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The 6 Most Spectacular Low Points of Modern Pop Culture
#3. Pro Wrestling -- The Shockmaster, 1993
The Shockmaster's debut on WCW Wrestling was a miracle of unintentional hilarity. Let's take a look at everything that happened to get us there.
The Circumstances A participant in an eight-man tag match had to pull out and WCW needed a replacement. Most everyone who would qualify for such a main event was either involved in their own matches or being hunted for their tusks, so they decided to create something new. Something ... amazing.
The Concept I honestly have no idea how anyone will know when a pro wrestling gimmick is going to work. The Undertaker has been a zombie controlled by a fat man and a magical urn for two decades. They've had sorcerers, chicken men, every version of the mentally handicapped and RoboCop.
So when you're a pro wrestling writer coming up with a last-minute replacement, an overweight space barbarian who can control electricity (maybe?) is an absolutely reasonable thing to suggest.
The Costume The Shockmaster looks like something you'd see on the floor of a college comedy to illustrate how outrageously everyone partied last night. His costume was jeans, cowboy boots, most of a sleeping bag, no shirt and a stormtrooper helmet. And the helmet wasn't kind of like a stormtrooper's. It was exactly a Star Wars hat covered in glitter that in no way helped disguise one of the most recognizable pop culture objects a person can put his or her head into. If you saw him at a Halloween party, you'd say, "Ugh, I hate these joke costumes. What are you, a dildo store-trooper? Darth Vader's blowjob coach? Powerbottom Bear Kenobi? Jedi Master Tellin Dadai M'Gay? Oh, wait. Oh no. What kind of sexual war crimes did those clone soldiers commit on Endor to cause a monstrosity like you to be born?"
The Entrance The Shockmaster was supposed to enter through a wall, like the Kool-Aid Man, but it didn't quite work out.
His helmet fell off to reveal that this was just the wrestler Tugboat on laundry day. Now, falling onto his head and humiliating himself in front of everyone could have been a simple, honest disaster. In fact, it's probably happened to every poor kid who has ever put on a Star Wars costume. However, Dusty Rhodes, the man who conceived the Shockmaster, suspects that David Crockett had a 2-by-4 nailed to the set to specifically sabotage what he felt to be a stupid idea. We may never know if it's true, but if it is, add it to the sequence of unlikely occurrences that had to take place in order to create this legendary moment.
The Reaction It's a pretty hard rule that pro wrestlers never break character during a show, but this was so ridiculous that everyone forgot where the hell they were. Two of them started uncontrollably giggling, and Booker T audibly asked, "Who is this motherfucker?" To add to it all, the Shockmaster had to be voiced by a man backstage, Ole Anderson, who was not prepared for any of this. Who could be? This was a situation where Batman would have looked down at his belt and shrugged. Ole growled absolute blithering nonsense into the microphone while trying not to laugh, and the Shockmaster gesticulated to each word two seconds after it was said. If the Shockmaster rode out on a spout of diarrhea screaming that everyone backstage were werewolves, it would have been easier to incorporate into the narrative. He shocked the world because he was none other than THE SHOCKMASTER:
#2. Music -- Milli Vanilli
Writing about music is needlessly contentious because you and I both know that the other's favorite bands are for poseurs and assholes. Still, I think we can all agree that at any given moment, most of pop music is made up of talentless hacks being presented to us by cabals of media analysts. The late '80s and early '90s era when Milli Vanilli was formed was the sweet spot for that kind of style over substance. Bands were assembled and costumes were designed before the group's manager had even purchased their first hit from a third-party songwriter.
Style isn't necessarily worse than substance -- it's only different. For instance, "Ice, Ice Baby" is fantastic, but probably would have been a disaster as a Bob Dylan song. Milli Vanilli was literally all style and no substance, and it went over really well. There was something appealing about nice music being silently screamed by two German men in spandex and suit jackets. Milli Vanilli gave us all a glimpse of what elderly gay people dream about when they go to bed filled with too much dairy. Still, aside from everything about them, there was something ... strange ... about Milli Vanilli. For one, they sang in perfect English, but they spoke like two racist Chinese dishwashers doing impersonations of how white people order moo goo gai pan.
Milli Vanilli was also put together by Frank Farian, the man who produced Boney M, a completely different group of silent but stylish black people who danced in front of someone else's music. If Milli Vanilli happened today, they would be caught by the third comment on their first YouTube video. However, two decades ago, it was the kind of scheme that seemed doable. They got away with it long enough to win a Grammy and somehow even kept it going after the real singer, Charles Shaw, told reporters the truth. To solve that, Farian gave Shaw $150,000 in hush money, and suddenly he had no idea what those reporters were talking about. In 1990, that was totally an option. In this age of recorded everything, you'd have to be a conservative politician to try something that retarded.
When the scandal was finally revealed, Girl You Know It's True was taken out of print and refunds were given to any betrayed fan who wanted one by order of the United States government. Yet through the entire spectacle, there was never a more incredible moment than in 1989, when Milli Vanilli performed in Bristol, Connecticut. This was a band desperate to hide the fact that they were lip synching, and in front of 80,000 people, the track skipped during the titular line of their album's titular song. "Girl you know it's! Girl you know it's! Girl you know it's!" It was such a perfect moment that it could only have happened right after God said, "Jimi Hendrix and John Bonham -- stop nunchuck fighting! Get over here and check out what I'm about to do!"
Milli Vanilli's reaction was an instant classic. Fab started doing the running man to the skip, pretending it was intentional. He'd probably still be there to this day if they hadn't fixed it. Rob went a different way. He looked wide-eyed in every direction, then casually panicked into a full sprint off the stage. How could two men who had been anticipating this exact moment for the entirety of their careers react to it in such completely different, yet equally terrible ways? If they had simply shrugged, people would have assumed that the music was prerecorded because it's hard to sing and ram dick baskets together at the same time. We expect pop stars to lip synch a little bit at their concerts. Hell, one of the New Kids on the Block's heads fell off earlier the same night and a stagehand just threw a blanket over it until their set finished.
#1. Film -- Traxx, 1989
You can probably name several movies that were either rushed out in order to capitalize on someone's flailing celebrity or flailing to turn someone into one. Traxx is the maniacal combination of both.
It was meant to propel deejay Shadoe Stevens, best known for announcing The Hollywood Squares in the '80s, into stardom. It absolutely didn't work. He played a zany mercenary who wasn't good at making cookies, but often tried to make cookies. I dare anyone to come up with something so wacky yet so devoid of comedy.
More notable than the lack of comedy, though, was the lack of regard for human life. It's as if space researchers thought that the appeal of Earth movies was watching humans say strange words after murder and Shadoe Stevens mistook their report for an action comedy. And on that subject, despite every single thing in the movie urgently trying to be funny, Traxx still has a comic relief character in the form of Deeter -- 200 pounds of racial stereotypes jammed into a 120-pound man. It's not clear at all why he hangs out with Traxx during his killing spree. Even stranger, he wears a giant amulet and a T-shirt of the actual film they are starring in, which leads me to believe that he may be some kind of time traveler sent from a dark future to stop Traxx. It honestly helps make sense out of this lunatic movie.
