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Best starts of the season for Riders pitchers
Ariel Jurado's first start at Dr Pepper Ballpark two nights ago was nothing short of spectacular.
He finally allowed a run on two hits in the sixth inning after beginning the evening by hurling five scoreless frames. After giving up a one-out double to Nelson Ward in the first, Jurado retired the next 14 batters he faced.
He struck out the side in the first inning and finished with a total of six. Additionally, he picked up six groundouts, three flyouts, and two popouts.
Jurado's outing was surely one of the best five starts of the season for the RoughRiders. Let's take a look back at four other impressive starts we have seen this year (not including Major League rehabilitation starts):
Richelson Pena (April 11 at Arkansas)
In his second appearance and first start with the Riders, Pena pitched a gem at Dickey-Stephens Park. The righty retired the first 17 batters he faced before issuing a two-out walk to Angel Rosa in the bottom of the sixth.
After the walk, Pena exited the game with the no-hitter still in tact. Arkansas finally got a hit in the bottom of the seventh on a two-out double by Andrew Daniel off reliever Reed Garrett.
Garrett preserved Frisco's 1-0 lead through the bottom of the eighth, and Matt Bush worked around a pair of two-out walks in the ninth to cap off the one-hit gem by the Riders' pitching staff.
Victor Payano (May 3 at San Antonio)
Payano's start at Wolff Stadium on May 3 not only set a career-high for him in strikeouts for single game, but it was also the most batters fanned by a Riders pitcher this season. It is a mark that will be very hard to top.
The southpaw fanned 13 batters without issuing a walk in six shutout innings. He gave up just four hits, and the Riders won the game 3-0.
Connor Sadzeck (May 6 at San Antonio)
Three days after Payano's gem to open the series, Sadzeck closed the series against the Missions with another dominant start for the RoughRiders.
The righty improved his record to 4-0 on the season, allowing just one run on two hits in seven innings. Unfortunately, his nine strikeouts paled in comparison to Payano's 13 a few days earlier. Still, not too shabby.
Yohander Mendez (July 18 vs. San Antonio)
One of the most amazing things about this list is that four of the five best Riders starts of the season came against San Antonio. The Riders continued to assert their dominance over the Missions in Mendez's start against the Missions a few weeks ago. Mendez retired the first 14 batters he faced (including striking out the side in the third) before finally giving up a two-out single to Luis Tejada in the top of the fifth.
However, Mendez gave up a two-run triple to Jose Rondon in the sixth. Rondon scored as well on the play, thanks to a throwing error, and the Missions took a 3-2 lead.
It was the first loss for Mendez with the Riders, despite the incredible start. He struck out seven and did not issue a walk, while giving up just three hits.
– Steve
Baseball term of the day: neutral win/loss – An estimate of a pitcher's won-lost record if that pitcher were given league-average run support.
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
How I keep score: part three (Nathan)
And now for the final part in our three-part series on scorekeeping. Save the
best most esoteric for last. My scorekeeping is high-maintenance, requires coloring skills, and probably an instructional manual, but it works for me. You can read about the way Ryan keeps score and Steve makes his book on the blog as well.
Below are the scorebook pages for the Riders come-from-behind win over Corpus Christi this past Saturday. (Don't mind those pages folded over. Re-scan it? Psh: I got stuff to do!).
(Click to view larger image)
The first thing that jumps out at most people, of course, are the colors (or maybe the messiness).
Let's start with the history.
The History
I first learned to keep score from my grandfathers, particularly on my father's side. I grew up going to tons of Rangers games, and my grandpa always kept score at the game. I just hope my system now makes more sense than my scribbles at age six.
That said, my system is simply my system TODAY. I am a tinkerer. I change things a lot. It's also MY system. It probably wouldn't work for you. I'd recommend coming up with your own and tinkering. All brains work differently.
I owe most of my current love for colors to one of my mentors, and the former voice of the RoughRiders, Alex Vispoli, whom I worked here in Frisco in 2013. Alex used color pens. I had been using highlighters since 2012 , but the pens took things to a new level.
The Basics
For the players, numbers and positions are written in black for opposing teams (generic, boring, boo other teams), while the Riders numbers and positions are in Red (hurrah! Color! Fun! Go Riders!).
For the defensive chart alignments, these colors hold as well. As you can see to the left, the defensive chart for the opponents is all in black (that's Corpus Christi), and the Riders defensive chart is all in red, with one notable exception, the pitchers.
Below, you'll see the lineup for the Riders. All of the player names in the batting lineup and the pitcher on the defensive chart are either in red, green, or (in some cases, but not in this game, in blue). This corresponds to their handedness. So, red for right (R for R), green for left (green is weird, lefties are weird, plus it's very different-looking from red). Blue is for switch hitters (had to finish out the RGB color scheme) as seen below.
Defensive chart in more detail
A few other points on the defensive chart, which again, looks like so:
- The numbers in green above the player indicate the number of errors for each player.
- For the outfielder, the first number is the number of assists and the second number is the total number of errors.
- On a day I have more time, I will put games played/errors at that position and then in parenthesis above it, will show the total number of games played in the field / total errors at all positions. For outfielders I will write in games/assists/errors. Here is an example.
- The numbers in dark purple are the stolen base efficiency for pitchers and catchers. So here, runners have been caught one in five times against Reed Garrett, and Kellin Deglan has thrown out 23-of-71 would-be basestealers.
- I also list passed balls here for catchers, and like this example, will sometimes write in the record for the pitcher and the team when the current battery works together.
Riders Lineup in more detail
- I keep stats on the Riders in our Game Notes, so I don't write them in on my book. Instead, I load the game notes on my iPad and display them right in front of me. It saves me time from writing them in my book this way; plus, I don't have to look down.
- The brown numbers after each player is the current hitting and on-base streak. For example, in this game, Isiah Kiner-Falefa entered the game with an eight-game hit streak and a 14-game on-base streak.
- The writing in blue is shorthand reminders of something interesting about that player or something I want to mention that night. I use the big vertical lines to serve as a period of sorts, separating different notes.
Opposing Lineup in more detail
- The only real difference here is at the stat line, which is how I used to do both sides of my book. The format is (games) AVG, 2B/3B/HR, RBI, K:BB SB-SBA. So Derek Fisher is batting .253 with 13 doubles, three triples, 14 homers, 52 RBI, 104 strikeouts and 62 walks. He's stolen 19 bases in 25 tries.
The scoring
Now to the meat and potatoes. How to actually keep score. Everything else is in preparation for the actual game.
- The highlighting
- Reasoning: My brain loves colors for some reason. I have a hard time pulling out how many strikeouts a pitcher has without highlighting them in a certain color, for example.
- Hits in yellow
- Strikeouts in red
- Walks in orange
- Errors in pink
- Hit batters in purple
- Stolen bases in green
- Runs in blue
- The pens
- Reasoning: I ran out of highlighter colors! That, and some things need a more fine point.
- The path of the ball is marked in green (for example…"L" is line drive and "SL" is soft liner)
- Plus with a circle around it in purple is an RBI. "2+" for two RBI on the play, "3+" for three, etc.
- Wild pitches are written in orange, which I write next to the path that they took the extra base on.
- Passed balls are in purple, written like wild pitch, along the base path.
- Balks are in blue, same as the last two.
- Double plays are circled in red.
- The pencil
- Reasoning: baseball is old school. I have an irrational hatred for people who score in pen only. Also, I make too many mistakes to score in pen.
- I use "real" pencils. None of this mechanical junk. This also means I travel with a pencil sharpener.
- Because I had a horrible habit of starting the next inning in the same column as the last, I shade in the entire empty column in pencil, much to the consternation of a particular Winston-Salem broadcaster.
