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One game, one loss, one season over. Jonathan Papelbon imploded in the ninth, allowing two runs as the Orioles beat the Red Sox, 4-3, and the Rays erased a seven run lead and beat the Yankees, 8-7, in extras to win the AL Wild Card title.
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David Ortiz has lived through heartbreak plenty of times during his Boston Red Sox career, but Wednesday night's events may have just taken the cake. Ortiz and the Red Sox blew a 3-2 lead in the ninth inning and lost to the Baltimore Orioles, all while the Tampa Bay Rays erased a seven-run deficit to beat the New York Yankees and clinch the AL Wild Card. Ortiz, speaking to reporters after the loss, said that it's never been worse for him. Ever.
"Not even close. Not even close to what happened to us in '03," said Ortiz. "We walked into September nine games ahead, and look where we're at right now. It can't go no worse than that. This is worse.
"I never put any attention to where we're at. ... But at one point, I was like, 'Wait a minute - we walked into September nine games ahead.' Wow. It doesn't matter what anybody here does. That's going to stay in your head. That's not a situation you want to be facing, but you learn from that." (via WEEI)
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of time. On one night in late September, the Boston Red Sox incited feelings of anxiety, excitement and despair, all in a matter of hours. When it was over, the Sox were on the outside looking in. Again.
The Red Sox lost, the Rays won, and now Boston and all the fans are left stunned, unsure of how to pick up the pieces.
The Tampa Bay Rays are headed to the playoffs and the Red Sox are heading home.
One of the most incredible sequences in the history of baseball concluded with a Jonathan Papelbon blown save in Baltimore and an Evan Longoria line drive that snuck over the left field fence five minutes later to set off bedlam at Tropicana Field as the Rays won 8-7 in 12 innings.
The Rays rallied from a 7-0 deficit with six runs in the eighth, including a three run bomb by Longoria, and then the tying run in the ninth courtesy of a Dan Johnson home run with two outs to send the game into extra innings.
From there the game seemed to be something of a formality as Yankees manager Joe Girardi stuck with reliever Scott Proctor. But, Proctor showed poise and was able to keep the Rays off the scoreboard for 2.2 innings and gave the Yankees their best chance in the top of the 12th.
With nobody out, the Yankees had runners on the corners and seemed assured of getting at least one run across, but Greg Golson was caught in no mans land on a slow roller down the third baseline. Undecided on whether to run home or go back to third Golson was tagged out and the major crisis was averted for the Rays. Reliever Brandon Gomes quickly got the final two outs to set up Longoria's heroics in the bottom of the inning.
The win coupled with a Red Sox meltdown 500 miles north in Baltimore allowed the Rays to clinch one of the greatest comebacks in baseball history. The Rays trailed the Sox by nine games just four weeks ago and rallied to win the Wild Card outright with no playoff needed.
The Rays will open the playoffs in Texas against the defending American League Champion Rangers on Friday.
We're all tied up in Tampa Bay.
After trailing 7-0 at one point during the game, the Rays rallied for six runs in the eighth inning, and then with two outs in the ninth and the bases empty, pinch hitter Dan Johnson crushed a 2-2 fastball into the right field bleachers to tie the game and send the crowd at Tropicana Field into a frenzy.
In the 10th, both teams were able to get a runner aboard via a walk, but were unable to advance the runners thanks to some strong performances on the mound by Kyle Farnsworth (Tampa) and Scott Proctor (New York).
In the 11th, the Yankees went 1-2-3, but the Rays had runners at first and second with one out and were unable to push across the winning run.
The Rays need to win this game in order to guarantee themselves at least a tie for the Wild Card. In the event of a tie, a one game playoff would decide the winner of the final playoff spot. That game would be Thursday afternoon at 4pm.
Putting aside, for a moment, all of the terrible things that have just gone on in Tampa Bay, the Red Sox are one scoreless inning away from a 3-2 win that would, at the very least, secure their spot in a one-game playoff against the Rays--if not more.
The Sox looked like they might be in trouble with Alfredo Aceves having to warm up again after an hour-and-a-half rain delay. The invaluable reliever was wild to start the bottom of the seventh, hitting two of the first three batters he faced. But a big strikeout of Red Sox killer Robert Andino and a ground out by J.J. Hardy gave the Sox the outs they needed to end the inning.
The top of the eighth held some promise for an insurance run, but a baserunning mistake would end up costing the Sox. With Marco Scutaro at first, Carl Crawford sent a fly ball to left-center field which a diving Nolan Reimold could not come up with. But, having had to stop and wait to see if the ball would fall in, Scutaro was too slow to make it all the way home, and ended up being thrown out.
From there, it was Daniel Bard's game to lose, but the setup man ended up coming through, albeit with some loud fly balls, recording a 1-2-3 inning to send the Sox into the ninth, where they'll just need Jonathan Papelbon to be Jonathan Papelbon.
The Tampa Bay Rays have life in the race for the American League Wild Card! After eight innings from Tropicana Field, the Rays have pulled to within a run at 7-6.
After David Price was shelled for six runs in four innings and the offense managing just two hits through six innings, the bats awakened in the eight for the Rays as they scored six runs, highlighted by Evan Longoria's three run home run off Yankees reliever Luis Ayala.
The Yankee's "pitcher by committee" strategy had been highly effective through the first seven innings thanks to strong outings from Phil Hughes, AJ Burnett and Aaron Laffey. But, in the pivotal inning, the wheels came off when Andrew Brackman, Ayala and Boone Logan struggled with control.
The first two runs came via walks to Sam Fuld and Sean Rodriguez, BJ Upton hit a sacrifice fly with the bases load, and then Longoria cleared the remaining base runners with one swing.
Through six complete innings, the New York Yankees are on cruise control thanks to a Mark Teixeira grand slam back in the second inning and a strong group pitching performance from a platoon of relievers.
The Rays came into the game tonight hoping to swipe the Wild Card out from underneath the Red Sox tonight, but after surrendering five early runs, the only thing the Rays can do is hope for help from Baltimore.
The Rays have just two hits in the game through six innings (two ingles from catcher Casey Kotchman) and only seven base runners, none of whom has reached third base.
Rays starter David Price is on the hook for the loss after struggling with his control and surrendering six runs (five earned) in four innings of work. Reliever Juan Cruz gave up a home run in the fifth inning to account for the other New York run thus far.
The Red Sox have survived through a troublesome sixth inning thanks to a big double play in what is increasingly becoming Dustin Pedroia and Marco Scutaro's game.
With the Orioles finally getting a 1-2-3 inning in the top-half of the sixth, Jon Lester came back out ready to go for a rare Red Sox quality start. At first, it didn't seem like it was going to happen. Lester would walk the first two batters he saw, setting up the Orioles with a big opportunity with Vlad Guerrero coming to the plate.
Then, for the second straight inning, Marco Scutaro took over the game on defense. Guerrero hit a ground ball back up the middle, and it took every bit of range in Scutaro just to get to it. Off-balance, Scutaro flipped the ball straight out of his glove to Dustin Pedroia at second, who snagged the low toss, spun, and fired to first to complete the twin killing. While Lester would allow another walk afterward, a ground out from Adam Jones meant the lead was safe for at least another inning.
