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Schwarzer Steiger - Feldschloesschen AG
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Ratings: 10 | Reviews: 6 | Display Reviews Only:
United Kingdom (England)
3.5/5 rDev -7.4%
08-14-2014 22:16:24 | More by endless1408
South Dakota
3.5/5 rDev -7.4%
09-19-2013 00:33:30 | More by Pacioli1445
3.55/5 rDev -6.1%
A: Pour is pitch black with a small tank head that leaves fantastic lacings after a little while.
S: Hard roasted malts, semi-sweet. Dark dried fruits and smoked ham.
T: Hard roasted malt. Rather dry. Chocolate and smoked ham. Bitter hops.
M: Aftertaste lingers with a dry bitterness. Body is medium and carbonation the same.
O: A supermarket-Schwarzbier that's actually rather nice.
07-16-2012 18:41:16 | More by Evil_Pidde
United Kingdom (England)
3.74/5 rDev -1.1%
This lovely looking beer was poured from the tap at the breweries stall/bar within Berlin's Green Week on 18th Jan 2014.
Green Week is a showcase of food and drink with many countries and each German State having bars to try their beers etc, etc (plus other stuff): hence I had 28 different beers in one day.
Black as you'd expect this is one of the better Schwarzbier around, it has a good malt presence and although not rich or smooth it does have more body and depth than most I've tried. It also made a pleasant change to the light Pilsners I had before and after it.
The aroma and taste give a mild smoky, deep malty and dark fruit character to the brew: worth finding.
01-29-2014 10:02:41 | More by BlackHaddock
New York
3.75/5 rDev -0.8%
A full half liter was the perfect ending to a day of shopping in Berlin. Black, like all schwarz beers but also light in mouthfeel and great for an afternoon beer of relaxing. Great carbonation, color, flavor and overall drinkability. I would recommend this beer if you can find it.
07-14-2009 13:02:51 | More by david18
3.75/5 rDev -0.8%
08-15-2014 19:29:54 | More by rredshift
3.88/5 rDev +2.6%
I was studying abroad in Dresden when I first had this beer. Though somewhat new to beer, this particular brew struck me as pretty darn good. Not the greatest beer in Germany, or even the greatest beer in Dresden, but a finely crafted piece.
It has a good, dark appearance that makes Schwarzbier enjoyable visually, and combines this with an easy drinkability.
I recommend trying this beer.
08-17-2009 20:52:39 | More by Hartattack2011
3.98/5 rDev +5.3%
Best before 07-2005. Pours out ok, but without a great head and is not that stable either. Biercolor is black with a red shine.
Smell is malty, sweet, litle burnt, hops and litle yeastfruit. Alltogether a fine, harmonic & aromromatic nose that promises a lot for the taste.
Taste is sweetmalty, fruity, burnt and full for its 4.8%ABV. Fresh alltoghether before getting into a clean bitternes from mainly hops but with litle finesse from the roast. Good beer that I'll buy again.
02-19-2005 13:19:39 | More by paterlodie
4/5 rDev +5.8%
07-24-2014 20:10:53 | More by Ebichuuu
4.13/5 rDev +9.3%
500 ml bottle, bought in Bier Spezi Hamburg. Very dark brown colour, nearly black. Large and lingering greyish tan head, nice lacing. Pleasant moderately roasty aroma, also notes of dark fruits, chocolate, Schwarzbrot and coffee. Very nice flavour of roasted malts perfectly balanced with the hops, not too sweet, notes of coffee. Moderate roasty aftertaste which lasts "forever". A very good Schwarzbier!
11-12-2005 21:31:05 | More by Sigmund
Schwarzer Steiger from Feldschloesschen AG
84 out of 100 based on 10 ratings.


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Bibliotheque Parrainage, a New Orleans based non-profit, is working to rebuild libraries in Haiti. During the July 4th weekend in New Orleans, Bibliotheque Parrainage is hosting a fundraising bus tour of the Louisiana 1811 Slave Revolt, the largest slave revolt in the United States. Funds raised from this July 4th weekend adventure will be used for assistance to the Nationale Bibliotheque in Haiti.
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The Miscellaneous Rantings of Marie-Lizette
Getting Berated at the Table is Always Good Times...NOT!
You may, or may not, have seen yesterday's post: "Down Swings, Run Good and... Tebow?," but I posted a sample hand in that blog entry that exemplified how many times (and believe me - there were lots of them) that I pretty much flopped perfect then lost to runner-runner. I'm not really one to blog about game theory or go on, and on, and on about hands that I've played because as both a poker player and as poker media - I see a lot of hands and the last thing I want to do is revisit them.
Every now and then I do include the details of a hand that I've played because this is a type of poker blog and I suspect that those of you who don't eat, sleep and breath poker enjoy hearing about the way pivotal hands play out. Well... a hand that I left out of yesterday's post, but was actually the most pivotal hand of a profitable night, turned out to be a topic of conversation with a friend of mine last night so I decided to post the hand for feedback.
First, let me lay a quick foundation of how the night began. I started with $300 at The Bicycle Casino's $100-300 NLH game (2-3 blinds). It was a new game and the majority the players at table had just busted out of a tournament and bought in for a minimum $100, with just 3 players in for $200. I sat down at 7:30 p.m. and, in the beginning, had a bit of a yo-yo stack. I picked up Aces once but didn't get much action and picked up Queens three times and lost all of them... damn Ace magnets. The one hand I seemed to get over and over again was Ace-King and it was good about 50% of the time.
I was able to set a good table image within the first 2 orbits when I laid down after I re-raised the 4x raise under-the-gun and he went all-in for just $65 more. Since he was immediately to my right, I tapped the felt, showed him my and mucked...he tapped back and showed me pocket Kings. I must have been pegged as super-nit right there and then. A few hands later I called a 3x raise on my Big Blind and checked dark to the flop. I had and the Flop was . The raiser checked back to me and we both checked the second on the Turn. A hit the River and again I checked but the raiser went all-in for $50 (total pot was about $20). I called and sure enough, my 4 was good. That hand became the joke at the table..."Remember the four? Pro-fes-sion-al."
With the exception of , I pretty much stuck to playing big hands that night. I usually mix-up my game with all types of drawing hands and as most will confirm, I play relatively loose-aggressive most of the time. But after six weeks of running bad I felt that adjusting my game to stay within the ABC poker parameters of pairs and big Aces, raising in position and stay out of pots when off position would be the right move so that I could cash-in a positive session. By 10:30 p.m I had turned my $200 investment into $600. That's when the big hand happened.
After about 3-hours of pretty solid play, showing big hands at showdown, mucking all three of my pocket Queens face up on the Flop, and just the mere fact that I'm a girl that hadn't played a hand for about 2 orbits, I figured I could make a play with in hijack position to steal the dead money in the pot (there were 4 limpers plus the blinds and a straddle).
It almost worked. All but two players folded to my 5x raise (a total of $30). Now, for those of you don't know me...I hate raising big!!! I prefer small raises, between 2.5x and 3x max, but at the $2-3 NLH game at The Bike, a 4x to 5x raise is a pretty standard raise...and is often called by the less savvy players at the table holding inferior hands hoping to get lucky under the guise of "pot odds." I literally only raised 5x two times prior and both of those times I showed pocket Queens (after losing the first time, I played those evil little witches aggressively, pre-flop.)
