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Conservatives, for the most part, haven't been keen on alternative energy sources, particularly solar and wind, over the past three decades.
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What: The Young Conservatives for Energy Reform and S.C. Young Republicans host retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Richard Zilmer, who will speak about the national security threats posed by America's overdependence on fossil fuels.
When: 6-9 p.m. Saturday.
Where: The Renkin Dining Room of The Citadel Alumni House.
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When President Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, one of his first orders was to remove the solar panels that Jimmy Carter had placed on the White House roof.
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh routinely derides solar, wind and electric cars.
And who can forget Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's energy mantra: "Drill, baby, drill."
But one longtime, local, pedigreed conservative hopes to change that reputation and sees clean energy and air as a "family value" that has no place in partisanship.
Michele Combs, a Republican organizer since her college days in the late 1980s and daughter of Christian Coalition of America President Roberta Combs, formed Young Conservatives for Energy Reform in the spring of 2012.
Since then, the Hanahan resident has been using her background and skills in creating a grass-roots network to grow support among young conservatives, notably Young Republican clubs, across the United States to support energy reforms.
"Of any issue in the past 20 years, I think this one should be a bipartisan issue," says Combs. "We really need to come together as a country on it."
All-American themes
Her strategy is to appeal to what she views as conservative common sense: that alternative energy is good for national security, that it provides economic opportunities through jobs and energy cost savings, and that because its sources are home-grown, alternative energy is ultimately patriotic.
Combs is working with retired generals and admirals to spread the message that alternative energy is good for national security.
On Saturday from 6-9 p.m., her group and South Carolina Young Republicans will be hosting Ret. Marine Corps Lt. General Richard Zilmer to speak at The Citadel Alumni House.
Zilmer says cutting our nation's dependence on fossil fuels will reduce our economic vulnerability.
"Some say that fully exploiting our domestic energy resources is the solution to all of our energy problems. It's not. It may be a part of the solution, but it is emphatically not the solution," says Zilmer, who is among 12 military leaders who worked on the Center for Naval Analysis' report, "Ensuring America's Freedom of Movement: A National Security Imperative to Reduce U.S. Oil Dependence."
Zilmer adds, "Even if we fully exploited our domestic fossil fuel resources, we'd still be tethered to an international market that leaves us vulnerable to price swings and spikes."
His appearance at The Citadel will mark the first official event for Young Conservatives for Energy Reform in South Carolina.
A wake-up call
Combs, 46, says her first brush with the nation's environmental issues came when she was pregnant with her son, Logan, more than 13 years ago. She was warned not to eat fish because of the risks of mercury to her developing fetus.
"As I researched it, I found out about all the mercury from coal-fired plants and I couldn't believe we (conservatives) weren't talking about this. I asked why aren't we talking about mercury and clean air and I was told it was a Democratic or liberal issue. I thought to myself, 'No, it's not. It's a family issue. Everyone wants clean air.' "
She didn't really act on that sentiment, however, until about four years ago.
At one point, Combs found herself among a cross-section of political people at an event in Colorado to talk about environmental issues.
"When I opened the door, who was the very first person I meet? ... Al Gore. Talk about being thrown in the environmental fire. But there were conservatives there, too, and the Gores were very nice to me."
Combs came away realizing that conservatives needed to learn why energy reform, and even protecting the environment, is or should be a value they embrace.
The wrong messengers
She blamed the "messengers" of energy reform, including Gore himself and President Barack Obama, for turning off many conservatives, particularly "low information voters who don't go beyond" listening to Limbaugh on radio.
Combs hopes to rally conservative messengers with a conservation-minded cause and make it OK to support alternatives to fossil fuel.
"No one can say that I'm not a dire hard, pro-life, pro-family conservative. When they see someone like me, it's a relief," says Combs.
She also notes that Obama, for all his promises for energy reform, has failed to deliver by getting bogged down other issues, such as health care, immigration reform and gun control.
"I think this administration has done a lot of things to hurt this issue," says Combs. "I have no love for (Obama) because I was a Romney supporter, but I think that Obama could've done a lot more on energy reform and he's done nothing but make a lot of people upset on his side."
In her travels, Combs also reminds people that conservation used to be a platform that the Republican party owned, citing President Theodore Roosevelt's creation of the national parks, President Richard Nixon's array of environmental protection acts (creating the Environmental Protection Agency and Endangered Species Act), and President George H.W. Bush's bipartisan support for protections against acid rain.
As for climate change, aka "global warming," Combs has found a range of beliefs among conservatives from those who think it is occurring to those who adamantly disagree.
But her argument transcends climate change. Rather, she zeroes in on finding alternatives to fossil fuels simply as a means to simply having cleaner air and a healthier environment.
Her mother has joined her in championing the cause and helped persuade Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C., to be a part of climate change legislation in 2010. His support, however, has rubbed many South Carolina conservatives the wrong way.
Glimmers of hope
Combs' hope for conservative change lies primarily in the young.
"I think young people get it and understand it. Most of them have young families and want a cleaner environment for their families. I think we start there because I just think they seem to be a little more open-minded," says Combs.
And while progress in Washington has stagnated during the political impasses of recent years, Combs says she continues to meet conservative leaders on local and state levels who have taken on energy reforms.
For example, staunch Republican Mayor Greg Ballard of Indianapolis has led the charge to convert the city's vehicle fleet to plug-in hybrid cars and compressed natural gas trucks.
Closer to home, Combs sites Republican Gov. Nikki Haley's support for energy efficiency in state buildings and Republican Sen. Paul Campbell's leadership in supporting clean energy in South Carolina.
The Berkeley County senator, who is the former president of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers, echoes many of Combs' sentiments.
"It's not in America's best interest to send money overseas to pay for energy from nations that don't like us. For the sake of our economy and national security, we should pursue true energy independence, " says Campbell.
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Sid Busch has run a lot of marathons — 190 and counting — but the past 40 have had extra-special meaning for the retired submariner.
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The 67-year-old Goose Creek resident has run those last ones in honor of a soldier killed in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars and sends the finisher medal to their family, whom he contacts before doing so.
"I'm not doing anything special," Busch says of running marathons. "They (the fallen veterans and their families) have done all the important stuff."
He compares the experience of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to Vietnam.
"I can remember every Friday on the news (during Vietnam), they would give the body count and most Americans ignored it. It became a normal part of life. We've fallen into the same thing. Right now, as long as people can go to the mall or watch football games, they've forgotten about it. History is repeating itself."
So Busch, who travels to regional marathons and half-marathons during the year, makes it his mission not only to represent a fallen soldier but also to support the Wounded Warrior Project and the Semper Fi Fund, nonprofit programs to help injured veterans have what's necessary for fulfilling lives.
It does matter
Alison Malachowski, mother of the late Staff Sgt. Jimmy Malachowski, considers Busch "a hero" and part of her family for his efforts to let people know about her son.
The Marine, who was 25 and an avid runner himself, was killed by an improvised explosive device on March 20, 2011, in Afghanistan.
It was his fourth tour of duty, and he gave his family a chilling prediction before his departure.
"He knew he wasn't coming back," recalls Malachowski, who lives in Westminster, Md., noting that other "Gold Star Mothers" have related similar predictions made by their children upon returning to war.
"And he also told me, 'Mom, I just don't want people to forget that I ever lived.' "
When she relayed that conversation to Busch, he was brought to tears and ran not one, but three, marathons for Jimmy: the Marine Corps Marathon, Air Force Marathon and Baltimore Marathon. Busch and the family met at Arlington National Cemetery to place the medals on his grave.
"At age 25, you're not supposed to worry about that (people forgetting you)," says Busch. "So we were going to get his name out there."
Malachowski says the families of fallen soldiers never get over it, even though they may seem like it, but that people remembering helps.
"People think you move on, but it doesn't get any better with time. It just gets different. You don't feel joy the same way. Sunrises and sunsets don't hold the same awe anymore," she says, adding that the loss of Jimmy is the "nightmare that never goes away."
"So anytime anyone remembers their name, it helps. Most people don't want to say anything because they don't know what to say and they feel uncomfortable. They run away. Not Sid. He runs to you."
Knowing loss
Busch's sensitivity comes from serving more than 26 years on a submarine in the Navy. He experienced tragedies of his own.
