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Winona E. Dively, 92, Lewisberry, formerly of Altoona, went home to be with the Lord Saturday at Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill.
She was born in Sandy Ridge, daughter of Glenn V. and Adda E. (Cowher) Hoover.
Surviving are a daughter, Gemma Tillery and husband, Craig; four sons: Glenn and wife, Debra, Greg and wife, Kathy, Mark and wife, Katie, and Adam; six grandchildren: Michael and wife, Billie Jo, Eric, Stacy, Alexis, Michael and wife, Yvette, and Joseph; six great-grandchildren: Kierdan, Alex, Connor, Ryan, Madelyn and Emmanuel; and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Winona was a 1939 graduate of Altoona High School and also attended Altoona School of Commerce. She retired as an executive assistant from the Mechanicsburg Naval Supply Depot. She was a member of Christ Community Church, Camp Hill.
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Danielle R. Tabb, 28, of Homestead is accused of meeting the undercover state trooper at the Ramada Altoona Conference Center on Sheraton Drive early Friday, according to charges filed by state police.
Trooper Dustin S. Sosak, who is assigned to the police's vice unit, was checking classified ads on
backpage.com under the escorts section, when he came across a listing for "Milan," who said she would be visiting the State College area April 25 and 26, records show. The listing promised a "sensual unrushed experience" and said she was "open minded and loved to have fun," according to the affidavit of probable cause.
The trooper called the phone number provided at 9:53 p.m. Thursday, but no one answered. A few minutes later, he received a phone call from a woman identifying herself as "Milan," who police later identified as Tabb.
Police said Tabb told the trooper she was in State College and would be passing through Altoona around midnight. Police said Tabb called back at 10:40 p.m., asked if Sosak still wanted company and took down the address of the hotel. At midnight, Tabb arrived at the trooper's room and after some small talk allegedly told him it was $225 for an hour. Tabb also said she had condoms and the only thing she didn't do was kiss. After the trooper counted out $220 - Tabb agreed to charge that amount because he
didn't have change - he laid the money on the table, police contend.
When Tabb began to undress after agreeing to start off with oral sex, the trooper gave the signal, and she was taken into custody by waiting officers, police said.
Tabb was booked on misdemeanor prostitution and a summary charge of disorderly conduct and lodged in jail on a $5,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is slated for Thursday before Magisterial District Judge Steven Jackson.

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1. Don't give up on the run. It's easy to want to bail on rushing the ball against San Francisco. The league's fifth-ranked rushing defense is allowing 79.5 yards per game. That's actually a slight increase from the 77.2 they allowed in leading the NFL last season. Inside linebackers NaVorro Bowman and Patrick Willis are the best tandem in the league. In the 49ers' lone defeat this season, however, the Minnesota Vikings stayed committed to rushing the ball, with 41 attempts that produced 146 yards. The Vikings weren't breaking off big chunks of yardage but the ground game helped produce three touchdown drives of 10-or-more plays. The strength of Buffalo's offense is its running game with Fred Jackson and C.J. Spiller. Coach Chan Gailey has to stay committed to using it.
2. Find a way to throw at Donte.
You remember what Donte Whitner looked like in coverage, right? Well, chances are so does Gailey. Through four games, opposing quarterbacks have thrown at Whitner 11 times, according to Pro Football Focus, completing eight of those passes, but for just 42 yards. Still, he's given up two touchdowns through the air this season, so coverage remains his weakness. The Bills need to get in situations where they have Whitner defending tight end Scott Chandler, who has an eight-inch height advantage, and with four touchdown grabs is one of the team's best red-zone threats.
3. Put Alex Smith's arm to the test.
San Francisco quarterback Alex Smith, right, has looked more comfortable in his second year in coach Jim Harbaugh's system. He's making good decisions and getting the ball out quickly. But he's not much of a big-play threat, having thrown only four passes that have gone more than 20 yards through the air the first four games. His longest completion is just 29 yards. Buffalo's cornerbacks need to be aggressive at the line of scrimmage to try and disrupt the receivers' timing on those short routes Smith favors.
4. Wrap up!
The Bills missed between 10-15 tackles last week, depending on your definition of that rather subjective stat. Whatever the final number was, it was way too high. The 49ers will be sure to challenge the Bills in the run game today. San Francisco is averaging 167 yards per game, third most in the NFL, and can pound the ball with Frank Gore and Brandon Jacobs, who's expected to make his season debut today. "Their guys are going to come off and try to knock you off the ball and out-physical you and give it to the guy downhill and let him get his yards," Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams said. "They have a lot of different running plays that you have to be prepared for."
5. Answer their coach's call.
"I think that when you come off of a loss, you have to travel all the way across the country and you have to go against a good football team you are going to be challenged mentally," Gailey said this week. "Your toughness mentally and physically is going to be challenged. That is what we have to get ready for – and we know that." A win today would be the upset of the week in the NFL.
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- Solly - 02-05-2007
Peter, thanks for the thoughts here and at Monachos.
Your final suggestion is very much what I have thought about.
When I was a charismatic, there were no end of self-appointed ministry leaders, who seemed to have little to say in the long run, certainly not on the real issues.
When i was a calvinist, the idea of ascesis didn't figure, and there was still no one to turn to.
There are three counsels:
Well, we are poor, as a family, without even a car, but never poor enough, and I need to tackle some sacrificial giving, something I have always failed to do, especially when there are more books to buy!
This has been one of my biggest difficulties, the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh, the pride of life. Not that I have actually done anything, but the desire is there, if only in jealousy for what I don't have, or fantasies about getting it, or delusions of grandeur about what I do have. And I don't mean just sexual matters of course.
For me this would involve a rule of prayer - which BOF have provided; some guided reading - for instance suggestions about two books to read; and as you suggest, spiritual direction on matters arising.
I am prone to putting intellectual pursuits before everything else, and even though I have cut back, yet the idea of not studying something theological, instead of doing something else - like praying! - is still a part of my 'addiction'. Even with only 1 hour at lunch time to spend on the internet, i realise it's time i could spend doing something else, like the midday prayers. I need to find a balance, and one that fits me: the crime of legalism is that I must fit into someone else's clothes!
Monasticism - John Charmley - 02-05-2007
Dear Antony,
Can I follow this up here rather than on Monachos - partly because like you, I have a horror of legalism, and occasionally some the posts there seem to tip that way, especially on subjects like this one.
I do wonder whether by setting it out in the way you do you aren't already thinking along lines that will lead to a legalism emerging; do you think that might be possible?
The three-fold division you mention is, perhaps, more porous than you imply, perhaps?
I think there is much sense (and experience) in Peter's suggested approach, and if we begin there we have an exercise in humility and repentance.
Let us take 'poverty'. What does that really mean? If we go the legal route then few in the west are poor compared to many in the so-called Third World. Is this not rather about an attitude towards material possessions? Is it not about sharing what one has and not letting material things become dominant in one's life? Had the Good Samaritan had no money he could not have helped the man fallen among thieves; but had he loved money and caste he would not have helped a Jew. How do we relate to money and material possessions?
Chastity. Are we not called to that within married life? Is there not a martyrdom of the self in the vocation of marriage and parenthood - is it not a trial of how we put the needs of others before ourselves? Is there not a world of experiences here which a concentration of traditional monastic life gives us no access to? We know that even Monks are tempted by the various passions of the flesh - but it is in resistance that we grow.
Obedience - not an easy concept for us in the west, attached as we are to our concept of freedom. But perfect freedom is to be found in the service of God, and in attuning out will to His - that is one of the great objects of the Christian life; and through a rule of prayer, and through contemplation on Him, and through the Church, one's thoughts are guided where He wills.
I don't know this begins to do any justice to what you are saying - but it may help begin a discussion.
