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This one is more than a little creepy, so bear with me. After you read the article, which I found on Hotair, we'll discuss it in a broader sense than just a bunch of 8 year old children being asked by the State to rat out their parents in New Jersey. Before anyone points out to me that the Governor of New Jersey is a Republican and would be considered by some to be an actual conservative, let me destroy that rebuttal now. Chris Christie is Governor, but the apparatus that he won the right to manage has been built by a Democrat power structure that has been in place for decades. The Education system in America has been the province exclusively of the most committed leftists in this country since the early 1970's, and this has been true regardless of who has occupied the White House.
For context, some appropriate quotations from our Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of
religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging
the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right
of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the
Government for a redress of grievances.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and
seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue,
but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affi rmation,
and particularly describing the place to be searched,
and the persons or things to be seized.
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Seriously now, how hard is to write questions for third-graders that don't (a) address creepy topics like cannibalism, (b) ask how many slaves it would take to pick an orchard clean, or (c) intrude on their and their family's privacy by asking them to write about a secret they had trouble keeping? The answer obviously is (d) very.
Choices a and b were the stuff of math homework assignments earlier this year in schools in D.C. and Georgia, respectively, while c appeared on a statewide standardized test in New Jersey just this week. The test, given to 4,000 students, was a dry run for the Garden State's Assessment of Skills and Knowledge.
The Associated Press quotes Susan Engel, a lecturer in psychology and director of the teaching program at Williams University, who said the question isn't troubling to her:
Asking about secrets is a good way to get children to write, she said. And, she said, children at that age are unlikely to say something that would offend their families, or even bare their own souls. 'I think by and large, kids are not going to tell a real secret,' she said.
That reaction begs the question of what to do in the case where children do reveal real secrets—and closely guarded ones at that.
With absolutely no respect to Susan Engel, this has nothing to do with teaching children the basic skills of writing. There would literally have to be thousands of better suited topics for the purposes of getting kids to open up and strut their creative stuff. What I did on my summer vacation always seemed to be a good topic to get the kiddies writing. This has everything to do with getting children to feel comfortable with the concept of ratting out their parents. It has everything to do with getting kids to feel more comfortable confiding in the State and the representatives of the State than with their own families.
As creepy as all of this is, it pales in comparison with the prospect of having a man like Barack Hussein Obama put in charge of a Big Brother apparatus poised to take complete control of America. You may think I am being a little hysterical here, and perhaps I am. It's just that we already have real live examples of this being played out right now. Barack Obama personally threatening Romney campaign donors with IRS audits and worse is nothing more than old school Chicago style thuggery in action. What's new about it, is that now it is coming from the White House itself, and not just Mayor Daley's office in the Windy City.
Richard Nixon had an enemies list as well, and he paid a heavy price for it. He lost the respect of much of the nation, and deservedly so. He was lambasted in the media for it, and deservedly so. There is one major difference between Richard Nixon's enemies list, and the current version being kept by Barack Obama. Richard Nixon, who was known for his paranoia, kept a list of enemies whom he thought were in fact enemies to the national security of the United States. Barack Obama is keeping a list of people who are enemies to his electoral prospects. While Nixon's list was probably reflective of that as well, he at least attempted to rationalize it in his own mind. He felt he was doing the right thing, for the benefit of the nation. Barack Obama hasn't the encumbrance of believing in or caring one wit about our nation. His list is simply meant as a means to create harassment for people who would help to seek his ouster come November, which is a protected right of every American Citizen as guaranteed by the First Amendment.
What should frighten us all however are these two stories combined. Think for one moment of the prospect of your children being asked in their schools to let the public sector union teachers know in advance which of their parents are contemplating financial support of someone opposing Barack Obama's reelection bid for his 7th term as President. Then the phone call comes from the office of his Unity Czar, Van Jones, very subtly laying out your options in the pay to play life we all will be subjected to. "Nice family you got there, it would be a shame if your allotment of health care units would be cut in half. If your wife for example should meet with an accident, you might not have enough units to get her the treatment she needed."
The problem with the above paragraph of course is that most of it has either been passed into law already, or put into actual practice by various bureaucracies. The only thing missing from the unfortunately already possible scenario would be Obama's ability to serve more than 8 years as President. But if you had asked me 20 years ago if we Americans would be willing to give up our entire cadre of Constitutional Freedom for an empty promise of Hopety Change, I would have sworn that you were nuts. If this was possible, than yes certainly repeal of the 22nd Amendment would also be possible.
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Today, if you are teenager who likes to play on-line games and is adept with computer technology, that in and of itself doesn't stigmatize you as a nerd. But in the early 1980s, such teenagers tended to be social outcasts. "WarGames" released in 1983, was one of the first movies to showcase the extent of impact a tech-savvy teenager can have.
Starring a young Matthew Broderick as David, a middle-class high school student who prefers the games that can be played on a computer to those that can be played on a field; "WarGames" explores the downside of what is now known as "hacking." David's intentions are quite innocent. Using his computer in his room (a novel concept in the 1980s), he inadvertently breaks into a secret supercomputer that has control of United States nuclear arsenal. Thinking he has accessed a gaming company, he tries to sample a game called "Global Thermonuclear War." But by playing the game, he accidently starts a countdown to World War III. The military establishment finds David and brings him into custody, but because he is an expert on technology, he is able to escape. As he tries to fix the situation, he is assisted by his friend, Jennifer (played by Ally Sheedy).
"WarGames" earned an Academy Award nomination for its insightful screenplay. All of the human characters are basically good people who find themselves in a totally overwhelming situation as a result of an unthinking decision that led to the empowering of a machine. Even the computer that is counting down to the release of nuclear weapons is rendered as friendly; it just wants to play games with David. Suspense builds slowly and steadily and is quite strong as the nuclear countdown gets close to finishing.
Matthew Broderick is excellent as David. He shows that he is resourceful and earnest. Ally Sheedy is equally great as Jennifer, who sees David as a ticket to an adventure, but soon discovers just how serious a predicament they have created.
"WarGames" is a memorable film that has a fun story and terrific performances. It holds up very well today, even though the technology obviously looks dated.

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Fresno State men's golf star Grant Doverspike has been named Gobulldogs.com Player of the Week. Doverspike, a sophomore from Bakersfield, Calif. (Stockdale HS), was named Western Athletic Conference Player of the Year at conclusion of the WAC Championships. Doverspike finished in second place during the conference championships carding a 2-over 212.
Doverspike's performance helped the Bulldogs finish in second place, just one stroke behind the winners, New Mexico State. The tournament finish was his third top-five appearance of this season and the third top-five finish at the WAC Championships in his career.
Doverspike led the field in par four scoring with a stroke average of 3.90 and he also compiled a tournament high of 16 birdies. He is the first Bulldog since Nick Watney in 2003 to receive Player of the Year honor by the WAC. Doverspike earned First Team All-WAC honors for the third consecutive year. This year, Doverspike leads the team with a 71.82 stroke average, in first and last round scoring and par four and par five scoring. He compiled a total of 4 eagles and 109 birdies on the season. He posted a career first, double-eagle, and also fired a hole-in-one.
