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Damn, those WMMA gals sure is purty when they gets all gussied up.
It's time once again for the Quick and the Dirty for UFC 166: Cain Velasquez versus Junior dos Santos. And if things go anything like they did last week, ya'll would be best to heed the dirty deeds herein. So without further ado, and barring any offers of a Tate-Rousey threeway, let's begin:
Dustin Pague (11-8) versus Kyoji Horiguchi (11-1)
Tapology: 71% Horiguchi
Playground: 54% Horguchi
On paper this is as easy as dropping a 21 kiloton atomic bomb on a heavily populated Japanese city. In reality it's much more difficult to call. See, Dustin Pague, while losing three in a row despite having a tattoo praising his Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ on his chest, is going up against a man who calls Japan his home. And quite frankly, Japan's record in the UFC has the sort of reputation that would make Baby Jebus cry.
Horiguchi owns the 132-pound strap in Japan's Shooto league, which means he's beaten up a lot of other Japanese dudes who weigh less than your girlfriend (and with makeup are probably prettier, too). Still, Dustin Pague has that one win against a guy with his own Wikipedia page. And that shit would impress anybody. The very mention he owns a submission over Jared Papazian has panties dropping left, right, and center. Make no doubt.
Horiguchi UD
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Jeremy Larsen (8-4) versus Andre Fili (12-1)
Tapology: 86% Fili
Playground: 77% Fili
Seriously? His nickname is "Touchy" Fili? Sounds like a nickname for a convicted child molester. Anyway, Fili will be looking to molest TUF scrub Jeremy Larsen on Saturday, and by the looks of things that won't be too fucking difficult. Larsen is on a two-fight losing streak, taking a canvas nap following storytime as told by Punchy the Happy-go-lucky Fist in each one. Fili, meanwhile, has an eight-fight winning streak against dudes you never knew existed until now (and you still don't give a fuck who they are).
Larsen sounds like he a punchers chance, and he likes to rage-quit when he's losing. That means whatever happens, this isn't going to the incompetent overpaid undereducated boxing fans masquerading as cageside judges. Which is a good thing. Because when things go to the corrupt, inept, serially handicapped cageside monkeys, you never know who's going to get fucked out of 11 points on MMAplayground.com.
Fili TKO1
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Tony Ferguson (13-3) versus Mike Rio (9-2)
Tapology: 87% Ferguson
Playground: 88% Ferguson
You might remember Tony Ferguson from such TV episodes as getting drunk and telling Charlie Rader he's a shitty father. In other words he's a total douchebag and my idea of a good night at home is a bag of chips, some beer, and Ferguson's ugly face smashed into a mask of blood.
Unfortunately, he's facing fellow TUF guy Mike Rio, who has a lot going for him in the mouthpiece with fangs department, but not much else. I guess he can wrestle, but whatever. Dude lost to British power puff girl Andy Ogle on the reality TV show. Nuff said. I see Fergie lighting Mike up at range, eating a kneecap sandwich on the way in on a double leg, and getting woken up to a doctor's flashlight.
Ferguson TKO2
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TJ Waldburger (16-7) versus Adlan Amagov (12-2-1)
Tapology: 73% Amagov
Playground: 51% Waldburger
Look, I know everybody already has Adlan Amagov knocking a fool out based on his stellar minor leagues career. I mean, decisioning Chris Spang in his UFC debut was even more impressive, eh? Here's the thing. Waldburger actually owns wins over relevant guys, like Pat Healy, David Mitchell, Jake Hecht, Nick Catone. They're not world beaters but they're UFC calibre with decent wrestling. He also owns two submission of the night awards.
Amagov's wrestling is going to be heavily tested in this one, and if he's not able to stop the takedown he can look forward to non-stop submission attempts on his neck. For me, deciding who will won comes down to one all-determining factor. Amagov has a cooler beard. It's only if he shows up clean shaven that I'm truly fucked.
Amagov UD
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George Sotiropolous (14-5) versus KJ Noons (11-7)
Tapology: 70% Noons
Playground: 64% Noons
I know what you're thinking. Titties. Sorry, no, I mean I know what you're thinking, Sots is going to get this to the ground and dominate Noons right out of the UFC where he never belonged in the first place. After all, Sots destroyed Joe Lauzon once he got him to the ground, while Josh Thomson showed everybody how bad Noons' wrestling really is. Besides, Noons is 1-5 in his last six fights.
That's all true. But something being true doesn't mean Sots has looked good since LMFAO was still a band looking for a number one hit to appeal to all the brain-damaged people out there. He thinks he can stand and bang when he can't. He's a glass-chinned bull in a shop full of iron pipes. And Ross Pearson and Rafael dos Anjos both cracked that chin into so many pieces I thought he'd be spending his retirement trying to glue them back together. Since he isn't, looks like Noons is going to give him some more Parkinson's shakes for his old age.
Noons UD
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Sarah Kaufman (16-2) versus Jessica Eye (10-1)
Tapology: 79% Kaufman
Playground: 85% Kaufman
The only thing I can really remember is about Sarah Kaufman is that brainless 1,000-yard zombie stare with her mouth wide open Rampage Jackson-style moments before she got armbarred by Ronda Rousey in 54 seconds. Nothing says pointless "four-month training camp" more than getting your shit destroyed in less time than it takes to find the bottle opener in your cutlery drawer.
I want to believe she'll get similarly destroyed by Jessica Eye, but I don't have a lot of confidence in it, honestly. Kaufman is a tough Canadian wench who is used to elbowing chunky 135ers like Alexis Davis, Liz Carmouche, and Miesha Tate. Eye, meanwhile, had to pack some pudge on her thighs to come up from 125. Meaning, somebody is getting a vicious beating come Saturday. Nobody is getting finished, however. This is WMMA, after all.
Kaufman UD
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Nate Marquardt (32-12-2) versus Hector Lombard (32-4-1)
Tapology: 71% Lombard
Playground: 68% Lombard
Look, I'll be the first to say Hector Lombard was ridiculously overrated before coming over from Bellator. I won a delightful sig bet with some martard when I said Timmy Boetsch would end the can crusher's 30-fight win streak. But is he washed up? Far fucking from it.
Nate Marquardt, meanwhile, made everybody hot under the collar when he went to Strikeforce and knocked out wrestle-humper Tyron Woodley. But during that fight his chin was heavily tested. It was also tested again, where it failed spectacularly, against Jake Ellenberger. And guess who has power like Jake Ellenberger? That's right, the tomato can opener. It's a matter of time before it connects. When it does, Lombard is a ruthless finisher. Nate the not-so-great might need to go back to 185 after this one.
Lombard TKO1
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Tim Boetsch (16-6) versus CB Dollaway (13-4)
Tapology: 87% Boetsch
Playground: 84% Boetsch
Poor Timmeh. After knocking out Japanese fool and ex-Zuffa employee Yushin Okami and twinkle toeing his way to a decision over statue-impersonator Hector Lombard, he bled out like a stuck pig against Costa Philippou and then got Donkey Konged by a very angry Filipino guy.
But as far as he's fallen back, he's not fartface bad. CB Dollaway owns wins Jason Mayhem Miller about a century past his best before date, as well as a dubious decision over a pudgy middleweight from Brazil who doesn't have the goddamned fucking common sense to diet down to 170. Prior to those fights he was getting the fuck knocked out in back-to-back fights. Now, I don't think Timmeh will knock CB out, but I do think he can regain some of his dignity.