The Flop was Jack-high with a Nine on board, giving me a gut-shot straight draw. One player checked and the second player bet $40. I considered re-raising to further convince him that a Jack was no good and pulled out a $100 stack. I counted it out while I pondered my options...then quietly announced, "call..." gazing at the person who had checked the Flop, represent that I wanted him to, "come on in, the waters fine." However, he chose to fold and the remaining player and I went to the Turn, heads-up. My goal was to simply call the flop and then aggressively bet the Turn.
The Turn was so insignificant, I don't remember what it was. My opponent checked to me and I began counting out chips to bet. While I was counting out my bet, I reconsidered my plan an thought of checking for a free card to keep the pot small, but my original game plan going into the hand was to represent that I had a big pair. It simply would not have made any sense to check the Turn there and I believed I could end the hand with the right sized bet. I thought about the range of hands he would have called my pre-flop raise with and, although I had put him on when he lead out on the flop, maybe my opponent had been set-mining with an underpair and checked to me after realizing his feeler bet on the flop didn't win him the pot or, even better, he believed my story and decided that his Jack was no good and gave up after not turning two pair. I knew that if I checked the turn and failed to connect my Queen, King or catch a Ten on the River, that I was not going to win. The pot was about $140 so I bet out $80. I figured he'd see a half-pot sized bet as a value bet, which it kinda was.
I arrived at the number $80 based on my desire to either 1) get great value should he want to continue fishing for a set with an underpair when he's already made the decision to fold if he misses, 2) control the pot size should he in fact have and is too stubborn to fold - believing that I still had outs to the 10 and two overs to the Jack, or 3) value to fold should my opponent ship-it all in over the top of my bet. He had started the hand with about $500 and while I was willing to invest $80 to try to win the $140 in the middle, I certainly was in no mood to play for stacks with a gut-shot. He hardly gave it any thought and flat called the $80 bet.
Well, clearly he did not believe that I had him beat. In fact, when he smooth called my Turn bet I had to give him credit for a big hand, and it seemed plausible that he could have had a set of Jacks or set of Nines and was just slow playing me. After all, I had seen him crack Queens an hour earlier with pocket Jacks when he flopped a boat and he played that hand exactly how he was playing this hand. As the dealer reached for the deck to deal the River card, I had pretty much convinced myself that unless a 10 came, I was done with the hand because there was no way I was going to succeed in bluffing the River.
Well guess what? I binked the on the River! I know, I know...lucky donk. Not only did I hit my straight, it was a total rainbow-unpaired board. I had the stone cold nuts right there. I knew I wanted maximum value for my hand but I was afraid that, unless he had a set, he would fold to a big River bet if he put me on Queens or better. I decided that $120 was a bet he could not fold to if he had a pair of Jacks and would at least min-raise back at me if he had a set. After pushing my bet forward, he leaned back in his chair and hung one arm over the backrest. "Dammit," I thought, "He's going to fold." But, how wrong was I?!?!? He looked me dead in the eyes and said, "Well, guess I'm all in then." I looked to the dealer to see if it was binding and when he tossed the all-chip in front of my opponent I assertively said, "I call."
I totally expected him to turn over a set of Jacks...or at least . Again, how wrong was I?!?!? He proudly turned over and I showed him my . My neighbor to my right, tapped the felt and said, "Well played, I thought for sure you had Aces there." The third person in the hand nodded and said he folded on the flop believing I had Queens. I have to be honest, I was in a state of shock and utterly flabbergasted that my opponent invested over $500 on a naked Jack. What was even more incredulous was the fact that, after overcoming his initial shock of not having the best hand, he went ballistic and began berating me as the dealer pushed all of his chips my way.
He asked me if I knew what my odds where to hit the gut-shot and told me I was a donkey for calling him down with such a shitty hand. I admit that I got defensive and tried to educate him about the theory behind my play. I explained that, as the initial pre-flop raiser, I had intended to represent a big pair from the very outset of the hand and smooth called his $40 bet on the flop with every intention of making an aggressive play on the Turn. He told me that I'm an absolute horrible player - the worst he's ever seen - and that he hoped I frequent The Bike often because the next time he sees me, he's going to school me. Calmly, I tried to clarify that I raised with the best hand pre-flop and simply attempted to continued to represent a better hand in my bid to win the pot... the straight draw was inconsequential until he called my bet on the turn. I even let him know that had he shoved over the top of me on the Turn, he would have absolutely won the pot right there and then.
The dealer asked if he wanted more chips and he declined in a very rude manner. He stood up and the dealer called out, "Seat open." But I my opponent was not quite finished giving me a piece of his mind. He stood behind the dealer and proceeded to tell me that he deserved all my chips and that if I hadn't been such a lucky donkey he would have my entire stack sitting in front of him. I agreed that I had gotten lucky on the River, but disagreed that I would have shipped my entire stack to him - even if I had paired my King or Queen because I had given him credit for a set of Jacks when he smoothed called on the Turn. But, he didn't hear a word I said. Instead he continued to go on and on and on about what a donkey I was to chase a gut-shot and that I'm too stupid to know what my odds to win the pot were with just three outs. He then informed me he has plans to get his money back and more, the next time he sees me. Not knowing what else to say, I told him that I'm at The Bike every Friday, pointed to the Live at the Bike set, and said, "I'll be right over there."
He continued yelling obscenities at me and I was just about to call a Floorman when the gentleman to my right, clasped my hand. He looked at me and said that I had played the entire night exceptionally well; I did not need to explain myself to that angry man. He said that from the outset of the hand, I made all the right moves to win it. I played it well and got the result I wanted and I should be proud of my game regardless of what anybody says. I took a deep breath, looked around at the faces at the table, they all had gentle expressions for me and a regular player who was seated to my left nodded in agreement. I motioned to the dealer to start dealing again, not saying another word about he incident. He walked away and I played for another hour, made another $200, then called it quits.
So, what do you think?
Source: ConfessionsofaPokerProWannabe. com
Down Swings, Run Good and... Tebow?
Last Thursday I made my way up to Commerce Casino looking for a little run good of my own in a bid to get into the L.A. Poker Open Main Event after WhoJedi cashed in yet another event. I played four, count'em FOUR satellites and didn't make it to the 2nd break on any of them. I may have played bad, I definitely didn't run good, and at least a few people assured me that I was merely the victim of a series of unlucky bad-beats. As any poker player will tell you, there are just some hands that you can't win once you've decided to play them.
For example, I had in the big blind with an average stack when my loose-aggressive neighbor with a short stack raised 3x under-the-gun, pre-flop. It was early, the blinds were 50-100 and we each started with 5K, but my neighbor managed to lose a few pots and was down to a little over 2K at the beginning of the hand. The flop came and I checked to the raiser. He bet another 300 and I smooth called, hoping to induce an all-in on the turn (or maybe even fold if a 3rd club came). When the hit the turn I checked again, and sure enough - he shoved all-in. I insta-called and he opened , then binked the on the river. I asked him if I shoved all-in preflop (like I would ever want to do that with nearly 5K at the 50-100 blind level) would he have called, and he said, "Definitely - I was short-stacked."