I'm not sure where the writer grew up, but every neighborhood in Traxx seems to be made entirely out of exploding rape. Traxx's solution to this crime problem is to go into seedy locations, kill everyone there and say something like "Better luck next time, rape!" As a viewer, the only clues we're given that he's not simply a mass murderer are the elderly couples cheering him on from the non-burning buildings. Nothing can get your mind prepared for Traxx -- unnamed characters are beaten to death during musical montages of cookie burning and line dancing. It's a clinically psychopathic film with fart jokes. I guess the rushed screenwriter didn't have time to create burned-cookie jokes and a context for all these slayings before the window on Shadoe Stevens' celebrity closed. But please, may that window never close on brave Chronomaster Jones.
Internet legend Seanbaby once told Traxx star Priscilla Barnes that she was great in Traxx and she truly seemed to have no idea what the hell that meant. Visit him at Gamegoon.com or follow him on Twitter.
For more of his explorations into pop culture's absurdity, see The 8 Strangest TV Show Ideas Ever Made or The 6 Craziest Villains Ever Defeated by Snack Cakes.


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The NFL draft is going to go on no matter what happens with the labor issues.
And, thankfully, there are no shortage of opinions (this writer included) out there on who will fall where.
There hasn't been a draft quite as perplexing as this one in quite a while, which makes prognostication awfully difficult, but we'll pit our best efforts up against the usual suspects' and wait for the final word to be delivered on April 28.
Most of the experts out there see defense--especially the defensive line--dominating on Day One, a trends the I tend to agree with.
But don't undersell the value of a few of the offensive players out there. The two quarterbacks do have great potential AND athleticism, as do the two top receivers. But, and this is being largely overlooked, there really is a wealth of talent on the offensive line. Any one of those top five offensive tackles could become the cornerstone of a team's line for the next decade.
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2. Denver Broncos: Marcell Dareus, DT
3. Buffalo Bills: Nick Fairley, DT
4. Cincinnati Bengals: Patrick Peterson, CB
|17. New England Patiriots: Mike Pouncey, OG
18. San Diego Chagers: Ryan Kerrigan, DE
19. New York Giants: Gabe Carimi, OT
20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: Cameron Jordan, DE
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6. Cleveland Browns: A.J. Green, WR
7. San Francisco 49ers: Robert Quinn, DE
8. Tennessee Titans: Tyron Smith, OT
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22. Indianapolis Colts: Anthony Castonzo, OT
23. Philadelphia Eagles: J.J. Watt, DE
24. New Orleans Saints: Cameron Heyward, DE
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10. Washington Redskins: Cam Newton, QB
11. Houston Texans: Von Miller, OLB
12. Minnesota Vikings: Jimmy Smith, CB
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26. Baltimore Ravens: Brandon Harris, CB
27. Atlanta Falcons: Justin Houston, OLB
28. New England Patriots: Adrian Clayborn, DE
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14. St. Louis Rams: Julio Jones, WR
15. Miami Dolphins: Mark Ingram Jr., RB
16. Jacksonville Jaguars: Aldon Smith, DE/OLB
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"The flag should never have placed upon it, nor on any part of it, nor attached to it any mark, insignia, letter, word, figure, design, picture, or drawing of any nature."
http://www.senate.gov/reference/reso...df/RL30243.pdf (see p. CRS-7)
I hope you dont mind, but I would like to take this thread back to the original subject.
My advice for anybody buying flags is, where possible, buy in a shop rather than buy online. Because, when you buy online, you cant be sure of the quality you are going to get.
I currently own 4 flags (all 5ft X 3ft), and the quality has varied greatly.
The first flag I bought was of British Hong Kong (the family of the girl I fancied at the time was originally from HK). I bought it in a tourist shop in Edinburgh, so I was able to see the quality before I bought. And the quality was what swayed me to buy it it was very thick! OK, so it was a lot more expensive (£12) than the other flags I have bought but, as it was the first flag I bought, I didnt really know what price flags should be.
The second flag I bought was of the Kingdom of Prussia (I think the design is absolutely beautiful!) I bought it on eBay, and it cost £3.07. I was very disappointed - it was so thin that you could see through it! But, it is the sort of flag that you cant get from too many places, so I didnt complain.
The third flag I bought was a German state flag. I bought it on eBay, and it cost £3.55. The quality was the same as the Hong Kong flag, so I was obviously delighted with it... especially when it was so much cheaper than the HK flag!
The fourth flag I bought was a Czech flag (I am a big fan of a Czech guy who races motorbikes here in Ireland). I bought it on eBay, and it cost £3.50. It was as thin as the Prussian flag, but the sewing wasnt great. But, worst of all, the grommets were rusted, and when the flag was folded, they had left a stain on the material they were touching. I complained, and was given a full refund.
So, you have to be very careful when buying online, as you cant judge the quality from the price.
I would like to buy more flags, but the differences in quality has put me off buying online. And, I dont know any shops in Northern Ireland that sell flags which are not local flags.
At the moment, there are 2 flags I am specifically looking to buy (for reasons which will become obvious when I tell you what they are!) Now, the thing is that I have only found 1 website (magFlags) that sells 1 of these flags (the first), and the price is frankly extortionate - £70!!!
So, can anybody point me towards somewhere where I can get the following flags (5ft X 3ft) at a reasonable price:
Udmurtia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Udmurtia.svg)
Glazovsky District (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fl...dmurtia%29.svg)
(In case you are wondering why I have not included the flag of Glazov town itself, I dont really like the design of that particular flag. It is too wishy-washy)
Obviously, I would prefer a website that is in English. But, I could probably work out how to place an order on a website in most other Western European languages. But, I would definitely not be confident enough doing it on a website written in Cyrillic characters.
If anybody could help, I would appreciate it very much
Thank you
CaroLiza_fan, you are obviously a flag-lover of great accomplishment. The flag of Prussia, forsooth! Is it the one with that beautiful heraldic eagle? and I'm sure they're not making British Crown Colony flags of Hong Kong anymore. I do hope you find the flags you're looking for, Udmurtia and the Glazovsky District, but I suspect that will only whet your eagerness for other unusual flags, such as Sikkim and--hmmm, did the Hanseatic League have a flag? I hope you'll keep us updated.
You win the big enchilata! Southern Cross it is. I wonder if other countries have stringent rules about their flags? I believe it is wrong to let our flag touch the ground, for instance. Very oddly, this rule is now completeely broken on a regular basis by our US military at what kind of specific event? 10 points for each right answer. (Memorial services are not counted)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fl..._1892-1918.svg) I just fell in love with it the first time I saw it. As you say yourself, the eagle is absolutely beautiful, and a lot of work must have gone into designing all the intricate details of it.
As for the British Hong Kong flag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fl..._Kong_1959.svg), I did not realise that it was not being made any more. But, it was about 5 years ago that I bought it, so it was probably the last of old stock.
By the way, I know Patrick Chan and Michelle Kwan have both got parents from Hong Kong. But does anybody know of any other skaters currently competing that are either from HK themselves or whose families are from HK?
Well, I wouldnt say that I specifically go out looking for unusual flags. There are normally reasons why I want to own particular flags either that I particularly like the design, or that I like something (or somebody) from that place. I have already explained in my previous message about why I bought the HK, Prussian and Czech flags.
