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Notes from a Strasburgian Night
As Matt Capps recorded the final out in what turned out to be the most entertaining game of the entire year thus far, and as the camera panned back to frame a victorious, fist-pumping Stephen Strasburg in his Major League debut, a young man dressed in the number 37 from the stands mouthed what was easily lip read as:
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And he wasn't kiddin'…
Strasburg's Stuff
If you know me, you know that nothing makes me "rise up" (wink, wink) quite like my Erin Andrews meets Kourtney Kardashian meets Jenna Fischer fantasy… okay, that and lights-out big league pitching. Stephen Strasburg may not sport 32C's, but his stuff is as filthy as my mind is imaginative, and that, dear readers, is about as dirty as it gets.
On Jeff Karstens
Jeff who? Who is that? No, seriously. Who is he?
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Picture it: It's a Tuesday evening… you just got off work… and all you want to do is rush home to watch that Pittsburgh Pirates/Washington Nationals game. You've been waiting for it in eager anticipation for well over a week now, and finally, as you crack open that beer and get a glimpse of what magic may become, you settle in to what ends up being the most captivating game you've seen all year long, of any teams, in any league.
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This is good for the game, people. This is very, very good for the game.
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Amazing young pitcher. Go figure that the homerun hit off of him was Delwyn Young, ex Dodger.
14 Ks and all that velocity. Baseball is back in DC for sure. I feel sorry for the crosstown O's, as I'm sure some will cross over to the other side.
Cat — Yep…had a nasty K mixed in there too.
Jane — The O's can go nowhere but up at this point… I hope they get it together soon.
They showed highlights at Rangers Ballpark last night and the crowd gave a rousing round of applause afterward. This, in Texas, where we pretty much despise anything D.C. related.
I, like you, was not only dazzled by The Chosen One, but equally amazed that I was applauding highlights from a Pirates/Nats game.
I just hope the Nats build a good team around him, I'd hate to see another travesty of wasted talent a la Grienke.
Jonestein — I know what you mean with the Greinke comparison… that it's more about having one star on an island of crap… but I still hesitate (after just one Big League performance) to compare him to Greinke. Greinke has never lit up the place like Strasburg did. Never. Wowee!
Yeah very good, a lot of very fast pitches… I'll be impressed if he's doing it next season or in September against the Cards or someone with hitters that love fastballs…
Phillies Outside
For a game, That Was Sick! I watched and haven't been that entertained in a while. Nice to hear Bob Costas do a game again too…even though he isn't at his best anymore.
Peter — Me too! Of course, THAT won't happen though, right?
Mike — I dunno… I still really like Costas. He brings a lot to the game and he thinks like I think: logically🙂
Jeff, I can't figure out what happened to Pujols and Holliday. I practically covered my eyes when they were up because I thought they would be hitting the long balls. I am completely surprised at the sweep!
He looks really good…but I think we will all be more in awe when he faces a team other than the Bucos ;o)
Vin Scully was talking about Stephen Strasburg during the game. He said he can't wait to see him. Strasburg was amazing! I LOVE baseball!
Few aspects of baseball are more golden than a young fireballer with a great curve. Ryan. Gooden. Wood. They reduce a competitive, complex adult sport to an almost carnival level of simplicity. Which, I think, appeals to the child in most of us.
i was impressed as well! 14 K's and some filthy stuff mixed in there. Goodness! I guess all the hype was lived up to? No? Well we'll just wait until his second start I suppose. I'm sure more people are interested in that. It's amazing how his jerseys are just selling out already especially in a town where they've deserted their team ever since its existence. If that brings more fans to support the team then I'm glad because the Nationals need some sort of support to do better🙂
Cat – Sometimes they go away… mentally. Rarely. But they do.
Jenn – True… still, a big league team is a big league team.
Emma – ME TOO! LOL
Matt – Indeed, I felt like a kid watching that game. It was really special.
Mimi – I hope they get somethin' goin' in DC. It will benefit all of baseball if they do.


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Home List of Titles Long-lived periodic revivals of coherence in an interacting Bose-Einstein condensate
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- We observe the coherence of an interacting two-component Bose-Einstein condensate (BEC) surviving for seconds in a trapped Ramsey interferometer. Mean-field-driven collective oscillations of two components lead to periodic dephasing and rephasing of condensate wave functions with a slow decay of the interference fringe visibility. We apply spin echo synchronous with the self-rephasing of the condensate to reduce the influence of state-dependent atom losses, significantly enhancing the visibility up to 0.75 at the evolution time of 1.5 s. Mean-field theory consistently predicts higher visibility than experimentally observed values. We quantify the effects of classical and quantum noise and infer a coherence time of 2.8 s for a trapped condensate of 5.5×104 interacting atoms.
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Trivia: What Do These People Have in Common?
OK, this trivia is way out there but I was looking for some information then I was wondering here and there.. ..
What do these people have in common?
Gregory Peck Actor. Born in La Jolla, CA. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts.
Lorne Greene. Canadian actor. Television roles include Bonanza.
Arnold Palmer. World famous Golfer
Dr. William H. Pickering. Scientist who headed Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for 22 years.
E.L. Bob Barlett. Alaska's Territorial Delegate to Congress from 1945-59 and senator until 1968.
Earl Warren. 14th Chief Justice of the United States. Born in Los Angeles.
This I don't know so would appreciate some help.
I took this picture at Dodger Stadium. It is hanging on the dining area of Vin Scully Press Box but it had no name tag. Who is this Brooklyn Dodger in this picture that is attempting to knit?
Happy Friday!
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Is not an easy trivia😉 but I think maybe a local person will get it.
Don't know the answers to either of your questions, Emma. Sorry! Some help I am.
Have they all thrown out the first pitch at a Dodgers game?
Ooh, ooh, ooh Miss Emma, I know, I know, I know!!! 🙂 They all, um well, I'm not gonna say – yet. I'll check back in in a couple of days and see if anyone else gets it. If no one has it by then, then I'll post the answer on Sunday night. 🙂
Oh, and Emma, thx for your comment on ITD. I'm just so tired and frustrated and I think you're the only person that got that from my post. Like I said on ITD before, I can't put my finger on what exactly is bothering me. And maybe it's just me, but it seems to me that ITD's tone has dramatically changed over the last few years. I'm just not crazy about it.
They could have thrown the first pitch at Dodger Stadium but I don't know.
Really you know the trivia!? Wow! I was reading the list of people that have done that and decided to make it a trivia. Is local and in some way relates back to the Dodger W.S. years. The black and white picture is a Dodger that was living in Ventura and died there. I know you put alot into that post in the ITD and I appreciated it.
