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No Hall of Fame for You
I'm sure Joe or another author on Mets Today will have an opinion on this, but here's my $0.02.
So, the baby baseball writers got their bottles. The paragons of perfection and arbiters of all that is moral kept everyone out of the Hall of Fame this year. Yes, there will be no HOFers in 2013.
We know now that anyone who played between 1990 and 2003 is guilty by association. That includes former Met Mike Piazza, who fell well short of the 75% required for HOF induction (57.8%). His candidacy was apparently hurt by indications of (of all things) back acne, as reported by Murray Chass. As an Italian male, I can vouch for the fact that back acne can occur WITHOUT taking steroids. Marty Noble recently said the lack of hair on Piazza's back indicated that he used steroids. I respect Mr. Noble, but this isn't exactly a smoking gun. Also, sensationalist author Jeff Pearlman cited unnamed sources that claimed Piazza told several trusted reporters "off the record" that he tried steroids.
Well, as long as unnamed sources and trusted reporters said so…
Given all this, it's actually surprising that Craig Biggio (who led the vote with 68.2%) got as much of the vote as he did, since he had a similarly scurrilous accusation leveled against him by Pearlman.
Even everyone's favorite grinder didn't make it, Jack Morris, would have had the highest ERA in the HOF had he been inducted (3.90). But that's OK because he's a winner! And he's clutch! But he only got 67.7% of the vote. Does that constitute "pitching to the scoreboard?" Maybe if Biggio got 90%, Morris would have had 89%.
Tim Raines fell short with only 52.2%. There's no explaining this travesty except maybe the old goats of the BBWAA hate the fact that he's the darling of the saber crowd.
What it boils down to is that the baseball writers enjoy wielding their power. They often don't induct a player on the first ballot because they feel there is a difference between a Hall of Famer and a First Ballot Hall of Famer. I don't recall enjoying the First Ballot Hall of Famer wing last time I was in Cooperstown, however.
In any event, it's possible that Biggio, Piazza, and Jeff Bagwell will be in the HOF within the next two years now that the writers have had a chance to show those players who's really in control.
Then again, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina, and Jeff Kent will be on the ballot next year, so this year's crop may have to wait to be voted on by the Veteran's Committee.
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Comments35 Responses to "No Hall of Fame for You"
Disgraceful. No other way to put it. As for Morris, Mussina, and Thomas–give me a break. Speaking of breaks, isn't it time a guy named Rose got one?
"baby baseball writers got their bottles"
The average fan disagrees on this issue too, it is not just a matter of power hungry writers. They have the power but their votes here reflected a serious split of opinion overall.
Players for years sneered at better testing largely for $$$ & now it's coming to roost. 'wah' indeed. If Piazza is kept out forever, come back to me. A message sent this year? BFD.
Ehn, there's 14 years left for more evidence to come to light on these first-timers. If I were a voter, I'd be happy to wait. Of course, I would have waited on every candidate since 1999, the year Nolan Ryan was inducted.
Seriously, if any pitcher today was decent in his late 30s and then suddenly great in his early 40s, throwing at least as hard if not harder, much of it after moving to a 'roid-heavy Rangers team… The 'roids accusations would be instant.
Hall of Famers since Ryan:
- Carlton Fisk caught 271 games in 1990-1991, his age 42-43 seasons
- Eddie Murray, Paul Molitor, and Ozzie Smith all stayed extremely productive up through age 40
- Dave Winfield put up a huge age 40 season in his one year in Toronto
- Cal Ripken was somehow able to recover from wear and tear and injuries quickly enough to take the field every single day through age 37
- Rickey Henderson played on the 'roid-fueled A's, led the league in steals at 39, played till 44, and never cared how anyone else thought things should be done
- Roberto Alomar suddenly developed power in his early 30s, then fell off a cliff the second he moved to a new team with different strength coaches
- Barry Larkin hit twice as many HRs in 1996 (33) as in any other season except one (20 in 1991)
Seriously, what are the odds that none of those guys ever juiced?
"Great players can stay productive longer" makes sense when you talk about Willie Mays needing a decade of decline just to make it down to the level of other major leaguers. But in the last few years, post-'roids, it's been common to hear that the Normal Aging Curve has been reinstated, where 34 is the new 37, and 37 is the new 40. Were Ryan, Fisk, Murray, Molitor, Smith, Winfield, Ripken and Henderson all exceptions? I mean, not one of those guys was Willie Mays.
I just discovered that pitching guru Tom House, who Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson both credited for their late-career success, was a steroid pioneer, saying in 2005:
"We were doing steroids they wouldn't give to horses. That was the '60s, when nobody knew. The good thing is, we know now. There's a lot more research and understanding."
Here's an idea:
Every modern HOF candidate should go to the HOFer they respect most — Aaron, Schmidt, Seaver, etc. — look them in the eye and say, "I hate the idea of 'roids in the Hall as much as you do, and I swear on my children's lives that I never used."
Then Aaron/Schmidt/Seaver can "clear" them for election and the voters can vote based on on-field performance.
Argonbunnies, I'd like to take your proposal a step further:
Set up a committee of, say, ten HOFers to vote on HOF membership with 70% being the minimum needed for entry.
Let the members of the committee decide who is worthy of joining them in the HOF.
After each year one member of this committee selects his replacement for the following year.
This revolving door insures new blood on the committee.
I'm sure there are other ideas for changing the way HOFer's are selected. All I know is that the vote by the baseball writers has become a joke. Just look at some of the names who received votes this year.
I like the idea of using HOFers for exclusion rather than inclusion. If HOFers vote players in, we'll get all sorts of older players who were "feared" but don't have the stats to back it up, like Rice, Dawson, Sutter, Gossage-
Oh. Never mind.
Yeah, good call.
Could have seen this outcome coming for Piazza from hundreds of miles away.
Not surprising.
I don't know who did PEDs or who didn't. But I question why the players who didn't use it didn't step up and pressure their union to stop allowing players to destroy their own bodies. And the writers who took a stand, why didn't they say more 15 years ago? They road the coat tails of increased popularity of baseball into higher paying jobs doing cable shows, books, etc… but now they are finding religion? This whole thing is just so messy.
You claim Jeff Pearlman cited unnamed sources. MLB 1st Basemen Reggie Jefferson was named as a source in Pearlmans book. "He's a guy who did it, and everybody knows it," says Reggie Jefferson, the longtime major league first baseman. "It's amazing how all these names, like Roger Clemens, are brought up, yet Mike Piazza goes untouched."
