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Nothing Like Losses To Make Me Feel Like Complaining
|SP Sergio Mitre
|SP Josh Beckett
|CF *Juan Pierre
|SS #Neifi Perez
|2B #Luis Castillo
|CF *Corey Patterson
|LF Miguel Cabrera
|1B Derrek Lee
|1B *Carlos Delgado
|RF *Jeromy Burnitz
|3B Damion Easley
|3B Aramis Ramirez
|C Paul Lo Duca
Looks like Gagne is most
Looks like Gagne is most likely done for awhile...LA will be putting him on the DL soon. Should of traded him when they had the chance.
Which cosmic force did Mitre
Which cosmic force did Mitre anger?
Halladay, Beckett, Eaton, Jeff Francis, Roger Clemens
Nice 1st inning by Mitre....
Nice 1st inning by Mitre....
In defense of Dusty (which I
In defense of Dusty (which I hate to do), his thinking about Corey in the #2 spot has to do with the likelihood that he'll see more fastballs in front of Lee. For Dusty, it's not about contact; it's someone who needs help.
And I don't mind having someone like Walker down in the order who can make some contact.
KKKorey...NICE!!! Trying to
Trying to catch Bellhorn for most K's in MLB.
Nah, don't change your hitting approach, it is OK we will just keeping thinking you will miraclously turn into a real MLB hitter.
"must win" is certainly an
"must win" is certainly an overstatement....but causing us a losing road trip, with a chance to drop to 3-6 tomorrow would be woeful.
Let's right the ship right here.
Very nice summary John, and
Very nice summary John, and I agree with every last thing you said. As I mentioned in the last thread, Neifi, although he has been a pleasant surprise, is waxing and waning back to his mean and having his .324 OBP and seven walks, and Patterson's .294 OBP, hitting ahead of Lee is pure inanity. They also end up getting .5-.7 more at bats a game than they would lower in order. Meanwhile, our number eight hitter is slugging at a near .500 clip, and one of our best on base threats, Walker, lingers in the six or seven hole. Justifying this with talk of "Patterson seeing more fastballs" is silly. You don't sacrifice the run scoring ability of your team in order to provide help to a clueless hitter. And why would any pitcher in his right mind serve up fastballs to the swingtastic Patterson anyways? These things, along with the continued use of the 12 man staff, and the lack of Grieve and Fontenot on the bench, reinforce my desire, as I've mentioned before, for John McGraw's embalmed corpse to take up residence in our dugout in place of Dusty. We'll even put a toothpick in ol' Mac's mouth to make it a little easier on the Baker apologists.
12/2 GB/FB ratio is what I
12/2 GB/FB ratio is what I have for Mitre so far through eight. When Wood and Prior come back, can we at least start Mitre on days when the wind is blowing out?
>"must win" is certainly an
>"must win" is certainly an overstatement....but causing us a losing road trip, with a chance to drop to 3-6 tomorrow would be woeful.
Road Trip? Did I miss something?
Question for the baseball
Question for the baseball purists on this board:
Has Sergio added another pitch? I don't know if he has but ALL of his pitches seem to have more movement on them. The slider (or whatever its called) that breaks in on the righties' hands has been awesome the last 2 games.
Please enlighten.
TCR, you are reading my
TCR, you are reading my mind, if not my site..lol!!
Definitely time to jettison the Bartosh/Borowski dynamic duo!!!
Bear Bay.....the knock on him was that he ..um...had too much success? Stuff is great, but give me some results too, huh?
Correction: FWIW, gameday
Correction: FWIW, gameday has Mitre at 16-5 ground outs to fly outs. But that counts two double plays as four ground outs and 3 line outs (as they describe them) as fly outs. So by my definitions, thats 14-2 through eight.
Now let's see if he can close it....
Make that 15-2 now!
9 innings, no runs, no
9 innings, no runs, no walks, 99 pitches.
Hi my name is Sergio Mitre
Hi my name is Sergio Mitre and I am DONE with the minor leagues!
Joe Morgan just told me that
Joe Morgan just told me that Maddux taught Mitre how to doctor the ball.
That performance was
That performance was BOSS.
My favorite part of Sergio's ace impression is this: No walks! Tonight, he threw 26 balls the entire night! I got 99 pitches but a walk ain't one. Hit me!
Can anyone tell me, was there as much movement on his sinking fastball this time as last time? The GO-AO seems to bear this out, but first hand accounts?
Any Mitre ditractors, still
Any Mitre ditractors, still not believers???
Cubs Win!!
In Dusty We Trusty!!!!
That game rocked. Shame
That game rocked. Shame that we get our biggest offensive explosion on a night when our pitcher throws a complete game shutout, but man oh man was that fun!
ESPN's headline: "Cubs Batter Fish" *snork*
Sergio! Superdave, I don't
Superdave, I don't believe he has developed another pitch -- he has a simply that he's been throwing his sinker for strikes and there is clearly a lot of movement on it. I saw a couple curve balls, but if the sinker is his bread-and-butter and if he can keep it in the strikezone, the batters have to swing at it and pound it into the ground.
If a sinkerball pitcher "clicks", he can be downright unhittable for long stretches -- like Brandon Webb circa 2003. But if he starts to miss the zone, hitters will lay off, take walks, and then he'll have to throw more four-seamers simply to avoid more walks -- like Brandon Webb circa 2004.
Sergio is clearly "clicking" now -- it'd be quite a plus to our rotation if he can keep it up. At a minimum, with the last two starts, he has increased his trade value considerably.
Another magnifico
Another magnifico performance by Sergio Mitre. I guess I was wrong when I labeled him a "4-A" pitcher last month.
When Greegb Maddux signed with the Cubs, therec was hope that he would have a positive influence on Woody, Prior, and Z. Looks like it was Mitre who took the time to learn from the master.
99 pitch complete game shutout... (get this) WITH THE WIND BLOWING OUT!
Batting Corey Patterson 2nd is insane. He has NONE of the attributes of a #2 hitter. If Dusty won't hit C-Pat 7th (where he belongs), it would be better to hit him in the lead-off spot than to hit him 2nd in the order. The #2 hitter--more than any other hitter in the lineup-- needs to have the ability to get his bat on the ball and execute the back-end of a hit & run (if necessary), be able to go deep into the count and hit comfortably with two strikes, and be able to advance a runner (preferably without giving up an out, but whatever it takes). C-Pat is NONE of those things. Todd Walker is ALL of those things.
Optimum Cubs lineup: 1.
Optimum Cubs lineup:
1. Hairston, LF
2. Walker, 2B
3. Lee, 1B
4. Ramirez/Burnitz
5. Burnitz/Ramirez
6. Barrett, C
7. Patterson, CF
8. Perez, SS
When Blanco plays, he hits 8th, and Perez moves up to 6th. C-Pat should ALWAYS hit 7th.
Top of the order gets on base (but Hairston needs to stop trying to steal bases), middle of the order drives 'em in, and the bottom of the order contributes what it can.
Free Corey! Send him back to to the #7 spot!
Agree with the lineup,
Agree with the lineup, although I think we HAVE to make a deal for a LF if this team is to truly contend. It sure would be nice to see Hairston get more opportunities to play in left. Lord knows we could use some production from that position. My only concern is how the hell will we be able to carry-on without Dubois's defense?????
Jim Hendry... whatever you
Jim Hendry... whatever you do.... don't trade Sergio Mitre!
He's just rounding into shape and it'd be a damn shame to see him blossom for some other team after all the patience shown by the Cubs organization.
Mitre was great... I'll bet he's getting lessons from Maddux, because all of a sudden, he's actually pitching smarter.
Unlike many of the people on this board, I understand that you don't have to throw 100 miles an hour (see Kyle Farsnworth) and strike out 20 batters a game (See Kerry Wood) to be considered a great pitcher. Maddux's fastball never topped 88-90 mph, yet he's going to the Hall of Fame.
Mitre's getting good instruction from somewhere... but... according to most of the posters on this board, we should IMMEDIATELY trade Mitre, Dubois and CPat for soon-to-be-over-the-hill slugger Gary Sheffield.
Just like a Cubs fan!
Mind you, the same people lobbying for this trade are pretty much the same ones that'll come on here and rip Hendry if Mitre goes on to be a star in this league a-la Dontrelle Willis or Andy Sisco.
Can you imagine what'd happen if Mitre went on to win 17-20 games FOR ANOTHER TEAM?
A no-win situation for sure... I just hope Hendry's not reading this board and listening to some of these outlandish trade scenarios.
Right now, it looks like Hendry was right on replacing Sosa with Burnitz (to the chagrin of the Burnitz haters here, there's no comparison between Sam-Me and Burnitz, offensively OR defensively), keeping Rusch, sticking with Barrett, retaining Neifi Perez... and I'm not going to remind everyone about Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez.
You can argue that he was wrong on Alou (who spent some time on the DL early this year) and Chad Fox, but I have faith in Hendry. Certainly a lot more faith than all the nattering nabobs of negativity posting here.