That question is simple. Those people have never had dinner at my house!
LOL. What a nice surprise to read you here!
I know Gregory Peck used to be a memeber of the Dodgers early ownership, and was a devote season ticketholder in the beginning, but for some reason I am going to guess these people are also on the "Hollywood Walk of Excellience".
Whatever the answer, I know we will all be more than impressed that you had the answer the whole time.
You should be the Dodgers SABR prepresentative.
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Sorry I cant contribute to the trivia. I think its safe to say they all seem a little before my time. However, I dig the sticking! Christmas is indeed my favorite time of the year and I love spreading the cheer and festivity. Pirates stockings run about 25 dollars and I do have a West Virginia one.
I'd have to have a wild guess, but they probably were all interviewed by Skully, just a guess.
What's in the McCourts Christmas wish list, besides the demise of each other. LOL
I don't know about ownership but he used to go to games. Gregory Peck was a local boy. He was there at the Coliseum when the Dodgers opened up in 1958. i would not be surprised if most have a star in the Walk of Fame. Oh, you are not going to be impressed with this. Is just way out there but it ties with events around here🙂
Way before your time except for one year. I got my Dodger Christmas stocking at Target for way less than that last year or the year before. And I would expect for you to have a West Virginia one.
I imagine some would have been interviewed by Vin. Oh, don't remind me of the McCourts. The demise of each other is probably on their wish list.
Okay, I know I was going to post this Sunday night, but I just forgot. Sorry. But all of these people were Grand Marshal for the Rose Parade, huh?
Excellent Carol! WOOHOOO! I need to send you something. Do you have a Dodger calendar that they gave away this year? If you do, I'll think of another thing to give you.
Yes, they were all Grand Marshals for the Rose Parade in the year the Dodgers won the World Series. Gregory Peck the last one in 1988.


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3 tomoe can copy jutsus. How does the byakugan attack susano?
OK i agree with you to some extent, But when you spoke of monster rock and perfect susanoo, in the last segment i thought you went senile, not a bad thread, most people wont use logic and its true the byakugan is better than the sharigan. (manga proves this)
the rennigan is kinda the combination of the byakugan and the sharigan(if you all know what i mean. pain could saw through the leaf's barrier easily). Now before i go any further, you spoke of monster rock, even if Neji or hinata senses the attack before it happens, what can they do against that, its too huge and covers a wide range of distance. are you saying their rotation technique is greater than Tsunade's monster strength :shrug: Hyuugas can destroy PS i know it sounds silly to most people but it takes multiple of them do this, by using hand palm, they dont have to come in close range----------and like what this guy just show us they can read through movements before it occurs---------------then it shouldn't be a problem evading the swords. they can see chackra points so all they need to do is hit the all over.....idk how they would hit the upper part but the feet are not much of a problem.
looks good but im not sure with the susanoo part and the meteor part.
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And that's perfectly fine. Everyone has their own opinion. I'm simply giving the byakugan the credit it deserves and have done so thanks to the flamers for making this the #1 hottest thread right now.
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the Hyuga don't have infinite chakra, so the majority of your argument is invalid. Another thing is, no where is it stated that the Heavenly Rotation is stronger than mokuton, which reflected Sasuke's susano'o arrow. Also, I'm fairly sure the arrows are stronger than regular arrows, because travelling at the speed they do they would be destroyed the moment they hit anything. It would only make sense that they are as durable as susano'o itself, for they are made out of it's chakra.
Youve made a good effort on how byakugan is surperior to the sharingans. However, mind you explain to me that how come Hinata didn`t sense or track tobi when he disapear after shino got hold of him??
You are making a case for the Byakugan being able to DEFEND against the Sharingan, but not what it could do to take out a Sharingan user. You could use Gentle Fist to close off chakra, but it has been shown through Naruto that it is possible to override this. I sincerely doubt an MS user could not counter this.
The Byakugan CANNOT provide prediction capabilities like the Sharingan does. Instead it provides greater clarity into chakra sight and the telescopic/xray-like vison. 3T Sharingan and Byakugan are just about equal in the advantages they give their users. MS and Rinnegan abilities blow them away.
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I read most of it and I totally agree with you but this is incorrect because the sharingan is sort of a gateway dojutsu in that it enables to to activate the rinnegan, making the sharingan superior. Plus, how does the byakugan beat, izanagi, izanami, amateratsu, koto amatsukami, susanoo, and tsukoyomi?
You make Byakugan users seem like they are Deva Path....
Originally Posted by SakuXNaru
this thread got big
Yeah I know lol, I'm surprised it was on here for so long.
Kakashi stated this in the series
I agree, but we've yet to see a shinobi who wields the Byakugan on the same level as an EMS or Rinnegan user.
it was ok iguess some points yea u had a point but then others were just a mistake like to say it could go against perfect susano is one. like idoubt the user would have enough chakra to block the entire sword of that giant thing. gaara barely blockd the mini version. and the meteor is another example. he needs to block from 50meters besides im pretty sure he can see it coming so yea and its a meteor its not gonna be a few rocks he can just toss aside
Good points but obviously the plot is in the favor of Uchiha eyes. It is possible given the information that you have posted for someone with byakugan to defeat almost any opponent and realistically this could happen if they perfected Taijutsu to strike an opponents chakra points and learn some Ninjutsu too to be able to attack and defend from a powerful opponent. With the power of ninjutsu a byakugan user can become really strong. Nice thready
Originally Posted by EternalKaze7
Good points but obviously the plot is in the favor of Uchiha eyes. It is possible given the information that you have posted for someone with byakugan to defeat almost any opponent and realistically this could happen if they perfected Taijutsu to strike an opponents chakra points and learn some Ninjutsu too to be able to attack and defend from a powerful opponent. With the power of ninjutsu a byakugan user can become really strong. Nice thready
Thanks, that pretty much sums up the entire thread. A good byakugan user can beat any type of sharingan user.
It would just take a Shodaime/Nidaime/Madara level Hyuuga to do these things, realistically. Even Sannin would suffice I suppose.
Originally Posted by Vexorian
It would just take a Shodaime/Nidaime/Madara level Hyuuga to do these things, realistically. Even Sannin would suffice I suppose.
I think anyone of kakashi or guys level would suffice. So Hiashi I think could accomplish such a feat. His skills are far superior to Neji's.
But the truth is that no one of Byakugan users can defeat Sasuke. Even Hinata's father couldn't.
