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Throughout his career,
John Mellencamp
has had to fight, whether it was for the right to record under his own name or for respect as an artist. Of course, he never made it easy on himself.
began his career in the late '70s as a
Bruce Springsteen
clone called
Johnny Cougar
. As his career progressed, his music became more distinctive, developing into a
blend of hard rock and folk-rock. His musical development coincided with his growth in popularity -- by the time "Hurts So Good" and "Jack and Diane" became hits in 1982,
had created his own variation of the heartland rock of
Tom Petty
, and
Bob Seger
. While he had the record sales, it took several years before rock critics took him seriously. For some artists, this would be easy to ignore, but
had the desire to be a serious social commentator, chronicling the times and trials of Midwestern baby boomers.
, released in 1985, fulfilled his wish of being taken seriously, and his subsequent records were greeted warmly by critics. Furthermore, he sustained his popularity over the ensuing decades, only occasionally experiencing dips in record sales.
A prolonged, acclaimed career seemed an impossibility when
released his first album under the name
Johnny Cougar
in 1976. As a child in Seymour, Indiana,
had suffered a number of setbacks, including being born with a neural tube defect called spina bifida that necessitated a lengthy hospitalization as a baby. As a teenager, he was rebellious, often getting in trouble with the law. He formed his first band at the age of 14, and continued to play throughout his teens. When he was 17, he eloped with Priscilla Esterline, his pregnant girlfriend, and proceeded to try to support his family by working a series of blue-collar jobs. By the time he was 24, he had decided to move to New York City to attempt to break into the music industry.
In New York,
became a client of
David Bowie
's manager, Tony DeFries, who signed him to a lucrative deal with MainMan/MCA.
recorded an album of covers called
Chestnut Street Incident
. Upon receiving the finished album in 1976, he was infuriated to learn that DeFries had billed the singer as
Johnny Cougar
Chestnut Street Incident
was a bomb and MCA immediately dropped the singer. The fiasco of his first album was enough to sour
toward the industry for the remainder of his career. Two years later, he signed with Riva Records, releasing
A Biography
(1978) to little attention. However,
Johnny Cougar
(1979) spawned the Top 40 hit "I Need a Lover," which also became an AOR hit for
Pat Benatar
a few years later.
Steve Cropper
produced 1980's
Nothin' Matters and What If It Did
, which contained the Top 30 hits "This Time" and "Ain't Even Done with the Night."
's next album, 1982's
American Fool
, became his breakthrough, both commercially and musically. More focused than his earlier records,
American Fool
rocketed to number one on the strength of the number two hit "Hurts So Good" and the number one single "Jack and Diane," both of which were supported by videos that became MTV favorites. The success of
American Fool
meant that he could add "
" to his stage name, and 1983's
became the first album credited to
John Cougar Mellencamp
was released while
American Fool
was still high on the charts, and it became a hit, peaking at number nine and generating the Top Ten hits "Crumblin' Down" and "Pink Houses," as well as the Top 15 "Authority Song." He supported the album with his first headlining tour.
While he had commercial success,
made his bid for critical acclaim with his next album, 1985's
displayed a greater social consciousness and musical eclecticism, resulting in his best-reviewed -- as well as his biggest -- album to date. Peaking at number two,
generated the Top Ten singles "Lonely Ol' Night," "Small Town," and "R.O.C.K. in the U.S.A." Following the release of
became an outspoken advocate of the American farmer, organizing Farm Aid with
Willie Nelson
Neil Young
. He also became known for his anti-corporate stance, refusing to accept tour sponsorship offers from beer and tobacco companies.
continued to explore social commentary and new musical avenues with 1987's
The Lonesome Jubilee
. Featuring a distinct Appalachian folk and country influence,
The Lonesome Jubilee
was a melancholy elegy for the forgotten Middle America, and while it was more adventurous than its predecessors, it was another hit, peaking at number six and generating the hits "Paper in Fire," "Cherry Bomb," and "Check It Out."
continued to explore American roots music on
Big Daddy
(1989). While the album received generally good reviews and peaked at number seven, it failed to produce a big single. Two years later, he returned with
Whenever We Wanted
, which was another moderate hit, peaking at number 17.
Human Wheels
(1993) received some of
's strongest reviews, yet the record didn't generate a hit single and quickly fell down the charts after debuting at number seven.
bounced back into the Top Ten in 1994, when his duet with Meshell Ndegeocello on
Van Morrison
's "Wild Night" peaked at number three. Its accompanying album,
Dance Naked
, became his biggest album since
Big Daddy
, going gold months after its release.
planned to support the album with an extensive tour, but he suffered a major heart attack in late 1994 that necessitated its cancellation.
spent 1995 recuperating, re-emerging in 1996 with
Mr. Happy Go Lucky
. Produced by
Junior Vasquez
and demonstrating a slight dance influence,
Mr. Happy Go Lucky
was greeted with positive reviews and featured the minor hit single "Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First)," which helped the album go gold. The album was his last for longtime label Mercury, and he moved to Columbia for 1998's
John Mellencamp
Rough Harvest
, a collection of unreleased material, appeared a year later.
Cuttin' Heads
, his second album for Columbia and 20th overall, followed in 2001 and spawned a radio hit with "Peaceful World," featuring neo-soul singer
on backing vocals. Also in 2001, he won the Billboard Century Award for creative achievement. Inspired by his performance of
Robert Johnson
's "Stones in My Passway" at an October 2002 tribute concert for the late music journalist
Timothy White
recorded a covers album,
Trouble No More
, in 2003. It was released that summer and topped the Billboard blues chart. The impressive
Freedom's Road
appeared in 2007, followed by the T-Bone Burnett-produced
Life Death Love and Freedom
a year later in 2008. An eight-song live set drawn from that album's songs,
Life Death Live and Freedom
, appeared in 2009, and a deluxe package combining both the original album and the live disc was also released at the same time.
A four-disc box set covering
's entire recording career,
On the Rural Route 7609
(he released his first album in 1976 -- thus the number in the set's title), appeared in 2010. Also appearing in 2010 was his second collaboration with producer T-Bone Burnett, the critically acclaimed No Better Than This.
's next project was an ambitious collaboration with novelist Stephen King. Termed a "Southern gothic musical," Ghost Brothers of Darkland County was scripted by King, with the music coming from
, a collaboration that was a bit left-field for both artists. The official set was released in 2012, and included a full audio reading of the musical as staged on two discs, with a third disc of recordings of the songs alone, all of which were again produced by Burnett. A box set of all of
's albums called 1978-2012 appeared in time for the holiday season of 2013.
In May of 2014, Republic Records announced that they signed
John Mellencamp
to a "lifetime" recording contract. Although specific details regarding this deal were not publicized, the releases started soon afterward, with the archival release Performs Trouble No More: Live at Town Hall appearing in July of that year, followed by the brand-new album Plain Spoken in September.
