak. The mind that seizes on religious radicalism is like the jaw of an alligator snapping shut; that mind is closed, and pity the poor innocent who happens to fall victim to that mindset.
Religion in its tolerant form is the best blessing ever to befall this world. Religion in its intolerant form is the worst malignity ever to denigrate this world.
So what are we to do? Well, we can moderate religious zeal through soccer competition. We can moderate nationalism through the Olympic spirit. We can promote economic integration and moderate political extremism through cultural exchanges, music exchanges, art exchanges, and Chautauqua exchanges. Most importantly, we can make travel between countries less expensive and more convenient.
My idea is to make travel free to 18 year olds to a certain degree. They must travel to three different countries in their 18th year or be drafted into the Peace Corps. This young cross-pollination of ideas and cultures will open the eyes and hearts of the next generation and serve to diminish prejudice, racism and narrow-mindedness.
I see our 18-year-olds saving the world, call me a crank if you will, but as Mark Twain reminds us, "A man with a new idea is a crank until his idea succeeds."
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Arbitration is Going to be the End of Jim Hendry
UPDATE: MLB Trade Rumors and Eddie Bajek updated their reverse-engineered rankings from two days ago and don't ask me how they changed but they did. Gregg and Grabow as Type A, Harden and Johnson as Type B. For what it's worth, Chone Figgins has been dropped to Type B status by their rankings. Muskat says Gorzelanny and Fontenot will qualify as Super Two status and the Cubs have 10 arb-eligible players total (Arizona Phil also has So Taguchi in his list on the right sidebar). The official Elias Rankings will be out soon enough.
The Cubs will not offer arbitration to Harden, who was their top strikeout pitcher in 2009.
I had mentioned earlier in the week that it looks like Harden will be a Type B free agent meaning it wouldn't cost the signing team any of their own draft picks, but the Cubs would get a supplemental pick between the first and second rounds. If Levine's statement turns true, the Cubs are betting that no team would offer more in a multi-year deal to Harden than he could get in a one-year arbitration case coming off an ERA above 4.
There's obviously a few criteria that have to hit first, Harden would need to officially be labeled a Type B free agent and the Cubs would officially have to not offer arbitration, but if that scenario does play out where Harden is a Type B free agent (hell a Type A free agent even) and the Cubs don't offer arbitration, well let's say I won't be a happy. The Type A status would make it a little sketchy, since teams would certainly hesitate a bit more if Harden cost them a first round pick, but considering John Lackey is the only other talented starting pitcher on the market, I think Harden will still get a few decent offers.
The article also states that the Cubs would like to sign John Grabow to a 2-year deal. Earlier it was mentioned that Grabow wants a 3-year deal. Chances are that means the Cubs would offer arbitration and be content if Grabow accepts for one year. If Grabow gets Type A status as expected, I see little chance any team would sign Grabow and cough up a first round pick. The Cubs could get lucky and a team with a protected first round pick or one that already signed a higher rated free agent would sign Grabow and not worry as much about losing a second round or lower draft pick, but it's a far more unlikely scenario.
There's some Milton Bradley talk and Levine also believes the Cubs won't have to pay as much of the $21M+ of Bradley's contract as many people believe...which is all of it. One deal discussed was a disgruntled Bradley to the Rays for the statuesque Pat Burrell who was a major disappointment for the Rays this year. At least it would be a helluva bench bat for the Cubs.
There's some talk about Chone Figgins although no whispers of the Cubs interest level. And Jeff Baker and Reed Johnson should be back at the right price.
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I will be calling for Hendry's head if Harden isn't offered arbitration. There is absolutely no excuse not to, especially if he is a Type B. He is the 2nd best starter this year. He won't be next year. He would not accept arbitration, and his list of suitors would grow exponentially if the signing team didn't have to give up their first round pick.
