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4/3/15 Greensboro Grasshoppers Vs. Miami Marlins
Exactly three years to the day after the last time I attended a major league exhibition game against one of their minor league affiliates, I was back out at the ballpark on Friday (along with my grandpa) for the first time in nearly seven months. This time, however, it wasn't the home of the Mudcats or Bulls — the ballparks I normally attend — but rather the home of the Grasshoppers. With the Miami Marlins in town, I made the long trek out to the stadium with the sole purpose of grabbing some autographs from the numerous good players their roster possesses.
With that in mind, my grandpa and I arrived to the ballpark an hour before the gates opened, which allowed me to be one of the first people inside when people were first allowed in at 1:00 on the dot. But despite being through the gates first, due to the long walk to the tunnel where the Marlins would be coming in and out of, there were numerous people already surrounding the area. And thus, I had settle with a spot behind a couple of people — a spot I had to squeeze my way into.
The Marlins were already on the field taking batting practice when I first arrived . . . :
. . . so I just stood there with everyone else and waited for the Marlins to return back through the tunnel and into the clubhouse.
But the wait certainly wasn't a boring one. When Giancarlo Stanton — one of the greatest power sluggers currently in baseball — stepped into the cage, all eyes were placed on him, and he didn't disappoint. Stanton quite simply put on one the most unbelievable batting practice show I've ever seen. I had heard a ton about the displays of power he shows off during BP, but actually seeing it in person was amazing.
A few minutes after Stanton concluded his showing off, the Marlins began to wrap up their on field activities and one by one exited the field. As they did so, a great number of the players stopped to sign autographs — with the exception of Michael Morse, who I didn't see sign a single autograph all day long — but I had an extremely hard time getting them to sign for me. Everything was going wrong — whether it was people blocking me out, the players signing on the opposite side of the tunnel, or them just skipping over me. It was appearing to be one of those days.
With all that went wrong, I only managed to get an autograph from Brett Butler and Donovan Solano before the game. Giancarlo Stanton signed for a lot of people . . . except me. And even Ichiro signed some autographs . . . on the opposite side of the stadium. (Like I said before — it was one of those days.)
Once it became apparent that I wasn't going to succeed in getting anyone else's autograph, I reunited with my grandpa back at our ticketed seats to take in the pregame introductions. For the most part, the Grasshoppers didn't have any extremely noteworthy players, however, they did have the 2014 number two overall draft pick, Tyler Kolek, as part of their roster (on the right below):
For the Marlins, Ichiro and Stanton by far received the biggest applause when they were announced, but it was equally exciting to see every player on their team in person. (Christian Yelich, Giancarlo Stanton and Michael Morse, all pictured below, were the ones I enjoyed seeing the most):
Shortly after all of the players were introduced, the game begun.
Starting the game for the Grasshoppers was the Marlins' A.J. Ramos, who gave up a home run to Giancarlo Stanton on the very first pitch he saw. Coming back from a gruesome injury to end 2014, Stanton crushing one during an actual game setting against a big league caliber pitcher appeared to prove that he will be unaffected during the season as some suggested he may be.
Off to a quick 2-0 lead in the first, thanks to the Stanton blast, the Marlins put out Tom Koehler as their starter on the mound against the Grasshoppers, and he was terrific on the day. It was nice to see the Marlins — both their pitching and lineup — do so well with all of the high expectations placed on them for the 2015 season.
It was also nice to see Ichiro in person once again:
Going one for three on the day, this was more than likely the last time I'll ever see the future Hall of Famer in person, and I did my best to take it in. There are very few players that I would pay just to see them play, but Ichiro is definitely one of them — as is Clayton Kershaw and Mike Trout.
Once all was said and done, the Marlins pulled out the win (not surprisingly), 9-6. However, I wasn't around to see the final few innings of the game. After getting removed from the game in the fourth and fifth innings for replacement players, Giancarlo Stanton, Ichiro, Michael Morse and Christian Yelich, among others, made their way to the clubhouse during the seventh inning stretch. With me not wanting to miss the possible chance at getting an autograph from any of them, I made my way out of the ballpark gates and down the corner to where the players' exit/entrance is located.
I was one of the first 50 people down there, but before too long, there were around 200 people, I would estimate, trying for autographs from the players as they left. It took around an hour of standing around for the players to begin emerging from the ballpark, but before long they began coming out in bunches.
Michael Morse and Christian Yelich were the first two out, with both briskly walking past everyone without stopping. Next out was Marcell Ozuna, Adeiny Hechavarria, and Ichiro, who simply waved before making his way onto the bus.
It began to seem as if every player was going to make a nonstop trek to the bus. However, when Giancarlo Stanton came through the doors, he became the first to decide to stop and sign autographs. But before I had the chance to blink, things went from two deep to a cluster of 50 or so people pushing and bumping into each other all surrounding Stanton and making it virtually impossible for me to get within arms distance of him. So with all hope lost for an autograph, I settled for a picture of him instead, which I had to take by raising my camera high above my head:
After Stanton boarded the bus, things settled down again, and I was finally able to get to the front row. By doing so, I succeeded in getting an autograph from Tom Koehler, as well as Steve Cishek, who I got a better picture of than Stanton due to the quieted crowd:
In the end, I didn't walk away with an autograph from Ichiro or Stanton (I truly didn't expect to when the day began), but I did walk away with yet another memory of a great time out at the ballpark. Every time I go to a ballgame, I always have a different, but special, experience.
My sights are now set on the 2015 minor league season, which begins on Thursday.
Monday Sees Two Major Deals & One Big Trade
Monday was certainly a big day in the baseball world.
Not only did one of the game's biggest stars sign a contract unprecedented in the history of the sport — or any sport anywhere for that matter — but a catcher from the Steel City was locked up by the Blue Jays long term, and the Cardinals and Braves swapped players to help fill each others needs.
It was all very interesting to follow.
Giancarlo Stanton kicked off the news filled day, finally signing the mammoth contract that everyone knew would eventually come. While many people predicted it would come from a team other than the Marlins, the Marlins were in fact the team that got a deal with Stanton done.
A team that was at the bottom, in terms of team combined payroll, this past season, the Marlins locked up Stanton to a 13-year, 325 million dollar deal (the largest in the history of North American sports).
In addition to being so large, Stanton's deal comes with a full no-trade clause — previously unheard of for the Marlins' franchise — as well as an opt-out clause after the 2020 season. Having just turned 25 year old, the Marlins logic behind this major contract to such an impact player, who has legitimate 40+ home run a season potential, can easily be understood.
Despite a season ending injury in September, Stanton posted career numbers this year, batting .288 with 37 home runs and 105 RBI's, and finishing second in National League Most Valuable Player voting.
Tied with Dan Uggla for the most home runs in Marlins' franchise history, with 154, Stanton will undoubtedly pass that mark early on in 2015, having hit over 20 home runs every single year of his five career seasons. A two-time All-Star, Stanton will surely go on to set numerous records while in a Marlins uniform now that this contract is officially in place, and could go down as one of the best sluggers in baseball history once all is said and done.
