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Posted on: February 7, 2012 4:07 pm
Edited on: February 7, 2012 9:03 pm
Yankees sign Bill Hall to minor-league deal
By Matt Snyder
Free agent Bill Hall has signed with the Yankees. The news was broken by Bill Hall, as he just posted on his own Twitter account: "IT'S OFFICIAL IM A YANKEE!!!!!!!! #IwannaRing!!!!" CBSSports.com insider Jon Heyman reports that Hall signed a minor-league deal worth $600,000 with incentives.
Hall, 32, spent the first seven years of his career with the Brewers, but he's become a journeyman since then. In the past three seasons, he's played for five teams (including another stint with the Brewers). Last season, he spent time with both the Giants and the Astros, hitting .211/.261/.314 with two home runs and 14 RBI in 199 plate appearances. He did hit 18 homers in just 344 at-bats for the Red Sox in 2010, so there's hope for a decent season.
Hall played second base and left field last season, but he's spent a lot of time at third base, too. If Hall makes the club, he'll provide infield depth along with Eduardo Nunez.
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Posted on: January 25, 2012 3:26 pm
Edited on: January 25, 2012 4:41 pm
Edwin Jackson, Roy Oswalt top free agents left
By C. Trent Rosecrans
With Prince Fielder finally off the market, we're officially in free-agent left-over time, with most of the big-name, big-money guys enjoying new contracts.
So, who is left? That's a good question. The best players available are starting pitchers -- with Edwin Jackson and Roy Oswalt leading the charge -- but in our free-agent tracker, only one position player (Derrek Lee) among the top 25 free-agent position players is available, while three top 25 pitchers remain (Jackson, Oswalt, Javier Vazquez).
Here's the best player -- and the rest -- among the remaining free agents at each position as we get closer and closer to spring training:
Catcher: Ivan Rodriguez. OK, he's a big name, a future Hall of Famer, but he's also 40 -- and a catcher. Rodriguez, 156 hits from 3,000, adjusted to being a backup catcher last season and it's the role he'll play if he can find a team for 2012.
Others available: Jason Varitek, Ronny Paulino, Ramon Castro, Jason Kendall.
First base: Derrek Lee. The 36-year-old finished the 2011 season in Pittsburgh and had a nice finish to the season, hitting .337/.398/.584 with seven homers in his return to the National League Central after struggling in Baltimore for most of the first half of the season. However, he did miss nearly a month after breaking a bone in his left wrist shortly after joining the Pirates. Lee could retire, CBSSports.com Insider Jon Heyman reported.
Others available: Casey Kotchman, Conor Jackson, Ross Gload, Russell Branyan.
Second base: Jeff Keppinger. The Giants non-tendered the 31-year-old infielder who struggled in his 56 games in San Francisco. Keppinger hit just .255/.285/.333 as the team's everyday second baseman, well off his career .281/.332/.388 line. Keppinger brings versatility with the ability to play any of the infield positions, and he's also played in the outfield. He could be a fit with the Mariners, Yankees or Rays.
Others available: Aaron Miles, Carlos Guillen.
Third base: Mark Teahen. Our top third baseman was recently released to make room for a 41-year-old relief pitcher, what does that tell you? The Blue Jays acquired the 30-year-old Teahen in three-team deal that sent Edwin Jackson and others to St. Louis and Colby Rasmus to Toronto. Teahen hit .200/.273/.300 with the White Sox and Blue Jays, playing both corner infield and outfield spots, in addition to handling some DH duties. Another positive is that he often tweets pictures of his two adorable boxers.
Others available: Eric Chavez, Bill Hall, Alex Cora.
Shortstop: Ryan Theriot. Theriot is versatile, with the ability to play pretty much anywhere on the field -- but he's best suited, defensively, to second base. He started the 2011 season as the Cardinals' starter at shortstop, but there's a reason the team went out to get Rafael Furcal. He hit .271/.321/.342 for the Cardinals last season, but at this point he's likely best suited as a utility player.
Others available: Edgar Renteria, Miguel Tejada, Felipe Lopez.
Outfield: Yoenis Cespedes. While we have J.D. Drew ranked higher, he's expected to retire soon, leaving the extremely talented Cespedes as the top available outfielder. Cespedes has just recently acquired citizenship in the Dominican Republic, so now the official courting of the Cuban center fielder can begin. The Marlins, of course, are said to be very interested, even if Cespedes is less interested in Miami. Both Chicago teams are said to have interest in him as well.
Others available: Kosuke Fukudome, Raul Ibanez, Juan Pierre, Magglio Ordonez, Corey Patterson, Rick Ankiel, Marcus Thames, Jeremy Hermida, Jay Gibbons, Milton Bradley.
Designated hitter: Johnny Damon. The 38-year-old Damon is hardly the prototypical slugging designated hitter, but he still has some value. Last season he hit .261/.326/.418 for the Rays with 16 home runs. He could be a fit in Detroit, where he hit .271/.355/.401 with eight home runs in 2010.
Others available: Hideki Matsui, Vladimir Guerrero.
Starting pitcher: Edwin Jackson. At 28, Jackson has already pitched for six different teams and could be looking at his seventh. With the White Sox and Cardinals, the hard-throwing right-hander went 12-9 with a 3.79 ERA in 31 starts and 199 2/3 innings. He struck out 148 batters while putting up a 1.437 WHIP. There are recent reports that he's willing to sign a one-year deal, and is drawing interest from the Tigers. He was 13-9 with a 3.62 ERA for Detroit in 2009.
Others available: Roy Oswalt, Javier Vazquez, Rich Harden, Jeff Francis, Brad Penny, Chris Young, Brandon Webb, Jon Garland, Livan Hernandez, Tim Wakefield, Scott Kazmir, Rodrigo Lopez, Kyle Davies, Ross Ohlendorf, Doug Davis.
Relief pitcher: Arthur Rhodes. Rhodes turned 42 during the World Series and still appeared in 51 games during the regular season and eight more in the postseason. The left-hander had a disappointing run with the Rangers after signing a two-year deal with Texas. But he returned as part of Tony La Russa's bullpen in St. Louis, earning his first World Series ring in his 19 years in the big leagues.
Others available: Chad Qualls, Brad Lidge, Dan Wheeler, Damaso Marte, Michael Wuertz, Zach Duke, Javier Lopez, Juan Cruz, Jason Isringhausen, Mike Gonzalez, Todd Coffey, Shawn Camp, Scott Linebrink, Hong-Chih Kuo, Jamey Wright, Chad Durbin, Brian Tallet, Hideki Luis Ayala, Micah Owings, Dan Cortes, Sergio Mitre, Tony Pena, David Aardsma, Pat Neshek, Danys Baez, Ramon Ortiz.
