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The Tough Get TougherBy
As I'm sure you are well aware, the Red Sox and Padres have agreed in principle to a trade that would sent All Star first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to Boston in exchange for a package of four prospects. A contract extension is holding everything up, but it's only the matter of time before Gonzalez caves and accepts the millions of dollars Boston is throwing at his feet. The deal will undeniably make the Sox a better team not just in 2011, but for the next half-decade as well.
Still just 28, Gonzalez is a .285/.387/.523 hitter with 107 homeruns over the last three years, but outside of Petco Park he's hit .310/.390/.599 with 70 homers in just 282 games (40.2 per 162 games) during that time. Ready to be blown away? Here's Gonzalez's 2010 spray chart from Petco overlaid onto Fenway…
Yeah, that's nuts. I count about 18 non-homers that would have theoretically cleared the fence in his new park, but of course we can't assume that. It's just fun to look at, more than anything. Even if the Petco-to-Fenway transition adds just five homers to Gonzalez's output, that's a ton. About the only negative thing you'll fine in his game is that he's merely very good against southpaws instead of great (.258/.347/.440 over the last three years). Ultimately, as Marc at Red Sox Beacon puts it, the Sox just landed themselves a Joey Votto. Boston improved its team immensely, but then again we all knew they would this winter.
I fully expected to end up thinking the Padres didn't receive enough, but once I saw the names involved I thought it was actually a pretty fair trade. The Sox gave up their first, third, and sixth best prospects (according to Baseball America), two of which are top 100 guys. A corresponding Yankee package would have been something like Manny Banuelos, a better version of Brandon Laird, and Slade Heathcott. Plus there's the player to be named later, who may not be significant, but is still someone that holds some kind of value. All that for just one year of Gonzalez and the right to talk to him about a contract.
With Victor Martinez heading to Detroit, the Sox have already lost one of their best hitters this offseason. The Gonzalez pick-up also signals the end of the Adrian Beltre era as well, and he was brilliant for them in 2010. Kevin Youkilis will slide over to third base and most assume he'll be fine there, though he hasn't started more than 55 games at the position since 2003. When you add Jacoby Ellsbury, J.D. Drew, and David Ortiz to Gonzalez, the lineup suddenly becomes very lefty heavy, which can be a problem when you've got CC Sabathia, David Price, Brian Matusz, Ricky Romero, and Brett Cecil in the division. Nevermind mind the possibilities of Andy Pettitte and/or Cliff Lee.
Given how Gonzalez's current contract is structured, with just a $6.2M salary in 2010, Boston can still go out and sign a Jayson Werth or a Carl Crawford. Werth in particular would make sense, given the left-handed issue I just mentioned. Once the big money in Adrian's presumed contract kicks in after next season, Boston will have shed about $50M off its payroll in the form of Ortiz, Drew, Mike Cameron, and Jonathan Papelbon. Factor in healthy returns from Josh Beckett and Dustin Pedroia, and the Red Sox are getting monumentally better this winter.
In the end, there's nothing the Yankees can do but sit back and watch. Their offseason plans don't change at all; they still need two starters (one being Pettitte or his replacement) and a few spare parts here or there, but no major makeover. They don't need to make a move to answer Boston's pick-up of Gonzalez because it's not a game of one-upmanship. The Yankee lineup is good enough to win as it is. There's no getting around it though, life in the AL East just got a little tougher, but that's what we all expected to happen anyway.
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God in heaven he is going to mash in that pinball machine they call a ballpark.
it's so funny.
the boston blogs are already boasting how well AGon will do in the pachinko palace. But during the season, whenever someone points out how playstation is a hitters park, they get all indignant and insist it's a pitchers park.
Pachinko Palace that's funny! I'll have to remember that.
Seriously that place is a joke. They might as well put a circus tent over it and put secret trap doors in the outfield that players can… oh shit wait…..
What do you think AG will ask for a contract? He would be a FA next year, so my guess is he will want prime FA money.
I think players are not smart to sign a contract through their age 36 year, unless they plan on retiring. My guess is a guy like AGon would still command a big contact at age 33. So…. does he want to BIG deal, like 8/$150m? or the first of 2 deals, say 5/$110m.
State your opinion. What does AGon get from the Sox?
I think players are not smart to sign a contract through their age 36 year, unless they plan on retiring.
Giving up a guaranteed 60m because you might make more in 4 years is the smart move? He should ask for an opt-out clause so he has the option, but he's not leaving 60m on the table.
Typical Boston!
Trying to buy the World Series!
The filthy rich getting even richer, pillaging a low budget team.
I'm sure (any minute now) sportswriters, general managers, and owners will be calling for a salary cap.
The Red Sox are lauded in the media for the same reason the Yankees are loathed.
When they were on the verge of signing Tex, the usual suspects were fawning over boston's prowess, but when he signed with the yanks, there was an immediate avalanche of demands for a salary cap.
This too:
i like texas #rangers style. acquired everyone at deadline. now in on lee, crawford, greinke, vlad, etc.
Their style is to fill needs via trade during the season and sign FAs in the offseason….that "style" looks familiar.
And I GUARANTEE no one will say squat when the Red Sox ink one of Crawford or Werth to a big money deal; except that they are the favorites to win the World Series. The big backlash will come when/if the Yankees sign Cliff Lee.
Oh, and read this and try not to vomit: http://sports.espn.go.com/bost.....id=5885325
I remember the Sox getting killed for their failed "pitching and defense" philosphy that the media fell in love with (they fall in love with everything the Red Sox do) just a few months ago. One trade and he's back to being the boy genuis again.
"Epstein still needs to refashion the bullpen — and if nothing else, wasn't that an entertaining tweak of the Yankees when he offered Mariano Rivera a two-year, $30 million deal?"
Oh that Theo!! He's just toying with the Yankees now!! Hahahahahaha Earth to Gorden Edes; that shit was serious. The Red Sox would have been more than happy to sign Mo and kick Papelbon to the curb.
Damn you!! Can't stop vomit now. That's your fault!!! Live with that now! haha
Gonzalez is the centerpiece of that plan, which gives the Red Sox certainty at virtually every position on the diamond for at least the next five years.
Oh I didn't know Adrian Gonzalez was going to play shortstop.
If Boston gets Werth too, they're probably the top offense in baseball – the Yankees are the only team you could also put in the conversation. They could realistically have 5 or 6 players with a .380 OBP or better.
The way I see it, Beckett and Buchholz are going to decide just how good Boston is overall. If Beckett rebounds and Bucky repeats last year's season, they're as stacked as the Yankees.
I don't think Beckett rebounds and I think the Sox are paying for his decline. He's becoming increasingly homer and injury prone. His walks have also gone up each of the last two seasons. Buchholz won't duplicate what he did last season but he should be solid.
Let's honestly compare the lineups:
OF – Gardner > Ellsbury – both offensively and defensively this is absolutely true. At worst it's a wash.
OF – Swisher > Drew
OF – Granderson Varitek/Salty – Good God…
1B – Teixeira = A-Gon – People are down on Teix because of his down year but he's every bit as good as A-Gon. Every bit.
2B – Cano > Pedroia – This is only a slight edge IMO. Pedroia is better defensively and he can keep up with Cano offensively in a good season.