But Stanton wasn't the only player that was locked up to a sizeable contract on Monday.
Also getting signed on the day was veteran catcher, Russell Martin, who agreed to an 82 million dollar contract over the course of the next five years from the Blue Jays.
Playing his last two seasons with the Pirates, after time spent between the Yankees and the Dodgers since his debut in 2006, Martin has been an up and down player over the course of his career, but should be an impact player for the Jays.
A three-time All-Star, Martin had a break out season in 2014, hitting .290 with 11 home runs and 67 RBI's over 111 games played.
Previously a combined .234 hitter over his past five seasons, including a career low .211 in 2012, Martin truly made a name for himself this past year, and should make the Blue Jays glad they snagged him.
While Giancarlo Stanton and Russell Martin both signed contracts with their given teams, there was a big trade between the Cardinals and Braves that everyone was talking about as well.
The Cardinals received Jason Heyward and Jordan Walden in exchange for Shelby Miller and minor league prospect Tyrell Jenkins, who got sent back to the Braves. Though none of these players can be categorized as major stars, at least as of yet, they all have the ability to be key pieces of each team moving forward, and the trade truly made sense for both sides.
With their starting rotation being one of their many issues from the 2014 season, the additions of Shelby Miller and Tyrell Jenkins (both former first round draft picks) will likely do wonders for the Braves in the coming years.
Miller, who hasn't yet been the consistent starter many envision him becoming, was decent in 2014, posting a 3.74 ERA on the season. As was Jenkins, who notched an ERA just above three over 13 minor league starts this year. Each of them have the capability to be standout players.
In the same way that the Braves needed starting pitching, the Cardinals found themselves in need of a good everyday right fielder, after the unexpected loss of their future superstar right fielder, Oscar Taveras. Jason Heyward certainly fills that role, though he hasn't yet lived up to his superstar potential.
While Heyward has won a couple of Gold Gloves in his career with the Braves, making a lone All-Star appearance in his rookie season, he's only a career .262 hitter. In addition, since a breakout year in 2012 when Heyward blasted 27 home runs and drove in 82 runs, he hasn't notched more than 14 homers or upwards of 58 RBI's in any single season.
Even so, Heyward is the type of player that can instantly improve any club he's on. Gaining him (along with Jordan Walden, who posted a 2.88 ERA in 2014) can only help the Cardinals as they look to make another playoff run in 2015.
Blogging Plans for the Rest of 2014
We're still around six weeks away from the end of the calendar year, but that doesn't mean it's too early to begin putting plans into place for the schedule of blog entries I'm going to be posting over the coming weeks. Although a good number of posts will be on topics I don't discuss, I wanted to go over the main things I'm going to be writing about.
First of all, the ballot for the 2015 Hall of Fame class is set to be revealed on Monday, the 24th, and I'll possibly be writing something about that. Although several of the bigger names are already known, it should be interesting to see who all is on the ballot.
Then, towards the end of the month, I'll be posting another interview with an up and coming prospect, like the most recent one I did with Tyler Danish, with plans to do two more in December to finish out the year.
On the 28th-30th of this month, I'm heading up to Cooperstown, New York, to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. I actually visited the Hall of Fame around eight years ago, but it was closed upon arrival due to flooding in the area, so I didn't get inside to see anything. Therefore, I'm thrilled to be going back.
In preparation, I took the time recently to read a brief biography on every single person currently in the Hall of Fame — yes, 306 biographies in all — so I feel I'm ready for the full experience. (And, obviously, I'll be blogging about the trip.)
Following that, other than the Greatness In Baseball Yearly awards (GIBBY) that are set to be announced in early December, there isn't much to write about; at least things that you can plan. Hopefully there will be some trades/deals going down by then — like the mega deal Giancarlo Stanton reportedly just signed with the Marlins, coming to 13 years and 325 million dollars — to discuss, but who knows? The offseason can be unpredictable.
Trout and Kershaw Win MVP Award
The Most Valuable Player award was first given out in 1911 to Ty Cobb of the American League and Frank Schulte of the National League. Originally known as the Chalmers award, named after Hugh Chalmers, the award didn't catch on as well as had been hoped, and therefore was discontinued after the 1914 season.
In 1922 the League Awards were established to honor the baseball player in the American League (National League began being recognized in 1924) who provided the greatest all-around service to their club. The winner — who received a medal and cash for winning — was voted on by a committee of eight baseball writers, with a player not being able to win more than once. Like the Chalmers awards, these awards didn't last long, stopping in 1929.
Finally in 1931 the Baseball Writers' Association of America Most Valuable Player award was established, which is the award still given out today.
Sixty-five players who have won the Most Valuable Player award have gone on to the Hall of Fame up until this point — several of those winners are still active players, however. The current record for most MVP awards is held by Barry Bonds, with seven, but thirty total players have won multiple Most Valuable Player awards in their career.
Voting for the award is fairly straightforward.
Two writers from each city of both the American League and National League make up the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voters for the Most Valuable Player award, making a total of thirty voters for each league (fifteen teams, with two voters per city). A first place vote earns a player fourteen points, a second place vote gets nine points, a third place vote receives eight points, a fourth place vote is worth seven points, and so on, all the way until tenth place for one point. Once added up, the player with the highest overall total wins.
The 2014 Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player award winners for both the American League and National League were announced Thursday night on MLB Network. Here are the winners, along with my thoughts on each:
Original Pick: Mike Trout
Finalists: Mike Trout, Michael Brantley and Victor Martinez
Winner: Mike Trout
Thoughts On Mike Trout Winning
After finishing runner up in the American League Most Valuable Player award voting to Miguel Cabrera the past two seasons, it was finally Mike Trout's turn to receive the honor. With Cabrera having a down year, by his standards, Trout finally picked up his first career MVP award on Thursday night, joining Mickey Mantle as the second player ever to win their first MVP after having placed second in the previous two MVP votes.
Trout also joins the likes of Stan Musial, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays as the list of players to win an MVP at age 23 or younger, with Trout being the youngest ever unanimous winner.
Picking up all 30 first-place votes, Trout received a total of 420 points, beating out Victor Martinez, who finished in second with 229 points, and Michael Brantley, with his 185 points.
Despite batting just .287 on the year — a full 48 points lower than Victor Martinez — and finishing third in strikeouts (184) in all of baseball, Trout did more than enough to take home the MVP. Blasting a career high 36 home runs and 111 RBI's, while scoring over 100 runs for the third straight season, Trout had the "most valuable" season of any other player in the American League.
Although Mike Trout needs to work on putting the ball into play a bit more, which will subsequently bring his average up to around .300, there's little argument that he's the best player in baseball at the moment. And at just 23 years old, the remarkable thing is, he's going to get better and better.
Original Pick: Clayton Kershaw
Finalists: Clayton Kershaw, Giancarlo Stanton and Andrew McCutchen
Winner: Clayton Kershaw
Thoughts On Clayton Kershaw Winning
Clayton Kershaw was hands down the best pitcher in baseball this past season. The only question up for debate was whether or not Kershaw was the most valuable player in the National League. While some people simply don't believe that a pitcher should win the MVP award, with them playing every fifth day instead of everyday, enough of them wound up voting for Kershaw, earning him the honor.