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Category: MLB
Tags: 2012 free agency, 2012 MLB Free Agency, 2012 MLB Free Agents, 2012 MLB Hot Stove, Aaron Cook, Aaron Miles, Alex Cora, Arthur Rhodes, Bill Hall, Brad Lidge, Brad Penny, Brandon Webb, Brian Tallet, C. Trent Rosecrans, Carlos Guillen, Casey Kotchman, Chad Durbin, Chad Qualls, Chris Young, Connor Jackson, Corey Patterson, Damaso Marte, Dan Cortes, Dan Wheeler, Danys Baez, David Aardsma, Derrek Lee, Doug Davis, Edgar Renteria, Edwin Jackson, Eric Chavez, Felipe Lopez, free agency, free agent tracker, Hideki Matsui, Hideki Okajima, Hong-Chih Kuo, Ivan Rodriguez, Jamey Wright, Jason Isringhausen, Jason Kendall, Jason Michael, Jason Varitek, Javier Lopez, Javier Vazquez, Jay Gibbons, Jeff Francis, Jeff Keppinger, Jeremy Hermida, Johnny Damon, Jon Garland, Juan Cruz, Juan Pierre, Kosuke Fukudome, Kyle Davies, Livan Hernandez, Luis Ayala, Magglio Ordonez, Marcus Thammes, Mark Teahen, Micah Owings, Michael Wuertz, Mike Gonzalez, Milton Bradley, MLB Free Agency, MLB Free Agents, MLB Hot Stove, Pat Neshek, Ramon Castro, Ramon Ortiz, Raul Ibanez, Rich Harden, Rick Ankiel, Rodrigo Lopez, Ronny Paulino, Ross Gload, Ross Ohlendorf, Roy Oswalt, Russell Branyan, Ryan Theriot, Scott Kazmir, Scott Linebrink, Sergio Mitre, Shawn Camp, Tim Wakefield, Todd Coffey, Tony Pena, Vladimir Guerrero, Yoenis Cespedes, Zach Duke
Posted on: December 7, 2011 11:35 am
Edited on: December 7, 2011 12:00 pm
Homegrown Team: Milwaukee Brewers
By C. Trent Rosecrans
What if players were only permitted to stay with the team that originally made them a professional? No trades, no Rule-5 Draft, no minor or major league free agency ... once you are a professional baseball player, you stay in that organization. This series shows how all 30 teams would look. We give you: Homegrown teams. To view the schedule/past entries of this feature, click here.
Last offseason the Brewers made two huge moves that powered them to a National League Central title -- trading for Zack Greinke from the Royals and Shaun Marcum from the Blue Jays. One look at roster of players the Brewers have drafted and signed out of Latin America tell you exactly why the Brewers had to reach outside the organization for starting pitching. While the team has consistently developed position players, its track record with pitchers -- both starters and relievers -- is not so good. So, check out one of the best lineups in this exercise, and worst pitching staffs.
1. Corey Hart, RF
2. J.J. Hardy, SS
3. Prince Fielder, 1B
4. Ryan Braun, LF
5. Rickie Weeks, 2B
6. Brett Lawrie, 3B
7. Lorenzo Cain, CF
8. Jonathan Lucroy, C
Starting Rotation
1. Yovani Gallardo
2. Manny Parra
3. Dana Eveland
4. Mark Rogers
5. Tim Dillard
Closer - Mike Adams
Set up - Craig Breslow, Jeremy Jeffress, Zach Braddock, Tom Wilhelmsen, Michael Fiers, Mike McClendon
Notable Bench Players
The bench actually has a nice mixture of bats -- Mat Gamel, Matt LaPorta and Michael Brantley, along with two outstanding defensive replacements in Alcides Escobar in the infield and Tony Gwynn Jr. in the outfield. There's also a super-utility guy in Bill Hall.
What's Good?
The lineup is ridiculous. It's like the team's lineup from this year, but better. Lawrie at third base adds serious pop, while Hardy is an upgrade at shortstop (and really, who isn't an upgrade from Yuniesky Betancourt?) The core of the lineup is about the same, and shows the team knows how to spot bats that will play in the big leagues. This lineup is certainly one a manager would love to pencil in every, single day.
What's Not?
That pitching staff is ridiculous -- and not in a good way. Yovani Gallardo is a really good pitcher, but the rest ... woof. The fourth starter (Rogers) has 10 innings in the big leagues. The back of the bullpen with Adams, Breslow and Jeffress, well, it's better than the rest of the bullpen. Really, this is all a mess. There's no way this team could compete with this pitching staff. Just brutal.
Comparison to real 2011
Well, the pitching staff ensures this team wouldn't win the division or even sniff the playoffs. The staff is so bad, that even with all the runs they put up, there's likely no way this team wins 70 games. The Brewers tried to slug their way to titles in the past and it was proven it doesn't work. In the end, it's why the Brewers had to gut their minor league system to get Greinke, and trade away an impact bat to get Marcum -- pitching is vital to the success of a baseball team and this hypothetic team has next to none.
Next: Tampa Bay Rays
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Category: MLB
Tags: Alcides Escobar, Bill Hall, Brett Lawrie, Brewers, C. Trent Rosecrans, Corey Hart, Craig Brselow, Dana Eveland, Homegrown, J.J. Hardy, Jeremy Jeffress, Jonathan Lucroy, Lorenzo Cain, Manny Parra, Mark Rogers, Mat Gamel, Matt LaPorta, Michael Brantley, Michael Fiers, Mike Adams, Mike McClnedon, NL Central, Prince Fielder, Rickie Weeks, Ryan Braun, Shaun Marcum, Tim Dillard, Tom Wilhelmsen, Tony Gwynn Jr., Yovani Gallardo, Zach Braddock, Zack Greinke
Posted on: October 28, 2011 1:06 pm
Edited on: October 28, 2011 1:19 pm
Free agent third base rankings: Aramis or bust
By Matt Snyder
If your favorite team is looking for a really good run producer to play third base next season and free agency is the route it's taking, there is only one choice. Otherwise, this free agency class is mostly backups or guys who will retire. It's a pretty embarrassing position in terms of how thin it is. How it affects Aramis Ramirez's ability to get a big deal remains to be seen, but it seems like he should have a lot of leverage, no? You need a third baseman? It's Wilson Betemit after me.