Boetsch UD
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John Dodson (14-6) versus Darrell Montague (13-2)
Tapology: 95% Dodson
Playground: 95 Dodson
Romeo, Romeo, wherefore the fuck art Montague? I doth Wikipediaed that bitch and he was last seeneth submitting some Jesse Miramontes in California in 2012. And don't ask me to Wikipedia Moramontes because I don't know how to bend time and physics like that.
Look, Montague apparently went almost three rounds with Ian McCall, so he's not a total can. But I don't see him surviving three rounds with the heaviest hitter at 125. Dodson is gonna Dodson, which means he'll bounce around the cage a bunch, land a bomb, and then sport a goofy childlike grin that has all the intimidation factor of a smurf in a My Little Pony episode.
Dodson TKO2
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Gabriel Gonzaga (15-7) versus Shawn Jordan (15-4)
Tapology: 50% each
Playground: 55% Jordan HOT BOUT
It's understandable this is the hot bout. Gonzaga has a hell of a ground game, while Shawn Jordan is a formidable wrestler who is unlikely to get taken down. Jordan packs a punch, but Gonzaga has been known to knock a motherfucker out himself (Mirko Cro Cop, Dave Herman). He's also been known to fall down unconscious a lot, which isn't too reassuring.
Before I refreshed my memory I was leaning toward "Napao." But now I see Jordan landing the big shots on the big man and blocking his takedown attempts. Then again, if this goes anything like the Cheick Kongo fight it could be a lot of wall and stall. I'm guessing Gonzaga rushes in for a double leg right away. If Jordan prevents the takedown early, he should be able to finish it in style. Maybe not illegal elbows to the back of the head stylish, but something nice.
Jordan TKO1
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Gilbert Melendez (21-3) versus Diego Sanchez (24-5)
Tapology: 91% Melendez
Playground: 92% Melendez
This might just be the biggest mismatch on a main card in quite some time. Everything that Diego Sanchez is good at, Gilbert Melendez is much better. Diego can't wrestle his way out of this one. He can't out box Gil. He can't submit Gil. This isn't 2009 anymore.
Diego's best hope is to use the power of Christ to compel him to go full exorcist on Gil and hope for some bad judging. But it's unlikely. I see Melendez lighting Diego up like a Christmas tree and leaving him questioning his faith in a higher power. Having said that, I hope Diego does something insane. There's no Diego like a screaming crucifix-brandishing yes-cartwheel rolling mean-mugging Diego.
Melendez UD
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Daniel Cormier (12-0) versus Roy Nelson (19-8)
Tapology: 86% Cormier
Playground: 86% Cormier
This is the perfect matchup. Two fat, lazy, arrogant men who both think they can make 205 but never will. It's like a battle of the greater delusions here. A man who almost died trying to cut weight to 205 pounds versus a man whose greatest claim to slimming down was gaining 100,000 new Facebook fans by convincing them he was going to drop the weight. Gotcha, suckas!
I don't really see any way for Big Country to win here. He's the kind of guy who knocks out the weak-chinned wonders of the 265 division but fails every single time he's matched against a better opponent. He can't take Cormier down. He won't outbox him. His only hope is to stumble around and swing wildly, just like he always does. Then he'll gas, lose a decision, and claim he's going to get in better shape. Right after this chicken sandwich. Well, you know what Brock Lesnar said about that. You can't make chicken sandwich from chicken shit.
Cormier UD
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Cain Velasquez (12-1) versus Junior dos Santos (16-2)
Tapology: 69% Velasquez
Playground: 74% Velasquez
I don't like Cain Velasquez. He made the same stupid agreement not to fight Daniel Cormier that GSP and Rory Mac have, which means we have to see him beat up fan favourite Junior dos Santos again instead of fighting the true number one contender.
I like Junior, I think he's good people. He has a puncher's chance of catching Cain right on the temple again. But I don't think it'll happen. Cain goes out there like a dog on a crotch-sniffing mission and he won't stop until he sniffs that crotch hard. I was disappointed the last time that Cain gassed out and couldn't put Junior away. It was a black mark on an otherwise dominant effort. I think if he puts a little gusto into this one he gets the finish. Brown Pride, indeed.
Velasquez TKO2


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The exciting news today is that model Imane Fadil told the court she had been given 2,000 euros ($2,614) to attend one of Silvio's notorious "bunga bunga" parties, the BBC reports.
Fadil went on to confirm earlier leaks that suggested at one party two strippers dressed as nuns and danced for the Italian premier.
One of the woman was apparently Nicole Minetti, who now works as a regional councilor for Berlusconi's People of Freedom party in Milan. Minetti has also been accused of hiring prostitutes for Berlusconi.
Meanwhile, Berlusconi's lawyer has denied claims that payments made to witnesses in the case were bribes. According to AGI, Niccolo Ghedini said the payments were a result of Berlusconi's "usual generosity" and that he "decided to help, in total transparency and clearly through his bank, persons who, owing to the hype created on non-existent legal events, are going through times of great family, professional and economic difficulties."

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Cole Hamels in the building proves to be not enough as Phillies fall to
May 11 2006
It was as if the Phillies stored up their suck for the whole month. Kept it
in a box. Nourished it and loved it, and then released it into the wild of
Citizens Bank Park where it would run through the tall grasses, find a mate
and make a home.
The Phillies lost to the Mets last night, 13-4, snapping their nine-game win
streak. They fall to 18-15 on the year.
The game lacked a certain element of competition, unless Jason Michaels came
back into town and he and Burrell were playing that game with the bottlecaps
between innings.
Cory Lidle got the start and went two innings, giving up eight runs on seven
hits and a walk. Only five of the runs were earned as a big component of
the suck-release program included fielding -- the Phillies managed three
errors in the brief time Lidle was in the game. Two by Howard, one
fielding, one throwing, and a throwing error by Cory himself. A pretty
straight-forward quote from Manuel in today's Inquirer about Howard's
defense: "He's going to have to work hard to get better."
Lidle started the third inning and gave up three singles in a row before
Nady hit a ball that Howard threw into right field in an effort to get a
force at second. With runners on second and third and nobody out, Lidle
left down 6-0 and Fultz came into the game. He got Matsui to fly to center
and Floyd on third couldn't score. No worries for the Mets, though, as
Glavine was next and hit a two-run double. Reyes followed that up with a
two-run homer, which made it 10-0. Fultz got LoDuca, then gave up a double
to Beltran and a single to Delgado that sent Beltran to third before
striking out Wright to end the inning.
Fultz went three innings, giving up four earned runs on seven hits and
puffing his ERA from 3.06 to 4.35. He came into the game having gone nine
straight appearances and nine innings without being charged with a run. He
threw 61 pitches. I'm surprised the Phillies let him go that long,
especially if Santana is the guy who will go down when they make the
official move to add Hamels on Friday. They did pitch Santana later in the
game, but just for one inning.
Geary followed Fultz and went three shutout innings, giving up just one hit
and one walk. He has not been charged with a run in his last 11 innings,
allowing just eight hits and two walks.