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Located near the main entrance of the campus, the regulation NCAA field is designed for soccer, lacrosse and football games. The field provides a first rate facility for Purchase students as well as a much needed resource which will be available for adults and children in the community. "We are extremely excited about the field and what it will mean to our program as we move forward. We welcome everyone to come out and celebrate the newest addition to our athletic facilities," said Purchase Athletic Director Ernie Palmieri.
The project was developed by Athletic Director Ernie Palmieri with the support of President Schwarz. Judy Nolan, the College's Chief Financial Officer, coordinated the funding for the project with the State University of New York and the State of New York Office of General Services.
Lonny Unger of Scarsdale, NY provided funding for the scoreboard, bleachers and storage shed through the Football Club of Westchester. The Club has had a long association with athletics at Purchase and with various community groups. The facility includes lights and a parking lot to handle high usage and demand by the College's athletic programs as well as the local community.
The lead contractor for the field was WJL Equities Corporation of Eastchester, NY. Subcontractors were DeRosa Tennis Contractors, LLC of Mamaroneck, N.Y. and D&M Electrical Contracting, Inc. of Elmsford, N.Y. The landscape architect was HMH Site and Sports Design of Ithaca, N.Y.
The field will also provide a playing surface for baseball and softball teams during early spring practices and the numerous intramural and recreational programs offered at the College.
In recent years Purchase has emerged as a major sports center for the local community, adding to its reputation as a cultural and educational resource. Currently Purchase's athletic fields are used by 10,000 local youths and adults every month. With the addition of the new field, Purchase hopes to host some of the high school Section 1 and regional playoff games and to become a resource for local high schools.
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The second African Contributors' Meeting to be held at Lagoon Beach, Cape Town in May 2013 commemorates the 15th Anniversary of the South African Cochrane Centre. This year also marks the 20th Anniversary of the Cochrane Collaboration. So it's time for double celebration!
The African Cochrane Indaba is an event not to be missed by anyone involved in the work of the Collaboration in Africa. It provides a unique opportunity for Africans to come together to celebrate what has been achieved, to reflect on what has worked and what hasn't (and why) and to discuss how collaboration can be further strengthened in the years to come. Ample opportunities will be provided for updating methodological knowledge and skills, sharing best practice regarding dissemination and translation of evidence and networking.
The Indaba will also be a time to acknowledge the critical support received from funders and research partners. We are pleased that representatives of a number of Cochrane entities from around the globe, including past and present leaders of the Cochrane Collaboration, have accepted our invitation to participate in the meeting. An exciting social programme is being planned which will facilitate the renewal of the many friendships that have been formed over the past two decades between people from different backgrounds, countries, cultures and languages, through their involvement in the Collaboration..
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College Hockey:Ohio State makes it official, names Rohlik head coach
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio State did not waste any time finding a new head hockey coach.
After third-year coach Mark Osiecki was dismissed by the university due to a disagreement in management last week, Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith tab Osiecki's former right-hand man Steve Rohlik, who was named as the squad's head coach Wednesday.
"I am honored and humbled by this opportunity to become the next coach at Ohio State," Rohlik said in a statement. "I want to thank Gene Smith, [senior associate athletics director for sport administration] Chris Schneider and the administration for giving me this chance. I look forward to leading this program into the Big Ten."
Rohlik was hired by Ohio State along with Osiecki during the 2010 offseason when Osiecki replaced 14-year head coach John Markell.
Rohlik was interviewed by the university on Monday and was notified he received a five-year contract Tuesday, according to sources. Rohlik wasted no time informing recruits and commitments on the news on Tuesday as he tries to hold down a small but solid recruiting class for 2013 led by forward Zach Stepan and goalie Matt Tompkins.
"We are pleased Steve has accepted our head coaching position," Smith added. "He has made positive impressions within the athletics department, in the hockey community and with the men's hockey student-athletes. He has a well thought-out plan for how to lead our hockey program into the future that is in line with the expectations we have for each of our head coaches."
Last week, Rohlik was been named the interim head coach after Osiecki was fired.
Rohlik played alongside his predecessor Osiecki at Wisconsin. While Osiecki was an assistant at Wisconsin, Rohlik was a longtime assistant at Minnesota-Duluth.
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Killion ranked fifth on the team in scoring last season with 12 points off three goals, two of which were game-winners, and six assists. She played and started in 17 games and earned first-team All-Pacific Region, All-Pac-12, and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors and was selected to the second-team Top Drawer Soccer National Team of the Season.
Dahlkemper is coming off a sophomore season in which she was named second-team NSCAA All-American and selected to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List. She also earned first-team All-Pac-12 and honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honors. Dahlkemper helped lead the Bruin defense in posting Pac-12 best numbers for goals against average (0.55) and shutouts (14) and also contributed three goals and three assists while starting in all 23 games.
Mewis scored three goals and three assists in 16 games in 2012 and earned second-team All-Pac-12 acclaim for the second consecutive year. She was also an honorable mention Pac-12 All-Academic honoree. Along with Killion, Mewis played on the U.S. Under-20 Women's National Team that won the FIFA U-20 World Cup last September. That duo, along with Dahlkemper, played with the U.S. U-23 team that won the Four National tournament in March.
For a list of the complete teams, visit TopDrawerSoccer.com.
UCLA opens the 2013 season on Aug. 23 against Northeastern at Drake Stadium at 6 pm.


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Don't Call it a Comeback: Crane Cams says it plans to reopen after restructuring
To borrow a line from the classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Crane Cams isn't quite dead yet. The storied aftermarket auto parts company was founded back in 1953 and has since grown into a well-known brand name specializing in camshafts and valvetrain components. While the company did, in fact, recently close its doors and tell all 280 of its employees not to come back the next day, vice president Steve Leva says that Crane plans to reopen after restructuring takes place, which could take as little as a week or as long as a month. Considering the sorry state of affairs that currently plagues the American economy, we'll keep tabs on this story with guarded optimism.
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Band members of the "Imagine Dragons" are Mormons
Imagine Dragons are an American indie rock band based in Las Vegas. They have had hits with both "It's Time" and "Radioactive" and have performed on all the major late night talk shows. "It's Time" was also nominated for a 2012 MTV Video Music Award for "Best Rock Video". Billboard Magazine called the band "one of 2012's brightest new stars."
Imagine Dragons was formed in 2008 and got its real first start when the band won BYU's 2008 "Battle of the Bands" competetion. That same year, the band also won the "Utah Valley University's Got Talent" competetion. The pop-rock quintet includes three former BYU students and an American Fork, Utah native.
Band members D Wayne Sermon (guitar) and Dan Reynolds (vocals) are both current members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They both said in a Deseret News article that it hasn't been difficult to be Mormon and in the rock music industry. The band avoids using profanity in their music and shows.


