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Now that we're three weeks away from the draft, the mock drafts are starting to roll on in. Jim Callis posted his first mock yesterday, and you don't need a Baseball America subscription to see the picks. You do need one for the analysis though. The Yankees don't have a first round pick so they're not included in the mock, so the next few weeks are going to be pretty lame when it comes to this stuff. It's not entirely useless though though, Callis is as well-connected as anyone and uses his info to connect teams to players. It's a good snapshot of each player's current value, so check it out.
Run boys, run
Over the offseason the Red Sox and the Yankees both pursued Russell Martin. The Yankees were all-in, promising Martin the ability to catch as a starter and offering him $4M. The Sox were far more tentative. Fearful of his injury history, the Sox medical staff declared Martin unsignable (h/t JamalGr) and the Sox never offered him more than a minor league deal. Martin chose New York and now plays Call of Duty with pal A.J. Burnett, gets his nails done in Westchester nail salons, and hits a healthy .256/.356/.510 with seven home runs. The Red Sox, on the other hand, are stuck with Salty and Tek.
Salty and Tek have been terrible in 2011, there's just no way around it. Varitek is currently hitting a robust .154/.241/.212 in 59 plate appearances this year, while Saltalamacchia stands at .203/.250/.266 in 84 plate appearances. The two have combined for zero home runs. Better (or worse) yet, neither of them are a Yadier Molina or a Matt Wieters behind the plate. They both have trouble with preventing the run game. This is something the Yankees took advantage of last night, and it's something they should continue to exploit this weekend and throughout the rest of the season.
According to Matt Klaassen's catcher defense rankings, Jason Varitek's catcher defense has been -0.3 runs below average. Varitek actually grades out fairly well across the board this year, registering positive value in fielding errors, throwing errors and passed balls and wild pitches. However, he received a low mark in the Caught Stealing category. In other words, Klaassen's system grades Varitek well except when it comes to throwing out would-be base-stealers. Overall, Jarrod Saltalamacchia is far worse, coming in at -1.4 runs below average. Unlike Varitek, Salty scores poorly in the passed ball and wild pitches category. Like Varitek, though, he grades out poorly in the Caught Stealing category, scoring -1.2 runs below average. It's not as bad as A.J. Pierzynski or Ryan Hanigan, but it's close. Salty is easy to run on, and this says nothing of his frequent cases of the yips.
Catcher defense is notoriously difficult to quantify and rank. For this reason it's often wise to listen to personal observation and anecdotal information. A perfect example of this came with Varitek earlier this week against the Blue Jays. Varitek was brought in as a defensive replacement for Salty, and with the game tied in the 10th inning Rajai Davis singled off Matt Albers. At that point the Red Sox correctly anticipated a steal and guessed right with a pitch out. Varitek received the pitchout and was poised to nail Davis, but couldn't get the ball to Iglesias on the fly, bouncing it well short of the bag and allowing Davis to slide in safely. Davis subsequently swiped third base, David Cooper brought him home with a walk-off sacrifice fly shortly thereafter, and there was great rejoicing. You can read more about the sequence over at Red Sox Beacon, complete with plenty of screencaps showing that a good throw would have nailed Davis and ended the threat.
Saltalamacchia's arm was on display last night in the eighth inning. The Yankees down 5-3 with one out and Daniel Bard on the mound, and Rodriguez and Cano executed a perfectly timed double steal, putting themselves in scoring position for Swisher and Posada. Swisher and Posada, of course, couldn't take advantage, but it was clear that the Yankees recognized a tactical advantage and decided to take it.
And that's really what this is all about. Spending a lot of money, as the Red Sox have, doesn't guarantee you a weakness-free roster. It's very difficult to build quality depth. It's very difficult to acquire great players. Theo Epstein built a really good baseball club this offseason, maybe the best of his entire tenure as Red Sox GM. Sure, he may have whiffed on Russell Martin, but no GM has a perfect track record and Epstein at least has the cover of deferring to the medical staff. All of that aside: weakness is weakness. One area in which the Red Sox are weak is in preventing the running game. The Yankees aren't built for speed, but they have plenty of guys who can swipe a bag against a weak arm. If last night was any indication, they may try to exploit this weakness whenever advantageous.
Girardi called team meeting after last night's game
Buried in the middle of this predictable "the Yankees didn't bury the Red Sox when they had the chance!" column by Joel Sherman is this little nugget: Joe Girardi called a team meeting after last night's game. Not just the players either, the coaches as well. The message: cut the crap and stop playing so sloppily. Team meetings sound nice to us fans, because at least it looks like they're trying to do something, but I highly doubt this alone will end this ugly slump. Better than nothing though.
The Slade Heathcott Brawl
Yeah, that doesn't look so good. I figure the catcher had to have said something to him, maybe about yesterday's article. Stuff like that about a first round pick gets around pretty quickly. Not making excuses for him, because that is total garbage right there and has no place in the game. Heathcott's going to be suspended for a while, I just have no idea how long. My money's on 5-10 games.
Yankees fall to Red Sox, drop third straight
There's just not much to be happy about in Yankeeland right now. They lost yet another frustrating game full of sloppy play and a limp offensive attack that started rallies but just didn't finish them. There's really not much more to say than that, that's been the script for close to two weeks now.
Off The Hook
Nine. Nine of the Yankees' 39 batters had a three ball count tonight. Do you know how many reached base? Three. Nick Swisher and Alex Rodriguez drew walks, and Derek Jeter reached when Kevin Youkilis booted a rather routine ground ball. So really it should have been just the two walks and seven outs. Coming into today, American League batters have reached base in 56.2% of the plate appearances in which they had a three ball count. Furthermore, the Yankees had four 3-0 counts and got on base exactly zero times. AL batters have a
.956 .737 OBP (!!!) in 3-0 counts this year. Clay Buchholz threw a first pitch strike to three (!!!) of the first dozen men he faced, and just two reached base (including Jeter on the error).
