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(NECN: Josh Brogadir, Malden, Mass.) - After 35 years in the U.S. House, Mass. Congressman Ed Markey wants to switch to the other side of the Capitol.
Congressman Markey is well known, is one of the highest ranking Democrats in the House and has a reported $3 million war chest. But as it did last time, the race for the empty U.S. Senate seat will garner national interests and international attention.
The 66-year-old Democrat from Malden made it official Thursday: He will run for the seat with Senator John Kerry expected to become the next Secretary of State.
Markey, in a statement, came out with his gloves off saying, "I have decided to run for the U.S. Senate because this fight is too important. There is so much at stake. I refuse to allow the Tea Party-dominated Republican Party to lead us off the fiscal cliff and into recession. I won't allow the NRA to obstruct an assault weapons ban yet again."
Ted Kennedy Jr. and Ben Affleck have said they are out, but Markey won't be alone among the Democrats vying for that seat, since Boston Congressmen Michael Capuano and Stephen Lynch are considering it.
"While I am giving serious thought to running for the U.S. Senate and have received great encouragement, at this point I am still focused on my job as a Congressman and am working with my colleagues in the Massachusetts delegation to find solutions to the fiscal cliff," Lynch said in a statement.
Paul Watanabe is head of the UMass-Boston Political Science department, and says there's some strategy to Markey getting in first.
"And we're going to have a very short period of time for this campaign and the money is going to have to go somewhere. And why not be the first one in, hopefully soak up most of that money before it goes elsewhere," Watanabe said.
On the Republican side, Senator Scott Brown seems the likely choice to run after his defeat to Elizabeth Warren last month. He has not commented.
Former Governor Bill Weld's name has also been mentioned and he's back here in Boston.
"He's somebody who of course did quite well as Governor, but of course he lost ironically, this would be an interesting case if he ran again, because, of course, he ran for the Senate and lost to John Kerry," Watanabe said.
Meantime, we caught up with voters in Markey's hometown of Malden.
"I'm an independent voter and I don't like to see the same old people in, it's so boring," voter Bill Sullivan said.
"I would vote for him. (Ed Markey) could definitely (do the job) no question," said Janice McDermott.
Following Kerry's anticipated confirmation and resignation, the procedure going forward is for Governor Deval Patrick to name an interim senator a la Paul Kirk from a few years ago when Ted Kennedy died, then voters will choose a new senator at a special election between 145 and 160 days from the Kerry resignation, likely in June.
Interim possibilities, according to Watanabe, are endless because it won't likely be someone who will be considered for the seat for the two years left on Kerry's term.


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Leaders of the Kentucky General Assembly have hired Louisville attorney, Leslie P. Vose of Landrum and Shouse, to defend the legislature against allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation by three female employees.
Meanwhile, a House select committee named by Speaker Greg Stumbo, D-Prestonsburg, to look into the allegations of sexual harassment against a former lawmaker wants to hire its own attorney, but it isn't clear its five members view the scope of the committee's investigation in the same way.
A second committee, the Joint Program Review and Investigations Committee, was scheduled to begin reviewing the LRC sexual harassment policy Thursday, but canceled the meeting because of the women's suits in Franklin Circuit Court.
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Cincinnati Country Day Head of School Robert P. Macrae, center, congratulates Rachel Corwin and Charles McGivern Jr., 2013 winners of the Lee S. Pattison Distinguished Teacher Award. Corwin of Blue Ash teaches French in the Middle School. McGivern of Loveland teaches Upper School English and is assistant director of college counseling.
Rachel Corwin of Blue Ash and Charles McGivern Jr. of Loveland are the 2013 recipients of the Lee S. Pattison Distinguished Teacher Award at Cincinnati Country Day School.
Corwin is a Middle School French teacher, and McGivern is an Upper School English teacher and assistant director of college counseling.
The award is named for legendary Upper School teacher Lee S. Pattison, who taught history at Country Day from 1946-1988. The award is given to one or two outstanding faculty members each year. ...


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A 600-acre fire north of Lucky Peak Dam will likely be fully contained by 9 p.m., officials said. The fire burned six structures, but fire crews were able to save a house that was threatened by the flames.
The homes resident fled as the fire got close, officials said.
The Highland Alley Fire started Tuesday afternoon as a small grass fire that quickly spread, shutting down Highway 21 in both directions for several hours.
The highway is now open. Four engines, a crew and a bulldozer are continuing to work on the fire Wednesday.
A new small fire has also been spotted in the Boise Foothills. The 1.5 acre fire was sparked by a car that rolled and caught fire. Several agencies are working to extinguish the fire using a U.S. Forest Service helicopter.


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We were tempted to skip Wednesday Wasabi in light of the events in Japan. No doubt some people would want us to. It is a terrible and terrifying situation over there — from earthquake to tsunami to meltdown, it's bad news, then worse news, then news that borders on the unthinkable.
This is no time to be ogling pneumatic Japanese babes in bikinis, some would no doubt say. Show some respect, they would say.
And yet. And yet.
And yet this is our particular brand of respect. If you believe as we do that the beauty of women and girls is the greatest thing in the world, the greatest natural resource of any country or continent, then we'll carry on. If we do otherwise, the earthquake wins.
We don't know much. We don't know who's safe and who's in danger; who's mourning lost family; who's even alive to mourn. The best we can do is visit DMM.co.jp, an adult video company site where several of the leading stars keep blogs, to check for post-earthquake updates. And though the Google translations verge on gibberish, a few touching phrases do make it through.
from Nana Aoyama:
How are you?
I believe in me doing this blog.
On the 11th, there was a tremendous earthquake.
Earthquake which was my first premonition of death.
So too the shock, I thought I was the epicenter of it
I think it was a doomsday earthquake in Tokyo
from Hinata Komine:
Everyone is okay?
Now in the meantime, the sun is safe (´・ω・`)
I'm worried …
from Miki Ito:
Wandering through the room
Hands on the wall to blow
Place a broken fingernail
Aftershocks still
And then I
I worry I can not
Your injury or
Are you unable to
A lot of people
And I hurt,
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I'm more affected,
If you're hurt
We sympathy.
Who died,
Angel angel praying souls
I would like.
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Mitch McConnell's Brilliant Plan to Circumvent Democracy Real Good Like
You know what? Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is full of amazing ideas these days.
Yesterday, he came up with a plan to give all power for raising the debt ceiling over to the executive branch in exchange for getting to urinate on the President in public several times a year (or something to that effect). Harry Reid likes it, so it must be a good idea!
And now today, he came up with an even better plan to fix America since Americans keep doing stupid things like electing stupid Democrats: Amend the Constitution so that it's more in line with Republican ideals. This guy is a regular amazing idea machine!