The ninth player to ever win the Cy Young and MVP in the same season, and the first National League pitcher to win the MVP in 46 years, Kershaw definitely had a historical season. Although he missed the first full month of the season, Kershaw still ended up with the most wins (21) in all of baseball, in addition to posting the best overall ERA (1.77) and the highest strikeout per nine innings rate (10.8).
Kershaw's dominance gained him 18 of the 30 first place votes, totaling 355 points. Giancarlo Stanton, who many felt had a great shot at winning the MVP after blasting 37 home runs this season, finished runner up with 298 points and 8 first-place points, with Andrew McCutchen getting the remaining 4 first-place nods, good for 271 points altogether.
Having pitched just a total of 198.1 innings in 2014, Kershaw breaks the old record for fewest innings tallied by a pitcher to win the MVP award, previously held by the last pitcher to win the MVP award, Justin Verlander, who threw 251 innings in 2011.
Although it's difficult to predict from season to season which player will win a given award, there's the chance that Kershaw could eventually become the fourth pitcher to ever win more than one Most Valuable Player award in their career. Given, that's somewhat unlikely. But if anyone can do it, Clayton Kershaw surely can.
2014 Players' Choice Awards
The 2014 Major League Baseball Players' Choice Award winners were announced last night on MLB Network. Unlike the BBWAA awards, these awards, as the name would suggest, are voted on by players from around baseball each September, when they receive a ballot to make their picks for each category. Six categories in all, American League players vote for American League players with National League players voting for National League players, with the exception of the Marvin Miller Man of the Year award and the Player of the Year award, in which players from both leagues vote for a single player.
The winning player for each category is awarded a grant from the MLB Players Trust, ranging from 20,000 to 50,000 dollars, depending on the award that they win. The money goes to the winner's choice of charity, with some players deciding to split up the money between multiple causes. This marks the 22nd annual Players Choice Awards, which began in 1992. Here's a recap of the winners, with my thoughts on each:
AL Nominees – Jose Abreu, Matt Shoemaker and Danny Santana
AL Winner – Jose Abreu
NL Nominees – Billy Hamilton, Jacob deGrom and David Peralta
NL Winner – Jacob deGrom
Although I feel that Dellin Betances should've been one of the American League nominees for Outstanding Rookie after the great season he had, I can't argue at all with the winner. Jose Abreu had an unbelievable inaugural season, hitting 36 homers with the White Sox, and will likely be a big part of their future in the many years to come. On the National League side of the award, it came down to Billy Hamilton and Jacob deGrom for me. But although it was a close call, Hamilton hitting around .250 earns deGrom the award.
AL Nominees – Felix Hernandez, Corey Kluber and Chris Sale
AL Winner – Felix Hernandez
NL Nominees – Johnny Cueto, Clayton Kershaw and Adam Wainwright
NL Winner – Clayton Kershaw
All three American League nominees had incredible seasons worthy of recognition, but Felix Hernandez had the best statistical season of them all. Posting a career high 15 wins and a career low 2.14 ERA, Hernandez was the obvious choice. As was Clayton Kershaw. Taking home the Outstanding Pitcher award for the National League, Kershaw had a historic season with a miniscule 1.77 ERA, and there was no way that he wasn't going to win this award.
AL Nominees – J.D. Martinez, Victor Martinez and Chris Young
AL Winner – Chris Young
NL Nominees – Tim Hudson, Casey McGehee and Edinson Volquez
NL Winner – Casey McGehee
Obviously the one award that a player least wants to receive, meaning that they bounced back from years of injuries or poor performance. (But the important aspect, I suppose, is that the player did in fact bounce back.) Winning the Comeback Player of the Year award for the American League was Chris Young (the pitcher, not the outfielder) along with Casey McGehee for the National League. Both players had tremendous 2014 campaigns, coming off recent struggles on both their parts.
AL Nominees – Mike Trout, Jose Altuve and Victor Martinez
AL Winner – Mike Trout
NL Nominees – Josh Harrison, Clayton Kershaw and Giancarlo Stanton
NL Winner – Giancarlo Stanton
Seemingly getting better and better each year, with plans to get even better in 2015, Mike Trout was the players' choice for Outstanding American League player of the year. Scoring over 100 runs for the third straight season, and breaking the 30 homer mark for the first time in his young career, Trout could be taking this award home for many years. For the National League, Giancarlo Stanton received the honor. Despite an injury which cut his season short, players agreed that Stanton, with his incredible display of power, is the rightful winner.
Nominees – Clayton Kershaw, Adam LaRoche and Anthony Rizzo
Winner – Clayton Kershaw
The Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award is given each year to the player most recognized for outstanding on-field performance and off-field contributions to his community. Past winners include Mark McGwire, Albert Pujols, Chipper Jones and Mariano Rivera, among many others. This year, the award went to Clayton Kershaw, whose 'Kershaw's Challenge' looks "to encourage people to use whatever God-given passion or talent they have to make a difference and give back to people in need". Combine Kershaw's community contributions with his 2014 stats, and he definitely is the top choice for the prestigious award.
Nominees – Clayton Kershaw, Giancarlo Stanton and Mike Trout
Winner – Clayton Kershaw
Taking home his third award of the night, and bringing the total amount of money donated by the MLB Players Trust to $120,000, Clayton Kershaw takes dominance of award winning to a new level. Going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA over the course of the season, Kershaw likely is just getting started. With the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) awards being given out next week, it's almost certain that Kershaw will take home the National League Cy Young award — with many putting him in line to win the NL MVP as well.
My Vote for N.L. Most Valuable Player
As I stated in my American League post, choosing the Most Valuable Player from each league is the most difficult decision of all the major baseball awards handed out at the conclusion of each season. With Rookie of the Year and Cy Young you can look solely at which player had the best overall stats, but Most Valuable Player sometimes involves a bit more than just stats. While it's important that an MVP winner had a great statistical year, the best offensive player doesn't automatically become the most valuable.
With that said, it was an even more difficult vote for me this season than it has been in seasons past. There are several players, including Adrian Gonzalez, Andrew McCutchen, Giancarlo Stanton and Clayton Kershaw, who were all extremely valuable members of their given team in the National League. However, in the end, only one player can win the Most Valuable Player award.
Adrian Gonzalez is one of two Dodgers on my list, but he stands the least chance of the two to win the MVP award, and the least overall shot of all the players on my list. Although he led all of Major League Baseball in RBI's on the season, with 116, while batting .276 and blasting 17 home runs, Gonzalez still doesn't quite have the overall numbers to win the Most Valuable Player award. Even so, playing in all but three of the Dodgers' 162 games, Gonzalez definitely had a great season worthy of recognition.
