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About Kent State University
Kent State University is ranked among the nation's 77 public research universities demonstrating a high level of research activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. This places Kent State among an elite group of the nation's nearly 3,900 colleges and universities. Kent State earns national recognition for its breadth of high-quality undergraduate programs balanced with innovative research and graduate studies in selected areas.
The Kent State University eight-campus system is designed to serve both the development of a true living/learning approach at its Kent Campus, where residential living combines the resources and facilities of a large, diverse university, and regional needs on seven campuses offering the friendly, casual atmosphere of small liberal arts colleges. Regional campuses are Ashtabula, East Liverpool, Geauga, Salem, Stark, Trumbull and Tuscarawas. The Kent Campus provides baccalaureate, master's and doctoral study opportunities. At the same time, Kent State's Regional Campuses serve their specific community's needs with associate degree programs in technical and business fields, as well as selected baccalaureate and graduate work. Kent State offers 33 majors in five associate degrees, 110 majors in 12 bachelor's degrees, 95 majors in 16 master's degrees, eight majors in the educational specialist degree and 45 majors in two doctoral degrees. In addition, Kent State provides learning opportunities in 108 undergraduate minors and 72 for-credit certificate programs.
Besides boasting a distinguished and award-winning faculty in Kent State's nine colleges and 36 departments and schools, the university attracts scholars and researchers to diverse institutes, centers and research bureaus in specific areas, including the Liquid Crystal Institute®, Center for Applied Conflict Management, Center for Public Health Preparedness, Institute for the Study and Prevention of Violence, Wick Poetry Center, Child Development Center and the Ohio Employee Ownership Center. The world-renowned Kent/Blossom Arts Festivals offer a triad of artistic programs—music, theatre and art—for outstanding students in the fine arts.
Located in Kent, Ohio (population 30,000), the Kent Campus is ideally situated in northeastern Ohio, amid rolling terrain dotted by spring-fed lakes. Yet big-city enthusiasts are only a short drive from four major urban centers, with airports offering access to the nation and the world. The beautifully landscaped Kent Campus is composed of 866 acres. There are 119 buildings on the Kent Campus with a 291-acre airport and an 18-hole golf course nearby. The university's land holdings include thousands of acres of a nearby wildlife refuge, as well as marsh and bog areas preserved by the university as learning laboratories and resources for the future.
The focal point of the campus is the University Center with its spacious Risman Plaza. On one side is the 12-story, open-stack library which houses more than 2.6 million volumes, a complete learning resource center and the university executive offices. On the other side is the sprawling Kent Student Center which houses dining facilities, meeting and conference rooms, recreation areas, a ballroom and bookstore.
Other notable architectural landmarks include the Student Recreational and Wellness Center, a 153,000-square-foot world-class facility featuring a sports arena, elevated running track, natatorium, climbing wall, workout rooms and refreshment and lounge areas; the Business Administration Building, with its bronze-mirrored window-walls; and the futuristic, award-winning Art Building, with translucent panels that admit the diffused and shadowless lighting vital to art classes during the day and emit a distinctive glow of interior activity after dark. Nearby is Taylor Hall, home of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design and the College of the Arts.
The crisp modern lines of the newer areas of the campus, including comfortable residence hall complexes, the ground-hugging lines of the Ice Arena and the Child Development Center, contrast tastefully with the ivy-covered buildings of the original "North Campus," including Cartwright Hall, Rockwell Hall (home to Kent State's fashion museum), Lowery Hall and Merrill Hall, which was the first structure built at the university when it was launched as a teacher-training institution in 1910. Moulton Hall, a four-story structure built in 1917 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places, has been renovated to house the Moulton Hall Learning Technologies Center. The center provides an interactive high-performance learning environment to help faculty and students make skillful use of the latest information technologies. This includes computer-aided instructional materials, satellite uplink and downlink capabilities, interactive conferencing and multimedia classrooms and laboratories.
To help students and visitors navigate the Kent Campus and surrounding communities, Kent State works with the area Regional Transit Authority, PARTA. PARTA provides transit services on campus and in the local community. The heavily used service is available at no charge to Kent State students. Dix Stadium is only a few minutes away via bus transportation, which provides a continuous loop service during regular class hours. The campus loop helps to virtually eliminate all through traffic within the campus. For intramurals and intercollegiate athletics, the campus includes Dix Stadium (among the largest in the Mid-American Conference, with seating for more than 30,000); an ice arena with two rinks; an 18-hole golf course; the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, with its physical education and recreation annex; an all-weather track; lighted tennis courts; softball fields; and soccer and rugby fields. The Field House (located next to Dix Stadium) includes a full-size football field, an indoor track and a state-of-the-art weight room. Additional green areas for intramural and extramural sports are provided, as well as lighted outdoor basketball courts.
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How Pancreatic Cancer Spreads
Once cancer moves away from your pancreas, it often goes into the nearby bile ducts and lymph nodes in your abdomen (belly). In some cases, it spreads to other nearby areas. Pancreatic cancer may also spread to distant parts of your body, such as your liver or lungs.
When pancreatic cancer spreads to another part of your body, it's not considered a new cancer. For instance, if pancreatic cancer spreads to your liver, it's not considered liver cancer. It's called metastatic pancreatic cancer.
There are also several kinds of cancer — such as liver cancer — that can spread to your pancreas. When this happens, the cancer is not called pancreatic cancer. Cancer is usually named for the site of the original tumor. For example, if liver cancer spreads to your pancreas, it is called metastatic liver cancer, not pancreatic cancer. The cancer is treated the same as liver cancer, not like pancreatic cancer.

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on December 2, 2012 - 1:00 AM
Lydia Millet probes life's meaning as only Lydia Millet can in "Magnificence" – the third, and perhaps most striking, novel in a trilogy that is, at once, comic, tragic and strange as can be.
Like its predecessors – "How the Dead Dream" and "Ghost Lights" – "Magnificence" is a book that may be read alone, a veritable feast for the mind (and the funny bone).
For we don't read Millet for her unlikely plots, or even for her curious characters. We read Millet to find out what she is thinking, in her droll, subterranean way – about living and partly living, about being-gone-yet-still-here and about how a sudden misstep can alter one's world.
"A mistake in judgment, an instantaneous mistake," Millet's protagonist, Susan, muses in "Magnificence" as she learns that her husband, Hal, has been stabbed to death during a robbery in Belize.
"If only someone had told the thief there were only traveler's checks in that wallet," she thinks before going to a deeper level of reasoning: "her own identity, a side effect, was sunk and submerged in this new description, the stabbed-husband woman. As Hal lost his life she lost her own, as Hal was a murder victim she was an extension of him. That slut, that slut with the husband who got stabbed to death."
Ah, yes, "the slut." It makes Susan "feel better to think selfishly" and so Hal's death instantly becomes all about Susan. She was having an affair. It was what sent Hal to Belize in the first place. Therefore it was she who was the prime murderer here. She looks at the mourners at Hal's funeral service and thinks, "They knew of the stabbing bit but not the real culprit."
Millet lets Susan drift – "her life full of background noise, a dull and droning clamor … or a ringing, a dreadful ringing like tinnitus that only diminished when she drank or smoked …" – until a great-uncle Susan only met once leaves her his estate in Pasadena.
It is here that "Magnificence" becomes a full metaphor for life and death, their grandeur and their lessons. For Great-Uncle Albert's "house" is a mansion filled, every room, every floor, with taxidermy – "deer, bull moose, antelope, gazelle … a magician's stage, a Goth bordello … large cats, wild dogs, foxes, timber wolf, American minx … birds of prey and common quail … bears! … and fish. Fish in the kitchen."
