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Despite losing 99 games in a season sponsored by Murphy's Law, the Twins entered an offseason in which neither building to contend nor rebuilding really fully made sense. For one, the team lacked the liquid assets required for a rebuild; its more valuable commodities were either inked to long-term deals, or the player was coming off an injury-riddled campaign. Or both.
Secondly, with nearly $40 million promised to Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau this season and next, the Twins were left with only one real option: Build a club which could *possibly* contend if Mauer and Morneau are both healthy and productive in 2012.
Coming off such a disastrous season, and with a payroll that will likely check in about $13 million lower than last season, interim General Manager Terry Ryan was faced with the difficult task of erasing, or at least blurring his predecessors blunders, all while inexplicably facing a lower payroll despite only entering the third season of a new stadium, and those precious new stadium dollars.
Now, two full months into the offseason, Ryan has done a pretty decent job. Still, he's made five big moves — a relative frenzy compared to previous Twins offseasons — and likely has at least one more move on the horizon before the club heads to Florida to begin preparations for the upcoming campaign.
Today, I'll use symbolism everyone can understand to explain exactly how this pivotal offseason, despite a number of good moves, is still one which hangs in the balance as we inch closer to opening day. Just a note: I'll only be talking about incoming players. The outgoing moves were all beneficial for the Twins, for what it's worth.
0-0 pitch – Ball: Jamey Carroll – Infielder
Just under a week after resuming his GM post, TR made his first significant move of the offseason, inking the diminutive Carroll to a two-year deal as the team's starting shortstop. And while this doesn't exactly signal the club waiving the white flag on Tsuyoshi Nishioka, it certainly may mean that the import may have to re-attempt to earn his stripes in Rochester rather than Minneapolis, or he'll risk being Igawa'd.
In Carroll, the Twins are simply looking for someone to be there on a regular basis. In his career, Carroll has played steady, if unspectacular defense all across the infield, shown very good plate discipline, and has done a good job as both a sub and as a starter, providing flexibility for each of the four franchises which he's played. Twins shortstops on the whole hit .238/.292/.320, committed 29 errors, and had a collective UZR of -15.8, while Carroll went .290/.359/.347 with a -1.9 UZR at short, where he played about half his innings. Even at 38-years-old, Carroll should provide the club with improved infield defense — paramount for a team with so few strikeout pitchers — and will slot in nicely in the two-hole between fellow good-eye guys Mauer and Denard Span.
1-0 pitch – Ball: Ryan Doumit – Catcher/First Baseman/Outfielder
Ryan continued his disciplined approach at the free agency dish, nabbing former Pirate backstop Doumit on a one-year, $3 million deal. And while Doumit comes with his share of issues –namely health, and defense– a hitter of his caliber (.360 wOBA over 236 PA in 2011) would have likely garnered at least a multi-year pact, as well as probably nearly double the salary.
Doumit's skills actually fit the Twins needs quite nicely. He's a dreadful catcher, but if everything breaks how the club would prefer, he'd only end up catching every now and then. The team even brought in J.R. Towles to have a chance to battle Drew Butera — with swim noodles, presumably — for a roster spot, thus helping to ensure that Doumit may be used in more of a quasi-utility role. With Morneau a complete and utter wild card, and with no immediate DH options on the current roster, Doumit should health-willing be able to grab 400-500 PA as a swingman between first base and DH, and he may end up in the outfield a bit as well. If I were to bet, he'll probably play a considerable amount at first while Morneau DHs, both preserving the Canadian and preserving Twins fans' eyes from seeing Doumit behind the plate or in the outfield.
2-0 pitch – Strike: Matt Capps – Relief Pitcher
Sometimes you can't help but want to take a hearty 2-0 rip. However, in re-signing Capps, it's hard to say yet if TR fouled this one off, or whiffed. Capps very obviously had one of the worst seasons of his seven-year career, as his WPA sunk well below zero for only the second time. And like his rough 2009 season, which not only culminated in his non-tendering by the Pirates but the untimely passing of his father, Capps was victimized yet again by the long ball. However, in addition to allowing far too many home runs, Capps' strikeout rates completely bottomed out, falling to a Pavanian 4.7 per nine, nearly two whiffs off his career rate.
Now maybe there was more to the arm injury than what meets the eye, and maybe he really was compensating for it as a result, but his 2010 season looks more like an outlier than what he should return to, given a healthy offseason. For one, Capps induced worm burners 10 percent more often in '10 than he had his entire career before and after. So even though he allowed fewer line drives in 2011, more of his fly balls left the yard. Second, he lost velocity in '11, amounting to over a full tick of his heater from '10. But like his ground ball rates, Capps was simply regressing to his career average velocity. So while Capps may not be the pitcher he was in '11 with the miniscule whiff rates and penchant for dialing nine, he doesn't appear likely to bounce back a la second-half Joe Nathan, either. Besides, bad teams don't really need closers, and until the Twins show otherwise, that's a bad team.
2-1 pitch – Ball: Josh Willingham – Outfielder
For the second time since I've followed the club extremely closely, the Twins signed a free agent that I'd pegged at the beginning of the offseason as an ideal target (the other time? Mike Lamb. Ugh). If you're interested, I covered this signing extensively here, but not only is Willingham a better hitter than the departed Michael Cuddyer (by a .364 to .345 wOBA margin) whose legit pull power is better suited for Target Field, but he signed for $10-plus million less, which allowed the club more free agent flexibility to sign…..
3-1 pitch – Strike: Jason Marquis – Starting Pitcher
Again, in a big hitter's count, TR has taken a huge rip and well, completely missed. Not only did the club use the money saved by dealing Kevin Slowey on an inferior pitcher, but the Twins added a pitcher whose lone redeeming quality is inducing ground balls, even though the 2012 season package already comes with Scott Diamond (Rich Harden sold separately). The money could have been better spent on Harden, Coco Crisp, Chris Capuano (when figuring what's left on a rough $100 million budget), or any number of players that represent either a clear upgrade to what's in tow, or a better ideological direction for the team to take.
Marquis' contract is virtually identical to the one the Twins handed Ramon Ortiz in 2007. Here's to suggesting that'll end in a similar fashion, with Liam Hendriks playing the role previously held by Matt Garza (young upstart who steals veteran's spot).
So as you can see, TR has effectively worked a full count. As a team coming off such a disastrous campaign, it certainly needed more good moves than 'meh' ones. As a result, I think it makes for a decent, if simplistic approach to evaluating the Twins offseason. Now we wait, probably for the club to sign Dan Wheeler.
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The Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum provides free admission for all school groups, pre-kindergarten through grade 12, when reservations are made through the Education Department. Docent-led tours and self-guided visits are available for history, art, natural history and physical science, according to information in a press release.
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Nexus 9 release date, price and specs
Everything you need to know about Google's flagship Android 5.0 Lollipop tablet
THE NEXUS 9 is an HTC-built tablet, that is the first to arrive running Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop software.
Looking to rival the iPad Air 2, the tablet ups the ante when it comes to specs, touting an 8.9in 2048x1536 screen and Nvidia's 64-bit Tegra K1 processor under the hood.
Those won over by the tablet's high-end specifications should keep this page bookmarked, as we'll update it as soon as we hear more about the Nexus 9's availability.
Release date
Google's Nexus 9 in black and white went up for pre-order on 17 October, before it arrived on 3 November. Google said that the sand-coloured model would launch in late-2014, but as of January 2015 this model is still not available to buy.
Over at the Google Play store, Google is promising delivery for the black and white models in both 16GB and 32GB capacities within "one to two days."
For businesses looking to get their hands on the tablet, the Nexus 9 will be distributed exclusively through Tech Data.
Google has started taking pre-orders for the Nexus 9, revealing that the 16GB model will fetch £319, and the 32GB model £399. A 32GB model with LTE will also be offered later in the year, and will be priced at £459.
