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TCR Friday Notes and a Call for Help
- Cubbery at its finest:
As Lee and Baker were mobbed by teammates in the dugout, relief pitcher Angel Guzman
slapped the side of Lee's helmet, causing Lee to experience neck spasms
that forced him to come out of the game for defense in the bottom of
the ninth.
- Rich Harden is shutting it down for the year, a mutual decision between him and the club. The tone of the article sounds like there isn't much interest by either party in reuniting beyond this season. Fine by me, but will the Cubs offer arbitration?
- Wittenmyer has a rundown of the Cubs rotation down the stretch.
Fri-Sun @ Giants: Zambrano vs Lincecum tonight, then Gorzelanny and Wells.
Tues-Thurs vs. Pittsburgh: Dempster, Lilly and Z for the doubleheader on Wednesday, then Gorzelanny
Fri-Sun vs. Arizona: Samardzija, Wells and Dempster.
- Fangraphs takes a shot at Tyler Colvin, misrepresenting that he was sent down to start the year, although it was actually because he was still rehabbing his elbow and Daytona uses a DH. Nonetheless I have to agree he's nothing more than a fringe prospect. If they can't get Felix Pie to work out, I don't see Colvin having much of a shot. Fangraphs also ran a piece on some of the recent Korean signings by the Cubs with Hak-Ju Lee leading the way.
- The Cubs sale inches closer to completion with bankruptcy court approving the deal. The Cubs will enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 12th as part of the deal with an approval hearing on October 13th. They hope to have the owners approval by then. According to the Trib article, the first opportunity by the MLB owners to vote will be October 5th.
- Milton's signing is in the running for worst contract of the offseason over at MLBTR.
- Don't forget to join the fun at The Bear Truth, hopefully we can get a crowd for Parachat during the game.
- We're going to be doing a slightly more involved upgrade here at TCR once the season ends and I could use some help testing out the site. If anyone has some time next week to bombard the test site comments and check it out at a scheduled time, let me know. What that time is yet I don't know, but probably near game time of one of the Cubs/Pirates games next week.
- A lot of folks were upset over Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame acceptance speech. It certainly wasn't the most gracious thing I ever heard, but at least it wasn't boring. Name how many Hall of Fame basketball, football or baseball speeches anyone ever remembers? Now granted I'd pay more attention to an MJ speech over most players, but it was indeed memorable and certainly fit the character of the player many of us grew up watching and sadly idolizing. Joe Posnanski and Jason Whitlock have good articles justifying the speech if you're interested.
Why am I writing about the Bulls and MJ? Because this abomination of a Cubs season is still going on. Hell, they made me starts a Bears blog.
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Apparently, Shawon Dunston initially contested the bankruptcy proceeds for the Trib claiming the Cubs still owed him money for college. However, he later dropped his claim.
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Well how is he going to afford college without the money the Cubs promised him?
I wonder if teams still do that or just say 'You get $300,000, save some for college if you are going to wash out."
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Dear Jim Hendry,
Please offer arbitration to Rich Harden.
Best regards
The esteemed Dr. Aaron B esquire
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You're both an attorney and a gynecologist?!
That must come in handy.
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I wear many hats............and gloves
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Rim shot.
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Washington hit 100 losses already, but with the way Pittsburgh has played since the dismantling, being only 5 back might be attainable for the Bucs.
If Harper's half of what he's said to be, let him be in the NL East.
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A lot of people are confusing Harper with Strasberg. It's like comparing Shawon Dunston to Ken Griffey Jr. Just because you're a consensus #1 pick, it doesn't make you a once in a generation talent, and there's still some debate whether he's the #1 guy.
EDIT* I should also add that the guy Pitssuburg took with as a "signability guy" this year, looks like he maybe should have been the #2 overall, at least to this point. They've got Alvarez coming too. We may not be able to count them for 11 wins a year in the near future.
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Ryan Harvey hit 500 ft HR's.
The guy who has dominated international competition with two pitches that are 80's and a third that is expected to be a 70 is the Griffey, but 'Dunston' is probably selling Harper a little short. Maybe Mauer is a better comparison.
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speaking of...Arolids Chapman is officially a FA.
wonder who wants to spend some serious loot giving the guy a MLB-paying contract.
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Yeah I saw that the other day. I keep expecting that girl over at BP to give us some update on who is interested (well everyone is interested). Personally I would say stay away. 100 MPH left hander sounds great, but he just doesn't perform to match his stuff. If he were draft eligible, have at it, but he'll probably get at least $20 million. If you're paying that much for a guy, it's someone you should be able to put into your ML roster and he should be successful right away.
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One part of it is that the Harper doesn't have anywhere to go but down thing.
How many major league starters throw 100 MPH into the 7th inning? How many major league hitters could hit 500 foot HR's with an aluminum bat?
There's a huge amount of hype around him, but part of that hype is because he's considered the #1 prospect the year after a ridiculous #1 prospect. It's "who's the next Strasburg?". Part of it is the fact that his parents have angled to get him into the draft as a high school junior. Take those two things away, and he's in the conversation to be the #1 draft pick, but not a gimee.
I don't know how many 500 foot HR's Mike Moustakis hit, but his HS numbers were better than this kid's, presumably against tougher competition - and he went #2 overall and is doing well, but not dominating.
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Lee, Lilly and Dempster might have more interest though (I say move all 3 and start rebuilding).
doesn't the rebuilding need to begin with hendry himself? or, is he the guy you want in charge of re-making the team?
beyond that question, is, what ability has he shown at turning established/veteran players into newer/younger/better pieces? my recollections are of fire-saling sosa, latroy hawkins, and jacques jones while selling somewhat high on de rosa. no doubt my memory is selctive.
no snark, just asking, thanks for reading.
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I have a Jekyll - Hyde attitude about Hendry. His moves have resulted in a very good core of players -- D Lee, Ramirez, specifically. Those trades were just absolute steals.
He had a spectacularly bad year this year, and that's what chaps my Hyde.
I don't even really fault him for the ridiculous Soriano contract because we all knew it was over the top but we were pretty happy with it when the league was throwing him more fastballs than they did this year. It was a roll of the dice, and Hendry lost. Because if the Cubs had won the world series last year it would have looked pretty good. Of course, I doubt he saw a fastball at all against the Dodgers, but, well, there maybe is the core problem with Hendry.
