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Chevette to Corvette No. 59: 2010-11 Detroit Pistons
- Actual record: 30-52
- Pythagorean record: 31-51
- Offensive rating: 107.7 (15th of 30)
- Defensive Rating: 111.7 (28th of 30)
- Arena: The Palace of Auburn Hills
- Head coach: John Kuester
- Points per game: Rodney Stuckey (15.5)
- Rebounds per game: Greg Monroe (7.5)
- Assists per game: Rodney Stuckey (5.2)
- Steals per game: Greg Monroe (1.2)
- Blocks per game: Ben Wallace (1.0)
Top player
On a team that had veteran players who had played key roles on a championship team (Rip Hamilton, Tayshaun Prince and Ben Wallace) as well as a former perennial All-Star (Tracy McGrady), it's a bit strange to say that the team's most mature player was a rookie who didn't even turn 21 until after the season ended.
Calling Monroe, the team's first lottery pick since 2003, a bright spot, does him a disservice. At times, he was the only thing about this team that was watchable. He's possibly the only player who was on the active roster who would've fit in and contributed on the hard-nosed, intelligent, tough championship teams in 1989, 1990 and 2004. Monroe's final season stats aren't eye-popping, which is part of the reason he didn't get the league-wide attention he deserved. But he continuously improved as the season progressed and after the All-Star break, he was arguable the best non-Blake Griffin rookie in the league. Dan Feldman already laid out the many on-court accomplishments of Monroe:
If I wanted to discuss Monroe's worthiness, I could tell you no rookie since Chris Webber in 1994 scored more points per game on a higher shooting percentage.
I could tell you, as originally noted by Mike Payne of Detroit Bad Boys, no starting-level rookie big man has ever posted such a low turnover percentage.
I could tell you no starter-level rookie since Reggie Evans in 2003 has grabbed a higher percentage of available offensive rebounds.
But, the very reason Monroe was snubbed by voters — the subtle, selfless and quietly efficient way he plays — is exactly why he would've fit in so seamlessly with those great Pistons teams of the past. Here was what I wrote after Monroe was jobbed in the Rookie of the Year and All-Rookie Team voting:
The thing that hurts Monroe when it comes to awards voting is the same thing that made him such a solid player for Detroit this season: subtlety. Watching the Pistons, it was pretty common, especially in the second half of the season, to glance at the box score in the third quarter or so and say, "Wow … Monroe has 12 points and 10 rebounds already?" He's not particularly explosive or athletic. He scored points by taking good shots, by crashing the offensive glass and by using craftiness around the basket to make up for his lack of athleticism. He's a throwback player to the earlier 2000s Detroit teams — selfless, hard-working, smart and largely anonymous outside of Detroit. Monroe's advanced stats clearly make him one of the five best rookies in the league this year. Monroe was also hurt by the fact that the Pistons were not just bad this season, they were unwatchable, perhaps the most boring and predictable team in the NBA to watch on a night-to-night basis. That doesn't change the fact that Monroe was absolutely Detroit's best player this season when you factor in production, attitude and upside.
Those are all great reasons to be hopeful for Monroe's future as a player. But his rookie year also showed that he has great promise as a leader. Veteran players this year were benched for not listening to the coach in-game, they verbally castrated the coach in front of the team, they openly mocked his shortcomings to the media and a few even skipped a shootaround as a sign of protest. In that backdrop of major turmoil, there was Monroe, quietly taking that same embattled coach's advice to focus on rebounding and defense if he wanted to earn minutes and doing just that after having an up and down preseason that resulted in two straight DNP-CDs to start his career. More importantly, the negativity and competing agendas in the locker room didn't seem to phase Monroe, even as a young, impressionable player. Here's what he told Matt Watson after the season:
When asked whether it was difficult to play through all of last year's drama, Monroe essentially confirmed the need for more focused teammates.
"Nah, because [the problems] never had anything to do with me, they had to do with my teammates. I don't want to sound selfish, but I just tried to focus on what I had to do to help the team win," he said.
The Pistons don't have the roster or salary flexibility for a quick turnaround, but they have at least one young player who embodies the principles that made the franchise great, and that's no small thing considering the season they just had.
