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This Just In: Cubs Not Involved in World Series
I think there are so many
I think there are so many articles and discussions about how Cubs fans are reacting to the White Sox because there are so few people actaully interested in the WS this year (As I predicted, it will have the lowest ratings ever for a WS) that anything to get some interest from other means will be used.
Nobody outside Houston or Chicago, besides die hard baseball fans can give a shit about the WS this year. Both teams have little to ZERO national fan base, so the writers need to tap into the markets that acually have a fan base to get somekind of story (and that's the Cubs market I guess). If it wasn't for another big umpiring blunder (foul tip called HBP) and the fact that MLB is making such a big issue about the dome being closed/open, there would be very little to no talk about the WS.
Go Stros!!
Just my opinion...
I could not agree more with
I could not agree more with your article. Everytime I turn on the TV or read the paper it's always about the Cubs and the White Sox. What does the Cubs have to do with any of this? The biggest kicker is all the anti-Cub banner I keep seeing in "The Cell" on TV during the games. Our W.Sox fans that obessesed with the Cubs? I don't get it and never will.
CubbieChris- It is clearly
It is clearly an inferiority complex. In 2003, the White Sox were the farthest thing from my mind and I don't recall seeing one sign in the entire stadium saying anything about the White Sox. And I recall very little if any banter on the blogs about the White Sox.
Thanks for the post, ruz.
Thanks for the post, ruz. Nick of time, too - I've been having a crisis of faith.
A Sox fan friend invited ppl over to watch Game One. Most of the other guests were Cub fans who were rooting for the Sox, but I just couldn't bring myself to join them. So I sat there, gritting my teeth, betraying no emotion for either team.
I started asking myself if I was a jackass for this. (It didn't help that the Sox fan in question was unreservedly pissy throughout the 03 postseason, actively rooting against the Cubs, even when surrounded by the very Cub fan guests he had in his home that night.)
Anyway. My plan is to watch the rest of the Series in private, where I can rejoice or seethe in my own fashion.
How can a Cub fan want the
How can a Cub fan want the Assho's to win? It's beyond comprehension.
You gotta love Houston having to keep their roof open. The NOISE! It's the secret to their success. But thanks to their OWN RULES and an assist from MLB, they've lost most of their home advantage.
During the regular season, the Astros were 36-17 at home when the pressure cooker was closed, 15-11 when you could see the stars.
The White Sox are in the
The White Sox are in the World Series? The hell you say.
That Anti Cub sign.... If
That Anti Cub sign....
If the Cubs were in the Series, the White Sox, and I hate the White Sox, would be the furthest thing from my mind.
I have been noticing the
I have been noticing the exact same thing. This is ridiculous how much the Cubs have been mentioned in coverage of this series that they aren't a part of. I was torn as to who to root for and I've just decided not to root for either. I don't dislike the Sox necessarily, it's more that I dislike their fans because they seem more worried about how the Cubs are doing then how their team is doing. Other then six games a year, I really don't care how the Sox do.
It's not just the fans either, it's the players and their jibberish-speaking manager. How many times have you heard them mention how maybe they'll finally get the respect they deserve and maybe they won't be overshadowed by the Cubs.
Mesa Solarsox playing a
Mesa Solarsox playing a double header against Peoria
Matt Murton-Hitting Machine
1st game cublights: Mesa 7 Peoria 5
Murton 0-3 but one run scored, 1 BB, 1 K
Koronka got his 3rd save, 1 IP, 1H, 1BB
2nd game cublights: Peoria 12 Mesa 6
EPat 2-4, 2R, 1 RBI, 1 Triple, 1K; BA .267
Coats 1-4, 1 RBI; BA.294
Sing 1-4, 1 HR (solo), 1K; BA.303
Murton 3-4, 1R, 1 RBI (10); BA.392
I just love all the sneering
I just love all the sneering jackasses who sneer about the low ratings of the series. So, the series isn't somehow legitimate or exciting because fewer people are watching it? Does a game need to draw a certain number of ratings points before it counts? There have been low rated series before.
Tell you what. Let's have two trophies next year: one for the world series winners, the other for the most popular team of the year.
im not so much rooting for
im not so much rooting for the socks success than i am for asstros failure. frankly have nothing against the socks, but DEFINITELY have PLENTY against the asstros.
now if it were the brewers, i wouldnt mind nearly as much, but if it were the mets, who arent even in our division anymore, it would exponentially increase my hopes for the socks, cuz i hate the hell out of the mets. basically, who do i hate more, the socks, or the nl opponent, and the answer is, i really dont care about what happens to the socks.
one strange thing though, with "Chicago" emblazoned across the jersey, albeit in socks colors, it makes it that much harder for me to be against them, dammit to hell.
I'm pulling for the White
I'm pulling for the White Sox. I'm a not-in-Chicago Cubs fan and I don't know or ever expect to run into a White Sox fan, so I think that's why. I HATE the Astros. I know I'm supposed to hate the White Sox, but not being a Chicagoan I just don't feel it. It's definitely a lesser of two evils thing.
Somehow I think the White Sox winning might be a motivation for future Cubs teams. The Red Sox, the White Sox -- the Cubs would have to be next, right, and the players would have to believe if it can happen to those franchises it can happen to them to.
I love the lack of coverage
I love the lack of coverage on this blog. Go Cubs (2006)
Well the Whitesox are 1 win
Well the Whitesox are 1 win away from winning the World Series.
TheSoxReporter.com must have
TheSoxReporter.com must have linked here...lots of Sox talk still.
I've given a lot of thought
I've given a lot of thought to this post-season and even tried to root for the Sox in some moderate way, but I couldn't do it. I've just taken too much crap from the Sox fans over the years that I just don't want them to have more ammunition, and the greatest ammunition of all - a world series title.
I find myself more than anything, angry at the Cubs. Their continual failure has put us in this position. If they had won, or even been in the world series in my lifetime it wouldn't be so bad. But to now stand alone as the greatest failure in all of sports and with the Sox just about to win the championship - this is unbearable. It would be easy if we could ignore all of this, but its in our face everyday. It will be many times worse over the next year as it will be thrown at us over and over again. Who is to blame - the Cubs!
First, I'm rooting for the
First, I'm rooting for the Sox. My reasons include growing up in the south burbs and having lots of Sox fans around me growing up. I'm happy for them. In fact, I imagine there's some geek with a spreadsheet who projects future Sox payroll and possible FA acquisitions in the same way I do for the Cubs. I'll be insanely happy for him and happy for my city when the Sox win this thing.
Second, this whole ratings crap: the World Series won the night for game 1 and only trailed "Desperate Housewives" for game 2. I haven't heard about game 3, though I imagine folks dozed off as the night wore on. Anyway, my point is that this is accomplished when many people have 300 channels of programming to choose from. Comparing this series to earlier eras when there were 3 channels to choose from is silly. And what does it mean, anyway? If I were the only one watching all season, I'll still want the Cubs to win every game.
World Series? Meh. Wake me
World Series? Meh. Wake me in February, if I stop sulking first.
Heard a Sox fan on the radio
Heard a Sox fan on the radio this morning using that same old line: "The Cubs fans are a bunch of sushi eating yuppies." Sushi eating yuppies? Where's this guy from, 1985? The Sox fan neighbor of a friend of mine was also talking the yesterday about how all the Cub fans have cell phones. As he was saying this his cell phone rang. He found no irony in this saying, "I need it for my work. I mentioned a recent story in the Sun Times that had the details of a survey saying Cubs and Sox fans' average income is less than $1,000 apart per year and that each team's fan base is 23% working class. He said he just wouldn't believe it. Sox fans are real working class fans and Cub fans aren't.
