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The DeWitt Options
IF-OF Blake DeWitt was Designated for Assignment on Sunday to make room on the Cubs 25-man roster for LHP Travis Wood, and in the process DeWitt (at least temporarily -- see below) has been removed from the Cubs MLB Reserve List (40-man roster), although he will continue to get paid and accrue MLB Service Time while he is on the Designated List.
The Cubs now have ten days to decide his fate.
While many Cub fans couldn't care less and probably just wish he would go away, here are the Cubs options (and DeWitt's options):
DeWitt had a hot Spring Training at the plate and might have drawn some interest from other MLB clubs at that time, but he has played so poorly since the start of the regular season that it is very unlikely that there would be much trade interest in him now.
So a trade is not likely.
If the Cubs decide to release DeWitt, he would be placed on Outright Release Waivers where any other MLB club could claim him for $1 and assume 100% of his remaining salary.
If DeWitt were to be claimed off Release Waivers, he would have the right to refuse the assignment and be a free-agent, but if he does that, he receives no termination pay.
However, clubs almost never claim players off Release Waivers because it's better to just wait for the player to clear waivers and then sign him for the pro-rated portion of the MLB minimum salary, sticking the player's previous club with paying the balance of the player's salary.
So the Cubs will almost certainly not release DeWitt.
If the Cubs decide to try and outright DeWitt to the minors and he is claimed off Outright Waivers, the claiming club would pay the Cubs $20,000 and assume 100% of DeWitt's contract and all of what remains of his 2012 $1.1M salary (about $900K). The Cubs would be absolutely ecstatic if this happens.
If DeWitt were to be placed on Outright Assignment Waivers and not be claimed, the Cubs could outright him to the minors (just as they did prior to the start of Spring Training).
However, per Article XX-D of the CBA, any player on an MLB 40-man roster who has accrued at least three years of MLB Service Time and/or has been outrighted to the minors previously in his career (and DeWitt fits both criteria) has the right to decline an Outright Assignment and be a free-agent immediately (and receive no termination pay), or accept the Outright Assignment (and continue to be paid his salary) and defer the right to be a free-agent until after the conclusion of the MLB regular season.
So if Outright Waivers are secured and the Cubs outright DeWitt to the minors (as they did prior to the start of Spring Training), DeWitt would have the right (per Article XX-D of the CBA) to either decline the Outright Assignment and be a free-agent immediately (and receive no termination pay), or accept the Outright Assignment and continue to be paid per the terms of his 2012 guaranteed contract, deferring free-agency until after the conclusion of the MLB regular season. (NOTE: DeWitt would lose the right to be an Article XX-D minor league free-agent post-2012 if he defers the right to be a free-agent and then is added back to an MLB 40-man roster prior to the conclusion of the 2012 MLB regular season).
This was the same choice DeWitt had when he was outrighted prior to Spring Training, and at that time he opted to accept the Outright Assignment to AAA Iowa and continue to be paid his $1.1M salary, with an NRI to Spring Training giving him a chance to make the Cubs MLB Opening Day 25-man roster (which he did).
While the Cubs would probably hope that he would elect free-agency immediately if outrighted (and save the Cubs about $900K in 2012 payroll in the process), DeWitt likely would make the same choice this time should he be outrighted again. He would accept the Outright Assignment and defer free-agency until the conclusion of the MLB regular season. (His agent would insist!).
And finally, the Cubs could elect to option DeWitt to AAA Iowa.
But why would the Cubs DFA DeWitt if they just want to option him to the minors?
Some players on an MLB 40-man roster who do not have enough MLB Service Time to refuse an Optional Assignment to the minors but who have minor league options remaining still cannot be optioned to the minors until Optional Assignment Waivers are secured, and Blake DeWitt is one of them. (Ian Stewart, Chris Volstad, and Randy Wells are the other Cubs in this category). That's because DeWitt, Stewart, Volstad, and Wells made their debut on an MLB 25-man roster more than three years ago.
If a player is claimed off Optional Assignment Waivers, the waivers are (like Trade Waivers in August-September) revocable (meaning the waivers can be recalled if a claim is made). so players placed on Optional Assignment Waivers are almost never claimed. (The claiming club also assumes 100% of the player's remaining salary, another reason not to make a claim).
Once secured, Optional Assignment Waivers are good for the balance of that waiver period, so the player can be recalled and then optioned back to the minors again and again (as many times as the club desires) during that waiver period without waivers needing to be secured each time.
A new waiver period commenced last Friday (the 31st day of the 2012 MLB regular season), and so the Cubs probably had not gotten around to securing Optional Assignment Waivers yet, Thus the Cubs had no choice but to DFA DeWitt in order to open up a slot on the 25-man roster for Travis Wood, while they wait a couple of days to secure Optional Assignment Waivers on DeWitt. (It takes two business days to get a player through waivers).
So because Outright Assignment Waivers need to be secured before DeWitt can be optioned to the minors, and since the Cubs presently have one slot open on their 40-man roster so that DeWitt's roster slot is not needed for another player (and probably won't be needed until September), don't be surprised if the Cubs ultimately just option DeWitt to the minors sometime later this week, once Optional Assignment Waivers have been secured.
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Without Dewitt it won't be much of a Somers, should not have got Ritter of him.
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I wish you all Wood just stop it.
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You can Banks on the fact that I don't understand some of these references.
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This website used to have so much Grace; you can tell it must be Monday.
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That may be true, but the entire team is in the Schlitter.
At least MIKE C has to eat a big slice of humble PIE after his pronouncements on the imminent LaHair failure.
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The season isn't even close to half over yet and LaHair is going to be a MEGASTAR!!!!!
Man if seasons were made in a month Neifi and Gaetti would be hall of famers.
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Just remember Tyler Colvin, i think that was your last flash in the pan. You never ate your crow on that one. I guess that's why your so bitter to project through LaHair towards me.
As always i can wait to find out the truth.
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LaHair at least has an idea of the strike zone. Tyler Colvin hasn't had that at any level of his career.
I used to think that the Cubs purposely got guys who swung at everything, so they could clear the park out as quickly as possible.
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Gaetti was 39. Neifi had 23 games after mediocrity for 7 seasons.
Were people really that fired up about Gaetti and Perez? Or..let's see...Todd Hollandsworth? I don't think LaHair is going to hit .390...or even .330.
But it sure looks like he can hit..take an occasional walk, and has some power.
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I was actually ambivilent about Colvin getting signed and stated so here, when there were better options on the board. Much better.
But, I thought he was a bright light to be sure. He was actually coming along pretty well until he got a bat stuck in his chest.
This year in Colo in 47 PA's he is at:
I don't know what crow I am supposed to eat yet, but if he reverts to 2011 Cubs I will have no problem doing so.
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Ahhhh yes using Colo based stats to support an opinion.
Lets just forget he is only batting .211 with a .200 OBP away from Coors. Thats the real Tyler Colvin.....ohh wait didn't he also do that as a Cub?
Well he did better in some areas worse in others.......150 BA, .204 OBP sooooooo he kinda improved right E-man?
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Admittedly, that indeed is pretty shitty. I did not look into the splits like that.
Again, I wasn't a cheerleader for Colvin to the same degree that you spewed venom for every Cubs minor leaguer and the system completely bereft of talent according to you, ever since I have been reading your posts.
And it took one guy for you to admit that perhaps you were mistaken.
