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The Greatest MMA News Column 11.20.12: Silva vs. GSP, UFC 154, Overeem Returns, More
Posted by
Dan Plunkett
on 11.20.2012
News and thoughts on Silva vs. GSP and why you should want to see it, UFC 154 review, Overeem returns against Bigfoot, Barao to defend title, Fitch vs. Maia, and more!
St-Pierre beats Condit, Silva Super-Fight Looms
After nearly four years of build, the Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre super-fight only had one more hurdle to clear heading into Saturday night before becoming a reality. That hurdle was a fairly significant one considering St-Pierre's time off, the severity of the injury that caused his time off, and the talent of his opponent. However, it was a hurdle St-Pierre cleared surprisingly easily, save for one kick to the face.
Throughout St-Pierre's welterweight title defense against Carlos Condit Saturday night, Silva was shown on camera in the corner of the screen waiting to see if his hoped-for next challenger would emerge victorious. When St-Pierre won the bout and was questioned about a fight with Silva, he was as noncommittal as ever, but both Silva and the UFC have displayed a lot of interest in the fight.
The build for Silva vs. St-Pierre just as St-Pierre finished up a super-fight against another champion, then-lightweight champ BJ Penn on January 31, 2009. St-Pierre easily controlled the smaller man with his wrestling and strong top game, resulting in a one-sided beating. The dominant performance instantly put Georges in strong contention with middleweight champion Anderson Silva over the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world crown. However, the two weren't destined to meet just yet. Silva had a disappointing fight with Thales Leites followed by a breathtaking performance against Forrest Griffin to round out his schedule in 2009. St-Pierre fought top contender Thiago Alves and dominated him, and then in March 2010 routed Dan Hardy in their title match.
Prior to Silva's April 2010 bout with Demian Maia, talk surfaced of a bout with St-Pierre. At that point in time, Silva was confident he could make the 170-pound limit for a fight against St-Pierre, and so it was noted on the broadcast of the Silva vs. Maia PPV that if Silva won he'd fight St-Pierre for the welterweight title. That announcement turned out to be preemptive though, as Silva proceeded to toy with Maia early, before deciding to do as little as possible. The fight angered and embarrassed Dana White and resulted in the company scrapping the planned St-Pierre bout. Instead, Silva would be matched up with Chael Sonnen, while St-Pierre would be challenged by Josh Koscheck.
The Sonnen fight showed exactly why many people thought St-Pierre could beat Silva. For nearly the entirety of the fight, Sonnen took Silva down and beat him up on the ground. That is, until the final three minutes of the fight, when Silva scored a Hail Mary submission to keep his title. St-Pierre fought Koscheck at the end of the year, silencing critics that he had evolved into nothing more than a wrestler with a dominant striking performance in a decision victory.
Silva then fought Vitor Belfort, knocking him out with a front kick to the face, which was a fancy way of telling people the Sonnen bout with not a sign of age catching up with him, as some theorized. Talk again sprung up of a Silva-GSP bout, pending the result of St-Pierre's upcoming bout with Jake Shields. UFC president Dana White wouldn't promise the bout, but he was clearly interested. In April of 2011, St-Pierre fought Shields and turned in a disappointing, yet still one-sided performance. For whatever reason, perhaps due to St-Pierre's performance or Nick Diaz's UFC arrival, super-fight talk died with after UFC 129. Silva returned in August, easily dispatching longtime contender Yushin Okami.
While St-Pierre was out of commission with a torn ACL, Silva had his long-awaited rematch with Chael Sonnen. No matter how the fight ended, it certainly wasn't a one-sided affair. Sonnen dominated the first round on the ground, debatably warranting a 10-8 score. Then Sonnen failed to take Silva down in the second round, which quickly led to his demise. In October of this year, Silva filled in when the UFC needed a last minute main event to fight light heavyweight Stephan Bonnar. Silva was predictably dominant against the career middle-of-the-road light heavyweight, but he was impressive nonetheless.
Even after St-Pierre impressed against Condit, reaction to the prospect of a super-fight of such magnitude has been somewhat tepid. Silva is too big for St-Pierre, they say. There's no reason to make a super-fight when Silva has so many challengers, they say. St-Pierre has too many challengers too, they say. A Silva-Jon Jones fight would be far more desirable, they say. It's difficult to say someone is wrong for their opinion, but in this case "they" are wrong.
For more than four years, the two constants atop the UFC have been Silva and St-Pierre. They are, in my mind without question, the top two mixed martial arts fighters there have ever been. Given the short history of the sport and evolution of fighting over just the past twenty years, it's probably not a stroke of luck that the top two fighters ever are currently fighting and by all indications in their prime, but it's lucky they're so close in weight. Eventually, and whether this is already happening or is twenty years away, there will be a time when the crop of fighters competing at the time aren't going to be so obviously better than the generation that preceded them. At that point, matching up the best two guys ever will be virtually impossible. Right now, the opportunity is there for that to happen and there isn't an unreasonable difference in weight.
There is certainly a disparity in weight and build between Silva and St-Pierre, but that's no reason to say it shouldn't happen or it will be one-sided. With a fighter as talented as St-Pierre that's thoroughly dominated fighter after fighter after fighter in his weight class, it's an insult to write off his chances. What St-Pierre has in his arsenal that gives him a chance is his ability to close the distance and take his opponents down consistently. Sure, due to his size disadvantage he'd likely have a tougher time once on the ground than say Chael Sonnen did, but he's also far better at recognizing and evading submission attempts than Sonnen. Perhaps he wouldn't be able to take down Silva consistently, in which case his odds drop substantially, but that's not reason enough to rob him of a chance. He's also a very smart fighter with a team of master game planners behind him.
It is true there are a number of top challengers in both the middleweight and welterweight divisions, and making Silva vs. St-Pierre would put both on hold until at least the fall of 2013. I don't really understand this reason. Who has earned the right to fight whoever they want more than Silva and St-Pierre? Certainly not Chris Weidman, Tim Boetsch, Michael Bisping, Vitor Belfort, Johny Hendricks, or Nick Diaz. Sure, it's understandable that people want to see Weidman or Bisping fight Silva and Hendricks or Diaz fight St-Pierre, but it's not as though the fight is making them go away forever. By the time they return to defend their titles, all of the top contenders could have fought to create one clear top title challenger. And if St-Pierre ends up defeating Silva, that's far more historic and memorable than say, Bisping beating Silva. It might be a different argument if the layoff due to the super-fight hurt the value of the titles, but historically that hasn't been the case. After Penn fought and lost to St-Pierre, he was a bigger star than ever before. Sure, the fighter that beat him didn't become a draw, but that's on the fighter and not the belt. Say if St-Pierre lost to Silva and then lost to Nick Diaz, Diaz wouldn't draw less because St-Pierre had lost to Silva.