I tell ya, it's hard being a Cub fan in Chicago right now. I hope the Sox just win it tonight and the whole thing gets dialed down a notch by the second week of November.
I agree with Tom, if I were
I agree with Tom, if I were obsessed enough I would organize Cub fans to go to Wrigley Field the day after the Sox victory and nail the Trib headline to the outside wall of Wrigley. All though it will bring no change it would drown out all the Sox media.
If anyone see this as a motivator for the Cubs/Trib they are also filling out their gift wish list to Santa.
If you don't live in Chicago, or more importantly were not raised in Chicago, you may never know the dynamic of the rivalary between the fans.
The teams I believe could care less, but the fans are the ones who live and die by this.
Sox fans are a strange creature but the true ones are really not Anti-Cub, but there is a majority of "fans" who are just Anti-Cub and are White Sox fans because well they are not the Cubs.
You can go into the whole class thing but it does show the economic level of the fans are about the same.
I believe when you become media darlings for not acctually accomplishing anything you may rub most people the wrong the way. This is where the hate comes from.
That said the World Series win by the Sox is on par with the Black Hawks winning the Stanley Cup. I would rate the Bulls winning champsionship higher, the Bears winning the Super bowl higher than those two and finally the second coming of Christ defeating Satan because I believe we will see that before the Cubs winning the World Series.
What is truly amazing is
What is truly amazing is that up until the last week of the season, the Sox were reeling. Now...they've won 18 of 19 games when it mattered most. That is incredibly clutch. Historical? Perhaps. I recall the Yankees in, 98 maybe, just dominating like this in the playoffs but I think they sucked it up the last week of the season. The Sox are playing crazy winning baseball and its pretty cool to see, even as a Cubs fan.
It is odd though how much many SOx fans are so concerned with the Cubs. I have received so many elaborate time-consuming newspaper cut-outs and doctored images at work from Sox fans rubbing it in that I just wonder....wow - your team is playing so fantastcially and is about to do something it hasn't done in almost 90 years and this is what you spend your time doing? Odd.
But Go Sox.
ruz, how come you hate
ruz, how come you hate pierzynski? could it be this story?
"One of those now-it-can-be-told stories the White Sox, A.J. Pierzynski's new employer, surely haven't heard: During a Giants exhibition game last spring, Pierzynski took a shot to his, shall we say, private parts. Trainer Stan Conte rushed to the scene, placed his hands on Pierzynski's shoulders in a reassuring way, and asked how it felt. "Like this," said Pierzynski, viciously delivering a knee to Conte's groin. It was a real test of professionalism for the enraged Conte, who vowed to ignore Pierzynski for the rest of the season until Conte realized how that would look. The incident went unreported because all of the beat writers happened to be doing in-game interviews in the clubhouse, but it was corroborated by a half-dozen eyewitnesses who could hardly believe their eyes. Said one source, as reliable as they come: "There is absolutely no doubt that it happened.""
But to now stand alone as
But to now stand alone as the greatest failure in all of sports and with the Sox just about to win the championship - this is unbearable
The Cubs are not the greatest failure in all of sports. They have brought joy and happiness to millions of fans all around the world. It's not all about the championships (though they are nice too). Look at Ernie Banks. Never went to the World Series, yet absolutely loved what he did.
The greatest failure in sports is the team that no one cares about and that no one goes to see. The Cubs are not that team.
I agree with Tom. It's
I agree with Tom.
It's funny, I saw an article by Dave Kindred the other day with a title that was something like "Sox have World Series, Cubs have BEER." It infuriated me. I thought, well, every ball park has beer. But the special treat that we Cubs fans REALLY have is an inept ownership/management team.
These past few weeks have been hard to take.
"The Cubs are not the
"The Cubs are not the greatest failure in all of sports. They have brought joy and happiness to millions of fans all around the world. It's not all about the championships (though they are nice too). Look at Ernie Banks. Never went to the World Series, yet absolutely loved what he did.
The greatest failure in sports is the team that no one cares about and that no one goes to see. The Cubs are not that team."
That was beautiful. I don't know if truer words have ever been said.
Great article, Ruz! Sums up
Great article, Ruz! Sums up my feelings well. Although I do not hate AJP and I'm not rooting for the Astros. I've been kind of indifferent - my usual stance towards the Sox - and hoping for a good series. It's turning into a sweep.
Jacos -- I planned on
Jacos --
I planned on emailing the front page of the Sun-Times (duh!) to Hendry the day after the series clincher, but I like the idea of doing it at wrigley.
DBT- Lets go Martin Luther
Lets go Martin Luther on their asses.
"could it be this
"could it be this story?"
Nobody has yet validated that story. I can't imagine it happened and nobody reported it until a year later - which is the purported sequence of events.
Smells like media bs to me. There had to be dozens of cameramen and beat writers around when that happened - and nobody reported it.
Jacos, I loved your first
Jacos, I loved your first post by why did you have to dumb it down with post #28. But major props for the clever post.
Scott D.B. "The greatest failure in sports is the team that no one cares about and that no one goes to see. The Cubs are not that team." so you mean the White Sox right?
sportswriters gotta make a
sportswriters gotta make a story sometimes...especially on the national level.
sports talk guys gotta fill an hour+ a day 300-ish times a year.
you're gonna naturally attract distracting stories like wsox vs. cubs class wars and other stupid stuff.
to open up an old wound and pour salt in it...the bartman incident. yeah, he screwed up, but it seems like most cubs fans got over it after a day or 2...but the media wouldnt let it die. the national media, to this day, refuses to let it die. it shouldnt totally go away, it was a curious sidenote to the game, but it wasnt worthy of having helicoptors and dozens of national media outlets surrounding his house the next day to the point of him having to flee the city. some in the media actually had the balls to blame fans insted of themselves for him going into hiding.
you can bet every dollar you have next time the cubs make it to the postseason you'll see Fox showing the bartman incident over and over and over and over again. you won't see the agonz error...you wont see the cubs blowing 2 shots at a victory in the games following the incident.
All I can hope for is a
All I can hope for is a Bears Super Bowl to shut up the White Sox chatter.
SPEAKING OF BARTMAN! Did
Did anyone watch the ESPN show "5 Reasons you Can't Blame..."
They did one for Bill Buckner one for Mitch WIlliams and a few others too. But did anyone see the Steve Bartman? I had a panic attack and turned it off after 6 minutes. My wife was in tears and I couldn't breathe.
Chad, I saw that when it
Chad, I saw that when it first aired... i can't remember exactly but I think the 5 reasons were:
1. Alex Gonzalez error
2. Dusty Baker
3. Kerry Wood & the Cubs losing game 7
4. Bernie Mac jinxing it (singing "root root root for the champs")
5. The Marlins were a better team
I don't care about the Sox
I don't care about the Sox any, but it's so gratifying to see the Astros fail and fail miserably. A bunch of head-hunting, broken-bat throwing, fake hit-in-the-head claiming, open-roof whining asses. Oswalt: "it's not fair - they've been playing in the cold and rain all year." Huh? Is it the Nome White Sox?
It's almost like every overhyped bad call or break for the Sox makes their suffering worse, which is a good thing. Don't live in Chicago, so I'm not subject to the obnoxious Southside fans. I guess that makes it easier.
