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NIU is deservedly held to higher standards after winning back-to-back MAC titles and reaching the Orange Bowl, so even a 3-0 start was mildly disappointing after the Huskies had to rally from behind all three times. But today, NIU surpassed all expectations by demolishing Purdue 55-24 to become the first MAC team to beat two Big Ten teams in one season and scored 14 more points than any MAC team had ever done vs. the Big Ten.
The Huskies sparked controversy last year when they were the first team with a loss to bust the BCS. That shouldn't be a problem this year; if the Huskies make it back, it will be with a 13-0 record. With the talent they showed at Purdue, and the grit they showed in the comebacks against Iowa, Idaho and Eastern Illinois, my expectation is that they will go at least 11-1, if not 13-0. The two biggest obstacles left are at Toledo on Nov. 20 and the MAC title game, which has come down to the final play three years in a row for NIU.
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The American League has beaten the NL in interleague play for 10 years in a row, but that decade of dominance may soon change, thanks to an amazing crop of NL rookies, led by Marlin pitcher Jose Fernandez and Dodger outfielder Yasiel Puig. My favorite stat of the baseball season is that Fernandez has batted higher (.220) than the batters who have face him (.182).
Notre Dame's Kelly overrated coach
Notre Dame's five-year contract extension last month for Brian Kelly resembles the Irish giving Charlie Weis a 10-year extension halfway through the first year of his original six-year deal. Kelly had one good year in his first three seasons, and that season ended by trailing 28-0 at the half in the BCS title game. His tenure also featured a student killed filming practice, the Manti Te'o fake girlfriend scandal, the star quarterback getting kicked out of school for cheating and the star QB recruit transferring.
Kelly is better than Weis, but he's no Urban Meyer. The Irish are 3-2, barely beat a Purdue team that NIU demolished and needed four pass interference penalties, at least two of them highly controversial, to squeak past Michigan State.
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On screen and on the page, The Hunger Games are a gladiator-style battle to the death. Behind the scenes making the movies, it's another competition altogether.
Just ask Josh Hutcherson who plays Peeta Mellark to Jennifer Lawrence's Katniss Everdeen.
Having filmed the latest, Hunger Games, Catching Fire, opening Nov. 22, Hutcherson tells Seventeen for its November issue (on sale Oct. 22) that in a test of wits as to who's funnier, he or Lawrence, "We have this debate all the time – I think it's me!"
Not that the Kentucky native, 20, is being ungentlemanly.
"This sounds mean, but its true, and Jennifer would agree. Her thing is being shocking, goofy, and silly – which is amazing, and it takes a talented person to do that. I like to be more clever and witty. But if you had to go on who gets more laughs, I'd say she'd be the winner."
Having caused headlines last week with his tantalizing interview with Out magazine – in which he stated, "Maybe I could say right now I'm 100 percent straight. But who knows? In a f–––ing year, I could meet a guy and be like, 'Whoa, I'm attracted to this person' " – the actor is asked by Seventeen if he's ever had his heart broken.
"I think getting broken up with is worse than breaking up with somebody," he replies. "For me it hurts more when you're ready for something to keep going and the other person isn't."
Also asked if he's dated girls with the wrong intentions, he responds: "Definitely. I was blind at first by looks, by love, whatever. I've been known to fall hard and quick for girls, which I think is better than not falling at all."
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PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Pirates were fresh from losing 104 games and drawing 735,900 fans when Syd Thrift took over as general manager in November, 1985.
Three years later, Thrift was fired because not only did he clash with his superiors, he wouldn't even acknowledge he had superiors.
In typical fashion, his parting shot was an advertisement for himself. "It ain't easy resurrecting the dead," he said on the way out the door.
Thrift was fired after an 85-win season, the Bucs' first step toward the three division titles from 1990-92. His successor, Larry Doughty, made some necessary additions (notably Jay Bell and Zane Smith), but Thrift created the base. He did that mostly by acquiring players who had been undervalued by their organizations.
In St. Louis, Whitey Herzog had made a rare miscalculation, deciding that Andy Van Slyke couldn't play full-time and that he wasn't suited for center field. The New York Yankees saw Doug Drabek as erratic, and preferred Rick Rhoden's veteran presence. The Chicago White Sox jumped at the chance to trade inexperienced Bobby Bonilla for power arm Jose DeLeon.
This year's Pirates' resurgence may not be a matter of resurrecting the dead, but it qualifies as waking a franchise from a deep slumber.
The starting rotation and back of the bullpen that have carried the Pirates were acquired by GM Neal Huntington in a climate where teams are reluctant to part with quality pitching.
It took Huntington longer to turn things around (he was hired six years ago this month), but it's also a different MLB landscape. The gap between the top and bottom payrolls was $13 million in 1988; the difference was $142 million last season.
When the Pirates traded their best player, Tony Pena, in 1987, he was making $1.225 million. Rhoden was paid $620,000 in his last Pirates season. Jeff King, the overall No. 1 pick in the 1986 draft, had to hold out for a $180,000 singing bonus; Gerrit Cole got an $8 million bonus as the top pick in the 2011 draft.
Unlike Thrift, Huntington has no interest in self-promotion, and he won't ever push his way into the spotlight.
But like Thrift, he's taken a wounded organization and restored it to health.
Countdown to kickoff
The Steelers season that opens today doesn't have the usual level of anticipation.
That's probably because the team was 8-8 last season and missed the playoffs. It's also probably because that seems like a reasonable forecast for this season as well. This has the look of winding up somewhere in the range of 9-7 to 7-9.
Family feud
The soundtrack for the 1979 Pirates championship run was Sister Sledge's "We Are Family," a bouncy number that promoted harmony well enough to overcome the gender-specific lyrics.
Turns out Kathy Sledge left the act some time ago and performs on her own. Now she's in court with her sisters, fighting over the right to use the "Sister Sledge" trademark.
So perhaps they sing: "We were fam-a-lee, Now I've got these lawyers with me..."