Wanting to see Anderson Silva fight Jon Jones is not a reason for not wanting to see Silva fight St-Pierre. This isn't the case of getting to see one or the other; in fact it's quite the contrary. As reported in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the UFC would like to do Silva vs. Jones at the end of next year should both keep winning. If St-Pierre were to beat Silva, then it just shows there was never any real reason to see Jones vs. Silva in the first place.
The fact of the matter is Silva vs. St-Pierre has a very reasonable chance to end up as the biggest single fight UFC has ever put on. UFC's hope to fill Cowboys Stadium is quite unlikely, but with the biggest two draws in the company it would be a disappointment if it didn't end up with their second-biggest PPV number ever. It's a fight that shines a bigger spotlight on the product and sport at a time when it's popularity in North America isn't as big as it was two years ago. There's little doubt that the right move for business and sport is Anderson Silva vs. Georges St-Pierre.
What should be next for GSP/Anderson Silva?
UFC 154 Thoughts
Despite the first ten fights of the night being generally underwhelming, UFC 154 turned out to be a good show and did a great job of building towards future fights. Before the top two fights hit the cage, seven fights had gone the distance, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it can make the show seem to drag a bit. Then Johny Hendricks scored a thunderous knockout over Martin Kampmann, setting him up for either a title match or yet another battle with a top contender. The atmosphere for the main event was astounding and truly added to the emotion and story of the fight. On the strength of the top two fights alone, the show was a thumbs up.
At the gate, the show did a reported 17,249 fans for a $3,143,000 gate. Both figures are the lowest of the five events UFC held in Monteal's Bell Centre. That fact has to be somewhat disappointing, given that it was the return of Georges St-Pierre after such a long absence. But, all of the other shows in the area took place between April 2008 and December 2010, when the company as a whole was way hotter. The show was St-Pierre's third UFC headliner in his hometown, drawing significantly below his first two efforts ($5.1 million and $4.5 million gates, respectively). For the first fight in Montreal at UFC 83, GSP wasn't as big of a star as he is now, but it was the UFC's first trip there, and the first UFC in a market generally performs best at the gate. His second fight, at UFC 124, had a bigger name opponent in Josh Koscheck (a fighter that played a strong antagonist to the crowd in a fight in the market earlier in the year) and a stronger build with a season of "The Ultimate Fighter."
As far as PPV, obviously no numbers have been released or reported, but all signs are very positive. Historically, search trends have shown to be fairly accurate of at least finding a range of how the show ended up doing on PPV. The far from exact science involves taking the number of Google search trends and doubling it. Obviously, it's a method that has been misleading at times; perhaps most notably in the case of the first Anderson Silva vs. Chael Sonnen fight. That means Google trends are a good indicator of interest in a fight or event, but interest doesn't necessarily equal buys. Furthermore, it's flawed in that it's only a measure of Unites States searches, and the UFC does a good chunk of its PPV business in Canada. However, there's a reason it's something that's talked about, which is because it's proved itself to have some merit. Trend figures for the past three UFC PPV events were all in the range the almighty Google trends list indicated.
The reason I write that long precursor is because trends for UFC 154 indicate one million buys, a total UFC hasn't hit in two years. Furthermore, logic would indicate interest in this event in Canada would be stronger than usual because Georges always does big numbers there, so in theory the search trend indicator would be on the low side. Now, I don't think the show did one million buys or came anywhere close to it. The fight didn't seem to have near the level of attention or buzz as the July Silva vs. Sonnen rematch, which failed to reach one million buys. Overall, "UFC" and related terms were the most searched items of the weekend, so million buys or not, there was at least some level of interest in the product. That interest bodes well for a St-Pierre vs. Silva match, which would receive far more media coverage and promotion than the Condit bout.
The main event was an excellent fight between the returning welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and Carlos Condit. St-Pierre, returning from a nearly 19-month absence due to an ACL tear, looked just about as good as he could have coming back from such an injury and layoff. Georges certainly wasn't afraid to stand with Condit and landed good punches throughout the fight, but he once again relied heavily on his bread and butter in the wrestling game. Any questions that may have lingered in the aftermath of the Matt Serra fight of Georges being a front-runner were quelled when he was floored by a Condit head kick early in the third round. St-Pierre defended himself and gathered his bearings relatively quickly, soon after turning the tide on Condit with a takedown. St-Pierre did seem to tire slightly in the final round, and while that's uncharacteristic of him, it wasn't unexpected given the layoff.
No matter the loss, Condit looked very good in the bout and it may be looked upon as a star-making fight for him down the road. He did well standing but was timid early on due to St-Pierre's wrestling threat. Condit's well-noted weak takedown defense played a key role in the bout, with Georges taking him down at will. As expected, Condit gave St-Pierre not a second to rest on the ground, and every time Georges passed his guard Condit would either retain guard or find his way to his feet. The loss wasn't so one-sided like the GSP-Fitch fight were a rematch wouldn't be interesting at some point down the line, but Condit will have to win two or three more fights before getting to that point.
Johny Hendricks made a big statement with a quick knockout win over Martin Kampmann. The 29-year-old has won his last five fights, with the past three wins coming against elite fighters in the welterweight division. First came a fast knockout of Jon Fitch, then a close split decision victory over Josh Kosheck, and finally Saturday's win against Kampmann. Hendricks has strong wrestling and a lot of power, which makes him a threat to St-Pierre, but not a huge threat. Essentially, Hendricks has a better chance than the usual puncher's chance because his punch is really hard, but St-Pierre is still a far more refined striker that doesn't have quite the defensive deficiencies of Martin Kampmann. Hendricks won't be easy for St-Pierre to take down, but the champion is still the better wrestler of the two. Regardless of his chances, it's a fight he's more than earned, but if he's going to wait for St-Pierre, I'd like to see him take another fight in the interim, though it may be better for him to play it safe.
Tom Lawlor fought Francis Carmont in a dull bout that resulted in a bad decision for Carmont. The decision should have went to Lawlor, but there wasn't too much of an uproar because they didn't make anyone care about the fight with their respective performances. Lawlor continually pushed Carmont against the fence and looked for takedowns, while Carmont just defended. Bad fight, bad decision, not Lawlor's best entrance (he chose to reenact the music video to The Offspring's "Pretty Fly for a White Guy"), but all of those were made up for by the top two fights being so good.
Rafael dos Anjos vs. Mark Bocek got switched to the main card after Nick Ring fell ill and his fight with Costa Philippou had to be cancelled. Dos Anjos looked as good as ever and thoroughly controlled Bocek throughout the fight. It wasn't a bad fight or a particularly good fight; it was just kind of there. Still, Dos Anjos' performance should land him a top opponent next time out.