Okay, I don't agree that 20 big blinds is "short-stacked," but if that was his pre-flop plan of attack - - then the only way I don't lose chips there is by deciding not to play and folding my hand pre-flop. It's unfortunate, but it happens. I don't know that there was any good or bad way to play that hand because the hand played itself. I could give you several other examples, but you get the gist. Thursday just wasn't my day as far as tournament poker was concerned.
Thursday was, however, the day for Pacifico Beers, ubber-deadly Margaritas and Tebowing! After busting out of the final satellite for the evening, I was all set to go home when Matt "McMattoPoker" Affleck realized that the chances of a $280 single table satellite going before the end of the night was unlikely so he invited WhoJedi and I to have a beer with him. The sports bar was having Karaoke night so we elected to hang out at the Commerce's rendition of the "Hooker Bar." All the televisions screens were aglow with Tim Tebow interviews and game footage following the Denver Bronco's win against the New York Jets, and WhoJedi and McMatto were discussing the possibilities of having a Tebow trophy for the next Commerce poker series.
Gses was a redonkulous chipleader in the final mega satellite so he joined us for a Pacifico or two while the field whittled down, followed by DMoonGirl and Owen Crowe. Danny wanted a margarita so the bartender hooked her up with a double Patron margarita on the rocks (that was more of a 3x if anything). It was so incredibly knock-your-socks-off, it was instantly named "The Tebow," and everybody except WhoJedi and me ordered one. That did it. Within minutes everyone was thoroughly shit-faced and we all proceeded to launch a twitter campaign of #Tebow poses around the Commerce Casino.
It was a crazy, memorable night and I didn't get home until 4:30 a.m. on Friday morning!
I had meetings and Live at the Bike scheduled for Friday but I was too lethargic to focus on anything productive. The meetings ran long and I had just enough time for a 30 second Live at the Bike interview before show's end. Zac from QuadJacks.com had come to town so we both wondered over to Commerce so he could say his Hellos. We didn't stay long as he was headed right back to Vegas and I needed to go home to get some sleep.
I was feeling so dejected after such a bad run on Thursday that I didn't venture back to L.A. until Monday. I had to pickup a check at The Bike, so I figured I'd make a day of it and sweat the L.A. Poker Open final table and maybe put in some hours at the cash tables. I brought my friends at Commerce some pumpkin-spiced cupcakes and then played a little $3-5 NLH. I won a few small pots and lost big pots to a series of unfortunate Runner-Runner WTF!? hands and gave-up after 3 hours. I was only invested a single $200 bullet, but I just didn't see the point in continuing to play a game that I clearly could not beat. I said my goodbyes since everybody was headed out of L.A. after the series and headed over to The Bicycle Casino.
I picked up my check and realized that I had another hour to kill before traffic was cleared up enough to return home to Orange County. I put $300 down in the $2-3 NLH game. I played my usual game and can't say that I played great nor that I played horrible. I could have won some huge pots if my reads where a little better, but I made some pretty sick calls and well timed plays. The one thing I can say is that I worked hard on my table image and used it to make moves here and there that proved to be profitable. By the time I left The Bike at 11:30 p.m., I was up $600 for the day.
I'm really hoping that last night's win marks the end of my horrible 6-week run and is a sign of brighter things to come.
Source: ConfessionsofaPokerProWannabe. com
#CoronaRunGood Strikes Again...
It's been a week since my last post (Back to Back Busto) and a few interesting things have happened since then.
Friday 11-11-11 was easily my most exciting day. Not only did the long anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim hit the stores, I had a great Live at the Bike evening planned. I had scheduled former PokerNews.com reporter, Jay "WhoJedi" Newnum, and Mega Millions Series II runner up, Greg Sessler, to be a guests on the show... and if you've been following along on all my past blog posts - when I get to entertain guests it's always a party.
You may remember that WhoJedi shipped a Commerce Casino event early last week so he was excited to play on Live at the Bike in the hopes that his #CoronaRunGood streak was still going strong. Well, guess what?? It was!!! For the first time in Live at the Bike history, the Bicycle Casino's Super $100K Bad-Beat Jackpot was hit at the table. How good does WhoJedi run? The $100K Bad-Beat Jackpot is only paid from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm every other hour. Live at the Bike only airs from 7:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. - literally a small window of opportunity to hit the Jackpot on the show.
Elan took the bad beat with Quad 3s and received $50K. C.W. won the hand with Quad Qs and received $25K plus the $500 pot. The remaining 7 players at the table each received a table share in excess of $3.5K. Based on how incredibly good WhoJedi runs - my official Twitter hashtag is now #WhoJediWannabe. Hell, maybe I should just change the name of my blog to:
I mean really, who needs to be pro when you can run-good like the Jedi?
All of us involved in producing the Live at the Bike show agree that the 11-11-11 Jackpot show was the most exciting one to date. I was able to do several field interviews and Bart Hanson admittedly had a "Bartgasm." The only person who seemed at all disappointed by the jackpot was Greg Sessler who maintained a ho-hum attitude throughout the night, which I'm convinced was all part of his evil plot for max EV on camera time. If you missed it, the show is saved in the PokerNetcast.com archives and I recommend watching it.
In other news, I have managed to continue my down swing. I played two flights of the Commerce Casino $125 Turbo $200 Guarantee on Saturday, November 12th and totally donked. I just couldn't make anything happen. Disappointed with my performance, I chose to buy Skyrim and retreat into a world of dungeons and dragons on Sunday afternoon and have been there ever since.
I did crawl out of my hole for a few hours last night to attend a little shindig up at Beso Hollywood hosted by my friend Chad Brown, then I stopped by Commerce Casino on my way home to say hello to Danielle "DMoonGirl" Anderson who is back in town for a few days and sweat Maria Ho in the $1K L.A. Poker Open event. Tomorrow I will play a few satellites in a bid to get into the L.A. Poker Open main event and I'm probably going to beg WhoJedi to loan me his Micros shirt and Purdue sweatshirt in hopes of a little run good of my own.
Back to Back Busto
Yesterday I played in a couple of Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Open events. The first was Event No. 7, the $225 6-Max NLH event. I thought it might be a good day because I got some pretty good hands and was able to be aggressive, until became obvious that my hands weren't holding up. Of course, as so many superstitious tournament players will tell you, it is a bad sign when you get Aces early. Well guess what... I got Aces within the first orbit - on the button - and no action whatsoever. I was out midway through the second level with vs. .
I then jumped into an $80 single table satellite. I stayed about average throughout most of the levels. When we got down to 4 players, the shortstack proposed a chop and the big stack objected. The very next hand, the big stack shoved on his small blind (which he had done 3 orbits in a row) into my big blind. I looked down and and snap called. He flipped over . We both filled up, on the , , board, my hand being best. Immediately after, he offered a chop. I offered to save the $80 and play for the rest and the other three players agreed. Once everybody was assured to get their money back, the play loosened up a bit and I managed to catch some great hands. I literally won the table in 6 consecutive hands.
The 6pm L.A. Poker Open event was the $340 H.O.R.S.E. event. I'm not a great mixed game player, but I enjoy the challenge so I spent a hour trying to decide whether to play or not. Because of the current state of the economy, mixed games don't attract the donkeys the way they used to, so it was a very tough field. In the end I decided to play.
