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Formerly the property of Simon and Yasmin Le Bon,c.1974 Alfa Romeo Montreal Coupé Chassis no. 1440252 Engine no. AR10564/50092
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1 Jul 2011 14:00 BST
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Formerly the property of Simon and Yasmin Le Bon
c.1974 Alfa Romeo Montreal Coupé
Coachwork by Carrozzeria Bertone
Registration no. GBT 982N
Chassis no. 1440252
Engine no. AR10564/50092
Inspired by Bertone's Alfa-based styling exercise penned by Marcello Gandini that had been exhibited at the 1967 Montreal Expo, the two-seater Montreal coupé debuted at the Geneva Salon in 1970. Unlike the Expo prototype that used Alfa's 1.6-litre four-cylinder engine, the production Montreal used a 'civilised' version of the T33 sports prototype's four-cam V8. Designed with the classic endurance races in mind, this unit had started life in 2.0-litre form back in 1967 and would demonstrate considerable scope for enlargement. An opportunity to supply engines for the Australia/New Zealand Tasman Series prompted the first stretch to 2.5 litres, which was followed by further enlargement to 3.0 litres, in which form the Alfa engine was used in Formula 1 by McLaren. Campaigned by the factory-backed Autodelta team, the 2.0-litre T33s were frequent class winners in international sports car races, but for outright honours were more often than not out-gunned by the larger-engined Porsches and Ferraris despite the subsequent increases in capacity.
Alfa's V8 first appeared in a road car in the T33 Stradale of 1967. The limited edition Stradale had used the V8 in its original 2.0-litre form but the Montreal's version displaced 2,593cc. Producing 200bhp at 6,500rpm courtesy of electronic ignition and Spica mechanical fuel injection, the Montreal's front-mounted, dry-sump engine drove the rear wheels via a ZF five-speed gearbox. Sourced from the contemporary Giulia 1750GTV, the running gear comprised independent front suspension and a live rear axle plus disc brakes all round. Aided by its slippery, fastback body, the Montreal was good for a top speed of 137mph (220km/h) and in spite of the hefty price tag proved very popular. A total of 3,925 cars had been produced when production ceased in 1977, only a relative handful of which were completed with the full 3.0-litre engine. Very few road cars can claim an engine with antecedents in both long-distance sports car racing and Formula 1, but the Alfa Romeo Montreal is one of them.
A matching-numbers right-hand drive model, this lovely 2.6-litre Alfa Romeo Montreal previously belonged to Duran Duran's lead singer, Simon Le Bon and his fashion model wife, Yasmin. We are advised that the car was restored in 1995 and that it has benefited from further work carried out by the current vendor in 2006. Some successes have been achieved at International Montreal Concours d'Elegance meetings and the vehicle is described as in generally good condition. Finished in red with black interior, this reliable long-distance Gran Tourer is offered with current road fund licence, recently expired MoT (21st May 2011) and Swansea V5.
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This car is offered with a current MoT until June 2012. We are pleased to inform bidders that contary to rumours within the Alfa Romeo fraternity about this car due to its celebrity history it has not been crushed or involved in a fire. The vendor advises "whilst in Yasmin le Bon's ownership she hit the end of her garage wall braking the grill, 1 headlight and 1 eye lid. The car was still driveable and not badly damaged. The car was written off due to no new parts being available at the time to fix the damage. I had the car inspected by Autolign, Northamptonshire for my peace of mind and there is a comprehensive report that states this from Autolign. Chris Slade, the Alfa Romeo Montreal Club Registrar confirm this."
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Posted Oct 27, '09 at 6:47am
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An infection has hit Union City, no-one is sure what is happening. Authorities have told citizens to stay in their homes and to wait for updates. The chaos outside your apartment is growing, looting, savage beatings, people killing each other in broad daylight. It's safer inside. A week goes by, the transmissions stop, the food is running out. The situation can only get worse, it's time to leave…
The Last Stand: Union City, the third installment in the Last Stand series is currently in production and will be released in Q1 2010. It will take place during the first few weeks of infection in Union City. Taking the role of a survivor who holed up in their apartment during the initial spread of the infection, the player will be forced to venture out and make their way in the city. Escape will be the ultimate goal.
Features Include: - Side Scrolling Open World - Scavenge for weapons and items - Custom character creation - Level and Skill progression - Living city: Day and Night cycles, Weather - Dynamic driven enemies: "Zombie director" - Two game modes that affect the style of the game
Union City will be side scrolling open world for the player to fight the hordes in and search for weapons and food. You will mould your character from the beginning, deciding appearance, background and skills. During your time in Union City you will earn experience and gain efficiency in a number of different skills, how you progress in these skills will be based of your actions.
During your travels you will encounter other survivors, they will help you get a grip on what's happening, tell you their situation and in some cases join your fight.
Union City itself is a living city with day and night passing as you travel, it's once living citizens will be driven dynamically, no street or building will play the same each time you enter.
The game will have two seperate game modes - "Run'n'Gun" and "Survivor". The Run'n'Gun game mode will be more in line with the original games and have a focus on action and lessen the RPG elements. Survivor on the other hand will have common survival problems such as hunger, need for sleep and conservation of ammunition to deal with. Much of the story and gameplay will be identical in both modes.
GET READY ARMOR GAMES THE LAST STAND 3 IS COMING!! EVIDENSE: http://www.conartistgames.com/index.php/the-last-stand-union-city/#comments
Posted Oct 27, '09 at 10:31am
446 posts
Hello Danny :) Also, epic picture by Con:
Posted Oct 28, '09 at 3:27am
Truly Epic. Okay peoples...
DID YOU KNOW!?!!?!!? That Conartist really hates stickfigures. He also unenjoyed Days 2 Die. He told me himself.
Posted Oct 28, '09 at 9:28am
It seems no one believes us, since they haven't posted anything.
Well, Evidence again.
And, I actually didn't know he hated stick figures. Too bad my first game will involve them...
Posted Oct 29, '09 at 10:38am
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[b]Sweet i cant wait! The last stand 2 was AWESOME!
Posted Oct 30, '09 at 8:09am
Okay i thought tihs would be a whole lot more popular. It's gonna be awesome.
DID YOU KNOW!??!?!?!?!?! That in the Last stand 1 there is some freaky clown zombie that made me scared because i am scared of clowns. thank goodness i blew up his head with my hunting rifle so i couldn't look at that ugly face ever again.
Posted Oct 30, '09 at 7:55pm
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DID YOU KNOW!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!? Con gave me [img]http://www.conartistgames.com/images/LastStand_Wallpaper.jpg]this wallpaper[/img]!?
DID YOU KNOW!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!?!!? There is a sequel/prequel to Days 2 Die called Days 2 Die-The Other Side!?
Posted Oct 30, '09 at 8:06pm
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Urk, I prefer the simple games of progressing through days instead of actually scrolling a city for items.
