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Series Preview: Kansas City RoyalsBy
Kauffman Stadium is one of the nicer parks in the league I hear, especially after they renovated the place a year or two ago. Ben will be there for all three games this week, but alas, I'll be watching on the ol' idiot box. These two clubs met in New York earlier this season, with the Royals taking two of three. They won the first game in extra innings thanks to Buddy Carlyle, and the other by pounding Ivan Nova.
What Have The Royals Done Lately?
Yesterday's loss to the White Sox was their second straight loss and their sixth in their last seven days. They've also lost eight of their last ten. The Royals are 50-71 overall with a -55 run differential, occupying the bottom spot in the AL Central.
Royals On Offense
Kansas City has a pretty legit offense, though the lineup is top heavy. Alex Gordon (.298/.372/.480) is their best all around hitter (and player) and leadoff guy, and former Yankee Melky Cabrera (.311/.343/.478) has settled into the number two spot. Billy Butler (.284/.363/.445) bats third and rookie Eric Hosmer (.275/.328/.425) cleans up. Hosmer hit his first career homer in Yankee Stadium earlier in the season, and he's hitting a stout .293/.354/.469 over the last six weeks or so. Jeff Francoeur soaks up the fifth spot with his .272/.323/.460 batting line. Those five are the only players on the team with double digit homeruns, and all of them except Hosmer have either 14 or 15 (Hosmer has ten).
The rest of the lineup is pretty iffy. Recent call-up Johnny Giavotella is guaran-damn-teed to be that pain in the butt player this series, and he's hitting .289/.325/.474 in limited time. Third baseman Mike Moustakas is having trouble after making the jump from hot shot prospect to big leaguer (.184/.242/.232 in a small-ish sample), and another recent call-up (Salvador Perez) has taken over behind the plate (.264/.250/.333 in four games). Alcides Escobar is in the lineup for his glove (+8 UZR, +11 DRS), not his bat (.251/.288/.332).
That group of players up their represent their regular lineup, and like the Yankees, the Royals only have three players on the bench. That's backup catcher Brayan Pena (.262/.302/.364), backup infielder Chris Getz (.256/.315/.285), and backup outfielder Mitch Maier (.253/.364/.360). Kansas City is one stolen base behind the Yankees for the AL lead, and they have five players with at least ten steals (Getz, Escobar, Gordon, Melky, and Frenchy). It's a better offense than you may realize.
Royals On The Mound
Monday, RHP Felipe Paulino (vs. A.J. Burnett): Claimed off waivers from the Rockies earlier this season, Paulino (a former Astros) has quietly performed like a borderline ace for the Royals in a dozen starts. His strikeout (8.23 K/9) and walk (2.90 BB/9) rates are very good, and although 44.8% grounders isn't great, it'll get the job done with those walks and whiffs. Paulino brings the heat, legitimately sitting in the mid-90′s with his fastball and throwing his slider in the high-80′s. He's also got a changeup and curveball, but they're distant third and fourth offerings. Unsurprisingly, he does have some trouble with lefties. The Yankees have never faced Paulino, and he's allowed more than three runs just four times as a Royal. He's sneaky good.
Tuesday, LHP Danny Duffy (vs. Nova): Another guy the Yankees have never faced before, Duffy was one of nine top 100 prospects the Royals boasted coming into the season. He's been below-average in 15 starts since being called up, walking too many (4.41 BB/9), getting too few ground balls (39.4%), and throwing too many pitches (averaging 97 pitches and just 5.1 IP per start). Duffy's a hard-throwing lefty, sitting in the 92-94 range with his four-seamer and a touch below that with his two-seamer. A big-breaking mid-70′s curveball is his bread and butter pitcher, and his low-80′s changeup is a decent offering as well. Duffy certainly has the ability to shut the Yankees down, but I'd like to think that they'll punish a rookie pitcher with walk and fly ball issues.
Wednesday, LHP Bruce Chen (vs. Bartolo Colon): For some reason I thought Chen shut the Yankees down last year, but he made just two starts against them and neither was all that great: 6 IP, 5 R and 5 IP, 3 R. He's having a similar season to last year but is just a bit worse across the board, with underwhelming strikeout (5.59 K/9), homerun (1.16 HR/9), and ground ball (37%) rates. His walk rate (3.28 BB/9) is fine though. Chen is a total soft-tosser, sitting 84-88 with a variety of fastballs (four-seamer, two-seamer, cutter). A low-80′s slider is his top secondary offering, and he'll also mix in a high-70′s changeup and low-70′s curve. Chen's been pretty good since coming off the DL in late June, allowing three or fewer runs in six of nine starts. He did cough up ten runs just three starts ago, though.
Bullpen: Three men on the bench means eight guys on the bullpen. Closer Joakim Soria has dug himself out of an early season rut, pitching to a 2.22 ERA with 27 strikeouts and just four walks in 28.1 IP since the calendar flipped to May. His primary setup man these days is righty Greg Holland (2.56 FIP), though Aaron Crow (3.85 FIP) will also get some late-inning work as well. Louis Coleman (3.69 FIP) is a side-arming righty without much of a platoon split, but that's because he hasn't been up all that long. Tim Collins has gaudy minor league numbers but also some major walk problems (6.66 BB/9 and 4.74 FIP). Blake Wood (4.13 FIP), Nathan Adcock (4.45 FIP), and Everett Teaford (7.13 FIP in a small sample) fill out the rest of the bullpen, doing everything from long relief to middle innings work. Collins and Teaford are the two lefties.
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according to oWAR: Granderson > Melky > Swisher > Gardner this season. I know Gardner has defensive value and all, but defensive metrics suck. So offensively, Melky would be nice to have.
Agreed, especially since he's been better than Jones and Dickerson too.
Sure, but at this point why would he want to be a 4th outfielder?
Who says it's a do-over? The kid is establishing himself.
It always made sense to me to alternate Melky and Gardner based on who's hot. They gave up that option (plus Vizcaino and Dunn) for absolutely nothing.
I'm not defending the trade. I'd love to have Vizcaino, but I'm agreeing with Mike. Giving up Melky was never what bothered me.
Don't bother with the actual metrics then, but you can't just take out the defense completely. That's the opposite extreme.
You can have Melky, I'll gladly, gladly have Gardner.
It's hysterical how Yankee fans overvalue Brett Gardner. He's not playing a premium position (CF) and he's not producing offensively at an elite level. Melky Cabrera is a far more proficient hitter.
If this was a debate between John McDonald and Hanley Ramirez we would take Hanley in a heart beat. The oWar extreme is about the same.
You're only citing oWar. There are like, 800 million other statistics that disagree with you.
Melky has a better wOBA too.
Not by NEARLY the gap you're implying. .357 to .351
Again, it's not like scouts disagree with the metrics on Gardner. He's a fantastic defensive outfielder. If you're going to deny that has any value, I can't keep having this discussion with you.
Defense certainly has value. But there are premium positions (CF,SS,C,2B) where defense holds a much greater value. You can find light-hitting LF with sensational defense around major league baseball.
I do not agree with any defensive metric out there because they often disagree with themselves on a year-by-year basis. There's nothing concrete out there.
So to give Gardner a jump of about 5 WAR because of his defense is absolutely silly.
This year he's been worth ~2.5, not 5.
And to give him no credit at all is sillier.
Also to completely ignore last year offensively is silliest.
Also, defensive metrics have not disagreed on Gardner, ever. Nor have scouts.
This season. He has a (slightly) better wOBA… this season. It's hysterical how much weight you're putting into not even one season's worth of data.
Over the past three seasons, Brett Gardner has been the better offensive and defensive player. Period. Melky is currently rocking the highest BABIP of his career by leaps and bounds while still holding a below average BB%. Yet his wOBA is only .357 compared to Gardner's .351. and Gardner didn't hit at all at the beginning of the season.
Gardner's wOBA since May: .387 in June, .359 in July, .384 thus far in Aug.
Gardner > Melky. Come back next season if/when Melky keeps this up and then you'll have a case.
Melky's BABIP < Gardner's BABIP
Melky's K% < Gardner's K% at any point in his career
And despite Gardner's hot streak Melky has still been better.
And Melky is younger.
Because it's unusual for a player with elite speed to have a high BABIP…
Good stuff.
K%, alone, is a terrible measure of offensive value.
Fun fact: Brett Gardner had a .340 BABIP last year. This year it's .338
Melky has never been above .309 in a full season.
Melky's BABIP is well above his career averages while Gardner's BABIP is right in line with is career. He had a .340 BABIP all of last season.
No sh*t Garnder has a high BABIP, he's one of the fastest players in baseball! And it lines in with his career norms while Melky's is better than it has EVER been by leaps and bounds.
"Gardner's hot streak"? You mean the good hitting he's kept up since the beginning of last year that destroys the production of any LFer outside of Braun, Holliday and Hamilton?
Get outta here.
Over the last two seasons, Melky has been worth a total of 6 runs above replavement offensively. In the same time, Gardner has been worth 26.6 runs.
In his career, Melky has been above replacement level offensively twice: 2011 and 2006. Gardner has done it each of the last 3 seasons, with his rookie season in 2008 being the only time he failed.