SS – Jeter > Scutaro – Jeter is still better than Scutaro. They had identical seasons in 2010 but Jeter is still capable of putting up a season Scutaro can't dream of. At worst it's a wash right now.
3B – Alex > Youkilis – Heh…
DH – Posada/Montero < Ortiz – I still like Ortiz here because of injury and uncertainty. He still hit 32 HR last year but it wouldn't surprise anyone if he fell off a cliff this year.
The only TRUE advantage I see is IF the Red Sox sign Werth. Then they'll have a comparable outfield to the Yankees.
We need that edit feature back fellas…
I tried to say Werth would be better than Granderson and Posada/Montero would be better than Varitek/Salty. I don't know how that all got mixed up in the end.
Let's honestly compare the lineups:
Then you compare Granderson to their Catchers?
Nevermind, you edited it.
Youk is better than A-Rod, IMO, and that's not easy for me to say.
Youk is a career .294/.394/.497 hitter. That's not .300/.400/.500 but it's damn close, and a couple of good years could realistically see him there.
There are only 20 players with 3000 PAs who hit .300/.400/.500 for their careers, and they are all in the Hall of Fame (Ruth, Cobb, Speaker, Musial, Hornsby, Ted Williams, Gehrig, Ott, Foxx, Heilmann, Hank Greenberg), will be in the Hall of fame (Pujols, Chipper, Frank Thomas), should be in the Hall of Fame but aren't guaranteed to because of the writers (Manny, Larry Walker, Edgar Martinez, Helton), are banned for life (Shoeless Joe) or only played five full seasons (Lefty O'Doul).
Youkilis is good at baseball.
Will ARod get into the HOF?
He's not on the list because he has a career .387 OBP. If that were 13 points higher by the end of his career (extremely doubtful), he would be in the "should be in the Hall of Fame but isn't guaranteed to be because of the writers" category, just like Manny, and for the same reason.
If common sense prevails, he should be a first-ballot slam dunk.
So should Bonds and Clemens. You know they won't be.
I don't know that.
Right, without Werth, advantage goes to the Yankees.
Not sure why you're comparing Granderson to Tek/Salty, but I'd compare the offense like this (defense not a factor):
LF: Gardner > Drew (I think he'd get moved over)
CF: Granderson > Ellsbury/Cameron
RF: Swisher = Werth
1B: Tex Pedroia
3B: A-Rod = Youk (yup)
SS: Jeter > Scutaro
C: Montero/Cervelli/Posada > Tek/Salty
DH: Posada < Ortiz
Most of the matchups are pretty equal though, like the difference in value between Cano and Pedroia is pretty slim for example. So the way I see it, its very close, and there's enough variance where JD Drew could outperform Gardner, Scutaro could equal Jeter, etc. That variance swings both ways where Tex, Cano, and A-Rod could all OPS .950 or whatever too of course.
Eww. Major formatting fail. It took out some of my post too.
Same happened to me. I wish there was resut button somewhere…
Also, I don't think you can compare Drew to Gardner. Drew is better offensively. Drew had a down year last season in Garder's first full season. The year's before that Drew had a wOBA of .390 and .400. He's better than Gardner.
I guess you can hang the injury label on both of them, but I did make the comparison thinking Gardner plays 15 or so more games than Drew.
Drew is in his mid 30s and coming off the down year. Gardner is right in his prime years, but heading in the season coming off wrist surgery. Its really one of the more interesting comparisons.
In my mind, I just can't compare a player who hits 20 HR to a player like Gardner.
My gut says Drew is much better on O then gritner, but… JD has a career line of:
.255 .341 .452 .793
If Gritner can post a line of:
.380 .381 .392 .773
some would say Gardner is more valuable on O,
(because many believe that OPS undervalues OBP)
especially adding his speed to the equation.
Also, Gritner's 2010 wOBA of .379 compares to Nancy's career wOBA of .382
Of course on D, Gritner certainly gets the edge.
I wouldn't trade Gardner for Drew.
Drew is more of an impact hitter, but Gardner's strengths from OBP and his fielding push him past Drew on a WAR basis.
I think they'll be damn good but not better. I don't believe Arod and Tex will have such "down" years as they did in 2010.
As for their pitching, I fully expect Beckett to bounce back and Buccholz to regress to high 3 low-4 era.
Beckett's numbers are trending in the wrong direction in accordance with his age. Not a good sign…
He was injured in 2009 and 2010 though. He showed flashes of his old stuff in the second half. The velocity is still there.
I really can't stand this guy, probably my least favorite guy in the game, but I don't think he's toast.
He was injured in 2008 too… this is what I'm saying. Except I didn't know he was injured in 09. He made 32 starts. He's got good velocity but it is trending downward.
I don't think it's all a coincidence.
I wouldn't count on Beckett to bounce back any more than I would Burnett. Though Beckett has the better overall track record, they're both similar pitchers nowadays.
Beckett's control >>>>> Burnett's. That will keep him in the fold a lot loger than Burnett will as they continue to age and their velocity decreases. You can afford to be homer prone if you keep the walks down. Beckett does that. 2010 was the first time his BB/9 was above 3 since 2006.
That's true. I was thinking more in terms of the volatility of both pitchers, though. It tends to be all or nothing with the two of them – more often nothing these days.
If Beckett only have a minor bounceback and performs like a mid-rotation guy, a Cliff Lee-included Yankee rotation definitely outperforms it.
They could realistically have 5 or 6 players with a .380 OBP or better.
Assuming health, Adrian and Youkilis are pretty much locks.
Drew could have a bounceback year–he had been over .380 in four of his previous five full seasons, and was at .373 in the other one. That said, he dropped off considerably last year (.255/.341/.452/.793) and is now 35 years old.
Pedroia has OBPed .380 just once–his rookie year, when he was .380 on the nose. He has a .369 OBP for his career. That's solid, but not .380.
Ortiz hasn't cracked .380 since 2007, and is another year older.
Ellsbury's two full seasons he OBPed .336 and .355, and Cameron hasn't been above .350 in five years and his career high (.365) was eleven years ago. He'll also be 38 in January.
I can't think of anyone else who will come close, barring a Bautista-esque fluke season from someone. Could they have 5-6 .380 OBP guys? I guess it's possible, but absolutely everything would have to go right. And how can it? They traded Casey Kelly.
Werth, Youk, Drew, Adrian, and Pedroia were the guys I was thinking of when I wrote that, with Ortiz being a guy who generally OBPs at that level from May onward (not that April doesn't count).
A lot of things have to work out for that to happen, but for that to be a legitimate possibility on paper coming into the season says a lot of good things about the team.
Fair enough, but teams like that are insanely rare.
The winningest teams of the last 15 years (1998 Yankees, 2001 Mariners, 2004 Cardinals) had three, four, and three .380+ guys.
Going back further, the 1975 Reds (108 wins) had three, the 1961 Yankees (109 wins) had just two (and Maris wasn't one of them), and the 1954 Indians (111 wins) had three.
The last team to have five was the 2004 Red Sox, and the last team to have six was the 1999 Indians (who were also baseball's only 1000-run offense outside of the 1930s).
