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Cubs Add Three to 40-man Roster
The Cubs have added three players to their MLB Reserve List (40-man roster), one day in advance of the November 20th deadline that requires MLB clubs to submit major league and minor league reserve lists to the MLB office. .
RHPs Mitch Atkins and Justin Berg were selected from Iowa, and RHP Marcos Mateo was selected from Daytona, and with the addition of the three, the Cubs now have 36 players on their MLB Reserve List.
Notably absent from the list are LHP Donald Veal (the Cubs 2005 2nd round pick) and 2B Nate Spears (acquired along with two other prospects from the Baltimore Orioles in January 2006 for OF Corey Patterson), meaning both will be eligible for selection in next month's Rule 5 Draft. And I would say that it's very likely that Veal will get selected, and somewhat likely that Spears will be, too.
A North Carolina native, Atkins checks in at 6'3/220, and he just turned 23 last month. He was the Cubs 7th round selection in the 2004 Rule 4 Draft (1st Year Player Draft) out of Northeast Guilford HS in McLeansville, NC (he was signed by legendary Cubs Area Scout Billy Swoope), and he had signed an NLI to attend Elon University before opting to sign with the Cubs. Atkins has progressed steadily through the Cubs system over the past five seasons, reaching AAA Iowa via a mid-season promotion in 2008. He went 17-7 with a combined 4.00 ERA and 1.25 WHIP, allowing 155 H, 87 R (73 ER), 50/132 BB/K, and 25 HR in 164.1 IP (28 GS) with AA Tennessee and AAA Iowa in 2008. Atkins doesn't throw particularly hard, but he really "knows how to pitch." He has a full array of pitches, including a very effective cutter. He probably projects as a "back-of-the-rotation" MLB starter at this point.
The 24-year old Berg is a native of Antigo, WI, and was acquired by the Cubs from the Yankees in August 2005 in exchange for veteran OF Matt Lawton. A 6'3 230-pound sinker-baller, Berg was originally drafted by the Yankees in the 43rd round of the 2003 Rule 4 Draft out of Indian Hills CC in Iowa, but was signed as a "Draft & Follow" in May 2004 (just days prior to the June Draft) after spending his sophomore year at Triton CC in River Grove, IL. He was set to transfer to the University of Iowa for his junior year before opting to turn pro. The fact that the Cubs acquired Berg in a trade just a year after he signed with the Yankees probably is an indication that the Cubs had planned to draft him back in 2004 if he hadn't signed as a "DNF" with the Yanks. Berg has similar stuff as Jeff Samardzija (power sinker and slider), but has struggled mightily with his command throughout most of his career. Like Atkins, Berg split the 2008 sesaon between AA and AAA, and he was supposed to pitch for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League post-2008 (he pitched in the AFL last year, too), but plans were changed at the last minute, and he ended up in the Venezuelan Winter League instead. Basically a "two-pitch pitcher," Berg will probably be moved to the bullpen in the near future to take full advantage of his hard stuff. He really needs to work on his command, but if he can get that straightened out (as Samardzija appears to have done), he could possibly make it to the big leagues as a reliever.
Marcos Mateo is the cousin of ex-Cubs RHP Juan Mateo. A native of the Dominican Republic, the 6'1 ,160-pound Marcos Mateo was acquired from Cincinnati in September 2007 as the PTBNL in an earlier deal where the Cubs sent OF Buck Coats to the Reds, so 2008 was his first season in the Cubs organization (he did pitch in the AZ Instructional League with the Cubs post-2007, however). He will turn 25 next April. Like his older cousin, Marcos Mateo's best pitch is an outstanding slider, but he also has a fastball with some life on it, and he supposedly developed a change-up in 2008 when he was moved to the starting rotation after a promotion from Peoria to Daytona. But unless the change-up is of big league quality, his future is probably MLB middle-relief.
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Atkins and Berg really dont surprize me, but Mateo sure does!
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I dont get why Veal was left off, I mean he is wild but so is Berg. I mean LHP who throw hard just dont grow on trees and Veal good as gone now as he will be a top pick and I am sure he could last as a 12th man on the staff of a lousy club anyway. Can Veal still be added tomorrow in case Jimbo and Company forgot he needed to be added or is this the final list?
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Why would they leave 4 open spots? They certainly aren't going to sign 4 free agents. This doesn't make sense to me unless the are going to add a few tomorrow. I agree about Veal, they should add him.
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Veal might get selected, but I have serious doubts he'll stick with a team after he walks 5 guys in a row a couple of times.
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Have to agree here. You would need a team that is really punting the season to have Veal drafted. The way he's pitched lately it's in doubt whether he'd be able to finish innings. Maybe if a team is OK bringing him in when they need to walk a guy and don't want to hurt their starter's stats.
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So a team like the Nats or Pirates will be a 92 loss team instead of a 90 loss team. Veal's stuff is good enough that a bad team in need of young pitching will keep him on as the 12th guy on their staff.
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I can see your scout owing his GM $32K next June.
Even if he loves his arm, it's just the fact that he's likely to be totally useless which I think will scare teams off. Unles they want him to pinch run. But I wouldn't be surprised if he gets drafted. I'd be really surprised if he gets drafted and doesn't get offered back to us - unless he breaks his leg or something.
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32K...most scouts wish they made that much money.
that said, playing the rule-5-shuffle don't mean anything until late march when it's time to set the rosters full time and you know if the guy is gone or not.
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KC? I could see a club like that stashing Veal in the pen this year considering they trotted out Jimmy Gobble for 39 games with that sparkling 8.81 ERA and 1.96 WHIP. Plus they've now traded away 2 of their 2008 relievers in Leo Nunez and Ramon Ramirez so they'll have room. It sucks potentially seeing a great arm like that go but I mean even if he becomes the next Renyel Pinto, that's not going to kill the Cubs.