Again, I was cruising right along in the event, when who should sit down at my table? None other than Shirley Rosario, a friend, fellow poker blogger and top ranked mixed game player. Talk about drawing the nut low. But it got even better when Jay Newnum sat in Seat 4 after Ben Lamb busted out of the WSOP main event. To quote Danielle Anderson, "Doom switch officially on." The table was pretty nitty and we just kinda pushed the chips around. By the time the table broke, we all were just a little above starting stack, having only knocked out one player during the first 4 levels. The table broke around level 5 and I busted shortly thereafter. Booooo!
I can't complain though. I went to Commerce with $300 in my pocket. I played two events and a satellite and returned home with $100. Not a bad price for a full day of entertainment, playing poker and hanging with friends. It costs me just about about the same to take my kids to a sit-down dinner and a movie, with popcorn and stacks.
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24-05-2012 12:39
Hi Nokia and all,
After updated to the Belle for my N8, the MMS a access point setting is missing. As I remember in Anna version, the MMS access point setting can be find in this way, menu -> Setting -> connectivity -> Settings -> Network destinations -> MMS. In there you can set the IP of the MMS etc.
Dose any one know how to set the MMS in the Belle, please let me know as soon as possible, thanks a lot!
Nokia N8
Solved! Go to Solution.
24-05-2012 14:54
This resource has probably not been updated to take account of Belle http://www.nokia.com/gb-en/support/troubleshooting
Happy to have helped forum with a Support Ratio = 42.5
24-05-2012 19:48
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Panthers' Brayton agrees to three-year deal
The Panthers re-signed DE Tyler Brayton on Wednesday, according to reports.
Panthers re-sign OL Pettiti
The Panthers have re-signed OL Rob Pettiti, according to Pettiti's agent, Ralph Cindrich, who announced the move on Twitter.
Veteran backup quarterback a pressing need for Panthers
After cutting Jake Delhomme, the Panthers announced they decided Matt Moore would be their starting quarterback in 2010, but there is a vacancy to be filled behind Moore on the depth chart.
Report: Panthers QB Moore to sign tender
The player expected to start at quarterback for the Panthers in 2010 will soon be under contract.
Hoover's run with Panthers ends
Panthers S Chris Harris announced that FB Brad Hoover has been cut on Twitter.
Early winners and losers in free agency
Here's a look at the teams that have spent the most wisely to this point and which ones overextended themselves after the first weekend of free agency.
Peppers doesn't like spotlight, but that's what he's getting with megadeal
Julius Peppers has a reputation as a guy who takes some plays off, and that may not sit well with Bears fans. However, if he produces anywhere close to the level he's capable of, the praise will overshadow the ...
Panthers release DT Kemoeatu, LB Diggs
The Panthers have parted with both of their starting defensive tackles from the 2008 season.
Panthers cut QB Delhomme
Multiple sources have told Pro Football Weekly that the Panthers will cut QB Jake Delhomme.
Panthers cut DT Lewis
Julius Peppers will be joined by one of his former teammates on the free-agent market this year.
Report: Panthers give Moore highest tender
It's a safe bet that QB Matt Moore will be playing in Charlotte next season.
NFC South team needs
With No. 1 WR Antonio Bryant departing in free agency, wide receiver is a pressing need for the Buccaneers. PFW continues its series in which it examines the needs of each team, analyzing the NFC South.
Panthers prepare for post-Peppers era
The Panthers will have a glaring hole to fill on defense after DE Julius Peppers departs in free agency.
Panthers announce they will not tag Peppers
The Panthers put to rest any doubts about their plans for DE Julius Peppers by announcing they would not place the franchise tag on him before Thursday's deadline for using it.
Peppers likely to demand Haynesworth-like deal
Although he's had some lengthy cold streaks, Panthers DE Julius Peppers will probably seek a free-agent contract similar to the one Albert Haynesworth signed last year with the Redskins.
The agent for Chase Blackburn says the former New York Giants linebacker has agreed on a two-year contract with the Carolina Panthers. Financial terms weren't released. Richard Katz said Wednesday his client is "thrilled" to join the Panthers. Blackburn broke the news on Twitter, writing "Thanks for 8 great yrs (at)Giants. But it's time for the (hash)nextchapter (at)Panthers."||||||| Blackburn has primarily been a special teams player during his eight seasons with the Giants, but started 15 games last season at middle linebacker and had 64 tackles, three sacks and one interception. It's unclear if Blackburn can break into a starting lineup in Carolina that includes AP Defensive Rookie of the Year Luke Kuechly, Jon Beason and Thomas Davis. Blackburn has played in 113 games during his career and stared 36.
The New York Giants signed Chase Blackburn on Wednesday after placing offensive tackle Will Beatty on injured reserve.||||||| The signing on Wednesday brings Blackburn back to the team he played for from 2005 through last season, starting 17 of 93 games. He was a free agent after the lockout and no one signed him. Blackburn led the Giants in special teams tackles in each of his six seasons. He also started games at middle linebacker and weakside linebacker.
Blackburn seems to have recovered from a freakish accident after Sunday's night game.||||||| Blackburn was cleaning his ear with a cotton swab when he was bumped by a reporter. The swab nearly ruptured his ear drum and the linebacker dropped to the floor. Blackburn's ear bled and his temporarily lost hearing. The backup linebacker has little fantasy value.
Blackburn has been placed on injured reserve by the New York Giants, bringing his 2005 campaign to an end. The rookie linebacker had to be carted off the field last weekend after suffering a sprained neck. He will be replaced on the roster by Kevin Lewis.||||||| Blackburn had been filling in for the injured Antonio Pierce. He finishes the year with 31 tackles and one interception, which he returned 31 yards for a touchdown.
Blackburn was carted off the field on a stretcher in the third quarter of Saturday's game against the Washington Redskins. The Giants' linebacker, who earlier in the game had an interception return for a touchdown, was diagnosed with a sprained neck and taken for X-rays.||||||| Blackburn was making his second career start, replacing the injured Antonio Pierce.


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For the 25th time, the Patriots celebrated a state championship. But on Monday, a new banner was hanging in the gymnasium -- not only were they the top team in the state, they were also tops in the nation.
"I don't think we ever had a bad practice," said head coach J.T. Curtis, who's guided the Patriots to all 25 titles. "There was never a day when I threw my hat down and said, 'Blow the whistle and start over.'"
Five of seven high school national polls voted the Patriots #1. But Curtis said state was always the goal, and anything else is just a bonus.
"Like anything else, some things had to go your way," Curtis said. "Some teams that maybe thought they were better going into the season got beat. We had the big win against Plant, which we pretty much dominated that game. I think that got the national pollsters' attention."
So what does a coach who's won a national title, national coach of the year and his 25th state title do now? Easy -- get prepared for #26.
"It was so interesting to hear Coach [Nick] Saban [of Alabama] talk after his national championship. I'm going to enjoy this one for a couple of days. Then we have to get ready for the next one. And that's where we are right now."
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Of course we don't. But if we look back, we can see one little, but very important thing: neither Matty or Coach Smith does have a playoff victory.
Okay, fine, we all know that.
But which is very important: the team now have the "pedigree" (as Roddy said today) to keep the margin undefeated. Why is this very dangereous?