It's been a tough September for Dustin Pedroia, but the former MVP has come through in a big way Wednesday night.
The big hit came, as most of Pedroia's do, on a high fastball. Taking that nearly shoulder-level swing that Red Sox fans are so accustomed to seeing, Dustin Pedroia hooked the fastball long and very far to left field, putting the Red Sox back on top with a solo shot in the fifth.
From there, it was just a matter of holding the lead in the bottom half. But after a leadoff double, that was far from a sure thing. With the runner moving to third on a ground ball out, the Orioles were just one fly ball away from knotting things at three. But with the infield in, Marco Scutaro found Ryan Lavarnway on Nolan Reimold's ground ball, and Lavarnway's glove found Mark Reynolds at home for the out.
After a grand slam home run by the Mark Teixeira, the Yankees had a 5-0 lead after two innings and things began to look bleak for the Tampa Bay Rays in their quest to clinch the Wild Card tonight. After four innings, things aren't looking much better as the Yanks have added another run to take a 6-0 lead.
Tampa has struggled to get its offense going thus far with just one hit and three base runners to their name.
Yankees manager Joe Girardi has decided that rather than using one of his regular starters for tonight's game, he would use a series of relievers, and through four innings, the Yanks are already on their third pitcher.
Dellin Betances started the game and gave up just one hit and two walks through two innings. George Kontos and Aaron Laffey combined to shut down the Rays in the third and fourth.
On the other side, David Price has struggled badly for the Rays surrendering six runs (five earned) on six hits in his four innings of work. Price also had trouble with his control, throwing 28 pitches in the first inning, and 97 through four.
If it weren't for what followed, Alfredo Simon's fourth inning balk could have been quite the point of controversy.
With Marco Scutaro hitting a one-out double and moving to third on a Carl Crawford ground out, the Red Sox needed Mike Aviles to get a hit, or at least reach base to get Jacoby Ellsbury a shot.
Or so they thought.
Instead what they got was a balk from Simon, bringing home a celebrating Marco Scutaro and tying the game without another hit. Normally, given the importance of this game, that would be a huge event—the sort deserving of plenty of talking-head attention should the Sox eventually win. Luckily, though, Mike Aviles would end up singling, making it something of a moot point.
Jon Lester, meanwhile, has returned to form after allowing the 2-run shot in the last inning, retiring the Orioles in order to preserve the Red Sox' new-found tie
The Red Sox and Orioles both scored in the third inning, but it was one big swing from shortstop J.J. Hardy that gave Baltimore the upper hand.
First up came the Red Sox, who saw the first three batters in Aviles, Ellsbury, and Pedroia all reach base, with Pedroia's single up the middle putting the first run of the game on the board. Unfortunately, the first-and-second with zero outs situation would provide not a single run more. David Ortiz grounded into a double play to bring the Sox down to one last out, and after an intentional walk to Adrian Gonzalez and a long battle against Ryan Lavarnway, Alfredo Simon got the Red Sox' young catcher swinging at an outside breaking ball for the third out.
That's a pitch that Lavarnway is going to have to learn to lay off as the years go by, but for now, the Sox just don't have the time to spare.
After two innings in Tampa, things are looking up for the Red Sox in their battle for the Wild Card as the Rays surrendered a second inning grand slam off of shaky starter David Price and have a 5-0 lead.
Faced with the gravity of needing to win their game against the New York Yankees, the Tampa Bay Rays looked a little nervous in the first inning after an error and some wild pitching led to an unearned run for the Yankees.
But, after getting the first out in the second inning, Rays pitcher David Price loaded the bases for Mark Teixeira and then was faced with a 3-2 count. Forced to give Tex something to hit, Price left a juicy fastball right over the plate which was promptly deposited into the left center field bleachers.
If the score holds, the Red Sox would be guaranteed at least a tie in the final standings and a one-game playoff tomorrow afternoon in Tampa.
The Red Sox and Orioles are through another inning with no score.
While Lester is through two scoreless now, and in relatively short order, between the double in the first inning and a loud fly out from Matt WIeters in the second, there has been some decent contact off of him. The man that reached in the second, however, did so on a weak infield single, and then was quickly erased by way of the double play as Dustin Pedroia dug a low throw out of the dirt and made a strong throw to first to beat the slow-running Mark Reynolds.
The Sox, for their part, got a one-out single from J.D. Drew, but couldn't do so much as move him to second as Marco Scutaro and Carl Crawford both flew out.
Meanwhile, in Tampa, New York's starter Dellin Betances seems to think that the zone starts at the waist given how high he's throwing everything. Then again, given that not much is hitting the zone, he might not know at all. At the very least, however, he escaped unharmed after putting two men on with one out.
The best news for the Red Sox so far tonight doesn't even come from their game, but Tampa Bay's, as the Yankees have taken a 1-0 lead and forced David Price to throw 29 pitches just to get out of the first.
Meanwhile, in Baltimore, things are…pretty dull. David Ortiz drew a two-out walk off of Alfredo Simon in the first, but Adrian Gonzalez hit a soft liner back up the middle where Robert Andino made a routine play on it for the out. Jon Lester would have relatively similar results, giving up a double with one out to J.J. Hardy, but striking out Nick Markakis and getting a 1-pitch ground out from Vladimir Guerrero to end the threat in a hurry.
We'll be updating you on the progress of the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays throughout the night in addition to tonight's Sox-Orioles game, so make sure to follow along with us! @sbnationboston
The Red Sox will turn to Jon Lester on three days' rest in the most important game of the regular season: number 162.
While the decision by Joe Girardi to at least begin the game against Tampa Bay with his usual starters can give the Red Sox and their fans some hope that they could walk away with everything tonight, focus has to be entirely on Baltimore, and the assumption has to be that this game is a win-or-go-home situation.
In order to fulfill their end of the bargain, the Red Sox will once again turn to Ryan Lavarnway behind the plate. One day after a breakout, two-homer performance, Lavarnway will bat fifth against the right-handed Alfredo Simon. While Lavarnway has always been noticeably better against lefties during his minor-league career, Simon has major reverse splits, and so could prove the perfect match for Lavarnway.
Boston Red Sox (90-71)
Baltimore Orioles (68-93)
Pitching Matchup: Jon Lester (15-9, 3.49 ERA) vs. Alfredo Simon (4-9, 4.85 ERA)
Normally seeing Jon Lester going against the Orioles would be an encouraging sight. He has, after all, dominated them throughout his career. Wednesday, however, things are different. Lester is only on three days' rest, and that for just the second time in his career. In the first, he allowed four runs in five innings. Add to that the fact that the Sox' lefty just hasn't been good of late, and it's a scary situation for Boston.
On the other hand, it's Alfredo Simon, who simply isn't very good. He's not really been terribly prone to the blow-up, but quick outings with a few earned runs on the board are fairly common place, and the Sox will be all-too-happy to get into this bullpen.