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The Cubs have had a few pitchers over the last few years taken in the Rule V draft (seems like 1-2 every year). The only one we've lost that I can think of is Andy Sisco and the reasons he was let go had very little to do with his pitching ability.
Veal very well might be taken, but sticking on a roster all year is going to be tough. Most guys don't make it out of spring training.
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video on Cubs' AFL prospects, nifty
took her about 10 words to get curse in though
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If they think the scouting department is OK but question player development, does that mean they question teaching methods?
Sorry if it sounds self-evident, but I've often wondered why some organizations churn out body after body at the big-league level but the Cubs' "can't-miss" prospects often do nothing but that.
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I'd actually argue that the Cubs are one of the top pitching development teams out there. Injuries aside it's pretty rare that our pitchers don't pan out. Position players though... I think that's a combination of bad scouting and bad coaching. Too many athletes and not enough ball players, ever since I've been a Cubs fan... Well the Palmeiro pick was good.
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Bobby Brownlie
Chadd Blasko
Matt Clanton
Luke Haggarty
Grant Johnson
Mark Pawelek
All wish to argue your point
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All of those guys were injured, other than Pawelek, correct?
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If these injuries are due to (1) overuse or (2) failure to correct mechanical flaws in pitching motions, then it's a player development failure. Steve Stone has argued that more pitchers develop injuries in the Cubs minor league system than in other systems. Whether that's really true or he's just speaking anecdotally, I don't know. But it sure seems like the Cubs lose a lot of promising pitchers to injury.
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I don't think Michael Wuertz has panned out, although I think that's mostly on Rothschild.
Rich Hill came to the majors without any ability to hold a runner on a base. When people started running wild him, they (LR and I-don't-know-who-else) started mucking with his delivery, teaching him to slide-step, etc. The result is the Rich Hill we see today.
Zambrano has been taking one step forward, one step back for eight years. And he's a big talent.
Dempster, Lilly, Harden--they don't owe anything to Cub coaching.
Marmol is a success story, so far. Similarly Samardzija and Marshall, to an extent.
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And Wood and Prior and Nolasco and Pinto and Atkins and Gallagher and Ohman, and probably half a dozen other guys I can't remember of the top of my head - Cruz.
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You're right about a few of these guys. Also Blevins--he was in the Cubs' system when he seemed to figure it out in '07. Now he's in the majors. Pinto was the Cubs' minors pitcher of the year one year, so he must have made some progress under them.
Looking at Nolasco with the Cubs, he was 14-3 in 2005, so he didn't need Fla. coaching to pitch well.
Okay, my beef is with Rothschild, then. How did Ohman (and the guys I mentioned in #47) do under Rothschild?
ownership bonership...lol...boner...
"Major League Baseball says the deadline to submit bids to buy the Chicago Cubs is Dec. 1."
has this guy checked to see where his team's postseason revenue has come from recently?
"NEW YORK (AP) - Lew Wolff has a way to shorten baseball's postseason: Make the first round best-of-one.
"I'd make it one-game-and-you're-out for the first series," the Oakland Athletics owner said Wednesday. "It would be exciting. It would be great.""
Mike Mussina
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without a Cy Young or 300 wins, I doubt it....surprised to see that last year was his first 20-win season. Did have 17 straight seasons with double digit wins.
anyone notice Maddux's 20-year streak ended last season?
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start looking at stats and it opens up a whole can of worms...
Maddux hasn't received a Cy Young vote since 2000, somehow in 2002 with a 16-6 record and a 2.62 ERA, he didn't get one. His 159 ERA+ was 2nd best in the NL.
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Tim Kurkjian thinks he is based on his career W%-.638, 117 games over .500, 2800 Ks, pitched his entire career with the DH in the AL EAST and in the steroid era. I think he noted that every SP who has 100 more wins than losses in his career is either in the HOF or hasn't become eligible yet. Clemens, Pedro, Glavine, Johnson. Personally if Blyleven isn't in than Moose shouldn't be either. He really should have pitched one more year. He'd likely pick up at least 15 wins taking him to 285 and he'd almost assuredly get in then. Not to mention one last shot at a ring. His postseason numbers were solid outside of the W-L, 7-9, but had a 3.42 ERA, 145 Ks in 139 IP.
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Mussina is a Yankee so that should help his case. Other than Munson (who should be in the hall) has there ever been a borderline HOF Yankee who hasnt gotten in? I guess Maris, but 2 great seasons in an other wise average at best career should not you into the hall. Had those 2 great years been for the Royals, I wonder if people would be making a HOF case for him. Hell Mussina is more worthy than Rizzuto. I doubt Mussina even cares about it because one more year would have made him a lock. He could have been at 9500Ks and and atleast 12 wins to his record and be atleast 120 games over .500 for his career.
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I'd argue he had 3 great seasons from 1960 -1962: Avg/HR/RBI for those seasons -- .283/39/112, .269/61/142 & .256/33/100. Otherwise, his three highest HR totals were 28, 26 & 23 (in '58, '63 & '64) and three highest RBI totals were 80, 72 & 71 (in '58, '59 & '64) in 12 seasons. Otherwise, he failed to top 16 HR and 55 RBI in his other six seasons. Not a HOF career, in my opinion. The only question left is whether 1961 qualified as a HOF season by itself. I think not.
VineLine Blog
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reads a little disjointed if you're not a regular or not used to it...very casual name dropping had me lost...
"I talked to Mark on the day of the division clinch and asked him, as he was dripping head-to-toe with champagne, what fueled him for this season."
...for instance...that's the first line of the story. i guess we're supposed to assume we know they're on a first name basis with players rather than mark being their obsessed fan friend at home ruining his carpet.
good stuff, though.