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George Francis "Gabby" Hayes (May 7, 1885 – February 9, 1969) was an American radio, film, and television actor. He was best known for his numerous appearances in Western movies as the colorful sidekick to the leading man. Hayes was born the third of seven children in Wellsville, New York, and did not come from a cowboy background. In fact, he did not know how to ride a horse until he was in his forties and had to learn for movie roles. His father, Clark Hayes, operated a hotel and was also involved in oil production. George Hayes played semi-professional baseball while in high school, then ran away from home in 1902, at 17. He joined a stock company, apparently traveled for a time with a circus, and became a successful vaudevillian. He had become so successful that by 1928 he was able, at 43, to retire to a home on Long Island in Baldwin, New York. He lost all his savings the next year in the 1929 stock-market crash and returned to acting. Hayes married Olive E. Ireland, daughter of a New Jersey glass finisher, on March 4, 1914. She joined him in vaudeville, performing under the name Dorothy Earle (not to be confused with film actress/writer Dorothy Earle). She convinced him in
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My client is an FTSE 100, market-leading publishing company currently looking to hire ambitious graduates to start their careers in Media Sales. This company provides ambitious graduates with unrivalled progression prospects. You have the opportunity to develop a career selling high-quality products in a team-base and targeted environment.
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What is a stellar dendrite? Why is snow white? Are there really
no two snowflakes that are exactly alike? Learn the answers to all
of these questions and more, while investigating the snow.
A-Z Entertainment has a hip hop dancer showing moms and sons the
newest moves and grooves. Have your picture taken and enjoy
dessert. Please wear gym shoes. This is a pre-registered event.
Concert features Jodi's Jiggle Jam.
Hundreds of objects and documents from the exclusive private
collection, together with a rare collection of first editions of
his most famous works, tell the story of how Charles Dickens and
his characters became enduring cultural icons. Interactive and
multi-media displays and personal effects take visitors through a
chronological tour of the life, literature and legacy of Dickens.
View his personal traveling inkwell, take a ride in an early
century carriage, and learn about the memorable characters, stories
and themes of his famous tales through games, time period puzzles
and Dickens' own personal Facebook page.
Interactive learning centers include a barn slide, apple
orchard and chicken coop. Maggie, a life-sized
fiberglass milking cow sponsored by Golden Oaks Farm in Wauconda,
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College Hockey:ECAC Picks: Jan. 27-28
Here we go…the last weekend of January is here. There's ten games on tap for Friday and Saturday, including a pair of televised matchups tonight.
Last week: 3-6
Overall: 37-37
Friday, Jan. 27
Brown at Dartmouth
These are two teams that are maddeningly frustrating to figure out. Brown gets shut out by last place RPI (albeit, an Engineers team that showed a lot last weekend), before beating Union while the Big Green lost to UNH before tying Cornell and beating Colgate over the same stretch. I'm taking a flyer on Brown here, but this one could go either way. Brown, 4-3
Colgate at Cornell
The bad news? The Raiders have yet to win a game in 2012. The worse news? Cornell is 8-0-3 against Colgate dating to 2007 and are currently one of the nation's hottest teams. Note the 7:36 start time, as this one will be broadcast on CBS College Sports Network. Cornell 4-2
Clarkson at Union
I saw Union's victory at Yale Friday and was stuck by their balance. They're gritty, yet skilled, good on special teams, and protect their own end. And goalie Troy Grosenick is in a groove. Yet there's been some lapses, as they blew an early 2-0 lead to Brown the next night en route to a loss. They should stay focused here. Union 3-2 (OT)
St. Lawrence at Rensselaer
An RPI win would move them out of last place and into a tie with the Saints. The Engineers were the only team to get four points last weekend, while St. Lawrence is mired in an 0-4-1 rut. What the heck…make it three in a row for RPI. RPI 3-1
Yale at Harvard
These are two teams desperately looking to snap out of their respective slumps; Yale has but one conference win over the last month, while the Crimson are 0-3-5 over their last eight. As a side note, slick passing Yale center Andrew Miller surpassed 100 points last weekend, and now has a 21-80 line in 88 career games. This one is set to air on NBC Sports Network; Washington Caps radio play-by-play man John Walton will be on the call along with Mike Millbury. Yale 5-4
Saturday, Jan. 28
Brown at Harvard
This is one of those games I really don't feel too solid leaning towards any team…in this case, I'll the take the Crimson, giving both teams a weekend split. Harvard 4, Brown 2
Clarkson at Rensselaer
Don't look now, but another RPI four-point weekend couple with another winless Yale weekend would make the two teams dead even. Of course, that's looking too far ahead, as the Engineers still have to get by the Golden Knights, who emerged from a holiday slump to go 2-0-1 over their last three. Clarkson 2-1
Cornell at Colgate
The numbers are stacked against Colgate but weekend sweeps are extremely rare, almost as rare as home-and-home-series in the ECAC. In that light, let's call a deadlock here between these travel partners. Cornell 3, Colgate 3 (OT)
St. Lawrence at Union
The Saints are only killing penalties at a 79.2 percent clip in league play. That's bad news against a potent Dutchmen power play. Union 4-2
Yale at Dartmouth
The Bulldogs face their second Ivy League opponent of the weekend in Darmouth. Expect plenty of scoring here. Yale 6-4
Tuesday, Jan. 31
UConn at Princeton
A rare non-conference Tuesday game between two teams that are pretty familiar with one another, as this marks the third year in a row they've seen each other. The Huskies are much-improved from recent years, but the Tigers should take this. Princeton 4-3
Dartmouth at Harvard
What's rarer then a Tuesday non-conference game? How about a Tuesday conference matchup? Dartmouth 5-3
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I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS
I converted my data drives with btrfs.
I first did
apt-get update before installing btrfs-tools.
Unfortunately, that still only installed version 0.19
I can mount the drives, but the options compress=lzo and commit=60 are not recognized. Since these options were not even present in v0.19, that's to be expected. I installed a .deb package, to update my btrfs-tools.
when I run
btrfs version, the answer is
Btrfs v3.12
So that's up to date now.
Problem is, I still can't boot with commit=60, and compression=lzo in fstab.
/dev/sdf1 /mnt/6 btrfs rw,noatime,commit=60,compression=lzo 0 2
when I delete those 2 options, everything works great.
Could this be because the drives were converted from ext4 to btrfs, using the older version (0.19)?
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Men Finish Middle Of The Pack At IC4A Championships
The men were led by Daniel Sheldon and finished eight of 16 in the IC4A Championships on Saturday afternoon in Bronx, N.Y.
Men's XC Wraps Up Season At IC4A Championships
Coach O'Brien will finish the 2012 season bringing 11 of his younger athletes to the IC4A Championships on Saturday, November 17.
McGowan's Return Boosts Minutemen In Regional Championships
The Minutemen finished 10th of 34 teams with the help of strong performances by upperclassmen.
Men's Cross Country Will Look To Qualify For Nationals In Friday's Regional Tournament
The Minutemen will bring their top seven down to Madison, Conn. for the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships on Friday afternoon at 1:15 p.m.
Antony Taylor Achieves All-Conference In A-10 Championships
Antony Taylor did not shy away from the spotlight as he performed well enough to qualify himself for All-Conference.
