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dcdonnie4:The more costeffective army can win vs a more expensive (better unit) because they can just keep throwing them at the other player.
Ports are a really well rounded civ off Andes. Spain can wreck them off andes, so can British. But its not easy. Germans should get hard countered by Port, so I wouldn't suggest playing this.
I think British has the best chance of beating Spain in a heads up battle. That could just be me tho, since I used to play a lot of British, and always heads up.
StormComing:is this 1v1 or team
team. and stef im not that good with brits :P any other civs that u think beat spain heads up?
no one beats spain heads up in team fight.
you beat spain in team fights by doubling them or just surviving long enough for your teammates to win
George:Its like trying to drink soup with a fork.
A good German player will destroy a port in a eco war, and this isn't only because of Germany's eco. I've seen this happen multiple times. Very few times have I seen a even 1v1 PR fight Port V German with the German player loosing. When it comes to Spain (you) in the Andes cliffs against a port (opponent) the Spanish player should be able to dominate. Spain should only fight in the cliffs because it's almost always heads up fighting, and if you push hard enough as Spain you won't even have to worry about those long range mortars.
Spain generally wrecks port in the cliffs unless 2v1 against Spain. Pretty much same circumstances as Storm said.
The thread starter asked for matchups off andes, and there Germans are not that good because of slow train times.
Aracy:Imo India, Brits, Ottos and Iro are pretty good against ports and spain...suspected the OP civs would do a nice job too.. i guess if ur micro is good or better then the one whos playin port/spain u could pwn them with every civ^^
how the heck could india even come close to beating ports? ports have strong culvs, fast art, and organs...i doubt that siege eles could come close to handling that
yeah he doesnt know what he's talking about :)
but we all noob once no flame
I think the best counter for Port is Brits. As for Spain id say Germans depending on the map. It really depends on how you play them. It also depends on what map and how much is the tr time. From what i saw on your account you play Deccan most of the time so Port would probably be a good idea vs Spain and Brit would be good vs Port. If you lose all the time vs these civs then youre doing something wrong.
But remember this is just advice, you can do whatever the .... you wanna do!
i've beaten enough ports with india.. (maybe cuz every second master sergeant is playin ports..)
at least i've beaten u twice with india ^^ and ur still higher rank then me.. but its just my opinion that india does it well against ports..(if therey played the right way...) ;o


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Naming rights have been sold for hockey arenas, baseball fields and football stadiums.
Now, add theaters.
To cover operating expenses, 710 Main Theatre – the former Studio Arena – is selling its naming rights.
"We'll accept a response from any business, individual or organization interested in putting their hat in the ring," said Tony Conte, president of Shea's Performing Arts Center, which manages 710 Main Theatre.
While corporate naming rights haven't been part of theater culture in Buffalo, they have been just about everywhere else.
The funding strategy is increasingly popular in the industry, Conte said.
There's the Snapple Theater Center at 50th and Broadway in New York City, for example; the Best Buy Theater in Times Square; the Bank of America Pavilion, an outdoor amphitheater in Boston; and the Comcast Theatre in Hartford, Conn.
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"It's an exciting opportunity, by and large," said Conte, noting that attendance is picking up and Main Street is opening back up to traffic.
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It was a year when a man going for a walk was the biggest thing to happen in Niagara Falls in years. ¶ The fact that he did it on a wire OVER the falls on live network television might have had something to do with it. ¶ There is little debate that Nik Wallenda's stunt was the biggest story of the year in Niagara County, but several other events and developments made 2012 a memorable year, some for good reasons, some for tragic reasons.
Time of Nik
It was an idea so far-fetched you almost had to do a double-take to comprehend it.
Someone wants to walk a tightrope over Niagara Falls? In the dead of night? Without a tether?!
More inconceivable was the successful effort to repeal centuries-old laws against stunting at the falls.
But there Wallenda was this June, the self-described King of the High Wire, looking like an ant atop a string.
There he was, man conquering a natural wonder of the world, capturing international attention with a daring strut across our thundering cataracts.
The feat has thus far failed to light a spark of development throughout the Niagara Frontier.
But for that one brief shining moment, Niagara Falls resembled the type of bustling tourist town it always should have been.
Tens of thousands streamed into Niagara from across the country to see the stunt with their own eyes, filling hotels, eating at restaurants, looking for ways to spend their money.
Some stood at the rim of the Niagara Gorge for hours, eager for a glimpse of the falls and the gutsy daredevil who aimed to cross them.
Even the depressed American side of Niagara Falls sprung to life, filled with street vendors, fire-breathers, carnival barkers and families.
Nearly a year to the day after state lawmakers proposed the spectacle in Albany, Nikolas Aaron Wallenda took 26 minutes to cross from Goat Island to Canada.
He did it as the center of a network television spectacle, walking, talking, praying his way across the two-inch steel cable as one of nature's greatest forces raged below.
"Oh, my god," he said on ABC-TV. "It's an unbelievable view. I am so blessed to be in the position I am to be the first person in the world to be right here. It's truly breathtaking. This is what dreams are made of, people. Pursue your dreams and don't give up."
That was his lesson all along, even after he became the first human to walk directly across the falls.
Even the unthinkable could be achieved, he said, even turning Niagara Falls around, making it the gem of our region rather than the embarrassment.
It could happen, Wallenda said before he left. Just remember June 15, 2012.
Food for thought
For years, Niagara Falls residents waited … and waited … for some type of progress downtown.
Something – anything – for the 8 million yearly tourists to do after viewing the raging cataracts would be considered an achievement.
That's why officials were downright giddy when the Culinary Institute Niagara Falls opened its doors in September.
The grand opening of the $30 million project was almost surreal for those who remember the former Rainbow Centre mall as a deserted, leaking monolith that stood as a symbol of the city's many development blunders.
One-third of the mall was transformed from a spot where pigeons nested and paint peeled to a welcoming array of stainless-steel classrooms and new eateries.
