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Milton Bradley's Losing Friends
A few stories have popped up since I wrote the last one, so let me update.
Bruce Miles at the Daily Herald:
"I told him to take his uniform off," Lou said. "He threw his helmet
and smashed a water cooler, water flying all over. I just told him to
take his uniform off and go home. I followed him up into the clubhouse,
and we exchanged some words."
Lou added that he had seen enough and that he'd talk more with Milton tomorrow.
Apparently, the Cubs feel that Bradley is acting selfishly. GM Jim
Hendry talked with us in the runway after the game and said he wanted
players to be "all in."
I pressed him on that, and he said that "all in" means all for the
team. Some of Bradley's teammates also are beginning to wonder.
Alright, so we know for sure Lou sent him home. The "acting selfishly" perked up my ears though and that teammates are beginning to wonder. That led me to this gem from Alfonso Soriano courtesy of Muskat.
Alfonso Soriano said he'd never seen a player and manager fight the way Piniella and Bradley did.
"I hope he comes back and he can help the team to win," Soriano said
of Bradley. "If he's not that way, we don't need him. We have 25
players, we have to be on the same page. If he's not 100 percent to
help the team to win, we don't need him. If he's 100 percent and he
comes and wants to play, he's more than welcome."
Hey pot, meet the kettle. Let's start with Soriano refusing to move to left field a few years back for the Nationals before finally relenting... a real team player moment. Next there's Soriano's loose insistence on batting leadoff. Oh sure, he's stated in public he doesn't care where he bats as long as he stays in the same place but there's certainly some resistance on Soriano's part to get moved. If he was 100% on helping the team win, he'd stop trying to hit a home run every at-bat and would have asked long ago to get dropped to the bottom of the order to stop taking precious at-bats while he swings at everything that's pitched to him. There's also the part where he's worked on his defense so much that he's making Adam Dunn look like a good idea.
Moving back to Bradley, Lou's press conference highlights via Cubs.com can be seen here. Piniella indicates it's been a "common occurrence", although it's not clear whether he's suggesting it's common with just Bradley or the entire team, but it seems more like it's directed right at Bradley and he's been throwing these fits for awhile (most likely down in the clubhouse away from the cameras).
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agree that Soriano shouldn't be saying anything considering how crappy his 2009 season has been and how brainless he often seems to be
...and then there is this humiliating event that seems to correlate with Soriano's prolonged slump
standing there and taking that kind of crap, even if he received a ton of $$, this one really irked me.
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"...this has been a common occurrence and I've looked the other way a lot and I'm done with it." LP
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FYI not one player has ever complained about Soriano. And every manager he has ever had agreed. Even in Washington, Frank Robinson (IIRC) said great things about him even with the whole left field thing.
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Didn't Washington say similar things about Bradley?
It's pretty rare that a manager bad mouths a player.
The problem with Firefox is that while I am typing and go to change a word, it decides that I really don't want to change the word, what I really want to do is go back to my previous page. Talk all the shit about IE that you want, it doesn't do that.
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the IE i've used does this too. In firefox, goto url about:config
filter for backspace and change the value from 0 to 1.. this will stop the backspace from being used to go back.
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Awesome! Thanks. I've had that problem for a long time.
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Ahh, the irony. This just happened when I went to type a 'thanks'. The problem is that IE doesn't tend to move your cursor around... I don't know where Firefox puts my cursor but it partially loads the page, then moves the cursor out of the box, which IE didn't do.
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How has he 'constantly' put himself above the team? He didn't want to change positions...but eventually did (on a different team). The Cubs signed him to play left. He played left. Lou decides randomly to shift him back to 2nd. He does it. Everything else is speculation.
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The Cubs actually signed Sori to play CF.
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Sounds about right, but the point stands.
As far as the sulking (above) I don't know about that. I guess I'd have to read the article that references that. As far as I know, there have been no complains from or against Soriano as a Cub. I hear a lot of speculation about how he's unwilling to make changes nothing factual.
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Well I think it was quite obvious that he was losing friends/creating enemies in the clubhouse when this story came out in the middle of the game. I mean Sullivan and Miles likely needed this to be confirmed by team sources before they publlished it, since if they went live with a press box rumor before confirming it and it was wrong they would lose the trust of the organization and hence their job, since there job is access to the team. Anyways Lou seems the most at fault here. Why not just pull him out the game and tell him to stay in the clubhouse or go down to the batting cages? My guess is that is was the Sosa style departure that tipped of the media's attention to this incident anyways.
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Good points. If Lou tells him to just take a shower instead of leave, this whole mess most likely wouldn't have gone public.
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any time you see a player leaving in street clothes in the middle of a game something's wrong. the blowup leaked before he left...him leaving in street clothes is just a huge "oh shi...!"
you just don't send a benched player home. you send him to the showers, to the clubhouse, but not home. that's a pretty huge "screw u."
that said...bradley...for all his blowups...the past many years he tends to understand the consequences of them. now, i dunno how serious this crap got, but if lou kept it clean and "real" milton might accept his role as the bad guy in this and make his statement accordingly. i wouldn't expect perfection after the fact, though.
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Who else thinks Jim Hendry is on the phone right now talking to any AL GM who will listen?
This does seem revealing to me that this story about Bradley broke DURING THE GAME (though I guess the in-game reporting could be as much a reflection of the explosiveness of the story as it is a result of the speed of the Tweeter Age).
In any case, these comments from Piniella, (Bruce) Miles, Soriano, et al. make it seem to me like Bradley is as good as gone, which I actually don't mind. I imagine a Hoffpauir/Fox platoon in RF certainly could outplay what Bradley's been doing this year.
I say trade him and get whatever you can, let the team be better without him, and give the fucking Gatorade cooler a damn break.
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I don't think that.
Probably the fact that Freel inexplicably found himself in right field during the game lead to the story being broken more than anything else. Had Lou let Bradley go back in, we may have never heard anything.
What we need now is someone to grab a couple of Soriano's bats and smash up something in the clubhouse, then leave the broken bats behind as evidence.
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If Bradley is in the park you can say the move was made out as a precaution and downplay it during the game. Given that its pretty rare for a MLB player to leave in the middle of the game and assuming that Bradley was probably still hot after his arguement with Lou there was likely a tweet or e-mail sent by people about what they saw.
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When Jim Hendry says like he did today, Believe me this will not happen again, it pretty much means someone is on his way to the exits.
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Milton being...Manny?
Frankly, I'm tired of the Lou deadpan. Shouldn't he kick butt every once in a while? Starting with walk-a-thon Marmol, who has done what he did in today's game throughout the year? Heilman warming up for the 8th and he sticks Carlos in there knowing 2 walks were coming? Everyone watching the game saw Carlos throw 1 pitch and knew he didn't have control. And you are claiming Milton is at fault? Seems like he's the only one with fire.
Question - what's this ----> O O Answer: Rothschild in the headlights.
Either Lou doesn't care any more or he's just waiting for something obvious to wake this team up, and maybe it just did and we have MB to thank.
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Let's see -- Bradley gets off to a slow start, pulls the ultimate bonehead move in RF (HOW many outs?), the fans get on him, and he implodes.
Anyone, including Hendry, who is surprised by this has not been paying attention the past few years.
The $100MM+ 2009 Cubs have come to this:
- They are counting on Jake Fox's offense.
- Randy Wells is their best starter.
- Angel Guzman is their best reliever.
Aye Carumba.
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Bradley gets off to a slow start, pulls the ultimate bonehead move in RF (HOW many outs?), the fans get on him, and he implodes.
Sure... except he didn't implode. He got angry after making another out, and Lou imploded.
The double standard around here between Soriano and Bradley is baffling.
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Soriano has an unmovable contract and is signed on for five years after this and Bradley only has 2 years left after this year at managable numbers, especially if were to eat a half it in a deal. That is the double standard one has security here and the other does not.
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Soriano has cold streaks and hot streaks. It's just what he does. I remember early in the season it seemed like he connected on just about any pitch he swung at. He'll come around and clobber everything in sight. He always does.
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Stupid article. We all knew MB was a FAIL.
Well, i didn't fershure, but I'm old, and blue.
Very sick of this shit.
Long history of fuck.
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Open letter to Milton Bradley:
Dear Milton Bradley,
It's not about you, motherfucker. Keep your head down and do your fucking job best you can. Do it for the team.
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Dear Ryno,
All right, but I'm, I'm going to b-burn down the building.
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Maybe if we just give him back his stapler he'll start hitting.