This also begs the question, "Why didn't Hendry deal him to the Twins, then, if he had no intentions of keeping him?" We were pretty much out of the playoff race when the waiver claim took place, so if that is his excuse, it is ridiculous. We will have essentially let Harden go for nothing, when we could at least have had a mediocre prospect for him from the Twins. This better not be true.
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Not getting the Picks for Kerry Wood last year was equally inept. It boils down to Hendry's fear of facing these guys in a courtroom.
Why worry about the farm system when you can simply overpay mediocre free agents 25-50% each and every offseason?
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That's exactly what I thought, why not just trade him, even if you don't get much in return? If you're from the crunch school of thought you might think the Twins never had any real interest in Harden to begin with, that it was just to block any deal between Detroit or the White Sox. You never know.
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it was reported serious negotiations by MIN never took place, fwiw. that's where i got that from.
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The Cubs seem to not really understand the arbitration process or at least don't understand that the risks of arbitration can yield rewards.
Re: Arbitration is Going to be the End of Jim Hendry
Fire this clown NOW!!!!
I'm convinced that Jim Hendry pays full retail price, when he goes to Garage Sales. Seriously, NO GM in Baseball is worse with Player and Contract leverage.
The guy literally acts like he is scared of any and all confrontation. This has to be how Milton got 30 Million from Hendry. He simply asked for it.
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I called this before the trade deadline and to be honest, I don't understand the outrage. Maybe I'm missing something.
Also, my long-time man crush on Pat Burrell's approach in the batter's box is no secret. An approach that drove Philadelphia and opposing pitchers nuts with his near-refusal to swing until he gets two strikes.
He had a wretched year based on the numbers, but well... those are just the numbers. I'm definitely on board with a Bradley for Burrell trade if TB covers the right amount of Milton Bradley money. Hell of a bench bat... sure, but can he play RF? Why not start him? Flame away.
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I'd love to trade Milton for Burrell. More Soriano to RF and put Pat the Bat in left.
However it reeks of pure speculation at this point. TB signed Pat weeks before we signed Milton. If they really wanted Milton, they could have gotten him for 2/16 you'd think?
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I know, but any time Pat Burrell or David DeJesus come up in conversation I just get so excited.
If they really wanted Milton, they could have gotten him for 2/16 you'd think?
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The Rays wanted Bradley but didn't want to offer three years. The Cubs did offer three years, so Bradley chose them. The deal wasn't officially signed until after the DeRosa trade and figuring out how much we'd have to pay some team to have Marquis win 15 games, but as the dominoes fell it was Bradley, then Burrell.
If you don't count defense and hitting and probably baserunning, that would be a great trade for the Cubs. There's probably some Rays fans lunatics who blame the Rays failures this year on bringing in Burrell.
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Not that HR's matter however, top 5 HR season's from:
Milton Bradley
So obviously Milton is the superior player. Because of his RF defense and Lefthandedness. (No sarcasm whatsoever)
Re: Burrell vs. Bradley
Must have missread your post then Rob.
My point is that People actually LIKE a patient approach. Especially if it is acompanied by 30+ HR Power.
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my response was to Ryno's saying he liked how Burrell worked pitchers, but Ryno has consistently been saying that Milton's OBP means nothing. I was amused by the dichotomy.
Yeah, I see what you're saying. In fact the last two years Milton Bradley has had a far better OBP than Pat Burrell:
|Milton Bradley
|Pat Burrell
But it's a game of nuance and OBP isn't quite the same as "making a pitcher work". Just one example is NP/TPA:
|Milton Bradley
|Pat Burrell
How can that be when Milton Bradley has the superior OBP? I assume it's because MB takes so many close 2-strike pitches where Pat Burrell fouls them off. And we saw it in '08 how long at bats and making the opposing pitcher work helped the entire lineup.
So my Pat Burrell-love is half in jest, but also founded on the belief that a single batter that makes a pitcher work can help an entire lineup hit better.
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...And thanks for letting us create html tables now.
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How can that be when Milton Bradley has the superior OBP?
