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People use the web and social media for research; they're looking for fresh ideas, insight, and actionable information. I had coffee with a potential partner, and our conversation ebbed to us talking about business philosophy, marketing, and lead generation. talked about freely sharing ideas and helping people. They provide too much information freely. " My response.
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It's more than about 40 times what they spend on digital marketing and it's more than 50 times what they currently spend on social media. It's wasted on social media and other chic tools, and many marketers are ironically proud of that. wrote something about this last year in Harvard Business Review, Is Social Media Actually Helping Your Company's Bottom Line?
How to Use Trigger Events for More and Better Leads
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Posting links to relevant content on your social media pages to capture those experiencing those triggers to engage with your further. People aren't ready to buy when we want to sell. Think about it. . This common statement has big implications if you're doing account-based marketing (ABM) and lead generation. Why doing more lead generation activity doesn't help . How was interest created?
Lead Nurturing: How a social business strategy can help you move from selling to helping your prospects
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Tweet At MarketingSherpa Lead Gen Summit 2013 , I had the privilege of sitting in on a session with Todd Wilms, Head of Social Strategy, and Adriel Sanchez, VP, Demand Generation, both of SAP , as they discussed how they use a business model called "social business" to help their teams across the globe engage local audiences. So, what is social business exactly? Tip #1. Tip #2.
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Building Your Strategic Lead Generation Portfolio
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while ago, I created a mind map of lead generation channels for my book Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. I've updated it to include more content marketing and social media channels. Tweet To be successful at lead generation, marketers can't rely on one specific tactic. Rather, they must leverage a portfolio of channels. hope you find it helpful. Which are our competitors using?
Social Media Marketing: 6 tips for running a valuable LinkedIn group that attracts prospects
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Especially on social media. Participation needs to be written into their contracts really, and become a new performance KPI," advises Tom Skotidas, Founder of Skotidas , a B2B social media lead generation agency and the LinkedIn B2B Social Media Lead Generation Group. We meet, we discuss LinkedIn and social media, and we get to know each other in a real way.
B2B Content Marketing: Find the bigger story
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Content Marketing b2b social media content marketing joe pulizzi lead gen Lead Nurturing Tweet "Anybody here think you have nothing to create content around? No exciting stories to tell?" " Joe Pulizzi, Founder, Content Marketing Institute, has heard this issue from a lot from B2B marketers. million Facebook page likes (now at 1.8 You might also like.
How the Halo Effect Drives Lead Generation
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Social Media Dos, Don'ts [MarketingSherpa how-to article]. Tweet Building upon my post from last week , I was reminded of an important lesson I learned on influence that's served me my whole life. " He didn't know it the time, but he explained how the halo effect works. In this post I'm going to explain how it applies to lead generation. You might also like.
Content Methodology: A Best Practices Report
social media, email, and chat platforms and in a multitude of media formats, from text. experience Loyalty • Return visitor rate • Email subscription rate • Social following growth • Avg. Total attention time • Total people • Total social actions • Avg. stories per person • Total attention time • Total people • Total social actions • Avg. sharing and native social.
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Copywriting in a confined space can feel more like an art, especially when you consider crafting social media PPC messaging for a highly targeted audience versus search engines ads, in which a keyword strategy impacts your message. Related Resources: Social Media: How Motorola Solutions uses Facebook to generate more engagement. Tip #1. Highlight your value proposition. Tip #2.
15 Tips to Generate More Leads in 2015 (Part 2, featuring tips 6-10)
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B2B Lead Generation: 6 social media tactics from 7 experts [MarketingSherpa how-to article]. Tweet For the new year, I'm sharing 15 ideas on how to make your lead management more effective. There is so much to share, I'm splitting this post into three parts (you can read Part 1 with tips 1-5 here ), and today is Part 2, featuring tips 6-10. Executives get too much undifferentiated content.
B2B Social Media Marketing: Focus on leads, not likes
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Do you know where your social media is contributing? Honestly, it's almost unfair to compare social media engagement to other channels," Kelly confesses. Unlike online advertising or PR, or even TV and radio, [there are] over 500 forms of engagement we've tracked through the social channel. This is why Baggott advises that every social media post links back to a landing page.
How IntraLinks Used Social Media to Generate Twice as Many Sales-ready Leads as Any Other Channel
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Tweet Do you think social media is better for researching prospects than for attaining face-to-face meetings where deals are won and contracts are signed? In this high-tech world, social media has revealed itself to be a lead generation goldmine. In February, Johnson enlisted the help of a B2B social media lead generation agency, to develop a lead generation campaign on LinkedIn.
Lead Generation: Content among the most difficult tactics, but also quite effective
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Mobile is bigger than social media. My attention was drawn to mobile marketing designated in the social media circle. believe mobile is bigger than just social media and could have a significant impact on the performance of campaigns in the future. To be clear, social media and mobile marketing were treated as separate tactics in the benchmark report. Very true, Joseph.
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success, followed by social shares and likes. (19 percent) and pageviews (15 percent). • 49 percent of marketers rate their content as. social media, brands and publishers alike have had. social network, and Facebook's video platform has. in the shadow of the big social networks, is almost as. came social shares and likes (19 percent), followed. SOCIAL.
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B2B Social Media: How do you measure the ROI of a LinkedIn InMail campaign? Tweet One day at the office, I decided to put a dollar bill on my cubicle wall. When people walked by, they would ask why I was putting money on my wall. My initial response was that I simply like money. Change drives growth. Then, my wall became stagnant. It was time to change their motivation. You may also like.
The Domino Theory of B2B Content Marketing
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In that context, content marketing can include social, video, mobile, customer service, sales, event marketing and even the products and services customers buy from you. Tweet "You don't optimize a landing page or an email. You optimize the thought sequence of the customer.". You've seen scenarios where one domino can knock over the next domino, creating a chain reaction. You may also like.
Mobile Marketing: What 4 top B2B companies can teach us about mobile
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Social icons are not in the way of the mobile experience, but are clearly visible in the footer. smartphone user's total Web activity is spent engaging in social activity. Tweet We all are hearing time spent with mobile devices will surpass time spent with desktops. Well, it is already happening in the B2C world, according to a recent study from Millennial Media and comScore.
Lead Generation: Balancing lead quality and lead quantity
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B2B Social Media: SAP Latin America boosts followers 900% [Part I] [Case study]. B2B Social Media: SAP Latin America boosts followers 900% [Part II] [Case study]. Tweet Lead generation is somewhat like a tightrope act. Generate too many leads, and the rope between Sales and Marketing breaks. If you don't generate enough leads that turn into sales, your ROI plummets. You may also like.