In the US, the Nexus 9 will be available in 16GB, 32GB and 32GB + LTE models also, which will fetch $399, $479 and $599, respectively.
Amazon UK has also started taking pre-orders for the Nexus 9 including the 32GB LTE model. The retailer's pricing is in line with Googles', with the models fetching £319, £399 and £459, respectively.
The Nexus 9 will be available to buy on contract, too. O2 is offering the Nexus tablet, and is selling the 4G LTE model. At the O2 website, buyers can pick up this up for £459.99 upfront.
The operator is also offering a number of tariffs for the Nexus 9, offering between 500MB and 8GB data.
Specs and features
The Nexus 9 is the first tablet to run Google's Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system, which means the HTC-made tablet will be the first to debut the firm's new Material Design language, which boasts a new colour palette and less textures.
Android 5.0 Lollipop is also the first version of Google's software to come with encryption switched on by default, and the security-conscious will be pleased to hear that it also comes with Samsung's Knox software baked-in too. It also comes with a "Kill Switch," which means the phone can be rendered useless if it is lost or stolen.
Android 5.0 also equips the Nexus 9 with improved multitasking, a battery saving mode and revamped notifications.
In terms of physical specifications, the Google Nexus 9 takes advantage of Android 5.0's 64-bit support with a 2.3GHz Nvidia Tegra K1 chip under the hood. This comes paired with 2GB RAM, and either 16GB or 32GB built-in storage.
At the forefront of the Nexus 9 is an 8.9in IPS LCD screen with an iPad-rivalling 2048x1536 resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio. Google claims this makes the device ideal for viewing media, as does its dual front-facing HTC BoomSound speakers.
The Google Nexus 9 also features an 8MP camera with f/2.4 lens, autofocus and LED flash, a 1.6MP front-facing camera, optional 4G LTE support and a 6,700mAh battery, which Google claims will offer up to eight and a half hours of LTE browsing.
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I was sailing along, reading former White Sox pitcher Jim Parque's compelling confession in Thursday's Chicago Sun-Times and even leaning toward sympathy with the desperation that led him to use performance-enhancing drugs to save his baseball career. Then something stopped me.
Parque wrote that in admitting to using human growth hormone, he hoped to give us a glimpse into the psyche of the men inside the uniforms, and I am grateful that he did. But I don't think I reached the conclusion he wanted us to reach.
It was when I got to the part that truly fueled his motivation. Parque wrote that two years after injuring his shoulder in the 2000 postseason, he didn't know what he was going to do with the rest of his life, and having spoken to dozens of professional athletes over the years facing the same fear, I understood that.
Despite his college education, Parque said he had "no real-world job skills," and I understood that as well. Jumping into the job market at age 26, his age at the time, can certainly be a scary thought.
"I had a family to provide for, a young daughter to raise and no future," he wrote, and he almost had me.
Parque said he was not making "an upper-echelon salary."
"I made good money [his best contract was $3 million over three years], but it was not enough to retire on or feel financially secure for the rest of my life," he wrote.
He was losing me.
And then, there it was:
"Even though the game gave me a lot, my family means everything to me, and I must put them first," Parque wrote. "Were they going to starve if I stopped playing? No, but I did not want to sacrifice our lifestyle or put them in a situation in which 'the unknown' was dictating our future."
It was greed, the root of the entire steroids scandal in so many ways. He didn't want to sacrifice their "lifestyle."
At 26, with a college education, presumably a few decent contacts and, for all intents and purposes, good health, Parque was frustrated he could no longer pitch. But he was panic-stricken -- enough to inject vials of unmarked substances into his body -- that he had not yet struck it rich, bought a house suitable for MTV's "Cribs" and amassed enough money to play golf for the rest of his life. And he made a conscious decision to break the law.
He succumbed not to the pressure to use performance-enhancing drugs to become a better baseball player. Ultimately, he risked his life, his reputation and prison for the chance at more fame and fortune.
That's what I got out of it.
Parque wrote that HGH was not banned by Major League Baseball (because there was no testing), but we all know by now that it is and was an illegal drug, and as such, it was banned by baseball.
Parque wants us to forgive him and I feel for him. I have no problem forgiving him. But he asks every family man what he would have done in the same position. He tells us of his poor beginnings, and so we are supposed to understand why a $3 million contract was not enough of a foundation upon which to build the rest of his life. And yet he tells us that he eventually made the transition into the real world and now has a baseball training facility where he advises kids not to make the same mistake he did.
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Toxoplasmosis During Pregnancy - Topic Overview
How is it treated?
In healthy people, the infection often goes away on its own. But babies and people whose bodies can't fight infection well will need to take medicine to treat the infection and prevent serious health problems.
If you get toxoplasmosis while you're pregnant, you'll take medicine that treats the infection. This medicine is called spiramycin, an antibiotic.2 Spiramycin collects in the placenta, the site through which the Toxoplasma gondii parasites travel to the fetus.
This medicine may:
- Keep your baby from getting the infection.
- Lower your baby's chance of having serious health problems if he or she does get it.
Your baby has a better chance of being healthy at birth if you get treatment while you're pregnant.
If an amniocentesis shows that a fetus is infected, a combination of antibiotics lowers the risk of birth defects and may cure the infection. Sulfadiazine plus pyrimethamine (an antibiotic commonly used for malaria) is sometimes used with the antibiotic spiramycin.2
Most newborns who have been infected with toxoplasmosis have no symptoms at birth. If your baby has the infection, he or she will need to take antibiotics for a year after birth. This lowers the chance of having problems later on.
How can you prevent toxoplasmosis during pregnancy?
There are several things you can do to avoid getting toxoplasmosis:
- Wash your hands and anything you use to prepare raw meat, chicken, fish, fruits, or vegetables.
- If you have a cat or are caring for one, ask someone to clean or empty the litter box while you're pregnant. Wash tables and counters well if a cat may have walked on them. If you have to clean the cat's litter box, wear gloves and a face mask. Be sure to wash your hands after you're done.
- If you eat meat, make sure it has been fully cooked or frozen. Avoid dried meats, such as beef jerky.
- If you touch soil, be sure to wear gloves and wash your hands after you're done. Avoid contact with cat feces in your garden.
- Wash fruits and vegetables before you eat them.
- Avoid untreated drinking water. This is a concern when you are in the wilderness or when you travel to a country where drinking water is not treated.
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|3.1.221669This night to play before him.
|'Tis most true,
|We shall, my lord.
Exeunt [Rosencrantz and Guildenstern and Lords].
|Sweet Gertrude, leave us too,
|3.1.371686That thus he suffers for.
|I shall obey you.
|3.1.421692To both your honors.
|Madam, I wish it may.
[Exit Queen.]
|3.1.491700The devil himself.
|Oh, 'tis true!
|3.1.901744Be all my sins remembered.
|Good my lord,
[She offers Hamlet the remembrances.]
3.1.1071762Hamlet That if you be honest and fair, your honesty 1763should admit no discourse to your beauty.
3.1.1091766Hamlet Ay, truly, for the power of beauty will sooner 1767transform honesty from what it is to a bawd than the 1768force of honesty can translate beauty into his likeness. 1769This was sometime a paradox, but now the time gives it 1770proof. I did love you once.
3.1.1111772Hamlet You should not have believed me, for virtue 1773cannot so inoculate our old stock but we shall relish 1774of it. I loved you not.
3.1.1131776Hamlet Get thee to a nunnery. Why wouldst thou 1777be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indifferent honest, 1778but yet I could accuse me of such things that it were 1779better my mother had not borne me: I am very proud, 1780revengeful, ambitious, with more offenses at my beck 1781than I have thoughts to put them in, imagination to give 1782them shape, or time to act them in. What should such 1783fellows as I do crawling between heaven and earth? 1784We are arrant knaves, all; believe none of us. Go thy 1785ways to a nunnery. Where's your father?
3.1.1151787Hamlet Let the doors be shut upon him, that he may 1788play the fool no way but in's own house. Farewell.