Key transaction
Drafted Greg Monroe
Yeah, Monroe was the best player and easily the key transaction. But I've covered his merits above. So we'll do the runner-up key transaction here.
Signed Tracy McGrady to veteran's minimum deal for one year
McGrady doesn't figure to be a part of Detroit's long-term plans and with the team only winning 30 games, it's not like he was a difference maker. But, because the pending sale of the team made adding salary via the mid-level exception out of the question, taking a flyer on a once-great veteran like McGrady was about the only type of move Joe Dumars could make in the offseason.
But, from the standpoint of being a fan of McGrady finding a way to extend his career, he had a fantastic season. He showed unselfishness that is sometimes rare in alpha-dog superstars who have always been relied on to score a lot of points. He showed versatility, playing both wing spots and proving to be the Pistons' best halfcourt playmaker at the point guard position. He even improved defensively, as noted by Mike Payne early on in the season:
Warning– stat nerdery. If you have access to Synergy, take a look at McGrady's defensive stats. On 49 defensive possessions so far this season, Tracy is holding his man to 29.7% shooting. That makes him the 13th best defender in the league so far this season– regardless of position.
McGrady's defense held up, too. For the season, opposing players shot 36 percent with McGrady defending them. He also developed fantastic chemistry with Monroe, which made them really fun to watch when they were on the court together. McGrady's play was a surprise, and if it were not for his involvement in the Philly shootaround incident, I daresay he could've even been called a full-on bright spot this season.
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Will Pistons match 1990s mark of three straight seasons without a playoff appearance?
When Chuck Daly took over the Pistons in 1983, the team began a run of nine straight playoff appearances. Then Daly left, the roster aged really quickly, Jordan's Bulls ascended and the team made questionable moves (particularly trading Dennis Rodman for Sean Elliott) that compounded the problems. The team hit bottom and went three straight seasons without making the playoffs.
It's hard not to see the parallels between that version of the Pistons and this one. And maybe Joe Dumars' involvement as a player in the first doomed him to repeat some mistakes of the past. But after eight straight playoff appearances, a clumsy rebuilding on the fly attempt and two straight playoffs-less season, the Pistons could tie that 1990s streak unless young players on the roster quickly and significantly improve or the Pistons somehow pull off a heist in a trade.
Why this season ranks No. 59
Covering the entire season for PistonPowered, I'm sure no one is interested in more debate on whose to blame in the failed coach-players relationship, whether or not Dumars should be fired for allowing the roster to become the mess that it is and just how much the sale of the team actually impacted the on-court performance this season. I daresay those topics have been beaten into the ground.
Instead, this season ranks No. 59 because it was depressing watching key members of a championship team be a part of the mess. Prince and Hamilton, in particular, seemed to be the unhappiest Pistons this season. Both let those frustrations boil over publicly. Both were absolutely ill-equipped to deal with being on a young team not talented enough to be considered close to a contender. It was sad watching that because both guys have meant so much to the organization, because both provided signature moments during the fantastic run the team had from 2003-2008.
It has been suggested that the Pistons would've been better off trading Prince and/or Hamilton well before this season, when their values were much higher and while the team was still a playoff contender. And after how things played out, it's hard to argue the opposite. But I think I found an answer to the question of why, even after losing the team's two best players, Billups and Ben Wallace, deals involving Prince and Hamilton never happened over the years when reading Halberstam's Breaks of the Game. Halberstam talks about the Portland Trail Blazers holding on to key players that won a title as compliments to Bill Walton even after Walton had gone:
"He (Portland GM Stu Inman) was in the process now of creating a team without Walton. The Walton team was dead. Its demise was hard to accept because it had been so brilliant. It had been the kind of team professional basketball men spent their entire lives dreaming about, wanting only to have a small share of it. Yet it had actually come together in Portland, in no small part because of his (Inman's) handiwork; he had seen the different pieces before they were even pieces, and it was difficult to realize that a team as fine and young as that could be gone just as quickly as it had come together. Many of the people connected to it, including the fans, were still living in the past, waiting for the magic to strike again. (Coach Jack) Ramsay was a little that way. He still looked at (Maurice) Lucas and (Lionell) Hollins and (Bobby) Gross and thought of the past and the good days. Sometimes, a few of his players thought he coached as if Walton were still there. Some of the younger players wondered why he had not come down harder on Lucas and why he seemed so tolerant of Hollins. Some of them thought he was physically afraid of Luke. The truth was different. Ramsay was tolerant of Lucas and Hollins because they had been part of that championship team, and part of that moment. He was not alone; some of the players themselves, Lucas, Hollins and Gross especially, were still in a way rooted in the past, waiting for things to happen that would never happen again."