Thanks for sharing those stats, it seemed like a pretty ridiculous number. Plus, Youk and A-Gon could both do it at a 40% clip or better.
But the sheer rarity from what you just said does makes it seem like a much less likely outcome. But you can bump that number to .360 and it feels much more obtainable and still worthy of going GOD DAMN.
I have to wonder if Jed Hoyer is a Manchurian candidate, chosen by the Red menace to infiltrate san diego to deal the long coveted AGon.
There's no way Towers deals AGon for Cy Kelly.
I don't see the lopsidedness of this trade as much as everyone else apparently. The Padres gave up a 1 year rental. Now I know everyone thinks of giving up Montero or Smoak for 1/2 a season for Lee, but ace pitcher >>> power hitter 1b.
put it this way, would jed hoyer accepted a comparable offer from the Yanks? No.
How do we know? I don't think we have someone comparable to Rizzo so it's impossible to argue.
Mark Texiera was traded for Casey Kotchman and Stephen Marek in the deadline before his free agency! I think the Padres did fine here. Like Mike said, Banuelos + Laird + Heathcott is probably what the Yanks would have to give up.
Mike said an *upgraded* version of Laird. That basically would mean a near-MLB ready 3B with the talent level of an every-day player.
That helps my point that the Padres did fine. He's basicall saying Rizzo is a better prospect than Laird, which I agree with totally.
He apparently won't be picking up a bat for another 4 or 5 months.
Yeah that shoulder is becoming a concern. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
I wonder how Pedroia's rehab is going. While he obviously is going to have access to fantastic medical care, screws in the foot could turn into a long term problem.
I'm impressed that Mike could post this while on a flight to the winter meeting. Gonzalez is going to be a beast for the Sox. I do think that he will want close to Teixera money since when the contract extension goes into effect he will be the same age as Mark.
Next year Yankees v. Red Sox.
C: Jesus Montero > Jarrod Saltalamachia or whoever they throw behind there.
1B: Teixeira >> Pedroia
SS: Jeter > Scutaro
3B: A-Rod > Youkilis
OF: Gardner = Ellsbury
OF: Swisher > JD Drew
OF: Granderson >>> Mike Cameron
DH: Posada Beckett
SP2: Cliff Lee (?) > Jon Lester
SP3: Andy Pettitte = John Lackey
SP4: Phil Hughes < Buchholz
SP5: Burnett >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Papelbon
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So it looks like defensively, the Yankees and Sox will be matched to an extent. If I had to give someone the edge, I'd give it to The Yankees purely because they have a better ace and Cliff Lee would make it a huge 1-2 punch.
Offensively however, I believe that the Yankees will have a clear edge over the Sox. They are simply equal or better at every position other than first base and DH.
With that in mind, it should be easy to understand that the quality of each individual player necessarily translates into team success. That said:
Girardi > Francona.
Yeah, that took balls.
wait… figured it out. continue.
where's Cano and where's gonzalez?
Is Granderson better than Cameron?? That's questionable. Is Gardner = Ellsbury?? I really think Gardner's better.
Ellsbury gets on base a bit less, but he's a better base-stealer and has a tad more power.
I don't see how the Pads got enough. The Ms gave up more for half a season of Lee.
The plain fact is Rizzo and Fuentes just aren't that good. More products of the Boston hype machine than anything else. Rizzo has power and nothing else. Fuentes has speed and nothing else. As for Kelly, he's got a long way to go to justify his hype. He should have been a 20 year old in A+ and because they rushed him, he stunk. This is not a Hughes with results guaranteed.
The comp with Laird is off – he can at least play more than one position while Rizzo was playing with boxing gloves last year. Otherwise, Manny B plus Laird and Heathcott for a legit MVP candidate? It's comparable to what the Sox gave up but that's not nearly enough either. At least it shouldn't be. And if Hoyer were dealing with the Yanks he would have been demanding Montero plus Manny plus Laird plus Heathcott.
Here's an easy question: Who here thinking Hoyer went with the best deal possible? Who here thinks he picked the team then made the best deal possible? There's a huge difference between the two.
If you substitute Rizzo for Kalish I think this trade makes a lot more sense. If Kyle Blanks comes back healthy (not a guarantee I know) then you essentially have two mlb ready 1b. Kalish is a good defender and is still only 22. I guess they didn't like the fact that he has some service time already?
Blanks will be fine. TJ for non-pitchers has a very very very high success rate. The first time, anyway.
Even then that's second tier. Of all the teams and prospects, no one was interested in getting 5-6 wins next year for $6M and one top-10 prospect? Even if AGon walks, they take the draft picks.
The Rays weren't interested in a deal like that with all of their pitching depth?
I don't think it's a stretch to say Hoyer never tried.
Not sure there's much of a difference between Fuentes and Heathcott. Both are intriguing, toolsy CF prospects who lack polish at the plate.
Its fun and all to rag on the Casey Kelly hype, but Jed Hoyer knows better than most of baseball insiders the potential Kelly offers. He's front-line potential and with impressive physical measurables + SS-level athleticism, you can't blame Hoyer for wanting to take the chance on kelly.
Minor league performance numbers for a 20 year old starter in AA doesnt mean much.
Agreed – Fuentes = Heathcott. Laird has the same bat but more versatility than Rizzo. And Manny B will actually be ranked higher than Kelly this year. Hoyer gave the Sox the only chance to bid.
That's fine, but Kelly isn't all that highly ranked and he's yet to show that potential. If he doesn't make major improvements this year then people will be rightly calling him a bust. He's riding on his 1st round slot. Nothing more.
If the Rays offered Davis or McGee, that's not a better front end?
You do realize that Laird is almost 2 years older than Rizzo, and both spent exactly 107 games in AA.
Also, Callis and KLaw prefer Kelly to Banuelos.
And Laird outperformed him in the same league at a tougher position.
Let's see what BA's final top 100 says.
Regardless, who here wants to argue that Hoyer got the best possible deal?
Laird will probably not be in the BA 100. Rizzo will probably land in the back end.
At that level, there really isn't much difference between prospects. We're not talking top 20 talent either way.
Even still, Lars Anderson was once highly rated. How's he looking?
Ok, so you said wait until BA 100 comes out. Then you say, it doesn't matter what BA 100 says because there is no difference?
Lars Anderson? I heard Todd Van Poppel was rated high too. What does one have to do with the other. Players don't alwasy pan out.
My point is that Rizzo is a better prospect than Laird. I never said by how much. I only said he is a better prospect. Do you agree or disagree?
I realized that BA weigh Rizzo more heavily because of his age. But where they put him won't be a great final call on anything because they recently overvalued Anderson for the same reasons – young and decent at AA and in the same system. That's as close to a comp for Rizzo as we're likely to get.
As for your last question, I'll call it a push. Rizzo is younger. Laird plays defense. The offense is very close.
Ok, it's an agree to disagree. I will say that most prospect people, including Mike A., will agree with me though. I don't think you will find many people who agree with your point. Also, Laird's defense isn't considered good. Some scouts beleive he will have to be moved from 3b because of it.
Ok, and where does Rizzo play if they have to move him? He was putrid in the field last year.
Honestly, I think they're both borderline major leaguers. The OBPs are not very good.