The reason I bought the German state flag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fl...28state%29.svg) is that I have always been a big fan of all things German (history, culture, music, motorbike racers, F1 drivers, girls ) But it always winds me up whenever I see an upside-down German flag (a common problem with stripy flags). So, with having a flag with the eagle on it, everybody knows which way up it should be!
I would also like to buy some other national flags sometime:
Austria (because I support so many Austrian ski-jumpers, and I think the eagle is beautiful)
Brazil (because I have supported so many Brazilian F1 drivers, and I think the flag is beautiful)
Italy (because I support so many Italian motorbike riders, especially Valentino Rossi)
Japan (because I support so many Japanese motorbike riders and figure skaters)
Russia (because I support so many Russian figure skaters, as well as motorbike rider Vladimir Leonov)
But, I am going to leave looking for these until I get to a shop. Like, these flags are relatively common, so I can shop around until I find a good quality one at a reasonable price! :D
And as for the flags I am currently searching for, I think it is suffice to say that Liza Tuktamysheva is from Glazov, Udmurtia. I am absolutely smitten with this girl. For somebody so young, she is such a great skater, and is so beautiful. (I also think the flag of Glazovsky District is beautiful!) So, if I ever do get to go to a skating competition, I want a flag that shows just which skater it is that I am supporting the most!
And as for your question about the Hanseatic League, I cant find anything about it having a single flag. However, I did find a page on Wikipedia about the flags of the individual cities (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanseatic_flags), and they nearly all seem to have red and white flags. So, if there was a single Hanseatic League flag, it would probably have been of these colours.
Dont worry, I will let you know if I have any joy in my search. But, dont hold your breath in the mean time!
Your next step is looking for heraldic devices. Some are on the flags (like the eagle of Prussia). But others are on the countries' coats of arms or elsewhere. For example, the Great Seal of the United States has our device the bald eagle (not colored according to the rules of heraldry, but naturally colored), whereas our flag does not. The fleur de lys of France is not on the French flag. Several countries including Austria (during its empire days), Prussia, and Russia have heraldic style eagles, facing forward--a position called "displayed" in heraldic language. Anyway, Russia has a gorgeous double eagle, displayed.
Russia's double eagle
Here's Udmurtia's coat of arms. It looks more modern in origin.
I found pretty much the same about the Hanseatic League. You're probably right; if there was a flag, it would probably be red and white.
Wales has its heraldic device, the red dragon, on its flag. The red dragon is displayed in the position called passant, which means it's in profile and I think specifically that one foreleg is up. The British lion is rampant, meaning up on its hind legs facing sideways, I believe. I'll get out one of my books and look later on.
I bet you find a lot of other great heraldic devices as you go flag-hunting. I agree with you, by the way, that Brazil has a wonderful flag, very individual. Can't mistake it for the flag of any other country. I also love Canada's flag, with the maple leaf.
What an enjoyable topic this is turning out to be!
History geek alert: By the way, I've heard that the insignia of the Red Cross originates from the reverse colors of the Swiss flag, which is white cross on a field of red. Because Switzerland, the origin of the RC movement, was and is a neutral country, using its flag as the basis for the symbol underlined the neutrality of the Red Cross, so that its workers would be trusted in all countries. Of course in Muslim countries a cross would not be suitable, so their chapters of the organization use a crescent and are called the Red Crescent. I think Israel uses a red diamond shape called a Red Crystal.
I had always heard about the Magen David also, but when I looked it up while I was writing that post, the article talked about some sort of agreement to use this "red crystal." So I was totally confused but would far rather see the Star of David be the symbol, because of course it is more easily recognizable and more distinctive. So I hope you're right.
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OK, Olympia, youve dragged it out of me. I was trying to avoid sounding like somebody who is deeply interested in flags and their history. But, seeing as I have finally found somebody who has the same interest, I am dropping the veil!
A lot of striped flags (particularly in Europe) are derived from coats of arms. Here is a selection:
National Flags
Belgium (vertical stripes): Gold (yellow) lion with red claws on a black background (order changed on flag to make it resemble French Tricolore).
Germany (horizontal stripes): Black eagle with red claws on a yellow background.
Malta (vertical stripes): White Maltese Cross on a red background.
Poland (horizontal stripes): Silver (white) eagle on a red background.
Slovakia (horizontal stripes): White cross on top of a blue mountain on a white background.
Ukraine (horizontal stripes): Golden (yellow) lion on blue background (order reversed see below).
Regional Flags
Bohemia (horizontal stripes): Red lion on a white background.
Brandenburg (horizontal stripes): Red eagle on a white background.
Lower Austria (horizontal stripes): Golden (yellow) eagles on a blue background (colours reversed).
Tyrol (horizontal stripes): Red eagle on a white background.
Tyrone (vertical stripes): Red hand on a white background.
Upper Silesia (horizontal stripes): Yellow eagle on a blue background.
Utrecht (horizontal stripes): White cross on a red background.
Vienna (horizontal stripes): White cross on a red background (colours reversed).
Voralberg (horizontal stripes): Red gonfanon on a silver (white) background.
Westphalia (horizontal stripes): White horse on a red background.
I have long had a belief that all flags that are derived from coats of arms should display that coat of arms somewhere on the flag. It would prevent confusion arising as to whose flag it is when there are many flags which use the same basic design.
Look at how many red-and-white horizontal bi-colours I have in my list. If there were no coat of arms, how would you tell the difference between the flags of Bohemia (where Tomá Verner is from), Brandenburg, the Tyrol (and, for that matter, South Tyrol, where Carolina Kostner is from), Vienna and Voralberg?
Also, if there is no coat of arms, it would be easy to fly the flags upside-down. So, you could easily confuse the flags of Poland, Utrecht and Westphalia (where Isabel Drescher is from) with those flags I mentioned in the previous paragraph.
Similarly, were it not for the flag of Malta having a picture of the George Cross on the white stripe, it would be easy to confuse it with an upside-down flag of Tyrone (where I am from) Although, you certainly could not confuse the weather of these 2 places!!!
As well as flying flags upside-down, there can be confusion caused when countries deliberately reverse the order of the colours of their flags. The best example is the Ukraine. The flag was originally a yellow-blue horizontal bi-colour, as translated from the coat of arms. But, the people in the Ukraine were consistently flying the flag upside down, with the blue at the top rather than the yellow. I suppose they thought that the blue looked like sky, and the yellow like the land. In the end, the government decided to make this upside-down version official.
The result was that the flag of the Ukraine was no longer the same as the flag of Upper Silesia. So, less confusion! On the other hand, for some reason (which I dont know), Lower Austria also uses a blue-yellow horizontal bi-colour, when in theory it should be yellow-blue. So, more confusion!
Other examples are Albania; British Columbia; Gibraltar; Kiribati; the Isle of Man; Maryland; Northern Ireland (where Jenna McCorkell and I are both from); the Orkney Islands; South Holland (which is identical to the Scottish Royal Standard); all the provinces of Ireland (including Ulster, where Jenna McCorkell and I are both from); most of the Swiss Cantons.
