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FORT WORTH, Texas, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- American Airlines customers can now have convenient access to a personal universe of movies, music and TV shows at 35,000 feet. Beginning today, customers traveling in premium class cabins will be the first to see the Samsung Galaxy Tab™ 10.1 device onboard select flights.
American is the first domestic airline to offer a branded tablet onboard its aircraft, giving premium customers access to a library of entertainment options inflight. The customized tablets, which feature a 10.1-inch screen, replace the current personal entertainment devices in American's First and Business Class cabins on transcontinental flights between New York's JFK and Los Angeles, JFK and San Francisco, Miami and San Francisco, and Miami and Los Angeles served with 767-200 and 767-300 aircraft; international flights to and from Europe and South America served with 767-300 aircraft; and transcontinental flights between Boston and Los Angeles served with 757 aircraft.
"We continue to move forward with our efforts to modernize the travel experience by using the innovative Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to provide inflight entertainment onboard," said Rob Friedman, American's Vice President – Marketing. "Today's news is the latest in a series of investments we've made in our focus on product and service enhancements for our premium customers, and we know they will be delighted with the contemporary entertainment experience of the tablet."
During the initial rollout, customers can choose from over 70 movies, including 30 new releases, with three titles exclusive to American from Paramount, as well as a variety of television programs and audio selections – all carefully chosen to cater to the diverse tastes of American's premium cabin customers.
The tablets also feature a special touchscreen specifically designed for American that allows customers to interact with the devices in a user-friendly way. Customers can move through a custom-built experience that includes a clean and intuitive design, providing customers quick and easy access to their favorite programs throughout the flight. Additional tablet functionality and content will be rolled out over time, beginning in first quarter 2012, and will include Wi-Fi capability on equipped aircraft, games, eReader publications, and more.
"The addition of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to American's inflight amenities illustrates the Tab's universal appeal to a variety of customers," said Tim Wagner, Samsung Mobile Vice President and General Manager of Enterprise Sales. "With its Android platform, ultra-slim, lightweight design, a brilliant 10-inch touchscreen and an array of entertainment options, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will provide a world-class entertainment experience for travelers onboard American Airlines."
In addition, First and Business Class customers onboard American's 777, 767 and select 757 aircraft can enjoy their favorite movies, music and TV shows with Bose® QuietComfort® 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling® headphones. Offered in select markets, the headphones further elevate the premium experience for customers by fading background distractions and delivering a rich, clear audio.
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The health and performance benefits of weight training are well known for athletes, however, not every athlete can afford or has access to a certified strength coach. There are plenty of weight training programs on the internet, but the internet also contains an abundance of misinformation. A good place to start is basing your weight training philosophy on the same scientific principles used by many NFL, MLB and collegiate strength coaches, and those of the National Strength and Conditioning Association.
Progressive resistance is arguably the most important variable in a weight-training program. In order for the body to respond and adapt, an adequate stress must be applied. If an individual does not continue to challenge the body, the body has no reason to get stronger, build lean muscle or increase performance simply because the body was accustom to the stress.
A simple way to start a progressive resistance program is to determine how much weight you can lift 10-12 times. This should be your starting rep range for most exercises. The last couple of repetitions should be challenging, but you should be able to complete them. Do not train to failure. After a couple of weeks, and once you feel like the last few on the last set were easy, add more weight. Eventually the reps will decrease to three to five for maximum strength, but to build a base and learn the movements, start with higher repetitions.
Periodization is a systematic approach to weight training that varies training volume and exercise intensity. A large body of research has been published on different modes and models regarding the periodization of weight training. One of the most common is linear periodization progression. This plan progressively increases the weight used on the exercise, while decreasing the total number of repetitions. In example, the first week would have the athlete preform three sets of 12 at a moderate weight. The next week, the athlete would preform three sets of 10 and add a little weight. The third week three sets of eight reps at a heavier weight. This method is used to increase strength and size while insuring the athlete does not train too much at too high of an intensity, which can lead to a decease in performance or even injury.
What it so special about three sets? Well the scientific literature shows that multiple sets are more effective. A study by Kramer and colleagues, "The effects of single versus multiple sets on strength," tested 42 male subjects to determine if there was a difference and if it was significant. The results showed that although all the subjects had a significant increase in squat strength over the 14-week study, the groups that completed multiple sets had approximately 50 percent better results in strength than the single set group.
A sample four-week, strength-training program would have an athlete squat 100 pounds for three sets and 12 repetitions for the first two weeks. On the third week they would squat 110 pounds for three sets and 10 repetitions. And on the final week they would squat 120 pounds for three sets of eight reps. After the final week, the athlete can then pick a new exercise to try and get stronger at, or repeat the same program using more weight. These basic strength-training principles have proven to be effective, safe and stand the test of time because they get results.
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Deep sequencing studies have provided new insights into the genetic changes that allow previously treated acute myeloid leukemia (AML) to relapse and resist further treatment. A Washington University, St. Louis team led by researchers at The Genomics Institute, has identified two different clonal evolution patterns associated with relapse in AML, and a number of novel, recurrently mutated genes.
They report their studies in Nature in a paper titled "Clonal evolution in relapsed acute myeloid leukaemia revealed by whole-genome sequencing."
Most patients with AML die from progressive disease after relapse, which is associated with mutational changes. To investigate such changes further and evaluate the contribution of clonal evolution to relapse, the authors carried out whole-genome sequencing of primary tumor-relapse pairs and matched skin samples from eight AML patients. All received treatment using cytarabine and anthracycline for induction therapy, and additional cytotoxic chemotherapy for consolidation treatment.
Of the 19 relapse-specific genes identified, many had previously been associated with AML, but novel, recurring mutations were also found in genes including in WAC, SMC3, DIS3, DDX41, and DAXX. Critically, the results also identified two general patterns of clonal evolution characteristic of AML relapse. In the first case, the dominant clone in the primary tumor gained additional mutations and evolved into the relapse clone. This indicates that treatment for the primary cancer therapy wasn't completely effective, the researchers note, perhaps because the patients couldn't tolerate consolidation therapy, or may have carried mutations in their founding clones (or had germline variations) that made the primary tumor more resistant to treatment.
In the second scenario a minor subclone carrying the majority, but not all, of the primary tumor mutations survived treatment, gained mutations, and expanded at relapse. This suggests that specific mutations in a key subclone might contribute to chemotherapy resistance, or perhaps the mutations important for relapse were acquired during tumor evolution, or both.
