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on January 10, 2013 - 12:15 AM
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Buffalo Bills head coach Doug Marrone acted aggressively in finding his top two lieutenants.
Aggressiveness figures to be a signature of Marrone's defense, now that he has hired Mike Pettine from the New York Jets as new coordinator.
The Jets have been one of the best teams in the NFL at pressuring the quarterback and creating havoc in the passing pocket under Pettine and head coach Rex Ryan the past four seasons.
Pettine, 46, reached an agreement on a deal with the Bills on Wednesday, according to league sources and numerous media reports. He joins the Bills a day after Nate Hackett agreed to leave Syracuse University to rejoin Marrone as offensive coordinator in Buffalo.
The Bills had one of the least aggressive defenses last season, rarely blitzing the quarterback and relying primarily on the four down linemen to create pressure.
Those days appear to be over.
"It's a great hire for Buffalo because one thing he's going to do is attack the weaknesses of your team," said former Jet Damien Woody, who played his last two seasons with Ryan and Pettine. "First, you take away from a divisional opponent by hurting the Jets' coaching staff. Second, that Jets defense has had some success against the top dog in the division, the Patriots. They've orchestrated some defenses that have given Tom Brady problems."
Pettine — pronounced PET-in — has learned the pressure game while working with Ryan the past 10 years, six in Baltimore and the past four with the Jets. Ryan called most of the defensive signals on game day in 2009. Since then, it has been a collaboration between Ryan and Pettine, according to Ryan. Ryan has indicated Pettine called the vast majority of the plays in 2011.
The Jets' defense was good all four years. Starting in 2009, the Jets ranked first, third, fifth and eighth, respectively, in yards allowed.
The Jets have been masters of the "overload blitz," in which they send more rushers on one edge of the offensive line than can be blocked. While New York has ranked among the top 10 in sacks only once in the past four years, it has excelled at creating pressure and forcing the quarterback to unload quickly for measly gains underneath the coverage.
"If you want to know the key to that defense, it's the secondary," Woody said. "If those guys can cover, it allows Mike Pettine to draw those exotic blitzes. That's one thing you really haven't seen from Buffalo. It hasn't been an exotic-type blitz team. That's what you're going to see out of Buffalo, but you need guys who can cover."
The Jets' defense has ranked in the top four in the NFL in terms of lowest completion percentage allowed four straight seasons. The Jets have ranked in the top six in terms of lowest yards per pass attempt allowed four straight years. They have ranked among the top seven in terms of lowest passer rating allowed.
A lot of the Jets' pressures are not with five or six men. They're with four. New York, however, does a better job than most teams at making offenses unsure of which four are rushing.
New York rushed five men third most in the league in 2010 and 13th most in 2011, according to Football Outsiders. The Jets' blitz percentages were 46 percent and 30 percent those two seasons. The Bills' blitz percentage was just 20 percent in 2011 and less than 20 percent in 2012, according to News figures. Buffalo was one of the least blitzing teams in the NFL each of the past three seasons under coach Chan Gailey.
The Jets' outstanding cornerback tandem of Darrelle Revis and Antonio Cromartie gave Ryan and Pettine a lot of flexibility in being aggressive when needed.
Pettine has employed a 3-4 base scheme his entire career. It usually was not a two-gap defense, like the Bills used with massive nose tackle Ted Washington. It was a one-gap scheme. However, the Jets used some 4-3 fronts in virtually every game. They also mixed in a "46" front, a pressure defense that puts eight men near the line of scrimmage.
But because so many teams use multiple receivers, the three-lineman, four-linebacker front might be used only 30 percent of the snaps or less. The Jets, in fact, used six and seven defensive backs more than most teams. Pettine liked to employ a three-safety nickel package a lot.
Pettine's contract with New York ran out after the season.
"You know Mike Pettine's going to be hungry because he wanted to get out of the shadow of Rex and prove himself," Woody said.
"Ultimately, he wants to be a head coach. ... A lot of people assume that it's all Rex, and Rex is the mastermind. But Pettine had a lot of input. He knows that defense just as well as Rex does."
New York media already were speculating that Pettine could target Jets free-agent defensive tackle Mike DeVito and likely cap casualties Calvin Pace (a linebacker) and Eric Smith (a safety).
The New York Daily News reported that Jets assistant secondary coach Jim O'Neil would be joining Pettine in Buffalo. O'Neil, 34, spent the past four years with the Jets.
However Pettine's scheme plays out, there will be some major adjustments for the Bills' players. Pettine's tactics are nothing like those of defensive coordinator Dave Wannstedt, who relied on a static four-man rush and heavy use of zone coverages.
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I seriously disagree with I/K being ahead of Shibs. Want to see those protocols.
Heard a lot of early criticism about this D/W FD, but I think it's starting to gel!
Meryl and Charlie skated that well. The program is improving.
Shibs competing for Japan is an interesting thought. But the USFS would never release them early, so they'd have to sit out a year (2 years?) of international competition before they could represent Japan, and that would likely stop their skating career momentum. Unless of course, the Japanese Federation makes a BIG Gift to the USFSA.
I love Davis and White, but the music annoys me. The dramatic ending was beautiful though!
That was much much better than Skate America. I love the new details they've added and I think the bells add a great dramatic touch to the music.
Meryl and Charlie. Shutting it down as usual. Can't wait to watch it without a skipping feed.
Really enjoyed d/w. Great momentum ,ease in and out of lifts and fantastic ending.
Congrats to o/w for fourth place finish.
D/W skated great! I think the theme/performance is coming along, but I find the music cuts a bit abrupt.
Wouldn't the Shibs have to give up their US citizenship to skate for Japan in the Olympics? Really doubt that's something they'd be willing to do...


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Optometrist installs security gates after resolution reached with Problem Solver's help
The security gates are now installed at David Moiger's optometry practice, an addition to his office that he had asked Problem Solver to help negotiate with his landlord.
While that problem is resolved, the doctor and Prestonwood Creek Shopping Center in North Dallas are now in a dispute about his signage at the site, located at Prestonwood Boulevard and Belt Line Road.
Moiger moved his practice into a different spot at the shopping center at the landlord's request to help facilitate an ongoing renovation. He said that since the move, changes to the center have obstructed the visibility of his sign.
He said that the landlord — PWC Associates of the Robert Carlin Cos.– has not responded to his requests for help in this situation.
PWC Associates did not respond to my emailed request for comment this time around either.
"I have discussed this issue as well as other unresolved issues with my attorney and have decided filing a lawsuit seems to be the only answer," Moiger said.
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St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford was up front with the Western New York media when talking about playing in the cold.
"That's not what I like to hear," Bradford said earlier in the week, when told some snow flurries might fall that day. "I like the warm weather."
Bradford's far from alone in that sentiment, of course.
December in Orchard Park takes some getting used to, even for the home team. That's why coach Chan Gailey has had the Buffalo Bills practice outside once each in the last two weeks.
"I shouldn't do it if I didn't think it did [provide a benefit]," Gailey said. "Sometimes they don't like it. To be honest with you, sometimes I don't like. It's cold. So what? That's the way the game is. You have to go play. Get ready for it."
With the second of their three December home games coming up, the Bills are trying to convince themselves that the nastier the conditions, the better their chances are.
"We have to be able to embrace that. We have to be able to use that as an advantage for us in these December games," quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick said. "As a quarterback, do I hope that it's really windy and rainy? No, I don't. But if it is, we have to be able to use that to our advantage."
That's something the Bills were able to do against the warm-weather Jacksonville Jaguars, pounding the ball on the ground for 232 yards in a 34-18 win. Buffalo ran the ball 46 times and asked Fitzpatrick to throw it only 17 times.
"Especially in that running back room we feel like we can spark this offense and get us going. Hopefully we can do that, especially coming up in the month of December," said running back Fred Jackson, who gained a season-high 109 yards on 25 carries against Jacksonville. "It's going to be nasty out like that. We can take a lot of pressure off everybody on offense if we can go out and perform well."
With a dome team coming in, it would seem like the Bills have a distinct advantage Sunday. Rams coach Jeff Fisher, however, is taking steps this week to prepare his team.
"We practice outside, and unfortunately, the weather's been unseasonably warm here in St. Louis, but I'll probably have a meeting at some point and give the guys the option as to whether or not they want to make the trip," Fisher said. "If they're uncomfortable with the cold weather ... we can leave them behind."
Fisher has made Sunday's game an opportunity to test his team's manhood.
"To me, it's a great challenge. It's kind of a test of will. You're going to go up there, the weather's not going to be ideal. You find out a lot about yourselves," he said. "Good teams at this time of the year have to run the football and stop the run in order to be successful. And they have to do that outside in the inclement weather, after the leaves have changed, they're down and wet ... you want me to keep going? Yeah, we're looking forward to this one."
The Bills practiced inside the Ralph on Thursday.
"I think our guys get accustomed to what it's like to be in the stadium under similar weather conditions. It's never going to be the same because it's not normally the same two days in a row in Buffalo," Gailey said.
"So you get similar weather conditions, you get to experience it and then it's not a big deal. It's not a shock to them when they walk out there on Sunday. You're trying to create practice experiences as close to game experiences as you possibly can. One way that you can do it is with weather."
That's something the Bills never did under former coach Dick Jauron. Perhaps not coincidentally, those Bills teams under Jauron went 2-4 in December homes game during his tenure.
During the team's postseason drought, it is 11-15 in December or January home games. Of course, that speaks to a larger point — the team's play in general hasn't been good enough.