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Dodgers Sweep the Padres! How Sweeeet it is!
The scores for the Dodgers Padres games were:
Friday: 4-3, Win: Jeff Weaver, Save: Broxton
Saturday: 4-1. Win: Kershaw, Save: Broxton.
Sunday: 1-0 Win: Billingsley, Save: Broxton.
And that was a win and THREE saves for my fantasy baseball the Locos Azules. I beat out Rays' Renegades's team this week! Woohoo!
Ok, here are some pics from SD. This is from the hotel:
Friend Linda altered her Beat LA t-shirt. She moved the LA and SD so it became "LA Beat SD". I love it Linda!
Here is Dee showing her "Beat LA" towel altered saying "Can't Beat LA"
Here is this lady with a sign for the Loney song:
And here is Loney at bat:
Jack: I don't like you no more. I am glad you got charged $20 for popcorn at the movie!
Saw this picture when watching the replay of the game. Here is Elisa, Lorena and I on Sunday while Adrian Gonzales is walking back after striking out. We are infront of the the two Dodger fans walking.
Here is the little broom I took Sunday. Is really smaller than it looks in the pic from my phone.
Andre Update: Andre Ethier had a splint placed on his broken right little finger Sunday. Ethier broke Saturday night in batting practice. Ethier explained that the finger "contorted" under the knob of the bat during a swing and the pressure of the bat cracked the first knuckle. Get well Andre!
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It's nice to see some elements of the world returning to order, the Dodgers are just 1 good series away from the top of the division and should be there by the time the All Star break comes around…. So what's with Ethier, he is on his way to MVP this year and maybe even achieving things that Pujols hasn't managed with a bat, yet his pinky!!! finger… come on I am sure its the team that wants him to keep his finger out of the line-up and not him…. he needs to be back soon, or they have to start talking about Manny and I am not sure I can take that…LOL
Good to see the Dodgers on the way up….
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Congrats on the sweep! Must have made your trip extra enjoyable. Sorry about Ethier's finger, but hopefully he'll heal fast!
I see your team also had a sweep. I know, I was bummed when I heard about Ethier. I have him on fantasy baseball team but I just moved to first place!
the trip was GRRREAT! We are hoping Ethier heals fast. Not good to go thru that when he was having such a great season. Maybe by the time Dodgers face the Red Sox and Yankees he will be in the lineup.
Congrats on the sweep of my Padres. You guys played well, no doubt. But we're out for redemption later this week when we play versus u guys in L.A.!
Looks like you had a great time…and a sweep to boot! Always nice to make the trip down south…..it's like our second home 🙂
Was wondering, what's the name of the hotel you stayed in? What a great view!.
We usually just stay with friend in Pacific Beach.
Nice job once again, Emma! Love the pictures and excellent reportage. Looks like y'all had great seats too! Oh, how sweep it is!
Thanks for the belated welcome Emma. Much appreciated. I don't know what the heck I am doing. I had that photo from my Boston trip last year and was thinking of names and wanted something catchy, figured that I could link Thomas to Trolley. Then Mike wrote to me! Funny. I have to tell you that I like catching Dodger games on MLBtv, after everything is over back east, for the voice of Vin Scully, and for Mannywood. What's up with Sir Ethier? Is he healthy?
That is classy of you! Thanks. And yes, we meet again later on this week. I can't wait!
That is the Omni, the team hotel. the only thing was the valet wait. It took them a long time to bring our car. Fernando was telling me that he waited a half hour before.
LOL Jeff. Yes, how sweeep it is!
Thomas to Trolley! Oh OK, perfect. Is good to have more than one trolley ride. Everything is OK with the world if I am listening to Vin. Ethier is day to day. Today is his BBH.
Great pictures! I'm pretty sad that you guys swept us, but uh, we'll get you next time!! Haha, that was a pretty good series for you.
Spectacular! That park looks amazin.
Always nice to sweep the first place team. You're right back in there only two out now. Keep trippin!
that was the view from your hotel!?!?!great time it looks like. its so much fun being an away fan. i hope for a speedy recovery for Ethier! my fantasy team needs it!
Thanks Kaybee! I was not sure If you were at any of the games. I know last time I gave you the hat giveaway. We meet up for a two game series, starting tonight!
I prefer Dodger Stadium and after that, the two oldest parsk. From the new ones I've seen, PNC and the Giants Phone booth park before Petco.
Thanks! and congrats on your ranking! Woohoo!
Yes, that was the view from the 19th floor where we stayed.
I too have Andre in my fantasy team. I don't like that the MLB Blog league, we can only have ONE player in the DL.
Wow, sweeping the Pads is certainly not something that is easy anymore. Those guys are good. And your guys must be good too if they can take 4 in a row from the opposition!
Hey girl, I'm gonna be on a radio show!
Well RFB, My Dodgers came back to earth but all I can say is why do we have Ortiz with the team.
Mike! Sweeeet! I can't wait to hear you!
Looks like you had a great time in San Diego! I've always heard that it is a beautiful city! I'd love to visit sometime.
PS: So cool you were on TV!
Yes, you should go to SD but I know you are also a fan of Lincecum. The Phone Booth is a great stadium.
I LOVE IT! You know he is very shy but he is getting better. He no longer gets embarrased when we sing the Loney song!


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Philadelphia Phillies (28-20) at Florida Marlins (24-26)
Jamie Moyer (5-4, 4.55 ERA) at Anibal Sanchez (4-2, 3.23 ERA)
Time: 1:10, Sun Life Stadium
Weather: Sunny, 85
TV:Comcast SportsNet
Twitter: @philliesnation
No, it wasn't a dream. That really happened. Roy Halladay pitched a perfect game!. It's still unbelievable.
Many would assume that the Marlins would be bummed after getting no-hit, but Cody Ross had a different approach to the perfect game. "It's the best pitcher in baseball. It's not embarrassing," Cody Ross said. The Marlins are probably going to come out swinging today.
While we are all still thinking about perfection, Jamie Moyer will take the hill against a team he has had so much success against. Moyer is 13-5 with a 3.18 ERA against Florida. At Sun Life Stadium, his ERA is a minuscule 1.66.
Moyer will be opposed by Anibal Sanchez, who has a no hitter on his resume. Sanchez has struggled against the Phillies, going 2-5 with a 5.70 ERA against the Phillies. When he is on, Sanchez has no-hit material, but is wild when he is off. The way the Phillies offense has been going, the edge could go to Sanchez.