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it looks like pineapple jam and loving that gorgeous sunny hue of yellow. very good recipe.ReplyDelete
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Jam Looks Excellent !!
Perfect presentation:)
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delicious and lovely carrot jam.ReplyDelete
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Ohayou Gozaimasu! ( Good Morning!) I just wanted to post this to the forum because I know that there are a lot of us here that like vampire manga. The mangaka that made it is Yuri Kimura & the story is authored by Kyo Shirodaira. Shirodaira-san also wrote "Spiral: The Bonds of Reasoning". Has anyone here read this manga? I have read the first 2 volumes and it is really good so far. I am going to begin reading volume 3 today. I just found out that volume 4 will be released on January 12, 2009. Here is what it says on the back of Volume 1: "Thousanda of years ago, Vampire King Akabara " Red Rose" Strauss, lost both his kingdom and his queen. Since humans were unable to kill the queen, they sealed her away, erecting thousands of fake seals so that the king would never find her true location. Despite being pursued by relentless dhampires, Akabara continues to search for his queen to this day....Akabara's quest takes a sinister turn when an entity called the Black Swan appears. The Black Swan inhabits the body of a young human girl every 50 years, giving her the power to destroy the Vampire King and his queen. With each incarnation the Black Swan grows stronger-- will the 49th Black Swan mean the end of Akabara?" Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana"Innoscence Activate" http://view.playlist.com/13500951819
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I got mine ant Barnes and Nobel.... I have seen them also online at amazon.com and at the barnes and nobel website. Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana"Innoscence Activate" http://view.playlist.com/13500951819
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I got my manga at Barnes and Nobel... but Borders may have them as well.I need to get volume 3 & 4.Dewa Mata,Niji-Hana"Innoscence Activate" http://view.playlist.com/13500951819
i'll have to check out. "You know what you have to admire? A Catholic hit man who blesses himself just before he strangles someone."-George Carlin
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In an interview, Ashmore said he did nothing but eliminate a threat to motorists and residents standing nearby. As a hunter, he said his gunfire was controlled and didn't pose any danger to the community.
He regarded the pig as a wild animal "with tusks and long hair" and devoid of markings to distinguish it as a pet.
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A deputy who responded at 5:43 p.m. Tuesday wrote in a report that Steed and Ashmore shared the blame for the bloodshed.
Community members already had summoned the Sheriff's Office to 6940 Ethel Post Office Road in Meggett, which is just south of Hollywood, when they saw Maggie and her pig friend Peaches wandering freely.
The hogs apparently had busted a board in their pen at Steed's LEARN Horse Rescue and made a break for it. The duo first rolled around next to a pond, then scampered over a path leading through the woods to a nearby church.
Residents snapped photos, sent them to Steed and alerted authorities. But before Steed or deputies could get there, Ashmore drove by in his pickup.
"I am going home to get a gun, and I am going to take that pig to Burbage Meats," he said, according to a witness account recorded in an incident report. The butcher shop is on U.S. Highway 17 in Ravenel.
The report stated that Ashmore returned with a 9 mm Sig Sauer pistol and aimed it at Maggie, who was standing on the roadside. She was shot twice, in the upper and lower front shoulder. She moseyed into the road and fell.
About 20 people were huddled around the carcass when a deputy showed up. The crowd grew to 70 by the time Steed arrived.
Ashmore had been preparing to load the dead animal into his pickup, but residents' arrival foiled his plans, the report stated.
He told a deputy that the pig was 100 feet from a corner and could have caused a "major accident" if a vehicle were to round that corner and hit her.
The deputy faulted Ashmore for firing a gun on the road and Steed for the animal's escape.
Steed said Ashmore could have handled the situation with the pig by pulling over, turning on his emergency signals and waiting for authorities.
Named after a magnolia tree she often sought for shade, Maggie was buried soon after her death. A cross marks her resting place.
"Surely all pigs go to heaven," Steed said, "especially our girl Maggie."
Maggie was an 800-pound pet hog in Meggett with an affection for humans. She would cuddle next to visitors, roll over for belly rubs and listen to stories read from a book.×


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Bumping this back up top as I think we all know that they've crushed Santo's little heart again.
10:34 PM CST UPDATE: Bruce Levine was on ESPN-1000 AM, from his hotel room (soaking his feet) at the Bellagio. All he added was that any Jake Peavy deal might include either the Orioles or Marlins as the additional teams to make the deal happen but he didn't sound like he had info that was recently updated on this. --Cubster
10:04 PM CST UPDATE: Corey Brock on mlb.com says the Peavy trade legwork is done. "There's a package there that will satisfy us. There's a deal in the way of names. It comes down to does Jim (Hendry) have the wherewithall to make it happen?" said Towers. It could be as extensive as a 3 or 4 team transaction possibly including one or both of the Phillies/Orioles. Not much in terms of specific names other than Peavy but at least there are some quotes from Kevin Towers that sound like a transaction is possible, at least meeting the Padres threshold for a deal. --Cubster
8:53 PM CST UPDATE: Last one before I call it a day, Scott Miller at CBS also talks about the Phils being involved in the Peavy talks. Miller says Vitters, Hart and possibly Marquis would go to the Padres with Phillies prospect, J.A. Happ going as well and possibly catcher Chris Coste. What the Phils would get is unclear, although they do apparently like Mark DeRosa and are interested in an established veteran starting pitcher which makes you wonder if Miller misheard about Marquis going to the Padres instead of the Phils in this deal.
Miller states the obvious that the Padres wouldn't be thrilled with getting Marquis in the deal but the Cubs would have to pay almost half the contract and I assume the Padres would look to move him eventually. The Padres and Cubs have also talked about Cedeno and Angel Guzman and Miller says the Cubs are "leaning against" moving Sean Marshall.
8:27 PM CST UPDATE: More from Stark that the Padres are only talking to the Cubs and that progress needs to be made by Thursday or Towers is pulling the plug. Stark mentions it possibly ending up being a three-team, 10-player "extravaganza".
7:55 PM CST UPDATE: ESPN saying the Cubs met with Milton Bradley on Sunday.
6:53 PM CST UPDATE: Rosenthal says the Phillies "have emerged" as the possible third team in the Peavy to Cubs trade talks.
The Denver Post says the Rockies don't have the cash to trade for Marquis.
5:49 PM CST UPDATE: O's are interested in Felix Pie and if I read it correctly, it sounds like the Cubs will only trade him for Garrett Olson if they can immediately flip Olson as part of the deal for Jake Peavy. As has been discussed, Lou isn't too keen on Pie's strike zone judgment.
5:33 PM CST UPDATE Lou is in Vegas apparently, showing off that he's still got his pulse on the game asking a group of Seattle reporters if Ibanez can play right field? Shouldn't Lou be answering that question? Lou seemed intrigued that J.J. Putz is only making $5.5M next season.
5:00 PM CST UPDATE: MLB Hot Stove Blog also talks about the Rockies, Marquis and Jeff Baker and makes it sounds like there isn't much of a match at the moment.