"At the end of the day you still have to go out there and get your job done," running back C.J. Spiller said. "We'd like for teams to have to hate coming up here and play at this time of the year. In order to do that you have to win a lot of games.
"Protecting the ball is going to be the main key with teams coming that don't have this type of weather. It affects them a little bit. Hopefully we're able to jump on teams early and let that weather be in the back of their head so they can't play to the best of their ability."
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|Polaron Behavior in CMR Manganites
Spintronic devices manipulate electron spin to sense magnetic fields, store information, or perform logical operations. Colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganites are a class of materials under study for future spintronic applications such as nonvolatile magnetic computer memory (MRAM). Researchers have recently used several soft x-ray spectroscopies at the ALS to study a prototypical CMR manganite as it was heated past its Curie temperature—the point at which the material ceases to be magnetic. They were able to observe the formation of polarons: electrons whose interaction with the lattice creates a deformation (energy well) that traps the electron, as a pocket on a pool table traps a billiard ball. For the first time, this provided a direct look inside polaron formation in a CMR material, indicating that electron localization as polarons is a defining characteristic of all CMR materials.
CMR manganites are important to spintronics for two reasons. First, they exhibit an extremely large drop in electrical resistance (the CMR effect) when a magnetic field is applied. Second, for some cases, CMR materials conduct electricity via electrons of only one spin (half-metallic ferromagnetism). However, a complete understanding of the charge and spin state of the manganese atoms, crucial to determining and engineering the properties of these materials, is still lacking.
To explain the magnetoconductive properties of these manganites, in which the manganese is present in at least two different valence states (Mn3+ and Mn4+), Zener proposed the mechanism of double exchange (DE). According to DE, the alignment of adjacent localized t2g spins on manganese atoms rules the dynamics of itinerant eg carriers, which hop from one atom to the next to yield electrical conductivity. If adjacent t2g spins are parallel (the ferromagnetic state), conduction is favored; if they are randomly aligned (the paramagnetic high-temperature state), conductivity drops dramatically.
While Zener's DE model provides a qualitatively correct picture of the CMR effect, theoretical calculations have shown that DE alone is insufficient to account for the observed CMR resistance. An additional consideration is the localization of itinerant eg electrons by Jahn-Teller distortions of the octahedral cage of oxygen atoms surrounding each manganese atom.
A Jahn-Teller distortion can take place when an electron hops into an empty eg orbital so that, while hopping from site to site, the electron "drags" the lattice distortions after itself. The electron with its accompanying lattice distortion forms a so-called "lattice polaron." Since the surrounding oxygen atoms are much more massive than the bare electron, the polaron behaves as a negatively charged particle with a larger mass and lower mobility than an isolated electron.
In this study, the temperature-dependent evolution of the electronic and crystal structure of a prototypical CMR compound, La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO), was investigated. Spectroscopic experiments were performed using the multitechnique spectrometer/diffractometer at ALS Beamline 4.0.2. As the LSMO compound was heated through its Curie temperature (TC), core photoelectron spectroscopy data provided direct evidence for charge localization onto the manganese atom via a change in the manganese 3s multiplet splitting and for chemical shifts in the core levels of the other atoms in the sample. Valence photoemission spectra also showed parallel changes with temperature. Additional hard-x-ray EXAFS measurements detected the presence of Jahn-Teller lattice distortions in the oxygen octahedra surrounding manganese atoms as the temperature rose above TC.
These experiments permitted the detection of polaron formation via its effects on the manganese and other atoms in the LSMO. This challenges the long-standing belief that LSMO is a simple DE system that can be described without the formation of polarons. Therefore, the presence of polarons above TC is a general defining characteristic of all CMR materials, bringing unity to their theoretical description. Beyond spintronic applications, these results could also have implications for the magnetic states of atoms under high pressure, as in the Earth's core.
Research conducted by N. Mannella, B.S. Mun, and C.S. Fadley (University of California, Davis, and Berkeley Lab); A. Rosenhahn, C.H. Booth, S. Marchesini, and S.-H. Yang (Berkeley Lab); K. Ibrahim (Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, China, and Berkeley Lab); and Y. Tomioka (Correlated Electron Research Center, Japan).
Research funding: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (BES), Materials Sciences and Engineering Division. Operation of the ALS is supported by BES.
Publication about this research: N. Mannella, A. Rosenhahn, C.H. Booth, S. Marchesini, B.S. Mun, S.-H. Yang, K. Ibrahim, Y. Tomioka, and C.S. Fadley, "Direct Observation of High-Temperature Polaronic Behavior in Colossal Magnetoresistive Manganites," Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 166401 (2004).


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OK....I think I've stopped cringing now. :)
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Need Some Grace....Things Don't Always Turn Out As Planned
OK....I think I've stopped cringing now. :)
14 comments:
- Donbpaint49 said...
Don't cringe, Pam.....hubby works on golf carts and your 2011 cookies just look like a "new & improved" model.....cars, carts, they all change from year to year! These golfing cookies are super!
Blessings, Donna B.
- March 23, 2011 at 6:53 AM
- Terri said...
It's nice to know that you are human and make mistakes like the rest us, having said that, I don't see anything wrong with that first cookie at all! I LOVE your golf cart though...you are right, 2009 was good but your 2011 is even better! TFS!
- March 23, 2011 at 7:09 AM
- wendy said...
That is cool that you posted those! I have had bad luck too and sometimes just want to give up totally. Knowing you "pros" go through this too helps me stay with it! I think your cookies are fab! The first gopher looks fine...really pretty darn good...it was a bold move and something I would never even attempt so BRAVO for you!
- March 23, 2011 at 8:42 AM
- Rosielp1620 said...
Everything is a learning experience, so you win some and lose some, that's only human. I still don't think your gopher cookies are "bad" just not as AMAZING as your golf carts...and I think your 2009 golf carts are wonderful and your new golf carts even better than those.
- March 23, 2011 at 9:46 AM
- smetelig said...
Your cookies are amazing¡¡
- March 23, 2011 at 11:13 AM
- Lise said...
I totally knew it was a gopher! :-)
The golf carts are adorable.
- March 23, 2011 at 11:43 AM
- Jenny said...
Your gopher looks like (not like, but you know what I mean) the lego-head cookies I made last year. Instead of settling for the dot-eyes and small smile, I went full force into the beards, cocked eyebrows, angry eyes, teary eyes, etc. They did not work. I'm getting ready to make another batch for my son's birthday, and this time it will be the lego-classic-guy (a la Callye). I know my limitations!
The golf carts (both) are FANTASTIC.
- March 23, 2011 at 2:51 PM
- cookiecrazielady said...
Thanks everyone! I appreciate your kind posts and encouraging words. :)
- March 23, 2011 at 3:53 PM
- Weiler6 said...
I am impressed either way! And thanks for all the inspiration along the way!
- March 23, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Kayla Rachel said...
I think if you hadn't added the extra texture on your gophers they would have been absolutely adorable! Sometimes adding extra details makes things over complicated...at least that's what I've learned in my cookieing!
- March 23, 2011 at 10:30 PM
- Winsome248 said...
That's funny! Looks some cookies I have created! We call them "eaters" -- eat them before someone else sees them. Thanks for posting!
- March 24, 2011 at 6:41 AM
- Barbara said...
Pam, even though you weren't able to replicate the photo to your liking - I'm sure the cookie was still heavenly tasty!
Both your golf carts look great. The 2011 cart's colors pop-up brighter.
Thanks for sharing your creations with us!
- March 24, 2011 at 9:49 AM
- Cristin (Pinkie) said...
Great post Pam! It's good to know that all your creations aren't perfect and there is hope for the rest of us! :-)
- March 24, 2011 at 11:37 AM
- Laura C said...
aw Pam, I don't think it's a bad cookie, but I TOTALLY hear you about being a replicator of drawings and clip art!! People and animal faces are tough, one misplaced nose, eye, or mouth and you can wind up with one weird lookin' cookie...
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Women have made huge strides in our quest for equal standing in the U.S. workforce, and today we fill nearly 50% of all jobs in the nation. But the story is very different in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), where women still constitute less than 25% of workers.
This is a bit perplexing given the increase of college-educated women in the workforce over the last decade, the fact that women in STEM jobs earn 33% more than our counterparts in non-STEM jobs, and the relatively small gap between men's and women's wages in STEM fields compared to other fields.
Many factors likely contribute to ongoing male dominance in STEM jobs, and some of these, including lingering stereotypical perceptions that science and engineering are the domains of men and the lack of family-friendly flexibility in STEM workplaces, are direct targets of Obama Administration actions.
As a woman with a Ph.D. in molecular biology who is very familiar with these and other related challenges—I grew up with five brothers and no sisters—I took the opportunity two years ago to do a stint in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), where I saw a chance to be part of an effort that could enhance girls' and women's participation in science and engineering.
President Obama's commitments to science and to broadening participation in the STEM workforce were apparent to me early in his Administration, underscored by his early Presidential appointments of such strong women scientists and engineers as NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco, USGS Director Marcia McNutt, FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, Lisa Jackson as head of the EPA, and DARPA Administrator Regina Dugan.
The value of these kinds of role models on girls, young women, and not-so-young women who are considering coursework and careers in STEM fields is substantial. Importantly, however, these appointments have been backed up by the development of substantive STEM education initiatives and policies.
I'm convinced that improving STEM education broadly will, in addition to boosting STEM literacy overall, offer new inspirations to girls as experiential learning opportunities proliferate and stereotypes dissipate. More STEM-inspired girls today herald a more balanced STEM workforce tomorrow.