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in new readers via search and social. return on social. SOCIAL Strategies, tools, and tips for spreading content through. the social web. sections of The Content Strategist: Brands, Media, Social, ROI, and Voices. You've heard the horror stories about organiza- tions that take months to approve simple social media. All rights reserved. Introduction 3 II.
How to Use LinkedIn to Generate Leads
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Dan Schawbel of Mashable, the social media guide , suggests that you brand yourself for the job you want, not the job you have. Social Media content marketing lead generation Lead Nurturing Tweet You need to rethink the way you use LinkedIn. Without some of us even noticing, LinkedIn developed into a useful publishing platform and lead generation tool for marketers and sales people looking to build relationships with prospects. But if you're looking for an easy lead source, you won't find it here. Here are some ways to make the most of LinkedIn for lead generation: 1. or AOL.
Why Empathetic Marketing Matters and 7 Steps to Achieve It
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We've moved from traditional advertising to social media, content marketing and beyond. Tweet I am at the earliest stages of developing a sequel to Lead Generation for the Complex Sale. It's been a decade since the first draft and I've been contemplating how much business has changed since then. Today's sales and marketing environment is a paradox: There have never been more opportunities to reach customers; yet reaching them has never been more challenging. We have more marketing channels than ever. Or are they shutting us out as we hurl more pitches at them from different angles?
Lead Gen Tactics from 4 MarketingSherpa Case Studies
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B2B Lead Generation: 6 social media tactics from 7 experts [How-to article]. Tweet Our sister publication, MarketingSherpa, publishes three weekly newsletter case studies, and in the B2B beat in particular, those weekly articles routinely feature a story covering marketers tackling lead generation for the complex sale. For this B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post, I want to offer four of those case studies published over the last couple of years addressing that very topic. If you only have a few minutes, this post provides highlights from each case study. What were the results?
Lead Generation: 5 tips to generate leads faster on LinkedIn
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Stay specific to your social network, for instance, LinkedIn news does well on LinkedIn. Related Resources: Social Media Marketing: 6 tips for running a valuable LinkedIn group that attracts prospects. How IntraLinks Used Social Media to Generate Twice as Many Sales-ready Leads as Any Other Channel. Social Media Pays Off Big for Over 1,000 Marketers Reporting 150% ROI or More.
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excluding social media posts)? LEADERSHIP SOCIAL. Copyright © 2015 Contently. All rights reserved. contently.com By Jordan Teicher Study: How Much of Your Content. Marketing is Effective? What's working—and what's not—for over. 700 content marketers. CONTENTLY STUDY: HOW MUCH OF YOUR CONTENT MARKETING IS EFFECTIVE? Content marketing is having a moment. goals—and concerns—lie. content.
Lead Generation: How to establish a connection offline
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Tweet Typically, we're the ones asking the hard-hitting questions during our MarketingSherpa webinars. But in a recent live broadcast, the roles were reversed. Bob Birge, Director of Marketing, Blue Pillar, put webinar host and MECLABS Director of Editorial Content Daniel Burstein on the spot. When's the last time you got a personal letter at work?" The results weren't ideal. It worked.
Trade Show Follow-Up: 5 tips to optimize response
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Invite them to subscribe to an online newsletter, attend online events, or connect via social media. Tweet For the past seven years, trade shows have surpassed websites, email marketing and paid search to secure the top spot as B2B marketers' biggest investment, according to the MarketingSherpa 2012 B2B Marketing Benchmark Report. They dump this list into their database. Trade Show ?
Digital Marketing: How to craft a value proposition in 5 simple steps
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In keeping with our example, let's take a deeper look at appeal and exclusivity of our highest-ranking example claim. "We can integrate into any social media platform". Exclusivity: 5.0 – While there may be other players in our market; our business intelligence has determined that we are the only ESP currently capable of integration into every social media platform.
B2B Public Relations: 7 tactics to pull more leads into the funnel
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You can share news on your blog, your website, social media, YouTube; you're no longer solely dependent on journalists to get the word out.". Use social media to promote it. Don't talk about your company one way on your website, a different way in social media, and yet another way to the media," says Marx. 7. Tom Becktold, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Business Wire.
B2B Marketing Trends for 2016
social advertising on LinkedIn, programmatic networks like Choozle) that. Paul Gillin, B2B Social Media Strategist, Senior Trainer, Profitecture www.[link] Another good example is Top Rank's Social Media Marketing Management. how you can solve their burning problem. • E – Engage Meaningfully via Social Media. more true, apparently, than in social media. Look for.
Digital Marketing: B2B marketers can get fresh, new ideas from B2C
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They use search, they use social and they visit websites when they're considering a purchase," he explained. Tweet Regardless of whether you're selling to people who are purchasing something for their workplace or themselves, you're still selling to people – especially when it comes to digital marketing. We're dealing with people, and all people behave the same.
Nine Simple Tactics to Drive a Higher Return on Trade Show Investment
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Leverage social media before, during and after the event. If you're holding an educational or social event, brainstorm with them to see how they can help you attract more and better attendees. Event Marketing Lead Generation Lead Management Lead Nurturing Lead Qualification ROI Measurement Sales Leads Social MediaFind out which attendees fit your Universal Lead Definition.
B2B Social Media: How do you measure the ROI of a LinkedIn InMail campaign?
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This is becoming a fairly common question in B2B social media marketing, and it's understandable given the increasing adoption of InMail as a B2B marketing strategy. Social Media: 4 simple steps to calculate social media ROI. Social Media B2B marketing b2b social media demand generation Email marketing lead generation marketing strategy marketing tactics
Social Media: How Motorola Solutions uses Facebook to generate more engagement
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Facebook was one of the first places we started engaging on social media," Belinda Hudmon, Senior Director, Global Digital Strategy and Operations, Motorola Solutions, said. She said Facebook collects much more personal data than most other social media sites. B2B Social Media Marketing: Focus on leads, not likes. And, consider the experience of Motorola Solutions.
Evangelizing a Content Marketing Program
50% more sales-ready leads at a 33% lower cost 15 1,200 Blog posts per month Avg new monthly leads ULTIMATE CONTENT STRATEGIST PLAYBOOK CONTENTLY11 Content marketing's impact also extends to social me- dia, where brands that don't have compelling content to. brands experiencing declining social media effective- ness and came to a clear conclusion: " We've reached a tipping point where.
