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I, Michele, was born and raised in Fayetteville, NC and Josee' in Parkersburg, WV. We began researching family history about 2 years ago and have come to realize that depending on out of town resources and volunteers is vitally important.
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My name is Regina and I have been trying to locate a grave for a woman named Rose Burns at Swan's Creek Cemetery. It could possibly be Rosa or Rosie. I don't have any information on her. I spoke with a distant relative on ancestry.com who said he has seen her grave. I sent my mother looking for it but she didn't find it. The description the relative gave me about the location is
"tell him he going to have to go toward the trees in a row behind the middle of the cemetery"
The only years I could tell you about her is that her youngest child was born in 1896.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Ahsley Cemetery
oh, one more thing put this GPS Latitude and Longitude
Latitude 34.512788
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Ashley Cemtery in Fairmont NC
Hello Michele and Josee,
This is Jason Rogers, yall know who Im!
Here, I have some people keeping emails to me about Ashley Cemetery...They want to know where is Ashley Cemetery at..
I get tired of some people asked me almost same questions...
May I suggestion ???
Please put this Ashley Cemetery Direction on that page that one yall created!
Located at the Intersection of Old Stage Road and Atkinson Road, Fairmont, Robeson County, N.C.
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Hi,my name is Terrelle Burden and I see that you did a memorial for my twin brother Terrence Burden.I don't know you but thank you so very much.Its a beautiful thing u guys are doing.I wish you many blessed days...
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I am looking for more information on Martha Ashley who was born in 1826. You have records of her grave at Ashley cemetery in Robeson County, NC. I don't know if she's in your family line, but if you know any more about her could you please email me?
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Mrgaret Lehman 1956 in Smith Chapel Cemetery was the still born infant daughter of Richard and Sylvia Jean Wyskiver Lehman. Jean is one of my mom's best friends and that is how I know this info.-Kellie
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Thank you for the transfer of nathan Lehman and for Ruth Lehman transfer. Thanks for your work on findagrave. Kellie
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10/17/1869 Hocking Co OH - 4/25/1940 Hocking Co OH Father William Lehman Mother maiden name Abigail Dawley Married to Mabel Lehman.
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It was January 1966, and local businessman Sam Bowers, who also happened to be head of the state White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, was holding court in the back booth of John's Cafe in Laurel, Miss. The civil rights struggle that was sweeping the South had finally arrived at Bowers's back door, and he had learned that grocer Vernon Dahmer, a local officer of the NAACP, was collecting poll taxes from his black neighbors outside Hattiesburg, 25 miles to the south. Bowers knew that any citizen, black or white, who paid the $2 tax was one who could legally vote. And if blacks voted, that meant change.
Bowers was furious. Slamming his fist on the table at John's, he declared, says a witness, that "something has to be done about that Dahmer nigger down south." According to Bob Stringer, then a strapping 19-year-old factory worker who sometimes ran errands for Bowers and was at the cafe that day, Bowers and his men mulled their options before settling on Project Four—Klan code for murder.
Stringer didn't have the courage to speak out against Bowers that day. "There was no one to trust. The police and law enforcement were involved with the Klan," he says. But he deeply regrets his silence. Days later, on Jan. 10, 1966, two carloads of Klan night riders, armed with shotguns and 12 jugs of gasoline, firebombed Dahmer's house as three of his eight children slept inside. (Four older sons were away in the armed services.) Dahmer defended his home with a shotgun long enough for his wife, Ellie, and kids to climb through a back window. But he died in his wife's arms at a hospital 12 hours later, his lungs seared by fire.
Four Klan members went to jail for the gruesome crime while their ringleader, Bowers, now 74, escaped conviction in four separate trials during the 1960s that ended in deadlocked juries. But Bob Stringer, now 52, finally found his voice—three decades later. In 1994 he made the phone call he believes he should have made long ago after seeing members of the Dahmer family appear on TV to publicize the state's reopened investigation into Vernon's death.
On Aug. 21, at the Forrest County courthouse in Hattiesburg, Bowers (who had previously served six years in prison for his part in the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers near Philadelphia, Miss.) was finally convicted of murder in the Dahmer killing—partly due to evidence provided by his former errand boy Stringer. "Bob came along at a very critical time," says Dennis Dahmer, 44, one of the children who escaped from the 1966 inferno. "I'm not sure where we'd be today if he hadn't." Of the guilty verdict, delivered after less than three hours of deliberation by a racially mixed jury, Dahmer observes, "We are living in a new South, and more particularly a new Mississippi."
Until recently, though, Stringer was a living reminder of the old Mississippi. Born in Laurel (pop. 28,000) in 1946, he was raised by his mother, Frances, and a series of relatives after his parents divorced the next year. Although he recalls no racist talk in his family, Stringer, an Episcopalian altar boy, attended segregated public schools and rarely mixed with blacks. "I just accepted it," he says. "We loved to eat the food blacks cooked, we loved their music, and we let them raise our kids, but we didn't associate with them."
Strapped for cash, Stringer worked odd jobs after school, including behind the cash register at Laurel's Bee-Hive Newsstand, where he met Bowers, owner of a jukebox and pinball business—which he called the Sambo Amusement Co.—in 1960. It was a watershed year. "Sam was good to me," says Stringer, a fatherless 14-year-old whom Bowers treated as a son. "When I got off work at night, he would pick me up, take me home. He treated me with respect." With his word-perfect knowledge of the Bible, Bowers was the most intelligent person Stringer had met.
But 1960 was also the year that Stringer's new mentor became a leader in the Ku Klux Klan. Beneath the Nazi flag in his office, Bowers allegedly ordered cross-burnings, bombings and racial attacks across the state. Stringer was never asked to join the Klan—"I protected you because of your age," Bowers would later tell him—but he did help print and deliver Klan propaganda.
Seven months after Dahmer's murder, Stringer left Laurel, eventually settling with his wife, Evelyn, his onetime high school sweetheart, on Mississippi's Gulf Coast. Their only child, a son, was born in 1977, but Stringer's life began to sour in the early '90s, when Mississippi legalized casino gambling. He developed an all-consuming passion for blackjack. "I lost my son's college fund," says Stringer. "I was jobless and penniless."
Out of work and in danger of being abandoned by his wife and son, Stringer began attending a 12-step program for addicts in 1994. He credits the program with saving his life. The program also led him to confess to the Dahmer family, since one of the steps encourages participants to "make amends" to people they have harmed. Stringer looked up the Dahmers in the phone book and made the fateful call. "I had to tell them what I knew," he says.
Vernon Dahmer Jr., now 68, a retired Air Force senior master sergeant living in Hattiesburg, had received many calls from strangers claiming to have information about his father's death. In 1991 his family had persuaded a state prosecutor to reopen the case after the indictment of white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith for the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. (Beckwith was convicted in 1994.)
It took only a few conversations with Stringer—who initially refused to give his name—to convince Dahmer that "Bob was for real," he says. After the men met last year, Stringer agreed to gather evidence and to testify against Sam Bowers. According to Forrest County District Attorney Lindsay Carter, Stringer's help "really got us rolling."
Now dealing with his gambling habit and running a lawn maintenance business, Stringer joined the Dahmers for a quiet celebration after the trial. "The most important thing I got out of all this," he told them, "was getting to know people like you." And the satisfaction of helping deliver justice, however long delayed. Said Vernon at his father's grave: "Dad, we've come to the end of a long journey. You can rest in peace."
Patrick Rogers
Bob Stewart and Jerry Mitchell in Hattiesburg
Making Wrong Right
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You can cut it yourself.
Do you know the style you want for your curly hair?
Are you good with a pair of hair-cutting shears?
With a little know-how, you can cut your curly hair.
Curly hair is a challenge to cut but it can be so much fun to work with. It just takes confidence and a little savvy.
Are you feeling brave enough to cut your curly hair?
Go ahead and cut it yourself.
IF you know how to cut curly hair, you can explore with any style at any length.
IF not, go to a professional stylist.
I repeat...
"Go to a professional stylist if you don't know enough to cut your own curly hair."
I hope you heard that...
It's nothing like growing out a weird curly cut while spending the next 3 months saying, "Oh, I meant to do that."
