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Royals Acquire Josh Willingham
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345/402 is like a superstar in my world.2. Davo's Favorite Tacos Are Moose Tacos Posted: August 11, 2014 at 08:00 PM (#4768967)
I was oh so certain in spring training that Willingham was toast, and would have to be DFAed before the year was out. Pleased that I was wrong and we were able to get something (even if that something looks to be pretty close to nothing) in return.3. JRVJ Posted: August 11, 2014 at 09:34 PM (#4769027)
On the KC side, I would really hope this means the Raul Ibanez experiment is over. They just don't have room for 3 DHes on the roster.
In the interim, the Twins are going to be really short on position players (having traded three starters--Willingham, Sam Fuld, and Kendrys Morales--in a month). Last night's game saw Logan Schafer, Danny Santana, and Chris Parmelee in the outfield, with Kennys Vargas at first base batting cleanup. This final 6-week stretch could get ugly in a hurry. (On the other hand, with this transaction, there's no one left to trade....well, I could imagine a world where we get rid of Trevor Plouffe in the next two weeks, but it's not easy.)
Not a super star or any such, but a nice, small addition for the Royals.4. vortex of dissipation Posted: August 11, 2014 at 09:35 PM (#4769028)
Well, the only time the Royals won the World Series, they had two roster spots filled by DH/PH types who didn't play in the field all season...5. Robert in Manhattan Beach Posted: August 11, 2014 at 09:59 PM (#4769045)
On the KC side, I would really hope this means the Raul Ibanez experiment is over.6. Davo's Favorite Tacos Are Moose Tacos Posted: August 11, 2014 at 10:04 PM (#4769051)
Wow! Ibanez was so toasty with Angels I never imagined someone would pick him up.
I guess the Sabes have won when teams are trading for guys hitting .210 for the stretch run.
I'd missed the news that Hosmer was injured--now this makes perfect sense.7. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: August 11, 2014 at 10:05 PM (#4769052)
He's been slumping for a month, but still a decent overall player that can walk and provide some power. Should replace Ibanez at DH til Hosmer gets back then he can just fill in for the OF and DH when needed. Very good move.8. Davo's Favorite Tacos Are Moose Tacos Posted: August 11, 2014 at 10:14 PM (#4769060)
I liked Adam when they took him, and he's a local kid, but his ceiling is pretty low. Probably a 5th starter or bullpen arm at this point, if he's lucky.
I liked Adam when they took him, and he's a local kid, but his ceiling is pretty low. Probably a 5th starter or bullpen arm at this point, if he's lucky.That sounds like a #1 starter by Twin standards!
Didn't Willingham have back troubles on and off over the years?10. Davo's Favorite Tacos Are Moose Tacos Posted: August 11, 2014 at 10:51 PM (#4769090)
#9--Yep, he's had all sorts of injury problems. I figured he was toast.11. Cargo Cultist Posted: August 11, 2014 at 10:52 PM (#4769091)
They are renting a guy who is .210/.345/.402 ???12. Davo's Favorite Tacos Are Moose Tacos Posted: August 11, 2014 at 10:55 PM (#4769097)
I sure hope that they know something that I don't.
First place!13. morineko Posted: August 11, 2014 at 10:56 PM (#4769099)
Not Logan Schafer, Jordan. It's a common error. Jordan is older and has way more visible tattoos than Logan. Logan is playing for the Nashville Sounds right now. Also, Logan was never a tippity-top prospect.14. Davo's Favorite Tacos Are Moose Tacos Posted: August 11, 2014 at 11:03 PM (#4769105)
They are renting a guy who is .210/.345/.402 ???
Royals DHes on the year: .249/.295/.331
Royals RFs on the year: .277/.333/.363
They don't need much.
They are renting a guy who is .210/.345/.402 ???
Across the league, DHs are hitting .249/.320/.429, Royals DHs far worse. What did you think they'd get, Giancarlo Stanton?
#13--I could never remember which was which!17. Cargo Cultist Posted: August 12, 2014 at 12:08 AM (#4769138)
Across the league, DHs are hitting .249/.320/.429, Royals DHs far worse. What did you think they'd get, Giancarlo Stanton?
I thought they'd be clever enough to get someone hitting above the Mendoza Line.
.210 is above the Mendoza Line, and .345 OBA is much more important than a .210 BA.19. Cargo Cultist Posted: August 12, 2014 at 12:58 AM (#4769150)
.210 is the Mendoza Line.20. Crispix reaches boiling point with lackluster play Posted: August 12, 2014 at 01:00 AM (#4769151)
.200 is the Mendoza Line.21. PreservedFish Posted: August 12, 2014 at 01:24 AM (#4769155)
.210 is the Mendoza Line.
