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Mayweather VS Cotto, who wins and why?
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It's early to start talking about this fight, but I think it's safe to say this is the fight to make at Welterweight.I know Mayweather wants a break and he deserves it, but now is the time to make these fights when he's still at peak level.If these two superstars fought it could unify the WBC,WBA & RING Titles which would be something neither man has done.Also, Mayweather wouldn't have to work with Golden Boy on this one either.He could get back at Arum for all the negative things he has said about Floyd.Personally, I think Floyd should take this fight in 2008.It would advance his Legacy even further and it's a fight he can win and look good.Cotto has improved, but so has Mayweather over the years.I think Mayweathers defense and skills would take him to a decision victory.Cotto can be hit often if the right gameplan is put in place.I believe Mayweather is still very quick and has the experience advantage over Cotto.This fight would sell and possibly be an instant classic.
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Most definately. Not to mention, he is the kind of fighter who can really adapt. He showed against Corley, Ndou, Hatton, that he can stand in there and trade if he wants, and he showed against guys like DLH, Corrales, Castillo that he can box. Then he showed against guys like Mitchell and Zab another quality all-together, that he can actually pressure the fight and walk a man down should they try to counter punch themselves in order to throw his natural style out.
One of the most adaptable fighters out there, if not the most, which would always help immensly if he did come up against a bogey man and have to fight a rematch! Castillo looked like he could be that man, but Floyds lead right and generalship got him out of that one!
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As the 2008 Australian vintage progresses, temperatures in the wine state, South Australia, are a good 10 degrees C above average.
Over the last few days the mercury has hit 38.2 (Saturday), 38.3, 38.6, 39.7. 39.2, 38.2 and 40 deg C in Adelaide. No let up was forecast for today either.
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You can't have pimento cheese without pimentos. The heart-shaped red pepper is a slightly sweeter cousin of the red bell pepper originally imported from Spain, which is why the vegetable is so often spelled pimiento. (Both spellings are correct.)
After the boll weevil decimated the Southern cotton crop early in the 20th century, the agricultural extension movement/scientists introduced the pimento crop to Georgia, which soon became the world's largest producer. That distinction has long since been lost to California, but Tennessee still holds the title of the world's largest producer of canned pimentos—and almost anyone looking to make pimento cheese is going to use those little 4-ounce jars.
It turns out the Johnson City company Moody Dunbar, which started in 1933 when schoolteacher Thomas Moody Dunbar tried to make some extra money by selling pepper seeds, is now the king of pimentos (and canned red peppers too). Some of those pimentos end up stuffed in olives, sure, but a whole lot end up in pimento cheese—especially in restaurants and the prepackaged spreads in grocery stores.
Moody Dunbar president Stanley Dunbar says, "We feel really great about it. We've been in business 78 years ... and we enjoy supplying pimentos to the retail trade." As the only domestic producer of pimentos, Dunbar says he's proud of pimento cheese's current popularity—and the spread is of course one of his favorite snacks.
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Funeral service for Wayne Owen Webb, 74, will be 10 a.m. Monday, March 25, 2013, in the chapel of Anderson-Burris Funeral Home, with Rev. Jeff Jackson officiating. Burial will follow at 1 p.m. in Newkirk Cemetery.
Wayne was born March 17, 1939, in Arkansas City, Kan., to Virgil and Wilda Webb and passed on Thursday, March 21, 2013.
He attended school at Arkansas City, graduating in 1957.
Wayne worked all his life in farming, ranching and the oil field. He worked as a driller up to the summer of 2012, when he was once again injured on the job and lost full function of his hand, which needed an operation. He intended to return back to the oil field after the surgery.
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He married Sherry Crawford Kehnemund in 1987. They resided in Ames, Okla. He helped raise Candie, Melanie and Mandy. As a family, they enjoyed birthday parties, basketball games, farming with Bob and Louise Crawford as a hired hand, and many first and lasts with a lot of laughter as well as tears.
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Sherry and Wayne divorced only to re-unite again later, where they resided in Lahoma, Okla. Melanie was his caregiver until December 2012. Then his loving companion, Robin Roush of Lahoma, took good care of him, and a spark was ignited. He enjoyed the company of her dogs, Molly and Murphy, and Robin's daughter, Erin Roush.
Wayne is survived by two sons, Gerald Webb (Marsha) of Tulsa and their children, Jason Johnson and Ginger Williams; Mark Webb (Arminda) of Singapore and their son, Markus; daughter, Melody White (Tim) of Jenks and their children, Lori and Jennifer; former wife, Sherry Kendall; three stepdaughters, Candice Blalock (Steve) of Watauga, Texas, and their children, Taylor, Colton and Colby; Melanie Powers (Stephen) of Meno and their children, Ashley, Justyn, Kendyl and Samantha; Amanda Waller (Brandon) of Haltom City, Texas, and their children, Alexander, Jeremiah and Ava; nephew, Ronye Gates; great-niece, Rhonda; and great-nephews, Sam and Frankie Gates; niece, Becky Gates Weathers; great-nephews, Chad and Garrett Weathers; loving companion, Robin Rousch; and numerous friends and co-workers.