All at once, more than 200 Niagara County Community College students in chef whites were suddenly downtown, learning in the classrooms, living in hotels, eating at restaurants run by their peers.
For many residents, that was a shock, too – to go downtown and find more than a Denny's and a smattering of Indian restaurants aimed at tourists who come to the falls each year.
First came the Old Falls Street Deli, a lunch spot, then a bakery where students made pastries for the casino, then Savor, a fine-dining restaurant that reported steady business on a recent weekend.
The cooking school also included a new kitchen where residents or tourists can learn to cook, a winery selling local wines and a Barnes & Noble cooking supply store.
More than that, though, the $30 million project was a sign that, yes, a project could actually get built in Niagara Falls.
"They finally did something right in this city," said Elsie Martino of Grand Island. "It's about time."
Other development plans – a boutique hotel, shops in the rest of the mall – have followed the opening of the institute. Whether they will come to fruition remains unseen. But they now have a blueprint to follow.
No free concert
Popularity comes with a cost, and for the people of Lewiston, the cost of free concerts at Artpark was traffic congestion like they had never seen. That's partly why in 2012, Artpark began charging for its previously free Tuesday in the Parks concert series.
When park officials announced the decision in March, they said charging for the shows would lessen the impact that the influx of thousands of people each week had on the otherwise quiet village.
"The crowds here for really big concerts have been kind of overwhelming," Artpark President George Osborne said. "It's just grown to be so big, and we really couldn't find a way to control all the people until this project."
The new admission charges of $5 to $25 for tickets – along with reduced parking fees – were announced as part of a plan to spend $4 million overhauling the facilities. The upgrade includes a new elevated stage, fences and ticketed entrances.
Lewiston officials were delighted to hear that organizers of the concerts were taking steps to control the crowds that irritated locals and clogged Center Street each Tuesday night.
Mayor Terry C. Collesano and Assemblyman John D. Ceretto, R-Lewiston, had organized a forum to hear citizen input on the concerts, whose headline acts bring in funds for the Artpark & Co. concert promoter. Osborne said plans to control the crowds inside the concert area were being developed before those meetings, at the urging of the state Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
Even with the new fees, the concert series was a popular as ever with acts such as Peter Frampton and Heart. The concerts brought them to Artpark. The music brought them to their feet.
Into the Mist
It was a year of ups and downs for Niagara Falls' most famous tourism operator.
The Maid of the Mist began 2012 in limbo, the future of its boat tours in jeopardy after more than a century of existence on the American and Canadian sides of the falls.
It all started when the Canadian government decided that – for the first time in history – it would throw open boat tour operations at the base of the falls to public bidding. The Maid had long held no-bid contracts with government agencies to run tours from both sides of the falls.
The Canadian operation, though, was the more profitable, with roughly two-thirds of boat riders coming from the more developed Niagara Falls, Ont., tourism market.
That's why Maid officials were no doubt shocked and disappointed to learn in February the iconic company had lost out on the new Canadian contract. A new company, Hornblower Cruises of California, was willing to pay millions more than the Maid had for years to run the tours.
Maid President Christopher M. Glynn later said the company was "very disappointed" – maybe the understatement of the year given the impact the decision would also have on the American boat tours.
Because of a complicated docking arrangement, the Maid was facing a future without winter storage facilities on either the Canadian or American sides of the falls.
If the company couldn't built a new facility – and fast – many said a new company would also run American tours out of Niagara Falls State Park.
For a while, the outlook was grim, especially after state officials began talking about environmental and historical hurdles to building a new site on the American shore.
That all changed, though, when the Maid got the ear of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Hiring a lobbyist to peddle influence in Albany, the company this month struck a deal with the state to build a new storage area near the old Schoellkopf Power Plant ruins.
Next year will mark the Maid's last summer on the Canadian shore, but the American operation will keep running for at least another three decades.
It was disappointing for Hornblower and any other company with its eyes on the American tours.
But for the Glynn family of Lewiston, it meant the salvaging of an iconic business long identified with Niagara Falls.
"Gov. Cuomo has saved the Maid of the Mist," Glynn said. "She was in trouble, but he saved her. We are profoundly thankful that he was there when it counted."
Walmart comes to NT
For decades, people flocked to the building at Niagara Falls Boulevard and Erie Avenue in North Tonawanda.
It used to be for entertainment at Melody Fair. As of August, it was to shop at Walmart.
The retailer, which first pitched plans to build on the site of the old concert venue in 2006, finally opened its newest supercenter this year after overcoming a series of lawsuits filed by store opponents, including Frank Budwey, of Budwey's Supermarket.
The Assessor's Office projected city tax revenues at $136,000 a year. Another $80,000 is expected for Niagara County and $220,000 for the school district, Ortt said. It also was expected to bring 300 new jobs to the area.
Walmart officials touted the 185,000-square-foot store as an example of a new wave of stores that are more customer-friendly, with a layout designed to make shopping easier and quicker.
"The layout of the store is easy to navigate, which will save our customers time as they shop for everyday necessities," said Chris Lazarou, the store manager. "By grouping products that our customers most often purchase, including health and beauty and pet supplies, we are making one-stop shopping even easier."
That's small consolation to competitors who say that Walmart undercuts prices to out them out of business and neighbors who say that the stores increase crime in the area and diminish their quality of life. But for bargain hunters, Walmart's presence is music to their ears.
Budget defeat
Most school boards in New York, painfully aware of the anger and frustration property owners harbor about their tax bills and dealing for the first time with a state-imposed tax increase cap, presented budget proposals with tax rate increases that ranged from non-existent to modest, in the neighborhood of 2 percent.
But in Niagara Wheatfield, residents found themselves voting on a spending plan that would have increased the amount to be raised by property taxes by almost 10 percent.
The results were predictable and painful.