In 1972, when Busch was on a sub doing surveillance of the Soviet fleet, he was awakened by a messenger. The captain wanted to see him in his state room. Busch figured something was wrong with the sonar. It turned out to be way worse than that.
"He told me to sit and said, 'I don't know any easy way to tell you this,' and he handed me the message. I remember reading it and not much after that."
A drunken driver had killed his wife, Alicia, and 1-year-old son, Seth, in New London, Conn. They were on their way to the doctor's office for the infant's routine checkup when they were hit.
Busch, who still trembles and tears up recalling the memory, was distraught and described himself as a "basket case" for the following year.
He never remarried because the event turned him "into a coward."
Another tragedy struck 29 years later on Sept. 11, 2001, when his cousin, David Gittelson, was killed while working on the 72nd floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center.
The two were close. He and Gittelson had run six marathons together. A year before, Gittelson had taken Busch, his mother and brother to eat at Windows on the World, a restaurant on the top floor of the North Tower.
To deal with the pain, Busch ran the six marathons they had run together again.
"I was running marathons before, but after that (attack), I got carried away," says Busch.
Adventures at sea
Busch has fond memories of serving on submarines, one of which was the Clamagore that was retired at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum.
His calling came at an early age growing up in Brooklyn.
"When I was 8 years old, I saw Walt Disney's version of '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' and from that moment on, I wanted to be on submarines," says Busch. "My whole life was planned by Walt Disney."
His quarter-century in submarines also spanned the latter decades of the Cold War.
"Two of the fast attacks I was on we did a lot of the Red October stuff, which was pretty exciting. We played games with the Russians. We were in some situations — I'd tell you about it but I'd have to kill you — that were interesting," says Busch.
"As time goes on, you forget all the bad times and remember all the good times."
Today, besides working distributing newspapers to carriers at The Post and Courier and traveling most weekends to run half-marathons and marathons, Busch still gets his submarine fix by volunteering at Patriots Point and giving tours of the Clamagore.
"It's kind of a funny feeling doing that because here she is a museum now and that makes me feel like I'm a million years old," says Busch, noting the need to raise $3 million to help restore and ultimately save the old sub.
A true patriot
West Ashley resident Charles Mac Knepshield knows Busch from the local Semper Fi Fund Team, which regularly participates in the Cooper River Bridge Run, and calls Busch "the most patriotic person I've known."
He recalls one particular Bridge Run in 2008, when they walked the race with a young Marine named Matt who was recovering from severe wounds suffered in an explosion in Afghanistan.
"His leg was in an external cast made of three metal rings with pins inserted into his bones to keep them stable while healing. Matt walked the complete 6.2 miles of the race course with Sid and myself by his side," recalls Knepshield.
Busch also vividly remembers the experience, noting that when they were stopped by a TV crew on the Charleston side of the bridge, blood was coming out from where the pins attached through Matt's skin.
"But all he could talk about during the interviews was getting back to his guys he served with in Afghanistan," recalls Busch.
"That's what keeps me going," says Busch.
"Most of the time, all you see in the media is Lindsay Lohan and how she's going into another drug rehab program. ... But it's these guys who really deserve attention."


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Players: Tim Sigrist, Pat Shute, Bishop Guilfoyle
Opponent: Pittsburgh Canevin
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 1967
Site: University of Pittsburgh Fitzgerald Field House
Setting the scene: The 18-6 Marauders met 23-1 Canevin, in its backyard, in the PCIAA Class A western regional championship game.
The shots: After Shute dribbled the length of the court for a layup to pull Guilfoyle within two points with seconds remaining, Sigrist stole the ball at midcourt on an errant Canevin pass. Sigrist then made a 12-foot shot at the buzzer to send the game into overtime, 61-61. With Canevin leading in OT, 66-65, Guilfoyle was faced with going the length of the court in five seconds. Bill Adams inbounded the ball to Sigrist, who then threw a 35-foot pass to Shute, coming off a Joe Landolfi pick underneath the basket. Shute took two dribbles before hitting the game-winner, a seven-foot jumper.
Mirror excerpt from Wednesday, March 15, 1967: Marauder assistant coach Tony Labriola defines luck this way: "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity.'' —Jim Lane
(To view the entire original articles from this game, go to altoonamirror.com.)
—Sigrist: "I wasn't a good ball-handler or a good shot. But [Coach Bill] Gaffey needed my skills at that moment of the game, and I fed off his confidence. I was darn lucky to play a part in that great finish.''
—Gaffey: "Canevin had played twice on the Pitt Field House floor. We requested a practice on the floor, and the PCIAA denied it. So we threatened to forfeit, and the PCIAA reversed its position. After practice, we took the whole team to a popular smorgasbord in Monroeville and had a great time, but [Tuesday] we returned and had a much better time defeating Canevin.''
Aftermath: BG went on to win its first PCIAA state title with a 61-57 win over Shamokin Our Lady of Lourdes at the War Memorial in Johnstown. Sigrist went on to play football at Notre Dame and is now, after 35 years of marriage, a grandfather and retired teacher in Rochester, N.Y., and is in his first year as an LPN. Shute played basketball at St. Francis College. He died of cancer March 7, 2007, at his home in Frisco, Texas.
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The young women were dressed in matching outfits comprised of a short black skirt and low cut midriff baring top. Joining them was someone dressed as the Carl's Jr. Star. One woman was standing outside the restaurant on the corner of Gosford near Harris Road. Another woman was inside the restaurant meeting and talking with customers.
But customer Nancy Christensen was not amused. She was driving by and said she was appalled when she saw the woman on the corner, at first thinking she just might be crossing the street. Christensen said she then saw the Carl's Jr. Star logo and turned around to find out what was going on.
Christensen said she talked to the manager and was told it was part of a promotional campaign on opening day.
The mother of two children expressed concern over what she said was a wrong message being sent by a family restaurant, using sex to sell food.
A prepared statement from Beth Mansfield of the Carl's Jr. marketing department read: "Carl's Jr. adopts a creative approach to our marketing campaigns and advertising. It is intended to communicate the core message of our premium-quality food to our target audience of young hungry guys. We do not aim to exclude or offend any other groups with our efforts, but merely to appeal and amuse a very specific audience."
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A 63-year-old man who was lying on Watt Avenue was killed after being hit by a vehicle in North Highlands early Tuesday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Dennis Wanstreet was lying on a northbound lane of Watt Avenue before being struck, the CHP said.
Authorities said a driver of a 2009 Pontiac did not see the man lying on the roadway before hitting him.
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The Stetson women's basketball team began Atlantic Sun Conference play Monday with a convincing 74-41 victory over host Mercer at Hawkins Arena in Macon, Ga.
Victoria McGowan and Sasha Sims each scored 21 points as the Hatters (8-4, 1-0 A-Sun) won for the seventh time in their last eight games.
"I really liked our defense, I thought we played very tough," Stetson head coach Lynn Bria said. "Mercer is probably the most improved team in our league, and you have to guard them because they can score points in a hurry. We had a really good team effort."
The Hatters also exceled on offense, topping the 70-point mark for the fifth straight game. Stetson shot a season-high 56.3 percent from the floor and used a 16-0 run across halftime en route to the 33-point victory.
Playing the first game of a two-game road swing, Stetson was able to start conference play on a winning note.
"I think it's really important, especially when you open up on the road," Bria said. "Anytime you get wins on the road it's a bonus. We played well, and I am really pleased with how we played more than anything."
McGowan and Sims combined to hit 16 of their 23 shots from the floor. McGowan went 8-for-11 and hit four threes, while Sims was 8-for-12 including a pair of buckets from behind the arc. She also added two assists, two blocks, and a steal.
"I thought Sasha Sims gave us probably her best game of the year, and it came at a great time," Bria said. "She is our most versatile player and hopefully she can keep it going in 2013."
Adding to the offensive effort was Shanasa Sanders with eight points and five assists, while Cherisse Burris, Janelle Mills, and Jama Sharp chipped in six points apiece.
"Getting off to a good start in conference is key, especially for us," Sims said. "We executed the game plan very well today. We also seem to be very comfortable playing in this gym."
The Hatters have played well of late at Hawkins Arena, winning eight of their last nine games including conference tournament games. Mercer will host the A-Sun Championship again in 2013.