New Obama Adminstration initiatives to improve STEM education and increase diversity include Educate to Innovate and Change the Equation, among others. In 2009, the President launched the Educate to Innovate campaign to move American students from the middle to the top of international rankings in STEM achievements over the next decade.
The three priorities for Educate to Innovate are increasing STEM literacy to enable all students to think critically, improving the quality of math and science teaching for American students, and expanding STEM education and career opportunities for underrepresented groups, including women and minorities.
In two years, this initiative has attracted over $750 million in donations and in-kind contributions from companies and foundations to improve teaching skills, upgrade school libraries, and develop new teaching technologies.
Out of the realization by industries that a growing number of high school and college graduates are not prepared for entry-level positions, Change the Equation emerged and was announced by the President on September 16, 2010.
STEM jobs increasingly require more technical and specialized expertise at a time when a minority of U.S. high school graduates is prepared for college-level math and science. Change the Equation is a network of more than 100 CEOs who have joined forces to achieve three objectives: "improve STEM teaching at all grade levels; inspire student appreciation and excitement for STEM programs and careers to increase success and achievement in school and opportunities for a collegiate education, especially among females and students of color; and achieve a sustained commitment to improving STEM learning from business leaders, government officials, STEM educators, and other stakeholders through innovation, communication, collaboration, and data-based decision making."
The path toward improving Federal STEM education efforts requires many steps, one of which is recognizing how far extant efforts are from what's considered to be ideal, or at least adequate—a challenging task since a compendium of Federal STEM education efforts didn't exist. The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, signed by the President on January 4, 2011, charged OSTP with the establishment of a Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (CoSTEM)—to review current Federal STEM education activities, and develop and implement a five-year STEM education strategic plan.
In December 2011, the CoSTEM released The Federal Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Portfolio, the most comprehensive characterization of Federal STEM education programs ever produced.
This STEM education inventory described in detail 252 distinct programs at 13 agencies, representing $3.4 billion of the total $1.1 trillion spent by the United States on education. Approximately one-third of the STEM expenditures, $1.1 billion, is dedicated to 79 programs with a primary goal of targeting underrepresented groups, including girls and women. The CoSTEM is now developing a strategic plan aimed to produce greater results from this substantial investment.
Mary E. Maxon, Ph.D. ([email protected]), is assistant director for biological research in the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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DFW Hot Pick: Amato Couture by Furne One
"I'm the queen!" were the words that Furne One first uttered in order to describe his collection during the post-show press conference that we attended at the recently concluded Dubai Fashion Week. These three words summed up the title of his well-loved, highly applauded fashion show on the last night of DFW S/S 2011.
Furne, who appeared more confident and calm in front of media, continued explaining his inspiration behind the collection by saying that "every girl's dream is to become a queen."
Judging by the lavish pouring of praises, Furne was successful in making one child's dream come true – from the magnificent pieces of high fashion to the exceptionally choreographed production, the presentation of Amato Couture by Furne One apparently marked as one (if not the one) of the most spectacular fashion shows all throughout DFW.
We personally would vouch how his show allowed us to forget that we were standing on our heels for twenty minutes straight. Knowing that massive crowd would flock the DFW tent at Atlantis Hotel to watch the Amato show, we readied ourselves to come early to find a decent seat. But seeing how people piled up by the door, we decided to come in last and stand instead. Yet again, as already mentioned, the show was worth it – witnessing the display of each piece of handmade couture, of which the models did justice, was similar to the unfathomable glimpse at creativity and ingenuity.
His apparent innate talent left the audience wondering about the particular creative process of a Furne One – they probably could not marvel how the designer appeared every season with new ideas and still imprint his signature style. Furne's humble answer was "I put importance to each detail of the show, from concept to collection to choreography, because the dresses would not stand out alone."
We'd agree that the styling and production helped the dresses became more captivating but we'd oppose that they could not stand alone. The interesting 33-piece collection that, according to Furne, signified strong, fierce and intelligent women, were highly embellished with mixed fabrics such as French laces, linen, tulle and lots of crystals. The special shoe creations, made out of the Philippine wood palo china, did intrigue so many guests that repeated questions were asked about it.
The luxurious materials and artisan's passion evident in each and every piece, we could say that for the people of class and taste, prices are off topic. But, just for our own curiosity and insistent query, hesitant Furne divulged that the collection a piece would be to the tune of AED 15,000 at least, and that the most expensive would be the bridal piece.
Without doubt, everyone was thankful that Furne brought the 'queen' from his fresh stint at London Fashion Week (we already gave you the lowdown on the collection and show last month, remember?) to DFW.
Asked by La Moda what made him decide to do so, the Dubai-based Filipino fashion designer, who was in his signature sweater-clad form and shiny golden locks, told us, "It's simply because I'm from Dubai, and I love Dubai." Well, with the show of support and endless cheers, it was obvious that the feeling is mutual – Dubai absolutely adores Furne One's fantastical imagination in Amato Couture.


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This issue of Myeloma Today is sponsored in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
Overview of the IXth International Workshop on Multiple Myeloma, the International Prognostic Index, and Bank On A Curetm
Every two years, the myeloma scientific community gets together to participate in the International Myeloma Workshop. This year, the IXth is being held in Salamanca, Spain. This meeting is co-chaired by IMF Scientific Advisors Prof. Jesus San Miguel and Prof. Joan Blade.
The Salamanca program is packed with invited and submitted presentations starting May 23rd and running through May 27th. The agenda is available for viewing at www.myeloma2003.usal.es.
The core program with invited speakers covers thirteen areas:
The submitted abstracts, numbering over 500, cover a wide range of topics, which will mostly be presented in poster sessions between the oral sessions. This is what makes for such a busy schedule. The two best submitted abstracts in each of the thirteen topic areas have been selected for oral presentation.
Other corporate and foundation meetings make the agenda truly "jam packed." On Friday the 23rd, corporate symposia include arsenic trioxide (Trisenox": CTI); thalidomide and analogs (Celgene); ArediaTM/ZometaTM (Novartis).
The International Myeloma Foundation has several scheduled programs, including:
Many of the topics in the core program of the Salamanca workshop are always discussed and updated at the International Workshops. This year, the greatest anticipation surrounds presentations about new molecular information. The other really new aspects are discussed below:
Gene Expression Profiling – has revealed both gene patterns, which can be used for hierarchical classification (to match clinical classifications), as well as genetic expression of specific RNAs and proteins linked to myeloma features such as bone disease and anemia. There is excitement about expression of a protein called DKK1, which is linked to the suppression of osteoblasts and therefore interruption of bone healing in myeloma patients. There has been an exponential increase in understanding of the molecular biology of bone disease in myeloma and details will be presented as part of several sessions. Obviously, the hope is that new therapies can emerge from this higher level of knowledge.
Immune Biology – is also an area of new knowledge. As for molecular biology, the complexity of the processes being uncovered is impressive. Just how to modulate this complexity of immune regulation to the advantage of the myeloma patient will be a challenge.
Myeloma classification, prognosis, and staging [see discussion of the International Prognostic Index]. New systems for classification, prognosis assessment, and staging have been under development in the past 2 years and the results will be presented at the Salamanca meeting. These systems, which are the cornerstone for all programs for myeloma patient management, can provide a reliable framework for international clinical research efforts. For example, the new IPI Staging System is shown in the Table below.
b2M < 3.5
b2M < 3.5
b2M 3.5 – 5.5
b2M > 5.5
Signal transduction and bone marrow micro environment – Much new information will be presented. However, just how to use this information and to what extent new therapies target specific pathways and cell-cell interactions remains to be seen. Thus far, the research has been retrospective, in that after it was discovered that thalidomide and its analogs as well as VelcadeTM are very effective treatments, the potential mechanisms of action are being explored. This type of retro research is interesting, but not automatically productive in the development of further therapies. Mouse model systems may help and several will be discussed.
Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT) – This may be a watershed meeting with regard to ASCT. For the last decade, the role of ASCT has been under scrutiny. Now, several groups including the French (IFM), U.K. (MRC), Spanish (GEM/ Pethema), and U.S. (UAMS: Barlogie) will present long-term follow-up data for panel discussion. In addition, tandem transplant, and transplant in special circumstances such as renal failure, older patients, and systemic amyloidosis will be addressed. The panel will focus on the question: "Has ASCT become the gold standard treatment in multiple myeloma?" The overall outcome with ASCT is definitely superior in the majority of trials/studies to be presented. Can ASCT now be routinely recommended for all patients? Is ASCT especially recommended for good and/or poor risk subsets of patients? These and other question will be actively debated. The additional role of "mini-allo" (non-myeloablative) transplant will be discussed in a separate roundtable.
Novel Therapies – Most of the results with the "novel" therapies such as thalidomide, RevimidTM, ActimidTM, and VelcadeTM are already widely known. Thalidomide is now one of the most widely used drugs in the myeloma community in the U.S., despite the fact that it is not FDA approved in this setting. The widespread use of thalidomide has been well documented at the IMF Patient & Family Interactive Seminars.
VelcadeTM has now received FDA approval for use in relapsing/refractory myeloma. Undoubtedly, the focus of attention in Salamanca will be the "not-so-novel" follow-up data and discussions with regard to the future integration of these drugs into overall myeloma management, including ASCT.
