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Once again my childhood hero's birthday has rolled around and he's turned the calendar on quite a milestone.
Mr. Cub is Eighty Years Old today.
When one's childhood hero hits such a milestone it means that when this Cub fan looks in the mirror, that reflection isn't the young Cubster that used to be, but... well, I still feel like a kid when I think about Ernie Banks unique batting style, fingers wiggling and bat upright. Crack, ball hits bat, fantastic wrist action. Remembering just one more Jack Brickhouse Hey-Hey! All baseball heros candles fade and real life takes over. But Eighty? That can't be correct.
So Ernie, here's my birthday toast to you: may your birthday cake with 80 candles be as GRAND the impact your Cub greatness had on me.
Man, when you see that Augie Ojeda is 36 you know it's getting late.
Last night my son was megabussing home from college when he e-mailed me the news about Augie inking a minor league deal with the Cubs. A decade ago Augie was our favorite player in Des Moines. Eventually he would hit three homers playing for the Chicagoans. We saw one of them in a game at Wrigley the only other aspect of which I can recall is that the Cubs lost. The rest of the details aren't important enough to go looking for. Later Augie came back to annoy if not exactly haunt the Cubs when he hit .444 for the Diamondbacks while they were sweeping us out of the 2007 playoffs. Ojeda's real first name is Octavio. His initials have more potential than he ever did.
Todd Wellemeyer is a yawn. But Augie Ojeda is like magic words that reopen a closed passageway.
His playing days are numbered. Mine are long gone. The kid's just hitting his stride. Hard to believe we were all part of the same ballclub in 2001. And now we are again.
The rush of major league prospect rankings are about to make their way out and MLB/MILB.com and Jonathon Mayo is the first out of the gate. OF Brett Jackson is the only Cub and is listed as the #46 best prospect in all of baseball. Just traded Cub, Chris Archer, finished one spot below Jackson at #47. You can always view past rankings at Wiklifield, where you can discover such things as Starlin Castro being rated #22 last season. From the video clip on Jackson they had this to say...
"Each tool may not wow you, but he can do a little bit of everything and has the potential to be a 20/20 type player in the future."
"Each tool may not wow you, but he can do a little bit of everything and has the potential to be a 20/20 type player in the future."
In other news, if you care to call it that, the Cubs signed Todd Wellemeyer to an $800K non-guaranteed deal with another $400K in incentives. Hendry must be on a contract quota or something.
Clay Rapada ended up where you'd expect an ex-Cub minor leaguer to end up.
In Bruce Levine's weekly chat, he says the Cubs may add a veteran middle infielder with Orlando Cabrera, Julio Lugo and Chirstian Guzman being named. He calls out the two Jackson's (Brett and Jay) as the most likely call-ups in 2011.
Some my own, some inspired by others...something to distract from the Jay Cutler bashing.
I'm planning on a series of articles to update our readers on some of the current concepts in pitcher related injuries and diagnoses that most fans have not heard much about.
We've all had our fill of reading about pitchers with rotator cuff and glenoid labrum tears. There are some interesting trends in sportsmedicine that have lead to changes in exercise programs throughout the majors and minors in an attempt to protect pitchers from a cascade of preventable injuries most fans don't know about.
Diagnoses such as:
•GIRD: (Glenohumeral Internal Rotation Deficit...not to be confused with the stomach malady also known as GERD which Cubs fans get from watching too many losses). Pitching (both cocking phase and deceleration phase) leading to a tight or thickened posterior shoulder capsular ligament plus a loose anterior capsule and loss of internal rotation of the shoulder. Extra external rotation of the shoulder develops at the expense of internal rotation.
•Scapular Dyskinesia: Shoulder blade weakness with altered kinematics.
•Internal Impingement: Thought to be related to posterior shoulder contracture from GIRD with subsequent instability of the shoulder as the humeral head (ball of the shoulder joint) which shifts back/posteriorly and upward/superiorly). This is a different entity from subacromial or rotator cuff impingement which is more common and typically occurs from friction outside the shoulder joint.
...and finally connecting the dots, sorting out how the the injured or weakened shoulder (scapula) leads to severe strain on the elbow and tearing of the Ulnar Collateral Ligament (aka the Tommy John injury).
My attention to this topic started last summer, when I heard a remarkable interview on XM radio with renown Orthopedic Surgeon, Dr. Craig D. Morgan with hosts Jim Memolo and Rob Dibble. The focus of the interview was Stephen Strasburg's shoulder tightness and the subsequent ulnar collateral ligament elbow injury that lead to "Tommy John" reconstruction of that ligament last summer. Dr. Morgan said that he had predicted elbow problems in Strasburg by watching the way he held his shoulder.
More on how the arm bone is connected to the...after the jump.
Jonathan Mayo, MLB.com's minor league guy is running a list of top 10 prospects for each position in the minors leading up to his top 50 minor league prospects that will air on Tuesday on the MLB network. It appears he's gone through everything but the pitchers so far and two Cubs can be found - Brett Jackson and Josh Vitters.
According to an NFL draft analyst Tony Paulino and confirmed by Jim Callis of Baseball America, the Cubs have signed Matt Szczur. The deal is reportedly for $1.5M (triple their original offer) and he will not participate in the NFL draft of course.
As long as a 40-man roster spot and a no-trade clause don't come with it, sounds like a wise deal.
The Cubs traded Tom Gorzelanny to the Nationals yesterday for 3 minor leaguers. This will make the road to the rotation a little easier for Carlos Silva. Phew.
The three prospects the Cubs received were 24-right hander A.J. Morris, right fielder Michael Burgess and lefty Graham Hicks. Baseball America has a write-up on each of them.
To the excerpts...
Morris pitched effectively enough as a starter for Potomac, going 3-2, 3.16 with 49 strikeouts in 57 innings, but he came down with a sore arm in June and missed nearly a month. The Nationals shifted him to the bullpen upon his return to Carolina League action in mid-July and Morris showed improved velocity, hitting 95 mph, if lesser results—he notched a 12-to-6 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 15 innings to go with a 6.60 ERA.
Burgess ranked among Washington's top 10 prospects every year from 2008-10, but he had dropped into the 11-20 tier heading into 2011 after a second straight season in high Class A. He's taken 937 at-bats for Potomac in the past three years, batting just .245 but with above-average power output in the form of 37 homers and an isolated power figure of .182. Stocky and strong, Burgess concentrated on making more contact last season, which he did at the expense of a bit of power.
Hicks compiled steady strikeout and walk rates for Hagerstown but proved far too hittable because of poor command. A tall, lean lefty, he sits in the high 80s with his fastball, touching 91 mph, and shows the makings of an average curveball and changeup. If it all comes together for Hicks, he could have a future as No. 5 type starter.
Gorzelanny was out of options and the Cubs clearly felt he could net them the best return while still having plenty left to withstand the demands of a 162 game schedule. No big loss or impact in my opinion. The rotation now stands at Dempster, Zambrano, Garza, Wells and Silva with Cashner and Russell trying to force their ways in with a good spring.
We've had a bit of a discussion lately about back-up catchers with the trading away of Robinson Chirinos, the signing of Max Ramirez and the head-scratching re-upping of Koyie Hill via the arbitraton process. Reader WISCGRAD put together a spreadsheet of catchers by Baseball Reference's WAR values which does include a defensive component.
ESPN's Bruce Levine reports that the Cubs have signed 34-year old free-agent OF Reed Johnson to a minor league contact with an invitation to Spring Training.
The right-handed hitting Johnson played college ball at Cal State - Fullerton, and was a 17th round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1999. He made his big league debut in 2003, and is a career 281/340/408 hitter in MLB. He was released by Toronto at the end of Spring Training 2008 (the Jays wanted to avoid paying him the $3.2M salary he won in arbitration), and he was immediately signed by the Cubs. Johnson played for the Cubs in 2008 and 2009 and did a nice job, hitting 303/358/420 with six HR and 20 doubles in 109 games in 2008 while platooning with Jim Edmonds in CF. and 255/330/412 with four HR and ten doubles in just 65 games in 2009.
Johnson signed with the Dodgers after leaving the Cubs, and hit 262/291366 with two HR and 11 RBI in 45 games last season.
Johnson has a chronic back problem that his landed him on the DL for extended periods over the past two seasons, but when healthy he is a decent 4th OF. Ryan Dempster had lobbied to bring the popular Johnson back to the Cubs when he was a free-agent post-2009, but the Cubs chose to let him look elsewhere.