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Wow. I know Sori is having a crap year, but I've never heard him say anything critical of anyone. He's like the bad English-speaking Dominican Ernie Banks.
And for Hendry to hint that there's a problem is surprising too, since he is so shielded about criticizing anyone. Maybe we'll luck out and they'll cut bait with Bradley, one way or another.
I do agree with what several people, including Rob said, that it does seem that Bradley is getting the short end of the stick. Other people do similar stuff (Like Marmol throwing his glove and knocking down a small cooler after being removed in the 8th), yet Bradley gets blamed. But maybe there is stuff going on with Bradley that we don't see or hear about. There must be for Hendry and Sori to be openly critical.
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I have a great idea on how to fix all of this - each guy take a long, hard look in the mirror and then get your shit figured out, and start hitting/pitching.
The entire season feels like a huge train wreck after 70 games, and we're only 2.5 games out. That's what expectations will do for you, I guess...
All we need to do is get our shit together! This means you, Soriano, Fukudome, Fontenot, Harden, Marmol and BRADLEY!!
I understand that guys are going to slump, but when you know you are struggling, is there anything wrong with bunting or hitting behind the runner or trying to work the count? That's what a team player does. I'm sure Bradley is frustrated with his current level of play, but being negative about it all of the time around your teammates is cancerous. If he doesn't get that, you need to cut out the cancer... way to go after the sure thing, Hendry!!
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good, good, and thank god hendry decided to take care of that statement real quick before people had much of a chance to kick that around...
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Here's hoping we get to DeRosa before the Yanks and Cards do!!
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And this scene (one of my all-time favorites) pretty much sums up the Cubs season...
"Hey, my man, you using that hat?"
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I think with Nady officially out for the year the Yanks are looking for a RH OF bat, and they've cried wolf about their payroll. DeRosa comes cheap salary wise for any team, which probably means he'll cost even more in prospects. If the Cubs do trade for him I hope they intend to sign him to an extension.
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it was just yesterday i made a post about how i hadn't heard much at all about rumors/facts of clubhouse tension...what a difference 24 hours makes.
now we got both fact and rumor. =p
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My lineup for Saturday's game:
Fuld (Miles to DL),Theriot,Fukudome,Lee,Hoffpauir,Fox,Soto,Bradley,Blanco
Then bench Bradley for Soriano Sunday.
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I don't think that Bradley's behavior should be condoned. Yet isn't Piniella being inconsistent here? Does he respond the same way when Z has a temper tantrum? I'm not convinced that Lou treats everyone the same. BTW, Sorryano should be the last to comment about anything with the kind of year he is having. He should have been benched long ago...or at the very least moved down in the order.
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From the Sun-Times article:
"But an apparent preoccupation with his individual issues over the team's efforts to shake a first-half malaise has worn on teammates, even down to things as simple as working close pitches for walks with runners on base when putting the ball in play with less than two outs might score a rare and needed run."
Yes Milton, please quit taking walks and just strike out like your teammates. That's a much better idea.
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The implication, if you ready the whole article, is that he ends up taking some strikes on 3-2 counts, striking out with men in scoring position. He was hired as a free agent to be a run producer, and he should not be looking to walk when the situation calls for being aggressive and putting the bat on the ball. The other Cubs players have noticed this 'me first' attitude. No one said it is better to strike out than to take a walk.
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You need to post here more often!
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Sorry, but this makes no sense.
He's up there trying to hit. He's not looking for walks. If he's got 2 strikes, and he thinks the pitch is a ball, he should take it. Compare it to Soriano, who gets two strikes and swings at the pitch regardless of it's location. I can't honestly believe that the players on the team really think that. What they are saying is they rather have Joe Carter hitting 3rd on their team than Barry Bonds. If anyone around the team actual thinks that, they should probably try to go play for the Reds.
With a 3-2 count:
Soriano has struck out 13 times in 37 PA's, once every 2.8 chances
Bradley has struck out 12 times in 41 PA's once every 3.4 chances
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Or the 2004 Giants. Great example, Bonds was a great teammate.
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You've taken this so far to the extremes that it loses the original point.
Should you always take a pitch if you think it's a ball? How about a borderline fastball that you think is off the plate, but could be called a strike and you could potentially drive for a hit to the opposite field and knock in some runners? If it's close enough to be called a strike maybe you should try to hit it - especially with runners on base - rather than risk taking a called third and ending the rally. I think his teammates just want him to do that.
Joe Carter or Barry Bonds? How many called strike three did Bonds take in his prime. Either they were pitching around him way outside and he was walking, or he was hitting with RISP. Bradley is emphatically NOT Barry Bonds. How about Joe Carter or 2009 Milton Bradley? - I take Carter. Carter had only 11 seasons with more RBI than Bradely's career high. Only 11.
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"But an apparent preoccupation with his individual issues over the team's efforts to shake a first-half malaise has worn on teammates, even down to things as simple as working close pitches for walks with runners on base when putting the ball in play with less than two outs might score a rare and needed run."
You guys are taking one example, simplifying it and saying 'that's ridiculous, that's the type of player he is'. The quote implies that he is concerned mostly with himself and lists one 'simple' example. I absolutely do not condone what Lou (apparently) said to Bradley, but it is clearly something that has been building over a long time and would certainly be a result of multiple issues. They're tired of his shit and this is one of the things that has been bothering them. It reminds me of when I was ready to break up with a girlfriend and every minor little things was annoying to me. If I told you one of them, you'd say it was a ridiculous thing to complain about, but compounded it all adds up.
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Because we know that it's all bullshit, so we are illustrating the one example. If they give more examples, we could illustrate how those examples are also bullshit.
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Agreed. Exc. point.
I don't think Fukudome complains in English, either - which probably let's him get away with more.
I have read he was more cantankerous with the Japanese Umps.
In any case - indeed - he's batted 2nd, 7th, 5th, 1st, and it hasn't been a real issue.
I think when Aramis gets back, "IF healthy", Bradley could eventually start hitting provided this whole event blows over.
Jim Hendry really signed a deal with the Devil on this one though.
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I agree. I don't think that he is a middle of the order hitter, and I would not have signed him this off season. With Fukudome's production always in question and DeRosa traded, I would not sign an oft-injured DH with a career high of 77 RBI who walks a lot. I didn't think it made sense.
But I have to agree with the point below. This is just one example of something they don't like about Bradley, one example of about a dozen things. I wish pitch selection with RISP was the only thing that was going on with Bradley. Oh what I would give for that to be our main worry this season...
Re: He's up there trying to hit. He's not looking for walks.
--But there's no evidence that he's up there trying to do anything productive. He's got a grand total of 2 RBI this month. And, In his last four games Uncle Milty has managed to put the ball in play maybe two times. He's 0/8, six of those outs being strikeouts.
But he does have 5 walks!
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And he came a few feet from hitting a 3 run HR in Detroit the other day...
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Horseshoes and hand grenades.
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So your and navigator's theory is that he just intentionally fouled that one off so that he could try to get the count to 3-2 and up his OBP? Wow, Bradley must be even better than anyone ever thought.
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I don't have a theory and never said anything even remotely like that. My point is simply that you don't get credit for almost doing something in baseball, and if you've gotten to the point where you have to use "almost" home runs to defend a player then things are pretty bad.
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To quote somebody near and dear to me, Bradley is
a (highly remunerated) victim of the OBP era in baseball, an era that finally elevated walks to the status of hits, a status that they never enjoyed before. Bradley says, "I demand that base on balls. I earned it!"
Hitters used to protect the plate with two strikes, and thus avoid inevitable wrangles with umps.
No wonder Bradley likes Gerald "Moneyball" Perry.
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I doubt Lou called Bradley a piece of shit because he isn't hitting. He said he was not a "ball player" which means he does not act professionally, does not carry himself well, does not respect the game, acts like a spoiled brat, etc. Soriano is not getting ejected from games, is not crying about an umpire conspiracy in the papers, is not throwing tantrums and beating up equipment every time he struggles, is the first (rather than the last) player in the clubhouse, continues to talk to the media, etc. It's that shit that gets you called a piece of shit by your manager, not a slump.
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When you swing at everything, it's probably hard to think you're the victim of a strike-zone conspiracy. Bradley has quotes from yesterday's game, doesn't he? Soriano also doesn't get singled out for not hitting, like Bradley does by his boss. Soriano has hit .173 .283 .288 against lefties this year... why is he in the lineup? Why doesn't he get dropped down like Bradley did?
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That's right, Bradley is just one of MANY major leaguers who publicly complain of umpire conspiracies. Ha!