Voters in May defeated the budget, 1,713-2,004, making Niagara Wheatfield one of only two districts in the region to say no and the only one in Niagara County.
"Obviously, the voters have spoken tonight, so we're going to have to go back and make some serious cuts," Niagara Wheatfield Superintendent Kerin Dumphrey said shortly after the results were announced.
The district was trying to offset an $8 million deficit caused by five years of spending reserve funds. Spending in the budget was down 1.84 percent, but the tax levy was slated to go up 9.9 percent, above the district's state-mandated tax cap figure of 7 percent.
With state and federal aid declining by $5 million over the previous five years, school board members adopted the lowest budget in five years.
Concessions from teachers and staff saved the district more than $1.4 million. Still, there were major cuts totaling more than $4 million.
But residents said the vote was a clear message to administrators and board members that they needed to do better.
"At some point you have to say enough is enough. I think nationally and statewide and locally for the last 10 years, that's what people have really been saying," said resident Gary Bauer.
The message was received. A revamped budget, with a reduced tax levy increase of less than 5 percent, was approved in what Dumphrey said was a record turnout.
Wilson home explosion
Wilson School Superintendent Michael Wendt said the words that everyone else who heard the story was thinking: "It is beyond belief."
Just after 6 a.m. July 24, an explosion fueled by propane leveled a house on Chestnut Road, killing a 14-year-old girl and injuring her parents and two of her siblings.
Sarah Johnson, 14, who would have started ninth grade in the fall, was found dead by rescuers combing through what was left of the house about three hours after the explosion. Rescuers from nearly 10 fire departments had responded to the scene.
Sarah's sister Katie, 18, suffered severe burns. She would be hospitalized for seven weeks. Their parents, Judith and Jody Johnson, and their brother Nathan, 16, also were injured, although much less seriously. Two other Johnson children, Sam, 10, and Nathan's twin sister, Hannah, had stayed at a family friend's house the night before and were not home at the time of the explosion.
The tragedy brought an outpouring of grief, followed in quick succession by generosity and support from the Wilson community. A series of fundraisers brought in more than $100,000 for the family.
"This is Wilson," said Jake Adams, junior varsity soccer coach of Sarah Johnson. "It's a small town, and this is what Wilson does."
The Johnsons later filed a lawsuit seeking unspecified damages from Noco Energy Corp., the Town of Tonawanda company that supplied propane gas to their home.
The suit acknowledges that Jody Johnson disconnected the 500-gallon Noco propane tank the night before the blast after his daughter smelled an odor in the house and hooked up a 100-pound propane tank he owned to the copper line leading into the home.
The suit alleges that a Noco staffer never warned that the situation should be considered dangerous, but Noco officials have said the suit confirms that it was not a Noco tank that blew up.
The case will eventually be heard in State Supreme Court.
Still no payoff
If the Nik Wallenda wire-walk and the new culinary institute gave Niagara Falls reasons to cheer in 2012, the Seneca casino dispute gave it reason to weep.
Nothing had a more negative effect on the city this year than the dispute between New York State and the Seneca Nation of Indians.
Both sides fought for most of the year – and are still fighting – over the issue of Indian gambling exclusivity in Western New York and across the state.
And Niagara Falls was perhaps the dispute's worst victim.
Because it believes the state violated that exclusivity with racetrack casinos, the Indian nation has not paid the city its yearly slot machine revenues in three years – a figure that now nears $60 million.
There's debate about how wisely the city used the $70 million it received before the stalemate. But no one argues how difficult it made this year's budget process.
City leaders were faced with closing a budget gap that started at $10 million. They cut everything from vacant housing demolitions to street paving to funding for the state's local economic development agency. And in the end, a handful of city workers received layoff notices.
"I call it a disaster budget," Mayor Paul A. Dyster said when he unveiled an original 8 percent tax hike and more than 20 layoffs.
The City Council took its budget ax to the document, eliminating the tax hike and restoring many of the jobs by cutting the USA Niagara Development funding, deleting hundreds of thousands in consulting fees and cutting the salaries of two Dyster appointees.
That pleased many residents who complained about the taxes and said the city should not have been so dependent on the casino revenues.
But if the crisis was averted for this year, it's already visible on next year's horizon. Next year's budget includes casino revenue the city may never receive.
And while arbitrators will determine next year whether the state or Senecas were wrong, no one is saying exactly when that will happen.
For Niagara Falls, that resolution can't come fast enough.
Scandal at SPCA
It started with two staffers raising questions about the treatment of Niagara County's abandoned animals.
It gained steam with an investigation by animal officials in Erie County.
And by January's end, it was a full-blown scandal at the SPCA of Niagara.
Niagara County wasn't the only site where the mistreatment of animals made headlines this year. But the Lockport Road shelter became ground zero for a community debate about how animals are treated at such facilities.
It all began when two former employees of the shelter alleged widespread instances of animal cruelty and mistreatment at the shelter.
They were met with skepticism and denial from some community members and coworkers but their concerns – and those of animal rights organizations throughout the region – ultimately forced an investigation by the SPCA Serving Erie County.
Skeptics originally doubted the Erie County organization would do an objective analysis of its Niagara County neighbor, but Executive Director Barbara S. Carr didn't mince words when she revealed her findings.
At the end of January, Carr released a "horrific" report outlining a dysfunctional culture that she said led the SPCA of Niagara to lose track of 245 animals and kill others in a painful, cruel manner.
A full-scale house-cleaning ensued, first with the firing of Executive Director John A. Faso, who disputed some of the findings.
High-profile criminal defense attorney Paul J. Cambria Jr. became the point-man for a reorganization of the board, whose 15 members all resigned to make way for new candidates.
Before the old board left, though, it hired a Lewiston veterinarian to oversee animal operations. He resigned one day after The Buffalo News published multiple accounts of former customers and co-workers who said the veterinarian mistreated animals previously.