It's the most important game of the year, so the Sox will be pulling out all the stops. If Lester should struggle early, it's going to be a long night with all hands on deck--even Clay Buchholz'.
The Red Sox held onto their lead despite mediocre outings from Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon Tuesday night, taking advantage of four homers to knock off the Orioles and maintain their tie with the Rays in the wild card race.
The opening salvo was fired by the Orioles against Erik Bedard in the bottom of the first, as a 2-out walk from Nick Markakis and double from Vladimir Guerrero pushed the first run of the game across.
The Sox wasted little time in striking back, and the big hit came from exactly where you would expect it. A 1-1 changeup to Jacoby Ellsbury with Marco Scutaro on base wound up in the right field seats. His 32nd homer of the year gave the Sox a 2-1 lead in the third.
Up next on the list was Ryan Lavarnway. With two men on and a 2-2 count, Lavarnway appeared to go around on a check swing, but was given a second chance by the first base umpire. He did not waste it. The next pitch was a high fastball, and Lavarnway turned on it, launching his first career homer into the stands in left field to give Boston a 5-1 lead.
In what would become an unfortunate trend, however, the lead quickly shrank. A clearly gassed Erik Bedard took the mound for his fourth inning of the game, and simply didn't have it. A ground ball single put Vladimir Guerrero on, and then a high fastball to Matt Wieters spelled disaster; the catcher cut the Orioles' deficit in half with one big swing, sending a long ball into center field to make it 5-3.
From there, though, the Sox returned to piling it on. The top of the sixth saw Carl Crawford triple, and then come in as Marco Scutaro launched his own homer to left field off of a Jason Berken curveball to extend the lead to 7-3. And while Adam Jones' solo shot would cut the lead to 7-4 in the sixth, the Sox again found a big hit from the new guy. Ryan Lavarnway's second hit of the night came on a changeup, but found its way to just about the same place, clearing the wall in left to give the catcher his second homer on the same night as his first.
Meanwhile, Alfredo Aceves had gone about his usual routine, completely saving the Red Sox after a bad start. Despite pitching in his third straight game, Aceves came in and retired batter after batter in efficient fashion, carrying the Sox all the way through the end of the seventh, recording 11 outs on just 36 pitches, allowing just one run in the process.
Unfortunately, the parts of the bullpen that the Sox had relied on so consistently for the first five months of the season again came up empty in September. While it eventually turned out alright, Daniel Bard and Jonathan Papelbon made things far too interesting. A pair of singles and a two-out triple would lead to two runs coming in off of Bard, and a leadoff single led to another off of Papelbon. With the tying run at second, however, Papelbon would win a 10-pitch at bat against Adam Jones, getting the center fielder to ground out and keeping the Sox alive to fight another day.
Three For The Road
No Problems For Lavarnway
Starting behind the plate for the first time with the Sox, Ryan Lavarnway didn't exactly show any signs of trouble defensively. Zero passed balls, zero wild pitches, and the one time the Orioles tested him on the basepaths, he gunned down Adam Jones at third. He even made a nice play in the ninth to save what could have been a very weak hit. A good start for a guy that a lot of Sox fans are hoping to see back there more often in the coming years.
Alfredo The Invaluable
Alfredo Aceves is showing exactly why the Sox kept him out of the rotation. Appearing in three straight games, Aceves has been instrumental in both of the Sox' last couple of wins. And tomorrow? "If I wake up, I'm good," he says.
That Damned Soriano
Amazingly, through six innings, it looked like the Sox were actually going to luck out, and gain their wild card lead back. But Rafael Soriano gave Sox fans a reason to hate him after they'd spent the offseason (and much of the regular season) enjoying some schadenfreude over his signing. A three-run homer for Matt Joyce in the seventh inning left the Rays on top of the Yankees 5-3, and for one very short moment, on top of the wild card standings by a half-game.
Red Sox MVP -- Ryan Lavarnway
The top hitting prospect in the system made himself the top hitting player of the night. Two long balls in one game, including what would turn out to be the game winner? Far from wilting under pressure, Lavarnway thrived.
Up Next -- Wednesday, 7:05 p.m. | Jon Lester (15-9, 3.49 ERA) vs. Alfredo Simon (4-9, 4.85 ERA)
Facing down an absolute must-win, the Sox will be forced to turn to Jon Lester on short rest and in the middle of a bad slump. The good news is that the only pitcher the Sox would like to see more Wednesday is Brandon Morrow. Alfredo Simon isn't particularly good, and there's no reason for the Sox not to take care of business.
Except for the fact that it's September, and these are the Sox. We can only hope that doesn't factor into things.
The Red Sox are up 7-4 Tuesday night after another two more homers have added five more runs.
The first bomb came from the Sox' biggest offensive prospect: Ryan Lavarnway. With David Ortiz and Adrian Gonzalez reaching base on singles, Ryan Lavarnway worked the count full against Zach Britton, perhaps getting lucky on a check swing call with two strikes. The next pitch was a high fastball, and Lavarnway didn't mitch, launching a three-run shot into the stands in left field to give the Sox a comfortable 4-1 lead.
Unfortunately, that comfort wouldn't last terribly long. A two-run homer from Matt Wieters in the bottom half of the fourth combined with a single and a walk was enough to chase Erik Bedard very, very early. The Sox would respond before long, however, with Marco Scutaro continuing his torrid September, taking an 0-1 curveball from Jason Berken and launching it for a two-run shot of his own.
The real savior through all this, however, has been Alfredo Aceves. After Bedard's early disappearance, the long relief man has thrown 2.2 strong innings on relatively few pitches, allowing just a solo shot to Adam Jones despite working both of the last two games.
It seems like there's only one man playing for the Red Sox these days: Jacoby Ellsbury. So far, however, that's been enough for the Boston Red Sox, who have a 2-1 lead through the first thee innings of Tuesday's game.
First, however, the Sox found themselves behind as usual. A two-out walk by Erik Bedard would lead to a run in the first when Vladimir Guerrero followed it up with a line drive double to score the run. While he'd allow another double to lead off the second, Ryan Lavarnway caught Adam Jones trying to take third to help keep the Orioles from scoring again.
Zach Britton, meanwhile, had faced eight batters and recorded eight outs—albeit with one double play. That changed rather suddenly in the third. A two-out double from Marco Scutaro gave the Sox their second baserunner of the night, and up stepped Jacoby Ellsbury, ready to once again play the hero. A flat changeup provided him all the opportunity he needed. As the Orioles outfield stood and watched, Ellsbury's fly ball left the park, and put the Sox on top.
With their season quite likely on the line, and a lefty on the mound, the Sox will turn to no less than the B-team to help them stay alive in the wild card race.
While this is certainly the sort of lineup Red Sox fans may have expected to see around the end of the season, it's for all the wrong reasons. The playoffs are far from assured, and Terry Francona is not simply resting up for October. Instead, this motley crew has been scrabbled together to deal with both injuries to starters, and the difficulties others have with lefties.
All the Sox can hope for now is some revitalizing magic.