- I keep all basic scoring, including balls and strikes in pencil. Stolen from Ryan, I now count called, swinging, and foul strikes specifically. For example, take this box below, a runners interference out. The sequence went: called strike (c), called strike (C), ball (3), ball (4), ball (5), and foul (6). Unlike Ryan, after two strikes, I write the number of the pitch for a foul to make it easier to count the total pitches in the at-bat.
The rest
I keep various notes here and there. Things change. Times change. They are, in-fact, "a changing," or maybe you haven't heard. I am sure this will all look very different next year.
Props to Ryan for the idea for this series and great work by both Ryan and Steve for their previous entries and hard work on the blog this year. It's been a pleasure writing for the first time in awhile.
– Nathan
Baseball term of the day: under the big top – In the Major Leagues
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
Saddle Up: Riders at Midland (DH, 5/19/16)
GAMES #38 and 39
Frisco RoughRiders (25-12) at Midland RockHounds (20-17)
Thursday, May 19 – Game one starts at 4:30 p.m.
Security Bank Ballpark – Midland, TX
Watch: MiLB.TV (Midland feed)
Listen: Streaming online and on the TuneIn Radio app (Nathan Barnett and Steve Goldberg)
Live stats: Game one / Game two
This series: Games 3 and 4 of 4 (Riders lead, 2-0)
This season: Games 7 and 8 of 28 (Riders lead, 4-2)
FRISCO LINEUP (Game one)
- Lewis Brinson – RF
- Isiah Kiner-Falefa – SS
- Ryan Cordell – CF
- Ronald Guzman – 1B
- Preston Beck – DH
- Garrett Weber – SS
- Zach Cone – LF
- Luis Mendez – 3B
- Kellin Deglan – C
RHP Connor Sadzeck (4-0, 3.24 ERA)
RIDERS RECAP: Tuesday at Midland (W, 11-8 – 15 innings)
Box Score
Postgame Notes
Highlight of the night: Ronald Guzman's two-run triple adds insurance in the 15th
PREGAME INTERVIEW: Catcher Kellin Deglan
SETTING THE STAGE (full game notes here)
The RoughRiders game with Midland yesterday was postponed due to rain…On Tuesday, the two teams played a 15-inning affair, ending in an 11-8 RoughRiders victory…Frisco led 6-1 after five innings behind masterful work from YU DARVISH in his rehab appearance. He struck out six and allowed just three hits, all singles, surrendering an unearned run in the first…Midland rallied back, however, with four runs in the sixth off of JOSE MONEGRO and another marker off of RYNE SLACK in the ninth to send the games to extra innings…Frisco and Midland traded solo home runs in the 13th before the RoughRiders jumped on the Hounds with four unearned runs in the 15th and held on for the win…PRESTON BECK earned the win in his 2016 pitching debut, allowing one run in two innings.
Right-handed pitcher YU DARVISH re-joined the Riders to continue his Major League rehabilitation assignment Tuesday. The three-time American League All-Star worked five innings and allowed just three hits and an unearned run, while walking one and striking out six. Of Darvish's 68 pitches, 47 were strikes.
Frisco's 25-12 record is the best through 37 games in team history, one game ahead of the 2008 RoughRiders who were 24-13 at this point. The 2008 squad finished with an 84-56 record and lost to Arkansas in the Texas League championship series.
RYAN CORDELL has been off to a great start in 2016, including a Texas League Player of the Week and Player of the Month honor. Although his 17-game hitting streak came to an end May 2, he continued his on-base streak to an MiLB-leading 36 games Tuesday and reached twice in the win. Dating back to the final three games of 2015, he has reached base in 39 straight contests.
In addition to Cordell's impressive on-base streak, he also leads the Texas League in numerous categories. With a solo home run in the eighth inning Monday, the Riders outfielder passed Midland's Matt Chapman for the league lead in home runs (10) and Ryon Healy for the lead in RBI (35). Cordell also tops the the league in batting average (.353) and runs scored (34), and he leads all of Minor League Baseball in slugging percentage (.699).
After striking out 180 hitters in the first 23 games (7.8 per game), Riders pitching has amassed 125 punchouts in the last 14 games (8.9 per game). In addition, three starters have set career-highs in single-game strikeouts during that stretch (VICTOR PAYANO, 13; SAM WOLFF, 10;CONNOR SADZECK, 9).
With a win Monday night, the Riders now have a 9-2 record in series openers this year. The only two blemishes were one-run defeats, in last Saturday's 4-3 loss to Midland and last Thursday's 6-5 loss to Corpus Christi. The Riders have won six of their first 10 series, including two sweeps of Northwest Arkansas and San Antonio.
Despite leading the Texas League in run differential (+43), Frisco has played in 11 one-run contests, winning seven, over the last 20 games. The Riders have an 8-5 record in games decided by one run this year and are 4-1 in games decided by two runs.
Right-handed pitcher JOSE LECLERC has made a marked improvement since transitioning from the starting rotation to the bullpen. Leclerc had an ERA of 7.88 in two starts but has allowed just two earned runs in 12.0 innings of relief, good for a 1.50 ERA.
After losing all four games to Corpus Christi in the last series, the RoughRiders were swept for the first time this season. It was the first time Frisco had been swept since losing three games to Midland in the final series of last year (September 5-7).
Reliever RYNE SLACK saw an impressive stretch come to an end in the eighth inning of Saturday's game. The southpaw began the season with 14 1/3 scoreless innings between April 8 and May 8 until the Hooks finally tagged him for two runs Saturday. However, his .098 opposing average is still the best in the Texas League.
RoughRiders utility man ISIAH KINER-FALEFA has found a new skillset, and it comes from behind the plate. The 21-year-old is catching for the first time in his career this season, having made seven starts behind the plate. The new position has worked incredibly well for Kiner-Falefa, who has caught the last four baserunners who have attempted to steal on his watch. He had not allowed a passed ball for the first five games until allowing one in the first game of Friday's doubleheader.
The RoughRiders aren't the only Rangers affiliate with a winning record. Overall, the Rangers farm system is 97-57 (.630), which is the second-best winning percentage among all Minor League systems behind Cleveland. Every full-season affiliate in the organization has a record above .500, as Class A Hickory enters the day at 26-13, Class A-Advanced High Desert is 26-14, and Triple-A Round Rock is 20-18. Round Rock was recently ranked the fifth-best Minor League team (any level) by MLB.com's Jim Callis.
The RoughRiders enter the season with six players ranked in either Baseball America or MLBPipeline.com's Rangers Top 30 Prospects. LEWIS BRINSON, the No. 2 prospect in Rangers' farm system according to MLBPipeline.com and Baseball America, returns to Frisco. He appeared in 28 games for the Riders last season, hitting .291 with six home runs and 23 RBI before being promoted to Round Rock. Brinson is joined by five other players named in the lists—RYAN CORDELL (No. 15 in MLB, No. 11 in BA), RONALD GUZMAN (23, 29), JOSE LECLERC (25, 21), SAM WOLFF (26, NR), and CONNOR SADZECK (27, 26).
GAME ONE: The RoughRiders face Corey Walter for the first time this year in Game One of the twin bill. Walter moved into the rotation when Daniel Megden was promoted to Triple-A, but he missed Frisco in the first series between the two teams…Drafted in the 28th Round of the 2014 Draft out of West Virginia University, Walter throws a two-seam sinker and a slider and is working on his changeup….GAME TWO: Righty Joel Seddon takes the ball for Midland tonight in the back-half of the doubleheader. Seddon has turn things around after a rough start, alllowed three or fewer earned runs in three of his last four outings, including one against Frisco. Seddon is in his third season as a professional and his first with the RockHounds. The University of South Carolina product was selected by the Athletics in the 11th round of the 2014 draft. He was previously selected in the 20th round by Toronto out of St. Clair High School in 2011. He was mostly a reliever in college and in his first season in the Oakland farm system, but made 14 starts in 34 appearances with Class A-Advanced Stockton last season. His arsenal includes a two-seam and four-seam fastball, changeup, slider, and curveball.
