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The Nationals are closing in on a deal with right-hander Luis Ayala, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports (on Twitter). Ayala is represented by Boston Sports Counsel's Daniel Rosquete.
The 36-year-old Ayala posted a 2.90 ERA in 31 innings for the Braves last season after being traded over from the Orioles in the first couple weeks of the season (April 10). With Atlanta, Ayala averaged 5.8 K/9 and 3.8 BB/9 to go along with a strong 59.6 percent ground-ball rate.
Ayala's future in the Majors was in doubt following a brutal stretch from 2009-10. He signed with the Twins heading into the '09 campaign but posted a 4.18 ERA before getting released, and he allowed 10 runs in 7 2/3 innings after being picked up by the Marlins that season. The end result was a 5.63 ERA, and he didn't fare any better in 2010 when he posted a combined 6.42 ERA at the Triple-A level between three different organizations.
Since that pair of difficult seasons, however, Ayala has revitalized his career with a rock-solid 2.58 ERA, 6.1 K/9 and 2.6 BB/9 in 164 innings for the Yankees, Orioles and Braves.
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Free Agent Notes: Drew, Twins, Ayala, Wells
ESPN's Buster Olney hears that the Yankees won't be making a run at Stephen Drew and are expected to maintain the status quo (Twitter link). Likewise, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports tweets that the Yanks are likely at their spending limit, adding in a second tweet that a more likely move would be to swap a bad contract such as Ichiro Suzuki's for a comparably priced reliever. More free-agent related notes from around the league…
- Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN talked with Twins manager Ron Gardenhire yesterday and was told the team is circling back with one more notable free agent. "[Assistant GM] Rob [Antony] just called me the other day and told me they were gonna make another run at a guy, and I'm like, 'Wow that's pretty good,'" said Gardenhire. "So they did it, and whether it works out or not we'll see, and they're not done. … They're after it. I know that." Wolfson's hunch is that Gardenhire is not referring to Ubaldo Jimenez or Ervin Santana, but rather a bat or Bronson Arroyo (All links to Twitter).
- Among the teams with interest in reliever Luis Ayala are the Indians, Tigers, and Mariners, reports Jon Heyman of CBSSports.com (via Twitter). The 36-year-old Mexican has unquestionably delivered results of late. Over the span of 2011-13, Ayala has a 2.58 ERA in 164 innings, landing him right outside the top 30 MLB relievers in ERA (min. 100 IP) over that time frame. Though Ayala's 3.85 FIP and 3.99 xFIP across the last three seasons may be cause to temper expectations, he has succeeded by consistently inducing grounders (51.4% GB%) and limiting homers (0.77 HR/9) at better than league average rates.
- Three teams watched righty Jared Wells throw on Wednesday, tweets Chris Cotillo of MLBDailyDish.com. The 32-year-old has not seen MLB action since a brief stint in 2008, and played in Independent ball last year after spending a few seasons in the upper minors.
Jeff Todd contributed to this post.
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The Tigers, Indians, and Orioles are among the teams that have shown interest in right-handed reliever Luis Ayala this offseason, MLBTR has learned. Ayala has received strong interest overall, and seeks a Major League deal.
Ayala, 36 this month, posted a 3.27 ERA, 6.0 K/9, 3.5 BB/9, 0.55 HR/9, and 58.9% groundball rate in 33 innings for the Orioles and Braves in 2013. Ayala began 2013 with Baltimore, but was traded to the Braves in April and later spent time on the DL for an anxiety disorder. Among relievers with at least 30 innings in 2013, Ayala's groundball rate ranked 15th in MLB. In addition to the aforementioned teams, I think clubs such as the Yankees, Mariners, Marlins, Mets, and Brewers may be fits for Ayala. It seems likely that the free agent market will pick back up starting Monday as executives return to the office.
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Pitching Notes: Dodgers, Giants, Mujica, Ayala, Williams
The market for starting pitchers has actually started off at reasonable prices, argues Mike Axisa of CBSSports.com. Running the numbers on the price of a projected win for the starters who have signed to date, he says that a preliminary look shows that early-moving teams look to have achieved solid value. Here's more on the pitching market around the league:
- Even if the Dodgers are willing to spend the huge amount of cash that Masahiro Tanaka's posting and signing is expected to require, says Mark Saxon of ESPNLosAngeles.com, it is far from clear how the club would sort its rotation out to accomodate him. GM Ned Colletti has said that he is "not going to close the door on any more starters" even after adding Dan Haren on a one-year deal with a vesting option. Saxon notes, however, that it would be more difficult to push aside Josh Beckett and/or Chad Billingsley than it was for the club to do last year with Chris Capuano and Aaron Harang. Of course, Tanaka may be good enough that, if the price is right, that problem is one you just deal with as best you can.
- The Giants, on the other hand, seem less likely than their rivals to the south to consider the addition of another starter, with Bob Nightengale of USA Today reporting that the club's rotation is set after re-signing Ryan Vogelsong. As Alex Pavlovic of the Mercury News noted earlier today, the rotation seemed complete upon the return of Vogelsong, given GM Brian Sabean's earlier comments that he would not make the veteran compete for his slot in the spring. Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner, Tim Lincecum, and Tim Hudson round out the club's starting five.
