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"President Obama and I are personally committed to ending homelessness among Veterans within the next five years."
Eric K. Shinseki, United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary Shinseki, a retired four-star general, surely is serious about his goals. But the clock is ticking on his November 3, 2009, declaration that he and President Obama would end the stigmatic problem of homeless veterans in five short years.
The reality is it won't happen.
Over the last couple of years, the volume of homeless veterans has ticked down a couple of percentage points. So has the unemployment rate for veterans. And that's good news, for sure.
But on any given day, some 60,000 U.S. military service veterans are homeless.
For Greater Charleston, the estimate is 1,500.
Of all the homeless people roaming the streets of America, one in seven is a veteran. Homeless female veterans, many with children, reflect a disturbing and growing trend in this complex problem that simply defies a summary solution.
Homelessness is a problem we Americans tend to sweep under the proverbial rug, or we look the other way, or we rationalize. But a homeless veteran stirs our conscience — and our souls. This is America, and it's hard to rationalize or accept that someone who served our country can fall through the cracks of our social and economic operation into homelessness.
In Greater Charleston, Crisis Ministries and the Star Gospel Mission provide a backbone of basic assistance. And veterans are assisted by a variety of other ad hoc care-giving groups. But more is needed, for sure. And the Veterans Administration and all the federal, state and local government agencies working on veterans services need all the help they can get.
One promising new initiative in North Charleston is Heroes' Haven. Over the last two years, it has evolved from a copycatting idea to an eager and dutiful board working with high hopes and low finances.
The concept is a program that puts the finishing touch on homeless veterans' transition — from the uncertainties of the streets to the certainty of home ownership.
My friend Ed Astle, a retired Vietnam-era Navy chief petty officer, chairs the Heroes Haven board.
Transitional housing services typically include helping veterans resolve the underlying reasons for their homelessness. Astle and his board want to create an affordable housing option that would move the goal from mere transition to home ownership.
"The transition for a homeless veteran is to work through the demons and get to personal stability," Astle notes. "But with a Heroes' Haven program, the ending can be home ownership.We're talking about a goal — and a great motivator."
It's an idea patterned after the acclaimed Solider On program in Leeds, Mass.
Astle, a second term North Charleston city councilman, and his colleagues have convinced Charleston County School Board Chair Cindy Bohn Coats to serve as an unpaid administrator. They have a concept and loads of desire and they're clearly in need of the traction of financial donations to cover operational expenses and refined business plans.
The Heroes' Haven board meets regularly — and quietly. Last week, eschewing any press notices, they invited 80 people to a "roll-out" at North Charleston City Hall. Twenty showed up to hear the simple story of pressing needs and the work of a genuinely concerned group to address those needs.
It was a soft sell for a firm goal. Astle described his board as fully devoted to homeless veterans — and looking for ideas on raising money and public awareness. Conceptual planning, he noted, is running well ahead of the bureaucracy.
The board has some prospects for property donations, but its long-pending application for Internal Revenue certification as a charitable organization is slowing down fund raising. State certification was achieved within a few weeks of application.
We're reminded that it takes a long time to do good in America.
North Charleston Mayor Keith Summey was at the "roll-out" and offered his support — and an idea that Greater Charleston ought to be thinking about a national cemetery.
Meanwhile, too many veterans roam the streets, hustling for shelter and often for food.
Surely, Ed Astle and his board realize it will be a long haul of hard work to make Heroes' Haven or anything like it a reality.
Secretary Shinseki understands by now that ending homelessness among veterans is a grueling process.
Chief Astle and Gen. Shinkesi ought to meet one day soon and compare notes. One has a big idea, the other a big goal. They could probably find ways to help each other.
Ron Brinson, a North Charleston City Councilman, is a former associate editor of this newspaper. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Get a taste of this lively city, with attractions to keep you busy through the day and a vast selection of bars & clubs to entertain you at night. There are a number of absolute must see's in Barcelona that should be experienced by everyone who takes a break in this Spanish destination, including Park Güell, the Sagrada Familia, the Barri Gòtic, Las Ramblas and last but not least, the city's beautiful beach.
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The MACBA contemporary arts museum in Raval, an up-and-coming district due to the area's annual hosting of SÓNAR, the International Festival of Advanced Music and Multimedia Sonar Music Festival, is popular with tourists. SÓNAR itself has made its name amongst clubbers as a music event with some of the best live acts and top DJs. The fashionable crowd congregate on Nova Mar Bella beach so head down there for fabulous beach parties or just for a spot of people watching.
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Barcelona provides the perfect combination of historical architecture, shops, fabulous Spanish restaurants as well as a nearby beach for the children to build their sandcastles (whilst you relax with a Sangria!).
There is plenty more in Barcelona to keep the whole family entertained, from the Aquarium in Port Vell with it's huge variety of wildlife, to tours of the Nou Camp football stadium. Cable car rides are the ideal way to view the sights of Barcelona and are fun for all the family. Why not take a ride on the Blue Tram to the middle of the mountainside then jump on the funicular up to Montjuic, the city's largest green space with fantastic views and a beautiful castle? Here, thrills and spills can be had at the Tibadabo theme park and you can visit the Olympic Stadium. Once you are ready for a bit of relaxation, visit the café lined marina and watch the world go by!
Perhaps the best tourist attraction in Barcelona for families is the Magic Fountain of Montjuic which delights visitors to the city with a fantastic music and light extravaganza in summer and winter - best of all its free!
Las Ramblas, the mile-long promenade from Placa de Catalunya to the harbour is probably Barcelona's most bustling area. Packed with cafes, shops and street entertainers you could easily fill your entire day in this area of the city.
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The Port Aventura theme park has something for everyone. Take a fascinating journey around the world to the exotic lands of China, Polynesia, the Far West, Mexico and of course the Mediterranean. Each land has rides, shows, shops and restaurants that are themed with native products, plants and artists.
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The park has a wide variety of restaurants in each land. You will find restaurants serving a la carte menus with full table service as well as fast food outlets for those who would rather not stop, and the little ones will just love the children's specialties!
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This Caribbean water park guarantees non-stop fun for hours on end. Enjoy whizzing down breathtaking slides and rapids, surfing the waves in the wave pool, or winding your way down the lazy river. Lush Caribbean surroundings filled with palm trees, beach huts, cool reggae music, bars, restaurants and gardens will whisk you away to the heart of the tropics. Kids will have a ball in their special play areas, where everything is designed with their entertainment and safety in mind. And Baby Bungee is guaranteed to bring a smile to their faces!
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A perfect end to a romantic break in Barcelona can be found at the Mirablau Bar in Tibidabo which gives you stunning views of the whole city. Here you can enjoy the sangria and watch the fabulous Spanish sunset.
Finding your way around Barcelona is quick, easy and most importantly low cost! €6 will get you 10 stops on and off the Metro system which is an excellent way to get around the sprawling city, if your feet are tired from all the late night clubbing! Open top bus tours of the city operate throughout the day and allow you to hop on and hop off... ideal for those wanting a lazy pub crawl around the city!