Salamanca Analysis and Impact – The IMF has recruited a cadre of top researchers, advisors, and clinicians to analyze the impact of the Salmanca presentations. A Salamanca Guide will be published immediately after the meeting and made available to IMF members. In addition, the IMF Myeloma Minute will carry all the breaking news stories and any additional new information. Copies of the Salamanca Abstracts will also be available as hard copy as well as online at www.myeloma2003.usal.es.
To develop the new IPI staging system, data have been gathered on 11,179 patients from 17 institutions around the world, including the U.S., Europe, and Asia. The prognosis for patients receiving both conventional-dose and high-dose therapy are being assessed. The most promising IPI staging system is a combination of serum b2 microglobulin and serum albumin, very similar to the SWOG system.
Presentation of the International Prognostic Index 2003 IMF Senior Research Grant:
Jesus San Miguel, Phil Greipp, and Brian Durie
The IMF International Study Group is also working to identify patients with particularly poor (median survival 12-24 months) versus very good survival (median survival > 5 years). Risk factors associated with poor survival are elevated serum creatinine, low platelet count, poor performance status, age > 65 years, and elevated LDH values if available. Conversely, survival of >5 years is associated with absence of these factors, as well as absence of chromosome 13 deletion by cytogeneic analysis and/or absence of complex chromosome abnormalities.
More about the International Prognostic Index
Bank On A CureTM, a project to establish a comprehensive DNA Bank for patients with multiple myeloma, is Co-Chaired by IMF Scientific Advisors Dr. Gareth Morgan (Leeds General Hospital, Leeds, UK) and Dr. Brian Van Ness (University of Minnesota, USA). Bank On A Cure's initial goal is to collect DNA samples and patient information from 10,000 myeloma patients. The DNA will be collected, stored, and analyzed at the University of Minnesota in the US and the University of Leeds in the UK. The DNA will be tested to determine the presence or absence of gene variants which determine:
The details of patient myeloma type and staging, response to treatment, side effects of treatment, and overall outcome will be gathered using a web-based computer system. The primary analysis will compare gene variants and outcome. Based upon initial patterns of correlations between gene variants and myeloma treatment outcome, side effects and susceptibility, "gene-directed" clinical trials will be developed. Clinical trials directed by myeloma DNA bank findings will be unique protocols to evaluate targeted therapies.
Presentation of the Bank On A CureTM 2003 IMF Senior Research Grant:
Susie Novis, Brian Van Ness, and Gareth Morgan
Why Establish Bank On A Cure?
More about Bank On A CureTM.


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Top Definition
1) A derivative of "Ho", generally a prostitute, hooker or a call girl.
2) An up to date synonym for bitch.
2) An up to date synonym for bitch.
Went down and spit game at the hizzos in da club.
door Rick VH 27 mei 2003
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Can you define these popular missing words?
the relationship between two people. This is a mix between two bestfriends, a female and a male, who have developed feelings for one another.
man, i love my hizzo
door theboy12 7 juli 2010
Ho, Whore, Prostitute
What up hizzo?! That hizzo ripped me off money.
door Ghett-yo 25 februari 2003
From English - whores, hoes. 1. Bitches 2. Prostitutes 3. Persons considered sexually promiscuous. 4. Persons considered as having compromised principles for personal gain.
Ma hizzoes be da shizzle ma nizzle.
door Albert 10 januari 2003
Whores, Sluts, Prostitutes, etc.
Where are my hizzos at!?
door gary 20 oktober 2002
Hizzo is a beautiful but really meaning less word. It is usually used to replace the word ho or in the phrase "up in this hizzo". Really though it means nothing.
I'm gonna fuck um them hizzos
lets mac it upin dis hizzo.
lets mac it upin dis hizzo.
door Anonymous 16 juni 2003
place, house.
"yo we be up in this hizzo"
"that hizzo was tight"
"theres gona be a get together at my hizzo"
"that hizzo was tight"
"theres gona be a get together at my hizzo"
door dingus 27 april 2003


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2013 Arizona Fall League Schedule Released
The 2013 Arizona Fall League (AFL) schedule has been released, and rosters should be announced later this month
There are three AFL games scheduled every day Monday through Saturday (there are no games on Sunday), beginning with AFL Opening Day on Tuesday October 8th and extending up through Thursday November 14th. The AFL Rising Stars Game will take place at Surprise Stadium Saturday night November 2nd (there are no league games scheduled that day), and the AFL Championship game will be played at Scottsdale Stadium on Saturday November 16th.
The Cubs usually assign some of their better prospects to the AFL. Depending on what positions the Cubs are asked to fill on the Mesa squad, I would not be surprised to see some combination of position players like SS Javier Baez (who played in the AFL last year), RF Jorge Soler (if healthy), 2B Arismendy Alcantara (if he doesn't play in the Dominican Winter League), 3B Kris Bryant, Mike Olt (if Bryant isn't assigned to the AFL), or Christian Villanueva (if he doesn't play in the Mexican Pacific League and if Bryant or Olt aren't assigned to the AFL), CF Matt Szczur, Jae-Hoon Ha, or Albert Almora (Szczur played in the AFL last year), 1B Dustin Geiger or Dan Vogelbach, and/or Rafael Lopez (if the Cubs are asked to supply a catcher), and (if they have not exceeded their max proscribed IP) a AA starting pitcher like LHP Eric Jokisch or RHP Matt Loosen, and relievers like LHP Zac Rosscup and Kyler Burke and RHP Trey McNutt, and Tony Zych (McNutt and Zych have pitched in the AFL before).
Alcantara is a lock to get added to the Cubs MLB 40-man roster post-2013, but Rosscup, Ha, Loosen, and Burke might have to prove themselves in the AFL first. (Rosscup, Ha, and Loosen are Rule 5 eligible post-2013, and Burke can be a minor league FA if he isn't added to the 40-man roster by the 5th day following the conclusion of the World Series).
They have changed a bit over the years, but here are the current AFL eligibility rules:
1. There are six AFL teams, and each AFL team is affilated with five MLB clubs. SD/SEA (Peoria Javelinas), KC/TEX (Surprise Saguaros), LAD/CHW (Glendale Desert Dogs), AZ/COL (Salt River Rafters), CUBS (Mesa Solar Sox), and SF (Scottsdale Scorpiions) are the permanent "host organizations" for the six AFL teams, but the affiliations of the other 20 MLB clubs can vary from year-to-year. Besides the Cubs, the other four MLB organizations affiliated with the Mesa Solar Sox this year will be DET, LAA, OAK, and WAS. (NOTE: The Desert Dogs move from Phoenix Municipal Stadium to Camelback Ranch this season, and the Peoria Javelinas will be playing home games at Surprise Stadium while Peoria Stadium is undergoing renovation).
2. Each MLB organization must assign a minimum of seven players to its AFL affiliate, including a minimum of four pitchers (one pitcher capable of starting plus three relievers) and a minimum of three position players (specific positions needed to be filled by each organization TBD by conference call between the Player Development Directors of the five MLB organizations affiliated with that particular AFL team).
3. An MLB organization can assign additional pitchers and/or players to its AFL team's "Taxi Squad" (players assigned to an AFL team's "Taxi Squad" can be activated on Wednesdays and Saturdays only, but a player can be transferred from the Taxi Squad to the 35-man Active Roster to replace an injured player).
4. A player can be selected to play in the AFL more than once, as long as the player continues to meet eligibility for selection.
5. MLB players (including Rule 5 players) with less than one year (1+000) MLB Service Time accrued (not including time spent on the Disabled List) as of September 1st are eligible.
6. Any player on a AA or AAA roster on August 15th is eligible.
7. Two players on an organization's Advanced Class-A (A+) affilate's roster on August 15th can be assigned to the AFL..
8. Two additional players who were on the roster of a minor league affiliate below AA (A+, A, SS-A, R) on August 15th can be assigned to the AFL.
9. Internatiional players from the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and/or Australia are eligible only if the player is not on the reserve list of a Winter League club from the player's home country. Otherwise, there is no maximum limit on the number of international players an MLB organization can assign to its AFL team.
10. Players cannot be sent to the AFL to rehab from an injury. (A player rehabbing from an injury is supposed to be assigned to the MLB organization's Instructional League team, not to its AFL affiliate).
An AFL year to really look
An AFL year to really look forward to. For Cubs fans, it's usually the high point of the season. Looking forward to your takes on the various players again, AZ.
On a separate note, my opinion on Sveum is really changing a lot. Last night, it seemed like this team actually had a strategy at the plate, something that I usually only see other teams doing. Sveum is obviously teaching these guys to try to be more patient at the plate, and make the pitchers work. I've always liked that strategy. I remember noticing it in a big way one year when we played Toronto and the Blue Jays worked Kerry Wood so hard, making him throw strikes, and ever since then I've been a big fan of it. It worked really well with Rosenthal last night.
I think my previous impatience with Sveum and my criticism that he is not doing a good job with the core is that the results have been slow. But he clearly does have this belief that you have to make the pitchers throw your pitch. I think that is hard for some of the younger guys to master, so of course they struggle some. Castro, specifically.
Castillo, however, has, especially lately, gone in the opposite direction. He is learning how to hit like a real pro and is enjoyable to watch.
Rizzo last night gave himself up late in the game. I dunno if he did it on purpose and my sound was off so I couldn't hear JD, but everyone in the dugout high fived him, so it is clearly something that Sveum is emphasizing, this whole non-Cubs thing called situational hitting.
So, Castro will just have to keep taking his lumps until he gets it. He had a pretty terrible at bat yesterday late but he had a pretty decent July.
Junior Lake seems to be showing a little more patience at the plate than I expected, too.
