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I asked Johnson if he would consider managing again, without referring to any job in particular. "I wouldn't rule it out," he said. "I really have enjoyed my time off. There are other things in life." But ... "I am getting a little bored," he said. "It would have to be someone I know and respect."I don't know if Johnson knows Andy MacPhail and Jim Hendry, but I have to imagine he at least knows who they are. Does he respect them? I have no idea, but surely a few meetings with them would give him the oppotunity to get to know them a little better. I can't imagine that his work with Vantage Sports Management is really as challenging and rewarding a position as a guy like Johnson wants.
Isn't Davey Johnson just the
Isn't Davey Johnson just the NL version of Terry Bevington?
I have no idea what that
I have no idea what that means, but have you seen Johnson's record as a manager?
Terry Bevington managed the
Terry Bevington managed the Sox before Jerry Manuel, if memory serves.
If he manages next year I
If he manages next year I think it will be for the A's or Orioles. Wasn't Beane a back-up for him on the Mets and that article goes on to say how much he likes Angelos. I think Beane would axe Macha for the right manager, because it seems they don't get along and he did the same thing to Howe.
As a Cardinals fan, the last
As a Cardinals fan, the last guy I want the Cubs to hire is Buck Showalter. If that happened, the Cubs would be guaranteed a World Series win the year after he's fired. ;)
On a serious note, I think Davey Johnson would be good for the Cubs. He wouldn't let a lot of the stuff happen that's been going on this season and last season.
I'd just like to see him get a shot with anybody again though. I think he got a raw deal in LA.
As I recall, Johnson got
As I recall, Johnson got some props in Bill James' book on managers a few years ago. But it's been so long since he's actually managed a team, I can't remember any strengths/weaknesses about the man.
His record's a solid one. The three main questions I'd have would be:
1. How does he handle a pitching staff (especially a staff with durability issues)?
2. Any track record on handling young players?
3. Who are his "pet" coaches?
James has had complimentary
James has had complimentary words about Johnson, mainly due to the fact that he understands the value of a lineup stacked with guys who know how to get on base (see teh platoon of Backman and Teufel at 2B while he manged the Mets as an example), plus I think he understands the importance of having a everyday player, who is also the team leader.
I will check some of my older James' material and see if he had any words on his handling of pitching staffs.
Also, if I remmeber correctly, he did write that Johnson has some of the most awful mannerisms, in that when the camera is onhim in the dugout, he always doing something with his hands that you wouldn't do in polite compnay.
I'm still wondering what
I'm still wondering what Chuck means by calling Johnson the NL version of Terry Bevington -- I don't see any similarities between the two...
I look forward to seeing what James has to say about Johnson - my take onhim is that he has a solid knowledge of how to hadle a pitching staff, and he's good with development of younger players.
And he's only been out of the game for 5 years, so it's not like it's passed him by.
Ha ha. From the
Ha ha. From the baseballreference.com page on Davey Johnson:
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Jim Hendry: Come to your senses and hire this guy NOW!!!
I garnered from Ruz's April
I garnered from Ruz's April 2002 post that Johnson's not a small-ball guy, which is great from my perspective. Can anyone provide details on how he handled his relievers?
JK1969: thanks for the info
JK1969: thanks for the info re. Bill James.
>when the camera is on him in the dugout, he's always doing something with his hands that you wouldn't do in polite company.
As long as that also includes wrapping his fingers around the neck of a player who didn't run hard to first, I'm OK with it.
Off topic, but those who
Off topic, but those who live in Chicago (or Milwaukee) might find this amussing.
It is funny enough to think that Milwaukee was getting its weather from a puppet, but even funnier to see which Chicago weatherman of note worked with the puppet (scroll down to see who).
Can anyone explain to me why
Can anyone explain to me why John Koronka has been re-called? Do we seriously not have anyone better in our system? I find that to be more laughable than the way the Cubs have been playing. What a joke!
Maybe Koronka is being
Maybe Koronka is being groomed as the new Cubs manager?
What's the sorces on Kornoka
What's the sorces on Kornoka being recalled?
I didn't even think he was on the 40 man anymore.
It's from the I-Cubs site
I assume that means Hill is
I assume that means Hill is sent down, but for crying out loud...John Koronka? The guy is awful. He's not even good in AAA. I'm so sick and tired of this shit from the Cubs. Bring up Nolasco. Pignatiello. Brownlie. I don't care. Anyone, but Koronka.
``I saw a sign out (in the
``I saw a sign out (in the stands) that said, 'Please stop losing, Cubs,''' Chicago second baseman Todd Walker said. ``That kind of stuff breaks your heart. Believe me, we're trying. I'm bewildered.
Koronka's last 4 starts: 24
Koronka's last 4 starts: 24 IP, 30 H, 17 earned runs.
Absolutely mindboggling.
I guess all you have to do in the Cubs organization is play bad and Jim hendry will give you a call. Either that or get hurt and he'll surely sign you.
WSCR reporting Macias
WSCR reporting Macias leading off and Neifi 2nd.
I swear Dusty throws out these lineups on rainout days just to threaten Hendry.
And another source.
Not to be a Cub apologist,
Not to be a Cub apologist, but I bet that Koronka is being recalled because his next start coincides with when Hill would have made a start.
If I were the manager :), I would have inserted Rusch back into the rotation and recalled a reliever from AAA.
No, not at all. His start
No, not at all. His start was supposed to be yesterday and he got scratched 2 hours before the start. Pignatiello got the start in stead.
What I meant by the
What I meant by the Bevington line is that DJ seems to always have a blank, open mouthed-stare on his face. Like someone has stuck a probe into his head and scambled his grey matter.
As to DJ's record, look at Dusty's record. Both pretty good.
DJ seems, to me, to be more a result of the talent around him (Strawberry, Gooden, Darling, Viola, Mitchell, Carter), than his skill as a manager.
His best days were 20 years ago. Forget him.
My guess it's a contingency
My guess it's a contingency plan for 6 games in 5 days, with the resulting DH from today's rainout.
Hello, managers don't recall
Hello, managers don't recall players. That's Hendry's job.
Ok, I realised this is a
Ok, I realised this is a lost season at this point, but do the Cubs have to poor salt in the wounds of Cub fans? Really?
Koronka, Macias, Neifi? I think I'm going to be sick.
It's so funny how everyone
It's so funny how everyone wants to blame Dusty for EVERYTHING. You can blame Hendry just as much. They were meant to be together. Too bad it had to be with the Cubs.
It's disgusting, isn't it?
It's disgusting, isn't it? Sometimes I just wish I could tell this team to Fuck off and walk away.
After all, that's what they're doing to us.
Actually, it's not funny.
Actually, it's not funny. It's kind of sickening. (Insert: "yeah, but so is the way the Cubs are playing" response here.)
Who was blaming Dusty for
Who was blaming Dusty for recalling Koronka?
Is the game going to be
Is the game going to be rained out? Is it raining pretty hard up there?
I think koronka..neifi and
I think koronka..neifi and macias will add more fun to the circus cozz its kinda boring to see the same clowns everyday.. I think the cubs organization is kind of experimenting to see the perennial depths of worst performances.
Edison --> "I have not failed. I've just found 10000 ways that won't work.."
Dusty and Hendry --> "We haven't lost. We found 10,000 worst possible line ups and 10,000 possible ways of losing a ballgame."
DJ seems, to me, to be more
DJ seems, to me, to be more a result of the talent around him (Strawberry, Gooden, Darling, Viola, Mitchell, Carter), than his skill as a manager.
That can be said about 99% of baseball's managers, not just Davey Johnson.
The only manager who I don't think that applies to, at least right now, is Bobby Cox.
I doubt the game will be
I doubt the game will be rained out. It rained a little this morning, and it's supposed to rain off and on later this afternoon, but they should be able to get the game in.
It's not about making them
It's not about making them worse. It's about making an attempt to get better and seeing what you have for next year. If Koronka sucks in AAA and has already sucked with the Cubs, what possible reason could there be for re-calling him? It's just bad management. On Hendry's part, that is.
Why bring up a good pitcher
Why bring up a good pitcher and let Dusty fuck him over?
So apparently, Dusty doesn't
So apparently, Dusty doesn't think he's done enough damage to Woody's career.
The nutshell: While the Cubs brass and team doctors don't want Wood to throw more than a couple innings at a time, Dusty's still thinking of putting him back in the rotation!
From espn.com:
Cubs officials told the Chicago Sun-Times on Thursday that although manager Dusty Baker left open the possibility of Wood returning to the starting rotation as early as Monday, the team plans to keep Wood in the bullpen, following doctors' advice to limit Wood to one or two innings a game for the rest of the season.
Wednesday, after Wood threw pitches clocked at 98 mph and 100 mph, Baker had said he wouldn't eliminate the possibility of Wood replacing struggling rookie Rich Hill in the rotation Monday at Houston.
"He's throwing the ball great out of that bullpen," Baker told the Sun-Times. "We just can't get to him when it means something. I have to talk to Jim [general manager Hendry]. As long as [Wood] can minimize his pitches, he feels great. We've got to figure this thing out. We're not out of this thing yet."
Actually, the more I read
Actually, the more I read that article, the more I'm convinced Hendry brought up Koronka to keep Dusty from using Wood in the rotation. Dusty now has another proven veteran he can turn to, even if that proven veteran has proven himself to be a mediocre minor leaguer at best.
