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This is the second to last JGP. Although I rather expected some switching around of entries, this is the same list of ice dance entries that I saw last week. Kosigina & Moroshkin RUS won the short dance at Lake Placid over Aldridge & Eaton, by hitting all six key points. If they repeat that feat here, they have a chance of being so far ahead after the SD that it will be very hard to catch them. That would leave Zenkova & Sinitisin RUS to settle for silver. Zenkova & Sinitsin won the short dance at Courchevel, but finished second in the free dance there to Papadakis & Cizeron. Bent & McKeen CAN, the bronze medallists at JGP Austria, where they were second in the short dance and third in the free dance might indeed pass Zenkova and Sinitsin for the silver. The two teams are very close in strengths..
All three dance teams did very well in the pattern dance, so that should not be a huge factor in the competition this time.
In case of disaster, some other teams to watch are Nagornyuk & Kovalenko, who finished a strong fourth at JGP Sencila-Bled, Minov & Kim KOR, who are coached by Svinin & Zhuk, and looked very good in their Korean test skate qualifier for the JGP, and Nazarova & Nikitin UKR, who finished fifth at JGP Austria in recovering from a weak short dance performance.
Evgenia Kosigina & Nikolai Moroshkin RUS
SD Blues and Swing: Lord of the Dance - Capone by Ronan Hardiman
FD Michael Jackson Medley
Evgenia & Nikolai are coached by the team of Gorshkov & Shpilband. Their choreographer is Victor Kanevski.
They finished 5th at Russian Junior Nationals, a step down from their third place finish of the year before. as a result, they did not go to Junior Worlds.
They competed at JGP Lake Placid, winning the silver medal with a score of 135.24, a new personal best for them.
Their short dance, where they finished first at Lake Placid:
Their free dance, where they finished second at Lake Placid:
Valeria Zenkova & Valerie Sinitsin RUS
SD Blues: Your Heart Is As Black As Night; Swing: Brother Swing
FD Cats (musical) by A. L. Webber
They are coached by Alexander Zhulin & Oleg Volkov. Their choreographers are Alexander Zhulin & Sergei Petukhov.
Valeria is 17, and Valerie is 20.
They placed third at last year's Russian Junior Championships.
Their best ever total score was 130.58, earned at ISU JGP Trofeo W. Lombardi 2011.
Their FD at last season's Santa Claus Cup, which they won.
They competed at JGP Courchevel, winning the silver medal with a score of 124.94.
Their Courchevel Short Dance, where they finished first:
Their Courchevel Free Dance, where they finished second:
Mackenzie Bent & Garrett McKeen CAN
Their programs:
SD Blues: History Is Made At Night by Marc Shaiman; Swing: I Never Met A Wolf Who Didn't Love
FD Misterio Y Fuego performed by Ensemble Vivant
Mackenzie is 15, and Garrett is 18.
Their coaches and choreographers are Carol and Jon Lane, and Juris Razgulajevs
Their highest ever ISU score was 120.69, obtained at JGP Brasov last season, where they won the bronze medal. They were fourth in juniors at Canadian Nationals last year.
They finished second in their section at Lake Placid IDC, with a score of 46.27, and fifth in the FD in their section, with a score of 63.34.
They competed at JGP Austria, where they earned 129.16, their personal best, and won the bronze medal.
Their shart dance at JGP Austria
Their free dance at JGP Austria:
Anna Nagornyuk & Viktor Kovalenko UZB
SD Blues: One Night by Elvis Presley; Jive: Long Tall Sally by Elvis Presley
FD Me Voy by Jasmin Levy; Flamenco
Their coaches are Svetlana Alexeeva & Olga Riabinina, and their choreographer is Elena Kustarova. Anna is 16, and Viktor is 20.
Their best ever score was 114.98 at JGP Tallinn last year, where they placed sixth. They are the senior champions from Uzbekistan. They placed eight at Four Continents last year, and twenty-fifth at Worlds.
Their FD from the World Junior Championships last year, where they placed twelfth.
They recently competed at JGP Sencila-Bled, where they finished a strong fourth, with a personal best of 116.81. I would not be surprised for them to improve that score here.
Their FD at Sencila-Bled
Their SD at Sencila-Bled
Rebecka Kim & Kirill Minov KOR
SD Blues: Ain't Nobody's Business by Porter Grainger,; Swing: Black Cat Fever orchestral.
FD Midnight in Moscow by The Scorpions
They are coached by Irina Zhuk & Alexander Svinin who also do their choreography Rebecka is 14 &Kirill's 19.
They skated well at Korean JGP Selection competition in August. They might definitely surprise at this competition.
Here's their SD
Here's the FD
Alexandra Nazarova & Maxim Nikitin UKR
SD Blues: Gota Broken Heart by Walter Trout; Swing Set
FD Gopher Mambo; Habanera; Malambo
Their coaches are Galina Churilova and Mariana Kozlova. Their choreographer is Larisa Fiodorova.
Alexandra is 15, and Maxim is 17.
They achieved their personal best score of 131.68 at the Youth Olympic Games 2012, where they won the silver medal in juniors.
They have rather different hobbies. Alexandra likes sky diving & swimming, while Maxim collects insects.
Their FD from NRW Ice Dance 2011, where they finished 5th.
They skated at JGP Austria, finishing fifth there, with a score of 114.18.
Their short dance from JGP Austria where they finished seventh.
Their free dance from JGP Austria where they finished fifth:
Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons USA
SD Hip-Hop: 4 Minutes by Justin Timberlake, Madonna; Blues: Cyber Shanty Town Blus by Christian HipHop Factory
FD Walpurgis Night Faust Three Nymphs by Charles Gounod
Rachel is 14, and Michael is 16.
Rachel & Michael finished 3rd in their section at Lake Placid IDC in the SD with a score of 43.43 , and second in the FD, with a score of 63.83.
Their international personal best score of 114.22 was achieved at the Youth Olympics Games. They finished in fourth place in Juniors at US Nationals in juniors last season, and placed 15th at Junior Worlds.
Their FD from the World Junior Championships
They competed at JGP Austria., finishing sixth overall, with a score of 114.05.
Their short dance from JGP Austria where they finished fourth.
Their free dance from JGP Austria where they finished sixth.
Melinda Meng & Andrew Meng CAN
Melinda & Andrew are just moving up to the Junior division, and had not competed internationally as of January 2, 2012.. They did compete at Lake Placid IDC this summer, where they finished ninth in their section in the short dance with a score of 36.81, They did not compete in the free dance.
Ice-dance.com, as part of their coverage of the 2012 Canadian nationals, had an info page about them.
Melinda is 15, and Andrew is 16.
Their coaches are Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, & Pascal Denis. Their choreographers are Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, & Milena Todaro.
The Mengs competed in Novices at Canadian Nationals in 2012, where they finished second.. There is a nice photo of them on the first page:
They are making their debut as Juniors here at JGP Croatia.
Their novice free dance from Canadian Nationals
Slavyana Tsenova & Egor Zaytsev BUL
SD Blues: Aint No Sunshine When She's Gone; Hip-Hop: Ice Ice Baby
FD Samba, Rhumba, Samba
Their coach is Oksana Potdykova, and their choreographers are Nadezhda Hristova & Anna Nikolova. Slavyana is not yet 14, and Egor is 15.
Their best total score of 56.20 was recently earned at their first JGP outing at JGP Bosphorus 2012., where they finished twenty-first.
Their short dance from that competition is here:
Marina Elias & Denis Koreline EST
SD Blues: Minnie the Moocher (from "Blues Brothers" soundtrack); Swing
FD Rock'n'Roll Medley
Their Coach & choreographer is Lee Rand. This is their JGP debut.
Marina is 15, and Denis is 19.
They competed at JGP Bosphorus.
Their short dance:
Their free dance:
Kathrin Häuser & Sevan Lerche GER
Their ISU biography has not been updated.
She's 17, he's 19. Their ISU bio has not been updated.
Coach: Vitali Schulz, Jimmy Young Choreographer: Mark Hanretty, Vitali Schulz
They were third at Junior Nationals in Germany.
83.27 at JGP Brasov 2011 is their personal best.
Their SD from JGP Brasov
Olga Jakushina & Aleksandr Grishins LAT
Olga is 15, and Aleksandr is 18.
They have not yet announced their programs for this season..
Their coaches are Alexander Zhulin, Oleg Volkov, & Gennadi Akkerman, and their choreographer is Sergei Petukhov.
They competed at JGP Austria where they finished thirteenth overall; thirteenth in the short dance, and fourteenth in the free dance, with a total score of 73.77, which was a new personal best..