Erie County SPCA employee Amy Lewis was hired by the new board to run the Niagara operation along with Lewiston pet store owner Andrew Bell.
Officials at the shelter have reported higher animal survival numbers since the changes, but they say the shelter is still in financial troubles – the same troubles that plagued the previous regime and perhaps allowed the violations to occur.
A violent stretch
It's not the way anyone would want 2012 to be remembered, but a pair of unthinkable acts of violence a few days apart landed Niagara Falls in the spotlight.
• Isabella S. Tennant, 5, of Cheektowaga, was killed and her body was found stuffed in a garbage can in an alley between Third and Fourth streets, several blocks away from her great-grandparents' home Aug. 27.
• The body of Loretta J. Gates, 30, missing since Aug. 25, was found in pieces, with parts of her body found in the Niagara River on Aug. 29 by state police, and more body parts were found later in Hyde Park by Niagara Falls police.
In the wake of those deaths, the Rev. Jimmie Seright, the program director of SNUG – GUNS spelled backward – and executive director of the New Jerusalem Reporting Center for Boys, called on the community to come together for a rally in a show of support to stop gun violence. He said he was frustrated because the people he wanted to take notice are the ones who are using guns in the streets.
"When we do these rallies [it is to speak to] the people who are involved in these types of incidents or are of a mind to do something stupid like this," Seright said.
"This is to let people know this will not be tolerated. We have to speak out against [the violence.] We will do whatever we can to stop this from happening in our community," Seright said of the rally.
Two people were charged in Isabella's death. The investigation into Gates's death is continuing.
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UB architects have won an international competition with their proposal to build a wall from panels of super-thin steel folded into wild geometric patterns.
Nick Bruscia, clinical assistant professor of architecture, and Chris Romano, research assistant professor of architecture, took home first place in the TEX-FAB Digital Fabrication Alliance's digital fabrication competition, called SKIN. They beat 67 other entrants from 14 countries.
The contest asked competitors to reimagine building façades — to present creative ways of improving the look and function of building "skins."
Winners were announced last month at the ACADIA Adaptive Architecture conference, which UB co-chaired.
Bruscia and Romano's project, titled "3xLP," would utilize an ultra-strong steel fabricated by Rigidized Metals Corporation on Ohio Street.
The faculty members have been partnering with the company for more than a year to explore new uses for the firm's materials.
"Textured sheet steel has yet to be used to its full potential, as the typical application for the material has been non-structural," Bruscia says. "The texturing process, while aesthetic, also strengthens the material, allowing it to perform as a free-standing, lightweight façade system without the use of additional structural components. This is exactly how we're using it in our 3xLP and other projects."
Bruscia and Romano used computational modeling to generate their award-winning design.
3xLP is similar to 2XmT, a wall that the partners erected this summer near the entrance to Silo City, a cluster of grain elevators along the Buffalo River. The architects entered 2XmT in the first phase of the TEX-FAB competition, then revised their entry to focus on 3xLP after becoming finalists. In contrast to 2XmT, 3xLP is porous, containing geometric spaces through which air and light can pass.
2XmT is among UB projects that are contributing to the transformation of Silo City, taking it from a dilapidated industrial site to a hotbed of creative thinking. Last year, UB architecture and planning students built a stainless steel tower nearby to house a colony of rescued bees, and Bruscia and Romano have converted an abandoned office building on the premises into an architectural studio.
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The Peoria County coroner tells the (Bloomington) Pantagraph Blake Seifers died Monday of multiple injuries.
The Livingston County sheriff says the Rowe boy was biking Saturday afternoon when he was struck by a car. He was taken to a Pontiac medical center before being flown to Children's Hospital of Illinois in Peoria.
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This Is a First
by Bob Bonner
posted Dec 12 2013 1:28PM
We are not having a real tree at my house for the first time in more than a quarter century. My kids are, well, no longer kids. They are grown adults with their own lives and schedule commitments. So, getting everybody together to tromp out into the white abyss, in the freezing cold, to get a tree and chop it down wasn't in the cards.
Instead of going the tree lot direction, we decided to put up our Suess tree that we got at Tannenbaum in Door County years ago … and call it a season. As expected, regardless of the schedule realities that confronted us, the kids didn't like it. Can't say I don't, though.
The house is still decorated in holiday splendor thanks to my wife "T", and there will be no wrestling with a stubborn fir that doesn't want to go into the tree stand. Plus, there's no watering to forget, fires to worry about and needles to clean up. Besides, that tree smell in a can really does the trick!
The season is all about family and togetherness anyway, and we'll have plenty of that in the coming weeks. It also eliminates the conflict my dog Ziggy experiences every year when we bring in what would normally be a great outdoor "rest stop" for him. Rest easy, Zig … rest easy.
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COLUMBIA – Three Lancaster men have been sentenced to prison as part of a drug conspiracy case.
Joseph M. Carter, 40, Christaan S. Morrow, 38, and Demond Wilson, 36, all of Lancaster, were sentenced Feb. 18 in federal court in Columbia. All three were charged with being involved in a drug conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 5 kilograms or more of cocaine and 50 grams or more of crack cocaine, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.
Jesef Williams
Lancaster City Councilman Gonzie Mackey says his constituents have been slighted when it comes to which roads in the city are chosen for repairs.
Mackey, who represents City Council District 2, said no roads in his district have received repairs since he was elected more than four years ago. He expressed his frustration during Tuesday's City Council meeting, as he and other Lancaster city officials discussed the roads they'd like to see improved this year.
Christopher Sardelli
With his baseball hat off and skateboard in hand, Justin Owens came to Lancaster County Council with a mission.
Tired of skateboarding in other people's parking lots and searching for a way to keep other teens off the streets, Owens, 15, decided to share his idea for a county skate park at council's March 1 meeting. As he spoke, several of his friends watched from the audience.