My guess would be it is because Bradley is more likely to put the ball into play and Burrell is more likely to miss or foul off pitches.
I've never looked for it, but I would bet that someplace keeps fouling off pitches data.
Edit* - I pulled a Navigator.
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No, MB's 370 OBP offset by his generally shitty attitude, inability to drive in runs or stay healthy is bad.
Burrell: .254/.363/.475, .838 OPS. Will drive in 85-100 runs a season.
If they get him...I'd guess put him in LF and Soriano in RF.
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I guess I'm having a hard time figuring out how you AREN'T outraged by this moronic move by Hendry. You offer arbitration to Harden and the worst possible scenario is that we have a very good pitcher on a 1 year, $10 million deal. Best case scenario, we offer Harden arbitration, he declines, signs with someone else, and we get another top 50 pick in the draft, something that would greatly help replenish our farm.
But the real kicker is why he didn't just deal him to the Twins if he knew he wasn't going to offer arbitration. Was Hendry delusional and thought that we still had a reasonable chance at the playoffs at the time? This fat, waste of space needs to go.
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They don't want to pay $10 million for a fifth starter. I can see that. Hendry's got to get on the wagon, anyway, in terms of not overpaying people.
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Jim Hendry doesn't have time for 1/10 for Harden. He needs to work on an extremely backloaded 5/55 for Jason Marquis.
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With the exception of last year and 2003, Burrell has had generally decent OBP numbers.
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If the Rays bailed on talented headcase Elijah Dukes and drug troubled Josh Hamilton, why should I believe they would take on Uncle Milty's act? I thought they changed policy to no longer try straightening out troubled souls.
Seems like the Nats are the one team cornering that market...which if you follow that ass-u-mption, leads to...Anno Domini
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Resigned amid allegations that he was skimming bonus money off Latin American players.
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I see Hendry eating the $20+ million and exploding...like in that Monty Python movie.
That will solve the problem.
Re: Brewers news
We can offer them Sean Marshall and Randy Wells for JJ Hardy.
Re: Brewers news
The Brewers have no interest in helping the Cubs getting better offense and defense from SS, in return the Cubs have no interest providing Braun and Fielder a decent pitching staff.
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JJ Hardy is selling low for Wells and Marshall?
I suspect Marshall is more well regarded among baseball people than Wells. I suspect Wells is Kent Bottenfield 2.0
Better to sell high for the 1st time in 6 years than sell low for the 483rd consecutive cubs transaction.
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It always surprises me how some people on the team get a pass around here. Marshall is one. Reed Johnson is another. Both are "pluggers" but have no discernible talent. Johnson was released by the Jays. I doubt that Marshall has any suitors.
If I had to say three good things about Marshall, I could only come up with one: his curve ball has a better-than-average drop to it.
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let's at least get a gauge of harden's health before we lament not offering him arbitration.
lowest he could get paid if he accepted arb. would be 5.6m (i think).
the guy threw 12 innings in Sept. before being shut down 2+ weeks ago.
cubs are also trying to pay someone to take a perfectly good hitter off their hands while trying to pick up a "power bat" to boot.
the team probably needs every penny it can snag. maddux stinging ATL years ago still sticks in some people's head. maddux actually accepting and taking his arb. case forced ATL to start making trades.
cubs have 4 starters to begin with at least...Z, lilly, dumpster, wells (ha...wells...amazing).
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well, i think...don't know...that the harden issue was pushed in Sept, not at the trade deadline.
also...for the milton bradley double standard lovers...rich harden shut himself down mid-sept, not the coaching or medical staff. WHAAAAAAAAT?!?!?! yeah, he did. don't you guys remember the 100 threads about how selfish of a player he is? ...me either.
Re: Harden
Yes crunch because a pitcher suffering from arm fatigue and being shut down like dozens of other pitchers is the same as Milton Bradley in Texas faking injuries to not play in the middle of a pennant race, and faking injuries in Chicago to come off the field in the middle of games and refusing to pinch hit.