Santana pitched the ninth, allowing a run on two hits and a walk. His ERA
is 7.88.
The Phillies lineup against lefties has been all over the place in the first
two months of the season. Against Glavine they Phillies went (1) Rollins,
(2) Utley, (3) Rowand, (4) Abreu, (5) Burrell, (6) Howard, (7) Bell, (8)
Ruiz. Boooo. Rowand doesn't belong in the three hole, Burrell doesn't
belong hitting fifth. If there's an interpretation of data that suggests
Burrell isn't the best hitter in the lineup against left-handed pitching I
don't know what it is, and if he is the best hitter in the lineup against
lefties he shouldn't be fifth. I would go Rollins, Utley, Burrell, Abreu,
Rowand, Howard, Bell, catcher if you're committed to having Rollins in the
leadoff spot, which I think the Phillies are.
Pat Burrell was 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer. He's eighth in the
NL in OPS at 1.019 and sixth in slugging at .613 (Albert Pujols, by the way,
is slugging .845, which is absurd). Burrell is also tied for fifth in the
NL with 28 RBI.
Ryan Howard hit his ninth home run of the season off of the lefty Glavine.
It was his first homer off of a lefty for the year. After all of the talk
of potential problems hitting lefties, Howard has been okay, he's at
303/333/424 against them but with 11 strikeouts in 33 at-bats. He was
2-for-4 on the day with two strikeouts and left three men on base.
Rollins and Gonzalez played shortstop, going 0-for-5 combined. Gonzalez has
two singles in 25 at-bats this year and virtually no role. The Phillies
aren't getting much out of the roster spot they are giving him.
Rowand went 1-for-4 with an RBI. I was a little surprised Manuel didn't
take him out of the game sooner in a blowout after he got hit on the hand
with a pitch yesterday -- hopefully this means he's fine.
Utley 1-for-3 with a double and a walk. Abreu 1-for-2 with a walk -- he
leads the NL with 36 walks.
Nunez 0-for-3. Bell 0-for-2 and argued with the umps for the second
straight day.
Ruiz was 0-for-4
and charged with an error when a Shane Victorino throw from center came in
high and he couldn't handle it, allowing a runner to move from second to
third. He has looked good defensively but is just 1-for-11 at the
Dellucci had a double in his lone at-bat and has a double and a triple in
his last two at-bats, one of which was significantly more important than the
Elsewhere, the Marlins beat the Braves 11-2, scoring seven runs against
Braves relievers. The Reds beat the Nationals as Livan's ERA grew to 6.52
on the year. The Phillies are in second place in the NL East, four games
behind the Mets. The Braves are four games behind the Phillies and the
Nationals and Marlins are 21-44 combined.
The Phillies lost Chris Booker yesterday when he was claimed by the Kansas
City Royals. The Phillies got Booker in the December, 2005, from the Tigers
after Detroit took him in the Rule 5 draft coming off of a Triple-A season
where he struck out 91 in 65 innings. He had been working his way back from
a knee injury, pitching at Clearwater and Scranton Willkes-Barre. The
Royals will have to put Booker on their active roster. Booker will be 30 in
September and has two innings of Major League experience.
Gavin Floyd faces Steve Trachsel tonight.
Young King Cole
May 10 2006
Cole Hamels will join the Phillies to start in Cincinnati on Friday. Madson
to the pen.
Someone has to go to make room for Hamels. My guess is it's Julio Santana,
a righty in the pen who will be replaced by Madson. The move may not come
till Friday.
Like the rest of Philliesdom, I can't wait to see Hamels pitch for the
If the Phillies wind up going with a rotation in the second half of the
season of Lieber, Myers, Wolf, Lidle and one reliable starter from the group
of Hamels, Madson, Floyd, Brito and field, I'm all for whatever it takes to
get us there. The concerns with bringing up Hamels now are:
-Including his three starts at Triple-A this year, Cole Hamels has six
starts at Double-A and Triple-A combined for his career.
month ago the Phillies were so confident about his health that they sent him
to start the season at Single-A Clearwater rather than Triple-A Scranton
Wilkes-Barre to protect him from long bus rides and cold weather.
Hamels numbers in three starts at Triple-A are other-worldly -- 2-0 with an
0.39 ERA in three starts with 36 strikeouts in 23 innings. People don't
talk about it as much as the strikeouts, but he walked one. One?
Eude Brito's numbers with the Red Barons are great, too, but not as good as
Hamels. He's 4-1 with a 1.58 ERA and has allowed just 22 hits in 40 innings
after getting the win today. Matt White is 2-3 with a 2.82 ERA and has
allowed just 28 hits in 38 1/3 innings. I think you have to be at least a
little worried about whether all these great numbers for Red Barons pitchers
say more about the pitchers or the teams they're pitching against.
The Phillies had to do something about the bottom of their rotation, and
they did. That's the most exciting part. Manuel all but promised Floyd
publicly a chance to get battered, and he has. If he made such a promise to
Madson I don't remember it. It will be interesting to see if Madson has any
public reaction after getting the win in his last start, going six innings
and being charged with just one earned run.
I think I would have made a change as well, but I would have gone Madson to
the pen, Floyd to Triple-A and Brito and Franklin in the rotation. Either
way, Phillies fans can look forward to watching what may be the most electric
pitching prospect in all of baseball take the hill on Friday night. And
we'll do it the way we've watched the four and five starters for this team
so far this year: with our fingers crossed.
Phillies overcome being more interested in being competitive than winning
to beat Mets
May 10 2006
If we take just one thing from last night's game, let it be this: Shane
Victorino is a badass. Not gritty or gutty or a gamer. Badass.
And if we take just two things, how 'bout this: Tom Gordon isn't going to
end the year with an 0.61 ERA. Or 1.61, or 2.61 or even 3.61. In fact, if
he ends the year anywhere except on the DL I'll be happy. He's been awesome
this year, but it won't last forever. The bigger issue is this: the
Phillies bullpen bailed out their weak starting pitching early in the
season. If the formula for success for the Phillies this year is that the
pen will give up a run every 23 innings it won't work.
The Phillies beat the Mets last night, scoring a run in the bottom of the
ninth inning to win 5-4. The win improves their record to 18-14. They have
the longest win streak in baseball at nine.
Brett Myers got the start for the Phillies and was great. He went eight
innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits. Two of the five hits went
for extra-bases, a double to Beltran and a two-run homer to Xavier Nady in
the eighth. His ERA drops to 2.96, which is ninth best in the National
Myers shut the Mets out through seven innings. In the eighth he allowed a
single to Cliff Floyd and a the homer to Nady to lead off the inning before
getting the next three hitters.
Flash Gordon started the ninth with a 4-2 lead, having gone 13 2/3 innings
without being charged with a run. He allowed a leadoff single to LoDuca,
got Beltran to line out to second and then gave up a two-run homer to Carlos
Delgado that tied the game at 4-4. David Wright singled and went to second
on a wild pitch. The Phillies intentionally walked lefty Cliff Floyd to
pitch to the righty Nady. Nady hit a slow roller to third and Bell got him
at first on a nice play with the runners advancing to second and third with
two outs. Gordon then struck out Kaz Matsui on a 3-2 pitch that looked high
but was called a strike to end the inning. The Phillies scored in the ninth
and Gordon got the win.
