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Dallas wrote:Hi Robert,My group was going through some political attacks by AA's controlling the local Central Office... which meant that we weren't getting any 12 Step calls from Intergroup and they would either keep our meeting schedules and location out of the AA Directory. If someone called the Central Office requesting info about our group, meeting times, etceteras... they were told that "they no longer hold meetings." So, what we did was:Installed our own AA hotline.Provided a location where meetings were held three times each day.Called on Judges, Bail Bondsmen, Doctors and Lawyers and Ministers and Police Officers requesting that if they had any patients or clients or offenders that might benefit from what we have to offer -- to please give us a call and we would pick up the guy/girl if needed.I also had some waitresses in all-night coffee shops that had my number to give out as a referral -- if one of their customers wanted to do something about a drinking problem.There were times, when I felt like I experienced the same thing that Bill W. experienced when he was standing in the lobby of the Mayflower Hotel -- right before his first meeting with Dr. Bob.I needed an alcoholic to work with! So... I went looking for them.I would drive through alleys behind downtown business areas looking for guys pushing shopping carts and living in dumpsters... to ask if they were interested in sobriety.I called on the Salvation Army and local rescue missions.I would check the Greyhound bus station parking lot, etceteras.You might imagine how disappointing my efforts were to the local Ego-A's that were trying to control the local "AA." I ended up with plenty of prospects for sobriety and I made many more new connections to provide me with many prospects.I had some bird-dogs in the local homeless communities that were also passing our my number and maps and directions and times for our meetings.Needless to say -- it kept me really busy and it was one of the most joyful experiences in my life. It was keeping me happy, joyous, sober and free. I would have continued doing it full time just for the fun of it, but... it takes money to do what I was doing and I was running out of money... so I had to go back to work for my business... and raise money and give it to others that were trying to do much of the same thing that I was trying to do.Anyhoot... that's what I did.There was plenty of ridicule and critisism from the local high-class AA's and lots of rumors and gossip... but... that's what happens to most anyone that really wants to do something good. They probably wanted to, (and a few still do)... ... hang me on a cross... they just didn't have the courage to do it! Dallas B.
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Small bowel resection is surgery to remove part or all of your small bowel. It is done when part of your small bowel is blocked or diseased.
The small bowel is also called the small intestine. Most digestion (breaking down and absorbing nutrients) of the food you eat takes place in the small intestine.
Small intestine surgery; Bowel resection - small intestine; Resection of part of the small intestine; Enterectomy
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It was that time of the month again so I gave my girlfriend the red dragon.
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The initiation to a gay skateboard club where one guy gives another a hand job - no lube... rubs it raw and hard until the guy orgasms - the guy giving the hand job then takes his bloody, cum covered hand and slaps the other guy in the face leaving a big "red dragon" on the guys face!
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Showing vast improvement in his last two starts, Braves right-hander Julio Teheran will take the hill on Saturday against the Mets at Turner Field hoping to keep it going.
After allowing 13 runs in his first three starts this season, Teheran has dazzled with his fastball and breaking ball in his last two contests, holding the Rockies and Nationals to just three runs.
While the right-hander allowed 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings to Washington on Monday, only one was an extra-base hit and many of the singles found holes in the infield. He also finished the game with five strikeouts and just one walk.
"He's a kid that we're watching him grow right in front of our eyes," Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez said. "I said that last year about [Mike] Minor and two years before that it was [Brandon] Beachy."
Meanwhile, Jon Niese gets the nod for the Mets looking to keep up his stellar statistics against the Braves.
Niese dominated the Braves last season, going 3-1 with a 2.00 ERA in four starts and holding them to a .175 average.
The left-hander had some of that same magic on Sunday against the Phillies, allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits in 6 2/3 innings of work. However, he took his second loss of the season in a 5-1 defeat.
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Trying to shake up their anemic offense, New York optioned struggling outfielder Collin Cowgill to Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday and promoted Andrew Brown.
After hitting a grand slam on Opening Day, Cowgill hit just .130 in 18 games. He had not recorded an extra-base hit since April 6 and made a game-changing mistake on defense that led to an extra-innings loss Monday in Miami.
"Maybe one of the worst things that could have happened was to have him walk right out and hit a homer on Opening Day," manager Terry Collins said. "As I told him, I just thought he was over-swinging. When he got on base, he was dangerous. He just wasn't getting on."
Brown has been heating up with Las Vegas, hitting .367 with two home runs in 25 games, with an .882 OPS against left-handed pitchers. He went 0-for-3 in Friday's 7-5 win over the Braves with a strikeout.
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Outfielder Jason Heyward is expected to begin taking dry swings with a bat on Saturday, his first baseball activity since having an appendectomy on April 22.
If all goes well, he could begin hitting off a tee, playing catch and jogging as early as Monday. His progress from there will depend on how his body reacts to different challenges.
"As far as the end of May, I'd be disappointed if I had to wait that long," Heyward said. "I want to be back sooner rather than later."
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• The Mets and Major League Baseball announced Friday that they will host private screenings of the movie "42" for New York City teenagers involved in YMCA programs. Screenings will take place May 6 at UA Kaufman Astoria Cinemas in Queens and May 13 at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn, with each showing accommodating 300 teens.
• Braves starter Brandon Beachy is scheduled to throw two more live batting practice sessions. If all goes well, he could begin a Minor League rehab assignment late next week or the early portion of the following week. There is a chance he could return to the Atlanta rotation in the middle of June.
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Another Dell Rapids landmark could soon be up for grabs.The old elementary school at 613 north State Avenue is considered surplus property after the Dell Rapids School Board decided the building has no educational value at its meeting last week.The building is unused by the district since its new elementary school on 15th Street opened in January 2012, and the board hopes its decision to surplus it will spark some interest in the fate of the 57-year-old structure."It gets the word out. … If anybody in the community has really strong feelings about it one way or the other, we're going to hear about it," said Matt Weiland, Dell Rapids Board of Education member.District educators do not use the facility. The Dell Rapids Community Haven uses a portion of the building, a group of home-schooled students use two classrooms and some middle school and elementary school athletic teams use the gymnasium. The Dell Rapids Carnegie Public Library will also operate out of the building this summer while it undergoes renovations.Those groups, according to the motion passed by the board, will be able to continue using the facility while the board heads into the appraisal process ahead of a potential sale. Determining the value of the property is the next step for the board. In October, a commercial appraiser was hired to get an idea of what the building is worth. But those estimated values haven't been made public.Schultz said the board will need to reassess the value of the facility now that it's been declared surplus. The board can either hire another appraiser, or have three district taxpayers assess valuation.In coming weeks, board members will also decide whether it is sold via sealed bids or auction.