3:25 PM CST UPDATE: I'm making a bit of an assumption here, but Miles in the comments on his blog seems to be indicating that the Rockies want to move outfielder Jeff Baker for Jason Marquis, but the Cubs aren't interested in that.
3:16 PM CST UPDATE: The Sun-Sentinel says the Cubs and Marlins haven't talked about Hermida in "quite a while".
3:00 PM CST UPDATE: Pretty much the same story at the offical MLB Hot Stove Blog that Rosenthal was saying. It's the Cubs or bust and if Towers isn't certain by Thursday that a deal will get done, he's pulling Peavy off the block.
2:43 PM CST UPDATE: Rosenthal has a quote from Towers saying the Cubs are the only team the Padres are talking to about Peavy. There was a brief conversation with the Dodgers that didn't go anywhere. Towers says he should know by the end of the meetings if a deal will get done or whether to drop it. Towers repeats that Peavy does not have to be moved.
2:13 PM CST UPDATE: Stark is back and says the Cubs have checked in on all four left-handed hitting corner outfielders (Dunn, Abreu, Ibanez and Bradley) and that Ibanez and Abreu are higher up on the Cubs' wish list. Funny that Dunn and Bradley would be the two that would be on top of my wish list. He also says the Marlins want more than prospects for Hermida and it's unclear if the Cubs would be willing to deal from the major league roster.
Stark also has a source saying that the interest for Marquis has been barely a "nibble" . The Cubs have relayed to teams and agents that they could add payroll now with the understanding that they would subtract some later, rather then the reports that they had to move money first before acquiring anyone.
1:49 PM CST UPDATE: Tigres interested in Kerry Wood as well.
12:36 PM CST UPDATE: Jon Heyman mentions that Towers envisions a way to get the deal done with just the Cubs and Padres.
12:15 PM CST UPDATE: Ron Santo didn't make it, but some Yankee named Joe Gordon did who was on the pre-1943 ballot. Santo was on the 1943-1987 ballot and received just 60.9%(75% was needed) of the vote. I think that was his last hurrah, sadly. Cubnut has a post above if you want to chime in on this one.
12:10 CST UPDATE: Bruce Miles weighs in and says that Fontenot is really not available and the Cubs would like three lefties in the lineup on most days. He says Ronny Cedeno is definitely a trade candidate and possibly a non-tender candidate. The only other bit of news is that the Padres are worried about some hand/wrist issues with Vitters.
- Phil Rogers also mentions the Cubs offering Marquis to the Mets.
- Jayson Stark thinks there is zero chance Peavy will get dealt by the end of the meetings. He also mentions the Cubs need to move some contracts before adding any and throws out Jeremy Hermida/Cubs interest as well.
- Listening to XM radio this morning, I believe it was Peter Pasquarelli saying that Bobby Abreu would be a good fit for the Cubs lineup but that he has been noticeably skittish going back on baseballs and worrying about running into the wall. That can't possibly be a good thing with Wrigley and the brick. He also said he's heard that Milton Bradley's knee is quite better and could let him play 100-110 games in the outfield.
- Rays might be having some talks about Hermida and there have been no indications that they've been involved as the third team in the Peavy/Cubs deal according to the St. Petersburg Times.
10:11 AM CST UPDATE: Always reliable reader, "jacos" relays a radio report from Bruce Levine that the Cubs are trying to pawn Jason Marquis to the Mets or Royals. Off to the commute, be back in a couple of hours.
9:56 AM CST UPDATE: Will Ron Santo get the call today? One site is saying him, Dick Allen and Joe Torre have made it. Official announcement is at noon CST.
9:42 AM CST UPDATE: Wittenmeyer says their is a buzz the deal will get done today, indicating the five Cubs are Marshall, Hart, Vitters, Pie and Cedeno and a deal is already in place for Felix Pie to the O's for Garrett Olsen.
He also say Jeremy Hermida and free agent Milton Bradley are high on the Cubs wish list and that the Cubs discussed Khalil Greene with the Padres before he was moved to St. Louis.
- A story on how Towers enjoys dealing with Hendry and that Hendry has already steered him away from one prospect with possible injury issues.
- Rosenthal says the Cubs may look into Rich Aurilia if they move Ronny Cedeno or Mike Fontenot.
- Roch Kubatko in Baltimore says their is a buzz that a deal for Peavy will get done today, although he neglects to mention the Cubs in the article.
- Mets and particulary the Texas Rangers want in on Kerry Wood.
I'll do my best to keep you up-to-date on the Cubs rumors floating around today and the rest of the Winter Meetings.
To start you off, Bruce Miles says Raul Ibanez, Bobby Abreu and Milton Bradley are on the Cubs' radar. He reiterates that Marquis is most definitely on the trading block and Jake Peavy is still very much on the table.
- BP floats a "wild rumor" that the Rays are the third team involved in the Padres/Cubs trade talks. It involves Brian Giles going to the Rays apparently and probably a séance and some animal sacrifice as well. The writer says the O's want Pie and Cedeno if they're going to be the third team and that the Padres seem intent to get five players in the deal. If five players is all they need, may I suggest Rich Hill, Ronny Cedeno, Donald Veal, Ryan Harvey and Mark Holliman. Phil Rogers would consider that a great deal.
- Same BP article says Kerry Wood may make an appearance at some point in Vegas.
- Jon Heyman's mea culpa on Peavy to the Cubs talk being on life support. Can't he just admit he got a bad tip instead of saying talks have upgraded?
- The San Diego Union-Tribune says the framework of a 5-for-1 deal is in place and Padres are "confident" that they can get Sean Marshall, Josh Vitters and Kevin Hart in a deal, then the elusive extra pitcher from a third organization and possibly Cedeno as the 5th player.
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The Peavy deal must be possible only if Marquis is traded. It seems like, if the Cubs have that one more or less in place, they would go ahead and do the sure thing rather than wait to develop a market for Marquis (not to mention acquire the LH bat). Those things may not happen until January, and by then the market for Peavy and/or Towers might be in completely different places from where they are now.
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It's gonna KILL me to watch Vitters develop in SD's system, we've been wanting a young hitting stud to come up through our system for so long now. But honestly, if the 5 players are something like Marshall, Vitters, Pie, Hart and Cedeno, none of those with the exception of Marshall would have a meaningful impact on the 2009 Cubs. Meanwhile, we add the 2007 NL Cy Young winner to the rotation. I can hang with that.
One vote here for Bradley in the RF sweepstakes....
Finally, if Pie and Cedeno are in fact traded as part of a Peavy deal, the Cubs' bench will need some attention. Pie wasn't necessary, but Cedeno was the only guy on the bench that could play something resembling ML quality SS. Hendry will need to find a new utility IF with SS capabilities if Cedeno leaves.
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Looks like the cardinals have patched it up with Adam Kennedy cause they can't find anyone to take him without a big salary dump.