List of MLB free agents
1. Aramis Ramirez. He's only 33 and showed he can still swing the bat with authority in 2011, as he hit .306/.361/.510 with 26 homers and 93 RBI. He's also not the butcher many believe he is at third base -- though he's not exactly Adrian Beltre, either. Ramirez is unlikely to have his option picked up by the Cubs, so it seems like he'll have a new home for the first time since 2003, when he landed in Chicago on a July trade. As already stated, if someone wants to sign a good free agent third baseman, the buck stops here.
Potential teams: Marlins, Brewers, Tigers, Rockies, Angels, Orioles (mercifully making Mark Reynolds a DH) ... and the Cubs are still possible
2. Wilson Betemit. He hit .285/.343/.452 with 22 doubles and eight home runs this season in 97 games. He's a decent to slightly above-average hitter who can play several infield positions, but not really an everyday starter. The dearth of good free agent options at third base could very easily land Betemit a starting job, though. I'd just be weary of a multiple-year deal, as he hasn't played in more than 97 games since 2007.
Potential teams: Brewers, Tigers, Rockies, Marlins, Angels
3. Casey Blake. He only hit .252/.342/.371 and had serious neck issues, causing him to contemplate retirement. The Dodgers have declined Blake's option, so he's headed elsewhere. Retirement is possible, but Blake is seeking a one-year deal and probably willing to be a backup.
Potential teams: Yankees, Brewers, Tigers, Red Sox, Blue Jays, Marlins, Reds, retirement
4. Eric Chavez. He hit .263 with two homers and 26 RBI in his first non-Oakland season, but he still couldn't avoid an extended trip to the disabled list. According to various reports, Chavez isn't sure if he wants to play again in 2012 or retire. If he decides to play, he'll likely get the Yankees' backup third base job again. If he doesn't, he'll be free from the aggravation of constantly being injured. My guess is he retires and the Yankees grab Blake.
Potential teams: Yankees, retirement
5. Greg Dobbs. Dobbs enjoyed lots of playing time in 2011, gathering the most plate appearances of his career. He hit .275 with 23 doubles and eight homers while showing versatility on defense. He's not a great option to start every day, but a really good player to have off the bench. The Marlins reportedly want him back, but a dry free agency crop might land him a decent contract and starting job elsewhere.
Potential teams: Marlins, Brewers, Rockies, Phillies
6. Kevin Kouzmanoff. Once a decent prospect with power potential -- he did hit 23 home runs while playing half his games in Petco Park in 2008 -- Kouzmanoff's stock has plummeted. He hit .255 with three homers in 27 games after joining Colorado, and the Rockies reportedly haven't ruled out bringing him back. It's possible he has a good full season in a hitter's park, if he stays there (he'd only previously played extended stretches in pitcher's ballparks).
Potential teams: Rockies, Brewers, Cubs, Marlins, Reds, Tigers
7. Omar Vizquel. The 44 year old just keeps hanging on. Is he trying to get to 3,000 hits? He currently has 2,841, but only collected 42 in 2011. So it doesn't really seem to be happening any time soon. Vizquel might just love the game so much he refuses to go until someone won't sign him. And someone will this offseason. He'll be playing again in 2012, bet on it.
Potential teams: White Sox, after that it's a complete guessing game. Any team looking for a veteran backup infielder would have interest, and that could be anyone.
8. Bill Hall. At age 26, Hall hit 35 homers for the Brewers. At age 31, he finished the season in the minors after hitting just .158/.220/.211 for 16 games with the Giants. He might get a shot with the Yankees if neither Blake nor Chavez are there, or someone could use him as a pinch-hitter off the bench. Regardless, don't expect there to be tons of interest. He hasn't been a good player for five years.
Potential teams: Orioles, Nationals, Yankees, retirement
9. Jorge Cantu. The 29 year old was once a run producer, but Cantu had a dreadful 2011 season, hitting .194/.232/.285 in 155 plate appearances for the Padres. He was decent after signing with the Rockies ... in Triple-A.
Potential teams: Rockies, Marlins, Brewers -- but this would be a desperation move to start him. He's basically going to be a backup or retire.
10. Andy LaRoche. Once a top-20 prospect -- for two straight seasons -- LaRoche's career has been a monumental disappointment. The only season he approached being a decent player was 2009 for the Pirates, but last season LaRoche was designated for assignment by the lackluster A's. So that should tell you where his stock stands. It's possible a team strapped for cash attempts to catch lightning in a bottle, as LaRoche is still only 28.
Potential teams: Reds, Marlins, Brewers, Cubs, Orioles, Mariners, Red Sox, Indians, many more.
11. Alex Cora. Cora's on-field value has dwindled all the way to zero, but he's reportedly a great clubhouse guy and baseball mind. Several reporters, fellow players and coaches have noted in the recent past that Cora will make a great manager someday. Cora has said he wants to keep playing in 2012, but it might behoove him to get a start on his next career quite soon.
Potential teams: Nationals, retirement
Other free agents who could play third: Jamey Carroll, Edwin Encarnacion, Jerry Hairston, Ramon Santiago, Willie Bloomquist, Aaron Miles, Ronny Cedeno, Jack Wilson, Mark DeRosa, Nick Punto, Willie Harris, Craig Counsell, Jose Lopez, Orlando Cabrera
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Posted on: July 8, 2011 2:42 pm
Edited on: July 8, 2011 3:17 pm
Giants' Hall may need DL trip after being spiked
By C. Trent Rosecrans
Bill Hall may be headed for the disabled list after getting spiked by San Diego shortstop Jason Bartlett in Thursday's 2-1 Giants victory at AT&T Park, Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News writes.
Hall needed seven stitches to close a gash and Hall said the cut went to the bone in his leg.
Bartlett was caught stealing in the fourth, but didn't appear to go high with his spikes, Hall was blocking the bag and got caught by Bartlett's spikes. You can see the play here.
"There's not a lot of skin left to over the wound," Hall told Baggarly. "I knew as soon as it happened. This is the second time in my career I had one. The other time, my kneecap was showing."
The Giants have already used five different second basemen this season, Hall, Freddy Sanchez, Miguel Tejada, Mike Fontenot and Emmanuel Burriss.
Fontenot is currently not he disabled list with strained groin, while Sanchez is likely out for the rest of the season after suffering a dislocated shoulder. Fontenot will not be activated until after the All-Star break, but manager Bruce Bochy told Baggarly "there's no sense of urgency."
Tejada made his first start at the position on Tuesday.