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I disagree with you all. I think Döner is disgusting, it stinks and it's unhealthy. As with any food you can mask the taste by pouring a lot of sauce on it, and that's what people do. I dare you to eat a whole Döner without sauce, bet you cannot finish it.
Döner is junk food, it's no better than the food you get at McDonald's or at the local Imbiss.


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System Settings -> Look & Feel -> Window Behavior -> "Moving" tab.
You'll find the setting "Display content in resizing windows" there. It sucks that we have to do this though
On another note, if I logout of KDE 4 and then back in, fglrx stops providing 3D support. I have to reboot the machine to have composite and 3D in general working again. Can you confirm this?
If you're using Compiz, go into ccs and look for the "Resize Window" settings. Under the General tab there is a pull down menu that lets you set resize modes. If you set it to normal resizing eats up your CPU and the whole thing is slow; setting it to stretch "fixes" it but then you have to look at another silly effect while you resize (but then again, silly effects are the main reason to use Compiz ).
Don't forget the heavily annoying slowness of maximizing/un-maximizing windows as well restoring them from the taskbar after they were minimized. That is really annoying as hell.
Also the plethora of other bugs of course (hang while switching users or 3D stopping to work after logging out of KDE4 and then back in...)
Using stretch I have no lag. Minimising and restore, still no lag.
A second or so lag on maximising and restore.
Exactly - I've mentioned in few places this problem about six months ago, when I've bought Radeon 4850. From these times, there was six drivers releases from Ati, and any of these drivers didn't resolve this problem.
I've even reported a bug to AMD - without any results - they're treating users as an idiots... Look at this bug report and stupid answers from AMD/Ati employees: click
In my opinion, the only hope for r600/700 owners is fast development of open sourced 2D/3D driver. Fglrx driver quality is miserable - much more than Nvidia closed source driver.
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Just curious, what were the "stupid answers" from the support desk ? All they said was "you're sending this to the wrong place" and offered a couple of alternatives including the recommended bug tracker (the Bugzilla database at http://ati.cchtml.com. Our developers do look at *that* bug tracker.
When you persisted they asked you to read their previous response again (in the "solution" field), ie they were saying "DUDE, YOU'RE BUGGING THE WRONG PEOPLE" as nicely as possible
I'll see if I can get Phoronix added to the list of recommended support forums; I think there may be more Linux activity here than at the sites they mentioned.
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LisaAtlanta, GABest Dryer, But Blows Out At Least Once Or Twice A YearThis is the best blow dryer Ive found to straighten my curly hair. My hair stylist even uses the same one. But unfortunately, the motor blows on it at least once a year and I have to buy a new one. And they are quite expensive!The reason I bought it was because the company claimed these things could be fixed, but the first time mine blew I called them and they couldnt tell me where to take it to get it fixed. Besides, it probably would have cost me the same thing to buy a new one.posted Oct 8, 2005Link to this post
AmyNew JerseyLasted 3 MonthsI thought I would love this dryer but the motor blew after only 3 months and for about 2 weeks out of those 3 months I didnt even use it I let my hair airdry. Im sending it back under warranty but it sure left a bad taste in my mouth.posted Aug 24, 2005Link to this post
Curly GirlThe Sunshine StateGood BlowdryerThis is an awsome tool for us curly, puffy girls.It has awsome speed, yet expensive compared to other blowdryers. Mine lasted for almost 2 years and i only used it once a month. Ive always been careful with it, and cant believe it died just like that.posted Jul 6, 2005Link to this post
J. SmithGood But Heavyi love the way it gets my wavy hair straight, yet it is too heavy.posted Jun 20, 2005Link to this post
TeresaSan Luis Obispo, CaMust BuyLove my supersalono. My hairstylist recommended it to me over 3 years ago. Yes, Ive been using the same hairdryer for 3 years...amazing. Prior to this purchase, I used the run of the mill dryer. Every 6 months or so I had to buy another one because theyd end up dying on me. Im truly amazed at how long this dryer is lasting. The one negative is that the body is falling apart around it but the heart of the dryer is the same as the day I bought it.posted May 30, 2005Link to this post
CarlaMaDid Not Last For More Than A YearI got this expensive tool a year ago and it just stop working, would not by a solano brand anymore.posted May 28, 2005Link to this post
Kristen SquierBeecher, ILSome Advice For You...I LOVE this hairdryer. I have only owned Solanos in the past. I understand that some hairdryers can have a short life, but I had my last Solano for seven years. I took it once a year to a place in Skokie, Illinois where they would clean it out, repair them, and distributed the blow dryers, too. Im assuming you can find these places in every state, so you might want to look. For those of us that spend a lot of money on blow dryers, we usually have thick or unruly hair. My hairdryer takes a lot of abuse, but going to this place to just have it cleaned out has given my blowdryers extra life.posted Apr 2, 2005Link to this post
RosaHawaiiDead After 6 Months!Its a great dryer but died after 6 months of use. I only used it every other day for 7 minutes at a time. Not enough that it should die!posted Mar 31, 2005Link to this post
SandraGreat Dryer!!This dryer is powerful and has great settings to control the power and the heat of the air.I would highly recommend it.posted Mar 4, 2005Link to this post
Julie MaplesNashville TnShould Be Named "shortano"Unfortunatley, while I did like this hairdryer as far as weight, power, and heat, it literally died on me this past morning after approx 1 year of use. Apparently, just missing the 1 year warranty cut off, guess this is why it is warranted for only 1 year. Too bad as I would buy it again but not now.posted Feb 18, 2005Link to this post
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Bags on Board makes picking up after your pets a walk in the park. The sturdy design makes for a dependable yet environmentally friendly tool for the most undesirable of tasks. All Bags on Board pick-up bags have a leak-proof guarantee.
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I originally bought these for dog-walking my medium-sized dog. They are a great size for her, certainly more than big enough for messes. I just throw a roll in my pocket and go.I also use these for my cat litter pans. I leave a roll at each pan and it's big enough for sorting daily. Plus, it will help the environment.
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Week 13 NFL Game Recaps
Seahawks 31, Eagles 14
So is this game bad? Someone describe it to me in a single word or phrase. I don't know if I want to watch it or not.
In a single word? Ineptness.