Seriously, no one can say the Yankees didn't have their chances on Friday. They had another crappy game with men in scoring position (1-for-7), and they left the tying run on base in each of the last two innings. They also stranded the go-ahead run in scoring position in the fifth, but that was still kinda early. The offense has been in a funk for what, two full weeks now? It's frustrating beyond belief, especially when it comes to all those runners left on base. I mean, Buchholz got 17 swings-and-misses out of 110 pitches, which is ridiculous, but he keep falling behind in the count and the Yankees just didn't make him pay.
Big Bad Bartolo
Bartolo Colon made one terrible pitch tonight, that's really it. A fastball that was supposed to be down-and-in to Adrian Gonzalez sailed over the plate belt high before sailing deep into the second deck in right field. That happens, I'm not going to lose any sleep over a solo homer in the fourth inning. The next batter, Kevin Youkilis, reached base on a wild pitch after striking out, then David Ortiz drew a walk. J.D. Drew reached on a fielder's choice after the out was made at second on an infield grounder. Another walk and an RBI ground out later, and bam, Boston was up two-zip.
Two runs in six innings is what you'd take out of Colon every day of the week, but why he was sent back out to start the seventh is beyond me. He was already at 100 pitches on a nose, the most pitches he's thrown in a game in almost exactly three years (June 1st, 2008 was the last time he eclipsed the century mark), and then a single scooted beyond Robinson Cano to leadoff the inning. It wasn't exactly a banner night for Cano with the glove either, there were a few of those singles just beyond his reach that looked like outs off the bat. But anyway, in comes Joba Chamberlain, a double play is muffed (by Cano, who botched the transfer), then a sac fly and homer lead to a three-run deficit.
Pure garbage. If you're willing to bring Joba into the game that inning, bring him in with a clean slate to start the frame. The Yankees aren't getting brownie points by squeezing another out or two our of Colon. The defense was pretty awful yet again, though give Bartolo credit for six good innings. That's a performance that usually leads to a win.
Russell Martin hit a homer, so hooray for that. Curtis Granderson tripled to dead center, Swisher doubled to the opposite field, and A-Rod and Cano pulled off a gorgeous (and huge given the situation) double steal in the eight. That's pretty much it for the good news, so let's just leave it at that.
Bah, the Yankees suck right now. They've lost three in row, four of the last six, and seven of the last time. Since April 25th (an admittedly arbitrary endpoint), they're just 8-10. Every team goes through slumps and what not, but that doesn't mean we can't be angry about it. If they're running into bad luck and stuff, then fine. But fundamental mistakes and poor hitting when ahead in the count, I'm sorry, that's on them. They need to play better.
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Unlike the Public Cloud, the Private Cloud is nothing to write home about. Utility Computing disguised in modern and attractive name.
Reality is not as simple as described in the paragraphs above.
If you read the article Tectonic shift as Public Cloud giants acknowledge the private deployment options, you will discover that even Amazon and Google admit that Public Cloud is not a magical solution for all problems.
There is a necessity for Private Clouds. There are systems for which Public Cloud is not adequate.
Private Cloud
It is relatively easy to define Public Cloud. There are various different definitions of Private Cloud.
The main definitions could be categorized as follows:
1. Cloud which is located within the Enterprise boundaries.
Utility Computing may fit to this definition. If the organization provides Information Technology services it may include Multi-Tenancy instances. For example, a Large Bank's Core Banking Systems, provides services to few small banks in addition to the Large Bank users.
2. An external Cloud which provides services to a single Enterprise
The Cloud is outside the Organization's Data Centers. However, it serves only a single organization.
A Private Cloud defined as cited above, may realize some of the advantages of Public Cloud, e.g. less dependency on the IT Department and easier Provisioning.
It will not be cheap as a Multi-Tenant Public Cloud.
3. Vitalization and Elastic Provisioning
The advantages of Private Cloud defined as cited above are described by the definition.
However, it is not clear what differentiate it from Virtualization and Elastic Provisioning, which has nothing to do with Clouds.
Current Generation
Whatever Private Cloud definition we prefer, Current Generation of Private Clouds is based upon Commodity Servers. Usually, the applications are lightweight and non-Core Business applications.
The term commodity in this context refers to Linux and Windows Operating Systems Servers. They may be deployed under VMware or other Hypervisors.
Next Generation
According to Forrester Consulting's paper titled: "Private Clouds Will Use Hybrid Infrastructure", Next Generation Private Clouds will not be based solely upon commodity Servers.
Some of the Key Findings are:
1. Building a Private Cloud is a Priority of nearly half of all Enterprises.
This finding conforms with Google's and Amazon's views of the Private Cloud cited in the beginning of this post.
Even if the Public Cloud is "sexier" and better defined than the Private Cloud you can not ignore large number of enterprises building Private Clouds.
2. Cloud Management and Security are a must
Customers need Standardized Operation Procedures, Security and fully automated Management.
3. Efficiency and Price are important
Technically, Efficiency and lower costs imply Multi-Tenancy and maximum resources utilization.
4. Next Generation Cloud should be utilized Hybrid Platforms
Forget about commodity servers only Clouds.
It is too early to think of The end of the Mainframe.
67% of survey respondents said access to Mainframe Data was critically important or very important in cloud environments.
My Take
New Information Technology paradigms are not a one size fits all solutions. In my Service Oriented Presentations, since it was a buzz, I always included one or two slides describing the systems which were bad fit for SOA.
Another slide described an Enterprise fully transformed to SOA. Few non-SOA systems were included in the slide (in different colour).
Public Cloud is an excellent solution for SMBs problems. However, as far as most Large Enterprises are concerned, for the coming years, Hybrid Clouds will be the appropriate solution.
Successful Cloud Computing deployment should be based upon deploying the right systems in the Public Cloud, the right systems in the Private Cloud and integrating them together as a unified Architecture.
Private Clouds will not be solely based upon Commodity Servers (Windows, Linux, VMware etc.).
Expect heterogeneous Private Clouds which will include multiple servers such as UNIX and Mainframes in addition to Windows and Linux.
I wonder if Next Generation Public Clouds will be solely Commodity Servers based. I suspect that they will not.