Melky is having a better season at the plate than Gardner, but that doesn't necessarily mean he will keep it up. His track record has been pretty mediocre to bad.
Melky Cabrera is younger than Brett Gardner. Melky Cabrera's track record includes age 20,21, and 22 seasons while Brett Gardner was in college and an age 23 and 24 season when Brett Garnder was in the minor leagues. Age 25 he was traded away and was obviously devastated by the trade considering the news articles that came in once he left. He got back in shape this season and is producing extremely well.
I just can't fathom the Melky hate and the Gardner love.
I understand that Melky's young, but you're suggesting he's a better hitter than Gardner.
That's not true based on the evidence.
It's possible that this is a breakout year for him. It's also possible that this is a fluke and he'll revert to his past level next year. Why can't you accept that?
melky cabrera 2011: 3.8 war
this is the first time in his career he has ever been above 1.7. he has been a fulltime player for many seasons.
brett gardner 2011: 4.3 war.
last year in his first full year he was at 6.2.
and in 09 he was at 2.4 in 108 games.
so, yeah, you can keep melky and i will gladly gladly gladly take gardner.
but hey, stats mean nothing
Or war inflated by defense means nothing.
WAR is not "inflated" by defense. Defense is a part of WAR.
What the fuck are you talking about?!
He left.
Fuck no, not ever never never never.
Gardner is an elite defender, metrics be damned. He also can run, which is worth something.
As long as they (Yankees) take 2 out of 3 I'll be satisfied.
Wow, could that Vazquez trade get any worse? First Melky finds his peak, then Vizcaino has been filthy in the majors, and even Michael Dunn has a 10 K/9.
Worst. Trade. Ever.
It was usually either Melky or Gardner in the lineup. I'm happy with the Yankees' choice.
Why? Because Gardner is fast? Because UZR says Gardner plays great defensive? The oWar difference between the two: 4.4 /1.6. And Melky steals bags too. I'd take Melky over Gardner.
Why are you completely ignoring defense?
Because he plays a corner OF position and light hitting corner outfielders who play good defense grow on trees.
So do power hitting elite defending CFers.
But he's not light hitting. He's just not.
.363 OBP players with speed and amazing defense to not grow on any trees.
And only siting oWar is intellectually dishonest.
Use other stats too, wrc+ it's only 124 to 119.
His wOBA advantage is only .357 to .351
Gardner has a .020 point OBP advantage.
Cabrera as stolen 16/23 bases, Gardner 36/47.
In what world would you actually want Cabrera over Gardner? The offensive values are so close that to ignore defense is just silly.
Look, I like what Melky's done, but you're ridiculously underselling Gardner.
Melky(the poster): If you can give me a well-reasoned, evidenced proof of why we should use oWAR over any other statistic, and why defensive metrics(and scouts) should be ignored when evaluating talent, and why making contact(and more outs) is better than walking(and making fewer outs), I will concede this argument.
I don't give a shit about oWAR, nobody uses that for a reason. Melky is having his career year I'm not gonna lose sleep about it, he's sucked most other years. Gardner has been awesome the past two years, with 4 good to great tools.
Arodys is fucking up already? Holy shit this fucking sucks.
Bum Rushed: Not old enough to remember Jay Buhner for Ken Phelps.
This was a bad trade, and it's a bad trade that, so far, means zilch to this team. I still wear my Melky shirt to the stadium, yet the team's outfield is not missing a beat without him (and he went through another team before having this good season.)
Who really gives a crap about a middle reliever like Mike Dunn? I hope Vizcaino succeeds, and I hope Betances and Banuelos do too, since you then realize that you can't keep every prospect.
It's time to let go of the Javy Vazquez trade.
This. A million times this.
I loved Melky. I still root for him, I'm glad he's having a great year.
That's not blinding me from recognizing that this team still has a LOOGY, still has probably the best OF in the major leagues, and still has some great, high-end starting pitching prospects in the minors.
We can acknowledge a trade was poor(in hindsight) without being unreasonable about Melky.
Vizcaino will be better than Banuelos and Betances. He's pitching in a pitcher's organization. The Yankee, by contrast, have no fricken clue. Hector Noesi says hello. As do IPK, Hughes, and Joba…
Ain't no letting go of that trade. It's going to haunt this organization. Arodys is filthy and they got nothing in return.
IPK seems to have done pretty well after being developed by the Yankees.
Um, except he wasn't "developed" by the Yankees.
Yeah, he was.
You mean the 12 games started in MLB over three years? He surpassed that in his first year in Zona.
Hughes and Joba similarly show what it means to be "developed" by the Yankees.
IPK is already far better than both.
So please humor me, what definition of "developed" are you using?
He pitched his entire minor league career (parts of four seasons), plus made his major league debut for the Yankees. Just because they dealt him to get an MVP caliber CFer doesn't remove the fact that he was developed by the Yankees.
By your definition, Hughes and Joba were "developed" by the Yankees.
At least we have a definition of "develop".
You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.
They were developed by the Yankees.
Their success (or lack there of) is irrelevant to defining what team gets credit (or blame) for developing them.
Why would you use Noesi as an example of poor pitcher development? They may not be handling him well right now, but it's not like he's awful or injury plagued.
"They may not be handling him well right now"
Development: not only the present. Includes the past. I see a solid middle reliever/potential #4/5 member of a solid rotation.
Development does not equal 60 innings pitched in your age 24 season, not if there's any hope him being a starter.
There's still hope for him to be a starter.
Oh yeah? Based on what?
Based on the fact that 99% of all pitchers spend time in the bullpen, that he's still healthy, and that he's still effective.
Funny, but you ignore the organization, their patterns, and their results. Noesi is done starting for the NY Yankees.
You have no support for this. "Patter"? Like what? Like transition Joba to the pen because he couldn't handle starting? Is this one incident what you are basing everything off of?
Joba was a case of health. He never had the endurance for 200+ innings, IMO.
Joba couldn't "handle" starting?
That shows how much you know.
One incident? Try the last 15 years. There's Wang's luckfest and Hughes' injuryfest.
What else you got? Nova? To use Mike's refrain, let's see him repeat it.
Wang: Injury. Not attributable to the org.
Hughes: Went a mile over the innings limit, directly attributable to the Yankees. He's not "finished" though, and he's been getting better.
That Joba has always been unhealthy (since before his signing) was not the Yankees' fault, though they certainly did not help. This has nothing to do with Noesi, however, who is healthy and effective and could probably start tomorrow if need be.
Yet again, I ask you, what definition of development are you using?
The kind that a lot of fans use that only includes steps forward? Or the kind that also allows for some small steps backwards either due to injury, effectiveness, or circumstance?
And nice job ignoring Nova since he doesn't fit the narrative.
You mean like how they sent him down for no good reason?
Your opinion: Not shared by everyone.
He was sent down in order to remain stretched out when a regular member of the rotation returned from injury. Most people actually think it worked.
Most people ignore that his best work occurred just as they were sending him down for no good reason.
Say what you will, but to use Nova as an argument against pitcher development is ridiculous.
The Yankees have had to balance the needs of 6 pitchers this year. Nova had options left, and by all accounts developed his slider during that time he was sent down.
I'm not seeing the issue there.
Hughes has options. Colon started the year in the pen. Burnett sucks.
That they chose how they did says everything about the current management.
It was 3 starts in AAA.
It's not like he was sent to Siberia.
You haven't been watching the season, have you…
Sure I have. Up to the 10 K start they were going to send Nova down again. His performance hardly support their ignorance.
"It's not like he was sent to Siberia."
Hey, I'm sure plenty of nice people live in Siberia!
Don't forget, once you're sent down to AAA it means your career is over and you were mishandled.
And after Nova struck out ten, they didn't send him down!
So, let's be logical here…
They had no choice there. As it is, Cashman had to take to the FAN to defend a signing even worse than Pavano (who he did the same for).
The Pavano signing was a thousand times worse than Burnett, and besides, what does that have to do with this? Every time you start losing the argument you change the subject. I hope you get banned, troll.
Ah, I see now why you all respond as Mike does. When you have nothing left, you resort to insults. It says much more about your intelligence than mine.
You told Mike he must have Alzheimer's.
Pot, kettle.
Kettle, pot.
First three years:
Pavano: -0.1 fWAR for $30M
Burnett: 3.4 fWAR for $49.5M
Ok, you got me!
They/us/whoever didn't ignore it. Even the team admitted that it was a tough break for him at the time. It was what it was. It broke my heart to see him sent down at that time. That doesn't mean that it wasn't the right call.
My god, you have a crystal ball. What ARE the winning Pick 3 numbers tonight?!
The trade is already, as we speak, not haunting the organization, and that will hold even if Arodys Vizcaino goes on to have a 300-win career. Talk to me when this trade causes the New York Yankees to fall into a malaise in which they finish at the bottom of the division for ten years…..all because of Arodys F'ng Vizcaino and his current cup of coffee in the big leagues.
Also, didn't Jo-Jo Reyes come up through this "pitcher's organization?" Didn't Kyle Davies?