3.1.1171790Hamlet If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague 1791for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, 1792thou shalt not escape calumny. Get thee to a nunnery. 1793Go, farewell. Or if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool, 1794for wise men know well enough what monsters you 1795make of them. To a nunnery go, and quickly too. 1796Farewell.
3.1.1191798Hamlet I have heard of your pratlings too well enough. 1799God has given you one pace, and you make yourself 1800another. You jig, you amble, and you lisp, and nickname 1801God's creatures, and make your wantonness your 1802ignorance. Go to, I'll no more on't; it hath made me mad. 1803I say we will have no more marriages. Those that are 1804married already, all but one, shall live; the rest shall keep 1805as they are. To a nunnery, go.
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Today in History for Jan. 11
Highlight in history
On Jan. 11, 1964, U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry issued "Smoking and Health," a report by an advisory committee that concluded that "cigarette smoking contributes substantially to mortality from certain specific diseases and to the overall death rate."
On this date
- 1759, the first American life insurance corporation, for "poor and distressed" Presbyterian ministers and their widows and children, was chartered in Philadelphia.
- 1805, the Michigan Territory was created by an act of Congress.
- 1861, Alabama became the fourth state to withdraw from the Union.
- 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed the Grand Canyon National Monument (it became a national park in 1919).
- 1913, the first enclosed sedan-type automobile, a Hudson, went on display at the 13th National Automobile Show in New York.
- 1927, the creation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was proposed during a dinner of Hollywood luminaries at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.
- 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began an 18-hour trip from Honolulu to Oakland, Calif., that made her the first person to fly solo across any part of the Pacific Ocean.


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Birth Control Health Center
Newer Birth Control Pills Also Protect Against Ovarian Cancer
The other theory is that ovarian cancer is related to inflammation in the ovaries. "Every time you ovulate, you create a wound. When you close that wound, you have an inflammatory process, so, in fact, with each ovulation there is a bout of inflammation," Ness says. By preventing ovulation, the pill also prevents the inflammation that ovulation would cause.
Laboratory and animal studies will be needed to test this theory, but Ness says she's a believer. She says her study and others like it are making researchers rethink the causes behind ovarian cancer.
Women with a family history of ovarian cancer are much more likely than those with no such history to develop the disease. Ness says such women definitely should take the pill as a precaution. Another option for women at very high risk of this type of cancer is removal of the ovaries -- but this can double or even triple the risk for heart disease, bone thinning, and other conditions related to the loss of estrogen.
An obstetrician-gynecologist who spoke to WebMD about the study says the findings bear out what many women's health providers have believed for years about the low-dose pill.
"Especially if there is increased risk for ovarian cancer, I would think the results of a study such as this would potentially lead a woman to choose an oral contraceptive over some of the other forms of effective, reversible contraception," says Lee Shulman, MD.
But, Shulman says, the decision about what to do if you are at high risk for ovarian cancer is a highly personal one that women and their doctors must make together. Shulman is a professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and molecular genetics, and director of the division of reproductive genetics, at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Even the drastic step of having the ovaries removed is not a 100% guarantee against cancer, Shulman says. He says women must decide for themselves what is best, but says he would not discourage someone at high risk of the cancer from trying to reduce it by taking the pill instead of having her ovaries removed. Even for women not at high risk of ovarian cancer, taking the pill during the reproductive years may have benefits, he says.


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Al Salam, Commercial Bank, Qatar Islamic: Gulf Equity Preview
The following companies may rise or fall in Gulf Arab markets. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last close.
The DFM General Index declined 0.2 percent to close at 1,504.71, while Abu Dhabi's gauge rose 0.4 percent and the Kuwait SE Price Index gained 0.6 percent. Saudi Arabia's market is closed for the weekend.
Al Salam Bank BSC (SALAM BI): The Bahrain-based Islamic lender said second-quarter profit dropped to 1.3 million dinars ($3.4 million) from 2.74 million dinars a year earlier. The shares were unchanged at 0.077 rial.
Commercial Bank of Dubai PSC (CBD UH): The United Arab Emirates-based lender posted a 4.6 percent decline in second-quarter profit to 255.3 million dirhams ($69.5 million) from a year ago. The shares fell 1.7 percent to 2.95 dirhams when they last traded on July 13.
National Bank of Oman Ltd. (NBOB OM): The sultanate's second-biggest bank by assets posted an 8.5 percent increase in first-half profit to 14.6 million rials ($38 million). Second-quarter income was 8 million riyals, it said without giving comparative numbers for the year-ago period. The shares advanced 0.3 percent to 0.33 rial.
Qatar Islamic Bank (QIBK QD): The Gulf state's biggest lender complying with Shariah rules posted a 35 percent drop in second-quarter profit that fell short of analyst estimates. The shares rose 1.5 percent to 75 riyals.


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The Bay County Sheriff's Office is currently investigating a transaction at a convenience store in Callaway involving counterfeit money.
Two men entered the convenience store and used a counterfeit $20 bill to make a purchase. The transaction occurred at about 11 pm on Friday, August 24, 2012. One suspect is described as a black male, in his 20's, medium height, slim build, and wearing a dark colored t-shirt, dark pants, and a dark colored bandana on his head. This suspect was accompanied by a white male, also in his 20's, medium height, muscular build, with a shaved head and brown goatee.
The incident was captured by store security cameras. Anyone with information on the identity of these two suspects is asked to call the Bay County Sheriff's Office or Crime Stoppers at 785-TIPS.


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University Researchers Contributing to Technology Markets 1900–85. A Long-Term Analysis of Academic Patenting in Finland
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Regardless of the increased interest in technological innovation in universities, relatively little is known about the technology developed by academic scientists. Long-term analyses of researchers' technological contribution are notably missing. This paper examines university-based technology in Finland during the period 1900–85. The focus is on the quantity and technological specialization of applications created inside the universities and in the changes that occurred in scientists' technological output over nine decades. In the long-term analysis several aspects in universities' technological contribution, which are typically considered a recent phenomenon, turn out to have long historical roots. Thus the empirical evidence provided in the article challenges views emphasising that the world of science has faced a drastic change in recent decades.
KeywordsAcademic patenting Long-term analysis Commercialisation of university research University-industry linkage
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- University Researchers Contributing to Technology Markets 1900–85. A Long-Term Analysis of Academic Patenting in Finland
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Volume 49, Issue 4 , pp 447-460
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- 2011-12
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- 1. School of Engineering, Aalto University, P. O. Box 14100, 00076, Aalto, Finland
- 2. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Kanslerinrinne 1, 33014, Tampere, Finland


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NEW YORK (AP) – Did you hear the one about the cable company that's actually improving customer service? The punchline: Comcast and its rivals say it's no joke.
These companies have poured hundreds of millions into new tools and staff to de-agonize the process of getting cable TV, Internet or phone service. It's part of a yearslong effort to assuage customers as the specter of "cord-cutting" – dumping cable for Netflix and the like – haunts the industry. More than 2 million customers have fled from cable and satellite over the past three years, according to research firm SNL Kagan, and the pace has been accelerating.
Shelby County commissioners meet in special session Wednesday, July 23, to cross the last "t" of the spring budget season some 27 days after the start of the new fiscal year.
That's "t" for taxes.
Much of the attention in local crime statistics this year goes to the jump in the city's homicide rate.
But that rate pales in comparison to aggravated assaults.
From January through May, there were 492 aggravated assaults per 100,000 people in Memphis, according to statistics from the Memphis-Shelby County Crime Commission.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Scotty Moore, the pioneering rock guitarist whose sharp, graceful style helped Elvis Presley shape his revolutionary sound and inspired a generation of musicians that included Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Bruce Springsteen, died Tuesday. He was 84.
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So the last Twitter update from Memphis Light Gas and Water at 8 p.m. Thursday shows 248 outages in the MLGW service area with 2,746 customers still in the dark and the worst heat of the year so far. Those numbers translate to 95 percent of the customers impacted having their power restored Thursday evening.