Hendry can't do anything about injuries, they're a part of the game. But to hear some of the people here, he hasn't done anything right!
He's made more good moves than bad. I trust that he'll do the right thing and keep Sergio.
nice article on
It would be nice to see
It would be nice to see Dusty try that line-up out for awhile, AZ Phil. But if Hairston is the best we can do at LF, then we've got to fill that hole. His .368 OBP is better than Neifi (after Lee), but you have to knock that down ten points for the fact that he is caught stealing once out of every ten times he gets on base!
I'd bat Hairston lead-off and give him at bats to showcase him for a trade. I don't see him with the team long-term, but I think he has some trade value as a perceived "versatile" player.
4THANDINCHES, The issue
The issue with Mitre is that he is out of options after this year and we have other starting pitchers in the queue (Rich Hill, Williams, etc.). And his trade value may never be higher than it is in the next month. Also, there is significantly more risk with young pitchers like Mitre than with the type of corner OF Hendry should be trying to trade him for (one with a couple year's experience). So I would give Hendry free reign to move him now to solve our corner outfielder problem.
As you point out, Hendry has made some incredible mid-season trades the last few years. I'll trust him on this to get full value from Mitre if that is the direction they go. If the Cub system keeps producing young pitchers, we can trade one every year for offensive players mid-season (Frank Beltran begat Nomar...Matt Brubak, who I really liked at the time, begat Aramis Ramirez)...
Just a reminder to people
Just a reminder to people that want to do stuff like trade Dubois and CPat to get Gary Sheffield - or people who don't want to trade either.
You have to give up value to get value. To get better overall we will have to deal from strength. That is probably pitching - and pitching is always overvalued at this time of year. Think of some of the bidding wars for people like Tim Belcher and Denny Nagle.
I'm not advocating anything - but any trade is going to mean giving something up we like, otherwise nobody would take it. Unless it's Chuck Lamarr.
Chicago fans tend to overvalue our own (We can't give up on Scott Downs! What about Manny Aybar!) and apparently think other GMs are stupid (I bet the Yankees would trade A-Rod and pay his salary for Dubois. They need a left fielder!) It's way better here than on sports radio.
DC Tom, Yeah, i hear you...
DC Tom,
Yeah, i hear you... but if we trade Mitre and get little or nothing for him, Hendry will be crucified in Cubdom. You know it and I know it.
We'll have to live with endless comparisons to Broglio-for-Brock. After all, I'm still reading posts here criticizing Hendry for letting Clement go this off-season... and for letting Jon Garland escape.
You could easily justify both of those moves... but Hendry's still catching hell for both.
Yeah, if Hendry could get equal value... maybe... but Prior and Wood have proven that they can't stay healthy for a whole season, and Maddux, while great, is showing signs of Father Time catching up to him.
And we just saw what happened to Zambrano (sprained toe) running the bases... so I don't think trading a young pitcher who has just hit his stride is the right move. It ain't easy pitching at the major-league level, and you can't just assume that all of the talent we have in Triple-A will become major-league quality.
Jerome Williams has proven that he can pitch up here... but when the league adjusted he got clobbered. There's no guarantee he'll regain that form. Stabilizing his personal life and losing weight might help him, though.
There ARE no sure things in life, especially when you're talking about big-league pitching, so I'd be careful about trading a pitcher who finally shows signs of maturing. It might come back to haunt us, as Dontrelle Willis' performance proved yesterday night.
Bet Cubdom would like to have THAT one back, eh?
Inches, Prior missed, what
Inches, Prior missed, what two starts this year before the arm break? And in 2003 out due to a collison with Giles. I would hardly call prior injury prone.
I know this was ages ago,
I know this was ages ago, but
Mr. Whipple #16:
I got 99 pitches but a walk ain't one. Hit me!
HAAAA! Yes, I definitely laughed out loud while reading that.
MITRE!!! (My favorite part of this performance = the fact that he basically predicted his upcoming success. "It's about time")
Small note for # 23. Maddux
Small note for # 23. Maddux regularly topped
90 up to 94 in his peak years (92-96) and he
was still smarter than anyone else so he
totally dominated the NL for those years.
Now with his pitches 5-10 miles slower he
is relying even more on his brain.
I do suspect he had an influence on Mitre who
seems to have turned into a confident ground ball, location, location pitcher in record time.
Lastly you do need to trade value to get
value but now is NOT the time to trade Mitre
or in fact for ANY major trade. Cubs should
hold out till AFTER the All Star break when
it will clearer what their biggest needs are
(lead off man, power hitter, closer ?) and the
number of available players increases dramatically. If we can't stay in the race with what we have . a trade with what is available now won't fix the problems.
In Hendry we trusty
(sorry no rhyme but he is the MAN)
Yeah, about that. I've just
Yeah, about that. I've just received a C&D from Roc-A-Fella Records.
Apparently Jay-Z thinks I have bad taste.
Anyone have Serg's game
Anyone have Serg's game score for tonight's game or where to find it?
Only at the TCR Madhouse:
Only at the TCR Madhouse: Sergio Mitre pitches a complete game shutout masterpiece and the resident geniuses hatch a supersecret plan to use him for tradebait.
Thanks Jessica for
Thanks Jessica for correcting 4thandinches about Maddux.
I think if Mitre isn't in the long term plan- there's going to be no better time to trade him, though I'm not crazy about it. It all depends on who you get. People who are saying it would be crazy to trade him, are the same people who were convinced Jeff Pico was headed to the HoF after his first start. The Cubs should know better than anyone else, what Mitre's prospects are.
Chad, If I'm not mistaken,
If I'm not mistaken, didn't Prior miss SIGNIFICANT time LAST YEAR too (2004)? I seem to recall an Achilles problem that plagued him in spring training... and that led to an elbow problem trying to compensate for the Achilles... he began the season on the DL, missed a good chunk of time with those injuries, and caused much angst throughout Cubdom.
Then, Prior started THIS year on the DL... and that was BEFORE the unfortunate ball-off-his-pitching- elbow incident. It seems there's always something with him... and that other China doll, Kerry Wood, too.
Prior? Injury-prone? Naw, just my imagination.... NOT!
It doesn't matter HOW he's injured, Chad... what matters is how much time he's missed... he can't help the team if he's NOT PITCHING. And, lets face it, he hasn't put up a lot of innings since his breakthrough year of 2003.
Call it what you will... when he puts together a couple of seasons WITHOUT going on the DL, I'll change my definition... until then, I'd say he's INJURY-PRONE.
All the more reason you don't trade Mitre... because you can NEVER have too much good pitching!
People assume that all of our pitchers are gonna stay healthy for the whole year when that hasn't happened yet. And they assume that all of our minor-league talent is gonna pan out. Both are fatal assumptions and Hendry should be fired immediately if he buys into either of them!
I'm sure if Hendry knew the staff would be ravaged by injuries AGAIN, there's no way in hell he would have let Matt Clement go in free-agency. Lets hope he doesn't let another valuable arm go for little of nothing in return... cutting off his nose to spite his face. We can't afford it.
I love cleverness and mr.
I love cleverness and mr. whipple that was clever. Kudos.
Umm.. Kerry Wood is
Umm.. Kerry Wood is definitely injury prone due to his mechanics. Prior has very nearly earned an injury prone title of his own, although a number of his injuries have been freak accidents. He's never really been the same after the Achilles thing, though.
Mitre is still for all intents and purposes a rookie. He's had a couple of dominating starts. He's had some rough outings, too. I'm cautiously optimistic about him as a future 3 or 4 starter and a current 5 starter, but he still has a lot to prove.
Thankfully, Z, Maddux and Rusch will generally make most of their starts.
I'd be inclined to not trade any of our starters at this point unless we're getting tremendous value in return (including a serviceable starter to take his place). Except maybe Wood -- if I could get a good LF slugger, a good CF/leadoff man or an ace reliever for a KW package, I'd sign so fast the paper would burn. Fairly unlikely to happen, though.
4th, you're a joke. General
4th, you're a joke. General thinking says that people who get pulled hammys, strained ligments, torn acls are injury prone. See JD Drew. Prior had two FREAK incidents. You can't equate the two. There is a huge difference. Let's just say Prior did not get hit in the arm by a 115 mph batted ball. He'd still be pitching and well on his way to starting 32 games this year. Stop splitting hairs. I guess Schilling is injury prone too. He did miss that year due to a broken hand. Boy is he fragile.
The Real Neal, Jessica, By
The Real Neal, Jessica,
By Maddux's own admission, he NEVER topped "92-96" mph, peak years or not. That makes his success all the more amazing. He'd occasionally get into the low-90's, but he didn't get into the mid-90's in the minors. I've read enough quotes from Maddux on his speed (or lack of it) over the years to feel fairly safe in making my original statement.