In fact, each tumor analyzed displayed clear evidence of clonal evolution at relapse and also a higher frequency of transversions that were likely induced by DNA damage from chemotherapy, the authors write. This aspect of their data also highlights the potential that chemotherapy might contribute to relapse by generating new mutations in the founding clone or one of its subclones, which then can undergo selection and clonal expansion.
"The AML genome in an individual patient is clearly a 'moving target'," the authors conclude. Eradication of the founding clone and all of its subclones will be required to achieve cures.
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The season for spring cleaning has arrived, and the streets of Elkins are no exception.
City officials and the Elkins Police Department are teaming up to ask that city residents, business owners and visitors do their part to keep the streets spruced up by moving their vehicles out of the city street sweeper's way at designated hours and locations. (For specific information, see page A2).
Elkins Police Chief Rob White wants to send a friendly reminder to the public that the EPD will begin issuing $15 tickets to people who fail to abide by the schedule and move their vehicles on Monday, May 6.
"We do everything we can to tell people by circulating the information to all media outlets and often putting fliers in people's windshields," White said. "You have to clean the streets, and you do it for several reasons. First and foremost, it's more sanitary and creates a cleaner environment."
Secondly, dirty streets often result in rain washing debris down storm drains, which can consequently become clogged, White said.
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Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, on a visit to Washington to consult with President Barack Obama, painted a largely upbeat picture of the economic year ahead for Spain and Europe generally, while acknowledging the difficulty of tackling a long-term unemployment problem.
Mr. Rajoy, who met Mr. Obama at the White House on Monday, told a small group of journalists his country will experience economic growth this year after a long period of retraction, and maintained that the economic picture in the Euro zone has improved dramatically over the last year.
A year ago, he said, there were "doubts about the existence of the Euro itself," the continent's economy was shrinking and unemployment was rising.
"That was the narrative a year ago," he said. "A year later, all that is changed."
Spain emerged from more than two years of recession in the third quarter of 2013, when its economy grew 0.1% from the previous quarter. For the fourth quarter, the government has forecast quarter-to-quarter growth of 0.3%.
"In 2014 we will have real growth" for the full year, Mr. Rajoy said. He didn't offer a figure, but other officials have predicted 0.7% growth this year.
Still, unemployment hovers around 25% in Spain, and Mr. Rajoy called joblessness "the No. 1 problem in Spain."
He portrayed the unemployment problem as in part a long-term, structural issue that won't be resolved until Spain finishes making systemic changes to its economic systems.
Spain's government has enacted reforms to make its financial system more transparent and overhauled labor laws to make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers. Spain needs "to create the macroeconomic conditions for job," Mr. Rajoy said.
But he said he was encouraged that the job picture was stable recently even before growth resumed. Now, "with just a little bit of growth we will see job creation."
Mr. Rajoy also made a strong pitch for pushing ahead on a trans-Atlantic free-trade agreement between Europe and the U.S. "It's not easy, but I think it's the most important operation we're going to see," he said. "We would basically be setting forth the rule book for world trade with this agreement."


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Nine days after Lynn Hewitt went missing from a Lancaster adult home and prompted a frantic search in sometimes sub-freezing temperatures, the 57-year-old woman called her husband at about 9 p.m. Friday.
"Where are you?" the husband asked, according to Lancaster police.
"I'm on my way home," Hewitt replied.
Hewitt then turned up safe at her husband's home. A woman she had just met at Starbucks who had loaned Hewitt a cell phone drove her to the house.
Hewitt was taken to Erie County Medical Center for evaluation, but police said she appeared to be in good health.
Investigators were trying to figure out where she had been since she walked away from St. Elizabeth's Adult Home on Broadway on Nov. 28.
Hewitt, who has described by police as having mild dementia, did not appear disheveled when she turned up, Detective Keith Kerl said. Although she was in the same clothes she was believed to have been wearing when she disappeared, they were not dirty.
She told police she left the adult home through a window and had been wandering around since. She said she had $20 in her pocket, which she had used to buy a couple of meals at McDonald's.
Police have no idea where Hewitt was, but investigators were ecstatic to know she was safe.
Lancaster police had employed the help of the Erie County Sheriff's Office to search for the missing woman. Kerl had reached out to the media to spread the word about the missing woman and, when snow started to fall last Friday, pleaded with the public to check their backyards and sheds for any clue to the woman's whereabouts.
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Gently sloping banks with attractive vegetation will replace the industrial-scarred shoreline along the Buffalo River that once hosted the Republic Steel and Donner Hanna Coke facilities off South Park Avenue.
Officials from Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper last week unveiled a preliminary design for a habitat restoration project at the future RiverBend Commerce Park. Phase I of the project is expected to break ground early next spring. Plans for the restoration were shared with about 30 residents during a meeting at the Valley Community Center, 93 Leddy St. It encompasses the transformation of about 4,320 linear feet, including about 9.79 acres of shoreline.
"This site was literally wall-to-wall, every inch … a former brownfield hardened shoreline. Nothing natural about it," said Jill Jedilick, executive director of Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper.
"What we're doing through the tremendous efforts of our partners and the multiple federal funding we have for this project is to reclaim almost a mile and quarter of urban river shoreline. That is almost unheard of in the Great Lakes [community] and, in particular, for the Buffalo River," Jedilick added.
Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper received funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration for the engineering and design of the project. The project's technical advisory committee includes members from the Buffalo Urban Development Corp., which owns a majority of the project property and is leading the effort to redevelop the Buffalo RiverBend Commerce Park.
"Riverkeeper has selected a team led by Ecology & Environment Engineering with Bio-Habitats to produce the engineering design of the restoration. They're currently in progress on the project," said Matt Mattison of Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper, who is also project manager for the restoration.
Mattison said plans include invasive species management and the introduction of new vegetation that will provide the type of wildlife habitat and cover that is attractive to local native wildlife species.
"There are some existing cottonwood and willow trees. We want to save those existing trees because they provide great habitat and shade cover over the water," Mattison said.
"We aren't just thinking about the birds and the bunnies. We are thinking about the public … So we have proposed viewing platforms," he added.
Mike Aloi of Ecology & Environment Engineers presented proposed design drawings that depict a 100-foot buffer along the south edge of the river.