Here's a hint...
Any cutting technique you use on curly hair will give you different results than if you were cutting straight hair.
I've cut my own hair. It's not hard. It just takes patience and a few mirrors when it comes time to see the back of your head. ;)
Still want to cut it yourself?
That's good news. I'm excited and feeling brave enough for the both of us.
This is going to be fun!
It helps to have a picture of the desired cut in front of you or have a vivid image of the hairstyle in your head.
Make sure the picture is a curly hairstyle. Cutting your curly hair using a straight style as a guide can be misleading. The cut will not look the same.
Determine what cut you already have.
Are you slightly changing your current style?
Creating a brand new cut?
For example, going from a blunt cut to a graduated cut.
Do you need a refresher on haircuts before you can decide?
No problem. Read about the
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then come back hear when you're done.
Are you done? Great.
Let's look at what you need to cut it yourself.
The best place to cut your curly hair is in the bathroom.
Why the bathroom? Good lighting, large wall mirror(s), and access to water all in one place. Cut it yourself and minimize cleaning time.
You will also need a...
-Chair or stool for sitting
-Spray pump for water to keep the hair wet while you cut
-Hand mirror to see the back of your head.
This next list is all inclusive of hair-cutting tools you may need; it all depends on the cut. A few of these you may already have.
-Clippers with/guard(s)
-Edgers (smaller version of clippers used to remove excess unwanted hair at the neckline and around the ears. Used on very short haircuts.)
-Hair-cutting shears
-Sectioning clamps or clips
-Styling or cutting comb
-Thinning shears (used to remove weight or bulk from the hair)
-Wide-tooth comb
The next three (3) tools are not recommended for use on curly hair. I mentioned them just in case have them at home.
-Barber comb (the comb's teeth are too narrow for combing curly hair)
-Straight razor (razor cut on curly hair will weaken the cuticle and cause the hair to frizz)
-Tail comb (can use tail-end of comb to part hair only but the comb-end is too narrow for curly hair)
For demonstration purposes, let's say your hair is shoulder length with no definition, quite frizzy and unmanageable. Cut it yourself and re-gain control of your curly hairdo in an instant.
We'll do a blunt cut, cutting the hair one length with zero elevation.
The blunt cut is the simplest cut to master. Learn basic steps to curly hair-cutting while building the confidence to cut it yourself.
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1. Put a towel around your shoulders and use your spray pump to wet the hair for control while cutting.
2. Section the hair in 4 sections; using clips to hold in place.
3. Use the point end of the tail comb to make a 1 inch horizontal part at the nape on the back 2 sections. Re-clip the back 2 sections and leave the hair you parted at the base of the nape down.
You are creating a guide for the entire hair length for your blunt cut.
4. Now determine how short you want the cut.
Remember: When your curly hair dries it will be shorter than when wet. So cut the hair slightly longer than intended.
5. Use a wide tooth comb to comb through the hair.
6. Starting in the middle of the sectioned hair you parted at the nape, cut to the desired length. Do not put too much tension on the hair.
Start in the middle of the section and then balance the rest of the section to that initial cut. Keep you head level and do not lean into the cut or lean your head toward the scissors while cutting.
7. Now cut either side of the section the same length as the guide cut in the middle.
Repeat 5-7 until you like the length of the base guide. The hair will appear graduated even though you are cutting it one length.
8. If you are satisfied with the length, take down the back two sections, make a 1 inch horizontal part above the last part at the nape.
9. Comb down the hair with a wide tooth comb. Using the last section as a guide and cut the middle of the new section the same length as the guide section.
10. Cut both sides of the new section the same length as the sides of the last section.
Re-wet the hair if necessary. Use your hand mirror to check your work.
Do you notice a pattern? Part and section the hair, using the previous cuts as a guide, cut the hair until you're done with the back 2 sections.
Use the hand mirror to check your work.
11. Release the front section of the hair. Part a 1 inch horizontal section above the ear. Re-clip the rest of the section.
12. Comb the hair down with the wide tooth comb. Keep your head level and cut the section the same length as the previously cut hair.
13. Now work through the section the same as you did the back two sections.
There is a tendency to comb the hair forward. Be sure to keep the hair level and cut each parted section in line with the ear.
14. Re-dampen the hair to keep it from drying.
15. Use minimal tension when cutting.
Repeat steps 11-12 on the last front section on the opposite side of the head.
When you're finish cutting, use the hand mirror to admire your work.
Beautifully done.
And you cut it yourself.
You did a marvelous job!
By mastering the simple techniques of a blunt cut, you can easily complete other cuts when you want a design change.
Be sure to use the best hair products and top hair care tips to maintain your new curly haircut.
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When you travel and have to leave your dog behind, you can call a kennel, hire a pet sitter — or find him a new friend online.
The website DogVacay debuted in New York and Los Angeles in March and, just in time for the summer travel season, is now available throughout the United States and Canada.
The site lets pet owners look up hosts in the area who will care for a dog in their own homes, giving a pet the food, exercise and attention you would give if you stayed home — sort of a doggy version of couch-surfing — for an average price of $25 to $30 a day.
Hosts are checked out and interviewed by DogVacay, and every owner and dog is encouraged to meet the host. The site lists more than 200 hosts in the Dallas area, including at least one who will let you Skype with your pet.
The Santa Monica-based company was founded by Aaron and Karine Nissim Hirschhorn. In two months it has grown to more than 4,000 hosts in two countries and from five employees to 13, the Hirschhorns said.
Valerie Steiger's Shih Tzu mix named Joey was just 3 months old when she had to leave for a two-week Thailand trip in February. Joey has been back four or five times since, said Steiger, whose job as a life coach keeps her on the road.
Steiger has used kennels in the past. And there are good ones, she said, but dogs are still kept in crates or cages for several hours each day. "It's like they are in jail."
Knowing where her dog is and what he's doing is important to her because "this is my baby. I'm leaving my baby behind," Steiger said.
Hirschhorn and his fiancée went on a trip to visit family in 2010 and left their dogs Rocky and Rambo in a kennel. "Rocky came back a little off," he says. "She was not acting herself."
There had to be something better, they said. They let everyone know they were going to start dog sitting. "Business was booming. We got multiple calls a day," he said. They watched more than 100 dogs during eight months and a business was born.
The company's website provides host bios, location, home photos, prices, availability, notes on what they can handle and reviews. DogVacay provides insurance (up to $25,000 per animal) for emergencies; the company has a partnership with VCA Animal Hospitals. Most hosts will email, text or telephone owners once a day with updates on their dogs, Hirschhorn said.
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ATLANTA South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier flashed a big smile Friday and said his team was ecstatic to finally be on 'the big stage.'
That was before the Gamecocks took a nosedive off it, leaving Auburn and Cam Newton to shine in the spotlight Saturday evening.
Newton, who will likely claim the Heisman Trophy in six days, accounted for six total touchdowns, and the No. 2 Tigers rattled off 28 consecutive points to rout the No. 18 Gamecocks, 56-17, in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game in front of 75,082 fans inside the Georgia Dome.
'I ain't never got beat like this before,' said South Carolina receiver Alshon Jeffery, who had only four catches for 36 yards after catching eight passes for 192 yards in the teams' first meeting in September.
The Gamecocks took the Tigers to the brink in that game, forcing Auburn to rally from 13 points down for a 35-27 victory at Auburn. But things have changed since then.
South Carolina believed it had improved, illustrated by a three-game November win streak. Then it saw Auburn.
'Auburn was too good for us,' said Spurrier, who was coaching in this game for the first time since 2000 and missed his chance to win an SEC title for the sixth time but first with the Gamecocks.
Auburn (13-0) will now move on to play in the BCS national championship game against Oregon (12-0). The Gamecocks (9-4) await a bowl invitation, from likely the Outback Bowl or Chick-fil-A Bowl.
That's not what USC wanted. It wanted to be in the BCS, in the Sugar Bowl. But the Gamecocks admitted after Saturday's game that Auburn is just better.
'Maybe if we played these guys 10 times, they may win nine of them or more,' Spurrier said.
Newton has a lot to do with that statement. The 6-6, 250-pound quarterback did USC in with his legs the first time, his arm the second.