Also some speculation that at one time they were considering getting in on Peavy with Colby Rasmus as their bargaining chip but now are looking elsewhere
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Barry Rozner is an idiot
He says that until the Mitchell Report, Maddux was "an afterthought" and "considered less than special."
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Before Roger Clemens became Public Enemy No. 2 behind Barry Bonds, you rarely heard Greg Maddux mentioned as one of the best of his generation, let alone one of the best of all time.
What the hell?
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Has this guy even watched baseball over the past 15 years?
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it's the ESPN effect...BOS, NYY, NYM...and occasionally barry bonds and his team played some baseball, too.
personally, i just found out this very week there are 24 other teams in baseball.
damn liberal media!
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Losing Marquis AND Marshall is a little dangerous since the Cubs need a five and a half man rotation as long as Harden is one of the starters. Thoughts by anyone on who might start five or ten times next season (there's also Z's fragile forearm and brain to consider) and still be serviceable from the pen? I think Marshall was more valuable than he's given credit for by most fans last season.
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chad gaudin?
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The Shark? Even Guzman. There are options there.
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Why would losing Marquis and Marshall be dangerous when its being replaced by Jake Peavy? That doesn't make any sense at all.
Ok lets try and figure it out. We don't get Peavy, so we can maintain some rotation depth in case Zambrano or Harden go down and we can plug in Marquis and Marshall.
Soooo option #1 -- Zambrano/Harden, Dempster, Lilly, Marquis, Marshall
Orrrrr Option #2 -- Zambrano/Harden, Peavy, Dempster, Lilly, Gaudin (or any kind of scrub).
Yeah, when is the first bus out of town for Marquis and Marshall? Because option #2 kicks ass no matter what.
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You are completely ignoring the fact that Peavy is a big injury risk, almost as big an injury risk as Harden. We are talking about going back to the days when 40% of our starting rotation was a big question mark. I am not saying that both of these guys will end up like Wood and Prior did, but it does make me uneasy...
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Jace, you're overlooking that the essence of Cubbery is to trade your best prospect for a sore-armed pitcher.
Twice in one year will be a first, though.
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Jake Peavy has averaged 194 innings in the past 6 (six) seasons. Harden has averaged 107 in the past 5. How can anyone possibly say the two are equal on the injury risk scale?? That's just plain blindness.
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No one said that.
Donaldson wasn't our best prospect, either.
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Gallagher was our best prospect, or at least the O's and and A's thought so. The A's probably think they got the two best Cub prospects (outside of Vitters) for Harden.
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Levine of ESPN 1000 reporting Cubs talking to Mets and KC regarding Marquis.
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Hah! I pegged Marquis to the Royals two weeks ago, bully for me! They are thinking of turning Kyle Davies into a reliever, so Marquis would be a good short-term solution for their rotation. We would need to take money back from them (i.e., Teahan), but the Cubs would still be saving some $$ here.
Unfortunately, if its the Mets, I can tell you who Minaya wants the Cubs to take off his hands in exchange for Marquis, and it ain't a pleasant thought. Just say no to that one, Jim.
Bradley? Really?
Given Bradley's history of meltdowns and injuries, why would the Cubs (or anybody else) take a chance on him? I really don't get this at all.
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You do know Bradley led the AL in OPS last year, right? When he's healthy, dude can hit. From both sides of the plate.
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Yeah, Bradley can hit when he's on the field. But he's thirty years old and has played in 125+ games twice and has exactly one 500 AB season. Plus, he's friggin' crazy--and not in a good way.
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This is a little unconventional and wouldn't give us the payroll flexibility we need, but why not just keep Marquis and go with a 6 man rotation? Zambrano and Harden both broke down by the end of the year, and Peavy needs any extra rest he can get as well.
Giving everyone an extra day the whole year is kind of like the Lakers only playing Kobe 30-35 minutes a night to keep him fresh for the playoffs. As long as that 6th guy is more than serviceable (which Marquis definitely is), it's a luxury that won't cost us many games and could help immensely down the stretch and in the playoffs.
Also, when one guy inevitably goes down with an injury you just go back to a 5 man rotation and you don't have to worry about stretching a bullpen guy out or getting someone from AAA to fill in.
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"This is a little unconventional and wouldn't give us the payroll flexibility we need"
I think the payroll flexibility is the key. It seems clear that Peavy won't be coming over if Hendry doesn't feel he can dump Marquis and most of his salary.
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The Hermida reference from Wittenmeyer is interesting, as there were reports earlier this off-season that Hermida's market value had dropped like a rock due to his diminished production and perceived lack of passion for the game.
If there is any truth to the Peavy rumor, which itself requires moving a chunk of Marquis' salary, we would have $7-8 million max to spend on a LH bat. That would seem to exclude Ibanez and Abreu immediately (even in this FA market), and while Bradley might be available at that price, a lower cost option like Hermida might be more plausible.
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If the cubboard is bear now, imagine how it will be afer trading for Peavy and Hermedia.
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So, are you advocating keeping the five players, if its the choice of gaining Peavy in the trade? Or "the cubboard" with one MLB useful player of the five? If, indeed, the rumor has truth to it.
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If the cubboard is bear now
I like that!
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I hadn't even noticed the spelling error on 'bare'. This is what happens when you work for too long with people who think 'u' is a word.
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Everyone is an injury risk when you get down to it. You can go out and sign the healthiest player in baseball and by April he is on the DL and out for the year.
Unless your counting on the Nomar's and Bradley's of baseball to play 162 games then your a fool.
Peavy on the other hand is a highly durable pitcher. He went on the DL for a short period of time and came back and still pitched pretty damn good. If that is gonna scare you off fine, be scared. Cuz your gonna be scared all your life if that is enough to not want Jake Peavy.
He aint no pussy pitcher where little boo-boo's keep creeping in that put him on the DL for months at a time.
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"He aint no pussy pitcher where little boo-boo's keep creeping in that put him on the DL for months at a time."
Sounds like someone is sour from a certain "I'm in pain" pitcher who never pitched for months at a time...a certain player currently in SD?
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Chris Young?
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Eric Show?
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Mark Prior
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I think they knew who you were talking about.
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I would have to say that the "source" on the Hall of Fame voting is probably made-up. Dick Allen had 11 votes last time, so we are to believe that his support like QUADRUPLED among essentially the same exact group of voters. I am not buying it.
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I agree. I personally don't believe the report.
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If Harden is your #5 behind Zambrano, Peavy, Dempster and Lilly, then Harden automatically gets a number of skipped starts due to scheduling. He would be one heck of a dominating #5 starter, and that role would give him the occasional rest he needs during the season to hopefully stay healthy.
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I have not seen Vitters. For you Wilkens bashers (you know who you are), it would seem that someone besides "Teflon Tim" likes him.
However, since the kid has not made it to AAA yet, there are no guarantees as to what kind of career he will have. Peavy is still young by pitching standards, and an infant compared to Clemens. What are the odds then, with MArshall in the fold, and no Peavy, that they'd win a World Series title?