Their short dance from JGP Austria:
Their free dance from JGP Austria:
Millie Paterson & Edward Carstairs GBR
SP Blues: Mad World by Alex Parks; Swing; PJ and Rooster by Outkast
LP Ben from "Cirque du Soleil"; They Don't Care About Us from "Cirque du Soleil"
Their coaches are: Philip Askew & Nancy Ambler. Their choreographer is Philip Askew.
They were fifth in Juniors at British Nationals last season.
71.05 was their best ever score; earned at the Youth Olympics, where they placed sixth.
A video of them prior to the Youth Olympics, can be found here-they are filmed with Yu Na Kim who is giving them advice!
Carina Glastris & Nicholas Lettner GRE
SD Blues; Swing
FD Twenties Ragtime and Charleston
This is a new team, coached and choreographed by the Scarborough school of Carol & Jon Lane & Juris Razguliaevs. Carina is 17. Nicholas is 19.They have added the following extra information to their ISU biography:
Lettner's brother has also competed at the national level in ice dance in Canada.):
Glastris/Leitner teamed up in June 2012. She competed at the national level in the USA in 2011 and 2012 with Kevin Allison, while Lettner previously skated Pair sand competed in Ice Dance ( ETA with Rebecca Nelles. They finished thirteenth at Canadian Nationals in Juniors in 2012) at the national level in Canada. Glastris works with disadvantaged athletes in Nicaragua. Her sister Georgia (three years older) competes at the international level in single skating.
They competed at JGP Bosphorus, where they earned their first and best personal score of 80.99, finishing sixteenth.
Their short dance, where they finished fifteenth.
Their free dance, where they finished eighteenth.
Anna Bolshen & Ronald Zilberberg ISR
SD Blues: Minnie the Moocher by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; Swing: King of Swing by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
FD Pink Panther (soundtrack) by Henry Mancini
Anna is still 13. Ronald is 16. They train in Hackensack, NJ, with coach & choreographer Galit Chait.
They competed at the Lake Placid IDC, where they finished last in their section in both the free dance and the short dance. Here is a photo from their SD there:
They competed at JGP Bosphorus, where they finished fifteenth, with a first and best total score of 82.47
Their short dance, where they finished sixteenth:
Their free dance, where they finished fifteenth:
Celia Robledo & Luis Fenero ESP
SD Blues: Your Heart Is As Black As Night by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa; Swing: Tough Lover by Christina Aguilera (from "Burlesque" soundtrack)
FD Chicago (soundtrack)
Their coaches are Muriel Zazoui, R. Haguenauer, & Olivier Schoenfelder
Their choreographer is Romain Haguenauer.
They are the current Spanish National Junior Champions. This is their first year on the JGP, but they did compete at the World Junior Championships last year where they finsihed twenty-fourth, and did not qualify for the free dance. They placed seventh in Juniors in the Bavarian Open in Oberstdorf.
They competed at JGP Bosphorus, and earned a first and best score of 95.84, to finish twelfth overall.
Their short dance, where they placed twelfth:
Their free dance, where they placed thirteenth:
Jasmine Tessari & Stefano Colafato ITA
SD Summertime by Geroge Gershwin; The Mask (soundtrack)
FD The Phantom of the Opera (musical) by A. L. Webber
Their coaches are Roberto Pelizzola & Nicoletta Lunghi. Their choreographers are Corrado Giordani & Paola Mezzadri.
Jasmine is 16 and Stefano is 17.
Their best score of 88.95 was earned at 2011 Baltic Cup. They placed eighth at last year's Youth Olympics. They did not compete at last year's Italian Championships. They recently placed eleventh at JGP Lake Placid, with a score of 79.56.
Their Short Dance at Lake Placid:
Their Free Dance at Lake Placid:
Szilvia Magyar & Daniel Illes HUN
SP Blues: I Wanna Walk You Home by Fats Domino; Quickstep: Zoot Suit Riot
FD The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Their coaches are Ilona Berecz & Noemi Vedres. Their choreographers are Noemi Vedres (SD) & Olivier Schoenfelder (FD).
Szilvia is 16, as is Daniel.
They withdrew from last year's Santa Claus Cup, and finished third at the previous year's Santa Claus Cup in the Advanced Novice Division.
I could not find any videos of this team.
Karina Uzorova & Ilias Ali KAZ
SD Blues: Only You; Swing
FD Live for the One I have; The Age of the Cathedrals; The Refugees (all from Notre Dame de Paris) by Richard Cocciante
They are coached by Kuralai Uzurova, & Maia Usova. Their choreographer is Maia Usova. Ilias is almost 18, and Karina is 15.
They earned their personal best score of 102.77 at the Youth Olympic Games 2012, where they finished sixth.
They are the Senior Ice Dance champions of Kazakhstan. They finished twenty-second year at World Juniors.
They earned 106.87 at last December's Santa Claus Cup,finishing seventh, and finished sixth at the Istanbul Cup.
Their short dance at last year's JGP Baltic Cup:
Sara Cibulkova & Aivaras Stravinskas LTU
SD Blues; Swing
FD Never Do a Tango with an Eskimo by Alma Cogan; You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Dusty Springfield
Sara & Aivaras's coach & choreographer is Rostislav Sinicyn. Aivaras is 16. Sara's age is not on their ISU biography. They train in Oberstdorf, Germany.
This is a new team, formed after Ilona BIRGELAITE & Aivaras STRAVINSKAS (LTU), the current Lithuanian silver medallists, split up. Sara used to skate in singles up through the Novice level for the Czech Republic.
This is their first international event.
There is a video of Sara, skating singles from March 2012
Here's Aivaras skating with his former partner from last year's JGP Baltic Cup:
Valeria Gaistruk & Alexei Olejnik UKR
SD Hip Hop; Blues: Aint No Sunshine by Bill Withers
FD Baron Muenchhausen (soundtrack) by Roman Surzha
Their coach & choreographer is Maria Tumanovskaia. Valeria is 14, and Alexei is 18.
This is their first JGP competition. I haven't found any videos of them.


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A catch all racial slur that is used when you want to insult someone's nationality, but you have no idea which poor, stinky, corrupt, open sewer of a country they actually come from.
I hung a sign out front that says "no niggers or wetbacks allowed", but now there's all kinds of nips, dinks, sand niggers, and jungle gooks coming in here, so I decided to hang a new sing that says, " no yits either".
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Brett was too yit to care.
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Game 81 Recap: Cubs 1, Braves 2
- In case you missed it, Z starts on 3 days rest, insted of Hart, who had been slated to take Dempster's place.
- Game starts with McLouth walking on five pitches, Z missing low of the zone.
- Prado bunts McLouth over to second.
- Z working very fast. Z with a nice pickoff attempt at second, it looks like Theriot had McLouth, but he's called safe.
- and Garret Anderson, hitting third (heh) grounds out to second, advancing McLouth to third.
- McCann lines one sharply to right-center on the first pitch, scoring McLouth. 0-1 Braves
- Escobar waves at a fastball, strikes out.
- Fukudome battles to a 3-2 count, before striking out swinging on a fastball. Len and Bob praise Fukudome for at least seeing some pitches before making an out, a not too veiled swipe at Soriano
- Theriot chops out to Escobar, coming across the middle.
- Lee K's swinging, Vazquez looks tough.
- Kotchman serves one out to Lee, takes it unassisted.
- Francouer with a fly to Hoffpauir in medium-deeo right.
- Brooks Conrad (who!?!?) laces one off of the part of the right-field wall where the "well" begins. Hoffpauir was turned around to begin with, and as it bounces off the well he has to go chase it down. Conrad triples
- Vazquez grounds to Theriot.
- 23 pitches in 2 innings for Z.
- Hoffpauir with a broken-bat liner into shallow right-center for a single.
- Ramirez with a nice stroke, hitting a soft liner into center for another single. 1st and 2nd for Soriano.
- four straight breaking balls to Soriano, who K's swinging at one off the plate. Fans boo.
- Fontenot with a nice battle against Vazquez.
- Fontenot with a nice lined shot to deep right-center, McLouth makes a fine running catch, over his shoulder.
- full count, two outs to Hill.
- Hill lines a pitch right back up the middle, scoring Hoffpauir. Ramirez has to hold at second. 1-1 Tie.
- Z K's swinging.
- McLouth rolls out to Theriot.
- Full count to Prado, hits a sharp liner to straight-away right for a single.
- Anderson swings over the top of a splitter or slider, striking out on the third pitch of the at bat.
- McCann lines one down the left field line, getting into thecorner. Fastball outside that got too far up in the zone. Prado scores with ease, double for McCann 1-2 Braves.