- Meanwhile, it could well be that San Francisco could look to add pen pieces given their decision to add veteran arms to the back of its rotation, reasons Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (via Sulia). It is easier and cheaper to add relief arms, he notes, and the club could look to ease the burden on its starters by following the Dodgers and Cardinals in trotting out multiple arms that can throw quality innings.
- Free agent reliever Edward Mujica of the Cardinals is drawing interest from a variety of teams, according to Chris Cotillo of MLBDailyDish.com. The Angels are probably out after inking Joe Smith, Cotillo notes. But the Orioles, Indians, and Cubs have at least kicked the tires on Mujica, joining the Phillies in pursuit of the 29-year-old.
- Right-handed reliever Luis Ayala, who produced solid results last year at age 35 for the Orioles and Braves, is also in search of a multi-year deal, Cotillo reports. He has not yet seen an offer, but has received interest from the Red Sox and Rays as well as the Dodgers, Giants, O's, and Phils. Meanwhile, the Royals have seemingly stepped away from Ayala after showing initial interest.
- One other arm that could enter the market is Angels righty Jerome Williams. Soon to turn 32, Williams' agent Larry O'Brien tells Cotillo (Twitter link) that he is rooting against a tender from the Halos since "there are many teams he could effectively start for." That statement seems to imply what has long been suspected about Williams, which is that Los Angeles does not intend to use him as a starter. As MLBTR's Tim Dierkes wrote in reporting Matt Swartz's $3.9MM projection for Williams, a non-tender is a very real possibility for the swingman. Of course, as MLBTR's Zach Links has explained, there are few teams with as many projected rotation holes as the Angels.
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Braves Acquire Luis Ayala
The Braves have acquired right-hander Luis Ayala from the Orioles in exchange for minor league lefty Chris Jones, the Orioles announced (on Twitter).
As Roch Kubatko of MASNsports notes (on Twitter), the move allows the team to call up outfielder Chris Dickerson and makes it easier to keep Rule 5 pick T.J. McFarland on the 25-man roster.
Ayala, 35, returned to baseball in 2011 after not pitching in the Major Leagues in 2010. Since his comeback, he's reinvented himself, compiling a 2.50 ERA, 6.2 K/0 and 2.3 BB/9 in 133 innings of work. While he's not a left-handed reliever, Ayala gives Braves' manager Fredi Gonzalez another late-inning option with Jonny Venters currently on the shelf.
The 24-year-old Jones has a 3.58 ERA, 8.3 K/9 and 3.3 BB/9 in 356 2/3 minor league innings. He's yet to pitch higher than the Double-A level, where he's maintained his solid strikeout numbers but owns a 4.11 ERA. He will report to Double-A Bowie for the Orioles.
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Orioles Could Trade Luis Ayala
The Orioles are contacting other teams to let them know reliever Luis Ayala is available in a trade, the Baltimore Sun's Dan Connolly reports. The O's would like to find space on their 25-man roster for Rule 5 Draft pick T.J. McFarland. They might be looking for players in return who aren't required to be placed on the 40-man roster, Connolly says.
Baltimore is known to be interested in finding depth to back up Matt Wieters and Taylor Teagarden at catcher.
Ayala will make $1MM in 2013. He pitched 75 innings for the Orioles in 2012, posting a 2.64 ERA with 6.1 K/9 and 1.7 BB/9.
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Orioles Exercise 2013 Option For Luis Ayala
WEDNESDAY: The Orioles officially exercised Ayala's option today, the team announced.
MONDAY: The Orioles will exercise their 2013 club option for right-handed reliever Luis Ayala, Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com reports (Twitter links). Though a formal announcement won't come until later in the week, executive VP of baseball operations Dan Duquette made it clear the Orioles intend to retain Ayala.
"Ayala had a good year and he has a reasonable contract. There's value there to the team," Duquette said.
Ayala will earn $1MM in 2013 instead of obtaining a $1MM buyout. The 34-year-old posted a 2.64 ERA with 6.1 K/9 and 1.7 BB/9 in 75 innings of relief work this past season. The Orioles have two days to decide on Mark Reynolds' $11MM club option for 2013. They're expected to decline, since he'd earn less than $11MM through the arbitration process.
Mike Axisa contributed to this post.
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NL West Notes: Rockies, Padres, Ayala
Matt Kemp's $160MM extension stands out as the largest financial commitment made by any NL West team so far this offseason and Michael Cuddyer's three-year, $31.5MM contract with the Rockies checks in as the biggest free agent deal signed by one of the NL West teams. Here are the latest links from the division…
- Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd told Troy Renck of the Denver Post that he expects his club to improve in 2012, but doesn't expect any one player to radically alter the team's chances of winning. "Overall, we don't think anyone we signed or traded for is going to sprinkle pixie dust on our issues or make them go away," O'Dowd said. "That has to happen internally with us doing things the right way consistently."
- Padres president Tom Garfinkel said on XX1090 in San Diego that the reported terms of the team's upcoming TV deal are too high, MLB.com's Corey Brock tweets. USA Today reported yesterday that the Padres are poised to sign a 20-year deal worth $75MM annually.
- Jim Bowden of MLB Network Radio and ESPN.com adds the Giants and Rangers to the list of teams that had interest in Luis Ayala before the right-hander agreed to terms with the Orioles (Twitter link).