Hall is hitting just .158/.220/.211 in 16 games and 41 plate appearances for the Giants this season. Baggarly writes that Hall is expected to be jettisoned when Fontenot returns. Hall was released by the Astros in June.For more baseball news, rumors and analysis, follow @cbssportsmlb on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed.
Category: MLB
Posted on: June 14, 2011 10:06 am
Edited on: June 14, 2011 7:52 pm
Pepper: McLouth close; who moves to left?
Derek Jeter's injured right calf may keep him out of action for some time. CBSSports.com's C. Trent Rosecrans joins Scott Braun on Baseball Today.
By Evan Brunell
Read about Dodgers' owner Frank McCourt being unable to meet payroll on June by clicking this link.
BRAVE RETURNS: Before Monday, Jordan Schafer had four stolen bases in three games. That's more than any Brave has for the entire season. While Nate McLouth may be a better hitter, Schafer is the better runner and defender. That's given skipper Fredi Gonzalez a quandary in who to move to left once McLouth is activated off the DL.
"I don't know which one [would move to left]," Gonzalez said. "I know Schafer's done it. In spring training he played all three. We made sure he played all three in spring training. I don't know that Nate's ever played another position other than center field."
McLouth has 39 career games in left, so there's that. Compounding issues is that McLouth would likely stay the every-day guy once left-fielder Martin Prado returns from a staph infection that should keep him out the rest of the month. Do you put Schafer, the better defender, in center only to shift McLouth back when Prado returns? Or do you opt for continuity?
In additional Braves news, outfielder Jason Heyward could be activated from the DL as soon as Wednesday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
CHEER CRAWFORD: Carl Crawford returns to Tropicana Field for the first time since leaving the Rays. Will he be cheered or booed? Crawford hopes not to be booed, especially given the Rays didn't even bother to offer him a contract. It's likely a moot point as Red Sox fans will invade the stadium as usual, while Tampa struggles to draw attendance from its fans. (TBO.com)
HARSH WORDS: Peter Gammons recently called Wrigley Field a "dump," much to the delight and agreement of White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen. Now, Rick Morrissey brings out the big guns when he says, "Wrigley is a crumbling mausoleum where baseball dreams go to die." Ouch. (Chicago Sun-Times)
BOWLING PIN: Back in September 2009, Prince Fielder and the Brewers engineered a unique celebration of a home-run when he acted like a bowling ball and the rest of the players standing at home plate fell over as if they were bowled over. That came against San Francisco, and new Giants infielder Bill Hall admits he was one of the people to come up with the idea. (San Francisco Chronicle)
MAGGLIO TRADED? Could the Tigers deal outfielder Magglio Ordonez, who was activated from the disabled list Monday? The Tigers have played well in Ordonez's absence, and it will be tough to find the slugger playing room given DH belongs to Victor Martinez and Ordonez's defense is tough to deal with in the outfielder. That could put Ordonez on track to be dealt to a team that needs a DH. (Fox Sports)
Phillies NEED RIGHT-HANDED BAT: It's difficult to consider Philadelphia a destination for Ordonez because of his defense and salary, but that's one route the Phillies could go. Another is Ryan Spilborghs, whom the Phillies have coveted in the past. (Denver Post on Twitter)
TRAGEDY: Back in March, Georgia outfielders Zach Cone and Jonathan Taylor collided while fielding a fly ball. Taylor may never walk again while Cone was picked with the No. 35 overall pick. Although his numbers suffered this season, the Rangers think they got a good player. The club also drafted Taylor in the 33rd round as a gesture of goodwill. (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram)
LOVING KIDS: "I like the kids more than I like their [fathers]," Ozzie Guillen said in a story profiling how the White Sox skipper opens the clubhouse to children of players after games -- win or lose. (Chicago Tribune)
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Category: MLB
Posted on: June 11, 2011 1:18 pm
Edited on: June 11, 2011 7:05 pm
Giants ink Bill Hall
By Evan Brunell
The San Francisco Giants signed infielder Bill Hall to a contract and Hall is available off the bench on Saturday. The deal comes in light of second baseman Freddy Sanchez's dislocated shoulder suffered Friday night. Hitting .289/.332/.397 on the year, Sanchez is expected to miss significant time which will open up second for regular playing time for Hall, although Mike Fontenot will also play liberally at the position once he comes off the DL, which should be in a matter of days, unless his setback Friday knocks him out for a longer period of time.
The Giants are scraping to improve their offense and while Hall's .224/.272/.340 mark this year for the Astros is hardly offense, he did bang out 18 home runs for the Red Sox as a super-utility player over 382 plate appearances. Hall has a chance to stick with the Giants the rest of the year, as the club is nearing an outright release of Opening Day shortstop Miguel Tejada, who has offered nothing with the bat. Once Fontenot and third baseman Pablo Sandoval return shortly, Tejada could get the boot. If he stays on, Tejada will have to outproduce Hall to remain with the club once Sanchez returns.
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Category: MLB
Tags: Bill Hall, Freddy Sanchez, Giants, Miguel Tejada, Mike Fontenot, MLB Rumors, NL West
Posted on: May 5, 2011 5:08 pm
Edited on: May 5, 2011 5:09 pm
Hall on umps: 'It's getting ridiculous'
By C. Trent Rosecrans
Astros infielder Bill Hall can be expecting a fine here pretty soon.
Hall was ejected by home plate umpire Tom Hallion in the seventh inning for arguing balls and strikes.
Here's a sampling of what he told reporters, from Zachary Levine of the Houston Chronicle:
"It's getting ridiculous. Umpires are obviously not getting punished enough because they feel like they can go out there and 30,000 people are out there to see them when they're not. They're out there to watch us. As long as we're not disrespecting you and getting in your face and showing you up in ways where you need to throw people out of the game, then they just need to calm down. Because right now, it's a joke the stuff they can say on the field and stuff they do on the field and when we get mad, we're the one that gets tossed and gets fined and suspended for games. And most of the time they don't get anything."
Hall also said Hallon "yelled" at him (and based on the photo to the right, that's pretty easy to believe), telling Hall to "get in the [expletive] box" after he stepped out of the box. Hall said he cursed himself after swinging at the third strike and then he was tossed.For more baseball news, rumors and analysis, follow @cbssportsmlb on Twitter or subscribe to the RSS feed.