Ronny Cedeno will be a career backup, or a starter on a team like the Nats. He is as dumb as a post.
IMO, Sean Marshall will always be a #4 or #5. BUT, he is a "lefty".
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I don't see how Peavy makes us more likely to win a title. He's marginally better than the four guys we would have thrown out there, if we had won a game. When you measure that against the risk that Les Walron and Mitch Atkins will be making starts for us during the regular season, it doesn't really add up, in my mind.
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Geez, you say some pretty stupid things sometimes. The above post is Exhibit A.
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Please elaborate. I must have missed all those Peavy NLCS MVP awards ceremonies.
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I should hope Vitters has value around the league, he was a #3 pick and was taken over Matt Wieters who has been rated the top prospect in all of baseball this year and it would look as of right now that he has a pretty good chance to start the year with BAL. Keeping in mind this was before the Cubs knew what they had in Soto as well.
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i'd be shocked if wieters actually stuck around at catcher...he's such a big kid.
that said, his bat has been damn nice and he should progress pretty fast through their system.
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I understand your point. However, I don't think Les is on the club anymore.
Ron Santo Is Not IN
According to WSCR
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Ronny missed out again. The committee elected Joe Gordon (who?).
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Actually, Gordon (a 2nd baseman for the Yankees and Indians in the '30s) was elected by one committee. A different committee made up of 64 living HOFers failed again to elect Santo or anyone else to the HOF. What a crock.
Ron Santo no Hall of Fame
Joe Gordon only one.
Poor Santo.
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I agree starting pitching depth would become a problem. However, Peavy would become the defacto number one. What have we seen the last two years in the playoffs? Webb putting diapers on our hitters and setting them down on the bench. Lowe and Billingsly mowing our guys down one after the other. What have we had to respond with on our side?
Our pitching has let us down and struggled on the big stage. Demp choked this year. Lilly did last year. Z could not get it done this year. Peavy has the Cy Young Z is hoping to one day be consistent enough to get. We could trade Harden, Demp, or even Z possibly later in the year to get another starter and fill a position hole (CF, SS?) with quality, if needed. When you look to the playoffs, it is all about the top end of your pitching and getting Peavy makes the top end of our rotation that much better.
As an added bonus, he would take issue with any of our guys being thrown at this year, and would fit right in with Lilly in that regard. It does hurt to lose Marshall because young, left handed, cheap starting pitching is almost never available. You have to grow them yourself. And right now, we are not growing much as far as starters go in the minors.
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He also got knocked around in the playoff game against the Rockies in 2007.
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I actually think it is a playoff game. Playoff means when you're tied and you have to play one more game to decide the winner. Game 163's are 'playoffs'.
But regardless, his track record on these high pressure games, which have all been on the road is really bad.
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You're playing semantics. Game 163 counts as a regular season game.
If two teams were tied on the last day and playing game 162 against each other would that count as a playoff?
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I realize that, but the there's a word for do or die must win games for other teams. The word is... wait for it... a playoff!
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I am not sure if the fact that the sports leagues bastardized the word to suit it's purposes proves your point.
Or you could use the google thing and search the phrase "one game playoff' and see if the top 50 or so hits don't come back as references to game 163.
Or you could get a dictionary.
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once again you guys are arguing semantics. It's a one game playoff, yes, but it's not the POST SEASON.
There is a difference between a one game playoff and the {jimmora}PLAYOFFS{/jimmora}
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Peavy is basically in his prime and is signed through 2013 at what will be a very reasonable contract if not downright cheap for a pitcher of his caliber. Very clean mechanics, no significant injury history. Marshall, Hart, Cedeno, and Pie are all nice and useful players to have but each of them are replaceable. The value here is losing Vitters, a top hitting prospect. But he is 3 years away and possibly headed to corner OF slot if defense doesn't improve. And as pointed out in #39, both Harden and Peavy will be tradeable if it goes south this year or next, we likely would have not much trouble getting a Vitters-like prospect back in exchange for one of them from a contender. Very little downside and huge possible upside to the rumored deal.
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Are there two Peavys? Who's the one with 'very clean mechanics' and what does his team want for him? I only know of the throwing across his body, grunting with effort on every pitch Jake Peavy who pitches for the Padres and has had shoulder, elbow and forearm issues, including being on the DL last year with shoulder soreness.
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I don't necessarily disagree with your mechanical analysis here, but I can make a similar risk claim about any of the other front-liners we might potentially go after.
CC has SERIOUS issues with his previous workload. Burnett's a Prior-lite with his injury history. Oliver Perez has NEVER pitched 200 innings. Smoltz has bigtime durability problems - to the point that he's probably a reliever the rest of the way. Pettitte's elbow is held together with tape and chewing gum. Ben Sheets is Ben Sheets.
Honestly, I'm of the opinion that it's a risk you're going to run if you acquire any available front line starter not named Derek Lowe. It just is. I wouldn't pay CC the kind of money he's talking after as much as he's worked the past few seasons. Derek Lowe and Peavy are really ones I'd feel comfortable chasing. Yeah, Peavy had shoulder soreness last year, but Carlos Zambrano had elbow soreness last year, too. I'm not necessarily worried about him as a big injury risk.
But, that's just my opinion on it. I can see how you can view Peavy as a risk, and that's fine. I'm not nearly as concerned.
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I am worried about Zambrano, as well.
But yeah, Lowe is the guy I would chase if we needed a 5th playoff starter. I just think trading all those names to have Peavy pitch ahead of Lilly or Dempster in the playoffs makes little sense, even injury concern aside.
The rotation is the strength of the team. The bullpen is the weakness, followed by the offensive balance. Why we want to rape the farm system for a marginal upgrade.. I just don't get. When Dempster was unsigned it made some kind of sense. At this point.... I just don't see the upside. Get Johnson, he's nails in the playoffs and won't cost us anyone.
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I agree, the fact that he's under club control through 2013 is the second-best part of any such trade (the best being that he's a Cy Young contender obviously). $22M in 2013 will be a bargain if he's healthy and effective, and if he isn't the club buy-out of $4M is not huge. Basically, barring major injury, Peavy will be a tradeable commodity for the life of this contract...that's worth trading Vitters for.
As for Peavy's mechanics, yeah, so he grunts and throws the ball hard. The grunting will drive up the price for those CBOT box on days he pitches. He whips his arm back after throwing. Though I don't remember the whip as much last year as before, perhaps that was the shoulder soreness or maybe a change in mechanics. Even with that, he has not missed significant time in his career.
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Considering the NTC he has, he's not a very tradeable commodity for the life of his contract. Just like we're seeing this offseason, he basically said he wanted to pitch for the Cubs and if the Pads want to trade him they have to work that out somehow.
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Actually it was elbow soreness but it obviously wasn't a big deal as he pitched again after coming off the DL and pitched pretty good with some of the leagues worst run support.
