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Game 19 Recap: Cubs 11, Diamondbacks 3
- First pitch swinging, Soriano hits one 413 feet to right center. Flyout. Damn.
- Theriot chops one up the middle, Felipe Lopez makes the throw to first. Two outs.
- The railing padding on the visitors' dugout protective fence is brought to you by Lone Buttes casino. Heh. Lone Buttes.
- Fukudome walks.
- Fukudome tries to steal, Montero makes a nice throw and gets Fukudome. End of inning.
- Z starts Lopez 3-1.fastball down the middle, Lopez lines one to deep center. Fukudome took a wrong turn on the ball, and it one-hops the wall for a double. Tough read, Brenly thinks it had a lot of slice on it.
- It does my heart good to know that Augie Ojeda still is employed as a Major League Baseball player.
- 3-1 on Ojeda, who's trying to bunt. Fastball, 3-2 count.
- Ojeda grounds one up the middle, 6-3 with Lopez going to third.
- and Tracy walks on four pitches. Egads.
- 3-1 on Reynolds. No control on the slider so far tonight
- Parachat points out that Len and Bob are sounding very subdued tonight. True, it's sort of odd.
- Roller to Theriot, Miles' throw just does compete the 6-4-3 double play. Nice escape by Z.
- Hoffpauir hits one 407 feet. Another flyout to center. Nuts.
- Bradley swings and misses at a change up inside, strikeout.
- Yet another warning-track flyout, as Fontenot hits one deep the opposite way to left-center. Inning over.
- Jackson flies to Fukudome in straight-away center, just short of the warning track. Lots of near-misses so far, on both sides
- Z gets his 1200th K (of his career, not this game, to dust off the old Sportscenter joke) when Chris Young stares at a slider
- and Wow, no sooner do I write the joke than Brenly says it. Uncanny.
- Montero rolls to Hoffpauir, unassisted
- Hill K's looking. Yusmeiro Petit is not this good.... Then again, the one game I saw at Wrigley last year, he beat us.
- Miles singles to straight-away center.
- Z shoots one through the 6-5 hole for a single. Miles to second.
- Soriano takes a rolling slider and lines one over the left-center wall, 3-run homer. 3-0 Cubs.
- Full count, Theriot takes a fastball low and away for the walk.
- Fukudome pops a curveball into shallow right-center. Young and Upton are playing deep, no one gets a great break on it, and it fall in for a hit.
- Hoffpauir grounds into the 6-4-3.
- Upton pops one down the left-field line for an out.
- Petit with a soft liner to Miles, who also makes a nice hop-catch.
- Heh, Len references the you-tube of Gathright jumping over a car. Len says he also does Ozzie Smith-like backflips.
- Lopez lines a single to right.
- Ojeda lines a slicing single to center, runners at 1 and 2.
- Tracy rolls into an easy 6-4 force.
- Bradley reaches down and lines a fastball into right for a single.
- Fontenot lines a homer over the right-field fence. Looks like a fastball that tailed back over the plate. Just a few feet short of the swimming pool. 5-0 Cubs.
- Hill lines one to the right of Lopez, into center for a single
- Full count to Miles, Hill is running. Miles bounces into a 4-3 force.
- Z also rolls into a 4-3, Hill to third.
- Soriano not nibbling as they pitch around him. Another slider off the corner, and he takes first base.
- Theriot lines a single to center, scoring Soriano. Petit out, Rauch in. 6-0 Cubs.
- Jon Rauch is enormous.
- Nice shot of how much space Rauch's number takes up on the back of his jersey, compared to Ojeda's
- 3-2 to Fukudome. A ton of curves so far from Rauch.
- Fukudome walks. Bases loaded for Hoffpauir.
- Hofpauir lines a sharp single to right, scoring Theriot. Upton makes a nice throw to home, limiting everyone to a single base. 7-0 Cubs
- Bradley with a slow roller to Lopez, 4-3, inning over.
- Reynolds lines a double down the left-field line. It one-hops the wall, hits it at an angle and bounces up into the stands. A weird consequence of the weird angles in the outfield fence.
- Jackson can't advance the runner, bouncing out to Fontenot at third.
- Chris Young lines one just out of Soriano's reach down the left-field line for a double. 7-1 Cubs
- Montero with a lazy fly to Soriano.
- Wickedest pitch of the night, a sharp slider with lots of horizontal movement, Upton swings for strike 2. Now a full count, and Upton flies out to Fukudome.
- Fontenot K's swinging.