Category: MLB
Tags: Astros, Bill Hall, NL Central, Tom Hallion


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Radiate Athletics: The Color-Changing Workout Shirt (video)
Imagine workout gear that reacts to your heartbeat, changing color to let you know your heart's bpm while you're working up a sweat. Radiate Athletics is trying to fund their Kickstarter campaign to make such apparel a reality with their advanced workout shirt that changes color according to your body heat, revealing muscular/vascular action while keeping you dry.
The Radiate shirt finally allows us to see calories as they burn, muscles as they reach their maximum output, vascular activation, and body temperature as it increases in key areas of your body. The shirt allows you to see the muscles you are targeting, the ones you may be neglecting, and their specific intensity level. Thanks to re-engineered NASA technology that changes the way electrons reflect light in the presence of body warmth, the shirt now lets you see your body's personal heat signature (even as it fluctuates). It also keeps you cool by moving your body warmth away from your body while simultaneously translating your body's heat into the color spectrum. It also sports revolutionary new fabric that feels like silk to the body, but has the support and durability that will carry you through the most extreme sports. If you pledge $25 or more you can get a Radiate Shirt that goes from various colors (like purple or navy) to white. There's also a women's tank if you give $30 or more.
Kristie Bertucci
Kristie Bertucci is an L.A.-based writer, who can't live without her MacBook Pro. When she's not writing, she's either reading or shopping (online, of course) and loves lazy days so she can catch up on her DVR-recorded shows and movies. She's definitely a Mac girl, she loves music and is currently on a mission to to have an insane and enviable iTunes library.
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1 Comment to Radiate Athletics: The Color-Changing Workout Shirt (video)
This would have been really helpful if it were actually a review of the product rather than just talking about it. Their website already does that, so does their kickstarter page. Nevertheless, thanks for talking about it.

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most favorite player
go to the atp site and vote for your most favorite player, i am sure it will be moyke!!!!
well i think that i said it already but let's say it again:
My favorite spaniard player and overall is Carlitos Moyà ;)
and yep, i voted already. ;)
I voted Juan Carlos :p
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To Experienced World of Warcraft Players: WoW Questions from a Newbie
Hello. I have some questions to a selected few of you who play World of Warcraft on MacBook Pro (fully upgraded). From herein, any references to an MBP is assumed to be the fully upgraded model such as the one shown in my signature below unless stated otherwise.
I am a Mac convert who recently purchased a brand new MacBook Pro (my first Mac ever). While I bought it for primarily work purpose, I thought it would add some flavor by adding on some decent games so I started looking around and WoW caught my attention. After determining that MBP is enough to run the World of Warcraft (WoW) at maximum settings at very reasonable framerates, I am beginning to seriously consider buying WoW. There are a few questions that need to be answered before I make such commitment, however. The questions are:
1. From one of the pages on Blizzard website Game Guides/Getting Started/Quick Start, it is written, "To select an object, monster, or character, left-click it. To interact with it, right-click it."
Since majority of mac users have only one mouse button, how do they interact with an object? Obviously not with the second mouse button since the chances are, there isn't one on yours (unless you bought a multi-button mouse). But for those of you who use the original Mac mouse or the trackpad (not likely), how do you interact with an object?
2. What is the lowest frames per second (fps) you've experienced on your MBP? Please be sure to state the location of your character in WoW, time of the day, your time-zone, (real time, not game time). This will give me a good idea how well the MBP will perform on the upcoming expansion pack (which will, undoubtedly, require higher system specs).
3. The last MMORPG I played was about 6 years ago (Everquest). I quit the game eventually because of overcrowding, long lines of waiting to camp out certain locations, numerous bugs which have led to loss of several highly coveted items, lousy customer service and indifference in attitude of in-game GMs, ...etc. With these in mind, what is your WoW experience in general? If applicable, please be sure to state the followings:
a) Instances of game bug(s) resulting in loss of one or more of your prized possessions.
b) 3D character model clipping issues which caused your character to get stuck in some narrow/crowded areas.
4. One of the many big mistakes in Asheron's Call 2 was that high level quest areas and certain quest-related items were in the middle of a PvP area, causing source of endless gripes and complaints from many players. Are there areas like this in a typical Normal Realms server in WoW?
5. To those of you who have had experience with Asheron's Call 2, are the character development model similar in concept to Asheron's Call 2? In the game, you had a limited number of character development points to assign to a particular skill. Once spent, these points could not be recovered. So if you poured xx amount of points to raise Hamstring skill to a certain level of proficiency and later found out that this skill is a total waste of pts, you could not recover the pts allotted into the skill. Is this also the case with WoW character development?
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:03 AM
1. Command (cloverleaf)-clicking is the same as a right mouse click, so you can play with one mouse button (although I'd definitely recommend a multibutton mouse for WoW). But I'm not sure what they mean by "interact with". You left-click on a monster, player, or NPC to select them, and them initiate an action with another button (such as casting a spell on them, attacking them with a melee weapon, and so on). Right-clicking on a character's portrait (upper-left corner after you select them, normally) brings up a drop-down menu with some choices.
2. I don't have a MacBook Pro, however I have seen these perform with very high frames rates in general (well over 40-50 fps on high settings, which is very good for WoW). I play comfortably on a a dual G5 with an old 64 MB Radeon 9600 Pro, which is far inferior to the Radeon 1600 Mobility in your MBP. Also, I don't think the expansion is adding anything in the way of eye candy, it's just more content. So don't worry about it, your machine is more than capable of a great WoW experience.
3a. I have never personally lost an item due to a game bug (and I have been playing since Day One a year and a half ago). The game is good about rolling back if it goes down, even items in transit in the mail or being traded are very rarely lost or mishandled. I do have a friend who because of a full-inventory bug in one quest lost her quest reward item, but she ticketed a GM and got the item back (it was a known bug).
3b. It's very rare to get stuck anywhere, they've done a pretty good job finding potential places and fixing them so this can't happen. There are a few places where it can still happen, however there is a command to get yourself unstuck which often works, or you can (in-game) petition a GM with your situation. Or in the worst case, you can use your hearthstone (or mage/druid teleport spell) to get you out.
4. If you are on a PvE ("normal") server this will never happen, as you are never forced into PvP. You can choose to flag yourself at any time for PvP, but if you are unflagged there is nothing the other faction can do to attack you (although you have to be careful, if you cast a buff on a friendly player who is flagged, it will flag you...takes 5 minutes for the PvP to unflag). However, you are often competing with players of both factions for resources and quest items. It just depends on the quest and the time of say and the population of your servers. I've never found it to be too much of a problem. If an area is crowded I'll just work on something else for a few minutes and generally people will have moved on.
