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A blog post entirely from my iPhone
Last week I wrote about how the rise of mobile apps is changing the way we access the Internet. But what about how we create content for it? That too is changing, and to demonstrate how, this entire post comes from the WordPress app on my iPhone.
A variety of apps exist for creating web content via mobile platforms. Mobile technology allows us to shoot photos and have them online in seconds. And as I mentioned in my last post, content on the Twittersphere is increasingly being generated from tablets and smartphones.
WordPress has an app. Tumblr has an app. Smartphones have the ability to record video and post directly to YouTube. A number of generic blogging apps are also available which talk to the various platforms.
There are limitations however. The app I'm typing this on doesn't have a function to add links. The picture I uploaded can only appear at the bottom of the post. I can still however add tags.
Due to the limitations discussed, an interface such as this one won't become my sole tool for writing to WordPress. But it is very useful if I'm out and about and an idea comes to me which I need to get into words while it's still fresh. I can always log in via the web later to beautify and add links.
For journalists the ability to get content up instantaneously cannot be underestimated. Media outlets vying to be the first with an exclusive now work in a new wireless battleground. Reporters will need to adapt accordingly.
And if there's one thing that's beyond doubt, it's that with the speed of technological advancement, methods of creating content like this will definitely improve and limitations will be swept away.
Getting into the swing of Twitter
Love it or hate it, Twitter has irreversibly changed the way we communicate online, as Facebook did before it. From humble beginnings to a worldwide phenomenon, Twitter is huge and still growing.
Celebrities use it. Politicians use it. Sportspeople use it. Organisations use it. And most important of all, everyday people like you and me use it.
In an Australian first, a "Twitter debate" was held prior to the by-election for the state seat of Penrith. And now with a federal election imminent, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has finally risen above the laggards and joined the microblogging service herself.
This will be the first Australian election where social media will be such an important key battleground. It has simply become too big a forum to ignore.
But you probably know all of this already. You know how big Twitter is and chances are if you're interested in this blog post then you're into it.
But do you remember what life was like before there was Twitter?
I remember life before mobile phones. We made do, but all of us thought at some point or another how useful it would be to have a phone we could take with us. There was a need there.
But Twitter was not invented to fill an obvious void. For something that we've come to rely on with such vigour, it's not something that any of us, once upon a time, would have thought we needed.
I joined Twitter in January 2009. At the time I did so because I thought it might be interesting to explore how I could leverage it in my then-career as a Marketing Manager.
My first experiences were how unnatural using Twitter was. As it had not been something I'd needed I wasn't quite sure what to do with it. I recall one time sitting at my computer for twenty minutes, staring at the screen, wondering what the hell I should type.
In those early days my tweets were few and far between. It simply wasn't something that slotted into my day-to-day life. It never occurred to me to just let go and update random thoughts, start conversations with strangers or tweet my views on a particular issue. So apart from the occasional spruik for my sports blog, my Twitter account remained largely unloved.
Even at the start of this year as I jumped onto the next big thing, Foursquare, I still wasn't tweeting very much. I remember selecting the option to feed my Foursquare to my Twitter account just so my followers wouldn't think I'd died.
I can't say when it happened. But the other day I looked at my day's tweets and was struck by how many I'd sent. I just hadn't realised, that during the normal course of my day I'd had so many things to share. The luxury of having a smartphone had allowed me to casually tweet as things occurred to me, and I'd barely noticed I was doing it.
Something I hadn't needed was now entrenched into my life.
When did you first realise Twitter was entrenched in your day-to-day life? Please comment.
Facebook as a tool of democracy
Social media giant Facebook has done a mammoth job in infiltrating many aspects of our lives. Like anything there are some people who love it and some who hate it. However, a recent example has shown that for individuals wanting their voice heard by government, Facebook is a very useful tool indeed.
Prior to Web 2.0 and Facebook most people let governments know their approval or disapproval at the ballot box. There have always been those who are more active in their communities in regard to speaking out about issues that concern them. However these people faced a far harder task in getting others on board, be it trying to get people along to protests or getting signatures on a petition.
Enter Facebook. The viral power of social media has now changed the way communities talk to government.
The example: Recently Waverley Municipal Council has proposed the construction of a depot on the site of Hugh Bamford Reserve in North Bondi. The project would involve the temporary excavation of much of the park to allow for the depot to be built. Once operational the site would be a hub for trucks, leading to noise and traffic congestion.
The community in North Bondi and its surrounds don't want the depot and they've voted with their keyboards. This group has been created on Facebook specifically to protest against Council's proposal:
In a short time the group has gained over 2,000 members. They are actively debating the issue and making their thoughts on the project known. Waverley Mayor Sally Betts clearly understands the impact this Facebook group is having. She has joined it herself and posts regularly in its forums to update people on the council's position. Through the group, residents are replying to her posts and the conversation continues still.
What this all means is that Facebook has moved on from being merely a tool for friends to socialise online. It is now a genuine forum for political debate, and a very effective tool for communities to come together quickly, engage and speak about issues that affect them.
In days gone by the media was necessary to inform the people of what the government was doing, so that democracy could function. Now social media has entered the mix – to inform governments about what the citizens think – so that democracy can function even more effectively.
This is, indeed, a brave new world.


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RALEIGH COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A man in Raleigh County is facing murder charges after deputies say he shot and killed his stepfather and tried to kill his mother.