McGowan surpassed the 1200-point mark for her career, becoming the 14th player in school history to do so. She led the Hatters with nine rebounds, but the Bears (6-6, 0-1 A-Sun) held a 38-27 advantage on the boards.
"I thought they hurt us on the glass," Bria said. "Rebounding has been an emphasis for us and we have to a better job of giving the opponent just one shot. But we did do a great job of contesting their shots."
Kendra Grant led the Bears (6-6, 0-1 A-Sun) with 15 points.
Stetson will continue its road trip at Kennesaw State on Wednesday afternoon. Tip-off is slated for 2:30 p.m. The video broadcast can be seen live on HatterVision via ASun.TV, and an audio broadcast on WSBB has been added as well.
Update: A postgame scoring correction has added two points for Sasha Sims (23 points) and subtracted two points for Janelle Mills (four points).
Notes: The Hatters have won five straight games over the Bears … Stetson went 20-12 in the calendar year 2012 … The Hatters are 11-2 in their last two Decembers combined … Stetson's four-game winning streak is a season-high for any A-Sun team … Victoria McGowan is now 13th in school history and 50th in conference history in points scored (1211) … Stetson shot over 50% for the third straight game and the Hatters have outscored their last three opponents by a combined total of 91 points … Stetson hit eight threes for the seventh time in 12 games this season … Amena Brent scored her first career point with on a second half free throw.


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Northern Colorado's first legal recreational marijuana sales will commence Monday at C-Nine Caregivers, 2506 6th Ave. in Garden City.
The store will be open for recreational marijuana sales from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday. The store's normal operating hours are 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 12-6 p.m. on Saturdays and 12-4 p.m. on Sundays.
Earlier this month, Erica Pilch, owner of C-Nine Caregivers, told The Tribune that the store's phones have been ringing off the hook.
"It's been nonstop," Pilch said. "We would have lines if we were open."
The store will be celebrating the event with a few special giveaways, including a Peyton Manning Super Bowl jersey, wall posters to the first 50 customers and two tickets to Snowdown SIA, a concert series that takes place Jan. 30 at the Fillmore Auditorium in Denver.
For more information about C-Nine Caregivers, call (970) 352-4119 or go to the store's Facebook page.


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Vadren, on 08 February 2013 - 06:30 PM, said:
I'm in the same boat. It's weird for me to think that WoW is the first MMORPG most people played.
I was more into UO than EQ however ;p
I remember beating you guys for a fat 28 rating that last night and almost screwing you out of R1 *kisses*
yeah I remember losing to a team for a huge amount and we gained it back after 5 hours of 1-2 pointers took forever


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A hockey player, almost always Canadian, who might not be the highly-touted star of a team but knows how to grind it out in the corners. Sluggos are often found on championship rosters of teams in the National Hockey League, and are essential to any sustainable Cup Run. The great Don "Grapes" Cherry has described himself as a sluggo on several occasions, which has led to a positive connotation of the term.
"They may not move that well, shoot that well, or even look that good - but I'll be damned if my Cup Run won't be led by a buncha greasy sluggos."
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A woman with an unfavorable appearance who dresses like a slut to gain more attention from men who would normally not want to look at them. A cross between a slut and an uggo.
Oh man, look at that sluggo trying to get those chotch bags to notice her.
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August 31, 2013 all-day
The Fifth Third Michigan State Fair is coming to the Suburban Collection Showplace, at 46100 Grand River Avenue, between Novi and Beck Road in Novi, MI. The Suburban Collection Showplace can be accessed from I-96 at the Novi and Beck Road exits.
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The ideal situation at the end of restrictor-plate race, says Dale Earnhardt Jr., is to pair up with a teammate you can trust.
Barring that, you've got to be downright piggish, says the driver of the No. 88 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
"I've won races working with a teammate before," said Earnhardt, who will try to win his second Coke Zero 400 on Saturday night. "I've won races being the most selfish guy out there. It just depends on what you need to do and what is happening and who is around.
"If you've got an opportunity at the end of the race . . . if your teammate happens to be the guy that you're working with, that's the best-case scenario, because we have seen that work a lot of times here."
Sometimes, however, a teammate simply isn't available.
"If (hooking up with a teammate) doesn't look like that's going to happen, or that's not an option or not going to materialize for you, you need to really be as selfish as you can be," Earnhardt said Thursday before NASCAR Sprint Cup practice at Daytona International Speedway. "Just be the biggest jerk you can be out there, and that's the way it's got to be if you want to get to Victory Lane.
"You ain't going to do it by expecting favors. You just have to go out there and take it from people, and if you can get to Victory Lane, you don't have to worry about having somebody tell you that was stupid. It is tough. That's not my mentality.
"I don't think of myself as a jerk, but you kind of have to be one if you want to win at the end of these races -- more times than not."
Rather than risk injury in Sprint Cup practice or in a Nationwide race, Denny Hamlin will confine his on-track activity to Friday's Cup qualifying and Saturday's Coke Zero 400.
Hamlin has been suffering from back problems this week after racing at bumpy Kentucky Speedway last Saturday night.
"There's a few things," Hamlin said of his back issues. "There's some torn discs, some bulging discs -- just a lot of different things that happened over time. It's just gotten progressively worse. Kentucky's not the smoothest of racetracks we've gone to with our progressive setups these days. Evidently it took its toll.
"The next day it just got real tight by the end of the day, and then I sat down for dinner and couldn't get up. I have a history of back spasms now for probably four years, and it just flared up again. This is about as bad as it was at its worst in 2008 or so. I'm just now starting to get mobile again and being able to get around."
Hamlin is an avid golfer and basketball player but said the back problems pre-date his involvement in those sports. He withdrew from Friday night's Subway Jalapeno 250 earlier this week and opted out of the two Cup practice sessions on Thursday.
Nevertheless, Hamlin won't have a relief driver standing by for Saturday's race.
"I don't plan on having a relief driver," Hamlin told the NASCAR Wire Service. "If something happened, and I didn't feel well, there'd be somebody around that could help, but I don't plan on having one. I could probably (practice) today, if I had to, but of course it's not race day, and I've got two more days before I really have to get in 'go.' "
Hamlin just signed a contract extension with Joe Gibbs Racing and said he has provisions in his contract that cover potential medical issues.
"As far as insuring a problem like this, we have stuff in place to help out when stuff like this happens," Hamlin said.


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LISBON - An East Palestine mother of five children was sentenced in Columbiana County Common Pleas Court Thursday to nine months in prison for her part in a methamphetamines making operation in New Waterford.
Jill R. Fulton, 38, West Martin Street, pleaded guilty in August to complicity to the illegal assembly of drugs. According to her defense attorney, Doug King, her charges involved her need for taking meth herself. In order to get meth, she took money given to her by co-defendants and purchased pseudoephedrine pills with it.
"She was a user," King said, "She was addicted and in order to use she had to buy pseudoephedrine. She was driven by her need to use drugs. She has never been in trouble before."
Michelle Fookes, who works for the Columbiana County Department of Jobs of Family Services testified on Fulton's behalf. While Fookes admitted Fulton did temporarily loose her children, she also credited her with doing everything she needed to do to get them back. Fulton reportedly got better housing, went to counseling, got employment, stayed home with her children at night and made certain they began regularly attending school and getting involved in extracurricular activities.
"She has worked harder than most of the people I have seen in my 20-some years with the Columbiana County legal system," King said of her progress.
"I've done everything I possibly could to get my life back on track," Fulton said before sentencing. "My older three kids, their dad is deceased. I'm the only one they have who cares for them."
While Judge Scott Washam complemented her on her progress, chose a sentence midway between the 18-month prison sentence recommendation of Assistant County Prosecutor Ryan Weikart and King's request for probation.
"You have five children and those children were left so you could participate in this adventure," Washam said. "The presentencing report said there were days at a time they were left to fend for themselves."
Washam also denied her request to self-report to the jail on Friday so she could get her children settled somewhere after school on Thursday.
Co-defendants in the case are Bradley Carpenter, as well as Heidi and Daniel Todd. Carpenter, 29, Creek Road, New Waterford, was sentenced to five years in prison, while Daniel Todd, 34, Silliman Street, New Waterford, is scheduled for sentencing next week, both on several meth manufacturing-related charges. Heidi Todd, 34, Silliman Street, New Waterford, has a jury trial scheduled in November for charges related to the manufacturing of meth.