Weird comment.
Per Wiki:23. pikepredator Posted: August 12, 2014 at 09:05 AM (#4769191)
Mendoza, an effective defensive player from Chihuahua, Mexico, played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers and usually struggled at the plate. Mendoza was known as a sub-.200 hitter whose average frequently fell into the .180 to .199 range during any particular year — four times in the five years from 1975 to 1979.
The "Mendoza Line" was created as a clubhouse joke among baseball players in 1979, when from early May onwards, Mendoza's average was always within a few points of .200 either way, finishing out the season at .198 for the year (and .201 for his career to that point). "My teammates Tom Paciorek and Bruce Bochte used it to make fun of me," Mendoza said in 2010. "Then they were giving George Brett a hard time because he had a slow start that year, so they told him, 'Hey, man, you're going to sink down below the Mendoza Line if you're not careful.' And then Brett mentioned it to Chris Berman from ESPN, and eventually it spread and became a part of the game." Berman deflects credit back to Brett in popularizing the term. "Mario Mendoza — it's all George Brett," Berman said. "We used it all the time in those 1980s SportsCenters. It was just a humorous way to describe how someone was hitting."[2]
Mendoza had two more full years in the majors, with a handful of plate appearances in 1982, ending with a career average over nine seasons (1974–1982) of .215.[3] By that point, however, the phrase was already embedded in baseball culture.
I wouldn't pay a lot of attention though ... Cargo Cultist seems to have been transported in from Aug 2004.
This Dayton Moore quote from mlb.com is interesting:24. Nasty Nate Posted: August 12, 2014 at 09:44 AM (#4769209)
"Josh is a proven bat, one of the best on-base guys with 250 plate appearances in the game right now."
he gets a lot of justified flack for poor choices. it might be encouraging for KC fans to hear him quoted about a high-OBP low-BA guy as a proven bat. Definitely a place KC needed to improve - they're solidly in last place in MLB in walks.
But what are his stats away from Coors field?25. A Fatty Cow That Need Two Seats Posted: August 12, 2014 at 09:54 AM (#4769216)
'cargo' cultist or 'batting average' cultist?26. SoCalDemon Posted: August 12, 2014 at 10:38 AM (#4769286)
They are renting a guy who is .210/.345/.402
Willingham has a OBP heavy 110 OPS+ (111 wRC+) with a Zips projection of 117 wRC+ for the rest of the season. This seems like a pretty solid bat in isolation, and for the Royals its a massive upgrade over what they have been trotting out there; Royals DHs are batting .248/.296/.329 for an 82 OPS+ (72 sOPS+ relative to DHs).
I think sometimes people (and I include myself here) still look at stats and think a .750 OPS is league-average like it was a few years ago. A .750 OPS is now solidly above average anywhere except Denver.
But what are his stats away from Coors field?
Eyeballing it, slightly better than his full sample. The 3-game series there probably isn't enough to shift any analysis though.
I will add that, like (it seems) almost everyone on this roster, I never heard a bad word about Mr. Willingham. I'm sure the last place he wanted to spend the last three years was toiling on these last-place Twins teams, stuck in Minneapolis and plagued by injuries, but he never complained (publicly), and there was even talk earlier this year of him hoping they'd extend his contract.29. Zach Posted: August 12, 2014 at 01:42 PM (#4769489)
Never saw him loaf it in the field or on the bases (even in blowouts, even with the injuries). Never showed a ton of emotion on the field, so I guess I'd put him in that "dedicated professional" model of ballplayer (which endeared him to our fans).
Wish him the best, and hope to see him in the playoffs!
Not an Earth shattering move, but very welcome nonetheless. The Royals need some right handed power, they need on base guys, and they don't have a lot of money.30. RoyalsRetro (AG#1F) Posted: August 12, 2014 at 02:11 PM (#4769534)
Adams for Willingham sounds like a fair deal. The Twins probably win in a straight WAR per dollar basis, while the Royals fill a position of need.
Davo - any chance he has a lingering wrist injury? His July numbers are troubling.31. Davo's Favorite Tacos Are Moose Tacos Posted: August 12, 2014 at 03:17 PM (#4769603)
Davo - any chance he has a lingering wrist injury? His July numbers are troubling.
Wouldn't be surprised--he's looked pretty gimpy ever since that injury last July.
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ARMONK, N.Y. and BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, April 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- IBM (NYSE:IBM) today announced it has teamed with Zapadoslovenska energetika, a. s. (ZSE), the largest distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, on a smart energy "feasibility" study that will help prepare the capital city Bratislava for electric vehicles (EVs).