Coverage breakdowns something consistently bad all year for the Gamecocks were major issues throughout. And it began early.
Newton sold a fake handoff expertly and hit Darvin Adams for a 62-yard gain on the second play of the game. It set the tone for what was to come in a half that included 217 yards receiving for Adams and 281 passing for Newton.
'He can just make you look silly sometimes,' USC defensive head coach Ellis Johnson said of Newton.
Auburn scored two plays later on a 12-yard pass from Newton to Onterio McCalebb, and it was 7-0 less than two minutes into the game.
South Carolina appeared up for a track meet early on, racing down the field for its own touchdown on the first possession. Stephen Garcia found Pat DiMarco for a 25-yard score 3½ minutes after Auburn was in the end zone.
Late in the second quarter and trailing 21-7, the Gamecocks struck for a quick drive, executing well in the two-minute offense. Garcia lobbed the ball up well for Alshon Jeffery, who snared a 1-yard score that was set up by Marcus Lattimore's 26-yard catch on third down.
It was a manageable 21-14 deficit. USC was renewed. And the Gamecocks were getting the ball to start the second half.
But it was Auburn's day. That became glaringly obvious when Newton launched a 51-yard Hail Mary pass on the final play of the first half that Adams pulled in for a touchdown. Safety DeVonte Holloman got a hand on the pass in the end zone, but he wound up batting it in the air to Adams.
A squib kick that Spurrier called a 'miscommunication' helped Auburn get in position for Newton's heave. The Tigers started on their own 41-yard line.
Gamecocks spur Antonio Allen called it a 'lucky pass.' He also said it torpedoed South Carolina's energy.
'We just tried to put it behind us, as much as possible,' Allen said. 'It was hard to do. We had the momentum going in. They just took it right back.'
And then the Tigers just kept taking and taking and taking. Starting with the Hail Mary, they reeled off four consecutive touchdowns, including a Garcia interception to Auburn sophomore T'Sharvan Bell. Garcia was facing a heavy rush and tried to get rid of the ball, but it shot straight into Bell's waiting arms. He returned it 10 yards to put Auburn up 42-14 with 7:23 to go in the third quarter.
'They got away from us,' Spurrier said.
One last Newton touchdown his sixth and final TD extended the lead to 35 points.
The day hadn't gone as the Gamecocks expected. They presumed they could at least hang with Auburn.
But this Auburn team, all but unstoppable, was purely different. The Tigers converted 9 of 12 third downs. Newton outgained the Gamecocks, 403 to 349.
South Carolina also missed two long field goals, including one that came after Newton's first career fumble. Nothing went right for the first-timers in the SEC title game.
'I knew they were going to score points, but I thought our defense could contain them a little bit more,' said DiMarco, the senior captain. 'I thought we could put more points up.
'None of that happened.'
No, South Carolina gave the stage to Auburn.
'So,' Spurrier said, 'just give Auburn credit.'
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The corner of the end zone where Andrew Luck threw the game-winning touchdown.
The chunk of grass where Jim Schwartz was physically separated from Jim Harbaugh.
These moments and many more no longer must perish amongst the rubbish of seasons gone by. By purchasing a piece of Ford Field turf, cherished memories like these can live forever, in your basement.
According to Sports Illustrated, pieces of Ford Field turf are up for sale. This news comes one week after the team began working on the installation of new turf, the same playing surface that has been used since Ford Field's inaugural season in 2002.
"I can't imagine it will be very high as I doubt many Lions fans are looking for an off-beat way to remember a decade's worth of losing," Zac Snyder wrote on sidelionreport.com."The turf did see a Super Bowl but that is about it. Other than that it was a lot of Lions loses, 11 Motor City/Little Caesar's Pizza Bowls and some MAC Championship Games. Hardly a must-own for the average Detroit sports fan. Honestly, it would seem like a better purchase for a Pittsburgh Steelers fan looking for an unusual piece of memorabilia tied to one of the franchise's Super Bowl victories."
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Mary was born April 3, 1931, in Balls Mills, Pa., the daughter of Tyson and Bessie Whipple.
Mary was preceded in death by her husband, Mearl L. Cohick, on Sept. 4, 1978, they were united in marriage in 1949.
She is survived by a son, Gordon M. (Kateri) Cohick of Linden; four daughters, Alice C. (David) Boatman of Dallas, Ga., Paulette M. (David) Knecht of Roaring Branch, Kelly L. (Eric) Glenn of Jersey Shore and Shelly A. (Shawn) Dyroff of Jersey Shore; grandchildren, Nikki, David, Brad, Andrea, Adam, Joshua, Shawn and Amber; great-grandchildren, Annie, Kendall, Carter, David, Kimber, Ella and Will; one brother, Theron (Bernice) Whipple of Aztec, N.M.; three sisters, Annabelle Wagner of Hollidaysburg, Irene Campbell of Williamsport and Judy (Andy) Trautner of Loyalsock.
Mary was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister and aunt. Funeral services will be Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, at 10 a.m. in the Frederick B. Welker Funeral Home, 125 N. Main St., Jersey Shore. Friends may call from 9 a.m. Saturday until time of services in the funeral home. Burial will be in the Green Lawn Memorial Park. Rev. Helen M. Learn will officiate. Following the interment, the family invites everyone to the Jersey Shore Loyal Order of Moose for a luncheon.


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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
"Tis the season to be jolly. Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la … lame!"
That might be the mantra of someone with the holiday blues. It's not unusual for people to experience Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) in the winter months – and it's even more common during the holiday season.
Studies have found that four to six percent of Americans experience SAD, which means there are tens of thousands of people feeling lonely during the holidays.
With boughs of holly and Christmas cheer permeating our days and nights – everywhere from television and newspaper ads to postage stamps – it can be hard for those who are unable to spend the holidays with their loved ones.
Here are a few tips to combat the holiday blues and turn those chilly days into ones that seem merry and bright.
Volunteer: Contact local churches, food pantries and other organizations. An extra hand is always appreciated when it comes to helping the community. Researchers have found a direct correlation between helping others and personal happiness. If you are alone on the holidays or need a boost in mood, consider lending your talents or time to an organization that helps others. It can be as easy as writing a heartfelt card to a retirement home resident or dropping off recent magazines for a hospital waiting room. Trident United Way helps many organizations in the Lowcountry area and is a great place to start if you want to volunteer.
Get creative: If you are alone –
or feeling alone – during the holidays, look around. What can you do with what you have? Is there something that you've been putting off? Is there something you can make out of a currently useless item? Spend the time working your brain – and maybe your fingers, too. Consider using your creative talents to fill a need by quilting a lap blanket for a hospice patient or knitting a bonnet for a newborn. And be sure to share your ideas. Who knows who else will love your creations when they see them on Facebook or Pinterest.
Look back: When feeling blue, it's possible the last thing you want to do is look back on happy times, yet this can be a good thing. Take a moment to look back … really look back. Call or find that friend you haven't spoken to in a while. Browse through your photo albums or flip through the books on your shelves. Anything as simple as re-reading a passage from one of your favorite books or watching a movie you enjoyed years ago can bring about a renewed feeling of happiness.
Be good to yourself: While the TV movies make it seem like everyone has a place to go for the holidays, this isn't true for everyone. So if you're feeling blue, take time for yourself. You don't have to spend money or take a trip – just focus on you and do something that makes you happy. Maybe you'd really like to take a walk on Folly Beach or visit the Market downtown. Or perhaps it's baking a cake, reading a book or having a cup of coffee on your back porch. Treating yourself to something you enjoy will raise your spirits and allow you to relax, refocus and renew.
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When Hart High guard and senior-to-be Lewis Stallworth revealed that he received an athletic scholarship offer in June to play basketball at Seton Hall, it became a unique occurrence.
Big East schools tend to not recruit basketball players from the Santa Clarita Valley.
Here's the thing.
This Big East school likely didn't recruit in the Santa Clarita Valley.
Stallworth is like one of the many elite basketball players in the area — be it boy or girl — in that he plays club basketball.
So was it his play in club basketball that got him noticed by the New Jersey school, was it his play at Hart High, or was it a combination of the two?