The ServiceMaster headquarters search is over and the pick is a real surprise as office spaces goes – Peabody Place – not the office building but the shuttered mall south of the Peabody hotel.
Just before the rain moved in and local TV just got all silly about it, David Fizdale was taking a look around Beale Street. And he got recognized and even posed for a few selfies.
If that's not enough for you, here's the Associated Press confirmation and a bit about the mechanics of how this all came about. Fizdale met with majority owner Robert Pera Wednesday in California and then came to town Thursday for more meetings.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Microsoft has joined other tech giants working to deliver the Internet in remote parts of the world, although it's taking a smaller-scale approach than some of its rivals.
Tennessee has a model program for financial literacy in its public schools. All high school students must pass a personal finance course to graduate, and even kindergartners are learning about money under a new initiative to extend the curriculum to primary school.
Once upon a time there were three "town centers" planned by the city of Memphis.
City facilities like libraries and police precincts would be the anchors and encourage private retail development in them.
While their folks are still getting settled over in the front office at The Commercial Appeal, Gannett announces Monday an $815 million offer to buy Tribune Publishing which would put The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune in the expanding USA Today family.
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland presents his first budget proposal Tuesday, April 19, to the Memphis City Council just four months after taking office as mayor.
The Memphis Grizzlies' first-round playoff series with the San Antonio Spurs will be televised locally on Fox Sports Southeast and on the Fox Sports Go mobile app, the team announced.
Check grizzlies.com for the full calendar of days and times for the games.
Not so fast with the off-season. There is a Memphis post-season after all.
And the Grizz found it Thursday like a light at the end of a long-tunnel where a lot of people slipped and fell and can't get up.The light was Houston flaming out at home to Phoenix without the Grizzlies having to make a basket.It's all about the math. Stay in school, young people.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A government-sponsored committee is recommending standards that could clear the way for commercial drone flights over populated areas and help speed the introduction of package delivery drones and other uses not yet possible, The Associated Press has learned.
Encore in Nashville.The state Senate's state and local government committee meets again Wednesday to vote on the de-annexation bill it completed amending Tuesday.
This begins at 2:30 p.m. and we will be providing live Tweets of the action @tdnpols, www.twitter.com/tdnpols. So join us.Because there was so much debate and parliamentary swordplay Tuesday, the Wednesday session will probably be pretty matter of fact by comparison.Here's our account of how it went down with the committee upping the percentage of voters signatures it takes to get a deannexation call on the ballot. And those who do vote to deannex can add payments for benefits liability to what they would also pay as their share of capital debt. There is also reaction from Greater Memphis Chamber president Phil Trenary.Trenary had some choice words for Chattanooga state Senator Todd Gardenhire who called out Memphis specifically for what he viewed as trying to make the deannexed pay twice for benefits of city workers.The looming question is what will the reaction to this be in the House which passed a very different version of this.The proponents of the bill in the House and Senate have fundamentally different views that appear to be the kind of differences that would take some time to reconcile.
The Memphis traffic is again heavy on the Interstate to Nashville as the Senate state and local government committee meets Tuesday to pick up where it left off with the still-forming version the upper chamber is crafting of the de-annexation bill.
Tennessee state senators go back to work Tuesday, March 29, in Nashville on a modified de-annexation bill.
The Senate State and Local Government Committee will be reviewing a set of amendments to their version of the bill, which changed substantially from the House version in a committee session last week.
When time ran out Wednesday on the state Senate's state and local government committee in Nashville, de-annexation legislation was still on the tracks as the Tennessee Legislature draws closer to adjournment for the year.
"Million Dollar Quartet" means major dollars for some Memphis businesses. Erik Proveaux, owner of local restaurant Fuel Café, has been tapped to do on-site catering for the TV series about the birth of rock'n'roll. To meet the increased demand, he's making some changes to streamline his home base at 1761 Madison Ave.
"You can't live in Memphis without some kind of side hustle, right?" That's the way former WMC-TV reporter Lauren Squires Ready sees it. Her side hustle, the passion project she's been pursuing in her free time separate from all the writing, reporting and live shots as an on-air news personality?
Look for the state Senate to vote on the deannexation bill Monday in Nashville. At least that's the date on the Senate calendar.
That could change as a member of the Shelby County legislative delegation has at last asked the Tennessee Attorney General for a legal opinion on the proposal. But it's not a straight-up question about whether the proposal is constitutional. It's a question about the specific characterization of past Memphis annexations as "egregious" – what has come to be the key legal term in this considerable political controversy.
There's a great scene about public records in the movie "Spotlight," which is based on the true story of The Boston Globe's investigative reporting of child sex abuse by Catholic priests.
The much-discussed deannexation bill in the Tennessee Legislature always had the votes Monday evening in the House with Memphis Democrats succeeding only in delaying the outcome in Nashville by about two hours.The bill passed by a wide margin after a debate that was for the most part Memphis against the rest of the state starting just outside the city limits with Republicans in the Shelby County legislative delegation.And there is some dispute between the bill's sponsor from the Chattanooga area and Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland. Strickland puts the potential loss of tax revenue to the city at $80 million. Rep. Mike Carter says it is more like $27 million.
The local effort to fight blight has been in recent years a machete-like action to cut through bureaucratic red tape and get possession of the most blighted properties.
So there have been a lot of press conferences where bulldozers are featured prominently to demolish the targeted property.
Lots of news on a very rainy day including the flooding from the constant rain that closed some schools and cancelled a lot of other events. And then there was a mudslide on Riverside Drive from the bluff overlooking Tom Lee Park and the Mississippi River. The rain has also pushed the Wolf River to the point that it is now over some parts of the greenway in Germantown.
It's the place where about 16,000 employees go to work every day and where 8,000 students are taking courses at some of the city's premier educational institutions.
Yet even though the Memphis Medical Center is home to major anchors like Regional One Health, the Memphis Bioworks Foundation and Southern College of Optometry, among others, and though it includes some a few hundred acres of property within its boundaries, its potential is only just now beginning to be tapped.
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The state of Tennessee did $400 million in business with minority- and women-owned businesses in 2015. It's a share local minority business and civic leaders judge as a good number, considering the state spends $2.5 billion in contracts a year.
Can You Feel It? Tuesday is election day in Memphis and across the state in this presidential election year. And all indications are the turnout locally should be above the 24 percent mark we've been at in the last two presidential election years.
The state-run Achievement School District has a problem in how it engages with the public, especially in areas where it is about to take over a school.
But Shelby County Schools superintendent Dorsey Hopson isn't ready to say it is time for the state to pick a winner and a loser and fund either the ASD or Innovation Zone schools run by SCS.
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Before Olympus Corp. announced last month its plan to locate a service and distribution center in Bartlett, a bigger medical device manufacturing company was on the hook for the town.
History can be like geology once you get it in something that isn't in the form of a book.There are layers on top of layers that you may not ever see or miss until a site is wiped clean for the next present that used to be the future and will eventually become the past.That's the case with the city's historic Medical Center where much has come and gone several times over as our city's considerable investment in medicine and health approaches the end of its second century.Health Sciences Park used to be the site of a hospital. You would think something as massive as the tower of Baptist Memorial Hospital's central campus on Union Avenue would be missed. Yet even those of us who grew up with its presence drive past it every day without a thought of what was once there.The same with the site of Russwood Park on the north side of Madison Avenue and the old bus barns where Beale used to run further east than it does now.In recent years, new facilities have arisen as the medical center makes itself over in a kind of economic regeneration without a comprehensive plan.There is now an effort to come up with a comprehensive plan for the area that is more than different ventures buying or leasing land and making plans for their needs.Eight of the institutions in the area have hired a consulting firm to develop a master plan that includes not just facilities but residential and retail areas.It's a significant step for an area that remains intriguing for those of us trying to remember what was where and how long some of the survivors have been holding out in much different streetscapes than were there when they arrived.The Masonic lodge at the dead end of Dunlap into Union Avenue is a survivor. It's where the funerals were held for some of those killed in the 1925 river disaster in which Tom Lee rescued so many others.The lodge at one time had an earth-shaking pipe organ that I had the rare privilege of hearing at a concert following its restoration in the 1980s – the ancient 1980s.And I still wonder about the tiny medical textbook storefront and how it endures at a time when students rent books and others use digital versions.There are still remnants of the porous border between the medical center and the Union Avenue auto row that used to exist and arose around the old Ford plant.