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Sony Xperia Z1 Preview Q&A: Any questions about the Z1?
0. phoneArena 16 Sep 2013, 03:19 posted on
Our Sony Xperia Z1 preview is already posted, and most of you have probably read through it already. As we've stated in the preview, the Xperia Z1 is a promising smartphone with cool design and capabilities, although not necessarily groundbreaking...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
2. anleoflippy (Posts: 595; Member since: 03 Jan 2013)
Is the speaker of the Z1 better than the Z and ZL?
Also PA, you might wanna change the default home screen wallpaper because many people will think that the display is horrible. It is actually the wallpaper that made it look look like it. What was Sony thinking?
5. aditya.k (Posts: 493; Member since: 10 Mar 2013)
Yes! Please post a pic with a different, colorful wallpaper! :)
3. suiadan87 (Posts: 7; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)
1. Battery performance.
2. Camera performance and comparison (both still and video.)
3. Besides all the improvements of the display I would like to know how good the outside visibility is and how the black levels are.
That's the only things I want to know more on before I decide which device to get.
44. suiadan87 (Posts: 7; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)
Oh, and is there any confirmed news on a Android 4.3 release window for this phone? There's a couple features from it that I would appreciate.
And I completely agree with the whole background- change it to something else. I've seen several others and they look incredible on the display.
4. n4n0Br4in (Posts: 10; Member since: 06 Feb 2013)
Is the Xperia Z1 had S-Master amp chip?
18. HeWhoDoesNothing (Posts: 157; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
No sadly. On the Xperia blog that's one of the things a lot of hard core SONY fans wish "they could change" about the phone.
6. vincelongman (Posts: 4444; Member since: 10 Feb 2013)
How does the Z1 feel in the hand in terms of size, in comparison to the LG G2, HTC One, Galaxy S4, and Xperia Z?
Hows the battery life and camera?
How good/easy/quick are Sony's camera attachments?
7. JMartin22 (Posts: 1969; Member since: 30 Apr 2013)
Do you think this phone or those like it have the ability to catch on with consumers?
8. lee480 (Posts: 197; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
Can you post photos of the phone with the red autumn leave themes?
And can you comment on the firmware version?
The latest version ends with .523 btw.
10. lee480 (Posts: 197; Member since: 24 Sep 2012)
And one final thing. Can you take a nightshot with the handheld twilight scene mode?
9. qwerty_keypad (Posts: 4; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
My question would be for (1) battery life, (2) dimension (3) triluminos display in-depth review (4) sound or audio quality and last please the CAMERA/VIDEO quality -in depth please,.,,
11. Nviere (Posts: 3; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
How is the LOW LIGHT performance in E.G. restaurants, clubs etc.
12. shy2papa (Posts: 309; Member since: 23 Jan 2010)
Is there going to be a 32gb version or it only comes with 16gb?
43. techguyone (Posts: 199; Member since: 18 May 2013)
Doesn't really matter, it has SDCard compatibility
78. jdot104 (Posts: 95; Member since: 17 Jun 2011)
It matters to me for things you can't store on an SD card like Google Play Music.
13. Nviere (Posts: 3; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
Oh and please compare lowlight op Iphone 5s and xperia z1 as soon as they are availabe
14. wicpromd (Posts: 266; Member since: 20 Aug 2013)
need to see the low light photography with HAND HELD TWILIGHT MODE
with latest firmware
15. pwnarena (Posts: 1129; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
1. do you have the latest firmware?
2. is your unit similar to the retail unit?
3. are you willing to do a drop test?
4. how long does the battery last?
5. can you do samples of HHT or hand-held twilight mode.
6. THIS IS RATHER unusual. why are you doing this? you don't do this when you do other reviews? what's so special that you're giving the z1 some special treatment?
16. HeWhoDoesNothing (Posts: 157; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
Wait. The G2 answers haven't been posted yet right?
17. HeWhoDoesNothing (Posts: 157; Member since: 15 Jul 2013)
Is the battery life better than the G2's?
19. souni (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
What is battery life if usage is mainly web browsing, messaging and social media (not video watching)? How fast will gps usage drain battery?
20. dexter_jdr (Posts: 1163; Member since: 28 Jun 2012)
can you give me one for free?
21. XaErO (Posts: 319; Member since: 25 Sep 2012)
I believe Sony Xperia Z1 is having the best mobile camera in it.
So, I'm more looking for following queries.
Sony Xperia Z1 : Questions/Queries
1. How is the overall battery life considering heavy use of browsing, optimum WiFi & Data use ??
2. How fast the battery can charge (considering the Qualcomm Quickcharge 2.0) ??
3. Does this phone has Sony's exclusive Clear Bass, xLoud and Clear Audio technologies ??
4. How is the User Interface ?? is it light (like pure Android) or heavy (with extra tech goodies) ??
22. Amir1 (unregistered)
where would you put the Z1 display quality overall? best? second best? third best? etc. after what devices?
23. ghassangs7 (Posts: 9; Member since: 13 Aug 2013)
What's the new in Media apps like Walkman and Album And Movies?
35. anleoflippy (Posts: 595; Member since: 03 Jan 2013)
I tihnk it's the same as the Z Ultra. Also available in Z, ZL and ZR.
24. saravanan083 (Posts: 19; Member since: 30 Mar 2013)
i love this beast but i want suggestion z1 or lg g2 (i love lg g2 more than this except the lack of memory card slot )
76. shahrooz (Posts: 742; Member since: 17 Sep 2013)
LG G2 is really good but lack of SD card totally turns me off too
25. SPIDERMAN4 (Posts: 27; Member since: 13 Apr 2011)
52. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
not yet, maybe with a future update
59. sniper1087 (Posts: 508; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
Wrong, yes it can play 4K, and was compared to the note 3 which it was lagging behind, while this performed perfectly
62. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Any links? for what I understand, the chip is very capable, also the camera and everything else... but Sony did not implemented yet...
"Video recording done in 1080p
The Sony Xperia Z1 is capable of capturing 1080p video at 30fps and that's about it. With the inclusion of the powerful Snapdragon 800 SoC we would've liked to see 1080p video recording at 60 fps or even 4K but we guess that's just too much to ask from Sony at this point."
64. katuss (Posts: 11; Member since: 18 Feb 2013)
that's about video recording, he asked about playing a 4K video
68. buccob (Posts: 2566; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)
Oh right... sorry about the confusion then.
26. jinx405 (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
What is audio quality like via good earphones? Thanks!
27. xperiaDROID (banned) (Posts: 5629; Member since: 08 Mar 2013)
I'm currently using the Xperia Z, should I upgrade to the Xperia Z1 or wait for next year's Xperia Z2?
28. bugsbunny00 (Posts: 2062; Member since: 07 Jun 2013)
can you post pic from low light shots w/o led flash? but still waiting for your final unit for review...