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(NECN: Marnie MacLean) - Last year, Maine fishermen hauled in 90 million pounds of lobster. Half of that catch goes to processing plants where they keep the meat and toss the shells into the trash.
But a team from the University of Maine in Orono has figured out how to use those discarded shells and turn them into golf balls.
"The initial idea was to combine shells with something and return it to the ocean, found a way to make that happen," said David Neivandt.
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"This is an example of what we end up with in the middle of the ball."
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"We're taking a throw away product," said Robert Bayer with the Maine Lobster Institute. "Lobster shells, and we're adding value, giving value to something that goes into a landfill."
In water, these golf balls will biodegrade within a few weeks, a bit longer if they are on land.
They can withstand multiple hits with an iron, just one from a driver, but the developers see several potential markets.
They are hoping to find a manufacturer willing to produce the balls on a large scale, and they are also investigating other potential products from the lobster shells, like this flower pot.
Long term, they see many uses for the discarded shells, which helps the environment and they hope, will increase the value of the lobster for fishermen. A regular golf ball may be able to travel a longer distance, but you can't eat it.
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A porrón is a sort of pitcher used in Spain to serve and drink wine. Porrones are an old and traditional way to store and to share wine with a group of people. They can be clear or green glass or clay and keep exposure to the air to a minimum. They are wide at the bottom and have a long, thin neck and usually are fit with corks. At the bottom is a long spout. Hold up the porrón in front of your face with the spout pointing towards you, tilt your head back slightly and raise and tilt the porrón spout toward you. A thin stream of wine comes out and pours directly into your mouth… if you have good aim! Lower the porrón toward your face before you stop drinking or you'll spill wine down the front of you and the tablecloth. It takes a bit of skill, but that only comes with practice!
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Before I begin let me share a joke that my elementary school daughter told me recently. "Before Mt. Everest was discovered, what was the tallest mountain in the world?"
I'll give you a minute… The answer, of course, is Mt. Everest. Before anyone knew it was there or knew how tall it was, it still existed, standing above all else, affecting the weather patterns and even the light in the areas around it.
Back to our regularly scheduled chat about healthy eating: We eat healthily to get, among other things, enough vitamins and minerals. The body needs dozens of these, such as:
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Julia is going to be on that podium. Fer sure. I'm going to just sit back and watch when she medals - and possibly wins gold!
Her jumps (including the 2A) are tiny. That makes them both less impressive and easier to land consistently. If she's going to get overscored with undeserved +1s and +2s for jumps like that, it minimizes if not negates the advantage of vastly superior jumpers like Yuna and Adelina. The difference in both difficulty and quality is incomparable. Yes, Adelina has easier 3+3 combo but her jumps are still more impressive. Yuna's even more.
If Julia can reserve special treatment for her minimal jumps, perhaps we should allow skaters preferential treatment on URs too. We might as well start giving everyone easy judging.
Julia's SS have also not improved noticeably since the start of the year. Her presentation has not improved. What she has is good packaging and a determined attitude. She skates but she skates through the program with the sentimental music just going in the background. It's an illusion sold to you by a kid, the same way advertisers use kids to sell you their products. She receives sentimental "lax" judging because of her talent and age. She's not so far below the others like an Edmunds, she has talent, but it's not developed to the level of the other top ladies.
One factor that needs to be examined is that unlike all the other contenders YuNa will not have the Team Event to help shake off any rust that might still be lingering.
Presentation is clearly in the eye of the beholder I think. Lot's of people were quite moved by the program and if she'd just skated with it in the background, I don't believe that feeling wouldn't have come across. If she is 'selling us an illusion' then I'd say her presentation skills are excellent........
I agree she's talented for her age. But I could name five other skaters that are better than her at the present time, Kostner not being among them, as her technical content is way too low this season. Julia has the coat and the music but she's just jumping through hoops on the ice while it plays in the background. Her program is an obstacle course. I'm sure the choreographer made it as busy as possible for her to distract the audience from the fact that she doesn't have any presentation skills, which isn't surprising given her young age.
She does not have tiny jumps. It's wonderful to watch a talented, young skater who always fully rotates her jumps and does not fall unlike other skaters who have so-called higher jumps that aren't fully rotated and are just as likely to fall on them as they are to land them. So much for height being the way to measure good jumps and good technique. Obviously I don't mean all skaters because there are some who have more speed and height who have very good technique and nearly always land them well (Yuna Kim). Julia does have a flutz which nevertheless does not take away from the flow of her jump combinations and I believe if you check the protocols she's had two underotations this season.