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If you tuned into the BlackBerry Jam Americas keynote, then you likely saw the demo of Shadowgun being run on the screens. Now, the game has been released into BlackBerry App World and best of all, it's available as a free download. If you're big on third-person shooters, this will be one you want to add to your collection:
The game comes in at just over 350MB so while it's not massive, it is something to be aware of for sure. If you're looking for the trailer to see the gameplay before you dive in, you can jump below to get a good look at it otherwise, hit the link below to download Shadowgun today.
Now, I wonder if Madfinger games will also bring Dead Trigger to the PlayBook as well.
Download Shadowgun for the BlackBerry PlayBook
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cjterminator Sep 30, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Great!! Union has also released another good one free with 124MB - CreaVures.
Great end to weekend by this Sunday Duo from Union.
Well this after I was having addicting gaming weekend with Stick Tennis and Magic Wingdom :)
How awful is appworld when you search for "shadow" it does not find this game but finds "shadowfall."
I did find it and am downloading it - so thanks for the pointer.
Bobert_123 Sep 30, 2012 at 7:54 pm
Mine is coming up as 35 not 350...
Bobert_123 Sep 30, 2012 at 8:21 pm
Never mind...I feel stupid...
The graphics are pretty bad. But the game is good. Well at least its free
koool1 Sep 30, 2012 at 9:01 pm
Wow free? - shocking and awesome.
bambinoitaliano Sep 30, 2012 at 9:07 pm
And they say there's not enough games on Playbook! Slowly and surely, they are coming....love it!!
Camfella Oct 1, 2012 at 12:40 am
Actually, here on Crackberry, they say "Tools Not Toys"!. It's becoming quite clear that was just jealousy talking!
Chuks_75 Sep 30, 2012 at 9:19 pm
Hw can I chat wth it pls
illini2097 Sep 30, 2012 at 9:20 pm
"This item is not supported by your current device profile."
Anybody else getting this message, or know what it means?
Running 18.104.22.1680 Beta
shebmiller Oct 1, 2012 at 9:30 am
It means you can't install in on the Beta OS: something you should expect if you have a Beta OS loaded on your device
-katar- Sep 30, 2012 at 9:55 pm
Maybe this is the lite version?
The graphics is bad..
First i think my pb has an error or something
freya09 Oct 1, 2012 at 2:31 am
I agree. What Console-Quality Graphics? Yeah, they should release an HD version.
drummer_god Sep 30, 2012 at 10:12 pm
Restart your playbook before trying to play, and everything is fine.
-katar- Sep 30, 2012 at 10:49 pm
I have restarted my pb, same result, bad graphics..
FYI im running 2.1 beta
BB_Bmore Sep 30, 2012 at 11:03 pm
I don't see any "bad" graphics. I'm on 2.1.
playbookster Sep 30, 2012 at 11:36 pm
The textures are quite bad. It looks like its not finished. Its also v.03 something so its not even a stable release.
RubberChicken76 Oct 1, 2012 at 7:14 am
Complain, complain, complain, complain.
Power Mac Oct 1, 2012 at 11:27 am
Should see the Android and iOS versions: the graphic is much better. I think they released it free because they're planning a paid-version with better graphics and possibility to download updates. At least that's what I suppose, because PlayBook has got the same graphic capability than an iPad 2 (maybe it's also more performant).
BB_Bmore Sep 30, 2012 at 11:02 pm
Don't go by the link here... Go to appworld tap games, tap new arrivals. Boom Done. Sometimes clicking links to appworld will do that. Idk y but it's happened to me too.
masqueofhastur Oct 1, 2012 at 12:35 am
Console quality graphics sure, like late gen PS2 games...
-katar- Oct 1, 2012 at 2:14 am
Wew, strange..
Some people has a problem like me, and some not..
I want to try delete the apps, and try to download it again..
I download from app world - games - new arrival, not from link on this site..
*maybe because i have low storage space?
When download this game, my free storage just 1.2GB
*update still have same result after redownloading this game, im frustating..
Rootbrian Oct 4, 2012 at 12:13 pm
Free some space up.
freya09 Oct 1, 2012 at 2:30 am
I've been playing Dead Trigger on my Nexus 7, but I rather play it on my PB.
i have bad texture too :_(
veeru789 Oct 1, 2012 at 10:08 am
I don't understand all the complaints. It's a beautiful game I like it better than MC3 and it's free.
masqueofhastur Oct 1, 2012 at 2:03 pm
If MC3 is anything like MC2, I'd agree. Free never hurts, but it also has some issues with the controls.
Blackberry_boffin Oct 1, 2012 at 11:03 am
Mine is not running. Its has a black screen. Anyone know why?
BSFA2008 Oct 1, 2012 at 1:52 pm
I had the same problem. Did you try restarting your PB? That fixed it for me.
BTW. Graphics look good to me.
PostMortem Oct 1, 2012 at 11:18 am
Yeah, there has to be something wrong. With the "its gorgeous" comment, you would expect the game to look anything but horrible. The video from the jam session looks nothing like what I am seeing on my screen. Nothing like the video posted above. The textures don't seem to be rendering properly. I'm sure they will fix this soon and am glad to see them supporting the PlayBook; especially free.
chaosdivine Oct 1, 2012 at 10:49 pm
Things are fixed with 1.0 update. Graphics are improved and so is splash screen and gameplay. 348MB update so grab a beer.