- Hill breaks his bat and dumps a single just over Ojeda, into shallow left-center.
- Miles flies out to center
- Zambrano smokes a liner to deep right-center, hitting off the top of the wall. Hill scores. Maybe the hardest hit ball of the night. 8-1 Cubs
- Soriano dumps a single into center, scoring Z. 9-1 Cubs
- Theriot looks at a called strike three inside, and is none too happy about it.
- Papa Trans calls, but looking at the TV indicates that Z had a very quick and easy inning, 1-2-3.
- Papa Trans still on the phone, but Esmerling Vasquez is in to pitch, and Fukudome walks on four straight.
- Hoffpauir with a slow chopper to first, 3-6 force.
- and Bradley walks. Vasquez looks like Juan Cruz, except isn't very good.
- Fontenot flies out to deep left.
- Hill with a nice inside-out swing, lines a single to left to score Hoffpauir. 10-1 Cubs
- Miles with a weak pop to left-center, Young grabs it.
- Tracy with a soft fly out to Soriano
- Reynolds squibs one to first, 3-1 putout.
- Z not striking anyone out, but coaxing lots of weak contact.
- Jackson walks on an inside fastball Z sitting around 90 mph tonight, thought that one was clocked at 93.
- A sharp slider, Young K's looking.
- Incredible. Z hits an opposite-field home run. He stays on a fastball away, and after making contact, just sort of watches it for a bit before going into the trot. Just did get out, but still a hell of a poke to the opposite field. 11-1 Cubs, and Z needs a triple to hit for the cycle.
- Soriano flies to right.
- Theriot K's swinging at a high fastball
- Gathright hitting for Fukudome, rolls out to second.
- Reed Johnson in for Soriano
- Montero singles to left-center
- Upton singles to right-center, Bradley cuts it off but Montero goes to third.
- Josh Wilson must have come in for Ojeda on a double-switch with Vazquez came in to pitch, and he singles to Johnson in left, driving in Montero. Z not getting hit hard, so much as the hits are falling in. 11-2 Cubs
- Lopez with a soft bouncer, Miles charges and goes to first, 4-3 putout. Run scores, 11-3 Cubs
- Ryan Roberts (who?!?!) pinch-hits for Vasquez. Bounces out to Miles. Wilson to second.
- LouPa checks on Z, but he stays in the game. Tracy promptly flies to shallow left-center, where Gathright makes a nice running catch.
- Schoenweis in, Hoffpauir grounds to Roberts, who is playing second.
- Bradley, hitting right-handed, singles back up the middle.
- Fontenot hits into a 6-4 force, beating the throw at first to avoid the double play.
- And hill rolls out, 4-3.
- Guzman in to pitch.
- Reynolds flies into foul territory down the right-field line, Bradley makes the catch.
- Jackson rolls a single into right.
- Young pops out to Miles. Another weak AB for young
- Montero shoots one to Fontenot's right at third base, it hits off the heel of his glove for a single, runners at 1 and 3.
- Ted Lilly has managed to sneak a gigantic moth onto the top of hitting coach Gerald Perry's hat. Pretty funny.
- And Upton with an easy fly to center.
- Tom Gordon's Fossilized Bones in to pitch.
- Miles rolls to first, unassisted
- And Guzman does the same.
- Johnson chops one to third, inning over.
- Wilson grounds to miles
- Tony Clark in to pinch hit, and K's swinging.
- Roberts walks.
- and Tracy K's swinging. Two pretty easy innings for Guzman to close out the game.
- Some other sport is having playoff games. Meh.
- Things we know about Tom Skilling
- Fake-buckers.
- Juan Cruz is thin.
- Except where it counts.
- Len and Bob seem to be having a quiet night. Why?
- Complaining about other sports
- Getting updates about those stupid other sports
- Racists.
- Mister Whipple loves me.
- Parachat goes bilingual
- Crunch's pee and poop-based method of communication.
- Admiring a nacho-eating fan.
- Sweating.
- What is the sound of.....
- Give Ron Santo a catch phrase
- Old-timers night in Parachat.
- mlb.tv's miserable product
- Getting off the lawn.
- The RIAA
- More RIAA discussion. It's suddenly like 2001 again, in Parachat.
- Live Nation
- Pork
- Ice Cream
- Nerds and Fouls
- We still can't stop talking about Corey Patterson
- Or Pork.
- What's on the tip of your tongue?
- Student Bodies.
- oh my.
- oh, it's a movie, I'm told.
- oh my.
- Student Bodies.
- Donk
- Killed by paperclips
- We love Koyie Hill.