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just noticed it reads "Mark Huang" at the bottom of some of the posts
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Mike Huang, for what it's worth.
As far as the "Mark" thing Crunch talks about, my guess is that Huang left off "DeRosa" in haste. I don't think any other posts are as informal when talking about the players.
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AZ Phil,
The way I read Veal being left off the 40-man is the Cubs either (A) don't feel Veal will be good enough to make anyone's 25 man roster on Opening Day and/or (b) has no significant trade value by himself or as part of a package (e.g. Brian Roberts). Do you agree?
Also, from your top 15 list is there anyone with significant trade value except Vitters? Aren't Cashner, Jackson, McDaniel ineligible to be traded until after this year's June draft?
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[edit: I intended this as a reply to Q-Ball, #28.]
I don't know about you but I'm impressed by Jake Fox hitting .423 and slugging .676 while batting cleanup for Licey. That league is not chopped liver. Felix Pie goes there every winter and hits .220, just like in the majors. A couple of his teammates last year were Miguel Cabrera and Marmol.
The Cubs have needed a righty hitter with some power off the bench. Why not Fox? He can play first and a little outfield and he's also a third-string catcher, which frees up the second-string catcher to pinch hit--so you get two pinch hitters for the price of one.
Fuld has quietly raised his average to .304 (.398 OPB) while batting leadoff for Aragua, Rich Hill's team (maybe soon-to-be former team) in Venezuela. Fuld might actually be better in the number-two slot for the Cubs than Fukudome, who has been tried there. Also, Fuld is cheap talent. This may be me, but I don't think a GM can get away with paying big bucks to four outfielders, when there are only three positions. The accountants will catch that.
Exposing Veal is a risk, but my guess would be that Fuld has a better chance of being drafted and actually sticking with another team.
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AZ Phil, what does leaving off Veal say about Jake Fox and Sam Fuld? I think both of them are "fringy" at best, and very easily missed if someone took a Rule-5 flyer. Why wouldn't the Cubs just DFA one of those two, and add Veal to the 40-man? Is there something I am missing?
Burnett and Lowe
Burnett wants 5 years, Lowe $16M...Dempster deal already looks good.
Burnett's been a bit more consistent than Dempster obviously, but his elbow is a clicking time bomb.
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Ah, the good old 'clicking time bomb'. What's that again?
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It's a mouse with a explosive device in it.
Burnett has never had a year as good as the one Dempster just finished.
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When the hell does the spring training schedule drop?
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O. Julius to Mrs. Julius: I think it's time for us to start thinking about taking a visit to Phoenix to see your parents, don't you? How about March?
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Perhaps Veal and Spears might be needed in a trade before the Rule 5 draft? If that's the case, leaving them off the list allows for a deal involving them to be done soon, rather than with Atkins, Berg, or Mateo.
From AZ Phil's article a few days ago:
Any player on a minor league reserve list on November 20th is considered "frozen" on that roster until the conclusion of the Rule 5 Draft, meaning all players on minor league reserve lists as of 11/20 cannot be traded to another organization or moved to a different reserve list in the same organization during that period of time. Players on an MLB 40-man roster can be outrighted to the minors during this period, however.
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AZ Phil can clarify this, but reading the italicized section in Andrew's post, I would say the "minor league reserve list" is the minor-league full roster, which would mean that Spears and Veal are frozen and can't be traded before the draft; and that Atkins, Berg and Mateo can be traded, like anyone else on the major-league 40-man (unless they have an NTC!).
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Cubs Sale heating up
According to WGN, final 4 bidders have until 12/1 to get in bids.
Cuban, reportedly, is not one.
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I respectfully disagree on Mussina, Rob.
Saying without 300 wins or a Cy Young a pitcher doesn't deserve to get in is kinda like saying "Well...without 3000 hits or 500 HR's, player X doesn't get in."
270 wins, 2800 K's, an ERA+ of 123. He top comparisons from Baseball Reference include Juan Mariscal, David Wells, Curt Schilling, Jim Palmer, Carl Hubbell, and Jack Morris.
Is it his fault he pitched in a league with Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens, etc?
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I have never been a fan of HOF guys were were good for a very long time, but never great. Don Sutton comes to mind. Mark Grace, perhaps.
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Craig Biggio
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Precisely. Biggio was never thought of as one of the top players in the game, which is what the HOF is all about. But, he was good for a long time, reached a milestone, and will probably get in.
Bah. HOF should recognize greatness, not goodness.
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I don't care about any of that, but that's what the voters do...
his only really strong arguments are playing in the AL East his entire career and an extremely good win percentage. But he's going to have a hard time getting in if Blyleven can't get in, imo.
I'm not sure where I stand to be honest.
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Does anyone think he gets helped by winning 20 in his last career season? Five years from now he might score points for "going out on top". Baseball Writers tend to eat that crap up.
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Think along the lines of Barry Sanders in Football.
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Here's the thing I can't remember any time thinking he was one of the top 5 pitchers in baseball in any given year. Same as Biggio for players.
Barry Sanders was considered the top running back of his time, even when he was in the league with the eventual all time rushing leader.
Bad comparsion.
The thing that will help Mussina will be NY press, if they love him enough he will get in, although not winning a WS will not help.
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Barry Sanders, to any who watched him, is unquestionably one of the 3 best RB and probably 10 best football players in the entire history of the sport (fyi Jim Brown, Walter Payton).
Mussina was very good for a very long time, but I don't think anyone's going to say he's one of the 3 best at his position anytime soon. Robert Smith would be a much, much better football comparison, if we're talking about going out on top (career wasn't nearly as long-lived). That being said, I'd probably lean towards yes for Mussina on the HOF.