And Ruz, loved the Trixie-watching non-denial. Great writing.
Re: "root for the champs."
Re: "root for the champs." I barely remember this... What was the story? Is Mac a Sox fan who couldn't bring himself to say "Cubbies"? Or what?
And along those lines... I think it was Game One where they showed the actor who plays Tony Almeida in "24" in the stands briefly. His cap was just out of the picture, but I thought I saw the bottom of a "C" on it, and he lifted his hand to it for the moment he was on screen. Was he wearing a Cubs cap? (His character on "24" always had a Cubs mug in his office.)
i think the Bernie Mac thing
i think the Bernie Mac thing was that he sang "champs" prematurely instead of "cubbies" because the cubs were 2 and a half innings away from going to the World Series, not because he wasn't a Cubs fan. Should they have had Bill Murray do it again, perhaps?
That five reasons things had
That five reasons things had Alou's reaction as one of them, I think. Which is preposterous. Out of that entire incident, that was one thing I just couldn't understand. What was Alou supposed to do? Laugh it off?
I will never forgive Bernie
I will never forgive Bernie Mac for singing champs. When he did that, I jumped up out of my chair and screamed. I was so pissed. DAMN YOU MACMAN!!!! And I don't care what anybody says, its all Steve Bartman's fault. If that play doesn't happen, Cubs go to the series.
Red-ass Moises deserved some
Red-ass Moises deserved some blame too. If he didn't throw that 10 year old tantrum (which obviously rattled the team), things might have been different. He threw a ridiculous shit-fit and amplified what *could have* been a non-factor.
True. If he walks away, no
True. If he walks away, no one would have thought anything of it. However, there would still be one out. I am convinced to my core that if Bartman doesn't interfere, then the out would have been recorded. That would have changed the whole dynamic of the inning.
"but it seems like most cubs
"but it seems like most cubs fans got over it after a day or 2"
Fans still went to Harry Carry's for the destruction of the ball...then one year later to buy the spaghetti sauce made from the ball. He is still brought up here. The name Bartman is still tossed around all over - and it isn't just the media. Maybe the fans who know the game got over it after a few days, but that's a small chunk of us Cubs fans. The sheep haven't yet, and never will - and they are a large majority of the fans and the $ spend.
"not because he wasn't a
"not because he wasn't a Cubs fan"
Not sure why Bernie Mac did it. But I am sure he is not a true Cubs fan. Bernie is a Sox fan. He was at the Sox game on Sunday in full Sox glory. He's a bandwaggon jumper - a Cubs fan when it was cool, and soon to be a Sox fan again.
Just like 2/3 of the celebs who have sung TMOTTBG, he has no real ties to the Cubs and is only there to promote his newest movie/show/tour/etc. They really need to put an end to that soon. Get a good clean tape of Harry in his prime and play that... Stop this guest conductor crap.
"amplified what *could have*
"amplified what *could have* been a non-factor."
The manager and coaching staff didn't help do anything to calm anyone down either.
true enough, X - if Bernie
true enough, X - if Bernie Mac was a true Cubs fan he wouldn't have felt like it was OK to sing "champs"
Still, I don't buy into the superstition. I'd blame Bartman before I'd blame Bernie Mac, and I don't blame Bartman.
Bernie Mac is from Chicago.
Bernie Mac is from Chicago. Born and raised. His whole routine (and subsequent show) comes from his taking in of his two nieces and nephew for the Robert Taylor Homes. Since he was from the South Side, I assumed him to be a Sox fan. He claims to be a Cub fan but then shows up in Sox regalia. Also, since when is George Wendt a Sox fan? I always thought he was a Cub fan. But have no fear, while Joe Mantegna holds Sox viewing parties at his "Taste Chicago" hot dog stand here in L.A., he still is a devoted North-Sider.
Don't forget about the
Don't forget about the ultimate celebrity Cub fan, the one and only Billy Corgan
I read an interview with him
I read an interview with him where he advocated getting some one like Jeff Kent on this team to be a team leader. HA!
I think we should make a
I think we should make a celebrity Cub fan list.
Tom Dressen
Steve Goodman
Jeff Garlan (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
Eddie Vedder
Just to get started.
Billy Corgan Bill Murray Joe
Billy Corgan
Bill Murray
Joe Mantegna
Wasn't John Belishi a Cub
Wasn't John Belishi a Cub fan?
I read a quote from when he heard Mantegna was writing "Bleacher Bums." Something like, "If you have the Cubs lose, I will kill you."
(They do, btw.)
I guess Jim falls into this category too. Wasn't he in a Cubs-win-world-series movie or something?
Jim Belushi is definitely a
Jim Belushi is definitely a Cubs fan. It's too bad, because he annoys the sh!t out of me as an actor. Did anyone see Blues Brothers 2000? Ugh. He's nowhere near the legacy of his brother.
Dennis Farina and Dennis
Dennis Farina and Dennis Franz
Don't forget Jeff Gordon!
Don't forget Jeff Gordon!
If Steve Goodman's on the
If Steve Goodman's on the list then we might as well add another deceased fan: Al Capone.
As far as live fans, after Murray, Corgan, George Will (a clown but a fan) and maybe John Cusack, there's one hell of a drop in celebrity. Here's one rule: If you have to put the name of the TV show someone's on next to their name then they aren't a celebrity. And they have to show up to games on their own, not just to sing Take Me Out To The Ball Game. The list is short.
am i an idiot? who is "Steve
am i an idiot? who is "Steve Goodman"?
Steve Goodman
folk singer, wrote "A Dying Cubs fans last request"
the answer then is yes, i am
the answer then is yes, i am an idiot.
I didn't know who he was
I didn't know who he was either, had to look it up
Goodman's probably bes known
Goodman's probably bes known nation-wide for the song "City of New Orleans" that Arlo Guthrie made a minor hit. He was a true Cub fan and also a huge fan of DePaul basketball. One of the best shows I ever saw was Goodman and John Prine at as I remember, the Earl of Old Town. And I'm not even much of a folk music fan.
Steve Goodman wrote and sang
Steve Goodman wrote and sang "Go Cubs Go" remember that song? Go Cubs Go, Go Cubs Go, Hey Chicago whadday say? The Cubs are going to win today.
And while I never thought about Al Capone, was he a Cub fan? I mean he is the reason the South Side of Chicago is the South Side of Chicago.
Gary Sinese Jeremy Piven and
Gary Sinese Jeremy Piven and William F Peterson
Right, Jeremy Piven! He's
Right, Jeremy Piven! He's probably my favorite celebrity Cub fan.
Who else was in "This Old
Who else was in "This Old Cub?" Did we get everybody?
I heard bernie Mac
I heard bernie Mac interviewed once and he said he was a Sox fan because he couldn't afford to the the EL to Wrigley.
More celebrity Cub fans: Pat Sadjak (although now he is claiming he was always a fan of both, something he never had said before this year), Vince Vaughn, Tom Dressen, Ronald Regean (in the dead category), Supreme Court Justice Stevens, Chris Klein (American Pie) and Bonnie Hunt.
I know I'm a sexist, but I
I know I'm a sexist, but I don't count woman as fans. Sure there are some exceptions, like the women who post here, but otherwise...
And let me explain myself.