Marketing 101: How to get started in lead generation
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There are many ways to learn this – surveys, social media monitoring, interviews with current customers, A/B testing, conversations with Sales, Services and Customer Support …. Value Proposition: How to use social media to help discover why customers buy from you. B2B Social Media: 4 steps to get your listening dashboard started. Social Media Marketing: 4 basic tips for getting started. Lead Nurturing: How a social business strategy can help you move from selling to helping your prospects. " on b2bleadblog.com. That was a wake-up call for me. An hour?
Email Deliverability: Is Gmail's tabbed inbox a B2B challenge?
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Social: social network updates. Tweet Just when you thought you had this whole deliverability thing down, another challenge rises to the surface. This time, it's in the form of Gmail's tabbed inbox. Google's new email feature automatically classifies users' email messages into categorized tabs, including: Primary: friends, family, highly valued messages. Promotions: deals, offers.
3 Important Lessons for Lead Gen and Life
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Lead Nurturing: How a social business strategy can help you move from selling to helping your prospects. Tweet This year, more than ever, has been humbling for me. People look to me as an expert at lead generation because I wrote a book and speak about it. But it seems the more I learn, the less I think I know. probably am more acutely aware of this because I work for MECLABS, an organization that is laser-focused on learning and teaching others – including many global organizations – about how to continuously improve marketing. Use your knowledge resources. Who has time to strategize?
B2B Marketing: 3 reasons for adopting video content into your marketing mix
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Web users in every age bracket, ranking only beneath shopping and social networking in popularity. Tweet Using online video advertising as another channel to support your lead generation efforts can help you craft a global audience of potential leads. Today's B2B Lead Roundtable Blog post features three reasons why you should adopt video content into your B2B marketing mix. Reason #1.
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Jay Mariotti Discovers the Internet
The folks at Deadspin already had this covered and Fire Jay Mariotti looks to be back in business, but let it be known that Jay Mariotti is back for the New Year and he's proclaiming that the Internet is the wave of the future. Mariotti is also predicting a deep global recession, the U.S. voting in a black president., Ken Griffey Jr. being traded to the Reds and that one day, people will walk around with telephones in their pockets.
Of course, his entire article is just more of the same bullshit he spewed on the back inside cover of the Sun-Times three to four times a week, there's little point in dissecting it. More importantly though, they've allowed AOL users to comment on his articles.
No good shall come of this...
markot09 03:46:59 AM Jan 05 2009
first!! jay rulz
Welcome to the Internet indeed, Jay!
prans42 08:31:22 AM Jan 05 2009
....Woody has forgotten more than Jay has ever known, and he is the one who schools on Around the Horn.
prans42=Woody Paige's mother
nashonaluo 10:36:18 AM Jan 05 2009
Jay,You're an unskilled moron... you write for the sole purpose of generating controversy. The next original thought you have will be your first. Of course, this criticism of you is hardly original. Virtually everyone hates you. You're a joke.As for AOL, sayonara...
justinshaype 10:48:28 AM Jan 05 2009
Jay is on the cutting edge with AOL. He also just got a nice beeper at RadioShack, and a 12 pack of Crystal Pepsi. Welcome to obscurity, hack.
bjngnnss 11:07:30 AM Jan 05 2009
Wow - it's amazing the level of detail you can come up to spin your side of the story. That's the BS you can dream up in your head when you're off for 3 months.Mariotti column recipe:General pontification, followed by a pop culture referenceGeneral cut down comment toward manager/GM/ownerComparative of historical data vs other marketsAnother pop culture referenceCute "Moronotti" nickname (Rexperiment, Blizzard of Ozz)Moronotti directive as to how he would do thingsClosing smartass comment, talking down to general publicThen, when the article is 10000x wrong, jump the bandwagon like a little girl. Google Eric Zorn's awesome Chicago Tribune article to show how much this idiot flip flops. Enjoy AOL - A$$holes On Lease.
A solid attempt at the Mad Libs version of a Jay Mariotti article I must say. On a sidenote, why would a profanity filter replace Assholes with A$$holes, exactly what is being gained here?
edgecrusher433 10:03:33 AM Jan 06 2009
Dear Jay,I hate you with every inch of my soul. You are the unholy embodiment of everything that is wrong with sports journalism in the modern age. Although I'm sure you fancy yourself the second coming of Shirley Povich, in reality you are the illegitimate bastard spawn of declining integrity standards and reality tv. I'll make you a deal though, once AOL's put out of misery and the sun-times is still chugging along, I'll pay you two shiny nickels a week to wash and wax ozzie's car.
walshjf3 06:40:46 AM Jan 06 2009 Jay, I was soooo glad you left Chicago. The only time I missed you was when I put the newspaper on the bottom of my birdcage ( it wasn't near as satisfying as it was with you column in the drop zone). I'll have to get my sports elswhere now. You are a little man with little ideas.
savethemooses818 03:44:20 PM Jan 05 2009
I was going to read this column, but then I saw a tease at the bottom of this page for a slideshow of what the Family Matters stars look like now. It was a fascinating piece of journalism that I recommend to everybody! Maybe you need to start covering mediocre 90s sitcoms, Jay! They're the wave of the future!!!
I will admit, if I could get 5 minutes back, I'd rather have the ones I used to read Mariotti's article over The Family Matters picture gallery. Good to see Jaleel White still on his feet instead of trying to rob a video store and OD'ing...although I guess there's still time for that in his career.
flexcavana44 09:56:35 AM Jan 06 2009
Dear Jay, Eat shit and die.Signed, Everyone
I must say, well-said and poignant. You're the Walt Whitman of commenting, flexcavan44.
The 76% disapproval rating by the AOL readers at the bottom of the story did restore my faith in humanity for a minute. That is until I came across another account of Santa Clause shooting a girl in the face. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!
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AO - Hell's still in business?
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More hated by the average Cubs fan:
Marquis or Mariotti
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Carol Slezak think Bears should look at Vick
Same writer who shamed Bears because the drafted Greg Olson because he did a rap song for his friends at 18 talking about "bitches".
Really Carol?
WSCR reporting winning Cubs' ownership bid will be announced by Friday.
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What are you saying Rob, it'd be worse if the dogs could swim around on their backs and do cute little human things with their hands??