"The time has come for a balanced budget amendment that forces Washington to balance its books. If these debt negotiations have convinced us of anything, it's that we can't leave it to politicians in Washington to make the difficult decisions that they need to get our fiscal house in order. The balanced budget amendment will do that for them. Now is the moment. No more games. No more gimmicks. The Constitution must be amended to keep the government in check. We've tried persuasion. We've tried negotiations. We're tried elections. Nothing has worked."
It's worth noting just what McConnell is asking the American people to choke down. Senate Republicans' so-called "balanced budget amendment" does far more than simply requiring federal spending to equal federal revenues. It makes it functionally impossible to raise taxes by imposing a two-thirds supermajority requirement…
So, I suppose this Balanced Budget Amendment be known as the 28th Amendment, huh? That is unless the Perpetual Republican Supermajority Amendment and/or the Democrats Are Stupid Jerkfaces Amendment somehow get ratified first.
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Baby care basics weren't something I thought about while pregnant. I distinctly remember when I arrived home from the hospital with my first little bundle of joy. It was a sunny but bitterly cold morning in December. We'd spent many hours at the hospital fussing with the car seat and her going home outfit, complete with winter snow suit. I was tired and sore and yet terribly excited. I walked up the three flights of steps with my episiotomy stitches pulling the whole way, anxious to get my baby in my home.
The funniest thing about the whole day was that once we did finally jump through all the hoops and cross all the hurdles and got home, we were perplexed as to what to do next.
As she sat sleeping in her car seat in the middle of the living room floor, my husband and I debated and finally argued over what to do with her. Should we lay her in her new crib? Should we feed her again? Maybe she should have a change of clothes. Finally, she woke up and cried, giving us an opportunity to try out all of our new parenting skills.
The good news is that taking care of a baby's basics needs, particularly as a newborn, is very simple. I've collected a group of instructions on baby care basics for your new baby from bathing to diapering, from feeding to holding. From these articles you can get a basic sense of baby care of a new baby, whether it's your first or your fifth. (This goes for mom and dad!)


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The Grey Lady's new favorite band! Cults got a bit of a Dolly Parton goes electric vibe? "Go Outside" remains a smooth jam, but the live drummer and extra guitar crunch pump it up. We just like some wordless vocals. Everything about this band feels underwater, but scuba underwater, not drowning.
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NORMAN — Norman City Attorney Jeff Bryant provided the election commission with information on Wednesday afternoon that clarified previous questions about two groups filing expenditure reports for the city council campaigns.
The Norman Chamber of Commerce was one of the groups in question after they sent out mailers which some felt opposed incumbent candidates. However, after further review of the Norman code provision and federal election laws, Bryant said the language used on the mailers was not specifically targeting any candidate, therefore the laws do not require them to file.
"I think we would be hard-pressed under our Norman code provision to require them to file those reports," he said.
Bryant said the chamber did offer to come in voluntarily to file those reports and disclose how much they spent on the particular mailers, but did not feel they were required by law.
"They were very forthcoming that they never intended to hide or to not take responsibility for the positions that were taken on those fliers," he said.
"Their view of what those fliers were for was to talk about topics, not particular candidates, but about topics about what they perceived as a way of changing the discussions in an election cycle and looked at ways to improve the business climate in Norman."
The other group in question was the Better Norman Advocates Inc. and whether or not they had filed their expenditures in a timely manner. The deadline for filing the reports was March 22. The group did not file until March 29.
It was initially believed the expenditures occurred after the March 22 deadline, Bryant said. However, after further research from assistant city attorney Kristen Bell, they learned the expenditures actually occurred before the filing deadline.
Bryant said they informed the advocacy group who took full responsibility for the mistake.
"They apologized, said it was not intentional at all," he said.
Under the Norman code provision, there is a fine of $10 per day up to $100 for missing the deadline. Since the group was seven days late, they paid a $70 fine.
"I don't think it would've come to their attention if it were not for the hard work of Kristina so I appreciate her effort on that," Bryant said.
Aside from discussion of those two groups, the commission reviewed campaign contributions and expenditures for all of the candidates. Both the municipal and state reports were reviewed for each candidate.
The only discussions about the reports included a contribution labeled as an analyst to Robert Castleberry, Ward 3, which board members said they would like more information about and an item listed under Linda Lockett's state report as "Vote Kauffman."
The item was a filing requirement to close Lockett's campaign account, which City Clerk Brenda Hall said she would be following up on.
The state report for Greg Heiple, Ward One, was also tabled until the election commission's next meeting because Hall forgot to bring copies of it. The state report shows the same items listed on the municipal report though Hall said, which was available at the meeting.
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Your March 20 editorial cartoon with the angry Republican base and the easily distracted Democratic base was spot on.
The Democratic Party has a historic opportunity to push the entire GOP agenda over the cliff if it can only get out the vote.
The GOP, nationally and in N.C., has done everything possible to disenfranchise and disrespect a wide segment of Americans. With their policies and hateful rhetoric, the Republicans have trashed the poor, the working class, women, gays, minorities, our soldiers and anyone who disagrees with them.
So let's make it really easy. There's a single place on the ballot to vote straight Democrat. It's time to vote them all out.
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Celine Dion and husband Rene Angélil are expecting twin boys, the singer announced on Friday, after revealing her pregnancy two months ago.
"Celine first announced the upcoming new additions to the Angélil-Dion family back in May, and now she just revealed that she is expecting twin boys!" a message on Dion's website read. "Congratulations to the happy family!"
Dion, 42, and 68-year-old Angelil, who is also her manager, have a 9-year-old son, Rene Charles. Dion's spokesperson said in late May that she was 14 weeks pregnant with twins, reportedly after a sixth in-vitro fertilization attempt. Dion plans to return to the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas for a three year concert run in 2011.
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I loved this book. I couldn't put it down. The characters are excellent showcases of female empowerment. I was let down by the end and felt it was anti-climactic.
Probably ranks in the top 5% of books I have ever read, if not higher than that. I have never been so riveted, disgusted, heartbroken, and enlightened in my life. I highly recommend this, and will, to everyone I see. Not to mention, there is a movie based on it, and it is the best book-movie adaptation I have ever had the pleasure of reading/watching!
Per usual I didn't even realize that there was a book until after I had seen the movie. While I liked the movie, I loved the book. It was fast passed and witty. I liked the way it dealt with the difficult subjects of repression and inequality.
This book tells a story about the South's not so distant past with so much humor that I was laughing out loud in parts of it and crying in other parts, in either case, I could not put it down. It's about the obstacle courses that both black women had to maneuver to survive and white women had jump through to be socially accepted and the emotional strength only women can bond through.
This is a modern day classic and a must read!!!
This is fun stuff, well-written and often applause-worthy. My only problem with The Help is that, in the end, it's not really about the help.
I finished The Help in one sitting and enjoyed it very, very much. It's wise, literate, and ultimately deeply moving, a careful, heartbreaking novel of race and family that digs a lot deeper than most novels on such subjects do.