Susan considers this "her windfall house, a new life. The life of someone else … She was alone now. But on the other hand she was also a queen, the private, unseen monarch of a kingdom of dust and faded velvet and the great horns of beasts. She dwelled in a palace. So she had everything and nothing at once, had been struck down and raised up. In one respect it was not surprising, because the world's systems tended to elevate crime …"
As in the earlier books of Millet's trilogy, Susan's enigmatic employer, "T.", and her feisty paraplegic daughter, Casey, are also on hand. So, soon, is "Jim the lawyer," Susan's latest conquest, a man with whom she feels she has a bond – as he is the "kind of person who could kill someone."
Enter into this mix some shirttail cousins who want to challenge Great-Uncle Albert's will and T's aging mother who, although often lost in an advancing dementia, is wily enough to see Susan's "palace" as better living quarters for herself and her assisted-living cronies.
This way may lie madness – but not with Millet at the helm. Susan will begin to see, instead, where the very fabric of her being is rent. Can you "be guilty of being yourself?" she will ask. Do all of us "live with imperfection?"
In time, the perfect storm of evolution and extinction under her roof – along with a posse of fading, elderly women, not to mention Susan's newly opened eyes, and the great romance that becomes Casey's and T.'s – will make Susan's life whole, "a sumptuous feast."
But it is in the telling of this that Millet triumphs. The sheer depth of her research into taxidermy, species and subspecies is startling.
And she goes beyond this, again and again, letting Susan see the animals as "murderers too." The animals also give Susan solace, and she caresses them in return, drawn to whatever their stories, their pursuit of prey may have been:
"She'd done her own killing in the passage of daily life, not because she wished to inflict pain. The cats and the wolves only did it for food: they looked cruel but they weren't, she told herself. By contrast she looked innocuous and that was equally deceptive. She'd been greedy, she'd been selfish: maybe greed was her sin, or the variant of it that was lust … In the end all of the sins seemed the same to her, softer and harder forms of the same murder."
The question then is, "If she kept being a slut, would someone die again?" We find we are in this with Susan. Millet has that power, to bring the reader with her – particularly into dark holes.
The inclusion of T.'s failing mother, Angela, and her cohort of equally failing friends is nothing short of inspired. Manipulative in the way of children, and more aware than they let on – the women serve as a protective foil for the machinations of Susan's changing mind. Millet treats them all tenderly, yet with great humor.
Susan is the lone heroine in Millet's fine trilogy. (T. held the protagonist's position in the first novel; Hal in the second.)
And, as a flawed woman, Susan grows on us, she who was faithful to Hal until the accident that rendered their daughter a paraplegic and "the sadness of the future had dazzled her. She turned her face away."
Circumstances turn on this spit until new circumstances change its direction – much like Angela and her old ladies sitting, soundlessly in a room "as though they were inevitable." Millet couldn't – or wouldn't – tell this to us in any other way.
By Lydia Millet
256 pages, $25.95
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Teaching and Learning in Ghana
Welcome to the Teaching & Learning in Ghana website. And welcome to the wonderful
country of Ghana, West Africa. TLG is an educational outreach program of the School of Education, Charleston Southern University, Charleston, South Carolina.
The School of Education at Charleston Southern University offers a unique opportunity for undergraduate and graduate education students to teach in Ghana, West Africa. The primary activity of Teaching & Learning in Ghana (TLG) Program is a three-week intensive program of instruction, field visits, cultural activities and teaching experiences in village schools. Participants teach with Ghana teachers, do demonstration lessons and visit sites of historic and cultural significance in Accra, Cape Coast and Kumasi, Ghana's three major cities.
The project is comprised of three phases:
Phase One is a series of pre-departure orientation sessions during which participants are introduced to Ghana, to issues surrounding international travel, and how to have a successful adjustment to life in a developing country.
Phase Two is the major thrust of the project. TLG participants are involved in: (1) a three-day orientation in Accra and Cape Coast; (2) a series of ongoing lectures/seminars on Ghanaian history and culture; (3) teaching with Ghanaian educators in schools in four rural villages; (4) tours and visits to historic and cultural sites; and (5) participation in a variety of Ghanaian cultural activities.
Phase Three is follow-up and dissemination. During the school year, TLG participants will be available to serve as guest presenters in classrooms, church and civic organizations.
A comprehensive program of experiences has been developed to ensure that participants acquire content knowledge and cultural sensitivity related to historic, cultural, economic, political and educational aspects of Ghanaian life. As a result of this experience, TLG participants acquire an understanding of the pivotal role Ghana plays in 21st century West Africa and also develop an awareness of Ghana's significant historic and cultural connections to the state of South Carolina.
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After a weeklong hiatus, Bargaineering is back on track and ready to bring you some hearty information on cell phones. Everyone has a cell phone now and the thought of instant contact at anytime is too powerful to dismiss. On the flip side, cell phones are like a life preserver, safety is a mere phone call away in most situations. That being the case, cell phone companies are fighting each other like crazy to steal customers and keep the customers they have. We will explain how to get the best for your buck before, during, and after you sign the contract.
Lifespan of a Cell Phone Relationship: Understanding where you are in the lifespan will dictate what you can demand and successfully receive.
Now let's play the game…
Phase 1: There are typically three criteria you look for when you're shopping around for a phone: a cool phone so you can show off to your friends, great coverage so you aren't frustrated by drops, and price. The matter of finding a cool phone or discussing coverage areas is way too complex to get into for now so we'll just get into price — bottom dollar. Keep this hard fast rule in mind — Never pay for a cell phone. It is accepted practice that cell phones are loss leaders and the service is what earns the big bucks. Take a look at Amazon.com's Cell Phone and Services section [3] and start scrolling through the phones. Over half of them pay you money to sign up, that's how lucrative cell phones are these days (all free or "pay you" phones will require a contract). The benefit of an Amazon is that you can compare multiple offers are once, something you can't do if you go to a T-Mobile or Spring store in the mall.
Before you fall in love with a phone or a service, keep this next table in mind:
|Min. Contract Period
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*AT&T Wireless and Cingular are now one service (Cingular acquired AT&T Wireless) – but Cingular rebates still say 1 year minimum!
If you sign a two year agreement, you lose power during those two years so avoid it if you can.
Phase 2: The worst phase but you can still get something out of it if you try really hard. Early on in a two year agreement, there is still the threat of cancellation if they believe you think the service could possibly warrant it. I was once put hold for about an hour and transferred three times for a mistake they made in my bill. I was angry and eventually transferred to a mediator who offered a $25 courtesy credit for my trouble. Sprint has their automated customer service that if you say "dropped call credit" then they'll credit you something like a quarter (you can do it a limited number of times a month). Just call a bunch of times when you're bored and it's like an instant discount. Always ask, always complain, you might get a little something in return, there's no pain in trying.
Phase 3: The best phase… going month to month gives you the most flexibility because they want to keep you. They'll offer you free phones and better rates just to keep you but with the advent of number portability – there's almost no point in staying because of the "pay you" phones available on Amazon [3]. But if you do stick around for a few months, try complaining and asking for credit, they'll give it to you more readily than in Phase 2. Don't abuse it because they'll see the pattern and get wise to what you're doing.
Phase 3 -> Phase 1: If you decide to go with a "pay you" phone, you can't go with the service you have. New service activation means you can't have had service with that company in the last three or six months (depends on the company). But you can have someone else sign up for you if you want to avoid it… and then have it transfered to you. To transfer just go to a store (they need to see you) and ask to switch it over.