- Mercifully, being on the phone with Papa Trans lets me avoid the worst of discussions about "nasty chicks." Hooray for avoiding the parachat Misogynistic Moment (tm.)
- Jason Kendall and the CDC.
- What does Kendall get us?
- The Juan Pierre trade
- A horrible, horrible, marmalade vs. jam joke.
- The Kings of Leon
- Goya
- The Goat People
- We don't like Karl Ravech
- Deep fantasy leagues
- Oh come on, we're making Rosie O'Donnell jokes? Have we really sunk to such depths? What happened to the vaunted parachat creativity?
- Influenze
- Vaccines
- Sugar
- Hating Iowa
- Rewarding Child-Care with sex.
- Racist Elmer Fudd
- Putting funny things on other peoples' hats.
- Does Tom Gordon look like Donovan McNabb?
- No.
- Things we know about our local True Value stores
- Grouting Tile.
Re: Game 19 Recap: Cubs 11, Diamondbacks 3
Nice thorough game recap -- fun game -- maybe we're getting on a roll. Z didn't get all of a tailing-away pitch, going with it to still get it into the first row of seats. He's got power!
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donk...the most annoying dance import to come around since...well hell...i dunno.
ghetto youth on psychodelics making dance music...just what the world needs.
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Why did I just click on that?
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Score 11 runs...do you put the same line-up out there the next day? (of course, you can't put Z out there)
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Z..Third Base.
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As a Minnesota alumn, it pains me that I missed a chat that included hating Iowa. My favorite stadium chant ever "WHO HATES IOWA?" "WE HATE IOWA" Classic.
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They may chant well, but they don't play well. Floyd of Rosedale has gone to the Hawks 7 of the last 8 years. Last year's 55-0 thumping was particular sweet for us Iowans.
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any recap without a direct reference to me is not a recap.
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It's in there:
'Mercifully, being on the phone with Papa Trans lets me avoid the worst of discussions about "nasty chicks."'
We talked about you for literally that entire half inning.
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I fully expect Mike Wellman to get on here and defend the honor of his home state. Until that day comes please take note of the following things Iowa has given us:
1. The Iowa Cubs
2. Pork Tenderloin Sandwiches
3. American Gothic
4. Mamie Eisenhower
5. Cloris Leachman
6. Donna Reed
7. Glenn Miller
8. Varnum v. Brien
9. Living History Farms
10. Pella's Tulip Time Festival
I could go on, but if you don't let up on the Hawkeye State... I'll get Bob Feller after you...
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1. corn
2. corn
3. corn
4. corn
5. corn mazes
6. corn
7. corn
8. corn
9. corn
10. corn
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You laugh now, but our plan has almost been carried out to perfection. By putting high fructose corn syrup in virtually every product you have eaten or drank for decades we have successfully weakened your immune systems. And now, swine flu. Which state leads the nation in both corn and pigs? Think about it.
All of us Iowans have been immunized through a secret lab in Ames, and will soon be taking over.
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I thought that lab was in Oskaloosa, no wonder I missed the shot.
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1. spam
2. spam
3. spam
4. spam
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Eliminate Iowa and Illinois and the other 48 states have to import a lot of food from outside America's borders. All that corn is pretty important.
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You mean all that government-subsidized corn that goes into such bullshit as HFCS and ethanol? Yeah, it'd be a real shame if we had to give that up...
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Yeah. That and all the meat we eat. And most of our cereals. And all the corn we eat. Just saying, Iowa and Illinois produce a lot of corn and grains. They are big-time agricultural states. Fields of corn (or wheat, or potatoes, or soy beans) may be boring, but they are still important--even when we misuse them by producing corn syrup and carbon emitting fuels (or feeding them to cattle).
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yeah, most of our corn feeds animals.
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Sorry, my only Iowa joke that I have known since 5th grade.
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this joke can be re-arranged to the benefit of whichever state you prefer, but I like to say:
Q: Why does the corn in Illinois lean to the west?
A: Because Iowa sucks.
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and Indiana blows.
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Koyie Hill needs to remain in the lineup. He is playing 10 times better than Soto. I love Soto, but while the cubs are in this slump, Lou needs to stay with the hot hand.
I never thought I would be lobbying for more Koyie Hill playing time...
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To be honest, I don't care if Soto is hitting or not, he's the regular starter and should be starting when healthy. But his shoulder is obviously not right. Guys were running all over him in the Cards series and first game of the Dbags series. I'm glad the Cubs have a backup catcher I'm somewhat confident in (i.e. not Paul Bako).