Completely off topic, anyone else ever hear this Barry Sanders story? His terrible defense somehow managed to get an interception, and Sanders wasn't expecting this, obviously, as he was asleep on the sidelines. Brett Perriman walks over and wakes him up, says hey dude we have the ball, Sanders gets up groggy, eyes red, puts his helmet on and runs on field. Sweep right, 60+ yard TD. Walks back to bench, goes back to sleep. I have no idea where I heard this except it was on TV at some point, so take it with a grain of salt maybe, but the fact that I'm not convinced it didn't happen shows how good that guy was.
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a Chad rant is coming...trust me on this one.
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Where did Robert Smith go to college?
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Oddly I didn't pick him solely based on that - he was the first guy to come to mind.
Not that I mind :D
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Giving the ball to Barry Sanders was like throwing a bomb down field on every play.
Most times it will go incomplete but the times that it works, scores 6 and looks great in the stats.
Sanders was the opposite of what I would ever want in a running back. I want a guy that i can give the ball to that you know will give you 4 yards a pop. While Sanders stats may average out to that, it merely shows the flaw in averages.
When you run 30 times for 150 yards and 2 TDs, it looks great. But when you take out the 75 yard run and you ran 29 times for 75 yards, not that great.
Give me Emmitt Smith every time over Sanders.
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Okay I will step into this bee-hive-
What if Sanders had Smith's line and QB?
I believed he had to run the way he did because of the offensive team he was anchored to.
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"Here Emmitt -- take the ball and run through that gaping hole that our All Pro offensive line opened up for you, while the linebackers and safeties worry about our All Pro QB throwing to Irvin and Harper. Enjoy your 5-yard gain."
"Here Barry -- take the ball and don't worry about the fact that the entire defense is monitoring your every move, that there are already 2 defensive lineman in our backfield, and that they have at least 8 men in the box on every play."
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I'm not sure I'm comfortable with the way you guys are implying that Scott Mitchell wasn't awesome.
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i hear the same BS every time. Except that is how Barry Sanders always ran his entire career. Even back in college.
They guy is/was a phenomenal athlete. He had blazing speed, ridiculous quicks and fantastic vision. But he was undisciplined as hell and was always going for the home run kill shot. he was never happy with a 4 yard run. He was happier taking a run for a loss.
If i had a way to look it up, i would. But he didn't make first downs. He didn't control the clock and forced more 3 and outs with his style of play.
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Walter had to do some of those zig zag runs early in his career because of Rebie Sorie and Noah Jackson falling on there fat asses.
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I think both camps are correct.
Had Barry played for the Cowboys, he would have run for more yards, eniticed by those huge holes that Smith was able to take advantage of.
He would have also continued to turn a lot of 1 yard losses into 4 yard losses, with the occasional big gain in there.
I think we can all agree Smith is probably the most overrated player in NFL history.
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Chad, your version of Barry Sanders sounds like the football version of Alfonso Soriano.
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Just so you know how totally untrue this whole post is...
Barry Sanders only had fifteen 50yd (and you are saying 75yd TD runs) touchdown runs in his career, but had 25 career 150yd games.
Just so you know...
Emmitt Smith wasn't in the same category as Barry Sanders. He said it himself.
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barry sanders is 3 times the athlete that smith was. But Sanders was a home run hitter.
And I would like to see how many first downs Barry made vs. other players. If you know where I can find those stats, please let me know.
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Who gives a fuck about Barry Sanders?!
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You can find those stats for Sanders here: http://www.nfl.com/players/barrysanders/careerstat...
Sanders gained a 1st down on 18.7% of his runs compared to Emmitt's 21.8%. Despite having 1,500 less rushing attempts, Sanders still had more 20+ yard runs (113-94) and 40+ yard runs (42-17!). It should also be noted that they didn't keep those stats for Sanders' first two years and Smith's first year in the league, so the difference is greater. Sanders also only fumbled 19 time compared to Smith's 38. Also, Sanders only had one 75-yard run in his career.
Also, just doing some quick math estimates. If you were to subtract the long runs of Sanders (20+) from his overall stats, his average per carry would be a bit over 4 yards, just as Smiths. So the difference in the yards per carry between the two is Sanders' homeruns, but minus that, his average per rush is still as good as Emmitt's.
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and one key stat i doubt i will every be able to find is carries for loss. I once heard that he had as many carries for loss as he did gains. that could be bs.
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Yeah, that's BS - you don't need to look it up.
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Despite having 1,500 less rushing attempts
Fewer rushing attempts . . . . (Sorry.)
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I don't copy edit my comments. Feel free to do so for me though.
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"Feel free to do so for me, though."
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"I don't copyedit my comments."
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Go fuck yourselves.
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^No edit needed.
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Go fuck your elves?
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That ^ (comments 123-124, 128, 135-136 & 138) was damn funny!
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I totally disagree about Biggio, he was the top 2nd baseman in the game for a long period of time. You wanted a little power with your stolen bases at a notoriously weak position, he was your man. Him in Roberto Alomar were the best of the best.
His overall stats easily make him one of the all-time greats at the position.
I really don't understand why Cubs fans got to knock the accomplishments of rival teams great players. He was a great player and he is more than deserving to be a HOFer, 1st ballot even.
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It has nothing to do with him being an Astro, on my part.
He batted over .300 4 times in 20 year period, was not a MVP threat and would say he was considered second best player on team for most of his career (Bagwell, Berkman).
He's a very good player, but not HOF IMO, but he will get in.
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He was in the top 5 in the MVP voting twice and top 10 three times. During Biggio's career only 1 2B won the MVP award (Kent in 2000.) So what your saying is the only 2B who should be in the hall that played from 88-07 are Kent and Sandberg since they have MVP awards.
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gotta disagree on Biggio, a definite HOFer in my book, well before he got 3000 hits. No that leadoff man is a position, but he's one of the best there ever was and he was an All-Star catcher before becoming a second basemen. Plus he put up most of his numbers in the grand canyon of baseball - the Astrodome.