- Escobar swings over what might have been a change, striking out. 43 pitches through 3 for Z.
- Fukudome screws himself into the ground striking out swinging on a straight change.
- Theriot with a sharply hit one-hopper back to Vazquez, on a fastball that got over the plate. Vazquez with a nice spinning backhand to make the grap, 1-3 putout.
- Lee quickly grounds out to short. very easy inning for Vazquez
- Kotchman walks.
- Z blows a 94 mph fastball by Francouer, up at the letters, for the K.
- Conrad rolls one toward the right-side hole, Fontenot makes the nice pick and throw to beat Conrad at first.
- and Vazquez grounds to Theriot.
- Hoffpauir pops to Prado at third
- Ramirez with a hard hit ball up the middle, it kicks off the mound toward Conrad at second, who throws him out.
- Soriano hits one back up the middle for a single. Brenley congratulates him on the shortened swing with a two-strike count.
- Fontenot grounds to second.
- First pitch of the inning, WGN misses it as McLouth lines one sharply but right at Fukudome.
- Prado with the lazy fly out to Hoffpauir.
- Anderson walks, bringing up McCann. gyeh.
- Z K's McCann with a nice fastball over the outside corner.
- Hill tries to bunt for a hit up the third base line, but McCann makes a nice pick, spin and throw for the out.
- Z, batting lefthanded, hits a sharp grounder just to the left of second. Escobar makes a nice diving stop and throws him out.
- Fukudome rolls to Kotchman, unassisted.
- Escobar lines out to Theriot.
- I really don't get why they fell the need to do the Player of the Game promo at the top of the sixth. But it's Z. Hooray.
- Kotchman hits a sinking liner into left-center for a single.
- Francouer with an easy fly out to Hoffpauir. That's a lot of unnecessary vowel combinations involved in that play.
- Full count to Conrad, Z blows a fastball by him, up in the zone, for a swinging K. Probably the end of the night for Z with 91 pitches and Marshall warming up.
- Theriot grounds to Escobar, easy play.
- Nice full-count battle, but Lee K's swinging on a fastball that rides up and in.
- Hoffpauir pops into shallow left, eventually Anderson calls everyone off and makes an easy catch. Vazquez not meeting much resistance.
- nice to see Angel Guzman making an appearance in relief of Z. k's Vazquez on three pitches, last a 92 mph fastball low and away.
- Full count to McLouth,lots of fouls, finally gets a low and in fastball, and one-hops the right-center wall for a double.
- Prado hits a liner into right-center, Hoffpauir intercepts it, holding McLouth at second.
- 0-2 to Anderson, fans on their feet to cheer for an end to the inning. Fastball high, now fastball in, JUST off the plate, fans boo the "ball" call. 2-2. Now a fastball wide outside, fans groan. Tense AB here.
- 3-2 count, Anderson fouling pitches off. Intense.
- Finally flies out softly to Soriano.
- some native Chicagoan comedian, who I know I've seen do the stretch before, does the stretch. He's still as much of a no-name as the last time I watched him do the stretch. Tom Dreesen, I guess.
- Ramirez hits a sharp liner in front of Anderson for a single.
- Contrary to Dreesen's predictions of a homer, Soriano chops into a 6-4 force, unable to turn the 4-3 in time for the double play
- Fontenot with a soft liner to Anderson.
- Hill grounds to Kotchman, unassisted.
- Marshall in
- weird, scary play where McCann hits a swinging bunt right on the first base foul line. Marshall tries to pick it up with his glove right as McCann is running by. They avoid each other, barely, but Marshall drops the ball. Picks it up again, and turns and throws to first, just getting McCann.
- Escobar with a broken-bat soft liner to Lee.
- and Kotchman with a much easier tap back to Marshall
- Mike Gonzalez in to pitch, with Bradley hitting for Marshall. Bradley hits a sinking liner into left, Anderson makes a nice running catch.
- Reed Johnson pinch hits for Fukudome, flies out to Anderson.
- Theriot dumps one down the right field line, holding up underneath the padding by the bullpen for a double.
- Lee pops to Conrad on the first pitch. Nuts.
- Heilman in. Francouer hits a grounder up the middle, takes a big hop on Theriot, backing him up as he runs to his left for it. Leads to a weak throw, Francouer safe. Single
- A bunt by Conrad, Heilman takes awhile to get to it. Grabs barehanded and makes a twisting jump-throw to Lee, over his head. Fontenot is backing up on the throw, and catches it on the fly. Runners at 1 and 2.
- Diaz hits for Gonzalez, and pops a bunt to Ramirez. Len and Bob wonder about using your top pinch-hitter to bunt.
- McLouth flies out to Soriano.
- Full count, 2 outs to Prado, he hits one up the middle to the right of second. Fontenot makes a fine dive to save a run, double-clutches and it looks like there's no hope of throwing out Prado. He makes the throw, Lee does a nice job of sprinting off the bag for the dugout from the second the ball reaches his glove, and they get the "out" call at first. I'd like to see if Lee came off the bag early....
- Soriano in to pitch.
- Hoffpauir hits a sharp liner, but right at McLouth. It seems like McLouth always catches the ball right in front of his face, and sort of winces out of the way as he catches it.
- Ramirez takes a big swing and miss for strike one. And another, foul, 0-2. a 1-2 pitch, and Ramirez takes it, just inches off the outside corner. 2-2. Crowd realy in to it. K's swinging over a splitter. Nuts.
- Soriano to hit against Soriano. Slider over for strike one. Next pitch, lines one up the middle for a single. The WGN shot didn't show a shortstop anywhere in view, he must have been pulled way, way over toward third. Odd.
- Fastball, low inside strike one to Fontenot. goes to a 2-2 count. fastball wide outside, full count.
- Fontenot hits one sharply, off Soriano's glove and toward Escobar. Escobar fields it and the throw beats Fontenot by a step at first. Game over
- Rob and I talk creative vision for TCR.
- People join. Gripe about the call on the pickoff.
- Over/Under line for Z's IP tonight?
- I'll put it at 5 and 2/3. Z's a horse.
- How did you go on the TCR DL?
- Trade rumors wiht Vazquez, Halladay
- The contract I negotiated with TCR.
- Rob's "minders" who follow me around.
- Trying to remember just when we started writing/commenting at TCR.
- More efforts to try to remember TCR's sordid history. We need an in-house archivist.
- Who killed Ruz?
- The same person who killed John Hill.
- I'm filled in on the Whip/Eamus Catuli/Moustaches dust-up. Oh my.
- I just want to let you all know how much you all mean to me. You matter. You are not just words on the screen. I love you all, and may God keep you.
- Whip thinks I'd make a sexier woman than man. He's probably right. Which is why they'll never take me to Prison alive.
- If I were a Native American...
- Prophylactics.
- Silly things researched by sabrmetricians.
- The Vagina Dialogues.
- Historical articles I ought to write about baseball.
- Carlos is easily deceived
- Sexual pranks.
- The MJ funeral.
- and obligatory jokes.
- Comments found on you-tube video message boards.
- Things from which Manny has been ejected.
- Yet more of The Vagina Dialogues.
- Chad tells a harassment joke that everyone seems to think is brilliant, except me.
- We're just regular everyday normal guys.
- Jokes about deployment.
- Noticing that Brenley's being pretty quiet tonight. So's Len.
- Fruit Wrinkles.
- Carlos and Rob with bizarre knowledgability about midget-themed movies.
- Diet soda
- other drinks
- is it odd they didn't X-ray Dempster until today?
- The BEES!!!! Delay in the Hou/SD game.
- Andy loses his pointer. Conspiracy theories abound.
- Thoughtful evaluation of tonight's Fan Cam.
- Andy manages to get both sizeism and sexism into his moped joke. Jerk.
- and now going after the disabled. Andy is a cruel human being with a soul as black as my coffee.
- and now the Waffle House jokes. Someone stop him, before he insults again.
- and now going after the disabled. Andy is a cruel human being with a soul as black as my coffee.
- Aliens in the computer, and the WWF/Soriano video clip
- No one knows who Tom Dreesen is.
- Famous newspaper headlines
- Baseballs have Assholes?
- Dewey Defeats Truman vs. Extreme's "More Than Words." wtf?
- textsfromlasnight, stfumarrieds and stfuparents
- Huh?
- stfumarrieds, stfuparents, and the dullest blog in the world
- and internet comic websites.
- Who decided to call it flomax?
- other potential drug names: shitjets and peemore -nice work, Mornington Crescent
- Ryno with some ill-conceived NBC PSA"The More You Know" ideas.
- Ryno confesses a fixation with watching Wario breath in Mario Tennis. Sick.