He doesn't seem to have a great handle on position player scouting. He's good with pitching, generally, although the addition of goggle boy was a curious one. Heilman doesn't seem so ridiculous, as he was actually fairly well thought of and for three years he had a pretty nice WHIP. Bullpens are hard to build so taking a chance on a guy like that doesn't seem too bizarre although I don't remember the contract terms. I'm sure Jimmy overpaid. He always does.
I'm kind of, today, in the camp of, he broke it, let's give him one more year to fix it. I just hope they serve Lou some Red Bull next year.
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$140 million just don't buy what it used to.
...and i know it's not a mega-huge thing, but im still irked about wuertz-for-nothing trade. it became even worse once viz. got cut...not to mention the marquis aspect of that angle.
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It was under the radar but it really was one of the wuertz trades ever.
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Ya but he'll probably re-sign DeRosa to an NTC 3/44 contract.
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i don't see how hendry could obtain both salary relief and prospects for lee, lilly, dempster, or even z. one or the other, but not both bodies and bucks.
i don't have recollection of every trade he's made. some were good: hill for ramirez, choi for lee, even hart for grabow and gorz was a plus. others, not so hot: 3 arms for pierre comes first to mind. and i am with you 100% that derosa for 3 indians was good.
my point was poorly made earlier: hendry has fairly decent history of converting cub "prospects" into veterans. aside from derosa, where has he been able to successfully move in the opposite direction? since that is what will be required (swap cub vets for other club's youth), how confident are you that hendry is the proper man for the task?
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If you want to figure out who can be traded for something, ask this question. What would he get on the open market? If the player would get more years/money than he's making now, then he can be traded to get a similar player back - or just for prospects.
Lilly doesn't have a full NTC, and he could definitely be traded for prospects without any money leaving the Cubs.
Dempster probably has proved that last year wasn't a complete fluke, but he'd be right around a FA value with the remainder of his contract. He would get a middling prospect or a arb eligible guy that has some debate about whether or not he should be offered Arb.
Lee coming off his big year, like Lilly would be able to get something. The Red Sox would probably love to replace Lowell;s bat with Lee's for a year (for example).
Z would be tough. Were he a FA would he get a better offer than three years, $54 million? That's debatable to me. Personality issues aside he could probably a longer deal due to his age and his relative durability, but we're not the only ones who know Z's a bit of a head case.
The new owner isn't going to 'blow up' a team that's been as successful as recently as the Cubs have been, so it's a moot point anyway. Bradley, and maybe Lilly or Z are going to go, but I doubt any of the other big contracts are going anywhere. Hendry doesn't have the sense to trade when guys are at their peak value, so Lilly probably won't even be shopped.
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What do you think Ricketts' posture is going to be as he/they take over the team? I'd like to believe that he is going to come in and want to make a splash; give the fans something to really be excited about. Of course, that will likely cost some money and he just spent $845 million.
I doubt if he's going to come in with all of the fanfare surrounding a new owner and immediately go cheap. I've got to believe he's going to want to do something exciting to show his commitment to bring the greatest fans in all of baseball the World Series championship they so richly deserve. Blah, blah, blah...
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LCD/fireworks-exploding scoreboard and naming rights sold corporate... $180 million dollar payroll and a home World Series win at Spongetech.Com Field.
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A big part of what he's going to do will depend on the actual finances of the team, which we don't know much about.
It's one thing having a $140 million payroll in a corporate division that is appreciating in sale value on a yearly basis.
It may be an entirely different thing having a $140 million payroll in a company that you just payed $.845 billion to acquire, which had a revenue of $171 million.
I doubt he is going to lower payroll, but just maintaining payroll will be a downgrade from the 2009 time, unless we get some really nice contributions from the minors.
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I'm sure I'm in the minority by saying this. However pairing the payroll down to 130ish wouldn't bother me at all. Provided that
1. We would always stay at the 130 level
2. We spent a good portion of the saving on amature talent
3. We quit with the backloaded Peter/Paul contracts
4. We had a coherent plan in the future
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cubs do have the tool of excess youth. hoff/fox/fuld are 3 guys who would be desirable to teams because of mlb-ready tools (even if not starting) who all have the upside of being starters...not to mention they will cost next to nothing for 3+ more years.
they're not blue-chips, but they're high-end bench players who are MLB-ready at worst.
be interesting to see how the existing contracts + youth will be used by trader jim this offseason.
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You lost me at trade Dempster and Lilly and then get Halladay.
I think your actual plan may be accurate. I am in such an anti-Hendry mode that signing Figgins would seem like the perfectly logical, increase payroll but not really help the team move he'd make.
Re: Hendry sold at the right time. DeRosa's having an off-year
I don't think this is a fair evaluation of his season. DeRosa has been playing with a pretty serious wrist injury--he's going under the knife this winter--
that put him on the DL. And we all know what a bad wrist can do to a good hitter....see DLee.
And two weeks before he tore the tendon sheath on his wrist he injured his leg at Wrigley, if you recall, jamming it into the field telephone. At that time he was hitting .281 .353 .477 .
Maybe none of these injuries happen and he has a great season if he's not traded twice and stayed with the Cubs.
There's a sucker born every minute
who own's the Padres these days? PT Barnum?
San Diego is different than Chicago," he said...
Padres GM Kevin Towers said Friday that he would be open-minded about discussing Bradley, who played 42 games with San Diego in 2007 before his blowing out his knee in an on-field altercation.
"I haven't had any calls from Jim about him," Towers told ESPN.com. "But I think people kind of know what players we target. We have to take chances sometimes. We took a chance on Milton the first time we had him, and he actually played pretty well [before the injury].
"We could be in the market for an outfielder. I'm not saying it's necessarily Milton. But our experience with him was rather a positive one. It wasn't really a negative one."
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Don't complain. This kind of thinking should be encouraged, not discouraged. Because, despite my complaints about the Bradley piling on shit, it's clear he needs to be moved. Maybe we can trade him for Peav.... oh shit. Never mind.