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Orioles To Sign Luis Ayala
The Orioles have agreed to sign Luis Ayala to a one-year, $925K deal that is pending a physical. The deal includes a $1MM team option for 2013 ($100K buyout). Ayala has a base salary of $825K in 2012 and could earn more by reaching incentives. The Orioles have announced their deal with the Paragon Sports International client.
Ayala, 34, posted a 2.09 ERA with 6.3 K/9, 3.2 BB/9 and a 50% ground ball rate in 56 innings for the Yankees last year. The Red Sox, Rays, Yankees, Blue Jays, Angels, Mets and Tigers were all linked to him earlier in the offseason.
Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com first reported the agreement and Dan Connolly of the Baltimore Sun added the terms. Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com, Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports and MLBTR added detail (Twitter links).
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Quick Hits: Ortiz, Garza, Angels, Anibal, Cook, Ayala
Eight years ago today, the Cardinals and Albert Pujols avoided arbitration by agreeing to a seven-year, $100MM contract. It's the largest contract ever given to a player with between 3-4 years of service time. Here's the latest from around the league…
- David Ortiz told Javier Maymi of ESPN Deportes that he still wants to avoid an arbitration hearing and sign a multiyear deal, but acknowledged that he's left it up "to the agents and the team to deal with it." Earlier this week we heard that he and the Red Sox were likely headed to a hearing. Ortiz filed for $16.5MM while the team countered with $12.65MM, as our Arbitration Tracker shows.
- One executive told Jon Paul Morosi of FOX Sports that he expects the Cubs to trade Matt Garza at the deadline and not before Opening Day (Twitter link). The two sides recently avoided arbitration by agreeing to a $9.5MM contract for 2012.
- The Angels would still like to add another reliever if the price is right, reports Morosi (on Twitter). They reportedly have an offer out to Luis Ayala, though the free agent relief market is dwindling.
- Juan C. Rodriguez of The Sun Sentinel hears that Anibal Sanchez's arbitration decision is expected to be announced on Monday (Twitter link). Sanchez filed for $8MM while the Marlins countered with $6.9MM. The hearing was yesterday.
- Aaron Cook told WEEI.com's Alex Speier that several teams were willing to give him a Major League contract, and that two clubs even made such offers. He took a minor league deal from the Red Sox because he liked the fit better, and because he knows pitching coach Bob McClure from his days in the minors.
- Ayala is currently pitching for Mexico in the Caribbean Series like last year, hoping it will land him a job again writes MLB.com's Jesse Sanchez. "I haven't had any good offers but I'm confident that, God permits, I will get a chance to pitch for a team that will allow me to show my abilities," he said.
- In an article for The Los Angeles Times, Mike DiGiovanna lists the best and worst free agent signings at each position this offseason.
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I want to verbally lash her with the f-word.
As soon as I hear her say, "I remember what it was like to date. I am so happy with my husband," I want to beat her like Rocky in the title fight with the Russian.
You know what, go fuck yourself! Fuck your happy fucking relationship where you can hang your hat and reflect back on your dating life as a pastime. Further, take your happy fucking relationship out of my fucking face.
I have been told, "You are so strong."
To which I reply, "That is my only option."
I could march around like every other single thirty-something woman and attempt to live on the campaign, I am just investing in me and focusing on my work right now. But I know that is bullshit. If you so much as offer to carry my groceries for me let alone fuck me until I see god, I'm going to want to shack up with you.
I have focused on me to the point I have astigmatism. I have taken all the steps to become an interesting person. I can even amuse myself with irony. The pure reality of it is that sometimes I am more interested in the life I could be living than the one I currently exist in.
Nestle up to the fire kids, because I am about to outline Why It Sucks To Be Single.
1. Dating: I hate dating. I hate the farm to factory way we date in the 21st century. If someone told me that the rest of my dating life would look like never leaving puberty, I would have started a heavy drug habit long ago.
Instead of passing notes, I get a two sentence text-message arranging a time and place to meet up. I'm not sure if I am going on a date or figuring out where to bury the body.
We have already started out on the wrong foot. Fuck it, you are sitting down and I am dragging my feet. The whole arrangement stinks of licentious ambitions soaked in as much effort as it takes to make yourself cereal for breakfast.
And the stupidest part is, I agree to it and then post my stupid agreements to Facebook.
2. Facebook: You are a mother fucker. In fact I'm sure there is a fan page for "mother-fuckers" and I have yet to "like" it.
Thanks to you I found and reunited with my first love who is now my latest ex-lover. Thanks to you I can post my pathetic musings at one a.m. and hope that the person I am interested in will read them and somehow want to marry me after he decodes my carefully crafted tag-lines that are also linked with pictures of cats doing stupid things. You have now mainstreamed stalking and turned my friends into reconnaissance warriors scouting pages for the post that says, "I want her back." I would have never known my ex was in a new relationship if it weren't for status updates. You have taken passive-aggressive to a whole new level. So, thanks for that Facebook.
3. Grocery shopping/weekly chores: "Hum, what shall I eat tonight?" I'll take a double of mac and cheese with a side of table for one. Would I like help carrying these upstairs? "It's cool I got it." In fact, I will cook, clean, do laundry, balance my check book and rub my own feet. Fucking fantastic!
4. Other happy couples: It is unfair that the representation of my crushed dream gets to walk down the street holding hands on their way home to have the eight hours of amazing sex that I am about to download off a free porn site and then turn off five minutes into watching it because I feel like an alcoholic drinking alone in the dark cold void of solitude. Fuckers!