This would be a perfect time for the Phillies to turn around their offensive struggles. It would also be a nice time for a sweep.
Your gameday beer: Affligem Blond is a Belgian beer, really my favorite nation for beer. It's yellow/gold, very light and has somewhat of a banana lace smell. Can't beat that combination. When facing a guy who has baffled you all his career, you need to rethink strategy, take your time, focus on every little pitch. That makes Affligem Blond a nice beer for tonight. For a food pairing, I'd go with clams. — By Tim
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the game is on WPHL not comcast.
Wow, that's an empty stadium…
I get chills whenever they show Roy….
We need the Offense to actually score some runs here. Cant expect Moyer to throw another shut out. 7 runs in the last 7 games (6 earned) is pathetic. I have no doubt the offense will snap out of it, the question is when? It could be a simple as either Utley or Howard hitting a homer (or maybe getting a hit without an error. LOL). If one of them could hit a homer, it could jump start stuff. I hope that the perfect game by Doc yesterday inspired them.
More LOB. Well, at least we made their pitcher work for it.
SF Giants Signed Pat Burrell. "The Giants have signed free agent outfielder Pat Burrell to a minor league deal, reports Mychael Urban of CSNBayarea.com. If the former first overall pick were to reach the majors, San Francisco would pay him the pro-rated portion of the major league minimum, or around $300K."
Damn good reflexes for an old guy.
@Brian: That's sad for Pat. Less embarrassing, I suppose, than not being picked up at all, but still…
Considering his #'s as a Ray were around .218 Batting Average, he is lucky he got picked up at all. Can't really say anything about not playing every day either because he was batting almost every day.
Why would the Giants sign Burrell? I love the guy, but do they think he can actually cover any part of that OF there? Come on now.
When was the last time the Phillies hit a home run?
That's an interesting souvenir: the pitching rubber from Halladay's PG. But then, maybe the Marlins don't want to use a rubber that pitched a PG against them? 😀
Francisco 😛
That emoticon looks way too happy. How about this: :^PPPP….
I think the pitching rubber is going to Cooperstown.
It says a lot about Werth's recent performance that they're routinely pitching around Howard to get to him.
5 LOB so far.
Jesus Werth…dude looks totally out of sync right now.
Yeah, I was watching Major League this afternoon, and Werth looks like Cerrano with curve balls.
Did someone in the crowd just say "Chase's real name is Jason""…am I missing something?
And why, why, why?????would you wear a bikini to a baseball game? Or sit in a hot tub at a baseball game, when it's 90 degrees and humid?
What is Ben doing out there?
@ Ed R, dont ask when the last time the Phillies hit a Home Run, it will hurt WAY to much. @ Georgie, Ben is out there I think trying to set the record for the most amount men LOB by a Bench player. 6 in game wasnt enough in Halladay get that he lost. But maybe Werth is trying to match that 6 LOB by Ben Fran. Wow, Ben Fran is batting .206 and Werth is down to .298. Hmm, well at least Werth lowered his worth. LOL. Do we sign him now at 16 Mill or wait to see if he dips below .290 and sign him to 13 Mill. LOL. When he Howard and Utley decide to play Major Leagues baseball, watch out.
Oh, nice running catch, Shane!
Please don't tell me we are going to get shut out again. Still early.
@Brian: Tch, we are no more shut out than they are.
True Tracey, but I sure hope you didnt jinx us with that comment. 😉
OK, that was way stupider than bikinis and hot tubs.
Oh, he totally shoved his elbow into that!
@Brian: And I was so careful about not jinxing last night…
I guess they are desperate huh?
WHEW!! Dodged that bullet.
The pitcher got a hit? Did I just jinx us?
Never mind.
That was a pathetic way to get on base…..
I see Cole and Joe are sticking to Roy like glue, hoping some of that mojo rubs off.
tch, just a few feet away from really good
Cole must have been doing that for the last month. He has had a WICKED month of May.
Maybe Werth needs to grow that beard back, eh?
2 more strikeouts. Oy Vey. I know we have had more strikeouts than Walks lately, but we have also had more strikeouts that hits (and runs) also.
not 2 weeks ago we had 4 guys hitting over .300. Now not a single guy in the line up tonight is over .300 and the ONLY one over .290 was hitting like .323 about a week ago. What is Milt Thompson doing?
Come on Moyer, settle down. Just get through this inning.
So much for the idea of cutting ties with Moyer, 1 more out and he's completed six in every start bar one 5… Not bad for the last man in your 5
Come on. Get this sucker out.
haha, jamie always snickers when he starts with the new ball thing.
ahhhh, crap!
That was almost bad, but we're out of the inning. Now if we can just score a run or two…
Well Paulino is hitting over .300. Just get this last guy out. Sad thing is, even if he does get this guy out with no more damage, it would be 6IP, 1ER, and unless the Phillies score at least a run in the top half, best case scenario, he gets a no decision.
Tracy…tall task apparently.
Another hit by an opposing catcher who used to be a member of the Phils but if I remember correctly, Paulino did not even make it thru spring training after coming over from the Pirates.
Especially with Ben Fran and Schneider due up. I think Ben Fran is trying to see if he can get as low as Schneider is. So much for the theory that more at bats for Ben Fran will equal hits, or even a walk.
Can Polly swing a bat bring him up… something, this is painful
Moyer pitching like this, and not a single run. Just one run gives him a no decision. Im fine with a no decision for him, but a loss when he pitched like this, is bad.
oops..*Tracey*…my cousin's name is Tracy, so I'm used to spelling it like that.
That is so sad that they have so few people there.
This team just flat-out STINKS.
There, I got that out.
Carry on.
Oh goodie, old faithful Dobbsy…
Ok, well so much for that Run we wanted. I guess we will have to wait and see if the top of the order can do something. I would use Gload here instead of Dobbs. But then again I would use blind midget instead of Dobbs this season. LOL.
Uh oh, Polly's headed back to Philly…wonder if they'll DL him?
Home run here sets up Moyer for a W. I'm jes sayin…
Dobbs, you suck.
Dobbs and his .133 average. What has happened to this guy that he has not hit much last year and this year so far? Maybe Gload will get the call for Valdez, if he gets on.
Tracey, I think you are being nice to Dobbs. Maybe we can trade for Bruntlett. LOL. Thats really sad. If the Phillies dont take the lead at all, and Moyer takes the loss, I hope Moyer decks Dobbs and Werth…Dobbs for swinging at 4 balls, and Werth for striking out 3 times leaving 4 on base. A few others could use a chot to the face, because apparently they are all sleeping at the plate. So 0 ER scored yesterday and 0 runs today. Thank you Maybin for the error!