- I abuse the admin. controls in parachat in order to orchestrate a cyber-lynching of Crunch. sorry, Crunch.
- After what, 5 years maybe of Parachat, finally God has decided to join us.
- God gives us new commandments.
- And informs us that this is funny.
- oh, dear god...
- Vishnu's Crotch.
- St. Peter joins.
- $16 million singles
- pinch hit Fox for Fontenot?
- no. Do it if you get to Hill or the pitcher.
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That blog is pretty funny, but the commenters spell worser than I do.
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In something totally unrelated. My memory is that the 1996 issue BA with the 5 aces on the cover was Gressinger, Dickey, Benson, Koch and Jim Parque. Is that right? If so, does that make the guy with no UCL the only one in the majors?
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2-4 record in games recapped on the accursed Macintosh?
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Andy had a really good outing tonight in parachat, despite the loss.
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welcome back Trans!
Bad Investment
Shelled out some Billy Bucks to take my son to tonight's game, which was probably the most boring sporting event I have ever attended. Vasquez worked in slow motion and numbed the Cub hitters and the crowd. A handful of singles, zero extra-base hits, and no real threats. Lou seemed so numb he didn't try to steal or hit-and-run to try to create offense.
The other game I shelled out for this year was the Sunday night game against the Dodgers where it was 5-0 before the Cubs got to bat.
In today's economic environment -- high-priced Cubs tickets (and they are the only kind) aren't worth the risk. For a decent-sized pile of money, I have sat through 6 hours of lousy entertainment.
Baseball tickets are the riskiest of all sports, IMO, because there is always the chance you will see games like I have. But, given the economy, and the price of admission, it's just not good use of cash right now.
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This was the most frustrating game that i can remember in a long time.
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Submitted by The Real Neal on Tue, 07/07/2009 - 9:18pm.
In something totally unrelated. My memory is that the 1996 issue BA with the 5 aces on the cover was Gressinger, Dickey, Benson, Koch and Jim Parque. Is that right? If so, does that make the guy with no UCL the only one in the majors?
REAL NEAL: I remember Baseball America running a cover titled "Four Aces" in the early 90's that featured Oakland A's "can't miss" pitching prospects Todd Van Poppel, Kirk Dressendorfer, Don Peters, and Dave Zancanaro.
And then BA pushed Mets pitching prospects Jason Isringhausen, Paul Wilson, and Bill Pulsipher as "Generation K" in the mid-90's.
I don't remember BA hyping Gressinger, Dickey, Benson, Koch, and Parque like that, though.
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mike gonzalez...can someone get him a rocking chair on the mound, that windup he's using is sickening
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rumor of felix pie to WSux? (for Josh Fields); interesting that Pie getting moved might be timed because Cesar Izturis is coming off the DL...maybe Izzy can untwist those testicles before they part ways
from the Baltimore Sun:
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I'm w/ Billy Bucks re: $$$ & baseball games & also w/ Cubster re: Gonzalez & his pro wrestling windup; take it to the bush leagues...
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the windup makes dempster's glove twitch look professional...
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speaking of dempster - way to stick the landing!
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I guess I am now officially a fair weather fan. What happened to Demp?
Hey, it could be worse. I could actually be following this stupid ass team on a daily basis afuckinggain.
But, seriously, at some point, you really do throw up your hands and say, I give up.
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"But, seriously, at some point, you really do throw up your hands and say, I give up."
I do that same thing every year when we're mathematically eliminated from the regular season or the post season.
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I'm hanging in there, but I'm certainly sympathetic to your giving up and don't blame you for doing so. They aren't playing like division winners. They can't score.
The only thing giving me hope is they are really not that far out of first and there's no denying this lineup is completely different with A-Ram. Sure, the Dodgers lose Manny and rake anyways, but the Cub's aren't stacked like the Dodgers. I'd take Andre Ethier over 6 or 7 of our regular starters... I'd take Matt Kemp over any one of the starters.
Losing Demp for a few starts will suck, but the rotation this year has been good enough and deep enough to absorb that loss, in my opinion.
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For July the Cubs have scored 4.3 runs a game, which is about the same as the Manny-Less Dodgers scored, as I recall. Jurrjens and Vasquez are 5th and 6th in the league in ERA, and we got Jurrjens pretty good. Let's see how we fair against Kawasaki, who's pitched like a fourth starter, today
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For July the Cubs have scored 4.3 runs a game
Yes, good, thank you: The last 7 games they have scored some runs and have gone 5-2 in that span. It's unfair to characterize that as a month's worth of data, which is what you did by saying "For July", but okay, point taken.
This season as a whole, however, they have continuously had trouble pushing runners across the plate.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see some optimism. If the Cubs want it, they're going to have to keep up the recent offensive improvements.
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The date is right there on the posts.
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I could be wrong. Yuck.
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I've been keeping tabs on the Cubs in a very passive, arm's-length kind of way. I check scores, often in mid-game, and I visit this site every day, but I haven't done a whole lot of watching or listening live and in-progress.
It's like watching a horror movie through your fingers. Helps to deaden the despair.
Such a disappointing first half.
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And it's talk like that, that keeps the Cubs from landing top players...ooops sorry, that's the White Sox excuse-
Kenny Williams blaming lack of attendance for no big trades.
Only 4 sellouts for Sox opening day and I'll let you guess the other three that happen against one team.
Don't say we don't try to help the needy.
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But hey, at least there are no rats and Ozzie doesn't bitch about the place. Clearly, that's the important thing.
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This article was linked on Fark about that and Williams not knowing where Bartolo Colon is right now.
The Fark headline was great:
"White Sox GM unsure of Colon's location, which is weird because he has his head up his ass most of the time"
Hee Hee
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On the radio they said he didn't show up and wasn't answering his phone. Wild.
The Glory Of Ryan Dempster
I imagine the kid pointing doing a Nelson Munz "HA HA" laugh.
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Just because you play a game for a living doesn't mean you should act like a hooligan, Dump.
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Sorry if 3/44, but this article is about how Strasburg is the latest tool in Boras' attempt to rain hell upon the Rule 4.
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Soriano off today.
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Baker and Blanco starting. I am so excited to be sitting in the rain for this.
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No Soto, strained oblique per Wittemyer.
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Don't you wonder how many games would be missed if they were paid half salary for games missed.
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No Soto, strained oblique per Wittemyer.
Pulled pork, mmmmmm.
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awesome, and obliques can take weeks to heal. If he needs to go on the DL Mark Johnson is also on the DL at Iowa so you would be looking at Robinson or Clevenger as your backup.
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I'd love to see Wellington Castillo
Someone better have video of it....
Z singing the stretch to an empty Wrigley...
and then this is weird...
Zambrano also came over to the press box section where the writers and radio broadcasters work, enjoying the view and saying how easy the media has it. A reporter promptly summoned security, and Zambrano left the box without any incident.
w/o incident?
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A. from that link "Maybe in seven years when I retire, I can come up and do it," Zambrano said." i thought he was going to retire in 5 years? http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/chi-08-morris...
B. who called security and why? a player can't go to the press box? i mean if he's there to harass one of them or something i see how that is a problem but if a guy wants to check out the press box, who cares?
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Rick Telander is very skittish(?) around players.
If Bradley was up in the box, then you might have a problem.
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I'm guessing that was an attempt at a joke on the writer's part.
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It was. During the rain delay, Len was interviewing Paul Sullivan about this and Sullivan kept trying to insinuate that he called security and he didn't think players should be allowed in the press box. He later admitted he was joking, but it was a really bad attempt at humor.
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Usually when Zambrano leaves a box, he breaks something over his knee.
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Nicely done.
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This game isn't going to happen, is it? I imagine the Braves have a flight to catch.
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So I'm sure this thought is crossing the collective mind of Cubdom...
Just how bad is Jake Fox behind the plate?
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1st inning Kosuke out at second.
Perhaps THE WORST CALL IN THE HISTORY OF MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
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The second base ump is using the 5 second rule when it comes to Cubs plays today. Theriot also lost a double play because of his incompetence. Even the Braves broadcasters agreed.
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Watching the game at my desk on the iPhone with the MLB At Bat app. SWEET!
Len: "That was one of the worst calls I've ever seen!" No reason to pull punches on that one.
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Was it like the "Jeter/The ball beat you" call?
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from what i heard the ump said "you not have to be tagged"
granted i know what he was trying to say, but how can you let those words come out of your mouth?
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The ball was still a good 3-5 feet away from the bag by the time Fukudome slid into it. The ump was standing right there with a perfect view of the play and just flat out blew it. In full speed it looked like an atrocious call, and given the benefit of a replay it looked absolutely unbelievable.