5. Don't know Asheron's call, but in regards to Talent points, no, you cannot recover them once spent (you get one point per level starting at level 10). However, you can pay gold to "respec", where you get all your points back and can respend them all. The first time is cheap (1 gold), the second time more expensive (5 gold), then each additional time it's an additional 5 gold up to a maximum of 50 gold. In the latest patch there's a new thing where if you wait a while, the cost starts decaying over time. Also, if Blizzard does a total overhaul on a character class that really messes witht he talents, they'll generally give everyone in that class all their points back to respend.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:15 AM
Thank you for taking your valuable time to provide detailed response. I appreciate it.
As for right-clicking to interact, how would you go about speaking to an NPC quest giver to receive or to activate a quest?
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:18 AM
I wrote a huge reply but macrumors doesn't like me this morning. This is the second topic that has "disappeared" after trying to post a reply only to "reappear" after I refresh the forums. Just enough for me to lose my entire freakin' reply. Win some lose some.
And HiRez seemed to cover it all =)
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:23 AM
Don't worry, madog. I am a very patient person. I'll read yours when (and if) you can find the time to retype a detailed response. While HiRez did provide a good response, I know it is one person's experience. Yours would be invaluable.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:25 AM
Just get the game already, you know you wanna.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:35 AM
Kill Stealing...
One of the many major issues I've had in Everquest was kill-stealing. I encountered many rude and inconsiderate high-level players who delighted at ruining fun by stealing their kills, pulling trains on hapless and unwary players....etc.
How are these issues handled in WoW?
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:43 AM
Also, being able to map a spell/macro to an extra button on a 3+ button mouse is a big advantage in my opinion for any battle.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:55 AM
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|Jul 2, 2006, 11:56 AM
When a high level player is killing in a low level area he usually won't be around for long. They might be doing old quests in order to gain favor with a particular faction or just to help a low level friend blow through an otherwise tedious quest. Other than that, it might mean the person is just bored and being an ass.
In all these circumstances it might be in your best interest to just move on to another quest and return later. Otherwise, you can wait in the area, sit up and take a stretch or get something to drink or eat [sometimes I'd forget!] and wait for the respawn which is about 5-10 minutes. More if it is a world-boss or rare spawn.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 12:04 PM
Mouse button config.
In-game configuration of mouse buttons will restrict the button assignments to in-game only. Once you exit the game, the buttons should return to their previous state.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 12:25 PM
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|Jul 2, 2006, 12:26 PM
Basically, I'd guess that if you can map/use them in OS X then you should be able to in WoW.
Otherwise, there are programs like USB Overdrive which allow you to map buttons on a USB device specifically for certain applications 'out of game'. So when you have Safari open button #4 will go back a page, but when you are in WoW button #4 will melt faces.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 12:43 PM
I use a logitech trackball mouse (trackball, 2 buttons, and scroll wheel) to play WoW and love it. I use it for any game I play on my Macs, even unplug it from my iMac to use on the PowerBook if I'm gonna play some games on it.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 12:43 PM
I was a long time Eq player and played WoW for about a year but have recently put it on hold because it was sucking up my life.
About Kill stealing...I never found this to be a problem in WoW so much as there are areas that are fairly well hunted but there are many places that can be hunted at a particular level and it is easy to find one that is uninhabited at any time. For quests, there really isn't any camping because most of the mobs with good drops are located in instances. (a dungeon that is a specific version for you and your party). Also, many quests can be shared with people of the same faction as you so if someone is camping something they will ususally team up with you and share that quest..
I've also never got a character stuck although I did it a few times in Eq. Wow is overall a better game than Eq (especially when I started Eq in '98) Leveling is quick and there isn't an experience penalty for dying so it is easier to take risks you wouldn't have in Eq) If you die in a place that you cannot get your body, you can resurrect in the cemetary and your equipment will take damage and you will have to pay to repair it. This can get expensive if you die repeatedly...
Finally, I would recommend joining a PvP server in WoW. I know it wasn't that appealing in Eq but in WoW you probaby won't even see the opposite faction until you are in your 20's or 30's. There are areas like near Scarlet Monastery or Stranglethorn Vale that the Alliance and Horde clash at lower levels but usually the high levels are just passing through to get to an instance and won't be there long. Most of the below level 20 areas would be very difficult for the opposite faction to get to without having to fight guards and other high level characters. PvP adds an extra layer of fun at higher levels and it is highly recommended for this game. You don't have to PvP at all if you want even on a PvP server but you will want to once you see a raid going on in Hillsbrand or visit your first battle ground...If you want to avoid the opposite faction for as long as possible play a Night Elf as they start on an island all by themselves...
Finally, you need to get a USB laser mouse to play this game. At lower levels a trackpad will be fine but try to take the Temple Zul'Farrack or finish the Uldaman instance and you will see that a track pad will just not work. There are higher level instances like Molten Core where this is more true but these instances will be among the first really challenging places to play....at least they were for me. ( I solo healed the Temple in ZF with my Resto druid at lvl 40 for the first time and it was very intense..) The first insance you will do (at least if you are alliance will be the Deadmines in Westfall usually called VC for the main boss Edwin Vancleef (there is a fun quest series involving this instance). There is 1 decently challenging room in VC and it serves as a good place for people to learn to work together...If you are Horde then Wailing Caverns will probably be your first instance and you can fish for Deviate Fish here which sell pretty good to Alchemists...
Good Luck and I hope you have fun with WoW, I know I have. Man this thread makes me want to pick it back up but I will fail out of school if I do...
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|Jul 2, 2006, 12:47 PM
Side note: Just came to this topic again and at the bottom was an Ad for buying gold in WoW.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 12:57 PM
Solo Viability
As the acronym MMORPG implies, most of online games such as WoW are designed with group combats/adventures in mind. Although solo'ing is frowned upon my the majority of die-hard players, there are cases where solo'ing is the only viable option (time constraint, for instance, where one cannot spend too much time searching for an able party).
I searched through WoW forums and found that the Mage and Rogue class are the two most solo'able class. But solo'able upto what level? And is high level solo'ing really practical? Can a level 60 character be expected to enter an instance/zone/whatever alone and come out of it alive? I remember Everquest claiming solo'ing was a viable option but to those of us who actually tried the game, we knew that wasn't true. Is this also the case with WoW? Can a high level character still have a chance to grab NICE gears and equipments by solo'ing?
Btw, what do you mean by gold in WoW? Buying in-game currency with real money? If so, then that's absolutely absurd.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 01:02 PM
|Jul 2, 2006, 01:09 PM
More on Soloing and Kiting
What is your #1 choice in race/class for kiting?