On what basis are you calling his defense putrid? Are you a Gold Glove voter?
KLaw has said in his chats that Banuelos and Kelly is essentially a toss-up. That there is "no wrong answer" when choosing between them.
Yea, I think Banuelos has a higher ceiling, but I can't imagine a world in which Kelly isn't at least a #4 starter, while I can imagine Banuelos never making it or being limited to relief. So what do you like more, certainty or ceiling?
The Rays simply could never take on the financial commitment of A-Gonz's next contract so comparing Rays prospects just can't be done in a vacuum. Wade Davis is supposedly front-line potential as well and is a hell of a lot closer to the bigs, so in that respect, yeah… Davis makes a better front-end piece.
Rizzo's power is darn intriguing.
So, the Rays wouldn't trade a pitcher better than Kelly for 5-6 wins in 2011 for $6M then two first rounders?
Rizzo's power is nice, but he's got nothing else. His defense is supposed to be good, but he committed 15 errors in about 100 games last year. At 1B that's horrid.
You do realize that Adrian Ganzalez had 16 errors in his age 20 season at AA, right? And yes, that's at 1b.
Would youconsider his defense horrid?
Rizzo is a better prospect and projects better than Laird. I'd swap Laird for Rizzo right now.
I will admit that have a similar reaction to Laird as Mike A. has Eduardo Nunez. I think his hype is far greater than what he'll provide. I'm sure he'll run into a pitch here and there, but don't think he'll provide much of anything else offensively or defensively. I would have sold high on him in AA last year.
Exactly. There is still time to sell high on Laird…hopefully.
Rizzo has power and nothing else. I fail to see how he's a major leaguer at 1B. And if he's not there, then he's not a major leaguer.
3 words. Pitching, pitching, pitching. Yanks get Lee, all the hitting in Blosox town wont matter.
Unless Werth enters the frame, of course.
Over/Under: Adrian Gonzalez hits 40 hrs next season.
I'll say (and hope) under if nothing else because of a down season coming off shoulder surgery.
I'd take the under, but not by much. And I'd set his doubles over/under at 50.
Ugh. With a standard feeding of plate appearances for Gonzalez it looks like the RS just landed a +.900 OPS man.
Not that I'm looking forward to it, but I have a great deal of confidence about A-Gon in Fenway. I think a .280/.390/.560 slash line is very obtainable for him.
I'm curious to see how his OBP looks; he had 75 IBB the last 3 years, that's 34% of his walks. I did quick math and if you cut that down to 30 IBB then his OBP is only .374 over the last 3 years.
Just for reference- Youk has 16 IBB over the last 3 years.
For the record Adrian is an elite player, just curious to see if his OBP really stays that high.
I imagine that would be offset by leaving Petco
I think that's under on the BA side. He's a .288 hitter since becoming a regular player in San Diego, once hitting over .300, and just falling short this year at .298. His off years were just at .280. Yet he did that in Petco, the toughest hitting ballpark in MLB. (As I think Mike A. pointed out above, he's a .310 hitter away from Petco.) So he is now moving from the toughest park to what is arguably one of the three best hitting parks in MLB. To balance that slightly, he is moving to the tougher of the two leagues, and the AL East should be loaded with good pitchers and good lefties. Against the Yankees, he'll have to face CC and hopefully Lee and Pettitte.
He'll be a .300-.320 hitter/40 HR guy, even against the tougher competition in the AL. No way to sugarcoat it. He's an impact hitter for the Red Sox!
I think I mentioned this yesterday when comparing him to Teix. Overall, I'd rate A-Gon a better hitter, but the gap is not that large, unless what we saw this year is the new Teixeira. A-Gon will hit for a higher average. Teix has a better eye and will draw more walks. As someone else noted here, A-Gon's OBP is heavily driven by his league-leading intentional walks, as well as being pitched around when not being intentionally walked. That won't happen on the Sox anymore than A-Rod was intentionally walked on the Yankees. So higher BA for A-Gon, but the OBP between the two should be pretty close. I think both will hit 35-40 HRs if healthy. Defensively, both are regarded as "gold glove"-level defenders. The advanced metrics seem to favor A-Gon more, but as I think most of us know, the defensive ratings for first baseman are pretty worthless.
Maybe a one WAR difference between the two.
Under because he's still months away from being able to swing a bat.
That's a fairly placed number. I think it'll be within a couple either direction, but I'll say he goes slightly over.
Does that spray chart account for height? Wondering how many of those balls would hit off the wall as opposed to going over the wall.
I remember the Red Sox put together a similar spray chart when they signed J.D. Drew. He was supposed to be a machine at Fenway. Didn't happen. A-Gon is a different level hitter than Drew and he'll do very well in that park, but these things never quite play out as planned, but he could easily hit .320 with 40+ homers next year. I think I might be more concerned facing him at Yankee Stadium. Sign Lee and come back Andy. We'll need lefties!
Agreed. His average is likely to go up more than anything because routine fly balls to left will now be hits off the Monster, but plenty of no-doubt HRs go to Fenway to die because they are line shots off the monster.
MikeD, That's the first thing I thought of too. Just because a ball landed a longer distance than the fence, doesn't mean it just dropped out of the sky there. It had to travel there with some sort of horizontal movement, and most of those that are only a few feet behind the fence, would likely just hit off the fence or be catches at the fence, especially the Green Monster one's.
That said, I'm also looking in left field at a whole bunch of singles that will now likely be turned into outs since they'll land right where the shallow left fielder plays in Fenway rather than way in front of where the deep left fielder plays in Petco.
So in total, his end year numbers will likely look better than they ever did for the Padres, but they won't be insane. I can see them being very Mark Teixeira-like, but without the first/second half splits and maybe some more average, but likely a few less walks. The hype alone will probably make him an MVP candidate next year, just like Tex was in 2009. But considering positional value, I'm not entirely sold he even replaces Adrian Beltre's full value from last season, much less improve on that value.
This is a tremendous pickup for the Red Sox and I won't try and spin anything to the contrary of that.
All I will say is that with Beltre and Victor both gone (or will be gone), it won't be the easiest task replacing the production of both, especially Beltre. This only goes as far as replacing one of them, albeit, a helluva first baseman.
I'll wait for the uproar towards the Yankees signing Cliff Lee in the coming weeks. The same uproar that is busy kissing Theo's ass right now.
My fantasy 2011 Yankee lineup/roster:
1) Gardner CF
2) Crawford LF
3) Cano 2B
4) ARod 3B
5) Teixeira 1B
6) Swisher RF
7) Posada DH
8) Montero C
9) Jeter SS
1) Sabathia
2) Lee
3) Pettitte
4) Hughes
5) Burnett
(Shouldn't have made the Granderson & Vazquez trades last offseason. We would now have extra pieces like Austin Jackson, Vizcaino etc., to trade for some kind of reliever)
Why so afraid? The way I look at it, the 3rd place Sox replaced the .321/.365/.553 super defender for a .285/.387/.523 hitter and questionable defense at third; plus, the 3rd place Sox replaced their .302/.351/.493 catcher with frickin' Salty for the love of goodness. Seems to me they still are down on offense from what they had last year, injuries notwithstanding…
Anticipate them signing one of the OF'ers, though. It's probable, I'd say.
