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Spare parts, but now so much morePosted by: | Comments
When the Yankees extended their season by taking Game Five yesterday, they did so thanks to the performances of their star players. Robbie Cano hit his fourth homer of the ALCS, Alex Rodriguez doubled to set-up a rally and drew two walks, Jorge Posada drove in the first run of the game and then came around to score, CC Sabathia provided six hard-fought innings, and Mariano Rivera was there to close things out in the ninth. The team's best players were their best players in the most important game of the season, but let's not understate the contributions they received from their deadline pickups.
Mark Teixeira's season came to an abrupt end in Game Four when his right hamstring popped running down to first, so Lance Berkman is now stepping in as the Yanks' full-time first baseman. I don't know about you, but I'd have called you crazy if you woulda told me in April that Berkman would be the team's everyday first baseman in the ALCS. Does not compute.
Anyway, Fat Elvis dusted off his first baseman's mitt and took to the field for just the eighth time in forty games as a Yankee. I know he had some adventurous plays down in Tampa early on and even had that nasty spill yesterday, but overall Berkman is a solid defensive first baseman (his +13.1 UZR over the last three years is basically identical to Tex's, for what it's worth) capable of making all the routine plays plus a little more. He won't make the flashy plays or the throws that Teixeira can, but it's not like the Yankees had to resort to trotting Jason Giambi out there in the postseason.
Despite batting righthanded, by far his weaker side this season (.236 wOBA), Puma managed to contribute some offensively in Game Five, drawing a walk and driving in a run with a well-struck sac fly. His approach was rather simple; he just took everything not in his happy zone, which resulted in 22 pitches seen in just four plate appearances. The potential was there for zero offensive contribution, but Berkman's been a great hitter for a long time and he found a way to chip in anything he could from his weak side. That's all you could ask for from your backup first baseman.
After the Yanks had built up their lead and gotten all they could out of Sabathia, they handed the ball over to another July 31st pickup in Kerry Wood. The Yankee bullpen, a strength the entire second half, had faltered in a big way during Games Three and Four, allowing 11 runs and 16 baserunners in just five innings of work, but Wood was not involved in that disaster. The first batter he faced, the pesky Elvis Andrus, reached base on his eleventyith infield hit of the series, but some pitches and pickoff throws later, Wood caught him straying too far off second. Kerry had one pickoff since the 2006 season, but Andrus was his second of the ALCS. Lucky? Yes. Do you need luck to dig out of the three games to one hole? Also yes.
Wood went to work against the heart of Texas' order with the Andrus pickoff mixed in. He struck out both Michael Young and Josh Hamilton to end the seventh, and then came out to retire Vlad Guerrero, David Murphy, and Ian Kinsler in order in the eighth. David Robertson, Joba Chamberlain, and Boone Logan were horrifically ineffective during the past two games, but Wood stepped up in the must-win situation and give his club two big innings to bridge the gap between Sabathia and Mariano Rivera.
Berkman and Wood were ideal deadline pickups for many reasons off-the-field, such as low cost to acquire and short commitment, but on-the-field they made perfect sense. Both are veteran players with playoff (and in Berkman's case, World Series) experience, but more importantly they bought into their role. Berkman's a hero in Houston, where he played every single day and hit in the middle of the order for the last decade or so. With the Yankees, he was just a platoon designated hitter now pressed into a more important role. Wood was saving games for a last place team in Cleveland, and saves equal money on the free agent market. He joined the Yanks as just another cog in their deep bullpen, but emerged as someone much more important than that.
When the Yanks acquired these two guys at the deadline, none of us expected them to be this important with the season on the line. If you're going to lose a player of Mark Teixeira's caliber to injury, Lance Berkman's a pretty damn good replacement to have. Should the regular relievers falter, having a hard-throwing strikeout machine like Kerry Wood to back them up is more than you could ask for. Neither player will be with the Yanks next season, but right now they're doing everything asked of them and then some to help this team try to win a World Championship, and we appreciate that.
Ride 'em while you've got 'emPosted by: | Comments
The New York Yankees playoff roster reads as one from a mid-2000s All Star Game would. Somehow, some way, both Kerry Wood and Lance Berkman landed on the 2010 New York Yankees, and while those two players aren't nearly as good as they once were, they've each made their impacts felt during the first two games of the American League Division Series.
For Berkman, coming to the Bronx hasn't been easy. A Texas man with Rice University in his blood, Berkman spent 12 years and played 1592 games for the Astros. At age 34, his health is failing him, but he can still hit right-handers. The Yankees picked him up in a salary dump for Mark Melancon, and while Berkman moved from the bottom of the NL Central to the top of the AL East, he was hesitant about the trade. He didn't want to leave Texas and had no idea what New York held for him.
His regular season stint in New York wasn't a booming success. In limited duty, he hit .255/.358/.349, and he didn't power his one home run over the fence until his 32nd game in pinstripes. Yankee fans grew to despise Berkman when he made some fielding flubs in Tampa Bay and later hit A-Rod on the shin with a line drive during batting practice. Berkman's two months on the Yanks resembled something out of the Murphy's Law Handbook to Baseball.
Yet, with four at-bats on Thursday, Lance put the bad will behind him. He went 2 for 4 with a double and a home run and two runs batted in. His fifth inning home run put the Yanks up 2-1, and his seventh inning double put the Yanks on top for good as Jorge Posada scored from first. A week ago, Lance was an after-thought. Today, we love him.
With Lance's bat providing the offensive thunder, Kerry Wood's once-golden right arm has given the Yanks a solid set-up option in front of Mariano Rivera. We all know the Kerry Wood story — 20 strike outs at age 21, an arm injury, some good years a starter, overuse, more injuries, a move to the bullpen. After burning out in Chicago, Wood found success in the pen, but he seemed to flounder in Cleveland.
Dealing with some minor injuries, Wood's first 23 appearances this year were less than impressive. As the trade deadline rolled around, Kerry was 1-4 with a 6.30 ERA, but he had 18 strike outs in 20 innings. Yankee scouts liked what they saw, and for cash, the Yanks got Kerry.