In his last two starts Myers has gone 15 innings against the Braves and
Mets, allowing four earned runs on 10 hits but didn't get the win in either
game. He has yet to allow more than three runs in a game this season.
The Phillies used their standard lineup against righty Pedro Martinez.
Carlos Ruiz, playing for the injured Mike Lieberthal, started at catcher.
Ruiz went 1-for-4 with his first Major League hit, a single off of Pedro
The Phillies got three runs in the second off of Pedro. Rowand (1-for-3,
two strikeouts) tripled to leadoff the inning, Bell (1-for-4) doubled him in
and went to third on the Ruiz single. Myers bunted Ruiz to second and
Rollins (1-for-4) had the big blow of the inning, a two-run single. Rollins
has hit in nine straight.
The Phillies got another run in the eighth. Up 3-2, Burrell (1-for-4)
singled with two outs. Burrell's lack of mobility, particularly range in
left field, almost hurt the Phillies again last night as Jose Reyes blooped
a ball in front of him in left. The Phillies got an out anyway, forcing the
runner at second, but his problems getting to balls are hard to ignore.
Fortunately he seems to have stopped trying for second except on the longest
of doubles, so the thing where he rips a double but gets thrown out going
for second may be done for a while. Anyway, Shane Victorino pinch ran for
him at first with Ryan Howard up and two outs. Howard (1-for-4, two
strikeouts) smoked a double to right, which was played beautifully by Nady
but Victorino scored anyway, bowling over Mets catcher Paul LoDuca. Great
play all, the double by Howard, Nady cutting the ball off and Victorino
flying around the basepaths. The run also turned out to be critical as
Gordon gave up the two-run homer in the ninth, which only tied the game
thanks to Howard and Victorino.
In the bottom of the ninth the score was tied at 4-4. Aaron Heilman got
Bell and Ruiz before David Dellucci hit a triple to right. Rollins was hit
by a pitch. Utley (0-for-3 with two walks, ending a seven-game hit streak)
walked. Abreu came up and hit a dribbler out in front of the plate.
Heilman fielded it, but the throw to first was wild as Dellucci crossed the
plate with the winning run.
The Phillies bench this season has been largely awful. Last night,
Dellucci's triple and Victorino's tear around the paths helped them get a
Elsewhere, the Braves pounded the Marlins 10-2. The Nationals beat the Reds
7-1 behind five home runs and six innings of two-hit ball from Armas. The
Phillies pull within three games of the Mets with the Braves four behind the
Phillies. The Nationals are just 2 1/2 games behind the Braves and the Fish
are 8-22.
Lidle and Glavine tonight.
And his daring life of whine made him a legend in his time
May 9 2006
Hope you enjoyed the Barry show and the day off. No time to rest now, though, as the first place Mets and their amazin' 21-10 record come to Philly for a three game series starting tonight.
Don't let the sweep of the Giants fool you, the Phillies starting pitching is still awful. The Mets come into Philadelphia with their pitchers holding opponents to a league best .229 average against. And our heroes? .292. Worst in the league. Madson, .371, Floyd, .323 and Lieber, .320, the three guys that started the games in the series sweep of the Giants, are causing most of the problems.
Even with the Mets off to
an amazing start, the Phillies have still been a little better offensively.
The teams have both hit 42 home runs for the season and are tied for third
in the NL. The Mets are doing a great job with the stolen base,
swiping 32 and being caught just three times. Reyes has 11 already and
has been caught just three times, while David Wright is perfect in seven
Big bats for the Mets are center fielder Carlos Beltran (286/441/671), new acquisition at first base Carlos Delgado (291/396/607), third baseman David Wright (305/386/542) and left fielder Cliff Floyd (186/286/304). Floyd is obviously struggling, just 3-for-his-last-21, but the numbers on the other three are awesome. Beltran missed a lot of time in April with a hamstring problem, but looks to be back in the swing of things. Delgado's .607 slugging percentage is seventh best in the NL.
Right fielder Xavier Nady (288/339/541) has seven home runs. Kaz Matsui (254/277/365) looks back entrenched at second base. Matsui has been awful and missed time with a knee injury. The Mets tried Anderson Hernandez there and he hit .146 in 41 at-bats before a bulging disk in his back sent him to the DL. Randolph has said the job is Matsui's to lose, and he probably will, but thankfully not before the series ends on Thursday. Matsui's brother in not-getting-on-base, Jose Reyes (272/340/419), plays short. His 11 stolen bases ties him for the lead league and he's out-onbasing Jimmy Rollins .340 to .329.
Newcomer Paul LoDuca catches. He's at 287/343/426. All of his line, his average, his on-base percentage and his slugging exceed his career highs, which either means it's May, it's a coincidence or it's easier to hit in New York than Florida or Los Angeles.
The wicked Mets bullpen is led by fireballer and former Philly Billy Wagner. His numbers are great, 19 strikeouts in 17 innings with a 2.12 ERA, but he's allowed six runs, three of them earned, in his last seven innings. Wagner has created a stir by complaining that nobody on the 2005 Phillies liked him and his teammates wanted to see him fail. I believe he's half right. He let us know what Placido Polanco thought last year, and what Manuel thought, and what some Phillies players said at team meetings. Bad choices all. The biggest problem is this -- for all the intensity he claims the Phillies lacked, the biggest series of the year in '05 came September 5 through 7 against Houston and Wagner took the loss in two of those three games.
Wagner is joined in the pen by fellow lefties Pedro Feliciano and Darren Oliver. Things are in a bit of flux due to the injuries that have hit the Mets rotation, but the righties out of the pen have primarily been Aaron Heilman, Duaner Sanchez, Chad Bradford, Bartolome Fortunato and Jorge Julio. The Mets pen has tremendous numbers -- Heilman, Feliciano, Oliver, Sanchez and Bradford all have good numbers with none of the group posting an ERA over four. Sanchez has been unbelievable -- he has not been charged with a run in 21 innings, allowing just eight hits and seven walks. Opponents are hitting .121 against him. Fortunato has a 27.00 ERA after being called up on Saturday and giving up eight runs in 1 1/3 innings on Sunday -- he's likely headed back to the minors soon. Jorge Julio has been off and on this year, but seems to be on at this point. He has a 6.06 ERA but has allowed just one run over his last 4 2/3 innings, striking out seven.
And then there's the rotation. Victor Zambrano suffered an injury to his right elbow on Saturday that will keep him out for the remainder of the year. Anyone mentioning the name Scott Kazmir in a the greater New York metropolitan area takes his or her life into their own hands. Fifth starter Brian Bannister is also out with a hamstring problem and things are getting ugly in New York. Jose Lima ugly. Rumors swirl around the possibility of a trade that would send uber-prospect Lastings Milledge packing for a star like Barry Zito or Dontrelle Willis and the idea seems to appeal to everyone except Mets GM Omar Minaya.
None of the Mets rotation problems will matter much to the Phillies, who will see the healthy top of the Mets rotation this week.
Brett Myers (2-1, 3.11) and righty Pedro Martinez (5-0, 2.72) go tonight. Pedro has struck out 42 in 39 2/3 innings this year, allowing just 22 hits. Opponents are hitting .163 against him. He's coming off the only one of his six starts of the season in which he didn't get the win -- he struck out nine Pirates on Wednesday, allowing just three hits and one run in six innings. Brett Myers gets another tough draw coming off of a start against John Smoltz and the Braves on Wednesday. He got a no decision but also pitched well, allowing two earned runs in seven innings in the game that Rowand won with a two-run homer in the eighth.