The guys are well-paid, professional players. If we beat all our remaining foes, the guys surely will start to believe themselves like undefeateble. We need a lose, and in my opinion we just don't need to be undefeated.
Let's take one or more loses, we can carry on with these to the playoff (the Bears won't kick we off from the #1). Neither of we need a big clutch on the team again like was in 2009 playoffs (vs. Packers).


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January 19, 2011
Neal Communities reported last week it signed 17 contracts in December 2010. The Lakewood Ranch-based homebuilder finished the year with 275 signed contracts and 295 secured building permits.
Lakewood executive director resigns
January 18, 2011
Bob Fernandez has resigned after three-and-one-half years of managing community affairs.
Man arrested after high-speed chase
January 17, 2011
Marquel V. Jovan, 22, was arrested for auto burglary, fleeing and attempt to elude.
Historical Society hosts river cleanup
January 17, 2011
Members of the Old Braden River Historical Society headed to the river Jan. 15 for the group's first river cleanup of the year.
Manatee schools declares impasse
January 14, 2011
The district and the MEA have continued in the collective bargaining process for the 2010-2011 school year from June 28, 2010, to Jan. 5, 2011. By declaring an impasse, the district is stating it does not desire to mediate and has requested the appointment of a special magistrate.
Palm-Aire tees off for breast health
January 14, 2011
More than 50 members of the Palm-Aire Nine Hole Women's Golf Association bundled up and hit the green for the association's Breast Health Day nine-hole tournament Jan. 13. Members enjoyed a luncheon before teeing off to benefit breast health. Following the tournament, participants enjoyed an ice cream social.
Manatee County Fair in full swing
January 14, 2011
The sights and sounds of the Manatee County Fair filled the air as the fair opened Jan. 13. Festivities, including concerts, demonstrations and shows, continue nightly through Jan. 23.
Palm-Aire tower application under consideration
January 13, 2011
A Manatee County hearing officer now is reviewing the application for Vertex Development to place a telecommunications tower in Palm-Aire.
Business Alliance 'speeds' into new year
January 13, 2011
The Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance hosted its first networking event of 2011 Jan. 12 at The Polo Grill and Bar. Sixty alliance members participated in the group's first speed-networking event, taking just three minutes to share about themselves and their companies before swapping partners.
Families attend Private School Fair
January 13, 2011
The Out-of-Door Academy and St. Stephen's Episcopal School welcomed families to the Polo Grill and Bar's Fete Ballroom Jan. 11 for the seventh annual Private School Fair event. More than 20 area schools were on hand to answer questions about their programs.
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The Rotary Club of Innsbrook recently awarded its Business Leader of the Year award to Don Stevens, owner of Stevens Jewelers.
Stevens supports numerous philanthropic organizations, including Commonwealth Catholic Charities, Coal Pit Learning Center in Western Henrico, the Virginia Home for Boys and Girls and the Circle of Peace School in Uganda. He is also serves on the boards of The Greater Richmond ARC and North Star Academy and often donates jewelry for raffles and auctions to raise money for area charities.
Celebrating 106 years
Former Sandston resident Mildred Taylor celebrated her 106th birthday Aug. 9. Taylor, who now lives in Powhatan, is still a member of Sandston Baptist Church. She was visited the day after her birthday by several members of the church, who played for her a recording of the entire church membership singing happy birthday to her during worship. > Read more.
YMCA breaks ground for aquatic center
YMCA officials gathered last week to break ground on the new Tommy J. West Aquatic Center at the Shady Grove Family YMCA on Nuckols Road. The center, which will featured 7,600 square feet of competitive and recreational space, including water slides, play areas for children and warmer water for those with physical limitations, is the fourth phase of a $4 million expansion at the facility. West was president and CEO of Capital Interior Contractors and a founding member of the Central Virginia Region of the Virginia Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors. > Read more.
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The Sandston Rotary Club recently donated $1,000 to the Sandston YMCA for its Bright Beginnings program, which helps provide children in need with school supplies for the new school year. > Read more.
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The restaurant and craft brewery opened in early June and features 10 beers made by female brewmaster Becky Hammond (pictured). This is the restaurant's second location in Virginia; the first is in Arlington. Behind glass walls, customers watched the beer brewing in massive steel barrels. For our up-and-coming beer region, it makes sense that Short Pump would jump on board.
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Legionnaire Disease and Pontiac Fever (cont.)
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Dr. Schiffman received his B.S. degree with High Honors in biology from Hobart College in 1976. He then moved to Chicago where he studied biochemistry at the University of Illinois, Chicago Circle. He attended Rush Medical College where he received his M.D. degree in 1982 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his Internal Medicine internship and residency at the University of California, Irvine.
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Dr. Shiel received a Bachelor of Science degree with honors from the University of Notre Dame. There he was involved in research in radiation biology and received the Huisking Scholarship. After graduating from St. Louis University School of Medicine, he completed his Internal Medicine residency and Rheumatology fellowship at the University of California, Irvine. He is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Rheumatology.
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How common is Legionnaires' disease?
It is estimated that approximately 10,000 to 15,000 people contract Legionnaires' disease in the United States each year. Legionnaires' pneumonia is not uncommon. In fact, it represents over 4% of all community-acquired pneumonias. An additional unknown number of people are infected with the Legionella bacterium but have only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all (so-called Pontiac fever).
Outbreaks of Legionnaires' disease have received the most media attention. A recent outbreak was associated with a party at the Playboy mansion in Los Angeles where at least four individuals contracted Legionnaires' disease. However, the disease most often occurs as single, isolated cases not associated with any identified outbreak. Outbreaks are usually recognized in the summer and early fall, but cases may occur year-round. About 5%-15% of known cases of Legionnaires' disease have been fatal.
Since the bacterium of Legionnaires' disease was identified in 1976, numerous hospital-acquired outbreaks of the disease have also been reported. These outbreaks have enabled researchers to study epidemics of legionellosis.
What are the usual symptoms of Legionnaires' disease?
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Patients with Legionnaires' disease usually develop a fever, chills, and a cough. The cough may either be dry or produce sputum. Some patients with Legionnaires' disease also have muscle aches, headache, tiredness, loss of appetite, and occasionally diarrhea. Legionnaires' disease can cause a severe pneumonia, seriously affect breathing, even lead to respiratory failure and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In some cases, the heart rate is slower than expected for the degree of fever. There are no specific symptoms that directly identify Legionnaires' pneumonia. Legionnaires' pneumonia presents in a manner similar to Chlamydia pneumonia and Mycoplasma pneumonia, so-called atypical pneumonias (previously referred to as "walking pneumonia"). These are referred to as atypical because, unlike typical pneumonia (as characterized by Streptococcus pneumonia), which involves high, spiking fevers, sudden onset, cough, and purulent sputum and often chest pain and a localized infiltrate on chest X-ray. They can have a less virulent presentation despite very diffuse infiltrates on chest X-ray.
People with Pontiac fever experience a self-limiting influenza-like illness with fever, chills, headache, and muscle aches but, by definition, do not have pneumonia. Affected individuals generally recover in two to five days without treatment.