This might predate you, Bum, but didn't Steve Avery?
millwood. marquis. so many average to below average ml pitchers.
But it's obviously a "pitcher's organization," so none of these guys could have ever not reached their potential. No no no. Not in Atlanta, and not on Bum Rushed's clock.
The Yankees, of course, don't even know how to point a young pitcher towards the mound, which explains how Phil Hughes and David Robertson have made the All Star Team the past two seasons.
Millwood was actually good for a while.
Averaged 3.9 WAR from 98-2009 if you take out his shortened 01 seasons.
And 5 seasons of 4+ WAR(fangraphs style).
Yeah, I dunno, maybe don't include him in the list of average to mediocre pitchers.
Overall point stands though.
not to mention the fact that they didnt draft or develop maddux either. and smoltz was obtained via trade (although he could be considered developed by them)
what do you have, smoltz, glavine and millwood? in how man years? 3 decades?
Yeah. People don't realize how damn hard it is to develop an ace-caliber pitcher. Felix Hernandez/Justin Verlander et al don't come a long every day.
If Vizcaino is better than the B's & the Yankees have no clue in regards to pitchers or trades…why shouldn't they have traded him?
If he can't be developed by this organization, as you state, why not get rid of him and any other pitching prospect when they have value?
Joba was drafted injured and he returned to form…get over it. Hughes & IPK had their injuries and issues as well. IPK led to Grandy; who is a MVP-type player on & off the field.
The NYY front office bats around .300; this equate them to always be in the top 5 teams every year (less '08)…no other team is close to that.
Let's not forget what Melky did to Cano, too!
Do you realize how much better tail Robbie is getting now that he hangs out with Alex? No more "hey, let's see who we can impress driving by the bodega and leaning back." Seriously. Robbie has to have nailed a couple of rejects from Playboy's Online Backup Centerfolds by this point.
Dunn has a 4.88 bb/9.
Boone logan has a 9.4 k/9 and a 3.34 bb/9.
Yeah I'll take Logan, thanks.
No pitcher with a 1-8 record can be "sneaky good." It's just not possible.
Michael Kay
If Ozzie says Bruce Chen ain't any good then he ain't any good. We should be able to take at least 2/3 from these bums and hopefully take over the lead in the division. Burnett got a stay of excution and he would be wise to show something tonight against a poor ballclub.
Remember last year and what Brian Bullington did to Yanks in KC. Now he is unemployed
Don't think I didn't see that September schedule post!
I love how, every year, by the time we face the Kansas City Royals this time of year, the pitchers we faced at the start of the year are no longer there.
2 out of 3, which will include one frustrating loss which will bring about game thread apocalypse.
Obvious troll be obvious
why the fuck is this about Melky. Who cares.
Because people realized it was a really easy topic to troll the rest of us with.
It gives the anti-Cashman crowd something to talk about.
Because it's a bad thing to some when the guy you trade winds up having a good year. These guys are supposed to know their role, shut their mouth, and suck no longer they're New York Yankees.
I'm incredibly happy for Melky. Love the guy. Always have. I'll love him even if he signs with Boston one day (note to Melky: NEVER DO THAT.) He was going to get squeezed out of this lineup eventually.
But you're right, and I just re-fell right into that trap by talking about Melky.
Like I said, two out of three, including one mind-numbing loss during which you probably won't want to read the game thread.
Learning to avoid the game threads: good for your sanity.
You're doing a good job at avoiding game threads.
The holier-than-thou attitude is incredibly discouraging. If you can't engage in a discussion and come out of it gaining knowledge you need to go back to school and learn how to be an adult.
It was a very enlightening discussion and I learned a lot from those involved. It's not a matter of being right or wrong it's a matter of talking Yankees – whether it's something as asinine (according to some) as Melky Cabrera, or as important as Burnett's hairstyle.
This is umm, not a game thread.
He's also not the real Melky. Could be Mesa.
*Light bulb turns on*
This whole thread is a swing and miss, so it could easily be Mesa.
::golf clap::
And for the record, if you enter the madness that is a game thread, you won't find discussions like this.
This is light years above a game thread discussion. Which says a lot about game threads.
I can't wait for tonight when Burnett collapses in the fourth and the Yankees get shut down and everyone is instantly in an uproar about The Yankees offensive inconsistency/Burnett's shittiness/Girardi's stupidity/How Melky would have won this for us.
don't forget how Russell Martin called ALL TEH WRONG PITCHES!!!11!1
this is batshit insane.
a) you cant tell anyone about knowledge when you completely disregard defense and other statistics.
b) name calling and saying someone else isnt an adult makes you the child.
c) whether you participated in constructive discourse or not your point is extremely damaged by point a and your association with bum rush (which is no fault of yours for him having the same opinion, just saying) who has proven to be unable to grasp reasonable thought.
im gla you feel you learned soemthing. lets try to keep the insults out and be able to engage in positive convo.
and seriously, the longer you're here the more you'll hate and learn to avoid game threads
Nothing more fun than endlessly needling one of our resident boo-birds during a game thread sometimes, though.
Obviously everyone involved in the conversation. Running away from discussions is also mature.
Logical consistency and fact based arguments are good bases for discussion.
"Melky is and always has been a better hitter than Brett Gardner", in the face of conflicting evidence, is not a good base for a discussion.
According to their LD/GB Hr/FB rates Melky has always been significantly better at hitting baseball. And the much maligned eye test shows more of the same.
Gardner is a slap hitter, Melky isn't.
Lets use your favorite stat, oWar.
2010 Melky Cabrera: .2 oWAR.
2010 Brett Gardner: 3.3 oWar.
but last year doesn't count cause melky is hitting his prime now!!!! so they shouldve kept paying him $3+ mill to be one of the worst players in the entire league knowing he would break out
Melky salary 2010: 3.1 million.
$15.5 million per oWar.
Gardner salary 2010: 453,000.
$137,272 per oWar.
I don't give a shit how Melky hits the ball, because Gardner gets on base on more. In the world of run value, walks~singles. And Gardner, overall, has a way, way better chance of getting on base than does Melky.
Also, Melky is kinda slow. This is fine if you're Robbie Cano and you drive the ball four hundred feet, but he's not, so it doesn't help. Gardner's speed is an almost unquantifiable asset that helps the team that Melky doesn't and never will have, not to the extent that Gardner does.
Speaking of unquantifiable assets, defense. Melky isn't even average; He can't get to the ball, and he can't get it back. Gardner, on the other hand,gets to balls that no one else can get to, and the fires them back with such consistency he is rated as an elite defender. He saves this team countless runs. Do you honestly watch baseball?
As to the Melky debate, I think it is naive to think that jettisoning Melky was purely a baseball decision. Perhaps Cashman will shed light on that decision one day when he writes the definitve book of his Yankee years.
"Baseball, Bread and Bitches: The True Story of Brian Cashman, Yankees GM 1998 – 2156″
Well, it's "GM 1998-2012″, then "Emperor 2013-2156″ after he gets Jeter, A-Rod and CC to buy out the Steinbrenners for him.
I'll be making my first visit to Kaufman this Wednesday and would be honored to but Ben a beer if he has time. Plan on seeing the N/L HoF on Thursday as well.
I'm there too! Were are your seats and what's your name?
Most interesting series preview ever? Most interesting series preview ever.
Sorry Mike, you heard wrong. The ballpark is lame and highlighted by the most annoying wannabe strip club announcer guy and the dumbest fans who think they know EVERYTHING about the game. The people working there are total dicks and if they weren't my only shot to see the Yankee's 3 times a year i'd be praying for contraction.
But it looks pretty on TV!
Just looked at Melky's wRC+, in his entire 6 year career this is the first year he's had one above 100. Impassioned Melky defenders are likely to look stupid in the future.
seriously. we're all just waiting….
He left. Once your one talking point gets exposed as nonsense, you cover your eyes, shout "LA LA LA I CANT HEAR YOU!" and run away.
And I enjoy how Bum Rushed completely gave up the Melky argument because he realized how silly it was, and switched to arguing about something else completely ridiculous.
I'm not even sure anyone knows what the argument's about anymore.
Fear and Loathing on RAB 2011
i hope he gets banned. in fact im shocked he hasnt. this is the 10th thread i feel like hes carpet bombed while lobbing insults around
He's the literal definition of a troll.
And apparently telling someone they have Alzheimer's is…funny? Hip? Apparently he's never had a family member go through that.
for that i hope he gets banned as well. he deserves it
Melky and Bum Rushed will have won the 2011 hindsight World Series in the year 2014. Sheesh, the amount of anger over losing a guy who was going to be non-tendered and was pretty bad last year is amazing.
The worst part is I loved Melky. I want him to do well! I really do not enjoy getting into discussions where I'm forced to point out his flaws.
Right there with you. Loved Melky; was sad to see him go; want him to do well (just not necessarily in games against the Yankees).
I lost intelligence just glancing at this thread, and that's just sad because usually RAB makes me smarter.
Wow. Trolls + succumbing to them has made this post's comment section completely unreadable. Very lame.