Boston Red Sox (89-71)
Hey, look, Lavarnway is still alive!
Baltimore Orioles (68-92)
Pitching Matchup: Erik Bedard (5-9, 3.50) vs. Zach Britton (11-10, 4.44 ERA)
In a normal world, on a normal day, the Red Sox do what they've done to Zach Britton before and unload on the young lefty for lots of runs while Erik Bedard recovers from his defense-induced meltdown to put up a rare Red Sox quality start.
However, this is September, and these are the 2011 Red Sox. And so any prediction that doesn't include 5 innings of the Boston Bullpen and at most 5 runs for their offense is unrealistic at best.
Orioles 6, Red Sox 3
Boston Red Sox: 89-71
Tampa Bay Rays: 89-71
In many ways that's all that needs to be said, but since the Sox are going through the trouble of at least going through the motions, let's offer them the same courtesy.
The offense got off to a hot start that somehow was typically ice cold at the same time. The bases were loaded in the first, and then all three runners left without scoring. One run came across in the second, but perhaps only because of a fielding error by Matt Angle, whose throw to the infield was very far off target, allowing Marco Scutaro to come home from first on a glorified single.
The Orioles, of course, came back. Josh Beckett once again proved unable to hold the worst team in the AL East down, giving up a homer to Matt Wieters to tie the game in the second, and then after Jed Lowrie had put the Sox back up with a solo shot in the first, allowing the tying run to come across and loading the bases in the fifth before barely escaping even at 2-2.
Then the sixth hit, and Josh Beckett imploded. With one man on and two out, Beckett would walk Mark Reynolds, and then give up a go-ahead double to Chris Davis. Two pitches later, and Robert Andino was rounding the bases as his long fly ball led Jacoby Ellsbury directly into the center field wall, leaving him laid out on the ground as three runs scored on the inside-the-park home.
No, the Red Sox could not overcome the deficit. One lone run scored in the ninth, and two outs later the game, and the Sox' time atop the wild card standings--was over.
The Red Sox are just two innings away from being stuck in a wild card tie with the Tampa Bay Rays.
While James Shields has made shutting down the Triple-A Yankees look as easy as it should be, Josh Beckett once again shut down in the late going, imploding violently in the sixth inning.
First, though, there was the fifth, and with it a tie game. A leadoff single and walk put two men on, and Chris Davis' single brought one home to score the equalizer. Beckett would load the bases, but escaped on a pop-up and a nasty hook to Nick Markakis.
He would not be so successful in the sixth. Another leadoff single put him in trouble early, but after a couple of quick outs Beckett seemed prepared to escape again. It was not to be. Beckett lost control of the strike zone, gave up a walk to Mark Reynolds, and then a double down the line in right to give the Orioles a lead. That wouldn't have been such a disaster were the next batter not Red Sox killer Robert Andino. A long fly ball to center field sent Jacoby Ellsbury crashing into the wall, allowing the ball to drop from his glove, and giving Andino free reign to score on an inside-the-park three-run shot.
It's 6-2 Orioles, and suddenly the playoffs seem so very out of reach.
The Red Sox are ahead of the Orioles 2-1 after three-and-a-half innings Monday night.
The Sox' offense has been on for most of the game, but once again have found themselves coming up empty in big spots. A bases loaded situation in the first resulted in no runs when Jed Lowrie flew out to left on the first pitch he saw from Tommy Hunter, and a run only managed to come across in the second inning thanks to a terrible relay to the infield on Jacoby Ellsbury's glorified single to left. Attempting to get the ball into second base, Matt Angle airmailed one all the way to the first base line while Marco Scutaro scampered all the way home from first.
The Orioles would respond almost immediately when Josh Beckett missed on a cutter to Matt Wieters. The pitch stayed up, and the Orioles' catcher took it deep to left to knot the score at 1-1.
That's when Jed Lowrie came in. After an uneventful third, the Red Sox' third baseman of the night stepped up to the plate against the right-handed Hunter in the fourth. One night after doubling and tripling against the right-handed Ivan Nova, Lowrie again flashed some uncharacteristic power from the left side of the plate. Clobbering a hanging breaking ball to right, Lowrie made up for his bases loaded failure with a solo-shot to break the 1-1 tie in favor of the Sox.
The Red Sox will have their ace on the mound as they open their final series of the regular season with an eye to at least match the record of the Tampa Bay Rays over the last three games of the year.
The Sox needed all of fourteen innings Sunday night to knock off the Yankees, but for the first time in a while they looked simply...solid. The Sox received a decent start from John Lackey, came back from an early deficit, picked up fifteen hits, and left with a win after a very strong bullpen performance. In fact, for the first time in September, they managed more than five goals in a game where they didn't have a ridiculous double-digit explosion.
While I'm sure they wouldn't mind a few more goals against Tommy Hunter and the Orioles' defense, they'll be looking at least for more of the same from the starting nine:
Boston Red Sox (89-70)
Baltimore Orioles (67-92)
Pitching Matchup: Josh Beckett (13-6, 2.70 ERA) vs. Tommy Hunter (4-4, 4.86 ERA)
Josh Beckett hasn't been particularly good against the Orioles at any point this year, but his last outing was particularly bad, largely because of a slow late-inning meltdown. While it would be nice to think that the Sox could just grab six strong off of Beckett tonight, with their pen completely gassed, it's hard to imagine they'll be able to manage such a luxury.
That same start saw the Sox score four runs off of Tommy Hunter, who's now dealing with a groin injury on top of his mediocre season. If the Sox can take advantage of what is likely to be a sub-par night from a sub-par pitcher after picking up 15 hits against the Yankees, then it may not matter if Beckett isn't completely on his game.
The Red Sox will face the Orioles in their final series of the regular season, needing only to match the Tampa Bay Rays' performance in order to make the postseason
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What He'll Need for the LookJeans or Khakis
Choose jeans with a light wash and a looser fit. For this look, skip the darkwashed, straight leg jeans as well as super destroyed jeans.
Khakis also look great for the Collegiate Boy Look. Look for straight leg, loose fitting khakis with a flat front (no pleats please!). If the weather is forgiving in your area, he may opt for khaki shorts for the beginning of the school season.
Zippies, Hoodies, Sweatshirts
Choose zippies, hoodies and sweatshirts that feature Varsity inspired graphic prints. These items are quintessential layering pieces for fall, and even double up as outerwear for the beginning of the fall season.
Vintage Inspired Tees
Vintage inspired tees are everywhere right now, and are a must-have for many of today's popular looks. For this look, use the tee as a layering piece. Remember, short sleeved tees are not just for layering under items, they look great layered over long sleeved shirts and even polos.
Long Sleeved Button-Ups and Polos
As an additional layering piece, or on its own, a long-sleeved button-up shirt looks great for Back to School. Leave the shirt open and untucked for a super-casual look.
Layer polo shirts over and under other tops. A fun look this season is layering a polo shirt under a zippy or hoody.
AccessorizeHave fun with accessories!
- Tie on a striped tie. But this year, skip the blazer when wearing a tie, for a fresh look, wear it with a zippy.