This Pistons team doesn't exactly mirror that Portland team, but that description of Portland's downfall is as close to a perfect description of what has happened to the Pistons over the last few years as anything I've ever read.
Sep 19, 2011 • 10:07 am
by neutes
I'm surprised you guys went with 10-11 as being worse than 09-10. Or even 08-09. While they had the in-fighting and Kuester was essentially a lame duck coach I don't think the expectations were ever much different. I feel like 10-11 was the culmination of two straight years of terrible decisions and was entirely predictable from the outset. Jerebko tearing his Achilles though…Disappointment level: 5
08-09 for instance, after the Billups trade expectations were still high. Most fans didn't think the team was going to tumble. Then we had to deal with the Rip/AI who's going to start who's going to come off the bench drama. Curry's lack of coaching or accountability. Stuckey getting thrown to the wolves. Keep Billups and were a contender. Disappointment level: 7
09-10. Now this was the season where the Billups trade was supposed to pay off. Except Gordon and CV were not the answers their contracts would have dictated. Losing Billups, Afflalo, Amir, Sheed, and Mcdyess all but guaranteed something ugly was going to happen, however that wasn't the average fans expectation. Only stat nerds looked at this and wanted to slam their heads into a wall. Bringing in two high priced scorers – most fans had high hopes for this season. They went out and spent big now they were supposed to win big. Disappointment level: 8
Sep 19, 2011 • 2:52 pm
by tarsier
Yeah, the boycott was a crazy low point. And there is no way that a season like 08-09 even competes with 10-11. Playoff team vs team with virtually no positives.
Sep 19, 2011 • 1:06 pm
by Murph
I think the fact that John Kuester didn't start Monroe and didn't play him enough minutes until 37 games into the season, is a good indictation of just how incompetent Kuester really was. Clearly, Kuester didn't realize what he had in Monroe.
Kuester didn't start Monroe until January 12th, and only then because Ben Wallace hurt his ankle in the previous game, against Chicago. By that point in the season, the Pistons were already 12-25, and the season was all but over.
Sep 19, 2011 • 2:50 pm
by tarsier
It was more of an indication of just how much Monroe improved over the season. Remember how at the beginning of the year he couldn't take a shot without getting blocked, his FT% wasn't just low, it was Biedrins low, and he wasn't accomplishing anything on D. Heck, even in Summer League, he was far from one of the best players.
Sep 19, 2011 • 3:49 pm
by Murph
Maybe. Monroe did haul down 10 rebounds in his 2nd professional game. And on 12/1 he had 15 pts and 8 rbds. And on 12/10, he had 8 pts and 15 rbds.
Those are some big games for a 20 year old rookie.
Sep 20, 2011 • 9:12 am
by tarsier
Yeah but they were just a game here and there. For a young player, those would be great if they were normal games, but they are pretty bad for someone's top games. Also, two of those were in December before he was a starter but as his role on the team was definitely increasing.
Kuester was not a great coach. But I think he treated Monroe very fairly and the only result any Piston fan has to gripe about on that note is his not getting on the all-Rookie team. Maybe if Kuester had used him more early on, he would have. But I am gonna blame the voters for that not Kuester.
Sep 20, 2011 • 1:26 pm
by Murph
IMO, Monroe showed his potential from almost the very first time he stepped on the court, including the Summer League, where he had 27 points and 14 rebounds in one game.
However, Kuester had him burried behind Big Ben, CV, Austin Daye (who he started at PF) and even JMax, for almost half the season.
IMO, it was decisions such as this that caused the Pistons' players to lose all respect for Kuester. There was a reason that the players mutinied. And the reason was that Kuester didn't know what he was doing.