In the main card opener, Pablo Garza clearly beat Mark Hominick, the Canadian's fourth consecutive loss stemming back to his title fight with Jose Aldo last year. I have to admit I've underrated Garza since his quick submission loss to Tiquan Zhang in the WEC; he looked good here. The first round was excellent with both fighters having periods of advantage. In terms of pure fight quality, it was the best round of the night. Garza then took Hominick down in rounds two and three and "The Machine" could do nothing of substance off his back. Hominick, 30, is in danger of being released following the loss. If he gets another chance, it will be due to his tendency to have good fights. This was a fighter that just eighteen months ago was coming off a title match Fight of the Year candidate and was just two more wins away from a title shot. Between Aldo and Garza, Hominick was knocked out by Chan Sung Jung in record time and lost a decision to Eddie Yagin.
The preliminary card was a mixed bag. In the final fight of the FX telecast, Patrick Cote won by DQ over Alessio Sakara. The fight was an excellent 86 second bout, with Cote hurting Sakara, then Sakara hurting Cote with standing elbows leading to the finish of the fight. On the verge of victory, Sakara landed punch after punch to the back of Cote's head. Referee Dan Miragliotta failed to do his job and protect the fighter receiving the illegal blows. Eventually, Sakara's rabbit punches knocked Cote out and Miragliotta stepped in. While the seven-to-nine punches hit the back of Cote's head, Miragliotta claims he gave Sakara two verbal warnings, but after his first warning wasn't complied with he should have stepped in. When a fighter is hit in the groin, the bout is instantly halted. But when a fighter is hit in the back of the head – a far more dangerous blow – fighters are simply given multiple warnings and the bout continues? How does that make sense? For as controversial (and wrong) as Steve Mazzagatti's call during the first Brock Lesnar-Frank Mir bout was after just one or two blows to the back of the head, I'd much prefer that to what Miragliotta did on Saturday. It was a truly awful performance.
At light heavyweight, Cyrille Diabate beat down Chad Griggs and submitted him in the first round. It wasn't a pretty fight, but it was exciting. John Makdessi beat Sam Stout by decision in a lightweight bout. Virtually the entire fight was contested on the feet and I thought it was a fun fight, though unspectacular. Antonio Carvalho and Rodrigo Damm had a terrible fight that saw Carvalho win a decision. On the Facebook prelims, Matt Riddle beat John Maguire, Ivan Menjivar had an awesome armbar win over Azamat Gashimov, and Darren Elkins dominated Steven Siler.
What did you think of UFC 154?
Alistair Overeem vs. Antonio Silva booked for Super Bowl Weekend UFC PPV.
UFC's annual Super Bowl Weekend show added another big fight, but it also has one taken away as the Dan Henderson vs. Lyoto Machida match has been moved to 2/23. Overeem will return for the first time since beating Brock Lesnar last December when he faces Antonio Silva. He was initially supposed to wait for the winner of December's Junior dos Santos vs. Cain Velasquez match, but apparently he wanted to stay active. Bigfoot Silva is an opponent Overeem should beat, but it is risking a money match. Overeem doesn't have the best chin and has tired in the past, so Silva certainly has a chance. Before the fight will go down, Overeem will have to obtain a license from the NAC, but I don't see that being an issue considering how easily he got off in his last hearing.
UFC will ask Renan Barao to defend interim title.
Interim champs these days tend to sit around and wait for the real champion to come back, but the UFC will apparently ask Barao, who won the title against Urijah Faber in July, to defend the belt. That defense will most likely come against Michael McDonald, which should be an awesome fight. Barao isn't going to draw anything, but unless there's a belt of a higher weight class on the card he'll get the main event slot.
Shane Carwin, Gray Maynard bitten by the injury bug.
Both Shane Carwin and Gray Maynard pulled out of fights this week due to injury. Carwin injured his knee and has been replaced by Matt Mitrione against Roy Nelson. I'd still expect Carwin to face Nelson once he returns, so the TUF season wasn't a complete waste. Maynard was slated to fight Joe Lauzon on the New Year's Eve Weekend card, and has been replaced by Jim Miller. Miller vs. Lauzon should be an excellent fight.
Jon Fitch meets Demian Maia February 2.
Another fight added to the UFC's Super Bowl Weekend show was this welterweight match. This is going to be either really great or really bad and I'm excited for it either way. The story of the fight will be Maia is a master submission specialist while Fitch is nearly impossible to submit. That would be a stronger story if there wasn't a fifteen minute time limit and fights didn't go to it more often than not. Regardless, it's an intriguing fight.
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The West Point Band's Woodwind Quintet will commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War during a free recital at 3 p.m. Sunday at the Jewish Chapel at West Point.
The performance, titled "Illustrating the Civil War," will include music composed for and dedicated to the quintet.
The group is the premier wind quintet of the West Point Band, the nation's oldest Army band, which will celebrate its bicentennial in 2017.
For information, call 938-2617 or visit westpointband.com.
For information, call 256-9114.
Tickets are $15, $12 for senior citizens and $8 for students, and are available at sugarloafpac.org. VIP tickets, which include a reception at 6 p.m., are $75 and are available at hvpaf.org. A silent auction will be at 7.
For information, call Dan Chester at 721-8043.
Tickets are $46. To see if there's still room, call 615-3680 or visit orangecountygov.com.
Honorees are William Kaplan of Newburgh, a generous citizen who continues to be supportive of a variety of organizations and needs, Victoria Garloch of Sugar Loaf, a Warwick Valley High School student who created a free meal program monthly, JoAnne Gurda of Campbell Hall, a leader in health and human service needs, and Anita Manley of Newburgh, who helps promote the health and well-being of lesbian, gay and transgender people.
Also to be honored are Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh, a nonprofit through which community support and volunteers have built 62 structures for families who without their help might never have had a house of their own, and Latinos Unidos of the Hudson Valley, a group whose members serve as advocates to be sure residents are treated fairly and equally.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh is seeking veteran applicants for its
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The University of Minnesota has the "golden gophers" as their team name. In Viola Minnesota, the residents have "Gopher Count Days"
"Gopher Count Days" has been going on since the 1870's. It features a parade through town with bands and floats. But, being honest, the Gophers are such pests in Minnesota there's a bounty on their little heads.
Trapper Michael Junge has been catching gophers for twenty years. For every pair of front paws, he gets three dollars. Michael freezes the gopher feet until he decides to turn them in for their bounty.
In December, his freezer was looted and nearly $5,000 in gopher feet were swiped! Eventually, the trail led to Tina Marie Garrison and Junior Lee Dillon, mother and son, who had --as it turns out-- turned in nearly $5,000 in gopher feet.
They've been arrested and charged with Gross misdemeanor. Junge has added a lock to his freezer.


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Three long-term care specialists from LTC Financial Services will be on campus to talk individually with Carleton employees.
This event takes place each day from February 4th, 2013 to February 6th, 2013.