"We're not out of this thing
"We're not out of this thing yet."
Is Dusty insane? He sees the Cubs only losing 10 to 14 more games this season? Because that's what it will take to win the WC at this point.
I think you have to win 93
I think you have to win 93 games to win the WC. At 54-60, the Cubs would have to go 39-9 to get to 93 and have a chance to win the WC.
I think the recall of
I think the recall of Koronka is an impulse action, not one made with any L/T plan in mind. At this point, Hendry is most likely in a quasi panic made, since I think his mode is to be positive and unless he is in full denial, he may be at a loss, and instead of thinking thru the ramiifications for the rest of the season, he made the easy call, in that Koronka has been with the big club and this move doesn't disturb the bullpen configuration, it is the path of least resistance.
Big Jim Hendry is probably in career crisis, as given his MOA, no way he saw this collapse coming.
post #22 If I were the
post #22
If I were the manager :), I would have inserted Rusch back into the rotation and recalled a reliever from AAA.
I don't know, with season
I don't know, with season being over and the Cubs likely to get hammered over the next two series, I would much rather send Koronka out to get his confidence shattered than let further damage be done to Hill's.
Koronka had his 15 minutes of fame with his major league debut, and it has to be clear to him now that he's a perpetual minor leaguer. However, Hill, if he can develop a reliable third pitch to go along with his mediocre fastball, can be a promising starter in the future. Perhaps Hendry and the brass have realized that and are sending him down to 1) safeguard his remaining self-confidence and 2) have him work on a new pitch or two.
Perhaps I'm being overly optimistic, but with the way this season's been, I'm looking for anything to be optimistic about.
Yeah...like maybe jermaine
Yeah...like maybe jermaine van buren who has dominated AAA vs. Koronka who has pretty much just gotten pounded.
I don't care about a path of least resistance. This, like the Matt Lawton trade, is just stupid. Call up someone who may actually have a future. this just tells me that the minor league system is even worse than I already thought it was.
The way the Cubs are
The way the Cubs are playing, they have a much better chance going 9-39. Can you imagine the scene at Wrigley with all games pretty much sold out the rest of the season? There would be a riot!
At least in years past people knew the Cubs would be out of it in September, crowds of 5,000 or less showing up.
MLB better relax the steroid testing if the Cubs are going to have a chance.
I'm sorry, but Hill's minor
I'm sorry, but Hill's minor league numbers do not indicate a pitcher who will have a good career as a starter. They are very mediocre...at best. Even at college he was average. He strikes out a lot of people and unless he's moved to the bullpen, his career will be short. he's not going to be an effective starter. I see no evidence to suggest he can be.
Games may be sold out, but
Games may be sold out, but some people simply won't go. I wouldn't go watch this team play. I hope others won't as well. The only way they'll get the point is if the stands are empty. Think that $4 million they could use to buy out Dusty won't be lost in a hurry through ticket sales and the Tribune is stupid.
Bob, It IS Dusty's job to
It IS Dusty's job to decide whether Rusch should be moved into the starting rotation. For reasons I don't understand, he refuses to do that.
Cubs.com just sent an email
Cubs.com just sent an email asking me to enter for a chance to win a trip to the 2005 World Series. I'm forwarding it Dusty Baker -- after all, that's the only way he's getting there. :(
Andrew: "I would much rather
"I would much rather send Koronka out to get his confidence shattered than let further damage be done to Hill's. "
That is why I posted way back in June that bringing Hill up is not a good idea as it was way too qucik. Him getting shelled woill only set him back. Hopefully he is able to overcome all this.
Davey Johnson? No.
Davey Johnson? No.
Rock: "Games may be sold
"Games may be sold out, but some people simply won't go. I wouldn't go watch this team play."
I am not either, I am just wselling my seasons on Ebay. I sold Sat and Sun games to some STL fans for $160 for the pair each day. At least I am getting something out of this non playoff season.
Vorare: "It IS Dusty's job
"It IS Dusty's job to decide whether Rusch should be moved into the starting rotation. For reasons I don't understand, he refuses to do that."
Rusch hasn't started a game since June 23rd, his arm is not stretched out properly to go more than 3 innings or so. That is why i didn't understand why Hendry and Baker had Mitre with the big squad so long instead they should of had him in Iowa getting stretched out so he can start.
At least the buyers for that
At least the buyers for that one get to see the Cards: I wouldn't want to be stuck with something like the final series against the Pirates at the prices those were going for back in March.
You can fire Dusty...replace
You can fire Dusty...replace him with Davey...or anyone else you wish...the results will be the same until the club makes an organization wide commitment to winning--not just for this season or next season, but over the long haul...this season, next season, the next, the next, the next....
And that starts with an attitude that the farm system is the golden goose....and that every coach at every level has a responsibility to groom fundamentally sound ball players and advance them when they are fundamentally ready for the next level.
Dusty, Hendry, Baylor, Lynch style of organizational flow...player retention, development and recruitment is a total mess.....they need to go to school again...look at Atlanta Braves as a mold for how you run an organization...take some notes from St. Louis, Oakland....and only then will they be truly successful.
The commitment has always been for instant gratification from the Cubs organization....and that simply is not how you effective run a baseball organization.
I have been around for many
I have been around for many of the famous Cub collaspses of the past, and this one doesn't bother me much, for 2 reasons:
1) I did not come into this season believing the Cubs would seriously challenge for a playoff spot, unless they played well early and Hendry made a mid season improvement.
2) The core of this team is still intact. Z and Prior are both healthy, and although Mark has regressed in his development, we can build around these 2 guys, even if Wood nevers amounts to more than he is now. Aram and Lee are mashers, and notwithstanding Lee's slump of late, his game really has no weakness. We do have some possible options in the minors, if certain players can continue to improve as they progress.
With that said, I think that 2006 may be another year of adjustment, as I don't see how can can overcome the many holes we will have - LF, RF, Back end of rotation, the pen, the bench and the managerial situation.
Yes, it hurts to see the Cubs disappoint again, however, it looks like the plan will take longer to fulfill than I thought.
Yes, but the poster said if
Yes, but the poster said if he were the manager he would insert Rusch and call up someone. That was my point.
Cubfan, you are wrong. The
Cubfan, you are wrong. The Cardinals for the most part are made up of free agents. The Red Sox was all free agents. Farm systems are totally overrated. The Braves? During their incredible streak of 10 division titles (which is useless cause you don't need to win your division to go to the playoffs) they have won 1 whole whopping world series. In that time frame the Florida Marlins have finished LAST 3 times and been under .500 7 times yet have managed 2 World Series titles.
F the Braves. The most OVERRATED organization in sports.
>the Braves. The most
>the Braves. The most OVERRATED organization in sports.
If that's true, I'll take OVERRATED. Gimme OVERRATED. I love OVERRATED.
Schuerholz and Cox can run my team anytime. And they can bring along Mazzone, too.
The only good thing about
The only good thing about Koronka getting recalled (if he is), is that ESPN Radio 1000, afternoon show (Mac, Jurko, & Harry) will play that John Koronka parody song. I can never get that out of my head after they play it.
"John Koronka, John John Koronka...."
The Cardinals for the most
The Cardinals for the most part are made up of free agents.
Let's see--
Pujols--Cardinal product
Molina--Cardinal product
Morris--Cardinal product
Suppan, Isringhausen, Carpenter, Sanders, and Grudzielanek were free agent signings, but other than Izzy they were all pretty low profile. Not sure what you mean by "for the most part," but it seems to me the core of the team consists of non-FAs.
Eckstein was an FA too.
Eckstein was an FA too. Doesn't change my general point.
Isn't this the right time to
Isn't this the right time to bring up Scott McClain (.291, 24 2B, 2 3B!, 26 HR, 81 RBI in only 364 AB!)from Iowa and see what he can do?
At the least, he could give our first baseman an occasional rest and give us some power (= HOPE) off the bench.
If you remember he had a great spring training for the Cubs last year. It's not like this year with the ICubs is a fluke.
If the Braves are so
If the Braves are so OVERRATED, how is it that they keep getting forecast to finally not win the division, yet keep winning it?
It's official: Koronka
It's official:
Koronka recalled, Hill Optioned to Iowa
Koronka can't do much worse than Hill, but this makes NO SENSE. Koronka was on teh 40 man, but still....
You got to be freaking
You got to be freaking kidding me.....Macias and Perez #1 and #2? He has lost his fucking mind.
Our hated rivals in town, and he trots this out? Ohh fire his ass now, just fire this guy. This is beyond stupid now.
The Edmonds and Mulder
The Edmonds and Mulder trades involved prospects, and while I have no idea how Adam Kennedy was regarded way back when, Dan Haren and Daric Barton were major jewels in the Cards' system. You don't get big names for free, no matter how you choose to go about doing it.
Also, Chad, your comment about the Braves is beyond nonsense. It's hard to overrate prolonged dominance. If the Cubs ever strung together a third of what the Braves have accomplished, we'd all be ecstatic. The Braves, since 1991, are 1,341-859. They've won more games since 1991 than the Cubs have since 1988, and, needless to say, one more World Series than the Cubs have.
Macias Perez Lee Ramirez Garc
If anything, the Braves are
If anything, the Braves are grossly underrated. They've put together the longest run of continuous dominance in baseball history, in the era of expansion and free agency, and still have numbskulls who think they're "OVERRATED."
dear god.....dear god.... 1
dear god.....dear god....