Cory Lidle (3-3, 4.17) faces lefty Tom Glavine (4-2, 1.94) tomorrow night. Glavine has pitched 14 shutout innings in his last two starts, allowing just seven hits. It doesn't get much better than that. It will be interested to see what the Phillies do with their lineup against Glavine -- they haven't had much stability against lefties. They may have settled into using basically their lineup versus righties with Howard/Rowand switched, which is what they did on May 2 against Florida lefty Scott Olsen. I think we might see that again -- Rollins, Utley, Abreu, Burrell, Rowand, Howard, Bell, Ruiz (for the injured Lieberthal). Lidle has pitched really well, bringing some stability to a weak Phillies rotation that has seen Lieber, Madson and Floyd all struggle terribly. He last pitched on Thursday, giving up two earned runs in six innings against the Braves and getting the win. He has gotten the decision in each of his six starts, going L-W-L-W-L-W. Sadly this would make him due for a L. Or it might not mean anything at all. He's still way above his career strikeout rates, he has 38 in 36 2/3 innings and has walked just six batters.
Gavin Floyd (3-2, 6.16) faces righty Steve Trachsel (2-2, 4.96) on Thursday night. Trachsel has allowed 10 earned run over 9 2/3 innings in his last two starts, most recently giving up four runs to the Braves in six innings on Thursday. He's allowed 38 hits in 32 2/3 innings but just two home runs. Gavin Floyd's numbers are bad and he's been worse than his numbers. In his last two starts he's gone 12 2/3 innings and allowed just four earned runs on 15 hits, eight walks and three home runs. Opponents are hitting .323 against him.
None of the pitching matchups make you feel real warm and fuzzy. Both teams have huge problems at the bottom of their rotations, but they aren't going to be a factor in the series except for Floyd. As a Phillies fan I fear no Steve Trachsel. Gavin Floyd, on the other hand, terrifies me.
Both the Phillies and the Mets come in hot, the Phillies have won eight straight and the Mets are on pace to win 110 games. Before it's over for the Phillies this season there are going to be some must win games. None of them are this week. A big part of the outcome of the series may be whether the tension between the teams escalates or is toned down -- cause it looks like they may be headed for some big games against each other over the next few months.
They might be very gentle Giants
May 8 2006
Apparently losing half of the good hitters in their lineup in the first game
of the series was more than the Giants could handle. The Phillies beat them
for the third straight time last night to improve to 17-14 on the season.
The game featured a mammoth homer by Barry Bonds, the 713th of his career,
which moved him within one of the Babe himself on the all-time list. The
Phillies intentionally walked Bonds in the first inning with Vizquel on
second and two outs. It looked bad at the time, but that was when Barry had
gone 1-for-10 in his last three games and the people sitting near the
McDonalds sign way up in right field were feeling for more like spectators
and less like assistant right fielders.
Jon Lieber started the game for the Phillies. He went seven innings and
gave up six hits and two walks. Three of the six hits went for extra bases,
including a double, the home run to Bonds and a solo home run to Mark
Sweeney. Lieber finished the seventh inning and Aaron Fultz started the
eighth for the Phillies, protecting a 9-4 lead.
Fultz allowed a leadoff single before striking out the side. He has been
used sparingly by the Phillies over the past few weeks -- they seem to feel
much more comfortable going with his fellow lefty, Rheal Cormier, out of the
pen. In 2005 Fultz was very successful against right-handed batters and put
up the best year of his career, which has been plagued by poundings at the
hands of righties. I wrote about it in a March 15 post called "Aaron
Fultz and the case of the lefty-righty splits." So far this year
righties are hitting .340 against Fultz and lefties .217.
Ryan Franklin pitched the
ninth and gave up a double, a single and a sac fly before striking out the
next two. The run he allowed made the score 9-5 and puffed his ERA to
4.41. The Phillies pen has been fabulous of late but Franklin not so much.
He's allowed four earned runs in his last four innings over five appearances
as his ERA went from 2.92 to 4.41.
The Phillies, facing San Francisco's Matt Morris, went with their standard
lineup against right-handed pitching with Fasano catching Lieber. They got
off to a quick start, scoring three in the first on an RBI single by Abreu
and a two-run homer by Burrell. Burrell was 1-for-2 on the day with two
walks to improve his on-base percentage to .400. Abreu was 1-for-4 with a
walk, his .449 on-base percentage is fourth best in the National League.
The Phillies got two runs in the sixth on back-to-back bases loaded walks to
Abreu and Burrell.
The Phillies got two more in the bottom of the second on an RBI triple by
Rollins and a single by Chase Utley. Rollins was 1-for-3 on the day,
walking twice and stealing a base. Utley was 2-for-5 on the day and is
Howard went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts and left six men on base. He's on
pace to be the first non-Burrell or Thome to lead the Phillies in strikeouts
this century.
Aaron Rowand went 2-for-4 with his sixth home run and continues to dazzle in
center field. He has been a tremendous addition. The home run pushed his
slugging percentage over .500 and his line for the season stands at
311/354/513. The big question for Rowand seems to be whether his down 2005
(270/329/407) season was a fluke or a trend. Right now his numbers are
looking a lot more like those he put up in 2004, the best year of his career
(310/361/544). He is hitting fewer doubles this year than he did in 2004,
just four in 119 at-bats so far in '06 after hitting 38 doubles in 487
at-bats in '04. In '06 has 11 extra-base hits (one every 10.82 at-bats), in
'04 he had 64 in 487 (one in every 7.61).
Bell was 3-for-4 with a double to raise his average to .260. He's hitting
.282 against righties after struggling horribly against them in '05, and
.182 against lefties after killing them in '05. I have no idea.
Fasano 0-for-2 with a walk and 2-for-his-last-17 with two singles.
No game today. Pedro, Billy Wagner and the Mets Tuesday night.
Utley unstoppable as Phillies steal seventh straight
May 7 2006
The Phillies took the first two of their three-game set with San Francisco, improving their record for the season to 16-14. They look for the sweep tonight.
The Phillies starting pitchers got battered in the first two games for, well, four earned runs. You'll just have to take my word for it, they were battered. They gave up 17 hits, seven walks and two home runs in 12 innings, and if you do that and only give up four runs you're either very good or very lucky. They were very lucky.
The Phillies won last night's game 4-1. Ryan Madson started and went six innings, giving up just one earned run but allowing eight hits and four walks. Madson started the seventh inning and allowed a leadoff double to Matheny. In a positive sign for Madson, the double to Matheny was the only extra-base hit he allowed.
Rheal Cormier was brought in to pitch to pinch-hitter Mark Sweeney. He got Sweeney before being charged with a wild pitch that sent Matheny to third. Randy Winn grounded out, scoring Matheny, and then Cormier got Vizquel to end the inning. Cormier maintained his 0.00 ERA for the season, but allowed the inherited runner, the only run charged to Madson on the day, to score.