Date: Tuesday, February 5th, 2013
Time: 9:00 am
Duration: 8 hours
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Interested employees can meet with a specialist who will assist them in ascertaining whether the benefit would be appropriate for them, answer specific questions, and (if desired) guide them forward with their insurance application.
This event occurs on:
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Routes Sorted
L to R R to L Alpha
This is an enjoyable route and is one of the least sustained routes at Trout Creek. This makes it a good warm-up, cool-down or first lead at Trout Creek. The left crack is quite small but eats gear and has excellent jams to help with your upward progress. The right crack is offwidth and offset such that it forms a great place to place your back while chimney climbing. The first 50-60 feet can be chimney climbed in this manner, placing pro in the smaller left crack (5.6-5.7). Leave the security of the chimney and transfer to the left crack to harder climbing with good rests up and left to a chain anchor (5.8).
This climb is to the left of Shasta which is to the left of Lively Up Yourself. It can be easily identified as a chimney route with a small crack to the left and a larger offwidth crack to the right. The cracks are offset enough that a chimney is formed. This allows for stable stances most of the way up making it easy to place good pro.
Unlike many climbs at Trout Creek, this climb eats up nuts, I placed 3 medium offset nuts on it and could have placed more. Also bring a set of cams to 2" or 3" with emphasis on the smaller cams.


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Have a fruit and veggie juice and you'll be okay
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Prepare your body for the mistakes you're going to make, or help it heal from those you've already made with this blend of carrot, celery, spinach, apple and parsley juice. Just make sure you put a little something in your stomach first. Straight-up juice has been known to cause hallucinations.
Formulated by Rex Rhee, owner of Yorganics, a frozen yogurt and energy food cafe in the Financial District, this Daily Detox Juice Recipe is reason in itself to buy a juicer and put it to good use.
Servings: 2
4-6 carrots
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Butcher's dog killed in riverside attack
6:00am Sunday 18th November 2012 in News By Rachel Bishop
A 10-year-old girl is devastated after her dog was attacked and killed by another dog this week.
Ellie Thomas, of St Margarets Road, had looked after Sammy for his whole life, but he was killed by another dog near Thistleworth Marine on Wednesday, November 14.
Ellie said: "I wish he was alive again. I miss him."
Sammy, five, a butcher's dog, was out for a walk with his dog walker at about 2.45pm when he was attacked by what the Thomas family believe was a Chinese husky.
The dog walker tried to hit the attacking dog away with the dog lead, but it had Sammy by the neck and no one was able to get close enough to move it off.
Ellie's mum, Tracey Thomas said: "He had a lovely character. He was such a lovely dog. He was there all the time."
Police have told the family they are unlikely to follow up on the incident because it is a dog-against-dog attack, but Mrs Thomas fears the dog could attack a child next.
Mrs Thomas said: "Sammy sort of protected Ellie. She's devastated."
Sammy leaves behind his two-year-old daughter, Rosie, who lived with him at the Thomas's home above the family-run butchers and restaurant, where the dogs would occasionally get a few meaty treats.
Police are yet to comment on the incident, but tweeted that they were aware of it.
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2:45pm Sun 18 Nov 12
unio06 says...
4:17pm Sun 18 Nov 12
martnal says...
4:33pm Sun 18 Nov 12
Culverin says...
Government must look again at this menace only this time ignoring what the Kennel Club says who believe every dog is a good dog.
6:58pm Sun 18 Nov 12
PhillipTaylor says...
Phillip Taylor
12:28pm Mon 19 Nov 12
martnal says...
Why don't ALL dog owners themselves care more about the chance their pet doing something unexpected that could end in an accident?
3:16pm Mon 19 Nov 12
LaurenceMann says...
More seriously, the very existence of vicious guard dogs in the safest borough in London is an affront to common sense. To possess one should demand the utmost care, and in my view an example should be made for the benefit of the public. The owner should be called to account for his or her actions.
10:47pm Mon 19 Nov 12
Twickenham resident says...
Where is Thistleworth Marine or Ranelagh Gardens, who owns this chinese husky and what was it doing off the lead? Or if it was guarding a property why was the gate open?
Dog licences are pointless as only responsible dog owners would buy them.
Too many dogs are deliberately brutalised by their chav owners and are not properly socialised when puppies.
2:08pm Tue 20 Nov 12
Dan Filson says...
4:09pm Tue 20 Nov 12
bodon prifiz says...
5:46pm Tue 20 Nov 12
Culverin says...
"...I also agree with 'Twickenham Resident' there is no way you can police/enforce dog licenses. Also sadly if attacks are dog on dog, the Police see dogs as property, not as living beings".
Whilst you can't police dog licences with current resources, nothing seems to be policed. I live near Bushy Park and the pavements are covered in dog litter - there are just some signs up warning people.
What's more, there seem to be plenty of men who, on the streets, still seem intent to walk their dogs without a lead. Again, I have never seen anyone get pulled up on it.
We would be a better country if we invested in tackling these types of people. Time and time again you get the wrong people with dogs, the wrong people with cars, etc, etc. They need to be stopped!
2:55pm Wed 21 Nov 12
EdwinaWaugh says...
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EdwinaWaugh wrote:What on earth are you on?? Evidence shows dogfighting existed before the Victorian era. Your idiotic statement has NOTHING to do with this sad incident. & what you did say was not only sexist, but all incorrect. You say 'garbage' that is not an English term but American!. The Police have to follow the law. The law terms dogs as property. To change that law i suggest you write to your MP.
Naturally the police cannot act, they are a waste of time and space! When I was a girl we had proper police, tall, intelligent men who were brave and unfettered by political correct garbage. The police today cannot access dog licences because they are lazy and mainly illiterate, some hardly speak or understand English. The same with under-age sex. Once girls were afraid to indulge before age 16, because they would be declared "in need of care and protection" and sent to a remand home. Men knew they would finish up in prison. Today, the "police" are afraid to act. Dogs without licences were removed and the owners fined, today we have dog-fighting, which was almost non-existent. What do the police do? This newspaper would never print what I think they do, and I leave it to readers' imagination!
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New York, July 18: How do we suss out truth from the coverage of the Karl Rove leakgate scandal in a time of deliberate obfuscation and hair-splitting , with endless ways on all sides to avoid and obscure reality?
Martin Luther King Jr. used to intone with great majesty that line from James Russell Lowell that "truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne. Yet that scaffold sways the future."
He preached on the importance of finding the truth, saying: "I come to say to you this afternoon, however difficult the moment, however frustrating the hour, it will not be long, because truth crushed to earth will rise again!" (A line now used by the band House Of Pain as the title of an album.)
His optimism was unbowed when he spoke of "the arch of the moral universe." He said, "it is long, but it bends toward justice. How long? Not long! For mine eyes have seen the coming of the glory of the Lord. He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored. He has loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on!"