How much are kids getting noticed for their play at the high school level alone?
If you take a small sample size — and it has to be small because the SCV doesn't have an extensive history of sending basketball players to play for four-year colleges, especially NCAA Division I schools — it would appear that high school basketball alone will not give kids the exposure they need to keep playing beyond high school.
Four recent four-year college basketball players from the SCV of four polled all said the exposure they got from the club scene was a more significant factor of them getting them a spot on a university team than high school.
One player said: "I had a lot more exposure at tournaments and camps specifically for exposure."
Another said: "Club (got me more exposure). It's definitely where the coaches saw me."
But that player added: "High school was good for my development, though."
It seems that there is a divide between high school and some club coaches where one thinks he or she is better for a kid's development than another, and sometimes that can cause a little friction.
Hart High head boys basketball coach Tom Kelly, who is entering his 14th season at the helm, sees club basketball as a double-edged sword.
He acknowledges that club ball gives kids exposure, but he questioned the style of play and intent of a lot of club teams.
"What you're getting is kids that think the only way to get recruited is through club and they play in all these exposure tournaments, and it is easier for coaches to go to one tournament and see 100 to 500 kids than getting across America and seeing kids," Kelly said. "But I think club basketball is killing high school basketball."
Kelly said in the last 10 to 15 years he's seen the game become more individualized and taken over by the dribble rather than passing, screening, cutting and moving without the ball.
With the proliferation of club basketball and the elite players playing outside of just their high schools, he sees a direct impact on college basketball and pro basketball, saying that it too has become more of a one-on-one game.
Kelly said that he emphasizes the team game and has had to break kids of individual-game habits when they return to the fold of the high school game.
He said he's also had to hybridize his team's style of play.
Jerry Mike, also in his 14th season at the helm of the Valencia High girls basketball team, has a unique perspective.
Mike coaches the girls, but was also an assistant coach for a locally-based boys club team called "SCV Triple Threat" — a team his son Garrett played on.
Mike said he doesn't have to adapt as much with his girls who play club ball but he, like Kelly, isn't enchanted by the club scene.
He understands that there are two exposure periods during the summer in June and July where college coaches are going out to see club tournaments, but in order to establish a camaraderie and fit for his high school teams that won't play games that count until late fall, he wants them together in the summer.
"I hate when it overlaps with high school," he said. "Most of the time it doesn't. ... When girls tell me they're on a (club) team, I'm excited for them. I want them to play and get more coaching. It's a healthy thing. But the money some of these (club coaches) are getting bothers me. Good for them that they're getting paid, but I think it's getting a little out of hand."
Kelly noted Triple Threat as a club team that does things the "right way."
The point of that team is to give kids better competition and the opportunity to play outside of where they live, he said and Mike acknowledged.
Other teams are seen as a recruiting service — taking parents' money with the lure of scholarships.
And the truth is, there isn't a scholarship out there for every player.
Yet if a club team's selling point is that it has the right connections, a good reputation and seeks to get kids to college, is that a bad thing?
Vincent Smith doesn't think so, and that's what he says his program "Aim High" offers.
Smith and his brother, former NBA star and current NBA on TNT analyst Kenny Smith started Aim High in New York, took it to Houston and has been in the Santa Clarita Valley for the last six years.
Stallworth plays for Kelly in high school and Vincent on the club level.
Vincent agrees that there are programs out there that are "unscrupulous" and programs that are a collection of all-stars that don't stress nuances of the game like passing and screening and are just run-and-gun teams.
Not his, said the co-CEO, Director of Operations and coach of Aim High.
But his program can and does offer kids something that many high schools can't.
"We're very fortunate and blessed to have Kenny Smith to have a good rapport with basketball people and myself training basketball people the last 30 years. We have a little advantage over some other AAU programs," Vincent said.
Vincent said parents should be educated when picking a club team for their child.
"If I were a parent and had a kid playing for an AAU team, I'd be asking how long they've been doing it, who's running the program and recommendations from others who've played in the program before I put my child in that environment," he said.
However, Vincent pointed out the importance of high school basketball in the recruiting process.
Yes, players get exposure from the club scene. But he said college coaches want to know how these players interact with their teammates and how they practice.
Their best view into that is the high school level.
Kelly points out that college coaches have to pay attention to social media and highlight videos because they don't want to miss out on a player.
So it seems playing club ball is vital, however high school basketball is certainly valuable for kids wanting to reach the next level.
Social media allows kids who have big high school performances get exposure.
Mike shares just how high school ball will still get kids noticed.
"I think you can still get plenty of exposure. A lot depends on your coach and what tournaments you're in during the summer," Mike said. "We had a tournament in Palm Springs this summer and there were several college coaches in the stands."


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A brief Santa Clarita Valley sheriff's car pursuit in Valencia ended with a collision at Creekside Road and Valencia Boulevard on Wednesday.
Around 2:53 p.m. Wednesday deputies from the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station spotted a car, a Nissan, that was reported stolen, according to Lt. Tom Bryski.
"They ran the plate and it came back stolen," Bryski said.
The car led deputies on a brief pursuit before colliding with another vehicle near the intersection of Creekside Road and Valencia Boulevard.
Two suspects, a male and a female, were detained after the crash, according to Bryski. Neither suspect was injured in the incident.
The driver of the vehicle involved in the collision with the stolen vehicle complained of a headache but did not have to be transported to the hospital, officials said.
Deputies also found heroin and methamphetamine in the vehicle, according to Bryski.
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Yeah, I know.
Is Travis Wood a mirage?
Can he keep this up for his whole career?
How about I don't care.
This guy has been nothin' but fun to watch pretty much all year, and after yesterday... well, some day he'll be able to say to his grand kids he hit a homer off Tim Lincecum.
During the Great Rebuild, there have been pockets of baseball action and some new players that allow me to not think about the how-long-til-the-Cubs-can-contend thing and just enjoy.
And at the very bottom of it all, that's what summer is for.
Okay, and maybe a frosty cold one.
The Cubs sweep the Giants with back to back to back one-run wins.
Doesn't really mean anything, but man was that fun.
Tigers get Jose Veras for
Tigers get Jose Veras for low Single A (Midwest league) OF Danry Vasquez and PTBNL
a little insight into the value of Kevin Gregg?
Veras with a club option for
Veras with a club option for 2014 and better peripherals, guessing Cubs will get considerably less.
Simonize or infield rake..
Simoniz or infield rake...probably not both.
Tim, your shit is getting
Tim, your shit is getting whacked and retro! Very cool. Homage to Lichtenstein/Warhol? "Lich" is probably a Yankees fan. Wonder what he thinks of A-Rod?
This year is wearing on you some, I see ;)
Keep up the caffeine intake, man.
if it was Warhol then he
if it was Warhol then he would have made a rough sketch painting on screenprint and an unpaid intern would have done the actual work for him...lulz.
On TheoJed -
On TheoJed -
Overall, and I think many of you would agree, this current mgmt team seems to actually be moving in the right direction and have perhaps learned from their collective mistakes. Well, excepting Edwin Jackson this year.
I am impressed with their trades and scrap-heap signings, as well as buying low and selling high. Jim Hendry never figured that shit out.
Finally, it would appear that their decision to strike quickly in both the Intl. deals, as well as Deadline Deals has looked like GM Master Class material.
How fun it would be to go to Cubs games that mattered again?
Jackson has had a 2.05 ERA
Jackson has had a 2.05 ERA and .835 WHIP past month, so he's improving too
Yes, he's completely turned
Yes, he's completely turned it around. I remember actually making one of my rare successful semi-predictions in a comment when I noted during his slump that his velocity was not only still there but getting better, and that at least he wasn't damaged goods. I have no idea what was going on early, unless it was that typical signing a big contract thing and trying to live up to it, which seems a little overblown to me but I guess it must happen some.
I don't have the numbers
I don't have the numbers handy but Jackson's advanced metrics basically indicated that he was just really unlucky the first few months of the year.
That's what she said.
That's what she said.
Going to game tonite, el not
Going to game tonite, el not an option.
Any parking suggestions?
Remote park at DeVry (Addison
Remote park at DeVry (Addison just east of California) and take the CTA shuttle bus.