From Release
Red Ventures is partnering with readySC, the state's workforce recruiting and training incentive program, to help local residents qualify for sales positions within the company.
Red Ventures relocated to South Carolina in November 2009 and has since experienced tremendous growth.
ReadySC will train qualified job applicants to help them meet the criteria for the large number of sales positions available at Red Ventures.
Reece Murphy
Most people who have tried at one point or another in their lives to get in shape know how hard it can be to go it alone.
The task is always easier with a little help from a partner.
With that in mind, if you live in Lancaster County and are looking to shed some weight, start eating right and develop a healthier lifestyle, take heart. Come April you can have the power of a whole community's worth of partners behind you with the Million Pound Challenge.
Christopher Sardelli
Police officers charged a woman with assault after a fight at Applebee's last week.
At 11:37 p.m. March 3, officers responded to Applebee's restaurant, 1268 S.C. 9 Bypass, Lancaster, after receiving a call about an assault inside the restaurant.
Officers spoke with a waitress at the scene who said another employee attacked her while she was working.
As they were speaking with her, she complained about pain in her forehead and back, a police department incident report said.
Christopher Sardelli
A Lancaster County man was sentenced Thursday to more than six years in prison on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
Brandon O'Neil Broach, 30, of Lancaster County, received a six-and-a-half-year sentence in federal court in Columbia. U.S. District Judge Cameron McGowan Currie also sentenced Broach to three years of supervised release following his prison sentence, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles.
Jesef Williams
It wasn't uncommon for Pat Whitaker to get phone calls at 1 or 2 a.m. from students she mentored.
Whitaker, mentoring coordinator for the nonprofit group Communities in Schools, said teenagers and young adults don't just need help from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. So she made it a point through the years to be available at all hours.
By Nita Brown
For The Lancaster News
It's the early 1970s in Lancaster. A bevy of car-hops buzz around cars parked at the Patio Drive-In, taking orders and delivering food to hungry customers. It's the place to go in Lancaster for home-cooked food at reasonable prices.
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They came from all across the county to have their voices heard at the first Lancaster County Action Council meeting Monday night.
Bonnie and Edward Cox drove from their new home in Kershaw to attend the meeting, held at the Springdale Recreation Complex. They joined more than 100 other residents who turned out to learn more about the group.
After hearing the ruckus over a proposed landfill, which was planned for a site off S.C. 903, they couple wanted to learn what they could do.
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|[around Superbowl season]
Harry Solomon: Tell me what you've done to Sally. Where are you taking her?
Mascha: I can't. I wish I could.
Harry Solomon: Can't you give me a hint?
Mascha: All right... We're going to do something on the weekend... in San Diego.
Harry Solomon: Why can't you give me hint?
Mascha: We're going to do something on Sunday... in San Diego.
Harry Solomon: Just one clue?
Mascha: We're going to something on SUNDAY... in SAN DIEGO... at a STADIUM.
Harry Solomon: Just one tiny clue?
Mascha: The Superbowl, Harry!
Harry Solomon: WORK WITH ME, BABY! WHICH SUPERBOWL?!
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MORIARTY, N.M. � The cases were often heartbreaking: Families coming home to find their dogs had vanished from inside houses, behind locked fences and outdoor kennels in rural communities east of Albuquerque.
But with the recent arrest of a woman accused of stealing two pit bulls � then throwing them from her moving car as the dogs� owner gave chase � officials think they have confirmed long-standing suspicions that the animals were victims of an overzealous animal rescuer turned serial dognapper.
�It really cracked the case,� Edgewood animal-control officer Mike Ring said of the arrest last month of 59-year-old Debbie Swenerton.
Authorities believe she stole dogs and then took them to shelters and said they were strays in need of adoption. Ring said he suspects Swenerton could be part of a larger network of local activists who are concerned about the treatment of animals in rural areas, where many dogs are tied up, live outside or are allowed to roam freely.
No one else has been arrested, and authorities said they are investigating other missing-dog cases.
One of the pit bulls Swenerton is accused of trying to steal and throw from her vehicle suffered road rash, but the dogs were otherwise uninjured, according to the Torrance County Sheriff�s Department. Swenerton was charged with cruelty to animals, burglary and false imprisonment.
Swenerton�s attorney, Quinn Kirby, called the allegations ridiculous.
�Debbie cares deeply about animals and dedicates a great deal of her time and resources to animal welfare,� she said in an email. �It is outrageous to suggest that someone like her would do something so heinous as to throw a dog out the window of a moving car. Debbie has not committed any crimes, and we are confident that she will be exonerated.�
Barbara Tellier, a friend of Swenerton�s who runs the Alliance Against Animal Abuse Inc., said she believes Swenerton is being set up by officials in a county where animal abuse is rampant and officials don�t care.
�Debbie is making waves,� Tellier said. �She is emailing everybody trying to get help for these animals who are locked outside without enough shelter, or not enough water in the summertime, or running loose to get hit by a car ... and nobody is doing anything.�
Tellier said Swenerton is �one of the most humane people I know� and that she and her husband build doghouses and pens for people so they can take their dogs off chains. They also take bales of straw to families to put in doghouses in the winter.
Ring estimated as many as 60 dogs have gone missing in the area over the last few years.
�It�s a sad story when people are calling to report their animals are missing,� he said. �You can hear the emotion in their voice. Some of them have children. These are family pets. It�s heartbreaking, some of these cases.�
Torrance County Sheriff�s Department officials say they have had a flood of new calls since news of Swenerton�s arrest broke. One woman, approached at a hamburger stand, seemed startled to hear of the case.
�My dog is missing. A lot of dogs are missing,� Melissa Crozier said. She said her dog, Simba, recently disappeared from inside her home, behind an unlocked door. �I came home, and he was gone. I have no idea how he could have gotten out� unless someone opened the door.