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Spends Most Of His Time On Mars With That Special Girl, A Sweetheart, Very Forgiving, Doesn't Chase After Females, Never Gives Up On Love, Is Good At Giving Advice, A Bit Of A Ladies Man, Has A Dougie That Makes Her Wet, May Steal Your Girl So Be Careful, Lives Life Without Negativity, Loves Girls Who Know what They Want, Its One To Play Games, Is A Very friendly Person, Not Afraid To Tell A Girl She Can Get It, Known To Be Good In Bed, The Spotlight Tends To be On Him, Loves All Races Of Women Doesn't Discriminate But Is Fond Of Hispanic Girls, Is Known To Have Girls On His Dick, Doesn't Dwell On The Past, Very Poetic, Very Talented.
Man That Spotty Known How To Lay A Girl Down.
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Name for US paper currency because of the round "spots" that circle the numbers and dead presidents. Also plays off of the term spot for a quick loan between friends.
I'm broke, got any spottys?
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Brainstorm Session: Site Improvements
UPDATE 2: Bah, issues...will have to wait a couple of days on the archives.
UPDATE: I'm going to try and start importing our archives from the all-baseball.com and MVN days tonight. It may crash everything.
I'm not gonna be able to muster anything coherent about the Cubs this week. The organizational meetings start October 19th and I'm sure we'll start hearing some rumors around then about what the Cubs offseason plan might be. I think we can all pretty much guess it now anyway, left-handed bats, Dempster or another starting pitcher and filling out the bullpen.
That all being said, I'll probably be spending a good portion of the offseason working on improving the site and while I'm never at a loss for ideas, I would love to hear what things you guys would like to see. Just throw as much spaghetti as you can at the walls and we'll see what sticks. There's no such thing as a bad idea...except the really stupid ones. Now this sort of thing has a tendency to just lead to a bitchfest about everything that we don't currently offer or what sucks, but try to keep it positive and offer ideas on additions and improvements if you can.
And to help your brain get going, some topics to think about:
- Content - what more would you like to see of? What less would you like to see of? Ideas for regular features? Anything you'd like to come back that seems to have disappeared.
- Site Layout - Fuck that logo is big, make it smaller! Needs more advertising, etc.
- Site Functionality - Pop-up comments, Searches, etc...
- Community - Rate comments, posts, more chat oppurtunities, ban one commenter per week?
- Merchandising - Is there an 8x10 photo of Arizona Phil you want for your desk? Let us know..
And whatever else you'd like out of your Cubs site of choice....
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"And whatever else you'd like out of your Cubs site of choice...."
Why do you care what we propose to BCB?
I've said it before and i'll say it again:
Like SB Nation has.
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Avatars or piture logos (same thing?)
Comment boxes moving to the right on replies-no likey.
Less Chad, more Trans. :-)
Everything else is great.
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Comment boxes moving to the right? You mean threaded comments?
If so, you can turn that off.
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Okay, I'm sorry asked.
If you ask for opinions don't bite people's heads off when they offer.
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He was looking for upgrades, not requests for moving the site back a decade. How about you just surf the web with Lynx and you'll get exactly what you want from every site.
I keed.
Vin Scully-Vindicative SOB
On serious note, can anyone find Scully's call of Dodgers winning game 3.
I heard it on WSCR today and all he does is rips Cubs after final out.
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I agree on Scully. That was really weird. I'm paraphrasing, but he says, "The Cubs are dead," right after strike three to Soriano and then he says that "everybody in the state of Illinois" thought the Cubs were going to go all the way.
I'm sure some South Siders and some Cardinals fans around Belleville or so might disagree.
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I'm assuming that over the winter we'll get a little more AZ Phil, which is always good. Reports on things most of us can't watch are always nice, which is a big part of why I like AZ Phil's Reports and Mike Wellman's occasional AAA contributions. Good stuff.
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The only thing I miss from MVN is the pop-up comments.
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more animated flaming skull gif's.
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Boobs watermarked in the background.
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A different layout - more like a multi-section news site, less like a blog.
Different sections for all the regularly updated content - game threads and recaps, analysis, AZ Phil, Weliman, etc.
AZ Phil threads at the least deserve to be separated from the rest of the content - a different column or something. It throws off the pace at which the rest of the site moves, and the information is of a more timeless nature - better for reference.
Edit: I also thought merchandising was a good idea. I need my TCR boxers - or at the least a TCR knife scabbard.
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I'd love it if TCR could become a one-stop shop for all things Cubs.
- Game recaps/box scores (maybe not as in-depth as Trans' writeups, but enough so I don't have to go to ESPN or chicagosports.com to find out what happened in the game).
- Various Sections (e.g. Cubs news, reports from the farm, opinion pieces, trade rumors, stats, links to relevant articles on other blogs/sites, etc)
- How about Hot Cubs Fan of the Week. Once a week, someone scours Facebook to find the hottest chick in Cubs gear (shouldn't be hard), and posts her on here. Hey, chicks drive clicks.
Basically I don't want to have to visit any other site to read about the Cubs. Maybe this is too time-consuming, or just too much scope for a site focused on one team, but that's what brainstorming is for.
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"Basically I don't want to have to visit any other site to read about the Cubs."
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I read the site, scroll down to the bottom and read what I missed. If I hit reload, it doesn't show me new comments it just leaves me at the bottom. So I have to scroll to the top, click the TCR button, then click 'new comments' each time I want to refresh. It makes my life very difficult. I'd like a 'new comments' button at the bottom of the page...just above the "post a new comment' place.
Plus, I'd like breasts watermarked in the background.
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Bobos number 2. But it was a close race.
More appropriate:
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the girl linked to 'bobos'!
holy mother of God!
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Or at the very least the button at the bottom of the comments links to the (refreshed) home page of TCR where we can see if there are new comments or not.
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That's good too. How about a two links at the bottom..."Main" and "New Comments"? That would be neato.
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Definitely agree about a separate section for AZ Phil's posts, he is teh bomb.
Some general site rules would also be cool. Namely, I've seen at least one Cubs fan site I used to frequent lose it's hipness over politics, we don't want that here. Let's agree that it's all baseball/Cubs, all the time, and keep the other stuff to more appropriate blogs.
There has to be a better visual way of doing the comments, isn't there? It seems hard to follow various trains of thought in the longer threads, maybe that's because of a lack of quoting function in the comment box?
Just say no to avatars, that serves no useful purpose.
Perhaps a section on fantasy baseball tips, especially in the spring as roster selection time nears?
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"Some general site rules would also be cool. Namely, I've seen at least one Cubs fan site I used to frequent lose it's hipness over politics, we don't want that here. Let's agree that it's all baseball/Cubs, all the time, and keep the other stuff to more appropriate blogs."
I like it without the hard and fast rules. It seems there is already an implied "don't be a dick" rule in place that Rob enforces when things (rarely) start to get out of hand. It allows a little bit of off-topic goofiness from time-to-time and still gets rid of people like the infamous Towel guy who constantly abused the loose standards of Web congeniality.
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TCR seems to self-regulate pretty well and judging by parachat, there's definitely people represented from the extreme right and the extreme left that frequent this board.
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are you viewing the comments FLAT? If you switch to the THREADED option, you don't need to quote since your reply would be stuck to the original comment.
Unless of course, you're AZPHIL and you still prefer to quote the original comment instead of using the REPLY button. That works fine too.
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I liked popup comments too, but it's not a huge thing.
If we could make the poster's name stand out a little more it would be helpful when skimming. Maybe set it off at the very top of the post by itself.