I don't think they are trolls though. That's unfair. They just legitimately think Melky is better than Gardner and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Even if it's somewhat irrational or not backed up by all of the data, they aren't trolling.
You can still be a troll if you refuse to consider any opposing viewpoint.
Or if you resort to "haha im better than you and whatever you say is irrelevant to me"
Bum Rushed is a troll, whether he believe it or not.
To Ben: I will also be at the last two games of this series. I am flying out of Denver tomorrow morning. Maybe we could up for an hello. Anyone else who's friend of the blog going to be there? A get-together might come in handy if they get a big rain delay.


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Rock Daily had a chance to hear Common's new record today, and while we're disappointed the artist himself wasn't at the listening session -- we wanted to talk suede hats with him -- Finding Forever sounded pretty darn good on first listen. It's a harder, slightly darker sequel to '05's lush, multi-Grammy-nominated Be, with Common maintaining his thoughtful brassiness and sharp narratives and Kanye West returning as chief producer.
Kanye produced eight tracks on the not-quite-finished version we heard, and almost all of them are great -- simultaneouly lush and bangin' in a way that compliments Common's mama-friendliness but helps cut down on his snooze factor. Standouts include "Drivin' Me Wild," a thickly detailed vignette about a young couple's vertingous love affair with hip-hop, money and each other. The song banks on Kanye's killer piano-and-snare loop and a catchy hook courtesy of Lily Allen, who sounds totally Beyonce here. Then there's the title track, which sounds something like a gospel choir directed by George Clinton -- pianos and overlapping soul voices rising toward heaven, underpinned by a deftly syncopated beat that (we think) samples Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover."
Oh, yeah, best Common line, from "Start the Show": "Twelve monkees on stage, hard to see who's a gorilla / You was better as a drug dealer." (Free lunch to anyone who tells can us who he's dissing.)
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The Indians held on to beat Detroit 7-6 on Saturday night. Chris Perez picked up his sixth save of the season when he got Miguel Cabrera to ground out with two runners on base. The Tigers already had a run in in the ninth.
Cleveland's bullpen had a rare bad night. In the 7th, with the Indians leading 6-1, relievers Nick Hagadone and Cody Allen combined to give up four runs on two hits and two walks. The inning put Detroit back in the game.
Ubaldo Jimenez had a good outing on a night where Justin Verlander had a rare bad one. Verlander only lasted five innings, he was tagged for four runs. Jimenez went six, allowing only one run and striking out eight.
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The opening night film, Vera Belmont's powerful and controversial drama tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of a young girl.
Ran Tal's award-winning documentary explores the fabled world of the kibbutz. Screens with Go in Peace, Rain, tracing the Israeli anthem's history.
Based on a book by Charles Lewinsky, this mesmerising screen drama addresses the thorny issue of what it means to be Jewish in contemporary Germany.
Veteran Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitai's newest film is as moving as it is profound, telling the story of a Parisian searching for his family's past.
Set in present-day Jewish Berlin, a heart-warming coming-of-age comedy about a star-struck young girl who strikes up an unlikely friendship.
This wonderful TV series, spinning a marvellous drama around two Tel Aviv families, broke ratings records when first broadcast in Israel in 2006.
In this extraordinary documentary, French priest Father Patrick Desbois criss-crosses the Ukraine piecing together its experience of the Holocaust.
In this powerful documentary, director Hugues Lanneau and screenwriter Diane Pelersztejn claw away at the post-war mythology of their beloved Belgium.
An inspirational documentary telling two intertwined stories: of Dutch Jewry during the war and of two unlikely lovers caught up in the mælstrom.
Actor-turned-writer-director Christophe Malavoy's heartwarming and at times hair-raising portrait of Jewish life in France under the Occupation.
There may be no more perfectly realised a film than this début from gifted Israeli writer-director David Volach.
In this powerful drama from Israel's most celebrated filmmaker, Juliette Binoche stars as a French woman reunited with her Israeli half-brother.
Partly autobiographical, Brazilian director Cao Hamburger's 2006 film is a graceful, lucid and moving experience for the whole family.
Europe during the 1940s: bombs are going off everywhere, and Europe's most famous circus performer is trapped in Copenhagen as the Nazis roll in.
Stand-up comedian Yisrael Campbell's hilarious journey towards Judaism, screens with the delightful story of a troupe of elderly flamenco dancers.
Old rivalries and passions are ignited as three generations of a Moroccan-Jewish family gather in war-time Israel for seven days of confined mourning.
A major departure for veteran Israeli filmmaker Amos Kollek, Restless is an edgy drama exploring the underbelly of contemporary Israeli identity.
Roberta Grossman's inspirational documentary is a pæan to the courage and creativity of Hungarian Jewish resistance fighter and poet Hannah Senesh.
Back by popular demand,a beguilingly beautiful film which begins as an ensemble piece, then transforms into a magical mosaic of modern life in Israel.
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Last Wednesday I had a chance to read the very first issue of Seeing The Everyday, a quarterly and advertisement free magazine that captures ordinary moments at home that are often overlooked. Such moments include grooming one another, helping with homework, or doing work out in the yard. Participating in these activities help develop strong relationships in families. Individuals who come from strong families take their experience into their community and future families. Highlighted through stories, artistic photography, and children's artwork projects, Seeing The Everyday helps find poetry in the prosaic.
We find poetry in the prosaic by:
1. Playing with our little man together.
2. Doing chores around the house together.
3. Keeping each other company in the kitchen while preparing meals and snacks.
4. Eating at the dinner table.
5. Watching movies.
6. Taking random road trips.
7. Visiting the park and beach.
8. Playing video games. We're still playing SNES and Playstation 1. Yes, we're missing out on all the new stuff, but we're too old to ask our parents for toys :-(
Lately we haven't been doing a few of them (5, 6, and 8 ) because we have been swamped taking care of Boogie (1st priority) and business. We're trying to develop additional income streams. We're also preparing to move. We just want so much for the family, but at the same time we need to remember to set aside time to be a family. Daddy doesn't have to work tomorrow, so we will continue to pack boxes and try to at least do one of the things listed above that we haven't done lately.
The first issue of Seeing The Everyday has got me hooked. I especially enjoyed the laughing section on page 78 and a story on page 8. In this particular story, Marlene Hinton reminisces on learning how to separate eggs while preparing angel food cake. She went through dozens of eggs trying to remove the yolks from the egg whites, never once did her mother take over or complain. She let her practice until she got it right. I'm sure many families will agree that some of the best moments are shared in the kitchen whether preparing a masterpiece or mastermess!
"It's not about making a cake, dinner or any other number of important things we can spend our time doing. It is, however, about making a child. A unique, one-of-a-kind, significant, individual." – Seeing The Everyday, Issue 1, Page 17
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Extreme Housewives
Down on the Farm
The Weldon family used to live in a quiet Cleveland suburb, where Laura was a social worker for a nonprofit, Mark ran a home-based computer business, and all four of their kids attended local schools. But their lives changed drastically in 1996 when their oldest child called from a pay phone at his high school to report that a fellow student had shown him a gun.
Traumatized, they pulled their children out of the public system and began their journey into homeschooling. That life change required Weldon, 50, to cut her hours at the nonprofit so she could stay home with the kids. Though the family benefited from all the newfound quality time together, they struggled financially. So Weldon and her husband made another bold decision: They moved out of the suburbs and into the country. They'd always dreamed of living on a farm. Weldon loved growing things and already kept a garden behind her house. And she was attracted to the possibility of being closer to nature and living more simply.
So in 1997 they moved to a rural Ohio township with a population of 3,000 and no traffic lights. With the help of how-to books and new neighbors' guidance the Weldons slowly learned how to live off the land -- manning a chicken coop, planting and harvesting their own crops, and keeping a cow and bees. "We've made a lot of mistakes along the way, but nature teaches you lessons if you pay attention," Weldon says. Now the family has three cows, 60 chickens, and some 100,000 honeybees. Mark, who gave up his computer business eight years ago, is employed as a bee inspector for two Ohio counties.
These days Weldon cultivates her own cheese and yogurt from cow's milk, cans her own sauces, and grinds her own flour. She also makes cleaning and personal hygiene products out of ingredients many of our great-grandmothers used. Her laundry soap includes borax and her tooth powder is made of baking soda, sea salt, and a tiny pinch of stevia for sweetness.
Over the years the family has also learned valuable lessons on how to live frugally. They keep their old cars and tractors running with constant tinkering. "For me, staying farther away from the consumer-driven lifestyle is liberating," says Weldon, who has recently published a book called Free Range Learning: How Homeschooling Changes Everything. "I'm not saying I never go out to dinner or never buy clothes. I'm saying happiness is not hidden in what can be purchased."
Chopping wood, baling hay, and tending livestock isn't easy and it's hardly making the family wealthy. But living large was never the point. "We haven't had a family vacation in 14 years, but we eat meals together every day and work together to keep our homestead running," Weldon says. "We laugh and talk even while we're stacking firewood. We enjoy the fresh air -- and a shared sense of accomplishment."