Matta's moves hype up Riders
Erick "Shaq" Matta isn't a member of the Riders active roster, but that doesn't stop him from making contributions to the squad. In addition to helping out as a bullpen catcher with the RoughRiders, Matta has assumed the unofficial role of pre-game motivator by way of a short dance.
The routine takes place in the Riders dugout, shortly before each game. Matta gets in the middle of his teammates, who circle around him, and get energized by watching him dance. The ensuing claps, chants, and cheers from his teammates are noticeable around the ballpark.
Matta, the 22-year-old catcher, was a member of the active roster for a short while earlier this season and played in one game on April 18. The native of San Juan, Puerto Rico says the tradition started early in the season on a day when the energy wasn't quite at normal levels before a game.
"I said, 'let's go do that' and see the reaction after that," said Matta. "Now, they do it for motivation."
"I like it because – you know, Puerto Ricans, Latins, they like dance, you know?" said Matta. "Sometimes, the American guys don't like that, but now, they like it."
It's a simple dance, but it's brought Matta and his teammates closer together, while giving them a little extra energy boost before they take the field.
As Matta puts it, "I'm not on the roster, but I feel like I am."
– Ryan
Baseball term of the day: Dancer – A knuckleball
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
Spring Training Travels: Guilder Rodriguez
We spoke with Guilder Rodriguez about transitioning from player to coach. We will have more on RidersTV soon; here is a teaser of our interview with him from our Spring Training Travels Series. All installments from the series can be found here, including Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6, and our mid-trip update.
Although his time in the Major Leagues was short-lived, Guilder Rodriguez is one of the most well-known RoughRiders in team history. The middle infielder is the all-time leader in Riders in games played, hits, and stolen bases.
Coming soon to #RidersTV is an exclusive interview with Guilder about Spring Training as a coach and his upcoming role as a coach in the Dominican Summer League.
Here is a preview:
– Nathan
Baseball term of the day: zob – a weak person; a fool.
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
Spring Training Travels Day 5: Checking in with Non-Roster Invitees
This marks the fifth day of the RoughRiders Media Relations Department's travels at Spring Training in and around Phoenix, Arizona. In this installment, we check in with some former RoughRiders who were invited to major league camp as non-roster invitees. All installments can be found here, including Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4.
If you've been to a Spring Training game, you know the drill. The major leaguers play for the first five or six innings, before you find you find yourself asking "who?" every time an unfamiliar name is introduced as a pinch hitter or defensive replacement. These mystery players are often the non-roster invitees.
Non-roster invitees are players with minor-league contracts (i.e. not on the 40-man roster), but are participating on the major league side of camp instead of the minor league side. Often, they are younger players working their way to their first full-time MLB roster spot, while veteran big leaguers are occasionally brought in, too (a la Jeremy Guthrie this year). This spring, the Rangers had 18 non-roster invitees, including a handful of former RoughRiders. While many of the non-roster invitees won't make the big league roster right away, the opportunity to train alongside some of the game's best players provides a valuable experience.
"I'm not trying to put too much pressure on myself," said 2014-15 RoughRiders infielder Drew Robinson. "I'm just trying to learn as much as I can, absorb anything I can from these guys.
And that absorption of knowledge from established veterans can be just as important as refining on-field skills.
"Seeing how they go about their business day to day, I mean, it's huge because it's something you have to be able to learn how to do," said 2015 RoughRiders outfielder Ryan Cordell. "At this point in my career, learning how to become better off the field, how to prepare myself when I come to the field, that's the biggest part.
Though they're not a regular face in the Rangers clubhouse during the summer, they've been welcomed in as part of the family.
"It's a good vibe around here," said 2013 RoughRiders catcher/first baseman Brett Nicholas. "They treat us like we're part of the team. I've enjoyed talking to some of the veteran guys who have been around for a while and just them giving their two cents on what it's like to play at this level."
Monday, the Rangers sent nine players down to minor league camp – including Robinson, Cordell and Lewis Brinson. Though they won't be in Arlington for opening day, they're another step closer to becoming full-time major leaguers, whether later this season or later on down the road. And perhaps next year, they'll crack the 40-man roster and can serve as gracious hosts to the newest wave of non-roster invitees.
– Ryan
Baseball term of the day: add a foot – To gain physical maturity and thus increase the velocity of one's fastball
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
Spring Training Travels Day 4: Rangers Return From San Antonio
This marks the fourth day, third full day, of the RoughRiders Media Relations Department's travels at Spring Training in and around Phoenix, Arizona. In our fourth installment, Steve Goldberg recaps the Rangers' weekend trip to San Antonio and the adjustment to getting back in a rhythm at camp. All installments can be found here, including Day 1, Day 2, and Day 3.
With two full days of Spring Training under our belt, we move on to our third day here at the Rangers' training complex. When we arrived in Surprise on Saturday, a group of players were noticeably missing. They were playing two games against the Kansas City Royals in San Antonio.
It was a very enjoyable weekend for the group who made the 850-mile trek back to Texas. The Rangers won both games against the Royals, scored a total of 20 runs, and played in front of 27,536 fans on Friday and 33,592 on Saturday. This was indeed a major change of pace from playing in smaller Cactus League ballparks.
The team experienced many thrills over the weekend, highlighted by former RoughRider Lewis Brinson's walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning in Friday's 7-5 victory.
Hanser Alberto, another former Rider, enjoyed the change of pace going from Surprise to San Antonio for the weekend. Alberto was a perfect 2-for-2 in the first game Friday.
"The San Antonio weekend was great," Alberto said. "It's a good city and it was great to be around the guys. We had a lot of fun there and played very well."
Alberto and the squad who made the trip to San Antonio were back at the Rangers' training complex Sunday. They had a quick turnaround, with a 1:05 p.m. big league game against the Angels looming. Despite the major contrast between playing at the Alamodome and Surprise Stadium, the team had a smooth transition back to the everyday routine of camp.
"It's the same game, nothing new," Alberto said. "You see the ball and hit the ball. You make the routine plays and play your hardest. We came back here and are continuing to work hard. We want to keep showing everyone that we're ready."
For Alberto, his first taste of Major League action last year has impacted his mindset at this year's Spring Training. He continues to receive valuable advice from the experienced players in the clubhouse that have helped him with adjust to playing in the big leagues.
"I have learned a lot from the veteran guys," Alberto said. "It's been a great experience. Now I have a better idea how to work and concentrate. The results are going to be different every day, but now I feel comfortable at every point in the game. I am more ready than ever."
There are many other former Riders in a similar position. Chi Chi Gonzalez, Keone Kela, and Ryan Strausborger all made their Major League debuts with the Rangers last season and bring that experience with them to this year's Spring Training.
As mentioned in our Day 2 post, this is my first time at Spring Training. One of the most noticeable and pleasantly surprising things has been observing the interaction between Major League veterans and the up-and-coming prospects throughout all levels of the organization.
Everyone here is striving to improve and advance to the highest level of the sport. The veterans have a visible presence at the camp giving their tips and offering advice to the younger players, who are learning as much as possible in their quest for success.
– Steve
Baseball term of the day: freight delivery – slow pitching
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
Spring Training Travels Day 3: A Sitdown with the Great Tepid Participation
This marks the third day, second full day, of the RoughRiders Media Relations Department's travels at Spring Training in and around Phoenix, Arizona. In our third installment, Nathan Barnett sits down with Tepid Participation, @TepidP on Twitter, to talk who he is looking for on the back fields, why he comes out to Spring Training, and the Choctaw Lazy River. This interview took place on Saturday, March 19. All installments can be found here, including Day 1 and Day 2.
Nathan: Welcome out to Surprize, Arizona and today we are joined by TepidP of Lone Star Ball. If you're a fan of the Rangers minor leagues, you know who he is. Michael: first, thanks for joining us
TepidP: No problem.