Rootbrian Oct 4, 2012 at 12:16 pm
348MB, but that is just the downloaded package size. Once it extracts and installs it, it's much larger. Free up space if you have to.
For those complaining, DELETE IT THEN. But don't give it a bad review just because it didn't work for you, or was lower than your high expectations demanded. Support the developers.


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CHAPEL HILL — Chaz Frank and Colin Moran combined for six hits and plated seven runs as North Carolina claimed a 14-5 win against Elon at Boshamer Stadium Wednesday night.
The Tar Heels (36-2) overcame an early 1-0 deficit thanks to a six-run, second inning when UNC sent 10 batters to the plate. Moran delivered the big hit in the inning when he hit a three-run triple to left center to push the Tar Heels lead to 6-1 after two innings.
UNC tacked on another run in the bottom of the fourth inning after a leadoff triple for Frank to answer a run by Elon (20-19) in the third.
UNC went on to put up two 3-run innings in the bottom of the fifth and eighth innings, along with another run in the seventh. Elon scored three runs of their own in the sixth.
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DeLucia, a senior, blasted a three-run homer in the first and a two-run shot in the fifth.
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America's business leaders are losing faith in the economy's ability to produce a strong recovery by the end of the year.
The Business Roundtable's second-quarter Economic Outlook Survey, released Wednesday, saw a decline in optimism from the nation's leading CEOs, with lower expectations for growth in sales, capital spending and hiring.
Boeing Chief Executive Jim McNerney, chairman of the Business Roundtable, and Roundtable CEO John Engler said the downturn in business confidence reflected rising uncertainty created by government regulations, looming budget and tax issues, and the European debt crisis.
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America's Cup waterfront land giveaway has quietly expanded since the deal was approved — with Chiu's secret blessing
It's a mad dash at San Francisco City Hall to put all the pieces together in preparation for the America's Cup, the prestigious regatta that will culminate in the summer of 2013 along the city's northern waterfront. But once that spectacle is over, the biggest impact of the event will be a massive, lasting, and quite lucrative transformation of the city's waterfront by a few powerful players, a deal that has been modified significantly since it was approved by the Board of Supervisors.
As negotiations on the fine terms of the development agreements continue to unfold, the future landscape of a huge section of the San Francisco waterfront is in play. If the America's Cup Event Authority (ACEA) — the race management team controlled by billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison — aims high in its investments into port-owned infrastructure, it has the potential to lock-in leases and long-term development rights for up to nine piers for 66 years, with properties ranging from as far south as Pier 80 at Islais Creek to as far north as Pier 29, home of the popular dinner theater Teatro ZinZanni.
The possibility of securing long-term leases and development rights to Piers 19, 23, and 29 — provided race organizers sink more money into infrastructure improvements — was added to the deal in the last two weeks of 2010, just before San Francisco won its bid to host the world-famous sailing match. The possibility of obtaining rights to portions of two additional piers, 27 and 80, were also added at the last minute. Race organizers and city officials negotiated the final modifications after the Board of Supervisors signed off on the Host City Agreement on Dec. 14, 2010.
Not all board members knew that three additional city-owned piers were being added as possible extensions of the land deal, and those properties weren't mentioned in any of the earlier documents that went through a public review process in the months leading up to the approval of the agreement. Yet Board President David Chiu was evidently appraised of how the last-minute negotiations were unfolding and he quietly offered his support.
On Dec. 22, 2010, Chiu sent a letter to Russell Coutts, CEO of Oracle Racing, the team that won the 33rd America's Cup and is an integral player in laying plans for the 34th. "I understand that Mayor Newsom and the city's team have been working directly with you since the board's approval of the Host City Agreement to make the necessary adjustments and clarifications to the agreement to ensure it meets your needs. I am aware of these changes and support them," Chiu wrote in a letter that was not shared with his fellow supervisors.
Quoting from a section of the agreement that explains that ACEA is ensured long-term development opportunities in exchange for funding improvements and upgrades, Chiu's letter went on, "This section specifically applies to ... Piers 30-32 and Seawall Lot 330, as well as Piers 26 and 28, and if mutually agreeable could apply to Piers 19, 23, and 29. To obtain the community's support and agreement for future development rights to piers on the northern waterfront, you will need to invest in a strong partnership with the community ... I am prepared to help facilitate that relationship."
Former Board President and Democratic County Central Committee Chair Aaron Peskin, who has closely followed the America's Cup land deal and has for decades been actively involved in land-use issues along the northern waterfront, interpreted Chiu's letter to Coutts as a backroom deal.
Boo..hooo for peskin he's on the outside looking in now......
Oh..... did you mention the fact the THE PORT IS BROKE? All that blather in your rant and not one word about the dire condition of the cities assets. The FACT that the Port of SF has NO MONEY to fix the falling down piers is a travesty.
Stop whining!!! Get real.....
The citizens of San Francisco owe a great deal of gratitude to you for the reporting that you have done. Wonderful evaluation. I hope that justice is done.
Why does the SFBG mention the Watermark highrise as an example of the supposed value of development rights? There is a very rigid height limit imposed on all watefront property, and no highrise or midrise could be constructed under zoning laws. Morover, there are a slew of other restrictions that are imposed on constructing anything along the waterfront.
Yes, waterfront property is valuable in SF. However, the cost of development, includintg zoning and other regulatory compliance, is extremely high and that must also be considered in the valuation of the property.