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Using e-mobility technology, the study will help identify the possibilities of connecting two neighboring metropolitan areas – Bratislava, Slovakia and Vienna, Austria with a "green" highway. This highway will interconnect the two cities with a network of public charging stations for electric vehicles.
This study is part of a larger pilot project - VIBRATe' (VIenna BRATislava E-mobility), a first of its kind in Central Europe, with a goal to reduce emissions with a smarter, energy efficient transportation system. Currently, the average combustion engine produces about 45 kg of CO2 per year during the route from Vienna to Bratislava.
"The aim of the feasibility study is to identify new opportunities around e-mobility in Bratislava and maximize the market potential, in an effort to reduce emissions," said ZSE. "By analyzing the capacity needed from the distribution network for various types of vehicle charging / recharging, Bratislava can not only implement an optimal power grid, but also address the charging concerns shared by its citizens."
IBM Slovakia is teaming with ZSE to provide insights into various implementation scenarios and infrastructure options for charging. Together, the companies are investigating charging station locations for normal and rapid charging across the borders, as well as analyzing networking availability. This insight will allow ZSE to strategically place charging stations in areas that are convenient for consumers, without straining the distribution system, an issue caused by unpredictable charging across territories.
"Rising fuel prices and energy consumption are two major issues facing many cities around the world, these factors coupled with aging roads and infrastructures, can affect city planning, local economy, and overall community satisfaction," said Guido Bartels, General Manager of IBM's Global Energy and Utilities Industry. "This mobility project with ZSE tackles all of these issues. It has the potential to introduce a modern, convenient and more intelligent way for consumers to commute, which in turn may encourage more to make the shift to an electric vehicle, while reducing stress on the energy grid."
ZSE is spearheading this project to identify alternative energy resources, drive consumer engagement and ensure the reliable distribution of electricity. Once implemented, the solution will help consumers save energy and control usage costs, while helping utilities manage power load on the energy grid during peak charging times with better insight into consumption. Additionally, energy suppliers will have the ability to store energy for use when natural sources of energy are not available.
This e-mobility study along with other projects such as Edison, EcoGrid EU and EKZ in Switzerland, demonstrates the ongoing commitment towards developing a reliable energy and transport infrastructure that supports the adoption of electric vehicles.
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We go to the steps of the University of Michigan student union and hear the reaction. Students hail the decision as the most important victory in affirmative action in 25 years. Democracy Now! then hosts a roundtable discussion with a leading U. Michigan lawyer and an opponent of affirmative action, leading race critic Manning Marable argues the Supreme Court backed affirmative action to help the U.S. compete under globalized capitalism–not to make reparation or to level the playing field
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld affirmative action in higher education.
The Court's two landmark rulings were the most important rulings on affirmative action in a quarter of a century.
By a vote of 5 to 4, the high court ruled the University of Michigan Law School's admission policy is legal.
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor wrote for the majority: "In order to cultivate a set of leaders with legitimacy in the eyes of the citizenry, it is necessary that the path to leadership be visibly open to talented and qualified individuals of every race and ethnicity." She wrote, "Effective participation by members of all racial and ethnic groups in the civil life of our nation is essential if the dream of one nation, indivisible, is to be realized."
O'Connor's majority opinion is based on the idea of "compelling state interest" in diversity. That is, the majority court did not support affirmative action because it is a way of redressing past oppression and injustice, or because it is a way of leveling the socio-economic playing field. Rather, the justices backed it because they felt it is in the interest of the state, that college campuses and professional schools achieve diversity. This idea harkens back to the 1978 Bakke case, when Justice Lewis Powell, Jr. ruled there is a "compelling state interest" in racial diversity, and permitted the use of race as one "plus factor."
Proponents of affirmative action are hailing the court's decision as a major victory. Back in the 1978 Bakke case, Powell was the lone author of the controlling opinion in the case. The Supreme Court itself appeared to undermine his position in subsequent rulings over the years, and some lower federal courts flat out rejected the idea. With yesterday's ruling, the idea has been firmly entrenched in U.S. jurisprudence, by five Supreme Court justices.
Big business, labor, major colleges, and the military filed friend-of-the-court briefs urging the court to uphold affirmative action, including General Motors, the AFL-CIO, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and retired Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf. Justice O'Connor cited these views, writing for the majority: "Major American businesses have made clear that the skills needed in today's increasingly global marketplace can only be developed through exposure to widely diverse people, cultures, ideas and viewpoints." She wrote that high-ranking retired officers and civilian leaders of the U.S. military linked diversity among the officer corps to the safety of the nation.