Johnson will battle Fernando Perez, Brad Snyder and James Adduci for a back-up OF job in Spring Training. and while he is signed to a minor league contract, Johnson probably has an opt-out clause in his contract allowing him to demand his release if he does not make the Cubs 2011 Opening Day 25-man roster.
The Cubs have also agreed to an $850K 2011 contract with 31-year old back-up catcher Koyie Hill, avoiding arbitration. The switch-hitting Hill has been with the Cubs since 2007, and has been the team's primary back-up catcher for the past two seasons.
Hill is a career 215/276/302 hitter in the big leagues, and has hit 211/271/299 in 206 games (642 PA) as a Cub. He has thrown out 28% of opposing base-stealers in his career (but only 18% last season). The veteran backstop has good receiving skills and is a smart and savvy game-caller and handler of pitchers, and that has kept him in a Cub uniform despite a weak bat,
Hill played college ball at Wichita State, and was a member of Team USA in 1999. He played 3B at Wichita State and 2B with Team USA, and then was converted to catcher after getting drafted and signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2000. Once a Dodgers Top 10 Prospect, Hill suffered a broken ankle in a home plate collision after being acquired by the Arizona Diamondbacks in a trade for Steve Finley in 2004, and then he sustained a near career-ending hand injury when he cut off his thumb and two of his fingers of his right hand (throwing hand) with a table saw after the 2007 season. Doctors were able to surgically reattach the thumb and fingers in a way that allowed him to continue his baseball career.
The Cubs originally signed Hill as a Rule 55 minor league FA after the 2006 season.
The Cubs have claimed 26-year old C-1B Max Ramirez off waivers from the Boston Red Sox.
With yesterday's trade for Matt Garza, the by-product that caught my eye is the fact that the Cubs seem to have cornered the recent market on Ivy Leaguers. Fernando Perez studied creative writing and received a degree in American Studies at Columbia and now joins the exclusive Cub club of four.
Perez has published in Poetry Magazine.
Perez says he turns to poetry when he's "after displacement, contrast" from the game of baseball. "The thick wilderness," he continues, "of, say, late Ashbery can wrangle with the narrowness of competition."
Perez says he turns to poetry when he's "after displacement, contrast" from the game of baseball. "The thick wilderness," he continues, "of, say, late Ashbery can wrangle with the narrowness of competition."
From his Poetry Magazine article, titled: Para Rumbiar
Like poetry, baseball is a kind of counter culture. The (optional) isolation from the outside world (which I often opt for); the idleness about which—and out of which—so many poems are written or sung: I see this state of mind as a blessing.
Like poetry, baseball is a kind of counter culture. The (optional) isolation from the outside world (which I often opt for); the idleness about which—and out of which—so many poems are written or sung: I see this state of mind as a blessing.
...and if you haven't seen the Fernando Perez You Tube video on "The Working Poor" here's the link.
"nobody talks about the Fernando Perez(s), Jason Nix(s), Emilio Bonafacio(s), all these great players, playing for the minimum, that keep these guys (the stars like ARod) afloat."
"nobody talks about the Fernando Perez(s), Jason Nix(s), Emilio Bonafacio(s), all these great players, playing for the minimum, that keep these guys (the stars like ARod) afloat."
Growing more Ivy, after the break...
UPDATE #2: Make it Archer, Guyer, Lee, Chirinos, Sam Fuld for Garza, Fernando Perez and and a minor league pitcher. Nothing is official yet according to Morosi.
UPDATE: Levine says it's Archer, Guyer, Lee, Chirinos, Sam Fuld for Garza, and a minor league outfielder and pitcher. I can't really evaluate the trade till we know the names the Cubs are getting.
Bruce Miles is reporting that the Cubs will send Chris Archer, Brandon Guyer, Hak-Ju Lee and Robinson Chirinos for Matt Garza, with possible other pieces still being involved. I realize as a fan of the Cubs I'm probably a little bias towards their own prospects, but that sounds like as good or better package than what the Royals just got for Zack Greinke.
Now I realize Greinke costs more than Garza at the moment, but in terms of talents, it's not even close. I suppose there's the worries over Greinke's social anxiety issues and whether he would approve a trade to the Cubs, but he seemed to just be interested in trying to win.
On the other hand, they're just prospects and only Archer and maybe Lee have much of a chance of being better than league average players. Folks and myself have freaked out before on trade packages including prospects to eventually discover those prospects end doing nothing. But man, it's quite the stomach punch if they do end up being good.
MLB.com's Carrie Muskat reports that the Yankees have claimed RHP Brian Schlitter off waivers. The 25-year old Schlitter was dropped from the Cubs 40-man roster to make room for recently-signed free-agent Kerry Wood.
Schlitter will be reunited with former Cub (and current Yankee) Pitching Coach Larry Rothschild in New York. It's very possible that Rothschild recommended Schlitter to the Yankees, or at least was consulted before the Yankees made the claim.
A Chicagoland native, Schlitter was born in Oak Park, and attended Maine South HS in Park Ridge. He was selected by the Phillies in the 16th round of the 2007 Rule 4 Draft out of the College of Charleston, and was acquired by the Cubs from the Phillies for LHP Scott Eyre in August 2008.
Schlitter was the Iowa Cubs closer the first half of the 2010 season, and went a combined 2-1 with 13 Saves and a 3.15 ERA, 1.42 WHIP, and 21/42 BB/K in 45.2 IP (37 Games) over two AAA tours in 2010. He made his MLB debut this past June, going 0-1 with a 12.38 ERA and 2.88 WHIP with 5/7 BB/K in 8.0 IP (7 Games) with the Cubs. He was placed on the 15-day DL for three weeks in July with a "right shoulder impingement," and was optioned to Iowa on August 5th. He was placed on the Iowa Cubs Disabled List with recurring shoulder soreness on August 25th, and was not recalled when MLB Active Lists expanded in September. He was healthy enough to pitch in winter ball for Los Senadores de San Juan in the Puerto Rico Baseball League last month, however, putting up a 4.15 ERA and 1.38 WHIP in four PRBL games.
The MLB office was closed from December 24th through January 2nd because of the NYC snowstorm (the office ordinarily would have been open Monday through Thursday between the recent Christmas and New Year's holidays), so clubs who would normally have had to make roster moves involving waivers last week were given an extension that ended today. That's why Joe Martinez (Designated for Assignment by the Pirates on 12-22-2010) and Wil Ledezma (DFA'd by the Pirates on 12-23-2010) did not need to be traded or outrighted until today's deadline, and that's why the Cubs were able to wait until this week to make a move to open up a roster slot for Kerry Wood.
BA put out it's top 10 Cubs' prospects today. I usually put together the compilation of all the major lists, but don't quite have the time today. I'll try put together something later this week. To the rankings...
I am amused that they don't think Alfonso Soriano will be with the team in 2014, but Carlos Zambrano will.
I'm more curious where guys like Archer, Jackson and McNutt will end up in the top 100 overall list, because you know, every team has to have a #1 prospect no matter how good or bad the system is.
Past lists can be found at Wiklified.
Alright, we all know Greg Maddux will get in the Hall of Fame on his first attempt in 2014. We all agree on this, right? There's not one person thas ever read this blog - that wasn't looking for porn by accident - that wouldn't cast a ballot in favor of Maddux if they were given a vote, right? So my question, which of the 539 or so voters are going to go down as the biggest assholes of all-time? I'm getting a little ahead of myself here, as the 2011 results are just about to come filing in, but I already know I'm going to be angry about it. The top vote-getters of all time are Seaver (98.84% and all but 5 votes), Ryan (98.79% and all but 6 votes) and Cobb (98.23% and all but 4 votes). So which douchebag is going to self-righteously appoint themself as the guy that won't allow a unanimous Hall of Famer in?
In other news, today's Bears game is going to be about as meaningless* as the one in 2006 when Grossman shit his pants in the finale against the Pack and then they still went to the Super Bowl. I'm fine with that scenario if it happens again, although the Packers do look like the sleeper/surprise playoff team to watch this year.
*Barring some win-one-for-the-gipper upset by Carolina over Atlanta and Tampa upsetting New Orleans (thank you dear readers).
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Nice trade to braves. I am kinda pissed that I watched Sureoutz and Valbuena for half a year on a last place team going nowhere, and they are still here. Some serious bullshit. Valbuena should be a supersub, Olt should start the rest of the year to see what he has before the onslaught of infielders next year, and Sureoutz should be released.