My God, you could put Stevie Wonder up at the plate and he'd do better than Dobbs.
@Tracey: my Mom said the exact same thing.
oh well at least the Brewers are still up. Unless they wake up in the next 2 innings, we are at a .5 game up. Better then being 4 games back though!
Herndon with a strike out? WOW.
brain the way they are playing that lead evaporates the next 3 days. 2 back by Wed. I'd put big money on that.
@Brian: Well, if Moyer takes a swing at Dobbs, at least he doesn't have to worry about Dobbs hitting him.
I seem to recall you making the same kinds of bet offers last year, teej… and losing every time. So I'll take your pessimism as a good sign.
teejvee, I said after the Mets series we would be in 2nd within a week. Also Sadly, looks like I was right, even with the two wins. But then again, the Braves played like 8 of their last 2 games against the Pirates. Go figure, of course they won 8 of their last 12 games. @ Tracey, I dont think Dobbs could hit a slow pitch softball.
Ooo… a hit! I didn't know we could do that!
Valdez SAC: I'll take that.
Sadly Tracey, seeing how the Braves are playing the Pirates tonight, and then playing us, in one of the worst slumps we have seen in a while, I dont think he is wrong. The braves only have to beat us once to knock us out of first. But it is early. The only question is, when will Milt Thompson start talking to the batter (I find it hard to say hitters right now).
Damn RISP. Phillie Killer.
hmm, DP or a Strikeout by Howard?
Do I dare get excited?
Well, not quite a hit, but better than a DP or K.
They're worried about Werth? Really?
Sheesh, was that not down the middle enough for you???
first pitch again. Really. When the season started, Howard was patient, and actually getting hits and RBI's. NOW he swings at almost EVERY first pitch, and look at what is happening. Earth to Milt. Can you pull these guys aside and say wait. Maybe Perlozzo? Anyone?
and 6 LOB. Lowering that price tag 1 AB at a time.
Nice work Werth. Seriously, grow back the beard.
That big contract at the end of the year is not looking so big for Werth right at this time.
4 Strike Outs, 6 LOB. and I thought Ben Fran was a rally killer. Werth was ON FIRE for a good month. Now, Well there are no words to describe him. Pathetic is just being too nice. 2 straight games without a single ER. Thank you Maybin. I think everyone on the Phillies excluding Doc Halladay should donate all of the money they made for the game yesterday to Halladay for being perfect, and Maybin for screwing up big time.
Yeah, at this rate, we may reach the point where Werth is willing to pay us to keep his sorry a##
That "big contract" is diminishing every at bat. I never knew it was possible to drop your Batting AVG that much, that quickly!
I'm looking at my scorecard, and not only has Werth K'd 4 times this game, but EVERY ONE of those Ks was the third out of the inning, and 3 of them were with 2 men on base.
That has to earn him some kind of special achievement Jeltz for this game
What is the lowest amount of ER's scored in a 10 game streak? I have a strong feeling we might break that record. So far in the last 6 games (including today) the Phillies have score a whopping 3 ER's. And next we play the Braves, and sadly their pitching staff is far superior to the Marlins and the Mets.
This pitching staff deserves a medal for not cracking through this 'hitting streak'
Heading into the 9th, Jamie Moyer the #5 starter had 6IP, 1 ER, 2 SO's lowered his ERA to 4.26 and he is in line for the loss. Where are all the Moyer haters that says he sucks, and needs 6 runs a game in run support for any wins at all. Too bad Chooch isnt in, I might be confident of a single run. Seeing the 3 up to bat, looks like another 1,2,3 inning.
We have 3 batters who are 0-for-4 tonight. Two more who are 0-for-3 with 3 ABs.
wow. So I would love to hear Charlies explanation on playing Ben Fran again. Has he gotten a hit or a walk in the last 2 weeks? My not use Gload?
(sigh) That was awful.
even better, strike out the side. in less than 24 hours, the Phillies have a perfect game, followed by this. At least we took 2 out of 3. How much longer do we have to deal with this horrendous slump?
even worse, yet ANOTHER first pitch out.
Ben Fran was 2-4 with a double 3 games ago. 0-5 since.
Zero Patience, Zero Runs. Moyer should be beyond PISSED. The same thing happened two starts ago. Last start was forgettable, but 2 starts ago wasnt much different. If they could at the very least show some sort of patience at the plate, this slump might not be as bad. Now we go to the Braves, who apparently are in the middle of a hot streak, (granted they were playing the Pirates for most of it) and we are in the middle of a Mets in the 2 weeks of the season streak.
More amazing…this team was an error away from being shut out last night and ruining Halladay's perfecto.
This is honestly the most disgusting baseball I have seen from this team in a good 10 years.
When it is talked about Werth being at that top performance level or superstar status as an outfielder, I cannot agree. As being currently seen, Werth goes thru periods of inconsistency both at the bat and and to some degree, in the field and his current one has looked like it has been one of his worst. You never know about this unpredictable Phillies offense. Against the Atlanta pitching staff, they may surprise and break out of this slump. Would be a heck of a surprise if it happened.
It's so tough to tell whether Milt is a good or horrendously bad hitting coach. On the one hand the offense has been one of the most explosive in the game under his tenure, on the other hand the slumps are consistently some of the worst year on year…
Look on the bright side: taking two out of three while scoring a total of four runs is quite an accomplishment.
If I were RAJ, I'd bring up Domonic Brown to inject some life into this dead lineup, but the Phillies are far too conservative when it comes to promoting prospects. The Braves had no trouble bringing Jason Heyward up to start to season and Stephen Strasburg and Michael Stanton are about to be called up by Washington & Florida respectively.
The Phillies could easily be in last place in another 10 days or so…
I'm Ted Bell.
A heart-wrenching loss. The 47 year old guy Moyer pitched a great game. How do his offensive players explain to him why he had to lose this game? Werth for the Jeltz Award and Howard second. Had their chances and did not come through. Both of them need to work extensively with Milt Thompson to get it back again at the plate.
those teams are in a slightly different position. Brown is no Hewyard but then again no other hitting prospect supposedly has been since A-Rod, Strasburg is possibly a top 30 pitcher without even being in the majors on a team with very little pitching and Stanton is on a team that uses up options for fun…
Leave Brown maturing as the future of the team
Will this team ever be able to score runs again? Its sad when allowing 1 run won't get you a win, and when if its not for an error, a perfect 9 innings won't get you a win either. Ridiculous.