Simple solution- ban everybody from that era because either they did steroids, or were aware of others doing it and did nothing to stop it. That would certainly get everyone's attention, and be fair. Are there any who tried to do something about it, and have a realistic shot at the HOF?
A ban may also deter some current players from trying. If a true ban on an era because of PED's were to occur there would have to be atleast some ripple effect on how clean the game is going forward.
Frank Thomas spoke out against steroids while still an active player, but after the bulk of the era had passed.
I don't think there was a single MLB player rocking the boat during the 1998 power showcase.
I'm hearing now that the biggest anti-steroid stance was taken by Rangers union rep Rick Helling. I guess allowing 33 HRs per year for six years (1998-2003) will motivate you.
In 1998, the word "steroids" wasn't even in the vocabulary of baseball discussion.
By 2002, Bud Selig is calling steroids "a huge problem that needs to be dealt with swiftly" even before Canseco estimates use at 85% of players and Caminiti guesses "at least half" in this SI article from that June.
Does anyone remember the tipping point? I'm trying, and all I remember is that in 2001, Barry Bonds hit 73 HRs and it wasn't that big a deal. First, no one thought it would last — we'd been watching Bonds for 15 years already, and he wasn't that kind of hitter. Then, after he got into the upper 50s, it was simply weird. No one got into a "chase for the record" frenzy because we'd just done that story 3 years ago. By the time Bonds got to 69, that he'd pass 70 was a foregone conclusion. There was no suspense.
Did we all subconsciously know something fishy was going on here?
Meanwhile, Sammy Sosa hit 64 HRs and that also wasn't a huge deal. Maybe we were getting inured to homeruns. Maybe breaking Maris' record 6 times made breaking it once seem less special. Maybe that was disappointing, and finally gave us an incentive to try to explain what was going on, now that we weren't ecstatically celebrating it.
Also, McGwire was way more likable than Bonds, so the fun factor of the whole "HR record" thing went way down.
This whole steroid discussion is utterly ridiculous and an exercise in shameless egotism.
Let me make this easy, LET THEM ALL IN. The same way you let all those other guys in, even though they had their own advantages unique to them in their own eras.
Baseball has changed over the century and a quarter it has been played. There was the 19th century era, the dead ball era, the live ball era, expansion era, free agency era, and what some refer to as the long ball era, others refer to the steroid era. Steroids isn't different than any of those other particularities when you look at it in this context.
Steroids make you hit homeruns the same way that bigger ballparks make you hit a triple. The top ten of the singles season triple's record belong to players playing in the 19th century, and two players in the 20th century before 1925. Were they extra speedy back then? Or did the bigger ball parks help them in a way that players after 1925 didn't benefit from?
Raised mounds, smaller mounds, scuffed balls, spit balls, pitchers high on LSD, greenies, black and latino exclusion, should we put asterisks near everybody's name in the Hall of Fame because they had advantages another era didn't?
And don't forget medical advancements and physical training improvements. Maybe because a doctor can perform Tommy John Surgery that didn't exist for most of baseball's history we should disqualify every recipient of the procedure.
Let's make it much easier than that, let Bonds in not because he hit 762 homeruns but because he was the most prolific hitter of his era (steroids notwithstanding) just like Chief Wilson was the most prolific triple's hitter of his era (bigger ballparks not withstanding). Let sports writers do their job and explain away the meaning of each era, each record, each player, till eternity JUST LIKE THEY ALREADY DO! Let father's teach their son's about the wonderful history of baseball instead of preaching to them about why steroids is so different than the "thin air" park advantage in Coors field. Both are performance enhancers, both are artificial inflaters(the weather is not artificial, but having a team in that city is). Do we deduct stats from a Rockie's player? Or we do we say, "Yeah Helton hit .300, but he was playing a mile high!"
Lastly, look at what this has turned us into. We're implicating players just because some other player said to a reporter "yeah I saw him do it". No trial, no evidence, just another guy saying "yeah". It's egotism, shameful, disgusting egotism.
Always a pleasure, I follow up my Mets news here and appreciate your insights as someone who is involved in the game far differently than I am as a casual fan. Keep up the good work on the site! And finally, for a shout out to the old Shea stadium games, "sometimes I feel like sticking my head out the window, and screaming at the top of my lungs… Let's go Mets! Let's go Mets Let's go Mets!"
Where does Pearlman get off breaking journalistic code of conduct releasing off the record conversations (not the first time he's done that), and they lambast players for using streroids. Neither should be condoned, but Pearlman should not be the one to point his finger.


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Understanding what you're getting into before writing the final check is crucial. The Inspection's contingency period is designed to allow the buyer through the escrow period–a reasonable time to investigate and make an educated decision on whether to go forward with the purchase or cancel the transaction based on the findings.
REO (Real Estate Owned ) properties and Short Sale properties are sold in "As Is" condition, but it does not mean that you should not have your inspection.
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In the California Residential Purchase Agreement form, the buyer is "Strongly advised to to conduct investigations of the entire property in order to determine its present condition." On the other hand, the contract is also states: "Seller has no obligation to agree or to respond to buyer's requests." (for repairs or credit).
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A separate treatment planning system is used for stereotactic radiation treatments.
Patients seen in the program represent the broad diversity of patients from the San Francisco Bay Area and include those diagnosed at both early and late stages of illness. Because of our integrated programs residents see a variety of approaches employed by a number of clinical faculty at different hospitals (which incorporate radiation oncology nurses, radiation physicists, radiation dosimetrists, nutritionists, social workers, psycho-social therapists). Residents also actively participate in site-oriented multi-disciplinary tumor boards at each facility. Tumor boards include: general tumor boards, pediatric, gynecologic, neurologic, genito-urinary, otolaryngology and gastrointestinal tumor sites.
Residents also have a 4 month brachytherapy rotation. Patients rotate 1 on 1 with a radiation oncologist and carry out under direct supervision low- and high-dose-rate brachytherapy. Brachytherapy services are provided to selected patients in multiple tumor sites, including; prostate, breast, lung, GI, GU, GYN and interstitial tumor sites. A Gamma-MED plus treatment afterloading Ir-192 unit is employed for HDR brachytherapy treatments in prostate, GYN and other interstitial tumor sites. Residents will become proficient in Flectcher-Suit low-dose and high dose rate applications, vaginal cylinders and interstitial gynecological implants. Esophageal and endobrochial high dose rate applications are also performed in addition to endorectal, biliary tree, nasopharyngeal and interstitial breast (Mammosite) applications.