Of course, Sveum does and will always do things that annoy, but all managers do. But last night's game really opened my eyes. I didn't count how many walks they got, but it was a lot. I like walks. They lead to good things.
Did Castro sac bunt the other
Did Castro sac bunt the other day? I was watching it online while at work and I swear that popped up on the screen. It's also possible that I hallucinated that because I was really tired.
yeah let's not get ahead of
yeah let's not get ahead of ourselves here. But hey, he's 23, I can be patient with the guy still.
Was curious the last time a
Was curious the last time a southpaw throwing fielder played catcher, 3b, SS, or 2B. Just looked it up . . . Anyone guess the year or player or position?
Here's the info:
a.sanchez is worth 1 more
a.sanchez is worth 1 more contract year and 3m more per year to the cubs every time e.jax takes the mound in comparison to "what could have been."
i like ejax, but his hit/miss performances are getting tiring.
as soon as he gets 2 strikes on anyone it's nothing but sliders...like clockwork...and they're all low or in the dirt. he's one of the few pitchers out there that when you get to a 2 strike count you're probably in better shape for knowing what's coming than any other time in the count...not counting guys like m.rivera, where you know what you're going to get and good luck hitting it.
welly poop delay!
welly poop delay!
awesome...not really.
m.rivera (NYY) blows 3 save
m.rivera (NYY) blows 3 save chances in a row...first time in his career.
Bryant promotion forthcoming
Bryant promotion forthcoming according to Wilken
rosscup AAA debut
rosscup AAA debut
1ip 0h 0bb 3k
olt 0-3
h.rondon comes in with 1 out.
h.rondon comes in with 1 out...
single, single, wild pitch, walk, sac fly, ground out...fun times.
rondon hasn't gone back to back outings without giving up a run since june 11th and 13th...13 appearances since then.
What is the deal with him? Is
What is the deal with him?
Is heHe's on the 40-man? With his 1.52 whip as a middle reliever??
Do we really have nothing better in the minors? Geesh...
he's around cuz he's a Rule5
he's around cuz he's a Rule5 pick...though i dunno how much good keeping is going to be if he keeps, consistently, doing this.
also, m.bowden is sucking lately...6er in his last 5 outings...only 1 out of 5 without giving up a run.
Zach Rosscup. Bring him up!!!
Zach Rosscup. Bring him up!!!
Chris [email protected]
Chris [email protected]
#DBacks sign IF Jake Fox, who was with the Somerset Patriots of the Atlantic League
Minor league deal I assume.
bryant 2-3, 1K (singles)
bryant 2-3, 1K (singles)...2nd error of the season in game 1
bryant 3-4, single/double/triple and 1bb DH'ing in game 2
if he's not out of boise tomorrow, it won't be too long after that. (.354/.416/.692/1.108 in 18 games...4hr, 8 doubles, 1 triple)
daytona actually not rained out...amazing.
last night cj edwards went 3.2ip 2h 4bb 8k, 4r/er
tonight c.black 5ip 5h 2bb 4k, 0r/er
"Multiple sources tell El
"Multiple sources tell El Nuevo Herald that first baseman Jose Dariel Abreu has defected from Cuba."
oh shi...
the big gun has finally defected.
he's gonna get mad paid.
From Baseball America:
From Baseball America:
Jose Abreu, 1b, Cuba
Abreu has put up cartoonish numbers in Serie Nacional. After hitting .394/.542/.837 with 35 home runs, 75 walks and 40 strikeouts in 71 games last year, Abreu is leading Cuba in OBP and slugging with a .382/.535/.735 line in 42 games this season. So how many MVP awards would Abreu win if he came to the big leagues? Well, not everyone is even convinced he'd be able to handle major league pitching.
Abreu, 26, has outstanding power to all fields. He's a smart hitter, his hands work well at the plate and he doesn't have much effort in his righthanded swing. When he gets a mistake, he makes pitchers pay. The question scouts have is whether he's more than just a mistake hitter. Abreu has picked up bad habits in Cuba, including an unorthodox setup with a double toe tap in his stride. He cuts himself off and has only fair bat speed, leaving him vulnerable to even average velocity inside. He can handle curveballs in the strike zone but he also showed he was susceptible to chasing hard breaking stuff away, swinging through several sliders at the tournament. With his marginal athleticism, scouts wonder whether the 6-foot-2, 258-pounder would be able to make adjustments against big league pitching, which is why some scouts aren't wild about him despite his performance record in Cuba and international competition.
i imagine TEX/BOS will be all
i imagine TEX/BOS will be all over him as top suitors...they both have need + a place to put him in 2015
But is he clean?
But is he clean?
Unquestionably you were right
Unquestionably you were right that Rosscup should have been promoted much earlier, at least based solely on his on-field results.
That said, now that your Rosscup goal has been satisfied, who is your next project? :)
no idea...as far as the cubs
no idea...as far as the cubs go, pretty much everyone from rookie ball all the way to AAA is under the microscope and noticed now more that ever.
hell, when people notice g.concepcion is actually back in action there's not much flying under anyone's radar.
when the garza trade went down i liked the rosscup throw-in...liked it more when i saw him pitch...liked it even more when AZPhil was commenting on velocity uptick...
"Rosscup should have been
"Rosscup should have been promoted much earlier"
Rosscup's BB/9 at Tennessee was 3.9. That's high for a reliever.
Russell is 2.4 majors, 2.7 minors.
Beliveau was 3.7 last year at Iowa. They promoted him, then waived him.
i don't know the "official
i don't know the "official line" for why rosscup has been held back this year. in years past it's been bad-timing injuries holding him back.
the biggest issue i see with his game is that he likes to work high in the zone. there's not a lot of teams that like this. when he "misses" in the zone he tends to miss in the sweet part of the zone. that said, AA hitters haven't been able to do much with it when he misses in the zone, but it may be an issue of how it scales up to better talent.
especially with a non-loogy lefty type, it's preferred that they work lower in the zone. also, there's the whole "not exactly a precise control pitcher" thing...it's not like he's wild, but he's got rather average control.
After posting a 1.85 ERA in 21 Double-A starts, Hendricks impressed in his Triple-A debut last week by tossing seven innings of one-run ball. An eighth-round pick out of Dartmouth in 2011, Hendricks was acquired from Texas last summer as part of the Cubs' haul for Ryan Dempster. While the 23-year-old righty lacks big stuff, he's an extreme strike thrower and commands a deep arsenal that includes four- and two-seam fastballs, a cutter, slider, curve, and change. He keeps hitters off balance by varying his fastball velocity, often throwing it anywhere between 86-94 mph and sitting around 88-90. His stuff doesn't have plus movement, but the command and deception––particularly with his slow mid-70s changeup––give him a chance for success. Hendricks likely isn't more than a no. 4 or 5 starter––and that's probably his ceiling––but the pitchability should enable a big-league future. –Jason Cole
Video (2012): https://vimeo.com/43220029
Here is another Ivy Leaguer,
Here is another Ivy Leaguer, that had a nice career with not much "plus movement". Had very good command, as well:
Nice video- He looks like a
Nice video- He looks like a good ol' fashioned junk baller. The fastball has some nice sink, but I agree with the writer here that the changeup is his best weapon (the one he throws at 1:14 is just brutal). The curveball, meh... not sure he'll fool many big leaguers with that.
fun stuff...all homegrown
fun stuff...all homegrown team
what current roster would look like if you couldn't make trades or sign FA's, just draft and develop talent. Predictably, the Cubs would be bad.
SP: Cashner, Garland, Lohse, Nolasco, Samardzija,
RP: Alburquerque, Blevins, Downs, Hill, Marmol, Marshall, Russell
C: J. Molina, Soto (think you go with Castillo here, but whatever, it's for fun)
INF: Barney, Castro, Cedeno, Donaldson, HJ Lee (?), Vitters
OF: Campana, Colvin, Fuld, Jackson, Lake
think you swap Lee with LeMahieu there
Ugh. That outfield.
Ugh. That outfield.
CPat still beats out most of
CPat still beats out most of that OF
Y. Darvish no hitter alert
Y. Darvish no hitter alert through 6
12 K on 87 pitches as well
vs. Astros, so probably deserves an asterisk
Pierzynski was ejected
Pierzynski was ejected (undeservedly) just after the first and only BB so far. Soto is catching. Darvish would be the first sole pitcher to throw a no-hitter to two catchers since Holtzman.
96 pitches through 7.
here's the call that AJ wasn't thrilled about...
14 K's though 7.1 for Darvish, 103 pitches
and HR to the next batter...
and HR on pitch #104
happy to wield my powers for
happy to wield my powers for evil...
prefer folks don't touch Kerry's co-record and any no-hitters should be asterisked against the Astros. Also, dude in front of me in fantasy ball has Darvish and gets a bonus for no-hitters or perfect games...can't have that.
Surely you don't also mean
Surely you don't also mean the Carlos Zambrano no-no. Nothing questionable about that one.
meant any this year (or the
meant any this year (or the last 2 years really)...although that Z no-no was kind of bullshit too with making the Astros play a home game 90 miles from Chicago.
through 7, 13 K...96 pitches
through 7, 13 K...96 pitches
Kris Bryant to Daytona for
Kris Bryant to Daytona for the stretch run and possible playoffs.
poor adam rosales...back to
poor adam rosales...back to the rangers...
A's DFA him, rangers claim him, rangers DFA him, A's claim him, A's DFA him, rangers claim him.
all of this over the past 13 days.