5. Masturbation: I am a pro at getting myself off and knowing what gadgets to use. But, I just spent the day running my own business, cleaning my house, getting my car repaired, creating a sustainable business plan, doing yoga and eating right, and now I have to give myself a hand job? Suffice to say, I am overworked and it is turning into a chronic condition.
6. Activities: Besides shitting, I pretty much prefer an activity partner. It's a Friday night and the pubs are full. Let me just belly up to this bar by myself and talk to my whiskey. Um, no thank you. In this case, having someone to do fun things with is like adding ice cream to pie; it just makes it better.
7. Creepy men: When you are with a good guy who will watch your six, you have a built-in labia blocker. No creepy guy is getting past your man-shield. "Thanks for taking the creep bullet babe, now let's go home and have sex!" If you don't have this, then you can always travel in packs of girlfriends, but someone is going to be taken out by the ever-heard-of-double-penetration-call-me guy.
8. My parents: When you're single, this is standard parental conversation."How are you honey? Who are you dating?" "Shit ma, I just came over to borrow some Tupperware, and yes I will bring it back!"
9. Religion: "Hold up. You are telling me that I can't have sex until I marry someone?" That is like telling an innocent man he has to do hard time in order to get laid. I'm not bending down to pick up the soap. I prefer body wash and I want someone else to be rubbing it on me while telling me how sexy I am. I've yet to read a verse in the Bible talking about that.
10. Divorce: Some people my age have been married twice already! It's like they are fishing in a hatchery and I have been ice fishing all these years. That being said, being single after being married is a whole other article.
I've got my bridle and saddle ready boys. Just let me know which one of you lucky fellers is going to let me ride you into the sunset. Yee-haw bitches!
But for real, for a good time call….
Author's note: Life is a parody of itself unless the decision is made to make it serious. Say what you will, and so will I. Thank you for reading.
Editors: Lori Lothian and Anne Clendening
And for everyday loneliness:
7 Things I Learned from Staying Single.
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81 Responses to "10 Reasons Why It Sucks to Be Single."
HILARIOUS! I totally love it! "Instead of passing notes, I get a two sentence text-message arranging a time and place to meet up. I'm not sure if I am going on a date or figuring out where to bury the body." Yes, yes, yes!
Thank you for such a great laugh! Well-written, honest and very true. I love your style cheers!
Spot on!!
Once married and now divorced, I can really really relate to this. And the separate article about folks like me, please write that because THIS was a laugh I needed and I could use another.
"Hum, what shall I eat tonight?" I'll take a double of mac and cheese with a side of table for one."
Very funny. But I know all too well what you are talking about. Good luck, and thanks for sharing:)
WHy are you single?
thank you. Someone needed to say it.
I don't remember as funny sentences about singlehood since Morrissey
I'll take the risk of sounding like a broken record on here by saying BRAVO! A dead-on, hilarious interpretation of singlehood – I too, can't wait for the single after married article. Dating makes me want to go back to my ex! (not really, but you get the point!)
Funny, I was JUST talking today about how I would love to have some freaking help with the household chores or carrying the groceries! I hear ya sista! Well done. 😉
This was brilliant and so on point! also once married and now divorced, would love to read the one about 'us'!
Best piece on being single ever! Funny, poignant – and most of this applies just as much for men – looks like we're all in this together. 😉
I imagine there will be an article for the fellas in the near future.
Thanks for reading!
Perfect, can't wait to read it. Nice to know that the curvier half of the species has the same experiences. Thanks.
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it truly does suck doing i tall for yourself, by yourself , tho its better than beign wiht a downer, bad health-er, wont do yoga-er.. but still I get it completely. And hope as you live, release sadness and contineu to go out the door into the big bad sometime slonely world that your uniqueness will flourish.
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Hilarious! The good news is that if you stay single long enough you get quite used to it. The bad news is that if you stay single long enough you get quite used to it.
Ha ha! The worst is when the smug married people offer suggestions on how you can meet a guy ("is there anyone single at your work?") as tho you were too stupid to think of obvious things on your own. Also, stop being so picky. If a guy is single and NICEthen just fall in love already!!
Awesome!! There isn't enough anger on this website so thanks for sharing.
Ever consider trying service? There are tons of people who could use that love and care; it's a good way to learn how to use your supply of it instead of just whining about what you're not getting. Get your mind off yourself and your whole perspective will change. And bring in some gratitude!
People are so quick with this response, when all they know about a person's life is one small snapshot. People tell me this all the time. If I would just help people more, I would have a perspective and be happier. I am a social worker, work more hours than I am paid to do, and volunteer in my spare time. To help others any more would be unhealthy. My boss is always trying to get me to help people less.
For all you know, the writer of this article could spend her entire life helping others… oh wait, looky here: "Rebekah McClaskey is the creator of Break-up Rehab and the founder of Transform Now Counseling. She graduated with her Master's in Counseling from Naropa University in the spring of 2011. Rebekah has four years experience in the field of psychology and she specializes in transforming suffering into victory." Thank you and good night.
yea this is in response to commenter "Love Others" and guests response. Right on. We've backed ourselves into a corner where being "conscious" and "present' means that we're never allowed to have a bad day, cuss, or just gripe a little. We can't always be bursts of sunshine and happiness running around giving and servicing others. Its ok to have a space to share common frustrations and laugh if all involved are up for supporting each other. We're huma.n we dont have to be "filled with gratitude" every waking damn moment. Save your tsk.tsk. energy.