Secondly I enjoy watching her skating more than any other lady and it has nothing to do with the reasons you mentioned above. I am female, 23 years old, and do not think she is a "cute kid" but a young woman who is just beginning her skating career. She has many things going for her, technical ability, clean skating, and budding artistry. She is beginning her vcareer with a bang I might add. Much the same as Yuna Kim she has not been off of the podium in any international competition to date and you can back any of victories with her vast technical ability. If she continues to improve in the program components aspect of skating she could dominate the field for many year to come.
I agree with everything, except for the 'dominate' part. There is so much young talent coming up (Gold & Edmunds in the USA, Osmond in Canada, and too many to count in Russia) that Julia will be challenged a lot. With her mental toughness she could still remain one of the top ladies, but it will be tough for any ONE skater to dominate, at least among ladies.
When this season started, I was thinking that Julia was just a talented young lady, but I underestimated her will, her desire to improve with each competition. I have no doubt that she is going to improve between now and the Olympics (I saw Tara Lipinski do that in 1998). So anything can happen. I still think she is a long shot for the gold, but stranger things have happened. I really would like to see a medal of any color though. She has been the most exciting skater to watch, for me at least, this entire season. I just don't want to get my expectations too high because I might be disappointed.
Wow, I accidentally hit last instead of page 2 and ended up deciding to read some of the old threads from early in 2013 and it's incredible to read how many people did not think Julia would even make the Olympic team. Around the end of August that seems to have changed and people began to think that Julia would make the team but that she had no chance for a placement in the top 5. That's amusing to me because I knew in fall 2012 that she would definitely make the team barring a devastating injury and by January 2013 that she would be in the top four (more likely bronze or 4th though). Just a thought.
In my view, such conservatism should be applied more often, so that we don't get the manic boom-and-bust frenzy about young skaters on forums quite so often.
EDIT: Having said that, my own view is that Julia is blooded now, and has really proven herself over the course of this season.
Julia's Olympics to win or lose would imply if everyone did their best she would win. Which is hogwash, if everyone skates their best she will probably place about 6th. I do think she will end up with silver or bronze just due to her consistency, but she wont beat Yu Na unless she misses about half her jumps in some way. She could also skate perfectly and not medal if some of the inconsistent skaters like Kostner, Suzuki, Sotnikova, bring it. If any of those skate perfectly and lose to Julia there will be controversy, especialy with the Games being in Russia.
Furthermore when people say several other skaters will definitely be above her by skating their best I think what they really mean is if they skate better than their previous best they will beat her. How they have performed to date has not been enough to overcome Julia's scores, so assuming each skater skates an average of the performances they have had this season Julia will still be above them. If she uncharacteristically under-performs while other skate much better than they have been, well that is a completely different set of circumstances. No one can say with the level of skating this season that anyone other than Yuna and Mao have clearly out-skated her when you compare the sum of technical and program components scores in international competitions.
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Florida State is a team with some slightly skewed numbers.
That's not to say the Seminoles aren't good. But thanks to two demolitions of the worst the Southern Conference has to offer (it's a superb league at the top, but boy are Western Carolina and Chattanooga bad), Florida State's numbers are a little inflated – both on offense and defense.
Now, if Maryland had destroyed Delaware rather than squeaked out a 14-7 win, maybe this wouldn't matter quite as much. But when you've played 10 games, a nice 10 percent spot that's extremely soft can make a difference.
Of course, Eastern Michigan isn't any good, so maybe it evens out.
Anyway, here's the breakdown of tomorrow's Maryland-Florida State game:
* Maryland rushing offense vs. Florida State rush defense: The Terrapins rank 57th nationally, averaging 151.7 yards; the Seminoles rank 23rd nationally while yielding 110.2 yards a game.
Ralph Friedgen is right. This will be a game in which a three-yard gain is a very good thing. Da'Rel Scott needs 142 yards to become Maryland's first 1,000-yard rusher since 2002. If he gets that, it'll probably be his best performance of the year.
* Maryland passing offense vs. Florida State pass defense: The Terrapins rank 73rd nationally, averaging 198.0 yards; the Seminoles rank 9th nationally while yielding 164.5 yards a game.
But where does Florida State rank when it is without one of its safeties for an entire game and another for at least a half? Look for Chris Turner to wind up over 200 yards, primarily out of necessity since there's a good chance the Terps' rushing game will struggle.
* Florida State rushing offense vs. Maryland rush defense: The Seminoles rank 28th nationally, averaging 192.0 yards; the Terps rank 67th nationally while yielding 144.6 yards a game.
So much depends on whether the Seminoles can chew up the clock. If Maryland treats Antone Smith and his backfield buddies like Jahvid Best or the Clemson tandem, circa second half, then the Terps will be in great shape. But if Smith can muster his best Darren Evans impression, look out. Either scenario is possible.
* Florida State passing offense vs. Maryland pass defense: The Seminoles rank 77th nationally, averaging 193.0 yards; the Terps rank 76th nationally while yielding 216.4 yards a game.