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"But I think people kind of know what players we target. We have to take chances sometimes.
Yeah, collect em all, first #22, then #21...
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You're both an attorney and a gynecologist?!
Probably the first lawyer who has a speculum in his briefcase, but hopefully not the speculum in your briefs.
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Tweetenmeyer: D-Lee-ted lineup vs. Lincecum: fuky (9), riot, rami, hoffp, baker, scalesy, hill, fuld (8), z.
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as expected...buster posey gets the start tonight behind the plate for SF (and maybe the rest of the series).
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Tyler Colvin, RIP?
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Scuse me while I upchuck
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This game looks like a loss, Lous lineup of course Lee has his spasms again.
Giants 7
Cubs 2
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More tweetenmeyer: Rami scratched. Sore shoulder. Fontenot to second. Baker to third.
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Jake Fox, we hardly knew you.
I can't figure it out... are we trying to protect his value for trade by not exposing him, or ... well, that's the only possible reason for him not to play that I can think of. Maybe it's purely a match up thing?
Pinhead, we need to know if Fox is going to be a valuable player to us next year. Please play him.
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he's in a slump recently and all, but im still trying to find the value in scales that makes him worth playing over hoff/fox/fuld...esp. when he's pretty much solely seeing time in LF this call-up.
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Didn't Fox relieve the scaled one Sunday and hit the game winning HR?
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yup...killer shot, too.
he's just been swinging/missing/not-seeing a lot of low off-speed stuff, esp. sliders.
i'd play him over scales as far as a regular goes, though...esp. in LF.
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You're assuming that he puts Soriano in the lineup all the time because he doesn't care about outfield defense.
What I've been saying is that Soriano makes big bucks and has to play, for business reasons.
So if Fox doesn't play when Soriano is on the shelf, I conclude: a) Piniella does care about left-field defense, and b)Fox's itty-bitty contract does not compel the manager to play him.
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Trade for JJ Hardy and Jeremy Hermida. Let Gregg and Heilman walk. Offer arbitration to Harden and let him walk. Offseason over.
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Hermida is a poor man's Milton Bradley.
If Hendry does trade for him, I hope to god he waits until after arbitration is offered, because it's debatable whether Hermida is offered.
But this is Hendry we're talking about, so I don't even know why I wrote that.
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I think you and I clashed on the Harden thing a while ago... the problem is (and I'm no expert on all this arbitration stuff) Harden would probably accept and then it's game over for the Cubs. I still think they won't even offer arbitration. Hendry should have dealt him when he had the chance.
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If Harden does accept arbitration, you just beat him to death on his lack of innings and get him back at $8 million next year, then trade him in ST or May when some contender has their #2 go out with TJ surgery. Not really that much of a risk, considering the possible payoff (couple top 50 picks to spend on guys who look good in uniforms).
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I'm still hoping Hendry can find a way to move Bradley and a pitcher (Z, Lilly, Dempster?) and bring back Halladay and the horrible contract of Vernon Wells. (Wells has apparently gotten hot the last few weeks)
It sounds good in theory, but then the Cubs would have two of the worst, most untradeable contracts in all of baseball (Soriano and Wells). That can't be good.
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I'm not the stat freak some of you are but this looks ok to me:
Plus, I've seen him play a few times on the Tee Vee and I kinda dug him there, too.
I can't quite figure out how old he is (he was born in 78) cuz my brain is a creative side but I suspect he's got a few left, unless his knees are gone.
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Off topic -- anything non Bradley is of course -- but if you can watch the game on mlb.tv Mike Krukow is really fun to listen to. For one thing, he's knowledgeable, and he just can't let his Cubbiness not come out. He's a bit of a homer when the Cubs aren't playing, but when the Cubs are playing them he is fun to listen to. I lived in SF for 6 years and enjoyed the hell out of the guy.
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This lineup sucks.
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clashed on the Harden thing...
Anyone have some insight as to how Donaldson's season went wrt development? How about catching skills or is he really a 1B/DH.
looking up some stats:
Josh Donaldson 2009 season. Age 23. AA/Midland
.270 .379 .415 .794
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That's really amazing. How can that guy get 550 PA's in the Texas League and not hit 10 HR's?
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Donaldson also hit 37 doubles. And 102 of his 126 starts were at catcher. Of the rest, 15 were at 3B, not 1B/DH.
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better than the lineup vs Lincecum on May 5th? I remember many comments that Lou was giving that one away
here's ugly Betty...
Gatheright (8), Miles (6), Fuku (9), DLee, Hoffpauir (7), Fontenut (5), Scales (4), KHill and Marshall
apparently Lou considers Scales is the universal equilizer against Lincecum although the Cinco de Mayo game was Scales mlb debut
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You are exactly right Harden should have been gone at the deadline ,Hendry should have got what he could I dont think it got close to happening but it would be
interesting for us to see what minnesota was offering.
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I don't blame Hendry at all for not moving Harden at the deadline. It seems like so long ago, but at the deadline the Cubs were .5 game back, 7 games over .500 and had won 7 of their last 10.
Hendry, like many, probably believed that Cubs were about the get healthy for the first time in 2009 and start the march to their third straight division title. Harden was certainly a necessary cog in that plan.
As far as Minnesota's waiver claim, it was merely a block with no real intention of dealing for Harden.
As long as Hendry offers Harden arbitration, I think he has played this one right. Hendry deserves plenty of blame in other endeavors, but in my mind his handling of the Harden situation was acceptable.
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I think that "deadline" in this case meant the post-season deadline rather than the non-waiver trade deadline.
It's still hard to believe no team in the NL put a claim on Harden. These are teams with Brad Penny, Jon Garland and Jose Contreras in their rotations.
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TRN - I referred to both deadlines in my previous post. I simply suggested that Minnesota placed a claim on Harden, in my opinion, as a block to other potential playoff teams. By all accounts, they made little, if any, effort to swing a deal for Harden. So, it's tough to skewer Hendry for not dealing Harden at the Aug 31 deadline when the only team they could trade him to wasn't interested.
As I mentioned, we can blame Hendry for a lot of things, but a failure to deal Harden at either deadline, unless you could foresee the August collapse, isn't one of them.