For low-dose rate prostate brachytherapy patients, residents will become proficient in carrying out ultrasound volume studies, transperineal ultrasound guided preloaded interstitial prostate permanent seed implants, interpretation of brachytherapy preplans & post-implant CT scans. Treatment planning is carried out using Brachyvision (a Varian product). Residents will also carry out on average 1-2 transrectal ultrasound guided fudicial marker placement in prostate cancer patients for IGRT (intensity modulated guided radiation therapy).
On average, residents will carry out at least 200+ brachytherapy procedures during their rotation.
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SAN FRANCISCO: Pity the poor chief information security officer. The profession barely existed a generation ago. But to combat the growing threat of online breaches, companies and governments are hiring executives whose main responsibility is to make sure data systems are secure. When things go wrong — and they often do — these executives expect to bear the blame. "We're like sheep waiting to be slaughtered," said David Jordan, the chief information security officer for Arlington County in Virginia. "We all know what our fate is when there's a significant breach. This job is not for the fainthearted." Chief information security officers have one of the toughest jobs in the business world: They must stay one step ahead of criminal masterminds in Moscow and military hackers in Shanghai, check off a growing list of compliance boxes and keep close tabs on leaky vendors and reckless employees who upload sensitive data to Dropbox accounts and unlocked iPhones....Read More
LG India to invest Rs 800cr on R&D, marketing
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MUMBAI: LG Electronics expects its latest 4G LTE device LG G3 to contribute about 40% to its total revenue coming from smartphones in the second half of this financial year which could drive the company's market share to touch 10% by March end. "G3 is the most important phone for the company this year. The device will take at least 40% of our overall smartphone business in the second half," Soon Kwon, Managing Director of LG India, told ET. He said that the South Korean electronics major expects Rs 2,500 crore revenue this fiscal year from its smartphone business, triple from a year earlier. The company is investing Rs 800 crore for R&D and marketing its cellphones in 2014-2015. The company on the whole is investing some Rs 8,000 crore in its India business this year. Apart from mobile phones, the company sells TVs, washing machines, refrigerators among other consumer durables in the country.....Read More
The 8 Worst Companies For Customer Service
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There is little more frustrating for us as consumers than really bad customer service. The topic is fresh on our minds thanks to that nightmare call recorded by a journalist trying to cancel his comcast service.Usually, bad customer service experiences aren't as public, but they happen all the time and can have a significant impact on a business' success.A 2009 study in China, noting that there wasn't a wealth of research tying customer satisfaction to profit, tried to get to the bottom of it. Their conclusion is powerful."The results show that non-financial measure, customer satisfaction, is significantly associated with contemporary and future financial performance. Furthermore, the enterprises with higher-level customer satisfaction than others will enjoy higher profitability."Put simply, customer satisfaction has been proven to have a direct relationship with financial success.We got curious about who consumers think are the absolute worst, and found some answers. The website Ranker.com, with more than 14 million fans has a comprehensive crowd-sourced ranking on the subject. There have been more than 23,000 votes and over 4,000 voters. Here's how they're voting.8. Best BuyThe consumer electronics giant comes in at number eight on the list. This is interesting given that Best Buy reportedly has plans to better train their staff to compete with companies like Amazon...Read More
4 Types of Interview Questions to Know 'Can You Do This Job'
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Be it while hiring the candidate or maintaining the talent pool, selecting a right candidate is the priority. Sometimes, HRs actually take a bet and consider that the candidate will bring necessary changes in the business or department and take the efforts to the next level only to realize later that the decision was not that good. Well, just because you do not have to regret with your future decisions, here are four types of interview questions that can get you to the right candidate. Personality Profile Questions: Yes, personality profile questions give great insight about the perspective of the candidate. You need to frame certain personality questions to judge the potential employee. By doing this, it would be easy for you to identify whether the candidate would be the right hire for your company or not. Behavioral Questions: It's true that candidates simply hate behavioral questions, and one reason behind this is that they do not know how to answer those. Yes, most of the interviewees are not prepared for answering questions which make them think over specific answers for specific questions. Well, even if they do not answer right, but you would be able to get a better insight about whether they are a good learner, adaptable, innovative or not. And yes, while questioning you really have to go deep and even ask them to back there answer with a proper reason. Panel Questions: Panel interview is a good way to judge the potential of the candidate from different spheres. But here, one has to decide the members of the panel wisely, like there can be HR, the immediate boss of the candidate, and the manager or process head. Where HR can judge the candidate's potential by asking strategic questions, the boss and process head would look up to the technical expertise and work skills. Project Questions (Interviews) When hiring a candidate, one of the ideal ways is to give a real life project and judge him accordingly. You can ask the candidate to work upon the project for sometime or handle a bug or do the work that is already going on and you need to judge him on that. For instance, if you are appointing for a sales telesales, then you can ask the candidate to go for a call in front of you and you judge that. With these 4 types of interview questions, you'll surely not regret later.