That line from the Battle Hymn of the Republican must be invoked again because truth itself is what is contested in our political and media debates which has turned into a battleground where few on one side of our new civil war can hear or will hear what the other is saying.
As a media blogger and columnist, I have found this to be true where an assertion is often met with a "but what about" (fill in the blank) a rhetorical device to change the subject and avoid confronting uncomfortable issues. If you don't believe me, try discussing the Israel Palestine issue with people who hold opposing views.
The other night, an old friend refused to come to see my film WMD because he and his wife are uncomfortable with arguments they have decided in advance are left-wing.
The great Karl Rove debate is the latest case in point. From the left, the issue of the president advisor's guilt in leaking the name of a CIA operative as a form of political payback is a given.
All that remains is his resignation leading to the President's impeachment. This protest against using the media for purposes of political retribution has led to using the media for another form of political retribution. The Houston Chronicle calls it "Rove Rage." Many progressives are convinced that the man who likes to brand others traitors is the real traitor."
Writes Frank Rich in the NY Times: "Well, of course, Karl Rove did it. He may not have violated the Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982, with its high threshold of criminality for outing a covert agent, but there's no doubt he trashed the agent, Valerie Plame, and her husband, Joseph Wilson.
On the right, this is all pictured as a tempest in a teapot with Ann Coulter denouncing, who else, but Joe Wilson and his wife Valerie Plame: "By foisting their fantasies of themselves on the country," she spews." these two have instigated a massive criminal investigation, the result of which is: The only person who has demonstrably lied and possibly broken the law is Joseph Wilson.
"So the obvious solution is to fire Karl Rove."
There you have it: finger pointing galore with each side scoring points and trashing the other with nary an effort to find any common ground or get at the real issues.
But both of these advocates do make insightful secondary points worth considering.
Coulter for example blames a tendency by some Democrats of trying to out bush Bush by posturing as more patriotic and concerned with national security than their adversaries. This was the strategy of the hawks in the DLC and Kerry campaign–and it failed.
The mini-skirted marauder Coulter suggests many of them are "driven by that weird obsession liberals have of pretending they are Republicans in order to attack Republicans…"
More importantly, Rich dismisses the false ground that this while debate is being fought on–i.e. on the question of which side is really protecting the identify of CIA undercover agents. He puts it in the political context that most of the media, the partisans and even the investigative bloggers miss.
"This case is about Iraq, not Niger. The real victims are the American people, not the Wilsons. The real culprit is not Rove but the gang that sent American sons and daughters to war on trumped-up grounds and in so doing diverted finite resources, human and otherwise, from fighting the terrorists who attacked us on Sept. 11. That's why the stakes are so high: This scandal is about the unmasking of an ill-conceived war, not the unmasking of a CIA operative who posed for Vanity Fair."
Writing in the Christian Science Monitor, NPR's Daniel Schorr seconds the thought: " Let me remind you that the underlying issue in the Karl Rove controversy is not a leak, but a war and how America was misled into that war."
The Houston Chronicle's Michael Goodwin says we are in another war, a civil war is but of a different kind: "It's a civil war in Washington. The combatants have an eye-for-an-eye mentality. The partisanship is heated and nasty. Republicans versus Democrats? Nah. This one pits the media against the White House."
But actually the media is late to the battle, having served this Administration for so long and so well. And it too is divided if not incapable of really taking on the administration or the war in Iraq which is at the unspoken center of this Modern Peyton Place horror movie starring archetypes: Bob Novak, Judy Miller, Joe Wilson and wife Valerie and now the real evil-doer Karl Rove.
It's a drama in which everyone shtups everyone else but in which no one can or will be satisfied.
Look to James Walcott in Vanity Fair to get at some transcendent truth:
"It is no doubt a reductive fallacy to anthropomorphize the media—to personalize them as an individual with a quick mind, a padded ego, a shallow depth, and a professional case of A.D.D. Yet watching the news, reading the op-ed columns, and snorkeling the Internet, one gets the impression that Mr. Media—let's not kid ourselves, the media are white-middle-aged-male-dominated at the executive level—would be much happier if Iraq would resolve itself or, better yet, go away … recede like Afghanistan into the hazy distance, reduced to three column inches on page A18. It's hard for cable-news networks to amp up the umpteenth American soldier killed by a roadside explosive or another bushel of Iraqi recruits blown to scatteration when it's so much juicier chasing the latest "Amber Alert" for an abducted white girl, choppering over a tense hostage standoff,"
Many of us like the arcane details of the Rove drama so much better than Iraq because the story, however confusing, is in the end "all about us." As Greg Palast puts it: "The great poison in the corpus of American journalism is the lust for tidbits of supposedly 'inside' information which is more often than not inside misinformation parading as hot news."
News Dissector Danny Schechter is the blogger-in-chief of Mediachannel.org. His new book "When News Lies" incorporating his film WMD (Weapons of Mass Deception) will be out at summer's end from Select Books. (http://www.wmdthefilm.com)


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11:00am Wednesday 14th November 2012 in News
CARTERTON: RAF Brize Norton has committed just under £1.6m to reduce noise levels at the air base.
Noise complaints have risen from 23 a year to 958 since Hercules aircraft were transferred to RAF Brize Norton from RAF Lyneham in Wiltshire last year.
Earlier this month the base issued a new apology.
Money has already been spent to bring in more staff and equipment to move planes to minimise noise, and testing near Black Bourton has been banned.
The RAF is also looking at how weather affects noise and is considering building enclosed testing facilities.
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Mark L. wrote:I bet you are the sort of person to move to the seaside and complain the waves are too loud or these too many seagulls. Get a grip, live near an airport etc and you have to expect noise.
Hooray- the noise every night this week has been so annoying.
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The U.S. is backing Ukraine's extreme right-wing Svoboda party and violent neo-Nazis whose armed uprising paved the way for a Western-backed coup. Events in the Ukraine are giving us another glimpse through the looking-glass of U.S. propaganda wars against fascism, drugs and terrorism. The ugly reality behind the mirror is that the U.S. government has a long and unbroken record of working with fascists, dictators, druglords and state sponsors of terrorism in every region of the world in its elusive but relentless quest for unchallenged global power.
Since 2001, terrorism and instability have increased wherever the U.S. has intervened militarily. We call on the President and Congress to rethink the false premises of an ever-expanding "global war on terror" in which Western-led alliances of absolute monarchs, corrupt governments and proxy forces fight endlessly proliferating enemies in more and more countries.


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One could argue that the rest of the season is must-win, if the Bengals want to make the postseason. Perhaps it's premature, but every game against division opponents is a must-win at this point.
Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis told reporters on Friday that if Brian Leonard can't go, then Chris Pressley can be the team's third running back.
The PIttsburgh Steelers loss to the Tennessee Titans last weekend was costly.