And let me explain myself. I'm talking about Cub fans. Its very cute and easy to call yourself a Cub fan. This is a pheomenon that I would only attach to Cubs fans or Yankee fan.s
A big celebrity Cub fan has
A big celebrity Cub fan has been missed so far and that is the actor John Cusack, who is an enormous Cub fan. He usually sits behind home plate and wears his home Cub jersey even when he is not throwing out the first pitch or singing during the seventh inning stretch.
ARM Please see #55
ARM Please see #55
Arm, I mentioned Cusack
I mentioned Cusack earlier. Capone was a Cub fan. He had box seats around the Cub ondeck circle. There's a famous picture of him posing with Hack Wilson or Gabby Hartnett.
I actually know several of these people mentioned here and I can tell you, most of them aren't real fans (as in knowing even the starting lineup from season to season) If you want to call them fans because they show up once a year, sing Take Me Out To The Ballgame and talk about watching Cub games on WGN when they were younger, then yeah, I guess they're Cub fans.
For what it is worth, Cusack
For what it is worth, Cusack got turned down by Jerry Reinsdorf when he requested tickets to the ALDS.
"I saw him (Al Capone) at
"I saw him (Al Capone) at the games many times. He was a Cubs fan. Those were rough days in Chicago." - Billy Herman
From the Baseball Almanac
Tbone, I totally believe
Tbone, I totally believe you. I would love to see any pictures of Capone in Wrigley. Lemme know of any sites you may know where they are.
To answer the question from
To answer the question from way back, the knee-to-the-groin incident is one of the reasons I dislike Pierzynski. The "I'd rather do my crossword puzzle than go over batters with the starting pitcher" incident is another. But truthfully, he's just one of those guys who rub me the wrong way. I tried to work up a "ove to hate him" feeling earlier in the playoffs, and it almost worked, but then I saw his smug face on the TV again and I was right back to the hate.
Don't tell Batgirl.
speaking of media hype over
speaking of media hype over nothing...
seems ESPN has dug up some nearly month-old comments by dusty baker to prod ozzie with.
file under "who gives a flying fuq"
i dont blame baker or ozzie for saying what they said, but geez...espn...way to remain 20 steps behind the times. if they didnt have nyy/bos shoved up their asses maybe it would have been a topic back when it was timely.
some fella on some message
some fella on some message board claims Conte confirmed the groin kick story on the radio.
Anyone else hear when Conte confirmed the AJ incident in spring training last year on Ralph & Tom's show on KNBR yesterday? When asked whether or not AJ had really punched/kicked him in the groin, Conte confirmed it. FWIW, I thought Conte came off as very classy in telling the truth yet not making a big hairy deal out of it.
They did talk about "what happens in the clubhouse stays in the
clubhouse" as a reason they wanted to suppress it at the time and Conte didn't want to make a big deal about a guy behind his back after he's moved on, but to me an incident like this just steps over too many lines for the guy to be protected. Add to that the fact that AJ later offered a half-assed and insincere non-apology and we have here what seems to be just one Grade-A a-hole
for what it's worth....
Great post Ruz. One
Great post Ruz.
One addition to Cub Celebrity Fan List: Steve "Mongo" McMichael. Who in my view wins the Best TMOTTBG Performance for getting tossed in 2003 for telling off the umpire over the PA system.
And scratch George Will from the list. He owns Orioles season tickets right behind the plate.
Myself, I am rooting for the Sox, more in the way I kinda-sorta root for other (non-Illini) Big Ten teams when they play out-of-conference games. It feels a little like sibling rivalry.
I wouldn't count Will out as
I wouldn't count Will out as a fan simply because he goes to Oriole games.... he does a lot of work in D.C. so naturally, up until this year, Baltimore was the place for him to watch baseball.
Living in West Virginia, I go to a great deal of Reds games. I hate the damn Reds. But being that Cincy is 3 hours away and Chicago is almost 9, you will find me at Great American the majority of the time I take in a major league game.
And I'm just a college student with a lot of free time on my hands, not a guy with deadlines, speaking arrangements, etc. to keep me tied down.
Everytime you hear Will speak about baseball he always brings up the Cubs. I'd say put him on the official list !
And for whats its worth, Mark Walberg, not Marky Mark, but the host of the old Fox show Temptation Island, is a Cubs fan. Whether he counts as a celebrity is a totally different question....
Pie's #'s so far in the
Pie's #'s so far in the DWL:
7/18 .389/.476/.823 1 HR, 2 2b, 1 3b, 2 bb, 5 k,
I had the pleasure of
I had the pleasure of working with Mark L. Walberg during the very temultous 2003 season on a show that was unrelated to baseball. I wouldn't call him a real big fan. CFINO (Cub Fan in Name Only) Or, "Hey, is that guy a Cub fan?" "Hell, see if I know! (CFINO)"
Yeah and if I had the cash, I would have season tickets behind the plate for the Dodgers.
Yeah, Will says he comes in
Yeah, Will says he comes in for two or three Cub series a season. And if Mongo McMichael is a celebrity then the word needs a new definition. Good Lord, who's next, Pinky Gentry? Dennis Hull?
Chad, I just sat in front
I just sat in front of Walberg and a couple of the producers in the Summer of 2002 and he told me he was a big Cubs fan.
Of course that was probably after we all had pounded 6 or so tall ones... so I guess around that time everybody is a big Cubs fan.
Not sure if we are counting fellow athletes as "celebrities" but if so, count Chelios as a big Cubs fan... he takes in a lot of games when the hockey season is out.
Uh...I think the late John
Uh...I think the late John Candy was a Cubs fan.
The guitarist from Cheap Trick for sure (I never met the other members of the band and didn't ask him about them, so I don't know).
good article. i personally
good article. i personally hate the white sox
but even more
If a Martian were to ask me
If a Martian were to ask me about baseball, I could do worse than point him to this year's playoffs. And yes, to the White Sox: a team that while it doesn't have the greatest talent in the world (none of the position players are Hall-of-Fame calibre, for example), they played smart, strong baseball: good defense, strong fundamentals, very few mental errors, strong managing that let each player use his strengths to best advantage, and a killer instinct. All things that the Cubs lacked last year, and which I don't see them acquiring any time soon. They are truly a champion.
And here's a prediction: the World Series rings will be handed out during the Cubs series at The Cell.
Hot damn. Congrats to White
Hot damn. Congrats to White Sox Nation. I'll even tip my hat to Kenny Williams. My beloved Cubs are officially the suckiest baseball team in history.
Yup, congrats to the
Yup, congrats to the Southside and the Sox Fans. 11-1 run through the playoffs is a pretty awesome feet...they earned by making every break play out in their favor.
I just hope we know what their fans are feeling sometime in the not so distant future. I was watching tonight thinking about what I would be going through if it was the Cubs..it's hard to imagine.
Until '06.
Hmmm....Lidge got the loss
Hmmm....Lidge got the loss again.
Well, many of Cubs Nation was rooting for the White Sox thinking it will motivate the Cubs to do better, well we will see if that thinking was flawed like I predict.
Congrats to the White Sox!! I will now go into my offical 3 day mourning....
cold day in hell before i'm
cold day in hell before i'm rooting for any AL team, but WSox dominated. the short series #1. kinda neat to see a team willed a bunch "who that?" guys go all the way.
#86 SuperDave: That would
#86 SuperDave:
That would be a mistake. They'd get booed. If they're smart, they'll hand them out at the home opener.
Dear Jim, Andy - Please
Dear Jim, Andy -
Please bring us a winner in 2006 - or die trying...