Also, I must have also forgotten the many media interactions like this that many other players have: "Bradley was expressing his unhappiness in Chicago during a contentious session with reporters. As he walked away, the oft-injured Bradley was asked: How do you feel? 'I feel like 30 million bucks,' Bradley said over his shoulder, not missing a beat." Stay classy!
Where has Lou singled Bradley out for not hitting? He singled him out for being a whiny tantrum-thrower.
The comparison with Soriano is dumb. Pick any player on the Cubs who has struggled. Most of them have. Your point? Lou has stuck with them all season, waiting for them to break out of their slumps. He did so with Lee and it worked. Now Soto is coming around. Soriano will too, and you know this. He has also stuck with Bradley. How many games has he actually sat because he wasn't banged up? Pretty much everyday he has been healthy he has been in there batting 3rd, 4th, or 5th. This is despite his average defense, bone-headed plays, arguing with umpires, and tantrum throwing. And because he does all of that shit he has gotten a few days off to refocus from time to time (which he clearly hasn't fully utilized).
If you want to jump on the "poor-me-the-world-is-out-to-get-me-bandwagon" Milton Bradley would love to have you aboard. There's plenty of room and right now he is the only one on it.
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"Where has Lou singled Bradley out for not hitting?"
Lou has been talking this week about how Bradley has struggled against righties, and benched him Thursday for it. When is Soriano's benching coming?
It's almost like Lou is using Bradley as an excuse. If Bradley's been blowing up in the dugout repeatedly, who's job is it to correct that? What Bradley now can see is 1. He struggles and gets benched and criticized. Soriano struggles and it's no problem. 2. Zambrano and Dempster blow up and it's no big deal. He blows up and he's a 'piece of shit'. 3. He tries make friends and the Cubs get rid of them.
Now, put yourself in his place. Wouldn't you start thinking that someone is out to get you? Lou needs to man up for his own shortcomings before taking it out on others.
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1) He got a day off. Wow. Didn't Soto sit multiple games to regroup and Hill played just a couple of weeks ago? Didn't Soto then rebound? Fukudome has sat too. The idea that Bradley is somehow the only one that has struggled or that Lou has said struggled, or that Lou has given a day off to regroup is ridiculous. Why the comparison to Soriano? Maybe Lou thinks some people like Soto and Bradley need days off because they are pressing and others like Lee and Soriano need to play through it. It worked for Soto and Lee. Maybe Lou knows these players better than we do.
2) If Zambrano and Dempster blow up a dozen times or so then come back and make this comparison. As of right now it's apples to oranges.
3) That's right, the Cubs conspired to trade or fire the people he made friend's with. You advocate keeping Gathright on the team because Bradley likes him? We should have kept Taguchi on the big league roster then so Fukudome had someone to talk to. There are 24 other guys there, here's a thought, make more than ONE friend.
I like how a team pays $30 million dollars to you to do a job for three years, but then your first response within a couple of months of being there is to assume that they are conspiring to see you fail at that job. Yeah, the Cubs really wanted to sign Abreu, but then Hendry said, "no, wait, why win a championship, you know what would really be better, we sign Bradley, then fuck with him, that will be so much more rewarding, we'll just conspire against him to make his life a living hell, it'll be great!"
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1. Lou called it a benching
2. How do we know? We didn't know that Bradley wasn't doing that until yesterday.
3. No, but a good manager would pick up on it and do something to ease the transition.
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I've been a Bradley defender cuz of his sucky life history, but truth is, I've had a sucky life history too. Both parents dead early, yada yada.
At some point, you just have to quit whining and deal with it. I was 30 before I really got my shit together but if I had Milton's baseball talents I think it would have taken me a lot less time.
Fuck you Milton. Life is hard but you have a fucking gift a million people would die for. So for you, life is easy. Suck in your gut and play some fucking baseball, or get out and sit on a couch somewhere and drink yourself to death like other people who feel sorry for themselves.
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Yes Milton, please quit taking walks and just strike out like your teammates. That's a much better idea.
Obviously walks are good. Opposed to Dusty's base clogging theories, this actually is a little different focus in that working the count also leads to strikeouts, particularly K's with RISP hence the lack of rbi's, as in 16 this season. It also shows the problem of Bradley's baggage with umpires who will squeeze his strike zone as much as possible, making strike zone judgement with two strikes more problematic say than other high obp hitters.
It's a catch-22 except that the anger management is what has lead to almost all of Bradley's problems and because people remember and he continues to show he's not improved, he won't get this ugliness to go away.
from the Chris De Luca article in the sun-times, he elaborates on a previous incident with Piniella and Bradley:
Bradley's selfish attitude has resulted in chats with veteran teammates, Piniella and Hendry. There is a feeling in the Cubs' clubhouse that Bradley's zeal for drawing walks -- which can up his on-base percentage but runs the risk of all those 3-2 strikeouts, such as his first-inning at-bat -- don't fit the mold of a middle-of-the-order slugger who could help shake a team out of its doldrums with runners in scoring position.
And don't think Friday was the first time Piniella's emotions concerning Bradley bubbled over for public consumption. While Bradley was spending a series in San Diego griping about close calls at the plate, Piniella was overheard airing out his frustrations to since-fired hitting coach Gerald Perry.
''We pay the guy $30 million,'' Piniella's voiced echoed that night in the clubhouse, ''and nothing's ever his fault.''
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That quote is more hypocritical than anything Soriano has said. If you rank the highest paid players in the game and then rank the highest paid Managers in the game, Hitting-coach-firing- nothing-is-ever-my-fault-saying Lou Piniella rankes much closer to the top of his list than our $8 million outfielder. Why are we paying you all this money Lou, if you have no effect on the outcomes of the games?
Here's some other guys that aren't middle of the order hitters:
David Ortiz
Alex Rodriguez
Mark Teixeira
Jim Thome
Ryan Howard
Adam Dunn
Jason Bay
Chase Utley
Dan Uggla
Adrian Gonzalez
Matt Kemp
Ryan Ludwick
Carlos Pena
Jack Cust
Evan Longoria
David Wright
Prince Fielder
Maybe, Bradley should be allowed to swing at the pitches he thinks he can drive, and if he walks... I dunno, maybe the guy behind him can be a team player and hit the fielder's choice if it's so god damned easy.
Turns out the Cubs' dugout doesn't just have two hypocrites in it, it's full of them.
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Bradley, with RISP: .229/.413/.486 OPS: .899, 10 k, 45 PAs
Soriano, with RISP: .154/.297/.288 OPS: .585, 17 k, 64 PAs
Yup, I wish Bradley could be more like Soriano with RISP.
Seriously... people need to look at Cubs stats with RISP, and then figure out if the really want to attack Bradley's approach in those situations.
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Or you can say that Soriano has driven in 14.6% of the runners on second and 15.6% of the runners on third and compare them to Bradley (16.2% and 18.2% respectively). Both players have been anemic, but at least Bradley fails some of the time because he is taking walks.
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and Soriano's quotes make more sense from that article. It's not that he's innocent of being the primadonna, so it has an odd sound to it. Those quotes would have had better impact if they came from DLee.
Veteran Alfonso Soriano, who doesn't get the credit he deserves for being a true team leader, said he had never seen anything like it during his nine-year career. And then Soriano -- always one of the first Cubs in the clubhouse -- put the onus on Bradley to shape up or ship out.
''That's my first time to see a manager fighting with a player; get mad with a player,'' Soriano said. ''Sometimes you can get mad, but not like that. It's something new for me every day.
''We are 25 players, and we have to be on the same page. If he is not 100 percent to help the team win, we don't need him. If he's 100 percent and he wants to play, he's more than welcome.''
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Finally, the article implies that Lou showed that he can be a Dragon with fire in the belly. This stuff is getting to remind me of Lou's response to the Zambrano-Barrett fight. How he handled the team from that point forward changed the outcome of the 2007 season. Hopefully, he gets things right this time too.
''We exchanged some words,'' Piniella said.
This is the fire from Piniella we have been talking about.
Privately, the players in the Cubs' dugout wanted to give Piniella a standing ovation.
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supposedly Wittenmyer in the sun-times reports this was the tunnel interchange between Piniella-Bradley:
According to sources, Piniella then shouted at Bradley, ''You're not a player! You're a piece of sh--!''
Bradley then said, ''I have too much respect for you to respond to that,'' a source said.
if GW's sources are accurate it sounds like Bradley's temper is aimed at busting things up but Lou's got the verbal knives.