How about setting up a way to "rate" a poster or a post? So that especially enlightening or interesting posts could have 17 stars or thumbs ups or something? If that were in place I would probably skim a 150 post thread that I missed rather than skipping it altogether.
Also, how about more recaps of playoff victories? You guys haven't done one of those in years.
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Any way that we could rate the comments in the threads?
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That would be awesome. The content management platform does provide a module for comment rating. Rob, would it be really hard to implement this? The only downside is that some of the users would never be heard from again (Navigator).
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personally, im not a fan of rating systems stuff.
it's turned boards like slashdot into amateur comedian night and newspaper comment boards into "mob thought rule" with how comments are ranked independent of fairness to the issue.
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if we rated posters i would have a + billion rating
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Just as a general comment, I think posts about your reaction to a game are far more interesting than the game previews that comprise a good portion of the content on this blog. The previews are good and everything, but I can get essentially the same thing from Yahoo sports. Obviously, the same cannot be said of your postgame thoughts. Those are unique and entertaining and pretty much the reason why I stop by this site.
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We need an occasional funny photoshop post especially after bad games and terrible losing streaks. I promise to come out of retirement and contribute if you add this. We definitely lost a lot of original Cubs humor after Trans decided to dedicate more of his time to that academic bullshit.
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Why do you think school girls are so popular?
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Poster profiles!
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I bet if you secured some kind of corporate sponsorship, you could make lots of really cool site improvements. I hear Motorola is interested.
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Rob, sorry if this was mentioned already but what about a mobile site? I have an iphone so it would be nice for the site to recognize I was on a mobile phone and load a "stripped down" version of the site. BTW I don't post much, but this site has been amazing and added to the awesome season (for the most part) we all had as Cubs fans! Keep up the good work!
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SHIT I just found the link..... So yeah I'm a dumbass :)
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I wonder if Parachat can work on Java enabled smart phones. We can get live chatting with folks at the game then. Since both AT&T and T-Mobile have/are getting heavy into 3G in Chicagoland, this makes it seem plausible.
I'm not sure how people around you at the game will react to the sounds of Parachat. That might make for some odd reactions.
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Cuban, Zell and the "ball of confusion"
in other words, market conditions delaying any sale of the Cubs
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I love this site, it's great. Not alot of suggestions for improvement.
I do need a Cubs Farm System--Top 30 prospects update. After the playoffs, I need to think about the future.
One last laugh at our selves and Cubs
Bill Murray on Snl Update last night, presidential debate go to 3:28 left on video
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I happened to catch this since it was on right after The Office. At least I was able to chuckle instead of hurl the remote through the screen. I guess I've become immune to the Cubbery. The dude playing Brokow was awesome. The two doing the Obama/McCain impressions not so much.
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I would suggest that the "Latest on TCR" sidebar on the top left be removed. Not that I don't like it, but its dead giveaway when surfing at work :)
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I'm all for banning one commenter a week, as long as it's Chad every single week.
Also, I think what I really want is a TCR team photo for my desk that I can put next to my new picture of Katy Perry's bobos.
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I stumbled over TCR following the 2003 catastrophe and have really enjoyed the steady improvements.
Than being said, I'd say resist the urge to "fix" TCR too much. Its pretty good as is.
As mentioned above a 'refresh comments' button at the bottom of the page would be nice.
I'd vote against post rating stuff, and please, no avitars. -(pretty good conception of RobG, Carlos, Chad already, though Johann's mom remains tantalizingly mysterious).
Baker outlasts Pinella
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But oddly enough, he benched his own son in order to add 'veteran presence'. Jose Macias has been dominating the league.
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10 year old-Who is that big kid playing center?
Dusty- He's a friend of my daughter.
10 year old- He sure strikes out alot for a big kid.
Dusty- Quit being racist.
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am I the only one who wants the team that beat us to do well?
I always view it as showing the Cubs are better if they lose to a winner. If they go on to lose, then it makes the Cubs look even worse.
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Honestly, I Couldn't care less who wins.
I suppose I'm rooting for Tampa just so some new blood takes down the old guard (Red Sox). I also like the idea of ratings being crappy for the WS.
If I had a gun to my head, here is the order of who I want to win it all:
1. Rays
2. Dodgers
3. Phils
4. Red Sox
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The Cubs already look bad no matter how you slice it. Revenge is all we have left.
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Me too. I think the worst part of last year was watching the team that scalped us, get scalped by Colorado. It was liked getting kneeded in the head after someone kicks you in the balls.
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You mean like last year, when the Cubs got swept by a team who got swept by a team who got swept?
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More idiot proof HTML, or remove it entirely and get something like the more sophisticated boards have (like parachat where you select the font you want), and a spell checker with Maddox and Clemmons in it so Chad doesn't have a stroke.
Some monkey was making fun of my html tags because firefox showed them differently than explorer, or something. You know you've got a good argument going when you're complaining about the use of italics.
edit: God my spelling...
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Back on topic since my first post was completely off topic.
- Make headlines bigger so each topic is clearly seperated.
- Make hyperlinks a different color, there is too much black bold so it's hard to differentiate what is bold for effect, and what is bold for a hpyerlink.
- I love AZ Phil's posts, but it seems odd right before a playoff game to have the top story be about the AZ instructional team winning a game in Mesa. Maybe a seperate section for minor league topics?
Otherwise, I've gotten used to the other quirks so I think it's really good now.
I am strongly opposed to Avatars, emoticons, and other misc, junk that would be attached to everyone's post. It might be interesting the first time to see what a user uses for an avatar, but it gets old and cluttered very fast. I like simple.
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"- I love AZ Phil's posts, but it seems odd right before a playoff game to have the top story be about the AZ instructional team winning a game in Mesa. Maybe a seperate section for minor league topics?
I thought the exact same thing. Well, actually, I thought 'who gives a shit?'. Ok, I know there are plenty who are interested...me included, sometimes...but it seemed pretty irrelevant at the time. Maybe separate, 'AZ Phil's Dissertations' section would make sense.
And, I think Phil's payroll summary that you've got on the right side is a great idea. It needn't be a post that is read and forgotten, but sometimes the posts are more useful reference-wise, that we'd be able to glean a few numbers from periodically. Payroll, depth charts, etc... Personally, I think an occasionally updated depth chart on the side of the screen (maybe with simple numbers added) would be pretty cool.
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J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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on October 2, 2012 - 12:15 AM
"We did prepare for it," the veteran defensive end said. "We just didn't execute it."
Did you prepare for Brandon Bolden, I asked him? Kelsay got a little flustered. He mentioned the "key" guys, like Wes Welker and Rob Gronkowski. But no, he said, they didn't single out Bolden.
"I don't pay attention to that," Kelsay said. "I pay attention the guys up front and the matchups I'm likely to face."
Kelsay had probably never heard of Bolden before the undrafted rookie bolted for 137 yards (112 in the second half) in a 52-28 rout of the Bills. Kelsay wasn't alone. I had no idea Bolden was on the Pats before the game. Most fans and media had never heard of him.
But I'm sure they had the same reaction when Bolden was running wild. "This sure happens to the Bills a lot." It's hard to remember how many times a running back - be it a nobody, a marginal pro, or a future star - had his coming of age against Buffalo.
Rather than heap more abuse on the Bills after Sunday's debacle, I decided to lighten up a bit and compile of a list of those infamous backs, some of them whose names you'd long forgotten. My "Coming of Age against Buffalo" Dirty Dozen backs from the last eight years.