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NFL Links: Bush just too expensive for Saints; Orton would be upgrade for Dolphins
Money was the issue that divided Reggie Bush and the Saints, according to a New Orleans writer.
NFL Links: Roethlisberger makes good on promise; Ross wants winner in Miami
A Pittsburgh reporter says it appears Ben Roethlisberger has followed through on his promise to change; Winning in the NFL is proving to be harder than Dolphins owner Stephen Ross though it would be.
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NFL Links: McCoy a good host for Browns' workouts; Chiefs committed to Joplin
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Dolphins players say Chad Henne is taking more of a leadership role this offseason; The Giants need to handle Osi Umenyiora's situation with care, says a New Jersey reporter.
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NFL Links: Stover one of Ravens' greats; Barber's Anne Frank comment 'despicable'
A Baltimore columnist says Matt Stover is one of the greatest Ravens players of all time; Tiki Barber says the wrong thing almost every time he opens his mouth, according to a New York columnist.
NFL Links: Tebow looks forward to competing against Orton; Lions, Stafford amped up
Tim Tebow worked out with teammates Thursday and said he's looking forward to competing against Kyle Orton; A Detroit columnist says if there's one team that's eager to get the lockout over with, it's the Lions.
NFL Links: Flynn content in Green Bay; Lockout puts Titans at disadvantage
Matt Flynn says he's not itching to leave Green Bay; The Titans will be one of the teams most damaged by the lockout, according to a Tennessee columnist.
NFL Links: Luck may become teacher for Kaepernick; Eagles may not need Asomugha
Colin Kaepernick may turn to Andrew Luck for a tutorial on Jim Harbaugh's offense; A Philadelphia reporter says the Eagles don't need to sign Nnamdi Asomugha.
NFL Links: Cardinals resist urge; Bengals still search for answer at QB
The Cardinals were smart Thursday, according to an Arizona columnist; Bengals fans may have to wait before they see A.J. Green at his best, says a Cincinnati columnist.
NFL Links: Smith not sweating hot seat; Redskins gather for minicamp
A.J. Smith says he has ways to deal with being on the hot seat; Thirty Redskins players met for a minicamp this week.
NFL Links: Bucs may book bad trip; A peek at Patriots' draft room
A Tampa columnist says another trip to London is a bad move for the Buccaneers; Director of Player Personnel Nick Caserio peels back the curtain to provide some perspective on the Patriots' draft room.
Pro Football Weekly says goodbye
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Behemoth SODO wine emporium Esquin offers free wine tastings every Thursday and Saturday, with themes like "92 Points and Above," "Viva Argentina," and "Under $10 Specials." Sometimes winemakers join in, and snacks are not unheard of. Check their website to find out which wines they're uncorking. Free.
McCarthy & Schiering claims to be the oldest wine shop in Seattle; it is not. But they were recognized as retailer of the year by Food & Wine in 1998 and as one of the "top 10 small specialty shops featuring wines from Piedmont and Tuscany" by GQ in 2004. They offer free wine tastings at both their Ravenna and Queen Anne stores every Saturday, with winemakers often there for discussion purposes. Free.
Champion owner Emile Ninaud possesses Seattle's very first wine license: He opened in 1969 and works there to this day. Though he's French by birth, he's made Champion a snobbery-free zone, with wine novices welcome and an emphasis on good value for whatever your budget may be. His Saturday drop-in wine tastings—from the more than 1,500 bottles in stock, with tons from France—are all about "obscure wines from obscure regions," he says. FREE.
DeLaurenti in Pike Place Market offers free wine tastings upstairs in their wine department every Saturday, and—bonus!—the nice people there pair the selections with some of their more than 250 kinds of cheese, samples from their wall of olive oils, and other assorted tastinesses. Past tastings have included ports paired with Stilton cheese and (separately) Veuve Cliquot champagne (!). Check their website to find out which wines they'll be uncorking. Free.
Civilized but not-too-schmancy wine shop Portalis offers free tastings on Saturday and Sunday. A lot of regulars show up, particularly Ballard-farmers-market shoppers on Sundays. Those people sound smart. Free.


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2012 Nevada Softball
Cal Poly vs Nevada
Mar 04, 2012 at Santee, Calif. (Santee Sports Comp.)
Score by Innings R H E
Cal Poly............ 023 120 0 - 8 11 2
Nevada.............. 010 001 0 - 2 8 3
Umpires - HP: Bobby Shelton 1B: Brett Higgins 3B: Sandy Leak
Start: 9 a.m. Time: 1:58 Attendance: 133
Weather: Cool and crisp. 60s
2012 Nevada Softball
Cal Poly vs Nevada
Mar 04, 2012 at Santee, Calif. (Santee Sports Comp.)
Cal Poly starters: 29/cf Sobczak; 1/lf Andersen; 24/3b Westlund; 4/1b
Vogelsang; 13/ss Romano; 11/dp Williams; 21/2b Lafrades; 9/rf Lund; 3/c
Cochiolo; 2/p Patton;
Nevada starters: 24/ss Hopkins, K; 8/2b Campbell, C; 4/1b Lastrapes, L; 26/dp
Puzey, S; 9/c Butera, A; 23/cf Parsons, S; 1/rf Fincher, M; 5/lf Wiley, K; 3/3b
Barilli, C; 20/p Jones, K;
Cal Poly 1st - Sobczak struck out swinging (2-2
SBKBS). Andersen popped up to lf (3-2 BFSBBF). Westlund flied out to rf (1-2
FBFFF). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Nevada 1st - Hopkins, K out at first 1b to 2b (1-2
BFF). Campbell, C flied out to rf (1-0 B). Lastrapes, L reached on a fielding
error by 2b (1-1 FB). Puzey, S struck out swinging (2-2 FSFBBS). 0 runs,
0 hits, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Cal Poly 2nd - Vogelsang doubled to right center
(0-1 F). Romano doubled down the rf line (1-0 B); Vogelsang advanced to third.
Williams struck out swinging (2-2 BKBFFS). Lafrades popped up to p (1-1 BK).
Lund doubled to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Romano scored; Vogelsang scored.
Cochiolo popped up to ss (0-0). 2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Nevada 2nd - Butera, A homered to left center, RBI
(2-0 BB). Parsons, S struck out swinging (2-2 BKBFFFS). Fincher, M struck out
looking (2-2 FBBFFFK). Wiley, K lined out to rf (0-1 F). 1 run, 1 hit, 0
errors, 0 LOB.
Cal Poly 3rd - Sobczak singled down the lf line (2-2
BFBFFFF). Andersen popped up to p, bunt (0-1 F). Westlund homered to center
field, 2 RBI (1-1 BF); Sobczak scored. Vogelsang homered to right field, RBI
(1-1 BK). Craig, A to p for Jones, K. Romano struck out looking (1-2 BKFK).
Williams flied out to rf (0-2 KFF). 3 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 0
Nevada 3rd - Barilli, C singled up the middle (3-2
FBBKFFFB). Hopkins, K lined into double play ss to 1b (0-0); Barilli, C out on
the play. Campbell, C popped up to 3b (2-0 BB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors,
Cal Poly 4th - Lafrades struck out looking (1-2
KBFFFK). Lund grounded out to ss (1-2 FKBFFFF). Cochiolo singled to center
field (1-2 KBFF). Sobczak reached on a throwing error by 3b (0-0); Cochiolo
advanced to third. Andersen singled to center field, RBI (0-0); Sobczak
advanced to second; Cochiolo scored, unearned. Westlund struck out looking (2-2
BBFKK). 1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Nevada 4th - Lastrapes, L singled to shortstop (1-1
FB). Puzey, S popped up to ss (1-1 FB). Butera, A singled to left field (2-2
KKBB); Lastrapes, L advanced to second. Parsons, S walked (3-2 KBKBBB); Butera,
A advanced to second; Lastrapes, L advanced to third. Fincher, M popped up to
ss (0-1 F). Wiley, K popped up to ss (2-2 BSSB). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0
errors, 3 LOB.
Cal Poly 5th - Dropped foul ball, E7. Vogelsang
flied out to rf (1-2 KFB). Romano fouled out to 3b (0-0). Williams singled to
center field (2-0 BB). Lafrades walked (3-1 BBKBB); Williams advanced to
second. Gerhart pinch ran for Williams. Lund reached on a fielding error by lf
(1-1 FB); Lafrades advanced to third; Gerhart scored, unearned. Cochiolo
singled through the left side, RBI (0-0); Lund advanced to third; Lafrades
scored, unearned. McWilliams to lf for Wiley, K. Seidel, E to p for Craig, A.
Sobczak flied out to lf (3-2 BBKKBF). 2 runs, 2 hits, 2 errors, 2
Nevada 5th - Sobczak to lf. Andersen to rf. Gerhart
to cf. Lund to dp. Wurst to p for Patton. Barilli, C grounded out to 3b, bunt
(0-0). Hopkins, K doubled to right center (1-0 B). Campbell, C grounded out to
p (1-0 B); Hopkins, K advanced to third. Lastrapes, L grounded out to p (1-2
FFB). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Cal Poly 6th - Andersen singled up the middle (2-2
KKBFB). Westlund fouled out to rf (1-1 BK). Vogelsang popped up to 1b (1-1 KB).