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Nice... so LouPa verbally attacks Bradley, Bradley responds with class, and Bradley is the one getting attacked by everybody?
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Well, Lou doesn't have the history of irrational behavior and isn't sucking things up this season... wait, never mind.
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You think a guy that was once called a fag (if the stuff in that Bronx is burning movie is a 100% accrute) would have a little more respect for his players. Of course, because that was what he was exposed to maybe he really thinks that is how grown men deal with disputes.
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''I have too much respect for you to respond to that,''
I have to commend Milton for his response to Lou. Stuff like that keeps him from being a douchebag but he sure is a guy who "has issues". Sigh.
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I hate to say this as I'm generally a Milton partisan, but that response would've seemed a lot classier from someone who hadn't just erupted and bashed things like a three-year-old.
I will defend Milton on the "30 million dollars" comment though. I'm sure it didn't seem this way to members of the judge-first-think-later Chicago sports media, but maybe just possibly it was a...joke? A jerky, unfunny joke, but a joke nonetheless?
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How about chaning the fucking batting order then?
Exactly, that's the simple solution. Take the easy way out Lou. Of course it's the "old school" vs the modern era issues methinks. Where did the reward a player for good performance go? Did that go away when huge contracts arrived? Kind of like Lou reminiscing about the days when Billy Martin or Leo Durocher could argue with the umps.
Hello Dolly (carol channing?)
Milton Bradley feeling unaccepted in the clubhouse?
All Bradley's baggage not withstanding, two facts everyone can agree on make it pretty understandable why he doesn't feels accepted by the team. One, he's in the first half of the first year with a new team plus two, he hasn't produced or contributed, much less as advertised. If he had been producing so far, his acceptance in the clubhouse would've come much faster - it's just natural. On top of that, you have all the other debateable factors: Cub fans' expectations, his personality, his attitude, his fits, other players not in a good mood due to their own frustration, on and on.
Now, it seems like a viscious cycle.
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Agreed, but it's ridiculous to put all the onus on Bradley to work everything out.
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That's right TRN. I mean if it is true what Lou said before sending Bradley home, that is definately not helping and depending on all the context from their recent troubles, flat out bad managing. A good manager stays above the personal.
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per Bruce Levine on ESPN 1000...
Soriano, Theriot, Bradley, DLee, Soto, Fox (DH), Freel (3B), Fukudome, Blanco (vs LHP-Buerle)
Podsednik, Ramirez, Dye, Thome, Konerko, Pierzinski, Getz, Beckham, Wise
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I hope that one of the sportswriters grows a pair watching the game today and asks "what is the advantage of starting every game with a strikeout?" to Pinhead.
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well, rats.
i was hoping for fox-3b, freel-cf, zambrano-dh, fuky-sit down.
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With TheRiot in the lineup, at least I can fain interest. I know the expectations for 09 are higher...and rightfully so, but does anyone feel as "meh" about this series as I do?
Can't IL games, just be 6 games vs 2 rivals and we can move on? I'd rather watch more games vs STL and MIL.
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The Sox series is always great, and we already play our division rivals too much.
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I think that's fair enough. Soriano should certainly have kept his mouth shut. Though I don't personally have much problem with the content of what he said.
I think Lou should NOT shut up. It's kind of his job not to. If Bradley is a problem and has been for some time, then something needs to be said. But, if the reports are accurate, what Lou said was clearly NOT appropriate. I'd prefer to avoid judging the explosion without knowing the content of the build up, as well, though.
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Wellemeyer with 68 pitches in 2.1 IP before being taken out for Kinney. Now that's his Cub roots showing through
Minn 3-2 so far.
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lost in the crap storm du jour is that this edition of the Cubs is sorely lacking on so many levels required of a championship team that even though they're only 2.5 GB it's like when a golfer's only a couple strokes off the pace but there are a half a dozen guys between him & the lead - objects up ahead are really further away than they appear...to name one GLARING problem: doubt there's a major league pitcher, let alone one counted upon in key situations, who's averaging a walk per inning besides Marmol...if every other thing wrong clears up & that doesn't, we're going nowhere...
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Fox is in the lineup. All is well.
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Santo just said he liked what Soriano said. I'm not sure if that vindicates me or not :).
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Also, Angels game is on TV. So, as usual, I hate FOX.
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Got the same thing here. In Houston they get the Cubs, but I guess we're in Rangers country here.
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They removed WGN from our cable package this year, so ESPN games and Fox games like this are a rare treat for me in not having to watch on the computer.
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David Patton is warming up for the Cubs in the 5th. Granted he has pitched mostly in low pressure games, but since April 29th he has a 3.00 ERA in 12 IP with 10 Ks.
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Ah, instead, Cubs get the lead and they go to Heilman. Which works out just as expected.
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I'm going to the Round Rock/Iowa game tonight.
I'll give you guys a report if I come home sober.]
Oh, whoops.
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you know you're backing the wrong club when there's more happening in the dugout/clubhouse than on the field...
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just what the I-Cub brass need; possible Ramirez rehab when they're already looking @ 4th of July-related packed houses next week w/ fireworks scheduled on both the 2nd & 3rd...
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I might go to that, driving from Texas! YES! FIREWORKS!
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Which works out just as expected.
Yep. Heilman as expected gives up the run to tie it.
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That was fantastic baserunning by Freel.
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That will teach me to talk nice about Theriot's defense.. ugh.
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yesh...nice 9th.
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....following a lovely 8th.
I want my old friend Carlos Marmol to return. This imposter blows.
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....following a lovely 8th.
I want my old friend Carlos Marmol to return. This imposter blows.
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I know that this Cubs team is very flawed, even for a .500 team hovering within striking distance.
But I don't think it was too much to ask that they win this game. That White Sox team merits their record completely, and they made three errors. You cannot let a mediocre team performing badly win a game like that.
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They just don't win close games like these. Haven't been all year. Even more so on the road. The homestand comebacks were kind of a one time thing, I think.
At least they are now scoring a few runs, of course now whats happening is that the pitching isn't as good as when they weren't scoring runs. I knew it would happen this way.
BUT still they are hanging on to the race, A-ram comes back as old A-ram, make a trade here and there and this team has a chance.
Yes Marmol needs to be taken out of the 8th inning, todays game wasn't so bad but batters just don't seem to be buckling their knees like they used to.
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This year's team, from top to bottom, has become an embarrassment. It is almost impossible to like or root for any of these people. On top of shitty play the players keep acting like they are 12. I don't even think ARam can stop this train wreck. This season has all the looks of being a very disappointing season.
I think it is time to change the signature back...
same goes for me
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Hendry often gets a huge pass on this year because, after all, it's basically the same team, right?
Well, no... he got rid of maybe the most versatile player on the '08 team and he disassembled the bullpen.
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Sign of a really bad Cubs offense:
Casey MacGhee has more RBI's than Milton Bradley.
DeRosa's a Cardinal
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So worst case scenario. Great.
Cubs don't get him. Cardinals get better. Cubs have to face him. DeRosa is a Cardinal. Pretty much sucks all around.
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yow perez. they must have really wanted dero...perez has a good 4 years of 'cheap' ahead of him and a good arm attached to it.
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Yeah, if a young pitcher of Perez' quality was part of the final price, we just don't have that to spare. Trading Marshall or Wells and someone else would make little sense.
I'm ok with not paying that price, not happy Derosa's a Cardinal. Now watch they'll resign him and we'll have 2-3 years of this. Wonderful.
Can we still get rid of Hendry? At least tie him up in a closet and smack him around.
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well, he like 34...if they wanna keep him a 2-3 deal i'd be for it.
he's lost his middle IF step. yes, i think he could play 2nd well enough and etc etc, but he seems to be a guy who's future is RF/3rd/LF...maybe 1st if he can quit doing stupid stuff with his feet.
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This blows.
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Just think of it like this - now we'll have plenty more chances to cheer for DeRosa when he comes back to Wrigley!
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bet the dude gets a HUGE standing O his first AB.
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This is a double blow as now Dero gives the Cardinals there answer to either 2nd or 3rd and the Indians got there third prospect (according to BA's pre-season rankings) for him and another player. I still dont get why Jimbo took 3 average prospects for him instead of one top talent player. Also it looks like there still in it for Holliday, so this division race could be over. As for Cubs rumors, Gammons tweets were looking at Teahan. I hope he has atleast entertained the idea of being a seller. Given the weak market I think Harden and Gregg could really be turned into something good. I would also see if Dlee or Lilly would waive their NTC and see what I could get for them, but I would only move them if I could get 2 of somebodys top 20, with one of them being a top 5 guy.