$6 parks your car and gets everyone in your car a round-trip bus pass. Return buses lineup on Clark around the 7-8th inning and lot is regular parking.
I usually park on Halsted,
I usually park on Halsted, Sheffield, Racine, etc., but south of Belmont by a couple blocks - no gamenight parking restrictions in the commercial areas. AKA free parking in safe neighborhood if you don't mind walking 0.8-1.1 mile north to stadium. Same thing works on Addison west of Damon, but that walk always seems a little longer to me.
Late on this, but for future
Late on this, but for future reference, I usually park on Damen just south of Addison and then take the 151 bus. It is a long walk but also an option for those opposed to taking the bus.
JACOS: Or you could take a
JACOS: Or you could take a cab.
Speaking of which, I pushed a hack for Checker back in the 1970's, and I remember one time I was parked at the cab stand on the east side of Wrigley Field (west side of Sheffield north of Addison), and some guy gets in the cab and I say, "So how did the Cubs do?"
And he says, "They lost 22-0."
And so I sez, "No seriously, what was the score?"
And he says, "It was 22-zip, and Rennie Stennett went 6 for 6."
"Oh. OK. Where to?"
"I pushed a hack for Checker
"I pushed a hack for Checker back in the 1970's"
There should be an AZ Phil movie, I would be first in line to see it.
AZ Phil and Nate Silver in a
AZ Phil and Nate Silver in a boxing ring.
"Rennie Stennett". Ha! What
"Rennie Stennett". Ha! What an odd blast from the past. I always liked him 'cause he sent me an autographed picture during my campaign to collect favorite player autographs. And, addressed the envelope himself. I theorized that since he wasn't well-known in my eyes, he'd be more apt to reply to an autograph request. Did the same with Manny Sanguillen. For whatever reason - it worked.
I remember when he first came
I remember when he first came up he REALLY lit the place on fire. I'm too lazy to check his stats but I think his rookie year he didn't get enough at bats but he really went nuts - maybe a late callup. I hope Junior Lake doesn't go all Rennie Stennett on us, but baseball being what it is, there's a good chance of it. Actually, baseball being what it is, Junior will be fortunate to have Rennie Stennett's career, since he was in the league awhile.
That's not a bash on Junior. It's just acknowledgement of how hard the game is.
btw, Braves get Scott Downs,
btw, Braves get Scott Downs, one less suitor for James Russell.
nice move by Brewers...
nice move by Brewers...
Giving fans $10 voucher for food and drinks if they show up with a ticket for an August game, cost them around the same that they'll save on the Braun suspension.
Cub All-Stars
Cub All-Stars
Flipping through my son's latest edition of Vine Line, and there was a list of Cub All Stars over the past 10 years.
I had forgotten all about the "other" Cub All Star from last year -- Starlin Castro annnndddd.....Bryan LaHair. Possibly the quickest career descent of all time?
I posted almost this exact
I posted almost this exact same comment a couple weeks ago. Crazy.
Barry [email protected]
Barry [email protected]
Former Cub Frank Castillo dead at age 44. Drowned in Bartlett Lake in Arizona near his home. One of the really good guys. RIP.
Former Cub Frank Castillo
Former Cub Frank Castillo dead after drowning in lake in AZ. He was 44.
I was at his 8 2/3 no hit game against Cards in 1995.
Extreme bummer
Extreme bummer
Frank Castillo was the
Frank Castillo was the pitching coach for the EXST Cubs and AZL Cubs last season, and I had a chance to talk to him a few times. A really nice guy.
Smartest thing Sveum has said
Haven't heard about
Haven't heard about Villanueva in a while.
"They are talking to teams about outfielders Nate Schierholtz (though they have him for another year) and David DeJesus, catcher Dioner Navarro and pitchers Kevin Gregg and Carlos Villanueva."
Junior 'Bobby Mercer' Lake
Junior 'Bobby Mercer' Lake with the delayed steal. Except he always gets thrown out.
I've been calling him 'The
I've been calling him 'The Pond'.
the n.cotts return keeps
the n.cotts return keeps rolling on in TEX (last seen in the majors in 2009 with the cubs)...
32.2ip 19h 11bb 38k, 0.92era/0.83whip
and the strop scoreless
and the strop scoreless stretch ends after 10.2ip
MIL takes a 1 run lead in the top 9th, men on 1st/2nd, 0 outs.
...tack on another 2 runs,
...tack on another 2 runs, men on 2nd/3rd, 1 out...and b.parker in.
...tack on another 2 runs..
...tack on another 2 runs...this game went to shit real fast.
strop's ERA goes from 0.00 to 4.09 in 0.1ip...5er
I guess our old pal Evan is
I guess our old pal Evan Brunell is okay with swearing now
RIP MVP...wait, who cares...
RIP MVN...wait, who cares...
good for him on the non-profit work, though.
From 6/29 Ask BA...
"...where would you rank third baseman Mike Olt and righthander C.J. Edwards on the Cubs top prospects list?"
"...fifth overall (M.Olt) among Chicago farmhands. I'd put third baseman Kris Bryant, shortstop Javier Baez and outfielders Albert Almora and Jorge Soler ahead of Olt."
"...there's no question that he (CJ Edwards) and Pierce Johnson are the Cubs' best pitching prospects. Edwards would rank with Johnson, first baseman Dan Vogelbach and infielder Arismendy Alcantara in the 6-10 range on Chicago's prospect list."
BJax sighting w Smokies, 1-4.
BJax sighting w Smokies as DH, 1-4. Alcantara 3-4 and 3 rbis. Baez 0-4 and a WALK.
milb summary includes Venezuela Cubs...
Who is Jose Rosario and how
Who is Jose Rosario and how did he manage to give up 13 ER in 4.2 IP!! And then I see that he is 0-7 with a 6.71 ERA for Kane County so perhaps it should be that surprising.
Apropos of nothing, I took in
Apropos of nothing, I took in a Scranton-Louisville AAA game on Friday and Corey Patterson is on the Scranton roster.
He even made a great catch to save two runs.
Interesting to watch Billy Hamilton...it's basically a given he's going to try to steal when he gets on. Scranton made two errors, one by a pitcher, one by the catcher, trying to pick him off. The first time, he made it to third. The next time, he made it to second and then stole third on the next pitch.
Then he struck out with runners on to end the game.
Looks like he may have some problems getting on base, but when he does...exciting stuff.
news of roster moves between
news of roster moves between Boise-Kane County:
RHP Tyler Skulina, OF Jose Dore promoted to Kane County,RHP Juan Carlos Paniagua, OF Kevin Encarnacion to Boise
Paniagua's 2013 numbers are somewhat disappointing. Hope he gets it together back in Boise where he had a short stay during the playoffs last year.
John Arguello/Cubs Den with
John Arguello/Cubs Den with some nice commentary on the cubs minor leaguers based on yesterday and this am info:
Javier Baez went 0 for 4 but walked for the 7th time in 93 PAs. That's a 7.5% walk rate... He has exactly doubled the amount of walks he had last season with 28 between Daytona and Tennessee.
Jake Arrieta accrues one day
Jake Arrieta accrues one day of MLB Service Time today while serving as the Cubs "26th man" for the doubleheader.
Arrieta needs to accrue at least 58 more days of MLB Service Time in 2013 (but there are only 62 days left in the MLB regular season) to be eligible for salary arbitration as a "Super Two" post-2013 (a "Super Two" must accrue at least 86 days of MLB Service Time in the season immediately preceding to receive "Super Two" status), so the Cubs will probably want to send him back to Iowa for at least another five days no matter how he pitches today.
Remember that a player recalled as a "26th man" for a doubleheader that is scheduled at least 48 hours in advance is not bound by the "ten-day rule" (where a player cannot be recalled for least ten days after being optioned to the minors, unless the player is recalled to replace a player on the MLB 25-man roster who is placed on the DL or other MLB inactive list), so the Cubs would not have to wait ten days to recall Arrieta if he is optioned back to Iowa tomorrow.
Phil when does Barney become
Phil when does Barney become arbitration eligable?
To put another way, when will he be released because he becomes too expensive for what he adds.