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so flipping funny!!! i loved it!
Oh this made me laugh so hard. So true.
hhooooo my god i fucking love you rebekah! this is fucking hilariousness! the best part is hearing your voice in my head saying all these things! i was laughing out loud! you are awesome! and you'll find your man someday when you least expect it! i just know it! <3
and of course the images i got in my head…. laugh-out-loud priceless. thank you!
Ohhh….that fucking felt great. Thank you so very much. You're brilliant, beautiful, and bestowed some nice little nuggets of knowledge/humor for us to share. For that, I would take pleasure in rubbing your feet and would lather you as well, even if I were completely blind.
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well loneliness is certainly no fun nowadays, have to agree.
well loneliness is certainly no fun nowadays, have to very much agree.
When I got divorced and I honestly expressed some of the same things you have expressed in this writing, I was met with all kinds of crap from people who claimed that they did not "need" another person to be complete and that they were perfectly content to do things on their own etc. Hooray for them. I am more like you.
Awesome! I needed to read this one! I live in a small town where EVERY freakin person around me is in a relationship, and I'm like "You don't get it."
wonderful! thank you!
So true! I laughed out loud at the musturbation one and the activities and the Facebook one and the… ok I laughed through all of it!
I hear ya sister!
Any people wonder why 30 year old women are single. Lols
Really Sucks for us guys too, and you're not alone.
Loneliness certainly sucks after a divorce, especially after being married for such a long time and now having no one.
Just when I was going to throw a pissy b**** fit about being flaked on again, I literally Google "you are single and it sucks" and up pops your list. You, my dear, are awesome. I too wonder why you are single but then remember that most of the women I've read who are awesome are single. Have you gotten the "you are intimidating?" Because that's the new one. Oh and I've apparently hit the "are your standards to high?" phase now. Yes, they are. Put the seat down, try to stay employed and don't be a serial killer are such high standards. Lol. Thanks again, ma'am.
yes, "intimidating, formidable", i got that and "standards too high".. thank you, it feels good to not feel alone receiving those annoying comments. What about: "nice girls finish last"? which i answer"im a woman, not a girl, and im not that nice lol"
I LOVE THIS. So funny, and so exactly the way I have been thinking about being single. It sucks that I am reading an article about being single, on a Saturday, home alone (after, incidentally, meeting up with a hot guy who then just walked me to my car and said bye and walked off to his car). Yes, it totally sucks being single.
Perfect. This is actual brilliance. Why? Because it's honest. I'm single and certainly love pretending that I'm 'doing me'…but, at the end of the day, it would be nice if someone else would 'do' me…and then make me pancakes.
OH MY GOD fantastic. hilarious. perfect. thank you so much for saying this out loud
I know why you are not married ? Eventhough you are smart & funny but you swear too much ! This also made most men think you are tough and hard to deal with . Also this article stated you want relationship so you have someone to carry your groceries, satisfy your lust….. All pointed to selfishness.
freakin' nailed it.
yeah … you rock.
sooo funny!!!! and soooo true! I am in my 40's and have given up completely! Dating sucks!
I don't evenn know how I ended up here, but I thought this post was great.
I don't know who you are but definitely you are going
to a famous blogger if you are not already 😉 Cheers!
Best thing I have read on here in like forever. Hilarious and true,being a single 30 something myself I can relate xx
Great article! So funny and relatable
Read "God on a Harley" by Joan Brady. It will change you're outlook forever.
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Gold has long been favored by a fringe of the investment world, but this year some of the world's leading hedge fund managers have loaded up on the precious metal. Why gold and why now?
• Are the new gold bugs getting in at the top?
More in this special report:
• How to buy gold, gold ETFs
• Gold fears hinge on unfettered Fed, spending
• Brimelow: Original gold bugs are cautious
Commodities: See the full special report
John Paulson's Paulson & Co., one of the world's largest hedge fund firms that made billions betting against subprime mortgages, is launching a new gold fund Jan. 1 and became the largest holder of the SPDR Gold Trust exchange-traded fund GLD, +2.12% this year.
Greenlight Capital, run by David Einhorn, reversed a long-time aversion to gold, while Kyle Bass's Hayman Advisors LP held more than 15% of its portfolio in gold and other precious metals earlier this year. Eton Park Capital, headed by former Goldman Sachs GS, +0.56% trader Eric Mindich, has also got in on the act.
"I can't remember in 20 years so many respected investors focused on a single strategy," said Bradley Alford of Alpha Capital Management, which invests in hedge funds. "Some of these people are icons of the industry with at least 15-year track records. It's a losing proposition to bet against guys like that. They aren't billionaires because they make bad bets."
It's not only hedge funds. Managers of mutual funds and insurance company portfolios are often limited in how much gold they can buy, but these investors have been purchasing the metal for their personal accounts, according to Ed Yardeni, president of Yardeni Research.
"A surprising number of level-headed folks, who I have known over the years, are confessing to me that they've become gold bugs," he said. "They're starting to give more respect to what was for a long time considered the lunatic fringe."
On Monday, the most active New York gold contract notched a new high of $1,174 an ounce. Read more on daily gold prices.