Romano struck out swinging (0-2 KKFFS). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1
Nevada 6th - Puzey, S flied out to cf (1-1 KB).
Butera, A homered to left field, RBI (2-0 BB). Parsons, S struck out swinging
(1-2 KKBS). Fincher, M reached on a fielding error by ss (0-0). McWilliams
grounded out to 3b (1-1 BK). 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 LOB.
Cal Poly 7th - Williams to cf for Gerhart. Williams
popped up to 2b (3-2 KBBBK). Lafrades flied out to lf (2-1 BKB). Lund lined out
to ss (3-2 KBBFB). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Nevada 7th - Barilli, C struck out looking (2-2
BKBSK). Hopkins, K singled up the middle (1-1 BS). Campbell, C singled through
the left side (1-1 FB); Hopkins, K advanced to second. Sobczak to cf. Andersen
to lf. Williams to dp. Lund to rf. Lastrapes, L reached on a fielder's choice
(0-1 F); Campbell, C advanced to second; Hopkins, K out at third p to 3b.
Puzey, S struck out swinging (1-2 SBSS). 0 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors, 2
Nevada Wolf Pack Softball


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Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Classic Crab Cakes
1 pound fresh lump crabmeat, picked over for cartilage
1 egg, whisked
1/2 cup chopped scallions (optional)
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs, preferably whole-grain (use more as needed)
2 tablespoons olive oil
Lemon wedges (optional, for serving)
Cherry Tomato and Corn Salad
1. Combine crab meat, egg, scallions (if using), mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Add enough breadcrumbs to bind mixture enough to form into cakes. Refrigerate the mixture until you're ready to cook.
2. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat for 2-3 minutes; add oil, and heat until it shimmers. Shape crab mixture into 8 (1-inch-thick) cakes, using 1/3 cup mixture for each; cook, adjusting heat as necessary and gently turning once, until golden brown on both sides (about 5 minutes per side). Serve 2 crab cakes per plate with lemon wedges and Cherry Tomato and Corn Salad.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler
4 cups fresh or frozen sliced peeled peaches
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
Ice cream or whipped cream
4 cups fresh or frozen sliced peeled peaches
1/4 cup sugar
1 cup Original Bisquick® mix
1/2 cup sugar
1 cup milk
Ice cream or whipped cream
1. Spray 6-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. In large bowl, gently toss peaches and 1/4 cup of the sugar. Turn into slow cooker.
2. In medium bowl, gently beat Bisquick mix, sugar and milk with whisk until blended. Pour over peaches in slow cooker.
3. Cover; cook on low heat setting 3 hours or until cobbler is set in center.
4. Serve cobbler with ice cream.
Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 3 hr 20 min
Servings 8
Total Time 3 hr 20 min
Servings 8
The Most Tender Country Style Honey BBQ Ribs
3 lbs country-style pork ribs, thawed (without the bones)~Directions:
honey barbecue sauce (your choice of sause) 2 teaspoons minced onion flakes
2 -3 tablespoons Lawry's Seasoned Salt
1 tablespoon garlic salt
salt and pepper
honey barbecue sauce (your choice of sause) 2 teaspoons minced onion flakes
2 -3 tablespoons Lawry's Seasoned Salt
1 tablespoon garlic salt
salt and pepper
1. In a dish sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic salt and seasoning salt all over, then take each slice of rib and rub both sides with the seasoning mixture. Make sure each rib is well coated.
2. Line a baking dish with heavy duty foil and spray with Pam, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
3. Place ribs inside the baking dish and inside the oven for 20minutes until meat is browned on both sides. You can flip them over halfway.
4. Take ribs out and brush on honey BBQ sauce on top of ribs generously and put back in oven for another 20minutes until sauce is caramelized. Once sauce is caramelized add more sauce to the top of the ribs.
5. Cover the baking dish with foil well to make sure no steam can come out but try not to touch the top of the ribs. Make sure all sides are well sealed and put back into the oven.
6. Turn oven down to 250 degrees so sauce wont burn and let them bake for 2-3 hours. After two hours have passed, pull back a corner of the foil and poke one of the ribs with a fork to check tenderness of the meat, if you desire them to be even more tender put the tinfoil back over tightly and let them sit for another hour.
7. After ribs are done peel back foil carefully as steam will come out, take out ribs cover with sauce again and they are ready to be served!
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Brown Rice Salad
~For the salad
- 1 1/2 cups brown rice
- 1 red capsicum, chopped (red bell pepper)
- 1 green capsicum, chopped
- 3 spring onions, chopped
- 1/2 cup raisins or 1/2 cup sultana
- 1/2 cup cashews or 1/2 cup peanuts
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 2 tablespoons soya sauce
- 1 crushed garlic clove
- black pepper
1. Cook brown rice until tender, allow to cool.
2. To prepare the dressing put the ingredients into a large jar with a tight fitting lid and shake well. Put aside.
3. In a large bowl add the rice and all other salad ingredients.
4. Pour over the dressing and mix through. The flavours improve on standing as the rice soaks in the dressing. Enjoy!
Even Sluttier Slutty Brownies
I was at my son's school today and this is what the lady in the office told me that someone made her for her birthday today. So Happy Birthday to Mrs. Jett (lol)
Even Sluttier Slutty Brownies
~For the brownie layer
1 (18 ounce) box brownie mix, prepared and unbaked OR
10 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 1/4 cups white sugar
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
~For the Oreo layer
1 (15 1/2 ounce) package Oreo cookies (my pan fit 16)
~For the caramel layer
1 (6 ounce) jar dulce de leche
1 teaspoon fleur de sel
~For the chocolate chip cookie layer
1 (18 ounce) roll ready-made refrigerated chocolate chip cookie dough, OR
1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temp)
1/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1. Pre-heat your oven to 350 degrees.
2. Line the bottom of an 8x8 baking pan (I used a Pyrex pan) with tin foil and then spray the foil liberally with baking spray.
3. Make the brownie layer per box instructions (without baking) OR: In a medium sauce pan, melt the butter over medium-high heat. Once melted, add the sugar and cocoa powder. Stir to combine and remove from the heat. Add the salt, vanilla and eggs to the batter and then whisk until combined. In a separate bowl, sift the flour and then slowly incorporate the flour into the batter until it's all mixed. Set the batter aside.
4. If making your own cookie dough: In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugars with a hand mixer. Add the eggs one at a time and then the vanilla, scraping down the sides of the mixing bowl as you go. Add the flour, salt, baking soda and baking powder and mix on low until incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips and then set aside.
5. Assemble!
6. Start by gently pressing the cookie dough into the bottom of the pan, making sure to create an even layer. (I found it helpful to use the back of a 1-cup measure cup.).
7. Then add a layer of Oreos on top of the cookie dough. Nudge them as close together as possible without overlapping.
8. Get ready for the gluttony: Remove the lid on the caramel sauce/dulce de leche and microwave for 35 seconds (until it becomes slightly warm and spreadable). Use a spoon to drizzle the caramel over the Oreos.
9. Lastly: Pour the brownie batter on top of the caramel-Oreo layer. Use a spatula to make sure it's even.
10. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Test with a knife to see if the center is done. It's OK if the knife has some brownie on it. It's easy to over-bake the cookie layer if left in the oven too long.
11. Once out of the oven, heat up the caramel again as in step 5. With a spoon, lightly drizzle the caramel over the brownies. Sprinkle with the salt.
12. *Note: Although you can scarf these right away (they'll be crumbly but delicious and gooey!), they actually get better with age. Let them rest for several hours for easier handling and serving.
13. *Note: Prep time is reduced if using boxed/ready-made mixes.
Skillet Sugar Cookie
- A batch of sugar cookie dough (a mix or homemade)
- 1 cup of m&m chocolate candies
- A smattering of sprinkles
- A 10-inch cast iron skillet, prepared with oil (I used a paper towel and spread a thin layer of oil)
Mix up cookie dough according to directions (or recipe).
Add candies and blend into dough.
Spread evenly into skillet. Scatter sprinkles over dough.
Bake according to directions. That's it!
Eat warm, or let cool.
Cut into wedges
- 12 ounces chorizo or pork sausage
- 2 cups frozen whole kernel corn
- 1 14 1/2ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 cup uncooked instant rice
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 teaspoons chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 15 ounce can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
- 3/4 cup shredded Mexican-blend cheeses or Colby and Monterey Jack cheese (3 ounces)
- Remove casing from sausage. In a large skillet cook sausage over medium heat for 10 to 15 minutes or until brown. Drain in a colander; set aside.
- Add corn, tomatoes, uncooked rice, the water, chili powder, and cumin to skillet. Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
- Cover and simmer about 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender.
- Stir in beans and cooked sausage; heat through.
- Sprinkle with cheese; cover and let stand for 2 to 3 minutes until cheese is slightly melted.
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SPE Congo: CEC Visit on Feb 22nd, 2014
With a special appreciation to the existing team spirit in the group as well as the collaboration of the management of CEC, this is to congratulate the Congo Section for making the visit to the CEC a success.