Both teams made dumb mistakes throughout this contest. The Seahawks started off right away by having 10 men in the huddle. Golden Tate, who apparently forgot he was in the starting lineup, ran onto the field late. The ball was snapped as he was lining up, and Seattle consequently was whistled for an illegal shift penalty. Two plays later, there was a botched snap. Tarvaris Jackson wasted too much time picking the ball up and took a sack.
Vince Young kicked things off with a miserable interception on the first drive. Mike Mayock commented, "That's a throw a high school quarterback shouldn't make." And adding insult to injury, Reid challenged the play when it was painfully obvious that safety Kam Chancellor made a clean catch. Following the review - the play stood as called - Reid sported a sly grin.
Young's receivers really let him down. Riley Cooper had two drops, including a potential long reception that went right through his hands. Cooper also tipped a pass that sailed into the arms of a Seattle defender for Young's second pick. Tight end Clay Harbor dropped two passes as well. DeSean Jackson (4-34), meanwhile, ran half-hearted routes all night, and was caught on camera completely ignoring Young on the bench. Jackson just sat there like a corpse and didn't say anything back to his quarterback.
Young went 17-of-29 for 208 yards, one touchdown and four interceptions. As mentioned, the second pick wasn't his fault. The third, on the other hand, was painful to watch. He telegraphed a pass right to LeSean McCoy when the Eagles were down 10 in the fourth quarter. Linebacker David Hawthorne snagged the ball and returned it for six, officially eliminating Philadelphia from a possible playoff berth.
- The fourth quarter of this contest mirrored the Super Bowl loss against the Patriots. The Eagles were down 17 but showed no desperation and were taking too long in between plays.
- Reid wasted two timeouts in the second half. It wouldn't matter because of Young's interception to Hawthorne, but the Eagles probably wouldn't have had enough time to make a complete comeback if they scored on the drive.
- LeSean McCoy wasn't utilized at all in the first half. He finished with 21 touches (17 carries, 84 yards; 4 catches, 49 rec. yards; 2 TDs), but only because Reid remembered to feed his stud running back the ball after intermission. By then, it was just too late.
Titans 23, Bills 17
One of the key injuries was to nose tackle Kyle Williams. Since he went out for the year, the Bills haven't been able to stop the run whatsoever. That was once again apparent in this contest, as Chris Johnson rushed for 153 yards and two touchdowns on 23 attempts. Johnson has struggled for most of this season, but has picked it up the past two weeks against the poor Buffalo and Tampa Bay defenses. He'll once again have an easy matchup next week against the Saints.
Chiefs 10, Bears 3
That's what one of the CBS announcers said when Tyler Palko hit Dexter McCluster for a 38-yard Hail Mary score just prior to halftime. Brian Urlacher had an opportunity at an interception, but batted the ball down. Perhaps teams need to rethink this strategy, since we're about a year removed from that infamous Gus Johnson call on the David Garrard-Mike Thomas Hail Mary.
It's only fitting that Kansas City would finally score this way. Despite the addition of Kyle Orton, Todd Haley stubbornly named Palko the starter, but benched him early on. Orton's first pass was an underthrown flea flicker, and he injured his finger when he banged it on a Chicago Bear player's helmet. Palko would finish a nondescript 17-of-30 for 157 yards and that score.
Marion Barber rushed for 44 yards on 14 carries in relief. He's a nice, short-yardage battering ram, but he's incapable of shouldering a full workload at this stage of his career.
Hanie should have thrown a score to Barber in the second quarter, but the touchdown was nullified by stupidity. Barber lined up incorrectly on a trick play.
Dolphins 34, Raiders 14
By Greg Cox - @ActuallyGregCox
From the opening kickoff, it was apparent the Dolphins were going to win this game in the trenches. Their offensive line provided an excellent pocket for Matt Moore. His stats were far from sparkling (13-of-25 for 162 yards, 1 TD), but he was sacked only once and it came when the game was well in hand. I cannot recall him being rushed more than a couple times. The run blocking was also awesome, paving the way for Reggie Bush and rookie Daniel Thomas to pile up 173 combined yards rushing on 35 carries. This was in many ways a repeat of last year's meeting in Oakland, also won by Miami (33-17) although both featured running backs, and the quarterbacks were different.
Early on, Miami looked like it would let the visitors hang around. Their first drive featured big plays from Bush and tight end Anthony Fasano (4-66), but stalled when Brandon Marshall slipped and ran a route short of the first-down marker. The long field goal made it 3-0. The defense immediately got them the ball back for another march down the field. This time it was Davone Bess letting a touchdown reception elude him, so Miami settled for three again.
Finally, Oakland appeared to do something on offense, but penalties twice pushed them back 10 yards on a bizarre 10-play drive that covered just seven yards. The Dolphins finally finished on offense, hitting Fasano twice early in the drive and Bess for the touchdown. Putting Aaron Curry on him was probably not a great idea, so Miami led 13-0. Two more Raiders drives failed, and the Dolphins' possession in between was killed by a personal foul penalty on Richie Incognito. That was it for the first half, but nothing changed after the break.
The kickoff to start the second half was almost housed by Clyde Gates, really deflating any hopes of a turnaround by Oakland. A deep pass to rookie back Charles Clay resulted in a 20-yard penalty setting up a 1-yard plunge from Bush for a 20-0 lead. At this point, all Miami had to do was run the ball, while the Raiders were forced to pass. Still, nothing changed.
The Radiers' next possession produced just a single first down, and when the Dolphins got the ball back, they delivered a soul crushing 91-yard journey down the field for a clinching touchdown. At one point, they ran six times in a row with three different players right up the middle and managed 20 yards, while keeping the chains moving. Richard Seymour was ejected for punching Incognito, and the drive concluded with Moore running six yards for the score. If that didn't end it, two plays later, Kevin Burnett intercepted Carson Palmer and took it the distance for a 34-0 lead toward the end of the third quarter.
From there, it was all over but the fighting, which there was plenty of. The Raiders managed to get on the board twice against a soft defense, and Palmer finished with decent numbers (20-for-41, 273 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT). Their first score was a 40-yard deep ball to T.J. Houshmandzadeh. The second was a nice 3-yard toss to Darrius Heyward-Bey who beat Vontae Davis. This was not a game the Raiders were prepared to play, and looking ahead to the games played around the holidays, it would be wise for the Patriots and Jets to take this Dolphins team seriously.