In Christ,
- Fr Gregory - 02-05-2007
Orthodox ascetical theology is largely unknown and misunderstood ? in the West and in modern Orthodoxy (both Eastern and Oriental). It has tended to lapse into a form of legalism because that is always easier! The letter of the law regarding fasting, for example, is much easier than the real spirit. However, one might have thought the teachings of the Lord in the Gospels, as also those of the Fathers, might discourage those who want to carefully weigh ?tithes of mint and anise and cumin? [Mat 23.23]. If I strictly fast for five days and complete 1,000 prostrations, am I ?more spiritual? than someone who only fasts for three days and completes a mere 100 prostrations?
I hear a voice warning: ?Woe to you scribes and Pharisees?..?!
The spiritual or ascetical life is not about completing a check-list of tasks completed. The word ?ascesis? comes from the Greek for ?exercise?. Rather like a program of physical exercise, it requires adaptation for the individual (and in Orthodox tradition has usually been undertaken with the guidance of a Spiritual Father). Unlike a physical health and fitness regime, spiritual exercise also requires an interior intention.
Like a physical health regime, a spiritual health regime needs to be ?programmed? realistically. Telling someone who has no previous experience of spiritual discipline that he or she should begin with praying the full Hours every day, accompanied by 100 prostrations each hour?.is likely to have the same effect as any other excessive schedule: it?s likely t last for a few days and then be abandoned. Beginning gradually with realistic exercises (suited to the practical needs of the individual?s life) is likely to establish a sound foundation upon which an on-going program can be built.
The counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience can lead to a legalistic approach. I have enjoyed the lavish hospitality and luxury of monastic communities (Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox) who justified what to me was an extravagant lifestyle on the technicality that they did not actually own anything. Well, I?d be happy not to own anything so long as I had the use and benefit of everything!
The counsel of poverty is not about possession or ownership, but about attachment. A poor man can be as greedy and as attached to possessions as a rich man. A rich man can live a spiritual life free from attachment.
An excellent basic introduction to Orthodox ascetical theology is found in: A Monk of the Eastern Church [i.e. Fr Lev Gillet] ?Orthodox Spirituality: An Outline of Orthodox Ascetical and Mystical Tradition? (originally published by SPCK, London, 1945 but available in other more recent editions). For those wanting to read further, the following are recommended:
Tito Colliander ?Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Traditions of Discipline and Inner Growth (St Vladimir?s Seminary Press, Crestwood, 1985)
[Metropolitan] Kallistos Ware ?The Orthodox Way? (originally published 1979, available in various editions)
George Maloney ?Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh. An Introduction to Eastern Christian Spirituality? (Crossroad Publishing, New York, 1997)
Fr Gregory
- Solly - 03-05-2007
Wisdom requested and wisdom I received!
I am mindful that ascesis is merely a strategy, a means, to a further end, not an end in itself - which can be the issue with legalism, espeically where a theology of spiritual growth/sanctification is missing.
for myself, too, I have to take note of a factor I have only become fully apprised of in the last 6 months, and that is that I suffer from a mild form of bi-polar disorder, or manic depression. What seemed to me to be a character flaw, and one I strugled with, turns out to be a more deeper chronic condition. It manifests itself in my conceiving a new project - usually intellectual - going at it with all pistons firing (usually racking up a credit card bill as i buy every book on the subject I can) until, after a shorter or longer space of time, i crash and burn, and go into a depression. It was only because I hit a major depression last year, the worst since my 20's that I learned the pathology of my condiiton. This is why i am not rushing into all this, and am somewhat glad i don't have a church to near, so i can grow into this. Otherwise I tend to get an inflated head, with little other change. Nice and easy does it, is most surely my motto, and with a wife and 4 children (three under 7), and a small house with little space for privacy, that is how it will have to be anyway.
As far as the three counsels go, i use them as an illustration, as I am reading Evdokimov's book at the moment; but even he puts them in context, and says that times change, and so the implementaiton of the counsels change.
What I am seeking, by being open here, and asking for guidance, is to avoid a DIY approach. Although some have seen me as something of a polymath in theological matters on other sites I frequent, yet I am self-taught, with all the eccentricities and ommissions that brings with it. And i have never known someone with a truly rounded understanding of theological and spiritual matters to put me right - in the nicest possible way :wink:
I am starting with the BOF Handbook. The shorter daily prayer, and the readings. The Jesus Prayer, especially as I walk to and from work - interspered with intercessions for others. Fasting will take time, certainly in the week, due to the 6 mile round trip I do, but I will try and start with a morning fast on wednesday and friday. The giving I mention is not to rack up points, to to try and deal my acquisitiveness, something that goes into the red when I am afflicted, and which always pops up as pay day comes around, and I check my list of books and CD's to buy. Of course, it is a quesiton to ask, can I still buy these things, if i am not attached to them! :twisted:
Anyway, thankyou Father, and friends for the help so far.
I have Colliander's book on a download form St Vlad's so I will check that out. The Ware book, like the Matthew the Poor book mentioned the other day, is probably too expensive at the moment. I have seen Lev Gillet's book on the Jesus Prayer. Is that worth reading?
monasticism interirized - kirk yacoub - 04-05-2007
Dear Solly,
Quite a few articles written by Matta el-Maskeen (may his soul be blessed)
are available to be read on the Coptichymns website, with some brief but interesting comments on the "monastic" way.
Another interesting figure to find out about is the medieval Byzantine lay mystic Nicolas Cabasilas who is often misrepresented as stating that all necessary mystic food comes from the Sacraments.
With prayers,
Kirk Yacoub
- Solly - 04-05-2007
Fr Gregory, many thanks for these helps, and the pointer to CopticHymns - I see there is some writings by Matthew the Poor, which will suffice until I can get his book. I didn't relaise he was a contemporary writer.
monasticism interiorized - kirk yacoub - 14-05-2007
Some food for thought. The great Greek poet Constantine Cavafy once made this note:
"Monks see things which we do not see; they see visions from the
supernatural world. They chisel their soul by solitude and
contemplation and reticence. We coarsen it by congregation,
absence of thought, and pleasure. That is why they also hear things
which we are unable to hear. When someone is alone in a room,
he can clearly hear a clock tick. But when others enter the room,
and conversation and interaction begins, he ceases hearing it,
though the ticking is no less accessible to his hearing."
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Due in part to new hiring practices at the casinos, enrollment in the Lake Tahoe Unified School District rose after the holidays for the first time since many administrators can remember.
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The wilds of northern Grand Island are not where I expected to find a Japanese restaurant. A garden center, maybe. So when we walked into Serene Gardens and started browsing the garden statuary before sitting down at our table, it seemed almost normal.
Satomi Smith, a Japanese woman, runs a kitchen turning out home-style Japanese food. Josh Smith, her husband, runs the garden center with his brother Matt. Dinner is served Friday and Saturday only, but most of the menu is served for lunch.
Winter doesn't offer many clues about whether the Smiths are good at gardening, but it's a fine time to see if Satomi's work will warm you up. As it happens, Serene Gardens was awarded the Best Kept Secret title at the 2013 Buffalo Soupfest. Having tried two of Satomi's soups in my most recent visit, I am sorry that geography conspires to keep people away from her tables.
Both the chicken pumpkin and Japanese pork stew ($5) were outstanding, the former a lightly creamy, earthy broth with pieces of peppery chicken and a drizzle of spiced cream. The latter, with its hunks of tender pork in a soy broth, plus chopped carrots and potatoes, was especially praised by one guest, a real meat-and-potatoes guy.
The seriously Japanese menu starts with tea service ($2.50), a variety of loose teas like green, lemon ginger and pear that we found fragrant and flavorful. It arrives steeping, with a timer that marks recommended brewing time.