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How do APIs and IoT relate? The answer is not as simple as merely adding an API on top of a dumb device, but rather about understanding the architectural patterns for implementing an IoT fabric. There are typically two or three trends: Exposing the device to a management framework Exposing that management framework to a business centric logic Exposing that business layer and data to end users. This last trend is the IoT stack, which involves a new shift in the separation of what stuff happens, where data lives and where the interface lies. For instance, it's a mix of architectural styles ...
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An entirely new security model is needed for the Internet of Things, or is it? Can we save some old and tested controls for this new and different environment? In his session at @ThingsExpo, New York's at the Javits Center, Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, reviewed hands-on lessons with IoT devices and reveal a new risk balance you might not expect. Davi Ottenheimer, EMC Senior Director of Trust, has more than nineteen years' experience managing global security operations and assessments, including a decade of leading incident response and digital forensics. He is co-author of t...
Nov. 27, 2014 01:00 PM EST Reads: 1,691
The Internet of Things will greatly expand the opportunities for data collection and new business models driven off of that data. In her session at @ThingsExpo, Esmeralda Swartz, CMO of MetraTech, discussed how for this to be effective you not only need to have infrastructure and operational models capable of utilizing this new phenomenon, but increasingly service providers will need to convince a skeptical public to participate. Get ready to show them the money!
Nov. 27, 2014 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,308
The Internet of Things will put IT to its ultimate test by creating infinite new opportunities to digitize products and services, generate and analyze new data to improve customer satisfaction, and discover new ways to gain a competitive advantage across nearly every industry. In order to help corporate business units to capitalize on the rapidly evolving IoT opportunities, IT must stand up to a new set of challenges. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jeff Kaplan, Managing Director of THINKstrategies, will examine why IT must finally fulfill its role in support of its SBUs or face a new round of...
Nov. 27, 2014 10:00 AM EST Reads: 1,247
One of the biggest challenges when developing connected devices is identifying user value and delivering it through successful user experiences. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Mike Kuniavsky, Principal Scientist, Innovation Services at PARC, described an IoT-specific approach to user experience design that combines approaches from interaction design, industrial design and service design to create experiences that go beyond simple connected gadgets to create lasting, multi-device experiences grounded in people's real needs and desires.
Nov. 27, 2014 08:00 AM EST Reads: 1,266
Enthusiasm for the Internet of Things has reached an all-time high. In 2013 alone, venture capitalists spent more than $1 billion dollars investing in the IoT space. With "smart" appliances and devices, IoT covers wearable smart devices, cloud services to hardware companies. Nest, a Google company, detects temperatures inside homes and automatically adjusts it by tracking its user's habit. These technologies are quickly developing and with it come challenges such as bridging infrastructure gaps, abiding by privacy concerns and making the concept a reality. These challenges can't be addressed w...
Nov. 27, 2014 07:45 AM EST Reads: 1,540
The Domain Name Service (DNS) is one of the most important components in networking infrastructure, enabling users and services to access applications by translating URLs (names) into IP addresses (numbers). Because every icon and URL and all embedded content on a website requires a DNS lookup loading complex sites necessitates hundreds of DNS queries. In addition, as more internet-enabled 'Things' get connected, people will rely on DNS to name and find their fridges, toasters and toilets. According to a recent IDG Research Services Survey this rate of traffic will only grow. What's driving t...
Nov. 27, 2014 07:00 AM EST Reads: 1,515
Scott Jenson leads a project called The Physical Web within the Chrome team at Google. Project members are working to take the scalability and openness of the web and use it to talk to the exponentially exploding range of smart devices. Nearly every company today working on the IoT comes up with the same basic solution: use my server and you'll be fine. But if we really believe there will be trillions of these devices, that just can't scale. We need a system that is open a scalable and by using the URL as a basic building block, we open this up and get the same resilience that the web enjoys.
Nov. 27, 2014 06:45 AM EST Reads: 1,412
Connected devices and the Internet of Things are getting significant momentum in 2014. In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, Jim Hunter, Chief Scientist & Technology Evangelist at Greenwave Systems, examined three key elements that together will drive mass adoption of the IoT before the end of 2015. The first element is the recent advent of robust open source protocols (like AllJoyn and WebRTC) that facilitate M2M communication. The second is broad availability of flexible, cost-effective storage designed to handle the massive surge in back-end data in a world where timely analytics is e...
Nov. 27, 2014 06:45 AM EST Reads: 1,348
We are reaching the end of the beginning with WebRTC, and real systems using this technology have begun to appear. One challenge that faces every WebRTC deployment (in some form or another) is identity management. For example, if you have an existing service – possibly built on a variety of different PaaS/SaaS offerings – and you want to add real-time communications you are faced with a challenge relating to user management, authentication, authorization, and validation. Service providers will want to use their existing identities, but these will have credentials already that are (hopefully) i...
Nov. 27, 2014 04:00 AM EST Reads: 1,261
"Matrix is an ambitious open standard and implementation that's set up to break down the fragmentation problems that exist in IP messaging and VoIP communication," explained John Woolf, Technical Evangelist at Matrix, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
Nov. 27, 2014 04:00 AM EST Reads: 1,210
P2P RTC will impact the landscape of communications, shifting from traditional telephony style communications models to OTT (Over-The-Top) cloud assisted & PaaS (Platform as a Service) communication services. The P2P shift will impact many areas of our lives, from mobile communication, human interactive web services, RTC and telephony infrastructure, user federation, security and privacy implications, business costs, and scalability. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Robin Raymond, Chief Architect at Hookflash, will walk through the shifting landscape of traditional telephone and voice services ...
Nov. 26, 2014 02:00 PM EST Reads: 1,642
Explosive growth in connected devices. Enormous amounts of data for collection and analysis. Critical use of data for split-second decision making and actionable information. All three are factors in making the Internet of Things a reality. Yet, any one factor would have an IT organization pondering its infrastructure strategy. How should your organization enhance its IT framework to enable an Internet of Things implementation? In his session at Internet of @ThingsExpo, James Kirkland, Chief Architect for the Internet of Things and Intelligent Systems at Red Hat, described how to revolutioniz...