They are so similar that they have nothing in common.
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your faking injuries thing is getting old, but you need something to cover your view on the "lazy" issue.
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Its not old crunch, its just the truth. And whats the lazy issue? I know the man is a lazy piece of shit. You can listen to all of his bullshit about how great he thinks he is, how awesome of shape he is in every year. But when push comes to shove the man is either the most frail man on planet earth or the biggest pussy in baseball.
The man doesn't give one crap about winning baseball games. And if you think he does, you don't know Milton Bradley. Money is his top priority, getting respect is next, and so on. At about step #20 he might care about giving it his all for the team.
He will walk over anyone and anything to get what he wants. But none of it has to do with a desire to win baseball games.
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you call things "truth" that you're speculating on...you also seem to be convinced you have his personality profiled in an interesting manner that ignores what he does with his free time. you seem to have him confused with a gun toting rap star.
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Did Milton admit he didn't want to play in games in Texas to preserve his stats? And because they didn't commit money and years to him? I think he did crunch.
He faked injuries to preserve his stats. Thats a given fact crunch admitted by Bradley himself.
I don't care what Milton does in his free time, I care what he does for the team and the organization to win games. I warned about his attitude before and after he was signed, hoped he would finally turn over a new leaf (a small hope), but i never confused him with what he was. A pure grade A Asshole in the league of a Terrell Owens, but without any history of being a productive player.
He is going to say whatever you want to hear to get what he wants in life but he is never going to change who he is. On top of that he will use race to excuse his actions at every turn to play the victim.
An old ESPN story from 2003, has anything changed in 2009? I havent seen anything change in Miltons attitude over the years despite all of his claims of the latter.
Bradley makes no apologies; changing his personality would be like taking a jungle fighter's knife. Call him arrogant. Never let him live down two of his most notorious incidents in the minor leagues, when he poked one umpire in the mask and spit his gum at another. Make fun of his name, which even his friends don't know the ugly story behind. To Milton Bradley, it all just adds coal to his furnace. His personal mantra, "I like it hard," might as well be carved on his forehead for all to see.
"I don't play this game to make friends," Bradley says. "I didn't always follow the rules. I didn't always do it the way it's supposed to be done. But I did it."
And yes he has been lazy his whole career....
The old, combustible Bradley exploded himself when he didn't take to Murray's suggestion that he hold the bat differently, and "went off on me," in Murray's words. "He just doesn't get it," says Murray, a Hall of Famer with 504 lifetime home runs to Bradley's 19. "You can't put up with the way he treats people and the way he treats me." Even Burks has some misgivings about Bradley. "The only thing I would like to see Milton do a little more is hustle," he says. "Other than that, Milton has everything it takes to be a superstar in this game."
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"He faked injuries to preserve his stats. Thats a given fact crunch admitted by Bradley himself."
no, it isn't...you keep saying it, though.
he's also lazy based on some stuff you like to attribute to laziness for some reason.
not listening to others isn't laziness...it's being a stuborn baby.
at least you didnt call me a "statfag"...thanks for that.
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I hate to get in the middle of this lovefest, but I wanted to share the following quote from the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram:
Bradley got along well with his teammates, and Washington still wishes he had a hitter with the plate discipline Bradley showed last year. But opinions cooled some in March, when he told 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. That didn't sit well some players and management, especially when Young was playing with broken fingers on each hand. Bradley pushed himself way down the wish list with those comments, and probably pushed himself off it completely.
I'm not taking sides. I just figured as long as the information is available out there on the Internets, we might as well use it.
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Nice try, but that quote proving in his own words that Milton Bradley takes himself out of games to make his stats look better has been posted more than once before.
Re: Harden
General manager Jim Hendry said he expected Harden to pitch again when he was skipped in the rotation last week, but ultimately left it up to Harden.
"If you want to pitch, we're going to pitch you," Hendry said he told Harden. "If you don't, you don't have to."
Harden said it was "kind of a mutual decision.