You know, its amazing what you accidentally find out when you are trying to find out something else! It was only when I was writing this message that I found out that Alyona and Tatiana were BOTH from the Ukraine! I had known for years that Alyona was, but it was only Christmas Eve that I found out about Tatiana. I always thought she was Russian. Well, I suppose that explains why there is such a strong rivalry between the 2 partnerships!
I was referring to my books of heraldry. I have a few books that tell about the language and crests and so forth; it's so fascinating.
We think of heraldry as mostly European, for good reason, but other places have crests and insignia. One of the most fascinating non-European crest systems is the Japanese family crests. As you would expect, they're beautiful. I don't know which families have crests, whether you have to be of a certain rank in Japanese tradition, but here they are:
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Octo-Mom is a welfare mom.
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Sindy doesn't need a job, she's a welfare mom. She's always getting some guy to help her make some more kids.
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Notable Moxie mixed drinks include the "Welfare Mom", which consists of equal parts Diet Moxie and Allen's Coffee Flavored Brandy.
The future unwed mothers of Biddeford Maine habitually get wasted on "Welfare Moms."
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Usually a fat bitch that has about 10 children that she keeps locked in a room just so she can get checks from the government.
That bitch has 12 children locked in a room that are fed stale bread yet shes getting $2000 a month. What a welfare mom.
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$3.25 corn? We'll believe it when it happens
$3.25 corn? We'll believe it when it happens
Analyst's forecast has grabbed a lot of attention, but we are wary.
by Dennis Halladay, Hoard's Dairyman Western Editor
It's been just a year since corn prices spiked to over $7 per bushel, which is why this recent headline grabbed so much attention and sparked so much hope: "Analyst says ethanol rush is over, corn may drop to $3.25."
Everyone in agriculture has an opinion about corn these days, and the opinion of a longtime, respected forecaster who has a strong track record can and should carry more weight than others.
But the ethanol rush being over and $3.25 corn? Really?
That's what Dan Basse, founder and president of AgResource Company in Chicago, told the recent 8th annual Feeding Quality Forum in Grand Island, Neb., and Amarillo, Texas. His company is a Chicago-based agricultural research firm that has forecast domestic and world agricultural price trends since 1987.
He told cattlemen, "the biofuel rush is over" so increased corn supplies will drive down prices. He predicted $4 this fall and a range of $3.25 to $6 for the next decade.
It would be wonderful if he winds up being right on either count and positively glorious if it is both. But there are two reasons why I have to see it before I believe it.
First is oil prices. They have consistently been running at $106 to $108 per barrel lately, which makes corn used to make ethanol the most valuable it has been in 18 months.
Second is global demographics and economics. The world's population has never been bigger and has never wanted more food. More importantly, there have never been more people who are able to afford it. This aspect alone makes me doubt whether the corn supply could ever exceed demand to the point that prices would dip to $3.25.
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Baseball is a game full of rankings.
Home run leaders, strikeout leaders, RBI leaders, fastest prospects, best arms - all of these are among what seems to be one million things that can be ranked in the game.
Curve manager Carlos Garcia ranked Jameson Taillon's start on Wednesday one of his top five this year.
Taillon went five innings in his first game back from neck discomfort, striking out six as the Curve downed Binghamton for the first time at home this year, 3-2, before 3,240 at Peoples Natural Gas Field.
"This is going to be one of the top five of the year," Garcia said. "No doubt about it."
Taillon, who was a pitch/innings limit, threw 73 pitches in five innings. Seventy-five pitches or five innings was his limit.
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Tonight: Binghamton at Altoona, 7 p.m.
Pitchers: Curve LHP Eliecer Navarro (3-4) vs. B-Mets RHP Erik Goeddel (9-4, 3.99)
Record: 51-57
It was his first appearance since July 18 after being sidelined with the neck issue.
"I felt good," Taillon said. "Probably my worst bullpen of the year, but I felt good so I didn't sweat it too much. When I rolled out there, the adrenaline kicked in, and the inner animal came out. I was going to be fine, and I was going to get after it just fine."
Taillon said he experienced no discomfort in his neck, something with which he has had issues before this season. He went from June 4 to June 16 without a start earlier this season.
He did say that he was a little tired, not in the arm or neck, but from lack of conditioning.
"It felt good," Taillon said of the neck. "It was really a couple day thing. After that, it felt good, and I had to build my way back up."
Taillon allowed four hits over the five innings, striking out six and walking none. It was the ninth time in 20 appearances this season Taillon has struck out six or more.
He has pitched 110 innings so far this season and struck out 106.
"That was good to see him come back and throw the ball very well, throw the ball over the plate with conviction," Garcia said. "He was able to give us five strong innings."
Taillon didn't get the decision in Wednesday's game. The win went to Zach Thornton, who pitched two innings of relief. Luis Sanz got his 13th save this year.
The only inning that Taillon struggled with was his last inning, the fifth. He gave up one run in the inning and two hits, the most in an inning in the game for Taillon.
He allowed just two hits in the other four innings combined.
"He threw the ball well," pitching coach Stan Kyles said. "I don't rate his performances, but he sure looked good tonight."
Game recap
Key player: RHP Jameson Taillon went five innings, striking out six.
Key play: RF Alex Dickerson singled in Adalberto Santos, breaking a 2-2 tie.
Key stat: Wednesday was the first time the Curve beat Binghamton at home this year.
How they scored
Bottom 4th: Polanco walked, scored on sacrifice bunt by Rojas Jr. (1-0).
Top 5th: Tovar singled, scored on Harris single (1-1).
Top 7th: Dykstra walked, scored on Lucas single (1-2).
Bottom 8th: Hanson singled, scored on Santos double (2-2); Santos doubled, scored Dickerson single (3-2).


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One of the reason why Hilary Duff is famous.
Lizzie McGuire aka Hilary Duff says that's how 13 year olds go through. Um go down to 9 and 10 year olds. If you want to see what 13 year olds go through go watch Thirteen or Degrassi.
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The greatest Disney show of the 21st century.
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lizzie why do you even like ethan craft the dude is a crack head for real he acts like a faggot.
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A horrific TV show designed to help lesbian girls ages 4-10 become accustomed to the lifestyle they will one day grow into. Stars our favorite "actress" Hilary Duff.
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California's dairy production costs rose by double digits
California's dairy production costs rose by double digits
For the second straight year, California's cost to produce milk jumped over 10 percent. Nearly all the higher costs were due to higher feed prices.
by Corey Geiger, Hoard's Dairyman Managing Editor
Rising feed costs were the root cause of the higher costs to produce milk in the nation's leading milk production state. In 2012, total cost to produce milk rose 11.2 percent when compared to the previous year, reported the California Department of Food and Agriculture. In its annual survey, feed costs — hay, grain and by-product feeds — rose 13.7 percent and averaged $11.48 for every 100 pounds of milk produced. Those costs associated with feeding cows accounted for 65.3 percent of all California dairy farm expenses. Meanwhile, all other cost categories were relatively flat.
This represented the second straight year rising feed costs took a significant bite out of producer milk checks as shown in the graph which illustrates quarterly feed prices from 2003 to 2012. When comparing 2011 to 2010, there was a 15 percent jump in the cost of production for California dairy producers. Like 2012, most of those rising financial outlays were attributed to feed prices, reported the state's ag department.