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Despite callups, Twins stuck with short bench
Injuries have Minnesota playing a few players short
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- Liriano responding well to extra rest
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MINNEAPOLIS -- September is typically the time of year when managers have a little more flexibility with their rosters thanks to callups.But that isn't exactly the case for the Twins right now due to their long list of injuries. Manager Ron Gardenhire said that even though his club added catcher Jose Morales and infielder Trevor Plouffe on Wednesday, the team is still playing without a full 25-man roster due to the injuries to Jim Thome, Orlando Hudson and Jason Kubel. His hope is still perhaps to convince general manager Bill Smith to bring one more player up to Minnesota before the Triple-A season ends on Monday.
"The luxury that you have [in September] is the bench gets a little bit thicker when you get people up here," Gardenhire said. "I'm still asking for more and haven't received it yet. But that's kind of where I'm at right now. I'd like to add maybe another player just because of the injuries."In addition to some of those injured players hopefully ready to return in the next couple days, the Twins should also be getting some players back from the disabled list soon. Infielder Nick Punto is eligible to come off the DL on Sunday, although it seems like his strained left hamstring will require a few more days than that. The club is trying to be careful with the hamstring this time around after Punto re-injured himself in his first game back from the DL.
Twins' list of injured players not shrinking yet
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Twins' list of injuries didn't exactly shrink on Thursday, as none of the club's injured players returned to the field. But it sounds like there isn't much of a concern regarding the injuries besides perhaps Jason Kubel's left wrist.Kubel's wrist was still bruised and a little swollen on Thursday, but the good news is that an MRI on Tuesday night showed no break. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that the club will likely have Kubel undergo further testing on the wrist on Friday morning since it's still pretty sore. "The swelling is better but he's sore," Gardenhire said. "So we'll definitely get it checked out a little more." Jim Thome's back was feeling much better on Thursday, but he was still not in the lineup. Gardenhire said that the hope is Thome will be ready to DH on Friday, although he's available to pinch-hit for the finale against the Tigers like he did in the ninth inning of Wednesday's contest. Second baseman Orlando Hudson was out running around on the field and taking ground balls during batting practice without visibly showing any problems in his right ankle. Hudson is anxious to get back in the lineup, but Gardenhire said he wants to wait one more day before getting him back on the field to make sure he's ready to go. "He's fired up and that's a good thing," Gardenhire said. "He said he's doing a lot better. Yesterday he didn't do anything. Today he's taking his ground balls and doing everything. Hopefully by tomorrow he'll be back out there available to play. He's definitely moving better." Left-hander Brian Fuentes' back is feeling better, but he still wasn't available out of the bullpen for Thursday's contest. It still could be a couple days before Fuentes is ready, as it doesn't sound like he's tired to throw yet.
Liriano responding well to extra rest
MINNEAPOLIS -- Perhaps one of the best things to come out of Wednesday night's victory over the Tigers was the performance of Francisco Liriano in a pitching duel with Tigers starter Max Scherzer and also how Liriano felt after the outing.Liriano, who pitched seven scoreless innings vs. Detroit, battled a little bit of a dead arm last month. But since then, the Twins have been trying to give him extra rest between outings. That includes seven days of rest before a start at Texas on Aug. 26 and five days of rest before his start on Wednesday against Detroit. "I feel way better," Liriano said after the win. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said that the Twins will try to keep giving Liriano extra rest between outings, using off-days to do so and perhaps the return of Kevin Slowey from the disabled list might also provide an opportunity as well. "The rest helps him," Gardenhire said. "The extra day always helps him, and it does with all these guys this time of year."
More relievers give Twins greater flexibility
MINNEAPOLIS -- Due to some new additions to their relief staff, the Twins perhaps have the ability to use matchups more than they have in the past. Holding a 1-0 lead in the eighth inning of Wednesday's contest against the Tigers, manager Ron Gardenhire used three relievers in situational matchups to get through the inning -- although he said on Thursday that it won't necessarily be a common thing."If the game dictates that, then you do it," Gardenhire said when asked if he'll now use situational matchups more often. "Last night, the situations came up." Jesse Crain pitched to the first two batters of the inning, walking leadoff man Austin Jackson before getting Will Rhymes to pop out on a bunt attempt. The Tigers then decided to bring in left-handed hitter Johnny Damon off the bench to pinch-hit with one out and a man on first. Gardenhire said that his club had intentionally warmed up lefty Randy Flores just for this situation and so they turned to Flores rather than leave in Crain. "The one left-hander they had on the bench that we didn't want to beat us was Johnny Damon," Gardenhire said. "Johnny Damon with a man on first base is as good as anybody in the game at hooking a ball through the hole. That's the guy we did not want to come up to the plate. That's why we had Flores up." With Flores taking the mound, the Tigers sent Damon back to the bench and used pinch-hitter Ryan Raburn who struck out swinging. From there, Gardenhire called on Matt Guerrier with Miguel Cabrera, Jhonny Peralta and Brandon Inge as the next three hitters in the order and they were a combined 5-for-59 against the right-hander. Of course things didn't play out exactly as the Twins had planned. Guerrier walked Cabrera on six pitches, and Gardenhire was pleased with the way Guerrier approached the at-bat by not giving in to one of the best hitters in the AL this year. But then Peralta, who was 3-for-23 off Guerrier coming in, got enough of a slider that was a little up and hit a single that scored a run to tie the game at 1. "We had it set up fine, but you don't want to go to have to go too many situations like that," Gardenhire said. "A lot easier to put a guy out there and leave it, but the one guy on the bench we didn't want to hit was Johnny Damon."
Kelly Thesier is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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"The jackfruit is our most popular fruit," Fatema Haque said, pointing to a photo of a whole jackfruit, and then inviting visitors to sample some cut-up fruit on a platter.
She was standing behind the Bangladesh display table at Cultural Night Thursday at the Muslim Community Center Full Time School in Morton Grove.
All around the school's gym, display tables were set up from 21 countries--each with maps, artifacts and art from the country, and each offering a typical food to the many interested people who came to the festival.
"This is a dream come true for me," said Rizwan Kadir, chairman of the MCC Full Time School council, who was key in organizing the fest. "We're new in the community so the onus is on us to introduce ourselves." Residents in the neighborhood were invited, he added.
The countries ranged from those in Asia, such as Sri Lanka and India, to Europe, such as Bosnia and Montenegro, to Africa, such as Uganda and Malawi, to North Africa, such as Ethiopia and Algeria, to the Middle East, such as Iraq, Syria and Jordan. There were 21 countries in all; the school draws students from 30 countries.
People attending went from booth to booth sampling the food and chatting; in the center, women painted mehndi, or decorative designs, on the backs of other women's hands.
The food included beef samosas, Ethiopian chickpea dip with a spongy bread, tabbouleh, falafel, peanut cookies and chocolate-vanilla cookies.
Uniting America, a non-profit agency which works with immgrant groups, co-organized the fest.
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Ok sooo...Danny Garcia
Ok sooo...Danny Garcia
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It's been a long time since some young fighter amazed me, but hell....Danny Garcia did it.
Although Morales is on a clear decline and should retire before they fine and ban his ass from boxing. (No disrespect intended, hes still ERIK MORALES), I liked Garcia in that fight. Especially that thunderous LEFT.
Khan has some holes in his arsenal...and I think these won't be filled any time soon even with the guidance of Hunter, but he is a game and technically sound fighter with potential (damn, saying that hurts), Garcia still taxed his ass, clocked him with another left, kept calm while Khan was break dancin' all over the freaking squared circle and still managed to put up a meassured and humble interview afterwards.