Since arriving in the Bronx, Wood has been revelation. He walks too many guys — 6.2 per 9 innings in 26 innings — but he's striking out over 10 per 9 IP. His ERA in the Bronx was, with a little bit of luck, a minuscule 0.69. He's inherited the role left, with little confidence, to Joba Chamberlain, and he came through in a big spot on Thursday. With the Yanks up 4-2, the Twins sent up J.J. Hardy, Denard Span and Orlando Hudson in the 8th. To strike out Hardy, Wood threw a literal knee-buckling breaking pitch. Span grounded back to Wood, and Hudson struck out on pure heat.
Wood and Berkman are the ideal deadline pick-ups for the Yanks. They're veteran players with playoff experience and success who were toiling away on bad teams. For dollars, the Yanks could augment their roster and build up a bullpen and a bench. That's how Brian Cashman, with the Yanks' deep pockets at his disposal, should run his team.
The future for these two current playoff heroes remains hazy. Lance Berkman says he wants to play everyday next year. "I don't like to platoon," he said. "If I was the manager I would platoon me because I've been so bad righthanded this year. But I don't think that's a permanent problem. I like to play every day. The DH role is great but I also like to play the field. I feel like I've got something to offer still defensively."
Kerry Wood's deal features a club option for $11 million in 2011. That's closer money, and unless Mariano Rivera unexpectedly retires, Wood will seek employment elsewhere. He has the mentality for the 9th inning and indications are that he wants to close. He and Berkman will be just a pair of rent-a-Yankees.
The Yankees certainly know that Wood and Berkman probably won't return. They know that these two key cogs are fleeting, and they're going to ride them for all they can. Girardi will give Wood the ball for the 8th, and he'll let Berkman take his hacks against right-handers. Bring in the mercenaries with money, push them for the playoffs, and ride their coattails to victory. So far, it's a winning formula.
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Yankees Sign Breland Brown
Via Baseball America's minor league transactions, the Yankees have signed outfielder Breland Brown to a minor league deal. Based on what I can find, the 25-year-old hasn't played in affiliated ball and has just been bouncing around between independent leagues for the last few years. It's just a minor league depth move, but if nothing else, Brown has a pretty active Twitter account. He's even got some pics of his contract posted there.
Blast From The Past: Lance Berkman
In honor of his big game yesterday, Baseball America posted a scouting report of Lance Berkman from 1999, when he was the Astros top prospect. Most people don't realize how dominant of a player he was at Rice, when he hit .431 with a 1.032 slugging percentage during his draft year, scoring 109 runs with 41 homers and 134 runs batted in in a whopping 68 games. Amazing, he was only the second Rice player taken that year before first overall pick Matt Anderson. Anyway, my favorite part of the retro scouting report was when they talked about Puma's big league debut depending on the status of … wait for it … Derek Bell. Too funny.
Cliff Lee Wants CC Sabathia Money
This one is completely unsurprising, but MLBTR passes along a report indicating that Lee will seek something like the $161M the Yankees gave Sabathia two years ago. There's no doubt that Lee is every bit as good, if not better than CC was when he hit free agency, but his track record isn't nearly as long and he's also two years older. Shooting for Sabathia money is just good business on their part, but I expect him to sign for something well below that.
Five-run first powers Yanks to second straightPosted by: | Comments
It was an up and down night for Phil Hughes. The Yankees staked him to an early lead, and while he was shaky in a few innings he ultimately kept things in order. There were a few troubling walks, but in the end his line looked just fine. The offense did their jobs, knocking in the runners who reached scoring position. The result was an 8-3 win and a 2.5 game lead in the division.
Biggest Hit: Berkman keeps the rally going
While there was plenty of action in the following eight innings, most of the action took place in the first. Nick Swisher homered on a fastball that James Shields laid right over the heart of the plate. After Mark Teixeira walked and Alex Rodriguez singled on a ball that nearly got through the hole between third and short, James Shields seemed to recover by striking out Robinson Cano on five straight curveballs. But he fell behind Jorge Posada and got burned on a 3-1 fastball for the game's second run.
That brought up Lance Berkman. After having his fastball knocked around in the inning Shields started with a curveball. He went back with the fastball 0-1, but it didn't look like he intended to throw it for a strike. Two changeups, a called strike and a ball low, followed. Shields then mixed things up with a cutter, but it caught a bit too much of the plate. Berkman reached down and drove it over B.J. Upton's head. It was deep enough to score Posada from first and give the Yankees a 4-0 lead. Curtis Granderson followed with a single of his own to open up a 5-run lead, but it was Berkman's double that gave the Yanks their biggest advantage of the night.
Biggest Pitch: Hughes escapes unscathed
With a run in both the second and the third, the Rays had closed the lead by the fourth. By this point Michael Kay and John Flaherty couldn't shut up about how the momentum of the game had shifted. The Rays only fed their narrative by loading the bases with two outs. Hughes would have to get past Ben Zobrist to get out of it.
Hughes delivered the first pitch, a cutter, with precision, hitting the low-outside corner. He then went back to the four-seamer, delivering it waist high on the outside edge. Zobrist rolled over it and bounced it to Teixeira, allowing Hughes to escape the inning without damage. The inning was mostly his own doing — he did walk two batters — but Hughes rose to the occasion when his team needed it the most.
Honorable Mention: Joba gets out of the eighth
The fourth inning wasn't the only time the Rays loaded the bases. Javier Vazquez relieved Hughes in the seventh and allowed an inherited runner to score. He then came out for the eighth and allowed two of the first three batters to reach. With the righties Upton and Jason Bartlett due up, Joe Girardi opted to have Joba Chamberlain finish off the inning.
Joba immediately got himself into trouble, allowing a single to Upton. That loaded the bases with just one out. Predictably, Joe Maddon pinch hit with Brad Hawpe, meaning Joba had to retire two straight lefties. He got ahead with a fastball away and was eventually up 1-2. After a slider in the dirt and two more fastballs, Joba faced a crucial 3-2 count. Most pitchers, I'm sure, would have gone to the fastball, but Joba threw a slider that probably would have hit the low-inside corner. It didn't matter, though; Hawpe swung and hit only air.