Looks like it's about a push. Of any of these four matchups, this seems like the least likely to determine tomorrow's outcome. Of course, that means it will. By the way, take out the fourth quarter of the California game and the Terps are giving up 192.5 passing yards a game, which would rank 45th in the country.


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The Clippers hope to get Chris Paul back into the lineup along with Blake Griffin, Jamal Crawford and Chauncey Billups. Paul has missed nine straight games with a bruised knee cap. Griffin has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury while Crawford sat out Wednesday's game with a sore shoulder. Billups hasn't played since December 3 and has only appeared in three games this season.
Miami has won three straight games behind LeBron James, who has scored more than 30 points in each win. The Heat have won eight of 10 and have a 1.5 game lead over the New York Knicks in the East standings.
Elsewhere, the Golden State Warriors and Memphis Grizzlies will try to avoid three-game losing streaks when they meet in a Western Conference battle. Memphis checks in at 30-18 and has a half-game lead over the Warriors in the standings.
The Grizzlies have gone 1-3 since trading away their leading scorer, Rudy Gay, but it is their defense that has been failing lately. Memphis bottomed out in Atlanta on Wednesday where they surrendered 103 points on 51 percent shooting by the Hawks.
The Warriors certainly know where the Grizzlies are coming from in defensive struggles. Golden State allowed Houston to hit a NBA record tying 23 three pointers in a 140-109 loss on Tuesday. The Warriors followed that up the next night by allowing 119 points to the Thunder while losing their third straight.
Here is a look at Friday's full NBA schedule (all times Eastern):
Brooklyn Nets at Washington Wizards - 7 p.m.
Toronto Raptors at Indiana Pacers - 7 p.m.
Los Angeles Lakers at Charlotte Bobcats - 7 p.m.
New Orleans Hornets at Atlanta Hawks - 7:30 p.m.
San Antonio Spurs at Detroit Pistons - 7:30 p.m.
Orlando Magic at Cleveland Cavaliers - 7:30 p.m.
Portland Trail Blazers at Houston Rockets - 8 p.m.
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- Both OF Thomas Neal and RHP Mark Montgomery were officially activated by Triple-A Scranton, reports Josh Norris. To clear roster spots, OF Cody Grice was sent to Double-A Trenton and RHP Jose Ramirez was placed on the DL. Not sure what's wrong with Ramirez.
- Missed this yesterday, but the molten hot 1B Greg Bird ranked sixth on this week's Prospect Hot Street. We'd be talking about him as maybe the top prospect in the system if he was hitting like this as a catcher, but chances are he wouldn't be hitting like this if he was still a catcher because of wear and tear. For shame.
Triple-A Scranton (4-3 win over Louisville)
- 3B Brendan Harris: 2-5, 1 R, 1 RBI
- LF Ronnie Mustelier: 2-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB — seven hits in his last 17 at-bats (.412)
- 1B Dan Johnson: 3-5, 2 2B, 2 RBI — 66/70 K/BB in 103 games
- C J.R. Murphy: 0-3, 1 BB
- RHP Mark Montgomery: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 1/1 GB/FB — 16 of 29 pitches were strikes (55%) … 14/12 K/BB in his last 14.1 innings at this level, but there was a six-week DL stint mixed in there
- RHP Chase Whitley: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1/1 GB/FB — ten of 11 pitches were strikes … hasn't allowed a run in exactly a month
Double-A Trenton was rained out.
High-A Tampa (11-6 loss to Charlotte)
- 3B Jayson Nix: 0-4, 1 K — played seven innings in the field in his fourth rehab game
- LF Curtis Granderson: 2-4, 1 R — played six innings in the field in his third rehab game
- CF Mason Williams: 1-5, 1 R, 1 K — threw a runner out at third
- C Gary Sanchez: 0-5, 2 K
- DH Peter O'Brien: 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K — five hits in his last 11 at-bats (.455)
- 2B Rob Refsnyder: 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 1 E (throwing) — 6/10 K/BB in his last ten games
- LHP Dietrich Enns: 4.1 IP, 6 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, 3/2 GB/FB
Low-A Charleston (3-2 win over Greensboro)
- CF Jake Cave: 2-4, 1 CS
- SS Cito Culver: 0-4, 1 R
- 1B Greg Bird: 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB — 14 hits in his last 26 at-bats (.538) with seven walks and six strikeouts
- 3B Dante Bichette Jr.: 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K – eleven hits in his last 36 at-bats (.306)
- 2B Angelo Gumbs: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K
- LHP Tyler Webb: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K — 21 of 26 pitches were strikes (81%) … 23/3 K/BB in 16 innings for this year's tenth rounder
Short Season Staten Island (3-2 loss to Brooklyn)
- CF Brandon Thomas: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 K, 1 CS — nine hits in his last 24 at-bats (.375) with a homer and three doubles
- 3B Eric Jagielo: 1-3, 1 BB, 1 K — four hits in his last 23 at-bats (.174)
- RHP Rookie Davis: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 1 WP, 5/4 GB/FB – 30/9 K/BB in 32.2 innings
Rookie GCL Yanks1 (4-3 loss to GCL Phillies in 15 innings, walk-off style) been an awful lot of long extra-inning games in the system lately