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Missing MonteroBy
For the first time since January's trade, the Yankees will get a look at Jesus Montero, Seattle Mariner tonight. The deal already looks like a disaster on New York's end with Michael Pineda out of the season (torn labrum) and Jose Campos out indefinitely (elbow inflammation), but luckily for the Yankees, you can't pass final judgment on a trade of this magnitude after four months. The early returns are horrible, however.
Montero has settled in as a middle of the order bat for Seattle. That has more to do with the state of the team than his actual production though, because a .268/.282/.420 batting line (.298 wOBA and 91 wRC+) is hardly deserving of a primo lineup spot. I am surprised Montero is off to such a relatively slow start but not entirely. I mean, he is only 22. We all knew a slow start was possible just because rookies tend to suck. Add in a pitcher-friendly home park and offensively incompetent teammates, and you have a recipe for a slow start. It happens and I'm sure he'll be more than fine in the long run.
On a personal level, I've already accepted the trade and said my goodbyes to Montero. That sounds incredibly lame and cheesy, but it's hard not to get attached to these guys as you follow their progress through the minors. Heck, here's the DotF from his pro debut in 2007. We know when these kids sign, when they hit, when they struggle, when they do anything in the minors before reaching the big leagues these days. If you read RAB regularly, they become as much a part of the Yankees experience as Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia and Yankee Stadium. You get attached to them and when they get traded, it bums you out. It's only natural.
Regardless of what they said publicly, the Yankees didn't believe Montero was a big league catcher defensively. Actions speak louder than words and when Frankie Cervelli went down with a concussion last September, it was Austin Romine who took over behind the plate. That's why he was traded. If he was a corner outfielder or something, chances are he'd still be in pinstripes. And that's fine, when the pieces don't fit you adjust. I thought Montero could be serviceable enough behind the plate in my completely amateur opinion, enough to catch 50-80 games a year for the next few seasons. He didn't have to catch forever, but a few years back there seemed doable. The Yankees didn't agree so they made the move.
Like everyone else, I have favorite players around baseball and Montero is one of them. I disliked the trade at the time and am pretty annoyed at how it's played out so far, but at the end of the day I root for the laundry. I hope Montero does well this weekend (and going forward) but I hope the Yankees do even better. I miss Jesus and really wish he was the regular DH/backup catcher this year, but he's not and that's just the way it is. I enjoyed his short time in pinstripes but as usual, the players change. The Yankees are the constant and that's where my allegiance lies.
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Trade pitching for hitting, not the other way around, IMO.
Then where do you get your pitching from?
I just pull pitchers out of my magic hat.
Or we just trade for Chris Davis and use him as a pitcher against the Red Sox XD
You must have tiny fingers. Wokka wokka.
It's on now.
Let the floodgates open.
For some reason, this jumped out at me from that DotF report:
Eduardo Nunez: 2 for 4, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 2 E (both fielding) – he's up to 26 errors in only 79 games
His name should be shortened to: "E. Nunez. "
Much more appropriate.
Now Missing Nunez as well; just got sent down to minors; Chavez reinstated.
I also enjoyed the John Axford appearance
Yep I noticed that too, I came to RAB right after reading the ESPN blog post about Nunie getting sent down so it was right on my mind.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
He can field it, just can't throw it. Imagine if he was a pitcher! He would be beaning everyone
Well said. The only thing I would add is my Montero depression was pretty quickly alleviated by Pineda induced visions of playoff grandeur.
I know a power hitting catcher is (should he be at least Posada/Piazza level serviceable behind the plate) is likely to be more valuable over the course of a season, but there's something comforting about the idea of having two HUGE flamethrowers with great command who could absolutely shut down the opponent in a short series.
That was why I was sad to see Montero go, but happy about the trade. Pitchers are risky business, however, so here we are.
All of that said, I don't care if Pineda and Campos never throw a pitch for the Yanks, I will still (1) think it was the right move AT THE TIME IT WAS MADE (Yanks took by far the bigger risk, but if not through that trade, where else were they going to find five years of cost-controlled ace potential pitching?) and (2) root for Montero to succeed.
The laundry comes first, no doubt, but there's absolutely no reason for me to root for a player who I grew attached to around when he could legally by cigarettes should be persona non-gratta just because he got traded. He's still the same guy I rooted for when he was in the GCL, just now better at baseball.
When he plays the Yanks, I hope he hits well and his team loses. Against everybody else, I will root for him without any reservation.
I agree with everything you said. Well, not everything: I hope he strikes out 5 times every time he plays the Yankees
Cash got taken pure and simple.
Pineda was arguably the best pitcher in AL in the first half of the year last year. There's no way Seattle puts him on the block unless they know something's not right with him.
I just can't take it anymore. If Jesus were the one who got hurt instead, Mariners fans would be saying the. same. fucking. thing.
Montero's gotta bad knee/elbow/wrist/whatthefuckever, Cashman knew about it and Jack Z. got fleeced, there's no way Cashman trades a middle of the order bat if he doesn't have super double top secret information about his health that he's withholding from the world, waaaaahhhhhhh.
And Yankees fans would be all dude, whatever, shit happens, nobody knew he was hurt, stop with the ridiculous revisionist history.
Just stop with this shit. Post haste. It's embarrassing.
And Yankees fans would be all dude, whatever, shit happens, nobody knew he
waswould get hurt, stop with the ridiculous revisionist history.
woo sah man, idiots like this won't go away. ever.