He lived on his wits... and pinpoint location. He NEVER relied on speed or an overpowering fastball.... MOVEMENT on his fastball (apparently his grip allows the ball to move in different directions, confounding hitters) and that LOCATION are the reasons he's going to the Hall of Fame.
Apology accepted....
I unofficially have Mitre's
I unofficially have Mitre's game score as 85. A bit lower than I would have guessed, but that's because of 5 hits and only 3 K's. Still a strong showing.
Err.. 80, not 85. Sorry.
Err.. 80, not 85. Sorry. Too late to be typing. :-)
Chad, Well, I expected a
Well, I expected a moronic response from you... and I got one! Way to go, butthead!
The only thing you've proven is that you can't add...in fact, the only thing you can add is insult to injury!!
If there's a joke on this board, you're it!
And cool it with the personal attacks, you jackass! That's why the board was briefly shut down... because of idiots like you... so don't get me started!
If you can't agree to disagree, get off the board! And leave the conversations to us adults...
Obviously... that wouldn't be you...
Jessica got it right. The
Jessica got it right.
The Cubs should not be making any moves pre all-star break.
If Holly continues his turnaround, we may not need to borrow any LF's.
I don't want Sheffield.
However....I am done with patterson. If the Cubs couldn't help him figure it out by now, it is time for a fresh start somewhere else. Bring on Pie in 2 years and we can start over with seeing if we have brought up a great CF within the organization.
BTW, there are two Cubs in
BTW, there are two Cubs in the top 10 in NL average game score.. Z at #5 with 59.9 and Rusch at #10 with 57.0. Pedro leads the league with a AGS of 69.0.
I agree with Jessica... and
I agree with Jessica... and No-hit... some may say Prior is CLOSE to earning the title of "injury-prone."
Even if you eliminate the two freak accidents (the Giles collision in 2003 and the batted ball off his elbow this year), he still seems awfully fragile. And there's so much hope invested in him that whenever he gets so much as a hangnail, all of Cubdom panics!
A REASONABLE person (not you, Chad!) would, at the very least, be alarmed at Prior's propensity to attract injuries, freak or not.
I never mentioned Schilling, because I could care less about that blowhard. And I stand by my original post.
Moronic? Butthead?
Moronic? Butthead? Jackass? Idiot? And I'm the one insulting you with personal attacks? Can I get a ruling here? OK. Must be that new math you're talking about. Well you must be much smarter than me cause I have not the foggiest idea of what you are talking about. Any way once again, I think everyone here would agree with ME that a guy who loses time cause a comebacker broke his arm would NOT qualify him as injury prone. Anyway, there seems to be a rather large burr under your saddle tonight so, to quote a good friend, "I'm done wit dju."
Boy that CP sucks and is getting suckier.
CBSSPORSTLINE.COM "Beckett,
CBSSPORSTLINE.COM "Beckett, the 2003 World Series MVP, has been on the disabled list seven times, five because of blisters on the middle finger of his pitching hand. He has tried numerous remedies for the recurring problem."
Now that is injury prone.
SPORTSLINE.COM "Every Cub
SPORTSLINE.COM "Every Cub starter had a hit and scored a run except Corey Patterson."
Not only that, but we had
Not only that, but we had Hairston pinch hit for CPat, and Hairston got a hit. D'oh!
Chad, You reap what you
You reap what you sow, brother... you reap what you so... like I said, don't get me started.
You don't agree that Prior is injury-prone, fine... but don't belittle the opinions of others, because there's a large number of sportswriters - locally and nationwide - and regular fans who WOULD say Prior's injury prone.
I'm one of those people. Respect our opnions... and we'll likely respect yours. Prefacing your comments with "so-and-so, you're a joke" is a good way to start the obscenities flying... and believe me, I can hold my own in that department.
If you don't understand or comprehend someone's opinion or argument, just say so and we'll enlighten you.
But you're right about ONE thing... when I come across people who apparently can't - or won't - read and comprhend the thoughts and rationale of others... and commence with name calling... yeah, i get a burr under my saddle every time.
Remember that, bub... and we'll get along just fine.
As to Prior's injury history, re-read my post. The comebacker is just ONE of the reasons Prior has spent time on the DL... I noticed you didn't address the other incidents I mentioned.
Step back... take a deep breath... then focus on my post, grasshopper. And you will be enlightened.
Dude, I'm done with you.
Dude, I'm done with you. When I said I have no idea what youre talking about I was refering to #43. Any way, one season (2004) does not injury prone make. And that's all you got.
Oh, and what would a 'The
Oh, and what would a 'The Hawk' post be without addressing our dear friend Manny Trillo.
How fondly I recall our bet. I said last year, "If the Cubs make the playoffs, I never post here again... if they don't, you disappear." Manny agreed to it, lost, and kept posting. Love a person who keeps his word.
He felt I was a bad person because I knew for sure, last May, the Cubs weren't a playoff team.
Ah... this brings us up to speed. How pleasant to remember my positive prediction this spring for the Phillies sans Bowa. Manny, as smug as ever, dismissed their chances due to pitching problems. Poor Manny Trillo, wrong about leadoff, wrong about LaTroy as closer, wrong about 2004 Cubs making playoffs... and shortly wrong to be discounting the horses.
Sorry, buddy, some of us simply understand the game better than others.
Look on the bright side. You've got a gift. Next time you've got an insight into the future performance of a team or a player, you can predict with certainty that the opposite will unfold.
4THANDINCHES, 'Maddux
'Maddux regularly topped
90 up to 94 in his peak years (92-96)'
Means 'In the years from 1992 to 1996 Maddux regularly pitched over 90. At times it got up to 94'.
Personally I don't remember a Maddux pitch at 94- but I saw plenty at 93 and 92 from 1998 to 1994 or so, which would wouldn't put 94 mph outside the realm of possibility.
So when you say 'Maddux's fastball never topped 88-90 mph'- Either you were using your own radar gun, and disregarding the ones on the Cubs and Braves telecats, or you're stretching the truth to make some odd point. The reason that Maddux was so good for so long is that he had great pitches, great command of those pitches and the ability to throw pitches that the hitter wasn't expecting. Greg Maddux is no longer a great pitcher... Why? Did the hitters suddenly get smarter? No. Has his command of pitches erroded? No. Has his fastball lost 5 MPH?
Instead of making up quotes for Maddux, why don't you look up the one after he signed where he said (something to the effect of) 'I'm not coming here to be the pitching coach, I'm coming here to win games.'
Sergio has been around Maddux for 2 spring trainings. What do you think, that Greg just took up Spanish, learned it and told Mitre to throw groundballs? And Mitre said 'Si, Senor. No sabo'?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the snarkiness and downright rudeness what causes the generous hosts of TCR to take down the comments from time to time? If you think someone's comments are stupid, just ignore them for crying out loud. There's really no need for the anger.
BTW, ESPN (at least) posts
BTW, ESPN (at least) posts game scores for starting pitchers in the box score of each game.
I think we have established
I think we have established that Maddux regularly threw in the low 90s in the early mid-90s ( not to be too confusing) and he did in fact get up to 94 on occasion. Being just a tad Maddux obsessed ( let's just say he was STILL may favorite player all 11 years in Atlanta) I have a nice collection of background
articles on him ( Many of them thanks to Marty Winn of the Braves NG who may be the biggest Madog fan of all) and a few things of note from them. In one of several articles on Maddux, SI's Tom Verducci makes note of the both the speed and movement on Maddux' s ball in it's prime and says that he never really got credit for how nasty his stuff was in part because people did not appreciate how fast he did throw. Maddux has on more than one occasion referred somewhat wistfully to the decline in the speed of his fastball noting that he in fact made "more mistakes" years ago but got away with them because he threw much faster.
Largely due to to declining speed of his fastball Maddux will never been the utterly dominating pitcher he was in the 90s but he
is still smarter and for me more fun to watch than anyone else. As always worth every penny of the 8 million.
Jim Hendry for President
Neal: why would Maddux need
Neal: why would Maddux need to learn Spanish to talk to a guy that was born and raised in Southern California?
Hawk: "How fondly I recall
"How fondly I recall our bet. I said last year, "If the Cubs make the playoffs, I never post here again... if they don't, you disappear." Manny agreed to it, lost, and kept posting. Love a person who keeps his word. "
PLEASE, find the post I said that...PLEASE!!!!
You can't, you won't, so leave...bye!!
TCR, you guys are doing a GREAT job making this a friendly board. Keep letting Hawk on here and 4thandinches like guys...ugh!!! So much for the changes......
Let's see if we can raise
Let's see if we can raise this thread from the slough that it is becoming.
I have no problem with the Cubs trading pitching prospects for help -- if it is the right trade.
For instance, that idiot Mariotti said yesterday the Cubs should trade for starting pitching. Hello -- they have plenty of young pitchers ready to start. That is an example of a bad trade.