I really thought it would be
I really thought it would be tough to watch this. It actually didn't feel any different than any other year. The fact is they did everything right this year--which is what they needed to happen.
I must also say it is refreshing to see a team perform like this. I am not a big Ozzie fan (um, 2003), but I liked seeing starters go deep in the games. For all those who think pitchers get burned out going deep into games (4 starters over 200 innings w/ numerous complete games in the postseason), look at the 2005 South Side White Sox.
Also, congrats to Dusty Baker who was steadfast in not backing the Sox either.
What a great night for
What a great night for Chicago. Champions of the World!!
One curse down. One to go.
The big one.
I can't believe this. It
I can't believe this. It looks like the Sox are really enjoying this. I want a Cubs World Series win.
Count me in on the "Worst
Count me in on the "Worst Night of My Sports Life Since Game 6" side of things. I hate the White Sox and I hate Sox fans. We should have shipped their sorry asses to St. Petersburgh when we had a chance. Yes I am bitter. The only reason I will be able to get out of bed tomorrow is knowing that if we win one soon, no on in Chicago will even remember this night. I hate Houston for absolutely sucking. Any one want to tell me there is no such thing as clutch? F Ozzie. F Reinsdorf. F everybody south of Madison. Get over this? Not any time soon.
All I know is that if I were
All I know is that if I were playing LF that night, I would've been royally pissed off. The people to blame for Bartman's infamy are (1) The Sun-Times, the first place to print his name and (2) the rest of the media for following suit and not letting it die. Alou had every right to "throw a fit" or whatever you want to call it.
Far as the Sox, I have to tip my cap. My dad is happy. For me, I went to bed last night, and I realized that I'm still not over 2003. I thought I was over it completely, but the Sox winning it all just made me feel that pain all over again.
Alou had every right to
Alou had every right to "throw a fit" or whatever you want to call it.
Alou had every right to plead his case and try to get the umpires to rule fan interferance.
He didn't have the right to throw a temper-tantrum like a 4 year old who can't have a lollypop.
Maybe if he acts like the professional he's supposed to be, the rest of the Cubs take it like any other foul ball and don't start pressing, trying to make perfect pitches, or trying to rush routine ground balls.
Unfortunatly, he acted like a child, and it turned out to me the signature moment of the "it's not my fault" era of Cubs baseball.
I have many family members
I have many family members from the south side, & grew up there in the early 60's. I know most of the Sox fans are jerks, but my family members have been true die-hards their whole life. I'm very happy for them, but would still like to experience what they have JUST ONCE. I'm to the point where a pennant would be enough.
No, he had the right do it,
No, he had the right do it, whether you agree with it or not. The notion that his reaction somehow led his teammates to press is ludicrous. If he had done nothing, it doesn't change the fact that everyone on the field and everyone in the park knew that was out #2 gone to waste.
"Alou had every right to
"Alou had every right to "throw a fit" or whatever you want to call it."
The "RIGHT"? Sure, I guess...you have the "RIGHT" to behave like a moron, provided you don't violate the laws in the process. But just because you have that "RIGHT" doesn't mean it is either good for you, your team, your reputation, etc. Umpires won't rule against him just because of that - but if there is a boarderline call, Moises image will forever be that of a pouting child throwing a tempertantrum in LF in the NLCS. That can't help him one bit. It surely didn't help settle down a young pitcher watching his veteran leader throwing a hissyfit. It certainly didn't calm the fans down. It certainly didn't show poise, composure, or anything else.
It was stupid, juvinille, infantile, moronic and bufoonish. But you are correct, he has that "RIGHT".
If he had done nothing, it
If he had done nothing, it doesn't change the fact that everyone on the field and everyone in the park knew that was out #2 gone to waste.
No, absolutely not.
The reason people knew the out was gone to waste was because Moises threw a temper tantrum.
The reason the crowd reacted like it did was because Alou wanted to make sure everyone in the park know that he was robbed. And to further that point, from the part of the park I was sitting in that night, you couldn't see exactly what happened with the ball, but you sure could see Alou's reaction.
That play turned the momentum and to say that other players didn't react to it is silly. Its human nature.
But on a technical level, yes Alou did have the right as a legal resident of the U.S. to act like a crying toddler. But as a veteran leader of a professional baseball team within 5 outs of a World Series, he had the responsibilty to act like an adult, and he failed miserably.
I disagree. As soon as he
I disagree. As soon as he saw the play (and not Alou's reaction), Prior was calling fan intererence. I was on the other side of the field, and I could tell that Alou was going to catch the ball.
And, it's also human nature to react in an emotional way, a la Alou. To ask a competitor to just shrug his shoulders and go, "Ah, no problem," is silly.
Off the subject of Alou and
Off the subject of Alou and back to comment #1:
For every Cubs fan who has tipped a hat to me since the Sox won the World Series (including the one who sent me the link to this story), another has tried to get in a final dig. Among other things, one topic has been TV ratings during the series and the insistence that the Sox still have fewer or less loyal fans than the Cubs. To the last guy who mentioned this, I blurted, "You're really talking about Wrigley Field fans." Then I spent the next day trying to figure out how to get these people to shut up. We're WS champs; if you can't be happy for us, for your city, at least shut up and live with it. So here's my question to these covetous Cubs fans:
If the White Sox and Cubs were to switch fields, would you still be a Cubs fan?
If you call yourself a Cubs fan and you can't immediately answer yes to this question, SHUT UP. SHUT UP NOW. SHUT UP NEXT YEAR. Repent for all the times you've tried to bring a Sox fan down this season.
If you answered yes, think again about whether you really mean it. We're talking Cubs at 35th and Shields. Would you even care anymore? Are you loyal to your team or to your park, your lifestyle? Do you even really care about baseball? Do you ever actually watch the game? You'd probably become a Sox fan in short order. You'd probably go to Wrigley to watch just about anything.
Conservatively, I'd guess that at least 50% of so-called Cubs fans couldn't honestly answer yes to the initial question, and probably more like 99% if you consider only the ungracious trash talkers. Ask that question to a Sox fan, and it's a no-brainer. Some may despise everything north-side, but we all love our TEAM.
In response to Brian (Vegas)
In response to Brian (Vegas) and Dustyís ìI got no one to root for (in the playoffs). I sure as heck ain't rooting for the White Sox or Cardinals.î It just goes to show you what a bitter, self-centered, waste of flesh Baker is. The guy has a team that consistently underacheives every year, and he blames the media, the fans, the announcers who he later helped run out of town ñ EVERYBODY BUT HIMSELF for managing like sh*t and his players for playng like sh*t. Where was Baker when he should have been restoring order and calming everybody down after the Bartman interference? Hiding in the dugout until the game had slipped away!
When the guy should be setting the tone and restoring order, heís either treating his players like prima donnas and letting THEM run the ship (Sosa), or making racist comments and pointing fingers to fit his own distorted view of reality. Note to Dusty: shut up and manage!
But I STILL supported the Cubs in the 2003 NLCS. And to those of you who wouldnít return the favor in the World Series: Iím glad it hurts. The more you guys complain ñ the happier I am! Youíll NEVER win a championship with Baker, and heíll probably blame YOU for it when he leaves town. Thereís only two kinds of people in this town now: Sox fans and f*cking LIARS!
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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.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
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a woman who, generally for public entertainment, dons men's clothes and adopts a stereotypically masculine demeanor while on stage. as with drag queens, a drag king's performance can range from a silly, overdone parody to a more natural, subtle depiction of masculinity.