- SS Tyler Wade: 2-6, 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K — reached base three times in seven plate appearances and his season OBP (.475) went down
- 1B Renzo Martini: 2-7, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 K
- DH Dustin Fowler: 2-7, 1 RBI, 2 K, 1 CS — 6-for-12 in his young pro career so far
- RF Austin Aune: 0-6, 4 K –
- RHP Brady Lail: 5 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 7/1 GB/FB — 29/4 K/BB in 29.1 innings so far
- RHP Eric Ruth: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 1/0 GB/FB — 21/3 K/BB in 13.2 innings for the undrafted free agent out of Winthrop
Rookie GCL Yanks2 (3-1 loss to GCL Braves)
- SS Abi Avelino, 3B Miguel Andujar, LF Nathan Mikolas & 1B Drew Bridges: all 0-4 — Andujar struck out … Avelino is still 12-for-28 (.429) in his last seven games
- DH Matt Snyder: 2-3, 1 BB
- SwP Pat Venditte: 2 IP, zeroes, 2 K, 1/2 GB/FB — one walk in 10.1 rehab innings so far
- RHP Joey Maher: 4 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 1 HBP, 5/4 GB/FB
- LHP Rony Bautista: 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 3/4 GB/FB — the 21-year-old has allowed one career homer in 128 innings since signing prior to the 2010 season
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Is the lineup they need to work towards. When Jeter/A-Rod have to DH you sit Ichiro and play Grandy in RF, Sori in LF. I just think it will be too little too late after they face Moore, Greinke and Kershaw in the next 3 ballgames.
Can we count on Cervelli this year? Between the lingering injury and the potential 50-game suspension, he may be done till next year.
Yankees future bullpen
7th: Dellin Betances
8th: Mark Montgomery
9th: David Robertson
I can dream right?
I'm not terribly concerned. Yankees always seem to be able to find decent relievers.
Haha, maybe if Montgomery and Betances can keep the walks down. I'd say it's mostly a dream though.
It took Robertson 3 years to learn how to keep the walks down. It's not that big a deal for a reliever if he has the stuff to strike guys out, which Betances definitely does
Congrats for telling me what I already know. I'm just saying what's likely to happen and what's not likely to happen.
Betances and Montgomery being the 7th and 8th inning guys is just unlikely. This doesn't mean they can't both be in the bullpen sooner than later, I just don't see them being the 2nd and 3rd most valuable guys down there. It could happen, but relievers come and go all the time.
I can see Kelleye and Claiborne sticking around.
Then why pray tell did you say "If they keep the walks down" walks aren't all that important for middle relievers so if you knew that why bother saying that?
As you know Betances is in AAA, appears to be having success as a reliever and is out of options, I bet their is a 95% chance he's in the bullpen next year as the 7th inning guy because NY is not going let someone with his stuff and cheap salary go.
Because I don't foresee Betances and Montgomery as the 2nd and 3rd best guys in the pen. I never said they'd suck at the MLB level. Two completely different things.
And what I meant by my comment on them walking guys is that if they manage to have good/great control, then yes, they will both be very good relievers in the immediate future. It's going to be a lot harder for them to be "very good" if they walk a lot of batters. Not impossible, but 2nd and 3rd best in the pen? I don't think so.
Once Mo is gone and Robertson takes over, I see the entire situation as being 6/7/8 inning guy by committee, at least for the first few month or so, and even when if it sorts itself out, I think Girardi won't be as married to the assigned innings because the bullpen will be full of one or two vets and mostly 1st and 2nd year guys.
He'll find his guys. Don't you worry. Kelley's getting his tryout right now. There may be a vet in the mix we don't know about. Someone already here could step up between now and the start of the season. I expect there to be a pecking order to start the season, even if things change around through the season.
We'd be talking about him as maybe the top prospect in the system if he was hitting like this as a catcher, but chances are he wouldn't be hitting like this if he was still a catcher because of wear and tear.
Well, where would you say he ranks right now with the change in position? I'd imagine that means you no longer consider him the 20th best prospect. Maybe this jumps him into the 10-13 range? I'd place him around #10 or a little lower right now.
Easy top 10 guy in the system, he'll make some guys 90-100 range when the lists come out.
20 years old, 2nd in homers in system, .400 OBP and people still look fo warts.
You're right. He's a prospect with no warts. A hybrid between Cabrera, Votto, and Pujols in their prime. Lets not pay attention to positional value, scouting reports, or anything else for that matter.
The fact is, as great as those numbers look, he's still playing first base where he's kind of required to put up those kinds of numbers to even be taken seriously. If he played a different position, we would be having a different conversation, but it's first base. So if he wants to be a top prospect, it's pretty much "premium offense or bust."