- Blazers have gone casual; pick up an oversized blazer in an unexpected fabric such as velvet.
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Recent studies point to compulsive drug taking among bath salts users, and several deaths have been blamed on the bath salt mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone or "meow-meow"). This has led several countries to ban the production, possession, and sale of mephedrone and other cathinone derivative drugs.
In October 2011, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration placed mephedrone on Schedule 1 of the Controlled Substances Act for one year, pending further study. "Basically, the DEA was saying we don't know enough about these drugs to know how potentially dangerous they could be, so we're going to make them maximally restricted, gather more data, and then come to a more reasoned decision as to how we should classify these compounds," said C.J. Malanga, MD, PhD, associate professor of neurology, pediatrics and psychology at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. He is also a member of the UNC's Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies.
Now, results of a new study led by Malanga offer compelling evidence for the first time that mephedrone, like cocaine, does have potential for abuse and addiction. "The effects of mephedrone on the brain's reward circuits are comparable to similar doses of cocaine," he said. "As expected our research shows that mephedrone likely has significant abuse liability."
A report of the study was published online on June 21, 2012 by the journal Behavioural Brain Research. The report's first author and MD/PhD student at UNC J. Elliott Robinson points out that mephedrone and other potentially addictive stimulants "inappropriately activate brain reward circuits that are involved in positive rei
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A Jefferson County Judge has scheduled the preliminary hearing for youth evangelist Larry 'Matt' Pitt.
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He is currently being held in the Shelby County Jail on no bond for allegedly violating his probation in a 2012 case there where he pleaded guilty to impersonating a law enforcement officer.
Pitt will appear in a Shelby County courtroom on September 24th for a probation revocation hearing.
He was arrested on August 20th moments after finishing an interview with Alabama's 13 about his response to the new allegations in which he denied impersonation an officer.
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Andrew Strauss steps down as England cricket captain
Andrew Strauss has retired as captain of the England cricket team and from all forms of cricket, he announced today.
He led England to victory in the Ashes twice and is one of England's longest-serving and most successful captains.
He is succeeded by Alastair Cook, who is already the one-day captain.
During a hastily-convened press conference at Lord's, Strauss told reporters:
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It has clearly been a tough decision to make, but I believe that it is both in the best interests of the England cricket team and myself to step down at this stage...
I am extremely proud of everything I have achieved as a cricketer, and I have found myself very fortunate to play in an era when some of English cricket's greatest moments have occurred.
I have loved every minute of it.
Strauss said the controversy surrounding South African-born batsman Kevin Pietersen "hasn't been a consideration" in making his decision.
Pietersen was left out of the squad for England's third test against South Africa earlier this month following accusations that he sent provocative text messages to his "close friends" in the opposing team.
Alastair Cook and said he has "huge boots to fill" andcongratulated Strauss on a "superb career".
He said that "everyone in the dressing room will be sad to see him go" but added that it was important to "move on quickly" because there is a busy season ahead.
Strauss scored a century during his Test debut against New Zealand in 2004.
He went on to gather 100 Test caps, captaining the side for 50 of those. He also made 124 appearances in one-day internationals and four in Twenty20 internationals.
His international career spanned more than a decade, during which time the left-handed batsman scored 21 Test centuries.
David Collier, the head of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), described Strauss as:
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A highly successful captain and opening batsman for Middlesex and England, who will be remembered for leading the side to two Ashes victories and to the top of the Test rankings.
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The Public Accounts Committee has warned that the HMRC must start publicly listing promoters and those who use their schemes, to avoid tax evasion.
Margaret Hodge, who chairs PAC, said: "Promoters of 'boutique' tax avoidance schemes like the one brought to our attention by the case of Jimmy Carr, are running rings around HMRC.
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We can't fill the empty space where the playoffs should be in this province but we can offer the Monday morning musings and mediations on the world of sports.
— If there was any lingering doubt the first round of the playoffs is the marquee event on the NHL calendar, it's been removed this year where the eight series have provided more entertainment, intensity and drama in five days than the regular-season schedule provided in seven months.
The best part? Most of those series are just getting started. The not-so-best part? The playoffs eventually give way to a war of attrition but that does't diminish for a moment what's been served up thus far.
Some mini-musings on what we've seen:
There's some question whether Duncan Keith is the best defenceman in the NHL, but after watching the Chicago-St. Louis series there's no question he's the dirtiest player in the NHL. As for the allegation he yelled, 'Wakey, wakey,' after Brent Seabrook knocked out the Blues' David Backes, the least you can say is it wouldn't have been out of character.
Still with the Hawks, would you call Seabrook's hit on Backes a smart penalty? The Hawks were in complete control of Game 2 and ready to break serve in St. Louis. The Blues, for their part, looked lifeless. Now they have a 2-0 series lead and, just as importantly, a cause while the Hawks will be without Seabrook for three games. Not sure if there's been a dumber play in recent playoff annals.
— The post-season is still in the process of defining itself but if Colorado's Matt Duchene comes back at anywhere near the level he played this season, you wonder if the Avs become the team in the West. You also wonder how long we'll be saying that.
— Got a friend who insists the Canucks started to unravel when they let Raffi Torres walk away after the 2011 Cup run. Maybe that over-simplifies things a tad but watching Torres in Game 1 of the Sharks-Kings series makes you wonder.
The Canucks could have signed the abrasive winger for somewhere around $1.75 million in the summer of 2011. They then expressed an interest in reacquiring him at last year's trade deadline but the Sharks grabbed him for a third-round pick, then signed him to a three-year deal. Torres wouldn't have been an answer to all the Canucks problems but he would have helped.
— Speaking of 2011, there's something about the Detroit-Boston series that stirs up a lot of ghosts for Canucks fans. The Bruins can't begin to play at the Red Wings' speed. Their only chance is to drag the series into the trenches and they can only do that if a) the refs or b) Detroit's lack of a power play let's them.
Sound familiar?
— In the meantime, it was still pretty funny listening to the Bruins whine about the Red Wings' clutching and grabbing in Game 1. Their claims to play tough, hard-nosed hockey also ring a little hollow when you see Milan Lucic spearing the Wings' Danny DeKeyser in the berries from behind. Wonder how that one is playing in the Boston media?
— There are a couple of teams who are dragging around can't-win-in-the-post-season baggage — San Jose, St. Louis, Montreal — but the Pittsburgh Penguins' credentials as a championship team now look suspect. It's been five years since the Crosby-Malkin-Fleury-Letang-Orpik-Kunitz core won their Stanley Cup. More to the point, it's been five years since they made any impact in the playoffs.
It's doubtful they can bring back head coach Dan Bylsma if they're ousted again. And that's interesting for Canucks fans because Bylsma would likely shoot to the top of Trevor Linden's head coaching list.
— On a somewhat related note, you wonder if Linden would be interested in former Canucks assistant Mike Johnston. The two men have a relationship that goes back a decade and Johnston has built a highly successful program with the Portland Winterhawks. Just saying.