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ST CLAIR TWP. — Officers with the St. Clair police Department will be better equipped to protect the public from criminals who, in many cases, are becoming more and more well-armed all the time....
Feinstein is more than bad, the woman is a lunatic.
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Obama's spur of the moment, toss out those executive orders are going to drop a big burden on our Police departments. Gun registration is about to take on a whole new meaning. This is going to be a mess.
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Gun sales are at their highest, the highest they have ever been in this country. Ammo is almost impossible to find in every big city. Gun manufactures and Ammo manufactures are working double time to meet the demands. There are now more guns in the hands of Americans now than there was before Obama opened his mouth on this. Criminals are already starting their black markets. This is not even funny anymore. This is real.
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the uncertainty of what is next with this attack on our second with the thoughts of how will they be able to secure their own homes and lives against criminals if this continues.
There is going to be somebody that is going to make the mistake and all hello will break loose and Obama will love it. There are going to be people who will not lay down their arms and this stunt Obama is pulling is only going to create more criminals. People are not going to cooperate with the thought of tyrannical government looming. The mistrust is growing higher and higher. It is going to get ugly. They have groups forming now (underground) that are preparing. Tensions are way to high.
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I for one, am glad to see this happening. The whispers among law enforcement are real. They are not just getting prepared for the normal crime and drug war we are plagued with in this country, they are preparing for worse case scenarios. I'm hoping Salem PD follows suit.
We can continue to live in denial but times are changing and with this dangerous game the Democrats, Obama and those like Senator Dianne Feinstein are playing with this attack on the second amendment, things are only going to get worse and add to existing problems.
There is already a great deal of mistrust for our Government. Emotions and tension are really high right now across this country. There is a sleeping giant awakening and unfortunately, this dangerous game they are playing is eventually going to bring out the nut jobs from the cracks in the floor boards those that believe the Government is now the enemy and the revolt will begin. We also have lots of people that are fearing
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Alright boys, lighten up on the Salem News, we make enough mistakes in our comments that would have our English teachers chewing their nails off. The world will not come to end because of it!
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They need proofreading!!! Seized is what they were trying to say however they chose to replace seized with ceased... Morons!!!
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COLUMBIA — Last season, South Carolina finished with its best record ever, 11-2, by beating one of college football's most storied teams, Nebraska, in the Capital One Bowl. This season, the winningest program in the sport's history stands in the way of USC again going 11-2.
It was revealed Sunday that USC will play Michigan in the Jan. 1 Outback Bowl at 1 p.m.
No. 19 Michigan (8-4, 6-2 Big Ten) doesn't have a bad loss. The Wolverines have fallen to No. 1 Notre Dame (12-0), No. 2 Alabama (12-1), No. 3 Ohio State (12-0) and No. 23 Nebraska (10-3).
The Wolverines lost by seven points to Notre Dame and by five to Ohio State.
This bowl matchup is all the more intriguing when you consider No. 11 USC's losses are to No. 4 Florida (11-1) and No. 9 LSU (10-2).
USC is 1-1 all-time against Michigan, with both meetings coming in the regular season. In 1980, USC won 17-14 at Michigan. In 1985, the Wolverines won 34-3 in Columbia.
The 1980 game turned out to be one of USC's most significant wins ever. It was USC's fourth game that season. Michigan was ranked No. 17. The Wolverines finished 10-2 and ranked No. 4. That remains one of USC's three wins ever in 50 games against teams that finished in the top 5.
USC coach Steve Spurrier knows a matchup with Michigan carries more weight than a date with Northwestern in the Gator Bowl. That was the Gamecocks' other postseason option. But Northwestern will play Mississippi State in that game.
"Northwestern is a heck of a team," Spurrier said. "They easily could have been going to the Rose Bowl. But if you beat Northwestern or you get beat by Northwestern, you don't achieve quite as much (as you do) by playing Michigan. When you play a team with the stature, the tradition and the reputation of the University of Michigan, it's something special."
This is USC's fourth trip to the Outback Bowl. The Gamecocks went after the 2000 and 2001 seasons and beat Ohio State both times. They returned after the 2008 season and 31-10 lost to Iowa to finish 7-6. (The Outback Bowl was previously known as the Hall of Fame Bowl and was held in Birmingham, Ala. USC appeared in that game once, losing to Missouri in 1979.)
Since the 2008 Outback Bowl, USC is 30-9.
"I really believe we are a completely different team than we were four years ago," Spurrier said. "I think our team is a more mature team."
Michigan is in its second year under coach Brady Hoke, who has a defensive background and was previously was the head coach at Ball State and San Diego State. The Wolverines went 11-2 and 6-2 last season, and beat Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl. Hoke's older brother, Jon, was Spurrier's defensive coordinator in his final three years at Florida (1999-2001).
The Wolverines are known for their defense and athletic senior quarterback Denard Robinson. They rank No. 11 nationally in total defense, No. 2 against the pass and No. 58 against the run. Robinson has run for 1,166 yards and seven touchdowns this season and thrown for 1,319 yards, nine touchdowns and nine interceptions, while completing 53.6 percent of his passes.
"I don't know if we've faced a guy quite like him that can throw and run and do what he does," Spurrier said.
While Spurrier is impressed by Robinson's skills, he spoke in reverential terms about former Michigan coach Bo Schembechler, one of college football's legends. Spurrier's favorite line from Schembechler is one he read in Schembechler's book in 1991, Spurrier's second season at Florida, when he was trying to finesse his way through games.
"Running teams are tougher teams," the line read.
"I haven't always lived by it," Spurrier said. "Probably should have. I've reverted back to it recently here at South Carolina."
Spurrier said USC won't start pre-bowl practices for "another two weeks, probably." He said Connor Shaw will enter the practices as the No. 1 quarterback despite missing the regular season finale at Clemson with a sprained left foot. Trainers are "treating him very gingerly right now," Spurrier said, adding that he expects both Shaw and Dylan Thompson to play in the bowl.