This is a horrible streak of cold bats and the ol' stranding runners we do manage to get on base. We have just been pitiful offensively at the plate, no more words…
Could be a rough period of time for the Phils in June with inter-league play right around the corner and they got games with hot Atlanta and Cincinnati coming up.
my god – phillies only score 4 runs in 54 innings
This major slump of the bats has affected this team mentally. They need some serious help if they are going to get out of this. We'll be out of first place by the middle of the week, and worse…the Mets will pick up Cliff Lee in a trade in a few weeks. I'm seriously concerned. And someone tell me why anyone cares that Brad Lidge is returning? He sucks, should of been released after he got his first save (when it shouldn't of been a save, the wind saved the game for him). Make Contreras the new closer and be done with it.
This team has already made Major League history.
The only first place team EVER to get shutout in a series (3 games or more)by a last place team.
If Bud Seilg had any compassion , he'd require Hanson, Hudson, and Lowe to pitch lefhanded.
Of course even then they'd still blow Ibanez Utley and Howard away,
Trade Ibanez for some mid level prospects, call up Dominic Brown, money saved to re-sign Werth (about $11 million).
Moyer is overrated and only pitches well against young teams who are fooled by finesse pitches. Its clear Lidge was a one year wonder or just was lucky in 2008, and will never be the same. Kendrick is filth and always has been. These are three Phillies I would try to dump as soon as possible but unfortunately no one will take them and their stinkin salaries.
I disagree NJ. This team obviously needs some kind of infusion here, energy, youth, smarts – something has to get them going. Bringing up the kid, and either creating some ailment for Dobbs or just flat demoting him to make room would be a significant start on Cholly's part.
What to do about Jayson is another story. I think Jayson needs to sit for more than one game – the offense
DC…if anyone is willing to trade for Ibanez the Phillies will have to eat the overwhelming majority of Ibanez's contract, so they aren't going to save much if they can trade Ibanez.
Also Milt Thompson is an awful hitting coach…it's easy to look like a stud when your guys are hitting, but this team hits because it has the players to do it. But when this team reaches its slump every year Milt does nothing to get it corrected. J-Roll still does the same thing J-Roll does. Howard still can't hit a breaking ball. Dobb's still can't hit anything. These are all things a hitting coach should be able to correct or work on with the players. I see no evidence of that with Milt.
Flyers have scored more goals in 2 periods of hockey than the Phils have scored runs in 54 innings!
Calling up Brown is a bad idea. He's never played above AA. Besides, at present he'd only learn from the current Phils how to be impatient at the plate and how not to hit with runners on.
I agree that Dobbs should be sent packing, and Werth needs at least a three day sit-down. The problem with dumping Dobbs, though, is that with Rollins on the DL and Polanco hurting, there's no one to handle backing up the right side of the infield right now. The problem with benching Werth is that Francisco hasn't hit worth anything, and Gload might be needed for pinch hitting duties. He's not God's gift to outfielders, either.
I can't blame Manuel for any of his moves right now, even those that might seem dumb. NO ONE on this team is hitting well. Lately, he's had to choose between horse manure and cow manure.
I don't see the Mets as having enough to trade for Cliff Lee (unless they plan on including Ike Davis in the deal – which I doubt). It will be interesting to compare the prospects that the Mariners get for Lee to the guys that the Phillies got for him.
I'm Ted Bell.
I also agree that Milt Thompson is a bad coach, for the reasons cited by Ed R. It's when a player hits a slump that the coach has to respond and teach and go over video. When a player on the Phils hits a skid, though, he keeps right on skidding until the rest of the lineup is affected. There's not a team in baseball with so much talent that has gone into extended slumps EVERY YEAR they've been together. The only difference between the Phils and the other teams with hitting talent–the ones that don't have colossal slumps every year–is the hitting coach.
Rumor has it the Werth negotiations went like this:
Ruben: " Ok we'll offer you 10 million"
Werth's agent: " for 3 years"
Ruben: " No , to sign with the Mets"
Wow, the perspective some people are putting on this streak is utterly depressing because it's just the facts. This was to be the year to show what we *can* do since it's the last time this core with such great potential will be together. Ironic that the biggest concern had been bullpen and now we can't score runs enough to get games to save; the last thing anyone was worried about was our offense at the plate. Everyone slumping at the same time for so long.. is it really a coaching thing?
BTW, Ike Davis had 769 plate appearances in the minors and only had 42 ABs in AAA before the Mets called him up. He's holding his own so far, and his BB/K ratio is pretty good for a power hitter.
Buy contrast, Domonic Brown currently has 1596 minor league plate appearances.
Domonic Brown is rated as a better prospect than Davis by every major publication. I see no reason why the Phillies can't shake things up and promote him (though I know they won't).
Philsgirl, we'll all be together this next year, Ruben will make it happen.
its amazing some of the ignorrance on this site. Moyer thows a CH Shut out 2 hitter and "the braves suck", he throw 6 innings 1 run, and "only pitches well against young teams who are fooled by finesse pitches" Really? I mean come on. he is the #5 pitcher with an ERA ar 4.24 and ONLY ONCE has he NOT pitched 6 innings. Some people need to learn baseball! Not to mention "This major slump of the bats has affected this team mentally." To say that would be to say that the Pitchers have been affected. Is it just me, or did we win in Game 1, did Roy Halladay throw a perfect game (Do you need everyone to refresh your memory what that is or how big it is?) and did the Phillies Pitchers only give up 1 run in game three? HELLO. The OFFENSE sucks right now, the Pitching so far seems to be holding things together. As for Milt. Well read my comments from the last several games, last several seasons when they were slumping. Milt is a HORRIBLE BATTING coach. I wont even say "hitting" coach. Look at last season, when some players begame to slump, other players pulled them through giving them advice, Milt was too busy joking around to see slump. So the question is with J-Roll out of the lineup, who will be the one who breaks out of the slump, and starts doing the talking?