N: Like us, you're here on the first day of your Spring Training Trip. How long will you be out here this year?
T: I'll be out here about five days this year (Editor's note: same as us! Not planned)
N: Is this an every year trip for you?
T: Every year, man. It's a blast.
N: I know you have fun out here, but what specifically brings you out here?
T: Just looking at the new kids mostly. It's one of those opportunities–you see all of these kids who get drafted in June–this is one of my opportunities to see a lot of those kids. A lot of Dillon Tate, Mike Matuella–even if they are not pitching, like in Mike's case. You still get your first set of looks at some of the new guys and then see some of the progress that some of the guys may have made away from Frisco.
N: So, first thing you did, you got off the plane and came straight here. Who was the first guy you were looking for, the first person you wanted to see out here?
T: After you guys!?! I would have to say it was G-Rod (Guilder Rodriguez). I love seeing Guilder, and I am so happy for him to make that transition into the second part of his baseball career, which may or may not end up being even more fruitful than the first part of his career. He's going to start coaching; I had the chance to catch up with him the first few minutes that I was here, and he's really excited about the opportunity. I am happy for him. He had an amazing career, and all RoughRiders fans will remember him, and he's a legend.
N: Now we have to give you some credit here. As many who knew G-Rod as a player, you knew he would be a coach six or so years ago.
T: Everyone did! He's always been a coach. You know, he was a coach who every once in a while would fill in at shortstop. He's done that for the last, I don't know, half-decade of his career, and even he's known that. It's nice that he finally made the transition, and he just told me "no more pressure. No more pressure of going 0-for-4." I just laughed at him. He's really excited about the opportunity, so I am happy for him.
N: First games are about to start today. Who are you excited to watch today specifically?
T: Well today we are going to get to peek at the starters. Actually, a couple of guys probably bound for Frisco. We've got Jose Leclerc on one field, and we have Connor Sadzeck on the other. Those guys will probably go a couple of innings, and obviously those are guys who can dial it up, but also need to work on refining their command, and refining their mechanics, and perfecting their delivery, and they will have a chance to do that today. Hopefully, we will see them for a little while in Frisco.
RHP Connor Sadzeck starting a game on the back fields #ThroughTheFence #nofilter pic.twitter.com/bVfglilZnY
— RoughRiders Media (@FriscoRRMedia) March 19, 2016
N: Okay, I am going to put you on the spot: if you had to guess the starting nine position players in Frisco for Opening Day, who would you guess they will be.
T: Oh geez, that really is on the spot. I would say: "Condor" Guzman (Ronald Guzman) over at first. Isiah Kiner-Falefa at second. I'm going to say Luis Marte at short. Third base…uh…I'm not really sure honestly. Then I think Royce Bolinger will be in the outifeld, probably Preston Beck in right, and I'd probably go with Chris Garia (Christopher Garia) in center?
2015 RoughRiders 1B/OF Preston Beck in the cages #SpringTraining pic.twitter.com/u54ojHe2w5
— Frisco RoughRiders (@RidersBaseball) March 19, 2016
N: And the designated hitter on Opening Day?
T: Me?
N: We will see what we can do! You tweeted last week about Matt Bush, who is a new guy with the organization who has, let's called it a "checkered past." You heard he was throwing upper 90s, with a good hard slider. How excited are you to delve into his story?
T: It's fascinating, you know. It's never not going to be fascinating to have a guy who was literally in prison the last three years who has been given an great opportunity by the Rangers. We will have to see if he can take full advantage of it. The skills seem to be there, so it will be up to him.
N: Now let's talk a little off the field stuff. You are a guy who covers baseball but you're also into the business of baseball. What was your first reaction when you heard about the Choctaw Lazy River going into Dr Pepper Ballpark this summer?
T: (laughs) My first reaction was "cannonballllll." I think it's great. I think its a great opportunity for you guys to get more people out to the park for some great family fun. It's not a big surprise that at the minor league level, you are marketing the experience even more so than the players. This is another opportunity to put another thing in front of people that will be a draw and get people to be excited about coming out to the park. I think it's absolutely the coolest thing going.
N: Now you are usually working when you are out at at Dr Pepper Ballpark. Do you have plans to bring the family out and enjoy the lazy river as a fan?
T: I am just going to do a cannonball in my clothes. I am just going to run out there on the first day and put my notepad to the side and just do a cannonball, and we will inaugurate it like that.
N: Well, we will warn the ushers about that. Last thing, what story lines are you watching coming out of spring.
T: Obviously Triple-A should be amazing. With all of the guys that have come through Frisco the last year or so, Triple-A should be great. You're going to have Jurickson Profar, and probably Joey Gallo, and Nomar Mazara, and Lewis Brinson, if he's not down with us in Frisco. You're going to have an amazing opportunity there to watch some really great potential future superstars. Then down at the A-ball level, you have guys in the next wave coming along. Guys like Dillon Tate, guys like Luis Ortiz. Eventually later this summer you will see Mike Matuella and guys like Eric Jenkins and Josh Morgan, kind of the next generation of guys who will become household names and future Rangers.
N: Well thanks for your time! Enjoy your time out here on the back fields!
T: Anytime!
You can follow TepidP on Twitter and in longer, equally eloquent form, over at Lone Star Ball.
– Nathan
Baseball term of the day: bite – the sharp downward break, late or fast, of a curveball or slider.
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
Spring Training Travels Day 2: The World Beyond Surprise Stadium
This marks the second day, first full day, of the RoughRiders Media Relations Department's travels at Spring Training in and around Phoenix, Arizona. All installments can be found here, including Day 1.
We made it to Arizona! Each of us comes to Surprise with slightly different levels of Spring Training experience. Nathan is the most experienced of the three of us, already having been five times previously. For Steve, this is his first ever visit to Spring Training (and we hope it's not his last).
I'm somewhere in the middle. This week marks my fourth visit to Arizona for Spring Training. But those first three visits were spent exclusively in the major league parks, casually taking in America's pastime under the sun. Don't get me wrong; each of those visits was quite enjoyable. However, this year, I'm exploring the minor league side of the complex too, and it's taking my Spring Training experience to the next level.
On the back fields, you get a little bit of everything. Whether it's Prince Fielder and Adrian Beltre sharing a morning laugh in major league camp, all the minor league pitchers gathering for some morning insight and advice, or just the constant crack of the bat coming from some of the organization's up-and-comers in one of the various batting practice setups, there's an interminable feel of baseball in the warm, Arizona air.
After taking in the morning workouts, we stayed in Surprise for the afternoon to take in some of the minor league games against Kansas City. It's a much different feel than a major league game out here. Not only are the crowds significantly smaller, but they're mainly composed of other players, coaches and scouts in the organization, as opposed to fans. Nonetheless, it's still fun to watch a hitter battle through a long at-bat or a pitcher find a way out of trouble. After all, baseball is baseball is baseball, whether it's played in Surprise Stadium or on Field 6 of the complex.
One of the big takeaways from my first day on the back fields was the intrigue of seeing the Rangers organization together as one, with seven practice fields separated by just a few hundred yards. In one moment, you may be looking at the current major leaguers, while the next moment may lead you to the rising stars that will don a minor league uniform this summer in Frisco or elsewhere in the farm system. And sometimes, the major and minor league worlds collide, in the case of non-roster invitees. I'll have more on them later in the week here on the blog.
Until then, I'm looking forward to spending more time on the back fields. If you're like me and have only ever seen Spring Training from the major league parks, I'd recommend venturing around the complex a bit more next time you come to really soak up what Spring Training is all about.
The fun is only beginning here in Surprise. Steve will have another update for you tomorrow.
Baseball term of the day: Agate – The baseball. The term may have derived from "marble," another name for the ball. Agates and aggies were popular forms of marbles.