I suck at those sort of games =\\
Posted Nov 1, '09 at 10:01am
361 posts
Why you post it too early you have to wait til new year or valentines day you idiots
Posted Nov 7, '09 at 1:37am
362 posts
Hey if it comes it would be so awesome! I bet it will have new weapons as well(like flamethrower)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Games » Boston Red Sox
Lee Judge
The Kansas City Star
When the Royals were going through their losing streak I would get asked if the team was really that bad and I'd say no. I'd then get asked why I thought they weren't that bad and I'd say, "Defense." There was no doubt in my mind that this team had improved on the defensive side of the ball. And Wednesday night they showed it.
Alex Gordon made two spectacular catches — one against the wall and another on a sinking liner in the ninth inning. He also tried another diving catch, couldn't get there but kept the ball in front of him to prevent extra bases. Jarrod Dyson made a catch on a sinking line drive that looked like trouble. Jeff Francoeur kept a ball from going to the wall and might've had a shot at throwing out Adrian Gonzalez — but everyone was so sure it would be a double, the defense was set up to concede second base.
Mike Moustakas has been spectacular at third all season and his replacement tonight, Irving Falu, kept it up with a catch of a ball that was already by him, a complete spin and throw to first. Brayan Pena blocked a pitch in the dirt with a runner on third. Even Bruce Chen got in the act by coming off the mound to field a dribbler and get the runner at first. Several times the infield positioning paid off: David Ortiz hit a line drive up the middle and Alcides Escobar was standing right there. Cody Ross hit a hard grounder headed for centerfield, but for the positioning of Chris Getz.
Offense gets most of the attention, but if you can keep the score low enough, you don't need as much offense to win a game. Clearly, all the pieces are not in place with this team, but one big piece of the puzzle is on display almost every night.
Game notes
After the game Ned Yost said he thought Bruce pitched really well, even better than his line in the box score might indicate. Bruce gave up seven hits and Ned though five of them were jam shots or hit off the end of the barrel.
Johnny Giavotella is back with the team because they need a right-handed bat. Not sure what will happen once Yuniesky Betancourt is healthy again. Gio hit the ball hard three times, but had nothing to show for it.
The score was tied 3-3 in the fourth and Yost said he just had the feeling—based on how well he thought Chen was pitching—that one more run might hold up. So after Falu doubled to lead off the 4th, Yost played for one run. He had Chris Getz sacrifice—and the more I see it, the more I agree with Getz that putting the ball down on the right side of the infield is the smart thing to do—and that moved Falu to third.
The Red Sox must have agreed with Ned about how important one run would be, because they brought the infield in to prevent Falu from scoring. The next batter, Alcides Escobar, then hit a soft line drive right where the second baseman would be standing — except for the Getz bunt which forced the infield in.
Both teams were right: there was not another run scored the rest of the game. Playing for one run and playing to prevent one run, was the right thing to do.
I haven't talked to any baseball people who believe that you should play for one run all the time. I also haven't talked to any baseball people who believe you should never play for one run. Knowing when it makes sense is the trick.
If you wondered why the Royals didn't do the same thing in the ninth inning — bring in their infield to cut off a run at the plate — it was because the tying run was on third, but the winning run was on second. Bring in the infield to prevent the tying run and the winning run might score on what might normally be an out.
Tuesday's game
I didn't get a chance to talk to some of the players and coaches after Tuesday's game — I was meeting with Red Sox bench coach Tim Bogar. Wednesday afternoon I caught up with some of the people involved in key moments from Tuesday's game and here's what I learned:
Humberto Quindero is apparently faster than we think. Red Sox pitcher Daniel Bard timed out at a 1.6 (so I guess I did a better job timing him than I thought) and the Royals reasoned that after two balks in the same inning, Bard was not throwing over to first base. (By the way, nobody could figure out why Bard was so concerned about Mike Moustakas stealing a base.)
Anyway, the plan was for Quintero take advantage of the situation: extend his lead against a pitcher that wouldn't attempt a pickoff, steal second without a throw and then have a chance to score on a Jarrod Dyson single. Humberto did not take a big enough lead and was thrown out — barely.
The Jeff Francoeur play at the plate also has an interesting background: one down, Frenchy on third, Moose on second, the contact play was on. The contact play usually means the runner on third breaks for home on contact—as long as the ball has "down" angle. The team is gambling that the ball won't be hit back at the pitcher—any place else and the run scores as long as the infield is back.
Alcides Escobar saw the Red Sox infield was back and decided to bunt for a hit. So, essentially, Francoeur did what he was supposed to do: break for home on "down angle." The bunt caught everyone—including the Royals — by surprise. Francoeur tried to make it work. His only mistake—according to Doug Sisson — was sliding head first at home plate. That's an easy way to get injured and Francoeur got spiked by the catcher.
I asked Chris Getz if he got clipped by the runner on the double play ball he threw away and Getz said yes, but only after he made the throw. Chris said it was his fault, he just screwed up. And Eric Hosmer said he did not have to leave the bag to reach the ball that Getz threw. Hosmer went for the do-or-die scoop while maintaining contact with the bag and missed. He's made that play a lot, so thinking he could make it again doesn't seem unreasonable.
One more inside story
Boston infielder Will Middlebrooks had a throwing error in the series caused by Alex Gordon's pine tar. Gordon got jammed, the ball hit the part of the bat with the pine tar on it and when Middlebrooks picked it up and tried to throw it, the ball stuck to his finger. Seems like every statistic has an interesting story behind it.
For all those that have been complaining about small ball, I hope you will acknowledge that it was the difference last night and allowed us to win the series and the homestand. Falu doesn't score unless Gretz moves him up with a perfectly executed sacrifice bunt.
Falu was on second after his double. He scores on a base hit either way, whether it was Getz getting a hit (rather than burning an out sacrificing him to third) or Escobar's hustling double. The bunt didn't eliminate the double play, either, because again, Falu was already on second.
Using the sacrifice to get him to third basically cost us a chance at a big inning because we gave away an out with a runner already in scoring position.
Maybe Getz doesn't get a hit there, but he's been swinging the bat well, so there's no reason to not give him a chance.
Jay, you are right, however with Falu on third you can score him without a hit. Now a hit, ground ball to anyone except third baseman and fly out to outfield can score him. Just different ways of looking at it.
I'll bet I wasn't the only fan watching the game on TV and swearing when Broxton walked the second batter in the ninth. But WOW! That defense had my swears turn to cheers fast! What a game.
Larry, I don't disagree with that, but with no outs and a lead off double that early in the game, you have a chance to break it open, push Lester (always a Royal killer) out of the game and eliminate the drama, especially with the top of the order coming up.
Good teams break games open when the opportunity rises. If we are going to be a good team with this group down the line, we have to do what good teams do, which is blow a game like that open and win 7-3 or 8-3 rather than 4-3. You do that by not sac bunting in the fourth inning after a lead off double with the top of the order coming up, instead trying for the big 3 or 4 run inning.
What I didn't get about the Getz bunt was that after 4 pitches he was up in the count 3-1. Much to my surprise Getz is hitting really well so far this year. Having him bunt on a 3-1 count (with no chance of hitting into a double play) seems like a pretty bad call to me…more so because the runner was already in scoring position.