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Okay, daughter is 7 months tomorrow and when she was about 5 to 5.5 months old I got mastitis. I needed antibiotics for it (I got it with my first, but it corrected itself on its own), but it cleared up. i was in so much pain and couldn't even get out of bed...long story short, I don't have anymore milk. I was still pumping, but nothing was coming out. I went from producing to nothing in a 48 hour period. I was tried for a month of pumping, pumping, pumping, but no success. Then I started reading things about relactation and bought the blessed thistle, fenugreek (seed), and I believe alfalfa. I took those and was making droplets and eventual was making about a teaspoon. Then about a month ago my husband left (he's in the military) and I just was trying to readjust to being a single parent and quit pumping. Well for the past week I have been pulling my hair out to try to figure out what to do and how to get back to BF. I BF my oldest for 14 months and had zero issues (besides the bout of mastitis that cleared up), so this is frusterating for me. I have ordered more feungreek, milk tea something, and another thing which will be arriving today. I was doing the power pumping thing that I read about once or twice for the day (I went from making about quarter teaspoon in the morning to nothing). I was still pumping even though nothing was coming out, so hopefully this is correct. I have tried to get LO to latch on and she is a hit or miss. If she did latch on, it would be a few sucks then she would get mad.
Any and all info would be great. I am not done trying and will try to whatever I can to get back to it.
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today i went to my doctor who is treating me for a sinus infection and i told her that i was leary of meds b/c i was nursing. she perscribed amoxycillan for me and it is compatable with bf so we are good there, but she asked me how many times a day was i nursing and i said every three hours or so. she then looked surpised and said "really"
so my question is (just out of curiousity) how ofter are you ladies nursing?
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(Bluefield)—Bluefield State College's student robotics team and "Archon," the autonomous ground vehicle the students have created, will participate in the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Student Ground Robotics Demonstration on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The students and Dr. Bob Riggins, BSC Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology, will join student teams from nine other institutions of higher education during the three-day event at the Mall, in front of the U.S. Capitol, April 9-11. The program is a signature activity during the second annual National Robotics Week, April 9-17.
"The Student Ground Robotics Demonstration coincides with the final week of the National Cherry Blossom Festival, which attracts about one million visitors to the Nation's Capitol," Riggins noted, "so we're very excited to be a part of this high profile event. We have contacted the offices of U.S. Senators Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin, as well as U.S. Congressman Nick Rahall in the hope they can attend."
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> hey anon, wanna give your opinion?
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New Zealand isn't a country worth arguing over.
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Me too because i am also from New Zealand. I'm just saying that no one other than a New Zealander really cares about NZ.
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Whoa angry child you're telling me New Zealanders are Kiwi when you know I was talking about the bird. In other words you're telling me I'm wrong then immediately afterwards telling me I'm right and admitting that a nickname for New Zealanders is Kiwi so what was your point in all of this? It was a joke calm down.


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Meet Anel de los Santos
Anel de los Santos catching for Orem in July 2007.
The 2008 Baseball America Top 10 Angels Prospects Report released today has apparently perplexed some people. Across fan boards, I see posts along the general line of:
"Anel who?!"
Anel de los Santos, ranked #10, may be a stranger to them but he's no stranger to FutureAngels.com readers.
I wrote about Anel here in the FutureAngels.com Blog last July when I visited the Orem Owlz. Two weeks later, I was at rookie league camp in Tempe and interviewed Tom Gregorio, the Angels' roving catching instructor. We talked about the catching prospects in the system, including Anel. Click Here to listen to the interview. (Windows Media Player required.) We talk about Anel at the ten-minute point of the interview.
In late September, I returned to Tempe for fall instructional league. As luck had it, my camcorder was set up behind home plate and recorded Anel blocking the plate on an attempted double steal. Click Here to watch the video clip. (Windows Media Player and a broadband Internet connection required.) If you watch the video clip, the lady complaining the runner was safe was a Brewers fan. I played back the tape frame-by-frame; Anel blocked the plate with his ankle guard so the runner's leg bounced off and never reached the plate. One of the Angels coaches asked me to play back the tape and commented afterwards that I should post it on FutureAngels.com as it was a "textbook" example of how to handle that play.
So I had to laugh today when "Anel who?!" showed up all over the fan sites. Anel is no secret to those who are FutureAngels.com regulars.
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he will be a great ml player .it s good to know that persons like him exist. i feel very proud, i trust him!! go on!
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Whats mind numbingly boring is your wishful thinking that RL can push and promote itself to such an extent it will turn everyone on and people will take the game up and watch the game and championship clubs will grow and flower into professional clubs etc etc etc.
Get a history of RL book and read the reality of the games struggles from day one to today. 126 years of struggle with another 126 to come.
As for YOU saying London junior RL is a "success story" my word how you can do an about turn and a back flip if it suits you?
The south east is a massive area such that we may just be able to sustain a junior RL big enough to feed a superleague club.
Whilst that is a success for us, what we will achieve is miniscule against what Soccer and RU achieve in London.
You know full well we are not a success in London but we have found enough interest across a very big place to make having an SL club there worthwhile.A success relative to our size.
All this "can be done" nada nada nada isn't debate. It's fantasy Rugby League.
Please can we have an additional forum on here for the fantasists??
Lets go into business together, I can formulate a sensible and realistic business plan for us whilst you close your eyes and dream we'll be marks and spencers.
After all your ranting, the fact remains London went from nothing to producing juniors from numerous RL teams in the face of an overwhelming soccer presence. I don't know where you get the idea from that I don't acknowledge the tremendous success, and it is a success even though it dosn't suit you to acknowledge that after lauding it the heavens in numerous other threads. I have always agreed with the tremendous growth of RL in London. The dispute I have with you is that that growth is as a result of London Broncos presence even though it is not anywhere near their base of operations.
So, if it can be done in London, the post stating that there is potential to develop RL In Wythenshaw, which wasn't me as I am not even sure where Wythenshaw is, cannot be just rubbished as being impratctical and un doable. The evidence is many parts of the UK is that it can be done. If it can be done in London, Wales and the midlands, why cannot it not be done in a suburb of Manchester.
Furthermore, don't lecture me on RL history. I have read practically every book there is to read and am well versed in it. I am aware that the game has had to struggle. It would probably be a struggle to develop the game in Wythenshaw. It dosn't mean it can't be done.
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Board members approved the structure for the system and called on the superintendent to direct staff to develop rules to implement it in September 2002 for elementary and middle schools and September 2003 for high schools. The rulemaking process includes opportunities for public input and comment on the proposed implementation requirements before they are adopted in final.
The designation system combines data from test results and a variety of other sources, including graduation rate, attendance rate, etc., that will shed light on school performance in five ways: a composite performance rating; an improvement rating; accomplishments; assessment compliance requirements and adequate yearly progress.
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Standards - 83 percent or more of the student scores meet or exceed
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Learn how to make and shape a burger patty in this video from EVERY DAY WITH RACHAEL RAY magazine, plus get tricks and tips on the best way to season a burger. From our collection of Step by Step cooking videos.