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I wonder if Koyie winces when he hears the phrase "hot hand?"
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pretty sure that's going down as our comment of the day...
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"Inning 3
* Admiring a nacho-eating fan."
Yea, she was smoking hot
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She can eat my nacho.
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Fukudome will sit today says Cubs.com.
Aramis to the DL
Nomar to DL
Eric Patterson getting called up...
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His patience seems to have returned in AAA this year. Let's see if it carries over to the majors, finally.
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Can he handle the ball yet?
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Dunno. I still don't think he was any worse than EY, and Young played 1200 games at second.
Garciaparra played 1st, 3rd and DH, not sure how they play to use E-Pat.
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oh sorry, Mark Ellis on the DL at the same time...
Soriano not happy with team
''We're too much relaxed,'' Soriano said Tuesday before the Cubs walloped the Arizona Diamondbacks 11-3. ''We've got to go out and fight. We've been giving the 'W' to the other teams, because from what I see, we're not fighting to win.
''We just play nine innings, and what happens, happens. We don't play nine innings and try to get wins. The last two years, I saw more hunger to win.''
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This actually sounds like reasonable criticism. Sure there have been injuries that have sucked the life out of the team but the 'fire' hasn't quite been there like 07 and 08.
As soon as the team gets on a roll and the new guys start contributing more hopefully we will see some improvement in the 'fire' department.
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That's good stuff, but these sort of things tend to get twisted by the media: i.e. Soriano hates the team -or- D Lee & Soriano gonna bitchslap each other when neither of these underlying messages are the truth.
The thing is, I agree with Soriano, that's what it looks like: like they're just taking the field for 9 innnings. And I think D Lee is just saying it's not true that the team doesn't want to win, just that they aren't playing well.
Either way, I think last night's game will help get the team revved back up and it's good to hear the guys talking about a hunger for winning again.
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Good to see Soriano speak up in April.
Let's see the talk and the bat in October though, Fonzie.
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So much for last nights game revving up the team. They got a big 1 hit thru 6 innings so far today. Without Ramirez in that lineup, it is just not very good and then when you compound it with Lee, Soto, Bradley and Fontenot batting poorly, it is bad news.
Weak Arguement
while I support the conclusion, as in, what's the big fucking deal about Soriano batting leadoff? He does well and the team does well when he hits there, the "study" that Dewan put together is kind of weak.
Wed Lineup
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Soriano,Theriot, Bradey, Lee, Johnson, Soto, Miles, Fontenot, Dempster
lefty Davis today...
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I thought for sure Soto would see some real time off. He should be held out until his arm is close to 100%. It's annoying to see guys continue to run on him like he's not even there.
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I think Hill will continue to play until Soto is playing well again. I think Soto plays today because it's a day-after-night game. And because of the Lefty going for the D-backs.
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That lefty is making us look ugly with his slow wind-up and 68 mph curve. 4-0 DB's in the bottom 5th.
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Every soft-tossing lefty since the beginning of time has made the Cubs look bad.
Another blah outing from Demp -- 4 for 4 this year in that category -- and Marmol with one of his patented WTF?? outings -- good to get it out of the way when it didn't matter.
Hendry should not schedule any more games in Arizone. Or Florida.
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Let's hope, because EVERYONE is running on him, it doesn't matter who or when.
Dugout HiJinx...
Still looking for his triple: Zambrano's name scrawled onto end of list of available switch hitters on lineup card. Not Lou's handwriting.
From Wittenmyer's twitter account..
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In unrelated news, the "Stop the Luna Jingle" petition is gaining some traction. It was linked by consumer-watchdog site, Consumerist today.
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In other news...
With the MLB.TV subscription, living in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, well within the Cubs home territory, Cub games are blacked out. As if that makes any fucking sense.
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Isn't the thing with mlb.tv that it only provides out of market games?
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Yeah, but I think his point is that the markets don't often make sense. I am closer to Chicago now than when I was in Iowa, but because I am in the Brewer's market I can get the Cubs games whereas back in Iowa I could not. Every piece of territory in the country is in a market, no matter how far away it is from a team's center, somebody gets it. And some places are in 4-5 markets so they don't get shit.
A tip though, as far as I can tell it is by IP address. MLB.TV confirms your market and whether you can watch the game or not before you even login. So, while I don't know how to do it, there are ways for you to mask or change your IP address before visiting and circumvent the whole thing.
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You don't wanna watch this anyway. 9-0. Everybody having a bad day in a blue uni.