Steelers 35, Bengals 7
It's true. Pittsburgh didn't outplay its opponent by any means, at least prior to intermission. It was Cincinnati that absolutely killed itself with stupid mental errors.
It began almost instantly. An Andy Dalton to Jermaine Gresham touchdown on the opening drive was wiped out by an A.J. Green penalty. Two plays later, a field goal was erased because of a delay-of-game infraction. But five yards wouldn't be a big deal, right? Nope - the retry was blocked.
Later in the first half, the Bengals were down 14-0 but were getting the ball back. Brandon Tate fumbled the kickoff return, however, and Pittsburgh would quickly score again. At 21-0, this game was out of reach, and if there was doubt, Antonio Brown scored on a punt return touchdown just prior to halftime, thanks in part to a missed block-in-the-back penalty.
Jets 34, Redskins 19
Rex Grossman gave the ball up just twice (19-of-46, 221 yards, 1 INT, 1 fumble), which is a borderline miracle. He had an interception nullified by illegal contract in the first half. He nearly tossed another pick when the ball was tipped around by multiple Jet players in the end zone near the conclusion of the second quarter. Of course, this was to be expected from Grossman. Unfortunately for him, it's not going to get any easier.
Sports Illustrated reported Sunday afternoon that Fred Davis and left tackle Trent Williams will be suspended for the final four games of the year because of failed drug tests. Considering that Davis led the team in both receptions and receiving yards (6-99), and Williams has played extremely well in his second NFL season, Grossman is really going to miss them.
Texans 17, Falcons 10
Matt Ryan was awful. He went 20-of-47 for 267 yards, one touchdown and two interceptions, but those numbers don't even tell the whole story. Ryan missed a number of open targets throughout the afternoon, including two on the opening drive. He overthrew a wide-open Roddy White by at least five yards on the first play from scrimmage. He did the same thing to Julio Jones two snaps later. Ryan also had a strip-sack nullified by a holding penalty.
Yates had a lost fumble in the first quarter, but I thought it was a terrible call by the officials, as it was clear to me that the rookie quarterback's arm was moving forward with the ball in hand. However, Yates had a pick-six wiped out by a defensive hold.
Panthers 38, Buccaneers 19
By Charlie Campbell - @draftcampbell
"Now's the time to take a shot."
*Josh Johnson throws a short slant to Kellen Winslow*
"And there's your shot...")
The quarterback change was pretty much irrelevant as the Tampa Bay's defense was incapable of matching up against Cam Newton. The Panthers took the first drive of the game and went 83 yards in seven plays. Running back Jonathan Stewart charged his way through the Buccaneers' defense, and Newton dived over the top of the line for a 1-yard touchdown.
The next possession saw another touchdown. Newton had a good run on a fourth-down play to extend the drive. A play later, a nifty double lateral saw Newton run for 27 yards and be stopped just short of the end zone. Stewart finished it with a short run for a touchdown. Newton then threw a bullet to Legedu Naanee for a 19-yard touchdown.
Newton ran for another short touchdown in the third quarter. He had an impressive throw downfield to Brandon LaFell, and on the next play, Newton ran for more than 20 yards on an option. In the fourth, it was more of the same as he moved the ball down the field and ran the ball into the end zone from a yard out.
With his three rushing touchdowns, Newton set the NFL single-season record for running touchdowns from a quarterback. He also completed 12-of-21 passes for 204 yards with one touchdown, plus ran for 54 yards on 14 carries with those three scores.
Stewart had 80 yards on 14 carries and DeAngelo Williams had 29 yards on 11 carries. Brandon LaFell led the Panthers in receiving with three receptions for 64 yards.
A few minutes before the half, Johnson connected with Mike Williams a nice 42-yard pass, which led to the Buccaneers' third field goal. In garbage time, Johnson tossed a 23-yard touchdown pass to Dezmon Briscoe, who burned Panthers cornerback Chris Gamble.
Johnson was 16-of-27 for 229 yards with a touchdown and an interception. He also ran for 45 yards on five runs. Running back LeGarrette Blount ran for 19 yards on 11 carries. Williams led the Tampa Bay in receiving with 93 yards on five receptions.
That was the only highlight of the game for the Buccaneers' defense. They had coverage busts, a plethora of missed tackles and poor gap integrity from start to finish. After a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, Tampa Bay head coach Raheem Morris told second-year defensive tackle Brian Price to go home and sent him into the locker room.
The penalty from an undisciplined mental mistake is indicative of the Buccaneers' 2011 season overall and their current six-game losing streak.
Broncos 35, Vikings 32
"10-of-15, 202 yards, 2 TDs." -- Tim Tebow's stat line.
I can't wait to hear what the excuses are this week. Tebow didn't even run the ball that much (4-13). The defense couldn't stop Christian Ponder. This Denver victory was the result of Tebow's great passing in the second half. But I doubt the stubborn fools on ESPN (Cris Carter, Merril Hoge, Bomani Jones) will want to give Tebow any sort of credit for this victory. So I'll be the one to do so.
Ponder was terrible early on. He had a horrible fumble, forced by Brian Dawkins, in the red zone. He was pick-sixed later in the first quarter. Ponder then settled down and was really sharp throughout until the game was tied at 32. He tossed a terrible, unnecessary interception, which gave Denver a chip-shot field goal to win the game. But perhaps this was all according to plan, since Minnesota is still in position to draft USC left tackle Matt Kalil.
Kyle Rudolph had the other score - a 19-yarder that was his only reception of the contest. It was a really impressive grab made over his head amid multiple defenders.
Patriots 31, Colts 24
And then reality set in. Orlovsky overthrew Pierre Garcon in the end zone. Then he underthrew a wide-open Jacob Tamme. A false start and a sack later, and Indianapolis had to settle for a field goal.
Orlovsky wouldn't complete another pass until three minutes into the second half. Even more damning is the fact that the Colts had just one total yard of offense in the second quarter.
The Patriots, on the other hand, couldn't be stopped once they moved into their no-huddle. They scored touchdowns just prior to and after the half. Up 24-3, they sealed the deal by recovering yet another Delone Carter fumble.
Ravens 24, Browns 10
Cleveland lost by only two touchdowns, but this game was much more lopsided. They were defeated in the time-of-possession battle by 15 minutes. They were outgained in the first half, 271-93. They had just five first downs prior to intermission. The only reason this was so close was because of a late, garbage-time touchdown and two missed field goals by the Ravens.
Hillis, by the way, is hurt again. He wasn't in the locker room afterward, and head coach Pat Shurmur told the media that his star running back is dealing with some sort of injury.