Torrance County Undersheriff Martin Rivera said that�s how most of the cases came in: �People get home from work and their animal is missing.�
Rivera said authorities had long suspected Swenerton, who is known by law enforcement and animal-control authorities in Torrance, Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties for calling to report suspected animal abuse. In most cases, he says, the animals were fine, with food, water and proper shelter. In most cases, they were also outside.
�I think she is thinking if they are not inside, they are being abused,� he said.
He said authorities believe Swenerton took the dogs to shelters in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Edgewood and other communities, possibly even other states, to be adopted. Additionally, he said, Swenerton had 20 dogs at her home in the mountain community of Tijeras, where she has a licensed dog-rescue facility. Authorities say the animals were well cared for, and all were registered to the woman except one.
A microchip in that dog was traced back to a Bernalillo County family, whose shepherd mix, Alfie, went missing after the family was approached several times by a woman concerned about its care, authorities said. Swenerton told officers she had been given the dog.


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I knew I wanted to be a good transition point in my career, working full-time. Check!
I knew I wanted to be living with the person that was the love of my life. Check!
I knew I wanted to be happy. Definitely check!
So what else do I want to accomplish? Here's what I've come up with. Some of these things are simple that I know I'll accomplish, others challenge me to do things I love,
but don't make the time for.
- Learn to bake french macarons.
- Learn to make croquettes.
- Make marinara sauce, from scratch using fresh tomatoes.
- Read Little Women.
- Run at least one half marathon.
- Run at least one 10k.
- Meet at least one new blog friend in real life.
- Cook/bake 25 recipes that I've pinned to my Pinterest board.
- Do one outfit post a month.
- Buy a new purse.
- Take a writing course.
- Spend 24 hours without my iPhone (aka shut off).
- Go to another Yankees/Red Sox game.
- Plan a fun activity or date for M and I once a month.
- Go on a vacation, even if just for a weekend.
- Sketch in my sketch book every day for a whole month.
- Go running, just because.
- Have a Taco Bell date night with M.
- Say no to something I don't want to do without feeling guilty.
- Go to church.
- Start a tradition with M.
- Submit 5 stories to Chicken Soup.
- Take a Zumba class.
- Fix something in the house.
- Teach M something fun.
- Make list of 26 before 26.


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Byrd Flying East for the Summer
UPDATE #2: @Sean_McAdam: Red Sox will be responsible for only the pro-rated minimum - about $400K -- of Marlon Byrd's $6.5 million salary. Cubs eat the rest.
UPDATE: @Sean_McAdam
Baseball source: Byrd to Red Sox for Michael Bowden and PTBNL done. Cubs will pick up "most'' of Byrd's $6.5 million.
Nick Cafardo was the first to report that the Cubs and Red Sox are working on a deal to send Marlon Byrd to the Red Sox. It would also make sense of the earlier roster move today where the Cubs called up Tony Campana to put Ryan Dempster on the disabled list since they still need to lose a body to make room for Randy Wells tomorrow.
Bruce Levine is saying the Cubs will get a left-handed reliever and a minor leaguer in the deal and it should be completed today. I'm presuming Cubs will pay a healthy portion of Byrd's roughly $6.5M salary as well, but no word on that yet. Franklin Morales and Justin Thomas are the 2 lefties on their current active roster. There's also Michael Bowden, a righty, that was DFA'd last week by them.
Lineups for today's loss after the jump...
|Cozart, SS
|*DeJesus, RF
|Stubbs, CF
|Barney, 2B
|*Votto, 1B
|Castro, SS
|Phillips, 2B
|*LaHair, 1B
|Ludwick, LF
|*Stewart, 3B
|Rolen, 3B
|*Clevenger, C
|Heisey, RF
|*DeWitt, 2B
|Mesoraco, C
|Mather, CF
|Leake, P
|*Maholm, P
Keep an eye out here for more updates on the trade.
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Look at you with the clever headline!
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Clevenger sucks
Leake on his way to Kohls
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Bruce Levine tweets...
Bruce Levine @ESPNBruceLevine
Epstein and Hoyer just went into clubhouse
C'mon, can't you do better than that Brucie?
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WEEI Alex Speier posts a more detailed article...
Random aside: The structure of that contract suggests the makings of a deal that, hypothetically, could help the Red Sox' payroll as calculated for luxury tax purposes. If, for instance, the Cubs sent $5.5 million to Boston to offset the outfielder's salary, then it would actually decrease the Red Sox' payroll as calculated for CBT purposes, as that sum would be subtracted from Byrd's $5 million average annual salary.
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Ken Rosenthal tweets... (not really anything new, just relaying his source)
Source: Byrd deal remains probable. Timing issues remain. Cubs likely to pay most of Byrd's remaining $6.5M. Bowden in play from RedSox
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"Timing issues remain."
Anyone have an idea what that means?
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if it's bowden...they designated him for assignment, but he hasn't been put on waivers yet...but needs to be soon.
if it's BOS waiting to see if a CF'r appears elsewhere...well, good luck with that this early in the season.
i assume the holdup might be michael barrett...because it's usually his fault for everything.
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"Timing issues remain."
Last flight to Boston/Logan out of Midway is 8:50 PM
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Sat, 04/21/2012 - 2:19pm — QuietMan
"Timing issues remain."
Anyone have an idea what that means?
Q-MAN: Michael Bowden was Designated for Assignment on April 15th, so he has to be placed on Outright Assignment Waivers no later than 2PM (EDT) Monday 4/23 or else the Red Sox cannot outright him to the minors (presuiming he isn't claimed) on 4/25 (it takes 48 hours for a player get through waivers).
So if Bowden is the player the Cubs will be getting back for Byrd, the deal must be completed prior to 2 PM (EDT) next Wednesday, but really more like by 2 PM (EDT) Monday or else the Sox would be stuck having to release Bowden if the deal falls through.
BTW, Bowden is out of minor league options, so the Cubs cannot acquire him from Boston and then option him to the minors.