"The site is a plateau raised up high above the river, so there is currently no connectivity between the bank of the river and the rest of the site. So our main objective was to connect these two together. So what we've proposed is excavating and pulling back those banks, making them more gentle slopes so that both wildlife and people have access to the shoreline from the top," Aloi said.
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Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
I don't know anything about this pitcher or the site, but it's being reported by Sports Hochi(?) that the Cubs are close to signing left-handed pitcher Ken Takahashi. A 40-year old pitcher (technically 39, he'll be 40 by next April) that had a 3.50 ERA last year in a 115.2 IP last year; the article mentions he could start or pitch out of the bullpen. NPB Tracker that picked up the story says that the Cubs were searching for some support for Kosuke Fukudome.
We tried this with our labrador when she was about two. She tore through everything in the house and outside while me and The Angel Fan Wife were both at work, so we decided to get her a buddy in the name of a dalmation that we affectionately named Wrigley. For the five years we had Wrigley before she passed away they had nothing to do with each other and co-existed like two roommates forced together in a rent-controlled apartment that neither one wants to give up. So my advice to the Cubs is to do your homework and make sure the breeds get along...and make sure they have their shots...don't leave any food out either...make sure at least one of them is fixed as well.
P.S. - If this is indeed a major league deal, the Cubs will need to drop someone off their 40-man roster before it's finalized.
P.P.S. - Some stats from Japanese Ballplayers.com and a more thorough scouting report from NPB Tracker back in late December that included a couple of videos.
P.P.P.S. - Cubs deny the report.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
i sure hope mthis is not the pitcher hendry was looking for
if it is someone to keep fukadome company with in spring training
then ok, i would hope were looking at bigger names though
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Bullpen lefty/spot starter--that's what MLB Trade Rumors speculates at least, and, believe me, they're pretty reliable.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
"make sure at least one of them is fixed as well"
Fuki needs to be a different kind of "fixed" by the time the regular season starts.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Takahashi: "It looks like teammate Hiroki Kuroda inspired this: "I'm interested in seeing what American baseball is like. The image of Kuroda has had a big impact."
...couldn't they just put a picture of Kuroda and Takahashi in Carp uniforms on Fukudome's locker, it'd be less expensive and he could still talk to it.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Hey, he's 39...So was Jack Benny.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Muskat did add this little tidbit...
Cubs have considered adding a Japanese batting coach to help Fukudome make the adjustment.
(Gerald Perry was seen downloading a new version of the Rosetta Stone software)
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Hi, I'm Chicago Cubs hitting coach Gerald Perry. When we doubled the number of Japanese players on our team, I decided it was time to learn Japanese. I picked up a copy of Rosetta Stone at my local FYE store, and I've got to tell you, it works great.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
I wouldn't have a problem with this idea if Hendry hadn't already wasted $1.1MM on Cotts. You want two lefties in the bullpen. So if Marshall is in the rotation, then fine. But by all accounts, Hendry still wants a veteran for that #5 rotation spot and keep Marshall as his utility pitcher. So hard to see where there's room for both Cotts and a play buddy for Fukkake.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since Cotts was re-signed, he cannot be traded until June 15, is that so?
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Responding to my own post, sorry about that, but I wanted to add this for discussion. Assuming Hendry does yet trade for or sign a veteran #5 starter, isn't this how the bullpen shakes out as of now? I'm assuming a 7-man pen.
Closer/9th inning man: Marmol
Setup/8th inning man: Gregg
Pre-setup/7th inning man: Samardzija
Middle relief: Gaudin, competition between Hart, Guzman, Atkins and Wuertz
LOOGY: Cotts
Long relief/spot starter: Marshall
Question: is the Japanese guy a potential LOOGY specialist?
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Please tell me Hendry plans on dumping Vizcaino on some other team in a trade, even if he must eat some money to do so. This guy STINKS.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
lefties that throw in the mid 90s with a mid-80 secondary pitch you give 1.1m to. that's one that 30 out of 30 teams would do.
seems to me there's a needless stockpiling of pen arms and some might go in trade.
cotts would be one of those guys a lot of teams would want...wuertz, too.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Great handle, Jim! Besides Ernie Banks, Hickman was my favorite Cub back in the day. He won two games with walk off homers early in 1969, within a week of each other, and I was hooked. He was the only guy in the lineup who did anything worth a damn in September that year. Then that great 1970 season. It seemed like the next thing I knew, he was gone and Andre Thornton was at first.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Unless the other shoe falls in the form of some kind of trade, I'm not understanding these minor moves by Hendry. Gathright, Miles, now Takahashi all seem like inferior versions of what we already have.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Submitted by Jim Hickmans Bat on Mon, 01/12/2009 - 12:22am.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but since Cotts was re-signed, he cannot be traded until June 15, is that so?
JIM H: Only Article XX MLB free-agents who sign a Major League contract after the conclusion of the 15-day Free-Agency Filing Period get an automatic "no trade" through June 15th (and that's even if the player re-signs with his old club).
So Milton Bradley gets one, and so do Kerry Wood (with CLE) and Bob Howry (with SF), but Aaron Miles and Joey Gathright (who became free-agents after being non-tendered on 12/12) do not get one.
Likewise, if the Cubs sign a Japanese FA, he doesn't get an automatic "no trade," either.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Well, the Braves signed Fukudome's former teammate Kawakami. I wonder if he was seriously considered by Hendry. He was one of the elite Japanese pitchers, apparently.
Didn't the Cubs try the "buddy" thing last year when they brought in the former White Sox rag-arm/side arm pitcher?
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Hendry almost has enough assets to make two deals, one for Peavy and another for Roberts.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
He should have pulled the trigger on the Peavy deal. The Cubs have a long, recent tradition of not getting anything productive from the farm system anyways.
Of course Soto comes to mind... but before that? Wood? And the guy responsible for Wood's success is long gone.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Our best reliever, or starting middle infield and our nominal ace are from said minor league system.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
True. Still, Marmol and ... umm... whoever you are talking about: "starting middle infield" could very easily be replaced with a few bucks.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
I think it would it would take more than a few bucks to replace Marmol's performance, like Kerry Wood's $10 million a year or so. Also, part of the value of the young players is that they are cheap--which theoretically allows the team to spend money elsewhere.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Fontenot-from Baltimore, still played in the Cubs organization for a couple seasons before sticking in MLB
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Just what the hell is Cedeno doing on that list? He can't even perform the reverse chalupa without fucking it up.