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How does Denise Richards feel about sending daughter Sam, 5, to kindergarten this fall? Let's just say, "it's complicated."
"It's bittersweet," the actress and reality star told PEOPLE Saturday night at the Much Love Animal Rescue's third annual summer fundraiser Bow Wow WOW Howlywood! in Los Angeles. "Sami starts kindergarten, which I cannot believe, in a couple of weeks. I'm so sad about it."
Richards, 38, who has two daughters with ex-husband Charlie Sheen – they're also parents to Lola Rose, 4 – said the time has flown by. "I can't believe how fast five years have gone," she says. "I'm very proud of her and very happy, but from here on out she's in school."
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John and Dianne Bittikofer have been training future service dogs for over a decade, ever since observing the interaction between a person with a disability and her service dog during a church service.
"Somebody brought a dog to our church service," Dianne Bittikofer said. "I was fascinated by how well it behaved. That's what sparked the interest.'
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^ Lol. I am sure Voir is not the best example here.
Probably the best example of a same size couple is Tai Babilonia & Randy Gardner back in the day.
If a couple is going to be close to the same size, their timing has to be spot on, and the guy's footwork during a lift impeccable.
Both couples mentioned are very talented, but I worry about them a bit.
I would not give up on the guys growing quite yet either. My father, my youngest son & my husband all kept growing into their early 20's. It happens.
I think Edwards/Pang will be okay in terms of growth. This isn't like Bruser/Lum, where the age difference and her height basically told everyone that she'd get too tall for him (they've split up already).. And yes, people were concerned about Virtue outgrowing Moir.
The Kerr's and Faiella / Scali were quite close in heigth, so they had to come up with more inventive lifts, while their range was more limited.
But I am not that gloomy about Edwards/Pang prospects. One bad outing doesn't make a trend. They did just fine with the same routine in Istanbul and Courchevel.
Also, I think Edwards is pretty much done with growing, she looks filled to me and usually ladies don't grow after 16 ( I had classmates who were done at 13), while guys keep on growing towards 20.
Pang could work on his upperbody strength though, he looks too slim and he should do that, as I am sure most of male ice dancers do that these days.
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I'm sure that Pang will fill out somewhat, which is all he needs. I used Babilonia & Gardner, because
1. They were a pair, and the lifting is even tougher for the guy than in dance
2. They did manage to be World Champions in pairs
3. They look like not only the same height, but the same weight, which is why their pull Arabians were so special
I like both Kerr & Kerr and Faiella & Scali, but what was special about both teams was not the lifts. They managed level 4 stock lifts (at least most of the time). F&S and K&K both did gender bender lifts; Faiella dropped Scali a couple times AFAIR, but once COP came in, gender bender lifts disappeared except as choreographic lifts.
Virtue & Moir, whose lifts are special and creative, BTW, are a better example of dance lifts for same size people. If you look at how they are done, there is not that much lifting, per se, done by Scott. Scott steadies Tessa and holds her up, or controls her dropping/sliding to a dfferent, lower, level, but typically she either steps or jumps or does a handstand onto him.
The original Goose: Tessa jumps on and off of Scott's legs while he's in a cantilever spread eagle
The 1st lift in Carmen-Tessa jumps up on Scott, and using the motion of her leg to gain upward momentum & assist Scott, is almost tossed in the air
The 2nd lift in Carmen-Tessa jumps into a handstand on Scott, then folds up over onto his shoulders, into the rotational part of the lift
The 3rd lift in Carmen-much harder to describe, but again, Tessa is jumping onto Scott
So it was Tessa who aborted the lift (she didn't jump up), causing the stop at 4CC. All the more reason why they shouldn't have been allowed to redo that lift.


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nn you nasty perv wanna fuck your own mom you need your head checked and if you cant get any from some one else u must be either to small or no good might wanna get checked
Unbelievably beautiful girl. too bad buddy cant get his dick hard without jacking himself. like pushing a marshmallow into a keyhole.
He should smell her sweaty feet in pantyhose
mmmm nice cock on the guy just what I need
it tickles
What is The Name of the actress in pantyhose....
why did he have to waste a perfectly good pair of pantyhose by ripping them?
Geiler dicker Schwanz!
Thts a sorry looking dick
She is so cute and sexy. I would not be able to stop fucking her ten thousand times.
Her name is Christiana. Not too many videos of her around. She's a true anal champ since I've only seen her getting fucked in the pussy once. You'll find this Russian broad on Ferro Network videos if you look around the web. I know I have; hope this helps.
Uy pero que ricooo yo quiero a un hombre que me lo hagaa asi de rico tengo mucho trasero y grandes senos
I'd love to be eating her asshole while I was jacking off!
i couldnt help myself from ramming my cock up her pussy
this is the greatest anal clip i seen in years
Does anyone know her name?
Typical. Nearly 16 minutes of clip which promises anal sex, but you have to get through seven and a half minutes of crap before anything starts to happen. If I wanted to see a head job, I'd click on the headjob link!
This chick is hot..
Beautiful babe. Would like to lick her through the panyhose. She sure knows how to pleasure that big cock too. Lucky guy both in having a cock like that and finding a chick who can take it so well.
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Since Facebook's launch in 2004, it has
established itself as an unrivaled social networking superpower. No one has
been able to match its broad audience and number of features, but now, Google
will give it a shot with a new project called Google+.
Google made the argument that existing online
interactions are awkward and needs a "fix." For instance, in current
instant messaging systems, someone may seem available on the list, but when you
actually message them and they don't respond, you're not sure if they're away
or not interested. Also, Google made mention that users mainly want to connect
with certain people at certain times, but current social networking systems put
everything out there at once and makes everything you say a "public
To remedy
these issues, Google has created Google+ which offers four key features
that were created specifically for the user: Circles, Sparks, Hangouts, and
Circles allow
users to create multiple categories of family and friends, each within their
separate circle. For instance, one circle can be the family circle, another can
be best friends, another can be the basketball team you play on, and so on.
This allows the user to share what they want with whom they want instead of
sharing everything across the board.
Sparks is an
online sharing engine that allows users in certain circles to share information
based on their interests. For instance, if you have a circle of friends that
are into comic books, Sparks provides relevant articles, videos and photos that
give you and your circle of comic book-loving friends something to discuss and
enjoy together. It allows you to "spark" a conversation. It also
filters and delivers the most "contagious" content on the web, so the
need for time-consuming searches is eliminated.
Hangouts is
Google+'s version of instant chat, but is a face-to-face chat instead. Google
claims that instant messaging is too intrusive, and that it always disrupts
someone in the middle of something. But with Hangouts, users can partake in
casual meet-ups in a live multi-person video whenever they have some free time,
which lets other users know that you're really there (not idle) and interested
in hanging out.
Mobile is
aimed to allow users to communicate on the move. Features offered in Google+'s
mobile realm are ways of marking your current location, an "Instant
Upload" feature that stores photos from your phone in the cloud and allows
you to decide if you want to share them on the web, and a "Huddle"
feature that makes it easy for a user to use group messaging to get a group of
friends together or exchange information.
Google+ was built from the ground up to revolve
around the user, and to revolutionize the social networking experience by
making it more similar to how we actually communicate. Google is only calling
it a project for now, and while it seems interesting enough, only time will
tell if it can stand up to Facebook's level.