The current reigning N.L. Most Valuable Player, Andrew McCutchen, posted very similar numbers to the ones he posted in 2013. But although they are extremely close in likeness, McCutchen doesn't deserved the MVP award this year anymore than I felt he deserved it last year when he won. Batting .314 on the season, with 25 homers and 83 RBI's, McCutchen surely had a great season. But missing a good portion of the year, and getting outperformed by two other players in the National League, McCutchen will likely have to try again in 2015.
Giancarlo Stanton comes in runner up for the National League MVP award, in my mind. It was a difficult decision to not give him the honor, but finishing out the year on the disabled list, along with another player completely dominating everyone else in the N.L., caused him to just miss out. Still, Stanton posted the best numbers of his career thus far in 2014. Blasting 37 home runs and tallying 105 runs batted in, Stanton was by far one of the top valuable players in the National League, but not quite the most valuable.
For me, the correct choice, although it's a difficult one — especially given the fact that he's a pitcher — for the 2014 National League Most Valuable Player award is Clayton Kershaw, who I also have picking up the Cy Young award. Coming back from an injury to begin the year, which caused him to miss the first month of the season, and still winding up leading baseball in wins and ERA is simply remarkable. Notching 21 wins, along with a career best 1.77 ERA, which was nearly half a run better than the next closest ERA in the National League, Kershaw should pick up his first career Most Valuable Player award for his amazing performances all season long.
Home Run Derby Participants Seeing A Hitting Slump
It's been the topic of discussion for numerous years.
According to the statistics and the players themselves, a good percentage of the sluggers who take part in the annual home run derby tend to see a major plunge in their numbers to begin the second half, with the majority of those poor stats holding at that subpar level for the remainder of the season.
It's happened in the past to power hitters David Ortiz, Ryan Howard, Josh Hamilton, Chris Davis and many, many other sluggers who have taken part in the derby only to see their pre All-Star break numbers vastly overshadow the statistics they posted in the second half of the year. And once again, it's happening this season.
How much of this apparent trend is actually a pattern and how much is due to a player's career law of average just showing up (for example, a 30 home run player who hits 20 home runs before the All-star break only to fall into a "slump" and hit 10 after the break is still holding to their average) is vastly debated.
Some people claim that there is a major impact to a player's swing after they do nothing but aim for the fences when crushing balls in the home run derby. For that very reason, Ortiz and Hamilton have declined any derby invitations they've received since their initial derby appearances, with the most recent example being Jose Abreu, who didn't want to show off his power up at Target Field this year for fear that it would mess up his swing.
But that's just one side of the coin.
On the other side, people seem to believe that the second half numbers a player produces after a derby are just a player returning to the previously mentioned law of averages — after all, every player goes through a slump at some point every season. However, now that two weeks have passed since the derby, with multiple players who were in the 2014 home run derby currently struggling, I'd have to go with the theory that a player's swing is affected by the derby, at least in the short term.
Justin Morneau was a participant in this year's derby, but he's yet to play in any games since that point, so there are no numbers to go by, though he was batting .312 with 13 home runs and 60 runs driven in before the derby. Fellow derby and Rockies teammate, Troy Tulowitzki, is also currently injured, however he took part in two games before hitting the disabled list, recording no hits in 5 at-bats, after batting .345 with 21 homers and 52 RBI's over the first half.
While there are no true numbers to look at for either Morneau or Tulowitzki, and thus no way to know how each player would be performing, a couple of injuries after the derby isn't exactly a positive thing.
Of the players who aren't on the disabled list at the moment, Brian Dozier has seen the biggest fall in numbers of them all. After getting off to a career season to get the year started, with 18 homers and 45 RBI's, the lone hometown player to take part in the derby is now batting a mere .125 with two RBI's on a single home run since the second half began. Also joining him with a .100's batting average since the derby is Todd Frazier (batting .154), who has hit just one home run after slugging 19 throughout the first half.
Adam Jones and Giancarlo Stanton are also sharing in the same fate, with both batting in the .200's since the All-Star break.
Jones posted a .301 batting average with 16 home runs and 54 RBI's to begin the year, and despite having fallen a bit in batting average since, he's launched 3 homers and amassed 10 RBI's since the break — not jaw dropping, but also not terrible.
Stanton on the other hand is doing much worse, having slugged just two home runs since the derby — a derby he lost, even though he was the heavy favorite to win — despite hitting 21 before the All-Star break.
But as has held true throughout derby history, not all players are seeing a slump.
Although he hasn't found his power swing since the derby, Yasiel Puig is still hitting for average, having batted .333 in the past couple of weeks. However, with no home runs and just two runs batted in, after blasting 12 before the break and driving in 52 runs, he's still not the Puig everyone has come to know.
Jose Bautista has fared fairly well since the derby, batting .333 with 3 home runs and 7 RBI's, after batting .292 with 17 homers and 54 RBI's in the first half, which holds fairly steady with his average pace over his career. Hitting .324 since the derby, Josh Donaldson is also holding his own, having hit a couple of homers in the second half after batting .238 with 20 homers over the first portion of the season.
The player who seems to have experienced the least amount of problems with his swing is the winner of the derby, Yoenis Cespedes, who actually looks to have improved. After batting just .254 to begin the year, Cespedes is batting .324 over the course of nearly 40 at-bats since the derby (admittedly, a small sample size). In addition, Cespedes has slugged 3 homers and driven in 10 runs in this second half, however, seeing an increase in stats after winning the home run derby in 2013, it would seem that Yoenis Cespedes is the exception to the overall derby rule.
2014 Triple-A Home Run Derby
After over a year of anticipation, the day finally arrived. Taking place last night in Durham, North Carolina, and showcasing some of the minor league's premier power hitters, the 2014 Triple-A Home Run Derby is something that I'd been looking forward to witnessing for a long time. As always, I made the decision to show up to the ballpark early to try for a few autographs. Thus, despite a gate opening time of 5:30 for the 6:35 derby, I made my way to the All-Star themed Durham Bulls Athletic Park at around 4:50:
Even though I still had a good amount of time until I could go inside, I went ahead and jumped in line. The extremely hot sun was beating down on myself and the fans around me, but I was glad I made the choice to get my place in the line, as it wasn't long afterwards that it became fairly long. Thankfully, the time in the heat passed fairly quickly, and upon the opening of the gates, I took off for the Pacific Coast League's dugout.
With the Pacific Coast League being such a loaded team of top prospects and former big leaguers, there were already a lot of people down by the dugout when I got there, making it difficult for me to get down to autographing level. But when Nick Franklin (the first player to emerge from the dugout) popped out . . . . :
. . . . I was able to (with a little help from fellow auto seekers) get him to sign a couple of cards for me.
Soon afterwards, tons of players began to flood out of the dugout, and items to get autographed were passing by me right and left. The next player I got to sign a few cards for me was Wednesday night's All-Star game starting pitcher, Elih Villanueva. But autos from Franklin and Villanueva was all I was able to acquire before the game, as the ushers made us all go back to our assigned seats to clear out the aisle.