Lets take into account one fact. Mark Prior was considered to have flawless mechanics. How does he end up injured and never pitching if he has flawless mechanics like all the experts said?
One expert says one thing and another something else,it really doesn't mean a whole lot. The fact is Peavy takes the baseball most of the time and gives his team a shot to win. Thats all i care about. I really don't give a shit about the flawless mechanic guys who sit on the DL.
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Tribco files for ch.11:
Levine was asked about this earlier and he said it would have no affect on the Cubs as they would likely be sold before they had to make any restructring changes.
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FYI ... the Cubs are NOT part of the filing.
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Jayson Stark says Cubs are prioritizing Ibanez and Abreu much higher than Bradley or Dunn, although they are looking at all four of them.
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Piniella might be thinking about Abreu and his 300+ career SBs when he talks about becoming "more athletic."
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There are a lot of critics of Abreu's base stealing tendencies, mostly people who say that he steals when it doesn't matter. I don't know, just saying.
Abreu would add to the overall offense, I think, but doesn't he make more sense batting 1-3 than fourth or fifth? His strength these days is more OBP than batting average or power. He'd be a pretty good replacement for Lee in the third spot (Soriano, Lee, Abreu, Ramirez, Soto, DeRosa, Fukudome/Pie/Johnson, Theriot, Pitcher). I still think I'd like to see Fontenot get more playing time somehow, though. Seems like getting a RF means DeRo will have to be sitting or playing SS for Fontenot to get in the lineup.
Dunn and Bradley make more sense batting 4th or 5th. Although you usually don't want to see a Dunn .240 average in an RBI position, he still hits 40 homeruns most years. And Bradley may not hit siginificantly more homeruns than Abreu, but his slugging percentage could still be very high with lots of doubles. If he can stay healthy... ho boy.
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I don't know, Charlie, I just looked at Abreu's numbers for the first time and was surprised by how good they are, even the most recent season.
Everybody should steal when it doesn't matter--it's called hustle--but most guys don't.
I'm just impressed when a solidly built guy keeps his legs in good enough shape to steal 20 bases at 34. But my main point was that Piniella uses the word "athletic" for people who run and catch, and that could only describe Abreu among the four OF'ers usually mentioned. Bradley may be athletic in some sense but he doesn't steal bases at all and his body breaks down, so Piniella can't be talking about him.
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A couple points.
You can look on BR's splits on a player and it tells you if they're stealing in low pressure or high pressure situations. I looked at that probably a month ago and he was a pretty good high pressure hitter and baserunner.
Maybe Lou does define stealing 20 bases as athletic. I think you can pretty much sneak stealing 20 bases a year on pitchers who aren't paying much attention. However, Abreu is a really bad right fielder. Matt Murton bad.
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Lou knows what he asked for, at least.
Maybe more athletic just meant, goodbye Ward and Edmonds.
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The first of the Cubs 15 minor league free-agents has moved on, as switch-hitting 1B-3B Matt Craig signed a minor league deal with the Florida Marlins.
The 27-year old Craig was a 3rd round pick back in 2002 (signed by VA-MD-NC area scout Billy Swoope) out of the University of Richmond, where he was a teammate of former Cubs Top 10 prospect OF Nik Jackson.
Craig should get a better shot with the Marlins than he ever got with the Cubs. I could see him making it to MLB as a back-up 3B-1B-SWPH. He's a slow runner and a below-average defender, but he has some power and he takes a lot of walks.
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Tigers sign Adam Everett.
A vacuum in the field who just sucks at the plate.
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Maybe he'll figure it out, ala Ozzie. If he could be a .290 hitter, he'd be a heckuva ballplayer. I am sure there will be much rejoicing by pitchers in Motown - or wherever they hide during the off-season when they hear that Everett is coming.
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What's the TCR consensus on a Marmol for Ethier swap? I would guess it would require a third team, though because the Dodgers seem pretty set in the bullpen.
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Well, it seems like there's some better fits in the closer market (Wood, Fuentes, Hoffman) than in the RF market, hence the suggestion.
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It's an interesting idea. The market for left-handed hitting right fielders is tight and not particularly impressive. I like Ethier better than any of the four suspects currently being considered. I'd hate to lose Marmol, but there are plenty of closers available currently. Having Gregg and Wood pitch the 8th and 9th respectively wouldn't be so bad.
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Interesting idea -- you take the RF money and get a FA closer. What about Delmon Young instead of Ethier? Young is more likely to be moved.
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Isn't Young wrong handed? The Twins may be interested in Cedeno, but not sure if I'd trade Marmol for him.
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You're right. For some reason -- maybe it was the way he tossed his bat at the ump -- I thought he switch hit like his brother.
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I'd do the Marquis for Jeff Baker swap. I'm really high on the guy. Big guy, has seen his power develop, particularly last year. He can play (relative term) anywhere but short. Career 262/319/468 guy. But, unfortunately for Jimbo, he's right-handed.
I'd pull the trigger on that one in a heartbeat.
I agree with not trading Pie now unless you can use him as a part to get a big player. I don't want to see Hendry sell low on Pie, like Hendry did to Pie's baseball twin brother Patterson. Might as well ride it out now and see if he can finally turn into a MLB player.
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My 2 cents:
The window is now. By the time Vitters is an established major leaguer, the Cubs will have won with this team or not...Lou will be gone and so will most of the core team. You have to roll the dice and go for it.
I suggest a Marquis to KC for Ron Mahay trade. Mahay makes $4,000,000 so the Cubs would save a few bucks and get the lefty vet for the pen they need.
Other options for Marquis could be to the Tigers for Bobby Seay or in division to Cincinnati for Jeff Keppinger.
I also agree with Wes-Jeff Baker wouldn't be a bad pickup. Remember-trading Marquis isn't so much about who we'd get in return but the reduction of salary...
Also, who thinks Soriano could move to right? With his arm he'd be better than most of the options we're talking about. If so, I think Hidecki Matsui for Marquis would be an option...
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think Hidecki Matsui for Marquis would be an option...
not if you're trying to reduce the impact of Marquis' salary
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Cubster wrote: "think Hidecki Matsui for Marquis would be an option...
not if you're trying to reduce the impact of Marquis' salary"
Of course not but do you think Ibanez or Abreu would be much cheaper? Besides, maybe having a little jap buddy would be just what Fukie needs!
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I don't think Matsui can play right field anymore, but trading him for Marquis would free up payroll since we would fill the $10 million slotted for right field.
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You do realize that that is a derogatory term, right?
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"The Denver Post says the Rockies don't have the cash to trade for Marquis..."
Weren't they in the fucking World Series two years ago?
And, Helton and Hampton are gone? They have one pitcher for fuck's sake that can pitch.
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Holiday is in Oakland, they still have Helton
...and you probably mean Aaron Cook (we both saw how quickly things can go south on him and the rest of that pitching staff).
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Cubs met with Milton Bradley sunday night. Sorry, Clue or Par-cheesy?