If they don't there is a serious weak link in the system, which I will assume is Renteria.
BOB R: If I had to guess, I would say INF Chris Valaika will get called up from Iowa (although he will likely be be dropped from the 40 as soon as the season is over) and RHRP Kyuji Fujikawa will be reinstated from the 60-day DL (his 30-day minor league rehab assignment expires on 8/5). The Cubs will probably decline Fuji's 2015 club option after the World Series, though.
Do you guess Valaika or Watkins?
Any guess on who (if any) will be added to the 40 man?
Logan Watkins will probably get called up because he basically does what Bonifacio does (2B-SS-LF-CF), although not as well. Chris Valaika (who can play SS-3B-2B-1B) is another possiblity. Or maybe both of them will called up and they will go with 12 pitchers.
That is also reasonable, but they could have done that on openning day. I guess my point is that Baez, more than say Bryant, seems to take time to adjust to a new league. If they are looking to start contending next season (which I think they are), it would make sense to give Baez some major league at bats in 2014.
279/352/406 in A-ball right now and he is just 20. Not bad.
Caratini bio
Peter Gammons says it is Victor Caratini... Switch-hitter... ATL 2nd round pick in 2013 draft out of Miami-Dade JC... attended Puerto Rico Baseball Academy... plus arm... Converted from 3B to catcher at Instructs post-2013... was rated Braves #8 prospect by Baseball America going into 2014 season... ...
Where did you hear it was a minor league catcher? Haven't seen anything yet.
Or Olt comes back up to play 3B full time and Valbuena plays 2B with Alcantara in CF. Would avoid service time issues with Baez.
Supposedly a minor league catcher , so it's probably Victor Caratini
Does this increase the chances of Baez getting a September (or earlier) call up? It seems to me that they want to give him a taste of major league pitchers to give him time to adjust, contracts issues not withstanding.
Russel saying goodbyes in dugout, looks like he is gone.
Wittenmyer tweeting it: Bonifacio and Russel to Braves. No word yet on return.
And a deal to Orioles. That's crazy ...
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Phyllis Williams Foster of 1180 Foster Road, Alton, died at her home on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013.
Born to Rennie Turner Williams and Keith Williams on March 31, 1926, she lived her entire life in Halifax County.
She was married November 21, 1947 to William Sam Foster who survives. In addition she is survived by their son, William Joe Foster, and his wife, Anne, of Danville; three granddaughters and their husbands, Ellen Foster of Charlottesville, Sarah and Timothy Robinson of Greensboro, N.C. and Rebecca and Matthew Miller of Canton, N.C.
Phyllis was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church where family and friends gathered for her funeral service on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at 3 p.m. The Rev. Ralph Hawkins and the Rev. Robert Huffman officiated. Visitation was one hour prior to the service.
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Brunch/lunch on a Saturday in the Village or Chelsea
Good on Greenwich Avenue in the West Village, if you can get there relatively early (before noon is optimal); otherwise, expect to wait.
Favorite brunch dishes include the corn arepas topped with fried eggs and queso blanco, and the "BLT" omelette. The bar pours strong drinks if you need a little hair of the dog with your brunch, the coffee is good and the staff is friendly.
Easy access from either the A/C or the 1/2/3 at 14th St.
89 Greenwich Ave (between 7th and 8th Aves)
New York, New York 10014
Gascogne, the charming French bistro, on 8th Av., b/t 17th & 18th Sts., serves an excellent 3-course brunch prix-fixe for $16.50. They start serving at noon and take reservations. There are stops nearby on all the lines you list, though the closest is on the 1 @ 7th Av. & 18th St.
Both excellent choices. Good a tad more boisterous and casual. Gascogne a bit more traditional, but by no means fussy. The Gascogne brunch, by the way, is a GREAT deal.
All that being said, I think it's worth the schlep west to Cookshop, which, to my taste, has the best brunch going these days.
re: skigirl
skigirl, I think you are slightly mis-representing Gascogne. First off, it's a very casual place. As for the menu, it has a mix of breakfast and lunch dishes, all decidedly French. (Love the escargots prettily tied in phyllo packages.) While I've not been to good, looking at the menu on their website -- http://www.goodrestaurant.com -- I see it's contemporary American. I do agree wholeheartedly that Gascogne's brunch is a terrific deal.
its east side/union square, but you could take the L over to it easily..how about Candela? they ahve great atmosphere and really good, well rpiced food. the brunch is 15 with one drink or 20 for unlimited drinks. Ive had a very nice fritatta and the best pancakes Ive ever had! light and crispy. they open at 11 on sunday and get really packed by 1pm.


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I was born in Campbellford Ontario, moved to Toronto in 1964 when I started my career and then to Dallas Texas in 1977. I became a US citizen in 1993 but before that, I was "adopted" by a true Texan. I have always believed in "When in Rome, do as the Romans do" so I have strived to be as Texan as possible. I just can't shake my "outs" and "abouts".
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By Joy Hampton
The Norman Transcript
NORMAN — James Brockhaus remembers the old Rhodes granary and Norman's local dairy industry well.
"We used to get feed up there some," Brockhaus said. "We had a dairy out east of Norman."
Brockhaus said there used to be a dairy "right west of it there, right across from the park on the north — Sloan's Guernsey Dairy."
Brockhaus said he lived Norman's history.
"I worked at the fire department and started in '48. I knew all the streets, really, from delivering milk," he said.
As a child, Brockhaus delivered milk house to house.
"Sometimes we set it on the porch and knocked on their doors," he said. "Some people had us go in and put it in the ice box. Back then, people didn't lock their doors like they do now."
He remembers "a grain mill south of Main Street, west of the railroad tracks. There was a big ice plant across the street from it, and Steffen's dairy was across the street."
That grain mill south of Main was likely Rhodes' predecessor, Massey Grain Co.
Brockhaus said the plant furnished ice for small ice plants.
When delivering milk, Brockhaus said they used a large, insulated box with ice.
"We bought 600 pounds of ice a day to keep the milk cold," he said.
"At one time, there was probably in the neighborhood of 50 dairies in this area, but I guess most of them sold to Highland, but it was McCormick's Gilt Edge Dairy back then," Brockhaus said. "When they moved down to where Highland is now, they changed it to Gilt Edge Dairy."
Gilt Edge Dairy is listed on 302 S. Porter Ave. in the yellow pages of the 1950 Norman phone book.
McCormick's dairy originally was located by the railroad tracks near Gray Street on the southwest corner, Brockhaus said.
Bob Goins and his friends would walk the railroad track near the granary. Local kids attended Woodrow Wilson Elementary.
"I was born at the corner of Main and Cockrel," Roy Hamilton said. "In 1936, we moved to the corner of Jones and Johnson and I attended Wilson Grade School."
He said Woodrow Wilson Elementary school was built in 1930.
"We would play around the granary, and we got in there at night a couple of times, just like we did the old cotton gin," Hamilton said.
Much of the area east of the railroad tracks is still as it was back in the '30s, Hamilton said, despite all of the change and growth in Norman.
"We've seen a lot happen in 80-some years," Brockhaus said. "I can remember when a lot of the streets were dirt and gravel in Norman. Robinson was a mud street when I was a kid. In fact, I've been stuck on it."
Richard McDonald was Cecil Rhodes' son-in-law and worked for Rhodes Grain Company for 40 years. McDonald said the grain business was hard work. He remembers sewing up bags full of grain and throwing them on pallets.
"It was a small company, and whoever worked there had to do everything," McDonald said. "We manufactured dairy feeds until maybe the late '80s, early '90s, when most of the dairies when out of business."
He said the family dairies required someone to be there to milk twice a day, seven days a week. Farming was a family affair, with kids growing up around the farm helping out. But later generations of kids moved away, not wanting to continue the demanding life of a dairy farmer. Many of those small family dairies liquidated and went out of business.
"They didn't go broke as much as they just didn't have people to replace the old folks," said Ray Doussett, longtime Rhodes employee. "It was so rough, the boys didn't come home. It all but quit there at the last; the dairies had dwindled plumb out."
"When we didn't have any dairy business, we had to scrounge around for other stuff," McDonald said. "What kept us going for the last 20 years was the emerging horse business in Norman.
"I think we lost our last dairy customer in 2004 or 2005," he said. "That was the end of dairy, but the horse business started up out in the 10-mile flat."
In addition to professional ranchers, equestrian enthusiasts who raised pleasure horses bought feed.