PHIL: You called it:
PHIL: You called it:
Brooks Raley (who started last Wednesday) and Jake Arrieta (who started last Thursday) would be the two Iowa Cubs starters on the Cubs MLB 40-man roster who would be in-line to get added to the Cubs 25-man roster as the "26th man" and start one of the games in the day/night DH on Tuesday vs Brewers.
I'm thinking they want to see Arrieta "deal" at the MLB level at Wrigley. Bosio is familiar with Brooks Raley already.
BOB: Darwin Barney is
BOB: Darwin Barney is eligible for salary arbitration (first time) after this season, so he could be traded at any time or possibly could be non-tendered in December.
Jake Arrieta, RHP (could qualify as a "Super Two" - TBD)
Darwin Barney, INF
Julio Borbon, OF (will qualify as a "Super Two" unless he is outrighted or released)
Cody Ransom, INF
James Russell, LHP
Jeff Samardzija, RHP
Nate Schierholtz, OF
Pedro Strop, RHP (will qualify as a "Super Two" unless he is outrighted or released)
Luis Valbuena, INF
Travis Wood, LHP
Cubs continue to fail with
Cubs continue to fail with RISP (0-3 through 3 innings). Have now scored 7 runs in last 5+ games. Bring up some hitters, or play Travis Wood every day.
IS this any better or worse
IS this any better or worse than last year?
EDIT: Is James Rowson going to get replaced after the season?
Beware of NTC
Olney banging the Schierholtz
Olney banging the Schierholtz likely to be traded drum.
Gallardo must be screaming in
Gallardo must be screaming in the clubhouse -- comes out (leg injury?) with bases loaded, 2 outs and 2 stikes on Barney - then watches Axford allow all 3 inherited runners to score.
"Yovani Gallardo left Tuesday
"Yovani Gallardo left Tuesday's game against the Cubs because of tightness in his left hamstring."
James Russell punches his
James Russell punches his ticket to...stay in Chicago?
...no more letting borbon
...no more letting borbon pinch hit with men on...please...never again...
also, welly has returned to the .270 mark with his 3-4 (so far) day...17 doubles, 269ab (only 3hr)...ob% around .340...66Ks
Here's a poor allocation of
Here's a poor allocation of resources: Borbon used as a pinch hitter, Travis Wood used as a pinch runner. :(
b.wilson signs with the
b.wilson signs with the dodgers...lulz.
$1m base + incentives
Olney says Cubs may have
Olney says Cubs may have interest in Ian Kennedy whom DBacks are shopping, as do Angels.
i can understand them
i can understand them shopping kennedy...but not now.
they kinda need 2 of their 3 DL'd pitchers back before that would make much sense (cahill, mccarthy, hudson)...they barely have a 5th starter capable guy as it is, currently. hudson isn't coming back this year...and probably not for most of next season.
Kennedy not free agent
Kennedy not free agent eligible until after 2015 season, making $4.26M this year...age 28 season.
If DBacks just looking for salary relief, decent enough gamble I suppose. Numbers have gone way south over last 2 years, but seems to stay healthy...good bounceback candidate, although certainly not to 2011 levels. Gregg for Kennedy? Maybe Cubs throw in a "C" prospect.
The story in Chicago is Dbags
The story in Chicago is Dbags want Peavey but need to shed salary to get him
Two ugly losses, but what can
Two ugly losses, but what can one really expect against the Braun-less Brewers, who were 17-32 on the road at the start of the series, and are so horrible that management has agreed to pay for their fans to eat and drink at the ballpark? So much Cubbery.....
from the cubs management side
from the cubs management side, it would have been nice to not bring in j.russell with 2 on to face a righty after removing Mr. Carlos Manuel (Paulino) Villanueva.
that seems to have been a b.parker situation...especially with fellow righty r.weeks due up next.
Man, what a pile of shit Cody
Man, what a pile of shit Cody Ransom is lately.
Perfect fit I suppose.
I thought he was gonna do his patented first swing and ground out, but he surprised me and actually popped it up.
He is just brutal lately.
to be fair to Cody Ransom..
to be fair to Cody Ransom...he's Cody Ransom and has a career .219 batting average.
Schierholtz not in lineup for
Schierholtz not in lineup for the nightcap vs. a righty...commence rumoring.
rumor floating of Taillon for
rumor floating of Taillon for Peavy/Ramirez and tons of cash (grain of salt and all).
David Littlefield must be back with the Pirates.
that one seems highly
that one seems highly unbelievable...
I think the Pirates are
I think the Pirates are holding out for Gregg.
My brain is not working, I'm
My brain is not working, I'm not at my computer, and google is not helping. What's the name of the nifty Minor League stats website where you can assemble your own list of players to follow again. Thanks. :/
THANK YOU Rob. Brain cramp
THANK YOU Rob. Brain cramp relieved.
Jonathan Villar with a straight steal of home against the O's.
PIT wins in the 11th...back
PIT wins in the 11th...back in 1st place.
jake arrieta has marmol's
jake arrieta has marmol's jersey #
Numerous teams have called on
Numerous teams have called on the availability of left-handed reliever James Russell and outfielder Nate Schierholtz. Although neither are star players, each can be a difference-maker in his own way. Schierholtz has been scouted by the Pittsburgh Pirates for the past 30 days. Russell was almost traded to the Atlanta Braves last week.
"Yahoo! Sports reports that
"Yahoo! Sports reports that players who have already been suspended for PED use linked to Biogenesis, including Bartolo Colon, Yasmani Grandal and Melky Cabrera, will likely avoid further suspension.
Meanwhile, nine known players and more who haven't been reported are all but certain to take plea deals in the coming days or weeks."
"ESPN's Jim Bowden reports
"ESPN's Jim Bowden reports that the Angels and Cardinals have discussed a deal that would send Erick Aybar to St. Louis for either Carlos Martinez or Michael Wacha plus Pete Kozma."
the "under contract control" SS market is off the hook if recent rumors are true...pretty sure s.castro could get d.bundy + k.gausman if BAL needed a SS.
...also, if rumors are true, i have no idea how m.wacha + p.kozma aren't already in anaheim.
"ESPN's Jim Bowden reports
"ESPN's Jim Bowden reports that the Cardinals have "made it clear" to the Angels that they will not include Carlos Martinez or Michael Wacha in a deal for Erick Aybar."
nice of him to clear up his own rumor, though.
AZ Phil, I am curious what
AZ Phil, I am curious what you think about Wellington Castillo's development this year. I recall you thought he could be a guy who hit a fair number of home runs and had a high CS%. He's really struggling in both those areas right now. Any chance for great improvement?
Not Phil, obviously, and
Not Phil, obviously, and looking forward to reading his response, but one thing I think I've noticed is that Castillo produces top spin a lot of the time and doesn't seem to loft the ball much.
As far as the CS%, I'm not sure how much of the blame we might be able to place on the pitchers and middle infielders.
i've always seen him as more
i've always seen him as more of a "doubles machine" type hitter...though 3HR is a bit less than i'd expect out of him, currently.
also, his SB amount as well as his SB/CS ratio is more out of whack than i thought it would be. he's got a great arm...too good to already have given up 49sb in 675 innings.
He's going to be the Ryan
He's going to be the Ryan Theriot of catchers...only useful while he's cheap.
JOHN: I think Welington
JOHN: I think Welington Castillo should be able to hit 10-15 HR a year and maintain a 35% CS once he gets more comfortable in the big leagues. He hit double-digit HR every season 2007-12 except one, and maintained a 35-40% CS for most of his career (up until 2011, then it went down to just under 30%).
Castillo had a lot of rough edges to smooth out that mostly related to his receiving skills (lots of Catchers Interference errors and Passed Balls) and ability to make contact as a hitter (he typically struck out about once in every three PA throughout his minor league career and rarely took a walk), and he may have spent so much time working on those areas of his game that he allowed some of his other skills (like throwing and a power stroke at the plate) to drift a bit.
But I think Castillo is the Cubs long-term solution at catcher, if he can stay in shape and stay healthy. His minor league career is littered with DL stints related to ankle, knee, and hamstring/quad issues, and he has also had trouble with physical conditioning from time-to-time.