That really wasn't a .321/.365/.553 player though. He had one season similar to that in his entire career and he's very unlikely to produce a season like that again. He's just not that kind of player.
Gonzalez, on the other hand, consistently hits 30-40 HR, he's walking 90-100 times now (though there are some IBB there), and he's a GG type defender at his own position.
Beltre had a fluke season. The Red Sox got better.
You miss the point – fluke season or not, you still have to replace that production to get better next year.
Agreed. They lost two big hitters and only added one. They are one short as of now, but it seems like they are going to add Werth or Crawford as well, or at least try.
But they're also losing VMart's shitty shitty defense.
lol if this doesn't go down. It's coming down to the wire.
I think it's definitely going to happen but it's got to be nerve-racking for the Sox.
What are the odds the trade doesn't go through…whether it's AGon caving in to the Sox or the Sox caving in and giving the extension. There's like *no way* this thing could not happen, right?
Idk, some writers have made it sound like it could not happen. Let's hope. Deadline is 1 pm cst, I guess 3 minutes away.
I figure the league gave the Red Sox and Gonzalez an extension on negotiations, otherwise the deal is now null, no?
Mike – Is that spray chart overlay thing something anyone can use?
1. the time by which something must be finished or submitted; the latest time for finishing something: a five o'clock deadline.
2. a line or limit that must not be passed.
Deadlines like this are never that firm. Nothing new.
The Red Sox will cheap out as is their way.
12:41pm: Gonzalez's camp doesn't want to discuss an extension unless it happens now, tweets Dan Hayes of the North County Times. He adds that this could be a sticking point in the talks.
1:32pm: Boston might be okay with just laying out parameters with Gonzalez and finalizing a deal during Spring Training if the slugger is healthy, says Joel Sherman of the New York Post (via Twitter).
Those don't seem to jive.
Ellsbury > Jeter
Pedroia > Granderson
Youkilis A-Rod
Ortiz < Cano
Drew < Swisher
Cameron Montero
Salty < Gardner
A. That's being generous to the sox on several counts (Jeter, Granderson, and A-Rod are capable of reversing that with rebounds, and the Montero ranking is assuming that he'll suck in 2011).
B. Where the Sox have an edge, the edge is slight. Not true for the Yanks.
In the end, the Yanks still have a better lineup. If the Sox landed Werth, things would be different, but I'd rather have Jeter be the worst hitter in my lineup than Saltalamacchia
I think it works better if you compare players by position rather than where they hit in the lineup.
Well, to credit Heyman for once, he was pretty concise.
Well, this is fucking awesome.
So all the concern in the '09-'10 off-season was for naught (really once Lowell failed his physical), now the concern this off-season is seemingly for naught.
Alas for the Red Sox…las? for the Yankees.
Going to avoid ESPN for the next few days until the series of "wah wah small market Red Sox" articles passes.


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COPENHAGEN—European stock markets made mixed moves on the last trading day of 2012, as U.S. budget negotiations dominated the mood after policy makers failed to lock in an agreement over the weekend in Washington.
The Stoxx Europe 600 index moved 0.3% higher Monday to close at 279.68, ending the year with a 14% gain. This marks the biggest yearly advance since 2009. On a monthly basis, the index gained 1.4%, while adding 4.2% for the quarter.
Many regional markets were shuttered for New Year's Eve, while others were open only for a shortened trading day.
"To sum up, the market has performed strongly [in 2012] but not well in December, [which] has been historically a strong month," said Atif Latif, director of trading at Guardian Stockbrokers. "Much of this is due to ... the U.S. government's ability to bring a quick resolution to the fiscal cliff, which we knew months ago was looming."
U.S. markets also were focused on the fiscal cliff, but stocks were stuck in a tight range.
In London, the FTSE 100 index dropped 0.5% to 5897.81, cutting gains for the year to 5.8%.
Mining shares declined, as investors were unmoved by an upward revision to HSBC's China manufacturing purchasing-managers Index for December. Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton BLT.LN -0.07% BHP Billiton PLC U.K.: London GBp2,081.50 -1.50 -0.07% July 25, 2014 4:39 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 3.53M P/E Ratio 0.12 Market Cap GBp43.96 Billion Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee GBp875,351 07/23/14 BHP, Anglo-American to Seek Bu... 07/23/14 Asian Shares Rise; Australian ... 07/17/14 BHP Urges India to Scale Back ... More quote details and news » both shed 0.7%. Anglo American AAL.LN +3.44% Anglo American PLC U.K.: London GBp1,639.50 +54.50 +3.44% July 25, 2014 4:35 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 7.63M P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap GBp22.90 Billion Dividend Yield 2.44% Rev. per Employee GBp191,548 07/25/14 Anglo American Profit Sees Str... 07/23/14 BHP, Anglo-American to Seek Bu... 07/23/14 BHP Aims to Boost Iron-Ore Out... More quote details and news » lost 0.5%.
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text: From the January 1935 issue of Motorcyclist magazine MUCH has been written about racing in America between the years of 1911 and 1929, but, to the best of my knowledge, there are still to be heralded some of the factors which operated behind the scenes. As it may be of help and interest to present day riders, I would like to bring out if possible the elements of team work, the knowledge of mechanics, the versatility of the riders and the broadness of their training during the period I have mentioned. In those days a rider, whether he be a National champion or just a member of a factory team, had to be ready to jump from a hard surfaced track to a soft one. He had to ride in dust so thick he could not see the rider ahead of him. One race might be one-lap on a mile and the next might be 300 miles. Following that he might be called upon to ride at Daytona Beach for a speed record. Through it all he had to strive for team work, employing the tricks of the trade, not only to bring for himself a victory which was expected of him by fans and his factory alike, but he also had to conspire to bring through his team mates. It was like modern football. There was no place for straight sensational riding. In those days there was no demand for grandstanding. You were expected to fit into a general program, and you were trained to do it on dirt, sand or boards. Training always has to have a starting point and mine started with the fastest ride I ever had in my life; not in terms of the stop watch, but in terms of my own sensations. Lee Humiston had just run the one-mile in 36 seconds (100 m.p.h.) and he had also turned 100 miles in 68 minutes upon the old board track at Playa del Rey or what some called the Venice Boards. Indian was in hopes of recovering the record and accordingly Chas Balky riding a factory big base, eight valve was working to get it back. He was doing his work at the Indian agency in Los Angeles, C. Will Risdon's place. I was working to develop an open port side valve dirt track job in connection with local events. It happened that one day I landed on the boards together with Balky, neither of us paying any attention to the other, and each trying to find bugs in his respective equipment. Balky started out just as I did for a trial. Although my job was not capable of as much as his factory equipment, by reason of our starting together I happened to get pace on him and in consequence stayed with him for a few laps, the fastest of which clocked 39 seconds. Balky looked around under his arm and saw me hanging on so he put into use his unusual ability to ride the bottom board. I couldn't stay on the bottom board but I didn't lose pace. Before long we both came in and stopped. After changing plugs Balky came over and asked if I had ever ridden a big base, eight valve. I told him no, and that my fastest lap had been the one we just turned. He said he would like to listen to his job and asked if I would like to take it around. Of course I said I would. He told me how to handle it and I took off to warm up and turned 37 4/5 seconds. That lap did things to me. In a sense it was the fastest I ever turned. The surprises I experienced as this motor responded to my every wish were so great that I never again received quite the same thrill. It was my initiation into speed and it clinched my determination to try for some real records. As a result of that ride I was to work with Balky as mechanic and it might be opportune at this point to discuss the equipment we used in those days. Wheelbase was 56 inches, tires 28" x 2", spring forks, direct drive from sprocket