I don't care where the guy plays as he is going to hit a ton at every level.
So, if you want "extra value" put him in CF or SS or wherever.
He is definitely Top 10.
Aune is making Bichette look pretty legit.
I'm excited to watch Brandon Thomas go through the ranks. I'm hoping hes a steal, as suggested.
By the way Mike, your boy Phillip Ervin , who you did not like much as a prospect is absoulutley murdering the pitching in his first pro season, at whatever low class he started in. Not that it matters, but just thought i'd point that out to ya..lol
So is Bird a non prospect? Does he have much potential?
He's not a non-prospect, just overall less valuable because he plays first base, so unless he hits really well over the next few years, he doesn't have much value.
Basically, he needs to mash to be considered a top prospect.
Hmm, I wonder if his back was that bad that they could not try him somewhere else like the OF or maybe 3B? Did he not have the tools?
I'm assuming if they thought the possibility was there, they would have explored it. Either way, if he continues to hit like this it won't matter what position he plays. Meaning, if he can continue to hit this well at each level of the minors.
There isn't really anywhere else for him to play, the team has legitimate prospects in the OF, they have Bichette at 3rd, Gumbs at 2nd, he's not going to be a SS.
I don't think that is what stopped them, depth is something you can never have to much of.
If you need a guy to play every day, you have to make room. They have a full outfield in Charleston, they have a prospect at every other position conceivable for Bird. He's not someone you just play part-time, he has to be on the field everyday.
He's as close to a first base prospect as the team has. He's 20 and raking. He was drafted 5th round as a catcher, but that really didnt turn out due to his knees, but he still has his bat, and I doubt anybody is really blocking his path through the minors if this continues.
Back, not knees, he kept having back spasms due to catching
He's 20 and is someone the Yankees spent a lot of money to get to sign, he most definitely is a prospect.
First Base though has a very high standard when it comes to prospects because it is usually the position of last resort because its the least valuable defensive position, so you have to be capable of a ton of offensive potential.
Bird has that kind of potential he knows the strike zone, has power that might be considered plus very soon if not right now and is showing he's capable of hitting for average. If he was at any other position he'd get a lot more recognition, but because he's a first baseman his value won't be as high until he shows he can mash AA caliber pitching. That said, if he keeps playing like he has he'll slip into the top 100 lists.
He's one of the best 1B prospects in the minors. Some people are right that 1B has the highest offensive bar of any position, but I would say they are taking it too far (other people are taking it way too far the other direction by acting like C and 1B are the same thing). Bird is not an incredible, can't miss prospect by any means, but he's a damn fine prospect even at 1B. Bird has the bat to play 1B. Of course it's all potential, but that's the same for anyone in Low A.
I like the Wade/Katoh combo, already hitting better than Gumbs/Culver
Sure, but don't forget that the GCL is inferior in every way to Low-A ball. We might be talking about how awful Wade and Katoh are in a couple of years. Hopefully not though. I have no reason to root against them
thats true, but then I saw how average Gumbs and Culvers GCL numbers were…
My point is, GCL numbers don't mean too much. You'd rather have a prospect do well there, but their numbers there are not indicative of much.
That still doesn't mean much. They could move to A-ball and hit worse that them.
I'm just gonna assume Eric is no relative to George, since there's no over-reporting on the guy so far.
Anyone see MLB.com's updated prospect rankings? I know its usually off compared to others, but Jagielo was bumped to 5 and Clarkin 9, both ranked as above average, meanwhile Judge was ranked 18th and ranked average.. hmm..
Plus, Bird was kicked off (??), and Zoilo was ranked 6…
Zoilo wouldn't be in my 10, Murphy would, Bird and Judge would both be in my top 15.
I say we convert Eric Ruth to an outfielder and see what happens.
first off is it me or has Williams had a ridiculous amount of assists? it seems like every dotf has Williams throwing somebody out,
Secondly the Aune situation is truly absurd. It seems fairly impossible to k this much. he's over 50% now I assume. something is wrong I don't ever recall an actual pospect struggling this badly. this is the sort of failure that can destroy even the strongest psyche.
Absolutely has to be a mental thing, even if the approach and swing are THAT bad (which they aren't, has a really nice swing), its nearly impossible to K at such high rates.
Cashman reportedly has been telling people the front office wanted Aune and he was against the pick. He wanted to pick another player and wouldn't disclose his name though he did say he was raking.
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Is Bird totally out as a catcher in future years?
Or can be a Jim Leyritz-type, first, DH, some third, catch once in a while..etc.
Nope. Sounds like he's just a first basemen now.
Back won't allow him to catch, so he's completely out as a catcher
How about robertson , clairborne, whitley and kahnle. What a Great bullpen that would be!!!!!
Yup. One elite guy (slightly pushing it.) One guy with half a year in the majors. Two guys who've never sniffed it. Sign me up now.