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The Cincinnati Bengals offense has routinely struggled against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since the Bengals can't depend on the rushing offense, it will rest on Andy Dalton and A.J. Green.
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By FELICIA KRIEG
---- — SARANAC LAKE — Two Saranac Lake residents were charged Wednesday in connection with a Nov. 25, 2012, burglary of a business.
The burglary occurred in the early morning hours of Nov. 25 at a convenience store in the downtown area of Saranac Lake, Saranac Lake Police Chief Bruce Nason said.
He declined to release the name of the business.
Shortly before the burglary, Robert W. Cruz, 26, was working with one other employee in the store when the other employee went into a different area of the business, Nason said.
Cruz allegedly contacted Margarita W. Bonet, 22, who entered the store from a back door and took about $2,500 from a counter in the store's office and left the building, Nason said.
It's possible that the money was being counted around the time of the burglary, Nason said.
An employee of the business reported the burglary, Nason said.
Cruz was arrested at 3 p.m. Tuesday and Bonet was arrested at just after 9 a.m. Wednesday.
Both Cruz and Bonet were charged with third-degree burglary, a felony; fourth-degree grand larceny, a felony; and fifth-degree conspiracy, a misdemeanor.
Cruz and Bonet were both arraigned in Saranac Lake Village Court and were sent to the Franklin County Jail in lieu of $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bail bond for each of them, Nason said.
The investigation is ongoing, Nason said, and the Saranac Lake Police Department is working to obtain additional information about the circumstances of the burglary.
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Epsom Hospital doctor in court for 'hitting child he was treating'
4:10pm Wednesday 16th January 2013 in News By Hardeep Matharu, Chief Reporter
A doctor has appeared in court to deny hitting a child he was treating across the face.
Dr Hossam Dabis, of Golf Side in Sutton, appeared at South East Surrey Magistrates' Court on Friday, January 11, charged with one count of assault by beating.
The 62-year-old stands accused of committing the assault on the child at Epsom Hospital in August last year.
He has pleaded not guilty and will stand trial at the court in June.
Prosecutor Tariq Mohammed told the court: "The victim attended Epsom Hospital for a routine appointment.
"The incident was with regards to a pen. The defendant asked the child to pick the pen up. Prior to doing it, he is alleged to have assaulted the child by striking her face with his hand.
"He denies the assault taking place."
Dr Dabis is listed as a locum doctor specialising in paediatric orthopaedics and lower limb on Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust's website.
When he appeared in court the white haired doctor wore glasses and a suit, waistcoat and tie.
He is on unconditional bail.
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The Fourth of July is only a couple weeks away and folks will be on the hunt for the biggest and brightest fireworks, but don't set them off just yet!
Fireworks laws are different depending on where you live, so it can be pretty confusing to keep up!
In fact, Michigan just signed a law Wednesday that could change how you celebrate the 4th of July.
No matter what the rules are, businesses are ready to sell!
"Big 500 gram grand finale. They really like those. They're really pretty and they go really high," says Tanya May with May Brother Fireworks in South Bend about their inventory.
Ashley Petrass of Crazy Steve's Fireworks in Mishawaka describes their products, "Fountains, sparklers, 3 inch shells, 2 inch shells, large cakes, 500 grams, 200 gram cakes."
There's plenty to choose from, but when can you legally set them off?
In South Bend, people can only shoot off fireworks from June 29th through July 9th between 5pm and 11pm. You have a little more time on the Fourth of July, from 10am til Midnight.
The rules are similar for both Elkhart and Mishawaka, June 29th-July3rd and July 5th-9th, you can shoot off fireworks from 5:00pm until two hours after sunset, from 10:00am- midnight on July 4th.
It's illegal in South Bend and Mishawaka to set off fireworks in city parks or streets.
Across the border in Michigan, rules are a little less strict.
"Up until last year, anything that flew or exploded weren't allowed, but that's since changed so a lot of them are out and people are using those more," says Sergeant Ryan Schoonveld with Michigan State Police.And that means a lot more noise, late into the night. But there's this news, the Lieutenant Governor signed a bill Wednesday giving local governments in Michigan power to restrict the use of fireworks on the day before, during, and after the holiday.
Until they do, "Be respectful of your neighbors if you're living in town and try not to do too much that's making a lot of noise," says Schoonveld.
Fireworks stores say so far they haven't been too busy, but the rush usually comes in closer to the holiday.After a drought and burn bans last year, businesses are optimistic this year.
"Hopefully they know we've had a lot more rain than last year and be ready to buys some fireworks," says Petrass.
May says, "Last year it was hot and dry and things weren't real good. But this year is really good. We've had a lot of rain, it's gonna be a really good year for fireworks."
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Nuno Silva Takes A DARKER SHADE OF FADO on Tour; Stops in London, May 1 & 16
NUNO SILVA is a highly individual artist whose career spans contemporary dance, classical opera, fado singing and West End musicals. Known to dance audiences for his muscular physicality and fine fado singing - particularly as the prodigal son in Arthur Pita's 'God's Garden' - and to West End audiences from his dazzling performance in 'Cabaret' at the Savoy Theatre and his inventive, physical theatre role in 'The Light Princess' at the National Theatre, Nuno returns to his first love, the fado music of Portugal in his own show A Darker Shade of Fado which kicks off a UK tour at the Lighthouse in Poole on April 26th.
A Darker Shade of Fado brings together an international team of dancers and musicians and promises to hold audiences enthralled with a compelling blend of sensual dance and soul-baring song. Leading an outstanding cast, Nuno draws on the traditions of his Portuguese roots to evoke the magic of Lisbon's historical old quarters using live music and song, an absorbing story of love and jealousy, contemporary choreography and an enveloping, mystical atmosphere...
A Darker Shade of Fado tour dates:
April 26th - Poole Lighthouse www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
April 29th - Nottingham Lakeside Arts Centre www.lakesidearts.org.uk
*May 1st - London, Artsdepot www.artsdepot.co.uk
May 2nd - Bracknel South Hill Park www.southhillpark.org.uk
May 9th - Ipswich Jerwood DanceHouse www.danceeast.co.uk/dancehouse
*May 16th - London, Greenwich Dance www.greenwichdance.org.uk
May 18th - Kingston Rose Theatre www.rosetheatrekingston.org
June 19th - Kendal Brewery Arts Centre www.breweryarts.co.uk
June 25th - Scarborough YMCA Theatre www.scarborough.ymca.org.uk
Featuring Music by Abel Arez, Lighting by Guy Hoare, Costumes by Yann Seabra, and Choreography by Dam Van Huynh. Performers: Nuno Silva, Matt Lackford, Stephanie Dufresne and Sabio Janiak.