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i have found out that in comparing japanese and english sites for games and anime, the japanese site is always better. it has more.. "bells and whistles" so to speak. the japanese site has interactive details (usually) and little tib-bits of things. like... summary of every episode with a few screenshots from the episode as well as the story summary, character profiles, information on upcoming products related to the series and other stuff like that. so why don't the english sites do stuff like that? i don't think i have yet seen a english(US) site for an anime or game that equaled the... "fun" of the japanese site.
The only reason why the japanese site are better is cause the makers of the english anime sites are to lazy to add and translate various things.Well thats what i think anyway.....
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Evelyn T. Tierney, of West Seneca, worked as a switchboard operator at Mercy Hospital for 21 years, and for many years after that she volunteered up to six days a week at the hospital, delivering flowers and mail to patients and working in the gift shop.
She died Tuesday in Elderwood Health Care at Lakewood, Hamburg. She was 91.
Born Evelyn Hattenberger in Buffalo, she graduated from St. Ann's Commercial School. From 1938 to 1944, she worked as a secretary for Bates Jackson, an engraving company. In 1966, she re-entered the workforce as a third-shift switchboard operator until her retirement 1988.
Mrs. Tierney went on to win Mercy Hospital's 1999 Volunteer of the Year Award. She also volunteered at Deaconess Center until it closed in 2011, and she did two routes for Meals on Wheels until she could no longer drive at age 88. She also worked part time as a clerk at Schwebel's Bakery in Orchard Park from 2002 to 2007.
Mrs. Tierney was a member of Daughters of Erin, the Buffalo Irish Center, the Sloan Social Club and the Mercy League at Mercy Hospital.
She is survived by a son, Timothy; two daughters, Cheryl Massett and Gail Olivieri; and a sister, Muriel Steinel.
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There is a lot of derisive talk from the Republican right these days about the people it calls RINOs – party members who are Republican In Name Only. The accusation is that because these Republicans are insufficiently committed to a single-minded focus on budget cuts or may support same-sex marriage or believe that a warming planet poses a threat to millions of Americans, they are not real Republicans.
It's an intriguing theory and, in fact, one that holds important elements of truth. There are, indeed, party members who feign allegiance to the ideals of the Republican Party, a historic and crucial influence in the nation's development, but it's not the people whom the inhabitants of the far right are screaming at. It is they who are the RINOs – pretending to be Republicans while they crash the party infrastructure and turn what had been a genuinely conservative organization into a den of radicals.
Spending on infrastructure? President Dwight Eisenhower, a giant of the Republican Party, championed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 that saw the construction of the Interstate Highway System, a project that made transportation easier for all Americans. What do the RINOs think of that?
Taxes? President Ronald Reagan led the charge for a tax cut early in his first term, but then began raising taxes. Today's RINOs would tar and feather him.
Gun control? Try this one on: "Unless we adopt and enforce strict gun control laws – ones much tougher than the Brady Bill – we will never succeed in stemming the violence spawned by the drug trade." That was President Richard Nixon, in his 1992 book "Seize the Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World."
President Gerald Ford advocated the ban on so-called "Saturday night specials" and in 1989, then-President George H.W. Bush banned the importation of some semiautomatic firearms after a mass school shooting in Stockton, Calif.
Environment? The Environmental Protection Agency was proposed by Nixon and began operations during his first term.
Same-sex marriage? Even Former Vice President Dick Cheney, the champion of waterboarding, is a supporter. "Freedom means freedom for everyone," according to Cheney, whose daughter, Mary, is gay.
Health reform? President George W. Bush backed and signed into a law a prescription drug program for seniors.
Illegal immigration? Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, granting amnesty to 3 million illegal immigrants, among other steps. The RINOs of the 21st century would cast him, the great Republican hero, into the wilderness.
Ford opposed general gun control. Reagan criticized government as "the problem." Cheney, Nixon, Bush … none of these men has ever been accused of not being conservative. But they understood that effective and fair government is not a purist's pursuit.
Today's RINOs have no such view. They are zealots. Spending is meant to be cut. Taxes are meant to be lowered. The environment is meant to be ignored. Gays are meant to be in the closet. Illegal aliens are meant to self-deport. In their pinched view of American life, there is no room for any interpretation but their own.
Thus, the nation is on the brink of disastrous budget cuts because the Republican Party – or what is masquerading as it – would rather inflict misery on the nation than find a middle ground that offers something to all sides.
It's hard to see how all of this ends well, but one thing is certain: It can't end well with the real Republican Party sitting silent as the radicals who have commandeered their ship steer it onto the rocks – with the nation in tow.
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After 10 years, Matt Damon has finally gotten revenge on Jimmy Kimmel for bumping him from Jimmy Kimmel Live 1,205 times."Welcome to tonight's episode of Jimmy Kimmel Sucks," Damon said on Thursday's episode, while Kimmel struggled tied to a chair behind him. "Just for starters, let me ask you guys this: As an audience, is it weird to see a person with actual talent host this show?"
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Several new technologies offer the promise of increased toilet efficiency and effectiveness in the coming years.
Dual Flush
Dual flush toilets are a technology that has been available for years, but the success of new models from Australia has spurred some U.S. manufacturers to offer their own dual flush models. Dual flush toilets provide the user with two flush options – a full flush that uses 1.6 gallons of water and a partial flush that uses approximately half the water or 0.8 gallons. A new dual flush model that uses 1.2 and 0.6 gallons per flush is also available.


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There will be plenty of sunshine for those who wish to participate in the start of the holiday season in Williamsport with the Home for the Holidays event this weekend.
No rain is expected to dampen the mayor's annual tree lighting ceremony at 5:30 tonight or the Billtown Christmas Parade at 6 p.m.
"(Today) should be a dry day," said Tom Kines, senior meteorologist at Accuweather in State College. "The sun and clouds will go back and forth."
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Miller Knepley, 2, son of Brian and Rebecca Knepley, of Williamsport, edges his way closer to Santa and his dogs, Brittaney, 8, and Gracie, 6, during an opportunity Wednesday for pets to pose for photos with Santa at the SPCA. Lycoming College students from Dr. Neil Boyd's business management and organizational behavior class arranged the event.