That same ump (Daryl Cousins) also gave the Braves a really iffy call at 2B on a would-be double play. The ball was thrown wide of the bag and he called the runner safe even though replays showed Theriot's foot was either still on the bag or, at most, an inch off the bag. Given the shitty call from earlier, I would have certainly expected that one to go our way.
In other ump news from this game, the home plate umpire has been giving Kawakami about a full 6 inches off the outside corner all day. We're talking mid-90's Tom Glavine strike zone calls.
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Until the owners get together and fucking force true professionalism among the shoddy fat-asses collecting paychecks and changing the outcome needlessly that the fans pay money for, things will not change.
It is not just this play, which I will admit, was worse than Little League, it is all of them.
Strike zones, "judgement calls", etc....
Let the dick-heads strike, too. See how much support they will get!
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Maybe MLB should institute instant replay?
All umps: "Bloody fucking murder! How dare you ruin the game with cameras when you have the finest officials in all of sports!"
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Cubs getting no-hit by Kawakami. That's wretched.
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Yeah, those three-inning no hitters are rough.
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Ryno, I recognize the Sex Pistols reference in your signature line but I'm confused about the use of the term "bullocks" as opposed to "bollocks". Is that a just a misspelling or are you making some kind connection between the Cubs and cattle? Sometimes I think we Cubs fans are like cattle.
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It's a common mistake by us Americans to use the word bullocks instead of bollocks.
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Don't tell me they are going to waste a good start by Kevin Hart too? unbelievable.
Sometimes I'd rather lose 22-1 then be so frustratingly close and not be able to score.
Ah well plenty of game to go...right?
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Nice job by Hart.
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Are bankers all mentally ill criminals? How does a guy with less than $50,000 and no prospects manage to accumulate $30-50 million in debt?
Lenny Dykstra files for bankruptcy.
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I read an article in, I think ESPN Magazine, about Dykstra's business going ons. He seems to be a self delusional con artist. Ideally he'll wind up in jail.
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This is REALLY surprising! I had heard that he taught himself trading and made a "fortune" in the market.
I guess this is incorrect?
Anyone else know about this?
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He did. Then he made a number of really poor investments and continued to spend tons of money even though he was losing money on his investments. Then he began to stiff his employees and business partners.
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To me, Nails represents the real beginning of the steroid era.
Little, slap-hitting guy, coming into a contract year, suddenly got puffy muscles and a puffy, sweaty red face, starting smashing HRs, and got big bucks.
I'm sure all of his reported investment gains were legit, too.
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it's the world's worst kept secret that the early 90s phillies were juiced...kruk can barely contain his comments on it.
then again the A's and rangers also have about 20+ years of it in their past, too.
...and no i don't think it's some team-led conspiracy even if looking the other way was happening.
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Excellent story. I'm sure he'll be able to finagle his way out of what is essentially fraud
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Living the lifestyle described in that article is absurd for the net worth they postulated. If you own a gulfstream and buy an $18.5M house and a Rolls Royce Phantom when your net worth is only $60M, it's hammertime. Repo man is coming soon to melt down your faucets. $60M sounds like a lot of money, but not enough to support the kind of lifestyle described. Those three things pretty much add up to $60M.
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We have now crossed the halfway point of the season, and Milton Bradely as NINETEEN RBIs. Sheesh.
So much for the feel-good buzz from Brewer series.
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BTW - props to Kevin Hart for one game! In fact, he would have left with no runs if it were not for DLEE's tough play at 1B.
There is no way the team will compete for the Division unless they can start hitting with RISP.
As many have said here, it is tough watching this.
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Aramis finally back...But same old SHIT! 3 games, 6 total runs.
Bunch of guys still batting .230-.250. And it is past half way, time to call a spade a spade and some of these guys flat out SUCK (Yeah I am looking at you Bradley, Soto, Fontenot, Soriano, Harden). Tough to see how this team is anything better than a .500 team.
I hope we can finally get this sale done to get ownership in here and really take a look at management. If Lou retires this offseason, let's hope they kick Hendry to the curb too and start fresh.
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I remember when I scoffed at Manny's pessimism. Those were the good old days.
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Go easy on Fontenot. He's having a monster July (except in this series), and he "is 4th on the team in RBI"!
Re: Dykstra, I propose the following: "Lenny Dykstra is broke", as an addendum to 3/44 for post ASG.
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Scott Eyre already occupies that position.
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Maybe we can change it to "Scott Eyre invested all his money with Lenny Dysktra!"
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I am a Cubs fan. I truly am.
I have watched Andre Dawson run into the well and dig it out, and Sammy, too.
I am not going to go into some old dude poetic thing. For me, it's really fucking simple.
Hendry needs to go, because our outfield is the joke of the NL. Nobody can even field the fucking position, much less fucking hit.
This is fucking ridiculous.
I am beyond pissed. I don't even fucking watch this joke of a team any more.
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Wow, O & B! you are worse than Manny or I with disgust and pessimism.
Its still early?
With Crane Kenny admitting they are not "buyers", we gots what we gots. Good or bad. Unfortunately, too many parts are the latter right now.
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Did Manny post when the Cubs won 6 of 8 before these last two losses?
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HA HA!! Guess you don't disagree with my comment, just the timing, and that's fine good to see you are on board.
But just to let you know, I don't think I did post when they won 6 of 8, but I also don't think I posted much, if any, when they lost 7 of 9 before that. Is that OK? Should I ask you permission next time I post? You should stick to focusing on what I have to say and not the timing. I guess you agree with what I had to say, so not sure why you care when I post.
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You tend to post negative things when the team is losing. When the team is winning, you don't seem to post very much. If you do, it's still usually pointing out flaws. I'm hardly the first one to notice/point this out.
I don't care when you post or if you post. I was seriously wondering if you had posted, due to the tendency noted above.
Yes, next time ask permission so it can be denied.
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Well, above I just proved your "tendency" theory has flaws. I didn't post much, if any, when they lost 7 of 9.
And sorry if I am not blinded by the beautiful ivy or wearing cubby blue shaded glasses. This team/organization has many major flaws. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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Small sample size.
Your sarcasm is misplaced, Manny. But thank god we have you to tell us all what we already know.
Recent comments
Friday's games will be in Washington, Chicago, Arlington, and Cleveland or Boston. Someone's game is starting laaaaaaaate - 50-50 chance it's the CDT Cubs.
Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...


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Used as a synonym for "cool."
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A term given to a person who only likes to play 1 game online - Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy. The user is most likely of the female gender, and gets along with pretty much anybody, and everybody. Their 'light-hearted' spirit brightens the mood of ANY occasion.
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It has been a busy and challenging six weeks of basketball for the Stetson women's squad. The Hatters have spent 15 days on the road, playing seven of their first nine games in opposing arenas. Stetson has played a top-15 team (Oklahoma), a team receiving Top 25 votes (Florida State), and three other opponents who played in the postseason last year.
The Hatters have battled their way to a solid 5-4 mark through the difficult start, all the while gaining valuable experience for a young club that is playing together as a unit more-and-more with each passing game.
Stetson will now enjoy its first extended homestand of the season this week as the Hatters play three times in the next five days in the friendly confines of the Edmunds Center. The week kicks off with a 5 p.m. contest against Charlotte (4-5) Tuesday night in the front end of a Stetson basketball doubleheader. The men's squad will face Florida Atlantic at 7:30.
"We always love playing at home," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "It is going to be nice. We have not had very many home games. I know our players really appreciate that we have won on our home floor."
The Hatters are undefeated in their two home games this season, having defeated Indiana State 90-74 and Palm Beach Atlantic 93-48. Junior wing player C.J. Coddington has had a great start in front of the home crowd, averging 12.5 points and 6.7 rebounds while shooting 59% (10-for-17) from the floor.
"It feels good to be back on our home court," Coddington said about the upcoming homestand. "We hope for a good crowd (Tuesday) and we hope we can bring a lot of energy."
Stetson has had quite a bit of success at home over the past three seasons. The Hatters have won 20 of their last 21 games at the Edmunds Center and 32 of their last 34.
Stetson will also be looking to add to its streak of 14 straight non-conference home victories against a strong 49ers squad that defeated the Hatters 81-73 last year in Charlotte.
Tickets range from $5-$10 and can be purchased online at GoHatters.com/tix or at the Edmunds Center ticket office. Stetson students, faculty, and staff are free with a valid ID.
Live video for Tuesday's game will be available on HatterVision, while WSBB will carry the audio broadcast on AM1230 New Smyrna Beach, AM1490 DeLand, and online at myam1230.com. Live stats, the @StetsonWBB twitter feed, and Hat-Alerts will provide in-game updates as well.