Re: "I don't know anything about this pitcher"
Well, I put this story up last November...
... "'I got a call from my agent. I can say that more than one club has made me offers,' said Takahashi, who holds a 66-87 record with five saves and a 4.23 ERA in 14 seasons—all with the Hiroshima Carp. He was 8-5 with a 3.50 ERA in 21 games, including 20 starts, in 2008. According to baseball sources, the CHICAGO CUBS, San Diego Padres, Milwaukee Brewers and New York Mets are among the major league clubs that appear interested in acquiring Takahashi."
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Hendry had suggested earlier this offseason that he would still be adding some "live arms" to the pitching staff.
At 39, Takahashi's arm may still be alive, but possibly on life support.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
What....Rick Honeycutt's agent didn't return a call?
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Wait until terms come out.
Player option
Incentive clauses
Full Market price
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Or Tony Fossas?
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
BA has its Cubs top ten prospects out today.
1. Josh Vitters, 3b
2. Jeff Samardzija, rhp
3. Andrew Cashner, rhp
4. Dae-Eun Rhee, rhp
5. Wellington Castillo, c
6. Kevin Hart, rhp
7. Starlin Castillo, ss/2b
8. Ryan Flaherty, ss
9. Jay Jackson, rhp
10. Hak-Ju Lee, ss
Best Hitter for Average Josh Vitters
Best Power Hitter Josh Vitters
Best Strike-Zone Discipline Sam Fuld
Fastest Baserunner Tony Campana
Best Athlete Brandon Guyer
Best Fastball Jeff Samardzija
Best Curveball Casey Lambert
Best Slider Andrew Cashner
Best Changeup Dae-Eun Rhee
Best Control Esmailin Caridad
Best Defensive Catcher Luis Flores
Best Defensive Infielder Darwin Barney
Best Infield Arm Junior Lake
Best Defensive Outfielder Sam Fuld
Best Outfield Arm Kyler Burke
Go Global Warming Go
Rats! I was hoping a TCR poster might attend this luncheon-->>>
Tuesday's Iowa Cubs' FIRST PITCH LUNCHEON, featuring Chicago Cubs manager LOU PINIELLA, has been snowed out.
Iowa Cubs officials were uncertain if Monday's weather would prevent Piniella, and general manager JIM HENDRY from arriving, so they called it off.
The event will not be rescheduled, considering spring training starts next month.
People with tickets can get a refund by calling the Iowa Cubs at (515) 243-6111
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Rickey- 94.5 %
Rice- 76.4 %
Dawson- 67 %
Raines 22 %
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rickey not being 99-100% = fuck them.
there are WAY too many sportswriters who vote with their own personal butt-hurt feelings rather than reality.
rickey's in, but the elitism is getting old.
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There are unquestionably personal gripes as well as a whole lot of politicking involved in the HOF. Books have been written about it.
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The whole "first ballot" thing has always struck me as a way for a writer to insert himself into the process and make the election about them rather than the player. It's unbelievably selfish. I mean, if you in good faith really don't think someone belongs, don't vote for them (although anyone that in good faith couldn't see Henderson's value should be impeached from the BBWAA). If you think someone belongs but are withholding your vote because you don't want him to be "first ballot" or because you're afraid he'll get 100% and no one else has, that's ridiculous.
On other fronts, Raines lost 10 votes from 2008, and his percentage went down from 24.3% to 22.6%. Trammell lost 5 votes and went from 18.% to 17.1%. Not a good day for them. Blyleven gained 2 votes to go from 61.9% to 62.7%.
Cubs deny this deal
Re: MLB Trade Rumors
The best thing on MLB Trade Rumors today is that MLTTR does *not* list Cubs as a possible suitor for Michael Young, who apparently requested a trade today:
Thank goodness. Although it didn't stop one idiotic commenter ("IowaCub") from floating posting this:
"if the Rangers could pry away Josh Vitters for 3B and Theriot and maybe a young arm they got in the DeRosa deal from Cleveland I could see it working, but thats just a thought. And no I'm not a one of these obnoxious Cubs fans, its just an idea."
The BCB guys really need to stick with posting on their own blog...
Re: MLB Trade Rumors
Holy overpay, IowaCub. I don't think I'd trade Theriot straight up for Michael Young, much less Theriot, Vitters, and a young pitcher. Wow. Never read the comments at MLB Trade Rumors, it can only hurt your brain. It should probably come with a Surgeon General's Warning.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
"And no I'm not a one of these obnoxious Cubs fans"
And by 'obnoxious' I mean 'bright'.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
"And no I'm not a one of these obnoxious Cubs fans"
Using the above mentioned phrase typically means it is from one of these obnoxious Cubs fans.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Young is undoubtably an upgrade from The Riot. However he is owed 16 Million per year for the next 5 years. I just doubt he will be worth that as a 37 year old SS come 2013.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
2008 Ryan Theriot:
2008 Michael Young
I don't know much about Young's fielding; I've read a lot of negative criticisms of his fielding, but then again he just won a Gold Glove (and then again again so did Nate McClouth).
But if we're talking about offense, they were pretty darn close last year, with Theriot getting on base a lot more often and Young slugging a bit more.
Baserunning, Theriot steals more bases, but Young is rarely caught (10 SB no CS in 2008).
All in all, if their defense is comparable, then these two had roughly the same value in 2008. Who's to say that won't be true next year? Or that the scale might shift in Theriot's favor.
But, you're right, that 16 million is the deal breaker. If they were both earning $500,000, then I would of course trade Theriot for Young--Young has hit 24 homeruns in the past, Theriot has not--but Young's more recent achievements don't inspire total confidence that he'll outproduce Theriot in 2009.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Yeah, and that's a career year for Theriot. Young does that every year. He's a career 102 OPS+. If Theriot can go 93 every year, then you're right. With the similar rpdocution, give me Theriot's considerably cheaper salary. That's a no brainer.
If he can't duplicate 2008, and he turns back into a pumpkin, then that comparison doesn't hold a ton of weight. Is 2009 going to be 2008 Theriot or 2007 Theriot? I assume closer to 2009 since his walks increased by over half. But, I guess we can't say for sure.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Except Theriot doesn't have a major league track record that would allow us to say that 2008 was an abberation.
I suspect Theriot's not going to put up many 100+ OPS+, mostly because he doesn't have a slugging approach. But who's to say Young isn't on the decline?