Which was my entire point.
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my hero
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Jacos is one of my favorite humorists on this site, but that was really lame. Lucky for him he has some history.
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LoL Cole Hamels facing a possible suspension for saying he intentionally hit Bryce Harper......Harper had the last laugh by stealing home.
Way to show that kid!
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Yes, that's classic. I wanted to hate that kid until now. Now, I think he is just a cocky, arrogant guy who knows he is good, and is a competitor. What's not to like in this? I was in my own world about the guy, buying into the press about his douchiness but you know, fuck it. It's sports. May the best man win.
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Funny. Your description sounds like Javy Baez.
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there was a nice article about harper somewhere that sort of turned me around. Maybe the author of it got a bj from harper''s mom, but in general it made him sound like a cocky kid who loves the game. His stealing home kind of proved it. I'm going to watch this kid whenever I can, and enjoy him. He's going to be like Pete Rose. Impossible to like, but impossible to not love.
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Thanks, Phil again. I don't rely on any other source.
Interesting article on Jeter, I thought:
Normally I don't show much interest in non cubs, but I what caught my eye was the guy who said Jeter is acting like Vlad Guerrero, which in turn made me think of our beloved Randall Simon, who had one year of hitting terrible pitches and made me a Randall Simon fan forever.
BP 10 Pack
The Cubs rocked the scouting world when they signed Concepcion to a $6 million big league deal that included a $3 million bonus, and the 20-year-old Cuban has not exactly gotten off to a rollicking start. After allowing seven runs in one inning on Saturday, he now has an 18.90 ERA in three starts and the Midwest League is batting .514 (19-for-37) against him. That said, it's not time to panic, as the money involved was the creation of end-of-market inflation, and not Concepcion's talent. He throws strikes with an upper-80s fastball and has the potential for good secondaries, but as a command-and-control pitcher and not a stuff guy, it's going to take time to figure out how to pitch, as well as to adjust to his new life in the United States. Patience, for now.
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So I can't yet declare the end of the Theo honeymoon?
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I don't get it. I love watching this ML Cubs team . . . they are better and more entertaining than people thought no?
Not five #5 starters as posited... pretty great starting pitching actually
Playing the youth to great effect (LaHair, Campy)
DUmping the shit as he can (Zambrano, Byrd, demoting Marmol)
etc etc. Gotta take chances on Kids, Cubans etc with your money before the new collective bargaining agreement flattens it out. Concepcion sucks like noone I've ever seen, but credit them with spending dough when they could. He may straighten out. I'll never rip on people for trying things and especially for just spending money vs players.
I know it's trendy here to rip on Theo etc. Am I the only one who likes whats been happening? I know crunch thinks I am insane/groupie, but I was certainly not a company man with Dusty BAker and the boys. I just like these moves. I know Concepcion's 40 man / ML contract is part of the issue. But what the hell . . .
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There seems to be issues:
1) Despite being told repeatedly this is a rebuilding year, people are still judging moves through the lens of the Cubs competing this year.
2) I guess because Theo got lauded so much, people seem to think if Theo makes any mistakes he's a failure.
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Uhh ya LaHair isn't young. He is 29, will be 30 in November.
People tend to forget that.
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Uh...I'm pretty sure this was sarcasm? Let's all stop rattling swords. The Cubs are expected to stink. Any success is a pleasant surprise. Once Theo has a draft or 2 under his belt, and a full season of evaluation, we'll see where the Cubs are heading.
On another note...how long will the Cubs keep rolling Chris "It's just one bad inning" Volstad out there?
4 more starts? June1? I like Volstad, but yikes.
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imagine how good they'd be with Wells, T. Wood or Coleman pitching? :)
(remember Wood got the Matt Kemp-less Dodgers lineup and wasn't doing all that great in Iowa).
I'd probably give him through May at the very least.
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Wells was solid in the second half last year Rob: 6-3, 4.04 ERA, 1,213 WHIP.
He had 2 starts this year:
1- 5IP, 2 ER..shaky, but fought through it
2- 3.2 IP, 4ER. Bad. Ugh
I just am hoping that Volstad figures out how to avoid the 1 bad inning soon. Rolling out a loss every 5th start is getting old, and the Cubs aren't a team built to come back from 4-0. Wells, Coleman, and Wood may not be the answer. But it doesn't mean Volstad is either. We'll see yeah?
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eh, Volstad has the higher upside and the Cubs are in the upside business right now.
While I hardly think he's pitched well or even average, he's had a lot of bad luck and bad defense behind him as well.
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Meh. Either way...upside or no..after 108 starts, this might just be who he is.
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Yep sarcasm.
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just because it's no need to panic doesn't mean it's cool.
this was their 1st "pure scouting" sign and it got a bad grade from the scouting community.
the guy is all tools and his tools aren't even good. i'm sure they expect more, but there's many more expecting nothing.
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I think it is fair to factor this in (in a few months) for or against theo/Jed as judges of talent. But I wouldn't factor it the same as a draft pick. There was no choice of players, other than to bid or not to bid on this player. Honestly they may not have researched it that much, but rather decided to trust some Cuban scouts and throw some money there and take a chance. But again lets see in a few months.
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i think it's fair to take a look at the guy that was signed, his skills, what he's done in the past, and what he's doing now...along with carrying this guy on the 40-man roster and giving him $7m to do it.
you see a lot of press release selective stats pimping of things like... 3.36era and 10-3 record. awesome! cool!
if you dig deeper... 101.2ip - 103h - 43bb - 53k. oh...
he played over his head age-wise, but there were few scouts expecting this kind of payday, much less a MLB contract.
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Free THEO! We was robbed! Dude, I hear you. Okay they suck. They are skating on their reputations, drinking piña coladas, sleepwalking through our baseball worlds, and we are fucked. Worst team, world, universe etc. ever. How was I so stupid as to root for my favorite team to succeed with these morons. Must. Maintain. Healthy. Skepticism. At. All. Times. Spock.
Free Jed. free Theo. long live crunch!
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no, concepcion sucks.
don't real_neal it up over there too much, guy.
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Okay. Fuck you. Yu get what you want crunch. Not sure what the fuck all this real Neal crap is but I've had it. Outta here. Enjoy your incessant pessimism and be sure to chase out anyone who enjoys the cubs direction. Fuck you and Tito and the rest of you cliquish ducks. Seriously don't need this pessimistic bullshit. Troll til you die. Have fun.
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well that escalated quickly....
probably best to just skim over or ignore those posts of the people you find particularly irritating rather than going postal, but to each their own.
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fwiw, i miss real neal...but i also miss silent towel, so i dunno what any of that means.
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Nice work, crunch. Rob didn't even have to bust out the banning stick like I suggested. It shows why he's running the joint.
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superjimmer: Don't take it personally, bro. I mean crunch thinks theo fucked up on concepcion and you think we can't make that determination yet. It's a pretty basic difference of opinion- Not really worth getting worked up over. You'll get an aneurysm or something.
FWIW- I think it's too early to call, but obviously it doesn't look good so far. On the other hand, I like what the theo regime (can we start calling it a 'regime' or is it still the honeymoon period?) has done with the big league club in terms of rebuilding. I'm not sold on Castro and if Theo values defense, I wouldn't be surprised to see him traded at some point. Imagine the uproar.
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hell, i like theo/jed, too...doesn't mean i have to have a full-package faith in every move they're making, though.