"It was an interesting journey," McDonald said. "We had a lot of good customers. That's the part I miss about not being at the elevator anymore. Our customers became friends.
"There are several families I remember. The Heitz family, they go back quite a ways. I know four generations of them. That was kind of neat that you had the continuity.
"Being a small business, that's a part you don't get (dealing with chain stores)," McDonald said. "The personal end of it is gone."
The demolition of Rhodes granary will make way for other uses of the property, likely a new public library proposed for the site, though nothing is officially scheduled at this time. City leaders voted to move forward with the $100,000 demolition project primarily because of public safety concerns.
The property at 602 N. Santa Fe Ave. (now James Garner Avenue) was purchased by the city from the Cecil Rhodes family on Feb. 25, 2009, for $350,000, according to Cleveland County Assessor's property records and Transcript news accounts.
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Deadline dealing: D-backs listening on HarenBy
Luis Gonazlez's RBI single that fell just to the edge of the outfield where Derek Jeter could have caught it had the infield not been in seems like just yesterday to Yankee fans. To the Diamondbacks, though, that moment of glory is long gone. This year's team, currently 37-59, miles away from first place, is en route to a second consecutive last place finish, and with the trade deadline near, Arizona is holding a very attractive piece in pitcher Dan Haren.
To the uninitiated, Haren might not seem like much. His 7-8 record with a 4.60 ERA is nothing to write about, but those numbers, as they so often don't, can't capture the full story. Outside of Roy Oswalt, Haren is the best pitcher still available at the deadline this year. In 141 innings, he has struck out 141 hitters, best in the NL, and he's walking just under two per nine innings pitched. The home runs have been his bugaboo this year, but even while surrendering 23 longballs, his FIP is still a nifty 3.84 and his xFIP 3.39.
And so, inevitably, many teams are interested in Dan Haren, and Buster Olney just happened to hear this: The Yankees are one of them. Even though Andy Pettitte will probably be out only for a few weeks, targeting Haren makes perfect sense. The right-hander would be a fit for any contender, and the Yankees know that pitching is what will separate the AL champion from the rest of the very competitive pack. The club also realizes that Phil Hughes is facing an innings limit. Haren would give them a plus arm as the innings mount.
Haren, though, will not come cheap. He's signed through 2012 with a $15.5 million club option for 2013, and he's set to make only $12.75 million in both 2011 and 2012. In a market where A.J. Burnett and John Lackey can both make upwards of $82 million for five years, Haren's deal is a downright steal. The Yankees know that; the Diamondbacks know that; any team kicking the tires on Haren knows that.
Once upon a time, Arizona had let it be known that they wanted two Major League pitchers in exchange for Haren, and potential partners let it be know that the D-backs were off their collective rockers. Now, though, the price has come down, but the team still wants an A-plus package. "Ideally what we would ask for is major-league ready pitching, be it starters and/or bullpen, and prospects," club CEO Derrick Hall said yesterday. "The volume doesn't matter. It doesn't need to be four or five or six guys. It's really about the quality."
The Yankees match up, and as Jayson Stark said yesterday, the club is quietly letting other teams know they want to make some deals. Currently, says Stark (second item), the Yankees are "actively talking" with Arizona. If the deal "just involves prospects, they appear poised to jump into those talks aggressively." In fantasyland, the Yankees could try to offer a Hector Noesi, a Romulo Sanchez or an Ivan Nova for Haren, but the realistic trade proposal probably starts with Joba Chamberlain.
Despite nearing arbitration, Joba is still cost-controlled, young and a viable Major League pitcher. He could be a starter; he could be a bullpen guy; he could be both. Depending on the prospects — and it always depends upon the prospects — the Yanks should be willing in a heartbeat to flip Joba in a Haren trade. Maybe that too has an element of fantasy in it, but it's a fair starting point for both sides.
Any trade for Haren would have a cascade effect on the Yanks' plans and would probably shift their off-season targets from another pitcher to a bat. With Haren on board, Cliff Lee wouldn't be as imperative of a pick-up for the club, and it's debatable if the Yanks would have room for him in their budget. If Andy Pettitte were to return for 2011, a decision that many beat writers have said seems to be an inevitable, the rotation would effectively be full. But I'm getting ahead of the situation a bit.
Today, at least four teams, including the Tigers, Phillies and Cardinals, are very interested in Haren. If the Yankees are serious, they have the pieces to get the deal done, and with the trade deadline eight days away, the speculation will wrong strong until then. Buckle up; it's time for that wild ride that is late July.
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Heard this: baseball games involve pitching and batting.
The Royals "like" Jeff Francouer, according to Ken Rosenthal. Why does this not surprise me.
Getting Haren solves 2 problems- good solid starter added to the rotation and a good RH bat off the bench. Dude can rake.
Serious question, why doesn't CC ever pinch hit? You can immediately pinch run him with Pena or Curtis. Sure it's one less defensive sub, but if we're down 2+ in the ninth why not take the chance?
1) Who would he pinch hit for?
2) Why risk him pulling something?
2) Why risk him pulling something?
Ding ding ding. After watching Wang go down after running the bases and seeing Buchholz hit the DL because of it, there's no way Girardi or Cashman would take the risk. CC is worth millions upon millions of dollars, you don't risk that kind of investment any more than you have to.
Is there a major problem with NL pitchers runner the bases? You've gotta figure actually doing it more than once a year helps.
Well he would pinch hit for Curtis or someone….which would make him being pinch run for kind of useless I admit, but the one key at-bat could be worth it in the right scenario.
As for the injury risk, would it be a huge risk if he actually took bp every day and was conditioned to bat occasionally? I can't imagine it would deter too much from his current routine. Major Leaguers are in great physical condition, is it that much of a stretch to as a pitcher to step in the box once or twice a week? NL pitchers do it, and it doesn't make them worse at throwing the baseball.
I'm not saying throw him in there now, but if the dude's got the power, isn't it just a lame excuse to say 'he doesn't NEED to do it'?
Yeah but keep in mind…good hitter "for a pitcher" doesn't necessarily equal "good hitter". His actual career batting line is bad, and he hit way worse in Milwaukee than people think. Even without the risk of him getting hit by a pitch or pulling something running, you'd probably be better off just using Pena or Curtis to hit.
"Save the Big 3!"
So they can be traded for Curtis Granderson, Dan Haren and ????
I like it.
Phil Hughes was always the crown jewel in that 3 and by a fair margin. Joba's stuff was tantalizing and IPK's command was impressive, but Hughes has always had the potential for both, and he's starting to realize it.
we have our save the big three T's to remember them by–but I'll agree that Granderson has been a bust so far but no one could have imagined the production they have gotten out of Gardner ( even though I had my hopes-my fav new-ish Yankee, but i digress…) Also selling high on Melky was brilliant. Do I wish Granderson was not on the team? yes i do. my ideal OF for us would be swish, BG in CF and Crawford in left.
but to the topic– if they'd take joba and some other nice pieces for haren I'd do it in a heartbeat.
Joba's epic journey would reach a most satisfying conclusion if he fronted a winning package for Dan Haren. Joba, noesi, Nova, & D. Adams might just get it done. Az wouldnt get fleeced as it'd be getting its high ceiling ML, a couple AAA/AA starters one of which looks ready next season (Noesi), and a potential ML quality infielder.
I'd hate to see Joba go only because he is in such disarray currently. However, if we can turn Joba + stuff into Dan Haren…sign. me. up.
Rather have Lee than Haren. If getting Haren means no Lee, then no thanks.
I might be in the minority, but this team doesn't need to add a front line starter. They need an innings eater for a few weeks. Pitch 6 innings and give up 4 runs and you'll win a bunch of games with this team unless your name is Javier Vazquez. The postseason still looks like it'll be CC, AJ, Andy 1/2/3 with Hughes in the bullpen. Javy on standby incase AJ gets lit up or we need a 4th starter. Why the need for a Haren? He isn't Lee. Lee was an exceptional case.
The Yanks will need a 4th starter this postseason, you can take that to the bank.
Sure Haren isn't Lee, but Haren is still one of the elite pitchers in the game. If we can get him on the cheap for the next several years, it could allow the Yanks to be a bit more flexible financially. Lee is probably going to be making $20M+. The monetary savings from that could go towards a number of other areas. It at least makes sense for the Yanks to kick the tires on Haren.
Ok, fine, we probably need a 4th starter this year. How many times does he go? Assuming they make the world series, minimum twice? I'm comfortable enough having Javy for that. That's not enough of a reason to get Haren, if anyone cites it as a reason at all.