1. Willie Parker. Team captain. The Bills went into the final week of the 2004 season needing to beat the Steelers here to keep their playoff hopes alive. Pittsburgh had clinched a bye and had nothing to play for. Parker, an undrafted rookie with 84 career rushing yards to that point, rushed for 102 yards to lead a bunch of backups to a 29-24 win.
After the loss, Bills cornerback Terrence McGee said, "Who is this Willie Parker." Parker went on to a nice six-year career. He rushed for more than 1,200 yards three years in a row and had a 75-yard TD run in Super Bowl XL.
2. Jerome Harrison. In the Bills' last Monday night home game, Harrison broke a 72-yard TD run at the start of the fourth quarter to spark Cleveland's 29-27 win. It was Harrison's 28th NFL game and his first TD. He finished with 80 yards, a career high at the time.
Harrison, a fifth-round draft choice, later broke Jim Brown's single-game Browns record with 286 yards. He bounced around and retired last year after being treated for a brain tumor.
3. BenJarvus Green-Ellis. An undrafted free agent, "The Law Firm" ran for 105 yards, a career high at the time, and a TD in the Bills' 20-10 loss at New England in '08. Green-Ellis had four solid seasons for the Pats and scored two touchdowns in this year's Super Bowl. He moved on to the Bengals as a free agent. As history shows, Bill Belichick is good at finding replacements.
4. Brandon Bolden. As I was saying . Bolden, an undrafted rookie out of Mississippi, had 15 career rushing yards before gaining 137 against the Bills. Have you noticed how many of these guys weren't drafted? And you wonder why teams don't draft runners high.
5-6. Brandon Jacobs/Ahmad Bradshaw. I made then an entry. In the penultimate game of 2007, the Giants came to Buffalo, needing to win to stay alive for the playoffs. They rushed for 291 yards in a 38-21 win. Bradshaw, a seventh-round rookie, had 39 career yards coming into the game. He rushed for 151, including an 88-yard TD that is the longest TD run ever against the Bills.
Jacobs rushed for 143 yards and two TDs that day. He and Bradshaw have both had solid careers. That game remains the career single-game rushing high for BOTH. Oh, and the Giants won the Super Bowl.
7. Pierre Thomas. An obscure third-year back when the Saints came here in the third week of the '09 season, Thomas ran for 126 yards, including TDs of 34 and 29 yards, in a 27-7 win. Both TDs came in the fourth quarter. Thomas scored a TD in the Saints' Super Bowl win that year. He's still with the team. Undrafted, by the way.
8. Ryan Moats. Take a gold star if you remember this guy. Moats, a third-round pick of the Eagles in '05, had an undistinguished four-year career. But in '09, he ran for a career-high 126 yards and three TDs for Houston in a 31-10 win in Buffalo. All three TDs came in the fourth quarter, when the Texans outscored the Bills, 22-0. They have a way of getting run over late in games, don't they?
9. Sammy Morris. I had to include a former Bill who came back to torment them. Morris spent his first four years in Buffalo and never rushed for more than 60 yards in a game. In his first game back with the Dolphins in '04, he rushed for 91 in a loss.
10. Danny Woodhead. One Patriot who didn't rush for 100 Sunday. Woodhead, who spent a year with the Jets as an undrafted free agent, broke out for the Pats in a 38-30 win over the Bills early in 2010. He rushed for 42 yards and his first career TD, a 22-yarder. In the second meeting that year, he rushed for 93 yards, his career high. The Pats ran for 200 yards in both games against the Bills that year. It's not a sudden phenomenon.
11. Joe McKnight. He's been a non-factor since the Jets took him in the fourth round in 2010, except for a 158-yard game against the Bills in the Jets' 38-7 win in the finale that year. McKnight has 337 career rushing yards in 28 games, 221 against the Bills.
12. Reggie Bush. The vacated '06 Heisman winner's single-game high in the NFL was 126 yards until he went for 203 in Miami's 30-23 win here last season. It propelled Bush to his first 1,000-yard season. He's on pace to do it again. And he has two games against the Bills!
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This is one of my lazy columns. No research, no checking facts, just a walk around my garden to catch up with all that is going on.
The unusually warm spell in March followed by the expected March and April cold and frost has affected quite a few plants. My three treasured Endless Summer hydrangea, as well as the two butterfly bushes, started to leaf out much earlier than usual, and then were nipped by killing frosts.
I am sure they will recover from this when seasonal warm weather sets in, but they are not pretty to look at right now.
I have my long-planned blue glass tree completed. I have been saving blue glass bottles and even bought a bottle of wine based on the color of the bottle and not the quality of the product inside.
I was planning to impale the bottles on a tall branch with short clipped side branches like the ones I had seen in magazines.
I was not happy with the result, so I tried some different placements. I have settled happily on one of my lilacs as a host tree. The blue glass twinkles joyfully among the fresh green leaves and the lavender flowers. I may even have to develop a taste for cheap wine to expand my collection of bottles.
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And now my grandson, Tom, told me he has found some beer in blue bottles - 24 coming up!
Last summer, the Maximilian sunflower under the kitchen window grew to more than 12 feet tall, and correspondingly heavy, and was difficult to attach to stakes strong enough to keep it upright. It ended up sprawling all over.
This year, I have a length of fence donated by neighbor, Gene, and erected by son, Pat, a couple of feet out from the house wall.
If I keep up with its growth this year and tie the main stems to the trellised fence, it should be a wall of gold by summer's end.
I highly recommend this plant where some height is needed. Mine is 3 years old and has dozens of starts in a patch about 4 feet long already up. It is the only perennial sunflower I have found.
I grow annual sunflowers from mixed seeds I have saved all along that side of the house, and it all makes a good show.
The vegetable garden is ready for crops, I just need patience. The raspberry canes are growing well. They are Heritage everbearings that came from the garden of the Kuebler sisters many years ago and always bear well. I have to share with not only hungry birds but also hungry great-grandchildren who make a detour when they are entering the house.
I am sure Noah and Owen will teach their sister, Sophia, the delights of raspberries now that she is walking.
The asparagus has started producing much earlier than usual this year, and my small patch has already given me several meals.
The only crop I actually have planted this spring is the Sugar Ann peas, and they are a couple of inches high already. What a heavenly lunch to look forward to - asparagus, sugar peas and poached eggs.
Now, if I only had room for chickens.
Every morning brings something new to see at this time. One clump of peonies has buds already, while the other still is unfolding its reddish shoots. The hostas and a lot of other perennials are growing well and, as the tulips and daffodils fade, there are plenty of other flowers coming along.
Which reminds me of a hint passed on from my sister; be sure to deadhead only the blossoms of daffodils. The stalks are important in the photo synthesis process.


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quote: Volkswagen Passat TDI (DSG): 40/30 Volkswagen Passat TDI (Manual): 31/43
quote: The Jetta Sportwagen is the only small traditional station wagon left.
quote: Still haven't decided on the 1.8T gasser or the TDI (I hear DSG maintenance costs for the TDI are a biatch).
quote: Isn't DCT supposed to be smaller, simpler, less moving parts, lighter, and easier to work on.
quote: According to the owner of VWVortex, the 1.8T will require regular unleaded
quote: Maybe this is just a warmup for VW ownership :)
quote: The cars I mentioned were designed to run on regular and putting in premium will not net you any greater power/performance.
quote: The engine is required to sip nothing more exotic than 87 octane fuel. That is, the 2.0T generates its 274 horsepower at 6,000 rpm and 269 pound-feet of torque from 1,750-4,500 rpm on the cheap stuff. Typically, elevated specific output and low octane are mutually exclusive, making this achievement worth talking about.Timothy White, the Sonata's senior powertrain engineer, reckons that this requirement amplified the difficulty of balancing low-end throttle response with a lofty peak horsepower target. This is because boosted engines generate high cylinder pressures, increasing their propensity for pre-ignition (knocking), which in turn limits how much grunt you can safely produce at both ends of the torque curve.