29. rahool360 (Posts: 18; Member since: 15 Feb 2013)
do you know why xperia z1 is not overclocked to 2.3ghz like Samsung note 3? Is that the reason why it doesn't support 4k support(4k is not much needed though 2.2ghz puzzles me). I suspect if it is underclocked in gpu too..i got this doubt once i saw xiaomi specs sheet where they mentioned about the ghz on gpu and proc... can it be overclocked with help of firmware update? Just curious since I am looking to upgrade to sony xperia z1 and don't want to have an underclocked device
33. softfurryanus (banned) (Posts: 232; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
I believe I heard that there are two versions of the S800, one clocked at 2.3ghz and another one that is less costly and is clocked at 2.2ghz. Which is what I believe they used in the Xperia Z Ultra.
60. sniper1087 (Posts: 508; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
Well while it cant record it, at least can play it there is a video on youtube playing 4K on the Z1 as well as note 3, and the Z1 is smooth, and note 3 lags, probably because of how heavy the UI is on the note 3
30. drdrdrshshsh (Posts: 2; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
When is the release date in middle east?
31. softfurryanus (banned) (Posts: 232; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
Is there a "shatterproof sheet" (glorified screen protector that comes on the phone) on the display this time around? I know they did it with the Z and Z Ultra and I've heard they have a tendency to scratch.
37. anleoflippy (Posts: 595; Member since: 03 Jan 2013)
It does have it. The shatter proof sheet isn't really a screen protector that protects the screen from scratches. The sheet is to prevent the glass from shattering when the phone is drop face on. So just put a screen protector over it and it should be fine.
32. softfurryanus (banned) (Posts: 232; Member since: 09 Jul 2013)
Also, any word on US carrier availability?
67. nyteryder79 (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
It's exclusive to T-Mobile last I heard.
34. slavytodorov (Posts: 47; Member since: 23 Jun 2012)
Is its camera really that good?
36. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Why the designs of Z1 is bigger than Z? Is this because of higher waterproofing certification? Is the camera picture quality of Z1 really better than Z?
61. sniper1087 (Posts: 508; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
I heard is because of the bigger battery
38. istitch (Posts: 181; Member since: 19 Mar 2013)
The Z1 is significantly heavier than it's competitors on paper, but is it a burden to hold for web browsing?
39. Sam_K (Posts: 30; Member since: 03 Feb 2011)
Why are the top and bottom bezels so big?
40. yasir-921 (Posts: 81; Member since: 02 Oct 2012)
Why this phone is so huge?
41. goprochyo (Posts: 8; Member since: 06 Aug 2013)
1. how about screen viewing angle and sunlight visibality campare to the galaxy note 3 ? which one is great disply?
2. how about video stabilization campare to nokia lumia 1020 or lg g2 (OIS)
3. why the all sony xperia device disply has white claudi display not clear like other device (nokia lumia,galaxy s,htc one,iphone) ??
42. Selim (Posts: 2; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
i want some example about the speaker performance , is it loud or not , clear sound or not , cuz am gonna buy that phone and its important so much for me.
45. zmtfatzombie (Posts: 25; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
Does Walkman Player shows lyrics like in iPod? I'm changing from iPhone 4s to this phone.
All my Audio files have ID3 embedded lyrics and I wish not connect internet everytime I want to read lyrics (Like Ttpod or MusicXmatch).
46. papss (unregistered)
What kind of pricing is Sony going for with this phone? Are they going to do the typical out of this world pricing or are they going to be closer to the G2 price wise?
47. DLanor1107 (Posts: 31; Member since: 01 Apr 2013)
Overall, is it worth upgrading from Z? coz i currently have XZ... thanks
48. iDroid8 (Posts: 155; Member since: 16 Oct 2012)
This seems like a good initiative by PA, going by the response to the G2 Q&A.
Just if you could launch some forum or section where we can post our questions about any thing or topic, rather than one specific thing.Even if the guys at PA can't answer all those queries, we can have them answered by other users, who may have knowledge about the thing.
Just a suggestion. :)
49. in_core (Posts: 80; Member since: 14 Sep 2012)
Xperia Z1 being a 5" phone is very wide 74mm. S4, ZL and other 5" phones are under 70mm.
How does that affect the usability of the phone?
That is supposed to make it tougher to hold in one hand to carry and also to use.
50. jb4674 (Posts: 145; Member since: 05 Apr 2013)
I have one question.....
When in the flying F#$% is this thing going to be available in the US and for how much? I'm sick of seeing the iPhone everywhere in PA's website....
51. Khanro (Posts: 1; Member since: 16 Sep 2013)
On the Z and the ZL there was a regular burst mode that would shoot low, mid, and high quality photos in different resolutions. My question is whats the resolution of the regular burst (not time shift) on the Z1


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Michelle Tessier, 31, was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday morning, but her attorney filed a written plea with the court.
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At least twice a year I come up with some brilliant idea that would plunge me into the culinary profession....
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Good grief. Well Katherine Cobb, I for one enjoy your columns.
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And the point of this is? Oh yes, typical hot air bigotry that no one cares about. Move your boasting self back to San Fransicko, you're restaurant isn't wanted here. -a foodie that doesn't need to brag to feel better about myself
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Health foods will not fly here. Not enough to feed masses large enough to sustain a business. For personal use, our farms have a wealth of great produce to enjoy. Forgetting the healthy factor, the Pennsylvania Dutch market in Hagerstown is worth the trip. We could only wish the strip clubs would close down so that type of business would feel comfortable moving into our empty buildings, such as the old Lowe's. However, I live in fantasy of a town landscaped in flowers, with the best cheesecakes and homemade sausage on the corner. No thugs. Just good country folk exchanging meals at a church potluck dinner.
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So that begs the question, why don't the "non-liberal locals" run for local offices? I'm just sayin'.....
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I agree somewhat with jenkens. City Council members like Paonessa, Slover and Bringewatt are very liberal and always try to get new liberal residents of Charles Town to run for City Council when they have only lvied here a short time, which is wrong. This hurts our City. We need people that know the City, the region and our people. The point, although a bit scarcastic from jenkens is that these Councilmembers recruit liberals from out of town, so they can continue to push their liberal agenda with Charles Town taking a back seat to all the out of town liberals that landed here. And there is nothing wrong with being from somewhere else, but be here awhile and learn us before you run for anything.
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What? ....at least twice a year I come up with some brilliant ideas..... NOT, you should consider giving up your amateur writing career and paying more attention to the poor cats that get shot with paintballs on your block by ??? I won't say who but you know......Glad to read that you have.....also been fortunate to eat memorable restaurant meals in Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, New York Iowa and Washington, D.C.,.... Did you ever run into our liberal Charles Town City Councilmen Ms. Poeanessa, Slover and Bringetot when you were in those other States? That's where they are all from! Maybe you could do a story on liberal people moving to Charles Town and Slover, Bringetot and Ponesaa getting them to run for City Council the first year they are here. If makes me wonder what they could know about our City when they have only lived here a few weeks?