8 Ways to Advance Your Career in a New City
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Whether you crave the palm trees of Silicon Valley's San Jose, or the earthy richness of the Midwest's Oklahoma City, you can take the steps to transition your career, and your life to a new city. Recently, Glassdoor published an Employment Satisfaction Report Card by City, and the list is a fascinating cross-section of the United States.For recent graduates or more mature careerists looking to make a bold move to a new city, Glassdoor's list offers insights into geographic areas where employers receive kudos from satisfied employees. As well, the number of employers hiring, business outlook expectations and more were factored in when surveying the 50 largest U.S. metros.Switching cities is no easy task for most careerists and job seekers, however. Employers (generally speaking) prefer the easy button when it comes to hiring geography. Not only will you face relocation expense conversations, but also before you get that far, communications around interview logistics arise.So, to make your case more compelling and tempt hiring decision makers to employ this extra effort, you may want to take some, or many, of these steps.1. Look at the Big Picture. You want to move in three months? It will probably require six months, a year or more. Face that reality and then just get to work. Plan to labor a bit harder than you expected and employ a more creative plan to sell your value. You may even have to sacrifice something along the way (salary level, relocation expenses, job security and such), just to get your foot in the new city's door.2. Articulate Your Value. First and foremost, you must cultivate a good story – not one that is all about you, but one that positions you strikingly as a valuable asset to the target company. Don't short-change this vital step.3. Be Courageous. If, after you sent off your enticing resume story to several target companies and they still haven't responded, then get out of your comfort zone and do a bit of sleuthing, researching and interacting. This can mean communicating with people in a specific company or interacting in some other way with folks who are industry and geographically related to your goal.4. Take Action. Action creates traction. You never know where one connection will transition. Join an industry group on LinkedIn and begin contributing value. Respond to inquiries and conversations. Launch an exchange and provide insights and perspectives that are thoughtful, helping comrades stretch and grow while also displaying your expertise and achievements. Don't go into sell mode; instead, let your value sell itself.5. Keep Focused. Hold your specific intentions to relocate to your new city in front of you. Be clear on three to four key areas of value you offer your target employers, and weave those into conversations. Demonstrate how you can help them solve problems before you ask for the job interview.6. Research, Continually. All the while, continually research and understand your target companies' needs, so you can point by point express how you can be the one to help stamp out market share decline and build revenue back up to competitive levels (or whatever your solutions are).7. Join Local Associations. If you haven't already, become a member of your industry association. Ask to be assigned to a chapter that is local to your "target" city. Start reaching out to board members and committee members, and network. In fact, join or volunteer to take the lead on a committee. Be forthcoming that you are living in ABC city but wish to move to their city. As you are a paying association member, you are more likely to receive meaningful responses to your inquiries (versus just contacting someone in your industry out of the blue). If possible, make a trip to your target city and attend a local industry meeting.8. Just Move. This may sound scary, but if your desire to relocate sooner than later is greater than your need for job security, consider saving enough money for several months' rent and simply moving. Being in the city of choice while you job hunt has its advantages. You may also find a bridge job at your target city while you seek out your longer-term career role.The bottom line is, there is no easy answer regarding how to transition to a new city and job. You will have to be patient, be determined and take action (then, rinse and repeat!). However, people regularly chase and capture their dreams, and if you really want this change to happen, it will!
Facebook to challenge Amazon soon? Read How
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HOUSTON: After making billions connect socially on its network, Facebook is testing a new feature designed to let users buy products directly from ads and posts on its news feed."With this feature, people on desktop or mobile can click the 'Buy' call-to-action button on ads and Page posts to purchase a product directly from a business, without leaving Facebook," the post reads.In an image of what this feature looks like, a 'Buy' button sits in the bottom right corner of the ads that users normally see as they scroll through their Facebook news feeds.....Read More
49% FDI in Insurance Sector to create jobs
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Foreign capital investments will help exiting players to expand in tier II and III cities By allowing FDI in the insurance sector to go up to 49 per cent from 26 per cent in budget 2014, the Finance Minister has raised hopes and opportunities among the Indian and global players. With full Indian management and control under the FIPB route, the industry is expecting to see a positive turnaround in terms capital investments from foreign players and this will enable existing players to expand in tier II and III cities. Industry experts believe these changes will create many job opportunities in the sector. How Jobs will be created? According to TR Ramachandran, CEO & MD, Aviva Life Insurance, this single announcement has the potential to be a game changer as it can bring foreign exchange inflow of $10 – 15 billion as per Life Council estimates. The industry can now set its eyes on stepping up product offerings, distribution networks and technology to ensure superior customer experience. Higher amount of capital will provide the scope to the insurance companies to tap under-insured markets through better infrastructure and deeper distribution strategies. And, to achieve this, the industry will require adequate manpower across levels and functions. Shashwat Sharma, partner, KPMG India believes that the FDI measure should provide impetus for spurring growth of the insurance industry and enable foreign players to bring in capital required for growing distribution, product suite and strengthening the risk framework. This move may enable existing players to expand their reach in tier-II and tier-III cities. "The few reforms that are being actively debated within the industry are the differentiated banking licences that will help create niche opportunities while serving the government's economic and financial inclusion objectives, increase in the FDI limit to 49% in the insurance sector from the current 26% and amendments to existing labor laws. These efforts are expected to create employment opportunities in the financial services sector," said Anuranjita Kumar, chief human resources officer, Citi South Asia. According to TimesJobs.com data, demand for BFSI professionals has increased in the last quarters, during Jan-Jun 2014 period for middle level professionals and will continue to do so in the second half of the year.
Hiring activity rises 22% in June this year: Study
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NEW DELHI: Hiring activity in India registered a significant rise of 22 per cent in June and job market is expected to improve further in the coming months as the economy is showing signs of revival, says a report by job portal Naukri.com.The Naukri Job Speak Index for June stood at 1,570, showing a 22 per cent increase in hiring activities compared to the corresponding period last year. The same is 2 per cent lower compared to May, 2014.Industry wise hiring sentiment was positive with Telecom and BPO seeing an increase of 20 per cent each respectively in June 2014 as compared to June 2013."The economy is showing signs of revival and its effects are visible on the hiring landscape as well. The job market is reviving and we expect hiring activity to go up in the coming few months...Read More
The 5 disruptive business models powered by smart tech