The superintendent of the state-run Achievement School District says critics of the district for the state's lowest-performing schools don't understand that the organization doesn't operation conventionally.
The Memphis ad agency that worked on the 2015 mayoral campaign of Jim Strickland is a finalist for three Reed Awards, given nationally by the political trade publication Campaigns & Elections.
You will find Memphis sports fans everywhere – including in the Redbirds dugout at AutoZone Park.
"Our players like having the NBA here and FedExForum nearby," said Memphis Redbirds general manager Craig Unger.
Way back in the 1990s, perhaps before the Grizzlies and FedExForum were even a twinkle in anyone's eye, Chris Wallace came to Memphis and The Pyramid for a preseason NBA game featuring Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls.
She didn't realize it at the time, but Ursula Madden was training for her career as a local television anchor.
This was when she was a girl, growing up in Portland, Oregon. Little Ursula might have been sent outdoors to play all the time, but her mother had other ideas.
It may be chilly outside, but it might as well be July on the Overton Park greensward with all of the political heat that is building.The thermometer spiked when more than two dozen trees donated to the Overton Park Conservancy in 2012 were removed this week by the Memphis Zoo which is preparing for large crowds in March.That's when its new Zambezi Hippo River Camp exhibit opens to much anticipation and much fanfare.That and the New Year's Eve legal opinion favoring the zoo's position on its use of the greensward for overflow parking set the stage for a dispute the administration of Mayor Jim Strickland has had to mediate at less than two weeks in office.
The crest is here and it is not quite 40 feet on the Mississippi River gauge. The projections Thursday evening going into Friday's crest of the river at Memphis changed a bit from the 40.3 foot level. The crest is 39.8 feet.No reports of major damage anywhere in Shelby County, according to the Shelby County Office of Prepardness.But the river's high water is still a sight to behold.
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell said the state of Tennessee will most likely move to require Shelby County Schools to fully fund its $1.5 billion liability for health insurance and similar employee benefits.
Here comes the river. Not quite at 40 feet on the Mississippi River gauge at Memphis overnight but getting thereFor those who weren't around in 2011 when the river crested at 48.3 feet, the second highest level ever recorded at Memphis, this is the part of the program where lots of people begin to gather at the river.For some it will be to compare what they've seen before. For others it will be their first look and experience with the concept that nature is bigger than we are.The smaller those first-time river visitors are, the easier it is for them to accept that. After all, when you are always looking up at the world everything is bigger than you are.In Tom Lee Park you see them step onto the park's grass, their eyes riveted on the west, perhaps not seeing much beyond the grass at first, a small hand poking out of a coat sleeve shielding their eyes from the sun. And then their first glimpse of the running brown water. And the walk inevitably becomes a run and then a quick halt as the immensity of the river kicks in. Always the two together even when the river is just being eternal.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) – The delicate Nativity scene made from banana leaves folded origami style, the sparkling jewelry, clothes and art in Chattanooga's Amani ya Juu store are created by women in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda.
Don't look for a gas tax hike in the 2016 session of the Tennessee legislature, says the state Senate majority leader.
"We're not going to do a gas tax in 2016," Rep. Mark Norris of Collierville said on the WKNO-TV program "Behind The Headlines." "We are going to have to address it soon enough and these conversations are very important."
U.S. Sen. Bob Corker says he believes the nation needs to stop admitting Syrian refugees until security problems are solved, but the nation's "bigger risk" in letting terrorists slip into the country lies with the nation's Visa Waiver Program.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, local law enforcement and criminal justice officials are finding cameras on police officers are worth many more questions about what happens to the video they produce.
How was your weekend, Memphis? Here's our weekly rundown of local happenings you need to know about, from the annual AutoZone shareholder convergence Downtown to the new Star Wars movie...
AT&T is expanding the availability of "ultra-fast" Internet speeds to homes, apartments and small businesses in the Memphis area, part of a larger expansion that includes 38 additional U.S. metro areas.
IF YOU CAN PARK A HIPPO, YOU CAN PARK AN SUV. "Finally," the young TV reporter said, "somebody who's happy with the zoo."
The zoo's general manager was involved in controversy, his vision in question. The reporter found plenty of people at the zoo gate ready to feed the GM to the lions, but Nora and I were the first he talked to who liked the guy and he wanted a little balance for his story. You remember balance? Good reporters used to have it, and this guy was good.
How was your weekend, Memphis? Here's our weekly rundown of local happenings you need to know about, from gift shopping at the Memphis Indie Holiday Market to the latest Beale Street developments ...
Two years into reforms of the local juvenile justice system, three leaders in those reforms say there has to be more contact with teenagers before and after they go through Juvenile Court.
And those leaders warn against a reliance on programs once a child is in custody as a total solution to juvenile crime.
I'm blaming Rudy Kalis. As the years passed in a long career as a sports writer, I always swore I'd never be the oldest guy at the press conference. As long as Rudy was in the house as sports anchor for WSMV-TV, I was safe. Then he got a morning gig at Channel 4.
The federal government isn't likely to descend on Tennessee with trust-busting vengeance once three of the state's four largest newspapers are owned by the same company.
Newspapers are too far down a virtual slippery slope of monopolism to retrieve from the hands of Gannett, which recently announced it plans to pay $280 million for Journal Media Group, the owner of The Commercial Appeal in Memphis and Knoxville News Sentinel.
The leaders of three Memphis literacy efforts are working to encourage those with newfound reading skills to write their own stories and build a local literary culture.
Kevin Dean, executive director of Literacy Mid-South, says the literary arts should have a place with music, dance and the visual arts.
How was your weekend, Memphis? Here's our first weekly rundown of local happenings you need to know about, from the Indie Memphis Film Festival to Mississippi elections...
If you love the outdoors and good weather, these are the days you've been missing. And few things are as "fall" as a fall festival, and the kickoff of Miss Cordelia's Saturday Market series this weekend seems like one more thing worth adding to the list of things to do in Memphis. There'll be a growler station, local food and beer sampling, pop-up retail and food specials.
Memphis International Airport has a new website bringing easier navigation, better mobile capability, new features and an enhanced design to those looking to travel to and from Memphis.
Visitors to flymemphis.com will be able to plan routes and book tickets directly from the site's comprehensive list of nonstop flights. Memphis International carriers like Frontier, Allegiant and Southwest do not list flights with aggregator services.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — In two years, Tennessee residents will have the option to text their emergencies to 911 operators.
Tennessee Emergency Communications Board Executive Director Curtis Sutton told WMC-TV that texting will be included as part of a statewide upgrade of 911 communications expected in 2017.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant's campaign is running its first TV commercials this election season, but a new analysis shows his Democratic challenger, truck driver Robert Gray, hasn't bought any air time.
FedExForum Increases Security for Grizzlies Games: Walk-through magnetometers (metal detectors) have been installed at all entrances to FedExForum, and will be standard practice for entering fans starting with the Memphis Grizzlies' first preseason game Tuesday, Oct. 6, vs. the Houston Rockets.
The coming redevelopment of Foote Homes will be different from previous public housing conversions, incorporating lessons learned from relocating residents.
The last phase of neighboring Cleaborn Homes' conversion to a mixed-use, mixed-income development is under construction on the other side of Lauderdale Street. It will create 67 multifamily units and should be completed by the end of the year.