As black-white race relations go, this could be one of the most important pieces of fiction since To Kill a Mockingbird... If you read only one book this summer, let this be it.
"Mississippi is like my mother," [Stockett] writes in an afterword to "The Help." And you will see, after your wrestling match with this problematic but ultimately winning novel, that when it comes to the love-hate familial bond between Ms. Stockett and her subject matter, she's telling the truth.
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Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.
Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.
Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.
Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.
In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett creates three extraordinary women whose determination to start a movement of their own forever changes a town, and the way women—mothers, daughters, caregivers, friends—view one another. A deeply moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope, The Help is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don't.
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Are Americans desensitized to public tragedies? What's behind the public's more muted emotional response to the Columbia tragedy?
Frederick Schmidt, associate professor of Christian spirituality at SMU's Perkins School of Theology, says around-the-clock media coverage is not to blame for some jaded reactions. The root cause is that Americans are in denial about their own mortality.
"As a society, there is an avoidance of death," Schmidt says. "9-11 was very difficult for many people because they could not avoid it."
But avoidance as a way of coping appears to have increased since Sept. 11, Schmidt says.
"With 9-11, the shuttle tragedy and the country on the brink of war with Iraq, people have been emotionally holding their breath," he says. "This leaves us in a tough spot spiritually."A different kind of sadness
Grief in response to in-the-line-of-duty deaths differs from reaction to "hostile acts of evil," says Rita Whillock, chair of the Division of Corporate Communications and Public Affairs.
"After the Challenger disaster, NASA did such a good job convincing the public that space exploration was not really routine. It's dangerous," Whillock said. "I think that, while as a nation we were terribly sad about the Columbia tragedy, we took the view that we knew it was really risky."Anxiety increasing
Concerns about terrorism and political unrest, economic problems and the shaky job market have caused an increase in anxiety and self absorption, says Karen Settle, SMU's director of counseling and testing.
Members of SMU's community have responded by keeping a closer eye on students and their emotional state.
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Moving A-Rod down to … somewhereBy
If you've been reading my stuff for the last few years, you know I'm a big fan of tinkering with the lineup throughout the season. Mark Teixeira stinks in April? Fine, drop him down a spot or three and give the hot hand a few more at-bats. Raul Ibanez is hitting well? Great, maybe bump him up so he gets a chance to do damage with more men on-base. Lineups aren't all that important in big picture, but they can very important in one individual game or, by extension, a short playoff series.
The Yankees have used almost the exact same lineup for the first two games of the ALDS, which means a top six of Derek Jeter, Ichiro Suzuki, Alex Rodriguez, Robinson Cano, Nick Swisher, and Mark Teixeira. Jeter and Ichiro have done a swell job of setting the table, going a combined 7-for-17 (.412) with a double in the two games. They generated a first inning run in both games and outside of the Cap'n's inning-ending ground ball to third with the bases loaded in the fourth inning last night, they've come up with some timely hits.
Teixeira has also produced well in the ALDS, with a pair of two-hit games (plus a walk thrown in). All four hits are singles, though at least two would have been doubles for someone with even average speed. Tex isn't the fastest guy in the world to start with, but his calf injury has him in the Jorge Posada and miscellaneous Molinas pantheon of slowpokes. Cano has a run-scoring double in each game and Swisher reached base three times in Game One before coming up empty in Game Two.
And then there's A-Rod, the most polarizing player in recent Yankees history and everyone's favorite whipping boy. He drew a walk and struck out three times in Game One, then singled in struck out twice more in Game Two. Robert Andino stole a surefire run-scoring single away from him in the first inning last night with a diving stop at second, a hard-hit ball just hit to the wrong place. A-Rod is a career .271/.380/.484 hitter in the postseason, including .254/.381/.463 with the Yankees, but his failures get magnified more than anyone else's.
So, naturally, after two disappointing games to open the playoffs there is talk of moving him down in the order or even benching him for the Eric Chavez. That second idea is a little ridiculous but the first one isn't, yet Joe Girardi maintains that he won't change the lineup because he "(believes) these guys are going to come through." It's the standard stock answer he's been delivering all year, and on a number of occasions he switched up the lineup despite indications that no moves were coming. There's no reason for Girardi to be truthful about this stuff, announcing that any hitter will be moved in the lineup serves zero benefit.
Now, there are valid reasons to move A-Rod down in the order for Game Three of the ALDS (and beyond), but you don't need to focus on his recent playoff performance (.169/.282/.203 since 2010) for evidence. Frankly, what he or anyone else did in 2010 is pretty irrelevant in 2012. The case for moving A-Rod down comes from his performance since coming back from the hand injury, which features a .261/.341/.369 batting line in 129 plate appearances. I've mentioned this before, but hand injuries tend to linger. If he doesn't have enough strength in that left hand following the broken bone, he won't be able to grip or swing a bat properly. That certainly appears to be the case now as Alex just isn't hitting for any power.
So the question now becomes where do you move him? Flip-flopping him and Teixeira seems like a fine idea if you buy into Teixeira turning it around following his slow return from the calf injury, or they could just move A-Rod down to sixth and bump everyone up a peg, allowing Cano to bat third. The generic lineup optimization answer is that the best hitter should hit fourth because the number three hitter will come up with the bases empty and two outs quite often, but as I said earlier, Jeter and Ichiro have been a two-man wrecking crew atop the lineup for the last four weeks or so.
Moving Cano up to third makes sense and it really doesn't matter who the Yankees have hitting behind him because it won't prompt the Orioles to pitch to him in a big spot anyway. Unless the Yankees reanimate the corpse of Babe Ruth, Robbie will be pitched around no matter what in a big spot. Finding someone to take advantage of those situations behind Cano is important and I have no idea who that is — Teixeira? Swisher? Ibanez? Russell Martin? Who knows. It's not A-Rod at this point, who simply is missing hittable pitches and not really driving the ball when he connects. There are valid reasons to move him down in the batting order, and they stem from his hand injury and his performance since coming off the DL. Not his recent playoff history.
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I never liked Arod and my crew and I always thought a healthy Aaron Boone at third might come up with more timely playoff hits
And then "your crew" saw the 2009 playoffs and realized how stupid that was?
I wonder if he still hangs out with that crew from…..nine years ago.
I envision them looking alot like this:
Yes, they in fact, DO want to sex you up
That was, dare I say, TSJC-like.
Mr. Tilapia, I am truly honored and humbled.
nice of you to show up now and not in 2005, 2007, or 2009….
If only Girardi used that stupid Binder when making out the lineup card…..
Teixera is hitting better but he's about the only one you could move up. Move Swish down below Granderson vs LHP. At least Granderson has a chance to hit one out in Yankee Stadium.
I meant move Swish above Granderson against RHP. That will give us a better shot at getting a clutch hit with runners on base.
"Frankly, what he or anyone else did in 2010 is pretty irrelevant in 2012."