Not sure you can classify Haren as elite (not on the level of a Felix or CC or Lester but that's an argument for another thread) but yes, he's very good. My point was, do we need him? Yes, we'd save 7m+ by not having to sign Lee, but we also give up Joba and other prospects when you can probably have Lee (the unquestioned better pitcher) for nothing but money.
And sure, kick the tires on Haren. I'd just be very skeptical if he's worth it.
Javy on standby incase AJ gets lit up or we need a 4th starter.
Chances are they need a 4th starter this year.
You also wouldn't trade as much for Haren. And Pettitte's injury changes things. Look at it this way. Say Pettitte comes back around August 20th or so (just throwing out a random day just past the middle of August). Until then you could really use a good starter rather than Mitre (who could fill a regular bullpen spot if you get a replacement). They want to skip Hughes at least once more supposedly, but I went through the rest of the schedule and don't really see where they can skip him without pitching someone in his place, so there's that. It cushions you in case of another injury. And while I'm against Hughes to the bullpen, it does give you the opportunity if, in mid September, he's about to hit his innings limit to shift him to the bullpen and use him there in the playoffs.
Also, it gives you the chance to not sign Lee (I'm all for it, but we do have to realize Lee isn't young and will probably want 5-6 years…might be fine initially but it could be a rough deal in a few years, especially if Sabathia declines as well). Or if Pettitte decides to retire, it protects you so you can sign Lee anyway (Haren's not making much more next year than Pettitte is now). I definitely see what you're saying though.
I wouldn't count on AJ for anything…he is in the middle of a mental breakdown…
Joba Chamerlain = Dan Haren
Wilson Betemit = Nick Swisher
Now that's a wee bit harsh my friend… Joba could be lights out, or light on!?
Did you mean…
Joba Chamberlain:Wilson Betemit
Dan Haren:Nick Swisher
What exactly do the other teams have to provide as headliners? Figure Tigers could use Porcello Cards Jay & very young pitching? Phillies JA Happ?
"Ideally what we would ask for is major-league ready pitching, be it starters and/or bullpen, and prospects," club CEO Derrick Hall said yesterday.
While the Arizona bullpen is beyond laughable, to say that you are looking for bullpen help in a trade for a top flight pitcher is complete fail.
Especially when you're basically happy to blow up the team outside of Reynolds, Upton & Montero
Oh, I think that they would move Reynolds in a heartbeat if someone wanted to offer a premium package for him.
Upton, IPK and Montero aren't going anywhere.
Melky Mesa for IPK. BOOM!!! That just happened.
Marc Melancon is a very good bullpen prospect. I have heard he owns many turquoise bollo ties. AZ seems like a perfect fit.
And he's beyond white, so he won't be questioned for his papers in AZ.
this is true. he is practically translucent.
And he went to school in AZ if I'm not mistaken. I like your thinking.
Indeed. Closed games for the Wildcats back in the day.
Doesn't ZMac's father work for the d-backs? Sounds like a package forming…j/k
Maybe Joba never will be the guy he was pre-Texas in 2008, but I'm uncomfortable selling low on him, especially for a guy like Dan Haren, who had home run issues even pitching in Oakland (!).
(Not to mention it wouldn't surprise me to see Haren's K/BB ratio fall back to 3.5 as he returns to the AL. Not that 3.5 is by any means bad, but it's a lot different from 5.0)
Haren would not be "selling low" on Joba.
Sure it is. If they were selling high it would have been 'Joba + less people'.
Now that Joba stinks, it's 'Joba + a bunch of people to sweeten the deal b/c Joba's been ruined'.
Dan Haren has been one of the very best pitchers in baseball over the past several years and he's signed to a team friendly deal. This would be buying low on Haren.
You just don't get it. That's ok.
Selling high or low refers to what's being sold, not what's being purchased. That's why it's called 'selling high/low' not 'buying high/low'.
If you sell Joba when he's at his worst, that's called 'selling low', just like if someone sold their stock for a penny.
If you sell Joba when he's kicking ass and dominant, you're selling high, just like when you sell the same stock for $50.00.
If you sell Joba when he stinks, it's 'selling low' because you have to come up with more things to sell along with him in order to get something valuable (ie Dan Haren).
That's why it's called 'selling high/low' not 'buying high/low'.
Well if one person is "selling high" isn't the other person automatically "buying high"?
That doesn't really count when you're talking about getting a player as good as Haren though.
Like many others, I'd prefer having Lee on the team next year to having Haren this year. I think he's a better pitcher and, as a lefty without a bit of a tendency towards the longball, a better fit.
However, what if the Yankees planned to trade for Haren for the rest of this year, then flip him in the offseason for prospects or a bat, similar to what the Phillies did with Lee when the signed Halladay? He'd still have plenty of value this offseason and it would allow the Yankees to sign the pitcher I think they prefer.
Bah, sorry, reply fail.
If you sell Haren when he's at his worst, that's called 'selling low', just like if someone sold their stock for a penny.
If you sell Haren when he's kicking ass and dominant, you're selling high, just like when you sell the same stock for $50.00.
If you sell Haren when he stinks, it's 'selling low' because you have to take back less than you would have if he was performing at optimal levels(ie Joba Chamberlain).
If this deal could be centered around Joba the Yankees would do it and not blink twice.
The point that you seem to be refusing to get is that NOW they'd probably have to add, like, Romine and Betances to Joba to get Haren. If Joba was kicking ass, they'd only have to add guys more like Adams and Zmac.
If getting Haren means no Lee, I'd rather just wait. Lee plus the prospect package is better than Haren, even with the increased financial cost and the extra 3-4 months of having him.
Now if the Yankees had any reason to believe Andy was a goner for sure after this season, and you could Haren and Lee into Javy and Andy's spots, go for it.
I agree. I like Haren, and will gladly take him for a non-Montero package of prospects. But if it means no Lee in the offseason then I don't like the deal at all. Haren is a middle of the rotation guy in the AL East, not a #1 like Lee is.
nods head in agreement
I'm 100% on board this your train of thought, Steve. Haven't we been burned enough with the NL to AL transition? Even when Haren was lights out his second halves were always much worse and home run problems, while more difficult to control in AZ won't exactly be a non factor in YSIII. Although I'd really like to keep Joba around, the real issue for me is getting Haren when we don't need him and costing us a chance for Lee. I still like the plan of getting some bench/DH/bullpen maybe a serviceable starter and then going Lee and a bat in the offseason. Gardner has really slown down and Granderson is scary right now and we could use a Werth/Crawford/Dunn type bat in the top half of the lineup next year when Arod/Jeter/Posada are clearly not getting any younger.
I kind of doubt that whatever + prospects you'd have to toss in would actually be worth the difference in salary between Lee and Haren.
Absolument. I want Lee
Haren is having Joba luck this year.
Is that code for 'can't find the strike zone and has no movement on his pitches'?
Define can't find the strike zone. And take a look at Joba's ability to find the strike zone in 2008, as well as strike guys out and limit HR's. Eerily similar to this year.
Walking two batters in a row last night.
Nice, a one inning sample size.
Oh, and Joba didn't walk two batters in a row last night.
Come on Steve, a 3-1 k/bb ratio is horrible…wait….
i say everyone except whoevers on our 25 man roster, dellin betances, brackman, romine, sanchez should be made available
oh and montero of course..
There is plenty of people I would be willing to move on the 25 man roster.
well players that the dbacks would want AND we'd be willing to give? not many
i was talking about joba/hughes mainly
You would give up Montero but not Joba?
The thing that worries me about Haren is that it's really been a full season worth of games that he's struggled. His problems started after the break last yr. Champ809 on Lohud came up with this info( so don't kill me if it's slightly off) Haren has given up 38 dingers in his last 35 starts and 10 hits per 9 innings. Also, Stark said in his chat today that scouts have told him that Haren just doesnt make as many quality pitches as he used to.
what kind of heater does haren have? from what i see hes only around 90-91mph. Is he very similar to vazquez in relying heavily on secondary pitches?
what kind of heater does haren have?
a really smelly one.
It's not just last year after the break. You know how Pettitte and CC are generally lauded as second half pitchers? Haren poops out in the second half a bit:
I remember in 2008 his falloff was a pretty big part of why the Diamondbacks ended up losing the NLW.