to wheel with a compensator on the rear wheel, wide open carburetor with no throttle control, open ports which were great for burning up your leggings and legs about half way between your ankles and knees, eight valves-four valves to a cylinder, and of course the big base or the crankcase of enormous size holding huge fly wheels which were very successful on board tracks. Incidentally in those days we had steel pistons which rang like bells and the piston pin was held in place by a boss which came down from the roof of the piston head, it not being anchored in the side of the piston. The crowning achievement of my experience with Balky came one day when I was trying out a job on the Del Rey boards. A fire had consumed one portion of the track. This had been rebuilt for a width of seven feet. I had worked up to a speed of 96 m.p.h. and was dividing my attention between the noises of my mount and the problem of staying on the seven narrow feet through the burned portion when something happened. It seemed at the time like the whole world had suddenly been blotted out. Actually I had hit a sea gull, taking him full in my face. Luckily it did not knock me out, but the gull was not so fortunate. I never saw a sea gull cover so much territory before or since. I was covered with sea gull-and more sea gull. Any guy who could take sea gulls on the nose like that was supposed to be good, so the factory entrusted me with an eight valve of my own to use in coast events. It was No. 48 and was destined in one way and another to become fairly well known to the fans in the West Coast territory. Along about '16 we changed this motor over to closed port barrels. This developed to be an improvement as it made all the Indians run better and with less heat. Before this development could be carried far the war came along and by '17 many of the racers, including myself, found ourselves in France riding against time with shells and trying to dodge shell holes in the dark. This is a story in itself, so we will skip it, coming back to this country in the latter part of '19. Perhaps receiving an entry blank in Coblenz, Germany, for a 200-mile event at Ascot on the same day the event was to run at Ascot speeded my return. There was an odd feature about Ascot. There you rode fast, and straight, in order to stay up. At most tracks you rode and slid so as to make time on the turns. Reviewing the peculiarities made me homesick, especially when later I heard that my old friend Ralph Hepburn had taken the event. Upon my arrival in the U.S. I was given a place on the Harley-Davidson team, my first participation in an event being on Ascot late in the year. Burns had left the Harley-Davidson team, going with Indian, and I was selected to fill in. 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The LSU student who died apparently was the victim of acute alcohol poisoning, caused by consuming a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time. This obviously was an extreme example of the problems involving drinking by college students -- otherwise it would not have made the national news -- but it is symptomatic of a continuing and growing problem throughout the college community.
After the 1997 LSU incident, media attention was turned to the extent of the problem or how much information there is about it, from various viewpoints, on the Internet.
Now, wait a minute, Buddy! College and drinking go together like, well, orange juice and Vodka. It's all part of the growing up process... the rites of passage. It's been going on as long as there have been colleges and it will keep going on. What's the big deal?
The problem is not alcohol and drinking, but "binge" drinking. What is binge drinking? Most of us have always thought of a "binge" as a two or three day drunk. But the medical definition of the term is "five or more drinks in a row for men, four or more for women."
In other words, "binge drinking" is drinking for the primary purpose of getting drunk.
More and more students these days are drinking just to get "wasted." A 1993 questionnaire completed by nearly 18,000 students at 140 colleges in 40 states found that 44 percent of the students - 50 percent of the men and 39 percent of the women - binged. The numbers have increased since then. Another report from The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University indicated that 33 percent of college students now drink primarily to get drunk.
But the real eyebrow-raising statistic in the Columbia report was that 35 percent of college women reported drinking "to get drunk" in 1993, more than triple the 10 percent in 1977.
Problems Facing BingersObviously, college students who frequently binge drink have more problems than their "social drinking" counterparts. A study by the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrates how frequent binge drinkers have a much higher incident of problems than even those who "infrequently" binge and a much higher rate than those who drink moderately.
Problems range from more hangovers, missing class and getting behind on classwork to much more dangerous issues. Statistics show that 90 percent of all campus violence is alcohol related and that 80 percent of males who commit "date rape" have been drinking prior to the incident.
But perhaps even more disturbing is the statistic that 55 percent of date rape victims have been drinking prior to the incident. College men have been criticized for generations for using alcohol to lessen the resistance of their dates, but now college women are being warned not to set themselves up as victims by choosing to get drunk on their own.
The problems don't stop there. According to the AMA report, frequent binge drinkers at colleges are twice as likely to have unplanned and unprotected sex as infrequent bingers and four times more likely than moderate drinkers. Simply put, the more they drink the more likely they are to become pregnant or contract a sexually transmitted disease.
When 42 percent of college students in a recent survey admitted they had gotten drunk sometime in the last two weeks, The Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse termed binge drinking as the No. 1 substance abuse problem on today's college campus.
Addressing the ProblemAs the problem of binge drinking has reached epidemic proportions colleges have responded by tightening the rules regarding all drinking. Many have simply banned alcoholic beverages from all public events as a response to the possible liability facing the schools should they condone drinking in any form.
The police departments of some college towns have been forced to get tougher with off-campus drinking by enforcing the laws against underage drinking and public intoxication.
Some fraternities have banned alcohol in their houses and in their pledge recruitment policies.
But as LSU Chancellor William Jenkins told the press in 1997, "Unfortunately it is not humanly possible to regulate the conduct of our students, particularly in their off-campus actions."
Unfortunately, too many of them have seen "Animal House."


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With mobile communications being used by employees from traveling salesmen to truck drivers, chances are you're in a business that incorporates this type of communications. From types of access systems, such as Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) and Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), to services, such as Follow Me Roaming and prepaid abilities, you'll have a good chance of getting just the system and device you need when you familiarize yourself with mobile communications key terms.
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Most cell phones have cameras. According to Email Responsibly, 70 percent of mobile phone users take pictures every month. This can greatly benefit your business. You can send potential clients pictures of completed jobs if you are in a visually-oriented field. Your employees can send you pictures of things that are giving them trouble, so you can determine if you have a solution.
Mobile Web
Smart phones, which are a type of mobile phone that have advanced capabilities, allow you to check your e-mail directly from your cell phone. Email Responsibly notes that 21 percent of mobile phone users check their work e-mail, and 31 percent check personal e-mail from their phone. This means that you can reply to client inquiries and handle other e-mail correspondence without having to be tied to a desk or computer. You can also check on your financial information and other vital information through the mobile Web function on a smart phone.
Application Availability
Many cell phones have downloadable applications, or apps, that can help you out with your business. Budgeting programs, apps that help with making bids, calendars, inventory management programs, spreadsheets, word processing applications, and a host of other apps that are useful for businesses are available for mobile phones.