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Post #55 referred to the Aug 30th deadline, not the July 31st deadline, therefore the position in the standings on July 31st has no relevance.
However, we were still in contention on August 30th.
If Hendry does not offer arbitration to Harden, then perhaps he should have let MN have him and saved whatever, $1.5 million.
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Neal, I realize you love to argue, but I believe your concept of relevance is in error.
Post #55 was less than clear regarding which "deadline" was being referenced. On one hand, it appeared to reference the Aug 31 deadline as it referred to the Minnesota waiver claim.
However, on the other hand, it appeared to reference the July 31 deadline as it stated "Hendry should have got what he could". One of the points of my previous post was that Hendry couldn't have gotten anything at the Aug 31 deadline as Minnesota claimed Harden only as a block. I have not seen any reports to suggest there was even a single offer from Minesotta. So, it's reasonable to assume the writer may have been referencing the earlier deadline in which Hendry could have traded Harden and "got what he could". Had the poster suggested that we let Harden go to save some cash, it would have been clear which deadline he was referencing.
Due to the ambiguity, I elected to address both "deadlines" and the reasons why Hendry handled both situations appropriately. In addressing Hendry's actions at the "trade" deadline, it is absolutely necessary to look at the standings to determine whether he made the correct move. I used the standings to suggest that the decision not to deal Harden appeared correct, in light of the Cubs' aspirations of another division title. Clearly, it's relevant to look at the standings at that particular time in judging past actions of the GM.
Regarding the August 31 deadline, to suggest the Cubs were still in contention at that time is a bit disingenuous! On August 31, the Cubs had fallen to 10.5 games back in the Central and 6 games back in the Wild Card (behind 4 teams). They were coming off an 11-17 August and the outlook was substantially changed from the beginning of August until the end. Once again, the standings become relevant in analyzing Hendry's actions. The Cubs appeared to be much less of a contender at the end of August and no one would have questioned Hendry for moving Harden if a decent offer was extended.
Alas, back to the original point, Hendry couldn't get anything for Harden at the Aug 31 deadline. Minnesota simply wasn't interested in dealing. They were only interested in protecting their faint playoff hopes by strategically placing a claim on Harden. So, fwiw, I don't fault Hendry in his handling of the Harden situation. This post and others, offer relevant support for that opinion. If you disagree, so be it.
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Alas, back to the original point, Hendry couldn't get anything for Harden at the Aug 31 deadline. Minnesota simply wasn't interested in dealing.
You don't know that, by the way, it's just speculation. The Twins may very well have offered the Cubs something for Harden, which the Cubs would have thought was not worth the value of having Harden the rest of the year and the possibility of getting two picks for him in the off-season.
All we know is that the Cubs didn't get enough of what they were looking for - not that they weren't offered anything.
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Has anyone else noticed that Brenley REALLY likes K Hill?
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Re: #54
I know, right? Scales is so terrible (.250/.317/.426). Plus he's such a jerk. That's what he is, an expensive, cocky, under-performing jerk. But no, you say anything bad about Scales and you are all of a sudden a racist.
They should just let Milton Bradley (.257/.378/.397) play the rest of the season, instead. At least that's a guy we can all get behind.
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You can keep your feel good stories and your minor league journeymen to yourself. It sure felt good when he handed the Cardinals wins in back-to-back games with his defense in left, didn't it?
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Dude, I'm agreeing with you. Milton Bradley would be way better. .007 batting average points better, actually. Right on. Plus, he seems like a good guy.
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Milton Bradley would be way better. .007 batting average points better, actually.
People still use batting average as a way to judge players?
Come on Ryno... do you really think that Bobby Scales is anywhere close to the level of Bradley? You have to be kidding me.
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Is it that he really likes K Hill or that he dislikes G.Soto?
This is sad. Was watching the Orioles/Indians game. Felix stretched his left leg trying to beat out a double play ball and apparently tore his left quad. He took another step and just collapsed on the ground. The announcers described it as looking like his leg fell off. After several minutes, FP had to be carried off the field. He could not put any weight on his left leg.
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bummer. I'm gonna fire up that game now.
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If anyone has some time next week to bombard the test site comments and check it out at a scheduled time, let me know.
New post: Blah blah blah blah Milton Bradley blah blah blah blah blah.
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fwiw, the cubs are playing some fun-to-watch baseball down the stretch. even those 2 losses to STL in the last series were fun games.
cubs offseason is almost here. get it while you can.
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Just reading the comments above I get the feeling no one else has seen the reports from writers like Jay Mariotti and others that Ricketts wants to pare the payroll down to $100 million.
I don't know that it's true but that's what they're saying.
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news to me...link it up if you got it handy.
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damn...given how this team is constructed i sure as hell hope that isn't soon...or at least 2010/2012-ish soon.
this team isn't designed to "let the kids play" and guys that are fringy like theriot are due to get raises as the next few years progress.
Re: Z!!!!
The Scaled one was playing left field for both teams?
Something interesting to look at when someone has time would be Z against aces and good teams compared to Z against crap teams.
I'd also love to see his numbers when pitching with a lead versus pitching in a tie or behind. It seems like he's got the most blown wins on the staff, but maybe I am blowing those out of proportion because they're just so gosh darn fun to watch. When he got the 1 run lead tonight I was actually surprised he didn't cough it up the next inning.
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First full CG of the year, we stave off Central elimination for one more night, though our miniscule playoff chances actually needed the Cardinals to win.
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Z was magnificent. Velocity, movement, command, focus. The Giants lineup was weak tonight. He had a good fastball and dominated. 98 pitches, 2 hits, 1 BB, 8K.
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Pseudo GM, 'Sully my reputation' pulls out the two martini cocktail napkin and draws up a trade. Aaron Rowand for Bradley, 3/36 vs 2/21. I wish he'd please use the napkin on that blue cheese dribbling down his chin. That would make 3 Aaron's, 1 Moses...shouldn't the counter move really be a Ramses II?
If the Cubs want to swap bad contracts, as they did in the Hundley deal, the Giants may be Hendry's best option. Center fielder Aaron Rowand has not put up the kind of numbers expected in San Francisco and has three years remaining for $36 million.