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More Ivy at Wrigley?
With yesterday's trade for Matt Garza, the by-product that caught my eye is the fact that the Cubs seem to have cornered the recent market on Ivy Leaguers. Fernando Perez studied creative writing and received a degree in American Studies at Columbia and now joins the exclusive Cub club of four.
Perez has published in Poetry Magazine.
Perez says he turns to poetry when he's "after displacement, contrast" from the game of baseball. "The thick wilderness," he continues, "of, say, late Ashbery can wrangle with the narrowness of competition."
From his Poetry Magazine article, titled: Para Rumbiar
Like poetry, baseball is a kind of counter culture. The (optional) isolation from the outside world (which I often opt for); the idleness about which—and out of which—so many poems are written or sung: I see this state of mind as a blessing.
...and if you haven't seen the Fernando Perez You Tube video on "The Working Poor" here's the link.
"nobody talks about the Fernando Perez(s), Jason Nix(s), Emilio Bonafacio(s), all these great players, playing for the minimum, that keep these guys (the stars like ARod) afloat."
Growing more Ivy, after the break...
We all knew Mark DeRosa was a Penn grad, Ivy League starting Quarterback and received a degree from the Wharton School of Business. DeRosa's exit from the Cubs, in a 6 degrees of separation way, is related to Fernando Perez getting here. The Cubs received Chris Archer from Cleveland and now Archer goes to Tampa.
Doug Glanville also graduated from Penn and right from the get-go was one of the most scholarly ballplayers ever. His Penn senior thesis was a study of the railways surrounding a potential new Phillies stadium...and that thesis has been added to the collection of historic documents at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. He was a first round draft choice of the Cubs from the 1992 amateur draft and patrolled the OF for the Cubs in 1995-6 before an offseason 1997 trade to the Phillies for Mickey Morandini. He's become quite a celebrated author, publishing as a columnist in the NY Times and now has a book out titled, "The Game from Where I Stand". Here's a link from Chicago Magazine.com including an interview with DG from Wrigley Field reminiscing on his Cub experience and moving back to Chicago as his current home. I love listening to him and this is a great Chicago ramble.
I'd forgotten that Mike Remlinger was a Dartmouth grad. He lead the NCAA with a 1.59 ERA in 1986. His legacy as a Cub? I'll always remember him for the weirdest disabled list injury...breaking his throwing left hand little finger when it got caught in a reclining chair.
The most famous Ivy Leaguer (but alas, not a Cub) is Lou Gehrig. Gehrig's college prowess was as a pitcher and he held the Columbia career strikeout record from the 1920's until 1978! Lou, Lou, Lou.
I say, Collect 'em all...and here's my invite to Fernando Perez to do some creative writing on TCR.
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Sun-Times, Gord Wittenmeyer's Saturday article on the trade.
Garza, whose $3.35 million 2010 salary could nearly double in arbitration this winter, doesn't fit the space Hendry had left in his payroll budget for 2011, which suggests that ownership consent was necessary and that a trade or two could follow to shed salary.
Pitcher Tom Gorzelanny already has been rumored to be on the block for the past month.
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here's Fernando Perez' article in Poetry magazine...not a poem but he has a flare.
I write from Caracas, the murder capital of the world, where I've been employed by the Leones to score runs and prevent balls from falling in the outfield.
Like poetry, baseball is a kind of counter culture. The (optional) isolation from the outside world (which I often opt for); the idleness about which—and out of which—so many poems are written or sung: I see this state of mind as a blessing.
(I'm adding this link and quote to the TCR article)
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Thanks for the Ivy Update CUBSTER.
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AZ PHIL: Apparently Hayden Simpson is throwing again after a debilitating Mono illness. He was s'posed to start pitching in your 'hood.
Have you seen him yet? What kind of stuff does he have?
Also, since the Cubs believe obviously that they have more talented MiLB depth, and since it has been reported that the team chose to hang on to Trey McNutt over Archer, how would you compare the two pitchers?
Did you believe that they are equally talented? Or, did McNutt's control and speed inevitably win out?
What say ye, PHIL?
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Submitted by The E-Man on Sat, 01/08/2011 - 10:46am.
AZ PHIL: Apparently Hayden Simpson is throwing again after a debilitating Mono illness. He was s'posed to start pitching in your 'hood.
Have you seen him yet? What kind of stuff does he have?
Also, since the Cubs believe obviously that they have more talented MiLB depth, and since it has been reported that the team chose to hang on to Trey McNutt over Archer, how would you compare the two pitchers?
Did you believe that they are equally talented? Or, did McNutt's control and speed inevitably win out?
What say ye, PHIL?
E-MAN: I haven't seen Hayden Simpson yet.
As for Chris Archer versus Trey McNutt, to me Archer is Carlos Marmol with a change-up, and McNutt is more like a young Mark Prior.
The big issue with Archer is control. Nobody hits him, because he has a mid-90's fastball that has movement, together with an unhittable high-velocity hard-breaking slider, and an OK change-up. But he struggled with control at Peoria in 2009, and then after going to Instructs post-2009 and working on pitching to contact to help improve his control, he threw strikes consistently the first half of last seson at Daytona, but then he lost it when he got promoted to AA. He needs to throw strikes more consistently.
McNutt throws just as hard as Archer, but his fastball is more pure heat than the running gas Archer throws, and his breaking ball is very good and he gets swings & misses with it, but it's more of a curve than Archer's a hard-slider. Right now McNutt has better command of his stuff.
But if Archer throws strikes he is a #1 starter or he could be (like Marmol) an unhittable lights-out closer. Of the two, I would say Archer (barring injury) has the higher ceiling, but also is (of the two) the one more-likely to flame out due to control issues.
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I always wondered what it would be like for a truly intelligent and intellectually curious person to be on a professional sports team. I'm sure you can find a couple of guys who aren't utter prats but some of the meat-headed behavior must get pretty old pretty fast.
I'm no genius but even traveling to the south for a few weeks with my college baseball team got pretty old. Only so many farts can be lit, beers consumed and balconies climbed before tedium begins eating at your brain.
I once read a hilarious humor piece about Durocher's NY Giants - how each guy on the team was reading a book - Faulkner, Tolstoy etc... and literature is all they would talk about in the dugout and bullpen. Don't remember where I read it and I've never come across it again.
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You are not only describing the typical jock, you are also describing the typical teenage frat member, and most teenage college students.
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Fuld is no dummy either. Maybe not a guy who gets into Stanford without baseball, but he can at least be articulate.
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fwiw, Perez was on XM radio and gushed about what a great group of guys the Rays were and how much he loved hanging around all of them. He said him and Garza will likely share a place in Mesa.
He seemed extremely comfortable with the baseball culture.
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"Johnny always says 'you can only drink SO much and screw SO much'..." - Swoozy Kurtz in Slap Shot
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Not saying it can't be done. Don't even know how smart Perez is. Just that his apparent intelligence reminded me of something I've wondered about in the past.