SPDR Gold gained 1.6%, bringing its November advance to 12%. Read about new ways to buy gold.
The original gold bugs have been fans of the metal for decades. They yearn for the past, when the so-called Gold Standard was the central cog of the world's currency system. A similar system known as the Bretton Woods Agreement tied the U.S. dollar, and all currencies pegged to the dollar, to the price of gold. When the system broke down in 1971, there was no longer a limit on the amount of money that could be printed by governments.
Gold bugs hung on grimly as prices dropped in the '80s and '90s amid quelled inflation and roaring stock markets. But gold prices began climbing at the start of this decade, when the Federal Reserve slashed interest rates to revive the U.S. economy in the wake of the dot-com bust.
That helped fuel a housing and credit market boom that came crashing down last year, triggering a global financial crisis and the worst recession since the Great Depression.
The Federal Reserve, headed by Ben Bernanke, responded by slashing interest rates to almost zero and spending more than $1 trillion buying long-term U.S. Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities and other debts from collapsed housing giants Fannie Mae FNM, +5.26% and Freddie Mac FRE, -0.66% See latest on Fed's efforts.
That's stabilized the economy, but some leading hedge fund managers worry about the long-term consequences of this so-called quantitative easing and are using gold to protect themselves.
'Grandpa Ben'
"The Fed is making loans collateralized by toxic waste and has now begun a policy called 'quantitative easing' -- a fancy term for 'printing money,'" Greenlight's Einhorn wrote in a January letter to investors.
Printing so much new money will cut the value of the U.S. dollar, which could fuel rapid inflation. In such an environment, the solidity of gold could shine.
"If the chairman of the Fed is determined to debase the currency, he will succeed," Einhorn added. "Our instinct is that gold will do well either way: deflation will lead to further steps to debase the currency, while inflation speaks for itself."
Einhorn initially invested in the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF GDX, +8.05% which tracks shares of gold-mining companies. He'd also bought call options on gold, as well as buying the metal directly, according to Greenlight's January investor letter, a copy of which was obtained by MarketWatch.
Since Einhorn launched Greenlight in 1996, he's shunned gold and other broad economy-based trades in favor of tracking down under-valued and over-priced stocks.
"We never thought we would ever buy gold or gold stocks," Einhorn wrote in January, recounting the lesson he learnt from his grandfather's obsession with the precious metal.
"David's grandfather Benjamin was a gold bug," Einhorn recalled. "From the time David was 10, Grandpa Ben took every opportunity to tell David about the problems with fiat currencies and the coming inflation and advised that the only sensible thing to do was to buy gold and gold stocks."
Einhorn's grandfather followed his own advice for the last 30 years of his life and lost money.
"Being a patient investor is one thing. Being 'wrong' for three decades is quite another," Einhorn noted.
'Grandma Cookie'
However, Greenlight Capital lost more than 15% last year -- its first ever annual loss -- as the global financial crisis rocked the hedge fund industry. Einhorn had rightly warned of the demise of Lehman Brothers LEHMQ before it happened, but he underestimated the broader impact of such an event.
"The lesson that I have learned is that it isn't reasonable to be agnostic about the big picture," he said during an Oct. 19 speech at the Value Investing Congress in New York.
At the same conference four years earlier, Einhorn advocated his Grandma Cookie's approach of investing in stocks like Nike NKE, +1.11% IBM IBM, +0.69% McDonald's MCD, +1.02% and Walgreens WAG over his Grandpa's holdings of bullion and gold stocks.
"I explained how Grandma Cookie had been right for the last 30 years and would probably be right for the next thirty," Einhorn said. "However, the recent crisis has changed my view."
Gold should do "fine" until policymakers and politicians show more monetary and fiscal restraint. The metal will likely do "very well" if there's a sovereign debt default or currency crisis, he added. See how Einhorn is betting on a possible currency death spiral.
Einhorn said last month that he moved all his positions into physical gold because it's a cheaper, more-certain and more-liquid way of investing in the metal. Read about options for worried gold investors.
Physical delivery
Hayman Advisors, a Dallas, Tex.-based hedge fund firm run by Kyle Bass, became another proponent of holding physical gold this year.
Most precious-metal investing has historically been done via paper futures contracts on COMEX, part of the New York Mercantile Exchange, owned by CME Group CME, -3.42%
However, Hayman expects more demand for physical delivery of precious metals. That could cause problems because there are only enough inventories in COMEX warehouses to supply 15% to 30% of open interest on futures and options contracts, the firm explained in a presentation to investors earlier this year.
"It is prudent to focus efforts on obtaining physical delivery of metals backing paper contracts 'while supplies last,'" Hayman wrote in its presentation, a copy of which was obtained by MarketWatch.
Faster Monopoly
Bass, Einhorn and others are holding gold because they're concerned that a damaging bout of inflation will be triggered by the efforts of several central banks to stabilize economies by pumping lots of new money into the global financial system.
Excluding Japan, the world's major currencies have experienced money supply growth of 15% to 55% in the past three years, Bass estimated in an Oct. 2 letter to investors.
The Hayman managing partner compared the efforts to a game of Monopoly in which the banker decides money is too tight, the "velocity" of the game is slowing down, or a few players are about to go broke.