A Darker Shade of Fado fuses contemporary dance and music with fado music. It's a tale of love using the magic of music, dance, and contemporary choreography. FADO is a music genre that can be traced to the 1820s in Portugal although its origins remain a mystery. Popularly fado is a form of music characterised by haunting melodies and passionate expression and was adopted by the bourgeois literati with the advent of Romanticism in Europe. Today it's still sung in the old quarters of Lisbon and has recently been recognised by UNESCO as a World's Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Adds Nuno: "The traditional form of fado has one singer, one Portuguese-guitar guitarist and one classical Spanish-guitar guitarist. In Portugal we associate fado with the past and the hardships of life and love and this is what A Darker Shade of Fado is about. Fado is often sung in taverns and bars and anyone who wishes to sing it can do so (most times you have to tell the owner which fados you want to sing so he/she can write them down on a notebook for the guitarists at the start of the evening)."
NUNO SILVA -- Since graduating from LSC in 2000 where Nuno was part of Intoto, Nuno's career in performance and choreography has taken him from classical opera to contemporary dance to the West End, working with Javier de Frutos, Frantic Assembly, Will Tuckett, bGroup, Russell Maliphant, Protein Dance, Kerry Nicholls, Fin Walker, Henri Oguike, Jasmin Vardimon, the Royal Opera House, ENO, Cork Opera, performing the role of the EmmCee in Rufus Norris's West End production of Cabaret and, more recently, the National Theatre's award-winning The Light Princess, in which he was Dance Captain and an acrobat.
In 2010 Nuno was recognised in the National Dance Awards with a nomination for Best Male Performer, for his role in Arthur Pita's God's Garden, about which the Observer wrote: "Is there no end to Nuno Silva's talents?... the fado lamentations weave through the piece like an uneasy, late-evening breeze".
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ARLINGTON — You've all heard of the X Games taking place in Los Angeles this week; and the Olympic games which will begin in London less than four weeks from now.
But for 250 athletes, Monday's competition at Cowboys Stadium was their Olympics.
"To be able to put on our sporting events in a venue that is not only world class but top of the world class, definitely says a lot for what we're accomplishing today," says Ernie Lee, a board member of the Dwarf Athletic Association of America.
On Monday, these athletes were playing football at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington as part of the 26th DAAA National Games. It's the first time the organization has staged a contest in an NFL stadium.
"They made us a great offer," said Jim Eckenrode. "We had some time to raise some funds. A lot of people gave just out of their pockets at my work and made it happen."
TLC has a television series called "Little People, Big World." At Cowboys stadium, that phrase is ever so true.
"I felt like an NFL player," said Kevin Cekanor, one of the participants. "It was cool to finally be here after seeing it on TV so many times. 'Wow, I want to be there.' I finally got the opportunity to come, so it was awesome!"
"You walk in and you're like, 'Holy Geez! How do you play with all these seats filled?' I wouldn't be able to do that, I don't think," Zoe Meil said.
The organization provides a level playing field for athletes of similar stature and speed. The week-long event will include track and field, swimming, basketball, soccer, volleyball, bocce and badminton competitions.
Other venues being used include the University of Texas at Arlington, the Rockwall ISD Aquatic Center, and the Indoor Soccer Zone.
Football was a big hit this year. "We had more people play football this year than they have in the past," said Amy Andrews, the president of DAAA.
Zoe Meil summed up her day this way: "Thanks Jerry Jones for letting us come in here and play football," she said. "It was really awesome!"
The 26th DAAA National Games continue through July 4.
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Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in a 5-2 aggregate victory for Spanish leader Madrid, taking his tally to 42 goals this season.
Chelsea's 3-1 loss at Napoli in the first leg contributed to Andre Villas-Boas being fired but the revival continued under interim coach Roberto Di Matteo with a third straight win.
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In 2009, Astrid made a pact with herself to get on as many planes as she could possibly manage while still holding down a job.
Between January and December 2009, she has been on an embarrassing number of flights. In September, her resting speed was 50 km/hr. If you want that in miles, you'd better do the maths for yourself.
Along the way, she took her camera to document people and locations all over mainland Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Babylonia, the Mayan Empires, and round some bits of the United States and Canada.
In 2010, she has plans to traipse about New York, Boston, Montreal, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Shanghai, Vancouver, Berlin, Timbuktu, the lost city of Atlantis, South Australia, Central Australia and even Canberra. Yep.
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The council allocated funds to replace two SCBA's (self-contained breathing apparatus) and four hose nozzles. The cost for the equipment is approximately $4,100.
"These masks are a firefighter's only protection from the heat and smoke when going into a fire," Clark said.
The council also approved a request from parks and recreation director Mickey Davis for a $1,500 donation to a Jasper 12-and-under baseball team to attend a World Series in Southaven, Miss., later this week. The team, coached by Dell Green, won a state championship recently in its age division — the first state title in 16 years, Davis said.
"They are representing the city of Jasper and the state of Alabama as state champs," Davis said.
The council had previously donated a total of $3,000 to two Jasper girls' softball teams to participate in a similar World Series tournament in Southaven.
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•approved an emergency request to appropriate $5,700 to replace a compressor at the Percy Goode Community Center, and $9,500 to replace a traffic light at the intersection of 7th Avenue and Alabama Highway 118.
•adopted a resolution to allow Mayor Sonny Posey to enter into a contract with Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood for design of a failed section of Whitehouse Road.
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The contracts pertain to the construction of the new Walker High School.
"The revised version of this keeps both the city board of education and the city as co-owners of this agreement, and the bond issue throughout the period," Posey said.
"With the teamwork we've got, it's almost there," council member Gary Cowen said of work beginning on the project.
Posey said now that all contracts are signed, work to begin clearing land along Viking Drive could start in the next few weeks.
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Sports Illustrated is known for its words. It's also known for its pictures. Its illustrations, if you will. The magazine has featured a ton of memorable pictures over its countless years of existence*, which is one reason why the SI_vault Twitter account is a thing.
* not countless
Ask around and a lot of people will give you different answers as to which SI photo sticks out in their minds the most. God knows there are thousands upon thousands of possible options. For me, it's an easy pick. I do have fond memories of that Brandi Chastain cover, for I was but a wee boy, but nothing approaches this. Nothing's even close.
That's weird now. That's incredibly weird now. But I knew it was weird then, too. I was young, and I got that adults sometimes did things while shirtless that I didn't understand, but this picture stuck. I saw it, and that was the end of it. It was seared into me.
Well, thanks to MLB.com, now I know that this picture, and the column for which it was taken, are just about 15 years old. It was on February 24, 1997 that SI published Tom Verducci's feature on the next wave of shortstops.
With Cal Ripken Jr. pushed to third base and Ozzie Smith and Alan Trammell to retirement, there remains only one active shortstop who has started an All-Star Game: Barry Larkin of the Cincinnati Reds, and he turns 33 in April. Fear not for the most crucial position in baseball, though. The best crop of young shortstops to come along in 56 years—and the most multi-talented group ever—already is redefining the position and putting a fresh face on the game.