The same applies to 2009 though.
No one is saying that because he was amazing in 2009 we think he'll repeat that.
Everyone referencing 2009 is either ignoring it, claiming it wasn't as great as it actually was, or trying desperately to remind people that 2009 was one of the best postseasons we've seen ANYONE have.
This. Not a single person who brought up 2009 is using that as an argument to predict what A-Rod will do going forward. It has been used to get rid of these ridiculous notions of "unclutch", "choker", etc.
A-Rod is playing poorly because he's slumping, he's older and dealing with injury problems that are possibly still lingering. Not because "old purple lips is a choker".
It seems like people bring up 2009 because they're defending A-Rod against the "choker" claims, while it certainly does cast a different light on the "choker" claims it doesn't really do much to say whether or not he's horrible now. Regardless of what you think of A-Rod as a choker, it's hard to argue that he hasn't been god awful the past three months or so.
And I'm not arguing that at all. He's been miserable. That entire discussion is irrelevant to 2012.
Yeah I think a few fans still have battle fatigue from the 2004-2008 post seasons and all the Francessa and Daily "News" stuff. You can not think that A-Rod is a choking choker and still think that he's abysmal.
Agreed. I'm idealistic that an off-season could maybe restore a fraction of his power, but I don't have much hope for this year.
I would really love for all of us to be wrong.
Hear! Hear!
I've never hated on A-Rod quite like everyone else except for when he opted out thus taking away the Rangers paid portion of his contract. However, I think that was attributable to Boras.
As for now, it's not like he's even making productive outs. He seems to strike out in the majority of his PA, especially so if it the at bat is in a more critical spot.
There was no problem moving Tex down, now it's Alex's turn. I'm not saying to bat him 8th or 9th ala Torre, but 6th sounds about right at the moment.
Basically i agree.
I was 0k with him leaving after 07′. I used to chat with some fellows about the yankees in a Hi-5 forum (shitty, i know), and i remember being all over for a Miguel Cabrera trade. A post here, a couple of moths ago, touched that point. Miguel would've racked at yankee stadium. But that and the contract issued is water under the bridge.
And trough it all i don't hate the guy, quite the oposite actually. Believe me, i ROOT for him, i expect good things when he is at the plate…
But right now he sucks and i, or anybody else, shouldn't be expecting those good things.
You're probably right, dropping him in the line-up might help (hell, he deserves it), i don't know, but most importantly i don't think Girardi will do it.
3 months? you mean thw two bad weeks he had. having a .800+ OPS doesn't make you awful for the 3 months before injuries doesn't make you awful.
ARod seems to me to be guessing, and guessing wrong, most of the time. Maybe his hand plays a role in poor contact, but he just swings at a lot of bad pitches.
Yeah, he just looks bad out there. It's also magnified by, for some reason, nothing looking worse in baseball than Alex Rodriguez swinging or looking at a strike three. It's like watching old people have sex.
I actually would rather watch old people having sex. either way, a whoooooooole lotta purple lips… amirite?
A-Rod has always been a guess hitter and will continue to be a guess hitter. Nothing is going to change that now.
he used to be a guess hitter that could foul off tough 2 strike pitches when he guessed wrong. now when he guesses wrong, its a check swing, either resulting in a strike or a weak ground ball.
define 'always'…
if you mean since the balky hip, then I have to agree. Age has not been kind to Alex, and he will be remembered alongside guys like Griffey, Chavez and Hafner as "what if" guys of this generation. Alex would have been the greatest of all time if he didnt fall off a cliff over the past 3 seasons… now top 20 seems like a reach.
That said, there was a time in 2005-8 where he didn't miss a fat pitch – EVER. and you can't "Guess" that well for that long and be THAT good at it.
as "what if" guys of this generation…
Eric Davis and Kal Daniels like this. Then collide with one another.
Guessing is used by most good hitters…at times. However, it becomes the staple for aging players with reduced bat speed, like A-Rod. Pitchers see this and capitalize on it. This will not get better with time, only worse. We can look forward to enjoying this sprctacle of decline for 5 more years (he's signed through 2017)!
Why is benching A-Rod for Chavez ridiculous? I realize there's absolutely no chance it will happen, and maybe that's all you mean. But I think it's a legitimate question in terms of are we fielding the best team possible? Chavez was a better player this season, he's younger and his biggest downsides (Injury and platoon splits) are not a problem in a short series where we could bring in A-Rod off the bench if they bring in a lefty.
There's no room for ego's in october, and if we have a better chance to win with Chavez in the lineup than A-Rod than that's what needs to happen.
I don't care about A-Rod's postseason track record or anything like that, or any of the bogus narratives. I care about what is each player capable of RIGHT NOW, in 2012. I think starting Chavez against RHPs gives us a better chance to win games.
we have this discussion every year, but it seems like there is some stupid entitlement associated with a-rod's contract – that or girardi afraid to piss him off
This this this this this this this.
1. Jeter 2. Ichiro 3. Cano 4. Tex 5. DH Chavez 6. Swisher 7. Arod 8.Granderson 9. Martin WIN!
1. Jeter 2. Ichiro 3. Cano 4. Tex 5. DH Chavez 6. Swisher 7. Arod 8.Granderson 9. Martin WIN!
Would people stop saying bench A-Rod for Chavez? That's not going to happen for one. Chavez hasn't exactly been playing that much and he hasn't lit it up when he has played of late. Why is he all of a sudden the knight in shining armor?
Both you and Mike implied Chavez was getting weaker down the stretch
A-Rod .685 OPS in september
Chavez .840 ops in september
The stats are on Chavez's side and right now, A-Rod is failing the eye test. He looks absolutely lost at the plate, and I don't think he has enough of an upside where we need to sit around and wait for him to break out of it.
Yeah, but wouldn't the context be different there? I'm too lazy to look it up, but isn't Chavez playing primarily in favorable platoon match ups and the benefit of plenty of rest? I'd be willing to bet that .840 OPS would be a lot lower if he was playing every day, so I don't really put much stock on it.
Eddard is right (weird, I know) in that A-Rod will not get benched for Chavez. It's not going to happen. Maybe if they play 5 games in a row and they want to give A-Rod a rest once, but that's probably it.
"Chavez playing primarily in favorable platoon match ups and the benefit of plenty of rest?"
Wouldn't that still be true if Chavez started tomorrow against a righty after a long rest?
He wouldn't have to play everyday and could be PH for against LHP. But yeah, it's not going to happen, so really no point in arguing for it.
Yeah, you're right. I was just trying to point out that doing a straight up OPS comparison with A-Rod didn't make a ton of sense to me.
I wouldn't mind Chavez getting in there for 1 game or something, but I think some of us are going a bit overboard with it.
"A-Rod .685 OPS in september
Chavez .840 ops in september"
Sample size?