The small plates are a strong suit here. Korokke ($5) were four plum-sized balls of mashed potato and ground beef, deep-fried in a crispy panko crust. They needed the sweet soy dipping sauce for flavor but were surprisingly light, fluffy even. Karaage, or Japanese chicken nuggets, pieces of deep-fried marinated chicken thigh ($8), were tasty but soft, not crunchy.
Gyoza, fried Japanese dumplings ($5 for 6), sported a pork and scallion filling that also showed up in the stuffed mushrooms ($6 for 6). Good gyoza, we thought, but the mushroom caps, cooked from raw, seemed underdone. Chashu ($5) were cool slices of pork loin braised in soy sauce, silky and moist.
On to noodle soup. The traditional soup broth with soba and vegetables ($6) was remarkable mainly for its dark, soothing, almost smoky broth, flavored with bonito and soy. The vegetables, including mushrooms and broccoli, were plentiful, and the noodles were decent.
Plates include Japanese-style curry, which will probably remind you of an Indian curry, except with carrots, potatoes, onions and apples. It's ladled over rice and topped with a fried pork chop in the Katsu Curry ($11).
The curry was assertively seasoned, especially when compared to Japanese packet curries, and delicious, with firm, not mushy vegetables. The pork chop was chewy, and I wished it had been pounded out before frying.
Chicken teriyaki ($9) was almost worth the drive by itself. A generous amount of chicken thigh pieces had been sautéed and imbued with a teriyaki sauce of outstanding depth and inky intensity. The sticky, gingery soy caramel effect turned the dish into a bridge between dinner and dessert.
The yakisoba fried ramen noodles with shrimp ($12) reminded me of a sweeter, less oily version of Chinese takeout lo mein, with lots of broccoli and plump crustaceans.
All these dishes are on the lunch menu, available all week. Here's what we tried from Friday and Saturday offerings.
The Japanese fish fry ($12) was a crispy, panko-crumb-coated fillet, light enough to make you doubt beer batter's supremacy. It was served with tangy mayo-less Asian slaw, fried rice and an irresistible homemade tartar sauce containing diced egg, Dijon mustard, pickle and more.
I ordered a dinner special of surf and turf with ponzu (citrus soy) sauce ($22). A slice of seared ribeye arrived with four shrimp and a scoop of fried rice, napped with what looked like brown homemade applesauce. It was tangy from citrus and had body, from caramelized onions perhaps, but the look and texture had my co-diners pause. I ate it anyway, wishing the steak was medium-rare but otherwise enjoying its flavors.
Dessert, available all day, was crepes ($4) or mochi ($4), balls of green tea or flavored ice cream inside a chewy capsule of beaten glutinous rice. They were sweet and weird, and I would have eaten more.
Serene Gardens is worth a visit for its soup and teriyaki chicken alone. If you visit with someone vulnerable to the charms of Japanese statuary, you might end up lugging a stone owl to the car afterward. It's a small price to pay.
Serene Gardens: 7 plates (Out of 10)
Japanese cuisine has taken root with broad menu in garden center.
WHERE: 2800 Grand Island Blvd., Grand Island (773-5323, www.serene-gardens.com)
HOURS: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday and closed Monday.
PRICE RANGE: Salads, $3-$15; appetizers, soups and small plates, $5-$15; dinners, $12-$22.
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TCR Book Review: The Best Team Ever
The Best Team Ever -- A Novel of America, Chicago and the 1907 Cubs
Authors: Alan Alop and Doc Noel
It started out like this.
Rob G. mentioned that they were promoting a new Cub related book and if I would write a review, he'd get me a copy.
I read the book last December and planned on the review in time for spring training. To enhance the book review, we contacted the authors with a list of questions.
Then I got this e-mail response from one of the authors,with an unusual addendum:
I have one unique question for Dr. Hecht...
Since my maternal grandmother was… sister of the famous writer Ben Hecht. I wonder if any family connection with you is possible. All of us were born in Chicago.
A funny thing happened while I was supposed to review this really wonderful book about the 1907 Cubs. I found one of the authors (Doc Noel) is my cousin I never knew I had.
I knew the famed author (Ben Hecht) from the early 20th century (most famous for The Front Page) was a cousin to my dad. He's always been the one really famous relative that I knew of. That set off a firestorm of fact finding about members of my family that I knew little of (and a few hours of rambling phone conversations with Doc Noel). To make a longer story shorter, this weekend I'm meeting for the first time with my "new" cousin…we're going to both weekend games at Wrigley with a chance to cover a lot of untouched family ground. I hopefully will provide more baseball related stories that come out of this wonderful cyber-linked weekend gathering.
Thank you TCR, for making this family re-uniting possible.
Procrastination (also known as Hecht's 4th Law, it's a real law--just scroll down the link!), a vacation to China and then my real job intervened so the next deadline was the All-Star break (ouch). Of course, the books co-authors think I'm a doofus for asking to get their answers in so quickly (which they kindly did), and so finally, one not-so-World Series bound baseball season later, their day in the TCR Sun has arrived!
Now, on to the review of: The Best Team Ever:
This book isn't what you would think. It's not just a book chronicling the Cubs having a rare championship season from over a century ago.
This is a NOVEL, with a story woven into the fibers that made America a young and ruthless country that was growing into the industrial power it would become. It is reminiscent of Upton Sinclair's, The Jungle. but flavored by the emerging national pastime. It's about the strong preying on the weak. It's about the use of political clout 1900's style. It's about ethnic America and cultural taboos. It's also has a Herman Wouk styling to it ala, Winds of War and War and Remembrance. Through the eyes of rookie southpaw pitcher, "Kid" Blaine Durbin, Chicago and the people of the era (some very real people and places yet some fictional to enhance the storyline) come to life. Kid Durbin is the David Patton (with pink backpack) of his era, an innocent bystander passing through historic and troubled times, with the authors spinning a grand tale, sometimes sinister and yet inclusive of a not-too-syrupy love story. The authors transport us to 1907 after they discover that the aged Blaine Durbin is still alive and thereby get access to his "journal" entries. It's a portal to quite a tale.
It's also about THE MOST dominating Cubs team and season EVER. The Cubs won 116 games in 1906 but that season was marred because they lost the World Series (no less to the White Sox, known as the "hitless wonders" from the upstart AL), so this version of the Cubs had something important to prove. It's a team that went 107-45, winning going away, some 17 games ahead of the 2nd place Pirates and then went unbeaten in the World Series, winning in 5 games (4-0-1, vs. Detroit).
Kid Durbin's adventure starts with an invite to Chicago after a good minor league season in the Western Association (possibly scouted by Arizona Phil's grandpa?). He's brought to Chicago because the Cubs want to get more left-handed (hmmm, slightly familiar). Arriving in the frigid January '07 weather at the heart of Chicago's State and Randolph Streets, he soon enters the Illinois Masonic Building. Using the relatively new invention that he had only read about before, an Otis Elevator, he goes to the 11th floor where signs his first professional contract with team owner Charles W. Murphy. The rookie gets a 2 year deal, starting at $1750 for the 1907 season, and it's BACK-LOADED to a whopping $1900 for 1908 (some things never change with the Cubs).
Then on to spring training in West Baden Springs, southern Indiana, spring home of the 07 Cubs as well as a fancy resort built around Spring No. 7 and it's life prolonging Sprudel Water. Durbin keeps his bottled Sprudel Water (he orders it by the case) long after his baseball days, leading to a very long life and (is it really possible?) an eventual encounter with the authors.