Haren first half 2008: 2.72 ERA, .582 OPSA, 0.955 WHIP
Haren second half 2008: 4.18 ERA, .775 OPSA, 1.373 WHIP
His K rate actually went up, as did his K/BB, so luck probably played a part, but still. And oddly enough he went 8-5 before the break and 8-3 after… so I guess you can debate my statement about 2008 and the Diamondbacks haha.
He has a career high K/9 this year, so I think Stark's scout is just wrong. You don't strike out more guys than ever before with substandard stuff. He also has a career high BABIP against, so he's been unlucky. And the Arizona pen hasn't exactly been helpful with stranding runners.
It doesn't explain all the homers. Imagine him pitching at the new stadium. It could get ugly.
Because Chase Field is a pitcher's dream?
Yeah, there are concerns, but I don't think it's a stuff issue. And he's already pitching in a bandbox, but against lesser lineups. Haren has already had success in the AL, and I'm sure he could again, but he's not Lee.
If we can get Haren for Joba + prospects who may not be more than spot starters, pull the trigger. I don't think we're going to give Joba a chance to start again, so why not send him somewhere else if we won't maximize his value?
Lee is sick, but a deal like this would be a good 'ol fashioned fleecing. I'd be sorry to see Lee not come to NY, but if it's because we bring in Haren for this this speculated package, yes please.
That said, I'm pretty sure that would mean no arb offer to Javy assuming Andy re-ups, but that's a small sacrifice relative to the gains.
A 4.60 ERA in the N.L. with no DH and a weaker 7-8-9 batting order than the A.L. tells the whole story:
The Yankees should stick with Sabathia/Hughes/Vasquez/Burnett/Mitre untl Pettitte comes back then start Mitre in place of Hughes when Pettitte returns and Hughes has reached his innings cap. If the Yanks could get a starter via trade or waiver wire who could take over from Hughes, great and I'd prefer that as I think Mitre is better out of the pen than as a starter, but I am fully confident in a Sabathia/Pettitte/Vasquez/Burnett A.L.D.S. rotation (assuming Hughes is out of it and Vasquez gets the call for Game 3) despite Burnett's struggles/inconsistency.
Sabathia/Cliff Lee signed/Pettitte re-signed/Burnett/Hughes should be the plan for the 2011 Yankees rotation. If Pettitte retires, re-signs with Houston, or signs with Texas after this season (last two moves if he wants to still play but only back home), the Yanks will cross that bridge if/when they get to it.
I generally agree with this except Haren isn't garbage.
If Pettitte doesn't retire but signs with a non-Yankee team I will eat my hat.
There's as much chance of Pettitte signing with a non-Yankee team after this year as there is of Frenchy becoming an effective player on the Royals.
Let me amend that:
If Pettitte doesn't retire but signs with a non-Yankee team I will
eat my hatfind him and punish him.
Yeah, fill in your own blank there.
Please don't yell.
Using ERA never tells the whole story.
For Haren's career his ERA in the 2nd half is a full run higher.
Now go and check out his 1st and 2nd half splits year by year.
Copycat =P
I wouldn't mind trading for him, I just think they're asking for too much.
GMTA, Bexy, GMTA
I'm not crazy about this one.
1- I'm not ready to give up on Joba (yes its me saying this). He is still a good young arm I think he can still figure it out.
2- If it means not getting Lee then I really don't like it. Because basically your saying Lee, joba and prospects for Haren. Is no way in hell strong enough?
Trading for Haren won't stop them from pursuing Cliff Lee.
There is no guarantee the Yankees would hold onto Haren this offseason.
If they sign Lee, who'll probably have a deal before Christmas, Cashman will have very little leverage in trying to deal Haren.
Of course they will have leverage.
Dan Haren and his ability as a pitcher is the leverage.
The Yankees will always pay more for the better pitcher, especially since Lee is LH, and respond accordingly.
Acquiring Haren does not impact their intention to go after Lee.
I see your point. But if the Yankees have about 80 mil tied up in CC, Lee, Petitte, AJ, and Haren AND have no rotation spot for Phil Hughes…I imagine oppossing GM will try and use that to their advantage and give a relative low ball offer. I can't agree with you that there would be "no impact". There'd be an impact for sure. But perhaps not enough to be a deal breaker in regards to signing Lee.
I imagine oppossing GM will try and use that to their advantage and give a relative low ball offer.
The thing is, there would be several opposing GM's, so that leverage would go out the window. In a vacuum what you're saying is right, but there are probably 10+ teams that would get in line if Haren was available, so no one of them would have any leverage to lowball.
"A 4.60 ERA in the N.L. with no DH and a weaker 7-8-9 batting order than the A.L. tells the whole story:"
I second this and add in the N.L. west.
I agree with the AL East/NL West differences but let's not act like a 4.60 ERA tells the whole story. Read the post, he's striking out a batter per inning and rarely walks anyone. I wouldn't do this trade, but Haren isn't that bad either.
This. That ERA is a product of a bad bullpen at stranding inherited runners (and Adam Dunn playing defense).
I don't much care if they flip Joba and prospects for Haren, as long as we still attempt to sign Lee in the off-season.
Obviously the Dunn part is a joke…but he's sure not helping him improve his ERA in any way.
Dunn's defense is so bad that it is possible that it is hurting Haren's ERA from thousands of miles away.
Haren… No
DH Bat… Yes
The more I think about it, the less I want Haren. Adding him basically closes the door on Lee in the offseason, and Lee is clearly the Goods. Unless Haren comes for a modest minor league package, it just doesn't make enough sense for me.
I don't think losing Andy for 4-6 weeks is going to be a huge loss.. we could deal without Haren. TJSC posted the schedule of starts sometime last week that Andy would have made, and its against all weak teams outside of one texas game, we won 103 games with mitre/gaudin for the entire 2nd half last year, we'll be okay this year. i'd rather see improvement on the bench then making a splash for haren
Don't forget Wang's horrible starts at the beginning of the year. Mitre can't be that bad if he tried.
AJ is worse this year though…
I'm more excited about these rumours for the sake of spicing up baseball talk for a week than the prospect of acquiring Haren. The more I look into his numbers the less appealing a trade seems when giving up trade prospects and possibly incentive to sign Lee this offseason.
You root for the right team then. It seems if a guy is available there's an inevitable "HEARD THIS: YANKEES MIGHT TRADE FOR EVERYONE" post somewhere.
One of many reasons I love Ms. Riddering: she spells rumors with a u. :3
Is she Canadian? Does she spell colors as colours and donuts are doughnuts
I'm such an Anglophile I don't even notice when I add u's anymore.
The good…Haren has the experience, but so do 4 SP others in the rotation.
The bad… Haren is aging and in a bad trend (ERA, dingers, etc), Javy is about equal to him today & could be arb'd for less (1 year),leaving flexibilty for Lee, etc.
The ugly… Haren & his contract, giving up on Joba, the cost of prospects.
Bottom line, I feel Javy is a solid #4 postseason option, Phil in the pen come postseason (innings limit) & if Joba deesn't turn it around soon he'll have to be traded or given the chance in 2011 to be the 5th starter. Haren doesn't have any value above our current SP options this year…let alone 2011 & beyond.
Ben do you really consider Oswald at this point in hus career to be a better pitcher than Haren?
Oswalt is outpitching him, but Haren is more valuable because of age IMO.
Lee Harvey or Patton?
Danny DeVito is not available.
i hate the idea of trading joba… too much talent.
i wish we could swing a trade for a dotel type and send joba to the minors to start. this year is there last chance because next he'll have to go through waivers.
Hopefully having Joba as a SP hasn't been decided against long term. I think they challenge him to regain that role for 2011 and pencil him in as the #5 guy if Javy or Andy leave.
However, this off-season will have Javy & Andy possibly resigning or Lee striking a deal so there won't be a spot available in the rotation.
Looks like RP or a trade will happen…I'm guessing trade.
I'd definitely rather have Lee than Haren, but Haren is damn good. I certainly wouldn't complain if the Yankees got him for Joba+. Just as long as cream-of-the-crop prospects like Montero and Romine aren't going to Arizona, I'd be pretty happy to land Haren.
To somehow have both Haren and Lee in the rotation next April would be a dream.
So who do you kick out of town…Javy & Andy?
Well, I assume Javy will be gone. Maybe Andy retires. In dreamland, someone would take Burnett's contract. Never gonna happen, though; hence the use of the word "dream" in my prior post. It sure would be something to have Haren and Lee, though.
"But I'm getting ahead of the situation a bit."
This is the key line regarding the relation to Cliff Lee and Dan Haren.