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January 24, 2013
The Loyalsock Township School District proposed an iPad initiative Wednesday, that if approved would be implemented at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year....
I live in Montgomery and from what I've heard from parents, the Ipads are a good thing.The kids seem to be more interested in doing thier school work, there are no excuses for not having thier homework and from what I've heard they can access books, study materials with them. I also heard they can't use them for social media purposes/ non school activities etc. I remember when we weren't allowed to have a calculator at school,LOL.
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This must be a joke. First of all my home has every generation of Ipads and I know all too well what to expect,...Which generation of Ipad are they considering?? Who will be doing all the technical support for the devises because it will be required on a regular basis?? These devises are not that robust, what happens when a student accidentally spills a drink or drops one and destroys it??
What next, cell phones for all students??? Thats right Obama is seeing to that.
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fromtheport, I do agree with you on that statement about adjusting the spending accordingly.
I wouldn't call it an 'unneeded item' but I understand why said that and me disagreeing doesn't make your point and opinion invalid by any means.
I think it could 'improve the interest' for students in classrooms.. In a way it's sorta sad that you have to use tools such as Ipads to do such a thing but like I said, we live in a technoolgy-based world now. I also think it shouldn't be that hard to take 180k from one thing and apply it to this, I'm sure there is PLENTY of needless spending occuring.
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I would support this idea if they were responsible about the spending. If it is going to cost $180,000/year for a non needed item, they should cut $180,000 from somewhere else in the budget to make up for it.
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Good for them! With this being a technology world, it's great that school districts are working toward making technology a learning tool not just an 'entertainment device'. Using things such as Ipads to the advantage of schools is a great idea. I fully support it!
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Cubs Announce 2013 Arizona Fall League Guests of Honor
And the winners are...
SS Javier Baez, RF Jorge Soler, 3B Kris Bryant, RHP Matt Loosen, RHP Dallas Beeler, RHP Armando Rivera, RHP Arodyz Vizcaino and OF Albert Almora will be a member of the taxi squad.
Arizona Phil is going to have all kinds of fun.
You can peruse past AFL rosters over at Wiklifield.
sweet...was hoping a.viz
sweet...was hoping a.viz would be on that squad. he's late getting back into action this year and i was wondering if he'd even be considered.
also -z +s on viz and -a +o on rivero.
i cannot figure out how
i cannot figure out how navarro is still on this team.
the only downside to his game (especially this year) is he's not all that great at getting in front of wild pitches...which isn't exactly something that happens every game. even though it's the pitcher's fault, he's got a pretty bad rate of stopping them.
Tonight is "Marlon Byrd t
Tonight is "Marlon Byrd t-shirt night" at Citi Field.
Ditto........especially if
Ditto........especially if Jim takes over the Top 20 prospects for each team on MLB.com..........I wonder if Mayo has ever done anything but read a scouting report on these guys.
under the heading of "Why
under the heading of "Why Bother?"
Royals sign Carlos Pena to a minor league contract and assigned him to Omaha. Was Warren Buffett the mover and shaker on this one...or Jimmy (Marguerita in Omahaville?)
mlb.com writeup on the AZ
mlb.com writeup on the AZ Fall League rosters...
"It's really exciting for us," Cubs senior vice president of scouting and player development Jason McLeod said. "Javier has had a great year, and he didn't get to play as much last year in the AFL because of the injury. Kris is ready to be pushed. Soler was going to go [to make up for lost time]. Albert missed time, so he'll go to the instructional league and then the taxi squad, which will be good for him.
"It's good for them to spend time with each other, push each other in the fall, then hopefully push each other in the spring. It's exciting to have these four guys going together. It'll be great if we can get to see them all playing together on the same field."
"I'm new to this whole process, but I know there are lot of good players who have gone to the [Arizona] Fall League," Bryant said. "I'm excited I get to continue playing baseball. The games will only help me in my development against some very good competition.
"The progress I've made so far in my time with Boise and Daytona has been pretty good. I'm very pleased with how things have gone. Obviously, there are still adjustments that need to be made. I'm excited to continue to learn and compete with guys who are close to the big leagues."
Dallas Beeler and Rob
Dallas Beeler and Rob Whitenack were at the Cubs convention last January. I'm a big fan of Beeler after that session. He's also in recovery mode from a torn flexor tendon, middle finger of his pitching hand from May. He's already had TJ surgery in college (2009).
The comp I found from a MLB pitcher with a similar finger injury is Jorge DeLa Rosa from the Rockies from 2010. I'm not sure of other problems DeLa Rosa had but he's finally back with a 14-6 and 3.28 ERA this year.
2 more HR for soriano tonight
2 more HR for soriano tonight, 11 HR and 33 RBI in the month since the trade; I guess getting out of the pressure cooker of the NL central worked wonders
He did the same hung last
He did the same thing last year . . . He's that good he just had few base runners, was on a crap team, and now he gets NY press. He really stepped up his game last year somehow, and I think they'll get one more year like this next year. A SERIOUS second half hitter...
Edit: he has a combined 1 HR over the 2012 march/april and 2013 march/april months. Then he explodes. If there was a way to rest him until May 1st and get the same production you'd have a bionic hitter!
That makes an even 400 for
That makes an even 400 for Sori -- well done.
BP has a writeup called
BP has a writeup called "Positive Regression Candidates" for next year (seems fantasy league related). Others are Hellickson, Lynn, Kennedy and Volquez:
Edwin Jackson, Cubs
Last week, a friend and Cubs fan asked what was wrong with Jackson. Admittedly, I hadn't been paying a ton of attention to Jackson's season, but a cursory look at everything but his win-loss record and his ERA said everything was fine. While many have learned to look past one bad year or even just ugly surface stats, there are plenty of owners who still cling to the basics, as I found out when discussing Matt Cain in an NL-Only league recently.
Jackson has one of the larger discrepancies between his ERA (5.00) and his FIP (3.58), and that alone should get your value-senses tingling. Add in the fact that he's generating ground balls at 52.5 percent (1.92 GB/FB rate), and limiting home runs (0.69 HR/9) and this appears to more a case of bad luck for a consistently-inconsistent-but-talented starter. His K% has dipped to just under 18 percent from 21 percent in 2012, but he's right in line with his career rate, and posted a similar FIP in 2011 when he had almost identical walk and strikeout rates. To top it all off, Jackon's LOB rate is a dismal 61 percent. Compare that to his career 70.5 percent clip, or even better, to the league average 72 percent rate, and all signs point to better surface stats for Jackson in 2014.