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The most radical effects of technological innovation are nearly always associated with new business models, yet this is often the part of innovation we understand least well. Our evidence suggests that smart technology creates new value through novel business models that are capable of unleashing meteoric efficiency improvements and allowing for stronger and more meaningful relationships. Business models in the era of smart are characterised by the following five interrelated key features.1. Platforms and networksBecause the internet of things and machine-to-machine communication technologies will underpin hyper-connectivity that is the crux of the smart society, business models that harness the power of platforms and networks will be increasingly common. Platforms create multi-sided networks, where consumers, businesses and government interact in smarter ways to create value.[1] This will have profound implications on the way we live, work and play. For example, the smart home augmented by the Hub of All Things platform effectively creates smart households. Businesses use the HAT platform to provide more personalised and tailored products and services to households. Armed with real-time information and being in control of our personal data, households will be able to make better everyday decisions, including spending on food and non-food items, energy usage, choice of diet and amount of exercise to be undertaken. Social media that are already so pervasive in our society today are essentially platform-based business models that enable the creation and spread of networks. 2. Big dataIf platforms and networks are the engine of smart applications, big data is the fuel that powers that engine. Business models where platforms are an integral part harness the potential of huge amounts of data to deliver products and services that improve our quality of life. Autonomous vehicles combine high volumes of real-time structured and unstructured data – 1GB per second, or 2 petabytes a year [2] – and predictive algorithms through Complex Event Processing (CEP) to afford us the convenience of getting around safely without actually driving, [3] an undoubtedly welcome assistance in heavy rush hour traffic. Similarly, the HAT combines massive amounts of our personal data collected by smart sensors, and layers them with context through triangulation, to help us make better decisions and obtain products and services that better meet our needs. 3. Deep personalisation and mass customisationDigital technologies enable fresh approaches to the manufacturing, design and delivery of almost everything, hence allowing products and services to embed digital interfaces for personalisation and connectivity. Smart defies paradox – the emergence of novel business models that allow the masses to custom-purchase by deeply personalising their acquisition means products and services can better fit our lives.24 Deeper personalisation and mass customisation generate new ways for individuals to receive different experiences from a common platform, whether it be the use of 3D printing to create individually tailored shoes, or using an algorithm to tailor the experience of a video-on-demand service such as Netflix. Our smartphones are arguably the most deeply personalised device we own. High-end hotels similarly offer highly tailored hospitality down to the minute details. But in the era of smart, this trend becomes the norm, and is accessible to the masses, as it will commonly extend to personalised healthcare services, energy tariffs, financial products and even dining and leisure experiences4. HorizontalisationThanks to connected devices and smart platforms, business models of the future are also able to increasingly transcend verticals and provide a previously unimaginable array of services on a single hub. The smartphone is the catalyst of this revolution. While we previously needed to purchase and carry the camera, alarm clock, calculator, DVD player, laptop, mp3 player, maps, satnav and notepads as separate items, they all now form a neat, and easily obtainable, collection in our smartphone. There is no doubting the convenience and efficiency gains we enjoy from a one-stop shop. The era of smart living will usher in many more of such hubs. For instance, our smart TVs and tablets, too, can be the 'control centre' of the HAT at home, enabling us to adjust everything from radiator levels and lighting to washing machine and dishwasher timers. Perhaps even more engaging for the family is the role of the smart TV in further enhancing our omnichannel shopping experience. Not only can we use the smart TV for online shopping similar to the way we currently do so on the PC or mobile devices, we are also able to identify a dress seen worn by our favourite actress and instantly discover where we can purchase it, place an order and arrange for collection – all these while sharing the joy of discovery, and perhaps even some banter with the family. Smart TVs with smart sensors, or those connected to other smart devices, can also perform a quick scan of our iris, or read data from a diagnostic patch applied on our wrist, and produce basic diagnoses of our health condition every day, and thereafter provide a range of lifestyle options we can choose from.5. Co-creation and democratisation of productionOur role within production networks and value chains in a smart society is radically transformed. No longer are we passive buyers of goods and services that firms roll off the production line and market to us. Because of the boundless possibilities enabled by a combination of connected devices, big data, digital technologies and smart platforms, we are able to actively participate in the production process and engage more closely throughout the value chain...Read More
Top 10 Jobs With the Highest Work-Life Balance
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Balancing your career and personal life is no easy task. But if you're a data scientist, tour guide or social media manager, it may be easier to maintain a healthy work-life balance, according to Glassdoor. The jobs site, which compiles data about workplaces, released a list of the top highly rated jobs for work-life balance. The results are entirely based on employee feedback over the past year The report looked at work-life balance ratings for each job title shared on Glassdoor in the last year, and took business outlook ratings into consideration. Ratings were based on a five-point scale, with '1' representing 'dissatisfied,' '3' representing 'OK' and '5' meaning 'very satisfied.' Read more...
How Samsung Galaxy S5 4G is different from Galaxy S5
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NEW DELHI: Nearly three months after launching its flagship phone, Galaxy S5, in India, Samsung has now announced the availability of its 4G LTE variant. The new model will be available staring July 20. Interestingly, the 4G variant of the Galaxy S5 doesn't just feature an additional radio for receiving 4G signals. It also sports different internals. Here's a look at what's different and what's not: Processor: The non-4G version of Samsung Galaxy S5 is powered by Samsung's Exynos 5422 Octa processor that runs four high-performance cores at 1.9GHz and four low-power cores that run at 1.3GHz. Unlike the 8-core processor in Galaxy S4, this processor can run all its cores simultaneously if required. The 4G LTE version of Galaxy is powered by a 2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor. It has four high-performance cores running at 2.46GHz....Read More
Microsoft to shut Xbox TV show studio
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SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft has confirmed that its studio devoted to original television programmes for Xbox consoles will be shuttered as part a massive overhaul of the workforce. Projects started by Xbox Entertainment Studios will be completed, but the unit launched as part of a push to expand the consoles beyond gaming will be shuttered in coming months, the US technology titan told AFP. During a major E3 video game industry gathering in Los Angeles in June, Microsoft brought the focus back to games in a shift from stressing how Xbox is evolving into a multipurpose entertainment center for films, television, music, and more. Closing Xbox Entertainment Studios is part of the workforce reduction announced by Microsoft chief Satya Nadella, according to a copy of a memo sent by Xbox head Phil Spencer to his team.....Read More
10 Things You Should Never Do While Pitching an Investor