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I can't see the Cubs turning into sellers. As for the weak market, I think one of the reasons it's a weak market is that most teams have no budget room to add salary, and most teams still think they are in the race and are unwilling to trade away players. We might see mostly lower salaried guys moved, and probably not a lot of them. It will be interesting to see how many deals get made and if any big salary guys are dealt. I'm suspecting it's going to be very few if any.
Once in a lifetime
Ronnie Cedeno just got IBB'd by LAD.
(1st base open, hitting in front of Felix Hernandez. Still....)
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In other ex-Cub news, Aardsma has been awesome this year. Just wicked stuff as Seattle's closer.
Note: Though he just gave up a double and a walk.
I wish we could trade Heilman back to Seattle for him. They can have Miles too.
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heilman looks terrible and he along with marmol are way to
predictable hell we all no they will walk one batter a inning , if hielman was any good he would have marmols spot , and if marmol was any good he would have greggs spot.
the cubs will start hitting but at that time the cubs will stop pitching.
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teahan why what is he gonna give us.
lets get aram back then we have 2 to 3 weeks to see where
we are, if no better off sell sell sell or maybe zell will
sell before trade deadline.
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Hey more Milton Drama, when does it stop being about him and more about the team? Ohhhh right that would be never.
I was tired with the Milton drama like 3-4 years ago, just like i was tired of Dusty drama about 3 years before he was a Cub.
It's always about massaging the ego of Milton Bradley, for ounce i would like him to return the favor to his team-mates. Who the hell am i kidding, Bradley is a me me me type player, fuck everyone else.
How many times do you Bradley supporters need to make excuses for him?
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you should probably go read the clubhouse exchange between lou/milton...and the statements afterward.
if that's not handling it with class, i dunno what is.
milton got called out for throwing tantrums by someone throwing a hissy fit...and responded with more class than the person throwing the hissy fit.
no one's an angel here, but milton didn't thug out on anyone.
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Throwing a tantrum after every fucking at bat -- very classy. The clown is just trying to injure himself so he can stay home.
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The problem With Milton is easy to understand!! He is a paranoid personality - people have known this for years. He thinks people are conspiring against him, that is a sign of a paranoid. Furthermore, he thinks his teammates, Umps, the fans, everyone is out to get him. He needs medicine for paranoid people.
He forgets hes in the entertainment biz. Baseball is entertainment, you will always have people watching you in Major league baseball.
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Meh, I messed that up. Mets are in.
Cards and Giants can still tie though.
Kershaw gets hurt by his defense and gave up 2 more runs. Blach has 8 shutout innings.
Mets already won as did Cards.
tomorrow is gonna be helluva fun if Giants hold on. We're all rooting for a 3-way tie I presume.
good news is now 5 K's for Lester through 4 (in a quest for 200 for season). Bad news is he's already at 86 pitches.
be curious how long Maddon sticks with Lester to try and let offense get back into it and get him the win (4-2 as I type, was 4-0)
Fwiw, he needed 2.1 IP to cross 200 for season so he got that at least. He also needs 9 K's for 200K's on season and he has 4 through 3.
cubs score 2 runs thanks to predictable reds pitching and horrible CIN defense...cubs only down by 1 now. heyward even got a gift 2rbi double out of an easy popout. neat.
something named Ty Blach has outpitched Clayton Kershaw through 6 innings (1-0 Giants).
not that finishing 2nd place will matter much nor did this game, but have to think if Hendricks pitches well tomorrow, he could leapfrog Lester in Cy Young voting. Don't see anyway Scherzer doesn't win it regardless and it doesnt' look like Lester has any incentive clauses that matter. Also might give Cueto some votes.
Rather remarkable how many teams have really good 1-2 options this year.
Nats: Scherzer and Roark (and Strasburg was great before injuries)
Cubs: Lester and Hendricks (and Arrietta is still damn good just not as consistently lately)
pretty much what I'm gathering from this thread is that it doesn't matter who you play in 5-game series, but no one wants to have to deal with Cardinal fans if we end up losing.
I can respect that.
first game for lester giving up more than 2 runs since july 24th. hell of a run.
doh, yes...dunno what happened there. jake arrieta is all "bro wut?"
lester going for #20...cubs haven't had a LH (thanks jpep for the correction) 20 game winner since d.ellsworth in 1963.
fwiw, all the games are free on mlb.tv
Short rest for MadBum would be 2 days. WC game is Wed., Games 1 & 2 are Friday/Saturday.
A left-handed one...
J-Hey not finishing with an offensive onslaught.
If Geoff Blum could be a Playoff hero, there is hope still...
Giants scare me. I think you're wrong about Bumgarner, he would pitch on short rest for Game 2 and then full rest for Game 5. Cueto would go Game 1, then short rest in game 4. Add in some really tough outs in that lineup and I want nothing to do with them. With that rotation they can easily steal a series.
Cards are a tough matchup. The rivalry evens out their comparable lack of talent. And like someone said, they love HRs, which is how to beat the Cubs. The upside is that I would feel really good about Lester twice against STL.


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A billion-dollar education grant - a cornerstone of the state budget Gov. Tom Corbett proposed on Tuesday - could be whittled down in the coming months, as lawmakers fight over its controversial prerequisites and skeptical school administrators await a final ruling.
Corbett detailed his "Passport for Learning" grant, a cash windfall that would offer schools hundreds of millions of dollars annually for four years. The caveat: that money will be available only if legislators agree to dismantle the state liquor system and sell off its licenses.
State legislators have already questioned how far Corbett may have to compromise on his liquor-privatization plan, while Democrats and teachers' unions have disputed its long-term benefits to schools.
"A billion dollars? We get that much in four years anyway," state Sen. John Wozniak, D-Cambria, said, referring to existing liquor taxes. "That's extremely short-term."
Wozniak called Corbett's plan a "gimmick," and he's hardly alone in Harrisburg. In a news release, directors of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center attacked the plan for tying school funds to an as-yet-unresolved political issue.
According to Corbett's budget summary, the $1 billion would be spread over four years beginning in 2014, with recipient schools free to use the funds for safety enhancements, early elementary programs, individual student-proficiency plans or science and technology classes.
Corbett's statements didn't detail how grant recipients would be chosen, and state Department of Education representatives didn't return calls seeking comment Tuesday.
Local school administrators said they'd naturally take grant money if it's offered, but questioned how long the windfall could last.
"Obviously we are in a situation where any money we can get helps us," Hollidaysburg Area School District Superintendent Paul Gallagher said. "If it's money that can help us for now, well, nobody is going to turn that away."
Gallagher said the district could use extra money for safety upgrades, but he isn't certain whether Hollidaysburg would qualify for the grant.
Altoona Area school board member Tim Lucas said his district could use security funding as well - but with the grants planned for just four years, they couldn't cover permanent expenses the upgrades might incur.
"The problem with these types of grants is that there are strings attached and it's a one-and-done thing. Historically, government has done that," he said.
Lucas said he's uncertain whether Altoona schools would qualify, as Corbett might plan to reserve grants for the state's poorest or lowest-achieving schools.
Corbett made education a focus of his 2013-14 budget proposal on Tuesday: He proclaimed this year's proposed school funding an all-time record, with $5.5 billion set for basic education. But critics scoffed at the nearly $100 million Corbett said he'll add to district funding after years of political battles over education cuts.
In his speech, the governor struck at the 2009 federal stimulus as a "one-time" federal windfall to schools - a criticism some state Democrats are now leveling against his grant plan.
But all the Passport-grant forecasting will be for nothing if Corbett's budget fails to survive the Legislature.
"It's going to end up being negotiated," said Wozniak, who sits on the state Senate Appropriations Committee. "I've been around a long time, and I do not see that happening."
The appropriations process could leave Corbett's liquor plan compromised or weakened, Wozniak said.
"We will beat our chests and make strange noises and bang our antlers around," he said. From that, a very different budget may emerge.
Eric Shirk, a spokesman for Corbett's office, acknowledged that the 2014 start date for the education grants depends upon the Legislature's cooperation.
Politicians - including Republicans - have said the proposal includes weaknesses. Some in recent weeks have expressed a willingness to find a middle ground.
"I was not supportive of giving [the state-store money] to the schools," state Sen. John Eichelberger, R-Blair, said Tuesday. "I thought it was a bad message to mix the liquor with the schoolchildren."
Eichelberger said public schools have misspent one-time cash bonuses in the past, citing the 2009 federal stimulus as an example.