Facing Jaso, Joba didn't even bother with his secondary pitches. He just dealt fastballs away, eventually inducing a fly out to center. He then came out for the ninth and retired the Rays in order. This definitely ranked among Joba's finest performances of the season.
The Yankees left six men on base, which isn't all that bad considering they had 14 base runners. They were also 5 for 10 with runners in scoring position.
The only hitless starter was Teixeira, who missed a homer by just a tiny bit. He did put a few good swings on balls, if you're looking for a silver lining
Hughes allowed just one homer, though it was his 20th of the season at Yankee Stadium. I think I heard a commentator say that the last pitcher to do that was Scott Sanderson. Memories.
Javy Vazquez didn't allow a run, but he didn't do himself any favors by allowing an inherited runner to score and then putting two on with none out in the next inning. Hopefully he gets more work down the stretch, because he's destined for the bullpen in the playoffs.
The Yanks did miss a chance to get James Shields out of the game way early. But he settled down and gave the Rays 5.1 innings. Still, they needed five relievers to finish the game. That's never good when there are two games remaining. Then again, the Yanks got away with it on Monday, so it might be no big deal.
It's always a joy when half of the team's hits go for extra bases.
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Gotta love it when the line stays that high.
More at FanGraphs, and here's the box score. Watching the highlights will also be fun.
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A.J. Burnett continues his road to recovery tomorrow night. Wade Davis takes the hill for the Rays.
Yanks set to expand active rosterPosted by: | Comments
As the Yanks have wrapped play on August 31, they'll soon have the option to expand their active roster to 40, and according to Chad Jennings, the team is going to take advantage of the added depth. The Journal News beat writer says that Greg Golson, Jonathan Albaladejo and Chad Moeller will be summoned to the big leagues. The remainder of the Scranton roster will have to take aim at the AAA title without its record-setting closer. Moeller's promotion will require a 40-man move, but there's a lot of dead weight on that thing right now.
In addition to these call-ups, the Yankees will activate Lance Berkman from the DL on Sept. 1st as well. Alfredo Aceves could rejoin the Yanks too, and A-Rod will be returned to us on Sunday once his 15-day stint is up as well. For now, Jesus Montero will remain at AAA.
Berkman to join Double-A Trenton for rehab tomorrowPosted by: | Comments
Out since August 15th with an ankle injury, Lance Berkman is set to join Double-A Trenton on a rehab assignment tomorrow. "I don't anticipate he'll need a ton," said Joe Girardi in reference to the number of rehab at-bats Berkman would need, "but you just have to see how it goes." Rosters expand on Wednesday, so the smart money is on Berkman playing with the Thunder tomorrow and Tuesday before rendezvousing with the team in New York.
Of course, the DL stint wasn't completely necessary to start with, but remember the Yanks were dealing with a bit of a roster crunch at the time. Alex Rodriguez and Nick Swisher were both banged up, and at one point the team had a one man bench. Hopefully Berkman comes back strong and adds some length to the lineup.
Update: Berkman's comment: "I know fans can't wait for me to continue my pursuit of the Mendoza line." I laughed.
Berkman day-to-day with jammed right anklePosted by: | Comments
Update (4:45pm): Berkman's day-to-day with a jammed right ankle. Not too bad, I guess.
4:00pm: Lance Berkman left today's game with an apparent ankle injury after stepping on the back of Bryan Bullington's foot as the Royals' righthander covered first on a double play attempt. Marcus Thames took his place as the designated hitter. No word on the severity of the injury, but we'll keep you updated.
Berkman was 0-for-2 on the day, but he was hitting .333/.444/.600 in his previous 18 plate appearances, so it's obviously not an insignificant loss.
Link Dump: Defensive metrics, Greinke, Papelbon and BerkmanPosted by: | Comments
A few Sunday morning links for your reading pleasure:
Tim Marchman of SI.com addresses the problem with defensive stats and I couldn't agree with him more. While there is some value in the various defensive stats and the other stats that derive from them (WAR, VORP, etc.) I don't think we can throw these out there every time to prove that Player X is better than Player Y simply because he has a better WAR. The data isn't 100% reliable as is shown by different metrics for these stats. I don't know that there will ever be a perfect fielding metric as it will always have some subjectivity, having one uniform stat would be a good start.
Zack Greinke is unhappy in Kansas City. Let the speculation begin, especially in New York. I'm sure this offseason will be full of Greinke trade rumors, and whether or not the Yankees are involved they will be linked. I think the Royals should trade him, looking for a Teixeira to the Braves type of package as they won't go anywhere while Greinke is under his current contract and look at what the Tex trade has done for Texas. While he is more than just a rental, the Royals should strike and get as big a package as possible. From the Yankees perspective I'd just go all in on signing Cliff Lee and let Greinke go elsewhere. The cost will simply be too much if he does go anywhere.
Another blown save by Jonathan Papelbon (and a doozy) and another article questioning whether he should be demoted with Daniel Bard taking over as closer. As a Yankees fan I can only dream the Sox decide to put Papelbon in the 8th. That would be beyond fantastic. When Papelbon has been bad this year he has been really bad, but I don't think it's time to go to Bard. I hope both Yankee and Sox fans get their wishes and the switch is made. I can't imagine what we'd hear coming from Papelbon's mouth if it happened, but I would get my popcorn ready if it goes down.
Here's an article about one of the newest (and already hated by some) Yankees, Lance Berkman. It's mainly about what he went through at the trade deadline and what he's gone through since. Pretty interesting to note the teams he was ok going to and those he wasn't. I can't imagine why San Diego was ever interested in him, were they going to put him in the OF? Scary thought. Anyway it's an interesting take from his point of view and also take note of the comments below the article. Only a few fans have commented but they seem to show what a class act Lance was and expect him to help the Yankees in a big way. So do I.
The projected improvement of the YankeesPosted by: | Comments
In the past two days we've been introduced to the newest bunch of New York Yankees. While the team has sat in first place since mid-June, there are always opportunities to improve. The Yankees took advantage of that by acquiring Lance Berkman, Austin Kearns, and Kerry Wood for Mark Melancon, Jimmy Paredes, two players to be named later, and partial payment of the players' remaining salaries. If that sounds like a haul, well, it is — and not just because the three carry name value. They're all upgrades over the in-house alternative.