(term from The Dickson Baseball Dictionary)
Meet the Press: 2016 Edition
To our loyal blog readers,
It's been awhile since our last post. Apologies on that.
You can expect to see consistent content here moving forward. Since last we wrote, much has changed. I, Nathan Barnett, have returned to the organization, filling the role as the leader of the Media Relations department here in Frisco, taking over after a well-lead four-year effort by my former mentor Alex Vispoli. Some fans may remember me from the 2013 season, when I served as a Media Relations Assistant under Alex.
But enough about me. I am thrilled that I will be joined by two excellent up-and-coming stars in the business that are sure to entertain our fans here on this space and on the air as well.
So, without further ado, Steve Goldberg and Ryan Rouillard, in their own words.
Steve Goldberg
Ray Bradbury, the author of Fahrenheit 451, once said, "Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for."
This holds true not just about writing, but also about everything in life. No matter how grueling your schedule may be on a given day, it is a thrill to have a job that you love. For many people, that may love may stem from things like art, history, and literature. Or architecture! (Seinfeld fans, anyone?)
But the love and inspiration for my career comes from baseball. It always has been, and it always will be. Every time I broadcast a game or write a feature story, I recall the experience of the first baseball game I attended and the emotions I felt that day.
I was born a few blocks from Fenway Park in Boston, so baseball naturally slipped into my blood. But my first game was not in Boston. My family moved to Houston in the summer of 1998, and my father took me to the Astrodome the following year.
It was a rainy Sunday afternoon in May, but the rain outside was not an issue since the Astros played indoors. The Astroturf field was very bizarre, certainly not like the grass fields I played tee-ball on. I could not stop looking at the roof high over the diamond and the giant American and Texas flags hanging above the wall in deep center field.
The game began, and I was amazed with how much better it was to be there in person instead of just watching it on television. The roar of the crowd, the crack of the bat, and the smell of fresh hot dogs created the perfect atmosphere to enjoy America's pastime.
I stared up at the press box and envied the broadcasters, who I heard (and imitated) nearly every day from home. They truly lived the dream, sitting in the catbird seat at a baseball stadium every single day.
Later in the game, I asked my father if we could leave our seats for a few minutes to get an ice cream.
"Let's watch this next batter," he replied. "Then we can go."
The mighty, right-handed hitter for St. Louis stepped into the box moments later. Two red birds sat perched on a yellow baseball bat atop the word 'Cardinals' in script on the front of his grey jersey. On the back of the uniform, he donned the number 25 with the last name 'McGwire' printed in red letters above.
This Mark McGwire fella had just set a new single-season record by hitting 70 home runs the previous year. But I had no idea, at the time. I was just a five-year old, starry-eyed boy awaiting the upcoming events in the game but battling with an ever-present craving for ice cream.
My father was keen about watching this one particular player bat, so I made sure I paid close attention too. Sure enough, McGwire connected with the baseball, and it soared far beyond the outfield wall. As he rounded the bases triumphantly, Dad turned to me with a grin below the moustache on his face.
"Let's go get some ice cream."
I returned to my seat with a Chipwich, an ice cream sandwich nestled between two chocolate chip cookies. I still vividly recall how delicious it tasted. Every time I have seen a home run since, I think back to that Chipwich and remember my feelings after McGwire hit that monstrous home run. I knew from that day forward, I wanted to be a part of the 'larger than life' game of baseball forever.
Nobody can recall every single pitch, but there should always be key points that stand out to viewers. As a broadcaster and a writer, I keep this in mind when considering the defining moments of a game. You never know what five-year-old, starry-eyed kid in the crowd may be gazing up at the press box envying your job. While eating a Chipwich, of course.
It has been almost 17 years since I first realized my passion for this sport. My first year working in professional baseball took me from my alma mater, the University of Missouri, to Charleston, S.C., and then all the way to Melbourne, Australia.
Now, I am ready to begin the 2016 season as a Media Relations and Broadcasting Assistant for the RoughRiders. Just a four-hour drive from my childhood home in Houston. Back in the Lone Star State.
Ryan Rouillard
I hit my growth spurt in 6th grade, well before most of my friends. As a result, I grew up hearing people tell me I had the bulk to play football, or the height to play basketball. Despite all the outside noise, baseball has always been the clear number one in my life.
Growing up just a few miles east of Seattle, Safeco Field was my home away from home in the summers. I couldn't get enough of venturing into the Emerald City with my dad and taking in the unique buzz running throughout a baseball stadium.
I grew up idolizing local stars, such as Edgar Martinez and Ichiro Suzuki (I missed Griffey's first stint in Seattle by a few years). My desire to be like them someday led me to start playing baseball at a young age. But over time, I found a new member of the team to idolize: legendary Mariners broadcaster Dave Niehaus.
Niehaus, a Hall-of-Famer, was my companion through the airwaves whenever I wasn't at the ballpark. His unbridled passion and love for baseball only furthered my love for America's pastime. He would commonly say he never worked a day in his life because he was having so much fun behind the mic, and it was obvious to me listening at home. He became so special to me that I felt like I had lost a family member when he died in 2010.
With Dave as an inspiration, I was the kid who muted the "Backyard Baseball" broadcasters and did it myself. Even sometimes at Safeco Field, I would sit in section 330, just above Dave, and try and call my own game. My dream of broadcasting withered for a few years in high school, but in my senior year, I had a chance to resurrect it when I called Mercer Island High School basketball games on the school's station. Even though it wasn't baseball, I had so much fun behind the mic, further understanding why Dave sounded as giddy as he did every night.
When I got to the University of Oregon in 2012, there was no question in my mind that this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I got actively involved with the campus radio station, KWVA, during the school year. That place has been – and still is – a great influence on my career. In the summers, I broadcast collegiate summer wood-bat baseball in the West Coast League. I was in Victoria, BC in 2013, before returning stateside to work in Yakima, WA the last two summers. My time in the WCL, where I was calling baseball almost every day for two months, only strengthened my love for baseball and being around such a special sport.
Now, here I am, just a few weeks from graduating and beginning what I know will be a fantastic journey with the RoughRiders. Maybe I could have made it work had I tried football or basketball, like everyone suggested, but I'm not sure either of those would have made me as happy as I am now. Baseball is, and will always be, where my heart lies. I can't wait to spend another season behind the mic, where I hope my love of the game radiates through the airwaves, just like it did for me with Dave.
Nathan Barnett
As for me, I introduced myself to our readers back in 2013, and, to borrow an old cliche, the more things change, the more they stay the same.
Since my time in Frisco, I had the privledge of working with the mighty Myrtle Beach Pelicans in the Carolina League during the 2014 and 2015 seasons, the first as a member of the Rangers farm system and last year as a Cubs affiliate.
We made the finals in 2014 with a handful of past and future RoughRiders: Lewis Brinson, Ryan Cordell, Chris Garia, Preston Beck, Royce Bolinger, Kellin Deglan, Jose Leclerc, Cody Ege, Cody Buckel, Chad Bell, Chad James, Luis Parra–the list goes on. That was a special team, a special group of guys that had put together an absurd 2013 season with the Hickory Crawdads (we had Joey Gallo, and Jorge Alfaro, and Nick Williams, and Chi Chi Gonzalez all earlier that year). The club came up just short of a title, skippered by Joe Mikulik by the way, falling three games to one in the Mills Cup Finals.
The team captured the crown in year one of the Cubs era in 2015. It was a joyous ride, and I was incredibly proud of those players too.
I cannot wait to get going in the 2016 season (okay–there is still a lot to do before then, so I CAN wait, but still excited!).
Fortunately for all three of us, we don't have to wait until April 7 when the team plays the season opener in Springdale against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals. We will be headed to Spring Training in Surprise, Arizona next weekend and will be sure to share our thoughts from the desert!