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It was a cloudy, misty morning this past Saturday as 11 people representing three Lions Clubs boarded a van in Canfield for a journey to Columbus to tour the facilities of Pilot Dogs Inc. I was fortunate, along with my wife Joyce, to take this trip along with Lions Jack Kochansky and John Facemyer, also from the Austintown Lions Club; Shirley and Randy Boyles and Dee and Jim Tripp from the new West Mahoning County Lions Club; Ed and Linda Ellis, and our driver, Ted Filmer, from the Canfield Lions Club.
We arrived at the facility shortly after 10 a.m. and were met by Jay Gray, executive director of Pilot Dogs. Gray has been part of this program for more than 30 years, and his late father, John Gray, was director many years before that. Pilot dogs, or guide dogs, have been around for a long time. Pilot Dogs Inc. was established in 1950 to simply train and furnish pilot dogs to guide the blind. It is a non-profit organization and serves 150 individual students per year.
Our tour group was totally amazed by the facility and the total dedication from staff, trainers, the blind students and of course, the dogs themselves in training as well. Dog breeds that are used at the facility are doberman pinschers, golden retrievers, Labrador retrievers, German shepherds, poodles, boxers and vizslas.
We were also totally amazed as we talked to some blind students and even got to meet their dogs as they trained together to become a team. Their own independence depends on their dog and their reactions to many problems that could easily occur. Blind students come from all over our country and abroad for a pilot dog from this well-recommended facility.
When the blind student arrives, they spend the first two days without a dog but practicing with the dog harness. Then they immediately begin to take care of their dog, as the new master bathes the dog. This is the first lesson in dog care.
A good thing to remember about the facility is that Pilot Dogs gives its trained guide dogs to the sightless at absolutely no charge. This service includes, naturally, the pilot dog, four weeks' room and board for the new student. All equipment and round-trip transportation are provided for the qualified student. The cost to the facility is approximately $9,000. Private donations and Lions Club donations keep this facility operational.
The qualifications are to be legally blind and physically and mentally capable of handling and caring for the dog. An individual is considered legally blind if the visual acuity in their better eye is 20/200 with the best possible correction, or if their visual field is 20 degrees or less. The first-time student will participate in a four-week course. Due to a dog's retirement age at close nine years of service, the student is then eligible to come back for another dog with a two-week training course.
Usually, a puppy begins its training at 12 to 15 months. Training at the school is a five-month program, and the puppies are trained to work under all conditions that the blind person might encounter. When the student and the dog get together, short walks are taken with the trainer, then the training becomes more difficult, and eventually both dog and student can maneuver through stores and travel on and off buses and cross streets and even thoroughfares in Columbus by themselves.
Our tour group even got into the action as Sam, a golden retriever, was harnessed by Gray, and most of our tour got a chance to be blindfolded and let Sam lead them on sidewalks close to the facility. Our little group got to see first hand the sleeping accommodations for students and their dogs, and of course there are many rules that they must follow along with learning situations and courtyard bathroom habits for the dogs, schedules and pacing and grooming. Matching the dog with the student is very important looking for a match of personalities to make a good trust and bond.
Right now, the facility needs puppy raisers, and they have found that home-raised dogs tend to have a higher potential to become pilot dogs. The pups are placed in volunteer foster homes to be raised by adults and youths. The objective of the program is for the puppy to be well socialized as they become more confident and comfortable to adjust to different situations. Pilot dogs are obtained through donations and the schools breeding program. Nearly half of the dogs graduate in their schooling.
I have just scratched the surface of the many things we learned at Pilot Dogs. New advancements are constantly appearing at the facility including training the blind with new GPS systems enabling the blind and their dog to even get better in their quest for a quality life.
Private donations and Lions Club donations keep this facility operational. Thus it was a very enjoyable day "going to the dogs."


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Not Necessarily a Minor Matter
There is a tendency for fans to write-off older players in the minor leagues. But throughout the history of baseball there have been many players labeled "4-A guy" or "career AAA player" who became successful front-line players after being given a chance. And that's still true today, as many minor league players buried in the bush leagues long for the serendipity of being in the right place at the right time.
SS Maury Wills, who spent nine years in the minors before he got a chance to play in the big leagues with the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3B Jose "Coco" Laboy, a ten-year minor league player with the Giants and the Cardinals before becoming 1969 N. L. Rookie of the Year with the expansion Montreal Expos, and 1970 N. L. All-Star OF Jim Hickman, who was left for dead & buried in AAA when the Cubs acquired him from the Dodgers along with Phil Regan in 1968, are just three examples of after-thoughts who persevered to have success in the big leagues somewhat late in their baseball lives. But one thing different between now and then is that minor leaguers like Wills, Laboy, and Hickman (and many, many others just like them over the years) did not have the right to be a free-agent. They were stuck wherever they were, forever, waiting for an opportunity that might not ever come.
But today's minor leaguers at least have hope. A light at the end of the tunnel. They have the right to become free-agents (under certain circumstances), just like their big league brethren do.
And for those of you who think minor league free-agency is an irrelevant off-season side-show, keep in mind that OF Ryan Ludwick was a minor league FA when he signed with the St. Louis Cardinals post-2006, 1B Garrett Jones was a minor league FA when he signed with the Pittsburgh Pirates post 2008, OF Andres Torres was a minor league FA when he signed with the San Francisco Giants post-2008, IF-OF Brooks Conrad was a minor league FA when he signed with the Atlanta Braves post-2008, LHP Javier Lopez (now an important member of the Giants bullpen) was a minor league FA when he signed with the Pirates prior to the 2010 season, and RHP R. A. Dickey was a minor league FA when he signed with the Mets post-2009.
A minor league player can become a free-agent three ways. One is by outright release (club option), another is by virtue of MLB Rule 55 - AKA "Six-Year Minor League Free-Agent" (player option), and the third is per Article XX of the CBA (also a player option).
Waivers are not required to release a minor league player, and a released minor league player receives two weeks termination pay unless he is released during the off-season before his contract is renewed by his parent club. A club can automatically renew a minor league player's contract no more than six times, so a club can unilaterally control a minor league player for no more than seven seasons (the season the player signs his first contract, plus six seasons after that) before the player is eligible to be a minor league free-agent under MLB Rule 55.
A minor league player qualifies for free-agency as a so-called "Six-Year Minor League Free-Agent" under MLB Rule 55 if the player has spent all or part of at least seven separate seasons on a minor league active list or disabled list (including all or parts of any season spent on Optional Assignment to the minors) and/or if the player has been previously released in his career. However, a player eligible to be a Rule 55 minor league free-agent is NOT eligible for free-agency if the player is added to an MLB 40-man roster by the 4th day following the conclusion of the World Series, or if the player and his club agree to a minor league successor contract for the following season prior to the conclusion of the MLB Free-Agency Filing Period (now the first five days immediately following the conclusion of the World Series), Clubs retain exclusive negotiating rights with their own Rule 55 minor league free-agents until the conclusion of the MLB Free-Agency Filing Period.
Under CBA Article XX, any MLB player who has accrued at least three years of MLB service time and/or has been outrighted previously in his career has the right to be a free-agent if the player is outrighted to the minor leagues. The player can exercise this right upon being outrighted, or he can defer the right until the end of the MLB regular season (he is given three days to decide if he is outrighted during the regular season, and he has a week to decide if he is outrighted during the off-season or Spring Training). If a player eligible to be a minor league free-agent under Article XX exercises his right to be a free-agent immediately after being outrighted, the player's contract is terminated and the player receives no termination pay. (Because unsigned players do not receive termination pay, players eligible to be minor league free-agents under Article XX who are outrighted during the off-season before being tendered a contract for the following season always opt for free-agency immediately). But if the outrighted player accepts the Outright Assignment and defers his right to be a free-agent until the end of the MLB regular season, the player's existing contract remains in force, and the player can file for free-agency beginning on the day after the conclusion of the MLB regular season up through October 15th. However, an outrighted player who defers the right to be a minor league free-agent until the conclusion of the MLB regular season is NOT eligible to be a free-agent if the player is added back to an MLB 40-man roster prior to the end of the MLB regular season. Clubs retain exclusive negotiating rights with their own Article XX minor league free-agents through October 15th.