As a junior in 2012: Placed seventh and finished at 32:48.3 in the NCAA Northeast Regional Championships (11/9) ... Finished fourth for UMass and 72nd overall in the Atlantic 10 Championships with a time of 27:24.3 (10/27) ... Crossed the finish line at 25:45.9, placing him first for the Minutemen and fourth overall in the Brown Invitational (10/19) ... Raced in the New England Championships finishing second for the team with a time of 25:52.71 (10/7) ... Placed fifth for UMass with a time of 25:58 at the Dellinger Invitational (9/29) ... Finishing with a time of 25:15.53 and placed seventh for UMass and 21st overall in the Minuteman Invitational (9/15).
As a sophomore in 2011: Competed in seven meets ... Placed fourth on the team at the IC4A Championships (11/19) with a time of 26:11 ... Finished second on the team at the NCAA Regional Championships (11/12) crossing the finish line in 33:21 ... Had a fourth place finish for the team and was 29th overall at the A-10 Championships (10/29) with a time of 25:28.1 ... Finished fourth on the team at the New England Championships (10/8) with a time of 26:14 ... Placed sixth on the team at the Paul Short Invite (9/30) crossing the finish line with a time of 26:46 ... Finished eighth on the team and 25th overall at the Minuteman Invite (9/17) with a time of 23:34.01 ... Placed fifth on the team at the Bryant Invite 5K (9/10) crossing the finish line at 16:26.70.
As a freshman in 2010: Competed in two meets ... Finished in the 107th spot at the IC4A Championships (11/20) while placing third on the team in 26:51.1 ... Placed fourth on the team and 187th overall at the New England Championships (10/9), with a time of 26:59.
Before UMass: Four-year letter winner at Methuen High School in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track and field... Holds school records in the 4 x 1 mile, distance medley relay, mile, two mile as well as on the home cross country course ... Holds the state outdoor track and field record in the 4 x 1 mile ... Was a state champion in the 4x800 meter relay and All-American in the 4 x 1 mile as a senior ... Was a four year cross country Merrimack Valley All-Conference member as well as the Merrimack Valley Runner of the Year as a senior ... Was named the indoor track and field Merrimack Valley Conference Runner of the Year as a junior ... As a sophomore, junior, and senior was named an indoor and outdoor track and field Merrimack Valley All-Conference Athlete ... Named team MVP in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field as a junior and senior ... As a junior and senior was named a cross country Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Athlete ... As a senior was named an outdoor track and field (4x800 meter relay) Boston Globe and Boston Herald All-Scholastic Athlete ... Was the cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field captain as a junior and senior ... Named a high school outdoor track and field National All-American in the 4 x 1 mile ... Was an Eagle Tribune All-Star in outdoor track and field as a junior and senior, as well as in cross country as a junior and indoor track and field as a senior.
Personal: Born Jared Christopher Reddy on August 8. 2010, in Methuen, Mass. ... Son of Jennifer and Jeff Reddy ... Brother to Justin, Jeffrey, Jacob, and Jenna ... Undeclared in major declaration.
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People Like Us Movie Reviews
People Like Us
Release Date: Jun 29, 2012
Rating: (PG-13)
User reviews on People Like Us
I thought I'd give this a try because it stars Mr Chris Pine from my favorite movie Star Trek but as a sci-fi geek I guess I should have known better. This movie is strictly for those who want to see every soap opera cliche packed into a 2 hour movie. There's the distant daddy, the long lost siblings, the will with money that needs to be transferred, the sad mother who never realized her dreams, and a troubled teenage boy who is driving his single mom crazy. Um, sad much? Yeah, really sad, especially since it's written by a guy who was responsible for some of the best sci-fi scripts of the last five years in Hollywood. I heard it's partly based on his real life story, but after the third (or 30th) tragedy, I just stopped paying attention. Maybe you can enjoy it if you like soap operas, but even those seem to be getting cancelled left and right. I hope that doesn't mean that all those melodramatic stories will find their way on to the big screen...
I really liked People Like Us....really good theme. Chris Pine's performance was good
A few months ago, Nicholas Sparks's "The Lucky One" had its lead keep a big secret from his love interest so that the film could keep up its unnecessary drama. Taking a page from that movie is "People Like Us", a drama written by the guys that wrote "Transformers". It's important to know this because director Alex Kurtzman shoots this movie like an action film, taking whatever drama there might have been out of it. Sam (Chris Pine), a self-centered salesman, flies to LA to attend the funeral of his father. There he finds two surprises: $150,000 in cash and a half-sister he didn't know about. He's supposed to give the money to her. Instead, he gets close to her and her son, keeping the secret to himself. Why? Because without it, there's no movie. But it's no good when I just kept thinking to myself, "Just tell her!" Instead of making the hard choice and laying this information out there and allowing the characters and audience to sort this stuff out, the filmmakers would rather trick us. I didn't fall for it.
I did not like this film and do not recommend seeing it in the theaters. I am a guy and this film was a bit too soapy and sentimental for my taste but my girlfriend really loved this film so i guess it depends what kind of films you are into. I think the film was well made and very well acted but I just do not like sentimental films and I usually can not relate to them. It was also a bit too slow for my taste. When I told my girlfriend that I did not like this film I swear I thought she will hit me because she absolutely loved it. So I think you should see this film and decide if you love it or hate it.
I did not expect to like this film but i really had a great time watching it and I recommend seeing it in the theaters. The film is emotionally genuine and heartwarming and I think I needed to see a film just like this one. It is a simple and sentimental film that will draw you in even if you do not want that to happen. I think that anybody who has ever lost somebody will be able to relate to this film and will be touched by this movie as well. The dialogue in the film is great and three main actors do a wonderful job with their roles and definitely make this film that much better.
I loved Chris Pine in "Star Trek" so I thought I should see what he's like in a sensitive drama/comedy. I'm still not sure what to make of it since the movie is called "People Like Us". But I have to ask, who is "us"? I definitely did not feel like the characters in the movie represented me or my family or anyone I know, but I guess the writer was trying to say it's ok to be different and in a difficult situation. I think. Maybe? Maybe not.
There's a pretty big secret at the heart of the movie: a recently deceased man leaves his son over a hundred grand which the son needs desperately to get out of debt. But the father instructs him to deliver the money to a young woman who turns out to be his half sister. She has her own problems with her young son who is a delinquent at school. Nothing we haven't seen here before and nothing I think I'll want to see again. Sorry, CP, call me when you're back in deep space!
I guess the best thing I can say about this movie is that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Is that a compliment? I dunno.
What I do know is that since the whole thing is based on the lie of one man, so many truths need to be told and resolved between the characters that it becomes too much to bear. Too often the story started to feel like an episode of "All My Children" - and that's not a good thing in this case.
Chris Pine gives a good performance, Elizabeth Banks gives a great one, and Michelle Pfeiffer is phenomenal in her small cameo. I'm not sure what the filmmakers were trying to get at with this story, but I think they lost their way despite obviously good intentions. I hope that their next movie offers more answers than questions like this one.
As a mother, I must confess that this movie really moved me to tears. Michelle Pfeiffer plays a lost mother (in the emotional sense) who gave up on her dreams and her child and was left with nothing except her own hope that the next day would be better some day. Though she's only in a minor supporting role, her performance is the one that stayed with me after the movie ended. It's Pfeiffer's best performance in years and I hope that they give her other such roles that allow her finesse to shine through.