Nov. 24, 2014 07:00 PM EST Reads: 1,740
Bit6 today issued a challenge to the technology community implementing Web Real Time Communication (WebRTC). To leap beyond WebRTC's significant limitations and fully leverage its underlying value to accelerate innovation, application developers need to consider the entire communications ecosystem.
Nov. 24, 2014 12:00 PM EST Reads: 1,635
The definition of IoT is not new, in fact it's been around for over a decade. What has changed is the public's awareness that the technology we use on a daily basis has caught up on the vision of an always on, always connected world. If you look into the details of what comprises the IoT, you'll see that it includes everything from cloud computing, Big Data analytics, "Things," Web communication, applications, network, storage, etc. It is essentially including everything connected online from hardware to software, or as we like to say, it's an Internet of many different things. The difference ...
Nov. 24, 2014 11:00 AM EST Reads: 1,768
Cloud Expo 2014 TV commercials will feature @ThingsExpo, which was launched in June, 2014 at New York City's Javits Center as the largest 'Internet of Things' event in the world.
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Game Day Illustrated: Kings v. Blackhawks Game 2
May 21st
Posted by Le Pac in 2014 Playoffs
Point Taken: Boxing with 'Hawks and Kings
Mar 12th
Posted by Bartl in 2011-12 Game Recaps
So you're telling me that Jonathan Quick guy is pretty good, eh?
Quick beat the Blackhawks for the third time in four meetings this season – including two shutouts and a 0.99 goals-against average in those matchups – and helped the Kings to a 3-2 shootout win at the United Center.
"Experts" seem to tell us that goaltending is the difference between Stanley Cup contenders and pretenders around this time of the season, and if it holds true L.A. is going to be tough to beat with Quick between the pipes.
He stole the show from Ray Emery, who was making his fifth straight start and had another solid outing. If it weren't the Blackhawks' ineptitude in the shootout, he would've come away with a victory. He stopped the first five shooters before Mike Richards finally broke through, while Quick was perfect on the other end – not to mention stoning Viktor Stalberg on a penalty-shot attempt in the third period.
The main problem was Duncan Keith, who should immediately take the film, CD, floppy disk or whatever it is this game has been recorded on and bury it along with Jimmy Hoffa. Both Kings goals were the result of his turnovers, including one that lead to a 4-on-1 break for L.A. with the game merely 1 1/2 minutes old.
Patrick Kane had a solid night, and Marcus Kruger again was rewarded for playing hard in front of the net. Other than that, the Blackhawks will take the point and move on to Tuesday, when St. Louis comes into the United Center for another showdown.
Here's Boxing…
Need Some Purple Pills: Impotent Kings Visit Chicago
Dec 28th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2011-12 Game Previews
The big news out of the Los Angeles Kings' camp in the last month is the dismissal of veteran no-nonsense coach Terry Murray and the hiring of veteran no-nonsense coach Darryl Sutter. The general consensus among the pundits based outside of California was, "There's a difference?" Murray was implementing a defense-based system, and getting buy-in from the superstar offensive weapons like Anze Kopitar and Mike Richards was difficult. Sutter will implement the same system, so how is that going to improve things?
The jury is still out, as Sutter has only 3 games under his belt as coach, notching 2 wins and a loss — about on par with what the team has been doing the rest of December. But as there is a history between Sutter and GM Dean Lombardi (former GM at San Jose who hired Sutter to coach the Sharks during his tenure there), expect Sutter to get several years to get the team to follow his lead.
The key problem for Los Angeles is offense. In 12 games thus far in December, they have scored more than 2 goals in regulation exactly once. And folks, that includes the games they WON. Granted, they have allowed the seventh-fewest goals against in the league, an impressive stat. But when you are also scoring the second-fewest, that's bad. If Sutter can get the second stat up while keeping the first one down, he's got a chance at making the playoffs.
A Farewell To Kings: Blackhawks Finish Circus Trip In L.A.
Nov 26th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2011-12 Game Previews
The Chicago Blackhawks played arguably their best period of hockey in the third period against Anaheim, coming back from a 4-2 deficit to put the game in the win column with a 6-5 victory. Jonathan Toews notched 2 goals and 3 assists to go along with Patrick Sharp's hat-trick. Corey Crawford had a solid outing stopping 24 shots, while Jonas Hiller had his night spoiled by getting the hook when the 'Hawks onslaught got the best of him.
Whatever happened in the locker room between the 2nd and 3rd, it needs to happen before tonight's game. If the 'Hawks bring that kind of energy against the Kings, they'll be in pretty good shape.
Crowning Jewel: Boxing with Blackhawks/Kings, Sweep Edition
Jan 4th
Posted by Bartl in 2010-11 Game Recaps
King me, please.
The Blackhawks completed a four-game season sweep of L.A. with a 4-3 victory that came with a few surprises, including:
» The sweep itself. Who the hell saw that coming, especially with the 'Hawks struggles
» Jonathan Toews' early – and welcome – return from injury
» Jake Dowell being scratched with no explanation yet if it relates to his 3rd-period benching against the Ducks
» Patrick Sharp's fifth career two-goal game against the Kings. That's, like, a lot.
The Captain's return proved to be not only timely, but also not rushed. Most of us were worried about whether or not he'd be fully ready to go, and he quelled those worries with a solid performance. Toews' "lucky" goal that bounced in off an errant clearing attempt by Drew Doughty happened because he was in front of the net like he should have been.
Sharp had another very handsome night, potting a goal on the power play and adding another off an aggressive forecheck by him and Tomas Kopecky. Nifty passing on the PP goal, as Kane made a nice pass across while Marian Hossa baited Jarrett Stoll into sinking toward the net, opening the passing lane.
Cash. Money. Hoes.