With feed costs headed skyward for two straight years and milk prices down slightly, that placed a further squeeze on West Coast dairy producers. When looking specifically at California's Mailbox prices, milk checks fell 8.5 percent over the previous year to average $16.92 per hundredweight (cwt). The final result to the bottom line was a 35 percent reduction in average income over feed cost or $5.45 per cwt.
To review the entire 52-page California Cost of Production 2012 Annual, go to: www.cdfa.ca.gov/dairy/dairycop_annual.html
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disorder associated with aging, gradually causes loss of clear central vision. The retina is located on the inside surface of the back of your eye. The macula, in the center of the retina, is responsible for your reading and fine vision. In AMD, the macula begins to deteriorate, causing symptoms that can range from blurred central vision to a blind spot in the center of vision.
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APPRAISALAn estimate or opinion of value. The act or process of estimating value. The resulting opinion of value derived from the appraisal may be informal, transmitted orally; or it may be formal, presented in written form. Usually it is a written statement setting forth an opinion of the value of an adequately described property as of a specified date, supported by the presentation and analysis of relevant data. Synonym: valuation.
ARM'S LENGTHA transaction freely arrived at in the open market, unaffected by abnormal pressure or by the absence of normal competitive negotiation as might be true in the case of a transaction between related parties.
ASSESSMENTAn official determination of the amount to be paid a property owner for the taking of all or part of his property for an improvement which is presumed and, in fact, is designed to benefit the public generally, e.g., assessment of benefits and damages for highway or school construction. In this usage, jurisdictional rules will determine in cases of a partial taking whether (a) benefits may be employed to offset only severance damages to the remainder area, (b) only special, as opposed to general benefits may be used as an offset against damages, or (c) both general and special benefits may represent an amount that offsets all damages.
ASSESSOROne whose duty it is to assess property for ad valorem taxes.
BOARD OF EQUALIZATIONA nonjudicial board whose function is to review assessments to see that all districts are assessed at a uniform level of value; to raise or lower the assessments to achieve this purpose, so that a uniform basis of taxation is achieved. Also referred to as Board of Tax Review, Board of Appeals.
COST APPROACHThat approach in appraisal analysis which is based on the proposition that the informed purchaser would pay no more than the cost of producing a substitute property with the same utility as the subject property. It is particularly applicable when the property being appraised involves relatively new improvements which represent the highest and best use of the land or when relatively unique or specialized improvements are located on the site and for which there exist no comparable properties on the market. FAIR VALUE1. Value that is reasonable and consistent with all of the known facts. Synonym: market value.2. A term of legal significance and applicable in public utility rate-making practice, designating the base upon which a reasonable return could be established in connection with which service rates and charges, with equal justice to the public and to the public utility, may be predicated or analyzed.
INCOME APPROACHThat procedure in appraisal analysis which converts anticipated benefits (dollar income or amenities) to be derived from the ownership of property into a value estimate. The income approach is widely applied in appraising income-producing properties. Anticipated future income and/or reversions are discounted to a present worth figure through the capitalization process.
IMPROVED LAND1. Land which has been developed for some use by the erection of buildings and other improvements pertinent thereto. 2. Land which has been prepared for development as distinguishing from raw land. This implies such things as grading, draining, and installation of utilities or access.
IMPROVEMENTSBroadly, buildings or other more or less permanent structures or developments located upon or attached to land. Not a significant or informative term without qualification.
LAND1. In an economic sense, one of the major factors of production consisting sometimes of a free good, but usually of a material economic good which is supplied by nature without the aid of man. The term may include not only the earth's surface, both land and water, but also anything that is attached to the earth's surface. Thus, all natural resources in their original state, such as mineral deposits, wildlife, timber, and fish, are land within the technical meaning of the term; so also are sources of energy, outside of man himself, such as water, coal deposits, and the natural fertility of the soil.2. In a legal sense the solid part of the surface of the earth, as distinguished from water; any ground, soil or earth whatsoever, regarded as the subject of ownership, and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, such as trees, and everything in or on it, such as minerals and running water, or annexed to it by man, such as buildings and fences.3. Property rights in land are established on the theory that the rights in fee simply ownership in land normally include the wedge-shaped area downward from the earth's surface to the center of the earth (subsurface rights) and the area upward from the earth's surface out into space (supra-surface or air rights). The latter is limited by Acts of Congress concerning public use of navigable air space which is considered in the public domain. MARKET DATA APPROACHTraditionally, an appraisal procedure in which the market value estimate is predicated upon prices paid in actual market transactions and current listings, the former fixing the lower limit of value in a static or advancing market (price wise), and fixing the higher limit of value in a declining market; and the latter fixing the higher limit in any market. It is a process of analyzing sales of similar recently sold properties in order to derive an indication of the most probable sales price of the property being appraised. The reliability of this technique is dependent upon (a) the availability of comparable sales data, (b) the verification of the sales data, (c) the degree of comparability or extent of adjustment necessary for time differences, and (d) the absence of non-typical conditions affecting the sale price. In essence, all approaches to value (particularly when the purpose of the appraisal is to establish market value) are market data approaches since the data inputs are presumably market derived.
MARKET VALUEThe highest price in terms of money which a property will bring in a competitive and open market under all conditions requisite to a fair sale, the buyer and seller, each acting prudently, knowledgeably and assuming the price is not affected by undue stimulus.
Implicit in this definition is the consummation of a sale as a specified date and the passing of title from seller to buyer under conditions whereby:1. Buyer and seller are typically motivated.2. Both parties are well informed or well advised, and each acting in what he considers his own best interest.3. A reasonable time is allowed for exposure in the open market.4. Payment is made in cash or its equivalent.5. Financing, if any, is on terms generally available in the community at the specified date and typical for the property type in its locale.6. The price represents a normal consideration for the property sold unaffected by special financing amounts and/or terms, services, fees, costs, or credits incurred in the transaction.
Numerous definitions of Market Value have been devised over the years by professional organizations, government bodies, courts, et cetera.
The Supreme Courts of most states have handed down definitions of Market Value for use in the state courts. These definitions are subject to frequent change.
Persons performing appraisal services which may be subject to litigation are cautioned to seek the exact definition of Market Value in the jurisdiction in which the services are being performed.
MASS APPRAISINGA method used in revaluation of a community for tax purposes. As the term implies, it is a method of appraising a large number of properties at one time by adopting standard techniques, and giving due consideration to the appraisal process so that uniformity or equality of values may be achieved between all properties.
PERSONAL PROPERTYGenerally, movable items; that is, those not permanently affixed to and a part of real estate. In deciding whether or not a thing is personal property or real estate, usually there must be considered (1) the manner in which it is annexed; (2) the intention of the party who made the annexation (that is, to leave permanently or to remove at some time); (3) the purpose for which the premises are used. Generally, and with exceptions, items remain personal property if they can be removed without serious injury either to the real estate or to the item itself.