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Red Sox.com also has an article on Byrd rumors
One candidate could be Michael Bowden, a right-hander the Red Sox designated for assignment last week. Bowden was selected by Boston in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft by Theo Epstein and Jason McLeod, both of whom currently work in the Cubs' front office.
note: Bowden was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (47th pick) of the 2005 amateur draft.
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Scouting report on Bowden from sox prospects.com
Bowden has an arsenal of four pitches: (1) an 88-92 mph four-seam fastball that can top out around 94 mph, (2) an average 12-6 hard breaking curve, (3) an excellent circle changeup, and (4) an 83-85 mph slider that he added in 2009, which he hopes to use as an out pitch down the line. Also developing a cutter in 2011. His main pitch - the four-seamer - has a late, heavy sinking movement, and he generally keeps it down in the zone. Bowden can also work in a two-seamer that is a few mph off of his four-seamer, with a bit more movement. His deceptive changeup sits in the low-80s, about 10 mph off of his fastball, with action moving away from lefties. His mid-70s curve is sharp and he keeps hitters at bay with it, but he definitely telegraphs it too often. Overall, Bowden has an excellent command of the zone. One aspect that should come with more experience is improved pitchability against advanced hitters. His mechanics are somewhat unconventional in that his delivery is quite compact and he doesn't pull back with a lot of torque. Relies more on arm strength than leverage. Still, he's able to maintain consistent arm action throughout his outings, so the Sox haven't messed with his delivery. Bowden is said to be a workaholic and just loves to pitch - another player who just lives and dies for baseball. Very athletic and focused and intense on the mound.
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To me, Bowden is their version of Jay Jackson, a guy who, as a starter, was flyball prone, lacked an out-pitch as he worked into the upper levels (as he scrapped the plus curve he once had because of mechanical issues), and eventually moved to the pen (which is where I think Jay Jackson's best shot is). With the fastball/cutter (and tossing in a few sliders), he still has enough stuff that he could be a solid middle relief type arm I'm not sure I really buy him as a late-inning type arm (I mean, is he significantly better than say, a Blake Parker, out of the pen?).
All that said, in a Marlon Byrd trade/dump, this is a fine return.
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his slider never "took" fwiw...he has it, but he can't throw it hard with control at mid-80s, it works best (but not very well) in the very low 80s.
also, that curve is long gone.
Timing issue for Cubs, too?
Hopefully there's more to this than Bowden. If Cubs are not getting salary relief, not getting a real prospect, and not ready to call up Jackson, why bother?
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throw shiiiiiiiiiii at a wall, see what sticks. *shrug*
bowden isn't horrible, but he's a setup guy at best...i hope they don't want to try to make him a starter again.
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Bowden and an A-ball arm sounds like what they ought to expect for Byrd plus $5 mill.
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the "conspiracy theorist" would say that they are going for as bad a team as possible to load up on the draft and international signing in 2013, as much as possible under the new CBA.
the flip side is ... uh ... maybe they believe adding Campana gives them better defense and another top of the order option?
If it wasn't for the fact that they DFA'd Bowden, much as I am not high on Bowden, Bowden for Byrd and cash to offset is probably an okay deal. A mildly intriguing, team-controlled upper level arm (plus the supposed LOOGY they are getting) for an older veteran that doesn't offer that much with the bat. Of course, that really doesn't address the "why bother" question you propose - just saying that the deal isn't that bad, and only sounds worse because Bowden was DFA'd.
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at least it's the 2014 draft class that this "awesome" draft pick should materialize...if they continue down this path of suck, that is.
i'm not a huge fan of the 2013 draft class. it's not weak, but there's not that "woah" up top in the top-5 that you see in some years.
that said, i don't know what the 2014 draft class holds, so i could be dead wrong about it being better.
also, it's april and im talking about next years draft...bbl, suicide.
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Hmm ... it might not have the woah, but if we really do finish with a top 2-3 pick, if we could nab an Austin Wilson or a Karsten Whitson, that would be huge for the system.
That said, a lot can change in the next year and change.
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i brainfarted there and all my 2013 should be 2012...and 2014, 2013...
speaking of 2012...i hope mike zunino (college catcher) lasts long enough to draft this year because he's the only guy i like in the "high end" 2012 class.
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I'd be fine if they wanted to take a gamble on Giolito (if he fell there), provided the doctors said it was okay. I'd be curious about his teammate, Max Fried, although it feels a dash high at 6.
I'm not the biggest fan of Appel, and I don't think Buxton is falling there. I doubt Zunino falls there either, but that'd be a nice pick if he somehow was available. I'm not sure how I feel about Gausman or Zimmer as of now.
For the most part, I think we'll get a very good talent at 6.
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i really don't like appel...with his stuff he should be -much- more effective. kyle zimmer gets love (and might be taken over appel) but he works deep counts a lot, though his walks rate don't show it.
rich shaffer (college 3rd) i'd take over appel and zimmer...
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I'm not sure this team is any worse off without Byrd than they are with Byrd. You always have Johnson, Mather, and Sappelt to step into the role that Byrd currently fills, plus Campana to play some, and BJax once we get into July or so. In the short term, any of those players could actually improve the team's chances of a winning a game or two.
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Sveum on the post-game interview was asked about Campana, match him up not against power guys...will use him to start a couple of times a week and maybe more, "production is everything".
asked about the Clevenger Steamer, said Soto will play tomorrow.
said he doesn't talk to Castro after every one of their errors.
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campana/mather CF...watch out MLB.
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"production is everything".
asked about the Clevenger Steamer, said Soto will play tomorrow.
Contradiction much?
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soto, clevenger, and welly...at least they have surplus youth somewhere... =p
if clevenger keeps hitting (even though he'll probably be jason kendall-ish at best) it could make the welly situation interesting. i'm already assuming this is soto's last season and he's trade bait mid-season or post-season. welly could probably start now and celvenger is making an early case he could, too.