"It'd be a lot different if we were in it and they needed me to pitch," he said. "I'd be out there in a second and I'd be fine. I'm still healthy, feeling good and took that as a positive for this season."
...this from a guy who's last appearance in a cubs uniform was one of his ugliest outings. that said...if his medical checks out, arb. his ass.
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just bringing up a minor point. if i felt like driving it as a "thing" i would have brought it up long ago.
i wonder what his real health is, honestly.
i know the cubs payroll has to be a major concern in the issue vs. what changes they want to make to the team...and the whole 4-good-starters-already-here thing...but i wonder how much his health is playing into it, too.
i seriously don't think his decision to shut down early plays any, if much, issue into why he may not be offered arb.
Re: Harden
I actually thought it was a bad move by Harden, unless he was hurting so bad he knew he couldn't make a passable start - in which case he shouldn't have been pitching. When you've got a history of arm trouble you don't want to go into Free Agency effectively on the DL.
Him having a 'serious' shoulder issue is the only way you can possibly justify not offering him arbitration. Even if he accepts you go to arbitration and lose and he gets his $10 million - wait until the first contending starter tears his UCL in March and trade him.
Offer him arbitration, Hendry. This is how you make a good organization.
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Bradley was not a good hitter this year crunch. No matter how you spin it.
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We know. No one has denied this.
But do you really think that this year is more indicative of his hitting abilities than the rest of his career numbers?
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Burrell career: .254/.363/.475...162 game avg. of 31 2B, 30 HR, 101 RBI, 79 runs
Bradley career: .277/.371/.450...162 game avg. of 32 2B, 20 HR, 76 RBI, 86 runs
Bradley is a better fielder. Burrell will actually play a full season.
I think that MB is better than he showed last season. If he could ever play 145 games or so at his potential, he would be a very good player.
Throwing out last year, and the year before in Texas, I think you get MB: A .275 hitter...gets on base really well around .360-.370...slugs around .450 or so..and struggles to play in 100 games in a season.
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Hendry chowing down the last of Marquis 3/21 as we speak
Re: Arbitration is Going to be the End of Jim Hendry
Offer arbitration to grabow and harden
trade Milton for dontrelle
trade for hermida
trade for jj hardy
should be a playoff contender next year
ain't that hard
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Oh my...
You want Dontrelle, Hermida, and Hardy? And you think that this would help the Cubs how?
Re: Arbitration is Going to be the End of Jim Hendry
trade Milton for dontrelle
right now Matt Clement's fake beard has more value than D-Train
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Not offering arbitration to Harden is absolutely asinine, I am sick of the fat moron Jim Hendry. Get fired. Please.
Can we talk about getting rid of Fukudome? Huge disappointment.
Please, no Pat Burrell. I'd just as soon take a flyer on old man Jermaine Dye before I went the Burrell route.
Dick Stockton and Chip Caray. Why?
One other thing, what is Heileman's status for next year, are the Cubs off the hook?
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Yeah, I knew Dye was a FA, I meant signing him (and dumping Bradley on whomever) would be preferable to trading Bradley for Burrell. Dye has always been streaky, he had an awful 2nd half this year, but he's pulled that before in his career, too. I could see him having another bounce-back year, but given his age, I'd sure like to figure out a better option. Why didn't the Cubs like Abreu last year? /grimace
Dome just isn't a run producer, and when he's cold, he's ICE cold. A waste of money that I'd like to see the Cubs somehow recover and spend elsewhere.
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Not being able to trade Bradley for free agents is really going to tie Hendry's hands on this. *snark*
The problem with offering Harden arbitration, and why I never thought Hendry intended to offer him arbitration is there's a high likelihood Harden would just accept it.
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I agree that the one concern with offering Harden arbitration is that he accepts the offer and receives a one year, $10 million award. Clearly, that does not seem to be part of management's vision for 2010.