In essence, Berkman replaced Juan Miranda as the DH against right-handed pitchers (I assume Marcus Thames will continue to get at least some starts at DH against LHP), Kearns replaced Colin Curtis, and Wood replaced Chan Ho Park. Again, the upgrades are clear just by looking at the names. Just how much difference will they make? Let's take a look at the in-house player and his replacement using ZiPS rest of season projections.
Berkman over Miranda
With Nick Johnson out, the Yanks have had to make a few adjustments with the DH spot in the lineup. For a while Jorge Posada was playing there, but after his foot was declared fully healthy he slid back in behind the plate, where his bat provides more value. That left a vacancy at DH against right-handed pitching, since Marcus Thames had it covered against lefties. Juan Miranda was the obvious choice, a lefty with a questionable glove and some pop. He appeared at the plate just 67 times this year, so it's tough to get a gauge of what he can really do. The Yanks, apparently, were not willing to have a look and see.
In those 67 PA Miranda produced a .323 wOBA, mostly because of his .213 ISO. His OBP was .299, which is never productive for a DH. ZiPS actually had him a bit worse the rest of the way, a .242/.313/.392 line that amounts to a .313 wOBA. That's not the stuff of a DH. Even if you want to adjust it upward, thinking that he'll face almost no LHP, I don't think you could get even to league average with the adjustment. Juan Miranda just wasn't the answer at DH.
The most important part of the Berkman trade, I think, is how he's improved every month since undergoing knee surgery in March. That should make for a more optimistic rest-of-season projection, and ZiPS doesn't fail us there. It projects him to hit .265/.385/.488 the rest of the way, or a .384 wOBA. That's more DH-like production. Even if he produces a bit less than that, say a .370 wOBA, it's still a significant upgrade over the in-house options. It will look even better if that .384 projection includes his numbers against LHP. Replace those with Marcus Thames, and that's a strong DH platoon.
*Though I'm not entirely certain they'll employ a platoon. Tough to tell a player of Berkman's caliber that he's sitting against lefties.
Kearns over Curtis
Surprisingly, I found a few Yanks fans who weren't so hot on this deal. I couldn't figure out why. Colin Curtis is nice and all, and his mid-at-bat pinch-hit home run last month remains one of my favorite memories of 2010. As a useful player, though, give me Kearns every time. He can play defense at the corners and can get on base at a decent clip. Despite a few down years he still has a .353 career OBP.
ZiPS does not cover Curtis, since he didn't factor into the Yanks' roster during the off-season. We can safely assume that he wouldn't produce a .337 wOBA, which is what ZiPS projects for Kearns the rest of the way. For a fourth outfielder that's rather impressive. It will also give the Yanks the option to sit Curtis Granderson against the tougher lefties in the league, which will not only remove his production against lefties, but also perhaps help Kearns's numbers since he'd be facing mostly opposite-handed pitchers. Colin Curtis would not afford them that opportunity.
Wood over Park
The idea behind acquiring Kerry Wood is that he can provide the Yankees an additional option in the late-innings — the Bridge to Mariano if you will. Maybe he'll be that good, maybe he won't. Yet in terms of direct value, he is probably an excellent upgrade over Chan Ho Park, the pitcher the Yankees removed from the roster after acquiring Wood.
Despite a good season out of the pen for Park in 2009, ZiPS isn't so high on him for the rest of the season. I fully expected to see something like a 3.90 ERA projection, but instead ZiPS sees Park as we fans do, as someone who can't get the job done. It projects a 5.59 ERA with a 4.84 FIP for the final two months. Clearly the Yanks can do better than that, even if they chose to go in-house.
ZiPS projects Wood a bit more favorably, a 4.50 ERA and 3.80 FIP, including 10.13 K/9 and an acceptable home run rate. That's not the stuff of a primary setup man, but it's certainly better than Park. Plus, the idea behind this acquisition was pure upside. The Yanks know that Wood can beat those projections if everything is working. They're hoping, in other words, that they get the 2008 version of Wood, the guy who struck out 11.40 per nine, kept his walk rate below 2.50, and kept the ball in the park.
But even if he doesn't, he's still one of the better options in the bullpen.
It's official: Lance Berkman is a YankeePosted by: | Comments
The 24-hour grace period is over, and according to a press release the Yankees have officially acquired Lance Berkman. The Astros receive minor leaguers Mark Melancon and Jimmy Paredes in the deal while kicking in $4M to help cover for the $7M still guaranteed to Berkman through the end of the season. The Yanks' new designated hitter will be in uniform tonight, and presumably in the starting lineup.
Welcome to the Boogie Down, Lance.


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September 26, 2012
Art School Janitors
: Art School Janitors, 2nd Floor Hallway, MCC. Photo by Corby Baker.
We all know that Cornish teems with creativity and artistry among our students and faculty. That same exuberant talent can be found among the staff, as well. Through the middle of October, you've got a chance to see an amazing example, the exhibition in the second floor hallway. You can see more photos on our Facebook page.
Organized by Corby Baker, it was inspired by John Hagman during a conversation they had following the death of Jon Gerlich, a much-beloved faculty member.
"We were talking about art and design, and how wonderful Jon was and about his class where the students would design chairs out of alternative materials such as the cement safety chair and the plywood designs," says Corby.
"Jon had given me the idea to design the fork rocking chair, as well as given input when I was designing the art skate boards. Jon and I would talk all the time of talent on the staff, and that art was all over the school in different forms; and how you might be surprised by who could do what. When I asked the custodians to submit art, I thought maybe three would be interested or had anything to bring – it turns out it twice the number brought art and not just any art, great art."
The show includes work by six of the custodial crew:
Suzanne Turner
Jim Mayo
Corby Baker
Jake Galm
Carl Falkner
Zac Boetes
Zac, Jake and Carl all have art degrees. Carl is a Cornish alum and Jake is finishing his second degree at Cornish. Several members of the custodial crew are taking classes at Cornish.
Who knows what artistic surprises you might see next at Cornish.