People of every political stripe across Tennessee are rising in protest to legislation allowing government to charge fees for inspection of public records.
Fisk University student Justin Jones said such a financial imposition would place an "undue burden" on his fellow collegians seeking information from public records as part of research papers and other assignments.
The best indicator that the national recession was lifting in Memphis was the emergence this year of numerous plans for new hotels and motels.
But aside from Whitehaven's 450-room, $90 million Guest House at Graceland, most of the planned projects are small. And the smaller hotels do little to resolve the long-standing chicken-and-egg question about which should come first – more hotel rooms or more and better convention space.
Even after numerous debates, including three on television, it turns out the four major candidates for Memphis mayor did have a few new things to say during the last televised debate of the 2015 election year.
Lauren Lee never picks up a newspaper. Which isn't much of a surprise because she's 33 years old, works in marketing, and has the technological savvy and finger dexterity to operate a smartphone.
"I Choose Memphis" spotlights Memphians who are passionate about calling this community home. New Memphis Institute provides the profiles.
Name: J. Eustis Corrigan Jr.
Job title and company: Senior managing director at CBIZ MHM LLC
Opera Memphis general director Ned Canty takes an expansive view toward where his arts organization sits in a local entertainment landscape that presents abundant options for the public.
It's not that he just sees Opera Memphis in competition for the same set of patrons who flock to The Orpheum Theatre or Theatre Memphis and the like. Rather, he'll happily talk at length about how his organization is in competition with everyone and anything – every moment spent doing something like watching TV, in other words, is a moment not spent at Opera Memphis.
NEW YORK (AP) — Comcast, which became a TV powerhouse by signing up Generation Xers, baby boomers and their parents, now is fighting for millennial eyeballs.
The TV giant is investing in online media outlets like BuzzFeed and Vox that attract young viewers. It's setting up a streaming TV service for millennials who don't watch a boob tube. And it's developing a YouTube-like video app and website.
The field is set for an upcoming televised Memphis mayoral debate scheduled for the eve of early voting.
The four mayoral contenders who will participate in the Sept. 17 debate, sponsored by The Daily News and Urban Land Institute Memphis, are incumbent Mayor A C Wharton, city council members Harold Collins and Jim Strickland and Memphis Police Association president Mike Williams.
Surveys and focus groups that are a key part of the "No More" campaign to build awareness and change attitudes on rape, sexual assault and domestic violence are and will be a baseline to gauge how well the campaign does its job.
The Memphis Grizzlies and St. Louis Cardinals aren't going anywhere. Local viewers will still find their TV games on the same channel numbers, but FOX Sports Southeast is supplanting SportSouth.
Tony Allen will throw out the first pitch at AutoZone Park and mascot Grizz will toe the rubber before a Cardinals game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.
Shelby County government's financial needs have changed in the nearly two months since the new fiscal year began.
And Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell called Monday, Aug. 24, for a "budget summit" with county commissioners and county trustee David Lenoir to explore the new budget realities.
The Pink Eagles are like a Girl Scouts troop created just for Memphis. For the past seven years, the nonprofit has helped area girls ages 5 to 19 build self-confidence, leadership skills and financial literacy. The weekly meetings and seasonal events are free for the participants thanks to the leadership of founder Loretta McNary.
Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir says the $22 million extra in property tax revenue his office collected during the past fiscal year appears to be a trend of improving health in the local economy.
The stages in Tom Lee Park are down. Any leftover picnic blankets are long gone. The barriers at each end of Riverside Drive have given way to the return of traffic.
"Chasing the fun" keeps Jaime Hemsley, founder and owner of Gage Models and Talent Agency, in high gear to find her clients opportunities in the entertainment business.
"There's lots of different ways to get involved in the industry," she says, adding that her clients work both locally and nationally. Her agency recently booked a client with a TV reality dating show. Gage is headquartered in Knoxville but has clients throughout the southeast and works with agencies in New York and Los Angeles.
The Knoxville area has a rich legacy of actors who have found success in show business: Patricia Neal, David Keith, Cylk Cozart, David Dwyer, John Cullum, Bruce McKinnon, Polly Bergen, Dale Dickey, Brad Renfro, Johnny Knoxville, perhaps the most famous of all, Dolly Parton, singer/songwriter turned actress.
Phil Bredesen knew what he was trying to do. He just didn't know if he could accomplish it.
"I had this sense that Nashville was ready for change," says the former Metro mayor and Tennessee governor, reflecting on his early motivation for taking on the system that had run Nashville for decades.
Big Spain is staying in the Bluff City.
Marc Gasol ended his free agency by agreeing to a new contract with the Memphis Grizzlies, according to ESPN's Marc Stein. The five-year dealis valued at $110 million.
Summertime brings us wedges of juicy watermelon and drippy ice cream cones. It yields pies piled with blackberries and peaches so fresh they can fill a room with their aroma.
It offers jewel-toned tomatoes for slicing and piling onto BLTs.
Ray's take: We talk a lot about budgets in financial planning, but less often about the type of spending we should do. Finances, like so much in life, are personal.
Some prefer to spend money on things. A newer, bigger TV. A nicer house or car. These things are items that should take some thought before buying. But what about impulse buying? Does that make us happy in the long term? For some the answer is yes.
There is the effort to sell Collierville residents on the specific plan for a $99 million comprehensive high school for 3,000 students. And then there is the effort to avoid a referendum on the $99 million bond issue that could follow approval of a property tax hike for the new school construction.
Memphis-based total protection company State Systems Inc. has acquired local technology firm ESI Cos. Inc., a major provider of nurse call systems for Mid-South hospitals and health care facilities.
Knoxville music promoter Ashley Capps – a big part of the brain trust that created Bonnaroo – really never needed the media to make the annual music and arts festival a success.
The Glimmer Twins wannabe in the white cowboy hat and the 21-year-old blonde who has worked her tail off to climb from the audience to one of the main stages at CMA Music Festival display different but genuine levels of excitement about Music City's biggest week.
Dorsey Hopson and Chris Barbic are comparing notes on the new school year that begins in August, the first in three years in which the structure of public education in Shelby County essentially will remain the same.
The Shelby County Schools system moved a step closer Tuesday, May 26, to joining a school funding lawsuit against the state of Tennessee.
The school board voted Tuesday, without discussion, to direct superintendent Dorsey Hopson to hire an attorney to weigh and consider all options for forcing the state to fully fund the Basic Education Program, the state's formula for how it funds the public school districts.
State Senate Democratic leader Lee Harris of Memphis will be on the campaign trail this summer.
Harris and other Democratic leaders in the majority Republican Tennessee legislature will campaign across the state this summer for the comeback of the Insure Tennessee proposal in the 2016 legislative session.
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Marian Barker three-peated at the 2009 Ladies Partnership at Amarillo Country Club, but she did so with a different partner this year.
After winning this low-ball, low-total format event in 2007 and 2008 with Kriss Ethridge, Barker won this time with Penny Perry as they defeated Laurie Walker and Sue Sisemore, 3 and 2.
It was at least the second or third time Barker and Perry have won the tournament together, but neither one could remember exactly how many.
''I know we've won at least two or three times,'' said Perry, of Snyder. ''Marian has won a lot more times than this, and with different partners.''
Barker, like Perry, hasn't kept track of how many they have won in the past dozen or more years, or for that matter how many different times she has walked away with the top prize.
''I just like coming up here and playing,'' said Barker, who has been the girls golf coach of the Lubbock Independent School District for many years. ''I'm not worried or concerned too much with how many times I've been able to win. I just enjoy the competition.''
Barker and Perry got plenty of that from Walker, the wife of Amarillo High boys golf coach Wade Walker, and Sisemore, long one of the leading players in Amarillo.
Although they never trailed against their opponents, Barker and Perry couldn't quite put this one away until Barker's key par at No. 16 won two points to put them four ahead with four points left.