But, with his history of injury, I think Harden may be adverse to a one year deal despite the minimal salary increase he may receive by accepting arbitration and emerging successful. Pitchers are particularly sensitive to the injury risk inherent in one year deals, especially ones carrying injury baggage. If offered, I think he may very well decline arbitration and seek a two or three year deal which provides a small degree of insurance against significant injury. Considering the free agent SP market, I would be shocked if Harden couldn't find one or more suitors willing to go two or possibly three years.
To me, Harden qualifying as a Type B FA was an absolute godsend. Harden is far more likely to receive a multi-year deal now that the signing team doesn't have to walk away from a first round selection. That fact will most certainly not be lost on Harden, or his agent, in determining whether to accept arbitration.
To me, it seems the decision to offer Harden arbitration has been gift wrapped for Hendry. There appears to be little downside and a significant amount of upside. Also, as several posters have mentioned, if Hendry knew he wasn't going to offer Harden arbitration, he should have simply let Minnesota have him and saved $1 million. Hendry will establish a new height of stupidity if he fails to offer arbitration to Harden!
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If we're going to trade with the Rays to dump MB and get Burrell, can't we maybe try to get Crawford along with him? A Burrell/Fuku platoon would be expensive but very effective.
The only downside to that is that might involve moving Sori back and forth from left to right, which might make him dizzy or nauseous, like me when I watched him try to hit this year.
Oh offseason, it's fun to live outside of reality.
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The reason I've made the suggestions I have is because of the likely budget limitations, the cubs face. Signing top shelf free agents just ain't happening this offseason. Too many backloaded deals paying the piper.
However trading Milt for Dontrelle gets us out of year 3 of miltons 3/30.
Trading Marshall and Fontenot in deals for Hermida and Hardy is swapping arbitration guys, and keeping monies close to the same.
None of the guys being picked up will require big deals. None of these guys will be under contract past 2010.
Tons of options
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Non-Tender Koyie Hill. Save a million there. Non tender Fontenot if you can't move him in a deal.
My point is that 2 upgrades for 3 million dollars is more in line with what we need to be expecting.
Signing Jason Bay, Matt Holliday, Mark DeRosa, and trading Milton Bradley for Carl Crawford and Evan Longoria is probably not what we should expect.
I'm totally speculating. If someone has some better ideas then lets hash em out.
Who else is available and cost realistic?
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I'm totally speculating. If someone has some better ideas then lets hash em out.
Bradley to Wash for Christian Guzman. Cubs pay Bradley, Wash pays Guzman.
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Unfortunately there is no such thing as a 100% sure upgrade. However we can safely speculate that
1. The Cubs are going to be up against it payroll wise
2. Milton Bradley CANNOT return this club in 2010. The suspension killed that
3. Any upgrades will have to come on a shoestring.
JJ Hardy- Plus defensive SS. Moves Theriot out of SS full time. Averaged 25 HR 77 RBI in 2007-2008. 2010 will be his age 26 season. Great Buy Low opportunity
Jeremy Hermida- Fair defensive Rfer, Lefthandedness that Lou insists upon, moving out of Fla ballpark should help his power numbers. 2010 will be his age 26 season. Excellent buy low opportunity
Plus, both guys will be under club control for 2010 and 2011. So we could go year to year with each guy. Much better scenerio than Jim Hendry backloading another deal to a 30 something Proven vet in decline.
Who else is out there?
Re: Hermida and Hardy
Marlins are supposedly AGAIN looking to slash payroll. Uggla,Cantu,Hermida and a couple of pitchers are all arbitration eligible.
Hermida has been mentioned as a non-tender candidate. So he should come cheap (Tyler Colvin cheap)
Hardy will probably require a bit more. But the Brewers best prospect is a SS in Escobar. They have tight payroll and are looking to add 2 starting pitchers. Hence the Marshall,Wells ideas.
It's not having a pulse of the market. It's just reasoning the situations.
Re: Hermida and Hardy
Fair enough,
If you remember last offseason. I was a big proponent of getting Josh Willingham and Scott Olsen from Florida.