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Nailing your investor pitch is an important part of clinching funding. But who hasn't known someone who bombed that conversation? So before you write your next pitch, keep in mind these surefire ways to lose a potential investor's interest as explained by 10 successful founders from YEC. 1. Not Having Milestones Potential investors want to know that they're going to get a good return on their investment. It's your job to make clear where the investor's money will be going and, specifically, what it will help you to accomplish. Investors want to see that you've thought through your milestones and have a plan for how you will be able to use their money to accomplish these. Tweet This Tip - David Ehrenberg, Early Growth Financial Services 2. Redundancy I get this all the time. A sales call or pitch that could take 15 minutes ends up taking an hour because the person keeps repeating themselves. These are smart people you're pitching; they heard you the first time. Redundancy also makes a pitch sound unprepared, like you're stalling for filling space. Tweet This Tip - Maren Hogan, Red Branch Media Related: The 3 Biggest Startup Financing Mistakes & How to Fix Them 3. A Lack of Expertise A lack of background expertise in the idea you are pitching can be a turn off to investors. Everyone has ideas, but most are built on assumptions and stereotypes. So having background expertise in your idea will increase the odds of success, which is what an investor is looking for. Tweet This Tip - Phil Chen, Systems Watch 4. Not Answering Questions As most of us know, investors have short attention spans. They want to cut to the chase and get straight to the point. Often, entrepreneurs are so engrossed in their pitch that they do not listen well enough and don't answer the potential investor's questions. Very soon you see the investor losing interest as they have 100+ other pitchers lined up for the month. Tweet This Tip - Karan Chaudhry, DropThought 5. An Incorrect Valuation We see it on "Shark Tank" all the time. Companies that improperly valuate their businesses and are often off by 50 or 60 percent show that they would rather share incorrectly impressive numbers than the less-impressive, honest value of their business. It instantly discourages investors and sets you up for a loss. Instead, track your numbers and be as accurate as possible when reporting them. Tweet This Tip - Joe Apfelbaum, Ajax Union 6. Not Knowing Your Risks Sophisticated investors understand the risks they are taking in investing in an early stage company. There is no such thing as "can't lose," and while confidence is appreciated, hubris is not. Knowing the risks specific to your venture and being upfront with your investors is a strong way to show your understanding of your business and its industry, as well as your honesty and integrity. Tweet This Tip - Peter Minton, Minton Law Group, P.C. Related: A Guide to Risk Management for Sailing Startups 7. Losing Your Confidence Investors are going to ask tough questions following your pitch. Losing your confidence when answering them is the worst thing you can do. If they think you can't handle pressure now, they certainly won't think you can handle it down the long road you're about to embark on. Tweet This Tip - Brooke Bergman, Allied Business Network Inc. 8. Vagueness Investors rely on your ability to clearly state the pain points and the manner in which you solve them. It is your responsibility to be clear and precise with your understanding of the problem, the solution and how you intend to deploy that solution. Entrepreneurs can lose an investor's interest by being too vague or making far reaching assumptions about the business and potential return. Tweet This Tip - Andrew Thomas, SkyBell Technologies, Inc. 9. Not Pitching Your Team Good investors invest in people. You'd better be able to paint a strong story about why this is the most qualified team on the planet to execute on your idea. Tweet This Tip - John Roa, ÄKTA 10. Asking Them to Sign an NDA No one is going to steal your idea. Investors don't have time to steal it and they see NDAs as unnecessary at such an early stage. They also think you're a fool to be thinking about such trivial things (which demonstrates a lack of prioritization). Most of all, it shows a small sign of distrust. You don't have time for that when you really need cash. Tweet This Tip - Eric Siu, Single Grain Related: 3 Tips to Obtain Small Business Financing The post 10 Things You Should Never Do While Pitching an Investor appeared first on Business.com Blog.
23 Shocking Stories of Sexual Harassment At Work
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For women, sexual harassment is still an issue they face in the workforce. Even female employees at high-profile companies like Yahoo and startups like Tinder have reported harassment from their coworkers.Whisper is the two-year-old app that allows users to share their secrets. In the past it's been used for everything from spreading celebrity rumors to letting Iraqis communicate during the country's social media blackout.Now people-often women-are turning to the app to share their awful stories of harassment at work. The anonymous nature of the app lets users, who may feel like they have nobody to talk to, share their stories.Whisper helped us put together a collection of posts to illustrate how widespread the issue really is....Read More
9 Signs You Desperately Need A Vacation
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Have you been feeling sluggish lately? Overwhelmed at work? Easily irritated?These signs of stress can indicate that you're on the path to burning out, which can lead to depression, anxiety, and weight gain. And they may also mean that you're in serious need of a vacation.Experts say it's important to take care of yourself at the first hint of burnout to ensure you're not working yourself into the ground. So, if you're experiencing one or more of these signs, consider giving yourself a break to de-stress and clear your head:You're always tired.If you find yourself feeling tired more often than usual, ask yourself if it could be a symptom of a bigger problem. Chronic fatigue, in which you move slowly, take extra time to do daily tasks, and constantly feel drained, is a sign you're burnt out. This type of physical exhaustion can lead to psychological exhaustion, even creating a sense of dread about going to work in the morning.You don't take care of yourself.When you're feeling overly tired or stressed, unhealthy habits begin to take over. If you find yourself constantly craving junk food, drinking more than usual, or relying on coffee to keep you moving, it might be time to take a load off.You're overwhelmed.You're always working, but still feel like you should be working more. Or maybe your heavy workload causes you to feel guilty when you don't complete everything you wanted to that day, forcing you to work more. Working yourself to the bone won't help you be more productive, so give yourself a break.Your phone is a source of stress.Phones can be helpful, allowing us to make sales, solve problems, and keep in touch with friends and family. However, if the sound of your ringer gives you anxiety or makes you feel overwhelmed, it's a sign you're getting burned out.You have a negative attitude.If you find your usually optimistic self constantly frustrated, cynical, or in a bad mood, it might be a sign that you need to recharge. Though everybody has their off days, if you're experiencing them more than normal, you need to take a step back.You can't concentrate.When you're mentally exhausted, it becomes difficult to concentrate, focus, and remember important information. If projects start to take twice as long as they should, or you find yourself re-reading things multiple times, it might be time to take a break. Once you recharge, you'll be able to be more productive.You can't sleep.If you're constantly thinking about the mountain of work you need to face the next day to the point where you can't sleep....Read More
Dubai Stocks Crash
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Stocks in Dubai got crushed on Sunday.The Dubai FMG Index fell a whopping 5.99% on the day.This is the biggest downward move since June 24, when the FMG Index fell 6.5%.Once again, the catalyst for the sell-off appears to be Arabtec Holding Co, the biggest property developer in the UAE."Arabtec's shares, which fell 9.9 percent, the most since June 30, were halted from trading at the end of last week pending clarification of its ownership," reported Bloomberg's Sarmad Khan and Shoshanna Solomon. "Aabar is in talks to buy at least half of a 28.9 percent stake held by the construction company's former Chief Executive Officer Hasan Ismaik, a person with knowledge of the situation said July 15."Aabar released a statement today, which only stated that these talks were...Read More
Here's What It's Like To Intern At Apple
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No interns have it better than those working for tech companies in Silicon Valley.It would stand to reason that Apple's interns have some of the best jobs around.When you're working for Apple, there's no such thing as busy work.You get put on a real project, with real responsibilities, and have real impact on product outcomes," said Nate Sharpe on Quora, who worked on the iPod design team. "You interact with movers and shakers in the company on a fairly frequent basis and your opinion is valued as if you were an employee."One way Apple treats its interns like employees is by pulling back the curtain on its projects."It was super cool to get to be intimately involved in products before they came out, and to see the gritty details of past products, even some that never made it to market," Sharpe said. "It should be noted, however, that this only applies within your immediate department, as everything outside of your department is on a need-to-know basis."When interns aren't working on these top-secret projects, they're often encouraged to attend events....Read More
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The following is a listing of reported Gwinnett Police activity Jan. 19 - 28, 2013 for the city of Peachtree Corners. (Note: This listing is based on reports from www.crimereports.com. for ZIP code 30092 only.)