Corby Baker is also featured in The Philosopher Kings, a feature-length documentary about eight college/university custodians. Learn more here.
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Many fans and members of the media are ready to see Josh Freeman placed on the bench in favor of third-round rookie Mike Glennon, and there are legitimate reasons for benching the fifth-year signal caller from Kansas State. Freeman has a historically bad completion percentage (if the season ended today, he'd be among the 10 worst percentages by players throwing 90 or more passes since 2000), has more interceptions than touchdowns, and is the point man of an offense that has scored only three touchdowns in three games.
He's regressed since last season, and even factoring in his disappointing receivers, he's not been good enough to lead his team to victories. But benching him would be catastrophic for his coaching staff and general manager.
Consider what benching Josh Freeman would mean for Mark Dominik. The Tampa Bay general manager drafted Freeman as his first pick as the leader of the Bucs' front office in 2009, signaling a change from the Jon Gruden era with a young, talented quarterback being drafted as a franchise QB, rather than rotating through veterans and mediocre talents that Gruden would coach up to run his system.
Dominik would then whiff on most of his first 15 draft choices, meaning that Freeman and Gerald McCoy remained as the first round stars with a shot at redeeming what were otherwise weak draft classes for the Bucs' GM. So if Freeman is benched, and his career with the Buccaneers is essentially over, Dominik will be put under pressure for the incredible lack of talent he acquired during his first two seasons in Tampa Bay.
But Dominik has somewhat redeemed himself over the past two years, finding better talents via the draft and free agency and putting a very talented football team on the field. A team that is now being coached by Greg Schiano, who would also not benefit from benching Josh Freeman.
If Schiano has any hope of keeping his job with the Buccaneers, he has to win at least 7-8 games and prove that his team didn't decline year-over-year despite adding massive talents like Darrelle Revis and Dashon Goldson. And he's not going to win more games with Mike Glennon under center than he would with Josh Freeman.
Bucs coach Greg Schiano says QB Josh Freeman still gives his teams its best chance to win and did not consider pulling him at any time today
— Roy Cummings (@RCummingsTBO) September 22, 2013
Glennon is simply not ready to help this team contend against the tough schedule the Buccaneers will face from this point forward, and Schiano knows that benching a QB he might not even like would only spell more trouble for his tenuous tenure as Bucs' head coach.
So don't expect any changes at quarterback in the near future, even though it's probably the best for the future of the franchise. With the playoffs a miraculous turn of events away, the team ought to start focusing on the future, and seeing what they have in Mike Glennon would benefit the future head coach and GM of the Buccaneers. But no NFL team is going to admit defeat so readily, because there are tons of jobs on the line that all disappear after a woeful season full of losses.


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Epperson Mountaineering and The Sudden Urge to Buy a Backpack
This weekend, I went to check out this year's edition of the AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers) show at the Park Avenue Armory, and like any event in this city that includes the word "art," the characters in the booths ended up being almost more interesting than the art hanging on their walls. Of course, that's not to say the show wasn't great, (I actually wish I'd been able to get there sooner so I could recommend it to you all, but unfortunately it's now over) it's just that aside from the sepia-toned coma that I had slipped into by the last row, the show also left me with a bizarre desire to run out and buy a backpack.
Now, it's been a couple of years since I've even worn a backpack, but just as I entered the show, I happened to spot an elderly gentleman wearing an outfit that looked straight off of Mister Mort's homepage – A navy gold buttoned blazer, worn over a pale yellow OCBD, with a pair of wide legged khakis, and Made in the USA New Balances down below, and a beat up forest green Kelty backpack slung around his shoulders. In a sea of "priceless works" (that also happened to have real prices the size of Park Avenue apartments) that Kelty backpack, with a label so faded and stained that I could barely even make out the name, was one of the best things I saw the entire day.
While Kelty packs have an East Coast staple for over half a decade, their shape sort of reminds me of a backpack I had in grade school, and with a backpack already being a bit "elementary" in every sense of that word, I figured it's best to steer clear from any "fat-guy-in-a-little-coat" connotations. So, it might be because I've been daydreaming about finally getting a chance to head upstate for some rock climbing this month, or maybe it's simply because I've been spending too much time on the Hickoree's website, but the second I even considered buying a bag, Epperson Mountaineering came to mind.
Epperson Mountaineering is one of those great holdover brands from the heart of the seventies American adventuring movement, back when people still ordered these sorts of items from hand-drawn catalogs that were thicker than most of the paperbacks that we read today. Mark Epperson founded the companies decades ago and since it's inception, not much has changed. All their bags are still made at their workshop in Libby, Montana and Epperson endearingly holds a title so rare in this day and age – they are a brand without a website. Epperson knows what it does best and leaves the rest alone. And so with ample storage and trail-ready attributes, their bags place function first, yet they still capture that playful vibe of the "wild-west" days when rock climbing was just coming into it's own.
My personal favorite from Epperson is the Climb pack, which is constructed out of Cordura nylon, finished off with military webbing, and features a unique carabiner closure for the main compartment. While the rainbow colored model is best left to those with a bit more chutzpah than I, the moss model reminds me of the bag I saw this weekend, and might just be on my list for summer. Who knows, maybe in a few decades I'll be the aging trad wearing it at a show when some kid will spot me and thus the cycle will continue.


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Anton Chekhov, the Russian playwright, said, "If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there."
The shooting will be a reaction to something in the action or dialogue that causes such a violent response. And when the rifle goes off, that will stimulate another plot action. You must have a stimulus before a response, or your reader will feel set up and ask, "Where did that come from?"
Play fair with your reader
When we write novels, we don't include every word of dialogue, every action, every plan. We include only elements that move the plot.
By introducing an element that flags the reader's attention (Chekhov's rifle), we insinuate it is significant, in essence promising a response.
Learn to make good use of stimulus and response, and your readers will never ask, "Where did that come from?"
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First, there was Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Now, there's a "Wild and Wanton" edition, in which the sexy bits are handily emboldened so you don't have to wade through all that dreary Regency dialogue to get to the "good stuff". Here's a tip: the sex scene you've been waiting for only occurs three quarters of the way into the book.