Kevin Gregg
fuckin' hot-head...
He's tearing this team apart damnit.
Did he get ejected? Talk about a double standard if he didn't...
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how many top relievers does one need to march out in a blowout?
at least cotts will be fresh...thank god.
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marmol was a disaster today, gregg was at 35 pitches...
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it's not the use of 1 of gregg/marmol/ninja...it's the use of all 3 that bugs me.
if tommorow is close there's heilman and cotts totally fresh. i can understand getting marmol work, but using ninja and gregg in today's game seems a waste.
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relievers should be able to go back to back, usually three days in a row and only guzman pitched yesterday. If anything they look like they need more work as none of them could find the plate.
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I can't help it - I am in a panic
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I been around since the Brickhouse era and I gotta say...
...I am too.
It's a long season but it's gonna be a lot longer if Lilly and Dempster keep getting hammered like this.
And it's tough when I realize that the best minor league prospect we have is, by most reports, unable to barely get the glove to the dirt.
At this point, though, I think it's time the kid got a shot to prove AZ Phil and others wrong.
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Best prospect? I don't think I'm on board with that. Closest to ready to hit at the majors, sure.
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i was confused about the report on vitters's glove until i realized it was about fox.
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you are both correct, sirs. Or madames. Hell, it's the internet.
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i got one of those 'sir' parts.
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As long as its a title of respect, I'm okay with it.
I was nit-picking, though, Blue. I know what you mean and it is worrisome. Pretty much all of our other position player prospects are a long way from the majors. Tony Thomas seems to be resurging as a legit prospect, though, and we've got a number of A-ball players who are intriguing (though they are too far away to get me really excited). It'd be really nice if Fox could play a passable LF, RF, or 3B. He doesn't have much value as a poor defensive platoon 1B and PH. Well, if he keeps up the homerun pace he'll have value, but if he comes back to earth a bit he won't.
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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.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.


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Lifelong Durango resident Naomi Faye Hiner died Friday, Dec. 7, 2012, at her home on the Florida Mesa. She was 12 days shy of her 88th birthday.
Mrs. Hiner was born to Foy and Annie Thompson on Dec. 19, 1924, in Durango. She was the youngest of three girls. She graduated from Durango High School in 1942.
In October 1944, she married Floyd Andrews in Durango, and they had two sons together. The marriage later ended in divorce.
In August 1955, she married Ellis Hiner in Aztec, and they had three children together.
�Naomi is best known from her years as a clerk at south City Market, where she worked from 1969 until her retirement in 1982,� her family said.
Mrs. Hiner later worked part time at Forget Me Knot Fabric store and Durango National Bank, which became the Bank of Durango and was later purchased by First National Bank of Durango.
Her hobbies included genealogy, sewing, quilting, gardening and rock club. She looked forward to a monthly get-together with high school classmates, her family said. The group affectionately referred to themselves as �The Remnants.�
Mrs. Hiner was preceded in death by her husband of 16 years, Ellis Hiner, in July 1971.
She is survived by her sons Raymond Andrews and Ronald Andrews, both of Durango, and Dean Hiner of Springfield, Mo.; daughters Jan Parsons and Kelly Brown, both of Durango; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012, at Florida Mesa Church, 1024 County Road 230. The Rev. Dan Straw will officiate. A dinner with the family will be held immediately after the service, with a graveside burial at 2 p.m. at Crestview Cemetery, near the intersection of U.S. Highway 160 and Colorado Highway 172.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Florida Mesa Church, 1024 County Road 130, Durango, CO 81301; or Hospice of Mercy, 1 Mercado St., Suite 270, Durango, CO 81301.

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April 18th:
Illinois State knew that these two games this weekend were very important and a playoff run was in our sights. Friday night we had a game against Indiana a newly joined team to the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference. Indiana had a very successful season last year and knew they were going to be a very tough opponent. However, this was our first game in our football stadium, and this stadium brings a whole new meaning to home field advantage. A sense of being in the football stadium and being the only club that has the opportunity to play there is amazing. We knew that this game had playoff implications and knew that we needed to capture a win to stay in the playoff run. I would say that our conference is one of the most competitive conferences now with great teams from seed #1 to seed #6. Midwest lacrosse is on the map even if we are not NCAA associated. Lindenwood always brews greatness as well as the University of Illinois. The teams in D1 AA are also looking to make a knock on the conference playoffs door. Revamped programs such as Nebraska, Iowa, Creighton, Ole Miss and the rest alike are making a solid dent in the conference playoffs.