1 David Eckstein, SS Jose Macias, RF
2 Abraham O. Nunez, 3B Neifi Perez, 2B
3 Albert Pujols, 1B Derrek Lee, 1B
4 Jim Edmonds, CF Aramis Ramirez, 3B
5 Mark Grudzielanek, 2B Nomar Garciaparra, SS
6 John Mabry, RF Michael Barrett, C
7 So Taguchi, LF Matt Murton, LF
8 Einar Diaz, C Corey Patterson, CF
9 Mark Mulder, P Greg Maddux, P
macias leading off........i know, i know, the season's over anyway, and no one else is producing anyway....but still.
i don't want a baseball imbecile making my lineups anymore.....murton and barrett belong in the top two today....at least one of them instead of macias....yikes.
why couldn't lawton play
why couldn't lawton play right and leadoff?
no one knows. lawton didn't even play yesterday.
the scary part is, while you and i know that this is over, as we saw above, DUSTY THINKS THEY'RE STILL IN IT
and yet....HE PUTS OUT THIS LINEUP. frightening stupidity.
Lawton apparently didn't
Lawton apparently didn't start yesterday because he was 2-11 against Milton. God knows why he's not playing today.
The Cubs lineup today has
The Cubs lineup today has five players with an OBP of .305 or lower (four below .300 entirely).
And the funny part is Walker
And the funny part is Walker and Burnitz just had a day off a few days ago. We are trying to stop a losing streak, not continue it. You play your best players not your worst.
The only reason Baker has this lineup is that he is using reverse psychology. If I put the suck in early and often we are bound to win this game.
I have this little idea, let's try using the same lineup for a week, or hell let's get crazy a month straight without constantly flipping everyone around like its musical chair hour at the retirement home.
Excuse me I misspoke. When
Excuse me I misspoke. When I said free agent, I meant non-farm system player. The Cardinals are mostly made up of players that did not come from their farm system either free agency or trade.
Retro - baseball dominance? HARDLY!!!! Baseball is measured in World Series titles and NOTHING ELSE! Regular season records don't mean SHIT! You guys are too dim to realize that. Who the f cares if you win your division. I would rather be the Marlins than the Braves but you guys can go on and be happy with your big time important regular season accomplishments. PUUUUUUULLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!
because lawton is pretty
because lawton is pretty bland versus lefties for his career and has been pretty bland as a Cub.
Ohh thank god it is raining.
Ohh thank god it is raining. The last time Macias and Perez were at the top of the order it rained also. To most people that would be a HUGE sign that God is trying to tell you something.
God's assistant: Ummm sir, they did it again.
God: You got to be kidding me? Macias and Perez again?
God's assistant: I am a afraid so sir.
God: Oh fine que the rain storm, and send in Death.
WSCR says Rusch moves to the
WSCR says Rusch moves to the rotation and Koronka to the bullpen.
Against Lefties.... Holly -
Against Lefties....
Holly - .278 BA - .350 OBP
Walker - .377 BA - .415 OBP
Macias - .292 BA - .320 OBP
Perez - .275 BA - .298 OBP
Hey when better options exist, Baker chooses the worst option. Playing Perez at 2nd over Walker is probably a criminal offense in most countries. .377 against lefties and he ISNT in the lineup?
Lawton is 5-36 off Mulder,
Lawton is 5-36 off Mulder, but that's not all that much worse than he is gainst lefties, PERIOD.
Why the Cubs traded for Lawton still escapes me. If Hendry thought that Lawton gave the Cubs a legitimate chance he should be fired on the spot. At least with Gerut we had a serviceable 4th OF under contract for 3 more years and we would then not have to worry about Holly getting any more starts next year.
Dusty is to blame for an awful lot, but so is Hendry. Both of them are incompetent morons.
I don't really care if Perez
I don't really care if Perez and Macias start over Walker and Holly. I mean, does it really matter? If we win, so what!
What upsets me is that we still have Perez and Macias as well as Walker and Holly. None of them should be a part of this team at this point. Call up some young players and let's see what we have for next year.
The only good thing about
The only good thing about Koronka getting recalled (if he is), is that ESPN Radio 1000, afternoon show (Mac, Jurko, & Harry) will play that John Koronka parody song. I can never get that out of my head after they play it.
"John Koronka, John John Koronka...."
Funny stuff, Manny.
I couldn't figure out why I was humming "Help Me Rhonda" earlier. Now I realize that it was after I read on TCR that John Koronka was recalled.
"Not Willy Wonka, he's John Koronka."
"Either free agency or
"Either free agency or trade." Trades where they gave up what? Magic beans? Strawberry Pop-Tarts? Old ELO albums? Or PROSPECTS? The use of "prospects" doesn't have to be limited to "cheap filler that lets you spend elsewhere". From their 2004 roster, the acquisitions of Rolen, Renteria, and Edmonds all involved trades for prospects.
You don't care about the Braves, so we'll use the Cards' WS opponents. The Red Sox acquired some players through trading prospects (Schilling, Pedro) and trading veterans for prospects (Varitek, Lowe). The machinations and uses of prospects and, by extension, farm systems are ignored/underutilized at teams' own peril, which is why pretty much nobody shares your cavalier attitude.
Good golly. When I heard
Good golly. When I heard that Macias and Perez were playing it actually made sense. It's raining, it's wet, Nomar and Ramirez have gimpy legs and haven't had a day off in while. Then I saw they were playing place of Walker and Burnitz. I laughed so hard my side hurts.
Pedro was traded for Carl
Pedro was traded for Carl Pavano and Tony Armas Jr.
Edmonds was traded for Adam Kennedy and Kent Bottenfield
Rolen - Placido Polanco, Mike Timlin, and Bud Smith
ManRam - Free Agent
Johnny Damon - Free Agent
Mark Bellhorn - Sent to the Boston Red Sox by the Colorado Rockies as part of a conditional deal.
Bill Mueller - Free Agent
Millar - Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from the Florida Marlins
WHATEVER! Your point is BS.
Regular season records don't
Regular season records don't mean SHIT! You guys are too dim to realize that. Who the f cares if you win your division.
So according to this reasoning the Chicago Cubs have been as successful as the Atlanta Braves.
If you haven't noticed 75% of all playoff teams are division winners....winning the division is huge.
Chad, you don't like the
Chad, you don't like the Braves, but let's look at them anyway. Of the 16 players they have with a 10.0 VORP or above this year:
Nine are homegrown
One is off the free-talent market
Three were traded for in exchange for prospects
One was traded for in exchange for a veteran
One was traded for an in-betweener
*ONE* was a free-agent signing
But that's okay. Nothing to learn here, people, move along. Let's get Damon!!!
Winning the division is
Winning the division is huge? Please tell that to the Red Sox, the 03 and 97 Marlins, the 02 Angels AND Giants, the 01 Diamondbacks. As well as the 00 Mets.
WRONG! Division titles MEAN NOTHING!!!!!!!!!!
Chad logic: A handful of
Chad logic: A handful of wildcard teams have made the world series; therefore, division titles mean nothing. (Never mind that his original premise was that "only world series titles matter," so the '02 Giants and '00 Mets aren't relevant even to his strained point.)
Ron, once you throw out a
Ron, once you throw out a term like VORP you know you are going to lose me. There is no cybersabertooth stat that is going to sway me. Once again, come October when the Braves bow out of the playoffs AGAIN, think about all the VORP and BURP and FART you want, those stats don't win playoff games.
chad at least winning the
at least winning the division means...YOU WON THE DAMN DIVISION!!!! Anyone who is truly a cubs fan would realize that if we could win the division on a regular basis, that'd be great!!!!! I'd love to see at least SOME Oct baseball rather than none.
Maybe you mean that winning the division doesn't necesarrily translate into post season success. I'd agree with you there but to say it means nothing is stupid because 3 of the playoff teams in each league then have done NOTHING IN YOUR MIND. that doesn't even maake sense
Of the 16 players they have
Of the 16 players they have with a 10.0 VORP or above this year:
VORP? You're talking WAY over Chad's head here.
Ron, once you throw out a
Ron, once you throw out a term like VORP you know you are going to lose me.
Damn--he beat me to it!
Suit yourself. Is "Of the
Suit yourself. Is "Of the 16 best players on their team" too complex for you?
Once again Retro you confuse
Once again Retro you confuse two points. I threw out the 02 Giants and 00 Mets to show that you don't need to win your division to go to the World Series. But that's OK.
And a handful of wild card teams? The wild card is only 10 years old and we have 5 wild card champs. You are so dumb.
WAIT, even better only TWO
WAIT, even better only TWO non wild card teams have won a WS title the Braves and their gigantic victory and the Yankees 4 times. And for anyone to point to the Braves as the most dominant team over the past ten years is a joke. The Yankees are the ones. Granted they built their dynasty on farm and non farm players, but that is REAL dominance.
My personal (realistic)
My personal (realistic) hopes for next year...
Damon CF
Murton RF
Lee 1B
Dunn LF
Ramirez 3b
Walker 2B
Barrett C
Cedeno SS
Rotation: Prior, Z, Maddux, Z (as in Zito), Rusch
Closer: Kerry Wood (he's shown he's got the stuff
8th: Williamson
Bullpen: Rich Hill (long relief/middle inn.), Will Ohman, Novoa, Wellemeyer (long relief/middle inn.)