We had a total of about 40 participants that comprised of students from the EST Littoral University, DGC Polytechnic and the HEMIP as well as YP members of the Section.
In addition to a tour around the plant, the Commercial Director of CEC, Mr. Emile Tchakala explained in both simple and technical terms, the operations of the power generation plant as well as the plant's socio-economic implication to the growth of the Republic of Congo.
A 2,000-word technical writing competition on the CEC visit has been announced for the students.
The deadline for the paper submission is fixed for 22 March 2014.
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According to PG&E spokewoman Janna Morris, there were roughly 933 customers still without power as of 10:00 p.m. April 9.
Initially reported as about 2,427 customers at 7:46 p.m., the outage was due to a tree that fell, breaking power equipment including a transistor and insulators, Morris said.
"We don't have a time of restoration as of yet but crews are out working to restore power to as many customers as we can," she said.
PG&E is advising that there will be work on that section of Union Avenue for the next 5-7 hours, Campbell Police Dispatch said.
The initial outage perimeter included Apricot, Union and So. Bascom avenues as well as Michael Drive and McGlincey Lane, Morris said.
On facebook, readers shared whether or not they were in the dark:
- Nolan Dempster my tv was being all wierd and kept turning off about an hour ago, but I've still got power in downtown campbell.
- Gini Wallace All of Union Ave is dark!! Loving the candlelight, though!
- John Sotelo many people in Campbell are in the dark... I won't name names!
- Aimée Grenfell Phew, I guess I was spared... Camden/Bascom. :-)
- Gini Wallace Lucky, Aimée! :-)
- Aimée Grenfell Come on by!
- Barbara Lenci We are good on this side of san tomas expressway
- Carol Roush Still have light on Bascom.
- Campbell Patch Nice! Thanks everyone. Good ole' fashioned "fb tree" ... ;) Looks like PG&E has upped the number of reported outages to five, from the initial four.
- Campbell Patch Anyone have issues with me reposting this thread for the benefit of our non-fb peeps?
- Barbara Lenci Nope. Where exactly is the tree limb down?
- Campbell Patch Doesn't say and I haven't heard back from PG&E, though from the map it looks like somewhere near John D. Morgan Park
- Gini Wallace Union Ave is blocked off to all traffic. The ding dang cops won't even let my husband come home and the cop said it might be quite awhile until the power is back on and he can come home. I'm not very happy right now.
- Campbell Patch @Gini: I am putting a call in to the PD as well to find out when the street will be reopened. Bear with me
- Stacy Brooks bascom and dry creek is on :)
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It has happened over and over again, and Wauwatosa Patch has repeatedly since the beginning of April – a confidence game played at retail chain stores and restaurants in which a caller pretending to be a corporate officer tries to talk an employee into turning over large amounts of cash.
In most cases, someone smells the rat and refuses to go through with the drop, but in several instances "Mike" or "Mark" "from corporate" has managed to convince young clerks or assistant managers to open the safe.
That's what happened June 30 to a 23-year-old clerk at pharmacy, 7520 W. Blue Mound Rd.
He reported that he had been the victim of fraud when a caller, "Mike," claimed to be from CVS corporate offices and was trying to reconcile with a woman who said she had left her wallet in the store. He said that when she recovered it, all her cash was missing, she was angry, and she wanted the company to make good.
The clerk believed every word, and didn't want to or see the need to check with the store manager, who was on vacation.
At the urging of "Mike," the clerk took an undisclosed amount of cash from the store safe and had his mother drive him to deliver it to a man waiting at West State and North 12th streets. The man receiving the money presented no identification and walked away as soon as he had the money in his hand.
The clerk said he suddenly felt uneasy the moment he handed over the cash, but that was too late.
The clerk said he was taken in because "Mike" seemed familiar with CVS employees and their working hours, including the fact that his supervisor was not present.
Managers of chain outlets should be aware that this has been an ongoing scam, with the caller giving his first name as Mike or Mark and his last name as either Stern or Stein. The story always involves an angry customer who has left a purse or wallet with a large amount of cash, which was supposedly pilfered by an employee before the customer returned for it.
In past cases, the police have never gotten a lead on the crook because store employees either hung up or got duped. So police ask that if you recognize the scam, you should play along and agree to the time and place for the cash drop, then call police and let them keep the appointment.


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Preserve Our Parkway, a new organization concerned about proposals for new power lines on the west side of Wauwatosa, is hosting a community meeting tonight to educate neighbors about the impact of the plans on , Underwood Creek and residential areas.
The meeting will be in the Gym, 11132 W. Potter Road, with an open house format from 5 to 7 p.m. and a presentation beginning at 7.
American Transmission Company (ATC) is proposing an electric system
reinforcement project that involves construction of a new We Energies substation adjacent to the existing Milwaukee County Substation at North 93rd Street and Watertown Plank Road, and construction of two separate 138,000-volt transmission lines to connect the substation to the transmission system that
serves the area.
One of the proposed routes identified would place a transmission line along Underwood Parkway. ATC is also considering a route west of 115th Street to 120th Street, which would run adjacent to Underwood Creek and through a wetland/floodplain area.
The proposed electric transmission lines are being built largely to serve the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center. ATC representatives will be on hand during an informal open house to provide details on their Western Milwaukee County Electric Reliability Project from 5 to 7 p.m., and then will make a brief presentation at 7, followed by a question and answer session.


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Recorded on 23rd January 2013. We meet with Sam Sawatzky, Julia Weisman, Sarah Cenedella, Stephen ives and Joyce David to discuss Connect 2013 plans, the new Connections and XPages-based User Group community site, the latest updates to TeamStudio's Unplugged product and much more!
As I mentioned in the episode, for the third consecutive year, we'll be recording a live show with studio audience at IBM Connect! That's your chance to question the panel, add your comments, and even heckle ! Look out for more details on location and time in the next few days! Darren and I would love to see you there for the FINAL EVER THIS WEEK IN LOTUS…
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Three Winning Tickets Split Record $640 Million Lotto Jackpot CBS News and Associated Press
"There were three winning tickets sold for Friday's record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot -- believed to be the world's largest such prize," according to a story by CBS News and the Associated Press.
The story adds, "Mega Millions spokesperson Kimberly Starks tells CBS News the winners were sold in Illinois, Kansas and Maryland."
According to the article, the ticket in Maryland was sold at a 7-11 store in Baltimore County. The winning ticket in Illinois was sold "in the small town of Red Bud, near St. Louis." Details about the ticket sold in Kansas were not immediately available.
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Landlords from the private rented sector have been coming under fire recently due to the fact that many members of the public are finding it difficult to afford the increasing rent prices. However, the cost of rent is directly linked to the fact that there is not enough housing in the UK, and that landlords are more likely to be given loans to buy properties instead of first time buyers. However, this disposition towards landlords may soon change, as it was reported in The Independent today that the increase in private rental sector landlords will actually help reduce rent prices.
Rightmove has released its latest figures which state that the increase in landlords investing in buy-to-let properties will mean that there will be more affordable housing available to the UK public. Mile Shipside, director and housing market analyst at Rightmove said: "Buy-to-let investors, attracted by evidence of sustained demand and strong yields, will provide much needed supply relief to 'Generation Rent'. A marketplace where landlords are achieving satisfactory returns will relieve some of the supply pressure in 2013, though the task seems to be falling on the comparatively rag-tag army of private landlords rather than more strategic institutional investment."
The research has also shown that one in eight accidental landlords are now thinking of expanding their portfolios due to such good return on investment on their properties. Currently, around thirty per cent of landlords are accidental landlords, but almost forty four per cent are thinking about investing further in the buy-to-let sector this year. This will not only be good news for tenants, but also landlord insurance providers as they will also hopefully benefit from the increase in involvement in the landlord industry.
Shipside said: "In locations where property prices have fallen substantially or rents have risen more dramatically, landlords have invested and many seem willing to invest again. Some higher priced areas remain unattractive to the hard-nosed investor or risk-averse lenders. Those areas will continue to see the supply of rental property outstripped by demand putting further upwards pressure on rents. However, overall greater supply of rental property coming on tap is good news for tenants as it is likely to lessen the pace of rental growth in 2013."


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---- — The Otsego Land Trust and the New York State Historical Association are teaming to host two hikes.
The events will be co-led by Garet Livermore of NYSHA and Virginia Kennedy, executive director of Otsego Land Trust. The first hike will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. July 30 at the Fenimore Art Museum. The second will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 14 at Brookwood Point.
NYSHA and OLT invite members of the public to walk through landscapes that inspired Cooper's novels and gain a perspective on how the history and writers of 19th-century American romanticism impacted the American environmental movement.
Highlighting authors such as James and Susan Fenimore Cooper and Henry David Thoreau and the histories of native peoples of the region, Livermore and Kennedy will share perspectives on the history and literature that frame environmentalism in the Otsego region and in America in general.