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A few months back, this space greeted the incoming 2016's with a post entitled, Freshmen, There Will Be Lies, wherein we attempted to sensitize the incoming class to the notion that senior members of the administration will distort the truth in order to advance their aims. This idea is hard to swallow for incoming students, filled as they are with a sense that integrity must be omnipresent in leaders of an Ivy League institution. Ha!
Let me give you a recent example. This summer, when most upperclassmen were out of town, Dean of the College Charlotte Johnson introduced serious changes in the enforcement of the rules concerning the serving and consumption by students of alcohol. Among her ideas were three significant ones: random walk-throughs of students social spaces (private and College-owned); heightened enforcement of a ban on punches; and the obligation that only licensed bartenders serve hard alcohol at student events.
I attended Dean Johnson's presentation of these ideas, at which the good Dean emphasized that these new policies simply aligned the College with rules in place at schools similar to Dartmouth. Of course, she trotted out Jim Kim's favorite phrase, "best practices." (This expression was well on its way to becoming a cliché when I was a Bain consultant in the mid-1980's; today when you hear it, check your wallet.)
The only problem with the Dean's assertion is that it is not true. The worthy sleuths at the Dartmouth Review have gathered information about alcohol policies at other Ivy schools from students, admissions officers, campus security police, and university websites, which they cogently assembled in the chart reproduced below (from the Review's October 25th issue). No school has all three of Dean Johnson's new policies in place, and only one school, Penn, has two out of the three. How's that again, Charlotte?
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After seven seasons with the National Women's Hockey Team, Meaghan is currently taking a leave from hockey as her and her husband Scott await the arrival of their first child on September 25th, 2015. With two Olympics gold medals from the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, a gold medal at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships, and four silver medals at the 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2013 IIHF Women's World Championships, Meaghan aspires to make a comeback to Team Canada in 2016 and win gold at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. With these goals in mind, Meaghan continues to look for ways to improve as an athlete and as an individual, and is excited to tackle the challenges that lie ahead.
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Friday, January 28, 2011
The Commitment of a Lifetime
I found "The Commitment of a Lifetime," which I wrote in January 2007, a few months before I got to goal. Reading it helped me see how in recent months I've slipped into the "motivation mindset," thinking I need motivation to be successful. Motivation, shmotivation! Commitment is the cure for what's ailing me. I need to recommit to being healthy and keeping my weight off. If I'm not "motivated" to move or I'm not "motivated" to eat the right thing, commitment says, "Lynn, just do it anyway!"
So today I am recommitting to maintenance, something I knew four years ago would be the most challenging part of my journey. First order of business? Put on my workout clothes (I don't want to) and go into my workout room (I don't want to) and pop in a Jackie or Leslie tape (I don't want to) and get my sweat on. So what if I don't "want" to? I'm doing it anyway because that's what commitment is: doing.
The Commitment of a Lifetime (from Jan. 2007)
Goal. Maintenance. Lifetime. The three-word process Weight Watchers uses for the next phase of my weight-loss journey. Losing weight was the easy part. Keeping it off? Well, that's a whole different beast.
As of this week I've lost 153 pounds, more than half myself, and instead of a size 32, I am an 8. I still have a few pounds to go, but I'm not sure how many since my goal is based on my waist size, not a number on the scale. I'll explain in a minute.
It's taken me two years to reach this point. Two years of forgiving, accepting, not accepting, and learning. A lot of learning. I could earn a Ph.D. from everything I've learned these last eight months. Yet the education of Lynn continues.
The physical transformation of anyone who has lost a significant amount of weight pales in comparison to the psychological transformation that must take place in order to maintain weight loss. Committing to losing weight was easy, and as I marched down the scale, I embraced new eating habits and new foods, and I learned all I could about nutrition. Then I met some people from Weight Watchers who had recommitted to losing weight after gaining back most or all of the weight they'd previously lost. I asked them what happened and they all said they didn't commit to maintenance. They went back to their old ways of eating more and moving less. Successful weight loss, they realized, is a lifestyle change, not a temporary diet. It's more than food. It's how our bodies move and feel. It's about strength and metabolism. So I started to think of the program beyond food, and my goal morphed from the scale to the body.
Just because someone is thin does not mean they are healthy and fit, the same way that being overweight doesn't mean you can't have excellent cholesterol levels and strong muscles. The scale is not the best gauge of fitness. Waist size and body fat levels are much better indicators. I've met my body fat goal of less than 25 percent, but I'll officially be at goal when I lose one more inch off my waist.
I'm not a joiner of anything. I even do the Weight Watchers program online because I'm more comfortable doing things alone. But I knew if I didn't want to be a statistic I'd need to commit to an even greater level of fitness than my walking routine. This meant I needed access to gym equipment. I don't have the room or the cash to have it in my house, so with some trepidation I joined a gym.
The feeling most engrained in my head from my days at 300 pounds is embarrassment. That didn't disappear just because the weight was gone. At the gym, I wanted to be an invisible entity – slap on my headphones, hop on a treadmill, maybe lift a few weights. I would slip in unnoticed and leave unnoticed. Within a few weeks, however, a new feeling emerged. Confidence. I became comfortable in the physical space of machines and bodies and equipment. People were kind, and the staff gently encouraged me to reach beyond my original fitness goals. When I started developing muscles I didn't know I had and finding hip bones and rib bones I'd thought were hidden away forever, I tried to thank one of the staff for his help. He simply smiled and said, "It was all you."