— And finally, it wasn't exactly a banner year for Canada's NHL franchises but the Montreal Canadiens might be poised for a playoff run that's actually been a few years in the making.
Going back to the 1998 draft, when they took seven players who would suit up in the NHL, the Habs have done as good a job at drafting and developing as any NHL team.
They've picked in the top five exactly twice over the last 15 years — Alex Galchenyuk third in 2012 and Carey Price fifth in 2005 — but they assembled the core of their team through the draft and used other assets to make deals for Thomas Vanek, Lars Eller and Michael Bournival.
For the cost of a fifth-round pick in 2010, they also picked up Brendan Gallagher from the Vancouver Giants, who scored the Habs' second goal in their dramatic 3-2 victory over Tampa on Sunday night.
If you've been around long enough, you remember the days when the Habs used to do things better than other teams. It could be those days are coming back.


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Tim Tebow had just completed his first pass of the Denver Broncos' 2012 AFC Wild Card game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, only to have it taken away after a big hit by James Harrison helped dislodge the ball from Eric Decker's grasp and send Decker to the sideline. No matter: Tebow just followed it with two of the best throws of his NFL career to set up and score Denver's first touchdown of the day.
First, Tebow escaped the pocket and fired deep to Demaryius Thomas for 51 yards.
Then Tebow made one of the best throws of his career, fitting a pass into a tiny window for Eddie Royal to make the day's first touchdown happen.
Suddenly, Tebow looks like a threat to do things through the air. And the Broncos lead, 7-6.
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Nick received his feeding tube on April 4th after 2 months of being fed by an NG tube. Seeing him in the recovery room, moaning in pain, was emotional for me, to say the least. I felt acid rise in my throat as the anger I had for all those involved in this guy's beginning began to surface. Indescribable anger – how did so many adults not step in and change his life? The birth mother (while not an adult in age, she was still responsible for protecting him), the birth grandparents, the doctors, the social workers, the aunts, the uncles? All of that anger quickly turned into tears and sobs as I tried to soothe Nick. The attending nurse was a bit shocked at my reaction until I explained, between deep breaths, Nick's story.
We spent 5 days in the hospital while his little digestive system healed. Within days, Nick was back to his mischievous self and I realized I should have enjoyed days 1 and 2 when he was confined to his bed and didn't want to move much. He was ready to go home, as was I, so I turned him loose in the halls…. and the nurses quickly found our discharge papers.


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Progressive's Dave Pratt on the Evolution of UBI
Insurance Experts' Forum, February 12, 2014
When it comes to data standards, Dave Pratt, Progressives general manager of usage-based insurance, is most interested in Googles Open Automotive Alliance, an effort to create a data standard for automotive data.
We dont think the [wider adoption of ACORD's telematics data] standards will affect Progressive much at all because, as the innovator in usage-based insurance, we built all of our systems from scratch, Pratt says. Weve already got systems that work well and collect that data, so we are not that concerned about standards.
Googles efforts to make its Android operating system the standard for OEM automotive data, however is different. To the extent that creates a new source of data for us, that could be valuable but it would need to get pretty wide adoption, Pratt says.
In his presentation at the Connected World Conference in Chicago today, co-located with the Chicago Auto Show, Pratt described Progressives 15-year-long effort to take usage-based insurance (UBI) into the mainstream, detailing the evolution of the technology and its benefits to consumers, as well as the insurer.
Pratt says consumer adoption is picking up speed. One-third of Progressives direct customers are signing up for Snapshot, he says, and the company now has 9 billion miles of recorded driving data, which consumes 110 terabytes, he said. And, Progressive has 1.5 million UBI customers, up from 1 million a year ago. Adoption will increase, he says, as advertising increases awareness among consumers.
We started advertising this new, strange idea three years ago, and so it took some explaining, Pratt says. Now, if people shop with us, they know exactly what it is and they are ready to sign up. It doesnt take all that explanation anymore.
Among other data it collects, Progressives Snapshot device takes a speed reading through the vehicles ODBII port every second, Pratt says. And while it would be more efficient to access that information directly, Pratt said that OEMs are not yet capable of accurately sampling speed frequently enough, though that is likely to change eventually, he said.
The Snapshot devices also offer consumers the ability to see their driving statistics online, and in comparison to others. The device also offers drivers real-time alerts for hard braking, which helps drivers avoid accidents and has had a measurable impact on helping people drive more safely. Asked if drivers consider them to be intrusive, Pratt said Snapshot users can turn the alerts off, and few of them do.
Regarding the ability of smartphones to collect and transmit driving behavior data, Pratt says there currently are two problems: smartphones inability to accurately measure speed, and the number of miles driven, vs. other types of movement, per day. Pratt said the company intends to offer a challenge to smartphone UBI technology companies later this year. A selected number of drivers would concurrently collect driving data through a smartphone and the Snapshot device, and then the quality of the data from both would be compared, Pratt says.
Pratt was guarded about the companys approach to predictive analytics, except to say that predictive models are the secret sauce that gives the company a competitive advantage in the UBI space.
We can look at [a drivers data] and compare them to our loss experience and thats how we can tell that people who dont hard brake very much are less likely to have accidents. Thats what drives our pricing models, Pratt says, and that the analysis is done in-house by a staff of statisticians.
Insurers can derive a variety of benefits from UBI, representing several different value propositions.
We get to keep our best customers longer. Thats really our goal, Pratt says. We are not trying to make ourselves more profitable with this. We are trying to attract and keep good customers for a long time. Other companies may take a different approach. We could imagine trying to have higher profit margins, because we can identify the safest drivers, but our approach is to give them discounts and keep them a long time.
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Baseball To Play Final Home C-USA Series Against Marshall This Weekend
May 12, 2010
HOUSTON - The University of Houston baseball team will play its final home Conference USA series of the 2010 season when it hosts Marshall at Cougar Field this weekend. First pitch on Friday and Saturday is slated for 6:30 p.m., with the Sunday finale scheduled to begin at 11 a.m.
Prior to Saturday's contest the Cougars will honor the four members of the 2010 senior class: William Kankel, Barry Laird, Zak Presley and Chris Wallace.
Live stats and the live audio broadcast will be available for all three games of the series by logging on to UHCougars.com. The live video stream will also be available on the Houston athletics web site.
The Cougars look to bounce back after a 12-3 loss to Texas A&M on Tuesday. In the loss, Laird earned his second start this season and pitched a career-long five innings, allowing three runs with two strikeouts. Blake Kelso and Austin Gracey each added two hits to lead the offense.
Houston stands at 20-27 on the season and 7-11 in C-USA play, while the Thundering Herd is 22-26 and 11-10 in league action.
This weekend will mark the 16th overall meeting between the two programs, with Houston holding a 13-2 lead in the overall series. In 2009, Houston swept the series, including a complete game shutout by Jared Ray in the series opener.
Zak Presley leads all Cougars at the plate with a .354 batting average. He also has five doubles, a triple, three home runs and 23 RBIs. Caleb Ramsey leads all Cougars with 12 doubles, and Chris Wallace has hit a team-leading seven home runs.