The 1907 Cubs were full of characters. On the famous side of the ledger, some immortal baseball players stand out. Baseball poetry forever links Joe Tinker to Johnny Evers to Frank Chance. Frank Chance, known as "the Peerless Leader", leads the team in almost every way. Chance was the team manager and star first baseman with an iron will and sometimes fist. Imagine combining a feisty/young Lou Piniella and the quiet leadership of Derrek Lee? That's a tough image to conjure, but Chance was able to pull off that mix. As a player-manager he knew how his players worked and played best, even encouraging the team to loosen up with a few beers after games. I wonder how the modern day Frank Chance would have dealt with Milton Bradley. "We do it my way or we meet after the game and let our fists decide who is right". It's a different world now. There's a Chance anecdote about him getting hit by a pitch, limping to first base, then stealing second. At second he's quoted saying to the pitcher: "Hit me again, asshole. See what it gets you."
Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown, called by teammates "Miner" was a curveball artist with a hand deformity that paralleled the modern era Cub story of catcher Koyie Hill.
Excerpt: "My paw gives me a firmer grip on the ball," Brown told his teammates, 'paw' being how he referred to his mangled right hand, "so I can spin it over the hump. It gives me a greater dip." A reporter once asked him whether missing most of his index finger made it more difficult to pitch. Mordecai Brown answered honestly. "Don't know. Never done it the other way."
A true pitching staff ace Brown repetitively battles nemesis Christy Mathewson of the NY Giants. Brown and the rest of the Cubs staff including Ed Reulbach, Jack Pfeister, Carl Lundgren and Jack Taylor produce a team ERA of 1.73.
Some of the lesser-known players are terrific character portrayals including Johnny "The Jew" Kling and Jack "Brakeman" Taylor.
Catcher Johnny Kling was a great defensive catcher and learned to be a solid hitter. He may have been the glue that was responsible for the Cubs championships. Kling's on the field story was as interesting as the off the field adventures (see Alan Alop's reply to question #6). He isn't recognized as a Jewish ballplayer because of anti-Semitism of the era. Apparently he (and his wife) tried to mask his background to enhance his candidacy for the hall of fame, which he never was elected to.
Excerpt: With one out in the bottom of the 11th, Johnny Evers cracked his fourth hit of the game, a single to center. Kling came up next, and Chance signaled for a hit and run. The Cubs catcher responded by walloping the ball over the right fielder's head. Evers scampered around the bags to score the winning run. He lingered at home plate as Kling jogged in.
Evers patted Kling's back and said, "Nice hit, Jew."
Kling winked his appreciation. Umpire James Johnstone, still hovering around home plate, asked Kling if he was Jewish.
"Would it help me or hurt me getting' a call from you, Jimmy?"
"Don't half matter," replied the man in blue.
"Then I'm half Jewish."
Moody side-armer "Brakeman" (aka Old Iron Arm) Jack Taylor, whose record of 187 consecutive complete games from 1901-1906 will doubtless never be broken is brought to life. He's a junk-baller, who hated when catchers came out to the mound,
"Lord knows you ain't pitching today. Get your fat catcher's ass back behind the plate."
Damn, I'd love to believe Theodore Roosevelt Lilly said those words to Geo Soto sometime this season.
Some of the best parts of the novel surround Brakeman Jack, including a wondrous chapter about "de zaggeratin powduh". Taylor goes fishing and almost drowns trying to save his worm while the powders influence takes hold. Then a headlight fuse blows in their car going home at night so Brakeman's cousin Daniel uses the bullet from his gun in the glove compartment to bypass the fuse. Needless to say the bullet eventually goes off doing nearly maximal harm (like a fastball below the belt).
There's more baseball of course, Ty Cobb, John McGraw, Honus Wagner all are here. Real in season trades like sending young Cubs Newt Randall and Billy Sweeney to the Boston Doves for Del Howard, too. I'm just trying to pass on a small taste of what's behind the hood of this wonderful book.
There is the love story, too. Not sappy but full of innocence surrounded by a world of cruelty, greed, alcoholism, prostitution and political corruption that the 1900's represented. Seeking big city employment upon leaving Wilton, Iowa after her parents have died, 20 year old Connie Dandridge comes by train to Chicago, full of dreams and looking for adventure. Quickly things get twisted as she gets drugged and forced against her will to work for sinister and evil Percy McGill who was dealing in the "white slavery" market. She refuses to be broken, which usually is a death sentence and Kid Blaine quite accidentally gets involved with the young woman as she escapes the clutches of McGill's brothel. This begins a winding story of really evil men, lawyers and judges, prisons (including well schemed escapes) intertwined with focal points, Kid Durbin, Chicago 'Nationals' owner Charles W. Murphy (portrayed as a good guy…hello, Tom Ricketts) as well as famed turn of the century Performer/Magician, "The Great Thurston". Eventually, Durbin and Connie…well you've got to read it to find out. It's a great read and the historical baseball archive photos included are fantastic.
As I mentioned, we were fortunate enough to get to ask questions of the Authors. Here are highlights of the Q&A graciously provided by Alan "Ace" Alop and David "Doc" Noel:
Question 1) I loved the way you used Kid Durbin as an observer of the 1907 Cubs as well as a way of participating in America of that era. It reminded me of John Kinsella's, Shoeless Joe, at least in the aspect of his using a real player with almost no stats as the focal point of his story (Moonlight Graham vs. Kid Blaine Durbin). Did these influence your storytelling? If not, what influences helped you in your approach to telling the story of the 1907 Cubs?
Reply from Alan Alop) …while I read and loved Shoeless Joe, I do not think it consciously influenced the selection of Kid Durbin as a focal point for our story. Durbin was a convenient protagonist; he was present for the entire year and not much is known about him—which gave us some leeway. One book that did influence me, strangely enough, is Moby Dick. Melville's great novel interspaced with the narrative some chapters dealing with factual topics such as the whaling industry. We used this technique to include relevant historical information like the chapters on typhoid fever and burial practices in the early twentieth Century.
Question 2) America has changed decade by decade and so has baseball. I just watched Ken Burns's documentary after reading your book. Are there any members of recent Cub teams that could have fit in well with the 1907 Cubs? Conversely, of the 1907 Cubs, who would you pick to get the 2010 Cubs into the World Series?
Reply from Alan Alop) This is a very difficult query given how different today's game is from dead-ball baseball as played in 1907. There were no power hitters then; no relief pitchers and starters went the full nine innings in most outings. The closest the Cubs now have to a dead-ball type player is probably Reed Johnson. He isn't swinging for the fences, he's alert on the bases, and he will run into the center field wall if that's what it takes to make a catch. As for a 1907 Cub who would get the 2009 Cubs to the Series—that would have to be manager/first baseman Frank Chance. Throughout his career Chance exhibited an extraordinary will to succeed. He never backed down—at the plate or face to face with arch-enemy John McGraw or other ill-disposed opponents. If the pitcher threw a ball inside—even chin music—Chance never attempted to elude the ball. He was hit by a pitch 137 times, many times in the head, in an era long before the batting helmet. The man was fearless and his players, with a few notable exceptions, loved him.
Question 3) The Chicago politicians like Alderman Hinky Dink Kenna and the Chicago brothel and bars (like your Workingman's Exchange) of the era were infamous. How much fun was it to do your background research and come up with your sinister character Percy McGill whose revenge plot focused on Kid Durbin's gal Connie Dandridge?
Reply from Alan Alop) The research took three years and was remarkably enjoyable. In the process we discovered a Chicago that was like a Wild West frontier town, with all the spit, blood and gore that comes with that turf. The Percy McGill character is an aggregation of many real low-life "monsters" of that time. But the true facts regarding prostitution in Chicago at the turn of the century are a little scary. Most of the prostitutes were forced into that life against their will and many were girls under15. Which is why a Chicago congressman got the White Slave Traffic Act enacted in 1910.