Like a shitty ex that doesn't
Like a shitty ex that doesn't want him but doesn't want anyone else to have him either.
bryant isn't in the lineup
bryant isn't in the lineup tonight for daytona (not surprising)
also, daytona isn't rained out (surprising)
vitters @3rd for iowa...olt DH'ing.
welly HBP, shoulder...3 times
welly HBP, shoulder...3 times in 3 games in 3 days.
multiple twitter reports say
multiple twitter reports say international signing official (Miles, Mooney, Muskat, Gonzalez)...
Cubs add more international talent in singing of Taiwanese RHP Jen-Ho Tseng. Tseng signs for $1.625 million bonus.
Ben Badler/BA article on Tseng...
Bats: L, Throws: R
Scouting Grades (present/future): Fastball: 5/6 | Slider: 4/4 | Curve: 4/6 | Control: 3/4 (2-8 are scouting scales, btw...5 = average)
The wide-bodied teenager is a known commodity in the international baseball world and has expressed a desire to sign with a Major League organization. At 18, Tseng was the youngest player named to the Chinese Taipei World Baseball Classic roster.
Tseng was also part of the 2012 World Junior Championship and played in the 2012 Asian Baseball Championship for the national team for Chinese Taipei, so he is comfortable on a big stage. He's known for his upright, quick delivery and a fastball that has reached 95 mph.
Tseng also has a feel for his secondary pitches, primarily his curveball and slider, and is confident on the mound. The right-hander works comfortably with a fastball in the low-90s, but scouts would like to see him challenge more hitters with the pitch. Scouts like his maturity, aggressiveness, and his poise. He has a large frame which bodes well for his durability.
Tommy Birch tweet:
Tommy Birch tweet:
Ian Stewart released by the Dodgers today. Was hitting just .174 with the Albuquerque Isotopes.
Way to show 'em, Ian.
Way to show 'em, Ian.
Must've tweeted about how he
Must've tweeted about how he was rotting away with such awesome numbers.
Vitters and Olt have solo HR
Vitters and Olt have solo HR's, I-Cubs up 2-1 in the 5th
extremely fast moving and
extremely fast moving and boring game...cubs down 2-0 going to the top 9th...2 hours, 12 minutes into the game.
grimm 5.1ip 4h 4bb 6k, 1 r/er
grimm 5.1ip 4h 4bb 6k, 1 r/er
rosscup 0.2ip 1h 2bb 2k, 0 r/er (b.schlitter got the last out on a groundout w/ bases loaded)
vitters 1-2 (HR), 1bb
olt 1-3 (HR)
more minor stuffs
more minor stuffs
Tennessee DH, including Jokisch back on the mound, goes 6.1 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Baez 3/8 with a HR, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 K, nice defensive play
C. Villanueva with a HR...2/6 on the day
Pinyero: 6 IP, 8 H, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 ER and Daytona wins again
Olt and Vitters HR'd as mentioned...Olt still with a pathetic 143/211/343 slash line since joining Iowa though
Bogusevic rehabbing in Arizona
2-for-4 nights for Vogelbach and Candelario in Kane County
Vogel-bomb being promoted to
Vogel-bomb being promoted to Daytona as well
That's some serious power
That's some serious power heading to Daytona. Damn.
in LAD land...ryu straight up
in LAD land...ryu straight up slapped j.uribe in the dodgers dugout for some reason...uribe looked pissed as hell and ryu just walked away.
...no idea wtf is up with that. they generally/supposedly get along. it didn't escalate...maybe that's just how they do things.
...another vidjah
...and happier times
Arguing over who gets tops.
Arguing over who gets tops.
In the "Can you say another
In the "Can you say another Tim Wilken Bust?" Department:
Brett Jackson at 98 k's, in 268 ABs in 2013. With a .213/.298/.328/.626 slash.
Last 10 games he is hitting .172
It is no wonder that the minor league clubs were bereft of prospects with picks like this in first round during the Hendry era.
Hayden Simpson, Tyler Colvin, Josh Vitters, Mark Pawelek, Ryan Flaherty, Ryan Harvey.
That's a lot of misses.
I hope Javy Baez can make up for some of this.
E-Man: a little confusing to
E-Man: a little confusing to begin a comment with the Tim Wilken Bust Department and then throw in Pawelek and Harvey.
I don't think Vitters is a miss at age 23, nor am I convinced that he will be, although the Cubs are certainly not saving a space for him. I do expect him to be up in September.
His AAA numbers (1+ seasons): .302/.361/.512(.873)
ESPN on the Cubs trying to
ESPN on the Cubs trying to find space for everyone.
I think Vitters' problem is going to be that he is not the kind of hitter that management values, and his glove will not carry him to the majors.
"Vitters' problem," etc.
"Vitters' problem," etc.
Never mind Vitters' problem. The Cubs' problem is to inflate his value before the time is right to trade him. Fortunately, they have September of this season and all of next season to let Vitters build a case for himself, just as Junior Lake has been doing lately.
Players in this organization don't generally skip AAA, so the young position players we see a lot of next season (apart from Castro, Barney and Castillo) will likely be Lake, Vitters, Olt and Jackson.
Vitters can't compete with Olt or Villanueva as a 3B, but other teams may have lower defensive standards, and the Cubs may want to package Vitters as a third baseman. I notice he played third base last night for Iowa, while Olt DH'ed.
VA PHIL: I stand corrected.
VA PHIL: I stand corrected. Tim Wilken started under Hendry 2006. Here are Wilken's picks that year, including Colvin at 1, Samardjia at 2 :http://www.baseball-reference.com/draft/?team_ID=C.... 2007 includes Vitters, Donaldson, Jeff Russell. 2008, Cashner and Tony Campana, Ryan Flaherty - out of 50 Cubs picks, this is the prospect "haul". 2009: Brett Jackson (#1, 31st pick),DJ Lamehieu, Chris Rusin, Brooks Raley - DJ is useful (would prefer him over Barney - another Wilken pick) and Rusin could be a keeper. Raley is a TBA - 2010 is the "Hayden Simpson Class" chosen #16 overall. Other highlights: Matt Ceasar, Austin Reed, Erik Jokisch,Reggie Golden, Dustin Geiger. At least there is some progress here it would seem.
If you were to compare this "bounty" to the teams that know what they are doing - during the same period - this is an abysmal track record of ineptitude.
It would appear as if the ship is at least moving in the right direction according to the scouts/competing GMs.
PHIL: I remember you stating
PHIL: I remember you stating that Vitters is not suited well for 3B. I also am seeing that the bona fide prospects are more and more starting to hit their parent club's big show team's younger and younger.
Vitters was drafted young, and he eventually hits at every level - once he gets going.
However, apparently he has not had the coaching he needed/needs yet to enable him to start showing the promise showed in high school, that made him a #3 overall pick. He will be 24 in two weeks.
Again, compared to other guys who have already busted out at the level he was picked at, Wilken made his "gut feeling" pick taking a high-schooler #3, when Matt Weiters, Justin Hayward, and promising pitchers were picked after him (Madison Bumgarner, Jerrod Parker, Ross Detwiler, Rick Porcello, to name some). Just plain screwed up. Of course, Josh Donaldson was picked in the same round - so Wilken gets a prop for him. Of course we needed Rich Harden...
So, I hope he becomes a very good Major League hitter. I hope he stops getting injured as well. I hope hope he forces the Cubs to keep him. That would be awesome!
But there are other prospects coming along this year, and for sure next - as well as trades that are sure to happen - making it a long shot he will continue to stick with this management, imho.
PHIL: The DL thing is huge,
PHIL: The DL thing is huge, as you note.
In seeing Joey Votto in person last night, I saw the big differences with he and Rizzo. Rizzo's swing is slower - loopy almost. It seems as if he would be overmatched right now with pitchers that can bring the heat - like Mat Latos. for example.
But the fact is that since DLee and A-Ram have been gone, there has not been a player on the team that the other team needs to pitch around every time up.
I hope they get a couple with some of these prospects. Vogelbach, Vitters, Geiger, Lopez, Soler, Bryant: one of these guys could do it. TWO would be better.
Maybe Rizzo will really pummel it next year. We'll have to see.
It certainly was funny to think that Ryan Ludwick is still playing baseball with a championship caliber team.
I don't think Rizzo's problem
I don't think Rizzo's problem is his swing - it's his lack of swinging. He guesses too much, or something. There are too many times his bat doesn't move at all. A little too much Hee Seop Choi and not enough Starlin Castro in that dude's makeup. By that I mean, take a few more swings up there. Quit guessing. He looks like he has a slower swing than he does but it really reminds me almost exactly of Josh Hamilton's. I don't think it's a loopy swing at all. Another thing about Rizzo that you kind of alluded to - he doesn't exactly have anyone on either side of him most of the time that strikes fear in anyone. He's not really striking a lot of fear either - if he was they'd just pitch around him relentlessly. This is a really good year for him to go through the typical sophomore stuff. I really see this guy breaking out at any time. But it's good to know there's a Vogelbomb waiting in case he doesn't.
I think of Josh Hamilton a
I think of Josh Hamilton a lot too when he swings.
I'm still confident that better things are to come with Rizzo. He's hit into a lot of bad luck this year, but I agree with you that his discipline will have to develop in the sense of learning when to attack the pitch and when to sit back and take.
And Hamilton wasn't even in
And Hamilton wasn't even in the majors at Rizzo's age. I assume he was at the bottom of a stairwell with a needle in his arm, so I guess that's not a fair comp, but hundreds of players weren't in the league at Castro's age. Overall this team is a classic rebuilding team. I don't see much whining here because the regulars here know their shit, but man, the occasional glance at comments on other sites is downright painful. They just can't understand why this team isn't better.