Until then…
– Nathan
Baseball term of the day: hamfatter – a vociferous baseball fan
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A Design Approach for Digital Computer Peripheral Controllers, Case Study Design and Construction
Date: May 1976
Creator: Cabrera, A. L.
Description: The purpose of this project was to describe a novel design approach for a digital computer peripheral controller, then design and construct a case study controller. This document consists of three chapters and an appendix. Chapter II presents the design approach chosen; a variation to a design presented by Charles R. Richards in an article published in Electronics magazine. Richards' approach consists of a finite state machine circuitry controlling all the functions of a controller. The variation to Richards' approach consists of considering the various logically independent processes which a controller carries out and assigning control of each process to a separate finite state machine. The appendix contains the documentation of the design and construction of the controller.
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DirectShow Approach to Low-Cost Multimedia Security Surveillance System
Date: December 2002
Creator: Xiao, Wu
Description: In response to the recent intensive needs for civilian security surveillance, both full and compact versions of a Multimedia Security Surveillance (MSS) system have been built up. The new Microsoft DirectShow technology was applied in implementing the multimedia stream-processing module. Through Microsoft Windows Driver Model interface, the chosen IEEE1394 enabled Fire-i cameras as external sensors are integrated with PC based continuous storage unit. The MSS application also allows multimedia broadcasting and remote controls. Cost analysis is included.
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Dynamic Grid-Based Data Distribution Management in Large Scale Distributed Simulations
Date: December 2000
Creator: Roy, Amber Joyce
Description: Distributed simulation is an enabling concept to support the networked interaction of models and real world elements that are geographically distributed. This technology has brought a new set of challenging problems to solve, such as Data Distribution Management (DDM). The aim of DDM is to limit and control the volume of the data exchanged during a distributed simulation, and reduce the processing requirements of the simulation hosts by relaying events and state information only to those applications that require them. In this thesis, we propose a new DDM scheme, which we refer to as dynamic grid-based DDM. A lightweight UNT-RTI has been developed and implemented to investigate the performance of our DDM scheme. Our results clearly indicate that our scheme is scalable and it significantly reduces both the number of multicast groups used, and the message overhead, when compared to previous grid-based allocation schemes using large-scale and real-world scenarios.
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Dynamic Resource Management in RSVP- Controlled Unicast Networks
Date: December 2001
Creator: Iyengar Prasanna, Venkatesan
Description: Resources are said to be fragmented in the network when they are available in non-contiguous blocks, and calls are dropped as they may not end sufficient resources. Hence, available resources may remain unutilized. In this thesis, the effect of resource fragmentation (RF) on RSVP-controlled networks was studied and new algorithms were proposed to reduce the effect of RF. In order to minimize the effect of RF, resources in the network are dynamically redistributed on different paths to make them available in contiguous blocks. Extra protocol messages are introduced to facilitate resource redistribution in the network. The Dynamic Resource Redistribution (DRR) algorithm when used in conjunction with RSVP, not only increased the number of calls accommodated into the network but also increased the overall resource utilization of the network. Issues such as how many resources need to be redistributed and of which call(s), and how these choices affect the redistribution process were investigated. Further, various simulation experiments were conducted to study the performance of the DRR algorithm on different network topologies with varying traffic characteristics.
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Efficient Linked List Ranking Algorithms and Parentheses Matching as a New Strategy for Parallel Algorithm Design
Date: December 1993
Creator: Halverson, Ranette Hudson
Description: The goal of a parallel algorithm is to solve a single problem using multiple processors working together and to do so in an efficient manner. In this regard, there is a need to categorize strategies in order to solve broad classes of problems with similar structures and requirements. In this dissertation, two parallel algorithm design strategies are considered: linked list ranking and parentheses matching.
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Embedded monitors for detecting and preventing intrusions in cryptographic and application protocols.
Date: December 2003
Creator: Joglekar, Sachin P.
Description: There are two main approaches for intrusion detection: signature-based and anomaly-based. Signature-based detection employs pattern matching to match attack signatures with observed data making it ideal for detecting known attacks. However, it cannot detect unknown attacks for which there is no signature available. Anomaly-based detection builds a profile of normal system behavior to detect known and unknown attacks as behavioral deviations. However, it has a drawback of a high false alarm rate. In this thesis, we describe our anomaly-based IDS designed for detecting intrusions in cryptographic and application-level protocols. Our system has several unique characteristics, such as the ability to monitor cryptographic protocols and application-level protocols embedded in encrypted sessions, a very lightweight monitoring process, and the ability to react to protocol misuse by modifying protocol response directly.
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Execution Time Analysis through Software Monitors
Date: December 1977
Creator: Whistler, Wayne C.
Description: The analysis of an executing program and the isolation of critical code has been a problem since the first program was written. This thesis examines the process of program analysis through the use of a software monitoring system. Since there is a trend toward structured languages a subset of PL/I was developed t~o exhibit source statement monitoring and costing techniques. By filtering a PL/W program through a preorocessor which determines the cost of source statements and inserts monitoring code, a post-execution analysis of the program can be obtained. This analysis displays an estimated time cost for each source statements the number of times the statement w3s executed, and the product of these values. Additionally, a bar graph is printed in order to quickly locate very active code.
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Exon/Intron Discrimination Using the Finite Induction Pattern Matching Technique
Date: December 1997
Creator: Taylor, Pamela A., 1941-
Description: DNA sequence analysis involves precise discrimination of two of the sequence's most important components: exons and introns. Exons encode the proteins that are responsible for almost all the functions in a living organism. Introns interrupt the sequence coding for a protein and must be removed from primary RNA transcripts before translation to protein can occur. A pattern recognition technique called Finite Induction (FI) is utilized to study the language of exons and introns. FI is especially suited for analyzing and classifying large amounts of data representing sequences of interest. It requires no biological information and employs no statistical functions. Finite Induction is applied to the exon and intron components of DNA by building a collection of rules based upon what it finds in the sequences it examines. It then attempts to match the known rule patterns with new rules formed as a result of analyzing a new sequence. A high number of matches predict a probable close relationship between the two sequences; a low number of matches signifies a large amount of difference between the two. This research demonstrates FI to be a viable tool for measurement when known patterns are available for the formation of rule sets.
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Extensions to Jinni Mobile Agent Architecture
Date: May 2001
Creator: Tyagi, Satyam
Description: We extend the Jinni mobile agent architecture with a multicast network transport layer, an agent-to-agent delegation mechanism and a reflection based Prolog-to-Java interface. To ensure that our agent infrastructure runs efficiently, independently of router-level multicast support, we describe a blackboard based algorithm for locating a randomly roaming agent. As part of the agent-to-agent delegation mechanism, we describe an alternative to code-fetching mechanism for stronger mobility of mobile agents with less network overhead. In the context of direct and reflection based extension mechanisms for Jinni, we describe the design and the implementation of a reflection based Prolog-to-Java interface. The presence of subtyping and method overloading makes finding the most specific method corresponding to a Prolog call pattern fairly difficult. We describe a run-time algorithm which provides accurate handling of overloaded methods beyond Java's reflection package's limitations.
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FORTRAN Optimizations at the Source Code Level
Date: August 1977
Creator: Barber, Willie D.
Description: This paper discusses FORTRAN optimizations that the user can perform manually at the source code level to improve object code performance. It makes use of descriptive examples within the text of the paper for explanatory purposes. The paper defines key areas in writing a FORTRAN program and recommends ways to improve efficiency in these areas.