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I'm not that psyched about Clevenger's arm, and he tends to pop the ball into LF and CF, so I think his average is bound to fluctuate wildly with good and bad luck. He's nice to have around as a backup while he's earning league minimum.
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pretty much...im ready for the welly era, if/when it gets here.
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"said he doesn't talk to Castro after every one of their errors."
Nobody's got that kind of time on their hands.
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THAT made me laugh. Hard...
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Bruce Levine @ESPNBruceLevine
Marlon Byrd confirms he has been traded to Boston. Deal will be announced after Boston game.
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Sean McAdam [email protected]_McAdam
Baseball source: Byrd to Red Sox for Michael Bowden and PTBNL done. Cubs will pick up "most'' of Byrd's $6.5 million.
Should we start a pool for when the ptbnl happens?
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humber perfect through 8 vs seattle
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1 out left...oombur wants it bad...showing it.
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pefecto on bad check swing call on home ump.
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...and he gets it. awesome.
too bad i had to sit though a NYY/BOS blowout until the 9th while this was going on...even though i pay $200 for the EI package...woo, Fox saturdays.
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Len Kasper @LenKasper
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agreed...fox has the shot (and an overhead shot), but they didn't show it. guess they don't want to push it when SEA was almost assured of a loss anyway.
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it was 9-1 bosox over yanks.
Now have tying run on first, all runs in the 7th
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14-9 Yanks
Valentine booed getting pitchers changed
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i have no idea wtf valentine was trying to do leaving aceves out there. there's not having it and giving a guy a chance to work out of it...and just plain not having it.
the only thing aceves had today was velocity.
hell, i have no idea why valentine has a f'n job in the bigs. i think a player could last relate him back in the 1980s.
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is there a pool yet on when Valentine gets the axe?
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How long is his contract? I say all star break if he currently has a 1year deal!
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**How long is his contract?**
2 years.
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Alex Speier, WEEI updates his post...
While the identity of the player to be named is not known, a source said that it is not left-hander Andrew Miller (currently on the DL).
also he changed his info for those "luxury-taxologists":
One slightly obscure clarification: It was believed that the Sox could apply the money that the Cubs would send to them to improve their luxury tax situation, since the subsidy coming from the Cubs would exceed his average annual value. In the past, teams could end up with a lower payroll as calculated for luxury tax purposes after acquiring a player. However, according to an industry source, Major League Baseball closed that loophole in the last two years.
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Do they have any guys in suits the Cubs may still want?
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So we have another roster move coming, right?
Bowden gets placed on the 40 man roster since he wasn't outrighted by the Red Sox. He's out of options. So he stays on the 25 man roster unless the Cubs try to outright him.
Wells geting recalled to start on Sunday. So that's one too many players.
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Shawn Camp and Bowden also seem redundant in terms of their stuff.
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The Cubs have also been given a list of young pitchers by the Red Sox that they will scout. At some point in May, they will choose one pitcher to complete the trade.
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interesting wording in the article. Makes me think we'll get to pick a "Chris Archer", "Marcos Mateo", or "Jose Ceda" type of guy in the low levels, a lottery ticket arm of sorts, perhaps someone not as polished yet (as bad as he's been, I wouldn't mind trying to rehab Drake Britton, but he's on the 40 and there's probably better options out there. Maybe a Cody Kukuk).
Also interesting that he loosely confirmed what I had been thinking - that there's a good chance Brett Jackson won't see Wrigley until late summer, if not the fall. Considering the direction of this season, okay.
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Can we have Kurcz back?
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that'd be sort of ... funny. Honestly, much as I liked Kurcz, depending on the arms, I might be inclined to go for a lottery ticket type arm instead. There isn't that much ceiling with our starting pitchers in full-season ball (I mean, I am more gung-ho than most on Wells, but realistically, as of now, unless he really develops his breaking ball, it's more a mid-rotation ceiling). The next "wave" is fairly raw (Peralta/Paulino/Arias/Maples, those guys) and a lot can go wrong. Getting more options would be nice, as Kurcz's ceiling is what it is.
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Guess that makes sense. I'd be happy with either a high ceiling far away prospect or low floor ready soon arm (like Kurcz). I mean, I think Boston is gonna find out that even when Byrd is playing well his value is greatly overstated by the people who like the things he says and the way he carries himself.
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per Muskat...lineup Sunday:
DeJesus rf, Campana cf, Castro ss, LaHair 1b, Soriano lf, Stewart 3b, Soto c, DeWitt 2b, Wells p
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Nick Cafardo of the Boston Globe thinks that the Red Sox should put Bard in the role of closer and recall Aaron Cook from Triple-A to fill in the back of the rotation.
and then the real ownership speaks...
After last night's game, Cherington, president Larry Lucchino, and principal owner John Henry met with Bobby Valentine. Not much was said after the meeting but in a brief phone interview with Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com, Henry said "This is not a 14-game problem, this is 41-game problem (including the Red Sox' 7-20 mark last September). Our pitching has been terrible over the last 41 regular season games."
so the cubs have a 16,000 game problem?
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I tend to sort of agree with Cafardo on the first suggestion. Bard looks like he could be a decent starter, but their pen is in such bad shape now, and it's hard to see who will deal pen arms at this early stage. If Cook falters, there's always some end of the rotation guys that are available (I mean, Lannan is available, as is Wells, amongst others).
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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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Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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"grandma's here! #thankyougod," Paris wrote on Twitter early Thursday morning.
Paris, 14, had apparently been losing sleep over the mystery of Katherine's recent whereabouts and well-being.
"5 hours of sleep last night, been awake for 23 … time to #hibernate," she wrote in a follow-up note.
Katherine's return to Los Angeles is the latest development in what has been a bizarre Jackson family crisis centered on Michael's will and the welfare of his children.
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