So… who here wants to write the steampunk version?
Of course I want more free public domain e-books, but I'd feel warmer about the issue if the books in question here weren't all Jesus-y.
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Java member variables which are declared as attributes using declareAttribute() fail to have values set using the @ object instantiation
syntax. In addition, the custom setter() method is not later called.
Together, these create a situation where:
1) Attribute values set using @ syntax that are needed in the constructor do not have those values. Only default values set within the java variable declaration are there.
2) Can't handle it in a custom getter() because custom getters() are not called with @ syntax.
Requested/expected behavior:
1) After any call to declareAttribute() where there is a @attribute set in the object instantiation in Max, the matching member variable will have the value set with the @ syntax.
2) Immediately after the constructor completes…if there is a custom setter() for an attribute declared with declareAttribute() that has a matching @attribute set in the object instantiation in Max…then the custom setter() will be called.
Personally, I like request #2. That's the intention of a person writing the patch, they are setting that attribute. Therefore, I believe that the custom setter should be called.
This is related to another old post http://cycling74.com/forums/topic.php?id=9709
Option (2) is what happens, depending on your definition of "immediately". Once the constructor is done execution passes back into the bowels of MaxObject to set up inlets and outlets, then attribute setters are called.
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The note he wrote really had me on the floor,
And chance is all I'm asking for".
Just who I wanted to see. We walked
To the next room to get some privacy.
I made up a good lie; told him my side; but I
Need proof, so my guy I came to.
Hit him up in a message, surprised
He popped a private question
Aimed in my direction. Then
Feeling strong in front of my entourage,
Said there needed to be some distance
And that I had completely lost interest.
All eyes on me, it was everything I wanted it to be
The plan went so well as he gave me a "**** you"
For fare well, and as far as I can tell, it was worth it.


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Illinois Senate President John Cullerton
Updated: May 15, 2013 6:46AM
In Springfield in the next few weeks, two major but divergent paths to resolving our state's unfunded pension crisis will be considered.
Both approaches would violate employees' expectations and reduce promised retirement benefits, but they rest on very different predictions of what legal analysis the Illinois Supreme Court would use to decide either law's constitutionality.
State Senate President John Cullerton's view of the matter would sound familiar to any first-year law student: Pensions are a contract between the state and its employees and, as such, only changes agreed to by both parties can pass constitutional muster. Cullerton's pension reform bill would offer employees a choice: They could keep their annual 3 percent cost-of-living pension increases or their state-subsidized health care.
Cullerton's proposal, designed to increase the likelihood of passing constitutional muster, would lock in tremendous inequality between retirees and current employees. It also raises serious concerns about who is bearing the burden for solving the pension crisis. And it is unclear whether Cullerton's bill would produce sufficient revenue to save the pension system from collapse.
The alternative approach, proposed by state Rep. Elaine Nekritz and state Sen. Daniel Biss and now supported by House Republican Leader Tom Cross, would apply across-the-board cuts to the benefits of retirees and employees. Cullerton's camp argues that the Nekritz-Biss plan is patently unconstitutional because it would offer employees no choice in the matter. That argument works, however, only in a world free of today's financial calamity, where the state's pension debt is an almost incomprehensible $96 billion and growing.
We can expect the Illinois Supreme Court's ultimate review not to be limited to the absolutist contract law approach, even if some state courts have adopted it. New circumstances require new analyses, and no Illinois court has yet been asked to consider legislative reduction of benefits against the backdrop of impending financial doom.
It is critical to remember: No provision of any constitution is absolute, no matter how absolute its language.
For example, the U.S. Constitution's Contract Clause explicitly says "no state shall pass any law … impairing the obligation of contracts." That mirrors the apparent absolute ban on any law impairing or diminishing pension benefits found in Illinois' constitution. But the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the language of the Contract Clause to mean something very different in extreme circumstances, essentially adding the proviso that impairments are constitutional if "reasonable and necessary to serve an important public purpose."
If the Nekritz-Biss plan becomes law and the state Supreme Court takes this more contextualized approach to interpreting the Pension Clause, then its constitutionality will depend on clear and convincing evidence that the state faces a disastrous fiscal crisis. If a strong case is made that Illinois can meet its pension obligations without running itself into the ground, then the court is more likely to invalidate the benefit cuts. But if the state can show that there are no reasonable alternatives to reducing benefits — that more tax increases and spending cuts won't end the financial crisis — then the court is unlikely to write an opinion that would essentially push the state into default.
Every legislator takes an oath to uphold the state and federal constitutions. Voting for a clearly unconstitutional bill would be a serious dereliction of that duty. But that is not the choice legislators face here. Either of these two leading pension reform proposals could reasonably be found to be constitutional.
The Illinois and U.S. Constitutions require our Legislature to adopt pension reform that will spread the pain of cuts fairly among all beneficiaries of the pension system, ensure its long-term financial sustainability and allow it to meet its many other duties to all Illinois citizens.
Laurie Reynolds is the Prentice H. Marshall Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.


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Huggins has emerged as a solid running back, able to carry the ball up the middle or break to the outside and use his great speed to score. He is proving to everyone he will be on the field this season. Ward on the other hand has been playing as if he is stuck in the mud. At age 30, many question if his best days are behind him now. Coach Morris has gone on record that he believes Ward needs to "slim down." Ward weighs in at 228 pounds, solid, but not overweight (not a Terrance Cody weight issue). Ward says he is physically fit and in good shape (says he is ready for week one of the season right now).
Ward is not going to be the number two running back at this pace. Huggins is getting more repetitions with the first team offense and is showing everyone that he is the better of the two running backs. Each preseason game Ward has been sluggish and has not produced. Right now Morris says the two are tied for the second running back position, but unless Ward makes a strong case in the last two games, the position will be given to Huggins.


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The Charlotte Bobcats took their time but came back late in the fourth quarter Friday night on the back of Al Jefferson to top the Detroit Pistons 116-106. Jefferson scored 15 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter to help lead the Bobcats back from a 20 point deficit in the first half.