The playoffs, and particularly the ALDS, is a small sample size. Agree, it probably won't happen, but putting Chavez in against a righty, particularly just for one game, is not a rediculous idea. Defense is at least comparable (if not in Chavez's favor) and he could, probably would, be better offensively. There is reason to do this.
I still don't see it happening, though.
It's primarily the same group that has a habit of romanticizing bench players. (See Chris Dickerson; Dewayne Wise)
I'm in the blame-the-hand-injury camp. Pitches moving down-in, the ones that would be the hardest to turn over on with a bad bottom hand, are the ones he's consistently getting beaten on.
Yeah. People seem to forget that the guy is still recovering from an injury.
i see (more hope and pray daily) that arod has one more F&^K YOU season left in him but he looks pretty poor now.
hell, I'll take a fck you game tomorrow to watch all these bridge-jumpers change their tunes right quick… except of course for stuart. love him or hate him, consistent as they come.
I agree with Mike. Just move arod down in the order. benching him is not an option at this time.
the guy is a singles hitter with limited speed hit him 5th or 6th.
against the righty hit jeter, ichiro, cano, tex, grandy, arod,swisher, ibanez, and martin..
see how that works. unless the guy is a superstar I adjust the order based on how guys are doing also….when in a slump move them down, when hot move them up..not complicated…
Benching him is an option, it's just not one that will be explored. A-Rod has another what 5 years left on his deal? Girardi isn't going to risk soiling their relationship. I think Girardi has the big picture and long term thinking in mind, but if his goal was to win this series at all costs, A-Rod would be seeing some time on the bench.
In 5 years, we're going to wish we had the 2012 Andruw Jones instead of the 2017 A-Rod…
We = People who believe Rodriguez is a playoff super-choker despite evidence to the contrary
I think he's stating this over the course of the season and not just a playoff series.
However, God, I hope this isn't the case (but fear it will be).
..and sometimes all we need is a single
Okay the A-Rod that used to be good and this A-Rod are two completely different A-Rods. I had his back 2004-2009 (after that I didn't need to get his back) but the guy's on his own now. He has a sub .400 OPS in this post season and seems to be more useless than Swisher now. During the regular season .272/.353/.430, surely a useful third basemen but a far cry from what Alex Rodriguez is expected to deliver. Back when the boo birds were out and smart fans like ourselves were shaking our heads A-Rod was going 30/100 every year and had a .296/.393/.559 triple slash. While he may not have delivered the goods n the post season, he was definitely doing more than his fair share to help the team out. That is no longer the case. He's been pretty meh the past couple of years, last year it looked like it was just an injury now it looks like this is the A-Rod we'll be seeing from here on out. Throw him under the bus.
"last year it looked like it was just an injury now it looks like this is the A-Rod we'll be seeing from here on out."
except, of course, your ignoring this years injury.
Well he's a year older, older players get injured more often and this is his fourth consecutive year experiencing a significant injury. In 2010 and 2009 he was pretty good despite getting hurt, whereas in 2011 and 2012 he was fairly mediocre. He hasn't played 150 games since 2007 and he'll be 37 next year, I don't think it's unreasonable to consider the totality of the circumstances and come to the conclusion that this is different.
dude. we're talking about a broken hand from a HBP. that could happen to an 11 year old. Age in comparison to injury history is null and void for freak injuries.
I understand that you are trying to say we wont see 2007 Alex again, and I agree, but if you are gonna reach that far to make a point, you might want to stretch first… you might pull an oblique
I'd just switch Tex and A-Rod, so Tex back to 3rd in the lineup, A-Rod down to 6th between Swisher and Granderson.
New lineup, bench the under-producers and reward the achievers. Anyone who disagrees obviously knows nothing about baseball …
Jeter 6
Ichiro 9
Ibanez 7
Teixeira 3
Cano 4
Nunez DH
Chavez 5
Gardner 8
Stewart 2
Benched losers who have shown over the last 2 whole games that they suck: Rodriguez, Granderson, Swisher, Martin (only thing he's proven is that he can make a lot of outs but hit HRs in the 9th inning of tie games … so save the outs and only use him for the 9th inning of a tie game!)
Look into signing: Brosius
For a brief, sad moment I thought you were serious.
ietc. you had me going there until "Brosius"… well played, Mauer
i would drop arod to 5th hole and put ibanez in the 3 hole. hitting in front of cano, ibanez would get pitches to hit he has not seen before. if the orioles bring in a lefty, maybe pinch hit nunez .
get off Ibanez' jock for a hot minute… outside of a couple of "look what I found" homers during the last week, he's done exactly dick in September…
(Do we still do that? For my sanity, I just avoided the comments section for most of the regular season.)
we definitely still do that, but only when discussing fiery Latinos…
He shouldn't bat third, but over his last 40 regular season PA's, Ibanez hit 405/450/811. That's a lot more than just a couple of "look what I found" homers.
One thing I agree with: Moving Rodriguez down. However, if Andino hadn't made a great diving play and it had gone for an RBI single, giving A-Rod two hard hit singles for the game, I wouldn't want him moved.
ironically, if it wasnt for an amazing defensive play, we would not be having this conversation.
Didn't affect my opinion either way. He's a singles hitter now, and should be in a part of the lineup that reflects that.
I was praying he'd get walked last night, because I knew that he wasn't going to hit Johnson.
Didn't affect my opinion either way. He's a singles hitter now, and should be in a part of the lineup that reflects that.
So does he replace Jeter or Ichiro?
Well played
Part of that may just be the difference of facing a lefty instead of a righty. He looked fairly competent against Chen. It seems his problems lie primarily with facing righties.
It seems like winning in the post season is about timing — you have to put the guys seeing the ball well and on a good streak in the most critical spots in the order. The opposite for guys not on a good streak. Starting with the 3rd spot in the order, I'd go Cano-Ibanez-Tex-Martin-AROD-Swisher(he's 1 for last 34 with RISP in postseason)-Granderson (he looks completely out of sorts right now). Would swap out Ibanez and put in Martin, moving everyone else up and plugging in Nunez at #9 against lefties. Don't think Girardi would bruise AROD's or Granderson's egos and do something drastic, but at least he's taking advantage of the current state of his hitters.
Whatever you do, don't move him down to 8th. You saw how much that shattered ARod when Torre did it.
Hmmmm… Win WS or preserve A-Rod's ego? That's a tough choice. Let me masticate over that one for a while.
My comment was tongue in check. But in reality, we will need Arod to hit a little bit in order to win the WS, and moving him down to 8th proved disastrous for him in the past.
Yes ARod hitting third is the exact problem of why this team won't win the world series.
I'm guessing the thought behind batting A Rod 3rd is to use cano as protection, and get him some pitches to hit. However, since it does not seem that he's making contact with those pitches to hit, I think it would make more sense to bump him down a few spots. I'd like to see A Rod come up early on in an inning. Some chances to get a hit and get on base to set the table, rather than having the responsibility to knock someone in might allow him to work out of this funk. Because of his hand, he can't be relied upon to be a power bat.