People get prospect crazy and think every prospect with above average numbers in the minors equals above average MLB player. Not sure how anyone could follow that logic and actually believe it.
Was at the Tampa Yankee game tonight and have to point out that even though Sanchez had a rough night offensively he did throw out two runners trying to steal second.
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Robertson (closer)
Clairborne (co-setup man)
Kelley (co-setup man)
Logan (lefty)
Warren (long man)
Chamberlain (next to last man in the pen)
Montgomery (last man in the pen)
Joba has ZERO chance of being with the Yankees in 2014.
Joba is a free agent. I doubt very much the Yanks will re-sign him.
Logan, too, is a free agent, and given the Yanks' new austerity, I can't see them paying what it would take to retain Logan.
Also, if Logan, Joba and Mo all leave, I think there is zero chance the Yanks don't bring in a veteran. Not necessarily to close, and not necessarily someone in his prime, but someone with some experience, someone they can get on a one-year deal.
Btw Chamberlain isn't bad, he's just not very good hence he's the next to last man in the pen who could easily be the last man in the pen if Montgomery outpitches him.
That Rauny Bautista stat is pretty amazing. .
No chance Joba is on this team next year. Zero. I would be willing to bet he isn't a Yankee a week from now.
At what point will Dan Johnson get a call-up? He has a great eye, hence the more BBs than Ks. The current roster, the way its constructed has sucked for a long time now. The OBP for all non-Cano players are pretty putrid. These under 100 pitches, CGSHOs are embarrassing. I know he's a lefty but beggars can't be choosers. This roster is too ultilty player deep. With Haf to the DL coupled with no better options on the trade block, why not see what he's got. The same could be said for Musty. We know what we have with soon to be healthy Nix and the rest of the ulitilty players, something needs to give.
"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results."
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"At what point will Dan Johnson get a call-up?"
I hope never. He is the text-book AAAA player.
In 1,551 MLB plate appearances, he's slashed .237/.338/.412, and in 262 MLB plate appearances from 2010-2012, he's slashed .184/.313/.374.
Don't let the minor league numbers fool you. He's been doing that for 13 seasons, with a career minor league slash line of .283/.387/.510. It's just clear now he can't translate that to the show. 33-year-old guys don't suddenly figure out how to hit in the majors.
Throw in lousy defense, and he is just not a guy that would help. Overbay is better.
Thoughts Cashman wants out…lately comments seem to indicate that
Someone said we never replaced Matsui n Damon,Why not sign free agents Choo and Elsberry ????
Nix really raking can't wait for his return!!!
Since this is DotF thread, I'll tell you why from a prospect POV: one or both of those guys is probably getting a qualifying offer. Unless the Yankees manage to drop into the top 10 picks of the draft, they'll lose their first round pick.
Why not sign free agents Choo and Elsberry ????
Because the 2014 outfield is spoken for. Gardner, Soriano, Ichiro and Wells. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to your 2014 NYY outfield.
Wells isn't owed any money next year. He could be released painlessly. IF the FO was willing to make a real upgrade, and I am not saying they are, Ichiro and Soriano could become 2 halves of a platoon with Soriano also getting time at DH. I have no idea what they'll do, and I kindof think 2014 is a lost cause no matter what, but none of those guys are blocking anyone.
What about those who bring up montgomery and betances! Those guys are not bigger prospects than kahnle or whitley. Betances has had mechanical issues which is why he is still in minors and he is older than kahnle and whitley. Whitley could definitely get called up soon. I believe thiis articles toons he has not allowed an earned run in a month. And many people Have predicted kahnle could be the eventual successor to replace Rivera. claireborne has pitched fairly well. The fact that they are just prospects does not mean they won"t be good. Alot of fans give projections on prospects. Clairborne kahnle and Whitley are all considered high end relief prospects. I do think we will look into signing a possible veteran closer in the offseason. I think valverde is only signed for this year only with tigers but not sure. Obviously it's not easy to throw kahnle right into the closer situation that is why you need a guy like John wetteland which I think a valverde type would do for kahnle and let kahnle be a middle reliever next year and see what happens. But i meant future bullpen of David Robertson already ,Preston Clairborne ,Chase Whitley and Tommy Kahnle is nothing to sneeze at !! Like I said the prospects are all considered high end!!
Wayne, I'm sure others have mentioned this before, but it would really help if you organized your comments better so that it doesn't look like one giant rant. It's kind of hard to read when someone writes like this.
Just trying to help you out if you actually want anyone to read these things.
Plus Betances had tommy john surgery!
"If only Bird wasn't a first baseman…"
I am so sick of hearing this crap. So let's discount the fact that the kid is straight raking the ball, and just say he's a first baseman, so who cares.
Same old, same old up here. We know you can't stand him because he's not a catcher Mike, but please spare us the caveat of "he's only a first baseman…" every time you mention him.