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The problem in my mind with Biggio and Bagwell is the same problem with Sosa and McGwire. A lot of it is going to come down to how many writers are confident they were juicing.
I would say there were seasons when Mussina was considered one of the game's top 3 pitchers. Definetly one of the AL's top three pitchers. You can't punish these guys too much for having played in the same era as Maddux, Johnson and Martinez.
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agreed. I'd bet my car that Bagwell was using PEDs, and since Bagwell and Biggio were so tight there is a little doubt on Biggio but his numbers alone are certainly hall worthy. In his prime he posted 4 .400+ OBP years. He was an elite leadoff hitter for 11 years.
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I always thought the same thing about Bagwell. I got totally flamed by John Sickels for stating as much a couple years ago. Who else can you think of that went from 15-18-20 Homers a year to a perennial 40ish guy without some sort of major speculation?
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Or in Biggio's case 40 XBH's per year to 70 XBH's per year. Biggio's power surge started in 1993 at the age of 27. Bagwell's 1994 at 26. Tenron didn't open until 2000.
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The New York Post is speculating that David Dejesus will be shopped, now that the Royals have Coco Crisp. I wonder what they will want for him....
Check out this article about a friend of mine who's son has optic nerve hypoplasia and is going to China for stem cell therapy. Ryan Dempster and his wife made an unsolicited and unexpected donation to help them make the trip. I don't know what his ERA+ will be in 2012, but the guy is definitely a class act.
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Biggio has better overall numbers than Sandberg. So by your logic if you play for a shitty organization that doesn't develop or sign any good talent (ala the Cubs for much of its existence) your a more qualified HOFer than a player who played with an organization that had a clue?
I am sorry that has always been one of the least defenseable arguements people try to use around this site and many others.
The fact is it doesn't make Biggio less deserving if he had Bagwell and Berkman around him. He just had a better organiztion to play for, and it still doesn't erase his over-all stats at the position and how he ranks with the all-time greats.
You go to baseball-reference.com and it shows the players with stats comparable to Biggio. Here is the list....
Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan, Cal Ripkin, Roberto Alomar, Brooks Robinson, George Brett, Lou Whitaker, Ivan Rodriguez, Ryne Sandberg.
But hey when you got better over-all numbers than guys like Joe Morgan and Ryne Sandberg there really isn't a question about his HOF creds.
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Having more closely examined the stats, I have changed my mind -- Biggiois a HOF-er.
I was probably distracted by the recent memory of his hitting under .270 for 6 of his last 8 years. That ain't HOF material, in any league.
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So who plays 2nd for the USA in the WBC?
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Pedroia, Kinsler, Roberts, Phillips, Uggla ...pick one.
speaking of the WBC...
piece on the Puerto Rican team...says Soto is unsure if Cubs will let him play.
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It wont be Kinsler, MLB has already said it wont get insurance for anyone who ended last season on the DL.
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Dan Uggla is American, right?
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Uggla does well in these spotlit exhibition games.
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Biggio is a HOF'er, he was a great player for a long time. That's the definition of Hall of Famer.
However, I see Mike C still can't have an adult discussion and instead turns to insults when someone disagrees with him. How old are you, Mike? Do you still want to tell me how great Fukudome is?
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I didn't take it as an insult.
In fact it's one of the most articulate arguements I've seen on this board, recently.
We just disagree.
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I use 10 all-star games as a quick and dirty on who should be a HoF'r. How do Biggio and Mussina do on that?
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7 for Biggio, 5 for Mussina
how many players have 10 or more ASG appearances?
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I don't know, but typically when I think a guy is a HoF'r and then I look at his BR page he's got 10 or more ASG's.
You have to play for 10 seasons to be a HoF'r, so if you're one of the best two or three at your position or the most worthy candidate on your team 10 times - you're in. ASG's maybe moreso in the past than today, are a big way to build your national 'fame' level.
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seems like a tough standard in today's climate, especially with pitchers.
As great as Ozzie Smith was, he made ASG's it helped there wasn't a shortstop worth a damn besides Barry Larkin and he didn't show up until the late 80's.
on a sidenote, Larkin made 12 ASG's...would have never guessed that.
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McGwire made 12 All-Star teams.
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Mike Piazza-10
Pudge Rodriquez-11
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more HoF'rs.
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Fukudome has been an A/S in every MLB season...
Biggio played in the 'Dome, but also the Juice Box.
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9 to go!
Soto's got 9 to go too.
10 may be a little high for pitchers, just due to their variability. I also wonder if there is an example of a first half player like LaDouca who would throw my rule of thumb into disaray.
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According to WSCR who reports that Towers said he spoke to Hendry yesterday.
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I believe that Steve Garvey had 10 or more all star games. You never hear his name mentioned as a potential HofF. I don't think he should be, but there is a bit more than 10 all star appearances. Someone once asked me how many home runs a player needed to get into the hall of fame and I told him one more than Fred McGriff.
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Garvey did until he tried to single handedly populate Southern California.
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according to Joe Sheehan
Kerry makes an appearance.
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comparing lowe to maddux...now that's an interesting leap.
i do like how sheehan goes about explaining his logic, though. i agree with most of it, but that which i don't he at least goes through the trouble of explaining why he believes what he believes.
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So.... has anyone heard any Chad Fox rumors lately?
I haven't seen any mention of him via Rosenthal or MLBTR.
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Cubs are hoping he can fill the 1b/corner OF/Backup catcher role in Iowa this year.
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Sign Chad Fox, let him be on the MLB roster for three days, then put him on the 60 day DL - instant september callup on your playoff roster. It's really quite clever.