Gabe, you are correct and
Gabe, you are correct and again I have over stated things. Its great to play post season baseball. I would love to see the Cubs in the playoffs every year. But I'm saying that the Braves should be viewed as a disappointment rather than be held up as some model.
But I'm saying that the
But I'm saying that the Braves should be viewed as a disappointment rather than be held up as some model.
Bullshit. The playoffs are a crapshoot. The Braves are in a position to win the championship every single year, which should be a model for every franchise. Their player development, field management, and general management are outstanding.
...and send in Death
...and send in Death
LMFAO, MikeC that is some good stuff.
If you haven't noticed 75% of all playoff teams are division winners....
And 100% of World Series winners are playoff teams. You need to make the cut to have a chance at winning the ring. I'll take 14 straight playoff appearances because then I'm still rooting for the Cubs in October instead of giving up on baseball entirely by August (or June, usually).
Regarding Koronka, if you were Hendry would you send a top prospect up to be misused and abused by an apparent lame-duck manager? I don't see how it's just not a matter of time before Dusty gets canned. If not, Hendry should start looking elsewhere because then the losing becomes his fault.
Chad- My wife is from
My wife is from Georgia and down there, nobody talks about the braves being a disappointment. and I don't think any of us chicagoans would think the cubs a disappointment if they went to the playoffs every year either.
I'm not sure about the organization being held up as a model so much as the coach. give cox the credit he deserves. You never hear the "dusty hype" about him. wasn't that dusty's claim to fame? "i can get the most out of my players" Well, cox gets the most out of his and without screwing the farm system, creating a media frenzy, or pissing off the fans by putting them on blast for mistreatment of opposing players.
Chad- My wife is from
My wife is from Georgia and down there, nobody talks about the braves being a disappointment. and I don't think any of us chicagoans would think the cubs a disappointment if they went to the playoffs every year either.
I'm not sure about the organization being held up as a model so much as the coach. give cox the credit he deserves. You never hear the "dusty hype" about him. wasn't that dusty's claim to fame? "i can get the most out of my players" Well, cox gets the most out of his and without screwing the farm system, creating a media frenzy, or pissing off the fans by putting them on blast for mistreatment of opposing players.
Retro-Shiite, I'm calling
Retro-Shiite, I'm calling you out here because you don't bother to put an email address in your posts so I can't email you directly. Personal attacks, especially those which contain profanity, are not acceptable on TCR. I have deleted your posts which contain them and if you keep doing it, you may be headed for time out.
Feel free to email me at [email protected] ifyou wishto discuss this further.
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A left-handed one...
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.


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A song by the rapper Lil Wayne. Some people believe the song is saying milli like a million but its really a loop saying im ill (if you take the last i and the first m in the word it gives you im and then ill is left over.
At the begenning of the song it says Im Ill.
(milli is just what word is made when im ill is looped and the voice on its changed.)
(milli is just what word is made when im ill is looped and the voice on its changed.)
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Community groups have been fighting diesel fuel emissions for years. Finally, in late January, four bus companies representing 60 percent of the yellow school buses that are contracted by the Department of Education agreed to stop idling when they are parked near schools following an investigation by State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer. Three companies have also agreed to retrofit some buses with new exhaust filters.
Spitzer's office reportedly found that the four companies routinely parked their buses with the engine running for as long as half an hour, even though city law limits idling to three minutes. Idling by the four school bus companies, according to the attorney general, resulted in annual emissions in the metropolitan region of some 1.3 tons of particulate matter, 20 tons of carbon monoxide and 60 tons of nitrogen oxides. The companies are required to monitor their drivers and will have to comply with the agreement within 30 days, by the end of February. They will also pay the city $47,000 to plant trees near schools.
(The Attorney General will continue to investigate a dozen smaller companies that operate the remaining 40 percent of buses.)
New York City's poor air quality is particularly hard on children, whose lungs are fragile and still developing. The city's 6,000 yellow school buses, because they are run on diesel fuel, are particularly lethal to their 173,000 riders: Particles from diesel exhaust are carcinogenic; truck and car emissions can lead to heart disease; air pollution aggravates allergies, asthma and other respiratory illness. "Major airborne pollutants such as lead, carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide, contribute to the city's high incidence of asthma (double the New York State average, in some neighborhoods, and up to six times the national average) and other respiratory ailments," says the New York League of Conservation Voters. And it's worse for those inside the bus than those outside, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council.
More than two years ago, the New York State Power Authority launched a $6 million program to install diesel fuel pollution control systems on a thousand of the buses. "Diesel particulate filters trap exhaust particles and, combined with an engine adjustment and the switch to using ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel (with all related costs covered by the power authority), emissions on the school buses are reduced by 90 percent," Gotham Gazette reported last June. But not one school bus company took advantage of the free program.
One of the sites Spitzer's office investigated was a public school in the East Village, says Rebecca Kalin of Asthma Free School Zone, which works to reduce asthma-related absenteeism and illness by working with parents, teachers, school staff and area residents to improve air quality in and around public schools. "There are three schools inside the building and 11 school buses outside," Kalin says. "They idle as long as two hours at a time. It's a narrow street and the teachers slam their windows shut at pick-up time. And cars trying to pass get stuck by the buses, so they idle, too."
Kalin is working with City Councilmember Margarita LĂłpez to introduce legislature to designate all public schools in the city asthma-free school zones and post a sign saying as much. "We hope the sign will become like the Good Housekeeping Seal," Kalin says. "We want to empower people to knock on windows, point to the sign, and ask the driver to turn off the engine."
To further emphasize the danger of the poor air quality in New York City, a new study(in pdf format) finds that exposure to a combination of smoke and pollutants is even worse than exposure to just one factor. It causes lower birth-weight and smaller head circumference in newborns, standard measurements of fetal growth. Lower birth weight has been linked with learning disabilities.
The study, which was conducted by Columbia University's Center for Children's Environmental Health, compared 226 infants whose mothers lived during pregnancy in households with an active smoker to those whose mothers did not. The newborns of mothers living with smokers weighed seven percent less than average and the circumferences of their heads were three percent smaller. The women in the study were African-Americans and Dominicans living in Washington Heights, central Harlem and the South Bronx, where the asthma rates are the highest nationwide and the rates of low birth weight are the highest in the city.
Using a new technique, researchers tracked the pollutants by measuring DNA damage to get an individual measure of exposure to hydrocarbons, which are caused by truck and car emissions, home heating systems and power generation. "These findings underscore the importance of smoking bans, public education and policies that limit pollution," said center director Dr. Frederica Perera.
The findings are noteworthy because pollutants affect the human body simultaneously, rather than separately, which is the way they are frequently studied, the researchers told the New York Times : "Previous research has explored the effect of secondhand smoke and urban air pollution independently on fetuses."
Sasha Nyary, formerly on the staff of Life Magazine and the mother of a public school student, edits the newsletter of The Fifth Avenue Committee, a community-based organization.


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It's difficult to find a country performer who has moved from her country roots to international fame more successfully than
Dolly Parton
. Her autobiographical single "Coat of Many Colors" shows the poverty of growing up one of 12 children on a rundown farm in Locust Ridge, Tennessee. At 12 years old, she was appearing on Knoxville television; at 13 she was recording on a small label and appearing on the
Grand Ole Opry
. Her 1967 hit "Dumb Blonde" (which she's not) caught
Porter Wagoner
's ear, and he hired
to appear on his television show, where their duet numbers became famous. By the time her "Joshua" reached number one in 1970,
's fame had overshadowed her boss', and she had struck out on her own, though she still recorded duets with him. During the mid-'70s, she established herself as a country superstar, crossing over into the pop mainstream in the early '80s, when she smoothed out the rough edges in her music and began singing pop as well as country. In the early '80s, she also began appearing in movies, most notably the hit
9 to 5
. Though her savvy marketing, image manipulation (her big dumb blond stage persona is an
), extracurricular forays into film, and flirtations with country-pop have occasionally overshadowed her music, at her core
is a country gal and a tremendously gifted singer/songwriter. Among her classics are "Coat of Many Colors," "Jolene," "Kentucky Gambler," "I Will Always Love You," "But You Know I Love You," and "Tennessee Homesick Blues," and they give a hint as to why her contribution to bringing country music to a wide audience, not only in America but throughout the world, cannot be overestimated.
The fourth of 12 children,
was born and raised in Locust Ridge, Tennessee, just next to the Smoky Mountains National Forest.
's family struggled to survive throughout her childhood, and she was often ridiculed for her poverty, yet music soothed their worries. Though her farming father did not play, her half-Cherokee mother played guitar and her grandfather, Rev. Jake Owens, was a fiddler and songwriter (his "Singing His Praise" was recorded by
Kitty Wells
). When she was seven, her uncle
Bill Owens
gave her a guitar, and within three years, she became a regular on WIVK Knoxville's
The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour
. Over the next two years, her career steadily increased, and in 1959 she made her debut on the
Grand Ole Opry
; the following year, she recorded her first single, "Puppy Love," for Goldband.