Kemba Walker scored 34 points and Gerald Henderson added 22. Behind the Bobcats high scoring trio, the team was able to slowly creep back into the game and steal a victory from the Pistons on the road. The Bobcats outscored the Pistons 41-17 in the fourt hquarter.
Trailing by five, Jefferson scored six straight points to give the Bobcats a 100-99 lead. Walker hit a big 3-pointer to give the team a four point lead. Jefferson continued his offensive outburst, by scoring the next seven points. to give the Bobcats a 110-102 with little time left on the clock.
Jefferson showed his value last night, giving Bobcats fans further proof that signing the 6-10 big was a great move for the team. Now that he's healthy, Jefferson is showing the ability to grab a lot of rebounds and score at will in the low post.
"When Al [Jefferson] gets into that kind of rhythm, with his offensive game, I'm not sure anyone is going to stop him," said Pistons coach Maurice Cheeks after the game.
The Bobcats won despite losing starting forward Jeff Taylor to an achilles injury early in the first quarter. Taylor stepped into the starting lineup recently in place of Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who is sidelined with a fractured left hand.
Taylor did not return to the game and an update on his injury is expected before Saturday's home game against the Utah Jazz. Anthony Tolliver replaced Taylor in the starting unit and Chris Douglas-Roberts played 16 minutes off the bench.
Despite injuries, the Bobcats are meshing well and starting to look like a well rounded team. The Bobcats are now looking at their first three game winning streak of the season and have a good opportunity to make it four against Utah.
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Way back here, I posted about the kid needing to transition from a play table to a desk. She was resistant. And then, one day, she told me that her play table's chairs were too small for her. Huh? She dramatically demonstrated that her feet touched the ground and that, in her words, her "knees bent too much." Yeah. Right. Is she so used to sitting in chairs that are too big for her that she did not realize that a 90 degree knee angle was kind of de rigueur?
I was a little confused, but then I remembered that we'd just looked at a house where "her room" would have had a built in desk. This was it.
Yeah, she was angling her way back to that.
I'm game.
I did a little Googling and found out that IKEA has some components that I could easily hack, so we headed off to the store one rainy weekend. I looked at the Stuva line of kid's furniture - cabinets, bookshelves and benches that played together nicely.
In the end it was that last photo that was truest to my reality. I had initially intended to incorporate the desk into it, or the bench. But, the bench and drawer units were all 23.75" deep and the cabinets and bookcases were all 11.75" deep. And the desk unit was too low - the same as her play table. I fiddled around a bit with options and configurations to go along the wall across from her closet, but nothing worked perfectly and I could not inure myself to the wonky side view caused by the varying depths... Then that bottom picture saved the day. The wall beind the stairs, filled with bookcases currently, and pretty unusuable space (you need to be able to walk through there and a desk chair would impede that), would be great with a long row of storage like that. She could sit on it, stack things on it, stash things in it.
So I bought 5 units. All with doors. I can return the doors if I decide to leave some open as book storage. I can't wait to get these in place on gleaming hardwood floors. Oh and in front of her chosen wall color: Benjamin Moore Wickham Gray. How does a 7 year old know about paint colors? Is she a prodigy? No. She simply told me that she wants "the same color as our family room."
Next up, a rug for the far side of the room by the closet, where the play table will live. For now.


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11601 Lago Vista West has a Walk Score of 20 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so almost all errands require a car.
This location is in Farmers Branch. Nearby parks include Sam Houston Trail Park Entrance Rd and Crown Park.
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I have never actually watched a full episode of Idol until this season, where I have only watched the initial tryouts. The first episodes are awesome when everybody is on there. The later episodes seem to me as exciting as watching figure-skating. I would rather watch O'Reilly ream the latest Vermont screwup where there is going to be some action and words and heat than hold my breath for a flat note.
But that is just me.
It is not a coincidence that the American Idol ratings have dropped since its huge audience was duped into watching the 2-hour "America Gives Back" telethon believing that a contestant would be voted off.
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A few days before the brightest stars in baseball head to Kansas City, the All-Star Game has already seen several curve balls come its way.
From the surprising dominance of knuckle ball pitcher R.A. Dickey to the emergence of rookie Mike Trout and controversy surrounding fellow young buck Bryce Harper's spot on the roster, baseball's most famous heavy hitters seem to be an All-Star afterthought.
Rookie vs. Rookie
Well hot diggity dog, look who snuck his way onto the NL All-Star roster? Yes Harper-haters, the Nationals stand-out 19-year-old weaseled his way into a trip to Kansas City, thanks to Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton who will miss the game and undergo knee surgery. Bryce Harper has felt the heat on a national level since gracing the cover of Sports Illustrated as a 16-year-old, and I'd say he's met the challenge in his first season in the Majors.
In 63 games, the right fielder is batting .282 with 8 home runs, 25 RBI and .472 slugging.
Over in the AL, fellow rook Mike Trout blows Harper out of the water, statistically speaking. The 20-year-old is hitting .342 with 12 HR, 40 RBI and .564 SLG in 64 games, not to mention his excellent fielding skills. Oh ya, he also leads the AL with 26 stolen bases.
While Trout had long been considered a stud by baseball insiders, he was relatively unknown to those outside "the know." Trout didn't face nationwide pressure the way Harper has, or the expectations of carrying an entire big league ball club.
Anyone in their right mind agrees that Trout is an All-Star (despite not making it as a starter) but the debate rages on in regard to Harper.
Being selected to an All-Star team isn't only about statistics. It's about representing each team in the league. Sometimes it is strictly numbers based, other times it's a popularity contest (decided by the fans), and once in a while the game is used to show respect for a player's overall career rather than his accomplishments in that season.
What's wrong with selecting Harper, whose numbers are absolutely respectable? More importantly, he has reenergized a first-place team and its fans while drawing millions of eyeballs from all over the country to the sport. With all of the BS tarnishing baseball over the last several years, the sport could use a guy like Harper, who thus far, has brought nothing but good PR, not to mention blessing the world with the great new catch phrase, "that's a clown question bro."
Hopefully the 2012 All-Star game will turn out to be an anecdote told in conversation several years from now: "I watched those two share a field at an All-Star game in their rookie season, before they became two of the best to ever play the game."