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Thanks, Phil.........that fills in the blanks. A lot of trades (e.g. B. Roberts, DeJesus) sound great for the Cubs, but I just don't think they have that much on the 40-man roster or prospects most teams would want. The exception being the O's having interest in players they drafted when they ran the Cubs minor leagues.
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Phil, I'm afraid if you say "Vitters is at least three years away" you play into the hands of people who say, Trade him--we can't wait that long.
Some guys are fast-tracked. Maybe Vitters is one of those. Maybe he's a better prospect than the Cubs have had before. I just looked over Justin Upton's history. He did A ball in his first full season with Ariz. at age 18, while Vitters did short-season Boise at 18. But Upton hit .263 with a .413 SLG, while Vitters was .328, .498. At 19, Vitters will start out at Peoria, low A. At 19, Upton did A+ and AA and got a September call-up to the majors. At 20, Upton had 61 AAA at bats and 356 ABs in the majors.
It's not pie-in-the-sky (vitters-in-the-sky?) to say that Vitters might get a September call-up in 2010 and then report for duty in early-to-mid 2011, a year ahead of your prediction.
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Justin Upton also has great speed, and a strong arm--so his 107 OPS+ was absolutely fine this year. Of course, since Vitters will likely be playing a below average 3B or he'll be at 1B or in the outfield, he will have to hit--he doesn't have speed or defense to fall back on.
I personally think Justin Upton has been rushed and than a little more time in the minors could help him be a better player, but Arizona management apparently thinks he'll develop just fine while playing with the big league club.
Other phenoms have been rushed to the majors too, often with little success. BJ Upton made it to the majors at 19, had some success, then didn't do much in the majors until his age 22 season in 2007. Corey Patterson also comes to mind.
Prospects have value even if they aren't ready for the majors and won't be for two or three years. We all say we want to win now, but I'm sure we'll want to win in 2012, too.
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Anyone know where to find the Cubs minor league reserve list? The Cubs site doesn't show accurate minor league rosters over the Winter (and half the time in the Summer).
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Given that KC has dealt away some cheap relievers, I imagine one of Wuertz, Guzman, Ascanio will be in this deal. The only thing I can hang my hat on is that Jimbo has a nack for getting guys right before they blassom offensively (Aram, Barrett, Dlee).
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The number of LH hitting RF's is actually pretty limited, and ones who are available and fit into the Cubs current budget constraints even further reduces the pool of candidates.
Teahen, though no world beater, fits the profile and even adds some versatility with his ability to play 3B and 1B.
So what is Teahen worth to the Cubs in trade? The Royals definitely need to replenish their bullpen, having traded off two young arms since the end of the season. They might also want a middle IF. Does Ascanio get us Teahen?
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If Coco Crisp is worth Ramirez, then Mike Wuertz should be plenty for Mark Teahan. I'll be generous and give them some additional minor league fodder like Ryan Harvey, too.
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methinks you're definitely overestimating Teahen's value.
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Looks like Pie walked home on ball 4 to Fox with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth. Good picture of Felix, who is photogenic, you have to admit. He must be a tiger cub.
Pie's 2 for 2 lifted his average 65 points to .292. (Just 24 at bats.) Come on, Sport, it's later than you think.
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The Cubs added three minor-league pitchers to their 40-man yesterday: Mitch Atkins, Justin Berg and Marcos Mateo. One surprising name left off the list was lefty Donnie Veal, who now is eligible to be taken in the Rule 5 draft. That may well happen, but it's hard to see the erratic Veal sticking with a big-league club all year. I still remember the hue and cry a few years ago when the Cubs lost lefty Andy Sisco to the Royals in the Rule 5. As it turned out, that didn't hurt the Cubs at all. Atkins was the minor-league pitcher of the year. Mateo passed Jose Ceda by, allowing the Cubs to trade Ceda for Gregg. Speaking again of trades, the Cubs almost have to trade righty Jason Marquis, especially with lefty Sean Marshall pushing for a full-time job and with the Peavy talks not dead yet. No doubt the Cubs will have to eat some of Marquis' $9-plus million salary for 2009.
not sure if Miles is guessing that or it's info from a source of his...
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I asked Bruce about it and he said that part about Mateo was something that was relayed to him by someone within the Cubs organization.
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Here's an idea that won't happen, but makes sense for both teams, an expanded Cubs-KC trade idea:
Cubs get: Mark Teahan, Jose Guillen, and $3MM cash in 2009
Royals get: Jason Marquis, Mike Wuertz, Ronny Cedeno and Koyie Hill
Explanation: The move would be salary neutral for both teams in 2009. Royals get a starting SS, allowing Aviles to move to 2B full-time; a much-needed 7th inning reliever with ML experience and success; a backup catcher (they are giving the starting job to Olivo and are ready to trade John Buck); and a 5th starter with ML experience, allowing Kyle Davies to move to the bullpen. Royals could use some combination of Maier, Butler and Jacobs at 1B, RF and DH as they see fit.
Cubs would get their new RF w/o taking on salary, allowing them to make an all-out push for Rafael Furcal at SS. Lou could platoon Guillen and Teahan, or give the job to Guillen most of the time and allow Teahan to be his bench super-sub. Since Teahan can play 1B (and bats LH), Micah Hoffpauir becomes trade bait. The #5 starter job opens up for a March competition between Marshall, Atkins and perhaps Samardzija.
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If the Royals want to give Hill an MLB job they could just sign him.
Who are the royals going to play in right field? How does the trade make the Cubs any better? Who replaces Cedeno?
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I'd rather steal Aviles from the Royals than get Guillen and go for Furcal.
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i would be all for marshall being
a cub next year.
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You raise a good issue regarding Marshall. If we give this guy a chance to lock down the #5 starter spot, he could well win 10-13 games a year for the next 5 years or more. One thing you almost NEVER do in baseball is trade good, young, cheap, lefthanded starting pitching. Certainly he should not be included as a throw in to any trade.