The Blackhawks did everything they could to attempt to lose this game, however. They were outplayed in the first period until Hossa tied it late, then took three shitty penalties in a row in the third period. The too-many-men call is flat out stupid, Duncan Keith was sleep-skating on his dipshit toss over the boards, and Toews' high-stick shouldn't have happened. It led to the equalizer until Toews' shin scored the winner.
A few more thoughts here:
» Patrick Kane is still being bothered by his injury, I've decided. I came to this conclusion when he skated in with Dave Bolland on a 2-on-1 and did not once even consider putting the puck on net. Confidence? Well, maybe, given that he's still getting back in the groove after sitting out eight games. More importantly, he looks a bit shaky on his skates, and I believe it may hurt him to plant and twist that ankle in order fire off a decent shot. Kane glided into the zone and looked at Bolland the whole way. Kane is a scorer, and that's what we need from him. The cute pass on an odd-man rush is not what anyone wants to see. If it's the ankle like I believe it is, maybe a night off for Kane would do some good.
» Brent Seabrook did his best Nick Boynton impression by making a blind, dipshit clearing attempt that resulted in a turnover and a Kings goal. Overall, he played like a pile of shit.
» Corey Crawford got another win, but hopefully he made out with the posts on the Staples Center nets after the game. Those red, iron bastards sure helped deflect the pucks outwardly. I'd count and tell you how many posts the Kings hit in the game, but my calculator is broken. However, he made a great save on Anze Kopitar's chance with under a minute left and Jonathan Quick on the bench in favor of the extra man.
» The minutes of Jack Skille and Viktor Stalberg were next to nothing after a decent night in Anaheim, when QStache benched Dowell. Skille and Stalberg rode the pine most of the game, and Dowell watched from the press box as a healthy scratch. Granted, Skille did have a turnover that led to a Kings goal, but it would be nice if people with credentials would ask some questions about all this.
And now for Boxing. Click the images to enlarge:
Click the jump for Boxing with 'Hawks/Kings
Mamas' Boys: Blackhawks Try To Stop The Bleeding In Los Angeles
Jan 3rd
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
The Blackhawks held a team meeting on Monday, likely to discuss the three game losing streak and the most recent loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday night. We will never know exactly what was said at the gathering, though we will get the usual barrage of cliches and platitudes: "Our best players have to be our best players," and other meaningless Yogi Berra-isms.
But what *should* they be saying? Is it time for a Come To Jesus Meeting about defensive responsibility? Should Coach Joel Quenneville start separating the men from the boys, call out the kids to start stepping things up and show them one-way tickets on the Rockford Shuttle? Should Captain Jonathan Toews start naming names of vets who aren't pulling their weight and reaming them a new sphincter?
Or, should the team just invite their mothers to the meeting?
STATS Game: Blackhawks vs. Kings
Jan 3rd
Posted by Bartl in Blackhawks
The BLACKHAWKS are …
… 20-17-3 (T-4th, Central)
… 8-7-3 on the road
… 4-5-1 in their last 10 (Lost 3)
… 6-4-1 against the Pacific Division
… 16-7-2 when scoring first
… 16-3-1 when leading after 2nd period
The KINGS are …
… 22-15-1 (4th, Pacific)
… 13-4-1 at home
… 5-5-0 in their last 10 (Lost 3)
… 4-5-0 against the Central Division
… 17-4-0 when scoring first
… 12-0-0 when leading after 2nd period
POWER PLAY: Blackhawks, 24.8% (1st) ; Kings, 17.7% (14th)
PENALTY KILL: Blackhawks 79.0% (25th) ; Kings 84.4% (8th)
» The Blackhawks have won the last two meetings in L.A., including a 2-1 victory Nov. 27
» The 'Hawks haven't won three straight in L.A. since winning two in 1996 and another in 1997
» Victorious Boxing with 'Hawks/Kings: Oct. 27, Nov. 27, Dec. 19Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.
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Two for the show: Weekend recap, Boxing with 'Hawks/Communists/Kings
Dec 20th
Posted by Bartl in 2010-11 Game Recaps
Beating a bitter rival rather convincingly while undermanned is one thing. Following up that performance two nights later against another contender is downright beautiful.
Without Marian Hossa and Patrick Kane, the Blackhawks have held their own through a stretch when points in the competitive Central Division are becoming a necessity. The 'Hawks gained four points on Detroit this weekend after the Communists fell to Dallas on Sunday night.
Sexy stuff.
The 'Hawks have a golden opportunity to continue picking up points on the division when Nashville visits Wednesday, but we'll get into that over the next couple of days.
After three straight losses and picking up only a single point against Western Conference foes San Jose and Colorado, the Blackhawks needed to respond with the Communists and Kings visiting the United Center — where they've played like dog shit at times this season. They're now 6-2-0 in their last eight at home and giving the crowd something to cheer about after losing four of five at the UC previous to this stretch.
Jonathan Toews continues to play like an animal. Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith are playing better, and Corey Crawford keeps impressing. It's a shame Crawford's success is linked with the meatballs' version of Mary Turco's so-called failures because Crawford is making a hell of a name for himself with his play this season. I wish we could all just shut up and be happy the Blackhawks have two solid goaltender to go to at any given time, but I keep forgetting this is Chicago. Silly me.
Going along those lines and knowing there's no in between when it comes to either jumping from the Whatchu Talkin' 'Bout Willis Tower or celebrating like the 'Hawks have repeated already, I'm taking this weekend in stride and sitting in the middle like I'm hoping most of you are.
Two wins against top conference contenders are fabulous, especially because the Blackhawks continue their dominance of the Kings this season. However, there's still those farts against the Sharks and Big Falling Snow Pile that resonate. Much like I didn't down a bottle of Advil following those losses, I'm not going to start having celebratory sex with Kaner's leftovers. I'm strapping in for the rest of the homestand and preparing myself for a more thorough evaluation after the 1st of the year.
With that being said, here's your "Boxing" from the weekend. First, it's 'Hawks/Wings. Then, scroll down for 'Hawks/Kings. Click the images to enlarge. For those viewing on the iPhone, attempt to enlarge your screen with your fingers like you would for anything else. The reason I say this is because Spinner got an email regarding this, and I want to make sure I can help those out having trouble viewing. If you are, comment here and I'll figure something out for you.