The Cubs' only really glaring holes are LF and the bench. I'd trade Mitre or another good prospect for a long-term solution at RF but not for an aging player like Sheffield (he'd be fine this year, but what then?). However, the list of potential replacements in LF is looking pretty thin. Trading Mitre shouldn't be necessary to shore up the bench.
I also don't believe Mitre
I also don't believe Mitre should be traded. Rusch's value is pretty high, maybe him and a decent prospect or one of our bullpen arms for Wilkerson or the like, if he's available.
*still waiting on Huff*
scrath that, we'd have to
scrath that, we'd have to give up a quality prospect
I hate to say it, because I
I hate to say it, because I like Mitre, but I agree with Scott and Tom. Coming off two dazling performances Mitre's stock might not ever be higher. Just show perspective traders tapes from last night's game, and they'll be offering their entire team. The fact is, the Cubs are seven starters deep when Prior and Wood come back and eight if Hill becomes ready.
To continue the speculation about Todd Helton, a pure sinkerball pitcher like Mitre would seem to fit in perfectly at Coors. Again, there is all kinds of caveats about Helton due to his contract, but I think a trade to Colorado might get us more back in return cuz I think Mitre would be a perfect fit there, due to his age and pitching strengths.
cubsnerd said :: 12/2 GB/FB
cubsnerd said :: 12/2 GB/FB ratio is what I have for Mitre so far through eight. When Wood and Prior come back, can we at least start Mitre on days when the wind is blowing out? ::
Dusty said if he keeps pitching like that then they'll "find a spot for him" when Woody & Prior return. I think what he means is putting Rusch back in the bullpen (which is a pretty good idea). That's just me speculating, of course.
I don't expect Mitre to be quite as sharp on the road where ground balls have more speed and get poked into the outfield more, but he seems to have real good control right now, so maybe he can adjust.
Go Cubs!
Speaking of Huff, any news
Speaking of Huff, any news on why his numbers are so down this season?
I've been following close,
I've been following close, he's on a fantasy team, but have yet to hear anything. I'm utterly perplexed at his struggles this year. He was one of the, if not, most consistent players last year
From the Sun-Times: "The
From the Sun-Times:
"The Cubs are expected to announce in the next couple of days that left-hander Rich Hill will be recalled from Class AAA Iowa. They are looking for pitching help after allowing 17 runs in consecutive losses Sunday and Monday....
...Left-hander John Koronka likely will return to Iowa to make room for Hill, who could be used in relief or as a starter. Koronka is 1-2 in three starts for the Cubs, losing his last two games.
Koronka was on schedule to start Sunday in New York against the Yankees, but Hill might not fill that role. Sergio Mitre, who blanked the Florida Marlins 14-0 on Tuesday, might make that start on his regular rest."
I like the idea of Koronka not getting any more starts, but I think I would rather see Jerome Williams if this is just going to be one or two starts and then back to Iowa. I would like to see Hill spend some more time seasoning at AAA.
TCR, you guys are doing a
TCR, you guys are doing a GREAT job making this a friendly board. Keep letting Hawk on here and 4thandinches like guys...ugh!!! So much for the changes......
Do you think the rest of us see a post from Hawk and are swayed by his general good logic and positive attitude? I do appreciate that by and large you let it go and stood above it rather than engaging him. So not to worry--whether we generally agree with you or not, the rest of us see The Hawk as an angry troll who if he once had something to say is now so completely consumed with rage that the message has been lost completely.
Don't let it bother you. I for one hope his posts are deleted by noon. The sad part is that back in late 2003, or early 2004, there was a period before he got so angry where The Hawk was actually somewhat interesting to read. But that's before he went over to the dark the side.
4thandinches, you ought tone it down or you'll end up just like him--impotent from all the anger and generally regarded as without anything valuable to contribute.
I had Huff on my fantasy
I had Huff on my fantasy team last year and he started out very slowly(really killed me early) then was on fire during the summer. Maybe he's just a slow starter. Imagine what kind of season a slow starter could have if he figured out how to hit in April and May
Everybody, this is The Cubs
Everybody, this is The Cubs Reporter, not The Baby Reporter, for lack of better words. I don't want to see TCR shut down again. Back on subject...
Yea, Jedi, I was thinking
Yea, Jedi, I was thinking the same thing about Lee when typing that pertaining to Huff. This season for Lee has been a very fulfilling experience as we all knew he had this potential. Just a shame our team hasn't came on yet against the easiest part of their schedule.
JJ: "I like the idea of
"I like the idea of Koronka not getting any more starts, but I think I would rather see Jerome Williams if this is just going to be one or two starts and then back to Iowa. I would like to see Hill spend some more time seasoning at AAA."
I agree 100%. Why start his clock for 1-2 starts? Also, he is not on the 40-man roster, so Koronka would have to be outrighted to Iowa. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me...
JJ, thanks for the Sun-Times
JJ, thanks for the Sun-Times post. I was wondering if the Cubs were going to skip Koronka and start Mitre on Sunday, taking advantage of the Thursday off-day. The Cubs have a number of off days the next few weeks, so going with a 4-man, 5-day man rotation might make sense for the time being. And bringing Hill up might make more sense than Williams -- we could put Hill in a long-relief, mop-up role and see what he can do. He would presumably move down when Wood comes back. Williams would benefit most staying in Iowa and sticking to a regimented 5-day schedule (as well as a regimented diet and work-out plan!)
But wouldn't calling Hill up require us to DFA a player on our current 40-man roster? If so, would that be Koronka? I assume he'd pass through waivers.
Don't forget that Dave
Don't forget that Dave Crouthers is still on the 40-man roster. He could be dropped to make room for Hill, especially if the replacement player coming from the Orioles is one who doesn't need to be rostered.
ElJefe- I would hope the
I would hope the player we do end up getting from BALT is a man on their 40 man roster, so we would have to roster him. If not, it makes the Sosa trade even worse than before.
Since he has apparently
Since he has apparently "retired" (or even if he hasn't OFFICIALLY retired, but has just left his assigned team), David Crouthers can be placed on the Restricted List, which would take him off the 40-man roster. Dewon Brazleton was placed on the Tampa Bay Devils Rays' Restricted List for that reason (leaving the team for non-medical "personal reasons").
Crouthers could be placed back on the 40-man roster at any time during the season or at the conclusion of the season if the Cubs end up returning him to Baltimore in exchange for a different pitcher at that time.
"Just a shame our team
"Just a shame our team hasn't came on yet against the easiest part of their schedule."
Just a quibble, I think our team has come on just fine considering all the injuries. We're about where we were in 2003, when we had a hot start and then cooled off.
Because the Cubs will have a
Because the Cubs will have a lot of problems protecting all of the prospects who need to be protected after this season, I doubt that the replacement for David Crouthers (if there is one) will be someone from the Orioles 40-man roster. The Cubs just don't have the space.
It's far more likely to be a Bear Bay-like decent (but not great) pitching prospect from "Hi-A," a pitcher who would be unlikely to be selected by another team in the Rule 5 Draft if he's left off the 40-man roster this coming off-season, but who still has some promise, probably somebody like James Johnson, Chris Britton, or Brian Finch.
The best reason not to
The best reason not to call-up Rich Hill isn't because there isn't a way to clear a spot on the 40-man roster, but rather Jim Hendry may not want to start Hill's "option clock" ticking, since he is likely to be returned to AAA as soon as Kerry Wood has completed his rehab. Of course, the other side of the coin is that Rich Hill is 25 years old, so even if the Cubs don't start his "option clock" a-tickin', his "biological clock" surely is! (and don't call me Shirley).
I just ran across this
I just ran across this today, and it was pretty neat. ESPN puts together a StatPack filled with lots of goodies about that day's game - I hadn't seen it before, and it was pretty neat, I thought.
Thanks Baby Maddux, now I
Thanks Baby Maddux, now I can be an ubergeek at the game today.
"I think our team has come
"I think our team has come on just fine considering all the injuries. We're about where we were in 2003, when we had a hot start and then cooled off.
Posted by: Scott de B."
There's absolutely NO EVIDENCE that Dusty Baker will do better with or without injuries. His winning percentage as Cub manager is consistently around .550 .
There's absolutely NO
There's absolutely NO EVIDENCE that Derrek Lee will do better in 2005. His batting average over the past 5 years is consistantly around .275.
Yeah, that sounds right...
I'm a huge fan of Wood, but
I'm a huge fan of Wood, but I'm not sure his injury hasn't been a blessing to the team. Of course, no ill will towards Kerry and his future
manny, I know you are busy
manny, I know you are busy shooting paper tigers, catching red herrings and setting fire to strawmen but what's your point, that statistics are meaningless (which is ABSURD, this site is a celebration of the relevance of obscure stats) or that Derrek Lee is having a great year (which NOBODY denies)?
After putting more thought
After putting more thought into it, Wood's problems can be directly attributed to Hendry as well. Hell, he couldn't even forsee that Wood would have these chronic arm troubles 10 years ago when he drafted him. When's he gonna learn...