If the Cubs add Teahan and Gullien, who makes the team as outfielders next year? Now you have Soriano, Johnson, Fukudome, Pie, who would take the place of Edmunds on the roster. Assuming Ward's uselessness in the field and PH duties are taken by Hoffpauir, what roster moves would be made to add Teahan and Gullien? Send Hoffpauir to the minors and trade Pie?
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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More homeless people turned to the Erie County Department of Social Services for emergency shelter in 2012 than the year before.
Erie County reported Thursday that the number of homeless placements made by Social Services increased by 14 percent to 2,198 last year, with the fastest-growing segment of those seeking help from the county being families with children.
"We're seeing more and more families that are coming in now," said Karen Rybicki, assistant deputy commissioner for temporary assistance.
The number of homeless people helped by Social Services represents only a portion of the county's overall homeless population. That is tracked by the Homeless Alliance of Western New York, which expects to issue its annual report later this spring.
That report is expected to show that the overall number of people who were homeless in Erie County remained relatively stable between 2011 and 2012 based on preliminary numbers, said Dale Zuchlewski, executive director of the Homeless Alliance of Western New York.
Zuchlewski said the increased number of people turning to the Department of Social Services for help last year may have been related to longer stays for people at some shelters. As that happens, there has been a decrease in the number of beds available, shifting the need to different providers, he said.
So far this year, Erie County's Department of Social Services has made 518 placements of individuals or families in emergency shelters, including 148 families with children. The average length of stay for a family placed by Social Services in a shelter is 25 days, according to the county.
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Last week, St. Francis Senior Ministries in Tiffin issued a press release announcing a new management partnership with Trinity Senior Living Communities, based in Livonia, Mich. Friday, Cindy Cieciwa, Vice President of Trinity's New Business Operations, was in Tiffin for the signing of the agreement, which is to take effect Jan. 2.
St. Francis officials present for the signing were Bob Hausie, retiring CEO of St. Francis Senior Ministries; Sr. Jackie Doepker, community minister for the Sisters of St. Francis; Jane Cook, RN, director of nursing at St. Francis Home; Sisters Mary Kuhlman and Joanne Lammers, members of the sisters' leadership team; and Jean Overmier, LPN, administrative
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Bob Hausie, retiring CEO of St. Francis Senior Ministries, watches Friday's signing of contracts by Cindy Cieciwa of Trinity Senior Living Communities and Sr. Jackie Doepker, community minister for the Sisters of St. Francis, Tiffin.
Hausie said more than a year ago, he started looking for a management company with a goal of sustaining the mission and heritage of St. Francis Senior Ministries. Trinity manages 32 communities in four states with independent and assisted living, long term care, memory care, nursing and rehabilitation options. Sr. Jackie Doepker, community minister for the sisters,
"We had looked around for other possibilities, and we did research over the last couple years, and we thought Trinity was the best fit. They have very similar values to us and they also manage some other Franciscan facilities," Doepker said.
"We're part of Trinity Health. It was the Sisters of Mercy out of Michigan and the Sisters of Holy Cross, in South Bend Indiana, went together to form Trinity," Cieciwa explained.
Just a month ago, St. Francis Senior Ministries announced the hiring of Dan Miller of Nevada, Ohio, as the new executive director. Doepker said Miller will be a Trinity employee operating at St. Francis. During the selection process for Hausie's replacement, Miller interviewed with Trinity and St. Francis before being chosen for the position. The new partnership will not change the status of St. Francis employees.
"They are all still our employees, and it won't affect their jobs. Hopefully, it will better things for them because they're going to have more resources for training and consultation in the various departments," Doepker said.
Cieciwa said department heads from Trinity's 32 communities get together quarterly to share "best practices" and network. Trinity is to guide St. Francis through the coming health care reform. It will be more important than ever to submit records in a timely manner for reimbursement from federal programs.
"They would help us with implementing that," Doepker said. "One of the big areas that we're going to move forward on is technology. We are behind, and we have to move toward having emergency medical records, so they are going to lay out, step by step, what we have to do to have the right infrastructure, equipment and software. Then they will bring their team of people in for about five days to train our people to operate the system."
"Technology is directly related to payment," said Cieciwa, who has been with Trinity for 15 years.
With the contract in Tiffin, Ohio is to be Trinity's fifth state. Doepker said Trinity can provide many resources to St. Francis. Assistance with centralized billing, financial management, human resources, payroll and other services should promote more efficiency.
"What we've been emphasizing at the meetings is the Sisters are still the owners and sponsors of the ministry," Doepker said.
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Dr. Larry Gentilello may never get the chance for a jury to hear his complaints against UT Southwestern Medical Center and Parkland Memorial, its teaching hospital. That doesn't mean he considers his legal efforts a failure.
As I reported in today's print edition, a federal judge in Dallas has dismissed the trauma surgeon's federal retaliation claim against UTSW. Judge Ed Kinkeade did so based on certain legal shields state agencies like UTSW enjoy under the law. Kinkeade did not weigh into the facts of the allegations themselves in his ruling, which I uploaded at the end of this post.
Gentilello had alleged that UTSW demoted him as head of its surgical burn, trauma and critical care unit in 2007 after he reported that faculty physicians weren't properly supervising resident doctors at Parkland, leading to patient harm and fraudulent medical billings. He sought back pay under the retaliation claim.
Given Gentilello's legal obstacles, an appeal of the judge's ruling is unlikely, his lawyer told me. I also asked Gentilello for his thoughts.
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Prepare for a migration to Colorado. Expect the population of Washington to explode.
In what looks to me like a blow for common sense and fiscal sanity, citizens in those two states voted on Election Day to legalize recreational use of marijuana. Willie Nelson and his entourage may already be on the road to Boulder. Rocky Mountain High, indeed.