Always a guy that has been available, if not in free agency, then cheaply in trade, Jackson has the ability to provide league average or better statistics in bulk innings. That's not something that should be overlooked when building depth on one's pitching staff in deep leagues. He's someone to target in 14-team leagues or deeper, and a solid FA/stream option in shallower leagues.
m.olt 1-2 (single), 2bb
m.olt 1-3 (single), 2bb
grimm 5ip 6h 2bb 2k, 1er (89 pitches)
rosscup 0.2ip 1h 1bb 1k (2 errors in different ABs by e.gonzalez(2nd) + olt leading to an unearned run)...he threw 26 pitches, he would have finished an entire inning with 19 pitches and 0 hits given up if not for the errors.
rosscup has been pitching a lot more than usual down in the zone lately...odd for him...a lot like a "poor man's cingrani (CIN)", rosscup loves to work high in the zone. they might be trying to get him to mix it up a bit more.
daytona game 2 - postponed (that never happens)
Olt is drawing walks like
Olt is drawing walks like crazy. Interesting. That's 2 or 3 starts in a row for Grimm with decent numbers too, no?
grimm stats
So that is four solid starts
So that is four solid starts in a row for Grimm. Nothing to write home about but nothing over 3ER in last four starts. I'll take it . . .
tonight's lineup is just..
tonight's lineup is just...wow.
d.murphy hitting cleanup...the slowest man in baseball, navarro hitting 3rd...cody ransom playing 1st...darnell mcdonald getting another start for some unknown reason...and cole gillespie is still a cub for some reason, and playing in RF.
d.barney hitting 2nd (100 posts about how dusty baker is killing the cubs) is 1-1 at least.
Agreed all around, HOWEVER,
Agreed all around, HOWEVER, this team sucks ass. If they had the talent of the 2004 Dusty team and were turning in lineup cards like this, trust me Dale would be getting some heat (I think Rob holds him accountable even now). On top of that Dusty was a very contentious and defensive personality.
And for the record Barney is 1/1 -- can you imagine the whole 'sinking towards Mendoza' lineup if Barney batted between Castro and Rizzo at the top of the order?
i just want d.mcdonald to go
i just want d.mcdonald to go away...still don't know how he even got a call up from AAA.
...and c.gilespie has no reason to still wear a cubs uniform.
Yes they are this year's Joe
Yes they are this year's Joe Mather. But worse. Total roster fodder.
(100 posts about how dusty
I think Navarro beats Paul
I think Navarro beats Paul Konerko and Yadier Molina in the 100. You could use a sundial to time it, though.
I could not care less about
I could not care less about McDonald, but going into last night's game, he did have an HR and two BBs in six career plate appearances vs. Kershaw. So that might explain it.
Jim Callis leaves Baseball
Junior is striking out at a
Junior is striking out at a Jacksonian pace against Dodger pitching.
"you loved him as a player..
"you loved him as a player...his flag flies above wrigley..."
nothing like a cubs team so shitty that WGN commercials for upcoming games are advertising to cubs fans telling us the manager of the Phillies will be in town. sigh...
k.gregg vs a 1 run lead.
k.gregg vs a 1 run lead.
hopefully this will be quick/painless.
scrubbies win!
scrubbies win!
only 20 games from .500!
remember when some odd number crunchers predicted mid-season that the cubs would win 75+ games? yeah, i thought that was funny, too.
They would be close to .500
They would be close to .500 without the annual firesale. Sometimes number crunchers don't figure that into their crunching, crunch.
wow...bud black went micro
wow...bud black went micro-manage overdrive in tonight's 10 inning SD/ARZ game.
crazy amount of position changes including shuffling the OF + 1st/2nd/3rd multiple times during the course of the game.
Rafael Dolis (forarm strain)
Rafael Dolis (forarm strain), Ryan Sweeney (cracked ribs), and Luis Valbuena (oblique strain) saw action for the AZL Cubs Tuesday night. All three looked very good (Swewney and Valbuena had two hits a piece, and Dolis was throwing a 94 MPH sinker).
Both Dolis and Valbuena can be reinstated from the DL at anytime (and both probably will be when rosters expand on on 9/1), but Sweeney isn't eligible to be reinstated from the 60-day DL until Thursday 8/29, so that's the first day he can be placed on Trade Assignment Waivers (players cannot be placed on waivers until they are eligible to be reinstated from the DL). If the Cubs do place Sweeney on Trade Waivers, there would still be time for a club to put in a claim and acquire him before the midnight Saturday (8/31) deadline for playoff roster eligibility. Like Kevin Gregg, Dioner Navarro, Scott Baker, and Matt Guerrier, Sweeney is eligible to be an Article XX-B MLB free-agent post-2013, so the Cubs might be looking to move him if they get a decent offer (salary relief would not be a factor).
Also 18-year old switch-hitting Venezuelan 3B-1B-2B Mark Malave ($1.6M signing bonus in 2011) had two doubles and two RBI in the AZL Cubs game and got some reps at catcher, noteworthy because that'a a position he hasn't played in two years. (Malave was signed as a catcher, but was moved to 3B when he made his pro debut at AZ Instructs post-2011).
It wouldn't be too much of a surprise if the Cubs move Malave back to catcher. He's blocked in the pipeline at both 3B and 1B, and the Cubs have said that they are looking to upgrade the catcher position in their system by converting a few position players to catcher. And of course it's easier to convert an ex-catcher to catcher than it would be a player who had no previous experience working as a catcher.
BTW, the Cubs signed another 16-year old Venezuelan catcher (Willson Contreras) to a substantial bonus in 2009 and then almost immediately moved him to 3B. Then he was moved back to catcher 2-1/2 years later, and he was the #1 catcher at Kane County this past season.
If Sweeney isn't traded and
If Sweeney isn't traded and they decide to add Dolis, Lim and Baker, some guys are going to have to be DFA'd off the 40-man.
Sullivan in his new roving
Sullivan in his new roving role interviews Lou Piniella...
not to be out done,
not to be out done, Wittenmeyer interviews Quade...
another Bruce Levine chat...
Should Gregg still be closing
Should Gregg still be closing? Not sure I really see the point - the rest of the league has made it clear they have no interest in him, and he's not going to help the team in the future. Maybe give the young guys a chance? At least occasionally?
Parker's been working in high
Parker's been working in high-leverage situations. The only reasons I can produce why he's not the closer are 1) respect to the veteran, and 2) driving down his arbitration prices. Probably a combination of those two. Pretty good chance that Parker opens next season as the closer, with Strop setting up and Fuji possibly in the mix once he gets back.
Parker's stats look good, but
Parker's stats look good, but part of that is because a lot of the runs he has allowed have not been charged to him. He has been working in high leverage situations, but he has allowed 43% of inherited runners to score (6 of 14) and he really hasn't show that ability to come in and put out a fire. Ironically, that probably suits him better for the closer role when he would most likely be pitching with the bases empty and a fresh start in the 9th, but he's certainly not pushing the issue. Strop is knocking on the door much harder than Parker and I would guess he has in the inside edge on the closer job next year.
I think you made a much
I think you made a much better argument that Parker should be the closer and Strop should be the fireman. The other point to consider is I think Parker is much more likely to show up next year and continue to be good-not-great, while Strop is going to show up next year and who knows what happens with him after that. If he's dynamite again he might win the job, but he's so inconsistent even for a relief pitcher. That's why I like him better as a fireman - either he "saves" the game in a non-save situation or blows a game that was about to blown anyways.
Oh, I'd use Strop in the 8th
Oh, I'd use Strop in the 8th and Parker in the 9th for those reasons. I just think managers in baseball in general (not just Sveum) are misguided on the closer position and there is a sense that you come in and be a fireman in the 8th and if you impress there you are next in line for the 9th and earn the right to take it over. You perform well in high leverage situations and earn the right to pitch in low leverage situations. It's dumb.
So I just don't see Dale saying next year "Strop was lights out for us in the 8th and we'd like to keep him there because those outs are often more difficult to get, and we plan to shift Parker to the 9th."
Yeah, I'd personally like
Yeah, I'd personally like that performance in the 8th, or whenever the fire is or the tough outs are, rather than just the 9th automatically, but that's my sense too, that he is next in line.