When she was 14 years old,
signed to Mercury Records, but her 1962 debut for the label, "It's Sure Gonna Hurt," was a bomb, and the label immediately dropped her. Over the next five years, she shopped for a new contract and did indeed record a number of songs, which were later reissued through budget-line records. She continued to attend high school, playing snare drum in the marching band. After she graduated, she moved to Nashville, where she stayed with
Bill Owens
. Both songwriters pitched songs across Nashville with no success, and
began singing on demos. Early in 1965, both
finally found work when
Fred Foster
signed them to his publishing house, Combine Music;
subsequently signed her to Monument Records.
's first records for Monument were marketed to pop audiences, and her second record, "Happy, Happy Birthday Baby," nearly made the charts. In 1966,
Bill Phillips
took two of
's and
' songs -- "Put It Off Until Tomorrow" and "The Company You Keep" -- to the Top Ten, setting the stage for
's breakthrough single, "Dumb Blonde." Released early in 1967, the record climbed to number 24, followed shortly afterward by the number 17 "Something Fishy."
The two hit Monument singles attracted the attention of country star
Porter Wagoner
, who was looking to hire a new female singer for his syndicated television show.
accepted the offer and began appearing on the show on September 5, 1967. Initially,
's audience was reluctant to warm to
and chanted for
Norma Jean
, the singer she replaced, but with
's assistance, she was accepted.
also convinced his label, RCA, to sign
. Since female performers were not particularly popular in the late '60s, the label decided to protect their investment by releasing her first single as a duet with
. Their first single, "The Last Thing on My Mind," reached the country Top Ten early in 1968, launching a six-year streak of virtually uninterrupted Top Ten singles.
's first solo single, "Just Because I'm a Woman," was released in the summer of 1968 and was a moderate hit, reaching number 17. For the remainder of the decade, none of her solo efforts -- even "In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)," which would later become a standard -- were as successful as her duets. The duo was named Vocal Group of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Association, but
's solo records were continually ignored.
were both frustrated by her lack of solo success, because he had a significant financial stake in her future; as of 1969, he was her co-producer and owned nearly half of the publishing company Owepar.
By 1970,
had her sing
Jimmie Rodgers
' "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)," a gimmick that worked. The record shot to number three on the charts, followed closely by her first number one single, "Joshua." For the next two years, she had a number of solo hits -- including her signature song "Coat of Many Colors" (number four, 1971) -- in addition to her duets. Though she had successful singles, none of them were blockbusters until "Jolene" reached number one in early 1974.
stopped traveling with
after its release, yet she continued to appear on television and sing duets with him until 1976.
Once she left
's records became more eclectic and diverse, ranging from the ballad "I Will Always Love You" (number one, 1974) and the racy "The Bargain Store" (number one, 1975) to the crossover pop of "Here You Come Again" (number one, 1977) and the disco experiments of "Baby I'm Burning" (number 25 pop, 1978). From 1974 to 1980, she consistently charted in the country Top Ten, with no less than eight singles reaching number one.
had her own syndicated television show,
, in 1976, and by the next year had gained the right to produce her own albums, which immediately resulted in diverse efforts like 1977's
New Harvest...First Gathering
. In addition to her own hits during the late '70s, many artists, from
Rose Maddox
Kitty Wells
Olivia Newton-John
Emmylou Harris
, and
Linda Ronstadt
, covered her songs, and her siblings
received recording contracts of their own.
Though she was quite popular,
became a genuine superstar in 1977, when the
Barry Mann
Cynthia Weil
song "Here You Come Again" became a huge crossover hit, reaching number three on the pop charts, spending five weeks at the top of the country charts, and going gold. Its accompanying album went platinum and the follow-up,
, went gold. Soon, she was on the cover of country and mainstream publications alike. With the new financial windfall, a lawsuit against
-- who had received a significant portion of her royalties -- ensued. By the time it was settled, she regained her copyrights while
was given a nominal fee and the studio the duo shared. In the wake of the lawsuit, a delayed duet album,
Making Plans
, appeared in 1980; its title track hit number two on the country charts.
's commercial success continued to grow during 1980, as she had three number one hits in a row: the
Donna Summer
-written "Starting Over Again," "Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You)," and "9 to 5." The latter was the theme song to
's acting debut,
9 to 5
. Also starring
Jane Fonda
Lily Tomlin
, the movie became a huge success, establishing
as a movie star. The song became her first number one pop single as well.
9 to 5
's career momentum that lasted throughout the early '80s. She began appearing in more films, including the
Burt Reynolds
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
(1982) and the
Sylvester Stallone
's singles continued to appear consistently in the country Top Ten: between 1981 and 1985, she had 12 Top Ten hits and half of those were number one singles.
continued to make inroads on the pop charts as well with a re-recorded version of "I Will Always Love You" from
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
scraping the Top 50 and her
Kenny Rogers
duet "Islands in the Stream" (which was written by
the Bee Gees
and produced by
Barry Gibb
) spending two weeks at number one.
However, by 1985 many old-time fans had felt that
was spending too much time courting the mainstream. Most of her albums were dominated by the adult contemporary pop of songs like "Islands in the Stream," and it had been years since she had sung straightforward country. She also continued to explore new business and entertainment ventures such as her Dollywood theme park, which opened in 1985. Despite these misgivings, she had continued to chart well until 1986, when none of her singles reached the Top Ten. RCA Records didn't renew her contract after it expired that year, and she signed with Columbia in 1987.
Before she released her Columbia debut,
joined forces with
Linda Ronstadt
Emmylou Harris
to record the rootsy
became a huge hit, earning both critical and popular acclaim, selling over a million copies, and peaking at number six on the pop charts; it also spawned three Top Ten country singles: "To Know Him Is to Love Him," "Telling Me Lies," and "Those Memories of You." Following the success of the album, she had a weekly variety television show,
, on ABC that lasted only one season.
also provided a perfect launching pad for her first Columbia album, 1989's
White Limozeen
, which produced two number one hits in "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses."
Though it looked like
's career had been revived, it was actually just a brief revival before contemporary country came along in the early '90s and pushed all veteran artists out of the charts.
had a number one duet with
Ricky Van Shelton
, "Rockin' Years," in 1991, but after that single, she slowly crept out of the Top Ten and later the Top 40.
was one of the most outspoken critics of radio's treatment of older stars. While her sales had declined, she didn't disappear. Despite her lack of sales,
remained an iconic figure in country music, appearing in films (the 1991 TV movie
Wild Texas Wind
, 1992's
Straight Talk
), selling out concerts, and releasing a series of acclaimed albums -- including 1993's
Honky Tonk Angels
, a collaboration with
Tammy Wynette
Loretta Lynn
-- that all sold respectably. Furthermore, "I Will Always Love You" was covered in 1992 by
Whitney Houston
, who took it to number one on the pop charts; the single spent 14 weeks at number one, becoming the biggest pop hit of the rock & roll era (it was unseated four years later by
Mariah Carey
Boyz II Men
's "One Sweet Day").
In 1994,
published her autobiography,
My Life and Other Unfinished Business
, her 1996 album, was a praised collection of unusual covers, ranging from
Merle Haggard
Neil Young
Hungry Again
followed in 1998, and early the following year she reunited with
for a second
collection in addition to releasing the solo
The Grass Is Blue
. A rootsy effort, it was well received and prompted the release of more recordings like it on
Little Sparrow
in 2001 and
Halos & Horns
in 2002. The patriotic
For God and Country
appeared in 2003 and was followed by the CD and DVD
Live and Well
a year later.
Those Were the Days
from 2005 found
covering her favorite pop songs from the '60s and '70s.
Backwoods Barbie
's first mainstream country album in nearly 20 years, arrived on her own Dolly Records imprint in 2008.
Live from London
followed in 2009. An album of all
-written material, Better Day, appeared from Dolly Records in 2011, the 41st studio release of her long career. Three years later, Blue Smoke was released, appearing first in Australia and New Zealand in January, then in other territories, including America, in May.
In 2015,
's classic song "Coat of Many Colors" was adapted into a made-for-TV movie, which featured Alyvia Alyn Lind as the young
Dolly Parton
and Jennifer Nettles (from the group Sugarland) as her mother.
was a producer on the film, which became a major success in the ratings, and a Christmas-themed sequel was put into production for the 2016 holiday season. In the summer of 2016,
announced that she was headlining a 60-date North American concert tour, her most extensive run of shows in 25 years. The jaunt was being billed as the Pure & Simple Tour, and not coincidentally,
also revealed she was releasing a new album in August 2016, a set of ten original love songs also called Pure & Simple.
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By Milt Northrop
The 1958 overtime classic between the Baltimore Colts and New York Giants is supposed to be what captured the imagination of the nation and propelled the National Football League into a new era of riches and popularity.
Before that, though, there were the titanic struggles between the Cleveland Browns and the New York Giants. Ancient scholars of the sport remember Sam Huff against Jim Brown, clutch field goals off frozen sod at Yankee Stadium by Pat Summerall, Otto Graham, the Giants' famed Umbrella Defense, Paul Brown against Steve Owen and Jim Lee Howell.
The rivals met 22 times in the '50s with the Browns winning 11. One game ended in a 35-35 tie. They split a pair of playoff games to decide conference ties. Many were ugly defense struggles.
A winless Browns team visits MetLife Stadium to face the defending Super Bowl champion Giants. The fierce rivalry of long ago is largely forgotten. Like the Providence Steam Rollers and Canton Bulldogs it's part of a different age.
Browns versus Giants is just a sidebar on a Week Five NFL schedule of 13 games — Dallas, Detroit, Oakland and Tampa Bay have the week off — today and Monday. Only one game of the 13 matches teams with winning records.