I agree, though, that Young's track record indicates that he's probably going to be a better offensive performer for next year than Theriot, but it's probably not like a 95% chance, more like a 65-70% chance. And he's probably only going to outslug Theriot significantly, as typical OBPs are decent but not amazing. Like I said, both earning $500,000, I absolutely take Young. But .050 points of slugging are not worth $16 million dollars a year. Rangers would have to eat a lot of salary in order to trade Young to just about anyone at this point.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Yes, Theriot does. He hit 266/326/346/672 in a full 537 AB's in 2007. That's a track record. Maybe last year was an abberation. Maybe it wasn't. We have one pretty darn good year and one pretty fucking piss poor year. Which one is it? Which player is he? Young's track record is much longer, obviously. Maybe Young is in decline. Maybe Theriot's on a huge upswing. I can't say that we know that just from 2008's numbers.
Theriot probably doesn't go back to 2007. He might. His OBP could drop back down 60 points. I doubt it, but it could. That said, I'd still like to wait and see which 500+ at bat sample is the more accurate representation of his talent level before I say he's equal in value to Michael Young over an extended period of time. 2008 Ryan Theriot was. 2009 and beyond might be. Or he might not. Might be a little closer if you get Young out of that ballpark, too. Probably not close enough to make a difference, though.
I'd also love to know where your 65% number came from. Top of your head?
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
83% of all statistics are complete bullshit.
It's science!
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
"I'd also love to know where your 65% number came from. Top of your head?"
Yes. I thought that was pretty clear. If I had a formula for coming up with that sort of prediction I would use it and share it with you, but I don't. I guess you could estimate an over/under for the two and then calculate some sort of standard deviation and see how much the curves overlap, but, well, I'm neither that good at math nor that invested in this. I guess you could also take some of their projections and see how much they overlap, but I don't have any of those handy, and, like I said, I'm not that invested in this.
I don't think we're actually disagreeing all that much, just, from what I can gather, you think Young is a better bet to be better next year and that Theriot is a strong bet to be not as good in 2009 as in 2008. I agree with the Theriot part. I don't know how much higher his OBP can go, if at all--it'll probably drop a bit, but I don't know that is a certainty--and I don't foresee him working on driving the ball this year.
I think our biggest disagreement is just semantics--definition of "track record." I said that Theriot doesn't really have one, you say that Theriot's two full seasons of ABs (2007 and 2008) are a track record. I'll give you that. But I don't think they are enough for us to comfortably draw conclusions from his career averages, or from one year or the other.
Then again, Young has a pretty long track record now and I think it's pretty safe to say those numbers have limited use as he doesn't appear to be anywhere near the hitter he was the year he hit 24 homeruns. In 2008 he wasn't anywhere near the hitter he'd been in most of his career.
But, where is the real disagreement here? I don't think you're saying that you'd want Michael Young at his current yearly salary over Theriot at his current salary, are you? Because that is mostly all I was pointing out initially--they seem to be players of similar value, though Young has been more valuable offensively and thus we might think he will continue to be more valuable offensively (although we can't be sure to what degree), earning vastly different quantities of money.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
No, I wouldn't pull the trigger on a Young deal today. But, as you said, the salaries are too far apart. Now if we this same conversation next off-season after Theriot lays an egg in 2009, then I'd probably do the deal.
Re: The Marlins are awesome
now if they'd just buy some ballplayers they'd be set.
Re: The Marlins are awesome
Plaid skirts?
In Miami?
Re: The Marlins are awesome
I am no fashion police, but I have to say that look definitely works for me...
Re: The Marlins are awesome
Well, Miami does have a larg Catholic population...
Re: The Marlins are awesome
I am appalled by the lack of morality. And, my pants are tight.
No problem with the plaid, though.
[EDIT] No I idea what those outfits have to do with Marlins or Mermaids.
Re: The Marlins are awesome
The Cubs' Naughty Nurses will be just as proud of a group.
Why don't the Marlins just give away a free Hustler to the first 1,000 fans once a week. It'd be cheaper.
Re: The Marlins are awesome
"Naughy Nurses"
lol... A+
Still, this would be funnier if Woody & Prior were still gimping around the DL. The team has stayed fairly healthy lately.
Re: The Marlins are awesome
And more on topic, I recall a Marlins home game that drew a whopping 400-person crowd last year. I think the marketing team has... what you could call a mandate to get creative.
Re: The Marlins are awesome
LOLLERCOPTERS. Love the sig. Now Chad is taunted every time you post. I can't imagine that doesn't drive him absolutely nuts. I can almost hear him yelling at his screen, "It's 30 Rock!!"
Re: The Marlins are awesome
I will kick you in the nuts
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Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
FWIW, I believe it's something like 12.4 per for the next 5, not 16. Still stupid, stupid money for michael friggin young.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Former Iowa Cub greats Josh Kroeger and Michael Restovich headed to White Sox spring training.
Re: Former Iowa Cub greats
36 year old Scott McClain gets an invite to SF Giants
spring training
Re: Former Iowa Cub greats
Wow...they really are going younger this year.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Thanks, Wes.
Ah well. That sucks. I was hoping Kroeger would at least get a chance to show something in the spring.
Actually, I guess he will, just not for the Cubs.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Yeah, I think the fact that he didn't get a chance in September last year was the final straw for Kroger's Cubs career.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Young had a fractured right ring finger the last two months of '08 that likely impacted his stats. He's clearly a better hitter than The Riot when healthy. The salary thing...yeah, that's a problem, I guess. But if for some reason they could put a package together and wanted to take on that money (1 percent chance?), it'd be a no-brainer.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Young had a fractured right ring finger the last two months of '08 that likely impacted his stats.
That might be relevant if the stats backed it up, but they don't:
April/March: .315/.394/.468 OPS: .862
May: .267/.302/.383 OPS:.686
June: .275/.316/.404 OPS: .720
July: .313/.346/.394 OPS: .740
August: .260/.316/.407 OPS: .722
Sept/Oct: .277/.368/.337 OPS: .706
He had a good March, and a bad rest of the season.
And FWIW, his road OPS was 120 points below his home OPS last year, and is 130 points lower over his career.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Uh....note that I said likely, wasn't stating it as fact. But consider me corrected anyway. He's still a better hitter than The Riot. One season where The Riot was close in OPS-plus doesn't change that. I guess we'll see in '09.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
I doubt we see a .340 BAIP from Theriot this year. It's one thing to get that from a guy with pop. It's quite another to see that from a guy who relies on poking it through the 2nd base side almost exclusively.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
The .340 BABIP in play is pretty high. I tried to look up Theriot's minor league BABIP, but I don't know where to look (also, seems like he became a different hitter after giving up the left side of the plate, so only some of those numbers would be relevant).