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A general purpose semantic parser using FrameNet and WordNet®.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Shi, Lei
Description: Syntactic parsing is one of the best understood language processing applications. Since language and grammar have been formally defined, it is easy for computers to parse the syntactic structure of natural language text. Does meaning have structure as well? If it has, how can we analyze the structure? Previous systems rely on a one-to-one correspondence between syntactic rules and semantic rules. But such systems can only be applied to limited fragments of English. In this thesis, we propose a general-purpose shallow semantic parser which utilizes a semantic network (WordNet), and a frame dataset (FrameNet). Semantic relations recognized by the parser are based on how human beings represent knowledge of the world. Parsing semantic structure allows semantic units and constituents to be accessed and processed in a more meaningful way than syntactic parsing, moving the automation of understanding natural language text to a higher level.
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Generating Machine Code for High-Level Programming Languages
Date: December 1976
Creator: Chao, Chia-Huei
Description: The purpose of this research was to investigate the generation of machine code from high-level programming language. The following steps were undertaken: 1) Choose a high-level programming language as the source language and a computer as the target computer. 2) Examine all stages during the compiling of a high-level programming language and all data sets involved in the compilation. 3) Discover the mechanism for generating machine code and the mechanism to generate more efficient machine code from the language. 3) Construct an algorithm for generating machine code for the target computer. The results suggest that compiler is best implemented in a high-level programming language, and that SCANNER and PARSER should be independent of target representations, if possible.
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Higher Compression from the Burrows-Wheeler Transform with New Algorithms for the List Update Problem
Date: August 2001
Creator: Chapin, Brenton
Description: Burrows-Wheeler compression is a three stage process in which the data is transformed with the Burrows-Wheeler Transform, then transformed with Move-To-Front, and finally encoded with an entropy coder. Move-To-Front, Transpose, and Frequency Count are some of the many algorithms used on the List Update problem. In 1985, Competitive Analysis first showed the superiority of Move-To-Front over Transpose and Frequency Count for the List Update problem with arbitrary data. Earlier studies due to Bitner assumed independent identically distributed data, and showed that while Move-To-Front adapts to a distribution faster, incurring less overwork, the asymptotic costs of Frequency Count and Transpose are less. The improvements to Burrows-Wheeler compression this work covers are increases in the amount, not speed, of compression. Best x of 2x-1 is a new family of algorithms created to improve on Move-To-Front's processing of the output of the Burrows-Wheeler Transform which is like piecewise independent identically distributed data. Other algorithms for both the middle stage of Burrows-Wheeler compression and the List Update problem for which overwork, asymptotic cost, and competitive ratios are also analyzed are several variations of Move One From Front and part of the randomized algorithm Timestamp. The Best x of 2x - 1 family includes Move-To-Front, ...
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Hopfield Networks as an Error Correcting Technique for Speech Recognition
Date: May 2004
Creator: Bireddy, Chakradhar
Description: I experimented with Hopfield networks in the context of a voice-based, query-answering system. Hopfield networks are used to store and retrieve patterns. I used this technique to store queries represented as natural language sentences and I evaluated the accuracy of the technique for error correction in a spoken question-answering dialog between a computer and a user. I show that the use of an auto-associative Hopfield network helps make the speech recognition system more fault tolerant. I also looked at the available encoding schemes to convert a natural language sentence into a pattern of zeroes and ones that can be stored in the Hopfield network reliably, and I suggest scalable data representations which allow storing a large number of queries.
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Impact of actual interference on capacity and call admission control in a CDMA network.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Parvez, Asad
Description: An overwhelming number of models in the literature use average inter-cell interference for the calculation of capacity of a Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) network. The advantage gained in terms of simplicity by using such models comes at the cost of rendering the exact location of a user within a cell irrelevant. We calculate the actual per-user interference and analyze the effect of user-distribution within a cell on the capacity of a CDMA network. We show that even though the capacity obtained using average interference is a good approximation to the capacity calculated using actual interference for a uniform user distribution, the deviation can be tremendously large for non-uniform user distributions. Call admission control (CAC) algorithms are responsible for efficient management of a network's resources while guaranteeing the quality of service and grade of service, i.e., accepting the maximum number of calls without affecting the quality of service of calls already present in the network. We design and implement global and local CAC algorithms, and through simulations compare their network throughput and blocking probabilities for varying mobility scenarios. We show that even though our global CAC is better at resource management, the lack of substantial gain in network throughput and ...
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Improved Approximation Algorithms for Geometric Packing Problems With Experimental Evaluation
Date: December 2003
Creator: Song, Yongqiang
Description: Geometric packing problems are NP-complete problems that arise in VLSI design. In this thesis, we present two novel algorithms using dynamic programming to compute exactly the maximum number of k x k squares of unit size that can be packed without overlap into a given n x m grid. The first algorithm was implemented and ran successfully on problems of large input up to 1,000,000 nodes for different values. A heuristic based on the second algorithm is implemented. This heuristic is fast in practice, but may not always be giving optimal times in theory. However, over a wide range of random data this version of the algorithm is giving very good solutions very fast and runs on problems of up to 100,000,000 nodes in a grid and different ranges for the variables. It is also shown that this version of algorithm is clearly superior to the first algorithm and has shown to be very efficient in practice.
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Independent Quadtrees
Date: December 1986
Creator: Atwood, Larry D. (Larry Dale)
Description: This dissertation deals with the problem of manipulating and storing an image using quadtrees. A quadtree is a tree in which each node has four ordered children or is a leaf. It can be used to represent an image via hierarchical decomposition. The image is broken into four regions. A region can be a solid color (homogeneous) or a mixture of colors (heterogeneous). If a region is heterogeneous it is broken into four subregions, and the process continues recursively until all subregions are homogeneous. The traditional quadtree suffers from dependence on the underlying grid. The grid coordinate system is implicit, and therefore fixed. The fixed coordinate system implies a rigid tree. A rigid tree cannot be translated, scaled, or rotated. Instead, a new tree must be built which is the result of one of these transformations. This dissertation introduces the independent quadtree. The independent quadtree is free of any underlying coordinate system. The tree is no longer rigid and can be easily translated, scaled, or rotated. Algorithms to perform these operations axe presented. The translation and rotation algorithms take constant time. The scaling algorithm has linear time in the number nodes in the tree. The disadvantage of independent quadtrees is ...
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Inheritance Problems in Object-Oriented Database
Date: May 1989
Creator: Auepanwiriyakul, Raweewan
Description: This research is concerned with inheritance as used in object-oriented database. More specifically, partial bi-directional inheritance among classes is examined. In partial inheritance, a class can inherit a proper subset of instance variables from another class. Two subclasses of the same superclass do not need to inherit the same proper subset of instance variables from their superclass. Bi-directional partial inheritance allows a class to inherit instance variables from its subclass. The prototype of an object-oriented database that supports both full and partial bi-directional inheritance among classes was developed on top of an existing relational database management system. The prototype was tested with two database applications. One database application needs full and partial inheritance. The second database application required bi-directional inheritance. The result of this testing suggests both advantages and disadvantages of partial bi-directional inheritance. Future areas of research are also suggested.
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Intelligent Memory Management Heuristics
Date: December 2003
Creator: Panthulu, Pradeep
Description: Automatic memory management is crucial in implementation of runtime systems even though it induces a significant computational overhead. In this thesis I explore the use of statistical properties of the directed graph describing the set of live data to decide between garbage collection and heap expansion in a memory management algorithm combining the dynamic array represented heaps with a mark and sweep garbage collector to enhance its performance. The sampling method predicting the density and the distribution of useful data is implemented as a partial marking algorithm. The algorithm randomly marks the nodes of the directed graph representing the live data at different depths with a variable probability factor p. Using the information gathered by the partial marking algorithm in the current step and the knowledge gathered in the previous iterations, the proposed empirical formula predicts with reasonable accuracy the density of live nodes on the heap, to decide between garbage collection and heap expansion. The resulting heuristics are tested empirically and shown to improve overall execution performance significantly in the context of the Jinni Prolog compiler's runtime system.
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An Interpreter for the Basic Programming Language
Date: May 1975
Creator: Chang, Min-Jye S.