Sep 20, 2011 • 2:07 pm
by tarsier
On good summer league means little especially when he didn't dominate the other games. In November, Monroe average under 4 ppg and 5 rpg in about 18 mpg with 35% FG and 46% FT. However, improvement was visible so he got more minutes in December (despite the fact that one could argue those numbers do not deserve more minutes). In December, he averaged 6.1 ppg and 5.3 rpg in more than 21 mpg with 51% FG and 55% FT. That is significant improvement but I think it would be hard to argue that that sort of production deserved more minutes than he was getting. From the beginning of 2011, he was getting big minutes consistently and soon became a full time starter. The rest of the way he average 12.2 ppg and 9.1 rpg in 32 mpg with 57% FG and 66% FT. Now tell me: when did Monroe get treated unfairly? And did his experience not pay massive dividends? It's possible he would have done just as well if he had been spoon-fed 30 mpg off the bat. But I doubt he would have done any better.
"Now tell me: when did Monroe get treated unfairly?"
My point isn't that Monroe was treated unfairly. My point is that Kuester was an incompetent coach.
Had Kuester played Monroe, who was his best big man and probably his best player last season…had Kuester played Monroe more at the beginning of the season, perhaps the Pistons would not have gotten off to such a dreadful start, and then Kuester might not have lost the team, the team might not have mutinied.
I mean Kuester started Austin Daye at PF for the first 9 games of the season, with the Pistons going 3-6 in those games. IMO, the Pistons would have had a much better chance of getting off to a good start had Monroe started at PF, along side Big Ben. Kuester was a dope.
Sep 21, 2011 • 7:54 am
by Murph
Another unusual thing that stands out about Monroe is that he led the team in steals, as a rookie. I looked it up. Monroe was 6th in the NBA last season in steals, among big men. And 4 out of 5 of the big men ahead of Monroe (Howard, Millsap, Garnett, J.Smith, Blair) played many more minutes than Monroe. Only DeJuan Blair had more steals in fewer minutes than Monroe, among big men.
To me, this indicates that Monroe has great hands and a high basketball IQ.
And speaking of great hands and a high basketball IQ, it's too bad Kuester never thought to take advantage of the outstanding passing skills that Monroe displayed at Georgetown.
But then, we already know Kuester was a boob.
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St. Peter's comments re: possible St. Paul affiliate for Twins
Charley Walters of the Pioneer Press posted a column (click here) with a number of quotes from Twins president Dave St. Peter concerning the possibility of the Twins locating a minor league affiliate in St. Paul, now that the city has funding assured to move forward with building their new stadium. The stadium is being built to Class A standards (which basically deal with things like clubhouse and training facilities and a certain minimum seating capacity).
St. Peter's quotes and summary:
1) "I would certainly never say never to that... But I certainly don't anticipate that being reality over the short term... Certainly in the next two to four years, I think it would be very unlikely that that would happen." This makes sense because the stadium won't be ready until 2015 and the Twins will be entering in to a new player development contract (PDC) with another Midwest League team next week which will have either a 2 year term or a 4 year term. Assuming the Twins don't end up renewing with Beloit, it's most likely going to be a 4 year term. It would be unusual for a first agreement with a new city to be just two years... those affiliates are not going to want to have to go through the process of finding a new partner again just 2 years down the road.
2) "The reality is that a lot of things would need to happen for that even to be considered." He goes on to state that the biggest factor would be the territorial rights that the Twins own. No affiliated minor league team can set up shop within a certain distance of the Twins' territorial rights without the Twins' permission and St. Paul is definitely inside the restricted territory. I'm really not so sure that's the biggest factor, however. The Twins could give approval conditioned on the minor league team remaining affiliated with the Twins. This is the deal Dayton has with the Reds, from what I've read. That's why, even though Dayton's PDC with the Reds has not yet renewed this year, there's no chance Dayton could sign with another MLB team even if they wanted to.