The Royals are 6th in the league in OBP, SLG, and OPS. They 10th in the league in runs scored per game. Definitely a part of that is that they just haven't hit with runners in scoring position but they don't do themselves any favors by intentionally making outs. The offense is good enough to let them swing and the pitching is bad enough that they need all the extra runs they can get.
I think the reason that the Royals did not try for a big inning once Falu doubled was the pitching.
The Royals haven't had many big innings against Lester and saw a chance to grab the lead. The Red Sox recognized the same thing, Chen was pitching well, one more run might be the difference in the ball game—and it was.
As I said in the column, there's no one way to play the game. Recognizing the situation you're currently in and attacking it in an appropriate manner makes sense, at least to me.
The most likely thing Getz (or any other hitter) was going to do was make an out, so either choice is a risk. I thought they might let Chris swing away and try to pull the ball to move the runner, but clearly, Ned Yost wanted to be sure the runner was on third when that at-bat was over. Asking Chris Getz to get down a bunt is almost a sure thing.
If Getz doesn't move the runner, the infield doesn't come in and Escobar's soft double is an out to Pedroia.
It was interesting to me that both managers recognized the same thing early: the pitchers had settled in and runs would be tough to come by the rest of the way. Ned showed that by bunting, Valentine showed that by bringing the infield in.
Subsequent events showed they were both right.
To me a win is a win, whether you use small ball or not. So yes I will concede that small ball helped us win this game. However we cannot really say that if Getz swings away we don't score Falu in a different manner.
What I don't necessarily understand is why not let Getz swing away with the intention of pulling the ball. This too will move the runner over to third AND has the possibility of being a hit. Getz has impressed me with his bat this year and i know he has enough bat control to intentionally hit a grounder to 2nd. That just seems like it has more upside than bunting in that situation.
i see the argument both ways. small ball worked in this instance, though it was early in the game. with as bad as lester was pitching (for lester), and getz in a 3-1 count with no double play threat, i think you let him swing, especially as he's been swinging it well lately.
i disagree that the 2b would have caught esky's double, it had pretty good height to it, so the run would have scored either way (granted the pitching may have been different if the infield wasn't in).
at least it worked though. if the red sox had scored 2 in the ninth, which they were very close to doing, it would have been a different story. i'll give yost credit this time—it was gutsy and it worked. as was his decision to ask broxton if he wanted to pitch to sweeney. they both worked out. i just hope we don't play for one run in the fourth inning all that often.
One thing to consider when either Getz or Escobar bunt is that they have a good chance of getting a hit out of it. It's no more a guaranteed giveaway of an out than when they are swinging. One further thought is that Getz' new stance isn't splitting well against left-handed pitchers.
Asking Chris Getz to put down a bunt isn't automatically giving up an out. He can turn that bunt to the right side into a hit as well as anybody.
And, in my estimation, Esky's soft liner would've been an easy out with the infield back. It barely made the grass which is why he was able to hustle it into a double, there was nothing on it and it took time to roll to the outfield.
It's kind of amazing that people are still finding ways to complain about a bunt that worked.
"People finding ways to complain about a bunt that worked"?
Really, Judge? Because they got lucky, now Ned will probably bunt even more than he does now. Giving away outs by bunting is a ridiculous, outdated strategy. If Ned wants to play for 1-run innings in the American League then he will lose that bet far more often than he wins.
Far be it for me, or anyone else to criticise this perfect front office and manager.
If anyone really wants to ask why this team has been so awful, both before Dayton Moore and after, it is that fundamentally the organization does not understand the value of outs and free baserunners. They routinely give away free outs by bunting and poor decisions on the basepaths in general.
When it comes to walks, the Royals have proven without any shadow of a doubt that they do not value walks. Otherwise they would not have signed Yuni, Francouer, Jacobs, Guillen, etc etc….However, they get pitchers who (Sanchez is a perfect example, a walk machine), guess what, walk a crap ton of batters. So they give pitchers easy outs when at-bat and they give hitters bases when pitching. Worst of all worlds.
Maybe there is hope. It seems recently the Royals are starting to come around that pitchers walking batters is a bad thing. Now if pitchers walking hitters is bad, then a reasonable man would think that as a hitter, being walked is GOOD. Oh well, its the Royals so maybe they will grasp that concept in another 10 years, or whatever timeline Dayton Moore changes (aka the Carl Peterson 5-year plan, every 5-years it starts over). Maybe in 2035 we can actually start to "Judge", pun intended, Daytons ability to construct a MAJOR LEAGUE roster.
The bunt worked this time and we won so I'm happy. It hasn't worked so well recently though so I am not at all surprised people aren't asking to extend Yost because it paid of last night.
Also, as you often point out Lee one small difference in a game changes a lot of things. Falu is on third so Bostons infield is in and Lester is trying to induce a grounder. Esky hit it where nobody was playing and turned it into a double. If Getz doesn't bunt or move the runner up then the defense isn't playing up and Lester would pitch differently to Esky. So it is unfair to say that Esky hits a weak liner to Pedroia if the bunt isn't used. You use this logic often when talking about different situations and I'm surprised you haven't thought about that in this instance.
I thought we had a chance for insurance runs in the 8th. It looked like a bad call to try to score Falu from first on Getz's double to left. I didn't see a replay, but in real time it looked like the left fielder was already in his throwing motion as Falu rounded third (and like Falu had run out of steam). Maybe being at the bottom of the order made it less likely we would be able to score Falu from 3rd with two outs, but I liked that option better than sending him.
I saw the bunting situation more based on where the Royals were in their lineup. A big inning was doubtful with 3 straight light-hitters coming up and 3 of the 4 upcomig hitters being left-handed. Maybe one of them gets a single to score Falu, but the odds were stacked against a big-inning at that point. And Falu later showed he doesn't have the blazing speed to automatically score from 2nd on a single when he was thrown out in the 8th trying to score from 1st on a double (with two outs, I didn't think he'd get thrown out by that much).
I should caveat everything after this with, against Miguel Cabrera, feel free to bunt away:
With a runner on second and nobody out – a classic bunt situation – teams average 1.177 runs per inning, while a situation with a runner on third and one out yields only 1.032 runs.
However, these numbers rely on an "average" player on an "average" team, with no regard to whether a team was playing for one run – i.e., in the late innings of a close game. Simulations using actual players to determine the thresholds for which specific hitters should and should not bunt. With a runner on first base and no outs, any hitter with an on-base percentage (OBP) of at least .206 and/or a slugging percentage (SLG) of at least .182 – aka anyone not named TPJ– should swing away. The only exception is when a team is playing specifically for one run, in which case the thresholds are a .282 OBP and/or .322 SLG.
With no outs and runners on first and second (like the other night), the chances of scoring multiple runs are significantly higher than runners on third and second wih one out. Yet what does Nervous Ned do? Gives away the free out? How many runs do the Royals score? You guessed it, ZERO.
The bunt has some situational value, like vs a poor fielding 3B, however Yost continues to manage by the gut and grit and continues to get burned by his outdated and failed strategy.
And Lee, good info on the Middlebrooks error. I can't think of any other place I'd find that kind of information.