Admittedly, you do get something out of being part of a team that is different than intellectual stimulation.
And while the antics of my college baseball teammates was youthful foolishness, I was also once in the Cincinnati Reds locker room when an attempt at fart ignition was attempted to the laughing until crying reaction of most of the team. Many pro athletes are frozen in a sort of pre-adult state. Hot foots and bubble gum on hats aren't exactly the Algonquin Round Table.
Chicago Sun Times Welcome New Latino Pitcher to Cubs
Either way you are not worth four of our juiciest prospects!!!!
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I'm sure general manager Jim Hendry did his due diligence and got the right guy. Although, there is a resemblance — in facial hair — between Garza and former Cubs right-hander Matt Clement. Ah, it'll all be sorted out in spring training.
I see dead Brillo pads
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What's funny is I was thinking that too....
Does Ricketts own a hidden closet somewhere of fake Clement-beards that he can now sell to pay Garza's salary??
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via ye olde world o roto:
"According to MLB.com's Peter Gammons, the Rangers were willing to send Derek Holland, Frank Francisco and outfielder Engel Beltre to the Rays for Matt Garza.
They were also trying to get Robinson Cirinos from the Cubs to use in the trade, though the Rays ended up getting Chirinos directly."
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Damn it's hard being right all the time... I am getting used to it, though.
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you have a lot in common with sarah palin if that's a victory for you.
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The Cuba finalized the Matt Garza trade on Saturday, and will receive minor-league right-hander Zachary Rosscup as the third player in the deal.
Zach Rosscup
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84.2ip 0hr....damn.
i dunno crap about the guy, but the numbers look decent. looks like a contact ground ball guy...or lucky.
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He's certainly not an Ivy Leaguer.
"reading is lame... why read when we have tv"
Sounds more like a Farnsworth.
"Im Zac. im a very nice and very fun person who is very outgoing and up for anything. i will do anything to have fun at any time."
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Give him IVY credit. His 2009 season was spent at Princeton. According to B-R.
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...only if he can spell it.
too bad there's no Princeton Pilsner.
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While the page is douchetastic, what really troubles me is that he still uses MySpace.
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Cubs.com has a writeup...so the deal is official anf has been finalized.
Ptbnl is Zack Rosscup as noted above.
XM hosts this afternoon, Jeff Nelson and Grant Paulson love the Cubs side of the deal...although GP does like Lee a lot.
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NFL should change its rules this winter. Winning a division should not guarantee a home playoff game. Playoff entry - yes - but not a home game. What a gas.
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I think the opposite. NO wasn't good enough to win their own division, they shouldn't host a game.
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Well played. Although I'd get a kick out of the Bears beating either team:
Smug Pete Caroll
the Ex-Bears 1985 Ball Boy Sean Payton and summersalting Reggie Bush
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If you give up 41 to Seattle on the moon, you shouldn't be in the playoffs.
Murton the Sushi Chef
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so I have to root for Green Bay now? ugh
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mlb network guys diss the Garza trade...and Bowa trades Z to Yankees
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i dont get all the hate from this trade....then again, i like garza and his club control.
lee is a great SS prospect, but he doesn't really project til 2013 and even then people are still wondering if he's even 10hr/30double capable.
archer is a great pitching prospect, but the cubs have similar or better.
chin/b.g. both had good years, but both are old and the cubs have an answer to both guys in their system.
if you don't like garza it's a slam-dunk "bleh" trade, but i think the guy is a solid #2/#3 type.
...also i think the MLB Hotstove breakdown is a bit overblown on their statement of how it empties the system. imo, the only guy that hurts to give up is lee. ...the Z to NY talk is a bit ahead of themselves.
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Chironos, Guyer, and Fuld are no big loss. Lee is going to have to turn into a very good hitter with some power to make his loss hurt. Otherwise good field no-hit shortstops are a dime a dozen. He might have more speed than your Rey Ordonez, etc., but dealing him for a good to very good starting pitcher is a no-brainer.
Archer we obviously sold high on. Maybe he continues to improve, or maybe in a year he's no longer considered a top prospect, but the more I think about the deal, if Garza stays healthy we should come out on top. The only way we don't is if multiple guys we gave up become productive big league starters, or Archer becomes Roger Clemens (and he'll need some syringes to do that).
Anyone know more than just stats on the other pitcher we got back? His stats are nice, but is he a power pitcher, finesse guy, etc?
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Garza is overrated and a flyball pitcher that may struggle during Chicago summers. 24 is not old for AA, so I think Guyer's age should not be considered a downgrade on his viability (though his lack of top prospect production prior to 2010 should).
Hate for the trade comes from the fact that the trade gives the Cubs more certainty in potential gain, mainly a #2 pitcher. Maybe he will improve and be a #1 for the Cubs, but he likely won't be great. And most likely, the Cubs will not make the playoffs with or without Garza. So we acquired certainty for potential....the players we gave up potentially will never make the majors or potentially all become major league regulars, and Archer and Lee might be perennial all-stars.
If we are not going to make the playoffs with the certainty, I would rather have the potential upside.
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Garza is overrated and a flyball pitcher that may struggle during Chicago summers.
I just want to know if you said this about Ted Lilly. You did when Hendry signed him, didn't you?
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Yeah, I get the Ted Lilly comparisons. I believe Garza is our ace, but I still don't believe we have a team that can contend; I'm hoping to be proved wrong.
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i'm still trying to figure out how STL did so crappy compared to how they should have last year with pujols/holliday + those 3 starters.
baseball's a funny ass game.
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I don't believe the team will contend, either. This whole thing is a head-scratcher. Greg Maddux loved Garza and I'm sure this had some influence. He's also worked with McNutt, apparently.
I think that Hendry is trying to win to save his gig, and certainly, as per usual, he gets a deal done right before the Convention.
The revenues have been declining. Maybe Ricketts wants to get the team in-line with "Project .500" to suck more fans and advertisers in?
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You have to field a team.
If the Cubs went into z and dempster at the top of the rotation they were looking at 65-70 wins. They probably won't win much more than that with Garza but they couldn't go into the season after a bad season with all the Lou bs from it without making bigger addition then Carlos Pena.
The Cubs are in the same boat as Yanks and Red Sox, they are never going to get away with fielding a minor league team and tell the fans to be patient.
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Agreed. We certainly do not seem to have a one-two punch like Linci-Cain, Halladay-Lee, Carpenter-Wainright.
If you built a team from scratch with clones of the above, a decent GM could somehow manage to field a team that is seriously in the hunt for the Playoffs, at least.
The Giants had this formula with a break-through year for a rookie catcher, and had career years from other guys - several "wash-ups" included. One even was WS MVP!
Man, baseball is a strange sport, isn't it?
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I don't think we can contend either, but crazier things have happened. I think our offense has too many holes. I also think that while our pitching staff looks much better on paper than last year's team, we still don't have a real knockout pitching staff. Dempster could be a .500 pitcher with an era around 4, or maybe he rebounds to all-star form now that his daughter is doing better. Z could be anything. Those are the two main problems, what kind of seasons do we get from those two guys?