Illinois State pulled off a barn burner in Normal, Illinois on Friday night. Friday night Lights we decided to call this game. It was a game filled with back and forth lacrosse with very talented Indiana midfielders capitalizing against Illinois State midfielders. Illinois State was able to pull off one of the best lacrosse games I have been a part of in a long time, and we have to credit our win to our solid defensive unit and unreal play by a freshman goalie Emmanuel Nuno. The Redbirds captured a win 7-6 in overtime play.
Saturday brought a long day, being Springfest in Bloomington, IL. A great day with cheap drinks and a wonderful time, however our team keeps to the strict policy of no drinking before a game. A long day of trying to stay busy around my house and getting everything organized for the game the next day. We got ready Sunday morning to a steady rain and a wet field. Purdue was ready to play early as they always our. I tip my hat to Purdue lacrosse; they are always the first team to show up at a field. Even during the fall tournament in Madison, Wisconsin they were always the first team to be at the field and the last to leave. We had nothing less than a promising field to play on as it rained all night and all day. The game started with Illinois State getting out to a quick 3-1 lead. Purdue came back and the first half ended Illinois State 6 Purdue 5. It was a second half full of sloppy lacrosse, given the field, and the score went back and forth. Purdue looked to seal the victory late in the 4th quarter with a huge goal by midfielder # 45 notching the score 9-8. Illinois State tried to make a run and tied the score up 9-9 with a little less than 3 minutes remaining.
Overtime proved to not be the same for Illinois State than the night before. Illinois State went man-up following the overtime face- off, but Purdue's defense, quarterbacked by a very talented goalie was able to shut down any efforts by the Redbirds. On a very well executed clear, Purdue came down and put in the game winning goal. Props given to a Purdue team that never gave up. Illinois State looks to pursue its goal of making a playoff run this weekend with two big games coming up against #9 nationally ranked Lindewood team on Friday and a very important game against Missouri, Sunday that could be the decisions maker for the 4th seed in the playoffs.


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The second game of the annual Hatters Series was a pitching duel for the first five innings, but the Green Team pulled away to tie the series at one game apiece with a 6-2 victory.
Senior right-hander Kurt Schluter and sophomore right-hander Josh Powers were both impressive in their respective starting roles. Schluter surrendered just one earned run on one hit and two walks, while striking out four in three innings of work for the Green Team.
Powers matched Schluter with one earned run on one hit and two walks, while striking out five in four innings of work for the White Team. Redshirt freshman Tyler Warmoth relieved Schluter and picked up the win with four scoreless innings. Warmoth missed barrels and induced the White hitters into weak contact all day.
Offensively the Green Team was led by senior outfielder James Rasmussen, who had two hits and a run scored. He delivered the big blow in the seventh inning with a bases-clearing, three-RBI double to right center, which opened the lead to the 6-2 final score. Freshman catcher and right fielder Frankie Romano was also productive at the plate going two-for-three with a run scored.
Freshman right-hander Josh Thorne took the loss for the White Team despite striking out the side in his first inning of work in the fifth. The lone offensive highlight for the White Team was a leadoff double in the second by freshman catcher Buck McCarthy, which led to their first run of the ball game.
The rubber game of the Hatter Series was played at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday and was a nine inning contest. Come back to GoHatters.com for a recap of the final contest.


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The Randolph County Board of Education is reporting a deficit — for the first time since 1994 — in its financial statement for the 2012 to 2013 school year....
There have been several lawsuits over the years against the Randolph County Board of Education, none of which have been followed up by the Inter Mountain. Have these lawsuits, lawyer fees, and settlements contributed to the massive debt? Is there a study to see why Randolph County is losing students? How many students are being homeschooled in Randolph Co. over dissatisfaction with local public schools? If Randolph Co. is 15+ teachers over the limit, why were more not RIF-ed?
Did Dr. Phares and his large salary contribute to the debt?
Why are there so many employees at the Randolph Co. Board of Ed, and why do some of them have secretaries, and out-moded and old way of doing business?
It's sad when the readers have to ask the questions that the IM doesn't even think of...
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you are right jane. i very rarely even post anymore. i even got slammed for my comment on the article the i m printed about their award winning journalism in which they left out most of the info about who else won. since then i have seen many mistakes, lousy reporting and unfinished articles that make no sense. i dont recall who slammed me but i hope they are still enjoying their award winning newspaper.