Overall, the movie is about two half siblings who never knew the other existed until after their father passes away. One is a slick salesman who is buried under debt, the other is a struggling single mother who needs a helping hand because her son is out of control. Of course they both end up being exactly who and what the other one needs, which sounds like something that only happens in the movies, but I've seen it happen in real life and I was able to identify with this story.
I wanted to get more into this movie than I could, and all because of one issue: why couldn't he just tell her he's her brother?? That would have spared us the whole two hours...oh yes, then there would be no movie, of course. Still, I don't get the what was the point of it all.
The most poignant part of the film was watching the single mom played by Elizabeth Banks wrestle with her troubled son. Though it's kind of a typical storyline, it resonated the most with me as someone who grew up with a single mom. The whole part of a stranger showing up out of the mist and giving her money to save her life and he also turns out to be her long lost half brother was very soap opera-y. I think the movie is too ambitious for its own good. The performances are all good, but are buried under all the different stories. Less is more, especially in a situation like this.
I think this movie could have easily turned out to be like every bad TV movie you've seen on CBS but this one is handled very well and it works in unexpected ways. First of all, its stars the hottie Chris Pine as a guy down on his luck. He finds out one day that he's in terrible amounts of debt when his father dies. His dad leaves him a large sum of money which he thinks will solve his problems . . . but it's meant for a young woman he's never met who turns out to be his half sister he never knew about. How they forge their relationship and save each other is what the movie is really about.
Chris Pine is great in the movie, as is Elizabeth Banks who plays his half sister. But I think the movie really belongs to the touching performance by Michelle Pfeiffer who plays the mother. She's a lost soul who wants to save her son from himself, but she has a hard time letting him save himself. It's a very touching performance and one which I wish Hollywood would let older actresses play more often. It's supposed to be based on the real life of the writer who wrote the script, but I am sure some of it is fictionalized. A sweet and heartfelt movie that should make you grateful for the family and loved ones you have.
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LAREDO, TEXAS (KGNS) - Memorial Day isn't about an extra day off from work or the cookouts. Local veterans are asking everyone in the community to take time out of their day to remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Honoring our fallen soldiers is what hundreds of local people did Memorial Day morning at the veteran's cemetery. Many veterans, and family members came out to remember their loved ones who have fallen. Eduardo Jaime recalls a painful day.
"I myself remember March 14, 1970. I lost most of my squad to a trap. There were seven in my squad, three were killed, four wounded. I still remember till this day.
Veterans took turns reading the names of local veterans who have passed away. Veteran John Barton paid tribute to his uncle, who lost his life in war.
"He died in Vietnam. He was a pilot in the Air force, he was an air controller. He was shot down in October of 1968, while I was there in Vietnam."
This cemetery is where about two thousand veterans are buried; each grave with an American flag for their sacrifice. Jaime hopes each every person living in the United States takes the time to remember all the fallen soldiers.
"They paid the ultimate sacrifice. Freedom is not free. We have to fight for it, we fought for it along time ago and we are still doing it so I think everybody should pay tribute on this day, not just because it's a day off, but stop and remember."
Webb County is home to about 11,000 veterans.


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Bizarro Box-Score Sorcery
Posted by John Autin on June 29, 2011
[Please humor me for a moment; I'll get to the point shortly.]
Here's a fun exercise with the Play Index: Try to find a game where both starting pitchers had the exact same basic box score line of IP, H, R, BB and SO. Here's a step-by-step guide for doing that search:
(To skip the search and see the results for a certain pitching line that I selected at random, click here.)
- In the Play Index, under Game Finder, choose "Player Pitching."
- Set the first option to "Find Number of Players Matching Criteria in a Game."
- Set "Pitcher's Role" = "Starter."
- Under "Select Additional Criteria," set each of the first 4 fields to one of the 5 basic stats (IP, H, R, BB or SO), and equal to any number you may choose.
- Set the 5th field (the relational field) for the remaining stat, and set it equal to 1.0 * [one of the other 4 stats]. This is a workaround to get a limited 5-stat search from a 4-field form.
- Leave the years at the default of "1919-2011."
- Click "Get Report."
When the results come up, look in the "#Matching" column. Does the first entry show "2"? I'll guess that it didn't. No matter what stats you choose, the odds are that you won't find any game where both starting pitchers had the exact same basic pitching line. It's very rare.
Now do another search just as before, but with the following criteria: IP=7, H=6, R=2, SO=0 and BB=R. (To skip the search and see those results, click here.)
At last, my point: This rare event occurred in Tuesday's White Sox-Rockies game. Opposing starters Gavin Floyd and Jason Hammel both had lines of 7 IP, 6 hits, 2 runs, 2 walks and 0 strikeouts.
Besides matching their basic stat line, both Floyd and Hammel induced 12 ground balls, yielded 7 line drives, and had a Win Probability Added of 0.169.*
Also, it was the first time in 30 years that both starting pitchers went at least 7 IP without a strikeout. And it was the first time in 10 years that Colorado collected 10 or more hits at home without an extra-base hit.
Ready for another fun exercise? Pick any two players and peruse their pages on B-R -- biographical info, career stats, etc. How many common traits can you find? By selecting from the vast array of data for each player, and presenting only only the things they have in common, can you make them seem eerily similar -- like those lists comparing the assassinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy?
Here's what I came up with for Gavin Floyd and Jason Hammel:
- 28 years old
- Right-handed
- 6' 6" tall
- 7 losses this year, with a low-4's ERA
- Innings nearly identical -- 101 IP for Floyd, 100.2 for Hammel
- 10 wins last year
- Both are with their 2nd MLB team, and had 7 wins with their 1st team
I stopped there because, well, this is just an exercise. But you are now armed with all the tricks you'll need to dazzle your friends with tales of once-in-a-blue-moon events and coincidences ... no matter how meaningless they may be.
* In case you're wondering, pitchers with the same stat line do not necessarily have the same WPA.
63 Responses to "Bizarro Box-Score Sorcery"
Kahuna Tuna Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 6:13 pm
IP=7, H=7, R=3 for both starters:
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#Matching
(Praying for the table to post correctly.)
Three matching games — no big deal. The bizarro part is that one of the starters of the 1985 game took the loss in relief in the KCR-TOR game.
Kahuna Tuna Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
Kahuna buffoona. Sorry about that.
Timmy p Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 6:27 pm
Dukeof flatbush was on the Chris Hansen show!
Richard Chester Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 6:48 pm
John: I ran the search for IP = 7, H = 6, R = 2, SO = 0 and BB = R. My search returned 15 results compared to your 53. I extracted the box score for one of your games that did not appear on my list, the game of 6-27-22. The pitcher, Dixie Leverett, had 7 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 SO and 1 BB, not 2. Perhaps you hit >= instead of = for the BB search. That is the only game I checked. Perhaps you could clarify.
BTW, in answer to a prior question of yours on another post, Connie Marrero is the oldest living former player.