What, if anything, did Mike say that wasn't totally factually correct? He would be a top 3 prospect in the system were he still a C, but he's borderline Top 10, at best, as a 1B.
That's not a fact. That's an opinion.
"For shame" is also not a fact.
Move the kid up to Tampa for the final month of MiLB. i don't recall anyone at 1B in Tampa making the recaps this year.
People do need to be kinder to our 2016 Teix replacement…let's just hope its way above replacement level. Of course in order for this to happen, he'll have to change his birth certificate to show 34 instead of 24 in 2016.
Oh no doubt about that. If Bird was 36, and his best years were clearly behind him, there would be a column on here clamoring for the Yankees to acquire him.
My points is why are his accomplishments constantly discounted because he's at 1b? I swear I almost get the feeling the vast majority would be happier if he was batting .210, as long as he was doing it at C, it would be fine.
If we can have a power hitting 1b, with an absurdly high OBP in the system, I'll take him.
I think everyone would take that. The thing is, he's playing in Low-A. The lowest full season league level. What he's doing is impressive, but this in no way guarantees he'll do this in High-A, AA, AAA, or MLB. He's incredibly faraway.
And when you consider the fact that he's a first base prospect, it means he's going to have to hit very well no matter what happens. If he played a different position, his production could fall off a little, and he could still be considered a very good prospect. That isn't the case for first basemen.
I feel like I continue to repeat myself, but for Bird to be an impact MLB player, he's going to have to continue to produce at a very high level. As much as people love to hug and go crazy for prospects, we have no idea if this will actually happen. Most prospects, even top prospects, fail. It's too early to believe that this is the type of player Bird will be going forward.
Exactly. If he played literally any other position, he would be an elite prospect. As a first basemen, the line he's putting up right now makes him an above average one.
He has to keep this up through AA to start cracking prospect lists. A 1B needs to have a wRC+ of 125 or more to be considered a good major league player and, unfortunately, a 165 wRC+ in Low-A doesn't mean that's who a guy is going forward.
A 125 wRC+ would make you the #10 1B in baseball this season.
While some people are wrong for acting like there's no difference between a C prospect and a 1B prospect, others are wrong for acting like every 1B in MLB is Mark McGwire.


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Now that time has passed and I have started to forget the difficult parts of staging a juried competition, my thoughts have turned to running another one here at Bicycle Design. This time though, I would like for the design target to be a bit more focused than it was last time. I have a few ideas, but before I divulge those, I want to pose the question to all of you who read this blog regularly. What do you think would make a good topic for the next design competition here? Leave a comment, and tell me what specific product category or area within the cycling industry you think needs to be addressed from a design standpoint. I am open to suggestions, so now is your chance to shape the direction of the next competition.
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Here comes Hurricane Isaac: Get your iPhone and iPad ready!
Some 364 days ago, we talked a little bit about how your iPhone or iPad can help you prepare for natural disasters. (At least for the ones that you have time to prepare for.) That was Hurricane Irene. Now, we've got another I-storm (excuse the pun) headed for United States, with Isaac. (And, yes, more specifically, the Gulf Coast and your's truly.)
Here are some of the tips we brought you last year, updated with some new ones.
- Charge your iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. Now. Keep them charged. And once the storm starts, keep them off. You'll likely lose power at some point, and there's a good chance your local cell network will go down for a bit, even with generator backups.
- Spare batteries. You can't swap batteries in Apple products, but you can get external batteries. If you got 'em, make sure they're charged, too. If you still have time to get some, do it.
- Car charger. Get one. Get a couple, actually.
- After the storm, text messages may work best. If the network's up, it's going to be clogged, and calls might not go through. iMessage might not go through. Text messages have a much better chance.
- If you're worried about damage and don't have a traditional camera, use your phone to take a few pictures of your home and your belongings. It'll make insurance claims much easier, should it come to that.
- While you still have power and internet access, be it on your phone or broadbad, take advantage of features like instant uploading on Photo Stream, Google+, or Dropbox to make sure those pictures get somewhere that can't be destroyed by the storm. Better to be safe than sorry in that case.
- If you just have to use Instagram during a storm, don't use a damn filter. Folks wanna see what's happening, and filters don't help that.
- Use apps like Evernote to help keep track of your emergency supplies.
- Before the storm, use those gas-finder apps to track down the cheapest petrol. That won't help you with the lines, but it may save you a few bucks.
- Apps from FEMA and the Red Cross can help you find shelters and other emergency information.
Those are but a few ways your iPhone or iPad can get you through this. Have a tip you'd like to share? Let's hear 'em in the comments! And good luck, everyone. Stay safe.
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Wow Phil, good to see you over here for a guest blog entry.
Since I own both iPhone 4S & Android products, I read both sites. ;-)
Yes everyone, please be safe if you're in the path of this storm.
Having advanced notice is great information to have indeed.
Have any recommended Hurricane tracking apps?
We could probably use some Petrol-finder apps to track down the cheapest gas too ;-)


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