Rowand is two years removed from a 27-homer, 89-RBI season for the Phillies and would be a good fit in the Cubs clubhouse.
"Cubs fans would fall in love with him, for sure," Cubs outfielder Reed Johnson said. "He did well on the other side of town, and I know people ... appreciate the way he plays the game."
Like Bradley, Rowand is having an off-year offensively, and his power numbers have gone down in spacious AT & T Park. Entering Friday night, he had 63 RBIs with 15 home runs and 30 doubles.
"But he takes responsibility for stuff," Johnson said. "If you ask him, he'll tell you he could be playing better than he is now. But this is a tough park to put up power numbers. If he went to a place like Wrigley, he'd be like he was in Philly."
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Drawing a complete blank. When did these guys play together?
Also how much did Milton get for selling Reed's baby?
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"But he takes responsibility for stuff," Johnson said.
getting my flashlight out to see if we can find Milton under the bus
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Friday's games will be in Washington, Chicago, Arlington, and Cleveland or Boston. Someone's game is starting laaaaaaaate - 50-50 chance it's the CDT Cubs.
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...


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on February 27, 2013 - 11:56 PM
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Steve Ott isn't sold on the NHL's latest realignment plan.
The league has been talking with the NHL Players' Association about how best to revamp the NHL's conferences. The latest proposal has Detroit and Columbus moving to the Eastern Conference while Winnipeg heads West.
While Ott agrees with that part, the Buffalo Sabres forward dislikes the league's plan to have 14 teams in the Western Conference and 16 in the East.
"That's completely unfair," Ott said Wednesday after practice in BB&T Center, where the Sabres visit the Florida Panthers tonight. "They preach parity and they preach having the same chance. Well, the goal in hockey is to make the playoffs. If they can come up with some magical formula where teams can have the same opportunity to make the playoffs, then I'm for it. I think that's the biggest issue right now.
"How can you have 14 on one side and 16 on the other side? The percentages of making it in the East become that much greater."
The NHL concedes the proposal, which still needs the approval of the board of governors and players' union, isn't perfect.
"We are trying to get to a solution that everybody can live with," Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told NHL.com. "There are no perfect answers here, so we have to do the best we can in trying to adequately address a number of competing concerns.
"We certainly hope to be in a position to announce something in the relatively near term."
The latest plan has two conferences with two divisions in each. The Eastern Conference would be split into a couple of eight-team divisions, while the West would have a pair of seven-club divisions. The breakdowns:
Eastern Conference, Central Division: Boston, Buffalo, Detroit, Florida, Montreal, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Toronto.
Eastern Conference, Atlantic Division: Carolina, Columbus, New Jersey, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington.
Western Conference, Pacific Division: Anaheim, Calgary, Edmonton, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Jose, Vancouver.
Western Conference, Midwest Division: Chicago, Colorado, Dallas, Minnesota, Nashville, St. Louis, Winnipeg.
Eight teams in each conference would make the playoffs. The top three teams in each division would qualify, and the remaining two "wild card" spots would go to the teams with the best records, regardless of division.
Every team would play each other at least twice, once at home and once on the road.
The Sabres got their first goal out of the way Tuesday by winning in Tampa. Their next goal is to score goals.
Buffalo's list of slumping forwards is long. Jochen Hecht has no goals in 20 games this season. Nathan Gerbe is scoreless in 16. Marcus Foligno has no goals in the last 15 games and one in 20. Drew Stafford also has one in 20. Jason Pominville has one goal in 10 games. Ott has one in nine. Tyler Ennis has one goal in seven games.
"I've just got to work harder and play a little better," Foligno said. "You want to get on the point sheet and the scoreboard, so I've got to get around the net a little more and chip in offensively."
The Sabres tweaked their lines during practice. Cody Hodgson remained in the middle of left wing Thomas Vanek and Pominville. Ennis skated between Ott and Gerbe. Kevin Porter was flanked by Hecht and Stafford. Mikhail Grigorenko centered Foligno and Patrick Kaleta, while John Scott skated as the extra forward.
"I knew coming in that I would play a different role than before, but still you want to end up on the score sheet and put some pucks away," Hecht said. "I've had some chances."
Interim coach Ron Rolston continues to put his spin on the Sabres' practices, including a session-ending breakaway relay race. He also repeatedly preached the importance of bearing down on scoring chances.
"Having the idea but actually getting the guys to go out and do it is another part of the coaching aspect," Rolston said. "If you have all these great ideas and nothing's getting done, it really doesn't matter."
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LOCKPORT – A North Tonawanda man, already on probation for a burglary in Amherst, was placed on five years' probation Wednesday by Niagara County Judge Sara Sheldon Farkas for the theft of copper from a vacant store in Lockport.
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If you've seen a five-lined skink in Vermont, consider yourself lucky. Though much more common in warmer climates, in New England, these elusive reptiles are only found in small, specialized habitats of Vermont and Connecticut. Though they come out during the daytime hours, they are one of nature's most seldom seen reptiles here in the north. The five-lined skink is a smooth shiny lizard about five to eight inches long, with rows of tiny scales around the center of their body. Their name comes from the five yellow-toned stripes running from their nose down through their tail. Another interesting marking found on juvenile skinks is their bright blue tails. And they're fast — hence the nickname "blue-tailed swift." Over time those tails turn gray and their pattern becomes less conspicuous. Being conspicuous is not in the lizard's nature. Five-Lined SkinkThey prefer steep rocky areas with patchy tree and shrub cover, rotten logs and leaf litter. They're very fast and are quick to run for cover when a predator is near. They also have an interesting defense mechanism: If caught, they can shed their tail which has the unique ability to squirm on it's own, diverting the attention of the predator and allowing the lizard to beat a hasty retreat. Vermont is the extent of the skink's northern range and so far their populations have only been recorded in the town of West Haven. Thanks to the Nature Conservancy, the land that supports Vermont's only skink population is protected from development. In this segment we head out with a Nature Conservancy volunteer to attempt to find and videotape the elusive five-lined skink in its Vermont habitat.
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Williamsport School Board votes to eliminate 2 courses
April 17, 2013
The Williamsport Area School Board voted in favor of curtailing part of the career and technical education program at the high school during Tuesday's meeting....