"They complained and criticized the state for not giving them more money. ... For them, it's not enough," he said.
Eichelberger noted that past governors, including Tom Ridge, have tried and failed to privatize the liquor system. Corbett's plan - tying the sell-off to a massive education bonus - may not be enough to get it through the Legislature unscathed, he said.
"It's going to be very difficult for him to get everything through," Eichelberger said. "I think it will likely be smaller than a billion."
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UNIVERSITY PARK - It was business as usual Sunday afternoon at Penn State's Rec Hall as the Nittany Lion wrestlers rolled out the red carpet to the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
Once again, the Nittany Lions held a Big 10 opponent to less than 10 points as they demolished the Cornhuskers, 33-9, before a new season-high crowd of 6,618.
Highlighting the meet from the local level was the return of Central Mountain graduates Andrew and Dylan Alton to the lineup. As the meet unfolded, there turned out to be some bad news as well as good news.
After Nico Megaludis was awarded a forfeit win at 125 and Jordan Conaway (133) and Bryan Pearsall (141) picked up decisions, it was Andrew's turn to make his return.
Starting out strong, Andrew went on top of Jake Sueflohn, 4-0, with a takedown and two back points.
Alton escaped to stretch his lead to begin the middle period, but Sueflohn countered an Alton shot for a takedown and picked up a stalling penalty for a 5-4 Alton lead after two periods.
Starting from the bottom, Sueflohn reversed Alton to begin the third period and in a scramble, put Alton on his back for the fall at the 5:33 mark.
"Yeah, Andrew wasn't himself and why that is we'll figure it out," said PSU head coach Cael Sanderson. "A lot of it is making the decision that you are ready and focused to get back to where he wants to be. He can do that in the snap of his fingers or it might take a few matches. He is in good shape, trains hard, so it is just a matter of making that decision to go out there and enjoy yourself, but he wasn't all there tonight."
On the heels of his brother's first loss of the season, Dylan brought some good news around to the brothers and the Penn State wrestlers when he battled fourth-ranked James Green for a 3-1 win.
With the bout tied at 1-1 in the third period, Dylan made one final shot and it was a good one as he took Green to the mat for the takedown and the 3-1 win.
Earlier in the bout, Alton thought he might have had Green on his back for a two-count, but the official saw the situation differently.
"Yeah, I thought I had him long enough for the count, but either way you have to keep on wrestling," Dylan Alton said. "Whether I got it or didn't get it, right now it doesn't really matter."
As for his winning takedown, Dylan felt that it was a matter of hustling and staying with his initial shot.
"I shot and I re-shot and on the re-shot, I was able to get the angle I wanted," Alton said. "From there it was simply going behind and getting his legs for the takedown. I have been training hard the last month, moving forward and working toward my goal of being a national champion. I was excited to be back in the lineup."
Sanderson liked what he saw from Dylan Alton on his return to the lineup.
"Dylan knew he had a big match," said Sanderson. "He did a great job conditioning and that is something he's learning to use in his advantage, something he's worked on and getting better at. He has a tough opponent and as a result, he rightfully won the Ridge Riley Award as the most outstanding Penn State wrestler in the meet."
With Dylan's win, the Lions went to the halftime break sporting a 16-6 lead, and after that, it again was pretty much all Penn State as the Lions won four of the final five bouts.
David Taylor was again David Taylor at 165 as the defending NCAA champion toyed with Tyler Koehn for a 16-1 technical fall in 5:09.
Matt Brown became the second Lion casualty of the day at 174 when he dropped a 10-7 decision to fourth-ranked Robert Kokesh. With the Brown loss, the Penn State lead stood at 21-9 and the Lions finished strong with wins in the final three bouts to set the final.
Like Taylor, Ed Ruth was just being Ed Ruth as the defending NCAA champion toyed with Josh Ihnen while posting an 18-3 technical fall. Turning it on in the third period, Ruth worked Ihnen to his back for three sets of back points while in control, but from the standing position.
"Guys usually always stand up if I can catch an arm, I feel comfortable sitting behind their legs," said Ruth. "If I can catch the wrist it works well, but some guys are starting to guard against it."
With two bouts left on the card, Quentin Wright and Jon Gingrich put the lid on the PSU victory. Wright majored Caleb Kolb, 10-2, at 197 before Gingrich used a pair of takedowns, two escapes and time for his 7-4 win over Spencer Johnson.
For Wright, it was his next-to-last appearance in Rec Hall with only one home dual meet remaining.
"Right now it feels super weird," said Wright. "It probably won't hit me until after the season or maybe not until next year. Next year when I am no longer wrestling in Rec Hall I'm sure it will really hit me."
Following the win over the Cornhuskers, the Lions will now face the meat of their schedule as they make trips to Iowa, Illinois, Pitt and Ohio State before returning to Rec Hall for a dual meet with Rider.
125: Nico Megaludis, PS, won by forfeit. (6-0) 133: Jordan Conaway, PS, maj. Dec. Shawn Nagel, 14-5. (10-0) 141: Bryan Pearsall, PS, dec. Ridge Kiley, 2-0. (13-0) 149: Jake Sueflohn, N, pinned Andrew Alton, 5:33. (13-6) 157: Dylan Alton , PS, dec. James Green, 3-1. (16-6) 165: David Taylor, PS, tech. Fall Tyler Koehn, 16-1, 5:09. (21-6) 174: Robert Kokesh, N, dec. Matt Brown, 10-7. (21-9) 184: Ed Ruth, PS, tech. Fall Josh Ihnen, 18-3, 7:00. (26-9) 197: Quentin Wright, PS, maj. Dec. Caleb Kolb, 10-2. (30-9) 285: Jon Gingrich, PS, dec. Spencer Johnson, 7-4. (33-9)
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Paris-born stylist and member of the Bumble and bumble Salon styling team Laurent Philippon is the author of Hair: Fashion and Fantasy, a book that celebrates the art and craft of hair styling with a collection of stunning photographs and commentary.
Philippon, who creates his own iconic styles, highlights hair creations from past, present and future. Hair: Fashion and Fantasy examines the importance of hair throughout history, the status that it conferred in various cultures and societies (think Marie Antoinette) and the creativity it inspired. The book compiles the work of some of the world's greatest stylists, designers and photographers.
From African tribal looks to current celebrity styles, here is a sample of the styles featured in Hair: Fashion and Fantasy by Laurent Philippon.


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Celebrating 130 Years of the Brooklyn Bridge
Its construction was an unprecedented undertaking that stands even now as a symbol of American optimism — a bridge spanning the East River, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan.
It has played muse to Jack Kerouac and Walt Whitman. It has carried actors in city history, from striking transit workers with Ed Koch to Occupy Wall Street protestors to weary New Yorkers fleeing the horrors of Sept. 11.
And on Friday, the mighty Brooklyn Bridge turns 130.
In a walking tour over the bridge, historian Anthony Robins likes to point out that when it was built, Manhattan and Brooklyn were separate cities. Connecting them was a task that required navigating both engineering and political obstacles.
"When plans surfaced for a bridge connecting Brooklyn and New York, prominent Brooklyn citizens protested – insisting that if the bridge went ahead as planned, it would be just a matter of time before New York swallowed up Brooklyn whole," writes Mr. Robins. "And of course, they were right."
The bridge was a significant step for New York City, writes Mr. Robins. "Those majestic, twin Gothic-arched towers rose higher into the sky than any of New York's early skyscrapers. But perhaps the bridge's greatest impact lay in the simple fact that New York – the island city, till now accessible mainly by ferry service – suddenly had a major permanent physical connection to the outside world."
Folks who live in Brooklyn might find themselves having a love-hate relationship with the expanse. Drivers know it is intermittently closed to traffic when needed most. Runners know that it's an uphill jog both ways. Cyclists know that tourists, gobsmacked by the views, won't watch out for their personal safety.
Still, for transplants and natives alike, the Brooklyn Bridge embodies the grandeur and ego and sheer massiveness of the city. That's why brides pose for photos in front of it, tourists etch their names in it and even lifelong city dwellers stop to admire it on the Promenade. It's forever in the backdrop of New Yorkers' lives, looming large in both our memories and dreams for the future.
See more photos of the bridge over its 130 year history in our slideshow.
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How many curtain climbers you got in the house?
автор: Mike Chuich 23 апреля 2003
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Curtain Climbers gravitate to anything that they can abuse! Whether dogs, floor cabinets, tables or even pant legs. They are frequently observed attempting to eat television remotes, intact dog hair and window sills. But they are nowhere near the threat of the ANKLE BITER.