The above argument wouldn't surprise me from this board
"There's absolutely NO
"There's absolutely NO EVIDENCE that Dusty Baker will do better with or without injuries. His winning percentage as Cub manager is consistently around .550"
As opposed to the previous 47 Cubs managers who had winning percentages consistantly around .400.
I cringe when I agree with Manny, as he takes support as a rubber stamp for his over the top comments and begins to portray his arguments as fact....but I agree with him here.
Talking about "evidence" that a manager won't do better than .550 based on 2.3 seasons is alughable...what the hell does that mean...that no matter what the talent is, Baker will make sure to screw up enough to ensure the Cubs don't win 90 games, but do well enough to ensure the Cubs don't win less than 88?
I didn't realize that having 2 seasons with the same record meant that a manager could not possibly lead the team to a better season in another season.
His point about Lee was dead on...there was no "evidence" that Lee would hit as well as he was doing this year....it just happened...just as Baker having a .600 winning percentage this year, or a .400 winning percentage could just happen too.
Just for fun and to feed my
Just for fun and to feed my Maddux obsession
check out the following small article from the other week on Maddux .Nothing new but fun
Madog Forever
Adam: "and begins to portray
"and begins to portray his arguments as fact...."
I do so no more than the average poster here. And if a poster can't decipher an opinion from a fact, then they are not really attuned to what a fact is and what an opinion is. I think it is very clear the difference. When you read John Hill's 3,000 words essay/posts, he writes as if things are facts, but I understand it is his opinion.
I did not say Dusty Baker
I did not say Dusty Baker would not manage a Cub team to a record better than 88 or 89 wins, I said there is no evidence that he will with this club healthy or not. There's only hope.
Based on his record so far, the Cubs are looking at topping out somewhere around 90 wins.
It's laughable that this is controversial. Just a few weeks ago the consensus here at TCR was that the Cubbies would win less than 80 games.
Now, please return to your insane "plans" to trade Mitre away.
Leave Hawk's posts alone. I
Leave Hawk's posts alone.
I just went back and looked over some old threads from 2004 from May and on and my god MannyTrillo can you please shut up for 2 seconds in a thread? You freakin dominate a thread with all your posts. It is like a pathetic attempt to outscream everyone else to make sure you get heard. You have toned it down this season, but I understand why I visited this site less towards the end of the 2004 season.
The Hawk was a great poster for much of 2004 but by Sept your antics Manny were just too much to put up with. I dare anyone to go back and look at the great many of Hawk's posts that are well thought out and have a cordial discussion with other members of this site then.
Then compare those to Manny's post and it looks like Manny is argueing with his split personality. Not to mention this crap about if you critique the Cubs then you are not a "true" Cubs fan started around Manny's time on this site.
I mean really if you want to trace the overall downfall of civility of the comments section you can trace it right back to Mannytrillo.
And this is why I have been vocal and against Manny since that 2004 season. I saw so many posters just simply getting fed up and leaving. I was not about to let the screaming child take over this site. I have learned to put up with him lately, but I will not have revisionist history about who needs to be deleted and who needs to be banned or whatever.
Compare Hawk's average post in 2004 to Manny's average post and you decide who you want to have a thought out discussion with. Many of us have already learned to just simply gloss over what Manny writes and never take to seriously because it changes from week to week and sometimes game to game.
I know one thing I wont let Manny decide who gets banned. He would be the only person left on this site and the comments sections would still have 100 posts in them.
Thanks MIKEC for another out
Thanks MIKEC for another out and out personal attack on me...THANKS!!!
TCR, hope you guys take notice and finally do something to posters like HAWK and MIKEC instead of only threatening!!!
Hi Hawk, Personal attacts
Hi Hawk,
Personal attacts aside, you say three injuries not including the Giles and the combacker. I count 1. 2004 he missed significant time due to pain in his elbow/forearem/shoulder/foot/head who knows, the story changed every day. That's about it. Before you go nuts, this season (at the beginning) does not count as he only missed two starts. As of this morning he has nine starts to Maddux and Z's 13. He has missed at least two starts due to the comebacker. So, I would hardly say he has missed much time this year to to any non-freak injuries. Of course you guys want to split hairs. So I guess we can say Roberto Clemente was injury prone casue he missed all those games. Thurmon Munson too.
stick to your opinions on
stick to your opinions on baseball, not your opinions of others, PLEASE!!!
We will start deleting any comments from here on that are deemed personal attacks.
We certainly have no interest in playing the role of policemen and you all can do a much better job of policing yourselves. You're all adults (and even if you're children) you know what is appropriate and not. Resist the urge to get the last word in, and take the higher ground....ALWAYS take the higher ground. We all know you're better then stooping to playground antics of namecalling and tattle taling.
Rob G.- So the Hawk post
Rob G.-
So the Hawk post about Chad gets deleted, but the MIKEC and HAWK posts about me don't...HMMM???
I only deleted the hawk post
I only deleted the hawk post cause it had a mention of his website, which gets no play over here.
Rob G.- OK...cool!!!
Rob G.-
Wow, I missed all the fun
Wow, I missed all the fun and didn't even realize it.
Here is the funny thing about predictions. A comment was made that some people know the game and some don't in reference to prediciting the Cubs would or would not make the playoffs last year.
But if one predicted in May that the Cubs would not make the playoffs, did they also predict that the Cubs would be 1.5 games up in the WC with a game to go? Did this person predict that the Cubs would do so well in July and August that they would even have a chance to make the playoffs?
I'm sorry, but any prediction last may about the Cubs making the playoffs was nothing more than an educated guess. Because in May we didn't know the Cubs would have to play 25 games in the final 23 days of the season. We didn't know that the Cubs would blow 3 games in the final 8 days after being 1 strike away from winning. Sure, one can argue that they saw the signs that the team was just not playoff worry, but then one surely didn't see the signs that they would be in a playoff position with a week to go.
I guess my point is, why can't people feel personally comfortable with their own predictions regarding sports...instead of feeling the need to prove someone else wrong in the process, and rub it in their face. This goes for all of us including myself...a sports predicition is a sports predicition and nothing else...sure some pay more attention to certain things than others, and some may be right more often than not (I'm never right) but it's just a game.
Very few predicted that the Washington Nationals would be the 2nd best team in the NL in mid June...does that mean that those who didn't don't know anything about the game?
I got bitched on for posts like this last year, and will certainly get bitched on for this post as well...but a year later...it's still a mentality that I just don't understand.
"I was right...and not only was I right, but you were wrong....not only were you wrong but you are an idiot and don't understand the game, not only are you a complete idiot, but I am so much smarter than you that I predict everything...see, it's because not only am I sometimes right, I'm always right.
But most importantly, you were wrong"
Mike C, I said play
Mike C,
I said play nice.........if you have a personal beef with manny, take it up with him personally and do it somewhere far and away from here. Same goes for you Manny and everyone else on this board, stick to opinions on baseball, not each other.
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J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.
j.buchanan with a nice start...5ip 2h 1bb 3k, 0r/er
zobrist with 2HR and a double through 8
heyward 0-4 :(
Mark Gonzales @MDGonzales
Soler likely to return Sunday, Maddon says
Right now, I'd like to see the Mets first, Giants 2nd.
I believe that since most of the team from last years' NLCS is on the squad this year, they will really amp their game up even more to kick their ass in payback for 2015.
The Giants just do not have the depth in years past, and I think all things equal - and at Wrigley - they could handle them.
I do not want to see the Cards, period. Or their fans, media, or Joe Buck.
I don't want to play Braves in the first round. Any friggin team in the league can win 3 of 5..I hate the first round. Furthermore, I wanted to play the Marlins in 2003 and the Mets over Dodgers last year.
With that said in reverse order:
3. Cardinals: It will be devastating to lose in the first round, but even worse to their main rival. It is increased incentive for the Cardinals, especially after last year. Cards would have nothing to lose, Cubs have everything to lose.
2. Giants: Rotation in the playoffs scare me a bit, but what a lousy team.
1. Mets--because of the losses in the rotation
2. Giants--because they're not the team they were BUT they maybe have bullshit even-year magic?
3. Cardinals--because rivalry and not making the playoffs hurts them more than losing in the NLDS plus getting eliminated by them in the playoffs would make for horrible sports commentary next throughout next season.
Who's asking?
CLE/DET rained out last night already, possible rain-outs in New York (vs. Baltimore), Boston(vs. Toronto) and Philly(vs. Mets) this weekend too.
Not only games involving playoff spots that would need to be played, but any that involve home field advantage.
I got the first one! Second one I'm not even sure what even/odd betting is.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.
A couple of Cub related puzzles.
Can't teach height and thinness
Hopefully Pirates don't call up A. Lincoln.
j.buchanan going friday...should be...baseball...or something like it.
Wow. I didn't know they could do that.
Nice for Willson, not so much for Addy.


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When many people hear the word Iris, they immediately think of large showy bearded iris flowers.