I'm noticing that no one is in mortal angst over Falu's hustle double. He looked to have been out if the Sox defender had only managed to catch a very good throw.
At this point Falu could kick me in the balls and I would be ok with it, because he is not Yuni.
It is no secret that I think Yost is just an awful, atrocious manager who actively hurts the teams chances to win on a daily basis. Having said that, it is weird for there to be no extension talk (A good thing) in his contract year. Does this mean the idiot GM has little confidence, justifably, in Yost?
Heck it took the Glass's making Moore fire Hillman, otherwise that knucklehead would be here. Moore is notorious for taking an inhuman amount of time to admit mistakes, so I would be surprised if Yost is not extended. That would suck.
This playing field is not level.
When Quintero gets out at second on a questionable steal, he's "out — barely." When Francouer gets thrown at at third on a questionable extra base attempt, "it took a perfect throw."
But when a questionable decision works, we get "It's kind of amazing that people are still finding ways to complain about a bunt that worked."
What kind of reasoning is this?
If the result is all that matters, then where's the criticism of Francoeur on the bases?
If the calculation is what matters, then why isn't the sacrifice bunt in the fourth inning to move a runner already in scoring position fair game?
"This playing field is not level"
Brendan, prepare to be JUDGED!
Brendan, the playing field in life is seldom level. Those of us old Hot Stovers around could probably think things are unfair being apparently outnumbered by talk radio and most blogs and herds of fantasy players, but hang in there rather than surrender. You offer a lot of good views and the numbers are interesting, but not compelling.
In your judgement. Difficult to discuss a play when you've already handed down the verdict. In the case of Q he was safe, in the case of Frenchy he slipped and was in trouble whichever way he went, so the question of questionability is very much open to most of us.
Good questions on Dutton's chat yesterday.
so if Getz grounds out to the right side, moving Falu to 3rd, it's a great play by Getz, a great decision by Yost to allow Getz to swing 3-1, and we have Falu on 3rd with 1 out. but if Getz bunts to the right side, moving Falu to 3rd, it's a dumb play by Getz/Yost and we have Falu on 3rd with 1 out.
what was the result? Falu on 3rd with one out causing the infield to play in in a pitchers' duel…which allowed Escobar's hit to go for a run scoring double. sheesh! some of you need to move on to other blogs that like share in your misery.
great win by the Royals last night against an excellent team and a great pitcher; at least when he faces us. also, Lee, great info on the pine tar error. i'm sure that happens more often than we realize, but we never hear about it.
Dutton's chats are great. He's a great source of info, he takes a lot of questions, and he's very plain spoken which I like. I had to submit my questions in advance yesterday because I was going to miss the chat. I wish I'd been there to ask a follow up when he said pitch f/x was being charted by a person. It's actually done by cameras, and I think that would have made a difference in his answer.
I don't think anyone disagrees that the sac bunt was questionable. One group thinks that the answer should have been yes. One group thinks that the answer should have been no, but nobody is surprised that people are asking questions about this particular decision.
Life is not fair, but people usually aspire to be fair. I assume Lee does. I just wanted to point out that the successes and failures seem to be judged by different standards.
The Getz sac bunt was a bad call, pure and simple.
If you go with the sac bunt, there's about a 60% chance the runner scores. Sometimes the bunt will get popped up, sometimes the runner will get thrown out a third, sometimes the following batter will strike out or ground to third or pop up, etc. When you just think "What is the most likely outcome?" you tend to forget that all the other eventualities add up. With the sacrifice him over, sacrifice him in plan, there's a lot of little things that can and do go wrong.
If you instead try to drive in the runner on 2B by hitting, you also have about a 60% chance of scoring the runner on 2B, but you're much more likely to score additional runs in the inning.
So you're sacrificing your chances at 2+ runs in the inning without increasing your chances of scoring 1 run in the inning. It's an out-dated tactic that flatly doesn't make sense.
And let's not forget that the bunt call was even worse since it was made on a 3-1 count. Get had a very good chance to get on base after reaching a 3-1 count, and Yost gave to gain no tangible net benefit.
"It's actually done by cameras, and I think that would have made a difference in his answer."
That's also what I thought, PitchFX cameras into a computer to digitize speed, trajectory, break, and path. It is my understanding that the system is accurate enough to replace a home plate umpire for balls and strikes.
"I don't think anyone disagrees that the sac bunt was questionable."
When phrased like that, yes, the usual suspects will question it here and elsewhere. Others of us will look at Getz' chances of getting a hit from it and Chris' problems with lefties in his new stance and figure it was a good enough call.
"I just wanted to point out that the successes and failures seem to be judged by different standards."
True, which is why I mentioned Falu's mistake in taking 2nd. I could also point out Bill James' Sox sacrificing in the 9th.
"Get had a very good chance to get on base after reaching a 3-1 count"
Jon Lester isn't a walk machine and Getz isn't splitting well with lefties this year. Would that modify the chances?
The bottom line is the bunt worked just the way it was supposed to—the winning run scored, the Royals beat the Red Sox.
Both managers decided to play for one in the 4th inning, both managers were right. There were no big innings coming. Both managers saw the pitchers settle in, both managers decided one run was important.
Had the bunt not worked, Ned Yost would be criticized. The bunt worked and Ned Yost is still criticized for not winning the game by more runs.
Some people seem to have a hard time saying that, while they don't like the bunt as a strategy, in this case it worked. Admitting it worked in one case, might mean admitting there are other cases where it's a logical move.
If your position is that a team should never, ever bunt, then your mind is made up and there's nothing I can say that will change it.
"Some people seem to have a hard time saying that, while they don't like the bunt as a strategy, in this case it worked. Admitting it worked in one case, might mean admitting there are other cases where it's a logical move."
I'm happy to admit that the bunt worked in this case. Well, I'm not sure 'worked' is the right word, because I think Escobar's batted ball would have scored Falu with or without the bunt, but that's neither here nor there. The point is that I'll readily acknowledge that bunts work sometimes. Heck, they work often.
Like I said before, opting for the bunt tactic will score the runner more often than not. But the fact that it works more often than not doesn't make it good strategy. What matters is whether it works better than the alternative.
And the alternative in this case, swinging the bats, would have also scored the runner more often than not—especially given Getz's 3-1 count.
The hitters following Falu (Getz, Escobar and Dyson) make outs about 70% of the time. The odds that all three would be out is approximately equal to (0.7)^3, or 34.3%. That means that there's about a 65% chance that at least one would reach base, and most of those events would result in scoring the runner. And in the event that a batter reaches via a walk, a very good hitter in Alex Gordon would come to the plate, and most likely with multiple runners on base.
So the issue isn't whether the bunt worked in this particular situation or even whether the bunt would work out more often than not in a general situation. The issue is whether bunting is a better bet than swinging away. Statistically speaking, bunting almost never is a better bet than swinging away after a lead off double. And in the situation last night given a tie game in the 4th inning, in a 3-1 count against a scuffling pitcher, and against a great offense, bunting certainly wansn't the better bet.