Would someone please take my remote away from the Curtain Climber and disinfect it!
автор: Grumpy Grandpa 3 сентября 2014
One who climbs curtains of all shape, size, and material while effortlessly owning noobs in any way shape or form.
Ninja's on the ninja obsticle course are one example of curtain climbers.
автор: Charlie Hartnett 21 февраля 2008
A crack head. paranoid. Constantly getting up to look out the window to make sure the cops arent coming. Nosey person, wanting to know whats going on all the damn time. Frequently seen at ghetto apartment complexes, cheap hotels, projects and pych wards.
Dude, this bitch was curtain climbing everytime the wind blew.
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Law enforcement people who are supposed to keep riots under control, but most often they worsen the riots by beating up innocent bystanders.
I was just sitting on a bench watching the riot from a block away, and this asshole police officer comes up to me and beats the living crap out of me. Stupid riot police.
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Tiffin reports
A person in the first block of West Market Street reported Saturday evening the theft of pain medication.
A person went to the station Saturday evening to report the theft of an iPod at the basketball courts at Hedges-Boyer Park, 491 Coe St.
Derek L. Whitaker, 25, of Tiffin, was charged with failure to comply with an order and excess speed limits Saturday evening.
A person in the first block of Miami Street reported Sunday morning a person had some items taken.
Tana M. Anderson, 39, of Tiffin, was charged with dog at large Sunday after an incident Saturday.
County reports
A 1000-block South CR 43 man requested a deputy Saturday morning because he found a bullet hole in the back of his barn.
A person reported Saturday morning a vehicle was stopped at South SR 67 and US 224, and two people were out of the vehicle and fighting.
A 2000-block South TR 1195 woman reported Saturday evening a woman shoved her and started to hit her.
A physical disturbance was reported Saturday evening in the 2000 block of South TR 119.
A 12000-block West TR 112 woman reported early Sunday morning a physical dispute between her and her husband. She was injured but refused an ambulance. A person was taken to Seneca County Jail.
Fostoria reports
A 700-block North Union Street man went to the station Saturday morning and reported a side mirror was broken off his vehicle.
An 800-block Williston Avenue woman went to the station Saturday afternoon and reported the father beat their son.
A 1000-block Peeler Drive resident reported Saturday evening a possible non-custodial parent abduction. A person was arrested, and the child was returned to the mother.
A person in the 300 block of North Main Street went to the station early Sunday morning and reported being assaulted. Charges were to be filed.
A 100-block Fall Street woman reported Sunday morning her purse was stolen from her vehicle.
A 400-block Linwood Avenue woman reported Sunday morning she returned home and found her vehicle stolen.
A 700-block Glenwood Avenue resident reported Sunday afternoon a man assaulted a woman.
County accident
A single-vehicle, non-injury accident was reported in the 1000 block of North TR 109 Saturday morning.
State Patrol
Nathnael Soloman, 19, of Gahanna, was cited with operating a vehicle without reasonable control after an accident on SR 4 early Saturday morning.
Donald E. Lesher Jr., 61, of Bettsville, was cited with operating a vehicle without reasonable control after an accident at CR 61 and SR 53 early Saturday morning.
Fostoria fire
Firefighters were called to an overheated stove at 809 Central Ave. Sunday afternoon.
Firefighters were called to an open burning complaint in the Spruce Street area Sunday afternoon. They advised the resident of open burning laws.
Fostoria Municipal Court
Donna Harris, 842 N. Union St., pleaded no contest to transfer by law violation, $50 fine suspended upon proof of property cleaned up, $193.
Jamie L. Imes, 306 McDougal St., pleaded no contest to disorderly conduct, $149.
Scott F. Ritter, 505 E. Lytle St., pleaded no contest to personal disorderly conduct, two days jail, two days credit, $120.
Ginger Bennett, 12400 W. Axline St., Lot 229, pleaded no contest to failure to confine dog, $109; pleaded no contest to no dog registration, $64.
Leslie A. Etzinger, 1011 N. Union St., pleaded guilty to speed, $196.
Linda M. Patterson, Fostoria, pleaded no contest to assured clear distance, $171; pleaded no contest to fictitious registration, $195.
Dateaka M. Sherman, 1202 C. Beier Drive, pleaded guilty to personal disorderly conduct, one day jail, one day credit, $279.
Rodney A. Clem, 1607 Turley Rd., pleaded no contest to operating vehicle impaired, 30 days jail, six-month license suspension, 24 days jail suspended on condition no six-point violation or driving under suspension for one year, six days credit for driver intervention program, ALS terminated, $542.
Nathan E. Zickefoose, Fostoria, pleaded no contest to driving without consent, 30 days jail, pay restitution, 27 days suspended on condition of no criminal conduct for one year, three days credit for 30 hours community service, $401.
Theresa R. Barney, 121 E. High St., pleaded no contest to driving under Financial Responsibility Act suspension, $345.


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NEW SMYRNA BEACH – The City Commission tonight approved a resolution allowing the developer of the proposed Hampton Inn & Suites on Flagler Avenue to be designated as a Qualified Target Industry Business.
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DAYTONA BEACH -- Circuit Judge Richard Graham's verdict today in the civil trial that essentially nullifies the May 27 merger against the Bert Fish Medical Center merger with Adventists Health Systems is being hailed by the Bert Fish Foundation attorneys as a victory not only for government action in the sunshine, but also as a long-term savings to Southeast Volusia taxpayers who are already the highest taxed in Florida.
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Funeral service for Howard A. Roberts, age 85, of Edgewater, who died Sunday, May 16, 2010 at Bert Fish Medical Center, New Smyrna Beach, will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, May 22 at Settle-Wilder Chapel, New Smyrna Beach. Burial will follow at Sea Pines Memorial Gardens, Edgewater. Calling hours will be 6:00-8:00 p.m. Friday at Settle-Wilder's Chapel.


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Eagle, Idaho – The second round of the Boise State Dash Thomas Memorial Tournament on Monday came very close to being a record setting performance for the Stetson men's golf team. Twice.
Stetson freshmen Zach Stark and Dirk Kuehler both fell one shot shy of tying for the lowest single round in school history. Both players also know, going into today's final round, that they could have gone lower.
"They finally got it going," Hatters coach Larry Watson said. "They did a lot of hard work in practice and that finally paid off. Freshmen have to find their way and it took a little while for them to find it."
Kuehler put together a fabulous second round that included nine birdies. He had consecutive bad holes to open the back nine that kept him from a chance to break or tie the school record low round of 65 set by Sam Ryder in 2011.
"Dirk had had a double on number 10 (a 410-yard par 4) when he hooked his drive out of bounds and then had another bogey on 11, a 467-yard par 4," Watson said. "He was able to put that behind him and played well the rest of the way.
"Zach played an almost perfect round. He had six birdies and a bogey on number 6, a 481-yard par 4."
Combined with a one-over par 72 from sophomore Dustin Dingus and a five over par 76 from sophomore David Torres, the Hatters turned in a second round score of 280, which tied tournament leader Sacramento State for the low team round of the day.
Individually, Stark (74-66=140) is tied for seventh while Kuehler (75-66=141) is tied for 12th. Dingus (75-72=147) is tied for 27th while Torres (77-76=153) and freshman Eliott Azoulay (76-77=153) are in a group tied for 50th.
Stark enters the final round of play five shots behind Ty Travis of Boise State for the individual tournament lead. A transfer from Weber State, Travis posted scores of 67-68 on Monday and holds a one-shot advantage over Rylee Iacolucci of Idaho, who had the low round of the day on Monday with an opening round score of 65.
The Hatters' 280 was 20 shots better than the opening round score for Stetson on Monday and moved the Hatters up from 10th place in the 12-team tournament, to sixth entering the final round. The Hatters are 10 shots behind Utah State for second place and 14 behind Sacramento State.
"We aren't really worried about trying to win the tournament," Watson said. "What we want to do is go put up two good rounds back to back. We have to take things one step at a time."
Watson said the team got really comfortable with the course at BanBury Golf Club.
"They love the golf course," Watson said. "They had to get used to the greens because they are so fast. Once they got used to that, everyone had better scores in the second round."
The final round of play will have a shotgun start at 11:30 am (EDT) today. The Hatters will open play on holes 4-8 and will play the final round with players from Seattle University and Utah Valley State.
There is no live scoring available from the tournament.


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Mastitis prevention is key to milk quality
Mastitis prevention is key to milk quality
Don't think vaccination is important? Research shows 60 percent to 70 percent of coliform mastitis infections become clinical.