Reply from Doc Noel) My background research began in Chicago in February 1946, and it continues through today. In- utero, gestation was a bitch in Chicago. Don't even mention being yanked out of the birth canal with forceps and immediately held upside down by my feet and beaten up by the doctor dude who delivered me (who will remain anonymous since one never can tell what others might do to one another in Chicago). When I finally got my wits about me I drew on my observation and experience of connivers, liars, cheats, thieves and murderers that I encountered in my sojourn of twenty some odd years of residence in Chicago to communicate the characteristics of the nefarious rascals in our book. Have we all not met such vermin in Chi-town?
Question 4) The 1907 Cubs were full of characters some more famous than others. Of the most famous--Joe Tinker, Johnny Evers, Frank Chance, and Mordecai Brown--who seemed to be the most interesting to you?
Reply from Alan Alop) Johnny Evers was a real character, a brainy pepper pot that lived and died baseball. He hated his double-play partner Tinker and didn't speak to him off the field after 1905. Evers would curl up in his bed with a Hershey bar and the baseball rules every night while many of his teammates were out carousing. When his career with the Cubs was over he sparked the Boston Braves to a World Series in 1914 and won the MVP. His personal life was a disaster, with the death of a child, divorce, a shoe store venture with an embezzling partner, and a nervous breakdown. But he persisted on the field. Inventive and mean, a small man with a big heart, he earned his $6000 a year salary and Hall of Fame slot.
Question 5) Of the lesser-known team members, veteran pitcher "Brakeman" Jack Taylor was one of my favorite characters that you brought to life. Where did you come up with some of the fantastic anecdotal stories on him? For instance, what inspired the fishing sequence (while under the influence of the zaggeratin powder) in New Orleans with Brakeman Taylor and his cousin Daniel?
Reply from Alan Alop) There is a good deal of factual material that exists regarding Jack Taylor because he messed up frequently. There were several investigations into charges that he accepted bribes and his affidavits and testimony in these proceedings are fun to review. The newspaper writers of the time carried snippets that suggested certain things about the Brakeman. But the story of Jack and the zaggeratin powder is just that—fiction.
Reply from Doc Noel) The general ambiance of the New Orleans sections were researched during on of our many site visits. Alan and I traveled to the Big Easy, and soaked up the local flavor and color, along with many Beignet donuts. Brakeman is the character that haunts me the most to this day. I am also amused by the MLB Network show on THE RECORDS THAT WILL NEVER BE BROKEN. They make no mention of Brakeman's record that will last forever. 187 complete games. Maybe this record is so incomprehensible to the modern fan or journalist because it is such a monumental accomplishment. They appear to cognite as if they have imbibed zaggeratin powder.
Question 6) Of the lesser-known Cubs on that team, did you have any other particular favorites? Johnny Kling, Jack Pfeister, Frank Schulte or Harry Steinfeld, for example?
Reply from Alan Alop) My favorite was Johnny Kling, the unheralded catcher who should be in the Hall of Fame. This guy was probably the best catcher of the first decade of the Twentieth Century. Only the Giants' Roger Bresnahan gave him a run for the money. Bresnahan is in the Hall and Kling is not. It might be because Kling was Jewish and the folks voting for HOF players in the thirties and forties were not above anti-Semitism. His wife certainly thought that was the problem. Lillian Kling (who was Jewish too) started to claim that Johnny was not Jewish after he died. Lillian was not too good at this; sometimes she said he was Baptist and on other occasions she thought him to be a Lutheran. In any event, "the Jew" (that really was his nickname) could field, throw out runners, hit and handle pitchers. He might have been the first major league catcher to throw out runners from the crouch, a la Benito Santiago. Kling took a year off from baseball in 1909 and won the World Billiard's Championship. But without Kling that year, the Cubs finished second. With Kling behind the plate the Cubbies won pennants in 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1910. Off the field he became a millionaire and helped out his old teammates financially in their old age. What a guy!
Reply from Doc Noel) I wonder if Kling was circumcised. Can you please research that, Alan?
Question 7) The Cubs are about to get a new owner in Tom Ricketts who supposedly met his wife in the bleachers at Wrigley Field. In the book, you portrayed the 1907 Cubs owner, Charles Murphy, and his wife as quite caring, particularly regarding their role with Kid Durban and Connie. What attributes that you found in C.W. Murphy would you hope Mr. Ricketts brings to the table (outside oodles of money)?
Reply from Alan Alop) While we generally portrayed team owner Murphy in a favorable light, we also showed that many of his players (like Kling) thought they were underpaid and that Murphy was a tightwad. But where Murphy got it right was in management. They didn't have general managers in those days, so the owner was extremely dependent on the field manager. Charles Murphy listened carefully to what managers Frank Selee and then Frank Chance told him to do in terms of acquiring new talent. Shrewd player acquisitions brought Orvie Overall, Three Finger Brown, Big Ed Reulbach and Harry Steinfeldt to the Chicago Nationals, assuring them success. After 1910 Murphy paid little heed to Frank Chance's counsel, and the Cubs crumbled.
Reply from Doc Noel) The finest attributes of a baseball owner are love for the game, appreciation for the performers (players), an esthetic sense of place, and compassion for patrons. When I attended Cubs games from 1949 to around 2002, there was no signage in our Field of Dreams at Clark and Addison. Dear Mr. Ricketts: PLEASE RESTORE THE PASTORAL AMBIANCE TO WRIGLEY BY REMOVING THE SIGNAGE THAT TARNISHES THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BALLPARK EVER!
Question 8) That was a nice touch; attributing Kid Durbin's "longevity" to Sprudel springs water from their spring training site at West Baden Springs, Indiana. Fortunately, I recently came into possession of 6 bottles of Sprudel water. Do you have any ideal of its current market value?
Reply from Alan Alop) The federal government has outlawed the Sprudel water that fueled the Cubs success. Too much lithium to meet current federal safety guidelines. You could get arrested if you try to peddle that stuff on EBay but if you use it yourself it could help your mood-swings. But the Sprudel water sure as hell didn't harm the Cubs. By the way, the resort hotel in West Baden Springs was re-opened a few years ago. You can pace the same atrium as the 1907 Cubs and walk the ball field where they played.
Reply from Doc Noel) Alop and I are going to…take the secret paths to (Kid) Blaine's current residence in Indiana, and have a sip of his secret stash of Sprudel Water. He had to lie about running out of it in the version of his journal that he shared with us, lest the legions of readers, including Charlie Rose and Oprah, would find their way to his haunts. To retain one physically immortal identity forever, one must hide out from the agreed upon realities of the diseased, aging and dying people. He is a brilliant yogi that "Kid".
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so the review is a little long...longest friggin' online review EVER.
Great book though.
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Cubster -- Thanks for the review. Have a great time with Doc at the games this weekend.
Here's some news about the Cubs favorite scapegoat. The man just can not stay out of trouble (although you have to appreciate his effort).
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I KNEW this was his fault all along. Damn you, Michael Barrett.
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So guys... seriously...
What the fuck?
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Okay, I get it... doh.
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i just finished the book about a month ago...good read.
nice write-up Dr. Hecht, enjoy the games...
Today's game...
Tyler Colvin emerges....
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Great review, Doc. Let me know if there's a Sean Marshall sighting.
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randy wells...damn.
not bad for a catcher.
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Nice review. Thanks!
For those of you that did not catch Lou after the game on WGN, he basically used injuries as an excuse this year, and the fact that "coming into the season, we were not deep" (hear this, Hendry you imbecille?) No shit, Sherlock.
Also, a couple players did not "do as well as we thought they would..."
"Except for August..." he thought the bullpen did "fine", and the starters for the most part (except for August, and this last week) held their own.
He is looking to only do minor tweaking to the staff, and looking for some offense...
Len was on his game in the interview. He has grown on me.