In the second case, the court ruled 6 to 3 against the University of Michigan's undergraduate admissions policy. The undergraduate school awards 20 points on a scale of 150 to an applicant if she or he is a person of color. Fixed numbers of points are also awarded for other factors, including alumni connections. Chief Justice William Rehnquist, writing for the majority, rejected the point system because race factors in a non-individual, mechanical way. But the justices affirmed that race can be used as a factor in admissions.
Taken together, the rulings are a slap in the face to President Bush. The Bush administration had intervened in the case, asking the court to invalidate both Michigan programs. President Bush had personally announced he was against the university's affirmative action programs.
But yesterday, Bush issued a statement praising the court for "recognizing the value of diversity on our nation's campuses." He said, "I look forward to the day when America will truly be a color-blind society."
- Agnes Aleobua,University of Michigan student, and organizer with the activist group, By Any Means Necessary. She was named defendant in Grutter v. Bollinger. She became a defendant while a Detroit public school student in high school; beneficiary of affirmative action. Organized University of Michigan student contingent for the April 1st march.
Yesterday, jubilant students gathered on the steps of the University of Michigan student union after hearing the decision. We spoke with some of them there:
- Students react to historic Supreme Court Ruling, June 23, 2003:
- Jodi Masley, graduate of the University of Michigan, U of Michigan law student, student intervenor in the case, and a founding member of Law Students for Affirmative action. She says she herself benefited from affirmative action as a poor, white woman.
- Ebony Ross, 15-year old African-American high school student from Detroit
- Ronald Cruz, Philippine-American student, University of California at Berkeley
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We've just heard the reaction of students at the University of Michigan to the news that the Supreme Court has upheld affirmative action.
Right now, a roundtable discussion, with Miranda Massie, lead attorney for the student defenders in the University of Michigan Law School Case, affirmative action opponent Edward Blum with the Center for Equal Opportunity, and leading race critic and historian Manning Marable.
- Miranda Massie, lead attorney for the student defenders in the University of Michigan Law School Case.
- Edward Blum, Senior Fellow for the Center for Equal Opportunity
- Manning Marable, Professor of History and Political Science, and Public Affairs at Columbia University, and founding Director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies. His most recent publications include Black Leadership (1998), Black Liberation in Conservative America (1997), Dispatches from the Ebony Tower edited volume (2000) and Let Nobody Turn Us Around, edited with Leith Mullings (2000).
Manning Marable's essay "G.W. Bush: Affirmative Action Baby"
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22, 23 and 24.
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1. Who is the farm named after?
(a) Nikolai's mother
(b) Nikolai's wife
(c) Arkady
(d) Nikolai's daughter
2. What is Pavel's opinion on the aristocracy?
(a) They are unneccessary
(b) They are noble and cultured
(c) They are out of date
(d) They are sweet and humorous
3. Who is the guest at dinner?
(a) A Russian princess
(b) Anna
(c) The local priest
(d) Nikolai
4. What was Nikolai's father's ranking in the army?
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(b) Two days
(c) One night
(d) One hour
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The project gained resource consent a year ago but the company has yet to apply to the Nelson City Council for building consent.
Meyer said the company had just finished a significant project, Eden Village, in Auckland, which was in the sell-down stage. Once that was finished, it would look at other projects.
"Green Gables is still on the radar. It will definitely go ahead. We have the consent, it is a question of timing. We have to work in with other development opportunities to decide which is next taxi off the rank," he said. "I am hopeful we will get something under way in the next 18 months."
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Integrity Care Group, which plans to eventually build a $50m village for 400 residents, gained resource consents for the Wensley Rd project in February.
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Integrity's general manager Kristin Nimmo said some had sold and some were going through to contract. Building was expected to start next month.
"We're pleased after two years of planning to finally be able to share our vision and finalised concept with the community. We're overwhelmed with the response we are getting to Olive Estate and how excited Richmond and the wider community is."
In Stoke, work on the more than $80m Summerset in the Sun village has powered ahead.
By the end of this month it will have built almost 150 homes, 15 care apartments, completed a $10m village centre and a 42-bed care centre.
It employs more than 20 full-time equivalent staff and has had up to 80 contractors on site during construction.
Chief executive Julian Cook said: "Nelson has been our fastest selling village in the country for the last two years, we've experienced huge demand. We have matched the pace of demand with our building programme, which has been ramped up significantly since we started."
It is scheduled to start the last module of its village centre in September next year with an additional 10 care apartments and 19 care beds in early 2016. "We have another 50 villas to build, most of which are spoken for and are due for completion in mid 2016. We are looking at the options for our proposed apartment wing next to the village centre, which we will update our residents and the market on later this year."
- The Nelson Mail
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