If we'd have done that instead of the direction we did, we could have avoided Milton and the trading of Marquis and DeRosa all together. 20/20 Hindsight.
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Do you trust Jim Hendry or Lou for that matter to have a good handle of "What this team really needs?" at this point?
I have serious doubts.
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Jeff Baker, 2B-3B-probably him or Fontenot
Mike Fontenot, 2B-probably him or baker
Tom Gorzelanny, LHP-offer
Neal Cotts, LHP-non tender
Angel Guzman, RHP-offer
Aaron Heilman, RHP-borderline
Koyie Hill, C-non tender
Carlos Marmol, RHP-offer
Sean Marshall, LHP-offer
So Taguchi, OF-non tender
Ryan Theriot, SS-offer
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Have to disagree on Gorzellany, looks like he had 5 good starts out of 7 which is pretty much all you can hope for from a bottom of the rotation guy.
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Agreed, Especially with the usage pattern that Lou had him on.
I wish Lou would just let Marshall and Gorz take a regular turn in the rotation every 5 days. If Randy Wells earned that opportunity then so should these guys.
Can't completely fault a guy for inconsistency, when his role is that of inconsistent usage.
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good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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The well-intentioned but nonetheless foolish firearms phobia by much of the misinformed media and even some of our elected representatives continues to alarm and worry me.
Many of these folks seem to believe that undermining our "American Excellence," by trampling upon our sacred Constitutional rights, somehow will eliminate depraved violence by the morally corrupt and mentally ill.
As I continued to pray and ponder about this instant assault upon our citizen rights and liberties, especially those provided by the 2nd and 10th amendments in our Constitution's "Bill of Rights," I remembered Martin.
Martin Niemoller knew firsthand why it's so important for each and every one of us to stand up and be counted in our collective pursuit of liberty and our individual rights.
He was a Protestant pastor, who spent the last seven years of World War II as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps.
He spoke contemporaneously, and different versions abound about what he said, but it went something like this:
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Then, they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out - Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
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GLENMOOR —Is the helicopter ambulance service that operates out of the Columbiana County Airport ceasing operations? The company says it needed to relocate the lone helicopter to a busier base in......
How can a business be open, but not staffed? They didn't renew the lease so pull the plug. If no one else steps in the building should be put to another use by the county. While life flight can be a great life saver, it is being used many times when it isn't needed.
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I have a confession to make: I've always wanted girls.
I have two boys.
I assumed I would have girls because I wanted daughters so badly, having grown up with sisters and female cousins.
When I had the first ultrasound during my first pregnancy, I was so surprised to hear I was carrying a boy that I asked at the second ultrasound whether the technician had made a mistake the first time and those boy parts were just the baby's umbilical cord.
I was sure I wouldn't know what to do with a boy.
And then my son, Noah, was born, followed two years later by Kai.
And my house became Boy Central.
Yesterday, the mom of a little boy said to me, "Just looking at your pictures on Facebook, it looks like so much fun having two boys!"
No one is more surprised than I at how true that is! I love having two boys and all the craziness it entails.
I had my expectations of boys blown out of the water when I had these two. I guess I thought boys wouldn't snuggle with their mama or be as easy to understand because I wasn't used to boys or boy stuff.
That couldn't have been further from reality. The bond I have with my boys is a snuggly understanding that we can cuddle and watch "Strawberry Shortcake" together, then run outside for an hour of muddy fun with construction trucks. They're pretty easy to figure out: feed them, love them up and let them be as crazy as they want.
It's obvious watching my boys' many little girl playmates that boys and girls just play differently. Boys play bigger, louder and more physically. They must be hard-wired for it. Kai and Noah slow down to watch movies or read books, but when they play, it's zero to 60 in an instant.
I wrote after Christmas about their obsession with monster trucks and things that go, and while I certainly think there are a lot of little girls out there with similar interests, I know my kids' love of all things big and fast comes from inside.