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we were not deep?
the only place the team was not deep was in the IF...counting on miles who got promptly injured. jake fox and bobby scales came on to save us and cubs nation, though...or not. heh. the bench-speed-wanted gaithright was signed then trashed...traded for a useless drunk from BAL...etc etc...until the need for a speed guy off the bench suddenly didn't matter.
can't argue that the injuries didn't help, but the team was not crippled. there has been more-or-similar done with 40-60 million less in payroll spent on it...with less talent available as a result of less money input. this guy used to manage seattle and TB. even though he gave up on both jobs he stuck around long enough to see what a team that's not deep looks like.
a lot of guys not pulling their weight didn't help, but what you gonna do...bench soriano/bradley(well, he did get benched a lot for no f'n reason too much)/soto? the 2nd base revolving door was no fun. meh... at least 2nd and bench is looking really nice for next season unless some guys get traded.
baker/fonte/miles/scales...fuld/fox/hoff... (5 of 7 of them) that's a stacked and dangerous bench for 2010 assuming hendry gets that 2nd baseman he seems to want.
Randy Wells
way to go into the offseason....
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Definitely. Best things coming out of this season:
1. Randy Wells
2. Derrek Lee's offensive resurgence.
3. Angel Guzman's success at the MLB level.
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Don't forget Esmailin Caridad. His fastball is electric.
I think it was neat to see Tyler Colvin get some nice big league swings in there, too.
And agreed, D Lee was freaking amazing the second half.
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So where does R.Sandberg fit in?
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the home dugout, 2011, probably.
he's already indicated he's willing to listen to offers from MLB teams who may want to interview him for a manager job. commitments to the cubs aside, the cubs would definitely let him interview for any job he wanted if he requests it.
that said, his recent statement(s) are pretty much saying "hey, i know i have to jump through a few hoops, but i'm not doing this to become a 3rd base coach after spending 5+ years in the minors riding buses and playing for 5-10K people."
given he probably won't be making 3+ million a year and it seems his early returns point to his players liking him...whatever. i hear he has an unnatural obsession with the bunt, though.
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col/la (0-0 after 6) is a good one tonight...
depending on how things go we could have 3 games (det/min are now tied for 1st in the AL) that actually matter on the last day of the season. neat.
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extreme 7th inning cubbery by COL...down by 5 runs after 7.
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Extreme Phil Rogersness: as he picks Baker for 2B for his who-cares all-city team, he notes that Baker has put up an.819 OPS as a Cub. :e then points out that Sandberg's career OPS is .795.
*head explodes*
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Double post, sorry
The Best Cubs (by uniform number)
No doubt this has been posted before but...
Some great old pix and some under-performing uniform numbers like #35 for example...
Sunday lineup
theriot, taguchi, lee, fox, baker, johnson, soto, fuld, dempster
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And with that 3 run basket shot in the 4th off Dempster the Cubs game win expectancy drops to 9.1%.
Barring an improbable comeback, looks like an 83-78 finish.
Sux need a ninth inning rally to ruin the Tigers.
Go Bears!
should have called it a season after that last start...
Sam Fuld!!
had 112 PA's w/o an RBI which was some sort of streak or record, had both RBI's for the team today though with a HR and a groundout.
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so what you're saying is milton bradley is better?
=p hehe...
2009 Cubs: 140 million don't buy what it used to
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r.i.p. 2009 cubs, we hardly knew ye.
or wished we didn't.
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Hendry fired Von Joshua right after the game.
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he was offered his AAA job...it was sorta expected, sorta not...especially after the milton incident.
like it or not, management of personalities is part of management.
didn't help that no one really thrived under his coaching, too...not like that means much except for those that like soundbites and explanations that sound tidy.
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I don't know what you or Hendry are talking about. This September the Cubs as a team finished 2nd in OBP (.345) and 5th (.261) in batting average. The team OPS (.728) was average (8th).
Considering they were near the bottom in every offensive category except HR's the first half that's a significant improvement.
Milton Bradley was .243 .760 before the break and
.273 .792 after.
I'm guessing Joshua is gone because he didn't fix Soto (and short of locking him in a closet and shoving diet plates under the door how can you?) and got into a verbal altercation with MB that may have rubbed both Lou and Jim wrong.
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"I'm guessing Joshua is gone because he didn't fix Soto (and short of locking him in a closet and shoving diet plates under the door how can you?) and got into a verbal altercation with MB that may have rubbed both Lou and Jim wrong."
that's pretty much what i'm talking about...and soto's got more issues than his weight. VJ pretty much only has baker to show for a net positive discounting the call-up kids.
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Yeah, so I see.
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But, Von Joshua is responsible in part, for helping Soto and Theriot become ML hitters while in the minors (well, Soto was not a ML hitter this year)
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he's got a MLB hitting coach pedigree before the cubs...he's a very legit hitting coach.
personally, i think hendry or lou...for whatever reason...want another hitting coach for the cubs on this level.
a guy can have all the ideas in the world, but he's gotta know how to get someone to listen to him.
i couldn't even imagine trying to work/communicate with guys like milton and soriano on changing their approach. hell, all gerald perry could accomplish with soriano was helping him with his back-foot-rocking timing thing he does.
Re: that's pretty much what i'm talking about
Am I imagining this, or did Derrek Lee start MASHING around the same time Joshua took over for Perry?
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Generated 10/4/2009.
Perry was fired on June 15th...
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Perry was fired on June 15th...
who's stats are those? from July on...Pujols?
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Not sure about that last sentence crunch. Didn't guys like Soto and Fox come out of no where hitting wise under Joshua?
I am not up to speed on how long he has been hitting coach in AAA.
Re: TCR Book Review: The Best Team Ever
the team batting average on whole panned out to a small net gain after the replacement...the "official" reason is he didn't raise the numbers enough (from hendry), but that's just the "official" reason.
soto was a net-loss between both coaches, fox has struggled with sliders really badly...baker would be a positive story for him...
i got nothing to point to, but bradley vs. vj probably didn't help his cause too much...similar problems working with attitude guys in CWS got him fired from that gig shortly (like a month) into the following season after the CWS went postseason on good hitting.
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please move sandberg to des moines - please, please, please...
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this question is for any of our minor league development gurus:
Assuming that Sandberg becomes Cubs manager in 2011...now that Sandberg has worked with the kids who were in AA, wouldn't him being in AAA give him mostly the same prospects he worked with this year, that get to advance? Wouldn't it be better if he stays in AA and sees the tier of advancing prospects drafted one year earlier? Broaden's his perspective on who can play when he gets to the parent club.
On second thought, send him Mike Wellman's way...we'll get better insight on Ryno as a manager.
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Agreed, CUBSTER. As far as I understand it, it would seem like the "live prospects" really are in AA.
And, AAA is the "external hard-drive", for the first players called up in many instances. But this could be players that are the AAAA guys, and the "bounced-around" ones also.
I mean Jason DeBois was on our AAA team this year. And Bobby Scales! These guys are not the future of the team I wouldn't think.
So what is a better situation for Ryno?
Would it not have been better to replace Trammel with him?
WTF advantage is there of having Trammel of the bench and not Ryno? They are both HOF players. Meh
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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.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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It appears as though Monster isn't ready to come back any time soon. Unless Detroit is willing to dress McCollum as full time backup until his return, I'd like to see the Wings go out and snag Brian Boucher.
Very dependable backup with solid stats. With Dan Ellis assuming the backup role in Carolina, the Hurricanes had no more use for him and dealt him back to the Flyers, who immediately assigned him to the minors.


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North Korea in 2011: Countdown to Kim il-Sung's centenary
As the diplomatic standoff in North Korea enters its fourth year, the crisis atmosphere on the Korean peninsula sparked by Pyongyang's military actions in 2010 has eased. Pyongyang has agreed to return to the diplomatic table, its hand strengthened by advancing its nuclear program in the interim. Washington and Seoul remain reluctant to engage, having been burned by Pyongyang's clandestine uranium enrichment program unveiled in 2010. The authors argue that re-engagement, with the immediate objective to stop a third nuclear test and prevent further missile tests, is imperative to contain the nuclear threat for now; preventing the nuclear program's expansion and preparing the way for the ultimate denuclearization of the peninsula—critical goals—must be left to a second step.