Also, just turned on the game and Dale is ejected and the Cubs are already down 1-0. Awesome. How do you get ejected after the first batter? Seriously.
Horrible call by home and
Horrible call by home and then 1st base umps on a failed check swing by Puig on what should have been strike 4.
and puig is later removed by
and puig is later removed by mattingly for not sliding to break up a double play. he probably didn't want to chance getting dirt on the 20lb bling pendant around his neck.
dunno if they'll want to use
dunno if they'll want to use him in the closer slot..but chang-yong lim should (hopefully) be joining the team in Sept.
they probably won't hand him the closer role right off the bat, but if he can control his walks he's a candidate.
Darwin Barney batting second
Darwin Barney batting second again.
the problem with this
the problem with this upcoming draft is aside from rondon (who's got more tools than control of them) the talent pool is extremely lame unless some kids step up their game in the upcoming season.
hoffman is interesting...and had a great cape cod performance...but he's got control issues, too.
rondon, hoffman, and t.turner seem to be the hot guys right now...and the cubs probably don't need another SS (turner) in their system...though i can't imagine them passing on turner if rondon/hoffman are gone unless other talent comes to the forefront. i dunno much about tyler kolek, but he seems to be the best HS arm in the draft class and might be on the cubs radar. the need for pitching sure as hell outweighs a need for another middle IF'r.
bat power (both college and highschool) is severely lacking in this draft...so are pitchers who have plus tools that have demonstrated control and command.
if this upcoming draft crew was lumped into this season's draft class, i doubt a single guy aside from rondon would go top-5, and maybe only 2-3 of them would go top 10 overall.
still, the higher the cubs slot in the draft...the more overall slot $$ they'll have to spend...so that's a plus.
hopefully, some of these fringe guys will step up their game and value to separate themselves from the pack before draft time.
MLB Slows Down Process For
k.bryant with another homer..
k.bryant with another homer...if he keeps this up and does well in AFL, he could start fast-tracked in AA next season rather than continuing A+.
with olt's power and how well
with olt's power and how well he plays 3rd, the cubs would be better off trading him before dooming him to 300-400 PA off the bench playing corner OF/IF whenever he can.
it shouldn't be an issue until 2015 or post-2015 offseason, anyway...giving the cubs 2014 + most of 2015 to gauge what they want to do with him.
olt with 2bb in his first 2
olt 1-2 (single), 2bb
he's walking a lot recently (7 in his last 3 games). ob% near .500 in his last 10 games...only 1 double and 1 HR, though.
...now if he can turn some of those hits into doubles and HRs...
dodgers sign e.volquez to a
dodgers sign e.volquez to a major league deal for the minimum...because i dunno.
from BP Minor league update:
from BP Minor league update:
Jeimer Candelario, 3B, Cubs (Low-A Kane County): 2-5, 2B, HR, R, RBI. Candelario relies on his bat to keep himself on the prospect radar. He has plus bat speed and plus power potential. The rest of his game is not exactly glowing, and if he wants to ever be a real prospect, he will have to make hard contact regularly.
and on cue, tonight at KC, Candelaria goes 2-4, HR, double, 3RBI, 3Runs
Lucas Harrell loses it in the
Lucas Harrell loses it in the 7th against Team Garcia, from a 1-1 game; it's now WSux 5-1. Lookie who's moving into the #3 draft spot!
Nothing like a bad team getting hot for the last month. That's the upside? Well, for the Cubs...That' how we got a full year of manager Mike Quade.
Kyle Hendricks is 3-0 with
Kyle Hendricks is 3-0 with Iowa. Tonight, 8 IP, 6H, 2R, 4K, 1BB. AAA ERA is 2.38
who's got who on september
who's got who on september callups?
who i'm expecting...
s.baker (60 day DL), d.sappelt, m.olt, chang-yong lim (not on 40-man)
...maybe list - j.grimm, e.sanchez, b.schlitter (not on 40-man)
s.baker + c.lim would need roster punts to make their slots happen. i'm not really sure how much the cubs would want to punt a roster spot for schlitter (91-93mph fastball, change, serviceable slider) though he's probably ready for another crack at the bigs. he's been closing (successfully) in AAA and pen is a major need going into 2014. either way, he's most likely not a closer candidate in the bigs.
Over his last ten games, Olt
Over his last ten games, Olt is .321 / .500 / .464 for a .964 OPS, so perhaps starting to break out of the funk.
And Lim now has 20.1 IP across 4 levels in the minors and has a 1.77 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, and 21 strikeouts, and he is 37 years old, so he will definitely get a view in September in the bigs.
What are you going to do,dude
What are you going to do,dude? You know what I mean?
to be fair, rosecrans is a
to be fair, rosecrans is a fat fuck.
also, the lulz are heavy. datdude is a big boy, he can take care of himself with ego and focus intact.
vogel 1-3, double
vogel 1-3, double
bryant - night off
c.black 6ip 3h 0bb 6k, 1 r/er
baez 0-2 , ibb + sac fly scoring a run
n.ramirez 4.1ip 1h 2bb 5k 0 r/er (debut, 71 pitches)
olt 0-3, 2K + sac fly scoring a run
Astros go from most
Astros go from most profitable team ever, to...well, Forbes writes a 2nd article refuting the first one. At least they understand what Grandstand means:
Forbes can be kinda dangerous
Forbes can be kinda dangerous these days. it's a name brand that one would seem you should trust, but the past couple of years almost anyone can start an account there and be a contributor.
i don't know how one becomes a contributor to the online Forbes, but it seems about as difficult as signing up for the Publisher's Clearinghouse Sweepstake.
John Arugella's minor league
John Arugella's minor league update from yesterday:
I-Cubs not eliminated yet,
I-Cubs not eliminated yet, per the Des Moines Register:
The win moved the Cubs (65-75) to just two games behind the Storm Chasers and Memphis Redbirds, who are tied for first place in the Pacific Coast League's American Northern Division.
To get to the playoffs, Iowa will have to leapfrog both teams during a four-game series at Nashville to end the season.
"We've got to win out," Iowa manager Marty Pevey said.
Hottest hitter in
Hottest hitter in organization right now has to be Boise's Kevin Encarnacion. In last 10 games he's 21 for 46 with three doubles and four HRs (.457/.490/.783/1.272).
Boise lost a high-scoring game last night to Salem-Kaizer, thus creating a 3-way tie for first with four games to go in the second half. First-half winner S-K is already in the playoffs, so the other spot will go to Boise or Hillsboro. Boise is at home to S-K tonight and then to Hillsboro, Sat-Mon.
a once comfortable 5-0 lead,
a once comfortable 5-0 lead, becomes 5-3 and no outs...go draft choice! Ryno's managing the hell out of this one. Or maybe not.
if the cubs have to go extras
if the cubs have to go extras maybe ryno will use 2 position players to pitch again.
btw, casper wells has a 90mph fastball.
Shark remains a maddening mix
Shark remains a maddening mix of high potential nad mediocre performance. Interesting to see how TheoJed handle him.
My thought is they will let
My thought is they will let him play out his contract and then see if another team wants to take a chance on a 30 year old trying to figure it out.
Using Gregg in a non-save
Using Gregg in a non-save situation is basically the same as forfeiting the game.
k.bryant with another HR..
m.olt 3-4, all singles
c.lim 1ip 0h 0bb 2k
baez 0-4, 1bb
k.bryant 1-4, HR (5th)
I just got back from the TB
I just got back from the TB -OAK game which the Athletics won 4 - 3. Fernando Rodney got trapped in the dugout toilet, and they had to call stadium staff to pry the door open.
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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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