Seems to me that the bigger issue for a possible St. Paul affiliate is that neither the Twins, nor the Saints, nor anyone else can just say, "we're going to do this," and make it happen. Existing affiliated minor league teams are assured affiliations under MLB rules and nobody can just tell the Midwest League they're going to put a team in St. Paul. There are really just a couple scenarios that could result in a Twins MWL affiliate in St. Paul (forget about a AA or AAA team... There isn't a AA league anywhere near the midwest and even the new stadium doesn't meet AAA minimum standards, which require a 10,000 capacity stadium, at a minimum):
For a NEW team to be awarded to St. Paul, the MWL would have to petition baseball to be allowed to expand and it would have to be by two teams to remain an even number. Since every MLB team already has a full season Class A team, expansion won't happen.
Someone could buy an existing MWL franchise or at least convince owners of a current MWL franchise to relocate to St. Paul. They would have to give 18 months notice of intent to relocate. But the real problem is finding a franchise willing to relocate. The MWL has a lot of newer stadiums and teams are generally doing OK financially where they are. There are a few older ballparks that could certainly stand to be replaced, but those teams are pretty much all community owned, I believe. The teams in Beloit, Clinton and Burlington, for example, aren't going to relocate or sell out because, even if attendance isn't huge, they're at least breaking even financially. Peoria, if they did decide to sell or relocated, would almost certainly move to another central Illinois community. (There are a number of Frontier League team owners that would probably welcome the opportunity to become affiliated minor league team owners.) There really don't seem to be franchise options available for a possible move north.
Finally, even if these obstacles were overcome, the MWL itself would have to approve a St. Paul location. Could that happen, yes. But it's far from certain. The league rejected an ownership group that wanted to place a team in Marion IL (southern tip of IL) back in 2005-06 somewhere because Marion was far enough outside the league's current footprint that the increased travel costs for other MWL teams would be significant (and those costs are paid by the minor league team, not the MLB affiliate). The league has subsequently admitted Bowling Green KY, but it wasn't a slam dunk. BG was essentially a "transfer" from the South Atlantic League so an affiliated minor league team already was located there. Even then, it was resisted by some members of the league. Scheduling also becomes a problem because players must be given off-days any time they have to travel by bus more than 500 miles and about half the MWL locations would exceed that distance from St. Paul.
In the end, if I were the Twins, I'd certainly like the idea of putting an affiliate in St. Paul so I'd be saying the same things St. Peter is. But when he says, "...a lot of things would need to happen for that even to be considered," he ain't lyin' because it's not a decision the Twins can unilaterally make and almost all of the parties that would have to give approval have strong incentives not to.
Last edited by Jim Crikket; 09-14-2012 at 12:19 PM.I opine about the Twins and Kernels regularly at Knuckleballsblog.com while my alter ego, SD Buhr covers the Kernels for MetroSportsReport.com.
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Good summary, JC.
Please post it in the next regular thread that starts going crazy over locating a Twins affiliate (at any level) in Minnesota/Fargo/Sioux Falls, etc. etc. etc.
Yikes. I didn't realize it had gotten that long. I should have posted it as a blog entry. Maybe I still will.
Thanks, JB. Yeah, the Twins could put an affiliate in the Dakotas, but they'd have a little trouble finding other teams to play.I opine about the Twins and Kernels regularly at Knuckleballsblog.com while my alter ego, SD Buhr covers the Kernels for MetroSportsReport.com.
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You know JCrik when you start talking in reasoned and well thought out details it makes me understand why I come to this site so often. Having you and others speak to the reality of a event instead of the passioned and out your A$$ commentary found in other places, sometimes here too actually but the % here is much less, elevates the discourse.
I have thought that in the end it will be about the mighty $$ for the MWL owners. What would be the reason I would agree to this change if it was going to cost me more money without increasing my revenue. I do not see how a Class A affliate for the Twins in St. Paul adds to my bottom line in Bowling Green or any of the Michigan teams.
Just go to CR (or Beloit if you want) and sign a 4 year agreement. That is the best you are going to do for all involved. And if so See you next year at a few games when Buxton, Kepler will be roaming that field and Berrios will by chucking BB's. One question I have is how ingrained is the Kernals name. Always been one of my least fav MWL nicknames. I have no ideas for a new one, but just one of those things that bug me.
Interesting stuff. I have to imagine another concern for the Twins would be that in the late months of a season like this, where the team drops out of contention, they'd be cannibalizing their own attendance because some fans would be more interested in going to check out the prospects in St. Paul than the crummy big-league product at Target Field.