You didn't address the premise …… which is why would you trade a guy who was just about the best pitcher in the league in the first half of the year (throwing 95 plus at age 22)?
I think people forget how good Pineda was in the first half. He was pitching better than Felix.
Do those types of pitchers normally get traded? Does it EVER happen?
Then you factor in that he fell off substantially in the 2nd half and reported to spring training with a big velo drop. So yeah, Cash got taken.
"You didn't address the premise …… which is why would you trade a guy who was just about the best pitcher in the league in the first half of the year (throwing 95 plus at age 22)?"
Yes I did, by asking right back why you would trade a middle of the order 22 year old masher.
It's not because these guys were damaged goods. It was because the Yanks thought they were getting more value for their team, and the Mariners thought the same for themselves.
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… is totally fair game. This isn't about extolling the virtues of the trade; you can totally argue with trading a young bat for a young arm. (Young arms are more risky, yadda yadda.) But there is zero evidence that the Mariners knew Pineda was hurt.
Total lack of evidence aside, just for shits and giggles, imagine the reputational damage Jack Z. would have suffered if he pulled that shit. Nobody would ever deal with him again, he'd be cooked. These things have long-term ramifications, people don't pull shit like that (and for good reason).
A middle of the order 22 yr old masher? Montero hadn't proven that. Pineda, when right, was throwing better than just about anybody in the league. I stand by my comments. You just don't trade young pitching like that.
For how many innings was Pineda right, though? Remember Joba? When he was starting he was better than anyone in the league…how's that working out?
Its not a valid comparison no matter how many times you make it. The circumstances are totally different.
And Pineda was "right" for every start save his last. You're correct that it isn't a huge MLB track record, but its better than Monty's. Hell, its STILL better than Monty's, even after the injury.
What's the difference? Pineda kicked ass as a starter for the first half and suffered in the second, the only difference is that his team let him take his lumps as a starter instead of panic and move hi back to the bullpen. I'm not saying he'll be Joba'd but awesome young pitchers flame out.
The only drop off Pineda had was in ERA, he struck out more men, walked the same rate (not many), upped his groundball rate considerably in the second half.
And to answer your question, yes those type of men get traded all the time examples from the past offseason being Gio Gonzalez, Matt Latos, and Trevor Cahill, who are all young top rotation guys who were moved.
Prior to that plenty more top rotation type pitchers have been moved.
Trevor Cahill?
The Trevor Cahill who won 18 games and had an ERA of 2.97 at the age of 22 in 2010.
He had one good year. And they didn't trade him after that one. They traded him after he had a 4 era.
Trevor Cahill is not the kind of guy I'm talking about.
I don't think so. Young pitchers are inherently risky, especially young flame throwers. If you don't believe me just ask Joba Chamberlain. Acquiring a young flame thrower carries a level of risk that acquiring a young hitter like Montero doesn't. There's so many issues with Pineda: will he stay healthy (the biggest, and the answer is clearly no), will he fix his control, will he be able to keep his velocity, will the change up come along, will he give up too many fly balls for the park, etc. Not the guy that I'd trade Montero for.
Read the convo again. I specifically noted that you can argue with trading a young bat for a young arm because of risk issues, etc., and specifically took issue only with the assertion that the Mariners 'must have known that Pineda was hurt.'
He's not arguing the trade itself. He's arguing the idea that the Mariners "must have known something was wrong" for the trade to go through.
And you're helping make his point, so that's nice.
I don't think it's anything against Montero, it's probably that a highly touted positional prospect has a .01 percent chance of staying on the team.
The fact we got to enjoy a month of Montero was probably a bit too much for their liking but hey we saw Montero hit bombs, hit for average and hit in the postseason. Made the most out of it.
From the Prospect Hot Sheet linked in the DOTF post from Jesus's debut:
"9. Joba Chamberlain, rhp, Double-A Trenton (Yankees)
Has officially reserved a weekly spot on this list. After seemingly being dissed in our Top 5 Futures Game arms (Chamberlain was No. 6), the Yankee righthander went on to whiff nine over seven shutout innings. In two July starts, Chamberlain is 2-0, 0.00 with a 21-2 strikeout-walk ratio in 13 innings."
I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
Must you continue to fuel the fire with threads like this?
How many have there been? Two? One of which wasn't even by Mike.
Speculative question…say Jesus was putting up similar numbers in NY this year…how do you think Yankee fans would be reacting?
Nah, not yet.
I will say that there'd be many bashing Cashman for not trading him for a young, cost controlled starter by "selling high."
It's ok to grow some nads and call thi trade what it is: The worst in the history of the team. Heads should roll…
…starting with your's.
Pineda and Campos are still here for another 4 years…
The Yankees' HMO should be depressed about that…
Yeah and Campos is still miles away and Pineda already missed at least 20% of his expected time here. Best case scenario is they get 80% of the expected value and that's if there's no setbacks, we're probably looking at closer to 70-75%. Bad trade, no way around it, just hope it's not a disaster.
I never liked the Montero trade from the jump. I don't think you should trade an everyday player with a middle-of-the-order bat for a pitcher. Not sure about the conspiracy theories; however,it sure looks like Mr. Cashman got taken.
He was taken only if Seattle had a crystal ball and foresaw all this. If Pineda was pitching, and Montero continued to post up mediocre numbers like he has, You'd hear quite the opposite i bet.