I did find his BABIPs since 2005:
2005: .182
2006: .363
2007: .289
2008: .340
They also list the Bill James, CHONE, and Marcel projections for his BABIP in 2009, .320, .312, and .316, respectively (strangely, all 3 project an increase in ISO slugging next year, though James is not as optimistic as the other two).
The 2005-2006 numbers have limited use. 2005 was only 14 plate appearances, 2006 was mostly AAA, where he posted a very high BABIP, and then on 159 plate appearances at the major league level where he went on a tear that included a .522 slugging percentage he'll never sniff in a significant quantity of ABs again.
So that leaves 2007 and 2008. A .051 difference between his two BABIPs is significant.
In 2007 his Line Drive Percentage was 21%. In 2008 it was 23.2%. That's a nice increase, but does it really account for that large a difference in BABIP? Probably not. But from 2007 to 2008 his Fly Ball Percentage dropped from 30.5% to 20.2%, and his Ground Ball Percentage rose from 48.6% to 56.6%. For a guy who doesn't drive the ball, having a drop in Fly Ball Percentage would probably be a good thing, and that might help to explain his rise in BABIP.
Two questions, I think, remain.
1. Can we assume that a .340 BABIP is high for a player without taking into account his past BABIPs? It's hard to guess from Ryan's past numbers what his typical BABIP would be, in 2006 it was very high between AAA and MLB, but in 2007 it was very low. In 2008, high again. I guess the best bet right now is to compare his BABIP to typical numbers across baseball, but each player is an individual (or an individual pattern of statistics), so that will have limited use for projection. That said, if Theriot's career BABIP approaches .340, he would have a pretty high career BABIP in comparison to his peers.
2. If we accept that Ryan's slight increase in line drive percentage, increase in ground ball percentage, and significant drop in fly ball percentage are at the root of his high BABIP, can we assume that Ryan can duplicate (or improve upon) those percentages next year? Or are the percentages just a part of the expression of Ryan's good luck? Does Ryan have control over these percentages? Does it depend on how Ryan is pitched? Other factors?
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
You go Charlie, solid effort right there.
My personal guess is that the 340 would be a high water mark. Theriot really doesn't even have gap power. His swing is almost exlusively an "Inside out" swing to Right Field. So in essence, Theriot's whole game is being able to slap it past a 2nd baseman.
At some point you've got to figure that advance scouting will catch up to him. SS shading him near the 2nd base bag. Second Baseman playing back on the grass(etc).
Maybe Theriot adapts and bunts more? Maybe he falls back into 2007 levels? Either way, I see an ajustment in the mail.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
That's a pretty fair assessment of Theriot's approach at the plate. Almost no extra base power, but he hits the ball with enough authority to get it past the infielders without it quite being a Juan Pierre bloop. I would expect that if second basemen start moving toward the hole or pitchers refuse to pitch Theriot away, he'll attempt to adjust by pulling the ball a bit or hitting it right back up the middle (he already likes to go up the middle, but most of the time he does seem to be waiting until the very last moment to start his swing and uses the top hand a lot to push the bat through the zone). I would expect that that adjustment, though, would result in lower numbers--his default, inside-out approach is probably what works best for him and he won't change it until the opposition forces him to do so.
I still don't get why Bill James, CHONE, and Marcel project increases in ISO to .069, .086, and .086 respectively. The .069 is reasonable, I guess, since in 2007 he was at .080. I guess his 2006 stats are skewing the CHONE and Marcel projections, though.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Is CHONE pronounced 'shawn'? If not, it should be.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
It's spelled Chone, but it's pronounced Throat-Warbler Mangrove.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Thanks. I guess I should have sounded it before asking.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Here's a sense of just how high a career .340 BABIP would be. Tony Gwynn is 20th on the list of all time leaders in BABIP for a career with .3414. Derek Jeter is the active leader at .3613 and Ichiro Suzuki is right behind him with .3572.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
Line drives and speed drive BABIP.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
I don't disagree that Young is probably better hitter. BUT...
His home/road splits are very disturbing.
And he is really expensive.
And his defense is way overrated.
Better than Theriot? Sure... but worth $80M over the next five years? Absolutely not.
Re: Cubs Close to Signing Japanese Pitcher
what if the rangers split the cost 50/50 (not going to happen but what if)?
I would do that deal.
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That's silly Rob. Hamilton is very valuable and is certainly not a throw in.
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I don't think the Marlins' Schoolgirls would play nice with the Cubs' Nurses. I foresee hair pulling and scratching. Maybe some Jello.
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but...the cubs have no room for Jello.
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Do you see this as a bad thing?
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i mark this above post as non-helpful
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How 'bout this for poor trade speculation:
His first suggestion is a Michael Young for Alfonso Soriano trade, no extra money or other players attached. I'm not even the biggest Soriano fan and I think that would be an unfair trade. Soriano may be overpaid, but he's not as easily replaced as Michael Young is at this point, particularly if you don't think that Young is an elite defensive SS.
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my brain just melted.
NY sportswriters get by with lazy shit...especially at the post...where making a rumor or riding the emotions of their fans is just as important as breaking a good news item.
i dunno how people can even read that paper...it's really trashy.
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Well... in contrast to Young, Soriano may be underpaid.
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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.
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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Robert M. Wozniak was arrested Saturday, and Amber L. Kwasniewski was arrested Tuesday following a two-month investigation by West Seneca police and state police. Both are charged with second-degree robbery, second-degree burglary, grand larceny and criminal impersonation of a police officer. Wozniak was separately charged with promoting prostitution, and Kwasniewski was separately charged with prostitution.
Following West Seneca Town Court arraignments, Wozniak was held in lieu of $25,000 bail and Kwasniewski in lieu of $30,000 bail.
West Seneca detectives said that after victims made contact with victims at online Adult Chat lines and set up "dates," she would show up at their homes with Wozniak driving her. On meeting the victim, Wozniak would use what detectives described as his "imposing size" to either make threats of being a police undercover officer or an angry father of the supposedly "underaged" Amber.