I was critical of Sveum earlier in the year, more along the lines of I don't know if he's the right guy to help get this young core in the right direction. Oh, look, the Cubs are now 2nd in the league after the all star break in walks, 4th in the majors.
Good thing Theo has stopped taking my advice.
I like walks, and I can live with Rizzo's current approach. I'd rather he did what he does than go fishing all the time.
I wouldn't change his
I wouldn't change his approach at all on strikes 0 and 1. But I get really frustrated when he keeps striking out looking at a close pitch that ends up being strike 3. I think he just needs to refine his approach with two strikes, which may mean taking something out of his swing to better protect the zone.
hamilton was 24 in 2004, so
hamilton was 24 in 2005, so yeah, he was doing lines and drinking, mostly drinking.
"In another couple of years
"In another couple of years (maybe even sooner) the Cubs are going to be literally over-loaded with MLB-ready position-player prospects."
Or, as is the case with most teams most of the time, most of those prospects won't pan out and the Cubs will have a few MLB-ready position player prospects. Which is a few more than they have had in 2 decades, so this is a great thing, but we have to contain our optimism a bit.
I take your meaning, but I
I take your meaning, but I interpret this remark differently. Obviously, the chances that all of these prospects succeed and have long, productive MLB careers is very low. However, all of the following guys are going to get a shot at MLB, barring career ending injuries or performance implosions:
3B - Vitters, Olt, Villanueva
Middle INF - Baez, Alcantara, Watkins
OF - Lake, Jackson, Soler, Almora, Szczur
And many of them will be competing with each other for playing time at the same time while some established MLB players rule out non-phenoms (everyone but Baez?) getting a shot at their positions.
That's not a logjam of productive players necessarily, but it's a logjam of prospects and a limited amount of playing time to spread around. And as Phil points out, the best way to deal with that in some cases is going to be to stick with the guy you believe in most and trade away the other for a position of need (Catcher, Pitching) as best you can.
the best way to deal with it
the best way to deal with it is let them compete and use their minor league options...it'll figure itself out without much interference from the front office. Injuries, lack of performance, age, etc...how many teams can you think of that had a real problem with too many prospects at the same position and then made the wrong choice?
The wrong choice scenario
The wrong choice scenario really comes up for the other team during a trade. If they get a Gary Scott instead of an Aramis Ramirez while giving the Cubs a starting pitcher in a trade, their GM ends up on the fan's shit list. If they end up getting a prospect that pans out, unless it's Miguel Cabrera, nobody is going to slam the Cubs for that, assuming the veteran they get in a trade is good. So although there is never a logjam, there can be a basket of prospects that a team might consider sort of untouchable. The Cubs will be lucky to have that problem. They never have since I've been a fan.
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#IowaCubs manager Marty Pevey said that Josh Vitters reinjured his hamstring during last night's game. May need to go back to DL.
THIS is what I was talking
THIS is what I was talking about (and AZ PHIL concurred) with Vitters.
He is turning into the position player's Angel Guzman. And he is only 24 this month.
Makes me wonder whether it's
Makes me wonder whether it's just been a rough year to be Josh Vitters or if he's got some Rocco Baldelli going on.
how low can you go...
how low can you go...
Josh Johnson to disabled list...free agent to-be...next buy low target for TheJedi?
That would be an attractive
That would be an attractive gamble.
k.bryant didn't play game 1
k.bryant didn't play game 1 in daytona...they only play 7 innings for double headers, btw
vogel - 2/3, 1HR (DH)
p.johnson - 5ip 4h 3bb 7k, 0 r/er
bryant 3rd, vogel 1st...game
bryant 3rd, vogel 1st...game 2.
And Bryant HRs in the 4th,
And Bryant HRs in the 4th, Daytona down 2-1
bryant 1-3, HR vogel 0-3
bryant 1-3, HR
vogel 0-3
sureholds game tieing 2r HR,
sureholds game tieing 2r HR, bottom 2nd
And I'm done with Samardizja.
And I'm done with Samardizja.
navarro solo shot...swank.
navarro solo shot...swank.
d.murphy HR! tie game!
d.murphy HR! tie game!
This AB was just what I am
This Rizzo AB was just what I am wondering about: RISP, 5 straight breaking pitches, K's swinging. He certainly is getting exploited guessing on pitches. And his loopy swing.
Rizzo had no clue that entire
Rizzo had no clue that entire AB. Takes two hittable strikes, then waves at a breaking ball. As he plummets towards the .220s, the timing and length of his contract extension is looking sillier and sillier. If his average continues to plummet, I wonder if they will sit him to avoid the embarrassment of hitting in the .220s (or below).
And, he followed Sori Lake, who was the only person in the ballpark surprised that they threw him a breaking pitch with 2 strikes. Strike 2 and strike 3 were the same pitch, and the same pitiful swing. It's as if Sori never left.
Terrible approaches by both batters -- and, I never had a sense that either one would put the ball in play. Yuck.
Pirates vs. Cardinals game is
Pirates vs. Cardinals game is pretty awesome...Cards come back with 1 in 9th after Marte Brant Brown's a ball and then the Clutch Craig naturally brings in the tying run with 2 outs.
To extras...
PS - Allen Craig at the moment is in the midst of the greatest clutch hitting season of all-time; http://www.grantland.com/blog/the-triangle/post/_/id/70278/the-nl-centra...
bases loaded with 1 out in
bases loaded with 1 out in bottom of 10th and Mazzaro K's Kozma and Descalso flies out...fun stuff.
bottom of 11th, 1st and 3rd
bottom of 11th, 1st and 3rd with 1 out, 5 infielders and the infield in, Pirates turn a 6-9-3 double play
you can't make this shit up
Now the pirates get in on the
Now the pirates get in on the act with bases loaded nobody out and can't score.
And it just got weirder with
And it just got weirder with Pirates intentionally walking Beltran and Craig with two out and a man in 2nd LOADING the bases for the pitcher ....
And it worked. On to the 14th. One million runners stranded in this game and counting.
that's maness!
that's maness!
seemed smart, not weird...I
seemed smart, not weird...I don't feel like counting, but I presume Cards are out of pinch-hitters? looks like they should have some pitchers left...
Yes the Cards have been out
Yes the Cards have been out of position players for a few innings. It was gutsy ... You are still taking a player on second and pushing him to 3rd. I know they didn't want to face Craig but most teams would have probably pitched to Beltran. My point wasn't that in context the play was weird - but rather that it was another VERY rare play in a pretty exceptional contest.
That inning was an
That inning was an embarrassment. Dale: are you shitting me having a position player bunt with two strikes a man on first and nobody out? For real? Gotta be a statistical disaster strategically? And frickin' Rizzo is lost. I think he'll be fine but damn is he sucking some ass right now.
I assume that was meant as a
I assume that was meant as a message to Lake. Unfortunately, it backfired -- it looked like Lake ran down the runway to the clubhouse in shame after that disaster....
that was crap timing to send
that was crap timing to send any kind of message...it was quite odd.
i kinda hope lake missed or mixed up a single rather than someone actually wanting him to do that.
Yeah - just bizarre. And he
Yeah - just bizarre. And he showed bunt immediately. Totally dumbass by someone. I hope it was s missed sign. Really weird.
Good call crunch. Lake was
Good call crunch. Lake was showing his baseball IQ and bunting on his own:
"Well, yeah, it goes unsaid," Sveum said when asked about the need for Lake to show a better approach. "He's not supposed to be bunting there with two strikes, either."
This is all Keith Law's fault
This is all Keith Law's fault somehow.
I maintain that Keith Law is
I maintain that Keith Law is pompous and prone to hyperbole when it comes to Lake AND that I actually don't like Lake's game. Relationship Status = 'It's Complicated"
trip around the minors
trip around the minors
K. Hendricks 5 IP, 4 ER, 8 H, 3 BB, 7 K and the loss againt T. Milone
Vitter 1/3 with a K
Olt 1/4 with 2 K
A. Cabrera 2 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 BB, 3 K
E. Figueroa 5 IP, 0 ER, 6 H, 1 BB, 1 K and the win
Baez 1/3, 1 BB, 1 K
Alcantara 1/4, 1 R, 1 K
Villanueva 2/3, 1 R, 1 2B
Vogelbach 2/6 with a HR over the doubleheader (Daytona split the DH btw)
Bryant 1/3 with a HR and a K
P. Johnson 5.2 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 7 K and the win
A. Rivera 1.1 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 0 ER and the save
Underwood: 3 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
Blackburn: 3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
Boise has put up 12 runs so far, Balaguert with the biggest night including a HR
Two more quality ABs from
Two more quality ABs from Lake and Rizzo in the 10th. Dusty must be laughing in the dugout, ever so thankful he's no longer a part of this crapfest.
I hope Dale has a bottle of scotch stashed somewhere.
But, not to worry -- I'm sure Baez, Bryant and Soler will be much better than Castro, Rizzo and Lake....
They have a hell of a lot
They have a hell of a lot more going for them than those three. Cubs' future will be fine. But yeah that inning sucked.
I understand Castro isn't
I understand Castro isn't having a spectacular year (though it largely was a bad June). But his hit production by the age of 23 ranks up there with some all time greats....hard to say that Alcantara (who is just starting to put it all together) or Soler (who has had 1/2 year of high-A ball) have a lot more going for them than Castro.
e.sanchez gets to suck
e.sanchez gets to suck tonight...2 runs in, 0 outs...awesome.
well once the Cubs lose this,
well once the Cubs lose this, they'll be tied with Brewers for the 4th spot and own the tiebreaker. #silverlining
I'm fine with that. I'd like
I'm fine with that. I'd like another top 5 pick!