PRICEThe quantity of one thing which is exchanged for another; the amount of money paid, asked, or offered where sale is contemplated; the money consideration which is expected or given in exchange for commodities or services. Price is sometimes value expressed in terms of money. In real estate valuation a distinction is made between price and value because price may be justified or not, while value is properly a justified price. In economic theory, the basic device by which allocation of resources occurs in the competitive market.
REAL ESTATEThis refers to the physical land and appurtenances, including structures affixed thereto. In some states, by statute, this term is synonymous with real property.
REAL PROPERTYThis refers to the interest, benefits, and rights inherent in the ownership of the physical real estate. It is the bundle of rights with which the ownership of real estate is endowed. In some states, this term, as defined by statute, is synonymous with real estate. Does not include personal property.
REAPPRAISAL (or REVALUATION)The mass appraisal of all property within an assessment jurisdiction to obtain equalization of assessed values. Also for reappraisal of former assignment.
STRUCTUREAn edifice or building; an improvement.
TAX RATEThe ratio of the tax to the tax base. The rate to be applied to the assessed value to determine the amount of tax. The rate is obtained by dividing the amount of the tax levy by the total assessed value of the tax district; usually expressed in dollars per hundred of assessed value.


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Universe's existence isn't evidence of God
A Feb. 2 letter sought to counter a Jan. 27 letter that advocated religion be kept out of public schools and that belief in a supernatural being is "unsubstantiated." You'd think a rebuttal contending evidence for the existence of God would include some, but the writer asserts only that there is a natural world and a "spirit world," and then moves on. As Christopher Hitchens used to say when debating curiously confident theists: "You've still got all your work ahead of you."
The plain fact that the universe exists is not evidence for anything supernatural, let alone the God of Christianity. The writer criticizes the notion that something could spring from nothing, and clearly thinks this is an accurate summary of the Big Bang theory. It isn't. Physicists have no doubt long confused the general public by speaking of "nothing" as if in the common conceptual sense. What preceded the Big Bang is referred to as "nothing" only in the context of physics and the macro-level laws of general relativity. The "kind of nothing," and nearly everything else about it, is hotly debated. This rhetorical misunderstanding is crucial.
Lastly, the writer warns of "the rise of evil" as a society rejects God. Religious beliefs and their effects vary widely, as do the influences that might vie to take their place. However, countries like Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands (among many others) are highly atheistic and yet exceed the United States in most aspects of societal and individual health. The writer's conception of "the world" seems limited to an out-of-context United States, which is actually an anomalously religious nation among its developed peers.
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Castro's Quest
The Savior knocked out 3 hits including his 9th home run last year and is up to 190 hits. That's 10 hits shy of the magic 200 mark for the math impaired. He has 15 games to do it, which I don't believe will be a problem unless Q-Ball decides he needs another life lesson on the bench. By my back of the envelope calculations, if he stays healthy, he's on pace to reach 3,000 hits by age 36, sometime during the 2026 season.
No pressure.
- Baseball America took to some list making and recently rated the Cubs 2005 draft as the worst of the lot. A look at the 2006 draft, the first under Tim Wilken sees them moving up 5 spots.
$11.5 million investment in Tyler Colvin (1), Jeff Samardzija (5) has yet to pay off.
That year the Cubs lost their 2nd, 3rd and 4th round picks by signing Bob Howry (Type A), Scott Eyre (Type A) and Jacque Jones (Type B). Their 1st round pick was protected since it was in the top half of the draft. Other notable (notorious?) picks from that draft were Steve Clevenger, Jacob Renshaw (traded to Orioles for Trachsel), Chris Huseby ($1.3M bonus, released by Boston in August), Marcus Hatley, Matt Camp and Blake Parker.
- I've been trying to put together useful draft lists over at Wiklifield and have roughly gotten through 2009-2011. I think the 2009 one has some nifty information. You can now see bonus info that I can track down plus where the prospects are now. There's also a partial Cubs Draft Bonuses list that has started to come together. As I get more information inputted, the more it will fill out.
- Baseball Prospectus now has normalized sortabe minor league stats, although I'd prefer they defaulted to TAV rather than BWARP, cause who the hell would trust minor league fielding stats?
- According to Shawon Dunston Jr. and Arizona Phil, players report for Arizona Instructs this Thursday with the first game being next Friday, September 23rd.
- Poor John Gaub last night...makes his major league debut and is flawless in his first inning. Be nice to go out on a high note, but alas, Q-Ball decides to go a second inning with him and he ends up letting the first two runners on and they score.
- Tuesday's lineup
Castro SS, Barney 2B, Ramirez 3B, Pena 1B, LaHair RF, Soriano LF, Byrd CF, Soto C, Dempster P
Phillips 2B, Renteria SS, Votto 1B, Bruce RF, Alonso LF, Stubbs CF, Francisco 3B, Mesoraco C, Leake P
Cubs still in the 7th spot and going the wrong way.
- Smokies will battle Mobile (DBacks affiliate) in the Southern League Championship starting tomorrow. Marco Carrillo is the game 1 starter.
- Aramis Ramirez said that he wants a multi-year deal and is open to it being with the Cubs. That should make the offseason decision easy enough. Cubs should choose to exercise his $16M option, he wil then opt to void it and then the Cubs can offer him arbitration. He certainly won't accept it and the Cubs can get a first or second round pick for him if he signs elsewhere. And they still can try to negotiate a multi-year deal if they wish.
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Cashner made his first appearance since April and got his two outs including a strikeout.
Cashner pitched a few days ago - on the 9th.
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Yankees are the easy one.
I couldn't come up with the other two.
Colorado is actually really close (Helton, Giambi only 54 hits away).
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So that's why he didn't take Dempster out after 6 innings tonight. Way to go Q-ball, putting selfish interests ahead of the team's actual needs.
UPDATE: highest pitch count of the year for Dempster, 124 and rising, and most walks in a game this year. On verge of blowing any shot we have of coming back in this game, Q sits in the dugout counting his brain cell.
UPDATE 2: 129 pitches through 7. Dempster gets a brain dead Jay Bruce looking on a called 3rd strike, stranding runners at 1st and 3rd. Q greets Dempster in the dugout and asks if he can go all the way.
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classic comment - have you ever considered doing a blog?
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Operation 200 IP
AKA Operation 5.00 ERA
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Still viable (=playing somewhere) 2006 draftees are Colvin (1), Samardzija (5), Clevenger (7), Parker (16), Latham (29), Samson (34), Smith (35) and Hatley (39).
I only see Veal (2) still viable among Stockstill's class of '05.
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Latham was booted out of the organization for reasons unknown (to me) and he missed the 2009 season. Since his return last year he has had control issues, but maybe they still like his arm.
Samson is the guy who reminds me of Theriot, although he doesn't steal bases. Smokies mgr. Brian Harper seems to like Samson and has given him over 300 PAs in spite of competition at short from Gonzalez, Lake and Mota. It's true that Samson hasn't hit much in two seasons in double A.
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It had to do with this...
The Idaho Statesman - Dec 06 11:22 PM
Jordan Latham, a pitcher during the Boise Hawks 2007 season, was arrested early Thursday morning for DUI and leaving the scene of an accident after the car he was driving hit a bump and launched into the front porch of a house at 22nd Avenue and Blaine Street, Boise police said.