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They're fast, furious, they're loud, they're dirty -- a threat to the environment, a menace to wildlife, and, increasingly, a danger to human beings.
That is how more and more people are seeing personal watercraft.
"Call them Jet Skis, Waverunners, Sea Doos, Waterbikes or Water Scooters, they're all personal watercraft," according to the website of the Personal Watercraft Industry Association.
Kawasaki introduced the Jet Ski, the first commercially successful personal watercraft (or PWC) in 1974. There are now more than a million in the United States, manufactured mostly by five companies. And they are increasingly under attack.
Responding to the complaints, many federal, state and local authorities are taking action. The National Park Service banned them from most of its parks this spring, And now, right before Labor Day, Governor George E. Pataki signed a law that will allow local governments to decide whether or not to ban personal watercraft on New York's waterways.
It might be difficult for the landlocked to understand how so much outrage, condemnation and government regulation could be directed at something that's supposed to be fun.
But the statistics provide the answer: In 1993, there were 26 deaths throughout the nation connected to these watercraft according to a 1998 report from the National Transportation Safety Board. By 1997, the number of annual deaths had increased to 83. Unlike other pleasure craft, these deaths were not caused primarily by drowning, but by "blunt force trauma" - collisions, accidents. According to the Centers for Disease Control, the rate of injuries connected to personal watercraft was 8.5 times higher than the rate of injuries from motorboats
In New York State, while these craft comprise less than ten percent of the state's registered boats, they are involved in nearly 30 percent of all accidents, according to the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Prserveation.
"Controlling jet-skiers is one of our biggest safety concerns," says Emilio Velazquez, of the New York State Parks Police, which operates in city waters. In the last year, over 300 citations were given to recreational users, mostly powerboats. Over a third went to jet-skiers. The charges were as minor as inadequate markings, but also included operating too close to other vessels, or too close to swimmers.
A recent scan of local water-oriented list serves detail clashes. A kayaker wrote of being "buzzed" off Liberty State Park by a four-person Jet Ski. The kayaker called for more enforcement and prosecution. While highly stable in general, kayaks can be easily swamped by the wake given off by the powerful motors of personal watercraft. According to list serve writers, along Brighton Beach and Coney Island, jet skiers "pass the white markers, at least once a day - weaving among the swimmers".
Recognizing that recreational user conflict is partly a matter of education, city and state agencies have introduced mandatory courses in water safety aimed at new or young power watercraft users. Eventually, all users will fall under the new regulations that will be phased in by 2004.
The personal watercraft industry agrees with the need for education, regulation and enforcement, as do advocates of diverse recreation. Shared use of the water's refuge only works if all users obey the rules. To obey the rules, one must know the rules. The rules ought to reflect today's shoreline scene, a place of peace, refuge and fun for swimmers, paddlers, sailors, fishermen, pedestrians - and powerboats too, when they respect the rights of others less powerful.
Peter B. Fleischer, currently writing a book on the New York City waterfront, was formerly a transportation and environment policy advisor to New York City Mayors David Dinkins and Rudy Giuliani.


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ALEXANDRIA - D.J. Kitt had to pause during a postgame interview to acknowledge a pair smiling faces vying for his attention.
"Those are my nieces," Kitt said sheepishly.
The two little girls were about the only thing that slowed Kitt down on Saturday night.
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BG's Brandon Chadbourn dives between JV's Ian Hawn and Brett Grissinger (9).
Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School football coach Justin Wheeler didn't use Kitt often in the Marauders' District 6 Class A quarterfinal game, but he got a lot of mileage out of the 5-foot-9, 185-pound sophomore. Typifying BG's night, Kitt had two long runs on his three carries, one for a touchdown, the other to set up a TD, as Guilfoyle emerged with a 31-14 victory over host Juniata Valley on a chilly, sometimes foggy evening at A.R. Simkins Memorial Field.
Both teams left the field 9-2, but the Marauders advance to play at top-seeded Bellwood-Antis in the semis on Friday.
Kitt had 98 yards on just three carries. He burst 44 yards up the middle for a score on the first play from scrimmage. Then, after Juniata Valley opened the second half with a long drive to pull within three at 17-14, Kitt bolted 49 yards on the Marauders' first snap of the second half down to the Green Hornet 30; Cody Rossman plunged in from the 1 eight plays later.
"D.J.'s a great back, and he's had a good year. He's had a few injuries but he's healthy. He's a big-game player," Wheeler said of Kitt.
Kitt only had 247 yards on 49 carries entering the game, but Wheeler told him in advance that he was going to get the ball on the first play. Juniata Valley misread BG's shift, and Kitt ran right through the opening and into the end zone after Cody Rossman returned the opening kickoff to the Valley 44.
"I knew the offensive line would block for me. Running behind our fullback, Cody Rossman, I just found the hole and went with it," Kitt said. "We came in fired up to win this game."
Guilfoyle was playing its first playoff game since 2009, so getting off to a good start may have helped take the edge off.
"When you come into an environment like this, with as many fans as they have and this atmosphere, for us to get that first score and get our crowd going while quieting theirs was absolutely huge," Wheeler said.
The Marauders rushed for 270 yards, most of it coming in chunks. Rossman had a key 45-yard gallop that opened the door for a score in the last half-minute of the first half, Pat Irwin delivered a beautiful fake and kept on the option for a 32-yard touchdown run 10 seconds into the fourth quarter, and Sam McCloskey and Brandon Chadbourn tossed in runs of 31 and 23 yards, respectively.
"The line is the strength of our team, and we have speed at the backs," Kitt said.
Valley actually recovered from Kitt's touchdown run, tied it on Jesse Claar's 1-yard run and had BG on its heels for much of the first half. It looked like the Hornets were going to take the lead when sure-handed Devin Low got behind the BG secondary late in the second quarter, but he couldn't make the grab. Guilfoyle then took advantage of Rossman's long run and a late hit penalty when Irwin found Damon Rickens on a 5-yard slant pass in the end zone with 20 seconds left in the second quarter for a 17-7 advantage.
"That really did hurt getting that going into halftime, because, if we had that touchdown pass, we would have led 14-10 going into the half, and that would have been huge," Juniata Valley coach Mike Smith said. "But it ended up swinging the other way."
Although Taylor and Low connected on a 30-yard touchdown pass later, Valley had to play from behind. Smith was pulling out all the stops, going for it on fourth-and-7 near midfield to start the game and getting a quick pass to Brett Grissinger for 39 yards, paving the way for Claar's score.