Richard Chester Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 6:56 pm
I just noticed that there is no >= nor a <= selection for the fifth "Choose a stat".
jim Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 7:26 pm
rox/sox was a great game to watch, one of the fastest-paced games i've ever watched
John Autin Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 8:59 pm
@3, Richard Chester -- You're absolutely right; I used > instead of = in the relational field. Lucky me, it didn't affect the one game I was targeting.
Good point about the lack of >= in the relational field. When I want that function, I work around it by dropping a tiny fraction off the multiplier -- e.g., 0.999 instead of 1.0.
And thanks for the followup on Connie Marrero.
rogerbusby Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 9:25 pm
At the risk of going political- who's with me on:
I'll register the party "Sabercratican" if someone else can get the bumper stickers printed up.
DoubleDiamond Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 10:23 pm
Gavin Floyd is one of two major league players (so far) who were born on Jan. 27, 1983, and both have pitched for the Phillies. The other is Mike Zagurski. The Phillies have been shuttling relievers between the majors and AAA so much this year that I don't know if he's with them now or not.
John Autin Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Bad news, Rogerbusby -- I inhaled.
BSK Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 11:12 pm
What two players had...
* Equal hits
* Both switch hit
* Played 20 seasons
* Had an OBP within 1 point of each other
* Never finished in the top 10 in MVP
* Made the HOF
* Played in New York...
* ... for a team no longer in New York
* Never played in an All-Star Game
YET were more than 40 WAR apart for their career
(This probably isn't TOO much of a mystery but I thought I'd play with JA's idea)
Dukeofflatbush Says:
June 29th, 2011 at 11:15 pm
Of no connection to anything, just saddens me.
Mark Reynolds' June ON BASE streak was snapped tonight.
Jack Fish Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:02 am
On July 27, 1948, Ellis Kinder of the Boston Red Sox picked up a victory over the Tigers with 9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 SO, 0 HR, 33 BF & 82 GSc. One year, to the day, July 27, 1949, Red Sox starter Mel Parnell picked up a victory over the White Sox with the same exact line.
Richard Chester Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:13 am
Max Carey and George Davis
Neil L. Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Yikes, Richard, impressive! How did you do it/know it? The Brooklyn and NY Giants part was easy but it would have taken me numerous looks at their team seasons to try and home in on the players. ~~applauds~~
Neil L. Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:27 am
Duke, yes. I know you are a big Mark Reynolds booster 🙂 but for HIM to go almost a month with at least one time on base........ is nothing short of incredible.
Now for your next trick, can you get Adam Dunne on a streak of consecutive games without striking out?
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:28 am
@13, Jack Fish -- That is a world-class coincidence! Did you find it tonight with the Play Index, or have you been keeping it up your sleeve for years, waiting for the right crowd to drop it on? Either way -- nice work!
And how 'bout Ellis "Old Folks" Kinder? 102 career wins, all after his 32nd birthday! He was pitching in class D through age 26. He and Parnell combined for 48 wins with the '49 BoSox.
Oh, and in the Parnell game you mentioned, he went 3 for 4 himself -- as many hits as he allowed. Kinder merely had 1 for 3 with a walk in his game.
Man, do I love hyperlinked box scores!
Richard Chester Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:42 am
I certainly did not know it, I never even heard of George Davis. I went to the career hits leaderboard and scrolled until I came to two guys with the same number of hits. They are easy to locate because all you do is to look for a blank space in the Rank column. The first pair was Charlie Gehringer and Ivan Rodriguez and obviously they were not the answer. Next I came to Carey and Davis and compared their stats.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:47 am
Max Carey -- owner of the highest (verified) SB% in a 50-SB season: 51 steals, 2 CS in 1922. (Scored 140 runs that year, too.)
And wow, I'd forgotten that George Davis didn't make the Hall until 1998 -- 89 years after his last game.
Nice one, BSK!
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:51 am
Nice work, Richard. I found them on the hits list and reverse-engineered it from there. I didn't think it'd be too hard to find, but wanted to throw a lot of stuff in there that would make ya verify it. Way to go!
Mustachioed Repetition Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 1:25 am
Bad news, Rogerbusby -- I inhaled.
C'mon JA, this is 2011. Mustachioed Eldridge Obama wrote a book about snorting coke and he run tings.
[Ellis Kinder] was pitching in class D through age 26.
I'm not sure how much those minor league class designations mean back then. For instance, B-R doesn't classify any leagues as AAA in the '40s. The average age of the players in Class D in 1940 is about 23, which is well above the average age in today's Low-A or Rookie leagues, which one might think D evolved into. I'm not sure how many of those teams were affiliated and how efficient the system was in filtering the best prospects to the upper minors. I don't doubt Class D was faaarrr from the majors but I'm not sure what it really meant in terms of a particular player's chances.
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 1:33 am
Hopefully this one is a little bit harder...
These two players...
* are adjacent on the all-time HR list
* had 11 letters in the name they are most commonly known by
* played for the same team
* had 162-game averages that were exactly...
*** 0 SO apart (that is to say, tied)
*** 1 RBI apart
*** 2 BB apart
*** 3 2B apart
*** 4 SB apart
*** 5 points of OPS+ apart
YET one player has a WAR that is 46.5 higher than the other!
Who are they???
Whiz Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:50 am
"* In case you're wondering, pitchers with the same stat line do not necessarily have the same WPA."
This is correct, but there are a large number of cases where they do have the same WPA. In looking for other identical stat lines, I started looking for starting pitchers with the same IP, H and R. (There weren't a whole lot of them, so you can look at them by hand to see if the BB and SO are the same; this should be faster than checking all the combos of all five categories.)
Anyway, in most of the cases where the pitchers had the same IP, H and R, and the IP was an even inning (none with a 1/3 or 2/3 of an inning), they had the same WPA. The only exceptions were games where one of the pitchers started an inning, but didn't record an out (for example, they had IP=8, but in fact allowed a single in the ninth, so it was really 8+ IP). That obviously changes their WPA from where it was after the 8th inning.
In fact, two starting pitchers with just the same IP and R will always have the same WPA if they both stopped pitching after a complete inning. If you think about it, this makes sense: they have put their teams into equal situations (a tie game), so each has contributed equally to the win probability of their team.
Whiz Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:52 am
BTW, I've only checked IP = 8, 8.1, 8.2 and 9 (with various H and R combinations), but no other identical stat lines have shown up yet. A few have matched four of the five stats, missing only in BB or SO.
Whiz Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Another interesting tidbit that exemplifies how pitchers how being used differently than 30+ years ago: six times both starting pitchers in a game have allowed 4 H and 0 R and have been removed after 8 IP. The earliest was in 1990.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 1:08 pm
@23, Whiz -- That is a good point to make. It reminds me that I wish the official listing of IP in a game would include a signifier for those who pitched to one or more batters in an additional inning but did not record an out.
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 1:47 pm
No body wants to play my game??? ARG! Alright... he is a clue... one player still active, one already in the HOF...
Richard Chester Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 1:54 pm
I am still working on it.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
BSK -- Seeking clarification on a couple of clues:
-- Played for the same team -- Does that mean each played for just 1 team, or that they had at least 1 team in common?