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Also lets not forget she had her panties in a bunch over that blow-up doll in Wsox clubhouse last year. I dont get the fausenation with Vick. He was never a good throwing QB, just look at the improvement this year of former "bust" number 1 draft picks Roddy White and Michael Jenkins now that they have a real QB in Matt Ryan throwing to them. Also I doubt he is as fast as he was 2 years ago. Even if Goodell lets him play this season after he gets out of jail in July (which I doubt because of his hard line stance on player conduct, Vick will be suspended for the 09 season), we saw how the best QB in the history of the NFL finished up his season, when he decided in july he wanted to unretire. Outside of getting a compent back-up QB, a number 1 WR, a complementry RB to Forte and drafting a few O-linemen for depth's sake the offense does not need alot of work. Its the dfense where the Bears need to get 3 or 4 new starters that needs attention.
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i don't care how bad they are, if Mike Vick becomes a Bear, I become a Cowboy or Eagles fan or some shit.
Maybe the Packers. Yeah, i said it.
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I'll be the first to admit that I don't know squat about Football. Take my respnse with a grain of salt and if I screwed anything technical up....I blame my love of baseball. Here goes:
Huh? Were you watching the same team? Forte is a workhorse. Desmond Clarke and Greg Olsen are excellent TEs. Hester has become an offensive playmaker but needs company out there at WR to be successful. The O-line wasn't half bad either. The big problem on offense wasn't even Orton's throwing ability. The problem was that Orton was never getting past his first read. He was "locking on" and throwing even if it was a bad play. Before the injury I didn't notice this as much, but after the injury he was terrible. When that happened, the Bears became relatively one dimensional on offense which makes them much easier to play.
The defense had much bigger holes this year. The loss of Tank Johnson created significantly less depth at DT. We got lucky with Mike Brown this year in that he only missed the last game, but the depth issue there was ABSURD. Manning was eaten alive against Houston. The Bears need depth at CB. Tillman has the potential to be out muscled. He was made look totally foolish by Andre Johnson largely because of size and athleticism.
The defensive coaching was WEAK this year. Babich has Urlacher and Briggs constantly running up to the line and then dropping back into coverage. This seems to make it much more challenging to get back into position properly.
So I think there are fewer fixes necessary on offense than on defense. The individual fixes may be bigger or more expensive, but there are fewer pieces that need to be dealt with on the current offense than with the defense.
My 1 cent. Chad, is any of this accurate?
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I think that's a pretty fair assessment. I would argue with a couple of smaller points but overall, I'm with you. However. the offensive line did much better than we thought they would but it really needs to be improved.
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"The TE's are fine, no team ever won with TE's and RB's their best offensive players though"
There are exceptions to every rule.
I give you the case of Trent Dilfer v. Shannon Sharpe and Jamal Lewis.
There are scattered others.
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Bill Parcells two Giants' Super Bowl teams say Hi, also.
It is rare though
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I never said there offense was perfect, but they have pieces at RB with Forte, TE with Olsen and a second or third WR with Hester and an average O-line that gets an upgrade next year with Chris Williams taking over for John St.Clair at LT. If you look at the upgrades the unit needs to make for 09 a number 1 WR, a good complementary back-up RB to Forte and a backup QB better than Grossman. Things that we could use, but if we dont have the cap space for I can live with out or the need to use 1st through 4th round picks on are number 2 or 3 WR and some depth on the line. With Orton on a cheap contract year give the needed upgrades, give him a number 1 WR like Plexico (if he avoids a suspension longer than a couple of games) or Torry Holt, both likely cap casualties or releases over the off-season and a guy that can compliement Forte at RB and they will be a top 15 offense next year. In terms of bang for you buck Kurt Warner or Jeff Garcia will not improve this team drastically. As much as I would like Boldin he would cost too much in picks and cap space needed to improve the defense.
At defense outside of Briggs, their depth at DT, and maybe Kevin Payne (who is adaqute but not great SS) they are a mess. They need a top pass rusher (has to be a DE, since you have to move Urlacher to SSLB because he aint a Cover 2 MLB anymore), a good cover corner, a ball roving safety and a MLB who can cover the middle of the field, since Lovie insists on using that f'ing stupid cover 2. All these things are primary needs for the defense and they all require a large of cap space or first and second round picks to get. This doesnt include secondary needs like another CB or more DE depth (behind The new guy, Brown and Anderson) and some back-up safeties. What I meant to point is that the offense doesnt need as many major investments for next year as the defense does.
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This is the context of the text message I got from my brother after the Bears lost at Houston:
"Neckbeard isn't very accurate, is he?"
It's OK to have a little mobility and only be able to throw 30 yards down field if you're a good passer. That's Chad Pennington. Neckbeard is not a good passer. The ball only goes where he is aiming 75% of the time.
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Orton is terrible at accurate deep passes. That being said, his WRs didn't help much either. We need some speed, and guys that can actually catch a ball. Who would of thought a WR that can catch????
The fact that this team put up around 20 points a game with no wide receiver corp, so to speak, is somewhat impressive.
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I'm Bill Kurtis and I just found........... the internet.
Re: press conference from Hendry
Snore. Thanks for saying nothing, Jim.
I'm glad he wants to 'add another pitching' though.
Re: Jay Mariotti Discovers the Internet
I'm glad he wants to 'add another pitching' though.
I think they clipped a word...it should read 'add another pitching machine' though.
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Rumor has it they need to get a left-handed batting practice pitcher.
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If only Mariotti could discover a single small device (so small it could fit in the average pocket, mind you) that could hold an entire music collection. I mean literally thousands of songs. That'd be two columns worth of material easy.
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Science fiction!
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I'm not liking many of the moves this off season.
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Last I checked, you weren't allowed to quote from Third Rock without express written permission from Chad.
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Third Rock is something entirely different. John Lithgow, French Stewart, and that amazon blonde chick whose name I can't remember.
Horrible show. Horrible.
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Amazing? Dude she's more of a man than you or I.
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Read it again, hot shot.
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I didn't even get Chad to flip out. I'm so disappointed. I thought if you pushed the button and the venom shot out. Damn thing must be broken.
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Best faux-Mariotti ever, reprinted from BBTF (author unknown):
by Jay Mariotti
Thau shalt not cheat. That's the first thing they taught you in little league. Hustle, play hard, worry about winning if it makes you play better, just have fun if it doesn't. Have fun, play within the rules, shake the other team's hand after the game, and we'll go for a tasty freeze afterward.
But don't cheat.
I don't know if they have little league down in the Dominican Republic, but Sammy Sosa must have missed that day of class.
Sammy was a hero to so many.
He was a hero to Edna Terwilliger, who has faithfully attended every home game since 1923 in spite of her blindness and the Cubs' listlessness.