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Bella, a 1-year-old bulldog owned by Tammer Fuller, of WIlliamsport, takes a treat during a visit to Santa.
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Lucky, 6, owned by Irene Schrimp, of Williamsport, sits on Santa's lap.
Average temperatures are expected for the weekend.
"I think, all in all, the next few days aren't going to be too bad," Kines said.
Today's temperature will be in the upper 40s, near 50, with a nighttime low in the upper 20s or lower 30s.
The sunshine will continue Saturday for Victorian Christmas from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Historic District. A high in the 50s is expected.
As the day progresses, there will be free Santa visits and train rides at Santa's House in Santa's village, located at the municipal parking lot at the corner of West Fourth and Hepburn streets.
At night, a low in the upper 20s or lower 30s is expected, but the events continue with a Winter Wonderland at Airmen Pond at Bowman Field, starting at 6 p.m.
A hockey game will begin at 7:05 p.m.
On Sunday, the annual Festival of Lights begins at 5:30 p.m. at the Dr. Kenneth Cooper Bandshell in Brandon Park. A high in the 50s and a low in the upper 20s to lower 30s is expected.
A Kick Off the Holidays concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Arts Center, featuring Williamsport Symphony Orchestra, Billtown Brass and VJQ.
All weekend, the wind is not expected to be a problem as it stays on the light side, Kines said.
For those who want to welcome the winter holidays outside, it's a good time to do so, Kines said, "as long as
you're dressed for November."
Though it is still early to accurately forecast Thanksgiving weather, he said no major storms are expected in the first few days of next week. A cold front moving in from the northwest will arrive Wednesday night into Thursday, which might bring a shower.
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It's certainly been a busy week for Sinéad O'Connor.
The Irish singer – who got into a war of words with Miley Cyrus earlier this week after reaching out to the 20-year-old in an open letter advising her not to "prostitute" herself – is now worrying about the death of rock 'n' roll.
And she knows who killed it – Simon Cowell.
In an interview on The Late Late Show in Ireland on Friday, the 46-year-old blasted the X Factor judge.
"I feel sorry for the murder of music and rock 'n' roll, which has happened because of the industry. Because of Simon Cowell, [and his fellow judge, music exec] Louis Walsh – they've murdered music," she said.
The singer believes that the moneymaking side of the industry has taken over and the result has been "the sexualizing of extremely young people" and the worship of "money and bling and diamonds."
"There's a certain alarm that needs to be rung and I know there are a lot of musicians around the country and around the world that will agree," she said. "The power of rock 'n' roll to change things, to move people, is being murdered by all this worship of fame, Pop Idol, X Factor, all this stuff."
O'Connor also talked about her public feud with Cyrus, which began after the singer said that her "Wrecking Ball" video had been inspired by O'Connor's "Nothing Compares 2 U."
While O'Connor says she reached out as a mother, Cyrus lashed out on Twitter, taunting the Grammy-winner over her previous battle with mental illness and comparing her to troubled actress Amanda Bynes, who is currently undergoing psychiatric treatment.
"I was upset on behalf of Amanda Bynes, not for myself," O'Connor said. "I thought it was a nasty thing to do. She had nothing to do with the conversation and also the poor girl is in hospital receiving treatment for the very illness she's being knocked for having."
"It was a very nasty time to expose a girl but I doubt Miley is a person who sat down and maliciously thought that I want to hurt Amanda Bynes," she continued. "We're all human and we all do things off the cuff."
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Men's Volleyball Earns 3-1 Win Over NJIT
NEWARK, N.J. – The Ball State men's volleyball team won a 3-1 (29-27, 28-26, 20-25, 25-16) match against New Jersey Institute of Technology Friday evening. The Cardinals were led by senior outside attacker Greg Herceg who connected on a match-high 20 kills.
With the win the Cardinals improve to 2-0 on the season, while the Highlanders fall to 0-2. The Cardinals now lead the all-time series 6-0. The squads had not faced off since the 2008 season when Ball State took a 3-1 win at Worthen Arena.
Herceg once again led the Cardinals offensively, hitting at .256 (20-9-43) to go with his two service aces and seven digs. Junior middle blocker Kevin Owens notched 11 kills to go with a .250 clip (11-5-24). Owens also had five assisted blocks and a solo block.
Junior setter Graham McIlvaine had a match-high 51 assists to go with 10 digs for his first double-double of the season. McIlvaine also registered two solo blocks as well as two assisted blocks. Senior libero Tommy Rouse led the Cardinals with 15 digs, while sophomore outside attacker Urim Demirovski added 12 digs. Senior middle attacker Matt Leske had two solo blocks, four assisted blocks and five kills.
The Cardinals outhit the Highlanders .209 to .090 and held the advantage in several other statistical categories like kills (59-37), digs (59-48), and total blocks (14-10).
The Cardinals jumped out to a 6-2 lead in the first set. NJIT would battle back, knotting the score at 12-all before taking the lead later on in the set. Ball State withstood two set points, and took the set off a NJIT attack error and a Herceg kill.
The second set saw NJIT jump out to a 12-6 lead. The Highlanders maintained the lead throughout the set, but the Cardinals benefitted from poor NJIT attacking to tie the score late in the match six times. Owens served the last two points for the Cardinals to take the set, with Herceg delivering the set-ending kill.
The Highlanders scored the first four points of the third set, before the Cardinals went on a 7-3 run to tie the set at 7-all. Errors by the Cardinals allowed the Highlanders to jump out to an 18-13 lead. Ball State would never get closer than four for the remainder of the set. The Cardinals would go on to dominate the fourth set, leading the entire time.
Ball State is next in action Saturday, Jan. 19 against Sacred Heart. The first serve is set for 7 p.m. You can follow the team on Twitter at @BallStateMVB or you can like "Ball State Men's Volleyball" on Facebook. As always, ballstatesports.com is the official website of Ball State Athletics.