A minor league free-agent can sign a contract with any major league or minor league club (including the player's former club) without any restrictions. A club receives no compensation for losing a minor league free-agent.
Mike Parisi, RHP
Bobby Scales, INF
James Adduci, OF (10/29 UPDATE: Outrighted to minors - eligible to be Rule 55 FA)
Mitch Atkins, RHP
Adrian Aviles, OF-LHP
Austin Bibens-Dirkx, RHP
Russ Canzler, 1B
Robinson Chirinos, C-INF (10/29 UPDATE: Added to Cubs 40-man roster)
Jason Dubois, OF
Jeff Gray, RHP (10/26 UPDATE: Outrighted to minors - eligible to be Rule 55 FA)
Mark Johnson, C
Bryan Lahair, 1B
Antoni Lugo, 3B
J. R. Mathes, LHP
Scott McClain, 3B
Mario Mercedes, C
Jonathan Mota, INF (10/26 UPDATE: Signed 2011 minor league contract with Cubs)
Alvaro Ramirez, OF
Mark Reed, C
NOTE: RHP Thomas Diamond, INF Bobby Scales, and OF Brad Snyder were on the list of Cubs minor league players eligible to be Rule 55 free-agents post-2010 prior to being added to the Cubs 40-man roster during the season (Diamond on 8/2 and Scales and Snyder on 9/7). Then Scales became eligible to be an Article XX minor league FA when he was outrighted to the minors on 10/14, because he had been outrighted previously in his career.
Of the 17 Cubs minor leaguers eligible to be minor league free-agents post-2010 (15 by way of MLB Rule 55 and two via CBA Article XX), Robinson Chirinos is the only one likely to be added to the Cubs MLB 40-man roster. Orginally signed by the Cubs out of Venezuela as a hot-shot 16-year old second-baseman, Chirinos could be molded into a C-1B-2B-3B-RHPH, perhaps becoming the eventual 25-man roster replacement for Jeff Baker.
Of the 16 others, several will likely end up re-signing with the Cubs. Historically, about half of the Cubs minor leaguers eligible to be Rule 55 minor league free-agents return to the organization for at least one more season. In some cases it's probably a comfort-zone factor, and in other cases the player might get a pay raise (maybe up from $15,000 to $25,000) and/or an NRI to Spring Training, while some players just have no place else to go.
PITCHER: The Cubs always sign a handful of pitchers with MLB and/or AAA experience to minor league contracts and give them an NRI to Spring Training. The ones who don't make the Opening Day 25-man roster (and that's usually all of them) get sent to Iowa where they hope to get a shot later in the season. This off-season I would expect the Cubs to sign two or three RH relief pitchers with MLB experience to minor league contracts who will actually be given a legitimate shot at winning a big league bullpen job in Spring Training.
21-year old Adrian Aviles is an ex-OF the Cubs are converting to LHP at their Dominican Academy. He did not pitch in any DSL games in 2010. Aviles is eligible to be a Rule 55 Minor League FA because he was released previously in his career (by the Los Angeles Dodgers), but he probably will return to the Cubs organization in 2011 unless he gets released.
RHP Mitch Atkins was outrighted off the Cubs 40—man roster in September. It is likely that no matter where he ends up, he will get a minor league contract (possibly for as much as $75K) with an NRI to Spring Training. He could get that if he returns to the Cubs, or he could also get that from just about any other MLB organization. Now 25, Atkins was a John Stockstill draft pick back in 2004, so I would not be surprised if Atkins signs a minor league deal with the Baltimore Orioles.
RHP Austin Bibens-Dirkx is eligible to be a Rule 55 Minor League FA because he was released previously in his career (by Seattle). The 25-year old Bibens-Dirkx is the rare bird who went to Indy ball after being released out of "A" ball, and then came back, getting all the way up to AAA by the 2010 season. ABD was in the Iowa Cubs starting rotation by the end of the season and had a decent year. He is presently pitching in the Venezuelan Winter League (VWL), where scouts from all 30 organizations can watch him pitch. Like Mitch Atkins, Bibens-Dirkx will get an NRI to Spring Training and a guaranteed AAA roster slot no matter where he ends up.
29-year old LHP J. R. Mathes was a rotation starter at Iowa for the past four seasons and got an NRI to Spring Training with the big club in both 2009 and 2010, but he has never been given a chance to pitch in the big leagues, so I doubt that Mathes will return to the Cubs organization in 2011 even if he is guaranteed a job at Iowa and given another NRI to Spring Training. All 30 MLB organizations can give him that, but there should be a handful of organizations who can also give him a genuine shot at pitching in the big leagues.
RHP Mike Parisi has already filed for free-agency through CBA Article XX, but could return to the Cubs organization in 2011 because he has a long-standing working relationship with Cubs Minor League Pitching Coordinator Mark Riggins going back to when both were in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. Parisi was selected by the Cubs from the Cardinals in the Major League Phase of the 2009 Rule 5 Draft, but was outrighted to AAA at the end of Spring Training. The 27-year old Parisi had the right to be a free-agent after being outrighted because he had been outrighted previously in his career, but he deferred his right to be a FA until after the end of the 2010 regular season. Parisi spent most of the 2010 season on the AA Tennessee Smokies Disabled List with a sore shoulder.
CATCHER: The Cubs are loaded with catchers at the higher levels (with Welington Castillo, Robinson Chirinos, Steve Clevenger, and Chris Robinson all contending for jobs at Iowa in 2011, and with Michael Brenly ready to be the #1 backstop at AA), but they lack depth at the Daytona/Peoria level where Luis Flores is probably the only catcher currently in the organization likely to begin the 2011 season at Daytona. So either Mark Reed and/or Mario Mercedes could return to Daytona in 2011. The Cubs also might sign an experienced free-agent catcher out of independent ball to compete for a job at Daytona.
24-year old Mario Mercedes is very likely to return to the Cubs organization in 2011, because he is considered a mentor for the younger Latin players, and because he probably will have an opportunity to remain with the organization as a manager, coach, or scout once his playing days are over.
24-year old Mark Reed (the younger brother of ex-MLB OF Jeremy Reed) was a 3rd round draft pick of the Cubs in 2004 and has good receiving skills, but he has not been able to master the art of hitting. If Reed returns it would probably require a guarantee that he will be at AA in 2011, even though he probably would be needed more at Daytona. Reed could get the AA guarantee from the Cubs, but he also might want to try his luck with another organization that is not so deep at catcher at the AAA/AA levels, especially if he can wangle an NRI to Spring Training out of somebody.
35-year old MLB veteran LH catcher Mark Johnson served as a "player-coach" at Iowa in 2010, spending most of the season on the Disabled List with a "sprained ankle" and getting reactivated for short periods when the I-Cubs needed an extra body on the bench. Then after the end of the PCL season, Johnson served as a Catching Instructor (and Game Manager the last week) with the Cubs AZ Instructional League team at Fitch Park. Look for Johnson to return to the Cubs organization in 2011 as a full-time instructor or manager.
INFIELD: The Cubs will probably sign a free-agent SS with MLB experience to a minor league contract during the off-season to compete with Darwin Barney for the Cubs middle-infield gig at Spring Training, with the loser being the starting SS at Iowa.
24-year old Russ Canzler had a very good year at AA Tennessee in 2010 (287/372/566 with 21 HR), but it took him seven seasons to get there. He is a "natural" first-baseman, but has played 3B, LF, and RF in recent years. Canzler is one guy who probably would really benefit from a change of organization, maybe go someplace where he can get an NRI to Spring Training and play AAA ball in 2011. The Cubs would probably not be able to give him such a guarantee should he opt to re-up with the Cubs for 2011.
1B-OF Bryan Lahair fits the profile of the Garrett Jones model to a "T". And while he had another good year at AAA in 2010 (308/385/557 with 25 HR and 30 doubles at Iowa), he probably is not a fit with the 2011 Cubs. Unlike fellow I-Cubs lefty sluggers Micah Hoffpauir and Brad Snyder, Lahair REALLY struggles against LHP, so he would be (at best) a LH platoon 1B and/or LH PH at the big league level. With LH hitting Matt Spencer the likely #1 1B at Iowa in 2011 and with LH hitting Steve Clevenger also probably getting some PT there, the 27-year old Lahair will probably opt to try his luck elsewhere, hoping for some Garrett Jones-type serendipity.