Chris Dickerson slugged .714 in Sept/Oct. Why isn't he batting 3rd???
Excessive homerun celebration. 15 yards, assessed on lineup cards and postseason roster.
So, Arod who arguably had the greatest postseason in MLB hitting history (2009) and who has amassed above average playoff numbers gets lambasted, but Nick Swisher, who is 17-106 and 1-34 with RISP gets a free pass? Ya, that's definitely fair.
Yes, Arod should be moved down in the order, but why is no one talking about how Swisher is perhaps the worst postseason hitter in MLB history?
Oh I definitely agree. However to be fair the people defending ARod for the most part are the same people defending Swisher so it's not really inconsistent logic.
It's still a SSS but I don't have faith in Swisher in the postseason. I mean ARod doesn't look good but I don't get the feeling of instant out.
And honestly I like him in the 3rd spot better than what people want to replace him with.
I have more faith in Swisher than ARod.
At least Swisher had regular season success this year.
100 ABs certainly isn't a large sample size, but it is a total that is much larger than most Major Leaguers amass throughout their career. If we can't judge his playoff performances off 100 ABs, who can we judge?
I'm not saying we should judge 'Nick Swisher: The Player' solely off his post season stats, that would be very wrong. But I do think 100 ABs is enough to judge 'Nick Swisher: The Postseason Performer'. And it's not like his stats are borderline here, they are absolutely horrendous.
It's funny you referred to Swisher as an instant out, because that's exactly how I felt about him last night. I really have no clue what it is with him, but 1-34 RISP looks so bad that it's hard to believe it's accurate.
If we can't judge his playoff performances off 100 ABs, who can we judge?
Pretty sure this answered your own question; seemingly closer to relevant doesn't imply relevant. It would be like compiling every player's stats in Week 1 of every regular season, sorting to see who has the most plate appearances, realizing that even the leaders didn't have a relevant sample size but deciding they were "most relevant", and then determining Week 1 clutchers and chokers. The guys who "thrived on that 1st week attention" and "guys who shrunk under the pressure of a fresh start". Or something dumb like that. Playoff stats show you what a guy did in the playoffs, they don't answer the "why" or project what's next if he's still active.
I thought Alex came around a little bit last night. The DP was hit with authority–he just didn't get any lift on it, and he hit it in the worst possible place. I'd switch him and Tex, but that's about it.
He has a double and a homerun since early September. Even Mitt Romney is doing better.
I'd just switch him with Cano, but I would have done that before the series even started, not as some knee-jerky reaction. Cano is better and backing him up with Rodriguez makes using a LOOGY even tougher.
Looking ahead to 2013 and beyond, I really hope the Yankees can find an adequate bat to be able to make up for the lack of production Alex has been giving them. I understand the injury this year was a fluke, but IMO counting on him for even 25 HR and 80 RBI is a stretch. The 3B market it really shallow, and Alex is still an average/ slightly above average defender so moving him to DH won't really solve anything. I really thought this year would be when Alex would turn it around give one more Alex-esk season, but going forward it just looks really really bleak.
"but going forward it just looks really really bleak."
Not saying its the same situation, but wasn't this said about Jeter after the 2010 season? Might not be a big chance of this happening, but, as a Yankee fan, I'll continue to hope.
In the mean time, hopefully the day off will help and the more sharply hit balls last night were an indication that he's beginning to turn it around. Still not opposed to having Chavez start for a game against a righty, though.
Lineups aren't all that important in big picture, but they can very important in one individual game or, by extension, a short playoff series.
But you can't know in advance which lineup on any one night will be the "correct" one. You have no idea if A-Rod will break out of it tonight and hit 3 home runs, or if Cano, who seems to be on fire right now, will suddenly come out of it and ground into 4 double plays.
Tinkering with the lineup in the way you suggest just results in you chasing some mirage of the hot hand, because you can really only identify it in hindsight. You need a ton of data to make a decision like this on anything other than a hunch. I don't even think September's numbers are that helpful (though they're probably close to helpful, at least).
In principal I agree with this 100% and you can see how much straining is going on with sentences like "Teixeira has also produced well in the ALDS, with a pair of two-hit games". So two two hit games in a row is what we're trying to determine if someone is "hot" based off of.
That said, I do think there's a stronger argument to be made in A-Rod's case. For one, the sample on his struggles is larger than the two games, as Mike highlights. Secondly, when the sample sizes are too small to be of any use statistically is the best time to turn to the eye test in my opinion, and ARod is failing that right now. He's taking a lot of weak hacks and he looks lost up there. I wouldn't bench him because he's still having tough at-bats and grinding out some walks and singles, but I would move him down.
bat ibanez 3rd , he will see good pitches which he has not all year. . if arod and swisher must play keep them as far apart in the lineup as feasible . do not have arod 3 and swisher 5 so they can both put out the rally fire
Forget what people think should happen. We should poll and predict what is going to happen. I think tomorrow night, he stays in the 3 hole.
Swish and Arod are a couple of head cases right now. Swish must have felt crappy when Matusz comes in to intentionally walk Cano to pitch to a righty Swish. Masterful mental manipulation by Buck. Take that Swish-you head case of 1/33 risp success in the post season.
Buck>>>>>Joe G.
So if Alex now is staying back to let the ball have more time to travel he will have even less power than before-if possible.
When did he hit HR # 17? july?
One billion percent chance this is the same type of guy who would have murdered Girardi after Game 1 if Soriano had given up 5 in a non-save situation. 1,000,000,000%. Atleast.
I would move Swisher or Tex to the 3 hole in front of Cano and use A-Rod 5th in front of Granderson. If you can put major power around him it would lengthen the lineup even more. Plus you still have the Left Right Switch thing going on which helps out in matchups.
Swisher aparently sucks too.
Some have posted that ARod is guessing and guessing wrong. Maybe he should take the "George Costanza" approach to hitting. Guess what he thinks is coming and then do the opposite.
Cano should be hitting 3rd, fourth makes no sense. But if they're gonna put a singles hitter in the 3 hole, it should be the best singles hitter – Jeter.
If only Girardi could treat Al as the player he is now, a perfectly respectable 3b, a good situational hitter most of the time … no longer a superhero, but still super-rich, so no need for pity … a guy who may still have some useful years left in him if he can get over having the pouts when he is treated as the Al of today, not the ARod of years ago … and above all a guy who doesn't need to work another day if he doesn't like that deal, so in the end the choice would be his …
Just looking at the splits for the next game Alex has never faced Gonzalez; Ibanez, Chavez, and Ichiro each have HR's against him. Robbie doesn't have a hit against him nor do Swish, Granderson or Tex. It seems like Girardi has to get both Chavez and Ibanez in the lineup and maybe sit Swisher to start or Alex to start. Yes, Buck out managed Joe and he explained why he had Matusz walk Robbie rather than O'Day – so Joe wouldn't be able to bring in someone off the bench, so you know after they bring in Matusz to face whoever and if Joe brought in Alex he's going to see O'Day. Maybe Alex spends some time facing Eppley and/or Lowe who is the closest the Yanks have to an O'Day.