Its only getting "taken" if there WAS a conspiracy. We needed a young #2-#1 starter. They needed a bat. Neither could be traded without receiving an enormous return due to the rarity of prospects of their caliber.
Your own opinion on the value of pitchers vs hitters (which I think is wrong, like most "hard and fast" rules), doesn't change the fact that it was a fair trade considering the needs of the teams.
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Jesus Montero: Dude, can you believe all the comments on the Yankees site about me? I don't even fucking play there anymore.
I'm not completely over my disappointment, but I would've made the trade as well and had accepted it as a worthwhile risk. It just doesn't make it easy to watch him play for another team regardless.
He was the first prospect in years I had gained an attachment to. I actually went to the AAA games here when Scranton came to town to see him play…I hadn't done that for other prospects in our system.
I hope we sweep this weekend, but also that Jesus gets his hits. I hope the fans at the stadium give him a warm welcome.
"because a .268/.282/.420 batting line (.298 wOBA and 91 wRC+) is hardly deserving of a primo lineup spot."
Maybe he's bored and needs to be called up to the Super Major League team.
Hank's totally going to find you.
at the end of the day I root for the laundry
There is an excellent essay in the new Damn Yankees book about rooting for laundry. Literally just read it, so it's funny to see you use the exact phrase immediately after.
I loved the trade, I always said that I wanted Jesus moved for a young, ace-caliber pitcher which is what the yankees got. It was a fair deal, Pineda got hurt, its unfortunate but it happens.
I doubt the Mariners knew anything, because had they, why did they only talk to a handful of teams? Pineda was coming off a very good year and showed everything you could imagine in a potential Ace.
If the Mariners told everyone that he was available, Pineda alone would have cost a package of several top prospects not one elite prospect and a backend starting prospect. The fact that they threw in Campos, says that the M's were just as desperate for a bat as the Yankees were for an arm.
I don't miss Jesus, deal is done he's not a yankee. I wish him the best but when he plays the NY, I want him to have a line of: .000/.000/.000
I disliked the trade at the time and am pretty annoyed at how it's played out so far, but at the end of the day I root for the laundry. I hope Montero does well this weekend (and going forward) but I hope the Yankees do even better. I miss Jesus and really wish he was the regular DH/backup catcher this year, but he's not and that's just the way it is. I enjoyed his short time in pinstripes but as usual, the players change. The Yankees are the constant and that's where my allegiance lies.
Exactly the way I feel, I'm still pretty raw over the trade, I was warming up to this team around February and wasn't concerned about Pineda's missing velocity at the time. In the back of my head I was worried about a Lincecum situation where he suddenly lost four ticks off his fastball, and that he couldn't work with shittier velocity…that's a worst case scenario type thing, or I thought at the time. It was too early to get concerned, right? It's fucking February, if he's not hitting 97 in June then get worried. Then he missed the first part of the year, started to get a little pissed…they just traded their best prospect in a decade for a pitcher that won't even start the season. Then I found out about the torn labrum and that he'd miss one of his five years that he's under control for. I'd had it by then. Trade's a failure, unless he turns into Beckett over the next four years there's very little way that this trade can be justified, I just hope it doesn't turn into an unmitigated disaster.
Realistically though, it's how the Yankees deal with pitching. They signed CC Sabathia, who gives a shit? Anyone would. If you wouldn't sign CC if you had the cash you shouldn't be working in baseball, even as the asshole who sells hotdogs. Nova's worked out okay, hopefully that will work out, but they also had a lot of other failures with pitching.
Javier Vazquez…BOTH times. Turns out that OBP Jesus was only okay so that's not too bad, and hey they got Unit out of him and Unit's 2005 was one of the better pitching seasons that the Yankees had in the 2000s…probably top 10.
Phil Hughes and Joba Chamberlain: One seems like he was never given a real chance to start, and was jerked around from the rotation to the bullpen way too much and the other never got his curve back after a hamstring injury and never got the chance to develop as a real starter. He was having a positive season in 2009, and they moved him to the pen…no surprise next year that he fell off a cliff in the second half of the next season. Hey they got a WS out of it though, he was a very important reliever on a team that won the WS so you can't be too upset.
Trading Clippard for Albaladejo? What the fuck? I'm not saying Clippard would be Clippard in the AL East, but I'm positive that he'd be better than Albaladejo.
Kei Igawa?
Out of Hughes, Joba, and Kennedy…Kennedy is the one you trade. Yes I'd make the trade a thousand times out of a thousand too, even knowing what Kennedy would become, but he's the one you trade out of those three? That's what I'm pissed about.
Pavnao…nuff said.
AJ Burnett: bad signing. Bad move, but probably worth it. Without him they don't get 27, I'd probably do it again to get 28, but they paid him 72.5 million dollars for one good season, that's a shitty move. It's a shitty move that they can afford to make, but shitty nonetheless.
How many millions have they spent on relievers that sucked absolute ass: Farnsworth, Soriano, Marte (though it was worth it to hear Michael Kay say "when healthy he's one of the best pitchers in baseball and if you don't believe me just ask Ryan Howard"), Feliciano, and LaTroy Hawkins. That's about 70 million in relievers that didn't do anything.