If your grammar and spelling are similar to what the high school is currently putting out, we are in trouble indeed.
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Now before all you get offended by me calling your kids stupid on my previous post ****schooldigger**** ranked williamsport school at #329 meaning williamsport is on the bottom 50% of school districts that is nothing to be proudof. Also you guys should check out ****openpagov**** the website has everybody salary in the school district you can even look it up by name.
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Thank you for at least making an attempt to eliminate something, but lets push a little further and eliminate more unneeded programs like home-ec and other elected classes or clubs that cost money, lets focus on getting back to basics because williamsport students are way to stupid these days, did i hear someone mention the school has swimming, how can they afford a pool but the city cant, get rid of it and lower my taxes. BACK TO THE BASICS
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This is a very bad decision indeed! We need to add more to the CTE programs and keep the dual enrollment with Penn College a viable option to the students. VERY BAD MOVE!
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We should be adding courses and not taking away. Courseware should be aligned with industry such that workforce readiness is a goal. Our city can only grow business if we prepare our youth. Otherwise we will fall behind. Education should be our highest priority. Education enables opportunities, increased competitive edge, higher wage, innovation, economic health, community responsibility. I'm sad to hear that we are taking away education in addition to closing pools, not maintaining parks, and not supporting the growth of youth social programs. We need to stand up as a community and promote programs for our youth. Education, talent and skill, social, sports, activities. With this becomes an attractive community to settle, build homes, and expand.
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"" . But this is just another step in thinking that every kid has to go to a four year school ""
IIRC, awhile back reading an article about State &/or Federal School funding having ties too the percentage of the graduating students that entered College.
They didn't need to graduate from college or stay in college for the school to receive the extra Money.
Could this be enough for our children to be PUSHED into Higher education regardless if they want, need, or can afford it.
Money... Aint it special.
Its been a while so I could be wrong...!
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Education in this country is truly at a crossroads. It's no question that the U.S. lags behind most of the world in Math and Sciences, but do we sacrifice opportunities that CTE classes provide just to emphasize classes that allow students to test better? While I agree with Tom Zimmerman that this is not a "single-minded decision to save a few bucks," this decision has created a slippery slope of eliminating programs which provide an opportunity for kids who may not be able to acquire post secondary education.
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Having gone through this program, it is utterly disappointing to see this happen. These classes prepared me for the courses I would eventually take at Penn State and provided skills that I continue to use in my career today. I am truly grateful to have had the opportunity to enroll in this program.
Principal Reed discussed combining the drafting curriculum with other classes, such as Intro to Engineering, which is a great idea. This would work, assuming the teachers of these existing classes will be able to fit this new curriculum into, I'm sure, an already full schedule. Also, the current drafting instructors are Industry certified. Will the district require these existing teachers to seek certification?
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On the surface the board may appear to be doing what the private sector is doing, cutting costs by combining jobs. But, I would think we should put more emphasis on technical areas and skills so our kids can be employable or at least have the basics for further education. It would be interesting to see what courses are offered, maybe the school needs to more aggressively educate our kids in areas that are in demand. We don't need anymore college educated cashiers. We need young people with technical and hands on skills.
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I graduated from WAHS in 2002. I now hold a degree in Manufacturing Engineering from Penn College. I'm on the manufacturing advisory committees at both Penn College and Jersey Shore High School. This is a terrible decision for a program that was already lagging behind other high schools in the area. I would love to know what "industry consultants" advised them as I don't know any local professionals in the drafting or engineering fields that would have made any such recommendation. A truly disappointing decision for a school that has the potential to have a great CAD/manufacturing program to compliment the other great vocational programs. But this is just another step in thinking that every kid has to go to a four year school and we shouldn't teach them any real world skills or expose them to specific areas of industry before they leave high school. It's no wonder such a huge percentage of kids leave high school having no idea what they want to do.
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I am student at WAHS and this "mistake" will not only affect more than five students it will affect all 9th grades coming into this high school in that thy will not be able to take is interdutory class with is avable to all 9th graders. we that are in his lvl 1 course wich there are more than five students in but also there are some of his students that come over from south williamsport so add some of there 9th graders and it will affect more that 5 students over all. Also my step dad (not to bring personal things into this) is in the reconstuction buisness wich i have watched him work and learn the ropes he thinks that drafting and design is a importent thin in this field. so this is my side of the story but i wish not to be quoted but if you fell this will fix this wrong doing to the students feel free. Thank you for your time. If you want to reach me you can contact me at bronsonmcclellan@aol**** Bronson McClellan.
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Cancelling courses that can actually assist in getting a good job...well thought out.
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How about eliminating swimming? Better yet, make the course selections public. I'd love to know what courses I'm paying for.
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I would like to know the Industry Consultants they talked to, because I am pretty sure anyone creditable in industry would totally disagree with this and would not support getting rid of a state accredited CAD program in hopes other teachers will teach what they do not know. I cant get over at such ******** this is saying "affect no more than five students next school year." because it will affect a lot more than that.
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I agree Jeff, it's a huge mistake, it's very typical of what governement/school districts have been doing lately, but it's a big mistake.
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This kind of technical education is needed in this age! This a mistake!
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Typical. Less Education. Less Jobs.
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March 2011
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On March 16, 2011, Michael J. Astrue, Commissioner of Social Security, hosted the agency's latest Compassionate Allowances Outreach Hearing.
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I think drunk driving should be punished by losing one's license for good. That's what happens in Finland. Do Finns drink less because of the law? No, they drink more actually. But they do not drink and drive. The smallest of towns have taxis to drive drunks home.Originally posted by teacha:
Now I will REALLY open a can of worms:
How about greater restrictions on drinking? (Maybe just penalties for drunk driving, certain types of drunken behavior and underage drinking, perhaps?)
Brian, 20% of Americans smoke. 99.9% of restaurants and bars allow smoking if there are no anti smoking laws. Shouldn't only about 20% of restaurants and bars offer smoking? This issue wouldn't be an issue if even 50% of such places were non smoking. What you are saying to us 80% is stay home, we don't want you. I do stay home rather than eat in a smoking place. Smoke is deadly to my lungs.Originally posted by Brian:
Business owners reserve the right to run their businesses as they see fit, within the law, to make money. They, and only they, will decide if/where smoking (or any other legal activity) is allowed on their property and have a duty to make that known to all who enter. Then, if you KNOW that smoking is going on inside a building and you still choose to enter, you've lost your right to complain.