But he just turned 26, and it is not unusual for catchers to fully mature a bit later than other players, because they have so many specific skills to master.
"Jackie Bradley Jr. and
"Jackie Bradley Jr. and Anthony Ranaudo pulled from minor league games" 20 minutes ago...
Red Sox trending on twitter #6
lulz...modern baseball rumor milling.
6ip 2h 3bb 2k, 1er
6ip 2h 3bb 2k, 1er
93 pitches so far...should get another inning, i'd imagine
...or not. bowden in.
...or not.
bowden in.
Awesome steal of home
2 errors in a row, a wild
2 errors in a row, a wild pitch, and a double = cubs lead by 1
...if that's what it takes, sure.
...and bowden is out to pitch a 2nd inning...haven't we learned a few times before that he's just a 1 inning guy?
A. Callapso from Angels to A
A. Callapso from Angels to A's.
White Sox and Red Sox exchanging medical records on Jake Peavy deal, possibly J. Iglesias involved.
A's dont even need callapso..
A's dont even need callapso...wonder if the A's are working overtime trying to get something done with the yanks...or just trying to keep the yanks from upgrading at 3rd.
g.green (2nd/3rd...SS in a pinch) supposedly the player going to ANA...not bad.
some sort of 3-way deal with
some sort of 3-way deal with Tigers, Red Sox, White Sox
Avisail Garcia, Jake Peavy, Jose Iglesias involved so far...
DET must be expecting a
DET must be expecting a certain SS to get suspended sometime soon.
Garcia to White Sox, Peavy to
Garcia to White Sox, Peavy to Red Sox, Iglesias to Tigers
rumors of one other Red Sox player involved but unconfirmed, I guess taking Peavy's contract was enough cause Red Sox gave up little.
INF Cleulius Rondon and Ps
INF Cleulius Rondon and Ps Francelis Montas and Jeffery Wendelken all go to White Sox as well (RSox prospects)...final tally
White Sox: Rondon, Montas, Wendelken, Garcia
RSox: Peavy, B. Villereal
Tigers: Iglesias
Garcia was a nice get, but seems like Cubs did better with Garza
(checks M. Olt's line...2/26 after tonight with 9 K's and 2 BB)
well seemed better at the time.
I'd sure as hell rather have
I'd sure as hell rather have Garza than Peavy. Injury risk, temperament, age, playoff experience all in Garza's favor.
(peavy 2 games in post season with Padres. 12.10 ERA, 0-2, 2.379 whip 9.2 IP. Small sample etc)
Peavy has the edge in
Peavy has the edge in temperament. I think Soto said Garza is almost as nuts as Z on game day. That's probably why he throws the ball into the stands instead of the 1b dude.
Well if so it ain't by much.
Well if so it ain't by much. I've seen Peavy scream at himself on the mound more times than I care to acknowledge. One meltdown against the Cubs was particularly bizarro. I think he has actually become more unhinged since joining the White Sox. And NOBODY is as whacked as Z. . . . Garza isn't even close. He may have some internal nerves etc but his external appearance (other than the glove wiggle and the throws to first) is composed for the most part.
callaspo to play 2b for A's.
callaspo to play 2b for A's.
-edit- as mentioned earlier, for decent prospect in Grant Green, old school challenge trade...love it.
DET supposedly in on the WSox
deleted post...already covered.
k.gregg continuing the cubs
k.gregg continuing the cubs closer tradition of heart-attack-9th's...
bases loaded, 2 outs...fun drama.
a can of simoniz is looking to be a fair return in trade value at this point.
2 run single?
2 run single?
...2 run single.
brewers lead 3-2.
Jeff Bianchi - Cub Killer.
Jeff Bianchi - Cub Killer.
Anyone watching the game saw
Anyone watching the game saw it was a frickin mess. A swinging bunt. A HORRENDOUS call by a trigger shy home plate ump (center of the plate at the knees) who couldn't raise his arm to end the game (pitch tracker said strike too). Really want to sit with the ump and discuss that replay. And of course Castro misplayed the soft liner which was ruled a single. Home plate ump can go fuck himself. How do your reward a guy for keeping the bat on his shoulder in that situation? Down the middle ...
soft liner? c'mon...
soft liner? c'mon...
sure, it clunked off the bottom of his glove, but that wasn't a gimmie.
...and yeah, the zone was screwed for gregg's entire inning.
Len and JD saying it shoulda
Len and JD saying it shoulda been caught - he was fooled by it and dove when he didn't have to. Len says 'he makes that play in his sleep.'
Castro sucks.
Castro sucks.
in his sleep, but not when
in his sleep, but not when the game is on the line.
It also had been lightly
It also had been lightly drizzling for a couple innings ....
he wouldn't have gloved it
he wouldn't have gloved it without reaching/diving...but he overshot it.
40 second mark on the replay on Gameday video highlights.
Honestly I'm having a lot
Honestly I'm having a lot harder time with the ump watching that 3-2 pitch hit the center of the plate at the knees, than I am with Castro's play. My point was I actually think Gregg pitched really well.
it was a horribly called
it was a horribly called inning...he went 2-0 on 2 strikes in a low (low, in the zone) to start the inning...all downhill from there.
"he wouldn't have gloved it
"he wouldn't have gloved it without reaching/diving . . ."
Your words should be arranged differently: he dove when he should have reached.
"This young man can really play short. He plays the game really easy. He slows it down, anticipates, very good instincts."
Jason McLeod (quoted by C. Muskat in January) using words to describe Baez that, I think, create separation between the prospect and the Cubs' current SS.
And you could probably find
And you could probably find an almost identical quote from 4-5 years ago when Castro was coming up... Sigh.
They're always better when
They're always better when they're prospects. That's why I love to say, "bring 'em up!".
Baseball is a humbling sport.
Actually, you're right. I did
Actually, you're right. I did find an almost identical quote.
"When I saw him play in the summer league, he played the game about as calm and under control as I've seen," said Cubs scouting director Tim Wilken, who hadn't seen Castro play before he was signed by scout Jose Serra. "This is one player who can slow up the game, as the saying goes."
Wilken also compared Castro to Tony Fernandez, who won four gold gloves, his first at the age of 24 (when his errors fell from 30 the year before to 13).
But I think the real difference is intensity. Wilken again, this time on Baez:
"He's got this insatiable drive to be a winner and his competitiveness is top of the scale," said Wilken. "He'll fight you in dominoes ... he's extremely competitive."
Baez takes killer swings every at bat, where Castro is content to hit little floaters out toward right field. (Maybe one will drop in.) I think that intensity makes a difference in the field, too.
After his 1st round fuck-ups,
After his 1st round fuck-ups, and the thought that modern baseball may have passed him by, Wilken is starting to remind me of Clint Eastwood in Trouble With the Curve.
All his first-rounders except
All his first-rounders except Simpson are still in the hunt, including Colvin and Flaherty and Jackson and especially Vitters, who I still think will be a major-league power hitter, though probably not on the Cubs' timetable. The surer bets of course are Donaldson, Cashner and Baez.
Everything's relative. Of the nine first-rounders picked before Wilken's hiring, only Prior was a valid pick. Of the rest, only Montanez got a whiff of the majors.
Is it about time for the Cubs
Is it about time for the Cubs to consider moving Castro to 2B?
It's amazing to me, that with his atletic ability, that he still makes so many dumb mistakes at SS.
The whole "a grounder right at me I'll back up 2 steps" play is getting old. Either hold your ground...or charge it, but never back up on it like that...geez.
He's starting to double
He's starting to double clutch a lot, too. Correct me if Im wrong, but I think he's added this to his repertoire this year.
I also have to say I'm a
I also have to say I'm a little worried about Junior Lake's superman complex. Those were three hero swings and I'm pretty sure the Brewers knew just what to do with him when they saw how hard he was chomping on that bit.
horrible swings...1 swung his
horrible swings...1 swung his helmet off his head.
he needed to get on base and let rizzo/navarro do their work.
Exactly ... A lefty and a
Exactly ... A lefty and a clutch dude who was 3/4 on the night. And he was hacking like a schoolboy. It was hard to watch...