Before the derby got underway, the well known softball slugging long haul bombers, who have been known to hit softballs up to 500 feet, took to the field to show off their amazing hitting skills:
There were three total sluggers, each of which were impressive. Though I had seen the long haul bombers last season up in Seattle, they were just as good this time, slamming two total home runs onto the roof of a four story building, some 450+ feet away. But while they were great, the event that everyone came to see was the Triple-A home run derby, which began shortly after.
Despite losing Mike Hessman (the all-time International League home run leader) and Dan Johnson from the derby roster due to an injury to Hessman and a big league callup for Johnson, the lineup was still decent. Consisting of Francisco Pena, Matt Hague, Allan Dykstra, Jesus Aguilar, Mike Jacobs and Mikie Mahtook, there were sure to be a good amount of homers hit, and after the participants posed for a group photo down around home plate . . . . :
. . . . the derby got underway.
The famous bull sign ("hit bull, win steak") down the left field line at the DBAP was originally predicted to play a big role in the derby, with the incentive to hit it being that if it was hit 15 times one lucky fan would take home $15,000. But unfortunately, the Bull was hit only once (everyone in attendance received a free steak taco as a result), with the low number of bull-hitting home runs coming thanks in part to a pair of zeros posted in the first round of the derby by Mike Jacobs and Mikie Mahtook — each of which were eliminated.
The second round of the derby saw a cut to four players, as well as a change in my location. For this round, I made my way out to the outfield, with the slight hope of catching a home run ball, but mainly with the reasoning to see a few batters take their turns from a different perspective:
A few balls were lofted in my general direction, but nothing came too terribly close. While I was in the outfield, Matt Hague and Jesus Aguilar posted rounds that didn't hold up in the end (though Aguilar did nearly drill me with a foul ball, had it not have been for fans who knocked it down). Meaning, the final round of the derby was going to be between Francisco Pena and Allan Dykstra.
Clay Counsil — the BP pitcher who threw to Josh Hamilton in his historic 28 home run first round of the 2008 derby up at Yankee Stadium — was on hand to throw the final round of the derby to both of the remaining players, and the crowd seemed excited to see him:
In Francisco Pena's set of swings to kick off the championship round, he failed to hit a single home run, leaving Allan Dykstra with just one homer needed to take home the title of 2014 Triple-A Home Run Derby champion. And he did just that. Slugging a home run to right field, Allan Dykstra wound up winning the derby in front of the sold out crowd:
After the derby had concluded, there was still a multitude of players hanging around on the field, so I once again took off for the dugout with the hopes of getting some more autographs. I was able to get one more player to sign for me before I left the ballpark, being Andrew Susac, bringing my total number of player autographs to three for the game.
Although not everything went my way on Monday night, it was still a very enjoyable time. It's likely going to be decades before the Bull City hosts these events again, and it's one of those things you may only witness once or twice in your lifetime.
For the second half of the events, I'm planning to head out to the All-Star game on Wednesday, where I hope to do better in terms of autographs, but no matter what, I'm going to have a great time, no doubt about it.
MLB Award Frontrunners At the All-Star Break
Sunday marked the last day of MLB games until after the All-Star break, and although the baseball world is looking forward to seeing Giancarlo Stanton put on a show in tonight's home run derby (he's the favorite to win), I wanted to focus my attention on the players who have posted amazing performances throughout the first half of the season.
For this post, I'm covering the players who I feel stand the best chance right now (given, it's still early) of winning the three major awards of Most Valuable Player, Rookie of the Year and Cy Young. All three awards have multiple players who can be argued as being deserving, but I have my own opinion as to who deserves each award the most at this point in the season.
Most Valuable Player Award
American League: This is finally the year that Mike Trout wins the American League Most Valuable Player award. At least, that's what many people are hoping. After posting amazing stats each of the past two seasons (25+ HR's, 30+ SB's) many felt Trout deserves to have already won an MVP or two in his career (each year the MVP went to Miguel Cabrera).
Even so, while there are a few other players being Nelson Cruz, Edwin Encarnacion and the always consistent Miguel Cabrera in the conversation, the Angels are nearing the top of the division thanks to another great season from Trout, who's at the top of his game.
National League: Troy Tulowitzki is having an amazing year. Andrew McCutchen is having an even better season than the MVP one he put together last year. But Giancarlo Stanton is doing something extremely special.
No, he doesn't have the astronomical batting average that Tulo possesses (mid .300's), but Stanton's power bat is keeping a counted out Marlins team in the running, despite some rough patches as of late.
Whether or not the Marlins turn things around is yet to be seen, but even if they don't, Stanton is doing enough for him to pick up the NL MVP, in my mind.
Rookie of the Year Award
American League: It's very likely that the running for the 2014 AL Rookie of the Year award is going to come down to two players once all is said and done — Jose Abreu and Masahiro Tanaka. On the offensive side, Abreu's closest rival is George Springer, who's been one of the few bright spots for the Astros, but is batting in the low .200's.
Abreu leads all rookies in hits, homers, slugging percentage and RBI's, and while Masahiro Tanaka has been the pitching equivalent of Abreu — leading rookies in wins — a recent UCL injury to Tanaka will likely push Abreu over the top.
National League: Despite getting off to a slow start to his rookie campaign, speedster Billy Hamilton has made adjustments that have enabled him to succeed on the major league level.
Although thought of as mainly a speed threat — having stolen 38 bases so far this year — Hamilton has also proven to many that he can handle the bat.
Showing a little power, blasting six home runs, and coming through big, leading all National League rookies in RBI's, with 38, Hamilton is truly the only current above average NL candidate for the Rookie of the Year award.
Cy Young Award
American League: Scott Kazmir and Masahiro Tanaka (and even Garrett Richards) are arguably in the running for American League Cy Young, but as of right now, Felix Hernandez is the front runner. Finally receiving some run support, Hernandez holds an 11-2 record to go along with a dismal 2.12 ERA over twenty games started this year.
Striking out nearly ten batters per nine innings pitched, the Mariners' ace has proven why he's been coined "The King" in Seattle. Hernandez could very well be crowned with the Cy Young award when the end of the season arrives.
National League: In my opinion, the NL Cy Young is Adam Wainwright's to lose at this point. Though the runner up to Wainwright in ERA, Johnny Cueto (Kershaw doesn't yet qualify due to innings pitched), has a legitimate case for the Cy Young, Wainwright has been unbelievable this season.
Holding opponents to a mere 1.83 ERA, Wainwright has played a big part in keeping the Cardinals near the top of the division, sitting just one game back of the first place Brewers. If Wainwright can keep up the amazing pitching, he could receive his first career Cy Young award for his 2014 campaign.
Whether or not you agree or disagree with my picks for who deserves each award at this point in the season, one thing is for sure: there is still a lot of season left where any player can have anything happen. With 17 of the 30 teams at .500 or better, in terms of win-losses go, regardless of the award races, the games following the mid-summer classic are sure to make for one of the most exciting second halves in years.