Although there are many advantages to using mobile phones, there are also a few pitfalls that must be discussed to avoid when choosing a final product. These include secondary costs, rebates, interactions with other products, and the use of third-party equipment.
Secondary Costs
Many phone providers will advertise very low prices and deals that seem great at first glance, but upon further inspection (and a possible reading of the fine print), you will see that these advertised prices are nothing more than a shiny lure to get your attention. Most providers will show an advertised price of a phone that includes signing a one to two-year contract and a rebate deduction. In fact, you will sometimes pay double the advertised price once at checkout.
The downside of rebates is the length of time they generally take to receive the money they owe you. Most rebates have a minimum of four to six-weeks before you will see a mention of your money. That is a long time when on a budget, especially when purchasing a bulk amount of phones. Other hidden costs can be data plans, forced insurance for the hardware, overage charges, or even necessary peripherals.
Interactions with Other Products
Another problem is the lack of cross platform and manufacture support for the end product. No matter what brand of mobile phone you get, chances are it will not interact with every other brand of phone on the market. In fact, with some manufacturers, their hardware will only interact with hardware and peripherals of the same brand.
Third-Party Equipment
This can be a problem when data transfer or interaction between two phones on any level is needed. When this happens, hardware or software from a third party is required. Whether it be a computer, tablet, or specific data cable, usually another piece of equipment is required when different brands of phones are used to interact together with data.
Above are just a few of the possible pitfalls to avoid when setting out to research and purchase any new type of mobile phone. Keep these things in mind and you can safely make an educated purchase that will keep you from having unnecessary future headaches.
In today's society, having a way to communicate with businesses and individuals around the clock is almost a necessity. Smart phones have made it possible to keep in touch with people no matter where they are or what they are doing. Businesses investing in smart phones give their employees a way to connect with the office and other employees whether they are at work, at home or on vacation.
Costs of Mobile Phones
The cost of mobile phones can vary greatly depending on the device. Smart phones, which are most popular among business professionals due to the fact that they allow e-mail and Internet usage, are more expensive than regular mobile phones. Businesses looking to purchase smart phones for their employees may receive group discounts if they stick with a specific carrier.
Who Uses Smart Phones
A huge percentage of the U.S. population uses mobile phones, specifically smart phones. Individuals are not only using their smart phones for work, but are also using them for personal use. Out of all smart phone users, 93 percent use their phone from home, 81 percent use their smart phone to browse the Internet, and 77 percent use their smart phone to search the Web through their phone. Google has discovered that 39 percent of smart phone users even admit to using their smart phones while going to the bathroom, and one out of every five users would consider giving up cable television to continue to have their smart phones.
Cell phones are a great asset to any business. The use of cell phones keeps you in touch with your business contacts and your employees. Using smart phones will allow you and your employees to access e-mail and the Internet out in the field. The original expense of equipping your business with mobile phones may seem like a lot, but you will find that the benefits far exceed your expectations. Check into different plans and carriers to find the best fit for your company. Watch for hidden expenses and think about the way you want your employees to use the phones. Staying abreast of the latest and greatest in this fast-paced environment called business is the key to a successful business. Using mobile phones will assist your business in keeping up the pace.
In an ever-increasing fast-paced society, almost everyone carries a mobile telephone. Some businesses, such as school districts, hospitals, accounting groups, and financial planning and law firms, find that providing mobile phones to their employees is useful and necessary. Mobile phones in the workplace help those in management stay connected with employees, and they allow employees to stay connected with business associates and customers.
Many telephone carriers offer mobile phone services, including AT&T, Sprint, and Verizon. These companies offer individual mobile phone plans and plans that are specifically geared toward businesses.
Mobile phones allow employees to continue working while moving from one location to another. If a company provides smartphones, employees can also check and send email, stay on top of developments and trends, and conduct research in the office or at home.
There are negatives to giving employees mobile phones. It can be difficult to monitor the types of calls being made, and there could be times when employees use the phones for personal use. If unlimited minutes are not offered on the mobile phone plan, overages are also possible. When making a decision about using mobile phones, you should weigh the risks as well as the benefits.
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Prosecutors said today her grandmother, Helen M. Ford, 51, of the 5200 block of West Adams Street, inflicted so many injuries on the girl over a long enough period and neglected her so badly that before she died Friday, Gizzell had maggots living in a head injury that had spread to another part of her scalp.


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A smaller percentage of Forsyth County's labor force was jobless in September than August, and its 6.4 percent unemployment in September was the lowest rate of nearby counties reported by the Georgia Department of Labor today.
Cherokee and Hall Counties are just slightly higher at 6.7 percent, and Dawson County at 7.0 percent. While North Fulton's unemployment rate was relatively low, the overall Fulton County rate was much higher at 9.2 percent.
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6.7%Dawson 11,479 7.0
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In nearby cities, Gainesville's rate dropped to 7.6 percent, Alpharetta's rate declined to 6.3 percent, Roswell's rate dropped to 6.5 percent and while Johns Creek had a bigger drop of five-tenths of a percentage point, it has the highest unemployment rate of North Fulton cities at 7.2 percent.City Labor Force Rate Alpharetta 31,281 6.3% Gainesville 16,130 7.6% Johns Creek 36,814 7.2% Roswell 49,385 6.5%
The GDOL als reports the preliminary unemployment rate in the Georgia Mountains area declined to 7.2 percent in September, down five-tenths of a percentage point from a revised 7.7 percent in August. The rate was 8.5 percent in September 2011.
The rate declined primarily because the number of unemployed people decreased by 1,507, while the number of employed people increased by 2,879.
The metro Atlanta unemployment rate also declined to 8.4 percent in September from a revised 8.8 percent in August.
The metro Atlanta rate declined primarily because of 4,446 fewer layoffs in manufacturing, construction, trade, administrative and support services, and accommodations and food services, plus 31,606 more people were employed.
If you are looking for a job, you'll probably skip metro Dalton, which had the state's highest at 11.2 percent. That's 2.2 percent higher than Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 9.0 percent in September.
While the state lost 400 jobs from August to September, it actually gained 61,800 jobs since the 3,877,600 in September of 2011, climbing to 3,939,400.
In metro Atlanta, the number of jobs decreased to 2,335,700 in September, down by 5,100 from August, but up by 31,400 from 2,304,300 in September 2011.


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There will be a "Just Say NO" rally at the Tennessee State Capitol on Wednesday, December 5th at 12 noon Central time. The rally will be an effort to put Governor Bill Haslam and the Tennessee General Assembly on notice that Tennesseans do not want the state to cooperate with the federal government by creating a state health care exchange as defined in the patient protection and affordable care act.
Governor Haslam has until December 14 to declare his intent to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services with regards to the creation of a state exchange.
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Check out the blowout earnings by Whirlpool.
The maker of Maytag and KitchenAid appliances posted a quarterly profit that left analysts' expectations in the dirt. Try $2.51 a share compared with Wall Street's estimate for $1.33. People, when a company tops expectations to the tune of $1.18, that's crazy.
The strong results, not surprisingly, prompted the world's largest appliance maker to raise its full-year outlook as well as its forecast for 2010 U.S. industry shipments.
The company had been hurt by the sluggish economy and weak housing market in North America — its largest market — but increasing demand for energy-efficient products and a federal stimulus program are luring shoppers back.