At the head of the crop, according to Verducci, were five guys. The five guys pictured. I figured now would be as good an opportunity as any to reflect on how those five guys panned out.
Derek Jeter has panned out all right I guess. In 1996, he batted .314 as a 22-year-old rookie. He has remained with the Yankees, he has remained at shortstop, he's very much still active, and last season he surpassed 3,000 career hits. Without even considering his extensive postseason experience, Baseball-Reference puts his career value so far between Johnny Bench and Johnny Mize. Derek Jeter has never gone by Johnny, which is good since with his last name that would be stupid. Also it wouldn't make sense. Because we can't compliment Derek Jeter without also insulting him, here's this from Verducci's article:
Jeter is not polished defensively—he needs to improve his range moving to his left—
Like Rodriguez, Jeter has transfixing green eyes
Maybe the first mainstream media reference to Derek Jeter's eyes?
Anyway, the point is, Derek Jeter has been really good.
Derek Jeter has a career Baseball-Reference WAR of 70.4, excluding the playoffs. Alex Rodriguez has a career Baseball-Reference WAR of 104.6, excluding the playoffs. If Derek Jeter has been great, Alex Rodriguez has been amazing. He's gone from awesome and beloved to awesome and not beloved to awesome and pretty much everybody hates him to declining and pretty much everybody hates him. He did steroids a little. He hasn't been a shortstop since 2003, but that wasn't so much his fault as Jeter's fault, since Rodriguez joined Jeter's team and Jeter was pretty well established. There's no question that Rodriguez was the better defensive shortstop early on. Anyway, in short, Alex Rodriguez has been one of the greatest players in baseball history.
In 1998, Kal Penn made his feature film debut in Jonathan Buss' Express: Aisle To Glory. He would subsequently land a number of other roles, but he rose to prominence by playing Kumar in 2004's Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle. In 2007, Penn joined the cast of House. Outside of the motion picture industry, Penn has been active in politics, serving as an advocate for the Obama campaign and later joining the Obama administration as an associate director of public engagement.
That is not Kal Penn. That is Rey Ordoñez, who was supposed to be a defensive wizard. Ordoñez might have been a defensive wizard, but he was an offensive troll, posting a career 59 OPS+ before disappearing after 2004. That might have flown in decades past, but Ordoñez was a liability whose second-best slugging percentage was .336, in 2001. His best slugging percentage was .487, in 2003. Figure that one out. Seriously, please figure that one out. I haven't the foggiest.
The season after this article was published, Edgar Renteria delivered a walk-off World Series-winning single. He was 21. He remained a starter all the way through 2009, which is a long time. He's currently a free agent looking to sit on somebody's bench. From the original article:
According to Marlins Latin American scouting director Al Avila, "Renteria is the type of guy who's going to hit .300 year-in and year-out while getting to the point where he should hit 10 to 15 home runs a year."
Half of that wound up right. Between 1999-2008, Renteria hit no fewer than eight home runs, and no more than 16 home runs. He also has a lifetime average of .286, which is close to .300, but which isn't .300. Renteria has batted .300 four times. In all, Renteria has been a pretty good player, but he looks like a huge disappointment when you put him next to Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez. Wait, how about this! By WAR, the difference between Renteria's career and Jeter's career is about equal to the difference between Jeter's career and Rodriguez's career. And then the difference between Renteria's career and Ordonez's career is...patterns, man. Patterns.
Alex Gonzalez developed into a player everybody confused with Alex Gonzalez. This isn't like Ryan Braun and Ryan Braun, where people try to be cute, but the differences are obvious. Shortstop Alex Gonzalez and shortstop Alex Gonzalez were virtually indistinguishable. Fortunately this one had the courtesy to go away after 2006. But, seriously:
The active one has a career 80 OPS+. This one had a career 79 OPS+. The active one has a career WAR of 6.6. This one had a career WAR of 7.4. They both played for Toronto. I cannot properly convey how unacceptably bizarre this is.
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"I'd love to make an All-Star team," Gonzalez says, "but with [Jeter and Rodriguez] around, it's going to be real hard over the next 10 or 15 years."
Gonzalez never made an All-Star team. He never won a Gold Glove, or any award. Alex Gonzalez never turned into an incredible, impact shortstop. But he did turn into Alex Gonzalez, and that's weird enough for me to remember forever. So there's that.


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Dec/Jan Special Call or Email me..Perfect vacation rental! This beautiful pool home is located behind the gates of Esplanade in La Quinta. With 5BR, 4BA & approx. 3356 sq. ft. Enter this spectacular home through the gated courtyard w/ a fireplace for your enjoyment. The great room has an open layout that flows into the kitchen & dining room with a custom built-in with a 52" TV! Cook's kitchen has granite counter tops & double ovens, one of which is a convection oven as well as a center island w/ breakfast bar. Sparkling pool & spa surrounded by lush landscaping & plenty of room for entertaining w/ access from the living & the master bedrooms. Sumptuous master bedroom has a king bed & large bathroom w/ dual sinks & separate shower, huge tub & walk-in closet. Three of the bedrooms offer queen beds & 5th bedroom has a full sized bed. This house is an entertainer's delight & in prime location.
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This is a panorama of a field of flowers located 1500 m (4920 ft) above sea level.
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The eight islands of Japan sprang into existence through Divine Intervention.
The first two gods who came into existence were Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the Exalted Male and Exalted Female. It was their job to make the land for people to live on.
They went to the bridge between heaven and earth and, using a jewel-encrusted halberd, Izanagi and Izanami churned up the sea into a frothy foam. As salty drips of water fell from the tip of the halberd the first island was formed. Its name was Onogoro.
So far, so good. But when Izanagi and Izanami first met on their island, Izanami spoke to Isanagi without being spoken to first. Since she was the female, and this was improper, their first union created badly-formed offspring who were sent off into the sea in boats.
The next time they met, Izanagi was sure to speak first, ensuring the proper rules were followed, and this time they produced eight children, which became the islands of Japan.
I'm sure you did not fail to miss the significance of this myth for the establishment of Japanese formal society.
At present, Japan is the financial capital of Asia. It has the second largest economy in the world and the largest metropolitan area (Tokyo.)
Technically there are three thousand islands making up the Japanese archipelago. Izanagi and Izanami must have been busy little devils with their jewelled halberd...
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Workers will be on hand to answer any questions, especially for residents living in historic or conservation districts. There are certain rules and regulations that may need to be followed in those areas.
Additionally, contractors and roofers can come here to get storm permits. You need a permit for damage of more than $500.
The library is located at 6121 Worth Street and will be open until 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, from 12 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, and from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday.
As of Tuesday, the National Weather Service said last week's storm is the sixth-costliest hail storm in Texas history.
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