The Phillies added a run in the bottom of the eighth to extend their lead to 4-1. Rhodes pitched the eighth, allowing singles to the first two batters. With runners at first and second and nobody out, Steve Finley hit a ball that Bonds tried to jump over but couldn't. He was out and the Phillies got a gift double-play on the next batter when Lance Niekro's line drive went off Jimmy Rollins' glove at short and they were able to get the runners at both third and second. Rhodes got out of it, but with the exception of the game on Thursday when he got the save against the Braves he hasn't looked at all good of late.
Gordon was perfect in the ninth, getting his tenth save and dropping his ERA to 0.61.
The Phillies started their standard right-handed lineup against righty Jamey Wright. Carlos Ruiz, up from Triple-A for the DL'ed Mike Lieberthal, got the start for the Phillies at catcher, making his major league debut. The Phillies also activated Julio Santana from the DL on Saturday, returning Clay Condrey to Triple-A. Condrey appeared in three games for the Phililes, allowing four hits and an earned run in two innings pitched.
It was a tough time to makes one's debut. A big game for April, with lots of media attention and a rare sellout in Philadelphia. Ruiz was better than fine. The high point came in the first inning when he threw Randy Winn out trying to steal second base. It was a big play for the Phillies who managed to keep the Giants off the board in the first despite two hits and two walks. Ruiz went 0-for-3 at the plate.
Utley homered in the first inning, his third in two days and seventh for the year. He was 2-for-3 on the day with two RBI. His seventh inning double also drove in a run. He's 5-for-his-last-8 with five extra base hits.
Abreu drove in a run with a walk in the bottom of the third. The Phillies loaded the bases with nobody out, Abreu walked and Burrell followed and grounded into a double-play. It brought in a run to make the score 3-0 but it looked like the Phillies had blown a big opportunity.
Burrell 0-for-3. Howard 0-for-4. Rowand was 0-for-2 and was ejected in the fifth inning for arguing balls and strikes. He was replaced by Victorino who singled and walked and is now hitting .320 in 25 at-bats.
Rollins was 1-for-4 and Bell 1-for-4 with a double.
On Friday night, Floyd got the start, looking for his second straight win and first of the year at home. He went six innings and gave up three earned runs with another ugly line -- nine hits and three walks, including four extra base hits, two of which were home runs. Opponents are slugging .591 against him.
Floyd started the seventh with the Phillies up 7-3 and was removed after he allowed a double and a walk. The Phillies called on Cormier, who got Vizquel to ground into a double-play and Mark Sweeney to fly out to end the inning without any damage.
Floyd gets out with his second straight win but really it was Cormier who kept his line respectable as Floyd left with two runners on base and nobody out.
The Phillies scored again in the bottom of the seventh and the game was pretty much out of reach at 8-3. Fultz pitched the eighth and Geary the ninth and they didn't allow a hit or walk between them. The Phillies pen has been absurdly good -- including Saturday night's game they have been charged with one earned run in their last 23 innings since April 27.
The Phillies fielded their standard lineup against a righty for the Giant's Matt Cain. Sal Fasano caught Floyd.
The Phililes hit five home runs on the game -- two from Utley (3-for-5, 3 RBI), two from Howard (2-for-4, 3 RBI) and one from Aaron Rowand (2-for-4, 1 RBI).
Rollins was 1-for-4. Abreu 0-for-3 with two more walks. Burrell was 1-for-3 with a single but left four men on base. Bell was 0-for-4 with three strikeouts. Fasano 1-for-4 with a single -- he's 2-for-his-last-15.
Jon Lieber and Matt Morris tonight. Tomorrow the Phillies have their first scheduled off-day since April 17 (there was a rainout April 22).
Butterfinger records out of reach as Barry blows into town
May 5 2006
Barry Bonds and the San Francisco Giants roll into Philadelphia tonight for the first of a three-game series. Hopefully there's nothing wrong with Gavin Floyd that can't be cured with a little national media attention. If tonight's start is a complete disaster, and I think it's at least 50/50, we'll have to give an assist to Cory Lidle who did a nice job of escalating the situation with his comments on the Giants slugger and his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run mark.
Bonds has 712 career home
runs, just two behind Babe Ruth for second on the all-time list. Babe
Ruth's 714 home runs are the elite mark in confection achievement. The
Reggie bar, with 563 homers, doesn't even come over anymore because the
mocking is so brutal.
The Giants are in third place in the NL West, a game and a half behind the Diamondbacks and Rockies who are tied for first place.
Bonds (250/512/554) and right fielder Moises Alou (374/424/667) are the big bats for the Giants. Alou's seven homers lead the team and his 24 RBI put him in a tie for seventh in the National League.
Randy Winn (278/345/389) mans center field and 41-year old Steve Finley gets a lot of time in the outfield as well. Finley is hitting .295.
In the infield, most of the pop will eventually be provided by Pedro Feliz who's been struggling thus far, hitting just .222 with a .252 on-base percentage. First baseman Lance Niekro is hitting just .203 with three extra base hits. Shortstop Omar Vizquel is at 341/432/429.
They're really, really old. I think it's Bonds who wins in an old-off at 42. Finley is 41 but Vizquel, 39, and Alou, 39, are not to be trifled with either.
Second baseman Ray Durham, a pup at just 34, is on the DL with a hamstring problem. Jose Vizcaino, hitting just .171, and 23-year old Kevin Frandsen have been filling in. Frandsen got called up last Friday after hitting .333 in 78 Triple-A at-bats but didn't endear himself when he didn't run out a pop-up in the eighth inning last Saturday that was dropped by Arizona catcher Chris Snyder to turn a double-play. He also hit the ball in batting practice on Wednesday that bonked Barry Bonds on the head.
Mike Matheny catches. He's hitting .212 and has won Gold Gloves for the past three years.
Armando Benitez came off the DL on April 20 and closes. Former Philly Tim Worrell returns to Philadelphia having handled the closing duties while Benetiz was out. He's posted six saves and a 7.15 ERA for the year. They are joined by righties Scott Munter, Jeremy Accardo, Kevin Correia and lefties Steve Kline and Jeff Fassero. Accardo, Correia and Kline's numbers look good so far, opponents are hitting .356 off of Munter and .377 off Fassero.
Lefty Noah Lowry is on the DL and should come back Monday. Brad Hennessey moved into his spot in the rotation but may go to the pen next week when Lowry returns -- Jamey Wright pitches tomorrow night for the Giants and may be pitching for his chance to stay in the rotation.
Gavin Floyd (2-2, 6.57) faces righty Matt Cain (1-3, 5.28) in a battle of the men who-would-be-superstars. Cain's a little closer to fulfilling his birthright, however, having had some success in the bigs already. He went 2-1 in seven starts for the Giants last year and pitched great, allowing just 24 hits in 46 1/3 innings. Tonight will be his sixth start of the year. He went six innings against the Diamondbacks on Sunday and allowed three earned runs, taking the loss. He's allowed less than a hit an inning, 28 hits in 29 innings, but given up four home runs. Floyd is coming off of his best start of the year. On Sunday he held the Pirates to one earned run in 6 2/3 innings. He allowed just six hits but walked five. Floyd is 2-0 with a 2.84 ERA away from Philadelphia and 0-2 with a 10.50 ERA at home, but I just don't think it's practical to move the game to San Francisco at this point.