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Before Cubs sign Bradley they should have him talk to Jacque Jones and see if he still wants to come.
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I probably should post this on the Santo thread, but as someone who saw Ron Santo play in his hey-day (1966-72) on many occasions I'd like to weigh in on the side that Santo belongs in the 'Hall of Very Good'. Maybe someone else who might have seen him play (like AZ Phil) would agree or disagree. I'm sure part of my bias is I would spend the next decade subtracting current members (starting with Joe Morgan and Bill Mazeroski) before adding anybody but the obvious (Greg Maddux).
I don't know any member under consideration by the veterans committee who more shamelessly promotes himself (directly and indirectly) than does Santo (Ed Sherman of the Tribune among his most vocal trumpeteers). Maybe that turns off a number of the HOF veterans. The sad fact is that there ARE players in the HOF with stats not equal to Santo. That being said, just because it's happened in the past doesn't mean we have to keep doing it.
I liked Santo as a player, but he was always behind Williams, Banks, Kessinger, Jenkins and Hickman as my favorites from that Cubs era. I would like to know the number of HRs that Santo hit with Cubs ahead by 3 or more runs and behind by 5 or more runs. It sure seemed like a lot. I just remember him as not being a Cub I wanted to see up to bat in a game winning situation.
Bottom line: I believe in a HOF that has players with the stats and stature of a Ruth, Mays, Aaron, Koufax, Gibson, Schmidt, and Feller. Then a 'Hall of Very Good' that would have the Joe Morgans, Billy Williams, Bill Mazeroski, et al.
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I guess the problem is that all of those divides are subjective. I hate Joe Morgan, but if Schmidt is in, so should Morgan. There stat's are comparable virtually across the board, other than Schmidt's edge in the power cateogries and Morgan's edge in speed. And why is Bob Feller so special compared to a dozen other pitchers? The point is that it's a subjective process. If you have two hall's you'd maybe even have more debate than you do now since you'd have two cut-offs to debate.
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You're memory is pretty good. BR shows splits for players by situation, and though Santo's Late and Close numbers pretty good, he really excelled in games who's margins were by more than 4 runs (.892 OPS).
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Wait, what does that mean? Did he excel in games with 4-run margins or at-bats in which the game was already in a 4-run margin. The way you wrote it above, it is the former, and that doesn't make your point for you at all. Hitters do really well in games in which their team is up by 4 runs or more. We'd expect that. It tells us he hit when everyone else hit and in fact contributed to major Cubs rallies.
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Margins > 4 runs....
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From Peavy Phils article-
"No Peavy deal will be completed until the Cubs' new owner is decided, sources say. The new owner would need to approve the addition of Peavy, who is owed $63 million."
So I'm guessing the trade won't happen until March?
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has signed with the Yokohama Baystars in Japan. Now talk about a miserable team. I believe they set a record last season for fastest mathematical elimination from post season play. and yet i love them as much as i do the cubs.
god have mercy on my 3 sons...
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Tell Real Neal. Earlier today he thought he was still on the Cubs. I wish him "sayonara".
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E-Man, with his Rainman like ability to take exagerations literally, shinging through again. I shudder to think what would happen if someone bought you the wrong brand of tighty-whiteys.
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HAHA! Thanks Real Neal!
All in good fun!
Wasn't it just last year I read Les got his first ML win with the Phils in quite a while as a starter?
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"Stark mentions it possibly ending up being a three-team, 10-player "extravaganza"."
Phils get- Derek Lee, Marquis, Eric Show, Larry Bowa
Pads get- Marshall, Cedeno, Pie, Ty Griffin
Cubs get-Peavy, Ryan Howard
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can you throw in a 25 year old Tony Gwynn while you're at it. We need some help in right.
Oh wait!!! Gimme Dave Winfield and Ozzie Smith too!!!!!!
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I could imagine something crazy where the Cubs get Peavy and Huff
The Orioles get Pie, Cedeno, Hill, Hoffpauir and Kouzamnoff
the Padres get Jones , Olsen, Vitters, Marshall, and Colvin.
Is that even? Now my head hurts.
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Man I thought Ty Griffin was gonna be the shit...him and Earl Cunningham and Jesse Hollins, damn what could've been...
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"Miller says the Cubs are "leaning against" moving Sean Marshall."
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Wow. Looks like "Trader Jim" has been buying a lot of shots in Vegas.
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"Towers said a deal "could happen quick" if Hendry and the Cubs agree to assuming not only Peavy's $11 million salary in 2009 but the remainder of the $63 million he's owed over the next four seasons."
Am I reading this wrong or are the Cubs trying to get the Pads pick up some of Peavy's salary?
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Thought the same Jacos.....
My guess is that it is just a poorly written article, with the intent being centered around new ownership's willingness to assume Peavy's contract.
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Okay, I can see that.
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Sounded to me that is was speculation. This deal will go faster if the Cubs don't attempt to get money of the deal, when it gets to that point.
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The only thing I could possibly see Hendry asking for money for is if the Cubs buyout the contract, to have SD kick some in.
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If Hendry could swing money out of the Pads, he should get a statue on Clark and Addison.
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Yeah, considering what a friendly contract he has, it would be surprising (i.e. stupid) for the Cubs to try to get some money for it.
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Werewithalls = balls? Testicles? Gónadas? Cojones?
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WTH, the Cubs are giving up 6 players now just to get Peavy, and one of the six is DeRosa? Count me out.
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Thanks CUBSTER!
Ain't the Winter Meetings FUN?!
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I am guessing Jimbo makes the deal because he is in a situtation where he almost has no choice but to do it. His whole rationale for pushing Woody out the door was to have the payroll room to add Peavy. If he does not do it he would have broken up a pretty good back end of the bullpen and refused take draft pick compensation for that lost for almost nothing. They dont have the money to after Sabathia and the other FA starters (Burnett, Lowe, Sheets, Perez, Unit) are all inferior options to having Woody back, as I would rather have Marshall-Wood than Lowe/Burnett/Sheets/Prez/Unit-Gregg. Also if Dero is in this deal, that frees up another $4 million and combine that with the savings of a Marquis means they would have the cash to be players in the LH OF market, which I would hope is either Abreu or Dunn. Ibanez is a DH and Bradley is just too crazy for a club with championship aspirations to count on.
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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A smirking Chuck Swanick – next to a grim-looking President Obama.
That image, which appeared on fliers that landed in the mailboxes of voters in the State Senate's 60th District this week, became a topic of contention between the candidates for the seat in a live video debate Friday at The Buffalo News.
"This went to Republican and Conservative voters in this district," charged Swanick, who brandished a copy of the double-sided, glossy flier after the 37-minute debate.
The mailer bore the tagline: "Two Liberals. Two Democrats. Too Costly."
"It's extremely racist, and it's out of line in any campaign," Swanick said, because it makes both of them, particularly the president, look sinister.