Jan. 19: A burglary was reported on the 3500 block of Engineering Drive at 4:30 p.m.
Jan. 21: A theft (by taking) was reported on the 3200 block of Holcomb Bridge Road at 12:01 a.m.
Jan. 23: An arrest for prostitution was made on the 3400 block of Holcomb Bridge Road at 8 p.m.
Jan. 23: Another arrest for prostitution was made on the 5300 block of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard at 10 p.m.
Jan. 24: A shoplifter was arrested on the 5100 block of Peachtree Parkway at 1:43 p.m.
Jan. 25: An auto break-in was reported on the 5200 block of Peachtree Parkway at 10 a.m.
Jan. 25: An assault was reported on the 5200 block of Peachtree Parkway at 9:40 p.m.
Jan. 27: A solicitation (sex crimes) was reported on the 500 block of Peachtee Parkway at 4 p.m.
Jan. 27: An assault was reported on the 3600 block of Peachtree Corners Circle at 12:34 p.m.
Jan. 27: A case of battery was reported on the 5100 block of Beverly Glenn Village Lane at 11:30 a.m.
Jan. 28: A case of criminal attempt was reported on the 5400 block of W. Jones Bridge Road at 9 a.m.
Source: Crimemapping.com
Editor's note: Crimemapping.com has not yet updated its mapping service to include the new city of Peachtree Corners. Until that time, it is not possible to determine the crimes in the city's other ZIP codes because they are shared with several other surrounding cities. Until Crimemapping updates its mapping service, this report will be limited to ZIP code of 30092. We will begin reporting for the entire city when the company's mapping service is updated.
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New site for affordable homes identified
1:00pm Friday 14th December 2012 in Helston
A site has now been chosen as part of a plan to build more affordable homes in Coverack.
Early last year a joint project was set up between St Keverne Parish Council and Cornwall Council, after a report found that a total of 67 people with a connection to the parish had applied to the Homechoice housing register for an affordable home, either to rent or buy.
Cornwall Council compiled a list of 14 sites in and around Coverack that might have potential for local needs housing to be build on them.
Now the council has said that "site one", which is at the top of the village above Penwartha, received the greatest level of support and would be taken forward.
On the updated Coverack Local Need Affordable Housing page of the council's website a statement reads: "The landowner of the most favoured site has come forward with a pre-application planning enquiry.
"As a result, it is unlikely that any of the other sites will be considered further at this time."
If the in-principle proposals are found to be suitable, it is expected that the landowner will then submit a planning application that members of the public will be able to have a say on.
Coverack-based designer and architect Tim Pickett told parish councillors last week that he had and there was "work in progress" regarding the preferred site.
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Objective: This study examined the course of illness in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) over a 2-year period.
Method:Sixty-six patients with a primary diagnosis of DSM-III-R OCD were followed prospectively for 2 years. Baseline information was collected on demographic characteristics, Axis I and II diagnoses, and severity of OCD symptoms. Follow-up measures obtained at 3, 6, 12, and 24 months after baseline assessment included information on symptomatic and diagnostic status as well as behavioral and somatic treatments received.
Results:The probability of full remission from OCD over the 2-year period was 12%. The probability of partial remission was 47%. After achieving remission from OCD, the probability of relapse was 48%. No factors were identified that significantly predicted full or partial remission. Seventy-seven percent (N = 51) of the subjects received a serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI) for >= 12 weeks, and 68% (N = 45) received medium-to-high doses of SRIs for >= 12 weeks. Only 18% received a full trial of behavior therapy.
Conclusion:Despite exposure to at least 1 adequate trial of an SRI, the likelihood of full remission of OCD in this study was low. Results of this study also suggest that behavior therapy may be under-utilized.


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What have you lost interest in recently?
It seems as if I lose interest in more and more things as I get older. It might seem a frightening thought at first, but really, how many trivial pursuits do we cling to that we eventually just outgrow?
There was a time when I was concerned with having a nice tan, but age and wisdom brought me to my senses. I lived for the occasional kegger in my college days, but outgrew that in a blessedly short amount of time. Sometimes things that seem uber-important at one moment of your life just aren't right for the life you're living now, and that's a good thing.
The thing I've lost the most interest in recently was, for most of my life, the driving force behind everything I did: the need for acceptance. From my earliest days on the playground right up to the days surrounding my 40th birthday, I wanted ... no, NEEDED, everyone to like me.
One hint of disapproval from the remotest of acquaintances and I was a crumbling, groveling ball of nerves. I would embark on strained conversations with lengthy explanations and pleas for the offended individual to understand that I was innocent of the assumed wrong-doing.
But a few weeks ago, as some of my girlfriends and I sat around a bonfire, one of them asked if I was still friends with a mutual acquaintance with whom I'd had a notoriously rocky relationship. "Not really," I responded. "I'm too old to waste energy on people I don't really want around me anymore."
I felt as if I'd had one of those "Ah-ha" moments Oprah is always talking about when I realized, as I licked melted s'mores from my fingertips, that I was speaking the absolute truth. And I actually surprised myself with a truth I hadn't previously realized.
How freeing such knowledge can be! I'd always known what a burden it was to constantly need everyone's approval, but I'd never known how to overcome it. Who knew that eventually, someday, I would just simply outgrow it, as surely as a houseplant that needs moved to the outdoors?
Yes, I've lost interest in persuading others to like to me, or even to just accept me as I am. That's a burden that I've handed over to those who care about me. Those people will treasure our friendship and work with me to maintain it. Those people don't need any kind of persuading to hang around.
The other people? Well, I still wish them the best. But they're going to have to find it in their own garden.


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Mets Game 21: Loss to Phillies
Phillies 4 Mets 0
Mets drop the first game of the series and fall below .500 for the first time this season.
Mets Game Notes
Through the first five frames, the pitching matchup made the game seem redundant, as Dillon Gee and Kyle Kendrick are similar pitchers with similar approaches who had similarly effective evenings, relying predominantly on sliders and change-ups down in the zone and inducing weak, ground ball contact.
In the sixth inning, though, things changed drastically for Gee. The top of the Phillies lineup suddenly caught on to his scheme, and laid off the junk below the belt, forcing Gee to push the ball a little higher in the zone. A few singles and a Ryan Howard blast to center later, and the score was four-zip.
In contrast, Kendrick kept it going. And going. He went all the way — 9 innings of three-hit, shutout ball. He didn't even allow a Met to get past first base in the second shutout of his career.