Livermore, vice president for education at NYSHA and The Farmers' Museum has used Otsego Lake as a teaching tool for graduate classes, public programs and K-12 curriculum as an integral part of NYSHA's educational offerings for 15 years.
Kennedy has a PhD in English and American Indian studies. Her research and writing focus on environmental ethics in American and American Indian literatures.
The July 30 hike at the Fenimore Art Museum, the grounds and building of which were originally owned by James Fenimore Cooper, is handicapped-accessible and winds along the Lake Side Trail behind the museum.
"Otsego Lake is one of the most historic and beautiful landscapes in Central New York, this walk will look at the landscape from the grounds of the Fenimore Art Museum," said Livermore in a media release. "This walking tour will explore 400 years of history in an hour and a half program. Participants will learn about the natural world, Native American history and the building of Cooperstown."
Brookwood Point is owned by the Otsego Land Trust. According to the media release, Brookwood, another former Otsego Lake estate, has a remarkably intact formal Italianate garden designed by landscape architect Frederic Townsend in the early 1900s. Only one mile from the Fenimore Art Museum, Brookwood Point offers a distinctive contrast between a designed landscape and an emerging ecologically natural area.
"The uniquely beautiful landscape of Brookwood offers the perfect setting to consider the ways that different people and cultures connect to the land," Kennedy said in the release. "America's conservation movement has a complicated history, and Brookwood is filled with fascinating evidence of that history."
Both hikes are free and open to the public. For more information or to sign up for the hikes, call 547-2366 or email email@example.com. The Fenimore Art Museum is at 5798 state Highway 80 outside of Cooperstown and Brookwood Point is at 6000 state Highway 80, one mile north of the Fenimore Art Museum.


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Now for the fun stuff. Once again, we're running these games at the low 1024x768 resolution to shift the bottleneck from the graphics card to the CPU. We begin with Crysis—not the newest title out there, but certainly one of the most demanding.
Crysis shows essentially the same performance between three and four CPU cores. The three-core results are showing a 0.7 frame per second advantage, but this is well within the margin of error. Two CPU cores show a slight disadvantage and the single CPU core results are much lower.
Left 4 Dead demonstrates the same thing Crysis did: game performance maxes out at three CPU cores and drops off slightly to two CPU cores, while a single CPU core takes a big performance hit.
To recap, we're seeing results almost identical to our previous review. Cache difference or not, it seems that games take advantage of three CPU cores, for the most part, although two CPU cores can often provide excellent performance. The single CPU core results look dismal, but the frame rates in World in Conflict are still very good.
- Time To Follow-Up
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- Synthetic Benchmarks: 3DMark And PCMark Vantage
- Synthetic Benchmarks: SiSoftware Sandra
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It's so hard to get up this morning. Been trying to wake myself up since 4AM but the bed doesn't seem to want to let me go. Good thing I don't have much stuff to do at work so I can just relax and take it easy today.
The husband put up a shelf on my workspace and re-wired everything yesterday. It took him two hours just to clean up my desk but it's all worth it. The setup is flawless. My old DELL laptop is now the server and my HP the main machine. He also set up my 17″ LCD so I can use it on my laptop. It feels so good to work on a huge monitor again that I think I might scrap something today hmmmmm Ive been a bit frustrated when I found out that I can't upgrade my laptop's graphics card but I could see on my LCD monitor that the colors are not that bad. So it's all good. I think I almost have my dream workspace except for the slim portable storage and printed digiscraps that I can put on the wall.
That's it for now. Have a great morning people. I'll be back later for my weekend recap.


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Kaiserschmarrn @ Kipferl, Camden Passage/Islington, London
Kaiserschmarrn are pancakes coarsely shredded into awesome bite-size lumps, crispy on the outside, gorgeously soft (but not mushy) within. Well calibrated sweetness, judicious bits of raisins, soft ripely-flavoured morello cherries, a gentle waft of cinnamon. What the perfect gnocchi would be if it dreamt of being dessert.
The liver dumpling soup is comfort food - a clear broth with light, stocky flavour, and soft almost bready slices of the liver dumplings with just a bit of the metallic livery flavour.
Good coffee, a smooth, seamless blend of fruit and nut at first but also a sustained backbone of rich roasting. Not bad foam in the cream, but nothing as silky as the ones form the Hatch in Bermondsey.
great place - i realy missed them when they moved from charterhouse square to islington. i'm curious about their wines - did you try any?
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By ASHLEIGH LIVINGSTON
---- — PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh City School Board took no action regarding employee health insurance at its recent meeting despite a lengthy discussion on the topic.
The notion of unilaterally switching the district's Teachers Association and Civil Service Employees Association members from Plan A to the less costly Plan B coverage without negotiations has been publicly debated by board members for the past several months.
Multiple taxpayers spoke during the meeting's public-comment periods, encouraging the board to make a unilateral move.
"It's wrong, it's arrogant, it's fiscally irresponsible not to move to Plan B," Plattsburgh Resident Ken Baker told the board.
The district's current health-insurance plan, he noted, "just can't be sustained by this over-taxed community."
"This change does not affect any instructional programs," added fellow resident Jane Barber. "It's in the best interest of all taxpayers, including those who have retired many years ago … who are on fixed incomes."
Last month, City School Superintendent James "Jake" Short told the Press-Republican switching active teachers to Plan B would save the City School District $443,494 a year, while switching active CSEA members would save $137,049 annually.
If retired teachers were moved to the alternative plan, he said at the time, the district would save $387,199 each year; moving retired CSEA members would reduce annual costs by $87,199.
However, other attendees of the recent meeting, including retired teacher and former Plattsburgh Teachers Association President Rod Sherman, spoke out against a unilateral switch.
The pressure on both the board and the unions to accept Plan B is unfair to both parties, Sherman said. Plan B is offered by the Clinton-Essex-Warren-Washington Schools Health Insurance Consortium, to which the City School belongs.
"This mess is a result of a majority of (the consortium's) Board of Directors failure to listen to the insured and make modifications to Plan B that would be of benefit to both the districts and the unions," he said.
Sherman noted that he and City School Superintendent James "Jake" Short recently attended an informational meeting of state health-insurance consortiums in Castleton, N.Y., where they spoke with a consultant from Segal Consulting.
"In phone conversations with that consultant, he believes, given the data, he can put together a different plan, which is different than Plan A and Plan B ... and it cost less than Plan B," he said. "Now if you impose something tonight, I would tell you that working together and trying to come up with that plan will probably be out the window."
Plattsburgh resident Barbara Adams also spoke at the well-attended gathering, telling the board not to align with the teachers on this issue because doing so is not in the best interest of the community as a whole.
"This board, in my opinion, is here to represent the taxpayers and the students," she said. "The teachers have the strongest union in the whole state to support them and their needs."
At the same session, board members Steve Krieg and Ronald Marino also advocated for the switch.
Though it has been stated in the past that a change in health-insurance would have to be negotiated, Krieg said, that is simply not the case, as the unions' contracts stipulate their health-insurance must be at least equivalent to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Statewide Plan.
"Our consultant on health insurance has told us that Plan B is not only equivalent to the statewide plan, he's told us it's better," he said.
In addition, Krieg noted, it seems a move to the alternative plan is inevitable, as the rising cost of Plan A has made it unsustainable.
"If that's the case, then why negotiate? Why give up something to get to Plan B? Why not make the change now, while we can save the district some money? That money could mean the difference between cutting programs and preserving them," he said.
"I think we have some of the best teachers in the area … but the reality is very simple," added Marino. "We're hitting the end of the money tree, and we have to start cutting back."
And regardless of whether the switch is made unilaterally or in negotiations, he noted, "the responsible decision in this case is to move forward to Plan B."
Board members Clayton Morris, Robert Hall and Amelia Goerlitz, however, indicated they would not vote in favor of unilateral action.
Taking money away from employees without involving them in the process, Morris said, is not right.
"We need to work together," he said.
In addition, Morris noted, "we should be trying to get out of this consortium and get into a different health plan."
While Board President Leisa Boise, Vice President Tracy Rotz and member Dr. David Stone were not present at the gathering, board member Fred Wachtmeister, who, in recent months has publicly opposed a unilateral switch in favor of negotiations, stood by his position.
For some people in the community, he told meeting attendees, taxes are a burden.
"For many other people, however, they're not a burden unless, of course, there is a desire to use their discretionary dollars for other expenditures besides the support of education," Wachtmeister said.
He added that he believes a large number of Plattsburgh residents do have discretionary income, and the question is whether they wish to spend it on public education and district employees' benefits, which are used in and flow back into the local community.
"It's not basically poor people that feel a burden of taxes," Wachtmeister said. "It's people who have the higher incomes, whose homes are assessed at a higher value, that pay more in school taxes."
Though the meeting's agenda indicated a motion from the floor was anticipated with regards to making a unilateral change, no such action was taken.
Just before the close of the session, Plattsburgh Teachers Association President Mary Lou LaRocque-Megarr thanked the board for its trust in the union negotiation process.
"I think that speaks well of our collaboration that the Teachers Association and the district has had for many many years," she said.
Her union, LaRocque-Megarr said, will be starting negotiations with the district next month.
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