Righty Jamey Wright (2-2, 4.63) and Ryan Madson (2-1, 8.14) Saturday night. Both guys may be fighting for their rotation spot -- Wright because of Lowry's return and Madson because he's been hit so hard. Wright had an awful start against San Diego on Monday, allowing ten runs, seven earned, in 5 1/3. He hits a ton of batters. Madson also pitched Monday, giving up five earned runs in 5 1/3 against the Fish. Opponents are hitting .373 against him and he's given up four home runs in 24 1/3 innings.
Jon Lieber (1-4, 6.87) faces righty Matt Morris (2-2, 5.18) on Sunday night. Morris gave up four earned runs in seven innings on Tuesday against the Padres. He was ejected from his start on April 23 against the Rockies as he hit two batters before getting out of the first inning as he was dragged into the never-ending Mesa/Vizquel fued. He's had two starts since then, neither of which has been very good. He's still just 31 but has tailed off a bit in the last two seasons after posting sub-four ERAs for his first six years in the major. Speaking of tailed off, I have no idea what's wrong with Jon Lieber but I hope the Phillies have their best people on it. Opponents are hitting .351 against him and he's allowed 51 hits in 36 2/3 innings while walking just three.


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The plan is to medically identify gay and transgender foreigners to prevent them from working in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries. A senior Kuwaiti official is downplaying the plan to keep gay and transgender foreigners from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) member countries.
'It is a mere proposal that Kuwait will present to fellow GCC members in order to look into the possibility of amending the medical checkup rules for foreigners wishing to work and live in the GCC,' Khalid Al Jarallah, the foreign ministry undersecretary, said, according to Gulf News.
Earlier this month it was revealed by Yousouf Mindkar, Kuwait's director of public health, that health centers will take stricter measures in order to detect gay people.
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Until I leave for Japan! Not forever, mind you, just for a little bit. 10 days, to be precise. Beacause when I'm not blogging about dead lettuces, I do actually work (sometimes) and I'm going for a conference. I'll be on Hokkaido, the north island, which is apparently very beautiful. The conference is in Sapporo, and then I plan to travel for a few days. And (how this for serendipity – the bloggy fairies are obviously on my side) apparently the region is really famous for it's flowers. Poppies, lavender, all sorts of meadow flowers… I'm so excited, I'm coming over all wiggly just thinking about it. I'm hoping to catch me some of this kind of loveliness:
Has anyone out there in the bloggyland been to Japan? And more specifically to Sapporo or even Hokkaido? Can you tell me where I can find this very field? Or one like it? Or, for that matter, a good place to find cheap ramen, second-hand kimonos, yakitori stuff on a stick or a vending machine that sells used knickers? All recommendations are welcome.
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Compact car sales generally go up when gas prices spike and fall when they drop. But each time they drop, the sales base settles at a higher level than in previous quarters.
To attract a broader array of buyers, new vehicles such as the Ford Focus, Hyundai Elantra and Chevy Cruze offer crisp, contemporary styling, well-appointed interiors and European-style platforms.
Although new competitors like the Focus and Cruze have base prices that are higher than those of the Corolla and Civic, they are often better equipped, with six-speed automatics, direct fuel injection and turbochargers.
"The reason Honda and Toyota had success is they had good value," said Thomas Quintana, chief operating officer of Q Chevrolet in Irving, Texas. "Now so does the Cruze."
Quintana, whose dealership has less than a 45-day supply of Cruzes, said he would double his inventory if he could get the cars.
Dealers say Cruze and Focus sales also benefit from extraordinarily high used-car prices. Rather than spend $20,000 on a used car with 30,000 miles on it, some consumers buy a well-equipped Cruze or Focus instead.
The Cruze is "our No. 1 car, outselling the Camaro," said Ray Huffines, chief executive of Plano, Texas-based Huffines Auto Dealerships, which includes Chevrolet stores in Plano and Lewisville.
"I think there is a progression downward with buyers," Huffines said. "We wish we could get more Cruzes to go with it."
The higher level of competition in the segment didn't surprise Toyota or Honda, said Dane Minor, general manager of Freeman Toyota in Hurst, Texas, and Freeman Honda in Dallas.
"We knew our competitors would get into this segment," Minor said. "And they are definitely building better products — and have to. But Toyota and Honda have the experience in this segment, and they have an advantage, I think."
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About 10 lecturers of the European Humanities University (EHU) are picketing the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania.
They are holding posters "We are not gastarbeiters", "Tereshkovich back" and "My rights back".
The EHU donors' conference takes place in the MFA building on February 18, Radio Svaboda reports.
"They are discussing the issue of additional funding of EHU to continue the reforms by the university administration," EHU lecturer Maxim Zhbankov said. "It's dangerous to give money to the institution in crisis if it doesn't know how to tackle it. The problem of the system crisis should be addressed in the first turn."
On February 17, Professor Pavel Tereshkovich, a representative of the democratic platform For a New EHU, was removed from the list of participants of the donors' conference.
The conflict between the university administration and EHU lecturers from the union Platform has been continuing for several months.
On January 13, EHU rector Anatoli Mikhailov signed a decree on announcing an open international competition to fill 17 academic staff vacancies.
Pavel Tereshkovich, the chair of the EHU Senate, doubted the competition procedures would be fair and transparent. The Senate members worry how the competition commission will be formed.
The election to the Senate of the Vilnius-based university was held on November 9. The Senate is a self-governing body. Twelve out of thirteen members of the platform For a New EHU were elected to the Senate. The platform unites academic staff members who don't agree with the university's development plan proposed by the administration.
Professor Pavel Tereshkovich was fired on February 6.
The EHU lecturers called on rector Anatoli Mikhailov to resign on February 6. Vice Rectors Bernardas Gailius and Aliaksandr Kalbaska faced a no-confidence motion from the Senate.
On February 11, the EHU administration released a statement saying it agreed with the demands of lecturers, who want to work under long-term employment agreements.
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Mike T. has been coming under fire a lot recently for the lack of depth. Mike has had his name mentioned on the chopping block every time a receiver drops a ball, or a tackle misses a block, and Sanchez gets smacked around. I personally have heard the chorus from just about every single person on this website about how he has not developed the Jets team, the youth. I have heard how he is a numbers guy, and not a real football guy.
All of this might be true, but I'm still rooting for Mike Tannenbaum. I want to see him succeed, because I value the hits of Revis, Harris, Ferguson, Mangold, Wilkerson, etc. over the misses like Vernon Gholston or Plexico Burress. I see a way he both provides depth on this team, and saves his job from the people that say he doesn't have a football mind.
Enter Aaron Curry. He is the 2009 1st round pick of the Seattle Seahawks. Picked 4th over all in the entire draft after a dominating college career. He was a Dick Butkus award winner in 2008, given to the nations top college linebacker. He finished the 2008 college season with 105 tackles, and on top of the world. He came into the league at a solid 255 running a 4.5 40 time. He was considered hands down the 2009 draft's safest pick, and a stud. That was then, and this is now.
Yesterday Curry was cut by the Oakland Raiders who traded the Seahawks 2 draft picks to get him last year. He had 60+ tackles his rookie year, and 70+ tackles his sophmore year. He was then given the bust label and shipped to Oakland where he couldn't get on a role.