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That must have been quite a bump... hope it wasn't a person.
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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Tue, 09/13/2011 - 3:46pm.
Still viable (=playing somewhere) 2006 draftees are Colvin (1), Samardzija (5), Clevenger (7), Parker (16), Latham (29), Samson (34), Smith (35) and Hatley (39).
I only see Veal (2) still viable among Stockstill's class of '05.
VA PHIL: Cubs 2006 6th round pick RHRP (ex-3B) Josh Lansford (Carney Lansford's son) is still active in the OAK organization.
BTW, Josh Lansford's brother Jared is also a pitcher in the OAK organization.
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A couple of items of note regarding the Cubs 2006 draft...
The 2006 draft was notable for the Cubs not having any picks in rounds 2-4, and then giving significant "over-slot" bonuses to a number of draft picks, including 5th round pick RHP Jeff Samardzija and 11th round pick RHP Chris Huseby (both eventually got "1st round money"), 14th round pick OF Drew Rundle (who got "2nd round" money"), 22nd round pick 3B Jovan Rosa and 34th round pick INF Nate Samson (both got "5th round money"), and 20th round pick RHP Kevin Kreier and 29th round pick RHP Jordan Latham (both got "6th round money").
Jordan Latham and Marcus Hatley were two of the last so-called "Draft & Follow" draft picks to sign with the Cubs. (3B Jovan Rosa and RHP Cedric Redmond were the other two).
The "Draft & Follow" rule allowed an MLB club to draft a player and then retain the rights to that player until a week before the next year's draft, as long as the player was eligible for selection in the next draft. So it applied mainly to JC players. ("Draft & Follow" was abolished starting with the 2007 draft). Now clubs retain the rights only to college seniors with no eligibility left until a week prior the next year's draft. (TCU RHP Steven Maxwell is the only unsigned 2011 draft pick the Cubs can still sign up until a week before the 2012 draft).
Latham threw in the mid-90's at Fitch Park in the days following the 2006 draft, but opted to return to the College of Southern Idaho for the 2006-07 school year when the Cubs didn't meet his bonus demands (and he was set to transfer to Arizona State if he hadn't signed in 2007). But the Cubs did eventually relent, and gave Latham 6th round money ($100K) to sign just prior to the deadline in May 2007.
Hatley was a JC outfielder (Palomar JC) with a power-arm (and zero secondary stuff) the Cubs converted to a RHP after he signed in May 2007, and then he had TJS in 2009, so it has taken him a while to develop.
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Az. Phil, are you seen the Instructional roster yet?
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soriano still sucks at LF. neat.
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Too bad we didn't need them this season.
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That reQuade quote is priceless... it's like someone else is controlling the playing time.
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Just to make it clear regarding Cubs AZ Instructional League team, players report to Fitch Park this Thursday (9/15), and the first league game (for the Cubs) is A WEEK FROM Friday (9/23).
The Cubs are scheduled to play 20 AZIL games (10 home & 10 road), everyday Monday-Saturday (no activity on Sundays).
MIL & CIN first games are this Friday 9/16 and they play each other four times before there are any other AZIL games involving other teams scheduled. Then CLE & SD play their first games next Tuesday 9/20, OAK, LAA, and AZ play their first games on Thursday 9/22, SF, TEX, and CUBS play their first games on Friday 9/23, COL, LAD, and CHW play their first games on Saturday 9/24, and KC and SEA play their first games on Monday 9/26.
MIL last game is on Friday 10/7, SEA & SD last games are on Saturday 10/8, LAD & CLE last games are on Wednesday 10/12, CHW, TEX & AZ last games are on Friday 10/14, CUBS, LAA, SF, COL, and OAK last games are on Saturday 10/15, and CIN & KC last games are on Tuesday 10/18.
The Mariners play the fewest number of AZIL games (10), while the Reds play the most AZIL games (26).
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Since we all seem to be okay on your overall player reporting, can I just make a suggestion that you don't leave out the attendance figures by mistake. I think you did that once last session. It was a huge gaffe but I let it go since there is no micropayment requirement on this site yet.
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YEah, that really pissed me off too.... :)
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What happened is, the Cubs asked me not to report the attendance for that game, because it was embarrassingly low.
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If Ryno did QBall, would we bash him?
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I doubt we would as much. I also doubt that he'd require it as much.
Rumor is (and I think the rumor is perpetuated by Ryno himself) that he has read some of the "sabermatic books".
One quick check I did on how that was working out with him... the guy who closed last night's game, isn't always used at the closer, and has pitched as many as three innings in a relief outing. In fact, 11 guys got 48 saves for the Iron Pigs this year, seven of them three or more. Those same 11 guys combined for 41 holds. Of the top three guys, the highest percentage of games they finished was 64%. Marmol, for comparison has finished 83% of his games.
For the uninitiated, one of the tenets of sabermatically managing is to use your best reliever in the most important situation, regardless of inning.
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you'll find that your relief observation scales to almost every AAA/minor team and it rarely has much to do with situational closing or pressure situation relief appearances.
btw, you realize he managed a AAA team of starter bats that were almost all 26-32+ years old and an average age of about 28? not that it's a bad thing, you play with what you got...but he's run a vet-heavy-playing-time team this year.
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Have you also noticed how crappy a lot of those vets are?
When your best player is Brandon Moss....bleccchhh.
How'd they win?
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yeah, pretty much the pitching. weak bats all around except for columbus and durham in the IL.
it's still weird seeing durham out, but they did lose desmond to the majors. columbus took them out.
-edit- columbus lost some players to the bigs, too...oh well...woo playoffs.
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jeebus, how did they win?
The brilliance of Ryne Sandberg?
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they would have won 20 more if they hired j.zuleta to rub the bats down with fruit.
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Bwahahaahaa!! "Hats...for bats...keep bats warm.."
Keith Law Goes to the Movies
Moneyball, the movie, is an absolute mess of a film, the type of muddled end product you'd expect from a project that took several years and went through multiple writers and directors. Even good performances by a cast of big names and some clever makeup work couldn't save this movie, and if I hadn't been planning to review it, I would have walked out.
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"Peter Brand, a.k.a. Paul Antipodesta"
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either way k.law lays out pretty much every fear i had for the film...and more...as a fan who knows how baseball works rather than coming at it as a casual film fan.
i've gone from "maybe" based on earlier reviews to "pass."
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"I wasn't as concerned with the script having Beane trade Carlos Pena to Detroit for a reliever and some money (as opposed to the actual three-team, seven-player deal including Jeff Weaver and Jeremy Bonderman) as I was with seeing Pena, an intelligent, gregarious person, depicted as a sullen Latino player."
K Law
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A little known fact about Moneyball is that a completely different film (Hendry!) was orginally planned, but the actor signed to play the lead died before the picture could be completed.
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worst heart attack death acting ever in Norma Rae...great film, though.
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Tell me if this bit rings true to anyone:
Howe is nothing but a holier than thou obstacle for Beane whose entire motivation for his stubbornness is his desire for a contract extension - a hopelessly tired plot device that makes for a one-dimensional character.