What I am trying to say is, I really like the kid. He is not over the top cocky, got some skills (needs to improve some things of course), has nice amateur resume, PHILLY represent, he can fight, he can talk...I hope he stays on top of the world for a loooong time. Not a P4P material, but makes a good champ in my eyes.
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Great thread Mit!
One thing that turns my stomach, is reading Broner and GR Jr.'s name in this thread. C'mon guys, let's be REAL hardcore fans about the situation. Let's look just a bit harder in the divisions, and look for other names that these guys can fight.
They can't fight top name after top name, they would peak out waaaay too quick. Me reading all of these "names" being mentioned as potential fights (aka fantasy fights), makes me wonder who's really a hardcore fan. I mean seriously, who else are these guys supposed to fight after they take on all of these names?
Last time I checked, guys who took on top name after top name, they were actually being sacrificed, not built up as the next big thing. Most of these guys are still growing with each other, guys like; Garcia, Peterson, Matthysse, Khan, Alexander, Broner, Russell Jr., just to name a few, these fantasy fights (aka crossroads fights) will happen one day, but some of these wished-upon fights, will not happen this soon.
I'm with Professor on this one, let Garcia unify the division. Please. Again, you have to question whose truly a hardcore fan, by all of these "make it happen" requests. Please! Some of these fight fans call themselves fans of the top fighters (Floyd and Manny), but fail to compute the fact that these guys were running through divisions and eaking it out with some of the best out there.
Floyd ran through the 130 lb division, and was king of the lightweight division. Did he have to fight casamayor, tyszu (sp), and some of those other guys? People may have wanted to see it, but here's the question...where are those guys now? The guys that they were "supposed" to fight? Most of those fights fell apart because of money. Pacquiao had a trilogy with Morales, two fight with JMM, and 2 Barrera fights, before he broke into stardom. He also fought some not-as-tough guys during that time as well.
Point is, let these fighters build themselves up and clean out these divisions.
Broner: Jesus Christ, some guys already have Broner at fuckin' welterweight beating guys, and he hasn't even proved anything in his debut division (130), and hasn't even walked to the ring for his lightweight debut. We cant be THAT silly, can we?
GRJr: GR Jr. hasn't done shit, so I don't even know why his name is being brought up. Sadly for him, he's in a Donaire-type situation where there isn't many big fights in his division. This dude needs to be built up from FNF and ShoBox only, leave HBO and big time Showtime cards alone. Haymon is doing a shitty job with him, and we hardly even get to see him fight.
Gamboa: Dude hasn't done anything either, and his clock is ticking.
Matthysse: He's a solid fighter, but dude has JUST started getting an ounce of the attention that he deserves. He headlined a card (Alexander/Bailey) by default, so I wouldn't give him this much credit or go off saying that he "deserves this and deserves that". He's a good fighter, in a bad position.
Honestly, how would it look if Matthysse beats Garcia, and is the unified champ? What would they do with his image? How would that look? They're having a hard enough time with Danny's image as it is. Matthysse will be one of those guys who fights hard, and rarely gets the recognition/opportunity that he seeks. We've seen it before fight fans.
Judah: Hell no. He has a puncher's chance at beating Danny, and no way in fuck I ever want to see this dude as champ again. Imagine him beating Garcia, being the unified champ, JUST to lose that shit in his next fight. I can see some fuckery now, Judah wins the titles, and they weasel Khan back in the picture to beat him again. Khan wins the titles, vacates, and chases Floyd again. Judah...hell no.
Peterson: Yes. We get to see how Danny does against a good boxer, and his lack of power wont be much of a threat to Danny. I see this one being a show for the people. Now THIS fight can be made at the Barclay's Center, and have fans from Philly, NY, and D.C. can you say, ticket seller?
Khan: I'm not concerned with him, really I'm not. I still like him, but no. He's had the big stage more than a few times, and we see what he's made of. He can still go back to his country and make the same (if not more) money there.
He's been outgunned, and all he can so come up with is excuses. One thing I did appreciate about him, was the fact that it appeared as if he was going to clean out the division, til he started sucking Mayweather's dick and riding his tail. We've seen the best fall because of this. Real champs take responsibility for their shortcomings, Khan doesn't, which proves that he'll always come up short.
I like Garcia, and no he doesn't have to be flashy. Some of you guys miss out on quality boxing because the matchup or the fighter, isn't or doesn't appear to be flashy. That's that Floyd and Manny syndrome, some of yall gotta get that out of your systems. Lol
Some of the best fighters over the years, haven't been all that flashy, but as Danny Garcia does, he knows how to win. I mean seriously, doesn't he look good with all of those belts? C'mon man! How many guys have we seen unify a fuckin' division? Hardly any.
I don't want to hear anything about Danny not doing or having enough, to step in the ring with Floyd. I'm not rushing that fight, and I could care less if it happened, guys need to peep these trends. Bradley hadn't fully proved himself (image wise), but he was the unified champ at 140. Guess who he got a chance to fight? Do I really need to say it?
We need to appreciate and make the most of what's being put out there...well at least TRUE boxing fans have learned to do that over the years.
Somebody said that Garcia wasn't P4P material, but yet, mofos have Gary Russell Jr. at the top of their lists, and he hasn't even fought my grandma yet. Weird aint it? LOL. Seriously man? Hell, people have Broner on their P4P lists, and he looked like shit against Ponce, fought an unknown Argentian for the WBO strap, was about to fight somebody named Gary Sykes (or some shit like that), and he just fought an overmtached Escebedo...but this mofo is the best in the world to some of you guys? Pffftt...see why I dont' do P4P lists? The requirements are so sub par and subjective to the point that GR Jr. and Broner crack the list, and are considered great.
Great win for Garcia, and let's expect to see him with a soft touch or two, then some more challenging fights. Lucas WONT get his shot, scratch that off the list. He's too dangerous, and has nothing to offer image wise. If he happens to, then I'll gladly eat my words on that one.
Let's look out for a Peterson fight, since he and Zab wont be fighting any time soon. Khan may slip back in the picture again, since he's decided that he's a Jr. WW again...but had those Peterson and Garcia ass-kicking not happened, that mofo would've been an aspiring WW by now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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A bad team will contend in 2013. That is, a team that you think of as bad right now will contend in 2013. It happens every year.
Every year. And by August, it will all seem so rational. "Oh, well, sure, if you told me that Jason Hammel was good out of Colorado, and that Miguel Gonzalez was going to appear from out of the mists, and …" and you'll get used to the idea of a bad team contending. The wait-'til-August bit works with all 30 teams, too. Eleven months ago, the Nationals were little more than an intriguing team in a crowded division. They didn't have much of a shot, though. Not with the Phillies around. By August, you had the script revisions memorized.
So our job today is to look at the five worst teams in PECOTA's playoff odds and build a path for them to reach the playoffs. Because every team in baseball has a way to make the playoffs. The Astros make the playoffs in four of the 1,000 simulations that Baseball Prospectus runs, but, by gum, those two teams result in quite the alternate-universe party.
How do you get there? Well, you can assume they outperform their Pythagorean record by ten games, like the Orioles last year, for one. But that's kind of cheating. Starting with the fifth-worst playoff odds in the business …
5. Rockies - 4.8%
The obvious: Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez have to stay healthy, and they have to hit.