Normally blooming in late May and early June (or this year in mid-May due to spring being two weeks ahead of schedule), these lovely plants are familiar to just about everyone.
Not quite as popular, but still well liked, are more than 300 additional species of iris, including the delicate flowers of Dutch, English, Spanish, unbearded and crested, those that grow from bulbs and others that grow from rhizomes. All are from the Genus Iris and the family of plants called iridaceae.
New species of iris are being discovered all the time. In fact, a new, pale blue iris was recently discovered in South Africa near Saldanha on the West Coast. Immediately placed on the endangered species list, this species is said to bloom for only two weeks a year in September. Last year, the World Wide Fund for Nature South Africa was auctioning off the naming rights for this plant. (The last I heard, a couple from Cape Town won the bid, but I haven't found any information concerning the name they ultimately chose).
Gardeners love iris, no matter what the species or color. But whoever said they never found an iris they didn't like, obviously never met Iris pseudacorusis, commonly known as sweet flag, water flag, yellow flag or, according to the husband, simply ''flags.''
These plants are going to be the death of me, and it's my own fault.
I brought these plants home several years ago, long before I knew what they were. We had just put in the garden pond and I was looking for water plants that would add to the woodland design.
It began with one little plant in a three-inch pot. No one warned me and I still believe the employees at the garden center were chuckling a little when they saw me carrying the little pot to my car. This was a case of impulse buying without research. It grew slowly the first year and I at first, I thought it wasn't going to live past that first season.
At the beginning of the second season, I remembered the tiny plant in its equally tiny pot and was pleased it had made it. By the third season, I began to have doubts about my choice of location for this plant, so I moved the - by now - small bunch into another spot in the garden, a few feet from the flagstone edge of the pond.
By the fourth year I noticed a mysterious growth of large, iris-type leaves growing in practically a straight line alongside the entire length of the pond. I was curious, so I waited to see what would happen and by the time mid-summer arrived, the stalks were nearly six feet tall and as thick as my arm. It was as though someone had injected these monster iris with steroids. Although they bloomed with gorgeous, bright yellow flowers, after the flowering finished, we were left with giant plants that were totally out of place unless we were planning a jungle.
This time I decided to do a little research and discovered the true growing habits of water iris. I found they will grow either in or out of water. They have a short blooming period that makes having them in the garden less appealing. They are not native to the U.S., which doesn't influence what I plant, but makes sense as to how bullish they can be, along the lines of kudzu, sparrows and Japanese beetles, also non-native. But the most telling piece of information I found clinched my decision to rid my garden of these plants, they are noxious, invasive weeds that are banned in some states.
Digging these plants turned out to be a chore. Since they form dense stands like cattails, with roots that can be up to 12 inches long, my row of plants weren't cooperative about giving up this spot. Even after the husband managed to wrestle the plants from the ground and toss them into a wet area well behind our property, sprouts continue to come up each year from tiny bits of roots that were likely left behind.
A few days ago, I glanced over at the woodland garden along the edge of the pond and recognized those yellow flowers blooming on 18-inch stems. I suspect they are in their second year of growth, which means I'd better get them out this year or next year it will be next to impossible.
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Hopewell-Loudon at Carey
Coaches: Hopewell-Loudon Jeremy Nutter; Carey Todd Worst.
Records: Hopewell-Loudon 4-4, 3-2 MAL; Carey 6-2, 4-1.
Last year: Hopewell-Loudon 29, Carey 15
Outlook: Carey's offense may be a bit different than in past seasons, but recently, there has been one constant: The Blue Devils have scored plenty of points.
In its last two games, Carey has outscored its opponents - North Baltimore and Lakota - by a total score of 121-8.
Hopewell-Loudon's Nutter, whose team has lost a pair of tight games in the last two weeks, said it's becoming more difficult than usual to plan against Carey.
"There was a day when they broke the [wish]bone you were shocked," Nutter said. "They've evolved to the point where they do a lot of the same things out of different formations. They're getting better at that stuff and it makes you more flexible defensively."
As for H-L's defense, it gave up 35 points last week to a wide open Seneca East team.
"We're a couple plays away," Nutter said, "especially in the secondary."
And while Carey has modified its offense to include shotgun and some passing, the Blue Devils are far from a wide open offense.
"It's kind of a neat thing about our league," Nutter said. "You can see double tight bone and you can see empty backfield. We'll have to buckle up."
Worst said it will be a challenge for the Blue Devils against the H-L defense.
"I don't know. They look like they're good-sized up front," Worst said. "We're gonna have to execute; a tough task this week. Maybe we score on defense."
Worst said he is impressed with the Chieftains' offense, and with quarterback Alec Gregg.
"He manages the game pretty well," Worst said. "He does a nice job of running the option."
Bucyrus at Upper Sandusky
Records: Bucyrus 4-4; Upper Sandusky 5-3
Coaches: Bucyrus, Aaron Eckert; Upper Sandusky, Jake Moyer
Last Year: Upper Sandusky 34-25
Outlook: With two weeks to go in the regular season, Upper Sandusky sits 14th in the playoff race in Division IV Region 14. However, if enough dominoes fall the right way, the Rams could sneak into a playoff spot. However, that's far from the minds of Moyer and his staff.
"We really haven't talked to the kids much about it. If it happens, it will be a big surprise and it'll be very nice, but we have to focus on the business on hand and that's Bucyrus. If we look past that, that's when you're putting your tail in the ringer."
In the Redmen, Moyer sees a team that stylistically is very similar to his own.
"They played well in spurts. Their offense and our offense are almost a mirror image of each other," he said. "It's a lot same formation, a lot of the same plays. They have a dynamic quarterback who can run and throw. Their running back is pretty good. We have to stop ourselves basically."
Upper Sandusky is coming off a 54-24 throttling of Lucas, in which Moyer said his offense was as sharp as he's seen. He praised the efforts of quarterback Tylor Pritchard and his growth.
"He did three things I was very pleased with," Moyer said. "One, when he scrambled and got all the yards he could, he got out of bounds. Another time when he was running and got all the yards he could, he hook-slid. And the third, we ran a bootleg pass close to the end zone and he wanted the touchdown pass. He threw to a spot where only our guy could catch it and it couldn't be intercepted. Those are the three things I've been looking for from him all season."
Moyer also said he's pleased with how his team has been playing on the defensive side of the ball, though there are a few areas they need to fine tune.
"I think our defense is playing really solid," he said. "I'm impressed with our defensive line play, and our linebackers are growing with experience. Those two areas I'm happy with. We got to shore up the secondary and do a little better job tacking in space."
Elmwood at Fostoria
2012: Elmwood 3-5, 1-4 NBC; Fostoria 0-8, 0-5 NBC.
Coaches: Elmwood, Brian Cooper; Fostoria, Jim Kelly.
Last year: Fostoria won 21-8.
Outlook: It's not the last game of the year, but the last time before the home crowd, and Kelly hopes that gives his team - seniors especially - a big incentive to get that first win.
"If you can't get yourself for this game, I don't know what will do it for you," he said.
Having a couple senior rejoin the playing ranks should help.
Bryson Shaver slides over from center to guard after leaving last week's game early with a thumb injury. Also back is quarterback Adonis Cousin, who's been absent for the past few weeks with a high ankle sprain.
"Hopefully if you have those guys back that will help," Kelly said, with a caveat.
"That only makes 11 on the injured list now," he said.
Injuries certainly won't be welcome Friday.
The Redmen host what Kelly calls a big, physical team that will present many challenges on offense and defense for a young FHS squad.
However, he also said Fostoria needs to draw upon its history and pride as it goes up against a team that has allowed a tad more than 50 per game over the past four weeks while plugging the holes on its own defense that is allowing an average of just over 62 points per game over the last three weeks.
"For us it's about the tradition, the respect for tradition at Fostoria," he said.
"We've got to look in the mirror. We can't settle for the way we've played in the past," he said. "We've got to demand that we play better."
Lucas at Buckeye Central
Records: Lucas 1-7, 0-5 NCC; Buckeye Central 2-6, 1-4 NCC
Coaches: Scott Spitler, Lucas; Jason Ratliff, Buckeye Central
Last year: The Bucks blanked Lucas, 46-0.
Outlook: While Buckeye Central is still mathematically alive for the playoffs, the Bucks have two chances to make the postseason for a third straight year: slim and none.
But Ratliff is hoping his team just doesn't play out the string.
"We hope that our seniors finish strong. We hope that the seniors step up and play like it's their last two games which it's going to be," he said. "The underclassmen's job is to help the seniors out with a couple wins and get more experience for next year as well."
Finishing the season with two wins starts Friday night at home with a Cubs' team that Ratliff says is no slouch, despite a 1-7 record.
"With Lucas, we have a team that's very similar to us and they like to run the football," Ratliff said. "They move the football, even when they're blown out. They're a ball control offense. They're just looking to keep the chains moving and the clock running."