Also - boy did the cards just blow an opportunity ... Bases loaded 1 out in bottom of 10th.
Now Cards with 1st and 3rd
Now Cards with 1st and 3rd and one out in 11th and couldn't score. RF just covered 2nd on a double play!
Theo explains the international spending spree (liked this class of players, can spread it around next year on smaller signings, mostly pitching, knew they were going over and got money just to lighten the tax)
Gordy claims Cubs put in bids for Ryu and Darvish, but were blown away by bigger spenders and infers it's all Ricketts fault. Could be the case, could be TheJedi didn't want to spend that much on the players either.
ROB - sorry to inject here,
ROB - sorry to inject here, but I have a timely question on the TCR FBB league page and i notice you're around.
-edit- thanks for the reply on the TCR FBB page.
Wittenmeyer/Sun-Times tidbits
Wittenmeyer/Sun-Times tidbits...
Outfielder Jorge Soler, one of the top prospects in the system, likely will miss the rest of the Class A season after an exam on his fractured tibia showed he's not ready to have his walking boot removed. Team president Theo Epstein said the Arizona Fall League is still a possibility
for Soler.
Epstein said one of the ways the team plans to address a catching deficit in the farm system is by targeting three players for position changes during the instructional league.
The front office plans to discuss this week when to slot Class AAA right-hander Jake Arrieta into the rotation for the rest of the season, likely during the next time through.
Old Dog, new trick? Out of
another one of those lists...
No one is mentioning any if
No one is mentioning any of our 2013 international signings in these lists. Curious why?
I'm guessing Torres and Jimenez would be in there?
Hard to rank a 16 year old
Hard to rank a 16 year old who has never played any professional game though...unless a kid really dominates or has extremely rare talent (i.e., not just the top player, but one of the best they have seen), I don't think it is common for many lists to include a player before they are at least in rookie ball. Much too difficult to determine whether the prospect's stats in the DSL/VSL will be repeated.
even with the down season m
even with the down season m.olt #9 is a joke...i doubt he'll fall further than 4-5 on most people's lists.
it's kinda important to factor in not only his past with the bat, but also the fact he can actually stick at 3rd without a questionmark on his play there...which is getting more rare these days with a lot of 3rd prospects.
Bruce Levine's take on Soler.
Bruce Levine's take on Soler. Shooting for AZ Fall league Oct 8th.
AZ Phil, can you speculate on
AZ Phil, care to speculate on the 3 position players the Cubs management has "targeted" to try converting to catchers in the AZ Instructs this fall?
The criteria for this? Decent hit tool, good throwing arm. I've seen catchers converted to 3B (Josh Donaldson, Ron Santo) but is there a track record for third basemen or other infielders moving behind the plate with success? Maybe someone with a RF arm could convert? Any chance Rock Shoulders has the throwing arm for this? Sorry for all the questions but I just don't have a good handle, nor precedent for success here.
from Carrie Muskat:
The Cubs are lacking impact players at the catching position in the Minor Leagues. Epstein said they have talked about converting a few kids to catcher, and have targeted three players. That will begin this fall during instructional league.
2013 11th round pick Jordan
2013 11th round pick Jordan Hankins was announced as a catcher on draft day but has yet to catch as a pro. He is possibly one. But I thought he caught some in college already.
Roney Alcala, who hit .353 in
Roney Alcala, who hit .353 in the VSL (which has completed its season) as mainly a 3B (I believe), started at catcher last night in the DSL.
Early this season, Stephen
Early this season, Stephen Bruno was reported as willing to begin the conversion to catcher. (Subsequent to that report, Bruno underwent Tommy John surgery.)
If I were a third baseman in
If I were a third baseman in the system not named Bryant, Olt or Villanueva, I'd be raising my hand right now.
Hey AZ Phil, just wanted to
Hey AZ Phil, just wanted to ask about some guys you might have seen in the AZL. Mostly about the pitchers, as the offense on the AZL Cubs isn't particularly impressive. What are your thoughts on the recent draftees that are still in AZ (Clifton, Ihrig, Renner, Graham, Hermans and Garner)? How much of the other, more highly drafted guys did you see? Also, I'm curious about a handful of the other pitchers, namely Orbandy (who has a pretty wild story of getting to the Cubs), Villalba, Villegas, Santana, Torres, and Carlos Rodriguez? Some of those guys seem ready to move up, but do you think the Cubs are letting them get acclimated to USA in a more controlled environment?
I know that there are a lot of questions there, but I'm a fan and I really enjoy reading your scouting reports on these guys.
Thanks for any insight!!
@IowaCubs roster moves:Luis
@IowaCubs roster moves:Luis Flores activated from DL,Chad Noble assigned @smokiesbaseball & Jeff Antigua promoted to Iowa
per Mark Gonzales/Tribune: Cubs third round pick Jacob Hannemann slight tear in right non-throwing elbow. rehab and rest prescribed. no surgery.
Today's lineup (Castro gets day off): DeJesus CF, McDonald LF, Rizzo 1B, Castillo C, Schierholtz RF, Murphy SS, Watkins 2B, Ransom 3B, Rusin P
"per Mark Gonzales/Tribune:
"per Mark Gonzales/Tribune: Cubs third round pick Jacob Hannemann slight tear in right non-throwing elbow. rehab and rest prescribed. no surgery."
Damn. Not the throwing elbow but still scary news.
Wow...McDonald, Murphy,
Wow...McDonald, Murphy, Watkins and Ransom in the same lineup, with Welly batting cleanup Got to be one of the worst of the Ricketts era, wich is saying something.
Arrieta to start Friday
Arrieta to start Friday against the Cards. Villanueva heads to the pen.
I think Rizzo needs to sit
I think Rizzo needs to sit for a few days -- in his last 10 games, he's 6-for-40 (.150) with 2 XBH. In the few ABs I have been able to stomach, he hasn't had one good, authoritative swing -- tentative and lost.
olt 0-4 (no Ks)
olt 0-4 (no Ks)
coleman started 5ip 1h 0bb 5k, 0 r/er
rosscup 1ip 0h 0bb 2k (2.2ip 1h 2bb 7k)
Rosscup for president!
Rosscup for president!
Bryant another solo HR for
Bryant another solo HR for Daytona
soriano hits his 6th HR as a
soriano hits his 6th HR as a yankee in 64ab...while sporting a .250 ob%
this one was a grand slam.
15 hits, 1 double, 6 HR...2bb, 21K..18 RBI
make that 7 HRs...and his 2nd
make that 7 HRs...and his 2nd double. 3-3 night so far.
7 RBI all off Weaver. When is
7 RBI all off Weaver. When is the last time a batter had 7 RBI off the same pitcher I wonder?
Javier Baez is 2-3, thru 4
Javier Baez is 2-3, thru 4 innings... 2 doubles, 3 rbi, 1 run.
Villaneueva/Andreoli also with doubles. 5-1 Smokies, Rhee pitching.
Rhee? Whee!
Rhee? Whee!
Garza just gave up a 3 run HR
Garza just gave up a 3 run HR to Brewers Francisco. 4-2, Brew Crew top 4th.
L. Hawkins everybody...
didn't seem that mysterious..
didn't seem that mysterious...he had one pitch, a straight mid 90's fastball that he had to locate.
PS - He got nailed in the nuts with a comebacker the batter before, might explain the expression :)
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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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Excellent Instuctor! Very informational class. Met my reasons for taking the class.
I consider this an excellent introduction to Six Sigma. The topics are really fascinating to me and I just look forward to get more knowledge in the next course and pursue the Six Sigma certification.
I found this on-line course to be well laid out, and the materials supplied second to none. Instruction from Tony was both informative and in depth.
Mr. Swaim, I really enjoyed the course, and really appreciate all of the information found through supplementary Info. links. Looking forward to Six Sigma: Quality Management Applications.
Mr.Tony Swaim obviously enjoys his work and is passionate on sharing it with others. From the class lessons and test questions he is gifted in writing and communicating, having the ability to share his skills with others. His prompt interaction to questions along with discussions with others made the class seem friendly.
Thank you so much for a great course! I really enjoyed the course and found the material provided very useful and applicable to job situations. The supplementary materials are awesome.
Thank you Tony for all your hard work. Since taking this course, I am seriously thinking of going for my Green Belt or CQM. This will definitely help from a knowledge perspective in my current position and I hope to really use it in the next position I get. Thanks!
The course was a very good introduction to the concepts and history of quality management. I look forward to taking the next course where we really get to the "nuts and bolts" of ISO and lean management. Tony's lessons were clear and concise.
This course reaffirmed basic knowledge of quality systems. Thank you Tony for your instructional guidance. I will recommend this course to others.
Tony, awesome course! My company may want to include this course in their training program.


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Description: Maclaren's Triumph Scarlet stroller is the all purpose go fast stroller. Appropriate for babies 6 months and older, the Triumph is a lightweight stroller combining great new styling and comfort with the flexibility of a multi-position reclining seat. A simple single hand strap makes it easy to adjust the seat in multiple positions. The padded seat, when reclined, allows babies or toddlers to rest. Extra features include a long hood for extra coverage, round for compact fold, and easy-on, easy off.
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- Five-point safety harness for maximum security
- Multiple position recline with adjusting strap
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- One-handed, compact umbrella fold
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