Haren is an acquisition for right now in response to this team, the same way Cliff Lee was.
The Yankees have loved Cliff Lee and have been trying to get him for 2 years now and Haren will not change their plans regarding Lee if they make a trade.
Lee is their number 1 priority this offseason and they will make any corresponding moves necessary if they acquire him. He should not be factored into your feelings regarding trading for Haren.
I hope you're right. Could the Yankees fit Haren and Lee into their budget with new contracts for Jeter, Rivera and perhaps Pettitte (if he doesn't retire) looming in the offseason? That'd be tricky.
Honestly, (all feelings aside) if Pettitte has anything to do with that not being possible, I probably say goodbye to Andy.
I'm in agreement with ZZ. I think they are going after Lee, regardless of what happens with Haren. If you can find a way to fit them both in the payroll…that's win.
The emergence of Brett Gardner really opened up the ability to focus on pitching, hasn't it? There really isn't that need to go sign the big FA left fielder now.
That's fair. If getting Lee means parting ways with Pettitte, I'd probably do the same. Nothing against Pettitte at all, but he's 38 and Lee is one of the elite pitchers in baseball.
I was planning on a rotation of Sabathia-Lee-Hughes-Pettitte-Burnett for next season, but all this Haren talk has really made things interesting.
Sabathia-Lee-Haren-Hughes-Burnett would be ridiculous.
Everyone knows how I feel about Andy but I think if Andy stopped us from getting Lee, I'd be really =/-y.
Pettitte+Haren+extra $$$ > Lee.
That's a pretty good point but only if you're spending that extra $$$ on something valuable. I know, I know, the budget, but I'm not convinced the budget isn't quite flexible when they want it to be.
It might be, I'm just pointing out that the money you'd save by having Haren instead of Lee has to count for something too.
No it isn't.
Not when you are the Yankees and you will always pay the extra money for the better pitcher and have winning the WS as the goal every year.
The reliability of a Sabathia-Lee 1-2 punch is immensely valuable to the Yankees. Much much than any extra money you are factoring in.
Especially considering there are not a whole lot of places you could invest that extra money and get a substantial or difference making return on your investment.
Right, that's why we spent on that money on Lackey and Holliday this off-season and, er…
Who is Lackey better than?
And I said better pitcher, so Holliday doesn't factor in.
Either way, the assertion clearly bears no resemblance to any sort of observable reality.
Of course it does.
Why do you think the Yankees are trying to acquire a starter right now?
They're not trying to acquire a starter. All we know is tht they were willing to deal for Lee, a special case, and that they may be interested in Haren, another guy who's a very good pitcher, who also happens to be signed to a very team friendly deal. This also cuts against your "they'll spend whatever" theory, since neither Lee nor Haren are that expensive right now.
Lee was not simply a special case and neither is Haren.
They are both upgrades to our rotation this year and that is why Cashman is targeting them.
In this case spending the extra money for upgrade in the rotation comes in prospects.
The Yankees don't deal in marginal money or put a lot of emphasis on this pitcher costs X number of dollars more but is worth less according to some Fangraphs definition of value.
The value on Fangraphs and the like is very different from the value the Yankees value players at, because of the money they make from deep playoff runs and WS victories.
Any extra money between Haren and Lee would not make any substantial impact on this team as constructed, but it will have a great opportunity cost to the Yankees in regard to their goal of winning the WS and future free agent pitchers available in the next few years.
May someone please explain to me why they couldn't stand to see Joba's talent leave the organization if said talent is only going to stay in the bullpen?
Those who thought he was the replacement for Mo.
I not being one of them though…I was on the "SWB Starting Pitcher (that would only be brought up prior to break with an injury) 'til the stretch" bandwagon to build his innings up for 2011.
I wonder if the Dbacks can throw another player in a potential deal. Like a Bench/DH type player.
Laroche would be nice.
LaRoche is way too good to be a throw-in type guy.
Yeah, probably. He's the only available DH type I could think of on their roster, though.
Or maybe even a BP arm (even though I know their BP is horrendous).
Trading for another high strikeout pitcher like Haren would be further proof that the Yankees don't care about defense.
/Rob Neyer'd
Aj Burnett plus joba for haren!!!
I'm sure Arizona would jump all over that.
NO WAY!!!!!! NO INTEREST!!!!!!!! Why trade for 2nd best when Cliff Lee has already called CC to ask about real estate? Wait for Lee as NYY can't have BOTH!
They definitely could if Pettitte retires. If he doesn't, then they probably wouldn't, although it's still not IMPOSSIBLE. Haren's not making all that much. They could always hold onto Haren as insurance and if they sign Lee, trade him.
Career: 3.69 FIP, .304 BABIP
Yea, that era = me not giving a shit. For a package centered around Joba? The guy that the front office has relegated to a disposable middle relief job!? Is this even a debate?
If the package is centered around Joba you have to make the trade. If you still want Lee, sign him and then trade one of your surplus starters.
We have 5 top flight starters that will probably be healthy and rested come October. Three of them are all stars, the other 2 are more than competent. We have a great shot at getting Cliff Lee next year.
Shouldn't this be enough???
AJ sucks……..
Diamondbacks demands from Yankees: Phil Hughes, Joba Chamberlain, Jesus Montero, and Austin Romine
Diamondbacks demands from everyone else: Okay bullpen arm, some extra baseballs
2011 Rotation
Tempting. Very tempting, but I'd resist. I agree with those who think that leading a package for Dan Haren is selling low on Joba Chamberlain. Remove him, Montero, and Romine from the possibilities, and then we're talking. If that becomes crazy talk, you move on and don't make the deal. It's just not a necessity. Figure out how to win with the many pieces you've got.
I dunno, I don't put Joba anywhere near Montero or Romine at this point. I do understand what you're saying, but I don't really think it is selling low on him right now, unless you have to include multiple top prospects too.
Look at it this way. If the Yankees have given up on Joba as a starter (and let's face it, it certainly looks that way regardless of what they say), then we're talking about a bullpen arm that is inconsistent. Mo's probably going to be here at least another 2 years, so you're talking about a guy who won't even be the closer before 2013 (if even then), and with his current inconsistency, I really don't know if I'd even want him as a closer.
I just think his perceived value is higher than his actual value, the way things are now. I just don't see him starting for the Yankees. Even take Haren out of the equation…the Yankees have three starters signed for next year, will want to resign Pettitte, and will probably sign another (Lee, possibly, or maybe someone else). That doesn't leave a spot for him, and we're reaching a point that I'm not even sure if Joba CAN get sent down to work on it in the minors. Even if he reaches his potential, you're talking about a good setup man.
Well said.
Sox will probably get him for Michael Bowden, the right handed Casey Fossum.
We'd have control over Haren for a few years and exchange Pettitte for Lee (Pettitte would retire). Might as well trade Chamberlain while he has trade value
Yankees can this deal done for Chamberlain, Melancon and a "B" level prsopect.
No way I move Joba for Haren, who has begun to slide. If I can get him for two, perhaps three (if I get back a serviceable bullpen arm) of the following, I might do deal: Noesi, Nova, Phelps, Warren, Stoneburner. Or Brackman plus one of the above. Remember, this is still basically a salary dump. No need to overpay.
It's not a salary dump. A salary dump is having to trade guys because they are overpaid or the team is broke.
Haren is underpaid. And as far as i know, the team is not broke.
Rosenthal and Bob Klapisch say the Yankees are the frontrunners right now. Klapisch seems to imply it's waiting on Cashman deciding whether or not to pull the trigger.
Also keep in mind, in terms of "selling low on Joba" (if he would even be included in any deal, which isn't a sure thing); it would be selling low on him in terms of "The Yankees could have gotten a lot more two years ago for him". But Joba may NEVER be worth what he once was, and the more time he stays in the bullpen, the less chance someone trades for him hoping to make him a starter again, and if he stays inconsistent, any value he has will disappear.
Those that think Chamberlain is the (a) next great starter, or (b)the "heir apparent" to Mo are drinking the Yankee Front Office
Although relatively young at 24 (he'll be 25 in September), Joba's ERA and WHIP have climbed steadly since his first amazing year as Setup man in 2007. Regression at a time when he should be refining his skills is not a good sign. His body type and mechanics also scream injury risk.
Unload him…while you can get something for him!