He was a hero to Roberto Sanchez, a native of San Pedro de Macoris, who works the overtime shift at the meat packing plant just so he'll have the extra cash to come to come see his countryman in a game or two over the weekend.
He was a hero to my son, Jay Jr.
He'll be a hero no more. Sammy Sosa is a fraud and all of his accomplishments are forever tainted. The 500 home runs, the smile on his Hall of Fame plaque, the race against McGwire during that magical summer of 1998.
Tainted. Forever.
Just when it looked like everything was coming together for one glorious season, with Dusty in the dugout and Prior on the mound and the Yankees coming to town for the first time in seventy years. Just when it looked like it was safe, for the first time in a long time, to believe in this franchise. Just as the calender had turned to June - Cubs fans dug in, waited for their pitch -
And took a collective beanball to their head.
Sammy Sosa is a fraud who poops his pants.
There is no joy in Wrigleyville today.
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As for Mariotti, probably as 'hilarious' as always, I honestly couldn't force myself through more than a paragraph or so....
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the bears need to draft a safety in the first round preferably one from
USC even if you trade up to get him screw drafting a reciever in rounds 1 or 2
angelo would pick the wrong one, SIGN TJ HOUSHMANZEDAH.
thats my 3 cents on the bears.
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Bears need alot of help, they are only getting older.
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Kyle Orton. Who knows what the Bears really have there.
Look at the QB's who are on playoff teams, and compare them to Orton.
Then look at each team, and compare their WR's to the Bears. How many dropped passes do you think the Bears had this season? I'm pretty sure that they led the league in receivers tackled at the 1 yd line..lol. Ok...maybe that only happened 2 or 3 times. I'd get him some decent receivers, and then see how he looks.
Orton needs to get better. I agree. 18 TD's, 12 INT's, 58.5% comp. pct.
It's something to build on. Hester can be the #2 WR. It was his first full season at WR. 51 catches, 665 yds, 13.0 per, 2 TD's. Not great, barely adequate. But there is hope. The Bears should draft a WR second or 3rd, and look for a solid vet, preferable one without a large fork in his back, ala Marty Booker, who did make one of the best catches I've ever seen against the Lions..wow.
They could bring Peyton Manning here, and he sure wouldnt' make chicken salad out of this chicken shit.
If the Bears cut Booker, Rashied Davis, and Brandon Lloyd, no big loss.
the defense....oof. Need a pass rushing end, a LB, a CB, a free safety, and a LB...and a new def. coordinator.
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Orton's numbers are the same as Grossman's.
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He completed more passes, threw less picks, and had to throw to Hester and Davis, Grossman had Berrian and Muhammed. Please do the research jacos.
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Headline on Yahoo RSS feed:
Rockies bolster rotation, get Marquis from Cubs (AP)
Isn't that an oxymoron? Or something?
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Regarding the Bears:
I'm not a huge football expert either, only played a couple years in HS before my torn Achilles sent me to the Walter Mitty Conference, but I do know that all football games are won in the trenches. If your offensive and defensive lines are both spectacular, you have a chance to win every game you play even if you have mediocre players elsewhere, including QB and receiving. The Bears don't have that, so, with their mediocre QB and receiving corps, guess what we have? A mediocre team. I'd love to see the Bears get a good QB but it's amazing how one can sort of emerge out of nowhere when you have a great offensive line. Gimme a great offensive line, and my 8 year old will draw up great offensive plays. Hell, I'll run draw plays up on you all night and still beat you with a great line 70% of the time.
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Link for Morrissey's take on Bradley signing. He's almost got me convinced...
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Wow that came off as condescending...sorry Jacos. I meant to say that Grossman, at least had NFL receivers to throw to rather than the group of cast offs, AFL all stars, and general trash Orton had.
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No offense, I just heard they had the same QB rating.
And I'm sure you saw all the passes Mohammed dropped here and that Grossman had Benson and Orton had Forte.
One is tall with no arm.
The other is small with an arm.
If we could surgically put the parts together...
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Morissey basically mentioned the same thing I did in the last thread - who cares if Bradley goes apesh-it, at least he'll shake things up once in awhile.
First DBag HOF Voter not Voting for Rickey
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The comments to that story are awesome.
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this is why i shake my head every time someone brings up in-depth stats when handicapping HOF/MVP/etc. voting.
we learn in school how government is SUPPOSED to work, but it would probably do America a lot more good (and a lot faster change) if we were taught how government works in reality.
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Rickey Henderson is the one that baffles me.
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Muhammed dropped a lot of passes last season, 2007. Grossman had Thomas Jones in 2006. At least Muhsin Muhammed has been an NFL receiver, an ALL-PRO type player in his career.
2006 Bears:
Leading rusher Thomas Jones 1210 yds, 6 TDS
second rusher Cedric Benson 647 yds, 6 TDS
Receivers 2006:
Muhammed: 60 catches, 863 YDs, 5 TDs, 14.4 yds/catch
Berrian: 51 Catches, 775 YDs, 6 TDs, 15.2 yds/catch
Davis: 22 catches, 303 yds, 2 TDs, 13.8 yds/catch
(TE)Clark: 45 catches, 626 yds, 6 TDs, 13.9 yds/catch
Bears 2008:
Leading rusher Matt Forte: 1238 yds, 8 TDS. 4 TDS rec.
second rusher Kevin Jones: 107 yds, 0 TDs
Receivers 2008:
Hester: 51 catches, 665 yds, 2 TDS, 13.0 yds/catch
Davis: 35 catches, 445 yds, 2 TDs, 12.7 yds/catch
Lloyd: 26 catches, 364 yds, 2 Tds, 14.0 yds/catch
(TE)Olsen:54 catches, 574 yds, 5 TDs, 10.6 yds/catch
(TE)Clark:41 catches, 367 yds, 1 TD, 9.0 yds catch.
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See? This tangent proves that Mariotti writes something, gets everyone talking about it or him, and it just blows up and up. That is precisely why he gets paid. Every paper/site has a paid assassin and now AOL has Jay. Morrissey is the Trib's gun-totin curmudgeon, carrying on the Bernie Lincicome/Skip Bayless torch.
And you know that the majority of people who complain about Mariotti so much read his stuff more often than not, which will always keep him gainfully employed.
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I must be lost, I thought this was TCR. What's all this QB discussion about. Mariotti probably poisoning us. Some new sabermetric term?
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Smoltz at the end of the bullpen?