But in this case, it worked out. Of course, if we're going to go by the "did it work out?" evaluation method, I hope that we can also apply the same method to all the times the Royals bunt a lead off double over to third and the runner doesn't score. Because that's already happened several times this year.
Lee -
I think just about everyone on here supports playing small ball or playing for one run in certain situations. The debate is just over which situations.
My question was about how we're to judge if something is a good idea.
It seems like the analysis is that if it works, it's a good idea because it worked. If it's a success, the results are what matters.
But if it fails, the results are not what matters. It might still have been a good idea, if we just understand what the team was thinking.I think the analysis should be consistent. If results are what matters, then the successes were good ideas and the failures were bad ideas. If the approach is what matters, then some of the failures (like the Quintero steal 2 days ago) might have been good ideas, but some the successes (like the 4th inning bunt yesterday) might have been bad ideas.
It just seems that both results (positive and negative) should be subjected to the same type of analysis.
I felt like the Sox gave us a better chance in the 9th. With Broxton struggling (hit and walk and no outs), they burned an out with the bunt. I know this played the percentages and I would often agree with the move, but I felt the Sox psychologically helped us out—much easier to get 2 straight outs than 3. It seemed like once Brox had the out from the bunt, he settled down and made pitches. I know that I was immediately glad when they went to bunt. And, I didn't see the Getz bunt, but I see it as a bad move at that stage of the game…and really indefensible. Obviously, it can work out many different ways on a given instance, but the Royals for sure gave up a bigger inning. And, I like our chances with three consecutive batters to drive the run in from 2nd just as much as 2 consecutive batters with the runner on 3rd. And, Getz (hard to believe I'm saying that) is the best of the three in that situation and you gave him up. I think it's bad baseball…and could be a reason why we rank higher in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage than we do runs scored.
You do have to love Gordon in Left…he is a game changer.
"It seemed like once Brox had the out from the bunt, he settled down and made pitches."
Sox got what they wanted after the bunt, a sinking, hooking liner to left that Gordon got a poor jump on, but compensated with a good catch and a 3rd baseman's pop-up throw on the money to Esky, who was likely telling the runner, "Well, do you feel lucky?" I'm sure some Sox fans are griping because the runner didn't try to score. What really saved us was Mike Aviles against a RHP for the last out.
"could be a reason why we rank higher in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage than we do runs scored."
Another reason is big ball hitters failing in crucial situations with runners on when a run or two ties or wins the game.
"I like our chances with three consecutive batters to drive the run in from 2nd"
To be consistent, shouldn't we have Falu on 1st, as his taking 2nd was a mistake and only worked due to poor fielding by the infielder?
Why would we have Falu on 1st? The debate is what to do with Falu already in scoring position. How he got there is a separate discussion.
I do agree that Falu going for two was a mistake. I just don't see how it affects whether we should bunt once he's on second.
Judge, is there anything Moore does that you would criticise?
"Falu was on second after his double. He scores on a base hit either way"
Jay, if you look at Esky's double again, you will see there is no way he scores from second on it. Further, as Lee pointed out, Esky's hit would have been an out if the infield was not playing in to cut off the run that was on third.
I think there is one valuable lesson from all of this: Whenever the Royals bunt, whether it negatively or positively effects the game, this page will receive more comments than if the Royals did not bunt.
There seems to be a lot of sentiment that the Royals gave away a big inning in the fourth by bunting. Can someone tell me exactly how many big innings we have had with the lower part of the lineup coming up? If Getz does take a walk, that also sets up a double play if Esky hits a ground ball (which he is prone to do), and then we have a runner on third with two out. I would agree that bunting with Gordon, Butler, or Hosmer coming up would have been poor strategy, but bunting with Getz plays to his strength, not a weakness, and gives us many more ways to score that run than simply relying on some of weaker hitters to drive it in.
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Francoeur and Moustakas have been batting 5/6 most of this year. If you take out runs scored on the hitter's own HR, Francoeur and Moustakas are 2nd and 3rd on the team in runs scored. For those who believe in short-term trends, the evidence suggests that the bottom third of the lineup has had plenty of success extending innings and bringing runners home.
More importantly, playing for the big inning means not giving up outs so we have a chance to get the big guys back up to bat. If we give away outs in the bottom half of the order, we're reducing the chance of Gordon or Butler coming to bat with the bases loaded and a chance to blow the game wide open.
a 4-3 win is no different from a 10-3 win with regards to the standings…which, if we're all honest is why these debates are fiery. this bunt in this situation worked. another day, a different batter up/on deck, and we can reassess, but the bunt that Lee wrote about worked.
If I'm a Sox fan, I'm very unhappy that the infield was moved in to protect against one run in the fourth inning against a fairly average (I like Chen, don't get me wrong) pitcher who struggled his last two outings.
I said base hit, not double. If Getz gets a base hit, Falu scores from second. If Getz grounds out to the right side, Falu goes to third.
The bunt worked last night, true enough. But how many times will we have to get burned by going up by one run against a team with some bona fide sluggers (Gonzalez, Ortiz, Pedroia) only to have that team net multiple runs to beat us.
Bruce's last start played out that way. Bruce was pitching really well against the Yankees, cruising along against a pitcher that the Royals often struggle against (Sabathia). We didn't have a chance to really get to Sabathia after the first inning, but had we played for one run early in the game, it would have rung hollow after the Yankees hung four in the 7th.
The American League is too strong offensively, even with offense down, to play for one run early in games. In the 8th or 9th inning, sure, grab that go ahead run. But early on, you don't know how many runs you will need, so you can't give away precious outs so early.
Lee—Big fan of the page, first time comment.
I think both sides of The Great Bunt Debate make valid points—the comment I'm really stuck on is the whole 'both managers saw that no big innings were coming, that both pitchers had settled in' i.e., that 1 run would win the game in the 4th. The 4th! It only took Chen one inning to 'settle in' after a 3-run inning in the 3rd? With this staff and this bullpen, 1 run was going to do it?
I think this particular point weakens the valid rationale of bunting in this situation. Had Chen thrown up 3 or 4 shutout innings and we're talking about the 6th or 7th inning I have no problems.
Just my opinion but seems a little early (again, with this staff) to declare that 1 run wins it with over half the game still to play.
Bruce Chen is no Justin Verlander. To play for 1 run in the 4th inning of an American League game is ridiculous.
George or should I say SMITH. His name is Lee. It is very disrespectful to refer to him as Judge. Please show a little class with your valid comments.
ok, Tindle.
Ya know, I prefer to watch a game with a beer in my hand, rather than a calculator.
Did a little searching to see what is being said in the Red Sox Nation and found this:
Apparently the Royals aren't the only team with a disappointing starter or two. Was kind of hoping that the BoSox would heat up and do some damage to Cleveland, but not to be today.
Also found a blog suggesting the Royals might be a target for unloading Josh Beckett on. I hope not:)
The decision to sacrifice was ridiculous. Bad decisions work out sometimes. The Red Sox decision to bring the infield in was much less so. Bringing the infield in does increase the prospect of a hit for the batter, but not by a huge margin. Those additional hits will almost all be loopers and ground balls, which mean singles rather than extra base hits. With a runner only on third, and especially with exactly one out, I think most situations would call for bringing the infield in.