What about for solo'ing?
ddrueckhammer, when did you stop playing WoW? I ask this so I have an idea how long you have been out of touch with the game. I know that in MMORPGs, rules tend to change quite often...
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|Jul 2, 2006, 01:13 PM
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|Jul 2, 2006, 01:22 PM
I quit about a month ago. There have been a couple of updates since then I think but I don't think it has changed that much. I will probably go back to it but I need to focus more on school now.
Get WoW, pick whatever character you want and just play. You will have fun.
|Jul 2, 2006, 01:26 PM
How Would You Handle This Situation?
From someone named Suialthor on WoW forums, posted on June 26, 2006:
Must be nice.
All I see are guilds with multiple aoe classes going non stop to prevent ANYONE from tag'n a mob. They even justify this saying they "NEED" the gear for their instance and scrubs should leave.
Often they will train mobs to help encourage people to leave.
This is just one of the many complaints and gripes from ordinary players. Posts like these appear to be in contradiction to what you people have stated about WoW... So I checked their servers (and a long list at that!). Majority of them (normal ones and not PvP) were highly populated (I guess this means 3000+ players per server?). So if I were to buy WoW and sign in, I'd probably find myself as a victim of marauding guilds... unless I join a guild. But I have no desire to associate myself with such players as I despise their conduct.
Anyway, if you were to find yourself the victim of plundering guilds/parties, what would you do?
The reason why I quit Everquest 6 years ago was because of rude and inconsiderate players. I don't see why WoW would be any different unless they had very strict rules against such conduct and the power to enforce such policies.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 01:28 PM
Yes, using real currency to buy virtual gold for a make believe world. It does screw up the economy a bit and inflate prices in the game.
Pretty much the ONLY kiteable class are Paladins. Furthermore I would personally say that that they are also the best for soloing most non-dungeon/boss quests 1-59 which is pretty much what I did. That is in terms of survivability. Paladins are the weakest chars in the game but can stay alive the longest. Alternately, Mages/"Shadow" spec'd Priests/Rogues can dish out huge amounts of damage in a shorter time but have extremely weak defenses. So depending on how you measure it, whether it be by doing the most damage or staying alive the longest, many of the classes are easy to solo with if you know how to play it. I'd have to say that "Holy" spec'd Priests would be difficult to solo with along with certain Warlocks.
1-59 one could solo with ANY class while avoiding dungeons and finishing the more difficult quests at a higher level. Anything is possible.
However, the game changes at 60. Once you get there you MUST work with a group in order to advance through a 5-man or 40 man dungeon in order to get better equipment.
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|Jul 2, 2006, 01:30 PM
Locks? What locks?
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|Jul 2, 2006, 01:33 PM
Eh, there are juvenile guilds and players on every server on every online game. If you just want to solo then play eq for Mac. Nobody will bother you believe me....WoW has its areas like STV that are very contested but there are many that one can solo in fine. The beaches in Hillsbrand and the Wetlands can be contested but islands and places like Desolace can be great for soloing...
People just like to complain in forums. There aren't any long camps in WoW so anyone who needs an item will get it and leave or they will offer to group up with you. There are some powerlevelers who will dominate a camp but there are alternative places to hunt that are just as good. This island of Feathermoon is great in your early 40s and I rarely saw many people hunting there. Instances can't be entered by anyone but who you are in a group with so there is no contest there...
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...... Obviously you have a distaste for cats. Please tell me your experience sailing them. I've sailed both cats and monos and prefer cats but I don't have anything against monos. I realize the positive and negative aspects of both.
No distaste. But soon as conditions deteriorate a sailing Cat is only as safe as the on watch skipper and needs a lot of care. It's important to understand why. Extraordinary caution is required for safe operation in heavy weather and its usually experienced skippers that have ended up in trouble trying to sail on in dangerous weather. If skippers don't understand the need for extraordinary caution why is that? People posting disinformation certainly won't help best practice.
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In the first part of Robinson Crusoe, at page one hundred and twenty-nine, you will find it thus written:
"Now I saw, though too late, the Folly of beginning a Work before we count the Cost, and before we judge rightly of our own Strength to go through with it."
Only yesterday, I opened my Robinson Crusoe at that place. Only this morning (May twenty-first, Eighteen hundred and fifty), came my lady's nephew, Mr. Franklin Blake, and held a short conversation with me, as follows:—
"Betteredge," says Mr. Franklin, "I have been to the lawyer's about some family matters; and, among other things, we have been talking of the loss of the Indian Diamond, in my aunt's house in Yorkshire, two years since. Mr. Bruff thinks, as I think, that the whole story ought, in the interests of truth, to be placed on record in writing—and the sooner the better."
Not perceiving his drift yet, and thinking it always desirable for the sake of peace and quietness to be on the lawyer's side, I said I thought so too. Mr. Franklin went on.
"In this matter of the Diamond," he said, "the characters of innocent people have suffered under suspicion already—as you know. The memories of innocent people may suffer, hereafter, for want of a record of the facts to which those who come after us can appeal. There can be no doubt that this strange family story of ours ought to betold. And I think, Betteredge, Mr. Bruff and I together have hit on the right way of telling it."
Very satisfactory to both of them, no doubt. But I failed to see what I myself had to do with it, so far.
"We have certain events to relate," Mr. Franklin proceeded; "and we have certain persons concerned in those events who are capable of relating them. Starting from these plain facts, the idea is that we should all write the story of the Moonstone in turn—as far as our own personal experience extends, and no farther. We must begin by showing how the Diamond first fell into the hands of my uncle Herncastle, when he was serving in India fifty years since. This prefatory narrative I have already got by me in the form of an old family paper, which relates the necessary particulars on the authority of an eye-witness. The next thing to do is to tell how the Diamond found its way into my aunt's house in Yorkshire, two years ago, and how it came to be lost in little more than twelve hours afterwards. Nobody knows as much as you do, Betteredge, about what went on in the house at that time. So you must take the pen in hand, and start the story."
In those terms I was informed of what my personal concern was with the matter of the Diamond. If you are curious to know what course I took under the circumstances, I beg to inform you that I did what you would probably have done in my place. I modestly declared myself to be quite unequal to the task imposed upon me—and I privately felt, all the time, that I was quite clever enough to perform it, if I only gave my own abilities a fair chance. Mr. Franklin, I imagine, must have seen my private sentiments in my face. He declined to believe in my modesty; and he insisted on giving my abilities a fair chance.