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CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina used a 7-0 run to start the second half to defeat the Stetson lacrosse team by a score of 15-5 on Wednesday night. Freshman Lindsay Summers led the Hatters with three goals in the defeat.
Stetson was playing well early on, taking a 2-1 lead on the Chanticleers with 13:44 to play in the first half after freshman Christina Wittemeier and Summers put the Hatters on top.
After a pair of scores by Coastal Carolina, Summers came back with her second goal of the period off of an assist by sophomore Maylis Broderick to tie the game at 3-3 just before halftime.
The Chants came out of the break determined and rattled off seven straight goals in the first 10 minutes to take a 10-3 lead with 20 minutes remaining in the game.
Another Summers score, this time from freshman Ana Baranowski, and a free position goal by sophomore Mary Kate O'Sullivan were the extend of the Hatters' offensive output in the second. Coastal's early run in the period proved to be too much to overcome as the Chants went on to earn the 15-5 victory.
Neither team was able to gain ground in the first half thanks to 35 total turnovers. Stetson gave it away 20 times, while Coastal turned it over 15 times in the first. The Chants held a 16-6 advantage in draw controls and led 35-27 in ground balls at the final buzzer. Stetson was outshot 36-14.
Keri White, Rachel Ferrar, and Charlotte O'Leary led Coastal Carolina with three goals apiece in the victory.
Stetson sophomore Caili Guilday made 11 saves in goal and led all players with seven ground balls. Summers added six pick-ups, while Baranowski led the Hatters with four draws on the day.
The Hatters will return home on Saturday to take on Sacred Heart at 12:00 p.m. Saturday's game was originally scheduled for 1:00 p.m., but was moved up an hour to accommodate the Pioneers' travel schedule.


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Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Economy: Malaysia's Lost a Generation
CIMB chief Datuk Seri Nazir Razak has blamed the impending election fever for distracting economic reforms. He is only marginally correct. Malaysia has been dragging its feet on real economic reforms since the Asian financial crisis in 1997. In fact, disagreement over the right measures to be taken had resulted in a major leadership fallout between Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Anwar Ibrahim.
Malaysia's economic is akin a slow motion train heading towards a wreckage if the right reforms are not being administered. The country is dependent largely on its natural resources e.g. oil and gas, rubber, timber and palm oil. Malaysia has been running a budget deficit (at least 5%) since 1997 despite posting impressive trade figures.
Why is there a lack of real economic reform? The prime reason being politicians are not able to adapt and embrace change themselves. Political parties are still functioning through a narrow and highly bias political model and mindset. Parochialism and nepotism still run deep within the political power bases. If politicians are not able to change, how can we expect them to lead real reforms?
To these politicians, the words 'democracy' and 'empowerment' have no real meaning. Policies are introduced as mere slogans. Fancy on the outside but empty on the inside. Hence, the New Economic Model, 1Malaysia, ETP. KRA, GTP et cetera are mere sloganeering. The opposition are not much better too. They are peddling change but what is really their definition of change? Both coalitions have made promises to the voters which will eventually turn Malaysia into a welfare state. Handouts after handouts were promised to the voters. These handouts are coming out from the pockets of the next generations.
Alas, Malaysians are left directionless. Governments around us have embarked on real reforms, providing real and visible direction to their peoples. Even our own people are inspired. As a result, we have been registering a negative flow of investment - more are going out than being invested locally.
Malaysia's failure at real economic reforms can be attributed to selfish politicians who wanted to hold to power perpetually by playing up race and religious sentiments. Until and unless the majority wake up, this strategy, regardless of its pariah status, is going to prove very effective in mobilizing the masses to vote based on race and religion.
Hence, the political discourse in this country is centered on issues which are often categorized as tabloid news in other countries e.g. sexual scandals, mass design to convert Muslims, petty racial squabbles, personalities and dramas.
The death of the third estate is making the situation a lot worse. Where is the platform to discuss local and regional economic issues, challenges and opportunities?
Malaysia's economy looks good on the outside e.g. low unemployment, high car sales, good property growth but is the real income improving? Is average Malaysian feeling richer and can better afford a higher quality living? With entry level salary staying stagnant over the last 15 years and cost of living more than tripled, there is very little to suggest that Malaysians today are richer and enjoying a better quality life compared to a decade ago.
Like Nazir, a lot of us are talking about economic reforms. The Prime Minister has been fiddling with his own reforms plan, the New Economic Model, since the start of his premiership and 2-3 years before the next general election but nothing has came out of it. He could not even conclusively tell us if there is going to be a total revamp and discontinuation of the flawed NEP policy. Why blame the election fever entirely?
Does the current leadership even know where to start the reforms?
Sadly, political parties and politicians are only concerned about winning power, gaining two-thirds majority but not on where Malaysian should be heading in the next 3-5 years as more regional economies are beginning to steer and implement reforms at lighting speed to attract scarce global resources and investments.
Let's talk about reforms in the next post.
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Malaysia has not only lost a generation, at these rates of spending Malaysia is lost forever and surely will join Greece, Italy, Portugal, U.S. and even Japan.
A nation with huge deficit and sadly with nowhere to borrow from and worst of all the 1.3 million civil servants in Malaysia will be the first not be paid or at best will be drastically reduced and these half cooked and no where to go to.
How sad !
How true, how sad. The nation crys for leadership, leadership with guts and with the brains. Not so called leaders stuck in 1970s operational mode.
- pknsinsider said...
nokhzani made 6 billion,mirzan 3 billion,francis yeoh 12 billion...
"REAL" economic reform, if it means equal distribution of nation's wealth among all Malaysians regardless of race and social status, then i can say just forget about it, it is not going to happen in this century. Malaysia's present economic reform policy is emphasized on making the wealthy and well connected becoming richer, not equality among all citizens.
Past petty politiking and childish display of governance by various political party's leaders in power, had cost not just one generation to waste, it also drained much of our nation's resources and time into making our nation a world laughing stock and remain backward economically for most of the Malaysian.
So, Mr. Khoo Kay Peng,
What's your take on the best way to effect change? And who do you think is the best person to bring about this change?
- IgnorantbutOpeneyedStudent said...
1. Move past these racial based politics that has been the staple of malaysian politics since Independence.
2. Allow citizens more say in how the economy should be managed. (Referendums, QnAs, making use of student ideas from unis in policy making and implementation:this is how you train future leaders)
3. NO MORE budget deficits (seriously, this is one thing that should be stopped. when the government borrow future money, the younger generations have to pay up. that robbing us blind. we pay but since when has our opinions count?)
4. Encourage entrepreneurship with proper tutelage (government-linked incubator funds and venture capitals. funneling of cash to future industries, we must also encourage Small and Medium size businesses.STOP this overbuilding of hypermarkets!!its killing small retail businesses which are actual generators of income for citizens)
5. Set up a new political bloc that doesnt use race, religion or heavy partisanship based issues.current issues are the bread and butter, but the economy, education and healthcare should be the main theme in politics. stupid antics like those ongoing embarrass us regular malaysians).This new party should be based around the interests of labour unions, small, medium and capital intensive businesses, also include student representative councils from universities and colleges, observers from foreign embassies, etc)
6. Stop wasting money on white elephant projects and give better transportation, better telecommunications systems and better security in our own country!
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It's so hot here that we haven't worn much more than our swimsuits all week. Ivy especially. And so we go to the beach and spoon up every last minute of these summer days.
She's getting so big that we had to run to Target yesterday to get a new swimsuit- can't beat a fru fru tu tu for $10.
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Intramural Athletics
CMU offers a wide variety of Intramural activities for students.
Any interested student is encouraged to get involved in the intramural of their choice. All intramurals will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays unless otherwise noted.
Ultimate Frisbee (September)
The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in football or rugby. Players may only move one foot while holding the disc.
Flag Football (October-November)
The basic rules of the game are similar to those of the mainstream game (often called "tackle football" for contrast), but instead of tackling players to the ground, the defensive team must remove a flag or flag belt from the ball carrier ("deflagging") to end a down. In most organized play, players wear a belt.
Dodgeball (January)
This typically starts soon after the return from Thanksgiving break and before Christmas break. This is a good way to get a group of friends together to use both throwing and dodging tactics to survive the round. Don't let it be you who is the first one out.
Basketball (February-March)
Basketball is a team sport. Two teams of five players each try to score by shooting a ball through a hoop elevated 10 feet above the ground. The game is played on a rectangular floor called the court, and there is a hoop at each end. The court is divided into two main sections by the mid-court line. If the offensive team puts the ball into play behind the mid-court line, it has ten seconds to get the ball over the mid-court line. If it doesn't, then the defense gets the ball. Once the offensive team gets the ball over the mid-court line, it can no longer have possession of the ball in the area in back of the line. If it does, the defense is awarded the ball.