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on December 9, 2012 - 4:32 PM
The Buffalo Bills proved again Sunday they are one of the best teams in the league at letting victory slip out of their grasp.
A touchdown with 48 seconds left in the game gave the St. Louis Rams a 15-12 victory, an all-too-familiar ending for the Bills.
It was Buffalo's fourth loss by seven or fewer points this season, and it gave coach Chan Gailey a three-year record of 4-8 in games decided by three or fewer points.
"We all know it's sickening," said Bills linebacker Kelvin Sheppard. "If you were at the game, you saw that. It's disheartening."
"That's the feeling we've had too many times this year," said tight end Scott Chandler. "It's disappointing. I was just talking to Jairus [Byrd], and he felt like the defense should have closed it out. I felt like the offense should have closed it out. It's great we're wanting to take responsibility. But at some point you just got to get the job done."
Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams had to take a deep breath to contain his frustration in summing up his emotions.
"Nobody here, or on earth, gets more disappointed or is more disappointed than I am when things like this happen," Williams said. "But that's life in the NFL. There are close games. They're all close for the most part. They're all six-, seven-point games. A touchdown, or four or five plays here and there, make the difference in the game. And we are not consistent enough to win late in games."
Make that just plain not good enough.
Here were some of the reasons the Bills fell to 5-8:
• Running back C.J. Spiller got the ball a mere eight times out of 58 offensive plays.
• The Bills called 41 pass plays and 17 runs. (They fell to 5-23 when quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick throws 30 or more passes.)
• Rams quarterback Sam Bradford was better than Fitzpatrick in the fourth quarter.
• Running back Fred Jackson fumbled at the Rams' 14 in the second quarter.
• The Bills got the ball at the Rams' 49 late in the first half and managed just a field goal, thanks in part to some questionable clock management by Gailey.
• They got the ball at their own 49 after a Rams punt went for 0 yards but didn't convert it into points.
• Trying to milk a five-point lead, the offense went four and out, three and out and three and out on three fourth-quarter possessions.
• The defense, which was mostly excellent, allowed the Rams to convert a fourth-down play and three third-down plays on their 84-yard drive to the winning score.
Gailey defended his use of his running backs.
"We were trying to run the football, and when it was Fred's turn, it was Fred's turn to be in there," the coach said. "Trying to keep them both fresh."
Nevertheless, the Bills' best player touched the ball just once in the fourth quarter.
The Rams handcuffed the Bills' offense with a flurry of blitzes — at least a dozen on pass plays. Four of the Rams' five sacks came on blitzes against a Bills' offensive line that was missing two starters.
The Bills could not make them pay, getting only one pass completion of more than 10 yards against the blitz (that was a 23-yard pass to Chandler in the first quarter).
"Obviously they wanted to stop the run," Chandler said. "They blitzed close to 40 percent of the time coming in anyways, so they probably ramped that up a little bit. You can't say they didn't do a good job."
"They definitely brought a lot of stuff … stuff off the edges," said center David Snow, who filled in for injured Eric Wood. "They were just trying to create a lot of pressure."
The Bills penetrated to the Rams' 34 on their first drive of the fourth quarter. Gailey at first sent out Rian Lindell to try what he thought was a 50-yard field goal. When the coach realized it was 52 yards, he opted to punt rather than go for it on fourth and 7.
On the next Bills possession, Stevie Johnson dropped an open slant pass at the Bills' 40 on a third-down play.
"It's a play we ran in practice and I made it in practice," Johnson said. "But in the game I didn't make it so, it's one of the plays we've got to make. I put all the blame on myself on that play. That could have given us the first down and who knows for the rest of that drive."
The Bills' defense held Rams back Steven Jackson to 64 yards and 3.4 yards a carry. Bradford was 19 of 39 for 209 yards and a passer rating of just 62.9. (Fitzpatrick was 25 of 33 for 247 yards with a rating of 93.9.)
But on the Rams' final drive, Bradford hit five key pass plays, the last a 13-yard strike on a post pattern to Brandon Gibson.
"It initially started with [Austin Pettis] coming across the middle, and the safeties played low [closer to the line]," Bradford said. "Gibby got behind them and made a great catch in the end zone."
Bills rookie Ron Brooks had the coverage on that play and on a 15-yard completion two plays before.
"In the back end I feel like the plays they made that led down to the touchdown drive and the touchdown was on me," Brooks said. "So I take that personal. I don't like to be caught on, and I definitely don't like to be scored on, especially to lose the game in that way."
The Bills' astronomically long shot to make the playoffs was not extinguished with the defeat. Buffalo plays Seattle in Toronto next week.
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Sunday, December 15, 2013
The Wando Warriors continued their hot start to the season with a 72-46 win over the Bishop England Bishops Saturday on Daniel Island.
After a sloppy first half Friday against Northwood, Wando (7-0) came out firing Saturday, ringing up 28 points in the first quarter. Two quick Bishops turnovers in the opening minute helped the Warriors to a 7-0 lead that eventually stretched into a 16-2 advantage. Amp Moore scored all of his 12 points in the first quarter while Andrew Glover added six to help Wando to a 17-point lead through the opening frame.
Bishop Englands offensive woes continued into the second quarter, while Glover lit up the Bishops with three more threes, and Jamez Rogers added six points of his own. B.J. Grevey kept Bishop England (3-3) alive with nine first-half points but the Bishops entered halftime down 22, having surrendered 11 turnovers with just five made field goals.
They were red hot from the start, Bishop England head coach Bryan Grevey said. We contributed a little bit to that with our turnovers but they just came ready to play.
Griffin Herbert sparked the Bishops offense late in the third quarter with seven points. Bishop England limited Wando to its lowest-scoring quarter of the game but couldnt trim the lead down to less than 20.
A three from Grevey to start the fourth brought the Bishops as close as theyd been since midway through the second quarter. But the Warriors outscored the Bishops 16-7 in the final minutes to seal their seventh straight win.