Game of the day
Eagles (3-1) at Steelers (2-1)
Kickoff: 1 p.m., Ch. 29
The line: Steelers (-3½).
The scoop: Pittsburgh coming off bye, Philadelphia off narrow win over division-rival Giants. ... Keystone State rivals haven't met since '08 when Eagles won, 15-6, at Heinz Field. ... Steelers supposed to be getting LB James Harrison, S Troy Polamalu and RB Rashard Mendenhall back for this one. ... Pitt defense (291.3 yards allowed) will have to slow down Philadelphia offense (417.8).
Outlook: Like fact that Steelers have had extra week to go freshen up and get healthy. Pittsburgh 28-24.
Top attractions
Broncos (3-1) at Patriots (2-2)
Kickoff: 4:25 p.m.
The line: Patriots (-6½).
The scoop: There's a lot of interesting angles to this one. Ex-Broncos head coach Josh McDaniels is back with Pats as offensive coordinator. Broncos are only team with winning record against Tom Brady (5-2 regular season, 1-1 postseason). Also, Bill Belichick has a losing record (4-10) against Denver, 4-6 with Patriots. Brady was 8-4 (1-1 postseason) against Peyton Manning in previous encounters.
Outlook: After taming Bills' front four, it will be interesting to see how Pats deal with Broncos pass rushers Von Miller and Elvis Dumervil. ... Pats' offense stays on roll. New England, 35-24.
Falcons (4-0) at Redskins (2-2)
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
The line: Falcons (-3).
The scoop: Atlanta QB Matt Ryan off to tremendous start, leads league with 112.1 passer rating and has thrown for 11 TDs. Roddy White (27 catches) has taken over team lead in receiving from the talented Julio Jones. ... Rookie QB Robert Griffin III has thrown only one INT and has impressive 103.2 rating for over-achieving Redskins.
Outlook: Atlanta averted upset at home against Carolina last week. They have to be wary today. Falcons, 35-30.
Best of the rest
Bills (2-2) at San Francisco (3-1)
TV: Ch. 4, 4:25 p.m.
The line: 49ers (-9½).
The scoop: Niners are perhaps the best balanced team in the league with third-ranked defense, third-ranked rushing and strong kicking game with K David Akers and P Andy Lee (39.0 net average.). ... Lot of pressure on Mario Williams and Bills' defense after second-half blowout versus Patriots. Missing OLT Cordy Glenn and RG Kraig Urbik doesn't help matters. ... Last time Bills visited SF they routed Niners, 41-7 in 2004. ... If frantic play-by-play style and over-description by Kevin Harlan on CBS drives you crazy, tune in to John Murphy on radio.
Outlook: It would be a major surprise if the Bills compete with tough, physical Niners for more than a half. San Francisco, 35-17.
Dolphins (1-3) at Bengals (3-1)
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
The line: Bengals (-3).
The scoop: Fish are 6-1 in Cincy since 1978. Miami lost last two games in overtime against Jets and Cardinals. ... Bengals have won last three since opening rout by Ravens. ... Bengals QB Andy Dalton has 103.0 passer rating. Second-year receiver A.J. Green tops the AFC with 27 receptions and is averaging 15.9 per catch.
Outlook: Bengals have given up most points (112) of the 10 NFL teams with winning records so far. Miami might be much better than we think, but ... Cincinnati, 24-17.
Packers (3-1) at Colts (1-3)
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
The line: Packers (-7).
The scoop: Aren't Cheeseheads and their fans the NFL's biggest crybabies? Simple facts are: Pack has no ground game (No. 25 in league) and seems to have lost the knack of finishing off an opponent easily. ... Colts were jolted this week by word that first-year coach Chuck Pagano has leukemia. Veteran assistant Bruce Arians has taken over as acting head man. Arians' only head-coaching experience was six years at Temple in the 1980s. ... Colts rookie QB Andrew Luck will have to stand in against rush of Pack's Clay Matthews. Should be revealing.
Outlook: Green Bay offense due for a breakout game. Packers 31-21.
Ravens (3-1) at Chiefs (1-3)
Kickoff: 1 p.m.
The line: Ravens (-6½).
The scoop: After upset at New Orleans, Chiefs were abysmal at home last week against Chargers, turning ball over six times. ... Despite some poor games, Chiefs have good stats (No. 3 offense and No. 13 defense). ... Ravens labored to get by Browns (23-16) at home last week. Balto's only loss was on the road at Philadelphia by a point.
Outlook: K.C. is an in-and-out bunch, but Ravens are sounder, more consistent. Baltimore, 27-20.
Titans (1-3) at Vikings (3-1)
Kickoff: 4:25 p.m.
The line: Vikings (-5½).
The scoop: If QB Christian Ponder is real deal, Vikes have weapons to go with him in Adrian Peterson, Percy Harvin. ... Titans QB Jake Locker is out after injuring left shoulder in loss at Houston last week. Veteran Matt Hasselbeck gets start today. Tennessee finally got some production from RB Chris Johnson (141 rushing yards).
Outlook: Vikes aren't rolling over anybody, but they are getting it done. Minnesota, 24-13
Browns (0-4) at Giants (2-2)
TV: Ch. 4, 1 p.m.
The line: Giants (-8½).
The scoop: Big Blue better win this one because schedule is brutal rest of the way with four division games and Steelers, Bengals, Packers, Saints, Falcons and Ravens left on schedule. ... Hard-luck Browns have lost their last 10 dating back to last season with average margin of defeat only 6.6.
Outlook: Browns play everybody tough on the road. Giants, 20-12.
Seahawks (2-2) at Panthers (1-3)
Kickoff: 4:05 p.m.
The line: Carolina (-3).
The scoop: It's the first of four treks to Eastern Time Zone for Seahawks. ... Panthers are as inconsistent as their quarterback, Cam Newton. They've scored 35 and 28 points against Saints and Falcons but only 10 and 7 against Bucs and Giants.
Outlook: Expecting good day from Newton and RBs Jonathan Stewart and DeAngelo Williams. Carolina, 20-14.
Chargers (3-1) at Saints (0-4)
TV: Ch. 2. 8:20 p.m.
The line: Saints (-3½).
The scoop: Saints and their fans should forget vendetta against Roger Goodell and get back to thinking about winning. ... New Orleans looked more like what you would expect in pushing Packers to limit last week on road. Chargers were handed gift win at K.C. by Chiefs turnovers.
Outlook: Saints can't lose them all, can they? New Orleans, 33-21.
Texans (4-0) at Jets (2-2)
TV: ESPN, Monday, 8:30 p.m.
The line: Texans (-8½).
The scoop: Houston leads league in total defense (273.0), but has been challenged by a top-flight offense only once — at Denver. They won't be facing an offensive juggernaut today against Gang Green. New York was embarrassed at home, 34-0, by 49ers last week. ... Houston's Matt Schaub has thrown for 7 TDs with just 1 INT and has 105.3 passer rating. Mark Sanchez of Jets, meanwhile, is 5-4 and 69.6.
Outlook: Jets' opponents are averaging 4.9 per rush and New York has only five sacks. Rex Ryan gets his defense riled up for supreme effort. Houston 20-17.
Dog of the day
Bears (3-1) at Jaguars (1-3)
Kickoff: 4:05 p.m.
The line: Bears (-5½).
The scoop: Chicago, coming off impressive win at Dallas, faces punchless Jaguars, who are last in the league in total offense (254.3) and scoring average (15.5). ... Bears CB Jim Jennings leads league with four INTs and team is plus-7 in turnovers.
Outlook: Don't foresee Bears hibernating in Jax. Chicago, 27-13.
Last week's results: 7-7 outright, 6-7-1 versus spread. Season's record: 29-30 outright, 23-33-3 versus spread.
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The scores showed up on the A-T sports pages and I did a double take. Eighteen bowlers on the honor roll. Five of them shot over 700, including a 777 for Robert Terris Jr. His low game was a 242. His LOW GAME!
I'm not sure why I was surprised at the numbers. The Big 8 League has been the best league in town for quite a while. My curiosity was aroused however and since I no longer bowl in Fostoria on Wednesday nights, I was able to stop out at Heritage this week to witness for myself some excellent bowling.
The purpose of my visit was twofold. I wanted to see if I could get a little history of the league. Then I wanted to see if my "talent" with the rock was sufficient to bowl in this powerhouse league.
For the first part I chatted up veteran bowler Dick Houk. I found out that he joined the league in 1974. He was a fountain of knowledge telling me that the league has always been 8 teams. There is a reason for that and he filled me in on the facts that help separate the Big 8 League from others that is, besides the fact that the best bowlers seem to be in it.
The league bowls in quarters. Each quarter consists of seven weeks. That way each team bowls every other team just once. Winning that first quarter does not automatically qualify you for the roll off however. Each team will get seeding points every quarter. The winner gets 8, second 7 and so on down the line. As there is no position night, the four teams to make the two-week roll off at season's end are the four teams with the most seeding points.
There will be no sandbagging in this league. Each week might determine whether a team makes the roll off or not. That might help explain the high scores week after week. Oh I suppose the quality of bowlers in the league helps too. The league bowls at the high end of the house for the first quarter, the low end for the second and the middle 8 lanes for the third before returning to the high end (nearer the bar conveniently) for the final go round.