Click the jump for Boxing with 'Hawks/Wings and 'Hawks/Kings.
All Right, Let's Not Get Cocky: Blackhawks host Kings
Dec 19th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
The big news out of Los Angeles has been the arrival of newly-acquired Bruins forward Marco Sturm — which hasn't really happened yet. Sturm has not played a game this season because of surgery to repair torn ligaments in his knee, and he is not expected to be in the Kings' lineup until their return to LA next week. Boston gave Sturm to the Kings for absolutely nothing, and that's not a joke or an exaggeration. The Bruins moved him simply to stay compliant with salary cap restrictions. Officially the other side of the deal was "future considerations," but Boston GM Peter Chiarelli confirmed that they received literally zilch in return.
Welcome to Gary Bettman's NHL.
So with a new sniper not quite in the lineup, the Blackhawks will be staring down essentially the same team they faced on November 27th. The Blackhawks came away from that tilt with a 2 – 1 victory behind 21 saves from Corey Crawford.
The Kings are mired in that mud puddle of teams scratching and clawing for the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference, finding themselves shy by two points at the moment. There's a worst-kept secret about Los Angeles, and it's this: 55 of their 82 goals — fully two-thirds of their offense — have been scored by five guys. So if we can manage to keep Anze Kopitar, Justin Williams, Dustin Brown, Jarret Stoll, and Ryan Smyth off the score sheet, we're golden. We've beaten each of their goaltenders once this year, but you can bet they'll throw Jonathan Quick and his 1.98 GAA at us this evening. It will not be easy to get pucks past him.
The good news in the last two days for the Chicago Blackhawks is that they are coming off a WIN! No, that's not a typo: we WON! And against Detroit (*spitting noise*) of all people. I guess we shouldn't be all that surprised: this is the season of miracles, after all.
And while we cherish the rafter-rattling cheers of "DEEE-TROIT SUCKS!!!" raining down on the Scum as we send them home with their tails between their legs, the challenge now becomes to keep this momentum going against the Kings tonight.
Now, let me just say this before we go too much further. On these "heritage night" events, we have to find some way to keep Pat Foley and Eddie Olczyk away from the bar before the broadcast. From the way they sounded at the opening face-off, here's what I believe happened. They got to the rink around 4pm, went straight to the hospitality suite and rubbed elbows with all the Ambassadors on hand for the event. They joked and laughed, told war stories from the "Golden Era," and slugged back a bottle or more of Glenfiddich between the two of them. By the time they got on the air, they were in no shape to water a plant, let alone do the play-by-play for a hockey game. During the third period they were calling Wings netminder Jimmy Howard "Corey Crawford" and not even having the presence of mind to correct themselves. It was pretty embarrassing.
The Blackhawks, however, were on their game from the start. They played 60 minutes of hockey without once going short-handed against the Red Wings, something they would do well to repeat as the rest of the season continues. They also managed to play if not an excellent defensive game, at least an above-average one. This, too, is something that the Hawks could use night in and night out.
No changes to the roster from Saturday's game, though watch for Coach Joel Quenneville to continue his game of musical wingers as he tries out various combinations with newly-signed center Ryan Johnson. Wingers Patrick Kane, Marian Hossa and Viktor Stalberg are all confirmed to be out of the lineup, and Corey Crawford will get the start in net. Let's have another game like the last one, and we should have ourselves a winning streak.
Family-friendly Sunday night start time of 6:00pm this evening. Second straight national broadcast on the NHL Network, blacked out in Chicago in favor of WGN-TV. Broadcast radio is WGN AM-720, and XM subscribers should look for the game on channel 206
Special note for tonight's game: Up in Section 318 you'll find a knockout brunette with the most gorgeous blue eyes you've ever seen. Lord only knows why she married the loser she did, and he mooches Hawks tickets off her too. But hey, he writes for BlackhawkUp.com, so he can't be all bad. Drop by and shake his hand, he'll be wearing the Duncan Keith home jersey and probably talking somebody's ear off.
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End of the Circus: Boxing with 'Hawks/Ducks and 'Hawks/Kings
Nov 28th
Posted by Bartl in 2010-11 Game Recaps
Well, Corey, it looks like it's your show — for now.
A couple of very solid performances and an overall above-average season so far is good enough in my book to give Corey Crawford the keys to the Blackhawks' ride. McClure of Second City Hockey said it best: Marty Turco is owed nothing here. He's a hell of a guy, came here to win a ring and hasn't played all that bad.
Crawford, a product of the 'Hawks system who has paid his dues with the franchise, is playing to his capabilities and expectations. His 5-4-0 record may seem modest, but his GAA is a sparkling 2.07 in eight starts and nine total appearances. He made key saves in both games against Anaheim and Los Angeles and didn't give up a single even-strength goal in either contest.
If Turco gets the start Tuesday, Coach Q should immediately have his head examined. There's no reason not to go with Crawford.
With all of that said, let's make this clear: There is no goalie controversy — yet. While Crawford has played well, he's simply the guy who gives the Blackhawks the best chance to win right now. It's too early to say he's the one who gives the 'Hawks the best chance to win for the rest of the season. Turco still holds that title, in my opinion. It's not to say that can't change, but Crawford has to do it for an extended period of time — like Antti Niemi did last season.
If Crawford gets his starts and continues to show he's the right guy for the No. 1 job, the worst thing that happens is the 'Hawks have a damn good veteran backup in Turco. That's a good position to be in, especially given the Cristobal Huet situation in which we thought Dr. Phil would have to intervene.
So, with that being said, I'll let "Boxing" do the rest of the talking from the weekend. First is the 'Hawks 2-1 win against the Kings, followed by Friday's 4-1 victory against the Gordon Bombays.