I think it started with our defense tonight, Wando head coach David Eaton said. We got a lot of deflections, a lot of steals that lead to open shots and our guys were confident and knocked them down.
Usually when you play bad you have to wait a few days but it was nice to have another game the very next day to prove yourself. Our guys were much more mentally sharp tonight and Im proud of the way they responded.
Glover finished with a game-high 19 points, Rogers turned in 18 and nine other Warriors scored at least two.
Grevey paced the Bishops with 16, Herbert scored nine and Daniel Corbett added six. The Bishops were outrebounded 38-20, gave away 21 turnovers and shot 33 percent from the field.
Theyre a great basketball team; as good as well face this season, Coach Grevey said. Coach Eaton does a great job with those guys and theyve bought into everything hes tried to convey.
A game like this tells you how hard you have to play defense, how hard you have to make an effort to go to the glass, box out, rebound. Trust me, this game is going to help us in the long run.
Lady Bishops rout Warriors
Mary Harriet Moore and Michele Boykin combined for 48 points Saturday to propel the Bishop England Lady Bishops to a 69-32 win over the Wando Warriors.
Wando (0-6) had no answer for Moore in the first quarter as the senior dominated the post with 12 points to open a 16-8 lead.
Boykin took over the second quarter with 12 of her own. Bishop England (5-0) held Wando scoreless for more than half the quarter while it reeled off 12 straight points to open a 20-point lead.
The two combined for 16 in the third while the Bishops stretched their advantage as large as 28. The lead grew to 36 with under two minutes to play in the fourth but Wando managed to avoid becoming Bishop Englands fifth straight victim of a 40-point loss.
Moore finished with 26 points, 10 rebounds and three blocks, while Boykin added 22 points eight steals and six assists. Bishop England came away with 24 steals but gave away 25 turnovers.
Kimberly Smalls led Wando with 14 points and Dynasty Heyward added six. Wando pulled down 31 rebounds to Bishop Englands 30 but was limited to 24 percent shooting on the night.
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We Could Use a Hero
On the day after Anthony Rizzo's first HR (and 2nd game winning hit) as well as the first day of the month that Ron Santo finally gets into the Baseball Hall of Fame...
John Grisham was at Wrigley Field earlier this season while on his book tour promoting his first baseball novel, "Calico Joe". The famed author of Legal Thrillers like "The Firm" decided to take on America's favorite pastime. Born in Arkansas and educated in Mississippi, Grisham weaves a historical fiction in the tale of Joe Castle, the greatest rookie ballplayer ever. It's ultimate Cubbery rivaling the reality of the last 104 years including Brock for Broglio, Lee Smith's 8th inning pitch to Steve Garvey and Moises Alou's tirade against Steve Bartman.
The baseball season is 1973, a year the Cubs were not expected to compete for the pennant (so what else is new?). This team resembled the trailing embers of the infamous 1969 Cubs.
The actual Cub roster in 1973 included a pitching staff of veterans Fergie Jenkins and Milt Pappas, 2nd year starters Rick Reuschel and Burt Hooton, and still younger pitchers Bill Bonham and Ray Burris. The infield seems familiar but aging: Jim Hickman, Joe Pepitone, Glenn Beckert, Don Kessinger, Ron Santo and Randy Hundley. The outfield was solid with 35 year old Billy Williams plus Rick Monday and Jose Cardenal. Theo Epstein would have given his eye-tooth to have had a starting point this good. Just add one awesome rookie and presto! To make the baseball story seem more realistic, Grisham accessed his Arkansas/Mississippi roots via Don Kessinger as his main baseball consultant.
The story is told by Paul Tracey, the 11 year old son of 34 year old journeyman pitcher and known headhunter, Warren Tracey. Tracey is still hanging on in the back end of the Mets rotation with Seaver, Koosman and Matlack.
There are two timelines, 1973 and 2003.
Fortunately, Grisham doesn't beat us up with the Cubbery of the 2003 baseball season in his story, such as Alex S. Gonzalez in the 8th inning. Albeit, a missed opportunity to rub salt into that wound. Very kind of Mr. Grisham.
The 2003 season finds former Met pitcher, Warren Tracy completely disengaged from his 1973 family, distanced by four subsequent wives and newly diagnosed Pancreatic cancer at age 64. Tracey was a piece of work in 1973 as well, with all night drinking sessions, extramarital carousing and a marriage and family clearly on the rocks. As we are about to learn, the adult son, Paul Tracey had overcome most of the obstacles that his father in his playing days had set before him. As an 11 year old, Paul was pitching with some success in little league and more importantly loved everything baseball. Paul Tracey made scrapbooks of his hero's and a new and fantastic hero was about to come on the scene.
1973 in fact and in fiction was a year that most of the teams in the NL East were hovering around .500 in early July. Two injuries, including a back injury from Jim Hickman and a pulled hammy by the AAA Wichita first baseman, lead to a callup of AA Midland's hottest prospect, Joe Castle. At the time, Castle was hitting .395 with 20 HR, 50 RBI, 40 SB and only one fielding error at first base. Castle was from a small Arkansas town, Calico Rock and gets some pregame encouragement from outfielder Rick Monday (originally from nearby Batesville, AR) and of course the other Arkansas native (Forrest City, AR), SS Don Kessinger. Did I mention that I'm a sucker for historical fiction?
Then all the Cub fun begins.
July 12th, 1973 versus the Phillies. Calico Joe became the 11th major leaguer to hit a HR on the first pitch he saw. Calico Joe's 2nd at-bat in the 5th hits the LF foul pole and became only the 2nd player to hit HR's in his first two at-bats. Statistically correct, the other is Bob Nieman of the St. Louis Browns on 9-14-51 at Fenway. Eleven year old Paul, listening on the radio from NY to the Phillies broadcast by Lindsey Nelson and Ralph Kiner is struck by baseball lightening and his newest ballplayer-hero has arrived.
As a side note, yesterday, Padres rookie catcher Yas Grandal hits HR's in his first two mlb at bats, one from each side of the plate. So now there are really two players to achieve career starting back-to-back HR's.