A couple of other points. As much as I get on Hendry at times (most of the time), he has the guts/motivation/team payroll to go out and get guys that our previous GM's just never did. I think it goes beyond Hendry just having more payroll than McFail and Lynch, etc., he makes aggressive moves to try and win. It's kind of funny that we are complaining to each other about our GM trying to make the team better by trading for a good pitcher and not giving up anything off the major league roster.
The other point that I think we have to consider is that Hendry apparently looked past 2011 and realized that Garza was the best pitcher we had any legitimate chance of acquiring in the next two years, so strike while Garza was available and we had the goods to get him.
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The major league roster needs an upgrade at catcher #2, and we just traded that to the Rays. In fact, just going by last year's numbers, the gap from Gorzellany (+1.1 wins) or Silva (+.5) to Garza is probably less than from Hill to Chirinos (1.7).
In Hendry's defense of the trade - it's his farm system. It's not really fair to Hendry to bash him for trading a guys from a farm system that he built, after we bitch for years about the farm system not being worth anything.
Another blurb from Cameron on the trade and the value of Chirnos.
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Curious, how is the 1.7 win for Chirinos computed being he doesn't have big league experience? Seems counterintuitive that upgrading from Silva to Garza has less impact than changing who is the back up replacement level catcher.
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Well if you click that link there, Cameron estimates Chirinos at about 1 win, and Hill came in at negative .7 wins last year. If you just do a straight major league equivalency to Chirinos's '10 stats, you'd probably get even more than a win.
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He also estimates that Chirinos is the back up plan if backup Shoppach is injured or underperforms from his previous .4 WAR (.196 avg .308 obp .342 slg). I think this says more about how lacking Koyie Hill is than about any potential Chirinos has. I agree that Hill needs to be replaced, but it seems reactionary to fret over losing an unproven 26 year old, double A, possible league average catcher in order to obtain a 27 year old proven number 2 starting pitcher who is an innings eater, under club control and also has a ALCS MVP and a no hitter to boot.
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we can't use both w.castillo and chininininiros...one was expendable.
nice to have that luxury.
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Castillo would have been fine at AAA while Chirinos got us the same 2 wins in MLB, while further building his trade value.
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Exactly. That's what irks me, too. What is it with worthless bench players that so fascinates Jim Hendry? Lenny Harris, Rey Rey, Gabor Bako, Jose F-ing Macias, Koyie Hill, it never ends. There's a "pet" on every year's team it seems.
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Len Casper gets video interviewed on mlb.com after the Garza deal.
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One of the shooting victims in Arizona yesterday was Dallas Green's granddaughter.
Very Horrible and Sad
Dallas Green's 9 year old grand daughter among the murdered victims at shooting of AZ congresswoman yesterday.
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I just got goosebumps and teared up.
So senseless and vile...
what a society
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I agree on senseless and vile, but I also don't think one 22 y/o POS = "a society"
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Buster Olney solicits opinions of several scouts ("talent evaluators")...and opinions are like bellybuttons ("everyone's got one")
http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=olne... (subscription required)
From an NL evaluator: "I actually kind of like the deal from the Cubs' standpoint. They have a weak system and Archer is arguably the top prospect, but in most systems he'd be the third or fourth best prospect. People are really mixed on Lee -- he can fly, has tremendous range at shortstop and a plus arm, but zero power, and there are questions if he will be an every-day player. Guyer came out of nowhere last year, but he's a legit every-day outfield prospect and he's probably the second player in the deal for the Rays. Like Guyer, Chirinos came on last year and could be a low-end regular.
"low-end regular" = 85 octane?
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"low-end regular" = 85 octane?
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Rick Morrissey has a column on Sosa in Hall?, A Thousand times No:
Sammy Sosa will be eligible for the Baseball Hall of Fame beginning in 2013.
It means nothing. It's like John Mayer hoping to get into the Celibacy Hall of Fame.
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That is the worst joke I've ever heard. Get bent, Rick Morrissey.
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Especially when he had Tiger Woo as a better punchline.
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St. Pete Times article on Garza trade with video interview of one of their sportswriters. Nothing really groundbreaking.
"...Garza may have another no-hitter and a 20 win season in him"
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Thing that bugs me about the article is the fact checking. How can so many writers and reports not know that steroids were in fact banned in MLB during the 90's. They weren't tested for, but they were banned.
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Bruce Miles article after Garza visits the friendly winter confines yesterday:
note that Fernando Perez is only hitting right-handed after his dislocated left wrist injury from 3-10-09. I believe it's a variation on the same injury that Brian Uhrlacher had. Perez had his wrist scoped in AZ (Dr. Donald Sheridan) and had pins inserted to stabilize the carpal (wrist) bone alignment while the ligaments healed. Although DLee's injury was a fractured wrist and was treated with casting (no surgery), we all saw the impact on his hitting for almost a year after that. Wrist injuries affect bat speed and in Perez' case, he was in AAA all of last year. So he should be closer to his normal hitting skill-set this year.
"He's one of the fastest guys in the game," Hendry said. "He's a flyer. He was well on his way to looking like his career was going to take off after the World Series run, and then he had the severe injury to his hand and wrist. He's much healthier now that he's only hitting right-handed."
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Wait until some B-Level pitcher hits him on the same wrist.
David Weathers, for example.
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Thanks for posting that. I'm happy he's found some success.
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Good for him.
I have a buddy who scouts for Tigers and was going to meet with Murton in June 2008. He couldn't because the day they were to meet Murton was traded for Rich Harden.
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Muskat article/interview with Hak Ju Lee, plus video interview with Chris Archer
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I graduated from Northern Illinois and am considered a dope by most of my peers
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I'll do you one better, I was considered almost genius-level smart in hs, 34 on the ACT, all that....
And recently finished my online BS from TUI University!!
(special shout out to comic books, women, and booze for making it all possible)
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nice. In which order? If you don't say women I'm gonna have to do some hard core critiquing.
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from the "oh, that's why" department...
grant balfour and his stellar numbers hasn't been signed or showed up on the rumor-signing/pursued radar because of velocity concerns.
also, scott "the state of arizona illegally sealed my cokehead wife's records" schoeneweis is out there looking work.
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I know I should know from reading the posts from you guys, but I have no idea who scott "the state of arizona illegally sealed my cokehead wife's records" schoeneweis is.
Isn't he a milk distributor in Chicago?
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scott s's wife died a few years ago. it was tragic, really...kids left behind and all. she struggled for years with a coke habit.
when she died the state sealed (illegally) her records, but someone who thought that was screwed up leaked it to the media anyway. scott didn't want it all out in the public and protect his kids from the info and etc etc etc...
it took a state appeals court to actually "legit" release the records...according to state law.
it's nothing against scott or his wife, it's the government giving him special treatment because his family is evidently more special and important than the rest of the state.