As I watched the forty bowlers throw the first game, I assessed my chances of performing in the Big 8 League. I decided to write down the number of scores over 220. There were 11 of them with Dave Ross' 255 topping the list. I have to think my game would put me a little out of place in this league. There were so many good games that I couldn't help but wonder who might be considered the best of the best. So I asked Dick for his pick as the best bowler in the Big 8 League.
He thought for a minute and then tossed out a couple of names. Then he quickly added a few more and a few more after that. I stopped him when he got to double digits. On any given night, anyone might lead the Big 8 League, but most assuredly it will take a big score to do so.
I was convinced that I would not fare well in this league until something happened not once, but twice during that first game. I had seen the reaction to similar situations before, but Dick pointed out that the clap originated in the Big 8 League. A bowler managed to throw his first ball into the gutter. It's hard to believe given the quality of bowlers in this league, but I guess it happens. The whole league took note and a rhythmic clapping began. It did not stop until the bowler threw his second ball.
Fortunately he converted the spare and he received a half-hearted cheer. The second bowler that tossed one in the channel did not cover the spare and "the applause" ended with him being roundly booed. Now I'm thinking that just maybe I could bowl in this league. Even I have the "talent" to throw a gutter ball.
Here are the scores from last week's Big 8 League. Robert Terris, Jr. 777 (242, 258, 277), Ben Hoyda 733 (254, 241, 238), Greg Tiell 728 (246, 257, 225), Scott Plickert 726 (217, 233, 276), Mark Baxter 704 (256, 246, 202), Dave Ross 693, Chris King 669, Rich Yates, Jr. 658, Bob Wilson 647, Aaron Scott 644, Jack Book 639, Jim Ross 639, Mark Bowen 635, Jim Hershberger 613, Ken Bauman 606, Rich Terry 605, Brian Soals 602 and John Sauers 602. Now you know the reason for the double take.
Rich Yates Sr. shot 710 to lead the way in the Sportsman League. Rich Yates Jr. shot 638, Chris Rhodes 629, Scott Hartsel 623, Chris Johnson 618, Mike Kisabeth 608 and Paul Gosche 601. Rocket League scores included Tim Sturgill 663, Tyson Shope 584, Dave Coppus 563, Paul Landers 561, John Klingshirn 552 and Dottie Funk 488. In the Wednesday Morning League Rich Yates, Jr. shot 728, Greg Elchert 650, Mark Huffman 637, Harry Smith 599, Tyson Shope 562 and Cheryl Radin-Norman 300.
Action from the K of C Lanes found Dick Gabel topping the 55 Plus League with 524. Jim Ruess had 521, Dan Coppes 488, Jim Ferstler 477, Rick Hanna 477, Bill Mizen 474, Bob West 467, Bob Reinhart 465, Jim Donaldson 443, Bernie Tiell 388 and Paul Fey 357. The Lady Knights League saw Carol Burmeister shoot 431, Madonna Gase 429, Julie Fortner 426 and Marilyn Gangluff 411. Steve Depinet shot 611, Rick Smith 600, Jim Lord 587, Jerry Collins 569, Aaron Sherman 550, Tyrone Dert 543 and Scott Ferguson 542 in the Tuesday Night League.
Steve Steinmetz Jr. shot 662, Ben Hoyda 649, Rhonda Fitch 585, Chad Tiell 564, Deb Nominee 506 and Linda Brookes 482 in the Imperial-Majorette League. In the Alley Cats League, Robin Dickman rolled 527, Sue Stine 492, Pat Cook 483, Kate Roser476 and Barb Carmon 469. Rock N Roll League scores included Brian Kidwell with 653, Bob Steele 624, Chuck Phillips 616, Gary Golden 615, Tim Sturgill 613, Tom Tiell 603, Marie Meyer 484 and Rose Steele 453. Steve Barnes shot 682, Tom Tiell 653, Steve Steinmetz, Sr. 596, Rhonda Fitch 514, Kristin Fitch 414 and Robin Brownell 400 in the Twilight League.
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on February 28, 2013 - 9:07 PM
LOCKPORT – A Level 1 sex offender who failed to inform police when he moved within Niagara Falls last year was granted a conditional discharge Thursday by Niagara County Judge Matthew J. Murphy III.
Christopher Montgomery, 29, moved from South Avenue to Willow Avenue without reporting. He had pleaded guilty to a felony count of failing to register and could have been imprisoned for as long as four years.
Murphy also granted a conditional discharge and imposed $605 in fines and fees on Connie S. Lekki, 51, of 19th Avenue, North Tonawanda.
She had been accused of felony driving while intoxicated after a May 3 North Tonawanda arrest, but in a nonjury trial Oct. 9, Murphy found her guilty only of impaired driving as a traffic infraction, along with two other moving violations.


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on May 4, 2013 - 10:59 PM
March 2, 1920 – May 2, 2013
Martin L. Schechtman, general manager of Graphic Controls Corp. in Orchard Park, died Thursday in Oregon. He was 93.
Schechtman, who had a second career as director of Canisius College's Wehrle School of Business Internship Program, grew up in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree in organic chemistry from Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute.
He later joined the Marines and served in the Pacific Theater during World War II and later in China during peacetime. After leaving the Marines, Schechtman worked at Graphic Controls from 1968 to 1983, rising to the position of general manager of the Coated Products Division and company vice president.
In 1984, he began a second career at Canisius and over the next 21 years helped place hundreds of business students in jobs across the region.
He retired in 2005 at age 85 and moved to Oregon to escape the snow and live near one of his daughters.
Schechtman, who was active in the First Presbyterian Church in East Aurora, is remembered by friends and family for a boundless energy that was exceeded only by his passion for mentoring students.
He is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth Z. Harvey and Gertrude Maloney; and two sons, Martin and Robert.


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Dec. 12, 1924 – March 16, 2013
Wilda G. Levin, a psychiatric social worker who ran several area therapy groups, died Saturday in her home in Canterbury Woods, Amherst. She was 88.
Born Wilda Godelp in Buffalo, she was a graduate of Lafayette High School and the University of Buffalo.
She also received a master's degree from Simmons College School of Social Work in Boston, Mass., and worked for a year as a medical social worker in Massachusetts General Hospital.
She returned to Buffalo in 1949 to marry Kenneth L. Levin. Her husband of more than 47 years died in 1997.
Mrs. Levin lived for seven years in New Mexico before returning to Western New York and becoming a longtime resident of North Buffalo.
She spent many years employed at the Children's Hospital Crippled Children's Guild before shifting her focus to psychiatric social work.
She spent more than two decades at the University at Buffalo's Student Counseling Center as head social worker, retiring from the university in the 1980s.
She then started a private practice, which she continued until about four years ago. She conducted several long-running therapy groups and also saw individual clients.
An active member of and performer with the Buffalo Friends of Folk Music, Mrs. Levin was a prodigious writer of folk songs. She sang and played guitar, usually in the Williamsville Meeting House or at coffee shops. She also enjoyed writing poetry.
Survivors include two daughters, Judith Levin Grundy and Bethann.
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BATAVIA – Genesee Community College has named three people to key posts, including the Business Employees Skills Training Center, the college's outreach to the local business community.
Reid Smalley will be the executive director of workforce development at BEST, a post he held at Middlesex Community College in Connecticut. He will join the staff on April 15.
Kathleen Schieffen will become provost and executive vice president for academic affairs on July 1. She has had more than 20 years in higher education and holds a doctorate. She has been a dean at Monroe Community College.
Sammy Naji has joined the college faculty as academic adviser, coming from SUNY Buffalo State and service in the banking industry.
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Steve Yzerman wants Game Misconduct penalties for fighting
"Yes, I believe a player should get a game misconduct for fighting," Yzerman told The Dreger Report. "We penalize and suspend players for making contact with the head while checking, in an effort to reduce head injuries, yet we still allow fighting.
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Prep Time 20 minutes |
Cook Time 50 minutes
3/4 cup organic short grain brown rice, rinsed
1/4 cup Eden Red Quinoa, rinsed
1 pinch Eden Sea Salt
2 cups cold water
15 ounces Eden Kidney (dark red) Beans, drainedor Eden Pinto or Black Beans
1/3 cup fresh or frozen organic sweet corn, blanched 3 minutes
3 Tbsp minced red onion
2 Tbsp minced fresh parsley
1/4 cup organic whole wheat pastry flour
1/4 tsp ground cumin
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
3 to 4 Tbsp Eden Safflower Oil, for frying burgers
1 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce
4 whole lettuce leavesor 4 whole wheat burger buns
1/2 cup Eden Sauerkraut
1 to 2 Tbsp any Eden Mustard
Place the rice, quinoa, water and salt in a small saucepan, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer 50 minutes. Remove from the burner and let sit for 10 minutes. Place the rice and quinoa in a mixing bowl and fluff to cool. When cool enough to touch, add the beans, vegetables, spices and flour. Using hands, mix the the rice thoroughly, almost mashing the beans. Form the rice mixture into 8 or 9 burgers about 3" wide x 1/2" thick. Heat 2 or 3 tablespoons of oil in a large, heavy, cast iron or stainless steel skillet. When hot add the burgers and fry until golden brown. Add a drop or two of shoyu soy sauce to each burger. Flip over and fry until golden brown. Remove and serve on a bed of lettuce (or bun) with sauerkraut and mustard.