Seneca East at Lakota
Records: Seneca East 6-2, 3-2 MAL; Lakota 2-6, 0-5 MAL
Coaches: Ed Phillips, Seneca East; Dave Vodika, Lakota.
Last year: The Tigers mauled Lakota, 48-14.
Outlook: One would have thought the shoe was on the other foot, but here's Vodika talking more about the Tigers playoff chances than the coach of the Tigers.
Seneca East enters the game on the outside looking in, sitting at No. 11 in the computer ratings with the top eight teams advancing.
"Seneca (East) is right on the edge of the playoff hunt. They have good players and a good scheme. It seems like a lot of long, tall farm boys. It's a good challenge for us," Vodika said. "(But) We don't worry about the other team. We just focus on us. I want us to come out and compete and play at a high intensity level. Then what happens, happens. It's the last home game for our six seniors."
Phillips said they don't talk about it.
"I don't talk about it. Every game to me is a playoff game. We really want to win badly. We just want to take care of today," Phillips said. "Last week after we beat Hopewell-Loudon, I wanted the kids to enjoy the moment. This Friday night, I want us to go out enjoy the game, win the game and have that same feeling. You don't want to look back and regret."
Phillip acknowledges that the game matters though.
"With what our kids have done so far, it makes this an important game so we want to win this game as much as any game in the past or as much as any game in the future," he said.
His counterpart, while realizing what it means for the Tigers, doesn't want to scare his squad.
"What we keep them looking at what they're doing. How are you coming off the ball? Are you executing your assignment," Vodika said. "You don't want to talk the deer into the headlights. To say anything about them could blow up in our face as much as it could inspire them."
Despite the record, Phillips said Lakota is no cake walk.
"I see a lot of skill and playmakers. Offensively, they have three playmakers in their backfield in their quarterback, halfback and fullback. Up front, they have some big guys," Phillips said. "They have some good pieces of the puzzle. They came out against St. Joe and Hopewell-Loudon and did some good things. They're a team that may have a record that may not be great but they have done some really good things. They're better than their record shows."
-- By the A-T sports staff


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From harrowing tales of difficult births to calf pullers being thrown from great heights, Neogen has received many creative calf puller pictures and stories. Now it's up to the public to decide which is best.
The Van Slyke brothers were the winners of last year's Trash My Puller contest.
Voting has begun for Neogen's Trash My Puller program, which is in its third year. Participants sent Neogen a picture of an old calf puller being creatively discarded in return for $25 rebate toward the purchase of a new Dr. Frank's® , Calf- Eze™, or ratchet-style calf puller. But this year, Neogen has added a new category to the competition.
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TRUCKEE, Calif. - Many a high school football aficionado has wondered aloud how the Truckee Wolverines do what they do - which is, win. Almost exclusively.
How does the smallest high school in the Nevada Division I-A win three consecutive state championships, without a single blemish in the process, and five of the last eight state titles?
The perennial dominance - Truckee had won 41 consecutive games before this past Saturday, dating back more than three years - is hard to explain, at least from the outside. Take a closer look, however, and the Wolverines' success is not so difficult to fathom.
It all begins with good stock, as the Truckee area is a hotbed for world-class athletes. Take a look at the locals. They're fit, active, athletic, working-class and mountain hardy. And they pass along those traits to their offspring - future Truckee football-playing offspring, in many cases.
Next are the youth football programs, spearheaded by dedicated parent-coaches and filled with eager young participants. Take a look around Surprise Stadium during a home football game. The place crawls with mini Wolverines donning red jerseys, each representing his respective Sierra Youth Football League team, and each with dreams of varsity football glory.
Then there's the varsity program itself, which few high schools of 600 students can match in quality and class. And that's largely due to the Wolverines' coaching staff.
Head coach Bob Shaffer and his all-star crew - Josh Ivens, Jim Doughty, Rick Wilson, Dow Higginbotham, Nik Fertita - are top-notch, college-worthy, and they make sure their players are prepared for success every time they step on the field, both mentally and physically.
The recent result of the Truckee formula was a beastly win streak that, until finally snapped this past weekend, ranked fourth in the nation in 11-man football, and tied the all-time record in the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association (11-man).
What a run it was.
From the start of the 2009 season until Saturday's loss, the Wolverines had outscored their opponents by a collective margin of 1,720-293 en route to the 41 consecutive victories.
Taking a look back, the 2009 campaign was perhaps most impressive in terms of dominance.
Loaded with an exceptionally talented junior class and a solid core of senior athletes, the Wolverines swept through the Northern 3A (now called the Division I-A) with ease, scoring 552 points in 12 games and recording five shutouts. They held their opposition to a paltry 60 points.
The biggest, most surprising shutout of all came in the final game, when Truckee blanked Southern Nevada rival Moapa Valley 27-0 in the state championship, wiping away the sour taste of a 35-16 loss the previous year against a high-powered Moapa Valley team. (Moapa Valley in many ways mirrors Truckee, with quality coaching and a football-rich community.)
The 2010 season was nearly on par with 2009. The Wolverines shut out the first six teams they faced and finished with a total of 528 points scored to only 65 allowed. They defeated Moapa Valley for the second straight year in the state championship, this time by a 27-7 score.
With the juggernaut junior class from 2009 graduated and gone, programs across the state were licking their chops for the opportunity to squash Truckee's 24-game winning streak entering the 2011 season.
But they all failed.
Despite fielding a largely new squad of players, the Wolverines again swept through the Northern 3A, but with fewer weapons and in a less convincing manner overall. But that just made the run that much more exciting. Instead of routing all comers, Truckee barely eked past Fallon on two occasions, including a narrow 28-24 win in the state semifinal that came down to the final minute.
That set up the fourth consecutive showdown against Moapa Valley in the state championship. On northern turf, the Pirates played the Wolverines tough early, but Truckee's swarming defense took its toll while its offense provided enough big plays to help lift Truckee to a 21-6 win, and third straight title to go along with the 36-game win streak.
Safe to say, the 2012 Wolverines entered this season with more pressure than the average high school sports team. And they handled it like 17- and 18-year-old pros, marching out to a 5-0 record to open the year and extending the streak to 41 games with a 34-3 win at Spring Creek on Sept. 28.
But all good things must come to an end, and this past Saturday simply was not the Wolverines' day. It was Fernley's, as the Vaqueros came into town and beat the three-time defending champs, fair and square, to the stunned heartbreak of thousands of Truckee supporters.
That leaves the Wolverines with one goal in mind - win again.


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Regulators: Irving hospital blocks doctor who 'smelled of alcohol' from treating patient
Newly disclosed Texas Medical Board records describe a harrowing scene at Las Colinas Medical Center: Dr. Steven Shilling, an Irving cardiologist, "was called in by hospital staff to treat a patient" — but when he arrived, "he smelled of alcohol, his speech was slurred, and his gait was impaired.
"Hospital staff prohibited [Shilling] from treating the patient."
The medical board recently asked an administrative law judge to authorize discipline of the doctor. It said Shilling "admitted to consuming alcohol" before going to the Irving hospital in 2010, "has a history" of drunken driving charges, "has been in treatment for prescription medication abuse" and "continues to drink presently."
Shilling declined to comment today. His lawyer, Elizabeth Fraley, could not be reached for comment.
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- Identifying new leads for MLPCN projects from novel collection of compounds synthesized at the Broad Institute.
- Providing a systematic and data-driven approach to creating performance-diverse screening collections in the future.
Using multiplex-cytological (MC) and gene-expression (GE) profiling assays, we assembled a reference dataset of profiles for structurally and stereochemically diverse DOS-derived compounds (18,000-20,000), chemically diverse Molecular Library Initiative (MLI) compounds with biologically diverse performance identified through analysis of PubChem (2,200-10,000), and known bioactive compounds to serve as landmarks (2,500). Careful analysis of pilot data identified how many replicates would be collected using each profiling method, determining how many compounds would be included in the reference set (~30K total for MC; ~20K total for GE). We also assembled and profiled a collection of 274 distinct compounds nominated by MLPCN Centers from projects for which the Centers would like to identify new chemical series with similar activities. Comparing the profile for a lead of interest to the reference dataset using our novel similarity-search approaches is uncovering:
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They say things like "not a good fit," "try a more mature topic" and "Christ, Gladstone, what kind of a twisted pervert are you?" and I try to ignore these criticisms. But much like a pillowcase filled with poorly aborted fetuses, they keep kicking around my head.
So I decided to prove once and for all that I'm a mature grownup, perfectly capable of delivering an informative list on a mature topic. Specifically, things in my kitchen. Nothing prurient or sensational about that, right? And just to make sure there's no confusion, I've added a section explaining how there's nothing sexually retarded about this at all. Now, I present:
The Breville Juicer
Here it is. Isn't she a beaut?! The Breville Juicer. It's really amazing. I mean, all you have to do is fill it up with 40 bucks of fresh produce and it spits out no fewer than three teaspoons of the most delicious all-natural juice you've ever tasted. And unlike some juicers that are loud and noisy with oppressive "racheta-racheta-racheta" sounds, this one has a nice powerful, but subtle purr. Put your hand against its side. That gentle vibration means its working. And it comes in three speeds!