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You missed the memo. You either got to be full on pollyanna or you want Hendry back running things. Those are the only two options.
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Mmmm. That's some tender horse. Thanks, guys! ;)
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I made one comment, and now this comment proves my point.
I could give a shit whether you post or not. Watch and learn.
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C. Coleman with 8 K's through 4 IP in Iowa vs. New Orleans (Miami).
M. Dominguez, C. Coghlan, B. Peterson in the lineup.
Bad Contract Tourney
J. Werth takes the lead back with wrist surgery and at least 3 months out...plus broken wrists are always good for power hitters.
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Peoria also playing, Hoilman grand slam, has a 20-game hit streak apparently.
Francescon started, 6 IP, 4 R, 2 ER, 4 K, 3 BB, 3 H, 2.48 ERA on the season.
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pitching duel.
Zephyrs pitcher had a no-hitter through 5.2 IP, I'm presuming a pitcher-friendly ump.
-edit- Coleman broke it up with a double. He went 7 IP, 2 H, 1 BB, 9 K on the day. Maine in now, still scoreless.
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I found it interesting how many times Dale said yesterday it's a shame a guy (DeWitt) lost a job because of the flu. Yet the way Barney is hitting they are almost interchangeable. So reality is, he lost his job due to his higher salary. The only other consideration might be lefty/righty options, but that doesn't seem to concern the current regime at all. This time, I think Blake will look for new surroundings and a new challenge, like back in LA. The weather has been awful so far off the lake...
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DeWitt lost his job because he's sucked and continues to suck.
I'm not a big Barney fan, but he's twice the player DeWitt has ever shown.
DeWitt will be in Iowa otherwise he forfeits his salary.
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DeWitt has a nice swing.
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.....and beard.
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"DeWitt has a nice swing."
I don't see it.
Empirically, does a nice swing always beat the ball into the ground?
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"the prettiest swing you'll see never turned into results" - kevin goldstein
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I still don't see a pretty swing. Think some of these guys are full of crap.
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You know who had a nice swing? Bobby Scales.
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Agree about Scales. I always thought it was his infield glove, not his bat, that held him back.
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I blame Crunch and his anti-black agenda. He probably didn't even vote for Obama.
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"Watch and Learn!" is the new "Yes, We Can!"
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in other news...how about Campana in the 9th yesterday?
he actually hit that into the outfield...nifty trick for him :)
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Brett Jackson was 0-2 today but he drew a walk in the eighth inning of a scoreless game and went to third on a single by Vitters. I didn't see it, but between the two of them they induced a balk that brought in the winning run.
Sounds like the way the parent team has been scoring late-inning runs. Maybe there is a Cub way.
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There is a trend.
So to sum up Hamels vs. Harper
Hamels is gonna get suspended for being honest?
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Yea - I don't get the outrage of Hamels. I think he was stupid. But some (see Baseball Musings) think that he should get suspended for the season!!
Suspend the guy for a start or two? Maybe. But then you should also suspend Zimmerman, who also threw at a guy intentionally. Frankly, the motive for throwing at a guy shouldn't matter.
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That's insane. Like, I REALLY wanted Artest suspended for a year or maybe forever, so I am one of those guys.
Yet, while I think it is probably not wise of Hamels to be brash about it, I think I could care less. It was a ball in the back, nowhere near the head. He didn't freak when they retaliated. Who cares. 5 games is about right. Pushes him back a day.
Who is calling for his head? And you and rob, or whoever said it is right, he certainly shouldn't be punished for being honest, or for his motives.
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It's all about PR. He got his suspension, but it wasn't too bad. He's an idiot for saying he targeted him. If a guy could be fined for being a moran, it should have happened there.
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Get a brain, morans!
Mon lineup vs. Braves
DeJesus rf, Campy cf, Castro ss, LaHair 1b, Stewart 3b, Johnson lf, Barney 2b, Soto c, Samardzija p
Hanson pitching...
Magic 8-Ball Goldstein-Style
Anyone notice Kevin Goldstein's Tweet replies like the one above?
"Magic Goldstein 8-Ball, what Do you think of _______"
"Neither will be especially noteworthy."
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Yeah actually. I don't even really know who he is but the tweets I've seen from him the past week make him seem like a complete douchebag. Is this routine?
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He apparently is/was a MLB scout. Vineline has him on payroll as he writes a scouting column for the mag. They are pretty interesting but again, one man's opinion.
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use to work for Baseball America, then moved on to Baseball Prospectus. One of the big 3-5 prospect writers out there. Very accessible. Very popular podcast.
Comes off a little douchey at times, but has great contacts in the business. And to be fair, people ask him really stupid questions and get very uptight when he doesn't gush over marginal players from their favorite team...like Matt Szczur.
I favorite his tweets a lot because he writes a lot of tweets mostly. BA and Sickels don't tweet nearly as much and Law saves the good info for his Insider articles.
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Ha! "...like Matt Szczur."
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I don't even know a lot of the people he's talking about. Just comes across as an ass about it, even if he's right.
/edit although as a non-twitter user, I will say tweets make many normal people sound douchy.
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I guess you have to be to the point in 140 characters or less
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Why the Matt Szczur hate? It's people like you and your negative karma that prevent Ceasar from being the dominant player he should be. I bet you complained about Shawon Dunston's swing, too. :-)
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I think most people think he is a totally acceptable C+/B- 4th Outfield prospect.
It's just that some people are still in the buying the hype mode of every player in the system. People act like he is a HOFer in waiting when he has never shown any semblance of even MLB starter pedigree. Basically a better Hayden Simpson but a lesser Josh Vitters.
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he is so much better than he was, imo.
he actually weighs real-life scouting opinion to temper his love of numbers.
check the numbers, notice a trend, talk to a scout/source-on-ground for backup...in any order.
Speaking of honesty...
Brandon Marshall with a special column for Sun-Times on some of his mental health issues
Mike Rizzo gearing up to sign Cole Hamels next offseason?
"Players take care of themselves," Rizzo said after I called him this morning. "I've never seen a more classless, gutless chicken [bleep] act in my 30 years in baseball.
"Cole Hamels says he's old school? He's the polar opposite of old school. He's fake tough. He thinks he's going to intimidate us after hitting our 19-year-old rookie who's eight games into the big leagues? He doesn't know who he's dealing with."
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i initially thought OUR rizzo said/wrote that...not mike "who cares" rizzo.
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"i initially thought OUR rizzo said/wrote that.."
They're both ours. Mike grew up around Wrigley.
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so if Mike Rizzo was trying to win the award for most oblivious GM in the game, he's won the honor...
I'm presuming he's just trying to defend his player or rile up the fans or whatever, but I pray he's aware of such things as pitchers throwing at hitters on purpose.
I'm not even defending the action...you know, regardless of the intent, throwing a 90 mph fastball at someone can have serious consequences. But let's not pretend that it's anything new or shocking or anything less than commonplace.
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he's got nothing on larry beinfest. i'm surprised he hasn't been jumped by someone in the industry yet...just for the hell of it.
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I realize I grew up watching Gibson, Drysdale, Jenkins, et al pitch but they weren't the only one's pitching on the inner 1/3rd of the plate. What is it about the 21st Century vs. the late 60s/early 70s that it is now taboo to throw inside to hitters? And the 'stare-downs' back to the pitcher's mound are really rich. Hey, today's hitters: If you're afraid of getting hit by a baseball, try taking up chess. Like a coach once told me, "If you play this game long enough, you will get hit by a baseball. It will hurt. You will probably live."
To Harper's credit, he didn't start an international incident. He took his base, and then got the ultimate revenge - he scored stealing home. The only offense Hamels committed was admitting what he did. Home plate is 17 inches wide, and if you're not using every bit of that plus an inch on either side, then you're wasting your time as a pitcher.
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hell, the players solved it that night...tensions/competitiveness to come, aside.
they plunked hamels in return and he simply took his base because he knew exactly what he did to earn it.
it doesn't make what hamels did right...and he's gonna lose a little pay over it...but it was settled on the field without a GM playing "dad."
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Absolutely, correct. That's the way these things should always be handled (sans, the confession by Hamels). And that's the point of the Gibson/Drysdale reference. Except for Marichal taking a baseball bat to Roseboro, I don't remember the benches clearing every week like it is in today's baseball world.
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Roster move official (per Cubs pre game with Keith Morland and Jud Sirott)
Adrian Cardenas called up. Travis Wood back to Iowa.
Recent comments
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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Shot by Henrik Purienne, photographer and founder of Mirage Magazine, the editorial lookbook for 'For Love & Lemons' Skivvies lingerie collection Spring 14 is a 70s-style, erotically charged melange of stretch lace bodysuits, sheer robes and cheeky thongs.
"We are thrilled to present our SKIVVIES Spring 2014 collection. It plays with virginal combinations of ivory & white, powdery neons, and lingerie pieces made in unusual textiles. Inspired by vintage classic silhouettes re-vamped to fit the modern woman this collection is meant to be shown off.
Our spring collection features styles with paneled fabric combinations that flatter the female form including rib knit with lace, illusion tulle with macrame, and ribbon embroidered illusion tulle just to name a few. Look closely to see all the unique details – 90's throwback front bra closures and gold-plated hardware that are sure to draw attention." – For Love & Lemons
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Culinary DelightsChäs-Brätel (Slice of bread with melted Raclette cheese), soup from the soup kettle (Cooked on the open hearth). Air-dried meat and Alpine cheese. The restaurant is famous for its 10 specialty coffees.
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Sunday, August 10, 2014
Did you know that it costs about $17-$30 to purchase the supplies for one Berkeley County elementary school student, $27-$51 for one middle school student, and $500 per teacher per classroom?
Berkeley County School District has made changes to its annual Stuff the Bus supplies drive and has also unveiled the option for year-round giving dedicated toward supply donations for students.
The first day of school is Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Unlike previous years, this year will not have Rally Day collection events at area Wal-Marts. Schools and area businesses are still collecting supplies for students in need, and partners looking to help with the effort can contact firstname.lastname@example.com or 843-899-8732.
Businesses and schools began collecting supplies Aug. 6. Visit BCSDSchools.net for more information.
The homepages of the district and its schools will now feature a Support Our District button that directs potential donors to nonprofit charity South Carolina Future Minds, which connects private donors to public schools. From now until Sept. 3, contributions will be used to purchase supplies for Berkeley County students in need.
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All too often, we don't appreciate the importance and value of good friends until they are gone. On the other hand, when we go through life knowing that those special friends are with us no matter what, we learn to have a deep appreciation for them.
We had that experience last week when we attended calling hours and the funeral for longtime friend Kenny Brown, who lived in Cortland and formerly on the family farm in Mecca.
Too many years have gone by for me to remember when I first met Kenny, but it was sometime during our high-school years. Then, we were together and had many contacts during our college years at The Ohio State University.
After college, we managed to stay in touch, even though at times we were separated by quite a few miles. We both enjoyed working in the field of agriculture, although Kenny got into banking for many years. He still managed to operate his farm that had been in the family for 100 years, and he was proud of that fact.
After we were both married, we were able to get together for New Year's Eve celebrations for at least 65 years. We think that is almost a record.
Good friends provide an association for us that we may not appreciate as much as we should. When one needs help - actual physical help or sometimes just a good listener - we know that friend is with us.
You know you can share many of your problems and that you have a good listener, one who is a source of strength during those "down" times. If you ask for advice, you can get it or you may need someone who will just listen to you. And sometimes the companionship of silence from a friend is enough.
Good friends will lift you up and be encouraging, not discourage you. They usually know you well enough to be able to be that positive influence.
Since Kenny and I had similar backgrounds, we had much to share with each other. He may have visited a farm and would share some of the new activities going on at that farm or new equipment or technology being used. He knew a lot about what farmers were doing in Trumbull County and enjoyed traveling around the county.
As with all good friends, we would work on solving the problems of the world, especially as they related to farming. We didn't always agree on the best answer for agriculture's problems, but we had answers. And we learned to "disagree agreeably," which is not always easy to do. That involves give and take and compromise that good friends learn to develop with each other.
We learn that we have to go more than halfway with each other and to be good listeners. Sometimes we can be so eager to share our point of view that we just plain don't listen to the other person. To have a good conversation, one has to learn to be a good listener and that may not be easy if we feel strongly about a situation or problem.
To be a good friend, we can't be so "wrapped up" in ourselves that we forget to recognize or listen to what the other person is saying.
So cherish and value those good friends that you have. They are worth more than money to you and one day you won't have them to listen and share with you. Now we have a void to deal with, but not nearly as much of a void as Kenny's family has.
When all the activities of the funeral are over and the friends have gone their way, they will really feel that void. Now is the time when they need friends and our prayers.
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So I have to head to Louisville - a true hotbed of hockey fandom! - Thursday afternoon and will be there till the following friday. So that means i have to find somewhere to watch Games 4, 5 and 6 if necessary. Any tips? I'm staying at the Galt House Suites right on the River downtown, so anything down there is preferred...but i'd especially like to get together with any fans here if they exist! I've done this the past two years (last year I was in the air during Game 6!) so I know about their little Friday Night Live area...but that's all pretty lame and no sportsbar that i'm aware of.
Any Wings fans in Louisville, KY?
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So I have to head to Louisville - a true hotbed of hockey fandom!
We're a small group, but we're rabid about it down here. Mostly because the group is made up of people who aren't originally from here.
The nearest "sports" bar would be Champions on 3rd and Jefferson, but I'm not a big fan of that place. Many of us have been meeting at a bar near the rink we skate at called Joe's. It isn't anywhere near your hotel though. 8131 New Lagrange Rd. Louisville, KY 40222 is the address if you want to check the distance from the hotel.
I'll shoot you a PM.
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Thanks for the info (and the pm!) - I am supposed to arrive at L'ville airport at 6:30pm....but the last two years that hasn't happened so we'll see. From there I have to take a shuttle and go register for the conference i'm attending and all that so it's going to be right close to 8 before i'm done anyway...i'll probably end up at Champion's Overpriced Burgers ($11.95!!!) at the Marriot since that's only a couple blocks from the Galt. I don't have wheels, so I really appreciate the offer for a ride. I'll keep you posted.
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Hopefully the driver is someone of the opposite sex of you otherwise this could be considered a mistake (see *mistake*).
Hopefully the driver is someone of the opposite sex of you otherwise this could be considered a mistake (see *mistake*).
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Friday, October 4, 2013
William Schnell and the Charleston Combatives Moultrie team used a big fourth quarter to rally past Dick's Sporting Goods Laing for a 22-8 victory in Mount Pleasant Recreation Department junior varsity football action. Schnell caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Chance Priest with 3:32 left in the game and then sealed the win moments later with an 81-yard fumble return.
Laing got on the scoreboard first when Grayson Silvester slipped past the Moultrie defense and raced 96 yards for the score. Laing moved the ball well throughout the game behind the rushing attack of Nick Wilson, Da'Von Stuckey and Eddie Scott and the blocking of Jaelen Edwards and Ryan Satter, but were unable to punch it into the end zone again.
Moultrie would answer the Laing score when Luke McCaleb raced in from 47 yards out behind the blocking of Charlie Boyd and Paul Kowalchick. The Moultrie defense got strong play from Colby McQueen and David Kowalchick and an interception by Ben Wallace to ensure the victory.
Coach Hagins and the Charleston Combatives Moultrie squad earned their first victory in the season, while Coach Cypress and the Dick's Sporting Goods Laing team dropped to 2-3.
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Men are known to experience more severe infections than women, and men typically mount weaker immune responses vaccinations. These differences, while well recognized, are poorly understood. Why should men prove less capable of fending off microbes than the so-called fair sex?
After exploring the sex differences observed in the human immune system, a new study has concluded that the answer is, at least in part, testosterone. This study has identified a link between certain genes affected by testosterone and antibody responses to an influenza vaccine.
Published December 23 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, this study, entitled "Systems analysis of sex differences reveals an immunosuppressive role for testosterone in the response to influenza vaccination," also found that men with elevated serum testosterone levels and associated gene signatures exhibited the lowest antibody responses to trivalent inactivated seasonal influenza vaccine (TIV).
The study was led by researchers at Stanford University who analyzed the neutralizing antibody response to TIV and "a large number of immune system components, including serum cytokines and chemokines, blood cell subset frequencies, genome-wide gene expression, and cellular responses to diverse in vitro stimuli." The antibody responses of 53 females and 34 males of different ages were analyzed.
The researchers found no connection between circulating levels of pro-inflammatory proteins and responsiveness to the flu vaccine. Nor did they find any indication that testosterone suppresses the immune response in any direct way. Instead, the researchers noticed that testosterone seems to interact with a set of genes in a way that dampens the immune response, said the study's senior author, Mark Davis, Ph.D., a professor of microbiology and immunology and director of Stanford's Institute for Immunity, Transplantation, and Infection.
"This is the first study to show an explicit correlation between testosterone levels, gene expression, and immune responsiveness in humans," said Dr. Davis. "It could be food for thought to all the testosterone-supplement takers out there."
By investigating patterns in gene expression, the researchers showed that, in men, elevated activity of a particular set of genes (specifically, Module 52 genes) that tend to turn on and off at the same time was associated with a weakened antibody response to the vaccine. The same gene cluster's activity levels didn't track closely with antibody response in women.
Following up on this finding, the researchers separated the 34 men into two groups—those with above-median and below-median levels of circulating testosterone. In the high-testosterone men, high-activation levels of Module 52 genes correlated with reduced post-vaccination antibody levels. In the low-testosterone men, as in women, activation levels of Module 52 genes bore no significant relationship to the amount of antibodies produced as a result of the influenza vaccine.
Additional analyses showed that testosterone reduces levels of certain transcription factors that ordinarily prevent Module 52 genes from "turning on." In other words, higher testosterone levels result in more Module 52 expression. Several Module 52 genes have known immune-system connections; activation of one of these genes, for example, results in the accelerated differentiation of cells whose job it is to suppress, rather than foster, immune response. These connections make the interactions of the genes with testosterone an intriguing target of further exploration by immunologists, physiologists, and drug researchers, said Dr. Davis.
But perhaps more intriguing, to many, is this: Why would evolution have designed a hormone that not only enhances classic male secondary sexual characteristics, such as muscle strength, beard growth, and risk-taking propensity, but also restrains the immune system?
In their study, the researchers noted that from an evolutionary perspective, "the immunosuppressive effects of testosterone could be advantageous as a possible homeostatic mechanism to turn off the immune response." Possible advantages, wrote the authors, include ameliorated immunopathology and the ability to avoid uncontrolled, deadly cytokine storms: "Because males of many species are more likely to experience trauma than females, this positive effect of testosterone may also help to balance out the consequences of reduced immunity to infection."
"Ask yourself which sex is more likely to clash violently with, and do grievous bodily harm to, others of their own sex," said Dr. Davis. Men are prone to suffer wounds from their competitive encounters, not to mention from their traditional roles in hunting, defending kin, and hauling things around, increasing their infection risk.
While it's good to have a decent immune response to pathogens, an overreaction to them can be more damaging than the pathogen itself. Women, with their robust immune responses, are twice as susceptible as men to death from the systemic inflammatory overdrive called sepsis. So perhaps, Dr. Davis suggests, having a somewhat weakened (but not too weak) immune system can prove more lifesaving than life-threatening for a dominant male in the prime of life.
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Gainesville, Fla. -- The No. 5 national seed Florida Gators scored in every inning but the fourth en route to a 14-0 victory over Stetson in the winner's bracket of the NCAA Gainesville Regional Saturday afternoon at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
The Hatters (39-13) will look to avoid elimination at 6 p.m. tonight against the winner of the UCF-Florida A&M game at 3:30.
The Gators (47-11) had 17 hits in the game including three by Stephanie Tofft. The Hatters fell behind early as Florida scored six runs in the first three innings.
The usually sure-handed Hatters committed three errors defensively and allowed a couple other catchable balls to fall safely.
"It was frustrating (to fall behind) because we allowed a lot of it ourselves," Stetson head coach Frank Griffin said. "(We had) errors, misjudged balls and allowed the sun to be a factor. At the same time, you have to give UF credit. They hit the ball well, they played good defense, and they got solid pitching. They put together a good game and we didn't."
Stetson starter Meredith Owen (27-8) pitched the first 2.2 innings, while Courtney Brandt worked 3.1 innings of relief.
Chrissy Morello collected two hits for Stetson, giving her a team-high four hits for the regional through the first two games.
Demi Meza and Brittany Hawn also singled for Stetson.
Lauren Haeger and Kelsey Stewart drove in four runs apiece to lead the Gators.
Stetson has not played an elimination game yet this season but will have to win three in a row to win the regional.
"They never cease to amaze me," Griffin said about his team. "They have come from behind all year, and pulled out some great ball games. They have a lot of heart and I am sure they will be back giving it their all."


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Lots can happen in a short season. Only hope is that we make it into the playoffs healthy and ready to roll for a shot at Stanley
And I think people are probably ranking the Wings low not necessarily because they're bad, but because when you look at the Wings blueline there are a whole lot of question marks.
They lost not just their #1 d-man but one of the greatest D-men to ever play the game. Lids was logging almost 24 minutes a night, and still at a high level.
So on defense it's:
how will White perform without Lids?
Can Kronwall step up?
Will Ericsson continue to improve and fill the greater role they need from him?
Will Quincey fit in and improve his consistency?
How will Smith do as a rookie?
What will become of Kindl?
Will Cola stay healthy and play well?
The Wings success will depend greatly on what the answers to those questions are.
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The dismissal of a reverse-discrimination lawsuit brought by a Buffalo police captain against the City of Buffalo, the Buffalo Police Department and former Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson was affirmed this week by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The ruling confirms that the city "was only trying to get the best test that was fair to everyone," said Adam W. Perry, who represented the city in the lawsuit.
The decision will have broad implications for cities, towns and villages grappling with compliance with anti-discrimination laws while fearing the possibility of reverse-discrimination lawsuits, according to Perry.
"It makes clear that municipalities have broad discretion in personnel practices in efforts to comply with federal anti-discrimination law and to avoid potentially discriminatory practices," said Perry, who handled the case with Joshua I. Feinstein.
Buffalo Police Capt. Mark R. Maraschiello, who is white, said in the federal lawsuit that he took a civil service test in 2006 to be promoted to inspector. He was put on a list of potential candidates, he said, but there was no opening.
Then a new test was designed, he said, at least in part to better comply with federal anti-discrimination laws. That test was offered in 2008, Maraschiello said, but he did not take it. In the meantime, the results of the 2006 test were allowed to expire.
Another white man placed first on the new test and was promoted to inspector.
The court found in its 28-page ruling that "Maraschiello cannot demonstrate that the generalized overhaul of departmental promotional requirements amounted to the sort of race-based adverse action discussed" in Ricci v. DeStefano, a 2009 case in which white firefighters from New Haven, Conn., successfully argued that their test scores were thrown out because whites outperformed minority candidates.
Maraschiello's attorneys, Lindy S. Korn and Richard J. Perry, said that they disagreed with the appeals court's decision and that they are reviewing the judges' findings.
"I think the city missed the boat in not promoting [Maraschiello] to inspector," Richard Perry said.
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Suwannee history and culture event
"Lore, Lies and Legends of the Suwannee," an event aimed at capturing and showcasing the fast disappearing oral traditions of the Suwannee region, will take place Saturday, Sept. 6, at the Dixie County Cultural Center (former Old Town School), beginning at 4 p.m.
The event will include a community cookout and bluegrass music, living history re-enactors and eight storytellers, mostly old-timers in their 80s with good stories to tell about how their families survived in earlier times.
Artist of the Month
The Cedar Keyhole's Artist of the Month for August is Joni Hoffman. Hoffman is principally a wood carver. Her carvings of duck decoys, herons, pelicans, egrets, as well as whimsical dogs and cats, are intricately rendered and then painted in appropriate colors. While Hoffman considers herself largely a carver, she also creates drawings, etchings, paintings and walking sticks. The walking sticks are carved local woods, highly embellished and fitted with bells, which serve to alert bears that humans are in the area.
Summer arts program
The Keyhole Gallery is hosting summer art programs for kids this summer. Teen camps will be in the mornings, and children's programs will be in the afternoons. There is a scholarship program for families that might have trouble financially.
Registration forms are available in the summer newsletter, at the Keyhole and the Cedar Key School.
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The Faraway Inn in Cedar Key is organizing its Third Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt.
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The Cedar Keyhole's Artist of the Month for March is Russ Raethka. Raethka has been a member of this artists' co-op for 15 years. His acrylic and watercolor paintings depict classic Cedar Key scenes. His trademark work is watercolors of virtually all the fish found in the waters surrounding Cedar Key. Additionally, he creates notecards and postcards of his art images. All his work is creatively framed and matted.
Gene Jones, author of "Suwannee Divide", a civil war novel, will be speaking on early Florida settlers, as well as the Civil War at the Cedar Key Community Center March 20 at 10 a.m.
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Nevermind the movie stars – it was Dame Shirley Bassey who delivered one of the most memorable highlights at this year's Academy Awards.
Performing her iconic James Bond theme "Goldfinger" as part of the film franchise's 50th anniversary, the singer, who also sang the Bond themes for "Diamonds are Forever" and "Moonraker," proved she's still got the pipes (and a physique to die for) at 76 years old.
Born in Wales, she started singing in her teens in local clubs and earned early fame with chart-topping hits like "As I Love You" in 1959. After reaching American audiences with her Bond themes, Bassey continued to tour and record in the '80s and '90s, and in 1999 was given the title "Dame Commander" for her contributions to the arts by the Queen.
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DeBary, Fla. -- The Stetson women's cross country team finished third and the men placed fourth in the season-opening Hatter Invitational Saturday morning at River City Nature Park in DeBary.
"I think overall we did great," Stetson head coach Joe Matuszczak said. "It's the beginning of the year and we have a lot to work on, but you can always get better. Overall, I think we accomplished what we set out to do. We set up a nice preview course. We had other teams in conference come on out. We know where we stand and we keep building from where we are."
Sophomore Clarissa Consol placed fourth among all individuals in the women's 5K race with a time of 19:47. Junior Adrienne DeVita also earned a top 10 finish, placing 10th overall with a time of 20:22.
"I was really proud of the race," Consol said. "I was able to hang in with the front pack for a long time. At the end, they got a little too far ahead for me to catch, but I felt good."
Also for Stetson, Jessica Cosgrove placed 19th with a time of 21:06, Amanda Spring placed 21st with a time of 21:14, Daniella Moreno placed 24th with a time of 21:55, Emily Nolen placed 28th with a time of 23:29, Trixi Menge placed 29th with a time of 23:43, Susan Scaggs placed 32nd with a time of 24:44, Brilee Hundley placed 33rd with a time of 25:11, and Christine Iseley placed 34th with a time of 25:25.
Sophomore Joe Beery paced the Hatter men in the 8K race with a time of 27:54, good for 16th place overall.
"It was a good season opener," Beery said. "It was a tough course but we knew it would be tough for us going in. It was good to see where everyone is at."
Also for Stetson, Drew Denson placed 22nd with a time of 28:37, Andrew Townes placed 28th with a time of 30:08, Kyle Meerdo placed 33rd with a time of 33:04, Ryan Hodgins placed 34th with a time of 34:00, Ryan Newfrock placed 36th with a time of 34:51, Austyn Finnk placed 37th with a time of 35:51, and James Welch placed 38th with a time of 37:24.
Florida Gulf Coast won the women's race while UNF won the men's race.
The Hatters will return to action next Saturday at the UNF Invitational.
Women's Division I Results:
3. Stetson - 72
4. Bethune-Cookman - 102
Men's Division I Results:
2. Lipscomb - 43
4. Stetson - 122
5. Bethune-Cookman - 126


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St. Joe's skates past Canisius
Sophomore Dominic Perna had the hat trick while senior Dimitrios Gogos had two goals as St. Joe's got off to a great start on its way to a rout of rival Canisius, 5-2, in Western New York Varsity Federation Hockey action at a packed Northtown Center rink.
St. Joe's (10-2-1, 5-0-1) took a 3-0 lead after two periods and was up 4-0 on the Crusaders (11-1) early in the third.
"We really just focused on getting the puck deep and working the corners and we did a good job of winning those battles, in the corners, on the boards and in the neutral zone," said St. Joe's coach Rich Crozier. "That was the difference. We really limited their chances by swarming them in their own zone and they weren't able to bring the puck up."
That territorial advantage led St. Joe's to a 27-6 advantage in shots through two periods.
Crozier credited seniors Zack Klapp and Eric Paradowski for being a part of winning those physical battles.
The rivals will meet again rather quickly as they face off again at the Northtown Center next Thursday at 7.
"While we're excited," Crozier said, "we realize it's only Round One."
• West Seneca West improved to 7-2-2 overall and 6-0-1 in Federation play with a 6-1 victory over Williamsville South. Senior John Danovskis and junior Brandon Bork each had two goals while senior Dalton Kruger had 23 saves.
• A video wrapup of the St. Joe's hockey victory can be seen at buffalonews.com.
Marauders basketball rolls
It is rivalry week for St. Joe's and Canisius on the basketball court as well, and the Marauders prepared for Saturday's showdown with Canisius with a big Monsignor Martin Association victory Thursday night. Senior Jaylen Morris scored 20 points on 9-of-11 shooting from the field and added five assists and three steals as St. Joe's used a 28-12 third quarter to help it to an 81-44 home victory over St. Francis.
St. Joe's (10-1, 2-0), ranked third among large schools, will face No. 2 Canisius at 2 p.m. Saturday at Canisius College. Tickets are available at both schools: $6 for reserved seats and $5 for general admission.
Eckstrom back for Olean
Junior 6-foot-7 standout Sam Eckstrom returned to action for Olean in a big way, contributing 13 points, nine rebounds and four blocks off the bench as the No. 1 small school Huskies went on to a 72-34 rout at Allegany-Limestone. Olean (9-1 overall and 5-0 in CCAA I) suffered its only loss Dec. 27 to Nichols, one of two games Eckstrom missed with a shoulder injury.
Senior Zed Williams had 25 points and seven assists to help Silver Creek win an 86-79 shootout as the Black Knights overcame Randolph and junior Bryce Morrison, who scored 39 points and had nine three-pointers.
• In girls action, Iroquois senior Lauren Jensen, who was hampered by foul trouble for much of the game, made a major impact in the final minutes to help No. 9 large school Iroquois earn a key ECIC II victory over visiting Starpoint, 63-53. Jensen had 10 of her 18 points in the final five minutes to help the Chiefs to a 17-7 game-ending run.
Junior Sarah Saba (15 points, seven rebounds, six blocks) and senior Kim Siresi (13 points) combined for all of Lancaster's points during a 5-0 overtime period as the Redskins won at Frontier, 41-36.
At buffalonews.com
• Additional details from Thursday night's action are available at the High School Sports Scoreboard page, which is updated throughout each evening as The News receives score reports from coaches.


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here i want to share that i have an account on Hotmail and its 9 years old. then there came a gape when i didn't check it for one month and after that when i opened it it was blocked for spamming. i reopened it and changed password. some one was using it to send spam to all my msn contacts. then after a month it happened again. i activated it but now for the third time i am facing the same situation. i have changed the password and all other personal info but still unable to get rid of the situation. so please help me getting out of it because its a very old and important ID for my use.
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whoever had access to your email account copy all your contacts,it's probably a bot. So even if you changed your password,it has your email and your contacts. I had the same problem,so i changed my password from another pc and didnt login on mines for a while.
Still had the same problem for weeks until they stopped.
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There must be some sort of malware on your pc itself that is tracking all the changes you do with the account. Happened with me too. :(
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Evotec signed a potentially €60 million (about $75 million) 10-year contract with NIH to operate the latter's Small Molecule Repository. The contract will effectively continue to provide services started under a previous contract to acquire, store, maintain, and distribute the current library collection to support NIH-supported screening centers carrying out high-throughput screening for probe and drug discovery. As part of its intent to expand and support translational science further, the resource will now be made available to specific outside collaborators in addition to the NIH screening programs.
"We are delighted NIH has elected to award Evotec this long-term contract, which further validates our entry into compound management through our acquisition of Compound Focus in June 2011," states Mario Polywka, Ph.D., Evotec COO."This long-term contract will be managed through our San Francisco subsidiary, however we are also currently developing options to expand our compound-management capabilities into the U.S. east coast and also into Europe."
The NIH Small Molecular Repository was established in 2004 as part of the Molecular Libraries Program. Its aims are to identify, acquire, maintain, and distribute a library of chemically diverse compounds with both known and unknown activities, for use in high-throughput screening, as the basis for the development of research products and therapeutic leads.
Evotec bought BioFocus' San Francisco-based compound management business Compound Focus in June 2011 for €10.25 million up front. The acquired firm specializes in automated storage and custom design solutions for small molecule drugs. At the time Evotec said the buyout would enhance its early drug discovery capabilities and provide critical mass to its existing compound-management capabilities.
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The Grammy-nominated singer, whom emcee Chris Tucker called "the new queen of British Soul," told the star-studded crowd at Cipriani Wall Street that she wrote her song "Who You Are" when she was 18, after she "had just had a minor stroke. I thought that I was never going to get better."
"I feel so lucky that I was given a second chance at life," she continued. "So every day when I am able to do this, you have no idea how amazing it feels that I'm so lucky to be onstage and singing and living my dream."
The British-born singer, 26, has had heart problems since she was a child, when she was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, which can cause an irregular heartbeat.
She dedicated her performance of "Who You Are" "to anybody in this room who's lost somebody to cancer…"
While singing the lyrics to her hit song, Price Tag – "It's not about the money, money, money" – she quipped that "tonight it is about the money." (Indeed, the gala raised a record-breaking $4 million for Delete Blood Cancer, which will be used to register life-saving bone marrow donors.)
During the song, an ebullient Jessie J came offstage and moved through the crowd, going from table to table, singing to guests and even sitting on a couple of people's laps.
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Frances Battle completed her masters of education at Westminster in 1978 and is now the proud principal of Bryant Middle School. Daily, she encourages each person in her school to be the "best that they can be." An educator since 1975, Frances has also served as a teacher and assistant principal. In this position, she engages the students with the strong communication skills she learned at Westminster. Outside the school yard, Frances is an advocate and a mentor for children and young women. In 2004, she was honored by the YWCA with the Outstanding Achievement Award in Education. With the help of the University of Utah, Frances initiated a mentoring program for students whose grade point averages are 2.0 or lower. She also established a program with Salt Lake Community College, in which students are mentored to become the first in their families to seek a college degree. Through her dedication to social responsibility and ethical awareness, Frances has made Salt Lake City a better place to be a student.


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A year of landmark performances starts this fall. Meredith's major new music-theater work, On Behalf of Nature, comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music in December, and her residency at Carnegie Hall will result in seven different concerts featuring her music compositions.
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During Meredith's residency, performances of her piano, chamber, orchestral, and vocal works feature her unusual and fascinating use of voices and instruments to create music that is both mysterious and expressive. She performs with her the Vocal Ensemble and is also joined by various guest artists. The residency extends beyond Carnegie Hall to (Le) Poisson Rouge, where Bruce Brubaker and Ursula Oppens perform a program of Monk's works for one and two pianos.
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Meredith joins fellow recipients who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world including Paul Auster, Ornette Coleman, Marilyn Horne, Jim Jarmusch, Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.
Meredith's newest CD release—Written or derived from work composed between 1971 and 2006, Piano Songs inhabit Monk's unique universe, as played by two of new music's most distinguished interpreters, pianists.
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LEWISTOWN - Five years of heartache have strengthened the resolve of two families who are as determined as ever to find a killer.
The family and friends of two people who were brutally killed on Nov.25, 2007 gather every year beneath a billboard outside Huntingdon and invite the media, in the hopes someone will read an article, or watch a news broadcast and remember something about that night which could aid police in catching the perpetrator.
Jason Specht, 33, and Sherry Jo Leonard, 43, were killed in a mobile home along U.S. 522 in Granville township on a cold November morning.
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Jarrett Specht, son of the late Jason Specht, pleads during a press conference Thursday at the billboard near Huntingdon asking for anyone with information about the murder of his father and Sherry Jo Leonard to come forward. It is the five-year anniversary of the murders.
Specht and Leonard were discovered by firemen and police officers at around 4 a.m. on the above day, after they were summoned to Specht's home for a reported fire. By the time firemen got to Spechts residence, the home was almost fully engulfed in flames.
Leonard was pronounced dead at the scene and Specht died shortly thereafter at the emergency room in Lewistown Hospital. One month later, Mifflin County coroner Daniel P. Lynch ruled the deaths were homicides and said the cause of death for both victims was skull fractures that occurred prior to the start of the fire. According to initial reports, the bulk of the fire, which was ruled an arson, occurred in the bedroom area.
On Thursday, Mifflin Count District Attorney Dave Molek said it was time to take the "next step" in the investigation by requesting time with a statewide grand jury
in Harrisburg.
Molek said he has already made contact with the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office, but no decision has been made yet as to when a grand jury could begin hearing sworn testimony.
Molek explained the significance of a grand jury is that witnesses can be subpoenaed and thus be compelled to testify under oath.
At the time of the murders, investigators had been able to nail down where "most everyone was, with just a couple exceptions," Molek said.
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Michael Elder, the lead investigator who has worked on the case for the past three years, also spoke during the event. Elder has a photograph of the victims above his desk at the state police barracks in Lewistown, which he looks at every day.
Elder said the billboard typically generates leads every year, and he hopes someone will come forward with that valuable piece of missing information which could lead to an arrest.
Molek said there is no statute of limitations on murder and the case is still actively under investigation.
Leonard's sister, Michele Huntsman, said she appreciates all the support from the community and law enforcement.
"We are not giving up ... we are not going away," she said.
Specht's son, who was 10 years old at the time of his father's death, choked back tears as he spoke to reporters.
"If anybody knows anything, please, please come forward," Jarrett Specht said.
Anyone with information regarding this case is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police in Lewistown at 320-1010.


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Kelley O'Connor
Possessing a voice of uncommon allure, musical sophistication far beyond her years, and intuitive and innate dramatic artistry, the Grammy® Award-winning mezzo-soprano Kelley O'Connor has emerged as one of the most compelling performers of her generation. During the 2011-12 season, the California native's impressive calendar includes the world premiere of a new oratorio by John Adams, The Gospel According to the Other Mary, commissioned and performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel. Ms. O'Connor brings "her smoky sound and riveting stage presence" (The New York Times) to performances as Ursule in Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict with Opera Boston, and to her signature role as Federico García Lorca in a Peter Sellars staging of Golijov's Ainadamar at Teatro Real in Madrid. She sings her first performances of Ravel's Shéhérazade with Michael Christie at the Colorado Music Festival and Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Philharmonia Orchestra at the Edinburgh Festival. Other highlights include a program of Bach Cantatas with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Jahja Ling and the Cleveland Orchestra, Stravinsky's Les Noces with David Robertson and the St. Louis Symphony, Handel's Messiah with the San Francisco Symphony, Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony with Donald Runnicles and the Atlanta Symphony, as well as with the Kansas City Symphony, and Mozart's Requiem with Louis Langrée and the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra at Lincoln Center, Peter Oundjian and the Toronto Symphony, and Iván Fischer and the Orchestra of St. Luke's at Carnegie Hall. She returns to Atlanta for Bach's St. Matthew Passion led by Robert Spano, which she also sings with the Calgary Philharmonic.
In June 2011 the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra released a recording of Peter Lieberson's Neruda Songs, featuring Ms. O'Connor. Neruda Songs has highlighted her prominence as one of the world's leading concert artists in two significant European debuts: performances with David Zinman and the Berliner Philharmoniker as well as with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Additionally, the work served her Carnegie Hall debut in a performance with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink.
Highlights of the 2010-11 season included the artist's return to the New York Philharmonic for staged performances of Janáček's The Cunning Little Vixen under the baton of Alan Gilbert, and her Lyric Opera of Chicago debut as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream in the company's new production by Neil Armfield, conducted by Rory Macdonald. She joined Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic on an international tour offering performances of Bernstein's "Jeremiah" Symphony. Ms. O'Connor also performed Berio's Folk Songs with Daniel Harding and the London Symphony Orchestra at the Berlin Festival, excerpts from Roussel's Padmâvatî with Christoph Eschenbach and the National Symphony Orchestra, Bach's Missa Brevis in F major with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Kurt Masur and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Lieberson's Neruda Songs with Stéphane Denève and the Seattle Symphony as well as with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Mahler's "Resurrection" Symphony with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Orchestra, David Robertson and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, and with Edo de Waart and the Milwaukee Symphony, and Britten's "Spring" Symphony with Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
Internationally in recent seasons Ms. O'Connor made her Proms Festival debut with Jirí Belohlávek and the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Eighth Symphony, and an Edinburgh International Festival debut with James Conlon and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in John Adams's El Niño. She joined Edo de Waart for Mahler's Third Symphony with the Hong Kong Philharmonic, toured with Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, and sang Mendelssohn's Elias with Ingo Metzmacher and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin.
Additionally, Ms. O'Connor has performed Bernstein's "Jeremiah" Symphony with Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Adams's El Niño with David Robertson and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges with Lorin Maazel and the New York Philharmonic, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Haydn's Mass in the Time of War with Bernard Labadie and the San Francisco Symphony, Weill's Die siebenTodsünden with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Stravinsky's Les Noces with Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic, as well as Lieberson's Neruda Songs in Los Angeles with Gustavo Dudamel. The artist enjoys a particularly warm musical collaboration with Franz Welser-Möst and the Cleveland Orchestra with whom she has sung Beethoven's Ninth Symphony (commercially available on Deutsche Grammophon), Bernstein's "Jeremiah" Symphony, staged performances of Falstaff (in Cleveland and at the Lucerne Festival), and Stravinsky's Requiem Canticles.
Kelley O'Connor has received unanimous international critical acclaim for her numerous performances as Federico García Lorca in Osvaldo Golijov's Ainadamar. Ms. O'Connor created the role for the world premiere at Tanglewood under the baton of Robert Spano and subsequently has joined Miguel Harth-Bedoya for performances with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Hall. She reprised her "musically seductive, palpably charismatic" portrayal of Lorca (Washington Post) in the world premiere of the revised edition of Ainadamar at the Santa Fe Opera in a new staging by Peter Sellars during the 2005 season, which also was presented at Lincoln Center. For her debut with the Atlanta Symphony, in Ainadamar, she joined Robert Spano for performances and a Grammy® Award-winning Deutsche Grammophon recording. She rejoined Spano and Atlanta in summer 2006 for further performances of Ainadamar, including her debuts at the Ojai and Ravinia festivals. In past seasons, she has bowed as Lorca in performances of Ainadamar at Opera Boston, the Adelaide Festival of Arts, the Barbican Centre, and with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Ms. O'Connor made her Cincinnati Opera debut in Ainadamar in a realization of the work by director Jose Maria Condemi. Additional operatic engagements include her Canadian Opera Company debut in A Midsummer Night's Dream and as Meg Page in Falstaff at the Santa Fe Opera.


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