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Lol....good call Rob...Substitute Smoltz for HArden. Just in time for summer!!
I lik how the Sun times says the Cubs "also have options in the bullpen with Samarsdzji9kksjkh, Angel Guzman, and Kevin Hart. THE Kevin Hart.
Wow. Color me unimpressed.
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I'd love Smoltzy on this team. Keeps him off the Cardinals, if nothing else.
Pre-humous Honor
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So a peace offering because the MRS. said "f the Cubs"?
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I wonder if Jim and Ron Santo car pool to Wrigley...
Mike North too.
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This may be 3/44 and is unrelated to Jay the Douche, but someone forwarded me this payroll vs. performance chart:
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The sad part about this Bears season is that if the offense was just good enough that if the D had stepped up, they'd have made the playoffs (Atlanta and Tampa Bay games being the two that really hurt).
No pass rush, even with good end rushers. That baffled me.
Couldn't cover when it counted, partly due to no pass rush.
The tackling seemed better than the last couple years, but still shoddy at times.
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"Mostly they need a DC with an imagination that knows how to blitz. "
I read somewhere they lead the league in blitzes.
I know I did, I don't where to find it and I'm just as shocked as you are.
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That isn't surprising at all.
The Bears blitzed a LOT this past season.
But there is a big difference between blitzing, and actually knowing HOW to blitz, and blitz creatively.
Rare Baseball Card Find
I was watching Ken Burns "Baseball" on MLB last night, and if I remember AG Spaulding is on that team.
Nice find, young lady.
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amazing documentary...did you know that there was a team in Pittsburgh? Ken Burns doesn't considering he gave about 10 minutes of his 1000000000 minute documentary to the team.
it's a great new york baseball documentary with other token stuff thrown in. i couldn't even make it though the documentary past the first few discs. his handling of the 50s+ baseball was horrid, imo.
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Yeah the 50's is all about NY, the first inning was very good last night going from 1850's to 1900.
Looking forward to next one.
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yeah, the first few are nice. the first one is really good. it just felt a little "lazy" as it dragged on to me.
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I forgot it was originally aired during 94 shutdown.
I was not interest in baseball at the time due to the stoppage.
I like the old time photographs of the old ball parks, with giant grandstands and then open field.
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you should check out "When It Was A Game" Volumes 1-3. it's an HBO series consisting of lots of rare player/fan shot footage. it's got it's share of too-cheesy voice-overs and over-dramatic music, but the footage is "wow."
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Yes, I seen it.
Very good.
I acctually like the cheesy voice overs.
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Thanks Rob...should I go eff myself now?
I watched every Bears game this season, as I have the last 25 years or so.
If Orton wasn't underthrowing, he was overthrowing the deep pass to Hester. How about the Bears had a WR..I dunno..make a freaking play?
He needs to get better on the deep pass, but there were times the ball was there, and Hester couldn't make the play. I'd mention another receiver, but no one else can get open deep on this team.
Is Orton Peyton Manning? No. Does he need to get better on the deep ball? Yes. Is this a team that needs at least 2 more good NFL receivers? Absolutely yes.
There are several areas on this team that are a lot bigger problem than the QB position. Offensive line, pass rush, defensive back to name 3.
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I mention the O-line as a problem not due to their performance this season, but as to their age and lack of depth.
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If the Bears can get Manning, Favre, Brady, by all means.
A great QB can do that, but is there one available?
It's not like Orton went out there and went 52.0%, 2200 yds, 12 TD/17 ints
I understand what you're saying Rob, but there are other needs that must be addressed first. You could put Peyton Manning on this team, and the Bears would still suck unless he was bringing Reggie Wayne with him.
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I lean toward Dusty's argument overall, but the fact is that the Bears just missed the playoffs with Orton. With Manning, they make the playoffs without question. I still blame the defense gagging away the Atlanta and Tampa Bay games more than anything, tough.
The O line was not awful....this year. Although maybe because they improved from last year, it just seems it wasn't awful.
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So they missed the playoffs because they got three wins over the Rams and Lions? No, they missed the playoffs because of bad defense, in two games specifically. Who they actually beat and in what division they play isn't the point; the point is that despite a weak-ish QB, they were almost a playoff team. You can argue they would be a weak playoff team, and I wouldn't disagree.
24th-ranked line vs run, 11th in pass = not awful. Mediocre maybe.
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Ok..I was being a little facetious...but throw Manning on this team, and he isn't going to put up 30 TD's throwing to Rashied Davis, devin Hester, and Marty Booker.
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If the QB was weak-ish, and I'm not saying he doesn't have to improve, or that he wasn't...but what was the defense? 12 games of 20 points for the offense. 10 games for the defense giving up 20+ points.
Pick your QB
A: 58.5% comp, 2972 yds, 18 TD, 12 int, 79.6 rating
B: 60.0% comp, 2971 yds, 14 TD, 12 int, 80.3 rating
C: 59.9% comp, 3301 yds, 17 TD, 15 INT, 80.1 rating
D: 59.1% comp, 2157 yds, 12 TD, 15 INT, 73.7 rating
E: 58.3% comp, 2676 yds, 12 TD, 7 int, 80.20 rating
F: 61.1% comp, 3440 yds, 16 TD, 11 int, 87.7 rating
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Well, if you want to factor luck into it, go right ahead. And yeah, simplifying it to "they missed the playoffs because of two bad games by their D" is perhaps a mistake. But I'm looking it at in a factual manner in that regard -- if they stop one freaking pass vs. Atlanta, make a play vs. Tampa on that final drive (and not have a stupid personal foul), they're in the playoffs.
They were resilient enough to come back vs. Atlanta, make some plays when they had to (the offense, I mean), and the D let them down most of the year when they had to come up big.
Of course, it is often infuriating watching the Bears' offense; it's been that way for years. I just disagree that that's what kept the team at home right now.
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Ok Rob. Lol...point taken.
Is he right theere with everyone else there? Ok..maybe not F..Matt Ryan.
Of course, having Turner/Norwood, and throwing to Roddy White may help a little. Sure am glad I picked Ryan up cheap in my FFL pool.
He isn't too far off the numbers of the other qb's there Rob.
Frerotte...ok...Frerotte stinks.
But compare the receivers that Flacco, Ryan, Big Ben, Frerotte, and Collins are throwing to, and compare them to the Bears receivers.
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I agree 100% on Ryan and Flacco, but they were still throwing to better receivers than Orton.
Rob, i agree to disagree. The Bears should draft a QB, sure...but there are too many other holes right now to spend that 1st pick on one.