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Source: The Independent
quote: I have no sympathy whatsoever for ANY government in that crazy stupid region of the world nor do I have any sympathy for religious fanatics of any faith, but these two items beg for comments:I wonder how we'd feel if the Pakistani government killed US citizens in the US and then offered "grief payments of a few thousand dollars per body." I think I know.
quote: We are trying to stop it, and yes, almost always each side loses innocent lives in war. That's what wars are unfortunately.
quote: They are just whining because the President is a black Democrat.
quote: Obama is a moderate through and through.
quote: The number of innocents kill in 9/11 is a so small compared to the number of innocents killed in Irag, Afghanistan, and Pakistan combined.
quote: Firstly, it IS NOT war
quote: Firstly, it IS NOT war, if you think you it is, the MASS MEDIA complex has truly done its job to convince the avg joe the US is at war.
quote: A state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state.
quote: War is an organised and often prolonged conflict that is carried out by states and/or non-state actors. It is characterised by extreme violence, social disruption, and economic destruction.[
quote: 1. a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.2. a state or period of armed hostility or active military operations
quote: (1) : a state of usually open and declared armed hostile conflict between states or nations(2) : a period of such armed conflict
quote: a state of armed conflict between different nations or states or different groups within a nation or state
quote: We probably wouldn't feel much of anything because they'd be killing our citizens as a result of our savage asymmetrical warfare strategies that put exponentially countless more innocent civilians in harms way.


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MAATARKA, Morocco, 5 December 2012 – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) has introduced a new method for mechanized water harvesting to restore degraded soil in Morocco.
The new technology was presented to the regional and local authorities, cooperatives and the local population during a demonstration event held in the commune of Maatarka.
The technology allows for the optimal use and storage of rain water and also helps in the reforestation of desert areas, and to improve pastures and increase agricultural production.
The effort is part of a UNIDO-executed project funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) that aims to combat land degradation, conserve ecosystems, and alleviate poverty in Morocco.
For more information, please email:
Jaime Moll de Alba
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Rudy G. Asebedo
May 26, 1949-Feb. 12, 2013
Age: 63
Residence: Longmont, formerly of Greeley
Rudy G. Asebedo, of Longmont, passed away on Feb. 12, 2013. He was born on May 26, 1949, to Felix Asebedo and Cecilia Garza in Texas.
Rudy is survived by his wife, Frances; daughters, Rose (Omar) Asebedo and Kathy (Miguel) Perez; and grandchildren, Jessica, Christina, Naomi, Miguel Jr., Alexia, Angel, Israel, Isaiah, Fabian, Isaac, and Cristian.
He is preceded in death by his parents; and his son, Rudy Asebedo Jr.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 15, 2013, at Carroll-Lewellen Funeral Home.
Elna Marie Hammond
Nov. 11, 1920–Dec. 23, 2012
Age: 92
Residence: Evans
Elna Marie Hammond, 92, of Evans, Colo., died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012, at Life Care Center of Greeley. She was born on Nov. 11, 1920, in Holden, Mass., to Enoch and Ruth (Bergstrand) Lindstrom.
Elna graduated from Holden High School and worked at Norton Co. in Worcester, Mass. During World War II, her best friend, Minna Crooker and Minna's soon-to-be husband, Donald Sweet, introduced Elna to one of Donald's shipmates, Dirvon D. Hammond of Bay Minette, Ala. Both Donald and Dirvon were members of the Coast Guard, performing convoy duty between Boston and Iceland.
Elna and Dirvon were married on June 5, 1943, in Holden, Mass. They lived in northwest Florida for most of their married life. She was a homemaker; he was an electrical technician at Eglin Air Force Base, until his retirement.
Survivors include her son, John Hammond of Chapel Hill, N.C.; daughter, Elizabeth (Ken) Singleton of Evans, Colo.; grandson, Steve Hammond of Wilmington, N.C.; and great-granddaughter, Alexandria Hammond of Oxford, Ala.
Elna was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; her brothers, Carl (Betty) and William Lindstrom; and her daughter-in-law, Mary Hammond.
There was cremation. A graveside service will be held in mid-April in Stockton, Ala.
To extend condolences go to www.adamsonchapels.com.
Leroy Johnson
March 20, 1931-Feb. 12, 2013
Age: 81
Residence: Evans
Leroy Johnson, of Evans, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, at Hospice and Palliative Care of Northern Colorado in Greeley. He was 81.
Leroy was born March 20, 1931, in Red Cloud, Neb., to Emelia Mary (Champoux) and George Leroy Johnson. He moved with his family to Colorado at the age of 3. He attended school in LaSalle, Evans and College High School in Greeley.
Leroy enlisted in the Army in 1950, joining the 4th Field Artillery Regiment. It was the last army regiment to use horses and mules in combat. He served in Korea during the Korean War as a member of the 5th Regimental Combat Team.
On June 6, 1954, Leroy married Lorraine Overman and spent their life here in Evans. Leroy worked for Union Pacific Railroad as a Fireman and Engineer with 42 years of service, retiring in 1992. He was the last Engineer in the Denver Division qualified to run a steam engine. He was also active in the community and served on the Evans City Council for two terms and 27 years as an Evans Volunteer Firefighter.
Leroy is survived by his wife, Lorraine; his daughters, Anita (and Jim) Decker of rural Eaton, and Lynne (and Mark) Smith of Greeley; his granddaughters, LaRee and Alyse Smith; his brother, Leo Johnson of Bushnell, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his brother, Bernard Johnson; and his sister, Mary Jane Crownover.
A funeral service in Leroy's honor will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, at the Moser Funeral Service Chapel, 3501 S. 11th Ave., in Evans.
Interment will follow at the Evans Cemetery.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Weld Humane Society or Hospice of Northern Colorado in care of Moser Funeral Service.
An online obituary and guestbook are available at www.moserfuneralservice.com.
Evelyn M. Jones
May 1, 1924-Feb. 9, 2013
Age: 88
Residence: Denver
Evelyn M. Jones, 88, Denver, died Feb. 9, 2013, in Denver. A funeral will be held at noon, Friday, Feb. 15, at Olinger Crown Hill, 7777 W. 29th Ave., Wheat Ridge, CO.
She was born May 1, 1924, in Johnstown, Colo., to Robert and Olive Martin.
She attended Johnstown High School, where she was a member of the Phantom's pep club. There she met her eventual husband, Glenn S. Stocker, who was in the marching band. Glenn's band cape is presently displayed at Roosevelt High School. Evelyn graduated in 1942, and the couple was married in Johnstown by the Reverend Rousellou on March 12, 1944.
They moved to Denver and spent the rest of their lives in the metro area, but maintained close ties to Johnstown, as Robert Martin held a farm until the death of Olive, then moved into town on S. Parrish Ave., two doors down from the Breeze.
Evelyn owned and operated the Green Mountain Village Pre-School for many years prior to her retirement.
She is survived by her sons, Robert (Ellen) and Thomas (Kristin) Stocker; four grandchildren, Sarah, J.T., Ashley, Martha; and a great-grandson, Isaiah.
Marilyn Lee Quayle
Nov. 13, 1931-Feb. 12, 2013
Age: 81
Residence: Savannah, Ga.
Marilyn Lee Quayle, 81, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013, in Savannah, Ga. She was born in Greeley, on Nov. 13, 1931.
Marilyn lived in Colorado until she was 71, when she moved to Savannah to live closer to her family.