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Br. Guy Consolmagno, S.J., the official Vatican astronomer and curator of the Vatican's extensive meteorite collection in Castel Gandolfo, will be the next presentation in the Saint Vincent College Threshold Series at 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 11 in the Performing Arts Center of the Robert S. Carey Student Center on the campus of Saint Vincent College. The lecture will be introduced by Dr. John Smetanka, professor of astronomy and vice president for academic affairs.In conjunction with the lecture, an open house will be held in the newly-completed Sis and Herman Dupré Science Pavilion from 4 to 7 p.m. Visitors are welcome to come to campus early and tour the classroom, laboratories and offices of the $39 million pavilion which houses the Herbert W. Boyer School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Computing. A special presentation will be given in the Angelo Taiani Planetarium and Astronaut Exhibit. 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Guy was born in 1952 in Detroit, Michigan. He obtained his bachelor of science degree in 1974 and master of science degree in 1975 in earth and planetary sciences from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and his Ph.D. in planetary science from the University of Arizona in 1978. From 1978-80 he was a post-doctoral fellow and lecturer at the Harvard College Observatory, and from 1980-1983 continued as post-doc and lecturer at MIT.In 1983 he left MIT to join the U.S. Peace Corps, where he served for two years in Kenya teaching physics and astronomy. Upon his return to the U.S. in 1985 he became an assistant professor of physics at Lafayette College, in Easton, Pennsylvania, where he taught until his entry into the Jesuit Order in 1989. He took vows as a Jesuit brother in 1991 and studied philosophy and theology at Loyola University, Chicago, and physics at the University of Chicago before his assignment to the Vatican Observatory in 1993.In spring 2000 he held the MacLean Chair for Visiting Jesuit Scholars at St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, and in 2006-2007 held the Loyola Chair at Fordham University, New York. He has also been a visiting scientist at the Goddard Space Flight Center and a visiting professor at Loyola College, Baltimore, and Loyola University, Chicago.Br. Guy has served on the governing boards of the Meteoritical Society; the International Astronomical Union's (IAU) Division III, Planetary Systems Science (secretary, 2000 - present) and Commission 16, Moons and Planets (president, 2003-2006); and the American Astronomical Society Division for Planetary Sciences (chair, 2006-2007).He has co-authored five astronomy books: Turn Left at Orion (with Dan M. Davis; Cambridge University Press, 1989); Worlds Apart (with Martha W. Schaefer; Prentice Hall, 1993); The Way to the Dwelling of Light (University of Notre Dame Press, 1998); Brother Astronomer (McGraw Hill, 2000); and God's Mechanics (Jossey-Bass, 2007). He also edited The Heavens Proclaim (Vatican Observatory Publications, 2009).Saint Vincent College established the Threshold Lecture Series in 1981 when the Kennametal Foundation of Latrobe made a substantial grant to the College for the creation of an ongoing series of lectures and cultural events.Previous Threshold speakers have included Carl Sagan; a Time magazine panel consisting of Hugh Sidey, Strobe Talbott and John Stacks; Amitai Etzioni; Alvin Toffler; Dixy Lee Ray; Donald Johanson; Isaac Asimov; Claire Bloom; Lawrence Stone; Rembert G. Weakland, O.S.B.; Alex Haley; Robert Claiborne; Arthur B. Laffer; Richard E. Morley and William A. Taylor; May Sarton; Mark Littman; Jehan Sadat; Tom Wolfe; Michael Kammen; Martin E. 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The actor met the feline during his visit to the South by Southwest festival last weekend, where he participated in a Mashable interview, and admits he had a hard time letting her go.
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Morganton, NC – Perfect playing conditions produced low scores across the board on the opening day of play at the Donald Ross Intercollegiate on Monday.
For the Stetson Hatters, the opening day produced scores of 294 and 288, but with other teams posting rounds in the in the low 280s, 270s and even a 269, the Hatters stand in 11th place in the 13 team tournament.
Wofford College (540) posted rounds of nine-under par 271 and 11-under par 269 to build a 10 shot lead over Davidson. The Wildcats (550) have an 18-shot lead over the next closest teams in the field.
Elon College and Presbyterian (568) are tied for third place with host Appalachian State (569), one shot back. High Point (570) and James Madison (571) are also within striking distance of a top five finish.
With so many low team scores, there were also plenty of players who finished the first day of play under par. A trio – Davidson's Todd Eckstein, Bethune-Cookman's Ryan Fricker and Wofford's George Perkovich – share the lead. All three posted seven-under par scores of 133 on the opening day.