I began to protest, but then it hit me: I'm the only one who gets me up in the morning, throws my bed hair back in a bun, and schleps off to the gym. I'm the only one who makes my legs pump the elliptical or the bike. I'm the only one who lifts my body into a chin-up and muscles my way through butterflies and pullovers and triceps pulls. And finally I realized that I was the only one who lost my weight and I'm the only one who can keep it off. I needed confidence to see that, and with confidence comes trust. The next step is for me to trust that I can keep this journey going for a lifetime.
I'm still surprised sometimes when I look in the mirror. It's not easy wrapping my brain or eyes around 153 pounds gone, but it's not so hard that I will forget the me of two years ago who was embarrassed and lacked confidence. She's a part of my past now.
Goal. Maintenance. Lifetime. Bring it on.
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- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:37 AM
Wonderful post. Thanks for the encouragement.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM
I hear you on this post today, Lynn! I have been struggling for the past several months with eating properly and exercising. The stress of work in the first part of January got to me (thank goodness the stressful project is done), and I made poor eating choices. I am recommiting to getting back on the wagon. Thanks for sharing with us that weight maintenance is not always easy.ReplyDelete
Hi! I've enjoyed reading some of your posts. Congrats on your amazing weight loss! I have recently start a weight loss blog for myself to help keep me motivated on this journey. I would love it if you would follow me...I need all the support I can get!ReplyDelete
Hi Lynn,ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing that wonderful post. Your description of how you felt about going to the gym could have been written by me--about myself. I am something of an introvert when it comes to doing new things. I guess I just don't feel confident about myself in so many ways--a self-concept that I'm trying to change.
These long, dark winter months are difficult, and SAD is a reality for me and many others. I think we start to look for comfort in all the wrong places (chocolate, too many carbs, restaurants, etc.) As a result, I need to recommit to healthy eating and exercise, which I have done today.
During the past few months, I have joined a couple of challenges and have discovered that I don't do well with them. I guess I have to find what works the best for me. Thank you for sharing your experience. It makes this dreary winter day a bit more hopeful!
"I don't want to" - boy are those words familiar. I have to tell you, that after a few months of not really doing any weights with my arms, when I finally forced myself to hit those machines at the gym on Wednesday, I could feel the endorphins washing over me almost instantly. It was so noticeable it was almost scary - and I wondered why in the hell do I NOT do things that work so well for me?ReplyDelete
Good reminder on the maintenance. Hope you had a great morning working out. :)
I was just thinking about this this cold winter morning. You just put it into words. Another winner! (btw you asked a few posts back (?) about what would interest people in the 'book' that you are writing: this is a fantastic example--I think. Also I would be very interested to read what motivates people to lose weight. How they gained the weight (especially 100+ pounds...?!). Reaching goal weight and staying there. And finally--as you are doing--maintenance. There are TONS of diet books, but how many on maintenance?)**sorry this is such a long comment. Will you be writing first person or will it be a mixture of personal experience and what you have culled from your blog (that would also be interesting). Hope the writing is going well and best of luck!--of which we often make our own.ReplyDelete
This really hit home, I'm just begining my weight loss journy and I have been thinking a LOT about the mental aspect of weight recentlly.ReplyDelete
Lanea E.
I am seriously loving these maintenance posts, and I'm seeing more and more of them (thank heaven!) It's been a long, dark winter, Lynn. Hang in there and remember, February is a short month. The clouds will lift and I hope we get more energy! We have seen the sun exactly 3 times in 2 months here in Indiana. Thanks for this post :)ReplyDelete
Man, I have been mulling over this maintenance thing this week A LOT. Its just unreal sometimes how unrelenting it is. But it is what it is, and I don't want to go back, so marching forward is the only thing to do. Working on it when I don't want to.ReplyDelete
Great post, Lynn!
Wow!! Thank you!ReplyDelete
Wonderful ideas here. I love the term COMMITMENT. I mean really LOVE it! That is what I am about this time around...being committed. Thank you!ReplyDelete
I just blogged about the same thing this morning. I think it is especially hard in the winter with the dark, cold days.ReplyDelete
But take it from me - now that I'm recovering from one of those periods of "not doing it" for quite a while - get off the couch and make whatever bargain you have to in order to get moving. I didn't for a while, and now I'm longing for my maintenance mode. Thankfully, I didn't do horrible amounts of damage, but complacency leads to some scary things.
You can do it!
Nice post, Lynn.ReplyDelete
I prefer the word "assumption" to commitment. My wedding, for example, was a commitment. My marriage is an assumption.
During my weight loss I made a commitment, for the rest of my life, but that commitment can crumble if I don't cross over to assumption. I must assume that each day will include all the elements: the scale, the exercise the food monitoring. It ain't optional. It's hard work. Sigh. Fortunately, it's all on my shoulders. With regard to my marriage, my husband has to keep his half of the assumption going too. Fortunately, that's working out okay. Many a good marriage does not. Sigh, again.
Sending you good karma.
Ruth, sorry it took me so long to get back to you. Thank you for the support of the book I'm writing. Barbara Berkeley and I (from refusetoregain.com) are writing a book about maintenance. You are right, there are so very few books like that out there. As for what motivates people to lose weight or why they gained in the first place, I know that question gets as many answers as people who answer it :) I'll ask on Lynn's Weigh on Facebook. Thanks for reading and for your feedback.ReplyDelete