49ers 26, Rams 0
By Greg Cox - @ActuallyGregCox
The visiting Rams were offensively challenged coming in without starting quarterback Sam Bradford. St. Louis was downright inept here, finishing with just nine first downs and 157 total yards. It's not like San Francisco was moving up and down the field (16 first downs, 389 yards), but they didn't need to because the defense pitched a shutout. The deepest penetration the visitors got was to the 38-yard line, and on the first play from there, A.J. Feeley threw an interception. This was total domination.
St. Louis then had what would eventually be their second-longest drive of the game in terms of plays (5) and yards (35). It did not result in points, obviously. San Francisco picked up a couple first downs on the next possession before punting as the first quarter came to an ugly close.
The 49ers' defense turned up the heat, with Ray McDonald doing the sack/fumble thing and rookie Aldon Smith, who had a huge game, recovering. From the 6-yard line, Frank Gore tried to do the rest, but three runs came up short. On the second attempt, linebacker James Laurinaitis saved a touchdown, and San Francisco went up 6-0 with a short field goal.
Next time out, the 49ers converted a third down with a pass to Crabtree (4-96, TD), but tight end Vernon Davis dropped an easy touchdown pass, forcing the possession to end with yet another field goal. After getting the ball back thanks to a sack from Larry Grant, the San Francisco offense kept its collective foot on the pedal as the half wound down, however Chris Long ended the threat with a sack. To its credit, St. Louis came to play defensively.
Following the break, things started to unravel for the Rams. After quickly moving down the field on passes to Steven Jackson and former 49er Brandon Lloyd on an acrobatic play, it looked like they might do something. Then Dashaun Goldson intercepted Feeley on an awful throw. San Francisco's offense decided to get creative on this series, handing the ball off to a wide receiver (Ted Ginn Jr.) and pitching to a tight end (Delanie Walker) for two quick first downs. Then Alex Smith dropped a 52-yard bomb to Crabtree for a touchdown and the 16-0 lead.
If St. Louis had any hope, it was extinguished right there. San Francisco overcame a penalty to open their next drive and ended up with a field goal to extend its advantage, leaving it 19-0 at the end of the third quarter. At the start of the fourth quarter, Alex Smith hit Kyle Williams who did all the work for a 56-yard touchdown to make the final margin 26-0.
It was another ho-hum day for Smith (17-of-23, 274 yards, 2 TDs), although he was sacked four times. Gore was contained (21 rushes for 73 yards) and a lot of the rushing yardage for San Francisco came on gimmick plays to receiving threats who picked up 55 yards on three attempts. Most importantly, the 49ers did not turn the ball over and played smothering defense.
The Rams' running back Steven Jackson and his backup, Jerious Norwood, each had just 19 yards rushing on a combined 21 attempts for a 1.8 average. I think that just about sums up this wipeout.
Cardinals 19, Cowboys 13
It was an odd chain of events. Romo hit Dez Bryant with a deep pass down to the 32-yard line. At this point, there were 25 seconds on the clock, and Dallas had two timeouts remaining. Instead of using one of those stoppages to conserve time and set up Dan Bailey with an easier field goal, Romo lazily took his time and spiked the ball with seven seconds left.
Bailey hit the game-winner - only to see it nullified by a Garrett timeout. I don't understand what the hell Garrett was thinking. He asked for the stoppage and then looked sheephishly as he saw Bailey's kick split the uprights. Of course, Bailey's next attept would fail. The Cardinals would win in overtime, thanks to LaRod Stephens-Howling's only reception, which had Cowboy defensive coordinator Capt. Lou Albano bending over in disgust on the sidelines.
However, the Cardinals really picked up after intermission. Kolb was clutch in the second half and overtime, finishing 16-of-25 for 247 yards and a touchdown. Surprisingly, Larry Fitzgerald (4-55) was not his primary target. That was Andre Roberts (6-111), who had a big game against the Cowboys in this meeting last year.
Packers 38, Giants 35
By Charlie Campbell - @draftcampbell
In short order, the Packers tied the game up with a 12-yard touchdown pass from a rolling Aaron Rodgers to Jermichael Finley, who fell onto the goal line. New York answered when Manning tossed a 42-yard pass to Victor Cruz to set up a field goal.
In the second quarter, each defense stepped up with some interceptions. Green Bay struck first as Clay Matthews jumped a pass in the flat and promptly returned the pick 38-yards for a touchdown. Giants linebacker Chase Blackburn then victimized Rodgers and that set up a short touchdown run from Brandon Jacobs.
The Packers struck back as Rodgers put together a drive where he moved the ball with his arm and legs. He capped it by tossing an easy touchdown pass to Donald Driver. He was wide open because of busted coverage, and no defender was within 15 yards of him. Matthews put the Packers in position for more points on a sack-fumble of Manning that was recovered by teammate B.J. Raji. Mason Crosby missed a 43-yard field goal, but Green Bay was up 21-17 at halftime.
Early in the third quarter, Rodgers out-executed the New York defense on another drive. He moved the ball down the field with some superb passes. To finish the series, Rodgers lofted in a 20-yard touchdown pass to Greg Jennings, who beat Prince Amukamara on an excellent route.
Manning answered with a 51-yard bomb to wide out Hakeem Nicks, who made a tough catch over a defender. A bit later, he made a phenomenal one-handed catch while running to the back corner of the end zone on a fade route. A nice drive by Manning then led to a field goal from Lawrence Tynes, and the Giants found themselves trailing by only one, 28-27.
The defenses stiffened and forced some punts. Eventually, the Packers were too hard to contain. Rodgers completed a 21-yard gain to Jordy Nelson, who made a miraculous catch, getting his feet down before going out of bounds at the New York's 10-yard line. Rodgers added to the lead with a touchdown toss to Driver.
The Giants responded with a outstanding drive by Manning. He moved the ball down the field and threw a short touchdown pass to Nicks. New York then ran the ball in for a two-point conversion to tie the game at 35 with 58 seconds remaining.
Manning left too much time on the clock, however, as Rodgers put the ball in field goal range with good gains to Finley and Nelson. Cosby nailed a 31-yard field goal on the final play of the game.
The Packers are now 12-0 with the No. 1 seed in the NFC essentially clinched. The Giants fall to 6-6, but they played tough against the defending champs.