Stetson sophomore Dustin Dingus and freshman Zach Stark had the best first day for the Hatters. Both finished at one-over par 141 and are tied for 17th.
Dingus opened the day with a one-under par 69 and then played the second round at two-over 72. Stark followed an opening round 73 with a two-under par 68.
Behind that duo, sophomore David Torres posted rounds of 77-72=149 and is tied for 56th. Freshman Dirk Kuehler (75-76=151) is tied for 64th and senior Tyler White (77-76=153) is tied for 74th.
The tournament will conclude on Tuesday with a final 18 holes. Love scoring for the tournament is available at golfstat.com.


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I was thinking today about three things that can turn my day around when I find myself slipping into a slump.
- glass of iced coffee + headphones + Pandora + blog reading (technically these go together so they count as one.) (If the kids are napping then this is a banner day.)
- Reading a book while the kids play outside (I finally just started The Help)
- Leaving the house (I find if I can get us out of the house- even just for a quick trip to Target or for a walk or to the park, I will usually at least make myself (and the kids) look presentable
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Thursday, May 2, 2013
Lincoln Middle-High School's Visual Arts program, the Steel Drum Band and Poetry students will feature their artwork and performances on May 14, during the seventh annual Pre-Piccolo Spoleto community, school block party event at the McClellanville Arts Center located at 733 Pinckney Street in McClellanville.
Lincoln's amazing Steel Drum Band will kick off the event with an outdoor concert beginning at 6 p.m., followed by poetry recitals and ending with the young artist's Wild at HeArt opening reception catered by Lincoln's Culinary Arts students.
Wild at HeArt features fractured cubist guitars, local wildlife created for Bulls Bay Nature Festival, award winning Junior Duck Stamp art and senior student works from REDUX Summer Art Institute and AP Studio Art.
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Spring is definitely here in Richmond Virginia. Azaleas, dogwoods, irises and other mid-Spring blooms are evident everywhere in Richmond's historic Fan District. Our urban yard is also showing signs of spring. Here, at the William Miller House Bed and Breakfast, azaleas, camellia, and even our front-and-center dogwood are in their glory. The weather is milder and porch-sitting, despite the pollen, is back in season – as is relaxing in the courtyard garden.
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My mission in life is to enjoy geeky things at an affordable price! I love so many things in life like plush toys, clothes, key chains but am on a really tight budget. I picked up knitting and then ...
My mission in life is to enjoy geeky things at an affordable price! I love so many things in life like plush toys, clothes, key chains but am on a really tight budget. I picked up knitting and then crocheting to make fun knick knacks and gifts for my family.
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Your manuscript must be packaged and delivered to a publisher in a professional manner. In this lesson, you'll learn how to mail your manuscript, including how to submit photos and illustrations with your submission. You'll also learn what a simultaneous submission is and when you can use this method of submission. I'll also show you how to evaluate the offers and rejections you receive from publishers following your submissions.
You'll learn all about literary agents in this lesson. An agent isn't a necessity for most submissions, but one is recommended for certain publisher contract negotiations. Today, you'll learn when, where, and why to get an agent to represent you. You'll discover why finding a reputable agent is just as important as finding a reputable publisher. We'll also explore agent contracts, fees, and publisher contract terms.
In your writing and publishing efforts, it's important to remember that you aren't alone in this venture. There are millions of other writers out there who can offer you information, inspiration, and encouragement when you need it. In this lesson, you'll learn how to connect with other writers. You'll also learn what to do when you're face to face with that dreaded writer's block. If you can't think of anything to write, how will you ever get published?
In our last lesson, you'll learn that there are certain publishing taboos that you should avoid. Neither talent nor determination will help you if you fail to follow simple publisher guidelines. You'll also learn how to format the items that publishers request following acceptance of your manuscript. In addition, you'll learn about the future of publishing.


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Man: I have a pair of steel balls. woman: well I have a pair of steel ovaries
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National Alliance on Mental Illness
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Cultural Healing
December 12, 2008
A recent series in The Daily Herald explores the experiences of Latino and Asian immigrants and highlights the need for more culturally competent mental health services.
As immigrants adjust to American life, they typically face difficulties associated with separation from families and social networks in their home country, and often experience mental illnesses, such as depression and anxiety.
Too often deep cultural stigma prevents immigrants from seeking help when they need it;when they do seek help, language and cultural barriers may prevent them from getting the most effective mental health treatment.
To combat these issues, some mental health providers are integrating traditional cultural practices with American treatments. Attention to cultural nuances may make the difference between effective management of mental illness and untreated illness.
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