"The decision to sacrifice was ridiculous."
Curtis, would you know the slash line on the average pitcher and hitter that history gives us in the bunt situation?
Been giving this some thought and have decided that a big difference between those basing opinions on a grand average stat and the rest of us is that I don't see the GAS as final, but rather as a mid-point in the process that needs to be weighted to apply to specifics. Unless Broxton and the batter can be shown to be "average", then the GAS needs further adjustments before the Boston coach's decision can be judged "ridiculous".
"The Red Sox decision to bring the infield in was much less so."
Wasn't that decision forced by the sacrifice? Is the bunt decision given extra positive weight due to its impact on the next play?
I took a break from the site yesterday, it was my first day off since spring training. I'm either drawing cartoons, covering baseball or both almost every day. Couple of things and then I'm back to my two jobs:
Someone, I believe Brendan, asked why I didn't criticize Francoeur stealing third and getting thrown out if the results are all that matters. Actually, I don't think the results are all that matters and I've said that dozens of times. The effort is more important than the results: was it a good effort? Was it a smart decision? Nothing works all the time, so of the options available, was it the best one?
Assuming we're talking about the same steal attempt, I never said it took a perfect throw to get Francoeur, as I recall, that came from Ned Yost. What I said was that if the pitcher was under 1.6 seconds delivering the ball home, it was a bad idea.
And, if a manager is convinced that one run is going to matter, then I don't think it's a bad decision to bunt in the 4th inning, especially with the bottom of the order due up. So why would I criticize it? My point was both managers thought one run would matter, both managers were right. And few people want to give them credit for that.
Someone else said it was unfair of me to play out the inning hypothetically—no bunt and the infield is back and Escobar's ball is caught. That criticism has some validity: nobody knows what might have happened had some event not taken place. The pitches thrown and swung at might change. Fair enough.
So let's concentrate on what did happen: because of the bunt the infield was in and the ball landed beyond them. Once the runner got to third with less than two outs the Red Sox either had to play the infield back and concede the run or play the infield in and increase the hitter's chance for success. They could also split the difference and play halfway, but the bunt meant the Sox did not have a lot of great options.
OK, back to work so I'm finished in time for tonight's game.
P.S. You can call me "Lee" or "Judge" I don't mind. Either way we get the page views and my bosses are happy.
George, For the record, I'd be OK with Falu kicking you in the balls too.
For those interested in Mike Montgomery at Omaha and also interested in adjustments players make to get better:
Clint Scoles at Pine Tar does great work on the minor leagues, especially at Omaha where he sees nearly every game and has a press pass and access to the players.


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The heroes, in their search for 'Virtues'--the key in man's struggle against the demonic invasion -- travel throughout London. They'll travel to different stations including the famous Templar base in their effort to defeat Sydonai and his horde of demons.
A sanctuary never reached by the invasion, Stonehenge is now in danger. Heroes shall embark on a journey to defeat and recover the heads of four demons, ultimately leading them to an encounter with the powerful demon Moloch.
Heroes can also venture the Wild-a vast wilderness where demons gather. Heroes will face harder challenges as they press on deeper into the Wild in hopes of clearing it of the savage demons that reside within it. Unknown to them, a demon, simply called the Dessicator, resides within the Wild. Heroes will need to defeat the Dessicator if they really want to clear the Wild of demons.
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Heroes will not just venture the sewers of London. Hell is not even enough to stop the demons. Heroes shall be given the chance to experience the past by travelling to the Closed Station, with an epic battle against the demon Astaroth.
In the center of the Parliament Square a portal to the residing locations of strong demons appeared. Heroes will be able to explore the catacombs to defeat the demon Occulis, or they can partake in the crusade to reach the abyss, where the fallen angel Berial awaits.
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I'm looking for a good breakfast place with light fluffy pancakes, soft eggs, good sausage.
I would suggest the Swanton St. Diner on, you guessed it, Swanton St. in Winchester. Very close to Woburn. This place does a very good breakfast business, especially on the weekends. It is a nice place with good service and very good food. After breakfast walk directly across the street to Mamdou's Bakery and pick up a loaf or two of some of his great breads. This place opened about a year ago and produces a variety of wonderful artisanal breads daily.
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If you're going to go that-a-ways, keep heading south on Main Street and in the Greenwood area is Blue Moon Grill- lovely eggs bennie, and even crepes.
My standby is Cappa's Trackside on Grove Street in Melrose. I've never been disappointed with the pancakes and eggs there. it's about 10 minutes from 93.
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i went to bickford's in boston near south bay mall off exit 18 (from 93) and my goodness it was the absolute worse breakfast i have ever eaten in my life. i vowed never to go to another bickfords but as fate would have it. a group was gathering at bickfords for a celebration so i did go back. this time, it was still bad but not horrible. i was at least pleasantly surprised that they had grits - not an easy to find item. i like grits cooked somewhat thick, with butter, salt and pepper. anyway, i certainly do not recommend bickfords unless you have not other choices available
While I wouldn't go so far as to call it "good", the BellyBuster Diner in Billerica is an experience. Lots of local color and okay breakfasts.
Take 128S to 3A Burlington (Cambridge St). Go straight through to Billerica and continue past KMart (the strip mall before it has the much lauded Sichuan Gourmet), Town Center, Town Hall, Rt 129 and then start looking on your left for a strip mall called Brown's Corner.
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I would highly recommend The Waffle House on 138 in Tewksbury but it is probably 25 minutes away from Woburn. The menu, food and service are great. There can be long lines on the weekends but there are benches in the hallway waiting area and an urn of cofffee. It's very close to 495.
Me too. There is a dearth of breakfast spots in this general area. If you're willing to go into Arlington, Bagels R Us on Mass Ave has a good breakfast, though pricier than I'm used to. The salmon Benedict is yummy, and they have chourizo as well as regular breakfast sausage. Pancakes were pretty standard. They also serve H&H bagels which are delicous.
re: craveyummyfood
Sure are. I moved to Lexington a year ago from Worcester, which is officially breakfast nirvana. I'd consider opening a diner in this area if the rents weren't so ridiculous. We've tried driving into Watertown because we heard the Andros Diner was good, but just didn't enjoy it.
Doesn't fit the pancakes/eggs/sausage bill, but the Dim Sum at China Pearl in Woburn is quite good.


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Vice President Biden will tout the debt ceiling deal during a trip to China and Japan, two holders of huge amounts of U.S. debt.
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The debt-ceiling deal signed by President Obama could cut up to $2.5 trillion from budget deficits over the next decade, but it was a smaller package than the grand bargain Obama flirted with striking.
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Lazarides Rathbone was established to show art from a bunch of talented mavericks and outsiders. It seemed to work … so we carried on in the same vein. Some of the names have changed, but the ethos remains. We're not bound by any definitions – as long as we like the art then it gets an exhibition.