She is survived by her sons, Dave and John; daughter-in-law, Cheri; and the loves of her life, her two grandchildren, Rachel (13) and Sarah (11).
She will be missed by all who knew her.
Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, 2013, at the Allnutt Macy Chapel with interment at Sunset Memorial Gardens.


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My friend Jen sent me these pics of her daughter Allison wearing her baby doll with a simple piece of fabric. This proves you really don't need much to wear your baby!
January 18, 2008
Babywearing Tip Of The Week: Just Plain Cute
My friend Jen sent me these pics of her daughter Allison wearing her baby doll with a simple piece of fabric. This proves you really don't need much to wear your baby!
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This is so precious! She looks like such a good little mommy.ReplyDelete
That is very cute!!!! :-)ReplyDelete
awe! so cuteReplyDelete
How adorable! She's a cutie!ReplyDelete
YEAH!!!! She's adorable.ReplyDelete
I have a pic of Sophia's first "sling" for her babies... one of my winter scarves tied around her. ;)
She's since expanded her "collection" to two rings slings handmade by my aunt.
She's a natural! :o) I wish I looked that comfortable. I'm still working on it -- the lack of head control makes me a little nervous still.ReplyDelete
Oh, I love this!! My son has been doing this too...I've been meaning to post a picture of it.ReplyDelete
My daughter has started carrying her baby dolls and stuffed animals in her Hotsling. Like mommy, like daughter.ReplyDelete
look at that little momma!ReplyDelete
So sweet! What a great way to foster a nurturing heart!ReplyDelete
That is A-DOR-ABLE! Oh my goodness....Jen is a lucky mommy, what a cutie!ReplyDelete
Ha, ha, ha... Too Funny! My girls took their scarves and did the very same thing just the other day it was hilarious! Oh... little mommies... What shadows we have!ReplyDelete
very sweet. i know little guy would like one but i havent had the money for one. maybe one day.ReplyDelete
That is just fantastic. I am imagining a whole new generation of babywearers when I see pictures like this. That's just great.ReplyDelete
How adorable. Missy would love to wear something like that!ReplyDelete
she is adorable. what a fabulous mama in the making.ReplyDelete
that is too cute!ReplyDelete


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This is a post by Gary Bonner [3], a regular contributor on Blueprint for Financial Prosperity.
We all are confronted with doubts about the future that we have all been working so hard to ensure. Suddenly many forward looking people are caught in the reality of today and are both frustrated and depressed by the crisis in the financial markets. Everyone is buzzing "what are we going to do?" and "this is the way I want it." We will learn that everyone will have to walk away less than satisfied to realistically find our way through.
We have an avalanche of information to absorb. Some leads to clarity, more often it leads to confusion. Over the next few days and weeks I offer 3 simple points to keep in mind as we ride through the storm:
On the Present Crisis
From Rod Dreher [4],a Dallas Morning News editorial columnist, printed at Real Clear Politics:
"We've come to prefer comforting lies to hard truths born of observation and experience, thinking that in our brilliance we had somehow escaped the iron law of necessity. Rudyard Kipling satirized this arrogance nearly a century ago in his poem, 'The Gods of the Copybook Headings' (a copybook was a primer in which British schoolchildren learned handwriting by copying familiar proverbs).
Here's a verse rather relevant to the current moment:
Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more"
On politics and elections
"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can exist only until the voters discover they can vote themselves largess out of the public treasury.
From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that democracy always collapses over a loose fiscal policy, always to be followed by a dictatorship."
… Attributed to Alexander Fraser Tytler, Professor of History, College of Edinburgh, Scotland (but that's been disputed [5]).
On how to conduct our daily lives:
God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change;
courage to change the things I can;
and wisdom to know the difference.
… The Serenity Prayer [6]


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2012 CATF season slated July 6-29
SHEPHERDSTOWN - The 22nd annual Contemporary American Theater Festival will be held July 6 through 29 throughout She. Plays include "Gidion's Knot," "The Exceptionals," "In a Forest, Dark and Deep," "Captors" and "Barcelona." Tickets range from $30 to $230. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 800-999-CATF.
In addition, the special event, "A Benefit for Barcelona" will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 19 at 1129 20th St., Suite 200, Washington, D.C. Participants will enjoy Spanish wine, tapas and a reading by the author, Bess Wohl. Suggested donation is $50. For more information or to RSVP, call 304-876-3304 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
Scene Stealers
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SHEPHERDSTOWN - The Scene Stealers of Shepherd University will present, "Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up" at 8 p.m. today at the Shepherdstown Opera House, 131 W. German St. Admission is $10; free to Shepherd University students with a Rambler ID.
'The Curious Savage' on tap
BOONSBORO, Md. - The Boonsboro High School drama class will present "The Curious Savage," at 7:30 p.m. April 19 to 21 in the school auditorium. Admission is $5 per person.
For more information, call Michael Bair at 301-766-8022.
HCC's Players to perform Camelot
HAGERSTOWN, Md.- Hagerstown Community College's Robinwood Players will perform "Camelot," from April 26 until 29, in the newly renovated Kepler Center on HCC's main campus.
Based on "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White, "Camelot" tells the well-known saga of King Arthur, Queen Guenevere and the knights of the Round Table.
HCC's debut performance will be held at 8 p.m. April 26. Matinees will be held at 2:30 p.m. April 28 and 29. There is no performance on April 27. General admission is $10, but HCC students, staff and faculty can attend for free.
Advanced tickets can be purchased through the HCC Bookstore by calling 240-500-2271. Tickets will also be available at the door prior to the performance.
For more information, contact director Michael Harsh at 240-500-2253, or via email at mgharsh@hagerstowncc. edu.


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This is in response to a letter to the editor written by Louis Campbell on his point to "ignore the gun lobbyists." There are several points he tries to make, but I would like to offer some information that wasn't mentioned or considered in his letter.
Yes, the minutemen used muskets, but that's where he tends to get off track. Those muskets used by the minutemen were the same basic variety that were used by the Continental Army. He goes on to say "we now have a standing army," which implies we did not have one back then, but the thing is, we had one back then, as well (I again mention the "Continental Army").
He also says, "I doubt that our Founding Fathers, even in their wildest dreams, could foresee a weapon capable of firing 30 rounds in a second." Now, I can't say for sure this is true, but one has to ask themselves this: If these men could see the necessity for and create a document as brilliant as the Constitution, I would have to imagine they were aware of the advancements the future would be capable of bringing, especially when you have a man such as Benjamin Franklin in their presence.
I would like to point out the National Guard is run by and under the direct control of the government of the United States, which is exactly why the Second Amendment was put in place. How can a people effectively protect themselves from a corrupt government if the government is in charge of the force he believes is the one that is there to protect them?
I refer back to his statement, "I think it important that we note the punctuation of the amendment if we are to understand its meaning." Let's do that, shall we? It reads as follows: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."
I then ask: Why does it not read as "the right of the militia to keep and bear arm shall not be infringed"?
It doesn't, because they actually meant every person in this country has the right to keep and bear arms.
And lastly, anyone who uses the argument of "nobody really has a need for a military type weapon" needs to consider this point. By that logic, we need to outlaw every Corvette, Camaro, Firebird and every other muscle or sports car ever made. The speed limit is anywhere between 5 and 85 in this country. Why does anyone need a car that is capable of topping speeds of about 180 miles an hour? Not to mention that fatalities by automobile accidents far outnumber the deaths that are a result of firearms on an annual basis.
The problem in this country isn't the guns, it's the people who firmly wish to not acknowledge actual data and base opinions on the real world. If stronger gun control is the answer, I would like someone to explain to me why the violent crime rate in Chicago and areas like that, with some of the toughest gun laws, have the highest crime rates overall.
Robert Wilkinson,