Do I still wish I had a daughter once in a while? Yeah, but I think most moms do. We are daughters ourselves, and we want the experience we had with our moms.
But do I ever wish I didn't have two boys? No way! Life is one big crazy mess, and I would never want to change it now that I know how wonderfully fun little boys can be.
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The bond I have with my boys is a snuggly understanding that we can cuddle and watch \'Strawberry Shortcake\' together, then run outside for an hour of muddy fun with construction trucks. They're pretty easy to figure out: feed them, love them up and let them be as crazy as they want.


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Tonight, Allentown's Indigo Art gallery (74 Allen St.) will open an exhibition of recent work by Peter Sowiski, a painter, printmaker and professor emeritus of art and design at Buffalo State College.
For the show, "Reaper, Raptor, Soldier, Sky," Sowiski has created a number of large-scale prints and paintings depicting military hardware against vast skies being serviced by one or more human figures. It's all an attempt, he wrote in a statement, to investigate "the high-stakes and tense times we live in."
"These accompanying service figures are meant to visually compliment and extend the dialogue between what we do as people, and what our hardware does," he wrote. "Our mundane work done 'servicing' these machines in a way makes us servant to as well as master of them and their power."
Tonight's opening reception, part of the broader Allentown First Fridays event, starts at 6 p.m. The show runs through March 30. Call 984-9572.
– Colin Dabkowski


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The shish kebab is a dish of small cubes of meat pierced and held in place on a skewer. Using this term as a reference to the act of love adds an exotic twist (brings up images of the middle east were shishkebabs were invented) to the already blunt metaphore of the skewer penetrating the meat.
"Have you shish kebabed her yet"
от will_will_will 30 октомври 2007
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A word that replaces 'shit' or any other bad cursing.
*cars runs over man that's crossing the street*
You: "Holy shishkebab."
You: "Holy shishkebab."
от Japisee 09 август 2005
A sexual position in which a girl is penetrated in the butt as well as the mouth, by two other guys at the same time.
When Jill was at the party, she took two guys to a private room where they shishkebabed her.
от Sir Swag 23 април 2011
Another way of telling someone to shut up or shush.
David: "So, did you score? Did she kiss you? Did you get her number? What did she smell like? Are you gonna go out with her again? Do you think this is true love?"
Jonathan: "David.. SHISH KEBAB!!!"
Jonathan: "David.. SHISH KEBAB!!!"
от consuelaman 09 октомври 2011
When you light your dick on fire and pretend to use it like a sword
Someone when Shishkebab on me when I called them dickless
от Pringles container 10 юли 2016


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Any one else tired of getting battered by sub-zero temps & wind chills? What's your favorite memory of last Summer? Perhaps warm thoughts & a good beer can get us through the remnants of the winter.
Our family was vactioning on Lake Alice for a week in August. The high winds made canoe travel "interesting" for most of the week. But the family time, the loons, the smallmouth bass, the calms between the winds, lunch with Old Scout at the Pine Tree, and just chillin' in Tomahawk made for one fantastic week. We were warm. We had fun. We will be back.


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quote: Even just sitting on that money is a smarter investment than simply gifting it to some overpaid douche bag at the top of the pyramid. Of course, smarter managers would try to invest or reinvest as a first priority, or at least if no good investment opportunities are evident, share the company's profits more evenly across the company's work force and/or shareholders.
quote: As opposed to lobbing wife-beater insinuations
quote: One such idiot's name was Ronald Reagan. One Richard Cheney was another such idiot of notable prominence, up to quite recently even.
quote: Yes, that must be it.OTOH, in my experience the higher you move up a corporate hierarchy, the more you find yourself competing against unscrupulous manipulators and ladder climbers who have no problem lying, cheating, and stepping on the necks of their colleagues if it gets them up to the next rung. I will never be one of those people. I'm not sufficiently sociopathic... And I'm just fine with that.How about you?