Volleyball (April-May)
Held every Spring this event gives students an opportunity to form teams that are co-ed instead of the normal gendered based teams.
For more information contact Mark Stone, Director of Student Activities, at 660-248-6387 or email firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I make brownies so good, it's a guaranteed TBO from the first crumb!
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After visiting the all-you-can-eat buffet before last night's kegger, I dropped a major TBO before class.
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That girl has awesome TBOs. If she lost 40 lbs & kept even 1/2 of those tits, she'd be hot.
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That girl is so sweet and loving! She must be a Rinalyn.~
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Area musical acts are coming together for performances to benefit those in need and the arts.
"Mishler Bands Together for Charity" will take place at 6:30 p.m. Saturday inside the historic Mishler Theatre in downtown Altoona.
Dr. Victor Rizzo planted the seed to hold the concert, said Kate Shaffer, executive director of the Blair County Arts Foundation.
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The local chiropractor, who plays guitar and sings and has played with some area bands, approached the Mishler board with the idea of putting on a charity concert similar to one held in State College where he has performed, he said.
Most of the popular bands from the area are in the show, he said. The musicians are donating their time for the benefit concert.
The 11 musical acts are Tommy Wareham and Friends, Flight 19, Felix and the Hurricanes, Ryan Matthew, Tyne and the Fastlyne, Matt Wagner, 7th Gear, Steve Summerhill, Last Stand, The Backyard Rockers and One Brick Shy.
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If you go
What: Mishler Bands Together for Charity concert
When: 6:30 p.m. Saturday
Where: Mishler Theatre, 1208 12th Ave., Altoona
Tickets: Available for $20, $25, $35 and $100. The $100 ticket includes pre-concert VIP reception. Call the box office between 11:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays at 944-9434.
Proceeds to benefit the St. Vincent DePaul Food for Families and the Mishler Theatre.
Kaedyn Wagner, 6, will take the stage, with her dad, Matt, as the youngest performer.
The acts will perform two to three songs each, with Rizzo emceeing and telling stories about the groups.
The concert also will feature a light show by Illumination Arts of Hollidaysburg.
The light show complementing the rock bands will include lasers, fog and other special effects, said owner Gary Fickes, who has had the business 15 years and does about 20 shows a year.
Adult beverages will be for sale for the first time at the Mishler before the show begins and during the intermission, Rizzo said.
A VIP reception at 5 p.m. for those who have purchased the $100 ticket will offer hors d'oeuvres, adult beverages and front row seats to the concert.
The concert is a sit-down show, but that's only if people can resist the urge to get up, Rizzo said.
A 50/50 split of the proceeds from the concert will go to the the St. Vincent DePaul Food for Families, and the Mishler Theatre.
The proceeds for the theater will go to the building upkeep, Rizzo said.
Money will go to buy food for the approximately 200 people the soup kitchen feeds daily, Sister Paula DelGrosso said.
During the event, a video will show DelGrosso "in action" for the soup kitchen, Rizzo said.
DelGrosso thought the benefit concert was a "wonderful gesture" on behalf of Rizzo and Shaffer.
Shaffer is involved with the soup kitchen through Rotary, and it is "near and dear to my heart."
The show is a chance to see a diverse group of bands under one roof in a unique setting, she said.
"This is a great opportunity for area people who wouldn't normally go out to the bars to come out to hear all the local musical talent the area has to offer from solo guitar players to full bands," Rizzo said. "We don't have a lot of opportunities for live music in the area."
Another one of those rare opportunities is also taking place Saturday in State College.
THON, the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon held annually to raise money and awareness for the fight against pediatric cancer, is hosting its first benefit concert, Chords for a Cure, at Eisenhower Auditorium.
Tickets are $35 and can be purchased at the auditorium, through the HUB ticket desk and the Downtown Theatre. Doors open at 5 p.m. The concert kicks off at 6 p.m. Bands headlining the show are Boyce Avenue and Walk the Moon.
For more information, visit www.thon.org.
Mirror Staff Writer Amanda Gabeletto is at 949-7030.


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On two nap days she gets a later afternoon nap like 3 and later. She gets 10-10.5 hours ONS and then like 2 hours in naps.
On one nap days she gets 12 hours ONS and 1.5 hours in naps....
What do to?
First Time Mother to Mia, born on 08/08/2011 : )
DS1: October 2011
DS2: January 2014
First Time Mother to Mia, born on 08/08/2011 : )
First Time Mother to Mia, born on 08/08/2011 : )
Wow, kind of sounds like we're going this route too but not quite. He fluctuates between 10-11 hours ONS and 2 hours in naps. Lately ONS has gotten back to about 10.75-11. He isn't resisting either of the two naps yet though and still goes to sleep at 3.5/3.5/4. Bedtime only got to be a struggle the past few days because he is cutting more teeth. I just didn't medicate early enough those nights. When I gave him meds over an hour before bedtime he still went right to sleep at his normal time. I think I will wait till he's clearly resisting either nap. Even when his ONS is lower (10-10.5) he seems okay.
For you, I'm sure you're just crossing your fingers that one day you can have her up at a decent hour so you can go back to one nap. That's awesome that she will sleep 12 hours ONS and a 1.5 nap. Best of luck to you. I've been reading some of your other posts about your struggle with going back and forth. We might be dealing with that for a while too. This 2-1 stuff sounds more complicated than the other nap transitions.
When DD started refusing the second nap is when I switched. She was the same as your LO, sleeping 10-10.5hrs at night and about 2hrs in naps. However, in the beginning she had a hard time handling the longer WT's for more than a couple of days, but I just kept pushing on because we couldn't do the whole switching off between one and two naps. She jsut outright refused the second nap ALL the time. She now sleeps 11-11.5hrs ON and about 1.5-2.5hrs for her nap. She was 15 months when we switched and is now 17 months. Our WT's now are 5.5/5.5-6. She's a much happier kid now and there's no complaint at bedtime or nap time now, and it makes planning a day much easier.
Good luck and just stay confident in your decision. The transition took about 2 weeks, which was much easier than the 3-2. For us, once I jumped in, I knew I had to jsut keep going before it would get easier!
DD #1 (April 21, 2011) & DD #2 (March 10, 2014)
@Kero - yeah it's been an ongoing struggle for us. It start when she was 12 months and then she cut some top teeth so we attributed it to that. We played around with her schedule and got some good results. Now we are back in that downward spiral! It's definitely frustrating and it is definitely harder doing the 2-1 than it was the 3-2. DD transitioned gracefully in the 3-2 and the 4-3.
I wonder if they are earlier 3-2 transitioners if they will be early 2-1? She's been on two naps since 7 months.
@JL - thank you for the advice. I think you are right. I'm hoping to god that she will take two naps today because of the 5:30am WU and then when she is back to her usualy WU of 6:30am-7am we are going to jump right in. I'm setting 11:30am as my marker give or take a half hour. I definitely think a 5 WT will be good and probably her max WT for a while.
@JL - What did you do with the nap? Did you use a WT or did you set a time?
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My DD was on two naps at 7 months also. At 12-13 months she acted as if she wanted only one nap. However, after a week, she went back to two naps until she started refusing the second at 15 months.
My DD has always been an early riser (between 5-6am). So, we do a late am nap into the early afternoon and an early bedtime. On two naps, my DD already had WT's of 4-4.5hrs in order to get a nap, so I jumped into a 5hr first WT. It was rough the first week, but after getting used to it, we had no meltdowns and she started sleeping longer. After two weeks, we had to increase the WT to 5.25, and now 2 months into it, we are at 5.5 for the first WT.
I still use WT's for a nap, and probably will continue that bc she's always been sensitive to them. Some people can jump into a BTC nap, but it just doesn't work for my DD. However, I also use a "no earlier than schedule" as well. So I won't start a nap before 11am or have bedtime before 6:30pm. My DD prefers about 12.5-13hrs with a usual ONS of about 11hrs, so I base my no earlier than times on that. Our typical day looks like this:
Wake Up: 5:30-6am
Nap: 11:00-11:30
Wake up: 12:30-1:30
Bedtime: 6:30-7
Just figure out what works for you. When we started the transition, I was worried over the long WT's and early wake ups, but it worked itself out. She has a pattern, and I just stick with it until she show signs of it not working (short naps, ewu, nightwakings). Hope that helps!