Rodgers went 28-of-46 for 369 yards with four touchdowns and one interception. He also ran for 32 yards. Jennings caught four passes for 94 yards and a touchdown. Nelson also had 94 yards, but on four catches.
Manning was 23-of-40 for 347 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. Cruz led the Giants with 119 yards on seven receptions. Nicks caught seven passes for 88 yards and two scores. Jacobs ran for 59 yards on eight carries.
Saints 31, Lions 17
Oh, wait... what the hell? It's dark outside. And my computer calendar says it's December. What is going on here!?!?!?!?!
It took me 10 minutes to figure it out. Based on how the Lions played in this game, I assumed it was still Thanksgiving.
It's amazing how stupid this team is. It's the same thing week in, week out. The Lions really look great at times, but continue to absolutely kill themselves with dumb penalties. They were whistled for a whopping 11 infractions for 107 yards, compared to New Orleans' three for 30. They're just stupid. Really, really stupid.
Speaking of Suh, Nick Fairley looked great starting in his place - for one quarter. Fairley left with a left foot injury, which is hardly a surprise.
For thoughts on Chargers-Jaguars, check out my updated 2011 NFL Power Rankings, which will be posted Tuesday morning.
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced this week that he
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Mary Jo Foley was able to talk with Ballmer after the announcement of his retirement, and asked him to reflect on his time with Microsoft as well as what he thinks the future of the company holds.
Over the course of his career, Ballmer said his biggest accomplishment at Microsoft has been contributing to the rise of personal computing, from PCs to smartphones/tablets and everything in between.
"I'm proud of being I would say a significant part even of the birth of intelligent personal computing, the notion that people use computing technologies, whether that's phones, PCs," sid Ballmer. "I mean, we kind of birthed that over the course of the '80s and the '90s, and that's had such an unbelievable impact on people's lives. I would say a billion plus people and now more with phones, even if they're not all our phones, I'm very proud of what we've accomplished there.
"If I had to sort of couple it, I'm very proud that we were able to make this incredible impact on the planet and at the same time do a good job for our shareholders."
However, Ballmer's biggest regret over the course of his career was the operating system that many users despised: Windows Vista.
"Oh, you know, I've actually had a chance to make a lot of mistakes, and probably because, you know, people all want to focus in on period A, period B, but I would say probably the thing I regret most is the, what shall I call it, the loopedy-loo that we did that was sort of Longhorn to Vista," said Ballmer. "I would say that's probably the thing I regret most. And, you know, there are side effects of that when you tie up a big team to do something that doesn't prove out to be as valuable."
Ballmer said he has been thinking about retiring for awhile now, but started taking the idea more seriously over the last few months. The official decision was made only two days ago, he said.
Over the next year -- leading up to Ballmer's retirement -- Microsoft's board will talk about the company's needs and determine who the next CEO should be. Ballmer didn't give any clues as to who the successor may be, but said that the search could take less than a year.
As for Ballmer's future, he doesn't have any set plans right now.
"I haven't spent a lot of time -- I don't have time to spend actually even thinking about what comes next. I'm not going to have time to do that until the board gets a successor in place," said Ballmer. "My whole life has been about my family and about Microsoft. And I do relish the idea that I'll have another chapter, a chapter two, if you will, of my life where I'll get to sort of experience other sides of life, learn more about myself, all of that, but it's not like I leave with a specific plan in mind."
Ballmer joined Microsoft on June 11, 1980 as the company's 30th employee and the first business manager hired by Microsoft Chairman and Co-Founder Bill Gates. Even though Ballmer has been a public figure for Microsoft for many years, some believe the company is in need of an executive shake-up -- including a new leader. Mobile technology, such as smartphones and tablets, are taking over as the PC market continues to decline. But Microsoft has had a difficult time stirring up enthusiasm for Windows Phone against competitors like Apple and Samsung, and the Windows maker was late to the tablet game -- releasing its Surface tablet in October 2012 after the iPad had already been out for over two years. To make matters worse, Microsoft's Surface was initially released with the Windows RT operating system (the full Windows 8 Pro-powered Surface wasn't released until February 2013) and it was a major flop. Many say RT isn't a full Windows 8 experience, lacking the ability to run legacy apps.
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Perhaps a new CEO and executive shake-up will help Microsoft along. Nevertheless, Ballmer has been an important figure at Microsoft for years and helped make it what it is today.
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Stephen Strasburg (in red) and others were forced to dress as Smurfs postgame.
Much as he and everyone else would like to believe it, Stephen Strasburg knows he's not going to have a perfect feel for his pitches every time he takes the mound in his return from Tommy John surgery.
Strasburg, though, was able to take some comfort in knowing he was able to rediscover that touch by the third inning of Sunday's start against the Astros, resulting in an 11-pitch inning and his best stuff of the afternoon.
The only thing that could stop the Nationals right-hander at that point, unfortunately, was the quick hook of manager Davey Johnson, who decided not to push the young hurler too much and pulled him after only three innings and 57 pitches.
Strasburg wasn't pleased when Johnson informed him of the plan.
"Just three?" he asked his manager in the home dugout.
"Yeah, just three," Johnson replied.
Several hours later, after the Nationals had wrapped up an 8-2 victory over Houston, Strasburg was less upset about the quick hook.
"It's pretty frustrating," he said. "But knowing Davey from the Olympics, he's got my best interests in mind. I trust him 100 percent.
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- djohncox - Sep 11, 2011 at 10:40 PM
Love the Smurfs photo. Rookies gotta pay their dues!
- sunderland - Sep 11, 2011 at 11:24 PM
Who is the smokin' hot chick-smurf? How much was spent on white crocs that will never be worn again? And, since 1a may be too shy to ask, are there any photos of a similar prank when Jamey Carroll was a Nat?
- baseballswami - Sep 11, 2011 at 11:29 PM
That is just disturbing.
- dryw - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM
Geez, think Stras works out much?
- Andrew - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:30 AM
The girley smurf is Wilson Ramos. LOL
- Gonat - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:32 AM
Is that Wang's interpretor on the left?
- Gonat - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:43 AM
NatsLady said… Pictures of the Nats as Smurfs are on Twitter. Really fun. (I know, not baseball.) September 11, 2011 6:35 PM___________________________________Anything with Nats players, former Nats players and future Nats players should always be good to go!
- Aussie Gus - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:51 AM
Seriously, if I am running this team, this photo makes me angry and the man in charge of fitness just lost his job. Not becuase of the whole Smurf thing, but because of the amount of fat on display. You think Strasburg is just good because of his natural ability?