Interesting to see Kendrick focusing on the upper two quadrants of the strike zone against Jordany Valdespin, who has proven to be a low-ball hitter. Kendrick also pounded the inside half against Valdespin, who is so on top of the plate he didn't realize the pitches were strikes and was visibly irritated with the umpire's calls. Have the scouting reports already caught up to 'spin? Will other opponents attack him similarly? Will 'spin make an adjustment? We'll see.
Terry Collins decided to shake up the lineup, installing Mike Baxter as the leadoff man, David Wright in the cleanup spot, moving up Lucas Duda and moving down John Buck, and — to Keith Hernandez's delight — batting Daniel Murphy third. Sorry, I still don't see the logic of pushing Wright down (and Buck, for that matter). I don't necessarily have a problem with Murphy in the three-hole — what baffles me is taking the chance that your best all-around offensive player won't come to the plate in the first inning. Lineup positions can be overrated, but one simple rule must be followed: make sure your best hitters get the most opportunities. It's kind of like setting up a starting pitching rotation at the beginning of the year — you put your very best pitcher in the #1 slot because you want to make sure he gets the most opportunities to pitch over the course of the season. I realize that Mike Baxter has been an on-base machine thus far and agree with using him in the leadoff spot. But at the end of the day, if you're a MLB manager, do you really have any logical explanation for the possibility of Baxter and Ruben Tejada getting more chances to hit than David Wright?
Then there was the decision to move Duda up and Buck down. I guess part of it was that a righty was on the mound. I guess another part was the over-thinking nonsense of not having two batters of the same handedness in a row. Whatever. Will Collins stay with this formula to see if it'll work, or will he trash it after the smallest of sample sizes?
Although he didn't make any errors, I didn't like the way Tejada was going after a few ground balls. He's still in the habit of sitting back and waiting for slow grounders, and backhanding them instead of charging and/or getting in front of them. If an infielder has time to put his entire body in front of the ball, that's what he should do; the backhand allows too much room for error, particularly on bad hops.
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The Mets and Phillies do it again on Saturday afternoon beginning at the FOX-friendly time of 1:05 p.m. Shaun Marcum is scheduled to make his first start as a Met against Phillies phenom Jonathan Pettibone. Actually, Pettibone isn't exactly a phenom, but I like the alliteration.
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Comments5 Responses to "Mets Game 21: Loss to Phillies"
Joe, I have some questions and if you have time, please give your opinion.
1. Two years ago, Davis was said to have a sweet swing and was hitting .325, 7 HR, 25 RBIs in April. He was lauded for that sweet swing and going to left field with power. Now, he stands far away as he stands from the plate and seems to miss every high inside fastball they throw. Do you think he is in a funk or homerun happy? Can a player be in such a long funk, or is he not making adjustments? After all, he hit .255 and 20 HR in the second half last year.
2. It appears that there is a severe disconnect between the General Manager and the Manager. I say this because Lagares was brought up, when Cowgill is not getting any playing time and Byrd is on the roster. In the spring, Collins didn't play Valdespin in the outfield because he wasn't that good there and didn't have a good enough arm. However, Valdespin is playing nothing but outfield. Hence, we have six outfielders on this team. One plays everyday. The other five are three right-hand hitters and two left-hand hitters. Doesn't it make sense to treat Valdespin as an outfielder and bring up an infielder for one of the right-handed bats?
3. I remember going to Jet games and hearing that "Joe must go" chant. It seems like the fans are getting ready for the "Terry must go" as they see moves that are deemed 'unpopular'. It's still only April, but does a General Manager at some point tell his Manager that this is the plan and we need to see so-and-so play, or does he just let him manage?
4. My outfield would be Lagares, Valdespin, Cowgill, Duda, and Brown. Since we are punting, let's see what we got here. Byrd and Baxter are wasting our time; Brown is hitting .351 in AAA again this year for a different team; Cowgill needs an extended chance (I actually feel badly for the guy); and Lagares was actually brought up, so play him or send him back. Do you feel that Baxter and Byrd add enough to this roster that they need to be in Queens?
To clarify on question #4, I am not saying this should be the outfield all year, but for at least the next two months to give each guy about 125-150 ABs and then re-evaluate.
I must be much older than you Gus because I remember going to NY Football Giant games when the fans were chanting goodbye Allie. Met fans should be chanting goodby Alderson because the stuff he has given Collins has been pure crap. Do not feel bad for Cowgill because he's a minor leaguer staying in the bigs too long because Alderson's ego always causes his guys to stay way too long.
In his prior starts, Gee was botching his change-up, causing it to miss high and not dip at the end. At the same time, his fastball was tailing away instead of hitting the glove. Those all sound to me like he was getting under the ball, although I couldn't spot any telltales in his arm slot.
He did that to the first batter of the game on Friday, but then fixed it and was pinpoint with his fastball and change-up through the fifth. In the sixth, the problem recurred.
I disagree that the Phillies stopped laying off bait pitches in the 6th. Gee threw plenty of quality pitches in the strike zone in the first 5. In the 6th, he simply started throwing awful pitches, which got clobbered.


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— MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Ara Parseghian still remembers every little detail of that dreary night in New Orleans nearly four decades ago, when two titans of college football met for the first time.
It was a time of jarring social and political turmoil in America: the pain of the civil rights movement still fresh, U.S. troops finally home from an unpopular war in Vietnam, a scandal known as Watergate on the verge of toppling the most powerful man in the free world.
Against that backdrop, Notre Dame and Alabama did something that rarely happens in sports.
They didn't just live up the hype, they blew it away.
The game of the year became a game for the ages.
"It was Alabama vs. Notre Dame. It was the Baptists vs. the Catholics. It was Bear Bryant vs. yours truly," said Parseghian, who coached the Fighting Irish for 11 years and now, approaching his 90th birthday, enjoys retirement at his winter home in Marco Island, Fla., right across the Everglades from Miami. "There were just a multitude of things that built it up. A huge viewing audience was the result."
Indeed, while ESPN officials were hoping for record ratings in the BCS era when top-ranked Notre Dame met second-ranked Alabama on Monday night, there was little chance of approaching the massive audience that tuned in on New Year's Eve 1973 for those same two teams in the Sugar Bowl, the game that would decide the national championship, a contest so momentous that ABC sent in Howard Cosell to join the regular college broadcast team of Chris Schenkel and Bud Wilkinson.
"At Notre Dame, football is a religion," Cosell would say that night. "At Alabama, it's way of life."
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