Bautista & Tulowitzki Select Their Derby Teammates
The players who are planning to blast long balls in the 2014 home run derby were fully announced on Thursday, and, for the most part, I'm not extremely shocked with any of them. My original picks only included three of the selected players I wanted to see in the derby, but the new format for the home run derby (ten players instead of eight) threw me off when it came to making my selections.
My initial list included eight players, being Nelson Cruz, Edwin Encarnacion, Jose Abreu and Yoenis Cespedes (Jose Bautista hadn't yet been announced as the captain) for the American League, with Giancarlo Stanton, Evan Gattis, Carlos Gomez and Yasiel Puig (Troy Tulowitzki hadn't yet been announced as the captain) for the National League.
In the end, American League captain, Bautista, selected Brian Dozier, Adam Jones, Josh Donaldson, and defending derby champion, Yoenis Cespedes. On the National League side of things, their captain, Tulowitzki, added Yasiel Puig, Todd Frazier, Giancarlo Stanton and Justin Morneau to the mix.
All in all, a very solid group of players; though I would've liked to have seen rookie phenom, Jose Abreu, compete (he expressed that he wasn't interested in participating).
As stated, the home run derby is set to see a major change in rules for the first time since match play was first introduced back in 2000. Therefore, I wanted to give a brief overview for those of you who may not have heard about the changes. The new rules are as follows:
Round 1: Five players from the American League and five players from National League compete to see who can hit the most home runs, receiving seven outs instead of the previous ten (they receive the same number of outs in every following round). The top slugging player from each individual league receives a bye, jumping automatically ahead to the third round, and subsequently giving them added rest that they've never been rewarded with before. The second and third place hitters in the round from each league will then move onto round two, with the bottom two pairs of players being eliminated (four total).
Round 2: With the top home run hitter from the American League and the top player from the National League in the first round skipping round two, this round sees two American League hitters and two National League hitters (the second and third place finishers from round one) squaring off. The two winners will subsequently move on to round three to take on the round one winners.
Round 3: The sole winner from the American League and National League in round two of the derby is set to take on their respective league's winner from the first round. The player from the AL who hits the most home runs in this round will move on to the final round where they will compete against the round winner from the NL.
Round 4: For the first time ever, there is going to be a round four added to the mix. This round will see the winners from round three (one from the AL and one from the NL) going head-to-head for the title of 2014 MLB Home Run Derby champion. With the number of great power hitters that are always in the mix at this point in every derby, it's sure to be an entertaining round.
Overall, I like the changes to the derby format. Allowing the winners from the first round to skip the following round finally gives them an advantage and motivation to try and put on a show. In the past, a lot of players have hit their stride in a round (Josh Hamilton slugged a record 28 home runs in the first round back in 2008 only to tire out and lose the derby) that ended up costing them the derby due to fatigue. A break to give them a chance to regain their energy should make things more entertaining for the players and the fans.
With the field for the home run derby set with its full slate of ten players, and with the new format for this year's derby fully explained, I wanted to take a second to give my thoughts on how I feel the derby will go.
Round one is going to be a very interesting round. Basically being unpredictable, just about any of the players on the American League side of things has the ability to get hot and win the round. With that said, however, I feel that it's most likely going to be Jose Bautista. Though he doesn't have the most power of the group, he has a good combination of an ability to hit for power and total homers to do well. Coming in second and third I see it being Yoenis Cespedes and Adam Jones, meaning Josh Donaldson and Brian Dozier would be eliminated.
With Jose Bautista having won round one in my mind, this round would have Yoenis Cespedes going up against Adam Jones. Though Adam Jones can hit with the best of them, I'm sticking with last year's winner, Yoenis Cespedes. Next to Giancarlo Stanton in the National League, Cespedes has arguably the best power in the derby, and should be able to make it to round three, with Jones getting knocked out.
The final round for the American League portion of the derby would then see Yoenis Cespedes hitting off against round one winner Jose Bautista. Though somewhat difficult to predict, between these two, I'd have to move Cespedes to the championship round, just beating out Bautista.
Likely to be the more impressive round one show between the two leagues is the National League. With Giancarlo Stanton in the mix, I truly don't see anyone as having a chance at beating him out in this round. That leaves Troy Tulowitzki, Yasiel Puig, Todd Frazier and Justin Morneau, and I feel that of those, Tulowitzki and Frazier stand the best shot at advancing, even with the always entertaining Yasiel Puig in the running. That would leave Puig and Morneau as the players to be out hit in the first round.
With there a good chance that Giancarlo Stanton will have destroyed the completion in the initial round, the second round would include NL captain, Troy Tulowitzki, taking on Todd Frazier. Though Frazier has hit his share of tape measure home runs over the course of his career, I don't think he will have enough to overtake Tulo. And thus, it's likely that Tulowitzki will move on to face Stanton in the next round.
After skipping the second round, Giancarlo Stanton would be taking on the previous round's winner, Troy Tulowitzki. While anything can happen in a home run derby, and certainly has in the past numerous years, I don't think Stanton will stumble in his quest for the championship round.
Final Round
If the final, championship round of this year's home run derby is in fact Yoenis Cespedes and Giancarlo Stanton squaring off, it's sure to be one of the best final rounds ever. Both Cespedes and Stanton have unbelievable power, and both have the strength and ability to put on long, amazing displays of power. Honestly, the final round could easily go either way, but to stick with my gut, your 2014 Major League Baseball home run derby champion will be Giancarlo Stanton, as many are already predicting.


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Rat hearts hypertrophied by exposure of the animals to low oxygen pressure were perfused by the Langendorff technique. After oxidative stress induced by hypoxia/reoxygenation, functional recovery of the hypertrophied right heart was insufficient when compared to non-hypertrophied controls. Accordingly, mitochondrial membrane potential did not recover sufficiently. There was a positive trend for improvement of the rate-pressure product during reoxygenation in lipoic acid (CAS 1077-28-7; 0.8 mumol/l) treated hearts which was also verified for membrane potential. Adenosine 5'-triphosphate and creatine phosphate contents as well as the ATP/ADP ratio in hypertrophied right ventricle were significantly increased after reoxygenation in hearts treated with lipoic acid. With lipoic acid, there was a significantly higher content of glutathione (oxidized form) after reoxygenation, Ca2+ uptake was significantly increased in mitochondria isolated from hypertrophied right ventricles and treated by 12 nmol/mg protein of lipoic acid. The results reveal a distinct improvement of mitochondrial structure/function by lipoic acid and suggest for therapy a combination with the synergistic free radical scavenging properties of tocopherol (CAS 10191-41-0). |
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Debra Jo Rupp (born February 24, 1951) is an American film and television actress, perhaps best known for her role as Kitty Forman on the Fox sitcom, That '70s Show. She is also known for playing the role of Alice on the third, fourth and fifth seasons of Friends. She starred on the ABC sitcom Better with You from 2010-2011.
Early life[edit]
Rupp was born in Glendale, California, and raised in Boxford, Massachusetts, where she attended Masconomet Regional High School, graduating in 1969.[citation needed] She has two sisters. She went on to attend the University of Rochester, graduating with a B.A. degree in 1974. On campus, she was an active member of Drama House, a small theatre club and venue.