"I have a lot of confidence in our offense. I just have a lot of confidence that we can make those. We've [converted] a lot of fourth downs this year," Smith said.
BG, though, was able to contain Valley just enough, limiting a Hornet rushing attack that averaged more than 300 yards to 107. Taylor threw for 154, and Grissinger had 113 combined rushing and receiving.
"We worked all week on their run game, and our front four played well," Wheeler said. "With the kind of team that they have and the speed that they have, we knew they were going to get some, but we wanted to hang in there and do a good job, and we did."
Bishop Guilfoyle7 10 7 7 - 31
Juniata Valley7 0 7 0 - 14
First quarter
BG-Kitt 44 run (Logue kick), 11:43.
JV-Je. Claar 1 run (Staber kick), 7:53.
Second quarter
BG-Logue 20 FG, 3:48.
BG-Rickens 5 pass from Irwin (Logue kick), 0:20.
Third quarter
JV-Low 30 pass from Taylor (Staber kick), 7:47.
BG-Rossman 1 run (Logue kick), 4:03.
Fourth quarter
BG-Irwin 32 run (Logue kick), 11:50.
RUSHING: Bishop Guilfoyle-Kitt 3-98, Rossman 12-65, Chadbourn 5-49, Irwin 10-45, McCloskey 5-26, TEAM 2-(-3). Juniata Valley-Grissinger 13-40, Taylor 11-39, Je. Claar 12-27, Wagner 1-1.
PASSING: Bishop Guilfoyle-Irwin 3-6-1-27, Chadbourn 0-1-0-0. Juniata Valley-Taylor 8-18-1-154, Grissinger 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: Bishop Guilfoyle-Rickens 3-27. Juniata Valley-Grissinger 4-73, Low 2-65, Gardner 2-16.
INTERCEPTIONS: Bishop Guilfoyle-Irwin. Juniata Valley-Low.
First downs810
Yards rushing37-27037-107
Passing (cmp.-att.-int.)3-7-18-19-1
Yards passing27154
Total yards299261


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After Brown confirmed over the weekend that the two are, in fact, still a couple - despite some reports to the contrary - Matt Lauer asked him about the infamous incident in 2009 in which Brown beat Rihanna the night before the Grammy Awards.
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On March 23, 2012, the Marshall University Cell Differentiation and Development Center (CDDC) held its second annual regional research symposium. The CDDC symposium focused on bioinformatics and the ways in which it is used to study the molecular interactions involved in the regulation of gene expression.
The event involves poster presentations, scientific talks, and awards. The following are the recipients of this year's awards:
- Undergraduate winner: Clayton Crabtree (from Dr. Dasgupta's lab)
- Graduate winners: M. Allison Wolf and Sarah Mathis (both from Dr. Claudio's lab)
- Graduate runners-up: Madhukar Kolli (from Dr. Blough's lab) and Gargi Bajpayee (a medical student who researched in Dr. Santanam's lab)
The CDDC was formed in 2007 and seeks to enhance the research environment on the Marshall campus and throughout West Virginia. Although its research interests are diverse, the center focuses on the epigenetic mechanisms linked to cell differentiation and development.
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Right: Madhukar Kolli
Directly below (from left to right): M. Allison Wolf and Sarah Mathis
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George Welsh was in attendance for Penn State's game at Virginia last week.
The 79-year-old Welsh, the former Nittany Lion assistant coach who led the Virginia program from 1982-2000, beat the traffic and didn't see the Cavaliers' late touchdown drive that won the game, 17-16.
"I don't know if I've ever seen a Virginia team win with 30 yards [rushing, actually 32]," he said in a phone interview earlier this week. "Turned the ball over four times, fumbled snaps."
Virginia announced in the fourth quarter that a strong storm was expected momentarily, another reason Welsh had seen enough.
Back in 1974, Welsh was involved in the worst-weather game Penn State ever played in. Then in his second season as head coach at Navy - the last time today's opponent came to Beaver Stadium - rain whipped through Happy Valley.
The Middies handled the elements better and won, 7-6.
"I remember talking to Joe [Paterno] before the game, and he said 'there's a bad storm coming in,''' Welsh said. "The next thing I knew, the wind blew and the hail came. It was one of those freak storms that lasted about a quarter. I don't know how we proceeded."
The field instantly became a muddy quagmire, and the wind was so strong that the scoreboard lights blew out, necessitating that the official time be kept on the field.
"I think Navy arrived in a submarine, there was so much water," retired broadcaster Fran Fisher, who called the game, said. "The field was in terrible condition."
Penn State fumbled five times, missed four field goals, including the 43-yard gamewinner - this was Chris Bahr, not Sam Ficken - and outgained Navy, 378-172.
Just as he was perplexed at how Virginia beat PSU last week, Welsh left Beaver Stadium in '74 practically in disbelief.
"I don't know how the hell we won it," he said afterward.
Navy entered the game as a 24-point underdog, and its victory stopped No. 8 Penn State's 21-game home winning streak.
After trailing for much of the game, the Lions scored with 4:40 left to pull within 7-6, but their 2-point conversion attempt failed.
When Paterno was asked if the weather affected the game, he told sportswriters, "It seemed to me it was raining over there [on the Navy side], too," and he seemed happy for Welsh, his former top offensive assistant who spent from 1963-72 on the Penn State staff under Paterno and Rip Engle.
"If you're going to lose," Paterno said, "it might as well be to a member of the family."
Welsh, a 2004 inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame, chuckled at the memory and said, "It was a different era then."
That's for sure and, given all that's changed, beating Navy today would be as meaningful to Bill O'Brien as it was to George Welsh 38 years ago.
And maybe here's an omen: Sunny skies are expected.
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It's time for everybody — especially liberals — to acknowledge that President Barack Obama's foreign policies have made the world a more dangerous place....
Just right-winged propaganda from a bunch of sore losers. If anything is destroying our country, it's the obstructionist in the Congress. Other countries see what's going on here. Keep it up, 2014 will be here before you know it.
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Democrats LOVE dictators. They've learned quite a bit from them. Obama certainly 'acts' the part. It's the ONLY thing he isn't playacting about.
It will certainly take a Conservative President to get Obama's mess cleaned up when he's gone. This man has done ten times the damage to this nation as any previous president has ever done. Jimmie Carter seems harmless now.
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