Has Noting To Do With: Clitoral Massagers
And best of all, this juicer has nothing to do with the lesbian sex practice of using electric devices to stimulate a partner's clitoris until orgasm is achieved. I mean, some of the devices for that are known as the vibe and the wand -- not juicers. And, oh, quick note. Of course, I'm aware that this it is not strictly a gay sexual practice, or even a practice requiring a partner. I'm just saying, for whatever reason, when I think of clitoral massagers, I just happen to picture lesbians engaging in this form of sexual gratification. I mean, if I were to write about it. Which I'm not. We're talking about juicers here, and I don't see what that could have to do with clitoral massagers. Unless, what, are you implying lesbians lose a lot of electrolytes after orgasm and really crave some all natural refreshment? Come on. Let's stay serious here.
"Good luck making orange juice with this."
Rubber Gloves
Here they are. My old trusty pair of dishwashing rubber gloves. Man, these bad boys have really gotten the job done. Snap them on, finger by finger, feel the rubber encase your digits, and go to work. They let me get into all sorts of dirty places without messing up my hands. I remember one time I had to reach deep into my garbage disposal, working my hand in and out until I loosened it up so it worked properly. Just a repeated probing until I got its engine running. A kitchen necessity!
Has Nothing To Do With: Anal Fisting
Again, not strictly a lesbian sex practice by any means, but several websites (that I won't be linking to) inform me that anal fisting is all the rage among some lesbians. Especially ones who've been bad little girls and need to be punished. But I have no idea why we're talking about that when the issue at hand is kitchen gloves. Although, I guess I know how hard it can be to achieve orgasm when you've got a sink full of dirty dishes. I mean, who can relax, right? And I'm thinking if your sphincter has to loosen up enough to accept your lover's fist, being relaxed is important. So I'm picturing a scenario where some fun lesbian couple says things like, "Let's clean these dishes, so we can enjoy some rectal-based sex with a clear head!" A clean kitchen and sodomy. I guess, there's some connection on this one, but purely accidental.
Yeah, sorta like that.
Poultry Shears
These bad boys were a wedding present and boy do they make slicing up chicken a delight. Opening and closing these shears on some fresh meat. You use them just like scissors, and with just the right placement and pressure, you can produce something really special: perfectly trimmed chicken cutlets. And y'know what? I've even used them on fish fillets! Yep, scissoring up a nice piece of salmon, getting right to the good stuff. I'm getting excited just thinking about it.
OK, this one is specifically a gay female practice, but what it has to do with poultry shears and perfectly prepared cutlets, I have no idea. As some of you might know from the South Park episode where Mr. Garrison starts life as a gay woman, "scissoring" is popular in some gay circles. Despite the name, this practice has nothing to do with cutting during sex which was both my first thought and also the only way I can achieve orgasm. Instead, this practice involves two women opening and interlocking their legs to facilitate rubbing each others' genitals against each other. I would think this practice has some appeal because it increases the chances of the couple achieving simultaneous orgasm which is always nice. Sorta like when you manage to get your perfectly trimmed chicken cutlets and steamed rice to come out at exactly the same time.
Because it's not porn if it's a crudely drawn cartoon.


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EAST LIVERPOOL -The Columbiana County Port Authority is keeping $50,000 of a $150,000 down payment it received from a company that was once interested in purchasing the Port Authority's railroad.
Tervita Corp. entered into a tentative agreement earlier in the year to purchase the former Youngstown & Southern Railway from the Port Authority, and the deal required a $150,000 security deposit.
The company later changed its mind, raising last minute concerns about alleged environmental problems with two pieces of property along the 36-mile railroad. The agreement allowed Tervita to walk away from the sale if it encountered environmental issues, and this also required the security deposit be returned.
The Port Authority responded by hiring an environmental consulting firm to determine if contamination existed at the two locations. Port Authority CEO Tracy Drake said their study determined some environmental concerns existed, but not anything near the extent claimed by Tervita and, certainly, not enough to serve as grounds for voiding the purchase agreement.
Speaking after this week's Port Authority board meeting, Drake said he believes Tervita exaggerated the extent of the problem for the purpose of getting out of the purchase agreement, which is why he only returned $100,000 from the security deposit.
He believes if any clean up is required it will be minimal at best and nothing near what was claimed by Tervita, which still plans to purchase the demolition debris landfill located along the rail line in Negley.
In other action at this week's meeting, the board exercised its option to purchase two small parcels of land in Wellsville as part of the Marathon Petroleum expansion project. The property was purchased from Robert E. Culp for $40,000.
Marathon has a storage tank/transfer facility next door to the Port Authority's riverfront industrial park in Wellsville. Earlier this year, Marathon purchased 3.6 acres from the Port Authority for the purpose of developing the property into a staging area for trucks bringing in oil and gas collected from wells, with a pipeline transporting the material to the storage tanks.
The project requires the Port Authority to acquire some additional parcels from six property owners, one of whom was Culp, and the village of Wellsville.


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January 30, 2013, 09:47 PM
just trying to see how many people will be showing up. show your hands, and let us all know whether you will be atending. i will be.
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January 31, 2013, 11:11 AM
Why do people plan these on work days?
January 31, 2013, 11:31 PM
Why do people plan these on work days?
i know... i told my boss he would just have to get over it.. i think half the shop is planning on calling out tomorrow...
February 1, 2013, 09:26 AM
Good luck guys. Keep up the good fight.
February 1, 2013, 04:23 PM
Any info on exactly when and where? It's a bit of a drive from up here in Alexandria, so I have to plan ahead.
February 1, 2013, 07:50 PM
As far as I know, the folks who are organizing it are doing so, on this facebook page:
There are posts on the wall for each state, and the organization for each state is being done under it's post.
February 2, 2013, 12:35 AM
Why do people plan these on work days?
It's not because they are stupid or "didn't notice."
The first national rally was held on a Saturday. We got 2000 people in Oklahoma. But the organizers at these events noticed the problem with a Saturday rally. The building you are standing in front of is empty. The Reps and Senators are gone. So the feeling was that we needed to have a rally when the gov't was actually IN session. Harder for them to ignore us. And possibly some of them would even come out and address the crowd. So that means having the rally on a work day.
Call in sick. Tell them your kid is sick. The alarm clock didn't go off. The dog ate your homework. If this is important to you... you will find a way!
February 2, 2013, 02:43 PM
for those of you wondering, this is the adress 1000 Bank Street Richmond, VA 23219 i really hope to see yall there. we should have something to promote THR... so we can get anyone who isnt already here, here. the more people we can get in one place the better..
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The number of Republicans looking to replace U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in next year's GOP primary is now at three.
State Sen. Lee Bright of Spartanburg formally announced his bid Tuesday during a tele-conference with Republican and tea party activists from around the state.
"It's nothing personal against Lindsey Graham," Bright said. "Because Lindsey Graham is a nice likeable guy. I just don't think he's good for America."
Graham is too cozy with the Obama White House, Bright charged, adding that Graham has allowed "just about all his policies to be dictated by John McCain."
Among the areas Bright differed with Graham were what he called the incumbent's approach to amnesty and illegal immigration, and going to Egypt on a mission for the president.
Bright, 43, said he is not deterred by the fact Graham has a deep pile of campaign cash, or that the three candidates all come in as long-shots. South Carolina "is a runoff state," he said, referring to what happens if no one in a multi-candidate field gets better than 50 percent of the voted.
Bright's announcement came as he received the lowest ranking among the state's 46 state senators this week — scoring just 53 out of 100 — in the 2013 version of the S.C. Chamber of Commerce's Legislative Scorecard.
Bright called some of the chamber's causes "crony capitalism." One of the scorecard issues he didn't support was the Statehouse bond bill to give Boeing Co. $120 million in bond money for its jet plant expansion in North Charleston. Bright said he was philosophically opposed to taking on more debt and that he supports "small business owners that can't afford a lobbyist."
Bright joins Piedmont businessman Richard Cash and Nancy Mace, a consultant who also was the first woman to graduate from The Citadel, in targeting Graham in the GOP primary.
Graham has about $6.3 million on hand.
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As an example as what I'd like to make: I want a small window to fly out when I hover my mouse over a folder icon and show what's in the folder so I can access it directly.
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Building: Woodland, Room: 112
Please join faculty from multiple disciplines for film screenings about the portrayal of racism in the United States.
These powerful films explore the experience and repercussions of racism in America during the pre-civil war era, Depression era through 1960s and the year 2009.
More information, please contact Bella Eve Friesel, Gina Kaufman or Marjory Apollon-Shields.
Faculty Film Series is funded by SAF.