-- 11 letters in the name they are most commonly known by -- First name, last name, or both combined?
And you wouldn't pull a trick question, right? -- like making it seem that they're hitters by giving all batting stats, but they're actually pitchers?
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:05 pm
Richard, I will say that I don't think there is an easy way to find it. Certainly nothing using PI. Another suggestion I would make is consider what factors could make a guy with relatively similar career totals so wildly different in WAR...
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:07 pm
1- They both played for the same franchise. I'll leave the rest up to you. 🙂
2- First and last name any reasonable person would use for both players.
3- No.
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:08 pm
I realize that answer #1 still won't suffice.
If you made a list of the team(s) these guys played on, they would not be mutually exclusive. Any better?
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:09 pm
CRAP! There is an error in my stats listed... it should say OPS+ and not OPS. I simply typed it in wrong. Triple-bonus-points to anyone who would have had it if not for my error.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:15 pm
@33, BSK -- Don't sweat it. By the "power" vested in me, I've corrected your original post. I doubt that anyone was close enough to be thrown off by that difference, anyway.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
BSK -- Which of these is meant by "adjacent on the all-time HR list"?:
(a) No player has a HR total that falls in between the totals of our two mystery guys; or
(b) They are physically adjacent to each other on the B-R career HR list (such players could have the same HR total, while other pairs might be separated by just 1 HR but not be physically adjacent on the list).
Richard Chester Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:25 pm
I am not using PI. The difference in WAR could be that one guy is(was) an awful fielder and the other guy is(was) good. I have copied the WAR leader boards and pasted them into an excel spreadsheet and added a column which calculates WAR - 46.5 and then tried matching but I have not come up with an answer. I am throwing in the towel because I am missing the Yankee game.
Good luck John.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Thanks, Richard.
BTW, I can think of 2 other possible reasons for a vast WAR difference despite similar rate stats:
(1) Big gap in offensive context of their careers; or
(2) The active guy hasn't played all that much.
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:43 pm
You probably would have gotten it, had the active player's WAR not changed since last night. In light of that, should I just give the answer?
To your question, I don't really see an appreciable difference between your (a) and (b) but when I used the term, I was thinking directly in terms of (a).
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
WAR gap is now 46.3. I'm not sure if enough can change in one game to change the other stats, but it is possible the numbers no longer hold...
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:51 pm
@38, BSK -- Glad it was (a).
The difference in my scenarios would be, sometimes a bunch of guys have the same HR total -- but if you look at the career HR list on B-R, they're not all physically adjacent.
BSK Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 2:52 pm
Gotcha, I see what you're saying.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 3:15 pm
OK, I have the answer. I don't want to print it unless you're ready.
P.S. I used Richard Chester's method, but had to resort to eyeballing the totals that were *close* to 46.3 WAR apart, but not exactly. This points up one of the little irritants of the Play Index: It doesn't always produce the exact same decimals as are shown on the player pages. So, whereas one of the mystery guys has a round number of career WAR on his player page, it shows up as _.9 in the Play Index.
But anyway ... good challenge, BSK!
Whiz Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 3:17 pm
OK, back to the original topic for a moment.
No guarantee these are the only ones (although I would maybe place a bet on it :-)), but here are two other games since 1919 with two starting pitchers that have the same stat line (IP-H-R-BB-SO) and ER were the same (not one of the requirements JA mentioned):
1964-06-06, SFG@PHI, Jack Sanford vs. Dennis Bennett, 7-5-2-2-4
1968-04-20, ATL@CIN, Pat Jarvis vs. Gerry Arrigo, 7-6-1-1-4
Of course the Game Scores are the same since it uses only these stats.
Honorable mention to this game, in which the ER were different (it matches the criteria JA used):
1974-09-04, SFG@LAD, Mike Caldwell vs. Geoff Zahn, 6.2-7-1-3-4
These Game Scores are different due to different ER.
Richard Chester Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I have the answer also.
Thomas Court Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 3:37 pm
Can we please see it?
I started to toy with this thing last night at work. Before I knew it, I had been at it for a couple of hours. I gave up, shaking my head at how long I had been working on it... then came home from work and worked on it for another hour.
I am ready for the answer at this point.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Paul Konerko and Johnny Bench.
Richard Chester Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Paul Konerko and Johnny Bench.
Thomas Court Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
@46 and 45
Thanks. I looked at Johnny Bench closely because my first instinct when trying to find a reason for the WAR discrepancy was to think defense. I would have had the answer sometime around 4:00am if not for one little mistake in my reading of the original:
I read "Teammates" and not "played for the same team." So I was looking for two players who played for the same team at the same time.
Well... sanity is restored now.
Whiz Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 4:19 pm
Hmm, I found them too, but their WAR is 46.4 or 46.3 apart (depending on which pages you look on) and their 2B rate per 162 games is 1 apart.
In looking for the answer, you find sure some interesting stuff. Like two players with the same number of HR and very different WAR:
Cobb = Rod Barajas + 152
Wade Boggs = Ed Kranepool + 84.6
Joe Morgan = Gorman Thomas + 83.6
Roger Connor = Earl Williams + 81.4
Musial = Stargell + 70.3
And Rickey Henderson has 90.2 more WAR than Aramis Ramirez, despite having 1 less HR (as of yesterday).
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 4:20 pm
@43, Whiz -- Nice finds! You are ... well ... eponymous!
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
@49, Whiz -- My favorite accidental discovery from this search was that Rogers Hornsby and Stan Musial both had 127.8. (Though perhaps I am the last to realize this?)
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
Hornsby & Musial had 127.8 WAR, that is.
Bob R Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 6:51 pm
There has been over 300 times where a player hit 40 or more Home Runs in a season. Only once did two of those seasons have identical Batting Average and HR and RBI totals.
...and it happened in consecutive years.
...and it happened by the same player.
In 1996 Vinny Castillo had 40 HR, 113 RBI and batted .304
In 1997 Vinny Castillo had 40 HR, 113 RBI and batted .304
Neil L. Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
"You are ... well ... eponymous!"
JA, not to be confused with any Greek mythological figures.
Brendan Burke Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Castilla, not Castillo.
John Autin Says:
June 30th, 2011 at 11:09 pm
Onomateponymous: The mythical half-man, half-aardvark whose name was derived from the sound he made while snuffling out delectable box scores.
(It must be later than I think....)
BSK Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 1:47 am
You guys got it! Sorry for whatever errors were in the original post and using a number that fluctuates on a daily basis AND appears differently. Nice work! Basically, I was intrigued by the guys who, at first glance, appeared statistically similar but had very different WARs or WPAs (originally, I tried to find guys with similar WARs and wildly different WPAs or vice versa, but that was too hard as those numbers generally link up). Konerko, playing 1B in a high offensive era, offered much less bang for his buck than Bench, playing C in a much lesser offensive era. So their similar HR and RBI and OPS+ numbers meant very different things. Fun stuff!