Thanks, MWLFan. I guess I should include a disclaimer, in the interest of full disclosure, reminding anyone who doesn't already know that I'm in Cedar Rapids and have an obvious self-interest in seeing the Twins affiliate here next week and stick around for as long as I'm here. I admit that gives me a certain bias on this issue because I have an interest in identifying reasons why St. Paul WOULDN'T work, as opposed to reasons why it might.
You're right about the lack of financial incentives for existing owners to approve any move that increases costs without increasing revenues. Whether there's a team in Beloit or St. Paul won't make a nickel's difference in terms of CR's (or any other team's) revenues. The sole benefit is that the Kernels players would have a nicer facility to play in when they travel to St. Paul than they do in Beloit. But even that is of no tangible benefit to the minor league owners, since the players are 100% the responsibility of the MLB affiliate.
I didn't like the Kernels name either, when it was decided upon 20 years ago through some kind of community contest, as I recall. I still don't much care for it and I know a lot of others here aren't wild about it either. I like their most recent logo even less. I at least thought their original logo was pretty classy (or as classy as you can make a baseball in a corn shuck). A few years ago, they went with a cartoon-ish character, just as almost all minor league teams have lately. It's a trend I don't much care for, but I'm sure there's some marketing theory behind it appealing to kids, etc.
That said, I doubt there will be a change any time soon. I haven't asked my friends with the club but I'll do that when I talk to them next (I'm sure we'll be speaking next week, one way or another). On the positive side, if they DID decide to come up with a new name, it would have the potential to significantly increase sales of shirts/caps/etc. since fans would need to get all new "stuff."I opine about the Twins and Kernels regularly at Knuckleballsblog.com while my alter ego, SD Buhr covers the Kernels for MetroSportsReport.com.
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There is NO chance that a second Minor League Team will ever play at the new Ball Park.
The Ball Park is being built for the Saints. For years, the Saints have lobbied and fought for it. They are throwing in 10 million dollars of their own money. They would not spend money on a project which could damage their business or put them out of business. The Saints would probably sue the Port Authority and the City of SaintPaul if an attempt was made to bring in a second Team. Is there enough Fans to support these two Teams? Since the opening of TargetField, Saints attendance has taken a large drop to averaging 4915 per game, still well ahead of most Class A Ball Clubs. Regarding the Facility's, most American Association Stadiums meet MLB Class A standards.
Chris Coleman has a tendency to shoot off his mouth from time to time. I wouldn't put much stock in his comment.
St. Peter is saying all the right things.
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09-14-2012, 04:01 PM #9I opine about the Twins and Kernels regularly at Knuckleballsblog.com while my alter ego, SD Buhr covers the Kernels for MetroSportsReport.com.
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I do think the Twins should be trying to locate a minor league affiliate closer to Minneapolis. I'd heard talk about Rapid City (SD) as a AAA affiliate, other rumors of Sioux City or Fargo, not much on Sioux Falls. I think St. Paul would work great for low A, ownership same as Ft. Myers, new stadium, etc. but with the rules of the MWL it just makes it look more like a 6-8 year project just to get it to happen.
But we can still talk about it.
Those same "MWL rules" apply to all affiliated minor leagues. They can't put a AAA affiliate in the Dakotas unless there's a current AAA franchise available for sale or relocation either. Not many communities with those franchises are going to give them up.I opine about the Twins and Kernels regularly at Knuckleballsblog.com while my alter ego, SD Buhr covers the Kernels for MetroSportsReport.com.
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you would think the Twins would want a team in Iowa instead of St Paul just because it expands the Twins 'brand'. The Twins have a strong following in Southern Minnesota (Austin, Albert Lea, Rochester) and have a few radio affiliate in N. Iowa (Mason City comes to mind). Expanding 'Twins Territory' out a little further to Ceder Rapids makes sense to me.