Not to be outdone, cigarette maker Lorillard posted a stronger-than-expected profit, helped by higher volumes and market share gains as U.S. smokers chose less expensive brands.
Jobless? Yes. Smokeless?
This year is shaping up to be a tough one for the U.S. cigarette industry.
The government is expected to enact a large increase to the federal tax on cigarettes in order to fund an expansion of a children's healthcare program. Many analysts expect some states to also raise cigarette taxes to fill their shrinking coffers.
Plus, the shrinking economy will be a test of just how "recession proof" the cigarette business is.
"If you are losing your job, one thing you are going to think about cutting back on your spending is smoking," a Morningstar tobacco analyst said.
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Annabelle Mary Lovelace, 84, of Jasonville, passed away at 12:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at Regional Hospital in Terre Haute. She was born April 29, 1928, in Marion County, to Clarence E. Reed and Martha A. (Perry) Reed. Annabelle married Harold Raymond Lovelace, on Dec. 31, 1949, and he passed away on Feb. 13, 2007.
Survivors include her daughters and a son-in-law, Dianna M. Secrest and Bill Secrest of Dugger, Debra Jewel Sweeney of Sullivan, and Mary Ann Field of Jasonville; son, James Lee Lovelace and Karen Rawley of Worthington; 15 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; a brother, Carl Reed of Cloverdale; and sisters, Mary Cox of Zionsville, and Millie Reed of Indianapolis.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Mel Reed, Raymond Reed, and Junior Reed; sister, Jean Reed; son-in-law, Sam Field.
Annabelle had done seasonal work for Pioneer and previously worked at Formfit and Keller Aluminum. She was a member of the Jasonville Church of God.
Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at Cox Funeral Home, 218 S. Meridian St. Funeral services are 7 p.m. Thursday, with Pastor Jonathan Heard officiating. Cremation will follow funeral services as requested by Annabelle.


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by Jonathan Singer, Sun Mar 19, 2006 at 09:12:32 AM EST
As if any more proof that the Republicans are by there nature unable to govern Congress efficiently or effectively, news comes today indicating that the pension bill crafted by the GOP Congress over the past year would actually do more harm to the private pension system than good. And this comes from a government report. Mary Williams Walsh has the story for The New York Times.
With a strong directive from the Bush administration, Congress set out more than a year ago to fashion legislation that would protect America's private pension system, tightening the rules to make sure companies set aside enough money to make good on their promises to employees.
Then the political horse-trading began, with lawmakers, companies and lobbyists, representing everything from big Wall Street firms to tiny rural electric cooperatives, weighing in on the particulars of the Bush administration's blueprint.
In the end, lawmakers modified many of the proposed rules, allowing companies more time to cover pension shortfalls, to make more forgiving estimates about how much they will owe workers in the future, and even sometimes to assume that their workers will die younger than the rest of the population.
On top of those changes, companies also persuaded lawmakers to add dozens of specific measures, including a multibillion-dollar escape clause for the nation's airlines and a special exemption for the makers of Smithfield Farms hams.
As a result, the bill now being completed in a House-Senate conference committee, rather than strengthening the pension system, would actually weaken it, according to a little-noticed analysis by the government's pension agency. The agency's report projects that the House and Senate bills would lower corporate contributions to the already underfinanced pension system by $140 billion to $160 billion in the next three years. [emphasis added]
Say what you will about Republican ideology -- right or wrong, there are many Americans who genuinely believe in the ideology of the modern GOP -- but it's becoming ever more clear that the Republican Party is simply unfit to govern.
From the Medicare Part D program, which costs the government nearly twice what was anticipated while doing little to stem the problem of rising prescription drug costs, to the No Child Left Behind law, which has done little to improve America's public schools while still spending billions of federal dollars, the Republican Congress has shown time and time again that it is unable to craft effective legislation.
To be fair to Congressional Republicans, President Bush has been just as bad, if not worse, failing to successfully implement the aforementioned programs. And of course, one cannot overlook his poor handling of the situation in Iraq, from trumped up charges against Saddam Hussein in the pre-war stages to lack of pre-war planning.
If the American people want to restore some semblance of competance to government in Washington, they really only have one choice: electing Democratic majorities to the House and Senate in November and sending a Democrat to the White House in 2008. Republican incompetence might not be the sexiest issue this year, especially with the base, but for unaffiliated voters and voters only loosely affiliated with the Republican Party, the issue of competence could be one to initiate a partisan shift that would last not just one election, but many elections to come. And isn't that what the Democrats are really after, systematic change rather than short-term victory?
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Given the success of the first two movies, it's not surprising that "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" looks absolutely incredible.
Per a brand new teaser trailer, Ben Stiller and the gang travel to London, England where they try to save the magic that brings the various characters to life.
Sure to bring a smile to your Wednesday (November 20), Walt Disney Pictures released two more trailers for "Muppets Most Wanted."
In the clips, audiences get another look at the hilarious encounters poor Kermit the Frog faces as his identify is stolen by an infamous thief Constantine.
After their triumphant comeback in 2011, "The Muppets" will return for a big screen sequel in "Muppets Most Wanted."
Disney unveiled a new poster of the highly-anticipated flick on Tuesday (October 29), in advance of the springtime release date.
Gearing up for the next chapter of Muppet madness, Walt Disney Pictures just dropped the new teaser trailer for "Muppets Most Wanted," along with some fresh photos.
This time around, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the gang are headed out on a global tour of cities like London, Madrid and Berlin.
With the series finale of "The Office" nearing its anticipated premiere, Ricky Gervais scored a feature in the Comedy Issue of GQ magazine.
While striking a hilarious pose for celeb lensman Levon Biss, the British comedian chatted about the opinions of others and his ambitions away from the entertainment industry.
The Imperial War Museum in London, England was the place to be tonight (December 6) as Schofield and Holden hosted the 2012 Sun Military Awards.
Elle MacPherson rocked the red carpet in a gorgeous black gown along with British beauties including Ashley Roberts, Katie Price, and Victoria Pendleton.
He's one of the most acid-tongued actors in the business, but even Ricky Gervais has a soft spot for famed photographer Terry Richardson.
The "Invention of Lying" star posed for a fun-filled photoshoot helmed by Richardson for the new issue of the New York Times magazine and it looks like they had a blast.
It was a tense evening as the votes were counted last night (November 6) and when the dust settled President Barack Obama was elected to a second term in office.
And once the news spread, celebrities all over the world took to their Twitter accounts to share their reactions.
Preparations are underway for the 64th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. With Jimmy Kimmel hosting, the program will air live on ABC on Sunday, September 23rd.
A fresh batch of presenters for the awards was announced today (September 11). The list includes comedic actors Louis C.K., Mindy Kaling, Amy Poehler, and Ricky Gervais as well as Ginnifer Goodwin and "The Big Bang Theory" star Jim Parsons.
Gathering together to honor the year's best in cinema, the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards winners have officially been named.
With the event taking place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday evening (January 15), Ricky Gervais tended to hosting duties while "The Descendants" was named as Best Drama Motion Picture and "The Artist" ended up taking home the top prize of Best Comedy or Musical Motion Picture.
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