Scott McClain signed a Minor League Uniform Player Contract with the Cubs for 2010, but served as a "player-coach" at Fitch Park. The 38-year old 3B-1B had knee surgery post-2009 and never really recovered enough to be placed on the Active List at Iowa. If he returns to the Cubs organization in 2011, it will probably be as a coach.
23-year old Jonathan Mota is a career minor league utility infielder, but he learned the art of catching at Extended Spring Training this past Spring, so he can also be a 3rd string catcher, too. That's especially valuable on a AA or AAA roster where the 24-man limit puts versatility at a premium. Depending on where Nate Samson and Marwin Gonzalez end up, there will be room for Mota at either Iowa, Tennessee, or Daytona. (10-26 UPDATE: Re-signed with Cubs for 2011)
22-year old 3B Antoni Lugo spent the 2010 season in the DSL, playing with both the with DSL Cubs #1 and DSL Cubs #2. He hit 294/382/472, and was third in the league in HR and 9th in OPS. He is eligible to be a Rule 55 Minor League FA because he was released previously in his career (by the Chicago White Sox). He will probably return to the Cubs organization in 2011, unless he believes he will never get an opportunity to play in the U. S. if he remains in the Cubs organization.
Bobby Scales was outrighted to AAA last week, and was eligible to be a free-agent immediately per CBA Article XX because he had been outrighted previously in his career. And Scales did indeed opt to be a free-agent, and so now he is free to pursue a AAA gig and NRI to Spring Training with some MLB club in 2011. (Scales is 33 years old and has spent all or parts of the last eight seasons at AAA).
OUTFIELD: The Cubs might sign an outfielder to a minor league contract with an NRI to Spring Training, but if they do it probably will be only if they trade Sam Fuld and/or Brad Snyder during the off-season. Otherwise, the Cubs are already three-deep at all three OF positions going into ST. (Soriano-Guyer-Adduci in LF, Byrd-Fuld-Camp in CF, and Fukudome-Colvin-Snyder in RF).
Veteran OF-1B Jason Dubois was signed by the Cubs to a minor league contract last off-season to give the Iowa Cubs a veteran RH 1B-OF power bat on a team loaded with LH sluggers (Hoffpauir, Lahair, and Snyder). The 31-year old Dubois hit 300/385/632 with 20 HR for the I-Cubs in 2010, but it's very unlikely that Du-bee will return to Des Moines next season because the 2011 Iowa Cubs won't have Hoffpauir, Lahair, or Snyder on the roster (Hoffpauir and Snyder are out of options and Lahair is a Rule 55 FA and is unlikely to return).
Alvaro Ramirez is eligible to be a Rule 55 Minor League Free-Agent because he was previously released in his career (by the New York Yankees). The 24-year old Ramirez had a good year at Boise and Peoria (combined 322/350/429), and he could return to the Cubs organization next season as long as he believes he will be given a legitimate chance to make the Daytona Cubs Opening Day roster. He does fit the profile of a minor league 4th OF.
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For those "Free Bobby Scales" posters out there, you got your wish.
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that's cold, yo...that's cold...
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Still annoyed that Chirinos didn't get up to the majors, so we could watch more Koyie Hill fail to hit and allow baserunners free trips to second.
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so we could watch more Koyie Hill fail to hit and allow baserunners free trips...
solution: Koyie Hill for bench coach, could he add 5 mph to the bench?
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Rotoworld says Ted Lilly's contract is 3/33, guess he's no Jason Schmidt in Ned Coletti's eyes.
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Colletti paying more per year than Hendry did for a declining pitcher...
always good to know there's someone dumber out there than you
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Texeira severely pulls a proximal hamstring in the 5th, Pop goes $20+ million. Houston we have a problem, calling Lance Berkman.
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Sergio serving meatballs.
Girardi to be named Cubs bench coach Thursday?
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Re: Sandberg
Hendry says Sandberg welcome back to manage Triple A, Sandberg says it's first he's heard of it and that he'll consider but would prefer manager job somewhere else or at least major league coaching job.
Blue Jays job
Sources tell Rob Bradford of WEEI.com that Red Sox bench coach DeMarlo Hale and pitching coach John Farrell and Indians first base coach Sandy Alomar Jr. are finalists for the Blue Jays' managerial job.
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sandberg managerial job
how quickly quade/cubs fill out the MLB coaching staff
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Were I Sandberg, I'd feel lucky to get an MLB coaching job in someone else's organization--that's the next step if he really wants to manage.
I really doubt there's any GM who would want him as a manager right now. This season and his PCL Mgr of the Year award are his high points, and his team did okay in 09. But his 08 and 07 teams do little for his resume apart from general experience.
The other way to spin this, of course, is to say he's shown improvement over the course of his 4 years. That's something, but I can't help but think other candidates will have better stories to tell.
My bet is he takes Hendry's AAA offer or takes the year off from baseball.
Quade has some solid street cred and this might be a good hire for the Cubs, but I have to admit that I'm distracted by Hendry still having a job. I mean, who is going to co-host Baseball Tonight with Omar Minaya now?
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someone doesn't like quade much...
"But nobody guessed it right, because Cubs GM Jim Hendry has announced that Piniella's replacement is the team's interim manager Mike Quade. Wait for it… wait… wait… QUAAAAAAAAAAAADE!!!"
really? =p i guess cards fans get a pass on other team's manager searches, though.
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QUAAAAAAAAAAAAADE!!! reference is to Total Recall...
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yeah, i should have pasted the whole paragraph where he talks about quade not being on the radar or expected.
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I prefer Chuck Norris is Lone Wolf McQUADE!!
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While I like the Total Recall reference, is this a bad time to point out that it's pronounced "Kwa-dee"? (It's a midwest thing, I went to high school with a couple Quades)
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yeah I know, the Cardinal fan that wrote it though didn't even know who he was, so what do you expect?
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As soon as you said Cardinal fan? Not much... ;-)
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Sherman thinks Girardi would take $5M+, Quade should be under a million a year
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A little too much
speculation and conjecture
for my taste in a "business" article.
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given the size of the market, media, and payroll i wouldn't be surprised to see quade bring in 1m+...be nice if it's 500-800K or whatever, though.
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Great overview, AZP.
Quade Open to Sandberg on Staff
said it would be a "unique situation", but said everyone is on the table and an opportunity could be there if Sandberg doesn't get anything else.
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It's like the old vice president rule. 2nd place gets to be 2nd in command. I like it.
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Agreed, but the question is whether Sandberg will accept that, and whether Quade actually wants him on his staff (I don't think the two know each other well?).
My guess is whether or not Sandberg is in the org next year depends on how much and what level of interest he gets over the next month or so (and then what jobs are left with the Cubs, ie maybe he would have been the 3B coach but that's taken so he ends up back in Iowa)
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well said.
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I'd like to use that if it's okay with you "."
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Aw man, c'mon, punctuation? That's what I get?!?! ;-)
(Hell, I think I'd have taken a fart noise...)"."
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"According to Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic, "many expect" former Tigers manager Alan Trammell to end up as Kirk Gibson's bench coach with the Diamondbacks."
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If Tram leaves we should hire Lou Whitaker to be bench coach.
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the crap thing is trammell was/is important to castro's transition according to reports.
then again, castro got a good enough taste in the bigs of things to help himself along.
meh. for the most part bench coaches are minor players on the coaching part of things unless they specialize in something.
The LEAST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD for 2010
Over at Baseball Reference former Cubs shortstops Ryan Theriot, Cesar Izturis and Ronnie Cedeno all made it into the final 8.
Why am I not surprised....
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every team should get a SS who can hit .350 ob% and slug 20+ homers.
i don't understand why they don't. go figure.
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Didn't we determine that all good SS are dominican, light-hitting and good fielders?? =P
Sandberg's job opps
Gammons says John Farrell will get Blue Jays job
Brewers down to 4, none of which are Sandberg (Cora, Listach, B. Melvin, Wallach and Roenicke are among the 8 that were interviewed).
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quade piece from some newspaper in central IL...nothing new, just commentary.
"Mike Quade's hair began to fall out as a 3-year-old. That cinches it. He's been prepping for this job all his life."