......By entering the establishment you've agreed to the house rules. Bottom line, if you don't want to be around smokers then don't put yourself in a place/situation where you will be exposed.
Nugget, there are actually a good number of considerate smokers in the world. By my estimation it's about 50/50.Originally posted by nugget:
I wll not change my opinion because there is ONE smoker in the world that is considerate of nonsmokers. If everyone who smoked was as condiderate as Abnerman claims to be, we would not even have this issue.
Good for you. That's voting with your pocketbook. Be sure to let the restaurant manager know that you won't patronize that establishment until it is smoke free. If enough people feel the same way you do (80% was the figure you quoted), then businesses will be jumping on your bandwagon voluntarily.I do stay home rather than eat in a smoking place.
Of course it is. The proposed ban, however, was not. You want to try to ban smoking in public areas, go ahead and have at it. You'd have a point there since we all have to share 'public' space. The big difference is in trying to carry that policy over to a private establishment. That's where your policy took a wrong turn.Smoking is a public health issue
You just said there was. Now you're saying, er... what? (*hint* - trust the pig farm analogy on this one. That IS what your policy looks like)The pig farm analogy isn't the same because there is no public health issue involved.
Actually Dave I've pointed out that many smokers are indeed very considerate.Originally posted by Dave:
It really does no good trying to talk to some folks. Once they presume that anyone who smokes must be an idiot.................... I am retiring to the deck to have another cigar.
Why? The fact that you have to ask kind of proves the point - if nonsmoking bars/restaurants are such wonderful ideas, why haven't they flourished? According to what some here have written, there must be an ENORMOUS untapped market of non-smokers just waiting for someone to open a clean air bar/restaurant. You can't lose. Pool your money and get one opened. You'll make a fortune! Right?I still would like to know if any Tomahawk restaurants and bars are voluntarily smoke free or ever have been.
Well Brian, I don't know the first thing about running a restaurant. Secondly, I'm a nurse in an urban school district so where would I get the money?Originally posted by Brian:
Why? Pool your money and get one opened. You'll make a fortune! Right?
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Foreign Firms in Algeria Boost Security
Foreign energy companies in Algeria began evacuating workers and increasing security in the wake of the first attack on a gas field in the North African country.
Wednesday's attack on the In Amenas field, which led to the deaths of several expatriate hostages, prompted the companies that run the operation alongside Algeria's state energy company Sonatrach— BP BP 0.63 % PLC of Britain and Statoil STO 2.43 % of Norway—to reassess their security operations.
"International oil companies themselves will respond by increasing their security protocols, minimizing personnel and in general adapting to a new environment," but they are unlikely to withdraw altogether, said Geoff Porter, founder of North Africa Risk Consulting.
BP said Thursday that it had already started pulling "nonessential" workers, understood to mean foreigners, out of the country. Statoil said it has increased security at its other facilities in Algeria.
The attack shut down production of In Amenas, a major field which at full capacity could produce 9 billion cubic meters of gas a year and 50,000 to 60,000 barrels a day of liquids. It was unclear Thursday whether the field or its facilities suffered any damage.
The Algerian incident, which highlighted worries over the geopolitical risk that could threaten oil and gas operations, contributed to a rise in oil prices.
Algeria, a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, is one of Europe's main natural-gas suppliers, as well as a key producer of high-quality crude oil that is easy to refine into high-value gasoline.
Neighboring Libya, whose border is only 19 miles from In Amenas gas, is equally important.
Algeria is Europe's third-largest gas supplier, after Russia and Norway, with most of its piped gas flowing to Italy and its liquefied natural gas shipped globally.
Underscoring Algeria's importance, Italian gas company Snam SNMRY -0.09 % SpA said Thursday it has registered a drop of more than 13% in imports of gas from a pipeline coming from Algeria since the attack early Wednesday.
Risks to foreign energy companies operating in Algeria have improved since the 1990s civil war, but remain high. Until Wednesday's attack in south, the greatest risks have been to foreign workers in the heavily populated northern coastal strip. For example, gunmen attacked and injured several workers for oil-services company Halliburton near Algiers in December 2006.
In contrast, the southern desert area where Algeria's oil and gas producing facilities are predominantly located—including In Amenas—are heavily guarded by the Algerian army and security forces and have seen no large-scale attacks until this week. The break in this peace is a worrying precedent, said experts on the region.
"There has long been an unwritten agreement between the Algerian security forces [and Islamist militants] that the oil industry wouldn't be attacked," said Charles Gurdon, North Africa expert at political risk consultancy Menas Associates.
That, he said, might have changed after Algeria provided support to French military forces that began battling Islamist rebels in neighboring Mali last week amid fears insurgent groups with links to al Qaeda could seize control of Mali and gain a base from which to launch attacks overseas.
He said some elements in Algerian security forces could be angry about Algeria's participation in the mission. Mr. Gurdon said the desert where the In Amenas facility is located allows the forces to see for miles around and that they must have seen the militants arriving.
"What you're seeing now is a situation where the Algerians," both the Islamists and some elements in security forces, "are demonstrating their displeasure over Mali," he said.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed responsibility for the In Amenas attack and called it retaliation for the Mali operation. The claim couldn't be verified.
Security experts said Algerian authorities may now need to rethink the way security is handled, allowing more foreign involvement in the process.
In other high-risk resource-rich countries, such as Iraq, foreign companies commonly employ private Western security companies that are staffed by armed expatriates. Algeria, in contrast, keeps the majority of armed security personnel local, said one security consultant.
Typically in Algeria, an oil company hires a foreign contractor to advise on security or to head a team, but the majority of the personnel carrying arms are limited to Algerians, the person said. Some of that security is provided by companies set up by retired Algerian generals, the person said.
The system could result in lower-quality security, he said. "Even before the French were in Mali, Algeria hasn't been the safest place to operate in for a long time," the security consultant said.