Who should they go get?
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"too many other holes "
Bears=Swiss Cheese
They need to get younger, they should have to Urlacher to F off when he demanded new contract.
WSCR just talked about trying to think anyother sports team having a longer drought at a position then the Bears at QB.
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"Personally, I'd start with replacing Orton..."
It would appear than Angelo agrees with your opinion in this regard.
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..or it would appear to be a negotiating tactic that Angelo is using to let Orton know he won't get a big payday just yet...
Moving parts affecting Peavy deal!
With the ownerships of both cubs and pads changing...the peavy situation may be on hold...more to be figured out in the next month!
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as a fan, he only "owes" us the game on the field and not getting in the way of others on his team being ready to play (imo).
it's exponentially worse to his family and friends, but this dude most likely had 15+ years of play left and even though he just turned 24 a couple months ago he had already established himself as a top guy in the game.
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I know what you're trying to say, Charlie, that none of us feels what his loved ones must be feeling.
On the other hand, what makes a death like this tragic is precisely the loss, based on Fernandez's youth and brilliance, to the baseball world.
So, for example, we can say that Princess Diana's death meant more, in aggregate, to millions of admirers who didn't know her personally than to her loved ones.
boston pitching snags a couple of mlb team records...
"Over nine innings of play, Boston's staff struck out 11 straight Tampa Bay Rays hitters Sunday, breaking the major-league record for most consecutive strikeouts in a game.
The previous record was held by former New York Mets right-hander Tom Seaver, who struck out 10 straight hitters in 1970.
Not only that, but with a strikeout to end the ninth, sending the game into extras, Boston's staff also struck out an MLB-record 21 batters over nine innings."
What a loss to baseball, which I'm sure pales in comparison to the personal loss to his loved ones.
Somehow I am sensing alcohol was involved. The highest number of boating accidents by a wide margin...
this season got a whole lot less fun
Reports this morning that Marlins' pitching ace Jose Fernandez died in a boating accident - just horrible news.
Check out John Arguello at Cubs Den for great analysis & photos from Cubs AZ Instructs
soler + hammel for mike trout is pretty much a sure thing. *nods*
Not an inspired outing by Rondon. Seemingly got ahead of every hitter but had no swing and miss pitch today, slider had no bite.
Somebody give Soler some smelling salts - yeesh
And...now that runner scores on a single...
So where do you think Soler will be traded to this off season?
And right on cue he throws to third with no chance to get runner on 2nd so the batter takes 2nd easily. How long has he been playing baseball??
Man you cannot put Soler out there late in games for Playoffs. Yuch...
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John Peeler: The transition to democracy, now 30 years old, has passed a major test with the trial and conviction of Ríos Montt. The impediments to full democratization remain huge, but there is still good cause for Guatemalans to celebrate.
Kabul Attack Continues Taliban Control of War Narrative
Gareth Porter: This week's Taliban attacks on multiple targets in Kabul, including the U.S. Embassy and U.S.-NATO headquarters, are the latest and most spectacular of a long series of operations that have given the insurgents the upper hand in establishing the narrative of the war as perceived by the Afghan population.
Like Nixon, Obama Will Waste Lives to Get Reelected
Ivan Eland: The public could be forgiven for missing the real message of Obama's Afghanistan speech: "We've lost the war, but we are declaring victory anyway and getting out."
State of Denial: After the Big Leak, Spinning for War
Norman Soloman: And if, these days, "U.S. troops in the field" are not as inclined to express "frustration at having to fight a war without sufficient resources," the latest boosts of Pentagon outlays for war in Afghanistan merely reflect the unhinged escalation of a war effort that should not exist.
Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Our very presence as occupiers undermines the possibility that any government we support could ever achieve legitimacy and stability, because they will always be seen as puppets of the United States.


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Mary Helen McMillan, 82, of Amarillo died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009
Mrs. McMillan's body was donated to Texas Tech School of Medicine. Celebration of life services will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Valley Christian Church, 327 E. Central Ave.
Helen was born Jan. 2, 1926, in Norton to Walter and Faye Carter Stubblefield. They moved to Happy when she was 2 years old. Helen attended Happy public schools. She moved to Amarillo in 1943 and attended San Jacinto Beauty School. She also worked at and later owned Willis Cleaners for many years.
She volunteered for the American Red Cross and YWCA, where she taught handicapped swimming. She was past president of the Alamo Mother-in-law Club. She retired from Amarillo Hospital District. She was a lady who wore many hats. She was a Baptist. Her goal in life was to be of service to her fellow man. She loved helping people and will be remembered for her generosity, graciousness and unconditional love for others.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Bobby and Walter Ralph Stubblefield; and her two husbands, A.B. Watson and Richard Morton McMillan.
Survivors include a son, John Watson of Amarillo; a grandson, Chip Watson and wife Karen of Borger; two great-grandsons, Steven and James and wife Stephanie, all of Borger; a stepsister, Verbie Parker of Happy; a niece of San Angelo; and several cousins.
The family suggests memorials be to Don & Sybil Harrington Cancer Center, 1500 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106; or a favorite charity.
Amarillo Globe-News, Sept. 10, 2009
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Gateway Load Balancing in Future Tactical Networks
In future tactical networks, gateway nodes will have an important role in connecting different military communications platforms together to form a consolidated network. To increase capacity for upstream/downstream traffic as well as resiliency, more than one gateway should be deployed. In this context, performing gateway load balancing is vital in order to take full advantage of the resources available and thereby improve the performance. Previous work has shown that a number of factors such as the level of asymmetry, offered load, and gateway location may influence the performance of load balancing. However these parameters alone cannot explain why the performance of load balancing is high for certain topologies while it is very poor for others.


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The folks over at DVD Active got a look at the disc art for the next title in Warner Bros.' Raw Feed line, Rest Stop: Don't Look Back. I guess you could say it's not the most creative cover, featuring two people instead of just one like the original, but it's the meat that counts, not the bread.
In this sequel to ">Rest Stop (DVD review), three people show up looking for the unfortunate couple from the first film, but they find that their friend's killer has no qualms about adding to his body count. But the ghosts of Jesse and Nicole aren't exactly peaceful, aiming to give as good as they got.
Features on the disc will include a commentary by writer/producer John Shiban and director Shawn Papazian, deleted scenes, "Doomed to Repeat: The Mythology of Rest Stop" featurette, and an alternate ending. Sexy!