In the 7th, Castle precedes Tuffy Rhodes 1994 opening day history with you know what and of course, no rookie has ever hit 3 HR's in their first three at-bats. Same game, top of the 9th, 2 outs and the score tied 6-6. Don Kessinger on third. You know what's coming. No you don't. Calico Joe lays down a perfect bunt (OMG, he's the ultimate team player).
"The crowd sat in stunned silence. Players from both teams looked on in disbelief. With a chance to hit four HR's in a game--a feat baseball had seen only nine times in a hundred years--the kid chose instead to lay down a perfect drag bunt to score the go-ahead run."
Cubs win 7-6. To quote the Budweiser commercial, "Here We Go."
Calico Joe starts his mlb career going 15 for 15 before he finally makes an out. Additional magic includes a 19 game hitting streak to start his career, first rookie to steal a base in 9 consecutive games plus 2nd and 3rd in seven consecutive games.
August 6th, Joe Castle makes the cover of Sports Illustrated, Calico Joe - The Phenom. We all know what ominous premonition that gives us.
Speaking of premonition (but not to ruin the story, so i'll be vague). August 11th, journeyman lefty for the Braves, Dutch Patton buzzes Joe's head. The Cubs dugout is going berserk. Castle digs in and as the lefty gets ready to release the next pitch:
"Joe dropped his bat and sprinted toward the mound...Patton managed to swing his glove at Joe, who ducked and shot a right cross into Patton's mouth. A left hook to the nose knocked him down and , like a jackhammer, Joe pummeled him with five more shots to the face, each one drawing blood."
Johnny Oates finally pulls Joe off the pitcher and the brawl lasts 10 minutes. Patton leaves on a stretcher and is out for a month. Calico Joe gets a 5 game suspension and the Cubs lose all five of those games.
Castle's first game back from his suspension is August 17th. I must admit I love his description of in-game action. Calico Joe's already had a single, double and triple. Naturally, the Cubs needed a HR to win the game vs the Dodgers. Castle comes up with Ron Santo on 2nd:
"...he poked a blooper down the right field line, and as it rolled slowly to the wall, the race was on. Ron Santo scored easily from second with the tying run, and when Joe sprinted to third, he ignored the coach's signal to stop. He never slowed down. The shortstop took the relay, looked at third, where Joe would have had an easy triple, then hesitated at the sight of him streaking home. The throw was perfect, and the catcher, Joe Ferguson, snatched it and blocked the plate. Fergusion was six feet two, 200 pounds. Joe was six feet two, 185 pounds. In a split-second decision, neither chose to yield an inch. Joe lowered his head, left his feet, and crashed into Fergusion. The collision was thuderous and spun both players in violent circles in the dirt. Jose would've been out by three feet, but the ball was loose and rolling in the grass." (an inside the park-HR and an in-sequence hitting-for-the-cycle, to win the game)
The woven timeline is the key to the story Gresham is telling and I'm not going to ruin it for you other than to say something ugly looms ahead. I just wanted to highlight some of the baseball sequences. Needless to say, it's the fiction that mirrors ultimate Cubbery, not the fact. Or did I get that backwards?
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video link on Hoyer being interviewed after the Soler official announcement yesterday.
video link on the press interviewing Rizzo in the locker room after yesterday's game.
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Three baseball movies are in the pipeline after the success of "Moneyball.'' A documentary, "Knuckleball,'' received good reviews at the Tribeca Film Festival, a Jackie Robinson movie starring Harrison Ford as Branch Rickey is scheduled for release in April and Casey Affleck has tackled a project focusing on Josh Hamilton.
from Phil Rodgers baseball whispers.
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Didn't they recently announce a Hank Aaron movie as well?
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That's why he's called Wrongway Phil.
The director of "The Natural" (Barry Levinson) is in on the Aaron film project.
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I bet everyone here hates the Natural but I spit out of my eyes every time I see it. And the scene where Redford just matter of factly says to Glenn Close, "God I love baseball" is to me the essence of this sport.
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I love "the natural"
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Me too...
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cool! Sheesh I even like the ridiculous home run scene at the end.
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Still a great movie.
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IKR? But I'm not slamming the ending. I loved it. And the bat boy for the cubs Iowa team reminds me a bit of the batboy in the movie.
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Love everything about that movie.
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So as often happens, I'm wrong. Love getting old.
Baseball fans loved the movie.
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I think a movie on Hamilton would be great but his story isn't over yet and it only works if he ends up ok
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plus he spent most of his early in-NC rehab days cheating on his rehab while telling the world he's not...but that's not uncommon in early "rehab."
he's got a hell of a wife...she's a lot stronger than sheet rock and car parts, anyway.
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Ya, that's a good point. But like you say, it's part of the process. I hope things turn out well for him.
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Trib article on the day Grisham was at Wrigley Field in April.
"This summer I'll go to a Washington Nationals game or two. The stadium's not far from me. I'll probably watch the Rangers play. Nolan and Ruth Ryan are friends. I'll probably make it to Fenway. I'll get out to 10 games this summer hopefully. I'll go to St. Louis at least once. Growing up in the South, it was all Cardinals. My father, my grandfather, Cardinals fans. I didn't growing up hating the Cubs like most Cardinals fans. I had a baseball card of every major leaguer as a kid. I was a serious collector. I had Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Don Kessinger, who is a buddy of mine. I had their cards when I was 10. That's why I set the book here."
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Nick Cafardo's latest Sunday Baseball Notes...
Apropos of nothing
1. Former Red Sox farmhand Anthony Rizzo had 163 RBIs in 163 games between Tucson in 2011 and Iowa this season. He is now the Cubs' regular first baseman.
Updates on nine
2. Wandy Rodriguez, LHP, Astros — Yankees GM Brian Cashman would love to find starters to replace CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte from within, but if that's not possible, he'll look outside. One National League GM said that while Rodriguez would be a good fit for the Yankees, he doesn't believe he is their cup of tea. They would likely gravitate more toward Matt Garza, Ryan Dempster, and even Zack Greinke. The Yankees have the young chips to satisfy any team.