DD #1 (April 21, 2011) & DD #2 (March 10, 2014)
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WAILUKU - Wanting to lay a solid foundation for Maui County in years to come, Mayor Alan Arakawa unveiled his 2013-14 budget request Monday with a wish list of more than $105 million for infrastructure and facility improvement projects.
Arakawa told Maui County Council members that the projects ranging from road resurfacing to wastewater and water supply improvements need to be done sooner rather than later.
"Our infrastructure and facilities are old. Our maintenance workers are making repairs and extending operational life where they can, but it is only a temporary fix," Arakawa told council members, his staff and members of the public in his budget presentation in Council Chambers. "My point is that now is the time to do something about it. We need to act now, while interest rates are low and construction companies are charging less," he said.
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With friends cheering him on, Waiehu resident Riley Watanabe catches some air while skateboarding Monday at Keopuolani Park's skate park. The 16-year-old Baldwin High School sophomore said he was enjoying some of his spring break at the park. Mayor Alan Arakawa is proposing to increase a portion of the Department of Parks and Recreation's operations budget by nearly $2 million.
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A sign depicting a flagman warns of roadwork on Papa Avenue in Kahului. Arakawa's spending plan for fiscal 2013-14 calls for spending $34.5 million for road resurfacing and other improvements.
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Heavy equipment operator Alan Yamada of West Maui Construction unloads a pile of dirt near the War Memorial Complex's baseball fields on Monday afternoon. The backhoe was being used to prepare for construction of a wall, he said. The administration of Mayor Alan Arakawa has included $5.3 million for park facility improvements in his 2013-14 budget request.
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The old Wailuku Gym has long been the site for basketball, volleyball and other competitions. Arakawa's administration wants to spend $1.95 million to make improvements to the Wailuku facility.
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Arakawa is proposing a $573.6 million budget, a $23.7 million, or 4.3 percent, increase from the budget adopted by the council for the county's 2012-13 budget of $549.9 million.
The spending plan calls for $482.2 million in operating costs and $91.4 million in capital improvement projects, which would be paid for from county funds while other funding sources may be added later.
To pay for the improvements, Arakawa is seeking higher water rates and hikes in most real property tax categories and tipping fees at landfills.
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Improvement projects
Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa is proposing $120.7 million in capital improvement projects, which include projects funded through the county and grant revenue funds. The projects are part of Arakawa's 2013-14 budget proposal.
Major projects include:
* $34.5 million for road resurfacing and improvements, which is up from $30.7 million this fiscal year. Projects include constructing a sidewalk from Kula Highway to Makawao Avenue for schoolchildren traveling between King Kekaulike High School and Pukalani town and upgrading the traffic signals at three intersections on South Kihei Road to alleviate gridlock during morning and afternoon rush-hour traffic.
* $28.6 million for water supply improvements, including source development, storage and transmission, up from $26.7 million in this fiscal year. Projects include $11.4 million for booster pump upgrades and refurbishing and replacing of water tanks in Makawao, Pukalani and Kula.
* $20.7 million for wastewater improvements and expansion, including sewer lines, reclamation facilities and pump stations. Around $3.6 million would be set aside to expand the West Maui recycled water system.
* $15.5 million for various drainage improvement projects, an increase of nearly $5 million from this fiscal year. Projects include $250,000 to install a drainage system on Papa Avenue in Kahului.
* $3 million for solid waste improvements, including investments to reduce future operating costs.
* $5.3 million for parks facility improvements. Nearly $2 million is proposed to be used to install a new metal roof and siding and make repairs where needed at the Wailuku Gym, and to refurbish its flooring.
To see Arakawa's budget proposal, go online to www.mauicounty.gov/budget.
In explaining his reasoning for the various improvements, the mayor said it's something the county should do now to avoid costly fixes later. He pointed to how the City and County of Honolulu had to pay billions of dollars to upgrade its wastewater collection and treatment system, because it had no other option when a pipe broke during heavy rains in 2006. That break led to millions of gallons of untreated sewage being dumped in the Ala Wai Canal, which runs parallel to and mauka of Waikiki and empties into the ocean.
"This budget isn't about next year or the year after that. It's part of a plan that is looking at 50 years down the road," Arakawa said.
The mayor requested a nearly $2 million increase in the budget for the Parks & Recreation Department in order to better maintain county parks. The parks operating budget, under the category of "other costs," would rise from $297,410 this fiscal year to nearly $2.3 million for 2013-14.
After his presentation, Arakawa said the increase is necessary to give parks maintenance staff the tools to upgrade and clean parks, such as painting and other projects, including fixing doors and locks.
"We want them to do more of the work," he said.
To pay for the higher operational and project costs, Arakawa's administration is seeking various rate hikes, including higher real property taxes. Estimated property values for 2013-14 are projected to amount to $33.4 billion, which would generate an estimated $239 million in revenue, Arakawa said.
The revenue derived from real property tax is the most significant source of revenue for the county, he said.
He also is proposing to restore parity to real property tax classifications that historically shared the same rates until around a decade ago.
The residential, apartment, agricultural and conservation classifications are all proposed to be equal in Arakawa's proposal, while the commercial and industrial classifications are proposed to be the same.
No tax rate hike is proposed for the homeowner classification because Arakawa said those in the category saw a "significant increase last fiscal year," with the average homeowner's tax bill going up 24 percent last year.
Proposed hikes in Arakawa's budget go from a low of a 4.8 percent increase for the apartment classification to a high of 13 percent for those in the improved residential classification.
The mayor reiterated that he is seeking a 5.2 percent water rate increase for the Department of Water Supply. Arakawa originally announced the proposed increase during his State of the County address earlier this year.
The Department of Environmental Management is seeking an increase to its solid waste tipping fee at its landfills, from $61 to $75 per ton.
The increase could generate $1.3 million in additional revenue and reduce the amount of general fund subsidies for the department to cover total costs.
The Department of Planning is proposing a new rate structure to help recoup up to 30 percent of the cost of issuing planning permits.
After the presentation, Arakawa acknowledged that he has been fielding questions about rate increases so the county can improve its infrastructure and facilities.
"Why do it now?" he said he's been asked.
"We're at the point now we're seeing everything falling apart. We can't kick the can down the road for the next group. . . . There's never going to be a perfect time."
The Maui County Council has until June 10 to pass a budget for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.
Overall, council members said after the presentation that they approve of the direction the mayor is taking with road, water system and wastewater improvements but they need time to digest and scrutinize the budget proposal.
"I think for the most part we agree with the overall direction the mayor has taken," said Council Budget and Finance Committee Chairman Mike White. "But we will do our due diligence and make sure we are spending the people's money wisely.
"I think a lot of the expenditures he is proposing are likely to be appropriate and necessary. But again, our job is to look at . . . whether the numbers reflect an accurate value for the work to be done," White added.
As for the proposed rate increases, White said: "Our job is to make sure before we increase rates, we need to be looking at making sure that everyone who is supposed to be paying a certain level of taxes is in fact doing so . . . Because this is the people's money, our job is to make sure the items included in the mayor's budget are absolutely necessary and good for the county in the long term."
Council Chairwoman Gladys Baisa said she was especially pleased to hear about the infrastructure, park and road improvements.
"Roads, I'm so excited," she said after hearing Arakawa's presentation.
She said she gets many calls about road issues.
The council also will need to get more information about proposed fee and rate increases from the administration to make its decisions on possible increases, if any, Baisa added.
"It all sounds good right now," she said of the budget. But she added that after around six weeks of deliberations, "We'll come to our own conclusions."
Council Member Don Couch said he also liked what Arakawa was proposing regarding improving and upgrading infrastructure. He said that for too long the county has been putting off large fixes and upgrades.
Although he still had to look at the entire budget, Couch, who holds the South Maui residency seat, said he doesn't think that he will be able to see the beginnings of a county gym in Kihei, as he said he was promised by the administration.
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Steven Stamkos potted his 200th career NHL goal in an empty net in the Lightning's 4-2 win over the Flyers Monday night.
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Leadership lacking in Berkeley County Schools
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Sometimes we are not always given the sharpest knife in the drawer to be the CEO of the Board of Education of any county school district. Clearly, the actions taken Ja....
I'm pretty sure there was a delay. I just don't get it when I was in school we didn't get all these cancellations due to rain or the small amount of snow that it takes to cancel school now. And I'm talking about school in the early 90's. If parents feel it's unsafe how about don't send your kids to school. If 90% of the kids can make it to school with no problems go ahead and have school. It's because of fear of litigation that heavy rain or 1 inch of snow on the ground causes schools to be closed so quickly now.
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Was there not a delayed opening that day? Do not recall the roads being too terrible either. Just go to school, try to learn.
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