For instance, Facebook already has some of the
features offered above, such as Facebook's Lists and Groups that acts much like
Google+'s Circles. Yet Google+'s Circles offers an easy drag and drop feature
that may prevail over Facebook's system. In addition, Facebook has pages of
interest that users can "like" and share information regarding that
topic on that page, but Facebook's pages can have thousands of users that you
do not know associated with that interest page, where Google+'s Sparks allows
topics to be discussed among you and your circle alone.
Of course, both networking systems have a mobile
setup and video chats. They also look very much alike, according to the
screenshot Business Insider provided after being
invited to the new field trial.
Google+ is available on the Android Market and the
mobile web starting today, and will be available on the App Store soon. Right
now, Google is conducting a field trial (hence why its called a project right
now) where users can use the new features and let Google know what they think
and what
needs to be changed.
quote: I'll take Google a million times over Zuckerberg & Co when it comes to privacy.
quote: Zuckerberg doesn't think privacy is a huge concern on a social network, where the point is to be sociable with others. Obviously many millions of users feel the same way.
quote: This isn't a right or wrong issue, and you are trying to make it one. If you don't agree with Zuckberg's philosophy for how HIS business is ran, fine, you don't have to use it. But this attitude that Facebook is some personal privacy server reserved just for you isn't remotely realistic.
quote: The assertion that Googles social network, which we know NO details of, will be any better or more "private" is completely unfounded.
quote: And many millions voted for Obama. Just because people are dumb, doesn't mean that mass acceptance legitimizes an issue.
quote: I only deal with Facebook because I have to. It'll be gone in a hearbeat if Google's lives up.


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An entity with a slight resemblance to a ghost. Appears to be in the act of "wanking". Having only one arm, it's known to make the brave giggle and the weak cower in fear.
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While refining techniques for tracing the proteogenomic origins of cancer, researchers found protein-coding DNA sequences lurking in the shadowy realm known as junk DNA. Junk DNA is often thought to be functionless, with the exception of certain sequences thought to have a role in gene expression. But at least some portions of junk DNA actually code for protein, say the aforementioned researchers.
In fact, these scientists, pioneers in cancer proteogenomics, have identified nearly 100 new protein-coding regions, a number of which qualify as pseudogenes, sequences found in the genome's putative junkyard.
The scientists, based at Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab) in Sweden, described their findings November 17 in Nature Methods, in a paper entitled "HiRIEF LC-MS enables deep proteome coverage and unbiased proteogenomics."
The "HiRIEF" cited in the paper's title refers to high-resolution peptide isoelectric-focusing fractionation. Developed by the researchers to increase sensitivity and analytical depth in shotgun proteomics, HiRIEF helps simplify samples before MS analysis. It is, in essence, a search-space reduction technique, a way to expedite comparisons of protein sequence data with data from MS spectra. Such techniques are especially valuable in the study of organisms having large genomes and low protein-coding content.
"We had to match experimental data for sequences of peptides with millions of possible locations in the whole genome," said study leader Janne Lehtiö, Ph.D. "We had to develop both new experimental and bioinformatics methods to allow protein-based gene detection, but when we had everything in place it felt like participating in a Jules Verne adventure inside the genome."
In their paper, Dr. Lehtiö and colleagues describe how they used HiRIEF at the peptide level in the 3.7–5.0 pH range and peptide isoelectric point prediction to probe the six-reading-frame translation of the human and mouse genomes. This work allowed them to identify previously undiscovered protein-coding loci—98 for human and 52 for mouse genomes. According to the paper's authors, the method also enabled deep proteome coverage, revealing 13,078 human and 10,637 mouse proteins, a result suggesting that their method does provide deep proteome coverage.
The authors grouped genomic loci into three different classes: (1) refined models of known genes, (2) pseudogenes and long noncoding RNA genes, and (3) intronic and intergenic loci with no connection to gene annotations. According to the authors, 36%, of human novel peptides mapped to pseudogenes, a surprisingly large percentage given that pseudogenes represented less than 0.1% of the total search space.
"Our study challenges the old theory that pseudogenes don't code for proteins," said Dr. Lethiö. "The presented method allows for protein-based genome annotation in organism with complex genomes and can lead to discovery of many novel protein-coding genes, not only in humans but in any species with a known DNA sequence."
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Wade Kagarise is the best vote for Blair County judge.
He will be a fair judge because he considers all aspects of a situation before making a decision and demonstrates excellent character in his court appearances.
As a former assistant district attorney for Blair County, I have seen Attorney Kagarise resolve tough cases for the district attorney's office while always keeping the victims of crime and the achievement of justice at the forefront.
I have seen Kagarise practice with a sophisticated knowledge of Pennsylvania law that would not only continue the high standards of the Blair County court system, but would also enhance the quality of the courts' service to the county.
Not only does Kagarise already possess the skills and knowledge necessary of a county judgeship, he will bring a tremendous respect for the people of the county and an unmatched integrity to the bench.
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As long as the 'principles' are GODS and not man's version/idea; this is fine. Check everything out in GODS WORD. If it agrees...fine. If not and there's a lot of twisting of GODS word lately going around; stay away from those people who would 'deceive' you. Just a word of caution in a wicked, deceitful time.
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A smiling Martin Holmes was spotted bringing a custom-made cake along with plates, forks and napkins to the three-bedroom apartment where his daughter and granddaughter had moved as Katie filed for divorce from Tom Cruise.
Asked how the family was doing, Martin Holmes said, "We're fine, thank you."
This echoed the sentiments expressed earlier in the day by Katie, 33, who spoke out briefly while stopping by Whole Foods for what looked like barbecue supplies, including hamburger meat, buns, strawberries and bananas.
"I'm all right," Holmes told a reporter, according to New York's Daily News, while pushing Suri in a shopping car. "Thank you."
Cruise, who turned 50 on Tuesday, was supposed to spend his birthday with Holmes and Suri in the Big Apple but traveled instead to Los Angeles and spent it with his teenage kids, Connor, 17, and Bella, 19.
Meanwhile, mother and daughter spent that day getting a tasty treat at Sundaes and Cones in New York's East Village neighborhood.
"Katie looked happy and was friendly to the customers and staff while Suri sat on her mom's lap," says an eyewitness at the ice cream shop. The pair smiled at each other and licked their way through a nighttime snack.
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Eric Neubauer's story goes beyond helping a troubled neighborhood out by turning a lot into a skatepark. He has been a mentor and father figure to a lot of fatherless and lost young skateboarders throughout the years.
Neubauer is the focus of the latest Our City, Our Story short documentary by Pablo Korona, directed by Bing Liu. The project is aimed at telling stories about Rockford and its people to show the positive side of living here.
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LISBON — Columbiana County commissioners are seeking another round of state funding to repair septic systems for income-eligible households but the amount keeps dwindling and is expected to disappea......
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"I've learned that sometimes love is not enough," Simpson, 33, tells Redbook in its February issue, on newsstands Jan. 14. "You can have a soul mate and be madly in love with that person, but it's not necessarily enough."
So what is the secret to a long-lasting relationship?
"I think you have to have personalities that mesh well. You have to be the yin to their yang. You also have to be open to figuring things out together and communicating even when it's the last thing you want to do," adds Simpson, who divorced first husband Nick Lachey in 2006.
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"I have to admit, it doesn't hurt that Eric is one of the hottest men I've ever seen and he looks amazing naked!" she jokes.
But on a much more serious note, Simpson told the magazine that a downside to her pregnancies with the couple's children – son Ace Knute, 6 months, and daughter Maxwell Drew, 18 months, was the media scrutiny over her weight.