In the series opener Friday, Michael Goodnight will be making his 13th start. He is 4-7 in those games with a 5.48 ERA and a team-high 69 strikeouts. Ian Kadish will be the starter for the Thundering Herd. He is 2-5 this season with a 6.46 ERA.
William Kankel will make the start for UH on Saturday. He will start opposite Mike Mason of Marshall. Kankel is 2-5 in his senior season with a 6.19 ERA, while Mason is 2-6 with a 7.71 ERA.
In the finale, Houston's Eric Brooks will make his seventh start this season against Marshall's Arik Sikula. Brooks is tied with Goodnight with a team-leading four wins and a 7.78 ERA. Sikula is making his seventh start this season and is 6-3 with a 3.41 ERA.
The Cougars will then close out the regular season when they travel to East Carolina for a three-game series against the Pirates on May 20-22.


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LOCKPORT, La. – Hundreds gathered to honor the victims of a deadly multi-parish rampage Sunday night at Holy Savior Church in Lafourche Parish.
The vigil began at 6:40 p.m. -- the same time the initial 911 call was made Thursday.
For the standing room only crowd, it was a gathering of healing and remembrance. Thursday's deadly rampage has shaken the close-knit community to the core. Many at the vigil knew everyone involved.
"Shock, a lot of shock. Everybody knows every body," said Stanley Alleman as he walked into the vigil. "It's hard to describe anything like this."
"You never think it's going to happen in your town," said Jody Theriot.
Investigators say the violence started in Houma, where Ben Freeman, 38, strangled his wife, Denise Taylor Freeman, to death in a bathtub in their home.
Freeman went on to shoot and kill his former mother in-law, 61-year-old Susan "Pixie" Gouaux, at her home in Lafourche Parish. Her husband, Councilman Phillip Gouaux and their daughter, Andrea, remain hospitalized in critical condition.
Freeman then killed Milton Bourgeois, a former co-worker and CEO of Ochsner St. Anne. Bourgeois' wife, Ann, is hospitalized with a gun shot wound to the leg.
Finally, Freeman turned the gun on himself. Authorities found his body Thursday night in an SUV on the side of US 90 in Raceland.
"It hits me very close to home because I do know those families very well," said Lafourche Parish Sheriff Craig Webre. "I know how people are going to remember them, they're going to remember them for the fine, courageous, upstanding people that they were."
Many here felt a special connection to Susan "Pixie" Gouaux. She was a teacher's assistant at the school connected with Holy Savior Church.
"She was a happy person, she would always wear these crazy hats to school," said Halie Theriot, who was a student in Susan Gouaux's class.
"She was a very outgoing individual and I have a lot of fond memories of her. So does everyone else in our community," said Robbie Arcenaux.
And as the community mourns the four lives lost, they for the survivors who are fighting for theirs.
Phillip Gouaux was shot in the neck. His daughter is suffering from spinal damage.
"They will be remembered in our prayers for sure," said Daniel Legender.
News cameras not allowed inside the vigil.
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HAVANA — Braving drizzling rain and people's prejudices, a Cuban man and transgender woman tied the knot here in what has been described as the first "gay marriage" on the Communist-ruled island.
Ignacio Estrada and Wendy Iriepa were married in a civil ceremony in Havana's Palace of Weddings on the same day as Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, who a year ago accepted his responsibility for cracking down against homosexuals, celebrated his 85th birthday.
According to tradition, guests — among them some well-known Cuban dissidents — threw rice at the decked-out couple, wishing them prosperity and many years of happy life together.
"This is the happiest day of my life," Wendy, 37, told reporters, sitting on one of the old pre-revolutionary American convertibles so common on the streets of the Cuban capital.
Same-sex marriage is illegal in Cuba, which in the past has showed little tolerance for homosexuality and operated camps for several years to stamp out "counterrevolutionary" values.
But attitudes have changed, in part following efforts by Mariela Castro, a sex therapist and daughter of President Raul Castro.
And technically, Saturday's nuptials were not a gay union, as Wendy, a man named Alexis before his sex change operation, is now officially recognized in the country as a woman.
The operation was performed four years ago by the Center for Sex Education (Cenesex) headed by Mariela Castro.
But Iriepa said Mariela refused to be a witness at the ceremony after she had learned that Estrada was a dissident.
Estrada, 31, said the couple's wedding "marks a new step in Cuba." "This is not a provocation. It's an acknowledgment," he told AFP.
Since 1988, 16 sex change operations have been legally performed in Cuba. Mariela Castro's Cenesex is lobbying for the legalization of same-sex marriage in the island nation.
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Free shuttle buses will operate between the St. George Ferry Terminal and the event. Sunday Staten Island Ferries from Manhattan to the St. George Ferry Terminal depart every half hour on the half hour. Travel to St. George from Manhattan lasts approximately 30 minutes.
Free shuttle buses from the St. George Ferry Terminal to Freshkills Park will depart every half hour at :15 and :45 past the hour from 10:45 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.. Travel lasts approximately 45 minutes. Look for Sneak Peak signs inside the St. George Ferry Terminal to direct you to the shuttle bus. Please note that capacity is limited. Shuttle buses returning to St. George from Freshkills Park will depart every half hour between 11:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
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The S62 Bus will depart the St. George Ferry Terminal every half hour on the half hour. Travel lasts approximately 35 minutes. Take the bus to Victory Boulevard and Glen Street. Walk south on Beresford Avenue to Wild Avenue. Enter the site on foot or wait for the shuttle bus.
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Head west on I-278, the Staten Island Expressway. Take Exit 5 for the Southbound West Shore Expressway. Take Exit 7, Victory Boulevard. Turn left at the end of the exit ramp, onto Victory Boulevard. Proceed 0.25 miles and turn right into the parking lot of the Showplace Entertainment Center. Bear left to stay on Beresford Ave. Parking is available at 250 Wild Avenue.
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Sheba Medical Center Director-General Professor Zeev Rotstein tells reporters Friday that a blood infection has also been detected • "Sharon's sons are at his side and haven't moved. They are holding his hand at all times," he says.
Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's condition continued to deteriorate on Friday after suffering a kidney failure earlier this week. Sharon was rendered comatose eight years ago after suffering a massive stroke.
Following more tests, doctors on Friday morning said Sharon's "life is in danger" and that his "organ function is slowly decreasing."
Sheba Medical Center Director-General Professor Zeev Rotstein told reporters that the former prime minister is now suffering from sepsis as well, saying the medical team assigned to Sharon was "handling the situation."
"To the best of our understanding, he is not in any pain at the moment," said Rotstein.
According to Rotstein, "Sharon's sons are at his side and haven't moved. They are holding his hand at all times and he isn't alone even for a single moment."
"He is fighting now like he has his entire life. We all love him and he has been known to surprise us in the past. We're keeping our fingers crossed that he won't suffer and we continue to provide him and his family with whatever support they may need."
The Sheba Medical Center said in a previous statement that Sharon's condition could lead to multiple organ failure, which is a life-threatening situation. Doctors said that Sharon's comatose state and advanced age, 85, could complicate matters even further.