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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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'Robin Hood and the Blackbird: A Tale of Christmas Dinner'
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The story 'Robin Hood and the Blackbird: A Tale of a Christmas Dinner' is recounted here in a collection of six horizontal format cards, and combines pictures of happy children with visual references to the popular Robin Hood tales. Published by Marcus Ward & Co, this piece recasts the characters from the original Robin Hood story as children. Robin is easily identified by his characteristic costume of green tights, plumed hat and fold-over boots.
Christmas gift-giving normally centres on the youngest members of a family. Children are a common feature of Christmas card illustration and design because childhood is readily linked with merriment, innocence and purity - all of which are elements of the 'Christmas spirit'.
The representation of children also has a literal spiritual aspect: some designers and publishers relied on associations made between depictions of children and the Christ child. His image was often used to accompany blessings and tidings for the coming year. Children on Victorian cards are often cherubic in appearance, with silken curls and rosy cheeks, representing the 'ideal child'.
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A person who is rather gorgeous, caring and straight forward. She can be rather mute and come off as too overbearing or strong at first, but once she knows you she's rather acceptive, caring, kind, funny and protective of those she loves. She can be aggressive and a bit territorial when challenged or rubbed the wrong way: She'll be quite the mean bitch and rip you a new one (but only when she needs to be). She doesn't tolerate bullshit and isn't afraid to get into a fight. She's funny and loves to make others laugh- loving to laugh herself. She can often be a Dork, but she's still scared/concerned of what others think. She is a passionate lover and will easily fall in love, she wears her heart on her sleeve. She's a great kisser and can bring a lot of pleasure to the table. She can get very heated and intense quickly (if you can find her turn on spot ;D )- sometimes even kinky. She enjoy's pressure and likes to be pushed. She's very strong and intimidating but She still has a kind, gentle and fragile heart. She swallows pain & tears without a second thought She can be very stubborn, hard-headed and stand-offish. She is truly a great friend to have- listening to every word and only giving advise if She's 100% sure about what she is saying- otherwise she will simply let you vent. She is protective of her friends and family. She'll stand behind you all they way if your her friend or family member. If you have Dacey- for a lover, family member or a friend- never let her go.
"Who's that?"
"Dang, She's Fine"
"Dang, She's Fine"
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The Full House star first announced her eating plan Monday with a Facebook post, writing, "After a very indulgent week in Napa, I'm excited to kick off my 5 day cleanse with @eatpaleta today!! Shakes for breakfast & lunch, sensible snacks & a light veggie dinner."
But many users shot back with comments like "Girl, you need to eat real food," "Are you trying to disappear," "Poor girl, get a steak dinner" and "Don't be obsessive about food and weight, it's not attractive."
The backlash hit hard for Cameron Bure, 38, who has been open about her struggle with bulimia after marrying hockey pro Valeri Bure.
When the online argument escalated – the post currently has more than 7,000 likes and nearly 300 comments – the actress took to Facebook again to defend her dietary decision.
"After reading your comments, let me explain! I'm excited to start my 5 day cleanse not to lose weight but to get my body back on track, ridding all the toxins and unhealthy stuff I've put in it the last few months. Since being off Dancing with the Stars, my body has struggled to find its balance after having danced up to 8 hours a day and eating so clean," wrote Cameron Bure, who finished third on the reality competition.
"After going back to my normal eating habits as well as extended over indulgent summertime vacation eating and normal exercise routine, my body has endured some confusion causing some minor health issues," she continued. "That is private, so I will not [be] going into detail, but this cleanse is just a step to getting it back on track because I know that food is a key source to healthy living."
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PITTSBURGH - The Pittsburgh Steelers have two big problems: Their offense and defense.
Other than that, things are peachy.
Their 0-2 start is distressing enough, but the troubling part is there's no overwhelming feeling that they've greatly underachieved.
There's the lingering feeling that 0-2 is right where their talent level says they should be.
The good news is they should get better soon. Heath Miller has been cleared for full practice this week, and rookie Le'Veon Bell is getting closer to returning from his foot injury.
Coach Mike Tomlin made a Superman allusion in describing the importance of keeping expectations in perspective for Miller's return.
He's correct about that, but it's hard to believe Miller won't have a positive impact on the struggling offense. He and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger work well together, and Roethlisberger can go into Sunday night's game against Chicago knowing there's someone on the field who knows what he's doing.
The defense hasn't been terrible, but it hasn't been generating pressure on the quarterback and creating turnovers.
Turnovers can often change the course of a game. The Steelers don't have any in two games.
Roethlisberger said on Tuesday that he and Ryan Clark were the last two players out of the locker room after Monday's loss in Cincinnati.
They talked, and decided to hold a meeting for veteran players. They want to discuss the importance of letting younger players know they can't casually accept losing.
Will it help anything? It can't possibly hurt. But a players-only meeting two weeks into the season speaks to the desperation that some of the Steelers feel.
Roethlisberger and Clark have been on Super Bowl teams, so perhaps they recognize how far the current group is from that level.
The issues here don't seem to be related to attitude as much as it's a lack of talent - on offense and defense.
Getting closer
One of the storylines for the Pirates in the last two weeks is their ability to get Starling Marte and Jason Grilli ready for the postseason.
Mark Melancon has done an excellent job closing in Grilli's absence. But in compressed series, how good would it be to have two very viable options to close games?
The Pirates need Marte's speed to at the top of the lineup to help an offense that isn't terribly efficient or productive.
Wearing down
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle loves what catcher Russell Martin brings to the team, especially his ability to handle the pitching staff and the way he controls the running game.
But Martin has almost become an offensive liability, probably because he's played too much.
Entering Tuesday's game against San Diego, Martin was batting .127 over the last 28 days. In the second half of the season, he's hitting .217.
His OPS in the last 28 days is a putrid .503. (By comparison, Clint Barmes' OPS is currently .586).
It may seem premature to worry about 2014 in the middle of a tight division race with daily developments, but one of the lessons Hurdle should take from this season is Martin needs more rest than he's gotten this year.


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Pillow Talk
The Pillow Bar of Dallas will make its debut on ABC's The View on Memorial Day as one of their "favorite things" — more specifically, one of Whoopie Goldberg's favorite things — thanks to the combined efforts of two people I've featured.
I always love when my column "alums" decide to do business with each other. That's what happened when Merrimac Dillon, owner of The Pillow Bar, which sells made-to-order pure down pillows, read about Cooper Smith Koch, who knows how to place products on TV shows.
A couple of months ago, Cooper and Merrimac sent pillows to the hosts, hoping that they'd feature them in an upcoming segment of The View. The show doesn't ordinarily accept gifts, but Cooper's staff has an in.
Two weeks later, Whoopie's assistant called Merrimac to order more pillows as a gift for co-host Sherrie Shephard's birthday.
"Then the producers called two weeks ago with news that we're one of their favorite things," says Cooper. "It will be similar to how Oprah used to do it: The full studio audience also gets one of everything that's presented."
Actually, the 200 in the audience are getting gift certificates so that they can order the personalized pillows to their liking. The retail value for all of the "head sets" is about $3,000. Not bad for a big plug on the No. 1 daytime program among women watchers with and that has a total daily viewership of about 4 million. Last week's episode, which included President Obama, hit 4.7 million.