Rupp left her home state of Massachusetts in 1979 to pursue an acting career in New York City. She frequently performed on stage and appeared in commercials before winning her first television role in 1980 as Sheila, a topless dancer, on the daytime drama All My Children.[1] Earlier in the same year, Rupp played Helen, the wife of a cheating husband, in Sharon Tipsword's one-act comedy Second Verse, which was produced as part of a play festival at New York's Nat Horne Theater.[2] Another notable stage performance was as the young bride Eleanor in the 1985 production of A. R. Gurney's The Middle Ages at the Whole Theater Company, established by Olympia Dukakis in nearby Montclair, NJ.[3] She received praise from Walter Goodman in a New York Times review of one of her many off-Broadway performances: as June Yeager, a young wife who feels she is never "loved enough", in the 1986 York Theater Company production of Arthur Laurents' dramatic play The Time of the Cuckoo[4][5] staged at the Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York's Upper East Side neighborhood (Manhattan).
Rupp's list of stage credits includes appearances in Terrence McNally's Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune and Cynthia Heimel's A Girl's Guide to Chaos, the Broadway role which significantly propelled her career forward. She originated the role of Cynthia in 1986, a character based on Heimel's observations made during her stints as a columnist for Playboy and The Village Voice. Directed by Wynn Handman and sharing the stage with Rita Jenrette, Rupp's performance as Cynthia was immortalized by legendary caricaturist Al Hirschfeld and described in a New York Times review as "an appealing mixture of pluck and pathos."[6] In Newsday's review of Chaos, theater critic Allan Wallach called Rupp "a real find."[7]
In early 1987, Rupp was featured in an article written by Enid Nemy for the "Broadway" section of The New York Times. Entitled "New York is beckoning, but first, Los Angeles", the interview revealed how Rupp's success in the theater so soon after her arrival in New York City had scared the young actress enough to take time off from acting for several years. After returning to the stage, Rupp explained, she was often cast as an ingénue, but after her portrayal of Cynthia in Chaos, she began getting calls to audition in Los Angeles for "really crazy neurotic" parts in television pilots. She was realistic about the unpredictability of an acting career and, since she had promised her mother she would never wait tables when she left for New York, she hadn't given up her part-time work as a bookkeeper and was "learning computers" as something to fall back on.[8]
Rupp continued to devote herself to acting full-time through the 1980s and performed in numerous regional stage productions. One such production was Sherry Kramer's Wall of Water in New Haven, Connecticut at the Yale Repertory Theatre's Winterfest play festival of 1988.[9] She guest-starred on numerous television shows, including Kate & Allie, Spenser for Hire, and The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd. In 1988, Rupp landed her first film role on the big screen as Miss Patterson, Tom Hanks' secretary in the film Big.
In 1990, Rupp returned to New York City to perform in a Broadway stage production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with Kathleen Turner at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. In it, Rupp portrayed Mae (Sister Woman).[10] Her television work during the early 1990s included recurring roles as Ms. Higgins on the television Davis Rules with Randy Quaid, and as Sister Mary Incarnata on Phenom with Judith Light, as well as guest roles on Blossom, Family Matters, L.A. Law, and ER.
In 1995 she began her stint as Jeff Foxworthy's sister-in-law Gayle on The Jeff Foxworthy Show, and also appeared in the science fiction mini-series The Invaders with Scott Bakula, portrayed Jerry Seinfeld's eccentric booking agent Katie on an episode of Seinfeld (a role she reprised in 1996), and performed on stage as Meg in Broken Bones, a dark drama about spousal abuse by Drew McWeeny and Scott Swan, as part of a one-act play festival at Hollywood's Met Theater.[11]
Rupp also appeared in several episodes of Friends, playing Alice Knight, a home economics teacher who fell in love with and married Phoebe Buffay's (Lisa Kudrow) much younger half-brother, Frank Jr. (Giovanni Ribisi). (Rupp had previously appeared with Kudrow in the 1997 independent film Clockwatchers.)
In 1998, she began her role as Kitty Forman in the comedy series, That '70s Show in perhaps her most successful role to date. As well, she portrayed Marilyn See, wife of astronaut Elliot See, in Episode #11 of the Emmy Award-winning television mini-series From the Earth to the Moon, produced by Tom Hanks and directed by Sally Field.
Her distinctive voice was heard as the character of Mrs. Helperman in Disney's animated series Teacher's Pet in 2000, and again for the 2004 movie version. She starred as a stand-up comic with a secret in the highly acclaimed independent short film The Act, directed by Susan Kraker and Pi Ware, and received praise for her performance. The short film was an official selection at the Sundance Film Festival and won several awards at film festivals around the world.[12] In 2004, she played Brad Hunt's nagging mother in Lucky 13, a full-length independent film starring Lauren Graham. She then returned to All My Children for one episode in December 2005, playing a homeless woman named Victoria.
Rupp has often returned to Massachusetts and New York to appear in regional and off-Broadway stage productions. In 2004, she played Dotty Otley in Michael Frayn's Noises Off at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts,[13] and in 2006 Rupp appeared on stage in Pittsfield, Massachusetts as a kooky mother in French playwright Jean Anouilh's comedy Ring Round the Moon at Barrington Stage Company.[14] New York theater-goers saw Rupp return to the off-Broadway stage in June 2007, as Valerie in the Second Stage Theatre production of Marisa Wegrzyn's The Butcher of Baraboo, directed by Judith Ivey.[15][16][17][18] Two months later she performed in the Berkshire Theatre Festival in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, as Ida Bolton in a revival of Paul Osborn's 1939 play Morning's at Seven.[19][20][21]
That '70s Show ended in 2006. Rupp appeared soon after in a dramatic television role as the wife of a murdered pharmaceutical CEO, on the crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In the episode, entitled "Infiltrated", Rupp's character desperately attempts to hide her slain husband's past sexual abuses. In early 2007, the feature film Kickin It Old Skool was released, in which Rupp was cast as Jamie Kennedy's mother. In 2008, Rupp appeared as a restaurant owner who helps two homeless men in the comedy-drama-musical, Jackson, written and directed by J. F. Lawton. In the same year, she returned to daytime television in a guest role on As the World Turns.
Massachusetts theater-goers saw Rupp onstage in 2008, playing Olympia in Georges Feydeau's 1907 farce A Flea in Her Ear, at the Williamstown Theatre Festival in Williamstown, and as Miss Maudie in To Kill a Mockingbird at the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield.[22]
In 2012, Rupp portrayed the role "Ruth" in She Wants Me, an independent romantic comedy which stars Josh Gad, Kristen Ruhlin, Hilary Duff and Charlie Sheen.
In June and July 2012 Rupp singularly starred as Dr. Ruth Westheimer in "Dr. Ruth - All the Way" on the St. Germain Stage of the Barrington Stage Company.[23] She reprised the role Off-Broadway in "Becoming Dr. Ruth."[24]
She provided the voice of Mrs. Snowman in one of Fred Meyer's commercial ads in 2013.