"It's ridiculous and unfair. I never listen to it, no matter who the press talks about when they're pregnant," she says.
"I think any woman who is pregnant and creating a life is pretty much entitled to eat whatever she wants as long as she's healthy. I wasn't going to let the media take away from what was one of the happiest times in my life."


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From Bud, Not Buddy to The Mighty Miss Malone
When it comes to reading, my son Sam used to be a lot like the MIkey kid in the cereal commercial. If he liked a book, you knew it had to be terrific. We both loved Christopher Paul Curtis' Bud, Not Buddy (and evidently the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award judges agreed). Now I'm excited to report that Mr. Curtis is coming to town with a new book spinning off one of the Bud, Not Buddy characters — Deza Malone in The Mighty Miss Malone. Also cool, you can meet the author in Fort Worth tomorrow. I've got all the details in my Family Fun Kids Corner here.


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The actress and member of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) joined students from the King School in Portland, Oregon, at the first-ever White House Talent Show, hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama.
Parker serves as a guest artist at the school as part of the Turnaround Arts initiative, a PCAH program that brings arts education to low-performing schools that lack such programs.
According to the organization, 3.9 million elementary school students have no access to arts classes, and at-risk students cite their participation in the arts as a reason for staying in school.
"The hallways in the entire building are brimming with a renewed pride," Parker, 49, told the audience in the East Room of the White House of her students putting on a musical for the very first time. (See below for her pre-show warm-up with one of the little performers!)
Other Turnaround Arts artists in attendance included Alfre Woodard, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson, who's been newly paired with a school in California.
The performances of the Turnaround Arts schools in the talent show were "moving and unbelievably good," Ferguson told PEOPLE. "Better than some things I've seen professionally!"
"After seeing today I'm excited to see what I can do with these kids. It's really inspiring."
Ferguson was then interrupted by an excited student who told him, "I saw you on TV!"
"I saw you on stage," the actor replied. "You were amazing."


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The only thing missing from the anti-Lindsey Graham rally was the senator himself. But there was a Graham cardboard cutout for people to get their picture taken with — and to direct their political anger.
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More than 14 months before the election, some Republicans are making it clear they are not happy with the state's senior senator, calling him too easy to compromise with the Obama White House.
And though their numbers might be small and their event Tuesday night high on theatrics, the dislike for Graham among the 100-plus people at the FreedomWorks town hall rally in North Charleston was apparent.
"He needs to leave," said Doug Haberlie, who drove from Beaufort to attend the gathering at City Hall. "He's not representing the people of South Carolina."
"We've got absolutely no business giving amnesty to anybody until that border is totally physically secure," said another man, speaking in a microphone aimed toward the silent Graham cutout.
"What are you doing to protect my rights to bear arms?" asked a man.
While Graham was invited, organizers said, he was not at the event. He is out of the country, his office said, and that the destination won't be disclosed until he returns later this week.
That sort of absenteeism is what participants played up Tuesday, including a trend among some members of Congress in other parts of the country to avoid meeting constituents in any form of unscripted town hall-type gatherings, critics say.
Tuesday's event was sponsored by FreedomWorks, which bills itself as a connecting "over six million activists nationwide who believe in individual liberty and constitutionally-limited government." Some of the attendees came from as far away as Bluffton and Myrtle Beach.
The FreedomWorks gathering precedes another Graham-targeted event scheduled for Thursday. The Tea Party Express, the nation's largest tea party-aligned political action committee, will hold a press conference at 10:30 a.m. at the Marriott hotel on Lockwood Boulevard in Charleston to ask Graham and other members of Congress to sign a letter showing their opposition to any spending bill that includes funding for the White House's health care law package.
Some have put their faith in trying to thwart funding "Obamacare" through a continuing resolution in Congress.
So far, three Republicans have announced bids to challenge Graham in next June's GOP primary: Spartanburg state Sen. Lee Bright, Upstate businessman Richard Cash, and Nancy Mace, the first female graduate at The Citadel. Mace was at the meeting but did not speak to the crowd.
While there will be a primary threat, some notable Republicans, including former S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster, predict the likelihood that Graham will be elected at "100 percent." Graham also has a sizable war chest of more than $6 million.
"America is blessed to have a leader like Lindsey Graham who knows we are fighting a war against radical Islam and must remain vigilant," McMaster said in a prepared statement Tuesday.
The event was streamed live on the Internet, which is a growing trend ahead of the election season.
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Cash grain farmers have experienced one of the best financial runs in the history of American dairy farming. How much longer will it last?
by Corey Geiger, Hoard's Dairyman Managing Editor
For those growing corn, soybeans, wheat and other small grains, the 2006 to 2012 era has resulted in one of the best economic periods in American agriculture. However the three previous agricultural booms in the 1910s, 1940s and 1970s remind us all economic runs come to an end. The question is will the current run have a soft landing or will we experience the markets turmoil of the past three major agricultural downturns?
That issue was the focus of last week's recently released paper, "Farm investment and leverage cycles: Will this time be different?" by Jason Henderson and Nathan Kauffman from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.
Let's start with the reasons why the current run has a chance to have a different ending than America's past boom-to-bust cycles. Even with skyrocketing land prices, farm debt remains low since grain producers have financed most purchases with farm profits since 2006. In fact, farm debt ratios are near historic lows, Henderson and Kauffman point out. Other leaders in the Farm Credit System concur and point out real estate debt went down in both 2011 and 2012. However, those ratios are greatly enhanced by land values which represent 85 percent of the assets on the average farmer's balance sheet.
Another factor that would result in an economic soft landing is the fact ag lenders are being more cautious in lending money. How much so? Nearly all lenders are only financing ground for 50 percent of its value. That lending practice didn't take place in the 1970s which was the last downturn in agriculture.
Land isn't the only area where spending has risen dramatically during the current boom, as Henderson and Kauffman point out.
- Since 2005, average annual farm real estate investments in structures such as machine sheds, grain bins and livestock buildings jumped almost 50 percent above the 1990s.
- To enhance efficiency, farmers have invested heavily in land improvements such as irrigation equipment and tile lines. So much so that spending in this area grew 28 percent over the 1990s.
- Machinery upgrades have been robust, too, growing 40 percent over the 1990s.
Growth in international demand that have in turn bolstered exports and a rapid buildup in demand for biofuels since 2006 have greatly elevated profits during this recent economic run. However, many of the events that led to the run-up in market gains are beginning to show signs of fading.
To that point, returns for growing corn have averaged about $600 per acre in 2011 and 2012. If the U.S. experiences a typical growing season, corn prices are expected to be lower this year. Additionally, USDA is projecting returns closer to $350 per acre by 2014. Again, part of that is based on more normal weather patterns, stronger global production and almost flat demand for domestic biofuels.
If this takes place, will farmers cut investment and other spending? The answer to that question will help determine if there will be a bust like those from the 1910s, 1940s and 1970s or if we have a soft landing. Another contributing factor will be the future of interest rates - at some point rates will go up and that will greatly effect debt service.
Overall, Henderson and Kauffman conclude the stage is set for another possible cycle of rising leverage in U.S. agriculture. How it will unfold will be determined by the way farmers respond to economic factors. To develop your own conclusions, we encourage you to read their paper here.
The author is the managing editor, and he brings 18 years of industry leadership to our readers overseeing all editorial content and production of the magazine. His degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison combined dairy science and agricultural economics.
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