What started out as a halfway house for the urban art movement has grown into an internationally recognised gallery. Admittedly this has surprised us as much as it has anyone else. Our aim is to make each show an interesting experience, and remind everyone that art is there to be enjoyed.
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After a furious week of installation, set dressing and prop scavenging Brett Amory's debut exhibiton at Lazarides Rathbone has finally opened its doors to the public. The ...
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John Legend is a no good song-stealer ... at least according to some unknown singer, who claims Legend listened to his demo tape and then ripped off his hard work for profit.
According to the lawsuit, filed earlier this week in New Jersey, songwriter Anthony Stokes passed his demo off to Legend back in 2004 ... after Stokes watched him perform at UNC.
Stokes claims Legend promised to listen to the song, but never heard back from him. Fast forward to 2006 ... Legend released a track called "Maxine's Interlude" -- and according to Stokes, it's a dead ringer for his track "Where Are You Now?"
Stokes wants to block Legend from selling the alleged rip-off -- and demands unspecified damages.
It's hard to hear the similarities if you listen to each song separately -- so we mashed them up ... the lyrics echo each other, and the key matches up nearly perfectly.
My speech teacher in college gave me the following tip:
Whenever you send your product out for people to view or listen to it, seal it, post date it, and mail a copy to yourself so that you can prove that it is yours in the future..
There are a lot of ruthless people out there that would jack your stuff and leave you high and dry.
The other guy sounds SO MUCH BETTER it is amazing. I do think it is a rip off. Hard to imagine that people still rip people off with lawyers that are musicians and the way they can easily figure out a rip off nowadays...he will pay up for this.
I don't know if Legend ripped him off but the other guy's song is damn good. If nothing else, that Stokes cat should get a record deal out of this.
TMZ should do some research, John Legend has stolen
music before and actually had to pay out. Can not believe
people (The public and Media) forgot about how Legend
ripped off the "Classics IV" song "Stormy" for his song
"Save Room".
John Mayer also ripped off Daughters and your Body Is A Wonderland from two unknown singers/songwriters and also
had to pay a settlement.
John Legend has a new permanent lifetime buddy, a man with whom he will now be linked in perpetuity.
That's because on his forthcoming album, "Once Again," Legend re-recorded a hit song from the '60...s with new lyrics, but the exact same music.
If you're over a certain age, you will certainly recall the hits "Stormy," "Spooky" and "Traces of Love" by Dennis Yost & the Classics IV.
Well, an Alabama songwriter named Buddy Buie wrote those songs with James B. Cobb Jr. Buie also co-authored the Atlanta Rhythm Section hit "So Into You."
But what Buddy wasn't into so much was John Legend (real name John Stephens) creating a new song from the memorable "Stormy" and renaming it "Save Room" for his album — unless he was paying Buie.
And now he is.
Buie and Cobb, in fact, are getting 50 percent of the publishing on "Save Room." Not just now, but forever.
"We wouldn't have accepted the deal otherwise," Buie told me last night from his Alabama home.
The other 50 percent will go to Legend and two collaborators — the Black Eyed Peas' Will.i.am, aka Will Adams, and newcomer Jessyca Wilson, who allegedly helped Legend think up the new lyrics (and yes, they are far inferior to Buie and Cobb's refrain of "bring back that sunny day").
Now, don't get us wrong, Buddy Buie is very happy with John Legend.
"I'd like him to sample some of my songs!" he roared with laughter. "Bring 'em all back!"
Buie notes that he's been sampled before, but without permission.
"This time it was very easy," he said. "No lawyers were required."
Of course, it's the first time Buddy Buie has written a song "with" someone he's never met or spoken to.
"That is a little odd," he says.
Legend, despite appropriating "Stormy," hasn't bothered to call the veteran songwriter. But that's OK.
"I think he did a pretty good job with it," Buie says, "but I think the original is better."
By the way, Legend says in the press release accompanying "Once Again" that he'd never heard of "Stormy."
That might seem a little implausible, considering that Buie'*****s have been mainstays of pop radio for 40 years. But, you know, maybe he was living under a rock.
"I didn't even know the original." Legend writes. "I just knew it was a nice organ sound and wanted to write it."
And yet, he didn't write it. Someone else did.
In the past, when that happened, songwriters said "Whoops!" and went on to new material.
But not in this generation, where, to paraphrase, "imitation is the sincerest form of income."
So what's going on here?
John Legend, I'd say, is getting bad advice. He's a gifted musician and songwriter, but too much of "Once Again" sounds like it's the same sort of prepackaged pop-soul that's on Justin Timberlake's new album.
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Okay, I am a songwriter. With a hit or two under my belt. I am NOT a John Legend fan. But these two songs, from the posted clips, are NOTHING alike.
they are quite similar in that both are a similar flavor of bad.
both suck but within the genre of suction they are not the same at all. no more than all jazz is the same.
and who cares???
This has gotta be SOO frustrating. Someone gives a song/their soul to an established artist who everyone hears, only to have to fight the powers that be because it's been taken years later? That is BELOW THE BELT and should be taken very personally. I pray this doesn't happen to me, 'cause I'd be after someone's blood. Not sayin' this is John Legend's fault, but SOMEONE'S to blame. Someone KNOWS they jacked this and didn't give a dam about the person they got it from. What a spit in the face.
Also, as far as the "mail it to yourself" scenario - I heard that's just a myth, but I'm curious to know for sure..
Not a rip-off. Many songs have similar themes, chord progressions, and are played in the same modes. There are only 12 notes max in the western note scales, and with popular music restricted to, basically, only the major and minor modes, there are bound to be similarities, especially between 2 artists of the same genre. Both are good songs, both have similar make-ups, but is John Legend trying to rip-off this unknown guy? Doubtful. John Legend doesn't need to rip-off anyone.
If you are a major recording artist you should NEVER take a demo tape through unofficial channels, or if you do have a contract on hand so that you have everything in writing. Otherwise something like this will happen.


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One of my favorite go-to pieces of clothing is a fitted t-shirt. Shaped for women, these shirts look and feel great... for about a year. As much as I pamper my fitted shirts in the wash (cold water only, always hang dry), they slowly shrink, threatening to choke out my armpits with their deadly baby sleeves.
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Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, has told Richard Cordray not to bother. This is part of the recent evidence that government is getting some adult supervision.
Barack Obama used a recess appointment to make Cordray director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
But a federal circuit court has declared unconstitutional three other recess appointments made the same day because the Senate was not in recess.
So Hensarling has told Cordray not to testify before his committee: "Absent contrary guidance from the United States Supreme Court, you do not meet the statutory requirements of a validly serving director of the CFPB, and cannot be recognized as such."
Last week the Federal Aviation Administration promoted chaos in travel by furloughing air traffic controllers, supposedly because the sequester cuts -- 4 percent of its budget -- cannot be otherwise implemented.
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., notes that the FAA says its 15,000 air traffic controllers must be furloughed in the same proportion as its 32,000 other employees, who include librarians, historians, speechwriters, PR people, congressional and White House liaisons, and many others perhaps less essential to the FAA's primary mission than are people in O'Hare's control tower.