- Gonat - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:00 AM
More details from Adam Kilgore: any player who had never had to dress up like this was required to go Smurf. That meant 16 players, including Collin Balester, Corey Brown, Danny Espinosa, Steve Lombardozzi, Chris Marrero, Yunesky Maya, Tom Millone, Brad Peacock, Wilson Ramos, Henry Rodriguez, Atahualpa Severino, Craig Stammen, Drew Storen, Stephen Strasburg, Jordan Zimmermann, Ryan Matthues, and trainer John Hsu.
- Anonymous - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:00 AM
I'll put our ace's abs up against any other aces abs in the majors!!!
- NatStat - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:07 AM
Great fun! I guess they won't be running in the Presidents' Race,though.Whose idea was it? Who brought it together–Rizzo??
- SonnyG10 - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:16 AM
Cute idea. I wonder what Ryan Zimmerman was forced to dress up as?
- dryw - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:33 AM
In this interview, Zim says he had to dress up as a girl. The interview itself is kinda fun to read looking at where he was then and where he is now.http://nationals.scout.com/2/459859.html
- baseballswami - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:46 AM
So – when Strasburg said that he had been working on his core muscles – he was not kidding.
- Andrew - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:48 AM
dryw, that was a good article. Thanks for posting!
- gonatsgo - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:53 AM
That really is not a very flattering get up – no wonder they look bad. Just thankful that Todd Coffey is not there!
- Drew8 - Sep 12, 2011 at 5:36 AM
Between the Nats and the Skins, it was a good day for Smurf and Turf.In case folks missed it, Boz had a remarkable stat in his online chat last week that crystallized the Nationals' failure to get on base at the top of the order:From Boz:"This brings me to a pet point — How few RBI chances the middle of the Nats' order gets. The most extreme example is Werth."When Werth has batted with two or more men on base he has hit .323 and slugged .516 with a .941 OPS. I'd never have guessed it. In the maximum-damage RBI siutations, he's been stellar. Yet his RBI pace of 60 is pathetic. How?"He seldom comes up with multiple men on base… He's batted 314 times with nobody on base and only 73 times all year with two or three men on base. For reference, in Philly the year he had 99 RBI, 52 of them came in situations with two or more men on base."This is the point I've been trying to make about Ian Desmond's terrible .290 on base percentage. He almost never walks, so the occasional multi-hit game has not budged his on base percentage at all.If we can please, please get the CFTBNL and Rendon at the top of the lineup, maybe we'll hit fewer solo homers next year.
- MicheleS - Sep 12, 2011 at 11:25 AM
Every last one of them needs to start working out like Stras… didn't realize that Drew still has baby fat!
- m20832 - Sep 12, 2011 at 11:34 AM
Isn't the smokin hot chick smurf Debbi Taylor?
- The Dude Abides - Sep 12, 2011 at 11:59 AM
m20832….. Hardly.
- Gonat - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Drew8, that is one interesting stat because I can recall so many situations where Werth had failed in bases loaded situations so I checked and sure enough he is batting .222 in bases loaded and a crazy .343 with men on 1st and 2nd. When men are on 2nd and 3rd, he is really bad at .154 which may be more understandable as they can pitch around you with 1st base open.
- Joe Sommer - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:24 PM
As John Kruk said: "Lady, I'm not an athlete. I'm a ballplayer." Athleticism is helpful for fielders, but the sport is mainly about throwing baseballs and hand-eye coordination. Many of us are probably more fit than, say, CC Sabathia. But you wouldn't want him on the roster? Roger Bernardina is an awesome athlete; so was Justin Maxwell. Neither are superstars.
- Anonymous8 - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:39 PM
Joe, you had to hit us with the JMAX. LOL
- Not Yet Ready To Claim It As My Own Idea - It's A Trial Balloon.... - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:50 PM
So, while everyone's in a good mood, here's a thought to ponder. I've been thinking about a comeback to the Orioles fans yelling O! during the Star Spangled Banner. This would be pre-emptive: after the colors are presented, the stadium announcer always says "Please remain standing for our national anthem" – so what if everyone shouted NATIONALS when he says "National" anthem.Good idea? Bad? Should we only do it at Camden Yards?
- Early Votes Are Bad - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:51 PM
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- NatHat - Sep 12, 2011 at 12:58 PM
Pudge is probably in the best shape out of all of the Nats and he is going to be 40 this year. The rooks will figure out in order to stay in the game, their core has to be strong. They don't look out of shape just Stras looks in great shape. Now, this is just weird looking at a bunch of half naked blue guys for more than two seconds.
- Mick - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:29 PM
How bout our Skins! On a somber day, it was a good sports day in DC. Watched my son's youth football tea win in the morning, watched little of Strass pitch and of course the Skins and of course all the 911 coverage, the flight 93 movie just breaks my heart each time I watch.back to Nats, I will take a 10-7 finish for 77 wins this season. I think anything less than 85 wins next season is a problem and I finally agreed with Davey on him taking Strass out after 3, that was a good decision.
- Mick - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:30 PM
so.. what do you all do during the off season? will Mark have this blog during the winter? I like you guys and gals, lol
- NatsLady - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:35 PM
I hate winter. Just sayin'
- Traveler8 - Sep 12, 2011 at 1:40 PM
@Not Yet Ready – no,No,NO. Please, we have finally gotten people to stop yelling O in Nats Park. Let's just be respectful and and listen.
- Section 222 - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:00 PM
I'm sure I'll be new posted by the time I post this comment, but here goes. It's getting really tiresome to hear Davey take credit when someone who has been in a slump starts hitting. He did it with Desi, and with Werth, and now with Espi. (See Kilgore's post this morning.) He supposedly told Espi to relax and not press so much when he saw him going into the film room after Saturday's three strikeout debacle. And voila! Espi hits two doubles, and only strikes out once. What a genius that Davey is!We have no idea, of course, how many times previously Davey told him to relax and not press so much. (And if never did, why the heck not? He's been in slump since the ASG.) And if Espi has another golden sombrero this week, Davey of course will not be responsible. But that one good game? That was due to the brilliant managing of Davey. Why? Because he told us so.