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Mass layoffs in July
August 29, 2003
Employers initiated 2,087 mass layoff actions in July 2003, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 226,435.
Compared with July 2002, the number of layoff events increased, while the number of workers involved declined. July 2003 marks the 14th consecutive month in which mass-layoff initial claims declined over the year.
From January through July 2003, the total number of events, at 11,947, was higher than for the same period a year ago, but the number of initial claims, at 1,183,045, was lower.
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. Mass layoffs data for July 2003 are preliminary and subject to revision. For more information, see news release USDL 03-454, "Mass Layoffs in July 2003" (PDF) (TXT).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Mass layoffs in July on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2003/aug/wk4/art05.htm (visited September 27, 2016).
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We will #walkforcures at Children's Zoo in Lincoln to EMPOWER and INSPIRE patients and their families to live their fullest lives and continue our fight for cures. By joining our Take Steps community, you will fundraise to support mission-critical research and patient support programs for the 1.6 million Americans living with IBD. Walk as an individual or gather your friends, family, and co-workers to form a team. Learn more & register here.
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I'm not a fan, but at least Republican rape philosophers shine a light on the GOP's radical views on abortion. As it stands, they're passing laws that include no exceptions for rape survivors, and they're doing it quietly:
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Kate Middleton and Moms Who Aren't Princesses
With much of England and half the U.S. on Kate Middleton Baby-Watch this week, I'm writing about motherhood in the Guardian. It's great (and normal) that we're all excited about a new (and royal!) baby. Babies are really cute, and all of them should enter the world into the arms of folks who are excited to welcome them. But our celebrity pregnancy obsession, coupled with our unrealistic and condescending view of motherhood (it's THE HARDEST JOB IN THE WOOOOORLD!) make real political change difficult, and keep parents (mostly mothers) unsupported. A bit:
You know what would be great? If pro-lifers actually focused on life.
Abortion restrictions are being introduced, debated and mostly passed across several states in the U.S. Texas has been the most notable, but many others — Ohio, North Carolina, Alabama, Indiana, Kansas, Mississippi and North Dakota — are ramping up their anti-abortion legislation. But while the GOP claims to focus on "life," many of the states dedicating enormous amounts of time, money and energy to limiting abortion also see incredibly poor health outcomes for mothers and children. I outline some of them over at Al Jazeera; here's a bit:
The cost of pregnancy and childbirth
Holy cow is a lot, according to this New York Times feature. In fact, it's more than any other nation in the world, but our health outcomes aren't substantially better.
Is it unfair to force men to support their children?
In what's actually a pretty reasonable and thoughtful piece, one woman says yes: That abortion rights given women an out from being parents, and we shouldn't tell men that having sex means taking on the responsibility to have a child:
A peek into a pro-life paradise
I'm sure many Feministe readers have been closely following the story of Beatriz, a young Salvadoran mother with lupus who was pregnant with an anencephalic fetus. The pregnancy, which was doomed because the fetus had only a brainstem but no brain, was killing her. Her kidneys were shutting down, and the longer they were under stress, the higher the likelihood that if she didn't die, she would need to be on dialysis for the rest of her life — a major hardship and almost definitely a life-shortener for a woman living in rural El Salvador with very limited access to health care. Doctors said Beatriz needed an abortion, but El Salvador has some of the strictest pro-life laws in the world, and their courts refused her the procedure under the logic that her life wasn't imminently threatened (apparently since she would die in a few days or weeks, not minutes) and that it's never ok to prioritize a woman's life over a fetus's life. Doctors in El Salvador got around the law by waiting until the 26th week of pregnancy and then performing a Cesarean section — a procedure everyone knew would result in the death of the fetus (which it did) but which can be construed as a "birth" instead of an abortion, even though the end result is the same. Of course, a C-section is significantly more dangerous than an abortion (and especially more dangerous than an earlier abortion, which Beatriz could have had two months ago if she didn't live in a "pro-life" nation). C-sections are invasive surgical procedures, which are significantly more complicated than early abortions, and pose much higher risks of infection or complication, especially when performed on someone whose health is already compromised by lupus and potential organ failure. They take longer to recover from, and they're more expensive. Beatriz, thankfully, seems to be doing fine. But she was still legally compelled to undergo a more dangerous, invasive and complicated procedure — and forced to have her body suffer through declining health — so that ideologues could feel better about the intent of a more dangerous procedure that everyone knew would have the exact same outcome as an earlier, safer one.
Mother's Day is Over – But Pregnancy Discrimination Isn't
Stories of discrimination against pregnant women in the workplace are all too common, and that's why we need the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which was introduced in Congress today.
Despite the passage of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act over 30 years ago, which prohibits discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, some employers continue to deny pregnant women the minor job modifications that could protect not only a woman's pregnancy but also a family's economic security, forcing pregnant women out of their jobs.
The PWFA would make it crystal clear to employers that they can't treat pregnant women worse than other workers who have certain job limitations and instead must make reasonable accommodations if doing so doesn't pose an undue hardship on the business.
Okay, lay off Beyonce, already.
So we know that Beyonce's numerous sins include dressing sexy, being married, and saying that girls run the world when that isn't technically true. But did you also know she's singlehandedly responsible for luring young girls into sexual exploitation?
States Fight Back Against Pregnancy Discrimination
This is a guest post by Lenora M. Lapidus, Director, ACLU Women's Rights Project, and Ariela Migdal, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Women's Rights Project. The ACLU Women's Rights Project (WRP) is dedicated to ensuring that all women can lead lives of dignity free from violence and discrimination, including discrimination based on gender stereotypes.
Catholic Countries Will Kill You, Apparently
An investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar, a woman who died in an Irish hospital after being refused a medically necessary abortion, has confirmed that Ms. Halappanavar and her husband were indeed told that her pregnancy could not be terminated because Ireland is a Catholic country.
New York City to teen moms: You suck, and your kids hate you.
An ad campaign by the NYC Human Resources Administration would like you to know that your kids hate you for being a teen mom. Or, more accurately, that your future kids will hate you if you become a teen mom, much like the kids of current teen moms hate them. Because Daddy left, and now he's absent and stuck with child support, and Mommy's alone and poor, and the kid will never make anything of herself, and why did you not just keep your legs together, Mom?
We need the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
The National Women's Law Center pulls together real women's stories to explain why we need the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which makes sure that all pregnant workers are able to get the minor workplace adjustments they need to continue working during their pregnancies. These aren't major changes in job duties; they're reasonable and small accommodations that make all the difference for pregnant people. A few examples: