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An Early Sunday Rainout, so it's TIME TO RANT
They called the sunday (almost) finale of the Giants series early enough that a fan from Kenosha driving to Wrigley didn't have to get much past the Illinois border before turning around and calling a sports talk show to say thanks for the game cancellation update. Postponing the game early was the right thing to do. Playing last night in similar weather was not. I guess a national Fox broadcast causes funny decisions to be made.
Today's rainout has been rescheduled as a day-night doubleheader on Tuesday, June 28th. It's a quirky schedule that has the Giants coming to Wrigley Field twice this year otherwise they would have lost a scheduled day off to make up this game.
I need to vent some frustration and reflect on the week just past...
Without a sunday Cubs game, I have time to rant. Sure, yesterday's game was played on nearly unplayable conditions...but watching just gave me more credence to the running TCR commentary on Koyie Hill having blackmailing evidence on Hendry and Quade to keep his roster spot. He can't throw out runners anymore, he doesn't call a good game and now add to the list he can't think and field at the same time. Hopefully he wasn't chewing gum as his excuse. What's not to like when he gets the majority of playing time over prospect Wellington Castillo (Piniella redux) when Soto goes down.
Former Cub OF (well it's unlikely it's good old #21 from the 1962 Cubs) George Altman posted on the last thread...
I really feel it is 'brain-dead' decisions like keeping Koyie Hill on their 25-man roster (let alone moving him into a starting role with Geo on the DL) that takes my enthusiasm for being a Cubs fan and crushes it like a bug crawling on your picnic table. Using a convenient roster move instead of being concerned for Castillo's development as their 'top catching prospect' is just more visible evidence that inmates are running this asylum.
Back to last night's game when Koyie Hill makes a dumbass decision on the field.
On Murph and Fred's Sunday morning show (ESPN, AM 1000), Murph's latest rant from Saturday's night game is the throwing error by Hill that lead to the second run. Two outs and bases loaded, Cody Ross hits a squibber between the plate and the pitcher that Hill goes out and makes a tough (and wild) throw to try to get the batter. It would have been a lot easier to have Davis come in and get the force out at home for the 3rd out, considering the man on third was the pitcher. Not a thinking player's move but given the talent of the baseline coaching staff (Bob Dernier and Ivan DeJesus), Koyie may have just earned a lifetime management position (tallest midget argument).
This team is a good watch if you like to watch Cub catchers muffing good throws from the OF or conversely, see Cub runners getting thrown out at the plate. Wavin' Wendell Kim, how we miss those glory days.
My own rant is from earlier in the week, involved Tuesday's game (click on the Cubs game and play-by-play) vs StL The Cubs lost 6-4 after tying it at 4 in the 7th.
The Cards got a run in the first and the Cubs come back to score two before the Soriano almost hits into a triple play, grounder to third, force at second. That quiets a big inning but this one base at a time, singles hitting team ( Fukudome walk, Barney single, Byrd single, Ramirez single, Soriano DP, Pena single, Castro walk, and...) still manages to load the bases again. We find out Soto who started and played the top of the first, had injured his groin and can't bat in the bottom of the inning.
Bags loaded, two outs and Koyie Hill comes up. I was yelling for a pinch hitter since Hill wasn't actually in the game yet but I've yet to see Quade out manage the opposing manager (even a LaRussa substitute manager). The first inning rbi makes as much of difference as a 7-8th inning pinch hit rbi can. Hill quietly pops out to the third baseman on the first pitch 88 mph cutter (barf).
Fortunately, it's a long season and the pitching could get more interesting in a good way with Davis showing his slow but crafty lefty stuff. Cashner and Wells are soon back in minor league rehab stints and should upgrade the pitching.
The really bad and almost hopeless feeling I get is from this offense. Outside of the Barney, Castro combo the remainder of the team has shown horrible hitting skills especially with runners in scoring position. Soriano is worth watching about 10% of the time, clearly he's better with the bases empty and the remaining 90% is painful both at bat and in the field. The team other than Soto, Pena and Fukudome can't take a walk (worse than 1 walk for 30 at bats for Soriano, Castro, Barney and Byrd) but rbi hitters taking walks seem to load the bases for Koyie Hill. Pena's bat may be waking up a bit but we're talking a wakup call to become a .240 hitter in a perfect world?
I can't wait until Soriano (4 friggin' more years), ARam, Pena and Byrd move on. Time to break out Washington Irving's, Rip Van Winkle, if I have to keep watching more of this. Wake me up in 4 years when Soriano's GONE. Bringing up some kid hitters for the rbi spots of the lineup and watching them struggle has to be better than this. Rebel Yell Ridling, I'm waiting on you.
To quote Ronnie up in heaven...Jeez. I'm up for reading more ranting, so just dig in.
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I'm tired of effin' free swingers. Can we get some batters that know the strike zone and can work a count?
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Milton Bradley's available
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Yeah! This Bradley fellow led the AL in OBP in 2008, and I bet his attitude has cleared up since being released by the Mariners. He'd fit perfectly if we could sign him to a long term, back-loaded contract, with a no trade clause. He'd even help keep Brett Jackson in the minors.
What's a good Sunday rant without a little sarcasm?
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Who's being sarcastic?
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whoever else is on cubs bullpen chart duty...c'mon...step up a little.
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I updated it after Wednesday's game, but that's all I've done. For every five updates I make I'll ask for a Moononite post
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TCR weirdness, Rob. When I return to the homepage it logs me out (seemingly)...no listing of new commments. I try to log in, but it says access denied. I have to click log out, then log back in.
Also, anyone notice that the Cubs suck?
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the didn't lose today
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Yeah, it was a good day.
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I didn't have to use my MK.
Or in Cubs lingo, "It was a good day, I didn't have to watch Koyie play."
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AK, as in AK-47.
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Yes, AK. MK is Marty Klein.
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try emptying your cache and logging in again?
doesn't seem to be an epidemic yet, so hard to say what it could be.
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fwiw, at the moment one of the ads is running a toxic script
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I'll give it a try.
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I'm going to GAB tonight to watch Z v Bailey so at least I won't have to rant about how the game is on WCIU and I can't watch it. I'll be in the moon deck seats, so if I get to a Jay Bruce home run ball, I'll be sure to throw it back and subsequently throw beer on him.
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I'll be wearing Cub gear, I hope I won't be "asking for it" when I get physically assaulted.
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As of everyone that goes to GAB for Cubs game I have one request...shoe Marty Brennaman in the nuts.
Thank you.
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Is this the Reds home opener? Are the Cubs their arch-rival and coming off of a World Series win?
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Whew. I will avert hospitalization and a coma because I went in mid-season.
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I can't think of a time I've been less interested in this team. Oh, yes I can. That was when I was about 8 or 9, when I wasn't yet a baseball fan.
About my only involvement this year has been to peruse this forum a few times a week and look at the box score to see if Castro is getting some hits, and then fire up my MLB.TV phone app and watch him bat a few times. That's pretty much it.
I think the reason is that the future just doesn't look at all bright. I've never been a fair weather Cubs fan but I think I'm turning into one, finally. I would have found that sacrilegious a couple years ago. I don't see the Ricketts family as being a particularly inspirational ownership group, and any time something is so heavily leveraged as was the buyout of this team -- well, that raises red flags for me. We all know how Sam Zell worked out.
I can't offer an opinion because I haven't seen him manage enough games, but it's starting to look like Quade was another Hendry mistake, based on this post at least.
I get the feeling I'm not alone here, with my apathy, considering what I've read about fan turnout. If the heavily leveraged Ricketts remain as uninspired as they seem to be, the attendance figures are going to start looking like the ones AZ Phil posts every day.
What would be inspired, to me? Gah, I have no idea. The team needs to be ripped apart and rebooted from top to bottom, both organizationally and roster-wise, and I am pretty convinced the Ricketts aren't the right people to do that. Sadly, they're probably best off keeping Hendry around, and hoping some of the kids finally pan out. I just can't imagine this ownership crew tearing things down and making them better.
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I am just as frustrated. But I don't think the roster needs to be blown up.
I really like Castro and Barney. They are young, cheap, hustle, play good defense, run the bases well, hit to right field, etc.
Soto has had a down year, but has some of the best at-bats on the team and does well enough behind the plate.
Garza-Dempster-Zambrano-Wells-Casher is a solid rotation, if it can stay healthy, and should do well next year too.
Marmol-Marshall-Wood is a killer back-end of the bullpen.
I also really like Colvin. Yes, his rate states were weak, but as a rookie he had 20 HR, 56 RBI and 60 Runs in under 400 PAs. Carried out to 600 PAs he has the potential for 30 HR and 85-90 RBI. How you give a 25-year old with that potential so few at-bats is just stupid. He's on pace for under 275 PAs for the season. You have to at least see what he can do.
Byrd is also fine with me. He plays OK defense and gets on base well enough, and for fairly cheap.
I also don't mind Pena. He is overpaid, yes, but he plays good defense, takes charge in the infield, and I was impressed with him bunting with 2 strikes just to get on base and start a rally. I could not imagine Ramirez or Soriano doing that - could you?
And that's my main rant. I am tired of those two. Just tired of watching them. Tired of watching them go slowly around the bases. Tired of watching them play poor defense. Tired of watching Soriano flail at sliders 2-feet outside with men on base. When I watch them, I just don't feel like they care anymore. I wish you could take Reed Johnson's spirit and inject it somehow into both of them.
So I would love this team infinitely more if Ramirez, Soriano, Fukudome, Hill, and Grabow were gone.
God willing, unless Hendry does something stupid (which he might), 4/5ths of that should come true next year.
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"But I don't think the roster needs to be blown up."
The lineup is being blown up, just really slowly. Over the next two seasons the Cubs will be dumping a large percentage of their payroll, which is a good thing.
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Not sure why it's OK Pena to swing through fastballs and not for Soriano to K on sliders, but I get the overall point.
I think Jackson K's too much to come up and be able to play like Castro did last year, but it would be more entertaining to watch the team were he in center, with Colvin in right and Byrd playing his natural position 4th outfielder.
Based on what they're doing so far - there's a decent chance that LeMehieu, Vitters or Flaherty could be ready next year (Smith is heating up at Iowa as well).
Three more years of Soriano though...
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"Three more years of Soriano though..."
If the only "bad" contract remaining is Soriano's, I have hope that they will eat it and move on at some point (read after 2012). Of course this has not been the Cubs standard operating procedure in the past.
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Nope, their SOP is to bad mouth the player in the media, and then try to trade him.
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There's not much a difference really. But as a fan when I watch I feel less sick when I say "Pena should have hit that, how did he swing right through it?" vs. "WTF, why did he swing at that? It was in the dirt in the left handed batter's box."
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Nice post, Wisc. I agree with every single thing you say.
I know not everyone is willing to try this, but for disgruntled fans, I highly recommend channeling some of your Cub devotion into a couple of other teams in the organization, Daytona and Tennessee. Daytona is a better team, but with Tennessee, it's highly entertaining just to watch their line score every half hour or so during an evening. After you've been tracking them for a while, if it happens that they fall behind, say, 3 or 4 to nothing in the second or third inning, your attitude is, no worries, they haven't gotten going yet, just wait a few innings, something big will happen. And (almost) invariably it does.
To a Cub fan, when has a three-run deficit ever not seemed insurmountable? You mean it's possible for a team to routinely overcome a deficit like that? Don't all teams start to choke the minute they fall behind?
No, they don't.
Tennessee's won-lost record could be better, but they are a dominating, scary team.
It's not me, it's Quade
I wanted to give Quade a chance, even knowing this was a .500 ballclub at best and that I (and many others, I'm sure) would remain more interested if Ryno were the manager. Maybe Hendry knew something about Quade that would make him a great manager, I hoped. Maybe that short tryout last year was not the normal bump a new manager gets, especially with a team playing for nothing, but a sign of superior leadership.
So he plays Koyie Hill. A lot. Even more so after Soto goes down, over the rookie who has potential and will probably benefit from a taste of the majors.
He continues to bat the singles-hitting CF 3rd, and the team's best hitter from last year 8th.
Then Quade lost even the last little bit of respect I had left for him with his treatment of The Colvin Situation. Maybe Colvin was just a flash in the pan, maybe last year was just luck, maybe with more playing time he'd play more like Tyler Perry or Steven Tyler or Shawn Colvin. BUT YOU HAVE TO FRIGGIN' PLAY HIM TO FIND OUT.
So last week Quade comes out and says he's "very concerned" about Colvin's lack of playing time. Like it's out of his hands! WRITE HIM IN THE LINEUP, FER CHRISSAKES! Penciling in DeWitt ahead of Colvin -- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
One of the jobs of a leader is to make unpopular decisions for the good of the organization going forward. Playing Koyie Hill does not do that. Not playing Tyler Colvin, ditto.
I want a do-over.
FINALLY, someone asks Ricketts about attendance
Ed Sherman's column today:
"We have an exciting young team"
"Once we get some spring weather, people will want to be at the park.
"Our ticket prices did not go up this year. This might be an issue from years past."
"I can't stand it when I hear someone say they can't afford to go to a game. It might be hard to get tickets for a Yankees or Sox game, but there's no reason why they can't afford to go to another game. We want to get more fans in the park"
$100 box seats, $58 bleachers for a Pirates game...very affordable. $28 for an upperdeck seat behind a post...same game.
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You don't want to take your family of four to see a Pirates game (speaking of young exciting teams) for $300? What's wrong with you?
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"Once we get some spring weather, people will want to be at the park"
"I can't stand it when I hear someone say they can't afford to go to a game."
Ricketts then pulled out a $ 100.00 bill and blew his nose into it.
"Damn allergies"
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Nice, jacos.
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ricketts gets angry when folks say they can't afford the wrigley experience?! he's that out of touch? be very afraid...
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here's an idea: by all accounts soriano is a great guy/teammate...make him a roving host in the ballpark the last 3 years of his contract; let him buy beers & hot dogs for folks; kind of a rich man's ronnie woo-woo - that way he'll be making fans happy instead of pissed & the organization will be getting SOMETHING in return for the $18 million per...think he'd go for it?
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okay, how 'bout they put him in a dunk tank instead of the lineup?
Info on Vitters from First Inning
Year Team Age AVG OBP SLG k% BABIP
2008 Boise 19 324 361 494 16.2% 378
2009 Peoria 20 316 351 535 14.6% 330
2009 Daytona 20 238 262 344 11.8% 258
2010 Daytona 21 291 350 445 18.3% 341
2010 Tennessee 21 223 291 383 18.1% 247
2011 Tennessee 22 236 282 415 5.3% 216
I'm pretty happy to see his K% down, although he's not having a great season. It's nice to see that he can avoid the strikeout at the very least. His BB% is still pretty low.
He's got a miserable BABIP, so we can only hope that he'll start squaring up a little better and crank up those rate stats. His GB/LD rates are pretty much in his normal range. Hopefully some of his current season is just bad luck and he start looking like a nice prospect again.
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optimistic take: low BABIP, doesn't strike out much, he'll come around
pessimistic take: if he'd stop trying to swing at everything, he'd probably be making better contact and have a better BABIP
after a hot week or two to start the season, he's tailed off badly over the last month.
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Scott Moore 2.0
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if we're just naming Cubs prospects, sure...
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I meant more so as a high pick HS 3rd baseman who busted in the Cubs org.
Billy Rowell 2.0?
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To be similar to Vitters, someone would have to be drafted by the Cubs, wouldn't he?
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Not really?
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Then yesterday he hits a single and a 2-run homer.
I did a piece about Vitters recently, in which I noted that his strikeout rate is actually lower than anybody's in the National League, and it is particularly low considering that over 40% of his hits are for extra bases. I tried to milk those two facts for all they were worth.
Also it's hard to draw walks when you tend to put the first decent pitch into play.
Without walks, you get four official at-bats every day, and that makes it hard to raise your BA. A hit a day makes you a .250 hitter, which is about normal for Vitters these last couple of seasons. Think of the difference in BA between 1 for 4 and 1 for 3.
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it also gives you a .250 OBP
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It's not really informative to say that a guy who has hit for some power but has a low batting average is going to have a high ration of XBH/Hits.
It would be a little more infomrative, in the BABIP sense to look at XBH/Balls hit.
His LD rate is down a little, so weak contact may be a cause for it, but I think sample size is about 90% more likely to be the main culprit.
Maybe someone will get a chance to see some of their games and we can get a real impression.
Unfortunately that same theory applied to LeMaheiu (of the .392 BABIP) turns him into a .280 singles hitter.
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Hopefully some of his current season is just bad luck and he start looking like a nice prospect again.
He's probably having a better "process" season than LeMeheiu, sadly he's trapped in an organization that focuses on minor league results. The one thing he needs to add now is that a walk is a favorable result.
If he keeps up his contact rate and power for another month, I'd be OK with him moving to AAA, and open up room for the other two third basemen to play their natural position. Smith, at that point could get promoted, or focus on being more of a utility player.
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we're already at the point where non-polished prospects and non-prospects are somehow either awesome or it's worth burning their service time to have something similar or worse to what's already here.
neat. it's gonna be a long summer.
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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.
any opponent preference for NLDS?
Mets are down to 1 great pitcher instead of 4. Syndegaard may pitch Sunday which means if Mets win the WC game, he'd be set up for Game 1. There's a chance they clinch a spot by Sunday so he'd pitch the WC and then we'd probably get Colon for Game 1. They've certainly had the hottest bats over the last week and month out of the WC options.

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What's worse than the rising cost of food?
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Simple Definition of megalomania
: a condition or mental illness that causes people to think that they have great or unlimited power or importance
Full Definition of megalomania
1 : a mania for great or grandiose performance
2 : a delusional mental disorder that is marked by feelings of personal omnipotence and grandeur
megalomaniacplay \-ˈmā-nē-ˌak\ adjective or noun
megalomaniacallyplay \-mə-ˈnī-ə-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
See megalomania defined for English-language learners
Examples of megalomania in a sentence
Their CEO has an arrogance that borders on megalomania.
Origin and Etymology of megalomania
New Latin
First Known Use: 1885
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Medical Dictionary
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Small Time Crooks
- Directed by Woody Allen
===Story=== After a run of serious-tinged comedies like ''Deconstructing Harry'', ''Celebrity'', and ''Sweet and Lowdown'', Woody Allen turns to pure farce with the lightweight, appealing ''Small Time Crooks'', the sunniest film Allen's made in years. Doing a 180 from his nebbishy intellectual persona, Allen plays a less-than-smart ex-con named Ray, who can't even keep a dishwasher job and is perennially supported by his wife Frenchy (Tracey Ullman). When Ray hatches a plot to lease a storefront near a bank and tunnel into the bank's vault, Frenchy is skeptical about putting their life savings behind the scheme, especially after meeting Ray's dim-bulb trio of support (Michael Rapaport, Jon Lovitz, and Tony Darrow, all sublimely ridiculous) and learning she's supposed to provide the front by opening up a cookie store. Soon enough, their get-rich-quick scheme pays off, but not the way they anticipated, and they're suddenly swimming in money and bad taste. All of Allen's farcical shenanigans are basically a setup for a look at Ray's and Frenchy's diverging paths--she wants culture and upper-class acceptance, he wants pizza in front of the TV and poker with his pals. Soon, the lowbrow Frenchy enlists a fortune-digging art broker (Hugh Grant) to make her a lady, and Allen plans a high society robbery with the help of Frenchy's dimwit cousin (Elaine May, who makes an art form of comic stupidity). It's absolutely refreshing to see Allen making a blithely happy film after wrestling with angst over the past few years; watching Allen play a dumb schlemiel is a treat that's been sorely missed. And in Ullman he's found a leading lady who can match him line for line; she wisely resists the urge to overplay Frenchy's crassness and comes up with a finely modulated characterization that makes her relationship with Ray the film's warm, heartfelt core. We'd almost forgotten Woody Allen could be this fun and goofy; it's good to see that part of him back in form. ''--Mark Englehart'' ===DVD Features=== *Color *Closed-captioned *Widescreen
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|Michael Rapaport
|Tony Darrow
|Jon Lovitz
|Elaine May
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- Genre: Comedy Movies
- Director: Woody Allen
- Producer: DreamWorks
- Aspect ratio: Widescreen 1.85:1
Theatrical Release North America May 19, 2000
Ratings North America PG Europe PG Australia G
DVD Release North America Apr 1, 2003


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Amid all of the hyperbole, there are several men with a point to prove this Sunday at Old Trafford. We look at the competitors whose work so far this season has not been up to scratch.
Wayne Rooney
Mr Rooney has filled more column inches than the Iraq war in recent weeks and will be champing at the bit to make headlines for the right reasons. Sir Alex Ferguson's decision to omit him from the Everton match was a strange one and suggests that the young striker's temperament may still be suspect. He could bring Liverpool's defence to its knees, he could just as easily be sent off for something unnecessary.
Fernando Torres
'Diabolical, just diabolical', those were the words used to describe Torres by former Liverpool midfielder and Tv pundit Jamie Redknapp this week. A man widely regarded as the world's most lethal striker 18 months ago has had a miserable run with injuries and played like my nan during the World Cup. He looks an extremely unhappy figure at Anfield right now but maybe a reunion with Nemanja Vidic will stir him up again. His attitude is seriously in question.
Roy Hodgson
In the same way that Buddhism is the nice guy on the religious shelf, Roy Hodgson is seen as the nice chap amongst the grim gallery of Premier League managers. He is not, however, a proven bloodthirsty winner. The jury remains firmly out on his appointment at Anfield and after Liverpool were dismantled by Manchester City the fans will be desperate for a result to cheer.
Woy. Nice bloke. Dodgy hair.(C) Getty
Dimitar Berbatov
Four games into the season and Berbatov is finally looking like the awe-inspiring £30million player he is supposed to be. He is still yet to turn it on in a big game and this is his chance. It is unlikely the Bulgarian will ever be spotted tracking back but if he can score a goal or two in this fixture he will go a long way to improving his standing with the fans.
Rio Ferdinand
Rio has been in and out of the team for the last 16 months and the questions over his fitness are fast becoming resigned shrugs of shoulders. After United's late, late no-shows against Fulham and Everton he will be expected to marshal the defence better that it has been in his absence. No longer a spring chicken, but surely keen to prove he isn't past-it yet either.
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The last few games have been awfully painful to watch.
I think we were good enough to win in Everton despite not having Rooney and Valencia in the team. So there I was thinking - Yes, finally this is it.
Only for Valencia to dragged out of the field and for the whole season. I will keep my fingers crossed, but wont be too hopeful for this season. For I think its safer to be realistic.
Scholes should be in the line up. He has been fantasic so far this season. Would like to see United with the desire to win big and cut the slag defending. I have alot of faith in SAF. I just have this strange feeling that he has mellow alot. I would like see him injecting some fear by shouting and harassing our players.
He deserve that respect and to win SAF should do what he do best. Spread fear.
even the current result of Man Untd misrepresents the real team performance i hope united beat liverpool which in the real trouble .
Ronny sure has something to prove.But not only Ronny but also SAF.He is the greatest enemy of Manchester United and not any other team in Europe.We fear no foe but SAFs selection.That has been our undoing over the years.Someone tell him,the future is Now and not 10years from now when he has retired if he will!
liverpool is not the problem, with no are to handle this.last man standing is back, so everything is cool.
Come on Man U!!! All in all it hasn't been that bad a start to the season. United normally start a little slow, just give it some time things will start to click into place soon. Hopefully a good result at home to Liverpool will be catalys for the remainder of the season. Chelsea are looking formidable at the moment but the season still has
many many twists waiting to unfold.
Keep the Faith it won't be long before we get our
Hands On title No 19.
i am really worried.we need a miracle and since there are no miracles in football i jst do nt see united lifting any silverware soon.Evans is starting to prove he is the weakest link,hopefully Rio will be fit and heaven forbid he gets injured.With Valencia gone we'l be without our best right winger which means Giggs comes in and he is just getting old for me!
Please can someone remind Ferguson of the retirement age-he is way past it.His team selection has been diabolical an amateur could have done better.Everyone keeps praising his achievment in the past, which is fine but when its time to go, accept it, and move on.we played Everton, have a back four and then there's O'shea,can someone tell me what position he was playing in-i'm confused.We play Rangers who have one striker up front,we have four defenders,one of which (FABIO) has a great game bombing up to support the attack, so what do we do we remove him -why ? did we need to secure our defence just in case? which means Ferguson was accepting a draw.Surely it would have been better to put in ANDERSON of even another striker to push for the win.COME ON Man U fans we are better than this-OUT WITH FERGUSON .Oh can someone tell PHELAN to stop wearing boys shorts how embarrasing, are they from his school days
If you are truly looking at "competitors whose work so far this season has not been up to scratch", then surely Berbatov has no place on this list. He has been right up there with Drogba as the best striker of the fledgling season so far.
If I may, I would add Gerrard to this list. So far this season, he has not upheld his previous high standards. This is a big test for him.
The whole entire utd team have something to prove NOT only SAF or Rooney. The whole squad have something to prove not only to themselves but to the entire league. These past two weeks have just been absolutely horrible in the way we've GIVEN AWAY points. Nani, Evra, Berbatov, and o'shea should be ALL back in the lineup and yes Rooney should start. I see him finally breaking his duck of not scoring against pool. If we honestly don't get all 3 pts from this game we are in serious trouble.
Plz SAF should talk to his boyz not to make the same mistake they did against Everton again this season if they ever think of winning anything and if they don't want to cause us high-blood pressure.
However ALL the FANS are solidly behind the boyz and the manager to make us proud again by lifting the trophies on offer this season again as they are known for!
i think the main utd man to watch in this game would be vidic especially if torres features for liverpool.i'm a united fan but still i'm weary of vidic's " a-little-more-than-respect" he has for torres he's gotta be on his toes. don't give him any hope he can score. glory glory man utd
I believe SAF want the best for United.He chose a second string team against Rangers because he has a point to prove against Liverpool just as the media has been writing these past few days.Sunday is the d-day,so let's wait and see! Hope to see United stroll past them.
I own you.
The game against Liverpool will be like any other..i think they will win manU.....wait could it be a draw?...wait...i will make up my mind when i see the line-up for manU...i dont trust that Drunk called SAF.
Man U will thrash Liverpool, no doubt about it. Can anyone tell me when is the last time you see Man U not winning for 2 consecutive games? The trend is when Man U played badly the previous game, they will play well in the next game. I see Man U players all fired up this Sat...and I can only hope Liverpool to lose by 1 or 3 goals.
RIP Liverpool.
Typically United start of the season with 2 or 3 points from the first 4 games. So we are in a relatively more comfortable position than this time last season. Yes, Torres/ Vidic match up might be the telling story in the game. For what its worth I hope we win, but dont besurprised to see us score an early goal and then going on to lose 2-1. Knock on wood!
"Out with Fergusion"?
Wow, some of you guys are really losing it. These are some of the most idiotic comments I have ever read.
This guy just won us a CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TROPHY amidst THREE (yes, THREE) premiership titles in a row (07, 08, 09). Last season, we lost out to Chelsea in the league by 1 points. One season without a major trophy and this is what people say?
Please explain yourself. Or don't. Not that you'd be able to properly anyway.
for God sake we are not happy with SAF team selection.. he is proving nothing.. taking off a defender supporting tha attack and bring in another defender when we are playing nine men behind.. whar do you think.. he is getting too old... should retire. we need a result couch
Fagie Make sure you beat Riverpool this weekend dont make Mistake like what you did when we were playing aganst Everton by taking Evra out and bring Park in What kind of sub was That?
well, with man utd disappointing results, both in everton and at home to rangers, coupled with chelsea and arsenal blossoming performance recently, being a man utd fans just bring me more shame than pride..come on devils, show us the spirit that you have, show the world we will be the team ending the season with another EPL title, and hopefully a final victory in Wembley next may..come on guys, dont slip up again..or else we will all lose our faith in the team..and ending up watching other teams celebrating with their success..give us a result of Man Utd 4-0 Liverpool this sunday..come on!!!
Fergie is losing the plot. He believes the current squad is good enough to do the job. I disagree. He sold Ronaldo for 80 million and got rid of Tevez. He then signed Obitan,Owen and Valencia last season. Only Valencia gets regular play. He now signs Bebe for 7 million when Rafael Van Der Vaart was available from Real Madrid for the same fee!!! Van Der Vaart >>>>>> Bebe. He has not strengthened the defence. (Smalling is not that great). Rio is injured way too often and this will continue to happen. Midfield lacks bite and creativity. Owen Hargreaves is finished. IF Fergie believes Harg will come back and be the player he was, then he is delusional. Carrick is no holding midfielder. Man u look very weak this season. I will be surprised if Man U finish as runners up. I think it will be Gunners and Chelsea fighting for honours this year. I feel Man u will do well to finish 3rd this year.
For GOD sake we need players who can play 90min our match against everton,i couldn't even eat,i luv man u all my life.
I totaly agree with Jithad...I'm in shock how much nonsense can be posted here...everybody shut up and leave the man alone(and by the way it's not SAF,it is SIR, yes I repeat SIR Alex Ferguson...show some respect) he's done it for us over and over and over again and I'm damn sure he'll do it again.We are just a little rusty in the beginning but that's alright nothing happened yet Chelsea and Arsenal will screw up also soon and for us Rooney will be back at some point and I have the feeling this is going to be a big year for Nani and my boy the Bulgarian power Berb superb.The force is still strong with us, so just sit back, relax and enjoy THE RED ADDICTION!
Hey Mark, I was expecting another classic picture with this write up (U should take up some form of photography). Anyway I guess this is serious biz now. I sure hope Torres does not prove any point (I substituted Vidic in my fantasy football team just in case). It would be orgasmic if Rooney and Berbatov both get a brace! All the same I see us winning and then it wont matter much if any of the above prove their points or not.
think all ur guyz need to come to the party on Sunday. Roo, Berbatov and the defence must be at their best. I ddnt doubt Fletcher's abilities to play SG out of the match but its all about Vidic's ability to for once get the better of Torres.
Go. Red Devils!
These bandwagon "fans" have gotten so irritating I'm ALMOST tempted to wish for a string of mediocre results for the team just to see if they'll switch to Chelsea or something. If you support a club, you do so through thick and thin not only when they're winning! Bloody weather-vane "fans"!! Anyway, agree with your analysis as usual Mark.
Man utd just needs the self belief that was in the team before when it was its not over until is all over. the 2 goals against everton show that evans need to concentrate especially in the ending stages what we are known for is a goal can come within ten secs to go thats what we shud still be noted for
Come on Jithan, remove your blinkers.Your a typical Ferguson fan(he does no wrong in your eyes).
We will never win the champions league with our current team and his selection.
Do you realy think we can compete with Barcelona,
Real Madrid, Bayern, Inter etc etc.
Ferguson made his name with a bunch of unknown youngster yet today is too scared to let them stand on their own two feet.We buy players and they disppear, either on loan or get sold down the line. We now rely on veterans who are past it but Ferguson now believes we must have the experience.We now have the oldest team in the Premier league.Come on move with the times.
We drew with Everton because of Gary Neville, both goals came from his side, but we will persist with him, we will persist with o'shea who is not up to standard and giggs who has not got what it take any more.BERBATOV???????
This is not a MAN U team that I have supported for the last 40 years-sorry this is a shadow of what we are used to.
Well its early days yet.... but lets admit the premier league has become more competitive that you need to hit the ground running.... no more experiments. You do that you will only realise when you are playing catch up. That team just has no depth. Only two world class strikers - a non-imaginative midfield except for Scholes(how long), and three world class defenders. Then we had the chance to bolster by bringing in a young and imagivative midfielder(Ozil) and he decides on Bebe. If we are not in trouble then i dont know what this sounds like.
It's pretty amusing to see all this talk about removing our most successful manager ever.I know we've not played well,were lucky to only finish 1 point behind Chelsea last season,and are not really having a solid squad,owners etc.But we are Manchester United!!Let me go on record here to say that I would love to see what Mourinho could do as our gaffer,and cant really understand why we didnt make an effort to get Ozil,Van Der Vaart,or even Joe Cole for that matter,but im sure that the gaffer knows what he's doing.Whether it works or not,only time will tell.I dont think we're on the rise,but we'll always be there or thereabouts.We're Manchester United for crying out loud,not Manchester City!!As for the game,I sincerely hope that we trash the Scousers,and I mean thrash,something like a 5-0 scoreline would make em the happiest man,at least for a day.Whatever it is,in United and Sir Alex we must trust,as that's all we have....
My girlfriend used to be a very unhappy person. Then she realised how awesome united are, and switched to following manc united. now she's much happier, and so am I because I o longer am going out with a scouse. As for the match tomorrow.... No contest. United by four
Agreed on that SAF selection still depending on seniors players but fans must understand the pressure of maintaining or winning titles AND players development, see Arsenal for example, lovely plays, more youngsters BUT no cup for I can't remember, can MU Fans accept that? can MU Board of Directors accept that? So, agreed on SAF approach and strategy to loan youngsters to developed experience players and winning players but still maintaining senior players for title winning challenges.
Agreed on MU normally excel in big games after losing or drop points from previous games but MU need to see bigger picture, winning just big games but throwing away unnecessary points in non-big games will certainly left us out from any cup. I still prefer MU previous approach when we have Ronaldo, playing for draw on big games but smashing winning on other games. Winning 'em all is unlikely to happened of course. Anyway, end of the day is about who got more points with the right approach and strategy.
Is Manchester TV still on or has it closed down
...United at home with something to prove=beat down for Pool. Let there be no arguments at the end about fouls, or added time...
...United 4-1 WIN!!!
Berba-top ! Yay !
(But am concerned that we keep conceding stupid goals.)
Real will never sell VDV to Man Utd, juz like they reject the offer from Bayern.Last year they sell Robben and Sneijder to Bayern and Inter and they heading to the CL final.Real will not repeating the same mistake again.That is why they accept Tottenham low offer.
Although man utd mid-field look weak but the main problem face by man utd now is the defence right.Gary is too old for this position and rafael seem weak when defending.We need a strong right back.We not face problem in attack but our defend need to be improve and stop concern some stupid goal as well.Maybe a new goalkeeper will be nice for man utd.(Given is a good choice but i know it is not possible.)
We need to give both the team and the coach a little bit more time. The fact that Chelsea have been cruising since the start of the season should not prove anything. Their time is coming and it depends on our form wen we meet them. I strongly put my money on united for the EPL title this season. I see Rooney proving his worthy in the CL and instinctively believe he is gonna be the man to destroy Valencia, home and away. UNITED 4 LIFE.
yes i can see rooney inproving i dream that man united to the of the season,it will left three games that they will as the epl cup.man united 4 u,man united 4 ever.i luv united.
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Automating Alpha: Getting Started With Stock Market Functions (SMF) Add-In For Excel 77 commentsJan 2, 2013 12:59 PM
Analysis is typically divided into two categories - quantitative, the use of numbers to form conclusions, and qualitative, which relies more on subjective interpretation of written or verbal (narrative) data. Often it is said that quantitative analysis relies on the left brain (structured), while qualitative is a right-brained (creative) approach.
You may have heard the term "quants" used to describe Wall Street traders who rely on very sophisticated numerical algorithms, to move in and out of their trades. The MOST sophisticated out of all these quants, are the High Frequency Trading (HFT) robots, which some have estimated account for 40-70% of all trading volume in a given day.
Why Automate?
Although most of us, even independent investment advisors, do not have the billions to create and access these trading platforms, we should not fear them, and instead can emulate the idea of robots to automate the quantitative number crunching, and leave our most valuable resource - our brains - free to do other things, like qualitative analysis.
Automating your screens with pre-defined metrics to create a working system takes the guess work out of making decisions on the numbers, because once you define your criteria, you are then free to focus on subjective data like news alerts, special situations, management guidance, and understanding the underlying business.
Seeking Alpha Authors Already Automate
Here on Seeking Alpha, J.D. Welch has created a "Mad Method" for choosing stocks, and most recently, Arie Goren shows a great starting point for a Growth at a Reasonable Price screen. Both of these systems would work well with the SMF add-in, for measuring existing holdings, or for running due diligence on a prospective new addition.
The Mad Method in action:
Arie Goren's screen :
Enter The Stock Market Functions (NYSE:SMF) add-in!
Now that we understand WHY we should automate, let's look at a fantastic free tool that can make that happen. Stock Market Functions (SMF) add-in is a Microsoft Excel based add-in, written and maintained by Randy Harmelink, that will pull free end of day data from dozens of providers, among them MSN, Yahoo, Morningstar, Google, and Zacks. Why pay hundreds or even thousands for programs when you may already have a platform that can pull over 14,000 data points, and do very sophisticated number crunching.
1. The SMF add-in works on the Windows platform. Currently no Mac or Open Office compatibility.
2. It helps to have some basic knowledge of Excel and especially typing in formulas
3. A basic working knowledge of Windows file systems is also very helpful
4. Finally, you'll need to sign up for the SMF add-in Yahoo group in order to get the SMF add-in files.
Personal Experience with Requirements
The SMF add-in is maintained on Vista with Excel 2007; however I have personally used it on Windows XP through Windows 8, with no issues.
I have also worked on all versions of Excel from 2000 through 2010 with no issues either. I have found that the newer the Excel version, the easier it is to get things done.
The example in this article was created with Excel 2010, on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Now let's get into it and get some numbers!
Creating the SMF folder
Create a blank folder in your C:\ drive called C:\SMF
Download and extract the contents of the .zip file to the C:\SMF folder
Go to the Yahoo SMF add-in group, and locate the Add-in .zip file. Remember you need to have joined the Yahoo group to get access to this menu.
NOTE: You can also follow this direct link once you have registered and been granted access to the group.
1. Go to Files -> Add-in Files and then you will see the file:
2. Once you have located the file, download it to your C:\SMF folder and then unzip it. The results of the unzipped file should look similar to the list of files below.
NOTE: Don't worry right now about what all the files do; we will go into that later.
Enable the add-in for Excel through the Add-ins menu
1. In Excel 2010, go to File menu, then Options, and then the Add-ins menu on the left side.
2. From the Add-ins menu, locate the drop box at the bottom of the page --> "Manage: Excel Add-ins"
3. Then click the "Go... button"
NOTE: As an alternative, to the steps listed above, to get the 2nd screen below, you can also hold Alt, then type t and then type i (ALT+t+i)
4. Click the Browse button and go the SMF folder you had previously created
5. Double-click the RCH_Stock_Market_Functions.xla file and then Click OK
Let's format the spreadsheet and pick our indicators.
Since dividend growth investing is a popular style, let's go with a typical Dividend Growth set of indicators.
1. Open a new Excel spreadsheet
2. Enter the following headings in the Excel cells
B1 --> DIVIDEND GROWTH RATE (5-Year Annualized)
F1 --> Current P/E (Below 15)
NOTE: Don't worry too much right now about the notes in parenthesis; we will use those in later articles in this series.
Locate Our Desired Indicator in the Definitions File
We want to find 5-year dividend growth, and it looks like MSN has it.
1. Open up the indicators formula list file, RCHGetElementNumber-Element-Definitions.xls, from the C:\SMF folder that we previously created.
NOTE: We will use this Definitions File as a reference to populate our Dividend Growth spreadsheet, so do not edit this file!
2. Now, locate the 5 year dividend growth rate indicator from MSN
Enter the formula to pull data from MSN
1. Go back to your Dividend Growth spreadsheet
2. Type in the ticker (JNJ in this case) into cell A2
3. Then type the formula for 5-year Dividend Growth rate into cell B2:
=RCHGetElementNumber(A2, 63)
4. If everything worked correctly, you should now see the cell B2 populate with a number.
If your cell has been successfully populated, you have now mastered the foundation of SMF add-in!
Complete the Dividend Growth screen
1. Populate the rest of the cells with the following formulas:
C2 --> =RCHGetElementNumber(A2, 13666)
D2 --> =RCHGetElementNumber(A2, 47)
E2 --> =RCHGetElementNumber(A2, 42)
F2 --> =RCHGetElementNumber(A2, 54)
G2 --> =RCHGetElementNumber(A2, 878)
2. Your finished row should look similar to the following screen (as of 12/28/2012):
How do we repeat this process for Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO)? Very easily.
Copy and paste the entire 2nd row into the third row, and just change the ticker in cell A3 from JNJ to KO.
1. Copy row 2
2. Paste into row 3
3. Change the A3 cell ticker from JNJ to KO. You should see the numbers change after a few seconds to reflect Coke's values.
NOTE: Advanced users with many indicators may want to use smfUpdateDownloadTable process for optimized performance. Users can find more information in the Yahoo SMF add-in group, and we'll also take a closer look in an upcoming article.
Even More Functionality
The RCHGetElementNumber is only ONE of the many functions, and was illustrated in this article since it is simple to get up and running. The SMF add-in has numerous functions available, which can pull data from pretty much most webpages.
More functions can be found in Files area, under documentation
The SMF add-in has over 14,000 indicators, including historical data and every financial ratio you can think of, and probably many you never knew were available for use!
By using this free tool, along with free data providers, you can unlock your hidden potential to create very easy to understand systems and take the guesswork out of investing.
Big thanks to Randy Harmelink for his timeless dedication and efforts writing this fantastic free tool.
NOTE: Since it is a free tool, users often ask if it is possible to donate to the Stock Market Functions (SMF) add-in, and while the author certainly appreciates the suggestion, he would rather users "pay it forward" by using the money for their favorite charity instead.
The SMF add-in is mature and stress-tested; however, if you are having trouble and need additional help, the best place to check is with the great troubleshooting documents already written, as many users have probably already encountered your issue and there will be a resolution already created for it.
You can find these help documents in the Links section of the Yahoo group:
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Hi Ron!
SMF uses the IE "engine" to retrieve data from the internet. This is the same service that Excel uses for its (clumsy) retrievals.
Derek, Ron, Chuck,
Hi Derek, thanks for your article. I was able to get the add in and your example running (Win7/Excel 2010), but your example specifies the stock symbol and returns the parameters, however Goren's screen specifies the parameters and returns the stock symbol. How do we get the Goren screen to work?
Nice, let me see if I can find an example for a screen.
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I just discovered this elaborate instruction for downloading the SMF file. It sounds that even I (not great with PC or programs) could understand and might give it a try. You've done a wonderful just with the instructions and also big thanks for the author of the SMF file. However, I've got a few questions:
Hey Aida,
aida, I've been using SMF for several years. It's tremendously improved my analysis and monitoring of my holdings. Now that I've gotten my sheets setup, I can do in seconds what otherwise took me hours and in some cases couldn't do at all without SMF.
Thank you, Derek, for your long and helpful response. I'll bookmark your article for the future reference. First I must complete my expense tracking file and then start reviewing our family's investments. I might enjoy the chalenge of installing SMF and see it I could make it work for my puposes. In case I don't want to use SMF after installing it, will uninstall command will remove all the files/cookies imbedded in the SMF file? I attempt to minimize the stuff I keep on my PC.
thanks for the article..i built a spreadsheet using this add-in a couple months ago after reading your article, to quickly value numerous companies at once in just the way i like to do it. The thing I like about this solution is that in the past I wouldnt bother to analyse a company properly if i thought I didnt have the time, i was relying more on tips, flying blind, this is a big help for me to be a better investor. In other words I agree with your last paragraph.
Hello Derek,
Here's another post from Randy on performance and MSN:
Hi rr76012,
Hi Derek,
Great job this is a fantastic tool, I had another method which pulls data from yahoo exclusively but requires a lot of coding using VBA which is more difficult than this preset tool.
I do have a question regarding getting the current price
Perhaps Derek will chime in too but the RCHGetYahooQuotes function is great. It retrieves the latest price and/or any combination of another ~75 other items with one simple formula.
Hi rr76012,
Derek, great article as well as your followup about smfUpdateDownloadTable. I think the UpdateDownloadTable is a fairly advanced function within SMF and one that needs a little more effort to understand. You did a real nice job with both articles. Thanks.
Thanks No Free Cake for all of your comments here, and for helping out the other users with links and settings as well !
Thanks for the nice words! Randy deserves big credit, I try and give back what I can, it's crazy how much of a machine he is with answering questions, hopefully these tutorials will offload some of the questions from him.
I've finally downloaded the file and thanks to your detailed instructions I've accomplished extracting your indicated metrics. Now I'm curious what other things would be meaningful for a dividend investor to add to my new spreadsheet? I'm not using it (yet), need to play around.
However, I should say that it has just pulled EMR's sector incorrectly, IMO. It says "Technology". I anticipated "Industrials" like MMM. Who's wrong?
Neither is wrong.
Glad you found it useful aida and thanks for the tip No Free Cake.
Well, now I've got a problem. Yesterday it worked fine, but today it's not working. I mean I have "last price" and the markets have been closed for more than 4 hours, so I assume my spreadsheet should be pulling today's close data, right? My questions then:
ETA: actually I also tried to open RCH files and try again to no avail.:-(
The answer to your "stale data" problem is found here:
Or, it will just say "Div & Yield" for forward dividend and yield:
Thank you, No Free Cake. This time I asked questions on the Yahoo Groups. Since it's my first time of using YG, could you please enlighten me how it works:
While there I learned that a user is supposed to create a macro list (Alt+F8) in order to recalculate each time the Excel file is open, and, of course, I have no clue how to write those macros...
Thanks for directions. Now I'll be writing my dumb questions on SMF group instead.
"Where should I ask questions? "
Did you check what Yahoo shows for the dividend date for the ticker you are looking up? Element 991 is from Yahoo.
I've used the add-in flawlessly in Excel in a win7 Parallels Virtual Machine for more than 1 year. But just in the last week or so pulling data is horribly slow and I often get errors (cell reads Error) - requiring numerous saves until all the quotes appear. Is there some sort of limit as to the number of data elements yahoo will return? or is there some other systemic issue with the yahoo api? I am pulling close to 200 + data elements for over 50 stocks (quotes, beta, div yield and 200 MA). Does not appear to be connectivity as I am at 6MB/sec Thanks.
Yahoo has generated many complaints in the last weeks about very slow data retrieval. If you are using the RCHGetYahooQuotes function and are not already using it as an array entered formula then you should start. An array formula can retrieve info on up to 200 tickers at a time in a single internet retrieval.
Hi - Great article on a really cool way of automatically obtaining data to Excel.
Your instructions really worked well - i have been experimenting and it seems to work. I only have a couple of problems that mainly deal with the source data. First, when I compare 5yr dividend growth rate between MSN and Fidelity, there are significant disparities - I believe Fidelity is correct. Are there any other sources besides MSN for 5yr DGR?
Second, and it is probably me, I can't find any element number for "last price" or "latest price". If you can help with that, I would appreciate it.
If you can find a website with reliable data you can often get it with SMF. If there is no predefined element you can use its RCHGetTableCell or smfGetTagContent functions (see the Yahoo group for the docs and examples).
Oh, as for DGR, differences may just be how a site groups them. E.G., Yahoo uses the ex-div date for the dividend. Others may use the payment date.
For more information on the SMF Add-in, Documentation, Templates, Tips and FAQs, you can find the latest info at his website --> http://bit.ly/1m4UzwV
I am new to the posting board but I have already spent alot of time building the SMF add-in into many of my finance spreadsheets. I could use some help however figuring out how to find or calculate the Total YTD Return for a stock when you include dividends per share paid during the year. It's easy of course to calculate Total Return excluding dividends but I can't seem to find an easy way to grab dividend per share data from the SMF data. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Use Yahoo's Adjusted Close price to derive a Total Return which includes payment of dividends.
Hello Derek,
I installed the add-in before seeing this article. I was directed to the Yahoo group web site from another SA article. However, I did not need to join the group, contrary to your item #4 under Requirements. The web site has a section named 'Group Description', and the 2nd paragraph has the URL where the entire product is located. No group membership required for the download / installation.
Agree with the general comment that dividend info on websites is often suspect. In fact, that's true even of financial statement data on free sites.
Which indexes do you want? I use ^TNX as a Yahoo quote symbol for the 10Y Treasury. I use ^GSPC for the S&P 500. Both work fine in the normal quote functions in SMF. If you find the symbol in Yahoo, it will work in SMF too. Example for S&P:
Oops. Dang SA wrecking links with ^ character. Here's a sample link to Yahoo index symbol:
I want WFBDC. RCHGetYahooQuotes works with the tilde. ;-)
It seems Yahoo has just the quote and no historical data for ^WFBDC - odd - it has history for ^GSPC.
The Yahoo support group has extensive discussion about get bigcharts option quote[1] but nothing else about BigCharts. I have previously scanned the documentation RCH Get Element Number Element Definitions and there is no mention of BigCharts.
To grab data from any site, look at these RCH Functions:
Randy Harmelink, the author of the SMF add-in functions, sent this suggestion for retrieving price data from BigCharts:
With both ticker symbol and date as referenced cells:
Derek, Thanks very much for putting this together!
gponym: Your link is for the Yahoo group for the SMF add-in but since this article was published the author of the add-in has since created his own website which is:
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Very encouraging to see the time and effort invested by Pentax. I am really looking forward to 645D MF body to be released ASAP.
Regardless of the claims being made, consindering the cooling relations between Samsung & Pentax, and the make-nice attitude towards Panasonic (but not Olympus), one has to wonder about Hoya's weighing a sale to Panasonic of the camera division that they were never much interested in to begin with........
I purchased the K10D not long ago and than added a couple of lenses. Pentax Camera Division does not need to be sold. Mr Iue needs to figure out how to create a following, brand recognition and loyalty. The other two major brands have people going from point and shoot to DSLR only because of marketing and brand awareness.
Please go ahead with the 645 digital. There are a lot of Pentax 645 devotees out here with a lot of great Pentax glass just waiting for a Medium format digital to put them on. This could be a real in-road into the crowded SLR market and an important niche would be established for Pentax. The Mamiy and Hasselblad are either too poorly designed or too expensive to establish a significant following. The ball is in Pentax's court if they would just go ahead and take advantage of it instead of languishing with indecision. Thanks.
Very interesting story.
my friends and I want FF Pentax.
We have a choice now Canon 5D II or waiting FF Pentax.
I'm a bit tardy on this topic. I am a working photographer. I have built my system around my Pentax K10d and Pentax K20d bodies. I feel a sense of loyalty to Pentax and I do not wish to start my system over again. I want Pentax to design and make available a pro-level, ff, more shots-per-second body that will fit right into my Pentax system. I am willing to wait because my gear works well. I do not plan to jump ship.


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