They need to figure this out – this is one time Joe really does need to use his book.
Nice understanding of sample size you're showing off here.
You didn't know? Girardi rips out all pages that are more than 2 weeks old. The past is the past!
moving a-rod down will only screw up his head even more. if he gets hot, the yankees have a chance. if not, they're not winning no matter where he hits
Uhm he sure looks screwed already, i don't know if it can get worse if he is dropped.
"if he gets hot, the yankees have a chance. if not, they're not winning no matter where he hits"
I kind of agree with this, but who says that he can only get hot hitting 3rd?? Why not hitting 6th or 7th??
"if he gets hot, the yankees have a chance. if not, they're not winning no matter where he hits"
Somehow, I don't see A-Rod's offensive production as the jey to this series. However, that might not be true if he remains batting 3rd.
key, not jey.
I think tomorrow they have to consider Ibanez in RF and Chavez at DH, SSS but Swish is 0-6 with 5K's against Gonzalez
Chavez DH
Ibanez RF
if they bring in a lefty later in the game you PH Swish for Chavez
The lineup change is unneccessry but playing Chavez at DH and Ibanez in left is probably a good option.
Late to this party.
I have no problem with moving him down. He's not a cleanup hitter now, and he certainly won't be moving forward. I have no problem with giving Chavez a start, but not moving into full platoon because we're mad at Alex, or whatever.
I'm not bullish on Alex. I like him. A lot. We went to HS a year apart in Miami, so I've known of him even longer than most. I also don't see both don't see things getting any better in the long-term, nor do I see the point in complaining about it. He has the contract he has and it was signed in good faith. Like stuart said, it's probably going not going to the most fun five years, but I'll add the caveat that it's only if we expect for him to be prime Alex and if Alex thinks he has to perform like prime Alex to be successful.
Personally, and I haven't given this much thought, I'd bat either Granderson or Swisher fourth, but neither is a perfect answer either.
We could always bring back Sam Pearce and bat him cleanup. Just switch the clubhouse signs. Those AAAA guys don't know any better.
If it comes to that i'd put Teixeira over Granderson or Swisher.
Sure. My general feeling was that we spent a lot of time on here last week talking about moving TEX down due to not knowing how close to 100% he was, which means my first response was to keep Tex out of there as well.
Let's try this out:
I suck at lineups.
Fair enough, but lets go crazy.
Swish hitting 9th to split the righties.
//Half kidding
Well….it's certainly thinking outside the box on Swisher. I wonder if he ever batter ninth in his .215 year with the White Sox.
I'd try it for a day in a non-playoff game. Why not.
This kind of analysis is when bloggers and fans look exceedingly ignorant and ill-informed. When you ignore how important the issue of personality mangament is to the role of manager, you open yourself up to the old "you need to get out of your mother's basement" insult.
Simply saying, "Well, the hell with ARod, I don't care if his feelings get hurt" is how you end up with the Torre disaster of batting him 8th.
We're also probably just as prone to overestimating the emotional effect of doing that. We can be wrong in either direction.
How the situation is handled on a personal level also plays a part in this. When an employee is disciplined in one way, it may be counterproductive. In another, it may put the employee back on track.
(thinks about how to handle a current employee performance situation …. )
Did one of your employees forget the office was open on Columbus Day too?
what a coincidence! one of your employees went 1-33 in RISP situations too… and has an attraction to 'muscular' women as well? #smallworldafterall
At this point I don't care how ARod feels. He hasn't hit at the top of the lineup, is a pissy ARod going to be worse? I don't see how that could be possible.
Good pitching stops good hitting This plus age is catching up with the Yankees.
The age thing didn't stop them all season.
Obviously, as Jeter and Ichiro have done nothing this series. Oh, wait ….
Swisher is the real problem. 1-33 with runners in scoring position in his playoff career. I can't wait until that joker is playing for someone else next year.
And who do you replace him with?
Obviously, with the Nick Swisher from all the other at-bats.
Josh Hamilton
Another overpaid often injured, mental headcase that gave up on his team with one month left to play? Sounds great.
You do have a point there!
I don't know what Girardi will do but I would sit Swish and when Tex hopefully gets on base later in the game pinch run for him w/Nunez (Gardner got picked off or caught stealing the last few times they tried it with him but for sure he goes into the outfield for D later in the game) and put Swish at 1st. Swish has better stats against Jim Johnson too.
Johnson's stats are interesting – they're great against most teams but A's & Twins have destroyed him so I'd be looking at that too.
The Yankee Stadium infield will be in better condition than last night's infield so there shouldn't be as many errors.
Girardi will have to make some BIG decisions – he didn't mind totally embarrassing Jorge last year but he knew Jorge wouldn't be back – Swish won't be back either. As far as Alex is concerned? He's not going to mess with his head but he's also under immense pressure to win this series so we'll see…
And didn't Jorge, after an abysmal season, get hot when moved down the order in the post season?
I would consider someone whom has had a GREAT playoff as being in the top 5 statistically in following categories: Batting average, OBP, slugging Percentage, on base % + slugging %, runs scored,etc. Arod is nowhere near top ten, yet alone top 5 in 99% of these categories for great playoffs, thus I stand by my assetion that Arod's 2009 stats were good, maybe even very good, but certainly not great!
You're a fucking idiot. And I don't need any stats to prove it.
No your the idiot for living in a fantasyland!! Go root for the Mets!
I would consider a GREAT performance to be one in which the guy just got to play. Making it to the majors is really tough and it must be super fun to play in the playoffs. Therefore, by my self-dictated threshold, everyone is having a GREAT playoffs so far. Yay!
…last I checked, gc made it out of EddardWorld alive?
No your the idiot for living in a fantasyland. Go root for the Met, jerkoff!!
The museum?
Yes, you can call the Mets a Museum!
This is beyond dumb. You'll notice he's top 10 in most of the counting stats (HR, Total Bases, Runs, RBI's). You'll also notice that most of the players ahead of him in rate stats did it before expanded playoffs. Having a monster single series (or 2) is quite different than having a monster playoffs over 3 playoff series.
Arodomites conveniently forget it was Matsui who lead us to our victory over the Phillies. For his career Arod's post season performance relative to his regular season performance has been underwhelming to say the least, and certainly not what you would expect from the most grossly overpaid player in the game.
With all the comments regarding Arod's hand injury diminishing his power etc. no one has adequately explained the anomaly of the home run he did hit post-injury against Tampa in Sept into the second deck in LF which was a monster shot. Just a case of the blind squirrel finding an acorn?