Here's the deal though. Curry was an OLB in college, but he's best suited to be an ILB in the NFL. He is a tackling machine, but has consistently played strongside linebacker. The Jets drafted a 1 year wonder named Vernon Gholston, that had a good combine, beat Jake Long for a sack or two, and basically rode that to a high draft pick. The Jets got a reclamation project in Aaron Maybin, who was too light, and can't play the run or get off a block.
Aaron Curry is strong. He's not a 1 year wonder, he's not too light to be effective. He was a dominating player for multiple years in college. He just had the misfortune of going to 2 teams that were ill suited to him and his strengths and weaknesses. He sheds blocks, he locates ball carriers quickly. He has football knowledge, and knows how to play the game. He is good in those areas. He struggles in pass coverage (I know the tight end/running back coverage questions start and end here), so I'm not saying he's all peaches and brandy. The thing for him though is that he is a 3-4 linebacker that was drafted by a strictly 4-3 team (Seahawks), where he couldn't flourish. He was then traded to another strictly 4-3 team (Raiders), that rarely got out of that base 4-3 man defense. None of those defenses suited what this guy can do.
He's 26 years old. He's 3 years removed from being the BEST linebacker in the country, and he needs a home. Coming off being released by his second team and that "bust" label starting to hover above his head like a halo, I don't expect the line to be extremely long for Curry. But this is where it is advantageous for Mike T. to put in a call to his agent.
The Jets don't have great depth at linebacker. I see backups like Garrett McIntyre, Josh Mauga, Demario Davis, and Nick Belore and I think which one of them could be a starter? I don't see any right now, and if an injury happened immediately, none of them could step up and consistently beat the guy on the other side of the ball and do his job. The Jets recently cut both Jason Hill and Marcus Dowtin. The roster size is down to 50 with 3 huge spots just hanging out there.
Aaron Curry provides multiple things for the Jets. He can play all 4 positions at linebacker, and be the backup immediately, without any pressure on the Jets or on himself. He can learn the system. Also, I believe he is a better inside linebacker, and he might provide another option outside Bart Scott next season, or as early as later this season. I would have to believe that this guy if given the chance will be more than hungry to prove that his best is yet to come. I also believe he, just like Sanchez both are out to prove that the high draft picks on them were not a mistake. The greatest chip on a shoulder to have is an internal one to show the world that you are a good if not great player.
Lastly, I believe he is one of those guys that can look horrible on certain teams, and great on others. If you remember Calvin Pace was considered a bust from the Cardinals, until they switched from a 4-3 DE to a 3-4 standup OLB. Then he exploded in his last season, and became the most sought after OLB, with the Jets winning the free agent bidding war for him. Aaron Curry could be that guy, except at any of the 4 positions in the linebacking corps.
My hope is that Mike T. picks up the phone and hurries up and gets this guy. I don't know how much of his salary would have to be paid for by the Jets, but I would assume after being on his 3rd team since his rookie contract, they wouldn't have to eat that much of his salary, or could possibly restructure if need be. This is not a front line move, just adding a good young football player, for good depth, at a position that would only get better. Just ask Dick Butkus, he personally took his award to Wake Forest to give it to Aaron Curry personally just 3 years ago.


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On Mother's Day, PB Chef celebrating wife's motherhood with `loco' eye-opener
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As executive chef of three Palm Beach restaurants—not to mention a fourth in downtown West Palm Beach—Kent Thurston will have his hands full this Sunday on Mother's Day, one of the busiest dining-out days in Palm Beach and beyond.
But the first thing on his to-do list? Get up early and awaken his 7-year-old daughter, Harper, so the two of them can cook a special breakfast-in-bed for their wife/mom, Trish. It has become a tradition to do so.
More than likely, says Thurston—he helms the Palm Beach kitchens of the Coniglio family's restaurants, including Cucina dell'Arte (www.cucinadellarte.com), Nick & Johnnie's (www.nickandjohnniespb.com) and Gigi's Tap & Table (www.gigispalmbeach.com) –the breakfast will be one of Trish's favorites: Loco Moco, a quintessential homegrown dish of Hawaii.
"It's a real indulgence," notes Thurston, who also plans on Mother's Day to bring flowers to and "hang out" with his mom, who lives locally.
So what's Loco Moco? It's a favorite fuel-up dish for surfers (among others) and versions of it vary, but Thurston's follows the general playbook: white rice topped with a burger patty, crispy Spam, a fried egg and teriyaki gravy.
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There are very few places one can go to see pumpkins that are actually large enough to be made into Cinderella's carriage.
Cooperstown is an exception, however. Each year, giant pumpkins and other fruit are brought to the village to be weighed, judged, cooked, eaten, painted, carved and even raced.
PumpkinFest will return to Cooperstown this weekend. The two-day event, hosted by the Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce, will kick off Saturday as pumpkins and other fruit growers converge at Doubleday Field parking lot for a weigh-off. Food and merchandise vendors will also be on hand starting at 9 a.m. The weigh-off is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. and will feature growers from all over the northeast region.
The grower with the heaviest pumpkin will win $2,000 and a plaque. Other prizes will be handed out to participants.
Last year's largest pumpkin tipped the scales at 1,509.5 pounds. The winner, grown by Pete Sweet of Great Barrington, Mass., did not break any record but it marked a personal best for the pumpkin grower. The world record belongs to Ron Wallace from Greene, R.I. In 2012, he grew a pumpkin that weighed a whopping 2,009 pounds, making it not only the largest pumpkin in history, but also the largest fruit ever grown in the world. The massive pumpkin took top honors at the Topsfield Fair in Topsfield, Mass.
There have not been any records broken in Cooperstown since David Hilsltolky of Wyoming, Pa., who broke his state's record for the largest pumpkin with a 1,557-pound orange giant in 2009.
Cooperstown Chamber of Commerce Director Pat Szarpa said the growers have indicated that this has been challenging year for them because of the heavy rains early on in the season.
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Memorial Day Weekend is the unofficial kick off to the summer, which means more people will be spending more time on the water, and so will South Carolina's Department of Natural Resources.
SCDNR says they will be out there to make sure boaters are being safe. They say they will inspect boats randomly to make sure they have all of the safety equipment required by law, including extra life jackets and fire extinguishers.
"What happens on the water is things happen fast, getting thrown out of a boat or your boat hitting something," said Sgt. Michael Thomas, SCDNR. "Not only do I recommend that you have your equipment, but know where they are."
Thomas said the Lowcountry did not have any boating deaths last year, and he attributes that to SCDNR's presence on the water.
"Folks know we're going to be out here, they know we're going to be around, and that absolutely is a factor," he said. "We see more responsible drivers now then we've ever seen."
SCDNR is not trying to stop folks from enjoying themselves on the water, in fact, they want folks to have a good time, but not at the expense of their life or someone else's.
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The current issue of GOLF Magazine names the best golfers in the NFL. The BILLS placed 2 players on the teams.
Hangartner was named to the offense with a 7 handicap. Kyle WIlliams was named to the defense with a zero (scratch) handicap.
I thought these guys were supposed to be working out in the off season!
I wouldn't want to "be the ball" (nanananana) when these guys tee off!
Here's the link: http://www.golf.com/golf/tours_news/article/0,28136,2007044,00.html


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