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oh I was thinking of Oberweise from chicago milk fame.
Well that sucks. Let's talk about something else. My niece is actually all bummed about about the AZ killings. Which is good I guess since I always assumed she didn't care about such things.
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outside of this incident...which could have happened in any state...
i'm pissed i can't move to AZ because their economy and job market is wrecked so badly. people are leaving the state in droves and it's not opening up jobs, it's taking the jobs with them because so many are leaving. those that are left can't spend enough money to support businesses that are more safely established. the horrible reputation the state has is driving tech jobs (aka, high paying jobs) away because of the state's national image.
my only offers are in Yuma, AZ and that's a bit too much "arizona heat" for me.
hell, i wish i could find work in AZ. they're practically giving away houses there.
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Yanks GM Brian Cashman comments on the high price Tampa wanted from any Yankee offer for Garza
"We never got off the dime, but strong impressions were that it would be something that would cost us more because we are in the division, kind of like Roy Halladay," Cashman said Saturday. "We like Matt Garza and I had a conversation early in the winter and it was clear that what it would take would be more significant than I wanted to do. And there was also reluctance from them to trading within the division."
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from Rangers blogster (Jamey Newberg, see item #2).
First time I saw Dollis' name involved in the Garza related talks.
Newberg makes it sound like Chirinos was the key for Tampa (whether they took the deal from the Cubs or Rangers). Note the part where he says Texas included Chirinos in their offer? Sort of odd. Once Carlos Pena signed and Kerry Wood fell in Hendry's lap, Texas offer of first Davis, then O'Day became of little interest. Really would have been a sucker punch if Garza wound up in Texas and Chirinos still wound up in Tampa.
According to Peter Gammons (MLB.com), the Rangers offered Derek Holland, Frankie Francisco, Engel Beltre, Cubs minor league catcher Robinson Chirinos, and cash to Tampa Bay for Matt Garza
The Chirinos component to the Rangers' offer obviously meant he was a key for the Rays and that Texas attempted to get the Cubs involved in its own effort to acquire Garza
...the Rangers and Cubs were in talks that might have involved Chris Davis (and possibly Darren O'Day) on the Texas side, and Chirinos (and possibly righthander Rafael Dolis) on the Chicago side.
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I suspect the Rays are hoping they will be able to flip Chirinos (or that Chirinos will become good enough to allow them to trade one of their other catchers). Just a thought. But if Chirinos continues his success in the minors and/or has a little success in the majors, he could become a hod commodity by the middle of the year, and then the Rays could trade Chirinos (or one of their other catchers) to a team whose primary catcher suffered an injury. Then again, I'm probably thinking too far ahead for baseball--too many other things could happen in the meantime. Maybe they just really like the guy, like his swing or whatever.
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I suspect that the Rays realized the Cubs had a commodity that they undervalued and took it off of them for a song.
A guy who hit like the 4th best catcher in MLB last year, as well as being the Cubs best defensive catcher in the minors... ahead of Bob Brenley's kid. That's what the Rays got.
MILB article on the trade, focusing mostly on the Cubs prospects traded.
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The Cubs certainly undervalued Chirinos when they exposed him to the Rule 5 draft in December '09; but then so did the Rays, who could have grabbed him then.
I'm not unsympathetic to your view that by waiting a year or two, the Cubs could have gotten a lot more for Chirinos and Lee, if they didn't intend to keep them.
At this point, I'm hoping that Archer and Lee are flops, but I'm still a fan of Chirinos and Guyer, I guess because they didn't start out as top prospects. They're self-made.
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Archer and Guyer were both 5th round picks...
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Yes, but . . .
Archer was 20 in February '09, when I read this in Scout.com:
But it was the acquisition of Archer that prompted phone calls from four clubs who offered congratulatory messages to Chicago Scouting Director Tim Wilken.
"They thought this was the whole key to the deal, Chris Archer," says Wilken.
I don't recall anyone suggesting Guyer had a shot at the majors until his 2010 double-A season at age 24. Try to locate him on a prospect list for 2010.
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Mentioned in a top 20 article from 2009 and described with "unique combination of power and speed" in an article from december of 2008.
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Good job, Neal, you found somebody besides me who liked Guyer. Number 12 in Inside The Ivy's ranking for '09.
More typical, though, is Guyer's near invisibility on this page.
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a guy who projects as a reed johnson type isn't gonna get too much hype.
great 4th OF type or even a weakish starting CF (there's a lot around mlb).
he hits well, but it's aggressive and he don't look at a lot of pitches.
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That's a pretty good comparison, Guyer to Johnson. They both hit about the same number of homers in the minors. Like Guyer, Johnson stole a lot bases in the minors. But then he stopped stealing in the majors. One reason might be the mediocre SB/CS ratio, 68/27 versus Guyer's 93/19. If Guyer runs like that in the majors, he can be better than a fourth OF.
He was irrelevant to the Cubs, though, with Soriano and Byrd monopolizing the outfield and Brett Johnson coming along to bump one of them.
Edit: Who's Brett Johnson?
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Submitted by VirginiaPhil on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 1:11pm.
I don't recall anyone suggesting Guyer had a shot at the majors until his 2010 double-A season at age 24. Try to locate him on a prospect list for 2010.
VA PHIL: Brandon Guyer was on my Cubs Top 15 prospect list post-2008, post-2009, and post-2010.
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I meant outside TCR.
Rob didn't have him on his list, so you guys canceled each other out.
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I would say Brandon Guyer is just about at the point in his career where Reed Johnson was when he first came up with Toronto or Eric Byrnes was when he was a rookie with Oakland.
I wouldn't be surprised if Guyer makes the Rays 2011 Opening Day roster, and and I could see him playing RF and hitting lead-off. The Rays have several holes in their projected lineup, and Fuld and Chirinos should get some decent PT, too. This was a great trade for the careers of Guyer, Fuld, and Chirinos. All three of them were blocked in Chicago.
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Sounds good, I hope you're right.
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Was any thought ever given (this is the Cubs so I'm guessing no) to teaching Soto to play first which would have opened up the catcher spot? Or were they just dead set on spending millions on a come-back player of the year candidate?
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more thought of giving Colvin a shot than Soto.
probably not gonna hand C over to a guy with 62 AAA PA's and probably don't think Castillo is ready either
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I think Soto already knows how to play first base, anyway.
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From Baseball America's write up on the Garza trade:
"...Rosscup is a physical 6-foot-2, 205-pound lefthander notable for solid athletic ability and a projectable fastball in the upper 80s that scrapes the low 90s. He also throws a curveball and changeup and has impressed more for his ability to throw consistent strikes at this stage than for his pure stuff."
Not that I'm doubting AZ Phil, but they say Fernando Perez is out of options.
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Submitted by QuietMan on Mon, 01/10/2011 - 9:41am.