Click the jump for "Boxing"
When You Strike At A King: Blackhawks End Circus Trip in LA
Nov 27th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
Since the LA Kings visited the United Center on October 27th, the Kings went on a tear. Los Angeles won six in a row, followed by a six-game stretch in which they allowed the opposing teams to take 11 of the 12 possible points from them. The Blackhawks arrive in Los Angeles on the occasion of that 13th game, wondering if the Kings will break their streak of bad luck, or start a new one.
The teams that de-throned the Kings in that stretch were nothing to sneeze at, including Columbus and Montreal, both in the top four teams of their respective conferences. But the key to these wins appears, statistically at least, to be dependent on two players. With rare exception, the following maxim is true: if Jonathan Quick plays, LA wins. If Jonathan Bernier gets the start, LA loses. Chicago faced Bernier in their game at the United Center.
Tonight, the Blackhawks will face Jonathan Quick.
Boxing with Hawks/Kings, 10/27/10
Oct 29th
Posted by Bartl in 2010-11 Game Recaps
Sorry, sorry, sorry for getting this up so late. Tim put together a good recap and I'm having so much sympathy for Marian Hossa getting hurt that I'm starting to get sick. Without further ado, here's your "Boxing" from Wednesday night's Blackhawks 3-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings.
As always, there are two separate images — one for the summary, one for the actual box score. Click on the image to enlarge it.
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Hawks Beat Kings: Antti Who?
Oct 28th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Recaps
Blackhawks fans got to see the team put one in the win column at the United Center last night, and against one of the better teams in the league at that. But looking beyond the net result, that's where the good news ends.
Well, almost. The undisputed star of the game was Blackhawks goaltender Marty Turco, who turned away 33 shots for his fifth win in his last six starts. Turco's rebound control was nearly flawless, he was mindful of his now-legendary five-hole weakness, and with a little help from his three red, iron friends behind him he put on a Dominic Hasek-like display of acrobatics and aeronautics throughout the game. Turco now boasts a .927 save percentage, good for 3rd in the league among goalies with more than five starts.
Antti… Antti who?
Outside of the crease, however, the news ranged from bad to worse. The bad news was, apart from seeing score sheet contributions from unusual sources, Coach Joel Quenneville's line shake-up could hardly be called a success. Managing only 28 shots on goal — including a mere two from defensemen whose mothers call them something other than Duncan — the Hawks goal production continues to be a disappointment. The Hawks average under 3 goals scored per game, and they did nothing to boost that statistic last night. Were Kings starter Jonathan Quick in goal instead of backup Jonathan Bernier, the outcome could have been much different. And once again conditioning showed itself to be a weak spot, as was evident at the beginning of the third period.
Then, there's worse. Blackhawks powerhouse winger Marian Hossa left the game early in the second period with an undisclosed upper-body injury and did not return. No information was available after the final buzzer, and we will have to wait until a formal evaluation takes place today before we know the extent of his injury — and how much time he is expected to miss.
In case you have been paying too much attention to which porn star is in Charlie Sheen's closet this week, Hossa missed the first 20-odd games of last season with a shoulder injury that required surgery to repair. If that shoulder has been re-injured, we may be looking at weeks, or even months before his return.
Discount Hossa's contribution to the score sheet, and the Hawks are averaging just barely over 2 goals per game. That's not enough to keep a .500 record, let alone make the playoffs. Right now we are getting meager (that's putting it lightly) contributions from the likes of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Dave Bolland and the youngsters in the forward ranks. If Hossa goes under the knife again, and these guys don't start to crank it up, it is going to be a season we will all want to forget.
Stay tuned here, and join us on Twitter if you haven't already for the latest news. We'll be watching the Marian Hossa injury reports come in as they happen, and we'll pass it along. Say a prayer, rub that rabbit's foot, or whatever it is you do. This could be big, for all the wrong reasons.
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Kings Visit Chicago: Pardon us while we kick your Majesty's arse
Oct 27th
Posted by Tim Currell in 2010-11 Game Previews
Usually I start these previews by taking a look at our opponent for the night. But there has actually been some turbulence in BlackhawkLand, so it's worth exploring that first and getting to the Kings in a few minutes.
As you know, Blackhawks Coach Joel Quenneville is not shy about moving players around the lineup, even in the middle of games. Well, Tuesday at practice he apparently had just drawn names out of a hat, because exactly *nobody* could have predicted what combinations were on display. Observe and be confused:
Line 1: Patrick Sharp / Jonathan Toews / Jack Skille
Sharp back on the wing, where he's most productive; Jonathan Toews at center, no surprise there; and look who's earned himself a chance to play with the big boys! Bet he was out ordering the biggest hunk of meat in the joint at Gibson's last night.
Line 2: Troy Brouwer / Tomas Kopecky / Marian Hossa
Kopecky at center, a position he played while with the Red Wings (*spitting noise*), but the Hawks have yet to try him at this position for anything more than an in-game stint. We have seen how well he seems to work with Marian Hossa, so that seems to make sense. Brouwer will provide some defensive capabilities and a little grit.
Now things get weird.
Line 3: Viktor Stalberg / Dave Bolland / Patrick Kane
The Slump Line. Bolland has been downright depressing, Kane's hangover seems to have lasted longer than expected, and Stalberg has shown fleeting bursts of exceptional play amid long stretches of demonstrative mediocrity. Two speedy wingers might be a good combination, as we saw with Kane and Jeremy Morin during the pre-season. But merely the fact that Kane is relegated to the third line is a message in itself: pick it up, kid. Those goals don't score themselves.
Line 4: Bryan Bickell / Jake Dowell / Fernando Pisani
Two fourth line regulars and, in my opinion, one headed for the scrap heap. Pisani was as long a shot as Ryan Potulny, who has already rode the Greyhound out to Rockford. Pisani has been all but invisible so far this season, and while he wasn't expected to be anything but a role player, the role he's played so far is "Dead Weight #3."
All of this is an attempt to get the once-potent Blackhawks offense to kick it into gear. We make a big deal out of this every time Coach Q tries new line combinations in practice. The Twitterscape and Blogosphere nearly had an aneurysm when the initial reports came out of practice. But just watch: after all of this hullaballoo, QStache will have Toews centering Kane and Brouwer, and Sharp between Hossa and Kopecky by midway through the second period.