Personal life[edit]
Rupp divides her time between Los Angeles and Lee, Massachusetts. She is single and has no children. Rupp is a Methodist.[25]
Film credits[edit]
- Big (1988) as Miss Patterson
- A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992) as Alice
- Death Becomes Her (1992) as Psychiatric Patient
- Sgt. Bilko (1996) as Mrs. Hall
- Clockwatchers (1997) as Barbara
- Senseless (1998) as Fertility Clinic Assistant
- The Act (2004) as Rosy
- Teacher's Pet (voice, 2004) as Mrs. Marylou Moira Angela Darling Helperman
- Garfield (voice, 2004) as Mom Rat
- Lucky 13 (2005) as Mrs. Baker
- Air Buddies (voice, 2006) as Belinda
- Spymate (2006) as Edith
- Kickin' It Old Skool (2007) as Sylvia Schumacher
- Jackson (2008) as Nice Lady
- She's Out of My League (2010) as Mrs. Kettner
- Spooky Buddies (voice, 2011) as Zelda
- She Wants Me (2012) as Ruth Baum
Television credits[edit]
- Spenser: For Hire (1987)
- Kate & Allie (1987)
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1988)
- Newhart (1989)
- Mothers, Daughters and Lovers (TV movie, 1989)
- Civil Wars (1991)
- Davis Rules (1991-1992)
- Blossom (1992)
- A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story (1992)
- Family Matters (1992)
- In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco (TV movie, 1993)
- Evening Shade (1993)
- Phenom (1993)
- L.A. Law (1993)
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (1991, 1993, 1994)
- Empty Nest (1994)
- Hearts Afire (1994)
- Diagnosis: Murder (1994)
- The Office (1995)[26]
- If Not for You (1995)
- The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995-1996)
- Seinfeld (1995, 1996)
- Caroline in the City (1996)
- Friends (1996, 1997, 1998)
- 7th Heaven (1997)
- Touched by an Angel (1997)
- Over the Top (1997)
- To Have and To Hold (1998)
- From the Earth to the Moon (mini-series, 1998)
- That '70s Show (1998-2006)
- Teacher's Pet (2000-2002)
- The Hughleys (2001)
- Robot Chicken (2005)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2006)
- As the World Turns (2008)
- Better with You (2010-2011)
- Hart of Dixie (2013)
- ^ AMC Nabs Rupp for Guest Role by Erica Brown (n.d.). All My Children Interviews, published online, Soap Opera Digest.
- ^ Stage: 5 of the 'Best' Short Works at the Nat Horne by Michiko Kakutani (1980, March 22). New York Times (1857-Current file), p. 13. Retrieved January 22, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004) database. (Document ID: 111144931).
- ^ The Middle Ages' at the Whole Theatre by Alvin Klein (1985, April 7). New York Times (1857-Current file), NJ2. Retrieved January 22, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004) database. (Document ID: 118834302)
- ^ The Time of the Cuckoo Opening Night Cast from Lortel Archives: The Internet Off-Broadway Database.
- ^ Stage: Michael Learned in 'Time of the Cuckoo' by Walter Goodman (1986, January 21). New York Times (1857-Current file), C17. Retrieved January 22, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004) database. (Document ID: 114506710).
- ^ Stage: Cynthia Heimel Comedy, 'Guide to Chaos.' by Stephen Holden (1986, December 14). New York Times (1857-Current file), 108. Retrieved January 22, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851 - 2004) database. (Document ID: 120598284)
- ^ A Girl's Guide to Men and Sex in the '80s by Allan Wallach (1986, December 12). Newsday - Long Island, N.Y., pg. 15, Section: WEEKEND. Retrieved February 24, 2008, from Newsday archives.
- ^ Broadway: New York is beckoning, but first, Los Angeles by Enid Nemy (1987, February 20). New York Times (1857-Current file), pg. C2; retrieved January 22, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2004) database (Document ID: 114846603)
- ^ 4 Comedies on the Bill in Yale Rep Winterfest Series by Alvin Klein (January 24, 1988). New York Times (1857-Current file), CN25; retrieved February 24, 2008, from ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times (1851-2004) database. (Document ID: 115319740); Rupp is clearly pictured in cast photo accompanying article
- ^ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cast and Crew from the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Act One '95 Evening B Review by Hoyt Hilsman, for Daily Variety, published in print Wed., Jun. 7, 1995
- ^ The Act Official website.
- ^ Entertainment Reviews: "Cast, energy propel 'Noises'" by Alicia Blaisdell-Bannon, Staff Writer, Cape Cod Times (2004, July 08)
- ^ Review by Frances Benn Hall for NewBerkshire.com[dead link]
- ^ "The Butcher of Baraboo Opening Night Cast, Lortel Archives at the Internet Off-Broadway Database". Lortel.org. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ The Butcher of Baraboo: Theater Review by Matthew Murray for talkinbroadway.com; published online June 11, 2007.
- ^ THEATER REVIEW: "That Nice Midwestern Mom, the One Who's Handy With a Knife" by Jason Zinoman, nytimes.com. Published: June 12, 2007
- ^ The Butcher of Baraboo review by Mark Blankenship, published online at variety.com, June 12, 2007
- ^ The Berkshire Theatre Festival's Summer 2007 Season by Elyse Sommer, Curtain Up Reviews, published August 24, 2007
- ^ Review by J. Peter Bergman, published online at berkshirebrightfocus.com, August 5, 2007.
- ^ Review: Lovely Senior Moments by James Yeara, Metroland Online, Vol. 30, No. 32, published August 9, 2007 (scroll down the page)
- ^ "Review from". BerkshireReview.net. 2008-10-24. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/30/theater/reviews/becoming-dr-ruth-with-debra-jo-rupp-at-westside-theater.html
- ^ "Well-Known Methodists, just to name a few...". Archived from the original on September 14, 2012.
- ^ "Debra Jo Rupp". Movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2013-09-10.
External links[edit]
- Debra Jo Rupp at the Internet Movie Database
- Profile of Debra Jo Rupp at Variety.com
- The Act starring Debra Jo Rupp online in its entirety (approx. 9 minutes) at the filmmakers' website
- 1951 births
- Actresses from California
- Actresses from Massachusetts
- American film actresses
- American soap opera actresses
- American stage actresses
- American television actresses
- Living people
- People from Boxford, Massachusetts
- People from the Greater Los Angeles Area
- University of Rochester alumni
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I have a oem radio/casette and the attached storage from a 1990 mustang convertible for sale. Bought it and pulled it myself from the donor car. Worked perfectly when I bought it, to my dismay it will not fit my "premium" sound 92.
yes, the "premium" with graphic equalizer has a different harness setup than the "premium" without graphic equalizer. i had no idea that mine was supposed to have the eq until i got ahold of that radio and realized something was wrong (had an aftermarket in there when i bought it). between guys here on the forum and a trip to the ford dealer i finally got the picture. ford has about three or four different radio, radio/eq and a no radio option for the 92.
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