If we were sure that Pettitte were done after this year, would you do it? I am sensing that the worry here is that we might not have room in the rotation and not the money
Cliff Lee would have been the ultimate acquisition..a reliable innings eater and big game pitcher. I think the Yankees were anxious to pull the trigger for him this year because there's a strong possiblity that the Rangers new ownership (Cuban is a real possiblity) will sign him to a long term deal.
Other than Lee who are the other top flight starters available in the offseason? None. So Haren if we decided to trade him in the offseason will have tremendous value. Not on an over-priced deal, signed for a few more seasons at a reasonable rate, we could possibly get some great offers for him.
Count me among those who believe Joba — still just 24 — is far less likely to be in decline than Haren. Joba is still hitting 97-98 at times. His problem seems to be that his slider has flattened. That could well be the result of some lingering injury that has required him to modify his delivery. Otherwise, why does one of the best sliders in baseball (as it was once ranked) devolve into a garbage pitch. My guess is Joba has changed his arm angle or leg extension to protect against some pain.
Meanwhile, for all his problems he's still getting the job done 70-75% of the time. Who's going to replace him in the eighth inning? Hughes? Well, fine. But then you've lost him to the rotation. Cash does not have the best record trading for pitching. Invariably, teams trade pitchers because they know something you don't. Again, no Joba, no Montero, no Romine, Banuelos or Betances. Yanks have tons of other pitching talent they could make available.


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autonmous unmanned systems (UAVs, UGVs, and UUVs), rotorcraft dynamics, and robotics. I've worked in BErkeley AeRobot (BEAR) project from 2000 to 2009.
Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, May 2006, University of California, Berkeley, CA.
Dissertation title: Autonomous helicopter formation: model predictive control approach
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Thesis title: ZMP Compensation and Impedance Control for Improving Walking Stability of Biped Robots
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Hoam Chung, Songhwai Oh, David H. Shim, and S. Sastry, "Toward Robotic Sensor Webs: Algorithms, Systems, and Experiments," Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Swarming in Natural and Engineered Systems, 99(9):1562-1586, 2011.
Hoam Chung, E. Polak, J. O. Royset, and S. Sastry, "On the Optimal Detection of an Underwater Intruder in a Channel using Unmanned Underwater Vehicles, " Naval Research Logistics, 58(8):804-820, 2011.
Chung, Elijah Polak, and S. Shankar
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Application, 146(1):51-75, 2010.
Hoam Chung, Elijah Polak, and S. Shankar Sastry, "An External Active-Set Strategy for Solving Optimal Control Problems," IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 54(5):1129-1133, 2009.
D.H. Shim, Hoam Chung and S. Sastry, "Conflict-free navigation in unknown urban environments," IEEE Robotics & Automation Society Magazine, Volume 13, Issue 3, Sept. 2006, Page(s):27 - 33
Jong H. Park and Hoam Chung, "Hybrid Control of Biped Robots to Increase Stability in Locomotion," Journal of Robotic Systems, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 187-197, 2000.
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E. Shaw, Hoam Chung, S. Sastry, and Karl Hedrick, "Unmanned Helicopter Formation Flight Experiment for the Study of Mesh Stability," Cooperative Systems: Control and Optimization, D. Grundel, R. Murphey, P. Pardalos and O. Prokopyev (Editors), Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems, Vol. 588, Springer, 2007.
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Jean Walrand, Elijah Polak, and Hoam Chung, "Harbor Attack: A Pursuit-Evasion Game," invited paper, 49th Allerton Conference on Communicaiton, Control, and Computing, September 2011.
H. Chung, E. Polak, J. O. Royset, and S. S. Sastry, "Optimal Periodic Patrolling Trajectories of UUVs Guarding a Channel," American Control Conference, 2011.
Hoam Chung and Soo Jeon, "Collision-Free Optimal Tracking of Robotic Manipulators with Hard Constraints Using External Active-Set Strategy," American Control Conference, 2011.
Chung, Elijah Polak, and Shankar
Sastry, "An Accelerator for Packages Solving Discrete-Time
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Hoam Chung, Elijah Polak, and Shankar Sastry, "Enhancements for Contractive Receding Horizon Control ," Proceedings of the 17th World Congress, IFAC, p.2637 - 2642, 2008.
Jessica J. Pannequin, Alexandre M. Bayen, Ian M. Mitchell, Hoam Chung, and Shankar Sastry, "Multiple Aircraft Deconflicted Path Planning with Weather Avoidance Constraints," AIAA GN&C Conference, 2007.
Hoam Chung and S. Sastry, "Autonomous Helicopter Formation using Model Predictive Control", AIAA GN&C Conference, Keystone, Colorado, 2006.
D. Shim, Hoam Chung, H. J. Kim, S. Sastry, "Autonomous Exploration in Unknown Urban Environments for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," AIAA GN&C Conference, San Francisco, California, August 2005.
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Jong H. Park and Hoam Chung, "Impedance Control and Modulation for Stable Footing in Locomotion of Biped Robots," Proceedings of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'99), pp. 1786-1791, Kyungju, Korea, October 1999.
Jong H. Park and Hoam Chung, "Hybrid Control for Biped Robots Using Impedance Control and Computed-Torque Control," Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA'99), pp. 1365-1370, Detroit, USA, May 1999
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Hoam Chung, Elijah Polak, and S. Shankar Sastry, "An External Active-Set Strategy for Solving Optimal Control Problems," EECS Department, University of California, Berkeley, Technical Report UCB/EECS-2007-90, July 16, 2007.
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Braun powers Brewers past Twins
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No one would blame Liam Hendriks if he wakes up in the middle of the night because of some horrific dreams involving Ryan Braun. After all, the Brewers outfielder tormented Hendriks throughout the afternoon, going 2-for-2 with a pair of home runs and a walk.
Braun has inspired fear in all of baseballs pitchers - now amassing 19 home runs thanks to his multi-homer day at Target Field - and Milwaukees big right-handed bat showed why hes such a good hitter, grinding through a nine-pitch match-up in the third inning and finally got Hendriks to throw something that he could handle.
After falling behind 1-2 in the count, Braun made Hendriks labor and fouled off three pitches, working himself into a full count and drove the Hendriks fastball into the right field flower bed for an opposite field home runs a rare feat for a right-handed hitter a Target Field.
Brauns a strong guy and knows what hes looking for, said manager Ron Gardenhire. He knows how to come to the plate and knows how to protect. He fights off some pitches and finally gets to a pitch he can do something with.
Meanwhile, one pitch later, Aramis Ramirez would pull a first-pitch slider over the fence, giving Milwaukee a quick four run lead, ample cushion for Brewers starter Michael Fiers who kept the Twins hitters off-balanced with an array of pitches including a very good cutter and slow curve.
Fiers managed to avoid any damage from the leagues hottest hitter, Trevor Plouffe, by bypassing the strike zone altogether, walking him in two of their three match-ups on the afternoon. In all, Plouffe would be walked three times in the game a career-high for the Twins third baseman. Whether this was a strategy implemented by the Brewers in response to Plouffes monumental month is unknown, but Gardenhire gave him plenty of credit for not caving into those pitches out of the zone.
Trevor didnt chase, he didnt give in. Whether their pitching around him or not, I dont know but I know he didnt chase the pitches and force the issue.
Braun, Plouffes off-season workout compatriot, would strike again in the fifth, sending his second home run on the day in the bullpen and equaling Plouffes multi-home run game from the night before.
In response to the second shot, Hendriks said it was not his intention of giving Braun something he could handle on that particular pitch.
I threw a slider which I did not get it off the plate enough I was trying to get it away off the plate for a ball and I left it a little bit over and he put a good swing on that one as well
The three home runs allowed by Hendriks on the day was the sixth time this season one Twins pitcher has allowed a trifecta of home runs in a game.
Despite being hit with the loss, Hendriks day was not all bad. In five innings he did strikeout five, walked just one and coaxed seven ground ball outs to just two fly ball outs but, in a rare defensive off-day for Jamey Carroll, the veteran second baseman committed two errors just the second time he has done so in one game in his career. Had Carroll was able corral the second inning grounder or held on to the foul pop from Braun in the fifth, Hendriks may have come away from his first start back in Minnesota since the May demotion a little less scathed.
Still Hendriks, who was coming off a 125-pitch start for Rochester seven days ago, did not look crisp as he fell behind hitters early in the game and had required 39 pitches through the first two innings.
Being behind shifted the advantage to the Brewers offense, which took control of the game.
I think you saw Hendriks behind in the count quite a bit, said Gardenhire. He left his breaking ball up a couple of times and they made him pay for it, banged it out of the ballpark.