All of these moves were justifiable at the time, and they all turned out terrible. When you have this many misses and really only have a couple of good seasons of CMW, Nova, and Wade to show for it…is it bad luck or is it the process? If all the justifiable moves turn out awful it's not bad luck it's bad process, something needs to change with the way the Yankees evaluate pitching. I'll still root for them no matter what, and with the success Cashman has had dealing with managing the great expectations and winning well over 1300 games during his career as Yankee GM, I'm not calling for his job by any means, I'm simply saying he needs to get better with pitching. There's no argument to the contrary that a reasonable fan can make.
is it bad luck or is it the process?
..or is it a bad pool of available players and/or lack of matching trade chips to trade for the good ones? There's no doubt Cashman's track record with pitchers is spotty, but he also has to win annually, and play them in a great hitter's park in the AL East. It's easy to look smart and have all your prospects work out when you play them in Petco.
I never understood the part of rooting for ex-Yankees when they're playing the Yankees. I hope he kills it in the other 156ish games of the year, but goes 0-25ish against the Yanks.
It's like when people cheered for Matsui hitting a homer against the Yanks a year or two ago. I hated that.
Bottom line, Pineda is going to come back throwing awful Hugheslike 91 mph fastballs after this shoulder surgery. Worst Cashman trade yet.
You should play the lottery more. Especially since, judging by your conclusion that this is "his worst trade yet," you predicted this exact injury before the trade even occurred.
How many trades has he made worse than this? Albaledejo for Clippard? That's the only one that's up there, really.
Don't get too attached to Yankees prospects. Most of the time they're hyped or over valued so the Yanks can get more offers for trades.
Montero will be a good ball player but I think as a prospect he was overrated by Yankee fans.
Aaaand all the non-partial observers? Their opinions meant nothing?
How about noted Yankee water carrier Keith Law (sarcasm font) who compared him to Frank Thomas?
I liked the trade (though I recognized Yanks were taking the bigger risk), but to say Montero was a creation of a Yankee hype machine is just not correct.
Most may have doubted the glove, but many thought he was at worst a solidly above average major league bat with the potential to be a generational type talent as a hitter.
Yes, but the people HG is referring to are the ones who seemed to think that he was infallible and immoveable. Of which many people exist on this site.
No one is saying he wasn't a great prospect, but that doesn't mean he can't be overvalued by the fanbase.
Excellent strategy to have a Montero thread in advance.
We don't want to risk having the blog turn into lohud for the next few days, with every thread swamped by teary-eyed Montero fanboys regardless of subject.
Hope this gets all that out of the way.
Unfortunately, it will all depend on his performance and nothing Mike does will change that. If he straight up mashes, which he hasn't all season, we'll be swamped with "SEE!??!" posts in every Game Thread. The half-dozen or so people who already only show up when we're losing will be supplemented by Montero troll posts, both by trolls and non-trolls.
I think Montero has done pretty well given that he is catching a lot more than he probably thought he was going to do at this point. He still is 22 in his first full season in bigs.
It just sucks that both Pineda and Campos are hurt – (by the way, the way the trade has started offf, I am now waiting for the "inevitable" announcement of Tommy John surgery for Campos.) – right now, we can point to absolutely no progress or developments on our side even an A pitcher's minor leeague starts. Also a labral injury is severe enough that we must entertain the possibility that Pineda never approaches his old form. My understanding is that recovery rates from TJ surgery are higher.
I miss montero bigtime, cashman is a dick , but i just saw jack currys interview on bp show with montero and he came off as such an asshole, it was a very akward interview. I suggest u guys check it out. I guess that if i was traded by the yanks to seattle id be an asshole to the yankee.beat guy too
One thing people really forget is how short of a window that DH spot would have been open for Montero. A-Rod isn't getting any younger or healthier and is beginning to see a considerable amount of time at DH already. We all know that the Yankees will give a veteran, highly paid player a lineup spot over a young kid, so beyond the next couple of years or so A-Rod would be the DH.
Clearly the Yankees weren't satisfied with Montero's defense to even use him as a backup last year. Expecting him to improve into an everyday catcher at the major league level after struggling for how long in the minors is a bit of a stretch.
A trade was ineveitable and getting back a front of the rotation arm with room for upside was an excellent and fair return and filled an area of need for the present and future. The fact that he got hurt sucks but shit happens.
Watching last nights game and some other games aside from the Yankee game Montero has shown that he will be a better catcher than the Yankees expected him to be. Sure does sound like a lot of judging going on of him from some on just a small sample of his major league experience. I watched that homer yesterday and just imagined how many of those could he have hit in a Yankee uniform.
Look at Montero's splits in the past two years and this year. Nobody was worried about it when he was a Yankee. He can improve, but let's not act like he was a finished product.


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Soundtrack Watch: Intrada is "Dressed to Kill," La-La Land Goes to "Rosewood"
Calling all soundtrack enthusiasts: the past week of film score reissues from our favorite soundtrack reissue labels has been a bountiful one, indeed!
Last week, Intrada debuted an expanded edition of the score to Brian DePalma's modern suspense picture, Dressed to Kill (1980). Nancy Allen plays a call girl who witnesses a murder, and Michael Caine is the victim's psychologist, who might have more of a connection to the murder than meets the eye. DePalma's controversial film owed more than a little to Alfred Hitchcock and Psycho in tone and subject matter, but Pino Donaggio's score was worlds apart from Bernard Hermann's fearsome soundtrack to that film. Donaggio commands a full orchestra with an almost romantic main theme contrasted throughout by rhythmic passages representing the suspense and murder throughout.