The Blackhawks got even better news on the Brian Campbell beat: he may be back in the lineup in under a week, making my two-to-three weeks prediction from yesterday look rather foolish. But even more foolish would be bringing Campbell back too early, only to have him suffer a season-ending injury to the same MCL. I hope these doctors know what they're doing, and don't screw us harder by bringing him back too soon.
That leaves the defensive pairings just where they were, with John Scott and Jordan Hendry drawing straws to see who sits this one out. Later today we'll find out who gets the start in net: bank on it being Marty Turco, but follow us on Twitter at @blackhawksup and you'll know as soon as it's announced. Come on, you know you want to…
The Hawks will meet up with a Kings team that is off to a very strong start. 6-2 with 12 points, good for second place in the NHL. Anze Kopitar leads the charge for the Kings' offense, though they are spreading the wealth rather wide: ten players have one or more tallies in only eight games. On the back end, netminder Jonathan Quick boasts a 1.95 GAA with only one loss to speak of. Yikes. The only good news is, defensive wunderkind Drew Doughty will not be in the lineup tonight, having had a setback in his recovery from what is being called an "apparent" concussion.
I've had a concussion, and it's pretty "apparent" when you have one. If you can't remember getting hit, you have a concussion. Don't know why they're beating around the bush.
The off-season was an average one for the Kings. After losing out on the Ilya Kovalchuk Sweepstakes, they went about building their team up with mere mortals. Sean O'Donnell and Fredrik Modin were among those allowed to walk; long-time Leafs underachiever Alex Ponikarovsky came over from the Penguins, and Canucks' cast-off Willie Mitchell was brought in to bolster the blue line.
Suffice to say that the LA Kings are rolling, and it's going to be hard to stop them, especially with our deficient defense and sporadic offense. Game time 7:30pm, TV is Comcast SportsNet; broadcast radio WGN AM-720, and XM subscribers will hear the game on channel 208.
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Really, Kovalchuk? 17 years?
Jul 19th
Posted by Bartl in Blackhawks
Just for the record, the 17 years indeed does NOT relate to the amount of time he spent making this decision. It's the number of years apparently agreed upon by the New Jersey Devils and Ilya Kovalchuk. Holy. Piss.
Remember when the league made a big, gigantic stink over contracts during last season's free agency period? Marian Hossa's now-modest 12-year, $62.8 million deal makes the NHL look stupid for even looking into it. Kovalchuk's deal is reportedly worth upwards of around $150 million.
At the conclusion of the reported contract, Kovalchuk will be 44 years old and heading into Chris Chelios territory while being tortured by the media and fans to just give it the hell up already. I'm wondering how much a team is going to enjoy a $7-9 million cap hit for a 44-year-old. Then again, Hossa won't exactly be young by the time his Blackhawks contract is complete, so … whatever.
Either way, the ridiculous back-and-forth saga with the Los Angeles Kings is now over with after the Devils finally met the demands of a guy who is one hell of a player, but doesn't deserve this contract. I'm sorry. I think he's a great player and even hoped the 'Hawks at one point would make a deal for him. But $150 million for nearly two decades? These are the kinds of contracts we expect to come out of MLB and NBA guys, not NHL guys. Sorry, but I don't buy it.
The fact I'm writing about this, which is the first update in a week, shows how slow it's been around Chicago pertaining to the 'Hawks. Yeah, they signed Jack Skille. That's great. Only 80 more guys to go with $7.92 in cap space. Rather than constantly write about shit you know and beat the hell out of a horse that's been dead and buried for nearly a year now, I'll wait until something of substance happens. Or I'll just curse a lot to take the place of it.
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Players/Officials: AB de Villiers | Quinton de Kock | Dale Steyn
Matches: Pakistan v South Africa at Abu Dhabi
Series/Tournaments: South Africa tour of United Arab Emirates
Teams: Pakistan | South Africa
AB de Villiers has praised his team for showing a "killer instinct" to close out the series against Pakistan, especially after their poor one-day showing in Sri Lanka. He said he was also pleased that Quinton de Kock was showing his batting potential "so early" in his career.
"Happy and proud of the boys with this series win away from home, especially after a really bad series in Sri Lanka," de Villiers said after the match in Abu Dhabi on Friday. "I wasn't thinking of [the fifth and final match in] Sharjah, I was thinking of one ball at a time, not to think too far ahead. Having won here two days ago, we had the confidence. If the decider had gone to Sharjah it would have been tight, but its good we wrapped things up here."
South Africa posted 266 for 5, and then bowled Pakistan out for 238 in a see-sawing chase. That South Africa got to 266 was mainly down to 20-year-old de Kock's maiden ODI century. In the chase, Pakistan needed 45 off 36 with five wickets in hand. Then Dale Steyn struck with the big wicket of Misbah-ul-Haq in a triple-wicket over, and eventually went on to claim a career-best 5 for 25, as Pakistan slid from 228 for 5 to 238 all out.
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The cricket world reacts to the passing away of Phillip Hughes
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Published: Wednesday, June 6, 2007 at 3:30 a.m.
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RALPH | An armed gunman who robbed the Ralph post office Tuesday morning made off with nothing more than petty cash.
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Robbing a post office is a federal crime. If caught and convicted, the gunman faces up to 25 years in federal prison.
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There were no customers in the post office at the time, but plenty of witnesses to the subsequent investigation. The post office is next door to the Fosters-Ralph Volunteer Fire Department, where people were voting in Tuesdays special election.
Postal inspector Tony Robinson said that the man entered the post office at 17127 Ralph Loop Road at 8:15 a.m. and jumped over the counter. He took a nominal" amount of money from the register.
They dont keep much money in there," Robinson said. Just enough to give change."
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Robinson said robberies of post offices are rare. Crimes against postal employees, such as robbery or assault, have a 98 percent conviction rate if the U.S. Attorneys Office chooses to prosecute, he said.
The Postal Service takes any crime against a postal employees very seriously," Robinson said.
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