Description: In this thesis, the first chapter provides the general description of this interpreter. The second chapter contains a formal definition of the syntax of BASIC along with an introduction to the semantics. The third chapter contains the design of data structure. The fourth chapter contains the description of algorithms along with stages for testing the interpreter and the design of debug output. The stages and actions-are represented internally to the computer in tabular forms. For statement parsing working syntax equations are established. They serve as standards for the conversion of source statements into object pseudocodes. As the statement is parsed for legal form, pseudocodes for this statement are created. For pseudocode execution, pseudocodes are represented internally to the computer in tabular forms.
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Intrinsic and Extrinsic Adaptation in a Simulated Combat Environment
Date: May 1995
Creator: Dombrowsky, Steven P. (Steven Paul)
Description: Genetic algorithm and artificial life techniques are applied to the development of challenging and interesting opponents in a combat-based computer game. Computer simulations are carried out against an idealized human player to gather data on the effectiveness of the computer generated opponents.
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A Left-to-Right Parsing Algorithm for THIS Programming Language
Date: May 1976
Creator: Hooker, David P.
Description: The subject of this investigation is a specific set of parsers known as LR parsers. Of primary interest is a LR parsing method developed by DeRemer which specifies a translation method which can be defined by a Deterministic Push-Down Automation (DPDA). The method of investigation was to apply DeRemer's parsing technique to a specific language known as THIS Programming Language (TPL). The syntax of TPL was redefined as state diagrams and these state diagrams were, in turn, encoded into two tables--a State-Action table and a Transition table. The tables were then incorporated into a PL/l adaptation of DeRemer's algorithm and tested against various TPL statements.
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A Machine Learning Method Suitable for Dynamic Domains
Date: July 1996
Creator: Rowe, Michael C. (Michael Charles)
Description: The efficacy of a machine learning technique is domain dependent. Some machine learning techniques work very well for certain domains but are ill-suited for other domains. One area that is of real-world concern is the flexibility with which machine learning techniques can adapt to dynamic domains. Currently, there are no known reports of any system that can learn dynamic domains, short of starting over (i.e., re-running the program). Starting over is neither time nor cost efficient for real-world production environments. This dissertation studied a method, referred to as Experience Based Learning (EBL), that attempts to deal with conditions related to learning dynamic domains. EBL is an extension of Instance Based Learning methods. The hypothesis of the study related to this research was that the EBL method would automatically adjust to domain changes and still provide classification accuracy similar to methods that require starting over. To test this hypothesis, twelve widely studied machine learning datasets were used. A dynamic domain was simulated by presenting these datasets in an uninterrupted cycle of train, test, and retrain. The order of the twelve datasets and the order of records within each dataset were randomized to control for order biases in each of ten runs. ...
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Modeling Complex Forest Ecology in a Parallel Computing Infrastructure
Date: August 2003
Creator: Mayes, John
Description: Effective stewardship of forest ecosystems make it imperative to measure, monitor, and predict the dynamic changes of forest ecology. Measuring and monitoring provides us a picture of a forest's current state and the necessary data to formulate models for prediction. However, societal and natural events alter the course of a forest's development. A simulation environment that takes into account these events will facilitate forest management. In this thesis, we describe an efficient parallel implementation of a land cover use model, Mosaic, and discuss the development efforts to incorporate spatial interaction and succession dynamics into the model. To evaluate the performance of our implementation, an extensive set of simulation experiments was carried out using a dataset representing the H.J. Andrews Forest in the Oregon Cascades. Results indicate that a significant reduction in the simulation execution time of our parallel model can be achieved as compared to uni-processor simulations.
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Published on February 23, 2016
This is a fresh from the ocean brown trout. It looks like a salmon. Right? Maybe.
Paul Smith/Special to The Telegram
Published on February 23, 2016
Paul Smith and Santy Elmago with a big brown trout. Would you put this in a contest with a brook trout?
Bill Young/Special to The Telegram
Published on February 23, 2016
This is Matt Brazil with a fresh-run salmon.
Paul Smith/Special to The Telegram
Published on February 23, 2016
Now here's my Irish buddy Laurence Kiernan with a stale Atlantic salmon. It's lost its chrome.
Paul Smith/Special to The Telegram
Published on February 23, 2016
Paul Kearley with a spawned-out winter brown. It was released as it should be.
Paul Smith/Special to The Telegram
The annual Buy and Sell ice-fishing derby in Blaketown ran into a bit of a snag last week.
The event is held on Dildo Pond and there's around $30,000 in prizes up for grabs. This is very serious stuff.
My understanding is that DNA science is required to sort out whether the biggest dead fish is a trout or a salmon.
The contest rules specify that both brown trout and brook trout are eligible entries, but not Atlantic salmon. On Feb. 14, Owen White of New Harbour caught a 5.6-pound fish that he figured to be a brown trout. Others begged to differ and said it was an Atlantic salmon. As far as I know at this time, the jury is still out.
In my view, there's plenty wrong here. First off, it doesn't make any sense to have a dual species fishing contest, with size the sole win or lose criteria, in which one species grows much bigger than the other, and is much heavier on average.
Brown trout, particularly the sea-run variety, get pretty darn big, and have been caught here in Newfoundland over 30 pounds. No brook trout ever grows to that impressive size. A one-pound or 16-inch brookie, mud trout as we call them, is a very nice fish.
I've fished many days and decades for both brook and brown trout, here at home, as well as remote areas around the globe. My top brook trout came from Igloo Lake in Labrador. It was eight pounds. I landed a 16-pound brown trout on the Rio Grande in Argentina. Here on the Avalon Peninsula, my biggest native brook trout is about 2.5 pounds. It was a sea run variety and I caught it in Shearstown Pond. On the brown trout side of things, I'm up to about nine pounds on my home waters. But I've caught lots of trout over five pounds. I can count on one hand the brook trout I've caught over two pounds in this neck of the woods. So how is it logical to pit brook trout and brown trout up against each other in a fishing derby? It is not.
The best solution to this derby business is to hold the contest for brook trout only. Everybody knows what this native species look like, and there will be no confusion or controversy. Brown trout are not easily distinguishable from salmon and there will always be the danger of killing a salmon while thinking it's a trout. There are those who will tell you it's easy to tell the difference, but it really isn't — unless you have caught many of both species and have developed a keenly trained eye.
Brown trout on the Avalon Peninsula are predominantly anadromous, just like salmon. That means they go to sea in the summer and feed in the ocean, returning to fresh water for spawning.
The appearance of these fish while in the ocean, or fresh upon returning, is silver and shiny like Atlantic salmon. They look much alike. Further to that, both species lose their chrome after a measure of time back in freshwater.
You see where I'm going here? Spawned out specimens of both the Atlantic salmon and the sea-run brown trout are lookalikes to the untrained eye, especially when an ATV is at stake. A contest isn't going to work with brown trout and salmon in the same pond. Change the rules.
I have seen numerous comments on social media about the atrocity of killing spawned-out salmon for the sake of a fishing derby. If indeed the DNA tests confirm this actually occurred, there might be criminal charges. But if it turns out to be a trout, all is OK, and White drives off in a new side-by-side.
Not cool in my world, I think killing spawned-out brown trout, which are essentially inedible, is just as bad as killing salmon. Why would we be doing this? When browns are chromed up for the salt, they are delicious — a delicacy on a par with salmon. But in slinked-out kelt condition they aren't fit to eat. Why not let them live and catch them in their finest form?
That 5.6-pound trout would have been eight or nine pounds when it came in from the bay in September or October. How many brown trout were killed in this derby for no good reason other than a chance to win a prize?
We need new and specific laws for brown trout and this nonsense has to stop. Both brown trout and salmon kelts should be released.
Paul Smith, a native of Spaniard's Bay, fishes and wanders the outdoors at every opportunity. He can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on twitter at @flyfishtherock