For this release, Intrada greatly expands upon the original Varese Sarabande LP, featuring nearly an hour of music, nearly all of it newly mixed from the original multitrack session masters, which turned up after years of vault searching. Fans of Donaggio's work for DePalma will not be disappointed by this one.
And La-La Land delivers a special treat for fans of John Williams: an expanded edition of his score to 1997's Rosewood. Comparably obscure to his works for Steven Spielberg, big-budget fantasies or even the dramas of auteurs like Oliver Stone, this John Singleton film dramatized a racially-motivated violent event in Florida in 1923, bringing together Ving Rhames and Jon Voight as an unlikely team who sets out to fight against the racists who are attacking the titular black community. Williams, of course, handled things with typical grace and gravitas, utilizing a choir for the haunting "Look Down, Lord" and infusing passages with period color, including light blues and gospel shadings.
Rosewood's expanded presentation, limited to 3,500 units, includes two discs – one featuring the original mix and edit of the score as heard in the film, the other featuring the original Sony Classical soundtrack album. Mike Matessino, who co-produced with Sony Music's Didier C. Deutsch, masters the disc, and Jeff Bond writes a powerful set of liner notes. Also exciting: Rosewood is first in a planned series of scores from LLL celebrating the 90th anniversary of Warner Bros. Pictures – and it's one of many titles you can get through the label's current dads-and-grads/Memorial Day sale, where everything is 20% off with a coupon code featured on La-La Land's website.
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Elmer Bernstein's "Hud," The Return of "Carrie" Among Latest Trio of Titles from Kritzerland
It's been an incredibly busy morning for the Kritzerland label! While you have the chance to win some of Kritzerland's best releases of 2012 today only for Second Discmas, the soundtrack specialists have just announced three new limited edition albums to close out the year: a two-fer from Elmer Bernstein and Nathan Van Cleave of Hud and The Lonely Man, respectively, plus another from Alex North and Adolph Deutsch of Hot Spell and The Rainmaker, and finally, a special Encore Edition release of Pino Donaggio's score to Carrie! All three titles feature some incredibly rare film music, including a complete alternate recording of Bernstein's short, unusual score to Hud, and Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition of the title song to The Lonely Man.
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looks like a brute (dig that tranny and caps). fan too noisy? is it more "pro sound"? seems like plenty of power (120-175 RMS per channel @ 8 ohms, depending on the literature). found one for what appears to be a great deal (pics are from the web, not of the actual amp). it is very heavy, BTW.
i really really really want a brutus amp to drive with my nad integrated. unfortunately, the wallet fairies have been dirty little ****** to me, and uncle sam wasnt particularly kind this year.


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Forbes has been tracking the earnings of athletes for more than 20 years, but this is the first time we have ranked 100 athletes. Athletes from 11 different sports qualified for the top 100, including two cricket legends (Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar) and a track star in Usain Bolt. Thirty football players made the cut, which is more than any other sport. Many NFL players had bonuses delayed until the summer of 2011 that normally would have been paid in March due to the NFL lockout. The 100 highest earners made $2.6 billion collectively during the past 12 months.
Americans dominate the list with 64 making the cut. The UK is next with seven representatives led by David Beckham who ranks No. 8. Four Spaniards qualified and three baseball players from Venezuela. Michael Schumacher is the oldest on the top 100. The 43-year-old F1 star ranked tied for No. 20 with earnings of $30 million. Oakland Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain is the youngest, turning 23 in July (Rory McIlroy is two months older). McClain earned $16.7 million, which ranks No. 99.
Our earnings figures include all salaries and bonuses paid out between June 2011 and June 2012. So in the case of baseball players, the listed salary will include salary from the 2011 and 2012 seasons, as well as any signing, award or playoff bonuses. Winnings for golfers and tennis players is their prize money over that period. Nascar drivers receive a percentage of their winnings (it is split with the team), as well as a salary.
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I realize that on your Highest-Paid Athletes list you have forgot to list Samuel Eto'o (The world most paid athelete in term of salary) from Anzi , is salary (20.5 M Euro) plus is endorsement (2 to 4 M euro) should give hime around 24.5 M euro which around $30 Million.
It's an error ? or a mistake not to list him or because he is playing in Russia and Russia isn't part of the world.


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July 29, 2014
ROCKFORD (WIFR) – A tip about a drug dealer on the city's southeast side has led to an arrest.
35-year-old Devin Dixson is accused of trying to sell cocaine within a thousand feet of a Church, but police say he moved around quite a bit. His bond has not been set.


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Dr. Henry Trueba, special guest professor at The University of Texas-Pan American, was recently elected into the National Academy of Education, an organization promoting education throughout the United States and abroad.
Trueba – who retired last May as the Rubén E. Hinojosa Regents Professor at The University of Texas at Austin – was invited to UTPA to teach school administration and provision at the College of Education, as well as conduct research on second-generation immigrants.
"I was invited to teach a course here (at UTPA). I love the University and the people," Trueba said.
"Students in the doctoral program are what attracted me to this school and the opportunity to do some research on immigration."
Deeply committed to the academic and economical improvement of minorities, Trueba was selected into the Academy for his work with immigration movements in China and Mexico.
"To be elected into the Academy is a very difficult thing. The Academy wanted to include someone involved in this kind of work," Trueba said. "It is an honor to be in such great company."
Established in 1965, the Academy is composed of 125 members from various institutions who are elected on the basis of outstanding scholarship or outstanding contributions to education.