He was still fresh of the DL so it could be that he wasn't feeling the effects of the injury just yet. Usually the effects of an injury aren't felt until after you use that body part more. It would then no be surprising that he hit the ball really well after the first 2 weeks back then fell of a cliff in the next two.
Bull excrement….
I sure you enjoy later yourself with it and running around like a hooligan. But we're not talking about you right now.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day….
I batted him 8th in the 2006 playoffs and he was juicing then. How's my ass taste now?
Let's cut him some slack I mean he was hitting against future first-ballot hall of fame pitchers like Chen and Hammel.
No one could possibly believe at this point in time they would rather have Arod batting against a righty with the game on the line than Chavez. Could they? Let's put what's good for the team ahead of what is good for a self confessed cheater whose greed is going to cripple the team for years to come. Sit his butt on the bench against the next righty they face. Maybe this will encourage him to pull his head out of his rectum.
Dig it: Yankee fans don't like Arod. Most hate him. Arod wants to be loved/accepted, but never will be in New York. With the $189 budget coming into play in 2014, Arods ~$27 mill salary, and his rapidly declining production, the hate is going to breed like rabbits in the spring. THE ONLY way for him to gain any face is to retire after 2013. Come into Spring Training and say "heck I've had a great run, put up some numbers, done my best, but now I'm getting old and I don't want to be remembered as 'that guy', so I'm going to retire after 2013". Arod still banks + $350 million in baseball salary, Yankee fans will go easier on his declining skills because we are thankful we don't have another 5 years of him, and he'll be remembered as just another Yankee, and not the purple lipped, Centurion,a$$hole who sunk the team from 2014-20??.


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Is this normal with the Schools agreement? If so then its going to make imaging a right pain in the arse if we have to install XP each time first. Not to mention I would always prefer a clean install compared to an upgraded one.
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As collections grow, the first thing that happens to most collectors is that they begin to run out of space, not just to display or store the bikes, but to work on them. It is about this time that some enthusiasts decide to display their collection in a public location—a small museum, for example.
For many collectors, the hobby becomes serious when they realize how many bikes they have. The typical collector gravitates toward a single make or type of machine. In addition, many competition riders keep the machines they once raced.
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When the point is reached that the owner realizes he or she is consciously building a collection, their approach changes. For example, if the collector is trying to put together a collection of 1960s small Italian road race bikes, he will at some point search the internet, or attend an auction looking to purchase a hard-to-find part. During this process he may well purchase other parts or even memorabilia connected with his collection.
Although some of the purchases a collector makes may not be used on one of his bikes, they may be a useful bartering tool for those hard to locate items. This is not a case of hoarding, but a legitimate way to secure hard-to-find parts.
When attending auctions or swap meets, for example, the collector should consider general items such as handlebar grips, footrest rubbers, cables, etc., all of which tend to be generic and therefore interchangeable between makes and models. Items purchased at this point will again come in handy later.
Keeping or increasing the value of machines within a collection will often come down to the originality of the machines. For example, the value of the machines can be greatly affected by the muffler fitted. If a 4 into 1is fitted to a machine, for example, its value may well be increased if a set of the original 4 into 4 pipes and silencers are fitted.
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As with most aspects of classic bike participation, research is the key to many problems--researching where a manufacturer exported bikes to can lead to an untapped source of parts. This is particularly true for the smaller capacity machines because they were often exported to other countries for use as commuter bikes.
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Ty is the recording name of the British hip hop artist, Ben Chijioke.
He was born in London, his family having moved from Nigeria to the UK. He is based in Vauxhall.
In the mid 1990s, he was involved in the Ghetto Grammar Organisation and it was here that his interest in poetry and rapping peaked. Chijioke began his musical career in a band with Kiss FM DJ, Shortee Blitz, releasing a 7 track EP on Wayward Records in 1998.[1]
He has since released four albums and worked with Tony Allen, Terri Walker, Scratch Perverts, Erik Rico, Estelle and DJ Yoda amongst others.
He performed on a UK only remix of Talib Kweli & Hi Tek's "Down for the Count", alongside Blak Twang, and in 2006 recorded "The Idea" alongside De La Soul. Ty's second album, Upwards was nominated for a Mercury Prize in 2004. His third album, Closer, was released on 16 October 2006. It featured collaborations with De La Soul, Speech of Arrested Development, Bahamadia, Zion I and Basement Jaxx vocalist, Vula Malinga. A single of the same name, "Closer", was also released.
On 13 July 2008, Ty performed at the RISE Festival in London.
- Upwards was also released in a second version (Upwards - New Edition, BDCD057X) which included 4 bonus remixes.
- Closer (16 October 2006, Big Dada, BDCD098)
- Special Kind of Fool (19 April 2010, BBE)
- Kick Snare and An Idea (EP) (April 2013, Tru Thoughts)
- "Oh U Want More?" - (May 2004, Big Dada, BDCDS 066) - UK #65 (featuring Roots Manuva)
- ^ http://www.discogs.com/Ty-Shortee-Blitz-IAAD/release/1314338
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 572. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
External links[edit]
- Ty's website
- Ty on MySpace
- Ty RBMA video lecture session
- Ty at AllMusic
- Interview with LeftLion Magazine
- Interview with Leisure Lab
- ukhh.com
- 8 March 2004 - TY: The Revolution is Right Here in Front of You
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Trouble Starting 4.8 Liter Fuel Delivery Problem? Anyone Else?
I have a 2000 Silverado 4.8 Liter v8 manual transmission with 103,000 miles. Back in October, I replaced the fuel pump. I replaced it in an effort to save over 500 dollars from the mechanic. I bought the pump from Napa instead of Carquest (AC Delco parts) in an effort to save an additional 150 dollars. I also replaced the fuel filter just prior to installing the fuel pump. At the time I also replaced the spark plugs, and gapped them properly before installation. I did not replace the spark plug wires. In addition I replaced the battery and the front 2 O2 sensors.
What's happening now, which has been going on for about the last 2 months. Every morning, it fires up like a brand new truck. I drive about 4 miles to work, and by noon it doesn't want to start. It will turnover, but the fuel delivery is not there. It takes about 10 seconds for the engine to turn over.
What I've done so far, I bought a fuel pressure gauge and it reads 58psi w/ the key turned and the engine off, and once started it sits at 50psi consistently. I looked through the threads and couldn't find a similar problem, but if anyone can provide some insight - I sure would appreciate it!!!
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I FOUND IT! There's a similar post by Scoper50 - "Trouble Starting" - I checked the vacuum line on the fuel pressure regulator and sure enough, about a teaspoon of fuel dripped out. Replaced the fuel pressure regulator and in the process split the rubber connect on the vacuum line!!! BUT the problem is solved. Just have to shell out 26 dollars for a rubber hose that's an inch long on a 45 degree angle!
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