Yanks to bring back Girardi
with a raise according to Heyman
probably what Hendry and Co. were told and why they finally announced Quade this week.
on Sandberg
Levine or Hendry, whomever wrote this article, explaining how Hendry didn't disrespect Sandberg, that he's still a Cubs employee until Dec. 31st and could use some major league coaching seasoning.
says Dodgers and DBacks may interview him for a job somewhere
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I don't know... I really wanted to Lou. After having him, I'm kind of like "meh" when it comes to managers. Maybe we should just get some good ball players on the team.
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After listening to CRUNCH for 6 years, I am finally seeing (some of) the light on managers effectiveness/wothrlessness.
I "wanted" Dusty. He brings in Veres to stem the Prior Game 6.
I "wanted" Lou. "Demp deserved to pitch to Loney there, especially after walking seven guys to that point."
Now we have "eager" Mike.
The team will be fortunate to win 75 games next year.
I am feeling totally ambivilent about managers - except for a handful of 'em.
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The team will be fortunate to win 75 games next year no matter who the manager is.
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I'll take the over.
Of course I said the Cubs would win 90 this year.
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and if the season would have run through thanksgiving, you woulda been right.
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i just dont want the "superstar paid" types...it was nothing against dusty or lou besides their perceived price tags.
i simply don't believe in the 3-4m+ manager unless they become an institution to the team and the market drives the keeper price for the guy into that realm. i don't think there's a hired gun manager out there who can come freshly onto a team and a system that's new to him and get that value back.
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Yeah done with the name managers.
Especially when they still think this a low pressure job where the fans just come out to get drunk and don't care.
Which I know Lou felt, and Dusty later learned.
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I think they're probably a 75 win team next year regardless of the manager. Still a lot of holes on this team, and what should be some declining vets.
Last Day to Vote
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from the 1991 vote with expected BP bitching and ultimatum statement...and indirect humor in retrospect...
"When Barry was informed that he captured this award for the second year in a row he promptly proclaimed, "Screw off". It's this reporter's opinion that he's never going to be a good player if he can't learn to be a team leader and good influence in the clubhouse. He could learn a thing or two from Bobby Bonilla and Andy Van Slyke, who are both fine young men."
Random Adam Dunn news
some agent, not Dunn's, thinks he'll sign with Cubs in the 3/40 range.
it's as good as done....
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i could live with that...i got a feeling he'll try to get 5+ years out of someone, though.
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Hendry'fied structure
$4M the first year
$8M the second year
$28 the third year with a full NTC of course
3/40 would be reasonable, good luck on that though
I'm guessing more in the 4/52 range
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I'm guessing more in the 4/52 range
Look for the signature on that one and you will find...Ryan Dempster's name at the bottom?
at least Dempster can bunt.
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The Dunn rumors are an annual Cub fan tradition. I'm going to make a prediction: Dunn isn't a Cub at the beginning of the 2011 season.
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That's COLD ROB G.
he he
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But unfortunately true.
Just a Pennant would be nice
Add both teams in Texas to the list with both teams in Florida and Colorado, Canada and Arizona since 1945.
Hurry up Seattle and Las Vegas and win theirs so Cubs turn will come up.
And it is down to 2
teams that have never made the World Series...
Congrats to the Rangers...
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Since 1979 (we are family!) every team has won a pennant except those two.
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cocaine = managerial performance enhancing drug
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What's Dusty's excuse?
Speaking of which, NL Central postseason losing streak at 12 (and counting)...
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You rat!
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Girardi taking the Iowa job? Sandberg takes over the Yankees reins. Now that would be Cubbery. D'Oh!
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Sign Dunn then trade him for Roberts and Peavy in a 3 way deal (WSux get Dunn, O's get Hendry and Sandberg)
I can see Cubnut's "updated" diagram for this one...
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cubs and sox combine to sign to 4 year contract.
first two playing first for cubs then he becomes sox dh.
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Can this contract be drastically backloaded?
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Can this contract be drastically backloaded?
sure it can, if the contract is drawn up by JH...
Last yr at ONE Billion dollars
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ken griffey jr. is getting paid off his contract til like 2024 or 2025...something crazy like that.
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on Bruce Levine's Talking Baseball show, this tidbit:
BL said his "sources" have told him Quade's 2011 salary is in the $800K-$900K range
(of course, in the Hendry tradition, the 2nd year could be heavily back loaded)
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A's pitcher Dallas Braden has filed a malpractice suit against the orthopod who took out a cyst in his foot but injured the deep peroneal nerve at the level of the surgery.
Apparently he has numbness in two toes as well as pain and fatigue in his foot which is what happens when a this nerve is injured, past the ankle. At this level it does provide sensation to big and 2nd toe and motor function to some small muscles that help extend toes. When the peroneal nerve is injured more proximally it can lead to a complete dropfoot problem as it's motor function is responsible for foot dorsiflexion (particularly the anterior tibialis muscle, dorsiflexion translates to raising the foot up).
Didn't seem to bother him when he threw his no-hitter last year.
The A's have dropped use of the surgeon's ortho group as well. The malpractice case will follow California's malpractice laws (MICRA, which has a $250K cap). These situations vary state by state.
Deep Peroneal nerve anatomy, schematic drawing:
California's MICRA:
California's Legislature passed the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, or MICRA, in 1975.
The law imposes a $250,000 cap on the amount plaintiffs can receive in non-economic damages for "pain and suffering." It does not limit the amount plaintiffs can seek for other costs such as lost wages, medical expenses and punitive damages.
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"Didn't seem to bother him when he threw his no-hitter last year."
Do you mean the cyst? The no-hitter was in May, the surgery in August.
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Do you mean the cyst? The no-hitter was in May, the surgery in August.
Nope. Surgery was before the Perfecto. His 2010 DL stint was for a sore left elbow. Odd to note that the 2009 Left foot DL stint is listed for a foot rash.
Braden has permanent nerve damage in his left foot related to an August 2009 procedure
Braden's Perfect Game was May 9th, 2010.
Braden was definitely in the A's rotation thru the end of the 2010 year (pitched 5 games in Aug and 6 in Sept, 1 in Oct)
Braden's DL history:
08/08/09 Oakland Athletics placed LHP Dallas Braden on the 15-Day disabled list retroactive to August 1, 2009. rash on left foot
09/11/09 Oakland Athletics transferred LHP Dallas Braden from the 15-Day disabled list to the 60-Day disabled list. rash on left foot
11/05/09 Oakland Athletics activated LHP Dallas Braden from the 60-Day disabled list.
06/23/10 Oakland Athletics placed LHP Dallas Braden on the 15-Day disabled list. left elbow stiffness
07/20/10 Oakland Athletics activated LHP Dallas Braden from the 15-Day disabled list.
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at least with the season ending soon and the yanks out i don't have to watch andy pettite try to sell me Dove soap for a while.
do PEDs, get caught, get more mlb contracts, get product endorsements...and people still want barry bonds to have a f'n * by his records.
the public outrage isn't enough and it's too late now. the lost generation of stats doesn't need a * if the apathy is this large.
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Remember that season where Pettite won 46 games, and broke Cy Young's win record? Me neither.
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hey, some people were better with their cheating and keeping kids who do it honest from getting a job than others.
i wasn't surprised or shocked when all this PED crap came out, but i was a bit outraged at how easy everyone got off. standing O's, silent complacency, and forgiveness all around as long as they're playing for the right team.
i think howard bryant (espn) put it well in this recent tweet..
Fans chanting "you took steroids" to A-Rod after cheering a pregame montage featuring Juan Gonzalez, Pudge Rodriguez and Rafael Palmeiro. -about 21 hours ago via web
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all this roid talk got me thinking about roberto alomar (he showed up on the initially leaked "list" which was a fake, btw)...i totally missed this from a few weeks ago...
The Giants Win the Pennant!
Texas vs SF instead of NY vs Philthydelphia....Fox TV Executives seen jumping out of windows.
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Conspiracy theory: FOX paid off the UT football team to lose to Iowa State in order to improve WS ratings.
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Little Mikey Fontenot going to the series.
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yep the World Series featuring, Fontegod vs Andres Blanco (and Clay Rapada)
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Random anecdote. Met Fontenot's godfather (no joke) during bp @ Houston a few years back. Nice guy. I'd've maybe thought it was bs, but as F was heading into the dugout, this guy holds up his beer, points to it and smiles, and Fontenot smiles huge and says "save me one."