- NatsLady - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:07 PM
I don't get MLB butting their heads into everyone's business. First they tell Rizzo and the Dodgers they can't cancel a ballgame despite flooding that led to FOUR deaths.Now they won't let the Mets wear FDNY hats on Sept. 11? I saw first responder hats all over the place in the football game and the NFL is not known for looseness in the uniform rules.(Torre: "Wait until you've screwed your fans, then cancel." Rizzo: "Oh, forgot to mention–our grounds crew [sorry, fellas] can't handle it, unplayable field." Torre: "Hey, the grounds crew in Miami can handle it." Rizzo: "OK, we'll get them on a plane. Ooops, the runways are flooded and the roads are closed. NOW can we cancel the game????")
- NatsLady - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:21 PM
I REALLY try not to listen to Davey. But he keeps putting Espi in the lineup and that's probably the right thing to do. The kid is young and I assume healthy, so why shouldn't he play baseball every day and work himself out of the funk?
- Steve M. - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:21 PM
Mick-Winter? Of course, with Winter meetings and Free Agent signings!Talking about Free Agents, FanGraphs just did a great story on Mark Buehrle.http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/index.php/buehrles-free-agent-prospects/After what we have seen of John Lannan since the Trade Deadline, it is even a higher level of concern that the team needs 1 veteran who can step in as a true #3 and push Lannan back to the #4.There are so many varying opinions on Wang and it seems with these bad 1st innings he has to pitch a simulated 1st inning in the bullpen or indoors to see if that solves his problem. It may lead to a shorter outing, but these 1st inning runs are burying the team early. The bigger issue as was brought up is his last few performances is his 2 seamer is starting to high in the zone. He improved some in the Dodgers game from the Atlanta game but is now 5 straight games without inducing a double play.To really be effective, Wang has to be 2:1 Ground balls:Fly balls and he has only done that once on Aug 9th at Chicago. The Nats are now 3-5 in games Wang starts. On Tom Milone, he reminds me right now of Detwiler and that isn't a good thing. Stellar in innings 1-3 then falters. Let's just hope Milone gets it going in his next starts.I am hoping Peacock steps up to see what he has.
- NatsLady - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:26 PM
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- Nats Outsider - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:27 PM
"no,No,NO. Please, we have finally gotten people to stop yelling O in Nats Park. Let's just be respectful and and listen."Well said, Traveler8. The fact that our friends to the north do something tasteless and disrespectful is no reason for Nats fans to follow their example.
- LoveDaNats - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:33 PM
Was it my imagination or did I hear an "OOHHH" during the National Anthem at Redskins park yesterday?
- NatsLady - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:34 PM
Steve M., just reading the same article. on Buerhle.Here are the stats:Buehrle 2011: 4.8 K/9, 1.9 BB/9, 45% GBs, .291 BABIP, 72% LOB, 3.58 ERA, 4.14 xFIPBuehrle Career: 5.0 K/9, 2.0 BB/9, 46% GBs, .291 BABIP, 72% LOB, 3.83 ERA, 4.22 xFIPStable and reliable. He's a lefty, but other than that, comparable to Livo.
- Steve M. - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:37 PM
http://www.nationalsarmrace.com/?p=2186This is a good article on Wang. I didn't write it although we debated this fairly well on July 30th after Wang's 1st start and many starts after that.Just about 3 weeks of baseball left to see what Detwiler, Wang, Peacock and Milone can show us.Someone out of the 4 has to step up from the pack.
- sunderland - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:39 PM
National Anthem "O". I was surprised to hear it loud and cler at a Caps game. For #8 I presume. It's tacky and should stop. If Baltimore fans want to do it for their O's, that's fine with me. Let it be their thing. We should not do it at any event in DC.
- sjm308 - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:41 PM
You certainly did. Surprised me as well.Mick – winter will be even more fun because there is more speculationAFLTrade RumorsFree AgencyHiring a manager (probably a done deal but you never know)and then before you know it, its Feb and we get ready for spring training when we send Mark down to beautiful Viera and NatsJack really earns his keep.Try and stay positive my friend and please don't explode if we don't get that 77 wins you want.Go Nats – 8 more wins!!!
- Steve M. - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:43 PM
NatsLady, comparable to Livan? Just start and end with the ERA so when can end any comparison. ERA 2011 :Livan 4.47 Buehrle 3.58Ok one more stat, The Nats are 10-19 in games Livan starts and the Chisox are 17-11 in games Buehrle starts. The ERA alone is huge but the disparity of W/L is also a mirror image.
- sunderland - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:46 PM
NatsLady, the problem with allowing teams to wear special caps for some games is that you open a pandora's box. Where do you draw the line? If you start allowing this, at some point it's gonna get ridiculous and controversial. It always does. So MLB is being conservative and prudent, it's what they do. I'm OK with it.And MLB has to have a role in postponing games that have a chance to never be played on a make up date. If the Dodgers hadn't prematurely announced, this wouldn't have been an issue.Lots of people wanted the first Dodger game called 5 hours before game time. Yet that game was played fine. We postponed a Pirates game hours before game time and could easily have played that game.All MLB wants is to get closer to game time to be sure calling the game is the right decision. The Dodgers made it seem worse with their early pronouncement.
- Feel Wood - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:56 PM
The trick to wearing special caps during games is to not ask MLB permission first. Just do it, like the Nats did when they wore the Virginia Tech caps in 2007. It is always easier to apologize than it is to get permission, especially when dealing with institutions like MLB.
- Mark'd - Sep 12, 2011 at 2:56 PM
NatsLady said..He's a lefty, but other than that, comparable to Livo.I think you are great NatsLady, however you can't make comments like that if you want to be taken seriously. Livan is almost 1 run more than Buehrle. In baseball that can make a Tim Lincecum at 2.68 into a John Lannan at 3.65 with that almost 1.00 ERA differential!
- Anonymous - Sep 12, 2011 at 3:14 PM
Mark'd, Timmy Jim may cry foul on that comparison to John Lannen. FOUL Good point though.
- Anonymous - Sep 13, 2011 at 12:25 AM
Dang, Strasburg's got a 6-pack!
- natsfan1a - Sep 13, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Wow, was out of town and missed the Astros portion of the last homestand. Did read box scores in the local (Ohio) fishwrap but they didn't cover the Smurfs angle. Kinda funny.
- natsfan1a - Sep 13, 2011 at 1:54 PM
Lol, just saw this! Thanks for having my back, sunderland. Jamey Carroll's hazing would likely have dated back to his Expos days, I reckon.sunderland said… Who is the smokin' hot chick-smurf? How much was spent on white crocs that will never be worn again? And, since 1a may be too shy to ask, are there any photos of a similar prank when Jamey Carroll was a Nat? September 11, 2011 7:24 PM
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