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For some of you I know that this is a welcomed headline. This will be my final "Fan Post" on the Card Chronicle. I'm saying good- bye & wishing all of you the best in the days to come. I understand that I'm probably not the type of "fan" you guys like and no matter what I post from here, your mind is made up about me, so, no hard feelings; just wish you guys the best. Before I go, I'd like to share just a couple of brief things that may help you understand where I would be coming from on this site. My perspective is obviously much- much different from most of you- and that's more than fine. I've actually learned a lot from this site (both good & bad) and appreciate Mr. Mike Rutherford's work.
I'm probably a little older than some on here. I'm 40, I have a "hot wife" (truly...she is a sight to behold & a tremendous companion and...she was born in the 'Ville, but moved at age 3 when here father's job was transferred) and two beautiful daughters. I won't disclose to you my occupation. It would frighten some of you, impress some, & disgust others.
I can remember the absolute glory days at U of L. I can remember the "Doctor's of Dunk", the Final Four teams, & remember vividly watching the 1986 championship game with my dad as a 14 year old. I knew a time when commentator's like Al McGuire would say, "I'd hate to be the #1 team in the nation and have to play Louisville in the first round of the NCAA Tournament." I remember the days when just the name "Louisville" struck fear into the hearts of college basketball programs & teams. UK refused to play us because they were scared! I remember the original "Dream Game". Oh, the glory days and what it felt like to be on top of the college basketball world.
When I look at the U of L program over the past 20 years, I've witnessed a sad decline in many ways but a few good years sprinkled in (1997, 2005, 2008, 2009). When Pitino was inaugurated as the "Coach in Chief" here at the 'Ville, my expectations, dreams, & hopes of returning to the top were unbelievably high. "Give him 3 years & we're back on top to stay." That's what I told my pUKe fans, much to their disdain. They feared it too. A lot! We all waited with baited breath to the time in which the 'Ville would once again be the 'Ville. Then, in 2005...it happened! Final Four baby! From there I EXPECTED the greatest comeback in college sports. I was ready for the 'Ville to take its rightful place at the top. We are, after all- LOUISVILLE!
To me it seems that there are many in the ranks of the Card Nation faithful who are just fine with where we are 11 years into Coach Pitino's tenure. Early exits in the tourney, two NIT bids, a consistent loss of the nation's top recruits to our most hated rival. Did you know guys, that at Louisville, there has NEVER been a 4 year player to have a winning record against UK (execpt the seniors of 1983)? We've NEVER beaten pUKe 3 straight times & we're a dismal, disgusting, putrid 4- 7 with Pitino at the helm! Does this not bother you guys? I guess this generation of fans who may not remember or know what it used to be like at Louisville don't get it. A loss to ANYONE anywhere is not acceptable. Until our Administration, students, coaching staff, players, & fans embrace that type of mentality, we'll always be "waiting for next year" and underachieving as a program. My goodness guys; it disgusts me to see us lose. Who in the world is Cincinnati? Providence? Are you kidding me? Notre Dame? Again, I understand that I irritate many of you & you make that very clear.
But one more thing before I sign off. I'm also very new to this "social media" stuff. I don't even have a Facebook page. I've never had any dealings with internet chatter or blogspots. I'm not a computer guru so I didn't know that "Fan Post" was not meant for people like me. I wish you all a Happy Easter, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving, & a very Merry Christmas. This is the ruralvillefan, for the final time, signing off. God bless you all!


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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - A south Louisiana landfill owner who is under investigation by federal authorities charges in a lawsuit that a second federal prosecutor defamed him in anonymous online posts.
Fred Heebe of New Orleans makes the allegation against Assistant U.S. Attorney Jan Maselli Mann in a lawsuit filed Friday in state court.
Sal Perricone, another assistant federal prosecutor accused of similar behavior by Heebe, resigned in March after acknowledging he used the name "Henry L. Mencken1951" to post anonymously on Nola.com, the companion website of The Times-Picayune newspaper. The posts included critical comments about judges, politicians and cases.
Heebe's lawsuit accuses Mann of posting under the name "eweman." It says both "Mencken" and "eweman" displayed an interest in the U.S. Attorney's Office's investigation into River Birch, Inc., a landfill co-owned by Heebe.
"And, like certain of 'Mencken's comments, at least two of 'eweman's' comments about Mr. Heebe were libelous and defamatory," the suit says.
Neither U.S. Attorney Jim Letten nor Mann responded immediately to a telephone request for comment.
Letten removed his office from a federal investigation of Heebe's landfill in April after Perricone admitted to his online postings.
Heebe's lawsuit bases the accusation that Mann is "eweman" in part on a repeated typographical error, "superfluous spacing before punctuation marks," that it says is common in Mann's writings. Also: "One post contains an obscure slang term - 'fender lizard' - that Ms. Mann is known to use in conversation," the lawsuit states.
The suit also says "eweman" and Mann shared a mutual disdain for former U.S. Attorney Eddie Jordan and criminal defense attorney Arthur "Buddy" Lemann III.
"Significantly," the suit adds, "all activity on the 'eweman' account ceased abruptly after the unmasking of Perricone."
The lawsuit cites numerous postings by "eweman" and specifies two that it alleges were libelous or defamatory.
In one instance, a posting referenced a case in which a restaurateur allegedly promised to do business with a parish judge's seafood company in exchange for favorable rulings in a child custody case. The posting said Heebe and the restaurateur were "birds of a feather," which the lawsuit said is a false implication that Heebe has paid bribes.
"Eweman" also wrongfully accused Heebe of paying a local radio personality for favorable on-air comments, the lawsuit said.
Heebe has not been charged with a crime, but River Birch CFO Dominick Fazzio is charged with plotting to defraud a construction management company.
Also, a former Louisiana wildlife official pleaded guilty last year to charges he took more than $463,000 in payoffs from a landfill company owner's businesses as a reward for work in trying to keep a rival landfill closed. The landfill company owner is identified only as "co-conspirator 'A'" in the indictment against former state Wildlife and Fisheries Commissioner Henry Mouton, but the document says Mouton touted River Birch.
Revelations of Perricone' s online postings marked one of the few embarrassments for Letten, whose record of successful prosecutions of corrupt public officials - from local city and school system officials to former Gov. Edwin Edwards - have made him a popular figure in south Louisiana. In what is usually a patronage position, Letten has remained as U.S. Attorney under Republican and Democratic administrations, winning support from members of both parties.
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In light of us starting slow in all three games thus far, I have a lineup suggestion. We should start this lineup:
Steve Blake
Rudy Fernedez
Brandon Roy
LaMarcus Aldridge
Greg Oden
This will open things up for Brandon Roy because they CAN'T LEAVE anyone open. There will be no defensive liability in Rudy because if Ron Artest post up on him or Roy, they can't run set plays for Yao. This is a better alternative than Yao posting. We all know Battier just hang on the perimeter.
I see no downside except when their bench comes in with Wafer. If Wafer comes in, have Batum stick to him.