Kahuna Tuna Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 12:50 pm
A little off topic, but while researching something else at baseballlibrary.com I learned that, in the second game of a doubleheader between Pittsburgh and Brooklyn on August 13, 1910, each team scored eight runs' had 13 hits' 38 at-bats' five strikeouts' three walks' one hit batter' one passed ball' 13 assists' 27 putouts' two errors' and used two pitchers. The game wound up being called by darkness.
John Autin Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 8:15 pm
@58, Kahuna -- I like to think that game was called not because of darkness, but to preserve that perfect symmetry for all posterity!
BTW ... what were you researching?
John Autin Says:
July 1st, 2011 at 8:22 pm
Late addendum to the collection of identical pitching lines:
Thursday in Wrigley, Matt Cain went 7 innings on 4 hits, no runs, 1 walk, 6 Ks -- the exact same line as his previous start. And each time, he left with a 1-0 lead, on an unearned run.
Whiz Says:
July 2nd, 2011 at 6:36 pm
For completeness, here are all the games I found (1919-present) with identical starting pitching lines, IP-H-R-ER-BB-SO. I only checked games with at least 5 IP before, and there were a couple of shorter ones.
1933-06-11(1), BOS@BRO, Fred Frankhouse vs. Sloppy Thurston, 4.1-6-4-4-1-0
1964-06-06, SFG@PHI, Jack Sanford vs. Dennis Bennett, 7-5-2-2-2-4
1968-04-20, ATL@CIN, Pat Jarvis vs. Gerry Arrigo, 7-6-1-1-1-4
1995-08-19, ATL@STL, John Smoltz vs. Donovan Osborne, 3-4-4-4-2-3
2011-06-28, CHA@COL, Gavin Floyd vs. Jason Hammel, 7-6-2-2-2-0
I also found a second game with the same IP-H-R-BB-SO (different ER), so there are two of those:
1961-05-24, WAS@KCA, Tom Sturdivant vs. Jim Archer, 7-6-4-3-2
1974-09-04, SFG@LAD, Mike Caldwell vs. Geoff Zahn, 6.2-7-1-3-4
Pretty rare!
John Autin Says:
July 2nd, 2011 at 11:05 pm
@61, Whiz -- Would you mind sharing how you performed these searches covering 6 pitching game stats, when the Play Index can only take 4 of those criteria at one time? Did you just find those that matched in 4 stats, and then eyeball them for the last 2 stats?
And did you really check every possible combination? I don't even want to think about how many there are ... but will you come and work with me? 🙂 (And if I ever do get a dollar out of this, you can have half!)
Whiz Says:
July 3rd, 2011 at 4:20 pm
I did 3-parameter searches, IP, H and R, and for games with two starting pitchers that matched I eyeballed the BB, SO and ER. So no special secrets, just grunge work. It was something to do while watching baseball games on TV 🙂
As for how many combos, there were 31 IP choices (0 to 10 in third-inning steps), and about 10 H and 10 R choices (for higher values of H and R the number of games peters out, at which point I quit looking), for roughly 3000 different combos. A lot of them had no pairs of pitchers to check, so they go fast (maybe a few seconds each). If there are matching lines with IP > 10, I wouldn't find them.
I also checked my Retrosheet play-by-play database as a check -- that found one that I had looked at but somehow missed the first time. Of course that doesn't help for games before 1950.
It was interesting that 5 of the 7 matching games had 6.2 or 7 IP. I wonder if the IP distribution for starting pitchers peaks there, at least lately.


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Some of her earliest memories are of the fears that surround the subject of dark entities, but she has become empowered and has found a way to overcome the shadow. She loves using powerful tools to quickly release blockages for clients. This can be a scary subject, but Josie's gift is to use her light, love, creativity and laughter to overcome the vibrations of the shadow. She diagnoses and clears "dark energy" that interferes with our personal growth.
"Parasitic vibrations are not in control of you. Let me help you safely clear negative interference so you can go back to living in your truth. Let love and laughter become more and more a part of your life!" -Josie Hopla
Not only can Josie clear the shadows, she can also help you gain understanding of dark forces so that the things you once viewed as dark and scary become nothing more than an indication that you are working toward your own truth. All you need is a cape and a sidekick. She's excited to be your sidekick. You provide your own cape.
Presenting Rev. Candida Schwartz N.D.
Rev. Candida Schwartz N.D.
Candida is an Intuitive who began training with Liliana in 2001 and has been giving readings ever since. Her style is nurturing and kind, but don't let that fool you. Her Italian heritage makes her delightfully sassy and strong. Because of her background as a Naturopath, she is gifted at looking into the energy-mind-body connection. She loves using flower essences and can recommend a few for you! She has a particular interest in relationships, fertility and mind-body issues. She studied at NCNM for the past 5 years. Her sessions are nourishing and uplifting.
"I don't have a formal name for the work I do. Every reading, as every person, is different and expresses itself as such. The greatest intention I set for every reading is for the greater good. I invite you to move out of effort and into ease." -Rev. Candida Schwartz
Any work that Candida does through Lotus Lantern Healing Arts is not intended for medical purposes. For a Naturopathic consultation, contact her at 503-502-5738.
Rev. Sara DeFrancesco
Sara is an eclectic spiritual counselor who has been mentored by Liliana since 2008.
Drawing from her work as a naturopath and acupuncturist, Sara combines the Enlighten Up With Lotus Lantern™ spiritual counseling method with her knowledge of the healing power of nature and the Chinese meridian system. She helps clients heal their stories, listen to their bodies, and run their energy instead of letting it run them.
Wielding straight talk, insight, and laughter, Sara is a true force of nature who is especially skilled at perceiving her client's talents and assisting in the growth of new projects.
A seasoned equestrian, innovative entrepreneur, and nature fanatic, Sara excels at working with with animal lovers, small business owners, holistic practitioners, and anyone who seeks to deepen their understanding of themselves, their relationships, and the world around them.
Sara also enjoys working with clients to interpret dreams through the lens of Chinese symbology.
Sara's work through Lotus Lantern Healing Arts is not intended for medical purposes. For information on Naturopathic and Chinese Medicine consultations, visit www.thrivingforcenaturalmedicine.com
Rev. Jeremiah Coleman from Rev. Liliana Barzola Read on Vimeo.
Rev. Jeremiah Coleman is a 12th Generation Sicilian Mystic.
He eases the life-sucking pressure of uncertainty, doubt and fear in people's lives by teaching them how to stand in their own unique vision with clarity, grace and unconditional confidence.
He believes we all know the answer inside ourselves already, but when we look in the mirror to do it all ourselves, everything is reversed!
With 16 years of experience, Jeremiah began intuitively decoding Western & Mayan Astrology charts and has evolved to learn ritual with Dagara wisdom keeper Sobonfu Some and Tzutujil Shaman Martin Prechtel. Through study with Liliana Barzola Read, he has empowered his practice & is now able to talk to anyone, using his family lineage & clairvoyant gifts to be of service.
Jeremiah has also developed a method of using Certified Pure, Therapeutic Grade essential oils as spiritual tools that remove obstacles, promote health & support positive, joyful change on the epigenetic level.
A father of two wild & reverent boys and a devoted husband and business manager, Jeremiah understands the enduring work it takes to keep a good sense of humor and shake the mundane into stardust!