Walker made her third birdie of the day at 17 by converting a tricky downhill slider from about 15 feet. Barker and Perry each made par, and Sisemore needed to convert a short par putt to extend the match to the 18th hole, but wasn't able to and the match was over.
Barker and Perry won a point at each of the first two holes to take a lead they never relinquished. They added another point at No. 4 and won both points at No. 6 for a five-up advantage.
However, they were unable to extend the lead because Walker made a birdie at No. 8 worth two points, the only par at 10 for another, and when she and Sisemore made par 12 the match was all-square with six holes to go.
''I knew when we were five points ahead after the sixth hole it was a long way from being over,'' Barker said. ''Laurie was playing very well, and she kept the tee box with a par or birdie. When you do that it means the opponents are winning low-ball on the hole quite often.''
The turning point probably came at the par 5 13th, where Barker reached the back of the green in two, chipped within tap-in range and made birdie while the other players made par. It was worth a valuable two points and set the stage for the final four holes.
The teams halved 14 and 15 before Barker won two points at 16 with par to put the pressure squarely on their opponents.
When the match ended, Barker and Walker were each 1-over-par. Perry was 11-over and Sisemore 13-over, meaning there was just two shots actual score between the teams.
''Laurie played great and I struggled a lot,'' Sisemore said. ''I couldn't keep my ball out of the rough and kept making a lot of bogeys.''
Barker said she played her best round of the week, after shooting 8-over 78 in the qualifying round Monday.
''A lot of times I get worse as the week continues,'' she said, ''but not this year. I struggled in the qualifying round but got better every day.''
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Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The Jungle," It's "The Reunion At Wrigley!"
Do you remember that supercharged night back in 1999 when former Cub manager Jim Lefebvre, then manager of the Brewers, returned to Wrigley Field for the first time as skipper of another club, in a much anticipated showdown with Jim Riggleman?
I don't either.
But Johnnie B. Baker, Jr., is no Jim Lefebvre, and Lou Piniella is no Jim Riggleman. These guys are managerial heavyweights, and as much as Baker and Piniella claim there is nothing special about Baker's return to Wrigley beside the fact that both the Reds and Cubs will be trying to get a leg up on an NL Central rival, we all know much, much better.
Here, then, is a comparison to help you distinguish the combatants:
|Dusty Baker
|Lou Piniella
|Way more than 187 lbs.
|Way, WAY more than 198 lbs.
| Playing Record
|19 yrs., .278 BA, 242 HR
|18 yrs., .291 BA, 101 HR
| Managerial Record
| 15 yrs., 1168-1048 (.527)
3 times NL Mgr of the Year
3 division titles
1 NL Pennant
| 21 yrs., 1611-1502 (.518)
2 times AL Mgr of the Year
5 division titles
1 World Series
| Record as Cubs Manager
|4 yrs., 322-326, .492
|2 yrs., 92-82, .529
| High Point
|Almost reaching '03 World Series
| Low Point
|Almost reaching '03 World Series
| Endearing Quirk
|Commonly Used Noun
|In His Corner
|Chris Speier
Dick Pole
Darren Baker
|Matt Sinatro
|When He's On The Defensive
|Brings Darren into
post-game press conferences
|Gets loud and sarcastic
| "My name is Dusty. It's not
| "What the hell do you
think isn't working? You see
the damn game!"
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Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
I remember the Lou quote. What was it, his 10th or 11th game as manager and you already got the feeling the honeymoon was over between him and the local sports media.
That was awesome to see after years of a manager who, if you didn't know any better, looked like he didn't care.
- Great post, btw... very funny.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
So far the Angel Pagan face-off between Charlie and the Big Lowitsky is tilting pretty heavily towards Charlie.
Angel Pagan is looking pretty good so far but there's a lotta season left.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
I had a face-off over Angel Pagan?
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Oh... and if you really believe that Pagan is going to maintain a 159 OPS+, I have a bridge to sell you.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Is it in New York? I hear they've got good ball players there!
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Yea... it is called the Pagan Bridge. It is is Queens somewhere.
And they do have good baseball players in New York. And good Angels. And good Pagans.
But Angel Pagan is not not one of the good baseball players.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Yeah, that OPS+ is not likely to last. But I still suspect that Pagan trade will look dumb, if only because the guys we get will turn out to be absolutely nothing and Pagan will turn out to be roughly the equivalent of Reed Johnson. Roughly.
Ps. When I saw that a "face off" I was involved in was referenced I realized that I need a better moniker. "Charlie" is just totally over-matched by "The Big Lowitski."
from ESPN
from ESPN
After tossing six more scoreless innings in Class-A Monday, 19-year old Korean right-hander Dae-Eun Rhee is now 3-0 with a 0.56 ERA. Rhee has good stuff and is advanced for his age. He's establishing himself as one of the Cubs' top pitching prospects.
A.Phil - this guy good then?
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla"
I would disagree with the low point of Dusty Baker. I would say it would be everything from the Met series at the end of '04 until he was fired.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla"
Just to be factual, Dusty was not fired.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla"
That's just manny being manny.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla"
before Dusty was told his services were no longer required by this organization.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla"
How 'bout the entire '06 season when the Cubs finished behind, uh, everybody?
Or how 'bout the press conference when he talked about putting Matt Murton in a platoon with Freddy "Boom Boom" Bynum? Or how 'bout the week or two when he actually did put Matt Murton in a platoon with Fast Freddy "Boom Boom" Bynum?
Somewhere there should be a
Somewhere there should be a mention about allowing your starters to throw until their arm sockets pop out, contrasted with Lou's ominous visit to the mound when Dempster was on the verge of blowing an early season game in the last innings last year.
Re: Somewhere there should be a
number of starters in entire managerial career sent to surgery: 1, mark prior.
...and that wasn't solely his work nor can it be placed directly on him.
go figure.
Re: Somewhere there should be a
Tell Mariotti that so he'll shut up.
Re: Somewhere there should be a
hell, who doesn't spout it?
it's his rep, deserved or not. public perception owns the statement, true or not.
he's got a hell of a rep. for not playing kids that's pretty unfounded based on 1- what those "wasted kids" ended up doing 2- how other managers who don't have that tag do the same thing but get a pass (bobby cox, for instance...he's played a lot of kids, but look at what j.shur. had to take away from him for that to happen).
and while people love to talk about dusty and kids...dusty and pitchers...no one wants to talk about how dusty has given a lot of young pitchers chances who HAVE gone on to have long careers.
Re: Somewhere there should be a
I don't care to get into this one today...but Kerry had some surgery too.
Livan, Russ Ortiz, Jason Schmidt...not the same pitchers they once were. Clement had some surgery eventually too.
Who's fault? whatever...
some articles of people willing to do the research.
Re: Somewhere there should be a
i wouldnt give you livan, ortiz, or schmidt, myself...wood, no.
btw, having guys like livan and ortiz around isnt gonna help anyone's arguement about pitch counts seeing as they're guys who are built for that kinda work.
also those guys pitched for years after leaving SF and hey, those new/bright/non-dusty managers sure used them as hard or harder...for years.
no, i dont think kerry wood throwing an extra 5-10 pitches here and there did more damage to his arm that wasn't already inherently there.
Re: Somewhere there should be a
well maybe they'd get injured anyway, maybe they wouldn't of if someone showed some restraint early in their careers. Is it Dusty's fault? probably not...could be though.
Definitively claiming Dusty isn't at fault is as equally absurd as claiming that he is...
best to err on the side of caution though with young pitchers...no one can argue that Dusty did that.
To further clarify
it's probably got everything to do with the luck of the draw, but I'll take four pitchers making 30+ starts last year and Lou pulling guys early, over keeping them in over 120+ and injuries year after year.
it just seems smarter...