But even that sells the idea of a worst-to-first team short. The 2009 Giants had exactly one hitter worth a damn, Pablo Sandoval. He led the team in walks that year, no foolin'. So if you had to construct a path for the 2010 Giants to make the playoffs, it would start with Sandoval repeating his year. Except he didn't come close. He had a down year, and he didn't play much in the playoffs.
Still, you start with Tulowitzki. If he's a six-win player (like he was from 2009 to 2011) instead of a zero-win player (when he was on my fantasy team), the Rockies have a head start that the other teams on this list can't match. And Carlos Gonzalez would need to be the 30-homer guy from 2010 instead of the 20-homer guy from the last two years.
For all of the flogging the Rockies have taken (and rightfully so) for their weird pitching machinations, they have a rotation filled with pitchers of moderate promise. Jorge De La Rosa was quite good before his elbow injury. Jhoulys Chacin is one of those if-he-could-just-throw-strikes kind of arms, and Juan Nicasio has always maintained good strikeout-to-walk numbers between a couple of unfortunate injuries. The only reason Drew Pomeranz still isn't a top prospect is because he lost his rookie eligibility.
Pick two of them to have good years and another one to be okay, and they're a lot closer to acceptable than you might think.
4. Orioles - 4.8%
It's kind of funny to make the case for the Orioles to be the Orioles of 2013. Just do what you did last year, fellas! Win every extra-inning game and play Buck Ball in the close ones. Can't be that hard, right?
With the Orioles, though, it's less about what they have to do, and more about what the rest of the division does. In the PECOTA simulations, there were probably simulated seasons where the Yankees completely and utterly collapsed. And in those seasons, the Rays were good. Or the Jays. Or the Rays and the Jays. Or even the Red Sox. Or all three. And in the simulated seasons with a Rays collapse, the same permutation happened with different teams.
It's almost like double work with the Orioles, then. Start with the three players in the lineup who were formerly top prospects: Matt Wieters, Adam Jones, and Manny Machado. Guess that one of them will hit like a fringe MVP candidate, and that one of the other two improves substantially. Then have the pitching stay healthy and come within spitting distance of what they did last year.
Focusing on the Orioles' Pythagorean record kind of sells them short, actually. They did so much futzing around with the pitching staff to find Hammel/Chen/Tillman/Gonzalez up front -- especially when Hammel was injured -- that it's almost not fair to compare them with the gaggle of different arms that started for them last year. They're probably the fourth- or fifth-best team in the division, but they're not a bad team. And "not bad" becomes a contender every single year.
3. Marlins - 1.7%
Here's where you start getting into "All that needs to happen is everyone plays much better than you expect!" territory. Giancarlo Stanton is a star, and he can do star things. Maybe a prospect or two busts out. Jacob Turner and Nathan Eovaldi could both be kinda good, and they could be the unexpected, A's-like front of the rotation. Henderson Alvarez has two last names, and that counts for something.
Really, though, the Marlins are right about where dreams go to die. Placido Polanco is hitting second, and Justin Ruggiano is hitting fifth. You try building a contender out of that.
The bullpen might be good. And as the Orioles showed last year, that makes up for a lot of shortcomings if deployed correctly. So give me Stanton going nuts (seven or eight wins above replacement), one of the random young hitters to break out, Polanco miraculously staving off the cruelties of nature, and competent pitching led by two of their best young arms.
Just, uh, don't put money on it, even if the odds account for that one-percent chance. I think the 1.1 figure is too high. The Marlins are pretty bad, everybody.
2. Twins - 1.5%
All the young pitching, all at once. Pretend Vance Worley, Trevor May, and Kyle Gibson all go A's. Alright, maybe just two of them. Then two of the other options (Mike Pelfrey and Scott Diamond, say) eat innings and provide value. It wouldn't be too hard to get used to Joe Mauer or Justin Morneau powering a good offense again, so an unrealistic path to the playoffs would start with the pitching.
Right now, that pitching has Kevin Correia in the #2 spot, with Liam Hendriks and Brian Duensing rounding out the rotation, according to MLB Depth Charts. Which isn't good. Building a path to the playoffs with those exact pitchers would start with a sentence like, "Okay, first, you have to assume there's a radioactive spider in the clubhouse. Then …" But the Twins have some interesting arms in the system, at least.
And Rich Harden! Don't forget about Rich Harden in Twins camp. I don't care if you're a Tigers or White Sox fan, you'd love to watch Rich Harden lead a surprising Twins rotation to the promised land. C'mon, now.
1. Astros - 0.4%
Okay, first, you have to assume there's a radioactive spider in the clubhouse. Then …
My first draft had the words "epidemiological crisis" in there. The second had "return of Glenn Davis, riding a horse made of brilliance and pure flame." The third was just a drawing of otter babies because I was procrastinating. Oh, Astros.
Except, hold on for a second. Jordan Lyles was a top prospect, rushed to the majors before he could drink. Maybe we're reading too much into his early struggles. Lucas Harrell was quite good last year. Bud Norris wasn't, but he's always had the intriguing strikeout numbers. We're not that far removed from Erik Bedard being a good pitcher, either.
So it's the pitching that gets them there. Yeah, the pitching. And when one of them goes down, Alex White or Jarred Cosart takes over.
Then Jose Altuve has an MVP-type year. Matt Dominguez's defense is so good, that it doesn't matter that is OBP is barely over .300. Jason Castro builds on his good season. The Pena/Carter/Wallace middle of the order has a post-Moneyball renaissance, with dingers and walks all over the place.
The bullpen is solid, led by Jose Veras. They come in earlier than most bullpens, and they preserve nearly every lead.
And on the last day of the season, backup catcher Carlos Corporan hits a walk-off grand slam off Mariano Rivera to win the Wild Card. A rivalry is born. A division is won. A headline of "Corporan Punishment!" goes up on MLB.com. Dogs, cats living together.
Maybe not. But in two out of every thousand simulations that Baseball Prospectus does, something happens like that. And it will happen for a team this year. Not the Astros. Not the Marlins. But someone. Maybe the Mariners or Padres, or maybe the Mets or Pirates. By August, it will all make sense, and you'll wonder why you didn't see it coming before the season started.
Four out of every 1,000 times, the Astros make the playoffs every time. It's just science. And for the other four teams, they have even better odds. It's February. Don't waste your time in the comments quashing other people's nascent hopes and dreams. Pick one of the five up there and construct a path to the playoffs for them.
Hey, it could happen, even if you are absolutely sure (and right) that it won't.
Edit: The first version of the article used Baseball Prospectus's adjusted playoff odds, which are the odds of a team making it to the LDS. I edited it to use the playoff odds, which are the odds of a team making the Wild Card game. See? The Astros just *doubled* their playoff chances!
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An inflatable kayak that paddles well
Did you receive it? Was it worth the wait?
I bought my 370 about a month ago. I am still waiting for the replacement. The first boat took threes weeks to be delivered and when it finally arrived I found holes in one side. I'm hoping to receive the replacement hull this week sometime. I'm looking forward to trying it out. I have read so many positive things about the Sea Eagles. I guess I'm trying there warranty out.
This isn't much of a "review," is it?