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I dunno... after all, the Rays have six affiliated Class A minor league teams that, I believe, would fall within their territory (Tampa-NY, Clearwater-PH, Dunedin-TOR, Bradenton-PIT, Lakeland-DET, and their own Charlotte-TB). And, of course, that doesn't even count the short season Gulf Coast League teams in the area. Despite all of those other professional baseball options that the people of greater Tampa/St. Pete and the surrounding area, the Rays don't seem to have any problems with attendance at their games, do they? Oh... wait...
Seriously, though, even though the Florida State League as a whole draws lousy attendance, those six teams pulled about 600,000 fans this year. While the Rays have more serious problems than just a little competition from minor league teams in the area, their existance as a cheaper option for casual fans to watch professional baseball most likely isn't helping the Rays, either.I opine about the Twins and Kernels regularly at Knuckleballsblog.com while my alter ego, SD Buhr covers the Kernels for MetroSportsReport.com.
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Some men have chronic, complete erectile dysfunction, called impotence. Others have partial or brief erections. Younger men are more likely to regain sexual potency after treatment than older men. Plus, a man's ability to have an erection before surgery or radiation greatly influences whether he will have erectile function after treatment. Men who were able to maintain strong erections before treatment are also more likely to maintain them after treatment compared with men who had problems before treatment.
The majority of men who have surgery to remove the prostate, called radical prostatectomy, will experience erectile dysfunction. The rates of dysfunction are lower when surgeons can use nerve-sparing techniques. In older studies, around half to 75 percent of men had problems with erectile dysfunction after radiation treatment; these numbers may be declining with newer radiation techniques, according to the American Cancer Society.
Despite the incidence of erectile dysfunction after treatment, doctors and nurses may not always discuss the issue with men after treatment. Men may also feel uncomfortable talking about it with their healthcare team and even with their partners. The discussions should happen, though, because erectile dysfunction is treatable. Keep reading to learn how to start the discussions about your sexual health after prostate cancer treatment and to learn what your options are if you experience impotence after treatment.
Communication: The First Step in Overcoming Erectile Dysfunction
Clinical expert, Deborah Watkins-Bruner, RN, PhD, says the first step in treating erectile dysfunction is talking about it.
"The key message is that if you are willing to bring it up and discuss it with a healthcare professional, there are multiple alternatives to help you. A significant percentage of men will respond to therapies," Watkins-Bruner says. "The problem is that medical professionals tend not to deal well with any sexual dysfunction after treatment. Research has shown this. So it may be your job to take the initiative."
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|MacDonald Named CAA Pitcher-of-the-Week
WILMINGTON, North Carolina – Junior lefthander Christian MacDonald, who dominated Davidson by retiring 13 straight batters at one stretch, has been named Colonial Athletic Association Co-Pitcher-of-the-Week for the first time in his career.
MacDonald (4-0) shared the honor with Delaware starter Matt Storen who allowed just four hits and no runs over seven innings in a 16-1 win over George Mason.
MacDonald won his fourth consecutive decision and sits at 4-0 on the season, his first season in the starting rotation after pitching out the bullpen his first two years. His seven and 1/3 shut innings against Davidson marked the fourth time this season he's pitched into the eighth inning and he lowered his earned run average to 2.91.
Against Davidson, MacDonald allowed a pair of walks and a hit in the first three innings before settling down and not allowing another base runner until the eighth. He finished with four strikeouts and recorded 11 ground ball outs.
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On a more important interior design note, do Israeli hospitals really tile their rooms like that and have heavy curtain tassles?
I found that more unfortunate than the x-rays
I've never been to a hospital, but a heavy curtain sounds right when there is +40 outside and an airconditioner inside.
Yes, I think the decor would have an adverse effect on my recovery. Is that tassle really a call button? Or have I been watching too much Downton Abbey?
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Good Luck to Zhenya. I'm an old woman who wasn't a figure skater or an elite athlete of any sort but I have managed to develop arthritis & joint degeneration. Fortunately, I don't need any replacement parts yet but he needs to take good care of his body from here on out & I wish him well.
Kitsch should be eradicated from hospitals like mutant staph A.
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Plushenko's Wife Blasts 'Fake Injury' Claims
MOSCOW, February 1 (R-Sport) - Former Olympic figure skating champion Evgeni Plushenko's wife slammed claims Friday that her husband faked an injury to hide a poor performance at last month's European championships.