Reason I mention it? He told us Fontenot HATES being called 'Mikey'. I just thought it was funny (little sensitive about something, are we??)
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Wittenmeyer with a...well a nice anecdotal story on Quade, also discusses his issues with A's Billy Beane when he was with the Oakland organization.
Twice in Class AAA managing stints in the 1990s -- for the Montreal Expos, then for the Philadelphia Phillies -- he clashed with organization brass over disciplining touted prospects for loafing and wound up without a job at the end of each season.
One was Phillies prospect Rick Holifield, who didn't bother running on a pop-up and was taken out of the game by Quade, who got a phone call from the front office the next day telling him Holifield had to be in the Scranton lineup every day.
Quade felt that was the wrong message and refused.
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Guy seems like a problem child. So the guy he stuck up for with GM didn't want him on his own staff? That doesn't really speak well about him as a professional.
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Yeah, because I consider Ken Macha to be the ultimate evaluator of talent. It strained their relationship which they've since patched up, is what it said. And you don't think Billy Beane didn't tell the new guy "No Quade?"
It's just like now, Hendry probably isn't putting too much pressure on Q (I hope), but if he's got a recommendation, like, say, Ryne Sandberg on the coaching staff somewhere, I guarantee Quade's going to listen to his boss... Unless, as was stated, it is something that becomes a matter of principle.
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If Sandberg is on the staff the press and fans start clamoring for his promotion to manager right around Tax Day. Hendry's a stupid fuck, but he's not that stupid.
Quade has a long history of getting fired. He's only really been promoted three times in his 25 year career, two of them by the aforementioned dumb fuck. How many teams interviewed him for their managerial opportunities, despite him having all the contacts he should have made in his long career? Think there may be a reason for that?
At least Bradley isn't around anymore.
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judging my the peanut gallery comments on mlb.com/cubs.com it seems there's more than a few that are outright f'n raging pissed sandberg didn't get the job.
it's just a manager. the players seem to like quade. meh...
i'm not sure what sandberg brings to the table over quade.
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I know this is crazy, but I think that if you've been around baseball for 30 years you should have picked up that you don't bat your best hitter 6th,7th or 8th.
Soto had the highest OPS+ on the team by a wide margin, he also was hit into the two fewer double plays than an average hitter and was the second best RBI guy among the regulars.
Quade assimilated that information through his bald pate, and came up with 8th.
He's going to make the team play worse, not better.
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Soto was just batting in Koyie Hill's spot when Hill had the day off.
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Soto batted 8th four times between August 23 (Quade's first game) and September 5. After that date, in his remaining nine games Soto batted 4th twice, 5th once and 6th six times.
I would say Quade tried a lot of different things, and generally moved Soto up in the lineup. The slowest guy on the team isn't going to get too near the top of the order. Soto only hit .238 in September.
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Yeah, good call. You and Quade would have batted Manny Ramirez and David Ortiz what, 6th and 7th or 8th and 9th? I mean, they're slow, right?
Meanwhile the burners Aramis Ramirez and Xavier Nady got plenty of time batting nearer the top of the order.
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Leave aside players like Ramirez and Ortiz, who have been in the MVP hunt numerous times.
In a good year, Soto is the rough equivalent of Brian McCann. Where does McCann, the catcher, hit in the Braves' batting order as opposed to, say, Prado, the second baseman?
I can't justify Nady getting all those at-bats in September, but I think it was AZ Phil who pointed out that the Cubs seemed to be helping him reach all his contract incentives. If that's what they were doing, it was probably not the manager's idea.
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In a good year, Soto is the rough equivalent of Brian McCann. Where does McCann, the catcher, hit in the Braves' batting order as opposed to, say, Prado, the second baseman?
McCann spent most of his time batting 4th, a little bit batting 5th this year. Prado hits at the top of the lineup. McCann had a total of 13 PA's batting lower than fifth. Soto, and obviously Quade wasn't the only reason for this, had 302.
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I don't get this criticism of 4D. Maybe he was just trying to ease him back in to the lineup. Soto was hurt. He sprained his shoulder Aug. 7 sending him to the 15-day DL. He came back on Aug. 23 when 4D took over as manager. A week later he hurt his knee and couldn't play for a few days. Then on Aug. 20 his shoulder sent him back onto the 15-day DL.
From here it looks like Soto had a questionable shoulder and a bad knee for most of the time the Quad had him around.
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I don't get the objection. He's healthy enough to play, but not to out-hit Nady and Soriano?
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"promoted three times"
For Montreal, two managerial promotions to get from Midwest League to IL.
For A's, promoted twice to get from Midwest League to PCL.
(So he did the Sandberg sequence twice.)
Cubs promoted him twice, from AAA manager to ML coach, and then to interim manager.
I count six promotions, not including the most recent one.
Quade does look a little strange, probably because of the lack of facial hair including eyebrows, making him look like someone with a very high fitness level undergoing chemo. He sometimes speaks Stengelese. But I'm intrigued by the idea that he might be very good at managing.
I hate you Fox
why do you subject us to Thom Brenneman?
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They should know that's a recipe for disaster!
(ESPN radio 1000 T. Brenneman drop-in reference)
Recent comments
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.
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.


text:
Neil Walker called Altoona "the most comfortable place" he played in during his minor league career, and the Pirates' second baseman will return for at least a couple of games beginning tonight on a rehab assignment.
"It was fun to play there," Walker, who played with the Curve in 2006-07, said Wednesday by phone. "When I was there, I had friends at Penn State, and a lot of times in minor league baseball you kind of feel like you're in the middle of nowhere, but that was the most comfortable I felt as far as playing at a home stadium in my minor league career."
Walker injured his right hand sliding into second base April 26 at St. Louis He suffered a laceration on his index finger and needed six stitches that eventually sent him to the disabled list, retroactive to April 27. He's eligible to come off the DL on Sunday.
The plan is for Walker to play tonight and tomorrow at Peoples Natural Gas Field, then he will be re-evaluated after Friday's game against Richmond. He expects to play all nine innings at second base in both games.
"I'm pretty close to being 100 percent," Walker said. "It was just a laceration, so I was really just waiting for, number one, the stitches to come out and, number two, the mobility of where the laceration was.
"It will just be the amount of at-bats getting my timing back and all that, and I should be good to go. But I haven't had any restrictions as far as throwing and swinging and all that."
Walker first came up to the Curve at the end of the 2006 season and hit .161 in 10 games. He started the 2007 season back in Altoona, along with another prized prospect at the time, Andrew McCutchen.
Walker had a solid season for the Curve in '07, hitting .288 with 13 homers, 66 RBIs and .824 OPS. He was playing third base then, having converted from catcher, and committed 25 errors.
"It's a great ballpark to play in," Walker said of PNG Field. "The fans were fantastic. It's one of the better facilities as far as Double-A baseball goes.
"I really enjoyed my time as far as living there and having that be my home field. It was a little more special to me because of how close it is to my home in Pittsburgh. But it was one of my more favorite stops along the road to the big leagues."
Walker and McCutchen were the big names on that 2007 Curve team, but both of them were overshadowed that year by Steve Pearce. The first baseman had a remarkable showing in Altoona, hitting .334 with 14 homers and 72 RBIs in only 81 games during a year that saw him go all the way from high-A ball to the majors.
"When Steve Pearce joined us, that was one of the better offensive performances I've ever seen as far as playing with a guy, except for Andrew last year," Walker said.
He added he still keeps in touch with several players from the 2007 Curve team. The club was in contention for an Eastern League playoff berth until mid-August, when both Walker and McCutchen were promoted to Triple-A on the same day.
"It was just a good group of guys and a very talented group," Walker said of that Curve team.


text: Joe Mamone, owner of Scott College of Cosmetology in Wheeling, demonstrates a styling technique Thursday at the newly-opened branch of the college in downtown East Liverpool. The branch, 117 E. Fourth St., site of the former Travelers Hotel, held an open house Thursday night for members of the East Liverpool Area Chamber of Commerce. The college opened on Oct. 9 and has three students. Mamone said 40 to 50 potential students are awaiting the branch's acceptance into the Title IV student loan program. The branch has three programs: cosmetology (one year), esthetician (five months) and nail technician (three months). (Photo by Stephen Huba)


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