From Baseball America's write up on the Garza trade:
"...Rosscup is a physical 6-foot-2, 205-pound lefthander notable for solid athletic ability and a projectable fastball in the upper 80s that scrapes the low 90s. He also throws a curveball and changeup and has impressed more for his ability to throw consistent strikes at this stage than for his pure stuff."
Not that I'm doubting AZ Phil, but they say Fernando Perez is out of options
Q-MAN: Fernando Perez was added to the Tampa Bay 40-man roster for the first time in November 2007, was optioned to the minors (and thus used an option) in 2008 and 2010, but he spent Opening Day through 8-31-2009 on the Rays DL (15-day then later moved to the 60-day), and was reactivated on September 1st. So he got credit for one full-season of MLB Service Time in 2009.
I'm not great at math, but wouldn't that mean he has one minor league option left?
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Pointing out their error AZ Phil. Not doubting you.
Cubs Claim C Max Ramirez
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will be 26 next year, must of gone off the juice the last 2 years, Sickels had him as a B and #9 heading into 2009, then C+ into 2010. Sickels likes his bat, not his glovework so much.
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he was going to go to Red Sox for Mike Lowell before last year
apparently there was a thumb injury somewhere along the way, defense seems to be not liked by anyone
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Rob, it was Mike Lowell who had the thumb injury nixing the trade. I can't find any record of Ramirez being injured.
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That was my recolection as well...
Anyway he hits .217, so that should add about 6 MPH to the pitching staff's fastballs when he's catching.
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they probably mixed that up in the first article I was reading.
It does look like there was a wrist injury actually.
Because Ramirez has battled right-wrist soreness and left-wrist tendinitis, it may be for the best to write this season off and not completely hold it against him. Many Rangers fans will remember what a nagging wrist injury did to ultra-talented first baseman Adrian Gonzalez—he hit just five home runs while playing a full season in 2003
so he's either going to get healthy again and this is a steal or a complete lost cause. The Red Sox immediately dropping him after picking him up suggests it's a lost cause.
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I read that and get out of it that Ramirez is going to hit 40 HR's next year.
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How is it possible that ROB G and Seamhead both posted at exactly the same time.
IS this accurate?
I mean who "broke" this story anyway??
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where the fuuuuu...do you put max?
he's AAA or bigs...so is welly...
i have a feeling he's gonna play 1st for AAA (even though he's too short, imo, but that's another discussion).
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Maybe Quade pointed out that Koyie Hill can't hit...
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after/during spring k.hill could be cut and made a coach somewhere in the system.
this is pure speculation, though...i dunno what they plan on doing with max, but AA isn't a proper option for him or welly, imo.
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Before The Trade, Chirinos was slotted as splitting time with Castillo at Iowa, so doesn't that explain the acquisition of Ramirez--he will back up Castillo at Iowa? I don't think Brenly is ready for AAA yet, and I dunno, the Cubs don't seem to think much of Clevenger from what I can tell.
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Before The Trade, Chirinos was slotted as splitting time with Castillo at Iowa, so doesn't that explain the acquisition of Ramirez--he will back up Castillo at Iowa? I don't think Brenly is ready for AAA yet, and I dunno, the Cubs don't seem to think much of Clevenger from what I can tell.
JIM H: While the Cubs will likely try to get him through waivers and send him to Iowa if he doesn't make the Cubs Opening Day roster out of Spring Training, the Cubs are well-covered at catcher at the AAA and AA levels, even if they are unable to send M. Ramirez to the minors.
Welington Castillo and either Chris Robinson or Steve Clevenger will probably be at Iowa (and they will probably go with three catchers at Iowa if M. Ramirez ends up there), and either C. Robinson or Clevenger, Michael Brenly, and Blake Lalli (C-1B) will likely be at Tennessee.
The problem is at Daytona (Micah Gibbs and Chad Noble look to be the backstops at Peoria), where Luis Flores, Jonathan Mota (also SS-2B-3B-OF), and Jose Guevara presently look like the catching staff. (Micah Gibbs might jump to Daytona, but his bat probably isn't ready for Hi-A).
Brenly could end up back at Daytona again, but if he makes the Tennessee roster, the Cubs will probably have to bring in a free-agent catcher to add depth at Daytona. Long-time Cubs minor leaguers Mark Reed and Mario Mercedes were Rule 55 minor league FAs post-2010, but neither has signed elsewhere yet, so maybe one of them will re-sign with the Cubs and get assigned to Daytona with Flores.
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So the Cubs' solution to the LH SP problem (if they trade Gorz) apparently is James Russell and a prayer.
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i wouldn't worry too much unless wells and gorz both go.
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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
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Loht, a graduate of Indian Valley, where she was a standout javelin thrower on the track and field team, added to her list of accomplishments when she won the event in the Penn Relays Thursday.
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Laura Loht, on the medal stand, shows her second Penn Relays watch after winning the women's javelin Thursday.
Her throw Thursday was hardly her best, but enough to win by two feet. She threw 154 feet, 7 inches.
As is her nature, the win was tempered by the fact that she wanted to do better.
"It's nice, it's OK," she said. "It's a stepping stone - my distance isn't what I was hoping for. It's a work in progress."
In addition to winning the Penn Relays, Loht has been a state champion in PIAA competition and won the Big Ten title in the event last spring.
She said it was somewhat of a surprise to win with that number.
Aside from perfect weather, she said, "It was a weird day all around. There were probably six girls coming in in the 150s."
Only the top five stayed there. The No. 10 finisher - Penn State teammate Lauren Kenney - had a rather low 127-8 as her best throw. Loht said Kenney has had back problems that may have contributed to her low finish, along with a sector foul on what may have been her best throw.
"It's definitely tough going in," she said. "We were ranked 1-2 going in. The goal was just to have a Penn Stater come out with a win."
The Nittany Lions have won the javelin four straight years.
"It's definitely a rough sport. You never know when things are going to pop up," Loht said. "It can go bad real fast."
Loht said she still calls home after big finishes, and says she wouldn't be where she is without the backing of her family and friends.
"My family's definitely been super supportive," she said. "It's definitely been a ride but there hasn't been a meet they haven't been behind me."
Loht, who missed the PIAA finals as a junior after medaling in her 10th-grade year, admits her own competitive nature sometimes drives her distress.
"There's always pressure but I never felt pressure from anyone else - it's just me," she said. "It's insane for people from the outside looking in.
"I'm sure when I look back in years to come it's going to be like, I can't believe I did that."


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Debra Piatek, of Penora Street, faces three counts of fourth-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, three counts of fifth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance, and one count of criminal sale of a controlled substance in or near school grounds.
If convicted, Piatek faces up to 27 years in prison.
She was arraigned before Erie County Judge Michael D'Amico.
The District Attorney's Office said Piatek sold the pills to the detective on Sept. 28 near the high school. She is also accused of selling the drug to undercover detectives on Oct. 22 and Oct. 23.
Suboxone, a brand name for buprenorphone, is often used to manage opiate addiction but has increasingly been found to be a drug of choice among high school and college students, according to a release from the District Attorney's Office.


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