Two hours have passed since Mr. Franklin left me. As soon as his back was turned, I went to my writing-desk to start the story. There I have sat helpless (in spite of my abilities) ever since; seeing what Robinson Crusoe saw, as quoted above—namely, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it. Please to remember, I opened the book by accident, at that bit, only the day before I rashly undertook the business now in hand; and, allow me to ask—if that isn't prophecy, what is?
I am not superstitious; I have read a heap of books in my time; I am a scholar in my own way. Though turned seventy, I possess an active memory, and legs to correspond. You are not to take it, if you please, as the saying of an ignorant man, when I express my opinion that such a book as Robinson Crusoe never was written, and never will be written again. I have tried that book for years—generally in combination with a pipe of tobacco—and I have found it my friend in need in all the necessities of this mortal life. When my spirits are bad—Robinson Crusoe. When I want advice—Robinson Crusoe. In past times, when my wife plagued me; in present times, when I have had a drop too much—Robinson Crusoe. I have worn out six stout Robinson Crusoes with hard work in my service. On my lady's last birthday she gave me a seventh. I took a drop too much on the strength of it; and Robinson Crusoe put me right again. Price four shillings and sixpence, bound in blue, with a picture into the bargain.
Still, this don't look much like starting the story of the Diamond—does it? I seem to be wandering off in search of Lord knows what, Lord knows where. We will take a new sheet of paper, if you please, and begin over again, with my best respects to you.
William Wilkie Collins: A Brief Chronology
A Note on the Text
The Moonstone
Appendix A: Early Reviews of The Moonstone
1. Geraldine Jewsbury, The Athenaeum
2. The Spectator
3. Nation
4. The Times
5. Harper's New Monthly Magazine
6. Lippincott's Magazine
Appendix B: Excerpts from Newspaper Accounts of the Constance
1. Kent/Road-house Murder Case of 1860
2. The Times (July 3, 1860 to October 2, 1865)
3. The Sommerset and Wilts Journal (July 21, 1860)
Appendix C: Excerpts from The Times Accounts of the Major Murray/Northumberland Street Case of 1861
Appendix D: Collins on Indians
"A Sermon for Sepoys." Household Words
Appendix E: Letters by Collins Concerning The Moonstone (the Novel and the Play)
Appendix F: The Moonstone (the Play)
Appendix G: Reviews of the Olympic Theatre Performance of Collins's The Moonstone
1. The Times
2. The Illustrated London News
3. The Athenaeum
4. The Spirit of the Times, New York
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1. T. S. Eliot called The Moonstone "the first and the best of English detective novels." What classic elements of mystery are present in this story, and how has the genre of detective fiction evolved from the 1860s to the present day?
2. Discuss Collins's employment of first-hand accounts to tell the story of The Moonstone. What does each narrator bring to the story, and how skillful is the author in shifting from comedy to pathos, romance to suspense? Is it an effective method of storytelling?
3. According to his 1868 preface, Collins's stated objective was to trace the influence of character on circumstances. Whose character exerts the strongest influence on the plot of this novel, and how?
4. Drawing on the Prologue, as well as the opinions expressed by characters including Mr. Betteredge and Mr. Murthwaite, what may be determined about Collins's views on British imperialism? Does he support or defy racial stereotypes in his depiction of the trio of Brahmins?
5. When Penelope suggests to her father that Rosanna Spearman has fallen in love with Franklin Blake, Betteredge bursts out laughing at the "absurdity" of it. What additional examples of class distinctions are evident in The Moonstone?
6. Dorothy L. Sayers, the acclaimed detective novelist, noted that, for his time, Collins was "genuinely feminist" in his treatment of women. Do you agree?
7. Discuss the role that opium plays in The Moonstone. Is it a believable plot device? Does the fact that the author created the story while under the influence of laudanum lend credibility to his depiction of its effects?
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I tried with system recovery, but it fails. I tried safe mode, even safe mode with console: BSOD again.
HP diagnostics state that the PC is ok: memory ok, disks ok. The problem is with an update, I'm sure about this, I have found another Vista user with the same problem since the 13th October update:
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Nick Irvin likes to have him some fun.
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Morgan Park encountered another problem Thursday against Bogan.
There were issues with the scoreboard all game, and they might have cost Morgan Park a point or two in its 74-73 overtime loss in a Bogan home game that was played at Julian.
The problem is serious enough to quiet Irvin. He entered uncharted territory with a "no comment."
Referees with vendettas are nothing new. James Naismith probably encountered one at the Topeka YMCA.
The Public League should do away with the concept of the home score book, and instead designate a neutral official scorer, at least for the Public League tournament if not for all division games.
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Having a 2 year old is hard enough for me, I have severe irritable bowel syndrome and also suffer a chemical imbalance which I am on medication for and will have to be for the rest of my life. Last pregnancy I got severe depression and lost 10kg, when I see babies in the supermarket I think how cute, but it is just too much hard work for me if I decided to have another one. I believe you have to do what is right for you, not everyone else cause everyone else is not coming home with you.posted 02/21/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
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I have an older sister and I loved it because I always had someone to play with or talk to when my friends weren't here. My cousin on the other hand is an only child. I felt bad for her because her parents (my aunt and uncle) were veryyyyyyyy protective of her. She wasn't allowed to even stay at our house! And she would never have friends come over and only really had one good friend she would hang out with outside of school. She was sad and turned out thinking she was better than everyone else because she got everything she ever wanted due to the fact she was an only child. It's up to you if you want another baby or not, but I would tell you that being an only child is lonesome, but also has it's perks, but not till they are older.posted 01/23/2011 by Madalynn Cole's mom
I too have decided to only have one, my husband wants another one, but I am the one who has to stay home and look after it - I go through guilt sometimes too, but I believe you have to be sure that you want another one, cause they are such hard work. We have to make ourselves happy first.posted 01/13/2011 by a BabyCenter Member
I am an only child. My dh has one brother. We have ds, 3 yrs old. We are unsure whether we will have more children or not. The decision is yours to make. Do not let anyone make you feel guilty. DH and I both had advantages and disadvantages growing up with and without a sibling. When I was very young I always wished that I had more friends close by (aka a sibling), but we didn't live near anyone. As long as your child has friends and is socially aware I see no problem with having only one. It is the decision for you and your husband.posted 01/11/2011 by garjanjones
I am not a mom (yet), but I am an only child and I came out wonderful and don't come across as a spoiled OC! haha :-) I am 31. I hope this at least makes you smile.posted 01/06/2011 by cmc100910
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