You can't go wrong having these two on the All-Star roster.
The Unexpected Rise of R.A. Dickey
Nobody saw this coming. Not even R.A. Dickey himself. The Mets knuckleballer has had one hell of a ride. The man has battled many demons in his life, from suffering sexual abuse to an injury expected to be career-ending to deep emotional depression. At age 37, Dickey finally hit his stride with a 12-1 record and 2.40 ERA earning him his first-ever All-Star spot.
Dickey's career seems to have played in reverse, starting out as a highlight touted first-round draft pick before doctors discovered he had an elbow injury, condemning him as damaged goods. The more Dickey aged, the stronger he grew, learning, and now seemingly perfecting the art of the knuckleball pitch. In June, Dickey made history throwing back-to-back one-hitters.
Despite unquestionably earning a spot as an All-Star starter, the unique and rarely used pitch that got Dickey to this level may keep him out of the starting lineup in Kansas City.
Tony LaRussa, managing the NL team is concerned that his starting catcher, the young Buster Posey of the Giants might struggle to receive knucklers behind the plate. Since the fans voted Posey a starter, LaRussa might feel forced to relegate Dickey to a backup spot. Plus, the outcome of the MLB All Star game now actually means something to teams in World Series contention.
It would be an ironic shame if the talent that makes Dickey so spectacular forces him out of the starting lineup, but he is still an enigmatic figure with a story that fans love. Being a first-time All-Star at age 37 is a great enough accomplishment to keep Dickey happy and the fans in his corner.
Andrew Who? Fans, Meet Andrew McCutchen
News of the injured Giancarlo Stanton proves to be the gift that keeps on giving. First, Bryce Harper learned that he would replace Stanton on the NL All-Star roster. Then, Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen got the call that he would take Stanton's place in the Home Run Derby.
The Pittsburgh Pirates don't get a lot of love from the media, understandably so considering the franchise has been one of the worst in baseball for many years. It's mean, I know, but it's the truth. On the bright side, the Pirates have a potential superstar on their hands as McCutchen, in his third year in the Majors, is having an outstanding season thus far.
In 81 games, McCutchen is hitting .362 with 18 HR (including two in Sunday's win over the Giants) and 60 RBI. His .362 average leads all of baseball. Not too shabby for a 25-year-old playing in Pittsburgh.
In fact, McCutchen has the highest batting average by a Pirate at the All-Star break since World War II.
Win or lose, McCutchen's Derby appearance should create some buzz for the emerging star by giving the country an opportunity to get to know the Pirates' young standout.
I watched a TV interview with Francoeur today and this dude is awesome. The KC outfilder threw a baseball wrapped in a $100 bill up into the stands and told the A's fans that "beer and bacon is on me." HA! And it only gets better from there. What a cool story. Click the link to read it: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/jeff-francoeur-gets-pizza-delivered-fans-bleachers-233500021.html
If you've watched the Chiefs at all over the last few years, it's obvious that something isn't quite right in Kansas City. We knew the X's and O's were suspect, but the behavior of the front office, as reported by the Kansas City Star, takes this situation to a whole new level of dysfunction.
In the story written by Kent Babb, information from more than two dozen current and former Chiefs employees paints a picture of paranoia and illegal surveillance of employees by management.
Todd Haley, the former Chiefs head coach who was fired mid-season is quoted in the article, accusing management of bugging rooms in the team facility and tampering with his personal cell phone (that he had before he was hired by KC).
The article quotes several sources (both anonymously and by name) and a few of them said that while the culture certainly changed once Scott Pioli was hired as the general manager in 2009, that the new rules and regulations weren't bothersome to them personally. On the other hand, the majority quoted in the article describe a McCarthy-esque work environment that not only violates personal privacy, but also breaks the law.
Unless Pioli is an undercover FBI agent posing as a football GM (and by the looks of the Chiefs, that isn't a stretch) and invoking the Patriot Act, wire tapping without the knowledge of the other party is illegal (in most states). Babb notes that employee turnover has been through the roof since Pioli was hired and some former staffers are suing the organization. The following excerpt from Babb's article is hard to believe:
"Some of the first changes involved shutting off access and protecting information. Non-football employees, including those who had worked for the Chiefs for decades, were told that they weren't allowed on certain floors, or in certain areas of the team facility. Business-side staffers with an office window facing the practice fields were made to keep their shades drawn during practices. The team president was no exception. A security guard made the rounds during practices, sometimes interrupting phone calls and meetings to lower shades."
Talk about going overboard, right? Many cited in the article said the intrusive measures were taken to prove which employees were loyal to the team and the cause, and which weren't. As one former higher-up told Babb, "The level of paranoia was probably the highest that I had ever seen it anywhere. If you make the wrong step, you might not be able to pay your mortgage."
Sure, this all sounds great if its in a science fiction novel, but in real life? If true, this is scary stuff. While I am shocked at the depth of the allegations, the general idea isn't that surprising seeing is that Pioli came from New England and was a part of the infamous Spygate in 2007.
Pioli, a good friend and longtime coworker of Bill Belichick was fined $500,000 for his role in the scandal involving the Patriots stealing signs by secretly video taping the New York Jets coaching staff. Belichick and the Patriots' secrecy, gate-keeping and limited access is legendary in the sports world.
"A common notion is that employees are constantly being watched. When they arrive and leave, where they're going within the building and who they're talking to. Indeed, the technology exists at the Chiefs' offices, as it does in many corporate settings, to monitor phone calls and emails," writes Babb. "But here, some staffers even hesitated before using their cell phones or speaking inside the building, because, like Haley, they suspected that conversations were monitored."
Former stadium operations director Steve Schneider told Babb, 'The capability was definitely there for Big Brother to be watching."
True or not, this story should inspire an even bigger brother to look into the practices of Pioli and the Chiefs management. I'm guessing the ACLU is already on the case. You would think with all of the alleged technology, surveillance and attention to detail, that the front office would've at least found a way to muster up more than seven wins from its team this season. Go figure.
To read more of Kent Babb's fascinating story about the Chiefs, click this link: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/01/14/3371495/arrowhead-anxiety-turnover-off.html#storylink=cpy


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