Swanick, a Town of Tonawanda resident and former County Legislature chairman who is running for the 60th State Senate seat on the Conservative line, called the flier an attack on his largely grassroots campaign by the well-funded campaign of incumbent Republican Mark J. Grisanti.
Swanick charged that the flier was also the work of Joel Giambra, the former Erie County executive who is known to support and maintain close ties to Grisanti.
Giambra did not return phone calls from The News seeking comment.
But the Grisanti campaign, when reached later in the day, denied that the new anti-Swanick mailer had anything to do with them.
"It is not ours," a Grisanti spokesman said.
The mailer was paid for by the Erie County Republican Committee and Herd Solutions, The News later learned.
"There is not a single racist overtone in that entire mailing," Erie County Republican Party Chairman Nick Langworthy said of the Obama/Swanick flier. "We were drawing the similarity between the president's agenda and Chuck Swanick. Chuck Swanick is no Conservative. He's a liberal like Barack Obama."
"This was a project that was undertaken by the Erie County Republican Committee," Langworthy said. "I'd do it again tomorrow."
The three chief candidates for the 60th State Senate seat up for grabs in Tuesday's election debated at The News in a spirited session Friday morning that included discussion of some issues, such as the local economy but that frequently returned to questions of trustworthiness and integrity.
The debate's video is available for viewing on The News website, www.buffalonews.com.
Michael L. Amodeo, the Democratic candidate for the seat, used the debate as an opportunity to question Grisanti's performance in his two years in office – especially on bread-and-butter issues, like the minimum wage.
"He has done nothing to create jobs here in Western New York for the past two years," said Amodeo, an attorney who lives in Lake View and has never held elective office.
The 60th State Senate District spans a large swath of Erie County, including parts of the City of Buffalo, Grand Island and the Town of Tonawanda, and Southtowns areas including Orchard Park, Hamburg, Evans and Brant.
Swanick, who is retired from a railroad job, called Grisanti's credibility and integrity into question.
He pointed to the scuffle the incumbent state senator got into at the Seneca Niagara casino earlier this year, as well as the fact that Grisanti filed for bankruptcy in 2005.
"I've never filed bankruptcy; I've never considered it," Swanick said. "I pay my bills."
And Swanick said that Grisanti failed voters in the 60th District when he changed his vote on the issue of gay marriage – which Swanick alleged was done for political expediency, not principle.
"It's not about what's right or wrong," Swanick said. "It's about money."
Grisanti said his record as a legislator over the past two years shows that he understands how to bring resources and jobs to Western New York.
"In the last two years, we've gotten rid of the dysfunction ... that has plagued us for years," Grisanti said.
"There are numerous benefits that are coming here to Western New York" since he took office, Grisanti said.
He cited his work on UB 2020, protecting Roswell Park Cancer Institute from cuts and working to bring "research institutions" into the Buffalo area.
Grisanti did not address the Obama/Swanick mailer or the casino scuffle in Friday's debate. He did speak briefly about his bankruptcy, a Chapter 7 individual filing that happened seven years ago, before he took office.
"I was not a state senator in 2005," said Grisanti, an attorney who lives in North Buffalo. "I went through some tough financial times. My wife lost her job. We were struggling."
Grisanti's credit card debts were wiped out in the case, but his student loans and mortgage debt were not.
"As far as integrity goes," he said, "my thing is fighting for this district."
A snapshot of the candidates' views on some issues that have been percolating in the race:
Minimum wage
Amodeo supports raising the minimum wage to $8.50 per hour. Grisanti does not.
Swanick said Friday he would like to see a minimum wage increase on the federal level, so all states share in it equally and New York does not suffer the fallout disproportionately.
Same-sex marriage
Grisanti said he came to a new opinion on it after talking to people and thinking about the issue and stands by his vote to legalize same-sex unions.
Amodeo said that voting for same-sex marriage was the right thing to do and that he would do the same, but that he would not tell the voters one position and then change his stance on an issue.
Swanick said he supports traditional marriage as that between and man and a woman.
Property taxes
Grisanti said he supports the cap on property taxes.
Amodeo said he supports a cap on property taxes and would couple such a cap with mandate relief.
Swanick said property taxes are too high in the region and would be a priority for him.
Politics in Albany
Grisanti spoke Friday of his "great rapport" with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in being key to helping him continue to work for the interests of Western New Yorkers.
Amodeo said that he is "a Democrat, I'll always be a Democrat," but did not clarify whether he would caucus in Albany with independent Democrats or party types. "I will caucus with the Democrats," Amodeo said.
Swanick said his switch of party affiliation a few years back may be an issue for some voters but stressed that most people in the district care about effectiveness, not party politics.
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As I was preparing some demos for TechEd Developers Barcelona, I recorded one of them.
The purpose is to show how to use Robotics Studio to remotely drive a robot from a Windows Mobile device using Robotics Studio... seems complicated!
Finally not that much.
All steps are detailled in this screencast:
- create a simple service with Visual Studio 2005
- use Microsoft Visual Programming Language to create the Application
- Generate the Compact Framework project
- Deploy on Windows Mobile
- Drive robot!
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Excellent example Olivier. It worked on the first attempt for me!
I have expanded your example a little to use buttons as well as the keyboard without needing the WindowsKeyboardListner. (There is nothing wrong with the keyboard listner -- I just prefer to keep things a little more compact.)
The only problem I have now is that my application will not shut down on the PDA and I have to kill the process This does not happen on Windows XP and it is executing the same shutdown code. (I have built a service with both desktop and CF versions.)
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MIFFLINTOWN - Veteran lawman H. Thomas Lyter retained his position against challenger Glenn Scott Kerstetter in what proved to be a close contest Tuesday for Juniata County Sheriff.
Lyter, who won the Democratic nomination in the May Primary, secured 2,532 votes, while Kerstetter, the Republican nominee, secured 2,327 votes, according to unofficial election results.
Having served as the county's sheriff for the past 24 years, Lyter secured another four-year term of public service.
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H. Thomas Lyter
"It was a hard-fought battle. One vote more than my opponent is as good as a thousand more," Lyter said after the final ballots were in. "Thank you to my constituents who believed in my experience enough to support and vote for me again."
During Lyter's tenure the Juniata County Sheriff's office has undergone many changes, including the difficult closure of the Juniata County prison in 2012 and the 2005 measure that stripped Pennsylvania's sheriffs of the authority to conduct most types of criminal investigations. Lyter has said he would like to see sheriffs regain that authority to help provide an additional level of security to county residents.
Three other incumbent candidates ran uncontested Tuesday for two county row offices and a district judge seat:
Magisterial District Judge Barbara M. Lyter W secured 2,370 votes
Register and Recorder Alicia Anstine Seigler secured 4,206 votes
Treasurer Sandra Fairman King secured 4,190 votes
Of the county's 13,300 registered voters a total of 9,838 ballots were cast, representing voter turnout of 73.97 percent, according to unofficial election results.