Plushenko withdrew from the European championships in Zagreb because of injury after finishing sixth in the short program, and his coach Alexei Mishin said Thursday that the skater had successfully undergone an operation on his back at a clinic in Israel.
An unsourced report in the Israeli media Friday claimed Plushenko was not being operated on and insisted Mishin was lying to cover up failure in Zagreb.
Plushenko's wife Yana Rudkovskaya called the report "shameful", adding "it's awful that these sorts of journalists still walk the earth," in comments on Twitter.
She posted two photographs of Plushenko in a hospital and one of an X-ray apparently showing four metal objects had been inserted into the skater's spine.
"Zhenya [Plushenko] is still wearing a catheter. But's he's already walking," Rudkovskaya said.
This is the reason why she published.. They are too big stars, the yellow press often publish such a stupid things.
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second that.
i thought he was out of his mind - crazy in a brave sort of way - to attempt this comeback with the focus on quads and 3 axels.
i suffered a back/neck injury in a car accident last summer and i'm still doing rehab/PT and i'm nowhere near where i was at before.
i am in awe of Plushenko for skating and competing at such a high level, despite his injuries. i hope he makes a sensible and strong comeback.
They have the exact same patient gowns as we do! Get well Plushenko.
When you're injured, depending on the severity of injury, you'd need something like let's say a year or two years of no strenuous exercise to let your body heal. Obviously, competitive athletes can never afford that. So they do the bare minimum of rest and then return to practice. So the injuries keep piling up and piling up and they're pretty much in constant pain.
Yeah sport is healthy but not at this level.
I think Plushenko has now got to a point where the combination of multiple serious injuries and his age mean he'd be doing very serious damage to his body if he continued.
He's already the most accomplished skater in history (yeah Dick Button had more medals but that was back when figure skating wasn't a "serious sport" and anyone right in their mind recognises Plushenko as number 1 in that regard). He should bow out now instead of entering a few more events only to withdraw after the SP again.
Israel gets a fair amount of medical tourism, and I suspect that the decor is the sort of thing many of the patients (customers) would like.


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He was born Sept 6, 1924 in Fertile to John and Emma Johnson, graduating from high school in 1942. He joined the 28th Infantry Division of the Army and fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
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WILMINGTON, North Carolina – When the UNCW women's tennis team battles Charleston Southern in its home and regular season finale on Saturday, senior Christina Riley can reflect on some pretty hefty accomplishments as a member of the team for the last four seasons.
With Riley in the lineup, the Seahawks have set a single season record for wins (22 in 2010-11), earned their highest seed in the CAA Championships (No. 2 in 2011-12) and collected their highest ITA national ranking (63 in 2011-12).
This season, the 11-6 Seahawks and new skipper Evan Clark haven't skipped a beat, winning five of their last six matches heading into the 2 p.m. match with the surging Buccaneers.
"I can't thank Christina enough for her contributions over the last four years to the UNCW women's tennis program," said Clark, who joined the program in late summer. "She has been a huge asset to me, especially with the transition over the last year. It's never an easy transition, but Christina has been a great role model for the rest of the team and really embraced her leadership role this year.
"Christina has represented our program with class and has had many great accomplishments, on the court and in the classroom. We wish her the very best and know she will go on to do great things with her life."
A native of Avon, Ind., has been a four-year starter for the team, compiling a 41-31 singles record and 12-10 doubles mark. She has played the No. 2 and No. 3 singles spots this season for the Seahawks, who stand 5-3 at home.
An excellent student, Riley is majoring in Exercise Science and plans to attend physical therapy school next year in Indiana.
The Seahawks are going through their final tune-up for next week's CAA Championships in Williamsburg, Va. Overall, UNCW has fashioned a 62-35 (.639) singles record and 27-18 (.600) doubles mark this spring.
CSU, meanwhile, brings a 13-5 record into Saturday's finale and routed Coastal Carolina, 6-1, on Wednesday in its last match. Juniors Alia Nour and Alexandra Walters completed perfect seasons in Big South Conference singles play and both bring significant winning streaks into Saturday's match. Nour has won 12 consecutive matches and Walters has teamed up with Yvonne Hubler for 11 straight wins in doubles.
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