Re: Junior Lake
Re: Junior Lake
Keith Law: "...his lack of instincts on both sides of the ball is scary."
The Bring him up queue ...
Another empty comment box. It doesn't get much better with the edit, sadly.
Anyway, who's next in line for a callup? Some of those at bats by Junior were appalling. Doesn't anybody coach these guys? You know, you have this rookie with, shall we say, a tendency to want to do too much, coming up with men on base. Don't you lean into his ear and tell him to focus on moving the runners? Shit, the kid loves to bunt, how about a damn bunt?
Sadly baseball is hard, and
Sadly baseball is hard, and teaching only does so much. This is why toolsy guys like Lake don't always make it.
But at least we brought him up :)
That's for sure. We bring
That's for sure. We bring them up, and they fail. Almost always, at least at first. Once in awhile a guy really takes off as a rookie and sustains it, but it does seem pretty rare. BTW, did you see the catch by Caesar? Tweet box link. Bring him up!
Hopefully the new "Cubs' Way"
Hopefully the new "Cubs' Way" will change this, and our players will actually learn how to play winning baseball in the minors.
Cardinals in on Navarro?
Cardinals in on Navarro?
Yadi Molina with some knee issues.
Lets do this!
Lets do this!
Molina has been playing on
Molina has been playing on bad knees for a little while. It's gutsy and all to do that, but it seems pretty dangerous for a catcher to try to play through that.


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Joined Aug 2011
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Windsor, Canada, near Detroit
Joined Jul 2007
7,517 Posts
great help
Vancouver, Canada
Joined Jan 2010
165 Posts
New to Radians: Need some help please.
I just got my new one and am in the process of the upgrades. In case Park Zone has not been reading this thread, your builders are still not putting very much glue on the stiffener in the fuse.
I have the PnP but not sure exactly what that means. Do I have to "program" the ESC as is outlined in the paper? Or is it already set up?
I am going to use a DX6i. I have flown DLGs and have some experience with helis. From my readings of different threads I have a choice of the left stick for throttle or using the "gear" channel. The second is my preferred choice. I can guess what to do but I can't connect everything up yet. I have not tried anything but how do you do this? Thanks in advance. John
Canada, BC, Smithers
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Windsor, Canada, near Detroit
Joined Jul 2007
7,517 Posts
how far you want to go
am amazed to see you guys doing all these mods to the stock rad.
the plane was designed to be a relaxed, thermal sailplane. and that was all.
and for that, it excels all the others around. the designers couldn't do better than that. mine flies just great as it comes (just a small bend to the pushrods, that's all), and am happy with it.
but i can't believe all that you do to it, and still survives things that was not designed or intended for.
that shows the flexibility of a good design.
and still some complain about it!
New Jersey, USA
Joined May 2003
2,025 Posts
Hi Phil; I'm with you.
If it were up to you and me, this thread might be up too page 3. Ya gatta admit though that the folks here are having a great time. Heck, when I'm dead, my one and only Radian will still be ready to fly. Damn!
From the standpoint of QA, we have to accept the Radian for what it is... a production foamy. I have been in the hobby long enough to accept the fact that whenever I purchase a model, some inspection will be necessary and anything not up to par will be addressed before I even think about getting her airborne. The control rod connectors have to go... Are all the glued seams secure? Is there any warpage in the tail boom or wings? Is the h-stab and v-stab perpendicular? Any cracks in the firewall? Are the motor screws secure? Do the control rods operate without binding or buckling? Are the control rod supports secure? Is the brake on the ESC set? Do the servos center without chattering? Are the elevator and rudder in line with the h-stab and v-stab respectively? Does the motor draw an acceptable amount of amperage in a static test? Is the CG where it's supposed to be? I know, basic stuff. Doesn't really fall into the category of improvements, but necessary to address if not in order.
That's probably where 90% of all Radian pilots are. For the (dysfunctional ) remaining 10% (myself included), we always seem to want just a little more. We have a pathological need to exceed the design performance envelope. Some examples:
1. High visibility trim scheme. Anyone can see their Radian well enough at 600 feet. When you regularly exceed 1500 feet, you need better contrast against a blue sky to determine orientation.
2. Excessive flex in the tail boom. Not a problem if you're just puttering around in the sky, but stressful maneuvers like spinning her down can create a lag in response time when changing directions or leveling out. Stiffening the boom makes her more responsive to control inputs.
3. Strengthening the wing saddle. Bad things can happen here when the wingtips go up while leveling out at an insane speed.
4. Wing retention. Sooner or later, the fit will get a little sloppy. Some people have a fancy solution, but tape works just fine.
5. Moving the CG back. The Radian comes to you with stability in mind. Great for the casual flier, not so much for thermal hunting. A more rearward CG will allow her to signal lift better without plowing straight through it.
6. The dreaded decalage mod. Moving the CG aft makes the Radian more sensitive to pitch changes. The positive incidence designed into the stock tailplane works fabulously with a forward CG, but can produce porpoising whenever the design speed envelope is exceeded. An aft CG just makes that worse. Zeroing the decalage in conjunction with moving the CG to the rear makes magical things happen.
7. More power. How fast do you want to get to 200 meters?
8. Miscellaneous bells and whistles. This would include completely unnecessary things like spoilers, flaps, provisions for mounting cameras or FPV equipment, etc.
So, I would say I agree with you. There are some common sense things that should be done by everyone, but most of the things the rest of us do to our Radians are just a matter of personal preference. Maybe we suffer from obsessive compulsive tweaking disorder (OCTD). Maybe we can't just leave well enough alone. Whatever the reason, it makes us happy. We enjoy the modest improvement in performance. And that works for us.
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Thank you, chickenwing, for providing a good summary of things that can be improved, and justification for doing so.
Windsor, Canada, near Detroit
Joined Jul 2007
7,517 Posts
it's ok
well, personalizing a plane or making some changes to suit every1's taste is just something that most of us do even without thinking that we are changing anything. and for others, that like to improve (or at least try something with that intention) things to work more to their needs or expectations, again, is something natural, and the rad has lot of room for that.
but as i said, am amazed of the things that some do, and the tasks they put the poor thing through, and still survives the ordeal.
but each 1 to his own, as long as you are enjoying it.
that's the final goal of all of this.
so squezze, add weight, reinforcements, anything, but don't blame the manufacturers if something goes wrong.
i just have a small suggestion, hoping the makers are reading this:
the kit that comes with the spinner has a set of hardware that is well thought.
still, i would add a 1.5mm allen wrench to fix the set screw that holds the hexagonal piece, as some may find hard to get.
Joined Jan 2010
3,736 Posts
The designers did an outstanding job of designing something that has introduced many people to the joys of gliders/sailplanes. It is perfectly suited to the beginner glider pilot and adequate for the more experienced, but some seek more than that. The majority of the mods that people including me do are along the lines of those recommended by Paul Naton, who knows far more than I do about glider performance. The structural stiffness upgrades make perfect sense, especially after watching in-flight videos of the tail flexing that happens with the stock plane. Upgrading the prop is a big help to those involved in competitions where climb performance is important, and the decalage mod is almost magical. None of those thing does any harm "the poor thing".
The bottom line though is why should anyone care? If you like the plane as it comes out of the box, great. If others want to do things they feel improve the plane that is great too.
Windsor, Canada, near Detroit
Joined Jul 2007
7,517 Posts
well, the plane is designed as a thermal plane, and not for aerobatics. some guys fly it to the extreme of flexing the wings way more than a thermal plane is intended for.
if some1 does not see that as going to extremes, i won't argue about it.
so long, and enjoy.
Joined Aug 2011
530 Posts
Australia, SA, Munno Para West
Joined Oct 2012
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Eagles defensive tackle Mike Patterson could not stop smiling - and for good reason.
After being sidelined all season, Patterson said before Friday's practice at the NovaCare Complex that he would play in Monday's game at the Superdome against the New Orleans Saints.
Patterson suffered a seizure during a training camp practice in 2011. He appeared in 15 games last season, then underwent brain surgery in January to remove an arteriovenous malformation.
Despite Patterson's assertion, the Eagles would not say for sure that he would play next week.
"I am going to see how he does," defensive coordinator Todd Bowles said.