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miles and muskat tweeting that Cub 2nd rounder rhp Duane Underwood is throwing in Wrigley bullpen this am. implies his contract is signed. He's posing for pics with his family.
Lineup vs Wandy:
Johnson, Castro, Rizzo, Baker, Soto, Mather, Barney, Valbuena, TWood
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Cubs win 4 of the last 5 in June to finish the month 10-17.
Last two times the Cubs have gone for the sweep, they've lost by a combined score of 24-1.
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All-stars being announced, I presume Castro will be the only Cub.
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KHILL could have made the team! Damn!
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Castro it is....and LaHair.
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High OPS and sentimental. A "good story" for lovers of underdogs.
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Does anyone know when the players did their vote for the ASG?
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I believe they were due about a week or two ago.
Ending my TheoCorp rants for now
In the process of building a team that is capable of making history for its suckiness, I believe they have done a good job on a nucleus. I've posted my middle line ups in other threads so you know who they are (I'm referring, of course, to the 2 or 3 people who pay attention to my posts)
Rizzo seems to me almost Pujols-like. He doesn't have the same command of the strike zone or eye, as he showed the other day when he flailed on that one at bat after his HR. On outside curveballs, buddy, welcome to the show.
But he is built like a truck, fields very well, etc.
We have a non TheoCorp entity in Castro.
We have Garza, whose fielding antics are silly and is still a good pitcher, and young. He won't be traded unless it's an amazing deal.
We even have Demptster the comdiian (what has he ever said that if funny, btw?) who could get traded and simply return to the Cubbies.
We have, yes, Darwin Barney, and I know my comment will l ignite Theriot type arguments, but is a player I really like a lot.
We may not have LaHair, who I sort of took on as a personal karma project. He isn't a very good fielder and he is getting overmatched, as I see it. But gawld darn I still root for him.
So, this is no longer a team I hate watching.
And, maybe Swaimy isn't so bad. the coaching looks good, too, when I watch.
I can finally watch this team again.
Oh, and Sori is the most underrated player in the league. Discuss.
There is no sarcasm color for my last comment so don't get too harsh. Unless you expect harshness back. Remember, I'm clever.
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I root for LaHair as trade bait/injury replacement type in hopes we get a LHRP in return. Also, I hope we keep Campana for a couple of years as a ninth inning threat since we are mostly playing small ball.
And, in general, the minor league system is really looking better, what with AZP's recommendations, the Dominican Academy and Cubans defecting. (Imagine that, they are still defecting...)
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Haha imagine that indeed. Eventually Cuba will be a little economic oasis in the Caribbean, but I think Raul feels he needs the old man to kick before he really kicks the tires on capitalism.
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2:15 pm cst start...tarp still on but grounds crew hovering
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Tarp coming off field
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Bloopers down the line don't roll to the wall & become inside-the-parkers...
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t.wood hitting 93+mph again...2nd game in a row (may be longer, not tracking closely).
what's got into him? ...or the stadium gun...
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If you are platooned w Jeff baker , you are not an Allstar .
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If you're platooning an Allstar with Jeff Baker, you are not an Allstar manager.
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tony larussa vs the CIN reds snub of b.phillips + j.cueto = excellent.
also, cueto's got some great theories...
"I see that I have great numbers," he said. "I thought the way I pitched this year, I'd have a chance to go to the All-Star Game. I don't know what happened. I don't if know the manager of All-Star Game is pissed at me because I went out with one of his girlfriends."
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18.2ip by t.wood (7.2ip today) without a run scored...nice.
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cubs sweep...HOU.
whatever...sweep is a sweep etc etc
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Perhaps the Cubs, Astros, and the Padres could have their own Division?
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4-1 with Rizzo, 25-48 without. Clearly, the Cubs would be 62-17 if Rizzo had started the year with the club.
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stats don't lie.
also, lol @rizzo's gary sheffield-lite timing mechanism at the plate.
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IDK, tem99.
I think the team could possibly be undefeated now, with Rizzo.
It is sad, we could be 15+ games in 1st!
Goddamn it!
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I blame Michael Barrett.
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Undefeated? See that's just silly. Obviously they'd lose a game or two out of bad luck. 77-2.
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Not if Randy Wells doesn't start and they put some drone in front of Garza to field shit.
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ATL signs ben sheets to a minor league deal...should report to AA. ha.
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jay bruce just made the most "wtf error" in the bottom of the 9th for the CIN loss...plenty of time to catch a popup for the 3rd out (tie game, 2 on)...totally misjudged...didn't even klank the glove...wow.
ruled a double, but very much one of the worst "errors" bruce has made in a game.
Wells and Rob G
I don't know how I missed this, but Rob's comment on the opening of a previous thread was spectacular:
Game 74 Thread - Wells vs. Gee
Tue, 06/26/2012 - 4:11pm — Rob G.
It was nice of the Cubs to start Wells to temper any real expectations we may have had for tonight's game.
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Why does Rizzo catch throws so close to his body instead of stretching out a bit? I was at the game, and noticed this early in the game. The infield hit in the 8th should have been a routine out, but Rizzo waited for the ball to get to him before catching it -- looked like the ump was trying to teach Rizzo a lesson on how to play first base by making an emphatic "safe" call. If Rizzo had stretched even a little bit, it would have been a clear out.
Great day for the new "Woody" - the kid swings a mean bat. Interesting Moneyball approach today -- no bunts in traditional bunting situations.
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radio guys also commented about rizzo not stretching
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And what would a decent blog be without picking out the finest points in a guy's play. Seriously? Overall he is a good fielder and you're calling him out on this? As Tony Bruno would say, this is an outrage.
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he's not perfect, only you are above criticism
/love the whammer
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I've been told that all my life, jacos :-)
EDIT: But I shouldn't really talk about my sex life here (re:love the whammer)
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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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