Coliform mastitis, when it occurs, can become severe and cause these negative impacts on your cows:
• Fever
• Abnormal milk
• Excessive udder edema
• Dramatic drop in milk production
• Death
Click to hear Dan Funke, quality milk manager with Pfizer Animal Health, talks about mastitis management programs that begin with vaccination.
Vaccination with an Escherichia coli (E. coli) vaccine can help lessen the severity of mastitis cases that do occur and provide a better opportunity for successful treatment. Help protect your cows against coliform mastitis through vaccination, environmental management and proper nutrition.
Are your cows protected against coliform mastitis? Learn why mastitis prevention should be part of your milk quality program at www.milkqualityfocus.com. Dave Venard, manager with Waupun State Farm, and Dan Funke, quality milk manager with Pfizer Animal Health, stress the importance of E. coli mastitis vaccination to give your cows the best chance for a healthy lactation.
1Hogan J, Smith KL. Coliform mastitis. Vet Res 2003;34:507-519. Available at: www.vetres-archive.org/file/Vet.Res._0928-4249_2003_34_5/Vet.Res._0928-4...


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one who fucks his own mother.
Tu salaay, maderchod, jakay kisi aur word ka matlub dhoond.
av gs 24. juli 2003
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Mader Chod is a very very bad name of Urdu language used in extreme conditions in the past but now even kids use to call it to their friends generally used in Pakistan and India.Mader Chod means MOTHER FUCKER.oh yes,'Mader' means Mother and 'Chod' means to fuck,copulate or fornicate.This is totally related to incest so use it carefully.
"Teri Ye Himat Mader Chod"
Translation:"How Dare You Do That You Mother Fucker".
Translation:"How Dare You Do That You Mother Fucker".
av Jibran Ahmed Sheikh 29. juli 2006
(derog, hindi) A person who has, or has had, sex with his mother.
mader = mother
chod = fucker
mader = mother
chod = fucker
Come here, you maderchod!
av Some Guy 24. juni 2004
mother fucker
saaale maderchod $partan teri maa ko chodun tu saala apne aap ko samajhta kya hai, bhsrhi ke suar ki aulad
av $partan ka baap 10. mai 2011
who fuck her own mother at the time he born
randi ka bacha jo niche gali likha hai who maderchood hai...........jaise pahala defination diya hai
av sabka baap 17. november 2003
The Word MADERCHOD can be split into MADER - 'snatch'and CHOD - 'fuck'. MADERCHOD is analogous to RAPIST as this in hindi means "some one who snatch or steals sex"
Sala chutia maderchod hi, jaha ladaki dekhi chal deya.
av QualityInsult 9. mars 2004
to finger one's own mom
aman jain maderchod hai
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Serves 4 |
Prep Time 20 minutes |
Cook Time 1 hour 20 minutes
1/2 cup Eden Dry Pinto Beans, soakedor Eden Dry Kidney Beans or Eden Dry Black Beans
1/2 tsp Eden Hot Pepper Sesame Oil
1 tsp Eden Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup diced onions
1/2 cup diced red bell pepper
1/4 cup green bell pepper, diced
1/2 tsp Eden Sea Salt, or to taste
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp minced cilantro or parsley
Cook beans per box directions. Drain and reserve the cooking liquid - about 1 cup. Heat oils in a heavy skillet and sauté the garlic and onions for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the peppers and sauté´ another 5 minutes. While the vegetables are cooking, mash 3/4 of the beans with a potato masher to form a coarse, thick puree. Add the remaining whole beans and mix while slowly adding enough bean cooking water to form the desired consistency - not too thick or too watery. Add the salt, cumin and cilantro. Cover and cook another 10 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally. For a spicier flavor, a drop or two of hot sauce can be added.
Appetizer, Beans, Condiments, Gluten-Free, Good/High Fiber, Good/High Protein, Low Calorie, Low Fat, Low Sodium, Macrobiotic, Mexican/Spanish, No Sweetener Added, Oils, Side Dish, Vegan, Wheat-Free


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Acts, 2016 Reg. Sess., Ch. 40
(1) Provide the funding mechanism and the methodology for processing and timely and accurately collect funds;
(2) Assure the actuarial soundness of the patient injury compensation fund and sufficient moneys to satisfy all foreseeable claims against the patient injury compensation fund, giving due consideration to relevant loss or claim experience or trends and normal costs of operation;
(3) Provide a reasonable reserve fund for unexpected contingencies, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles;
(4) Establish appropriate procedures for notification of payment adjustments prior to any payment periods established in which a funding adjustment will be in effect, consistent with generally accepted accounting principles;
(5) Establish procedures for determining eligibility for and distribution of funds to claimants seeking reimbursement;
(6) Establish the requirements and procedure for certifying that a claimant has been unable to collect a portion of the economic damages recovered;
(7) Establish the process for submitting a claim for payment from the patient injury compensation fund; and
(8) Establish any additional requirements and criteria consistent with and necessary to effectuate the provisions of this article.
(b) If the Legislature accepts, in whole or in part, the recommendations of the patient injury compensation fund study board, enacts legislation establishing a patient injury compensation fund and approves rules governing the initial establishment, implementation and operation of the patient injury compensation fund, those rules shall be filed with the secretary of state as emergency rules.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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It's been quite some time since DailyTech has posted a Daily Hot Deals post, but this particular deal is simply too mind-blowing to pass over. Newegg currently has the recently released 32GB OCZ Core Series SATA II SSD for $159 -- MWAVE also lists the drive for the same price. There is also a $60 manufacturer's rebate which drops the price down to $99 -- this is a new low for high-speed solid state drives.
The 32GB Core Series SSD has write speeds of 83MB/sec and read speeds of 120MB/sec.
There have been some concerns raised about the performance issues of OCZ's MLC-based Core Series SSDs in recent tests, but the sub-$100 price tag may just be low enough to get some users to at least give the burgeoning technology a try.
quote: Ocz must be pissed at that article, thats a 50% drop in price right after it was posted the other day.


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Eli Lilly said today it will end its effort to develop the anti-BAFF (B-cell activating factor) monoclonal antibody tabalumab for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), ending three Phase III trials of the drug for that indication—but the pharma giant insisted it will continue the separate "ILLUMINATE" Phase III study of the drug for systemic lupus erythematosus.
Lilly said it will take a $50 million charge against its R&D costs in the first quarter of 2013 toward ending the RA program for tabalumab, one of the company's 13 pipeline drugs in Phase III trials.
Lilly's decision comes a month after the company ended the Phase III FLEX-M study, citing data showing that tabalumab failed to show sufficient efficacy. The company said at the time, and still maintains, that its decision did not reflect any problems with safety of tabalumab.
The FLEX-M results triggered an interim futility analysis of another Phase III trial of the drug, FLEX-V, which was studying tabalumab for patients with moderate-to-severe RA who had an inadequate response to one or more tumor necrosis factor inhibitors. Lilly said the two analyses prompted its decision to end not only FLEX-V, but all ongoing Phase II and Phase III RA studies.
"While we are obviously disappointed by these results in rheumatoid arthritis, we continue to believe that tabalumab could have significant potential for patients in other disease areas," said Eiry Roberts, M.D., vp of autoimmune product development at Lilly. "Autoimmune disorders are highly individualized. We believe that targeting BAFF with a molecule such as tabalumab may still represent an important advance for patients, and therefore we will continue the ongoing Phase III tabalumab lupus program."
Despite the failure, Lilly did not change its investor guidance for 2013, which calls for the company to earn $4.10 to $4.25 per share on a reported basis, or $3.82 to $3.97 on a non-GAAP basis excluding 28 cents per share from a one-time estimated $490 million of deferred exenatide-related income, hinging upon the company transferring commercial rights to the type 2 diabetes drug exenatide outside the U.S. to Amylin. Lilly said the transfer is expected to be largely complete by the end of the first quarter of 2013.
The failure of tabalumab for RA comes a month after Lilly said it would not file a marketing application for another Phase III drug following its failure in two clinical trials last summer in patients with mild-to-moderate forms of the disease. Instead, Lilly said it will launch another Phase III study of the Alzheimer's disease treatment solanezumab, designed to provide more data on the drug candidate's ability to restore cognitive function in patients with mild forms of Alzheimer's.
Lilly said its Phase III pipeline includes four drug candidates that have indications for diabetes, three for cancer and autoimmunity, two for neuroscience, and one, cardiovascular.
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