Mr. Porter added, "Algeria will respond with increased troop presence in the region and around oil installations."
The In Amenas attack also highlights potential security issues for the oil industry elsewhere in the region, said Peter Hutton, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets.
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A lunchtime fire today in a theater building on 600 block of Main Street drew dozens of onlookers, according to witnesses at the scene.
The fire was reported at 12:45 p.m. at Shea's Smith Theatre at 652 Main, the Buffalo Fire Department said. A Shea's spokeswoman described it as a minor electrical fire in the basement and said a member of the theater's maintenance staff was able to put it out with a fire extinguisher.
Damage was estimated at $75,000 – $50,000 to contents and $25,000 to the structure.
Smoke was seen billowing from the main entrance to the building that houses the theater, said personnel at the fire alarm office. The Smith is adjacent to the lobby of Shea's Performing Arts Center.
The fire was brought under control at 1:08 p.m.
A worker from the Bijou Grille, located across the street at 643 Main, said that the deconstruction of the Metro Rail rail system on that block of Main caused concern among firefighters.
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HIstoric Garden Week in Virginia has slipped by; The Fan Woman's Club Kitchen and Garden Tour is a memory; the Museum District's Mother's Day Tour has passed — but we're not done yet! Next Saturday, May 14th between noon and 5 PM, selected homes and gardens in the Ginter Park neighborhood will open their doors and gates to visitors.
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Make that three Family Circle Cup titles for Ms. No. 1.
The top-ranked women's tennis player in the world, Serena Williams, won her third Family Circle Cup and her second consecutive Sunday on Billie Jean King Court against Jelena Jankovic.
Williams clinched in three sets, 3-6, 6-0, 6-2. It was her 49th career singles title.
Her road to the championship included a 6-1, 6-2 rout of older sister Venus in the semifinals after playing twice on Friday to make up for postponed matches on Thursday due to rain. The championship win earned her a check for $125,000. Besides Sunday and 2012, she also won the Family Circle Cup crown in 2008. Jankovic won the event in 2007.
After Serena's victory over Venus, she spoke fondly of Charleston and the Billie Jean King Court. "I love playing this court. I love this tournament, and I think it's a good clay court," she said. "Sometimes you play on certain clay courts and they're not good, and they're funny and you can't really slide or it's just weird. This one I think is a really good one, particularly this year, the past two years I've played it's been really, really good."
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This is an updated post on Hannibal's march over the Alps, amending my previous post from February 23, 2009. I recently noticed that Google Earth had updated images of the region and the result was a clearer more consistent view, so I decided to re-visit the story. I also reviewed research on the route itself, since the previous post was more concerned with Hannibal's objective and not his journey.
The chronology below combines information from the two best sources we have on the subject -- Polybius and Livy. Their accounts are similar but do not contain many place names that can be used as landmarks. The place names have been added by modern researchers based on geographical analysis -- taking the descriptions of the terrain and fitting them to the geography.
Day 1 March along the Drôme to the foothills; first encounters, near Die
Night Camp on fairly level ground; near Die
Day 2 March towards blocked Col de Cabre
Night Attack on abandoned blockade at Col de Cabre
Day 3 Enemy attack on baggage train; capture of a fort at Saint-Mens
Night Camp in Gap
Day 4 Easy march towards Durance and Col du Montgenèvre
Night Camp near Prunières?
Day 5 Easy march along the Durance towards Col du Montgenèvre
Night Camp near Embrun?
Day 6 Easy march along the Durance towards Col du Montgenèvre
Night Camp near Mont Dauphin?
Day 7 Envoys from tribe near Briançon; ambush 10 km before Briançon
Night Hannibal's infantry separated from cavalry and baggage train
Day 8 Hannibal's army united near Briançon; march towards Col du Mont Genèvre
Night Camp at La Vachette, near the sources of the Durance?
Day 9 Hannibal's army reaches the Col du Montgenèvre
Night On the summit of Col du Montgenèvre
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Day 10 Halt on the summit of Col du Montgenèvre
Night On the summit of Col du Montgenèvre
Day 11 Halt on the summit of Col du Montgenèvre; it begins to snow
Night On the summit of Col du Montgenèvre
Day 12 Precipitous and dangerous descent for about 9 km (1854 to 1354 meters)
Night Camp near Cesana Torinese
Day 13 Repairing the road; infantry starts to descend
Night Elephant camp near Cesana; infantry camp near Mollières
Day 14 Building a road for the elephants; infantry descends
Night Elephant camp near Cesana; infantry camp near Oulx
Day 15 Building a road for the elephants; infantry descends to Susa
Night Elephant camp near Cesana; infantry camp near Susa
Day 16 Infantry stays at Susa; first of three days' rest to recover from the fatigue
It turns out that there are three proposed routes – north, south, and south/central. The evidence favors the southern route, shown here.
The chronology used here comes from Livius.org and Peter Connolly's book Hannibal and the Enemies of Rome (1978 London).
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Hannibal's March over the Alps Revisited
Posted by Mike Anderson at 9:40 PM
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I found the Livius.org article here:
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Hi Mike, just discovered your blog, very interesting, I just completed an 8 week walk from Sagunto in spain to Claviere just past montegenevre, your very acurate I think in your description of Hannibals path up and over the alps, I just had to go and see it on the ground for myself, my blog is hannibillica.blogspot.com if your interested...keep up the good work
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ABILENE, Texas - A Tuscola man is dead after drifting into oncoming traffic Monday night north of Bradshaw.
According to the Department of Public Safety, 20-year-old Jason Earl Winegeart was driving northbound on Highway 83 near milepost 348 and the intersection of County Road 205 around 8:40 p.m Monday night. He drifted into the southbound lane and struck another vehicle head-on.
Winegeart was transported to Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene and was pronounced dead at 9:47 p.m. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
The vehicle that Winegeart's car struck was carrying one person. Angela Marie Anderson, 40, from Winters, was taken to Hendrick Medical Center. She has a broken ankle but is in stable condition.
Randy Jacob Burnsed, 21, from Ovlo, was taken to Hendrick Medical Center. He has minor abrasions but is in stable condition. He was a passenger in Winegeart's car. This original article stated Burnsed was a passenger in Anderson's car.
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