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ESG data generator and interactive browser for mobile TV
Qasim, Ahmad
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Issue date: 2008-03-05
Language: eng
Pages: 82 s
Subject: digital video broadcasting
Examiner: Defee, Irek
Lugmayr, Artur
Lugmayr, Artur
University: Tampereen teknillinen yliopisto
Faculty: Tieto- ja sähkötekniikan tiedekunta
Department: Signaalinkäsittelyn laitos
Degree Programme: Tietotekniikan kansainvälinen maisteriohjelma
Recently there has been major advancements in mobile digital video broadcasting that is transmission of television channels to be viewed on mobile TV. In this area, the DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcasting-HandheldI is the latest and currently the most advanced standard. Developed by DVB and endorsed by ETSI(European Telecommunications Standards Institute). The DVB-H standard for mobile television is based on the existing DVB-T terrestrial digital video broadcasting standard. As the standard was developed, different companies started developing their own implementations with proprietary enhancements. On one hand this was good news for mobile television users as the companies introduced some extra features that were lacking in the basic DVB-H standard. But on the other hand it was not good a news for the service providers and the users as the terminals were not fully compatible. The main difference between the different versions of the DVB-H is in the way of transmitting and receiving the ESG (Electronic Service Guide) in the form of data stream. The efficient receiving of ESG and the audio-visual content in the current heterogeneous broadcast environment is the topic of this research. The thesis investigated the different versions of the ESG in the DVB-H standards for mobile television data transmission and analyzed the differences between them. The thesis also included the generation and streaming of the ESG data files through a currently available software system and receiving it with an extended interactive generic browser which is meant to be used with the DVB-H system but it can also use other wireless networks like WLAN to implement interactivity.
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Being a stay-at-home-mom is way more fun in the summer than the winter.
Our summer days are filled with spray parks, farmer's markets, grass stains, riverside beaches, slip-n-slides and lime popsicles.
In the winter, I feel like the weather has us trapped. We try and get outside every day, even if it is just for 15 minutes, but often it takes longer to find the required six mittens, three hats, six boots, three pairs of snow pants and three coats than it does before they wail, "Is it hot chocolate time yet?"
As much as my kids love sledding and building snow forts, it really only takes up an hour of each day, if we're lucky.
So here are a few of my favorite go-to indoor activities, and I would love to hear some of yours as well. May is a long ways off!
Play Dough Party
Blessings to Hasbro because they make fun stuff, but homemade play dough is better. My mom was a kindergarten teacher for about a millennium and this is her recipe:
1.5 cups salt
3 cups flour
6 tsp. cream of tartar
3 Tbsp. oil
food coloring
Combine ingredients and cook over medium heat until mixture pulls away from sides of pan. Keep stirring while the dough cooks. Knead it until smooth. Store in a plastic bag in the fridge.
I let the kids help me with the measuring and mixing until we get to the stove part. And don't feel obligated to buy play dough tools, you probably have plenty of cool things around the house: to-go forks, cookie cutters, wooden spoons, hot wheels and legos.
Dance Party
No time like the present to get your groove on. Freeze dance is one of our favorites. We just play the music loud, dance like crazy and let the kids take turns stopping and starting the tunes while the rest of us freeze in crazy positions. My kids also like the 'action' songs like "Hokey Pokey," "YMCA," "Wheels on the Bus" and "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes."
Yoga for Kids
On those days when we just need something new to try, these videos have been pretty entertaining. Sometimes, our 2-year-old tries to participate with us, sometimes he just runs circles around us and giggles. Not the traditional, quiet relaxing yoga environment, but really, what were we expecting?
Yoga Video 1 (9 minutes), Yoga Video 2 (31 minutes), Yoga Video 3 (15 minutes)
Living Room Obstacle Course
This usually involves removing the couch cushions and arranging them in some kind of spaceship pattern and playing follow the leader: Five jumps on the couch, crawl under the coffee table, two somersaults, jump over the row of stuffed animals, two jumping jacks and back to the couch.
I hope these ideas help with the winter blues and keep the boredom away.
Holly Collingwood is married with three children. Read her Thursdays on Greeley Moms.
Here are a few of my favorite go-to indoor activities, and I would love to hear some of yours as well. May is a long ways off!


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The General Motors Foundation is awarding a total of $60,000 in grants to support six area programs that will provide services and benefits for local families.
The recipients are: United Way of Buffalo & Erie County; American Cancer Society; American Heart Association; Boys and Girls Club of the Northtowns; Buffalo Urban League; and the Family Help Center (Car Seats for Communities).
Several members of the GM Tonawanda Engine plant's community relations committee were on hand to present the checks on Friday at the Buffalo Auto Show.


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I knew it was a leap picking Navy last week, but that was just embarrassing. Hopefully this week goes a little smoother. I think I got caught up too much in the numbers last week.
This week it is the NCAA's version of Steel Cage Grudge Matches, as 3 of the 4 contests see rivals face each other for a second time this year. Planned? Hmmmm.
Syracuse faces Maryland Saturday 12:00 at Hofstra's Shuart Stadium
Cuse by 3. There…said it. Got it out of the way. Syracuse just has too many weapons on offense. Cody Jamieson showed up big netting 3 goals and 1 assist last week against Siena…and by that I am referring to his points and not his middle.
If the emergence of Cody isn't enough the Orange also have Kenny Nims (64pts), Steve Keogh (50), Dan Hardy (35), Pat Perritt (23), Chris Daniello (20), and more. Their offense has been held to less than 10 goals in only 2 games. Once in a weird showdown with Georgetown, and once against a typical tough Princeton defense.
On defense the Orange have Sid Smith, Matt Tierney, John Lade, Joel White (LSM), and John Galloway in goal. The defense if anything is where Syracuse needs to step it up. While statistically they only let in 7.4 goals per game, I can tell you they are still not the force they were last year. I am not saying they are bad…just not the well oiled machine that was their defense last year.
Maryland was only able to put up 7 goals against Notre Dame last week. They will need to score more than that to stay in the game against Syracuse. Surprisingly the amazing lineup of Maryland attack was held to 0 goals against the Irish. They took 8 shots (only 4 made it on goal).
Maryland has not put up more than 10 goals against any teams in the top 20 except for 1 game and that was against Duke.
Maryland's defense won them their upset over Notre Dame. The Irish only had 3 goals. Goalie Phipps had 9 saves with 3 goals against for a save percentage of 75%.
While Yeatman is a big physical attackman, I think his presence has actually hurt the chemistry of Maryland's attack unit. Think Jeremy Shockey of the Giants. Sure he was gifted…yet they won out the playoffs, and SuperBowl while he sat out and didn't even go to the games.
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Cornell takes on Princeton in a rematch at 3:00pm in Hofstra's Shuart Stadium.
Cornell won the first match 10-7. I think this game's results will be exactly the same. Cornell by 3.
After the loss, Princeton has gon on to win its next three games albeit against Dartmouth, Brown, and UMass. Each of those three games they have let in 7 goals. In each of those three games, Princeton has only let in 1 goal in the first have, but 6 in the second half. Fairly consistent loss of focus in the 2nd half.
Cornell is kind of like Syracuse. They focus more on offense, and outscoring their opponent rather than on defense and holding an opponent from scoring.
Against Princeton previously they were able to jump out to an early 3-0 lead in part due to their sheer dominance at the face off X.
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Down at the Naval Acadamy, UVA takes on Johns Hopkins at noon.
This is another rematch game from earlier in the season. UVA took that one 16-15. UVA will win this one by about 3. It won't be a blowout, but Hopkins has not looked dominant especially of late.
I won't beat a dead horse, but a National Championship team needs a goalie saving more than 51% shots, and letting in less than 9.6 goals. The Jays don't have that. What they do have is a fiery coach that seemingly wills them to keep winning. In the past 4 games, Hopkins has gone into OT and won against Towson, Loyola, and Brown.
If I am Virginia, and this game goes to OT, I am faceguarding Brian Christopher who has gotten the game winner in each of those OT games.
Virginia has put up 10+ goals in every game except for one wretched 5 goal performance against Duke. Their average is 12.7 goals per game. Their starting attack has over 90 goals alone. On defense, Ken Clausen leads the close D unit, and Adam Ghitelman has put up decent numbers in net (55%Save, 8.1 GAA)
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Duke plays UNC in the late game (3pm) at Navy
This will actually be the third meeting between Duke and UNC this year. Duke has won the other two meetings. I believe they win this one as well. Duke by 1
I don't understand Duke. They lose to Cornell, Maryland, and Harvard, but beat UVA twice. In the second game against UVA they hold Virginia to 5 goals. 3 games later they switch focus and score 14 against one of if not THE best defense in the country. The answer to both lopsided wins was possession. When an opposing team only has 15 shots on goal, there is a good chance you'll win. Duke also shot very well and accurately to start. Once that crack shows in a goalie's confidence, Duke seized on it, and neither goalie was able to save much. Tommy Phelan for Navy ended up with 14 Goals Against and only 5 saves. Ghitelman fared a little better with 14 Goals against and 9 saves.
UNC needs Bitter to step up against Duke. In their first game he only had 1 Assist (0 Goals). In their 2nd game, he did better with 2G/3A. If he can play like he did against UMBC with 8 Goals and 1 Assist, UNC might be able to pull off an upset.
UNC was a team many people thought had a chance to be #1 this year
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