Fourteen states (including New York) have reduced possession of small amounts of pot to a violation. Eighteen states have legalized use of medical marijuana, which is often a flimsy cover for healthy folks to get high. But this is the first time voters of a state have OK'd possession of up to an ounce of pot for personal use. As with same-sex marriage, one by one, the dominoes are falling. Indeed, I hear there is a smoldering effort in the State Legislature to legalize medical marijuana use in New York. It sounds like the "bong" of freedom ringing.
The so-called drug war has turned recreational users or addicts needing medical help into criminals. Some 750,000 Americans are arrested annually on pot charges, nearly nine in 10 for mere possession. As arguably the most benign of illegal substances, pot is the low-hanging fruit of legalization.
"Whatever it is – segregation, gay rights, women's rights – the changes come step by step," said Peter Christ.
Christ (rhymes with "wrist") is a retired Tonawanda police captain who a decade ago co-founded LEAP – Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. As he realized, the pro-legalization argument has added oomph when it comes from ex-cops, prosecutors and judges.
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"Prohibition doesn't work, and we can't afford it," Christ told me by phone last week from Syracuse. "Deciding whether or not someone can ingest a particular drug should not be a function of government."
I have never much liked pot, but I have plenty of hard-working, otherwise-law-abiding, middle-aged and middle-class friends who do. To me, there's not much difference between having a drink after dinner or lighting up. Indeed, drinkers are far more likely than tokers to get rowdy and obnoxious.
Nearly everyone has a drug of choice – whether legal or illegal. Availability is not the issue with pot, which is not hard to come by. Criminalization merely gives rise to the violence and turf wars we saw with alcohol during Prohibition. If those battles were being fought on the streets of the Amhersts and Orchard Parks of America, instead of on its East Sides, I suspect there would be more of a legalization conversation.
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What happened to Ryan?? Those marks are all over the place!!
He has had a decent season, and I never would have guessed him for tenth. Plus the ordinals seem to be all over the place. Can't wait for our live reporters to check in with more rinkside info.
I am so happy for Tim. Good for him. Even if it is only the short program.
The men were great today! Many good solid programs--it was almost emotionally draining!
Evan L: a superb performance! This guy has improved so much in the last year! He was so excited after his final pose he started jumping up and down on the ice! Set your VCR's for this one! It was neat to see a 6.0 for him, but he was the 2nd (or 3rd?) guy out of the gate,...Standing O.
Matt S: he skated right after Evan, took the energy from the audience and produced a stellar performance! Nice to see him skating well!
Weiss: fell on his quad attempt. I think his marks were generous.
Goebel: he skated a wonderful SP! Nice to see his quad back! A thank you card to Coach Audrey might be in order! Tim skated with a lot of emotion. Good footwork, spins, and great jumps. Standing O. and I think he had most of the audience in tears.
Weir: Johnny looked a bit stiff, it was still a lovely performance just lacking a little. I love his spins and his footwork. He made all of his jumps, they just weren't as smooth...an arguement could be made for him being in first, but I think 2nd is correct.
Jahnke: I love to watch this man skate! Bummer he has troubles with his jumps--I think each jump had a little something wrong with it (either 2 footed, not a clean run-out, and extra turn). I think he was marked way low.
Jordan Brauniger: the judges didn't like him as much as the crowd. IMO if this competition were scored under the CoP he would be placed much higher. BTW, he is one mega cutie!
Speaking about cuties, can I tell you how attractive Terry Gannon is in person! If the Pairs Final gets too painful to watch, I'll just go watch Terry! Mmm mmm! I was watching him and Dick Button today do their thing only Dick screwed up and they had to repeat it all over again! Dick was swearing too!
I disagreed with the Judges. 1. Evan; 2. Tim; 3. Johnny
The best are not always the best on THAT particular night. I think Evan is going to be up there with the big boys and I am really afraid that Michael is slipping away. I would not have put him in the "Last to Skate" category and get on TV. There were others that deserved that position.
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Interesting.... And there're people who've commented on how close it was to call between Lysacek and Savoie...
I really think Tim deserved to be in 1st after what he has been through. Good luck in the long, Tim
Perhaps now Michael Weiss will finally realize that he is out of his league against the likes of Goebel, Weir, Lysacek, and Savoie. When those guys are at the top of their game, he can't come close to them. He always, but always, falls on his quad attempts and/or stumbles or falls on his triple axels. Weiss' time has come and gone.
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Mild cases of craniosynostosis — those that involve only one suture and no underlying syndrome — may require no treatment. Skull abnormalities may become less obvious as your baby grows and develops hair. Or your doctor might recommend a specially molded helmet to help reshape your baby's head and allow room for your baby's brain growth.
For most babies, however, surgery is the primary treatment for craniosynostosis. The type and timing of surgery depend on the type of craniosynostosis and whether there's an underlying syndrome that needs treatment.
The purpose of surgery is to relieve pressure on the brain, create room for the brain to grow normally and improve your child's appearance. A team that includes a specialist in surgery of the head and face (craniofacial surgeon) and a specialist in brain surgery (neurosurgeon) often performs the procedure.
Traditional surgery. The surgeon makes an incision in your baby's scalp and cranial bones, then reshapes the affected portion of the skull. Sometimes plates and screws, often made of material that is absorbed over time, are used to hold the bones in place. Surgery, which is performed during general anesthesia, usually takes hours.
After surgery, your baby remains in the hospital for at least three days. Some children may require a second surgery later because the craniosynostosis recurs. Also, children with facial deformities often require future surgeries to reshape their faces.
If your baby has an underlying syndrome, your doctor may recommend regular follow-up visits after surgery to monitor head growth and check for increased intracranial pressure. Head growth will be routinely monitored at well-child visits.
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