I particularly remember this gem
Where Mark Prior, just comming back from his 2nd injury shutdown of the season. Was painfully to watch, circa 2003 Bartman game.Made to go 130 plus at a point where the cubs needed a Roadmap to find a playoff race. Whether it was direct correlation or just a random occurance. Dusty had a moral obligation to keep his pitching healthy. And he forgot to do it..... Dude.
apologies to Livan
thought he K'd more guys early in his career, but I was mistaken. Just a huge loss in velocity, but rather consistent career when you look at the numbers.
I was just throwing a few names out there, I really don't think Dusty is any different than 90% of the managers out there.
Hello, Jim Riggleman
Everyone knows Dusty was calling Riggs from his SF dugout to tell him to keep Wood in games to achieve BS K records.
Jeff Weaver is a Brewer
Re: Dusty
Manny is technically correct. However, when your contract runs out and you're not asked back (and Dusty apparently asked for a one-year "final chance" deal), it's a matter of semantics at that point.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla"
CUBNUT: Thanks for this. However, I really think you could have done a bit more with Dusty's - ahem - Bench Coach while here: : "Dick Pole"
Who is the largest, Dick Pole, Matt Sinatro, or Antonio Alfonseco?
Paul Sullivan's Revenge
Sullivan, clearly trying to get back at Lou for ditching some press conferences which means he actually has to think to write an article, takes a look at some of the "fiction" behind Dusty....
Kidding around...pretty good piece although just relying on players quotes isn't a fair analysis. But at least we know the players don't blame Dusty...
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
Or were they just being "professional"?
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
It's a good question. If I'm paid a lot of money to do a high end job by a company and media comes sniffing around looking for dirt on a member of the management team no longer employed and if I want to make sure my value doesn't decrease significantly, I sure as hell don't talk smack.
This is an era of huge contracts, agents, and corporatism in MLB. I think people forget that when they assume a manager is beloved because no one has anything bad to say about him on the record.
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
however anyone cares to try and spin this one, I think Dusty is well-respected and liked by most of his ballplayers.
Same goes for Lou...
the same does not go for Larry Bowa or Ken Macha though.
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
Rob G... you let me have my fun. It's much more cathartic to blame '06 on Dusty.
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
Yeah, whatever Dusty's faults are, his players tend to love him.
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
I lost respect for Theriot for this quote: "Neifi was a great player, and a proven veteran, a guy that did a lot of good things for a long time."
That might be taking "professional" too far.
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
How professional is it to be high during an interview?
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
The truth will come out later that Theriot was actually talking about Neifi's poker-playing abilities.
Re: Paul Sullivan's Revenge
Who is Theriot allowed to talk smack about? Slap-hitters should compliment everybody until they win an MVP. Then they can say what they want.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
More Tale of the Tape:
Pet Player:
Dusty: Neifi!
Lou: The Riot!
Lineup strategy:
Dusty: Speed and contact in the 2 spot; OBP need not apply
Lou: Whoever the fuck is hitting, gets to play
Thoughts on rookie position players:
Dusty: Vermin
Lou: If they can hit, they can play
Thought on rookie pitchers:
Dusty: Those arms have a lot mileage, let's use it all up
Lou: Throw a fucking strike already!
162 game strategy
Dusty: It's a long season, pace yourself
Lou: A win today is one less win later on (except Game 1 of the NLCS)
In the meantime...
or Whack-A-Lou
or this crappy baseball game where you can't throw a strike
yea Internets...
Re: In the meantime...
It is freakin' impossible to throw a strike in that Shockwave game. Holy Cow, now I know how Rich Hill feels.
Weather forecast...
high 40's for tonight, but 20 mph wind from the south-southwest...
Anyone see Hendry and Zell stopping by to chat w/ us...
Re: Anyone see Hendry and Zell stopping by to chat w/ us...
Not the same, but Hendry was on ESPN 1000 for an hour today at Morton's Steakhouse for the appropriately named(Hello Manny!) "Lunch with a Legend". :-)
It's part of a series on ESPN1000, each month they have a Chicago Sports "legend" on the air to take questions from Mark Silverman and former Bear tackling dummy Tom Waddle.
After the people stop gorging themselves with meat and various cheeses they can ask said legend questions.
I didn't hear the whole show today, but here is the podcast-
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
what, no love for CPat's return to Wrigley?
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Well, who are we going to match C-Pat up against, Pie, Reed, or Fukudome? I think most of us would like to avoid anymore C-Pat to Pie comparisons, no?
Actually, I just think most of us who liked C-Pat (though even I was disappointed when he never learned to take a walk and when batting average plumetted) would like to pretend he wasn't booed out of town. And I think most of Cubdom, regardless of whether they liked C-Pat from 2004 onward or not, would like to forget that can't-miss prospects can end up valueless.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
I hope Dempster drills Dusty in the head with the first pitch. Screw Dusty.
The best outcome for this series would be for the Cubs to sweep Cincy, and everytime we score a run we run over in front of the Reds dugout and moon Dusty's retarded ass.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Somebody sounds a little angry....
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Heads up to out of towners who aren't aware of the weather in Chicago. It's pretty windy today. Tom Skilling, WGN weatherman, this morning predicted sustained winds of 25-30mph tonight blowing out to dead center and 35-42mph tomorrow night. I don't think the wind is blowing that hard out where I live but I'm a long way from the park. We could see some high scoring games tonight and tomorrow.
Re: Bigger Than "The Thrilla In Manilla" or "The Rumble In The J
Whoa. That's some wind.
Thanks for the info.
Re: Spelling!
Great post indeed, but I'm officially protesting the spelling of Manila. See my signature.
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Eloy Jimenez grand slam tonight. Hoping Soler power returns and gets hot but future looks bright in the outfield regardless.
Finished the night 4-5, with two doubles - 32(!) on the season - along with the grand slam. Sick
Meanwhile, out West:
SF is 2-11 since the break, lead over LA is down to one game, and they are running out Cain and Peavy this weekend against the Nats. Challenging times by the Bay.
Thanks for the updates Phil. Too bad about Frazier.
The Cubs have released RHRP Scott Frazier (2013 7th round dfraft pick - Pepperdine).
A Cubs pitching coach told me in Spring Training 2014 that he thought Frazier had the best pure stuff in the organization. Absolutely electric fastball & breaking ball combo. Other pitchers would gather behind the screen just to watch him throw "live" BP. That's how amazing he was.
Got a chance to see Diamondbacks RHSP Zack Greinke (15-day DL - strained oblique) throw a rehab start at Sloan Park Friday night. Four of the first seven AZL Cubs hitters singled and the Cubs did score an unearned run in the bottom of the 1st inning, but then Greinke got serious and struck out five in a row.
ZACK GREINKE: 3.0 IP, 4 H, 1 R (0 ER), 0 BB, 5 K, 4/0 GO/AO, 49 pitches (34 strikes)
Have fun - It may be good for Arrieta to be facing a team that doesn't know him as well as the NL teams. A nice shutout would do wonders for his confidence. He is confident in public but baseball is hard and he could use a boost, I'm sure.
Me too. I'll be at the game tomorrow and would love to see Good Arrieta.
Last few games have been the April version of the Cubs that disappeared completely the past two months.
Hope they can sustain it.
Don't sell yourself short, Judge.
I love this team.
Looks like Mother Nature is trying to call this fight.
Hey! I remember this team!
The key for Heyward's offense: get early leads. Heard a stat on Mike & Mike on the way to work that his avg/power much better this year when the Cubs have the lead. And true to form he gets the two run dinger with Cubs winning 3-0 ...
I'm sorry - I was probably not looking at the correct line, or spot, or...who knows!
I could blame it on the weed, but I stopped smoking many years ago.
Fortunately, I can rely on the rest of you sober and astute folks to bring the correct info forth.
Oh yeah! It just felt like one for some reason.
Agreed. I was not including Fowler or Heyward.
I'm just not a fan of 2016 Coghlan.....
@Dusty Contreras if it's a Lester or Arrieta start. TLS is good PH too. You also forgot about Heyward, assume Fowler is CF.