On Friday, the eve of its recess, Congress fixed this problem, explicitly granting the FAA flexibility it already had. Then the legislators dashed to Washington's airports.
Amazing, the dispatch with which the government acts when its stupidities inconvenience the rulers as much as the ruled.
The rest of the sequester will still be administered so as to make the government as painful as possible to the public, in the hope that the public will support more spending by and for the government. Obama may think his powers of persuasion can convince people that as chief executive he is a mere bystander in this executive branch sadism. But about those powers ...
Obama has campaigned for Obamacare without making it popular and against Republican candidates without success in 2010. Still, his faith in the potent ointment of his words is probably unshaken by even the failure of his barnstorming in support of gun legislation almost weirdly unrelated to the event -- Newtown -- to which it was supposedly a response.
Last week, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, announced he will not seek a seventh term next year. Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., Baucus' tax-writing counterpart, is term-limited by Republican rules as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. So the two most important people in the most urgent legislative project -- tax reform to ignite economic growth -- have parallel incentives to work quickly.
And if Democrats still control the Senate in 2015, Finance, the Senate's most important committee, probably will be chaired by Oregon's Ron Wyden, who has the intellectual power and political independence of such previous Democratic luminaries on Finance as Louisiana's Russell Long, Texas' Lloyd Bentsen and New York's Daniel Patrick Moynihan.
In a burst of the bipartisanship we are told to revere, a coalition of Republican and Democratic senators rose above party differences last week to affirm class solidarity. They moved toward a tax increase of at least $22 billion to benefit the political class at the state and local levels, supporting legislation to enrich state and local governments by subjecting Internet commerce to state and local sales taxes.
The Republican-controlled House should reject this tax increase because much of the revenue will be passed on to public employees and, through their unions, to Democrats' campaigns.
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David Byrne made a bunch of fake screenshots for iPhone apps that don't exist. They'll be in an exhibit called "Social Media," at The Pace Gallery (510 West 25th Street) from September 16 - October 15.
Show description: "The exhibition focuses on contemporary artists exploring public platforms for communication and social networks through an aesthetic and conceptual lens. In an era of increasingly omnipresent new technologies, Social Media examines the impact of these systems as they transform human expression, interaction, and perception."
In addition to David Byrne's work, Social Media will feature work by Christopher Baker, Aram Bartholl, Jonathan Harris, Robert Heinecken, Miranda July and Harrell Fletcher, Sep Kamvar and Penelope Umbrico.
See more of David Byrne's fake apps after the jump.
- David Byrne's snapshots of UK police posters.
- BB exclusive: new track from David Byrne + Brazilian Girls (audio)
- David Byrne and Brian Eno's kick ass new album in a million downloadable and physical formats
- David Byrne with Santigold: "Please Don't," from "Here Lies Love" (a BB exclusive)
- Interview with David Byrne
- David Byrne sues FL gov over unauthorized use of "Road to Nowhere" in senate campaign ad
- David Byrne
- David Byrne: The Venue Makes the Music / Creation in Reverse (TED video)
- David Byrne: Kindle DRM means "you are f*cked"
- David Byrne hearts PowerPoint
- David Byrne: I was BoingBoing-blocked at Denver airport.
- An Excerpt from Bicycle Diaries – Boing Boing
- David Byrne sounds off on "cultural censorship"
- David Byrne on the nature of collaboration
- David Byrne: boycott DRM
- David Byrne launches internet radio station
- BBtv — David Byrne: Playing the Building
- David Byrne booking the stage at Bonnaroo music festival in Tennessee
- David Byrne on Jesus Camps: like Madrassas, with less literacy
- David Byrne
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- David Byrne's live show: the highlight of the year
- Here Lies Love: New David Byrne project
- David Byrne's guide to being a musician in the 21st century
- David Byrne on what phonograms mean and will mean
- David Byrne considers IKEA as a video game
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KBert says:
More than just another pretty face on a talking head, eh?
Matthew Petty says:
I love David Byrne.
With that out of the way, it's interesting that these get to appear in a physical gallery with some text generated by one of those funny online generators. Whereas every day, on this site or elsewhere, people create fake apps, redesign posters for films, mash up album covers and so on, and they just publish them online for all to see. -
keithfulkerson says:
An interesting (and somewhat ironic) excerpt from a 1987 article where David Byrne speculates on computers and the arts in the year 2007:
Matthew Petty says:
I think that was posted here on BB too. It is ironic, but in the article DB talks about video and other technologies affecting art. He just didn't consider that computers (in their current form as of 1987) would be capable of video, music, and all stuff we use them for now.
Bucket says:
I don't get it.
I mean, there are tons of apps more clever than these, and they actually exist.
Is it a nostalgia thing? "Remember back when the idea of apps that ran on your phone was novel?" kind of thing? Or is David Byrne about four years behind the curve?
ETA: Based on keith's link, it's the latter.
BookGuy says:
"Weaselface" would be an excellent thrash metal band name. Fronted by David Byrne, naturally.
RJ says:
The criticism in this thread seems to be on rather shaky footing, don't you think? These works aren't about being on the cutting edge; they're about reflecting the current culture back at itself, as any relevant art does. For instance, "Weaselface" is not only an accurate cultural commentary, it uses a rather nuanced mockery to call out those idiots for whom sarcasm is the apogee of wit.
I vote that Weaselface be printed onto a cricket bat and used to beat the sarcastic larval humans until they are unable to wriggle enough to type.
errantnight says:
Guess David Byrne knows a good thing when he sees it…
*cough* http://nearlybanned.com/ *cough* latetotheparty *cough*
jere7my says:
Yeah! And did you know that the "songs" he writes are actually the sort of thing that've been written for thousands of years? Late to the party indeed!
hogan says:
…"at The Pace Gallery (510 West 25th Street)"… am i the only person in the freaking world that doesn't know what city this place is in?
chaopoiesis says:
No, David Byrne of David Byrne… Talking Heads was some no-wave band.
Perre DiCarlo says:
Thanks for the shout out @boingboing-1a072681a39afac19561a44b1f0f6d05:disqus. I'm an editor of http://nearlybanned.com/ and YES we've been reviewing previously unheard of and unfairly banned iPhone apps since 1971. A full three years before George Soros and Howie Mandel formed Talking Heads and changed the world.
RickFlapjack says:
If you want to compete with post-TH David Byrne, you'll have to take yourself Very Seriously Indeed and change your title to "curator". Also, be much less funny.


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Steve Moore passed this on from Jonathan Simmons at PublicZone:
"Public Zone have become involved in a wonderful campaign called May Day For Nurses, which aims to highlight the plight of nurses as the lowest paid public sector professionals, by asking every premiership footballer to donate their wages from the last day of the season to a hardship fund.
We don't want your money (that will come from the players), we just want your support. We have built a fan table on-line www.maydayfornurses.com (it even has space for non football fans!), please go and register your support, it will really help us get press, and convince the players."
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Get along to Fleishmann Hillard at 6pm this Thursday for the discussion group session for Social Media Club.
This month, the discussion will be led by Ronna Porter, who wrote this at the SMC Blog last week and took part in our podcasting session.