Hi, I'm Teri Tsang Barrett, the Food Editor here at Every Day with Rachael Ray Magazine. And today, I'm going to show you how to make a burger or beef patty. And I'm sure bunch of you at home have made this a million times, but they're actually are a few tips and tricks you can follow to produce the juiciest burger instead of some of those dense hockey pucks, I'm sure we've all seen before at backyard barbecues. We like to use ground beef chuck here which has about 15 to 20% fat, and the more fat you've got in your beef, the more flavor, the juicier it'll be. And-- but if you do feel like using a lean cut of meat, you'll definitely need to add some kind of flavor or some liquid actually, to the ingredients to keep it from drying out and becoming too dense of a burger patty. Some things that we liked to add to things like a leaner cut of beef or some chicken patties are some sautéed onions, or sautéed mushrooms, some canned chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, which actually adds a nice bit of heat to the meat as well. If you're working with softer meats, like turkey, you'll want to add some bread crumbs to help give it some heft and hold its shape while it's being grilled. But with all-beef burger patties, we also like adding other mix-ins. And here we've got some seasonings; I think this is actually Paul Prudhomme Magic Meat Blend. We also got some chopped chives, some chopped parsley and there's also things like hot sauce, Worcestershire Sauce which I'm sure a lot of you have tried, and some soy sauce. And again, all those things will add flavor and so eventually if you play around with things, you should be able to come up with your own personal signature burger. There are three steps to making burgers. So first step, is selecting your meat, and we like using ground beef chuck here. You can also use the combination of meats like pork, or chicken. Some people actually like using Italian sausage, remove the casing and squeeze out the meat and just mix it in for a nice spicy burger. But we're just sticking with the classic all-beef burger patty today. The second thing is just adding in mix-ins, in our case we're just gonna be using salt and pepper. And the third step is to shape the burger. So, what we're going to do is crumble the beef into the bowl, just break it up a little bit. You don't wanna handle the meat too much because the heat from your hands can melt the fat which will also result in a denser burger patty. We're gonna seasoned this with salt and pepper. I actually like being generous with my salt, it really brings up the flavor of the beef. And here we're just gonna gently toss until it's just combined. In this case, we're gonna be making four beef patties, and that's about a pound and a quarter for four people. You're gonna use about quarter of a pound to third of a pound of beef for each burger patty, which is about 4 to 6 ounces, we've got a pound and a quarter here. And once we've got it all mixed in, again not handling it too much. And at this point if you were using mix-ins, you wanna add it with the salt, pepper and toss it all together. And so from here, we're just gonna shape the burger patties. It's gonna take about a quarter of the beef, and just sort of gently mold it into a ball, flatten it into a patty. And you want it to be about three-quarter of an inch thick and try to flatten it as evenly as possible, so that way when it's cooking, it'll cook evenly. And once you got in a shape that you like, you can just set it in your platter. Another trick that I've learn is that, if you have your buns on hand, if you have the diameter of the patty, actually extend pass the bun by quarter of an inch. By the time it's done grilling, it should actually fit the bun size perfectly. So you repeat the same stuffs with the remaining beef. And there you go. The last trick that I am to show you is that once you've got the patty shaped, you wanna take your thumb and gently press it into the center and kind of form a little indentation at the top of the patty and fill the up-- the edges of those little part. What this does is it prevents the burger patty from doming, when it gets a little round-shape on top. That just-- two things, one it helps the burger cooked evenly, and two it prevents the condiments from sliding off the burger once you've topped it, and just preserves little nice burger patty-shape that I think we're all looking for. And again, pinch the sides together when you see it starts to split. And that's not a bad thing when it starts to split, just means you haven't sort of compacted it too densely and so. All right, and from here we're all set and ready to grill these burgers. If you'd like, you can also make this up to a day in advance. You can stack them between sheets of wax paper, and just keep them refrigerated until you're ready to grill then. And there you have it, three-steps to an easy burger.


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Find Your Passion: International Ambassador
By Judah Martin
Lubna Alansari has enjoyed playing the role of ambassador since establishing a Model United Nations club in her high school. Perhaps that's why she took on the real-life role at The University of Alabama.
Arriving at UA from her Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia home, Alansari noticed many misconceptions of her home country among students.
"I had people come up to me and say, 'I might be wrong, but this is what I know; tell me if I'm right or wrong,'" recalls the UA junior who is majoring in chemical engineering. "So, they're always willing to hear; they're not just set on a certain mind-set."
Alansari directly addressed those discrepancies after a few professors invited her to speak about Saudi-Arabian culture to their classes. She felt a particular need to address misconceptions about Saudi women.
"[People] look at me and they're like, 'You're dressed normally; why is that?' and I'm like, 'this is how everyone dresses back home,'" Alansari says. "I would say it's more of a personal belief; people do it for a lot of different reasons, and people do it in different degrees.
"I feel like I'm able to connect to a lot of people here, and I feel that they feel the same way when they're talking to me, even though we come from completely different backgrounds," she says.
Alansari serves as vice president of the Alabama International Relations Club. It was there she became involved with Alabama Model United Nations, or ALMUN.
She worked closely with the Black Belt Development Initiative, going into middle schools and high schools to help them establish Model UN clubs. Her experience starting both a Model UN and a robotics club in her own high school has aided her success with the program in the Black Belt and helped her choose major.
"That's what got me thinking about engineering in the first place," Alansari says of establishing the robotics team. "If I sit down, I know I can solve it, and you always get the result at the end."
After establishing the clubs in Alabama's Black-Belt schools, she and other Initiative volunteers returned to teach the students fundraising and promotion strategies.
"It's extremely rewarding whenever you walk into a committee during ALMUN, and you see all these students applying everything that you've taught them," Alansari says. "So they're raising their placards, they're making amendments; they're debating with other people."
Another project close to her heart is KIVA, a microlending foundation for businesses in developing nations.
"A lot of these businesses have been farms, have been little stores, have been basket making, things that people in that community need, and that will help them start that business and help them start making a living," Alansari says.
Her efforts to unify have not gone unnoticed.
She described feeling baffled when Dr. Beverly Hawk, former director of the Crossroads Community Center, sent her an email requesting a résumé to nominate her for an award.
A few weeks later, Dr. Samory Pruitt, vice president for community affairs, informed her of her selection as recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Realizing the Dream 2013 Horizon Award. It was awarded at UA's annual concert ceremony honoring King's legacy.
"I just never thought anything of the work I've been doing; it's just something that I've always done, something that I've always been passionate about," she says.
Receiving the award is motivation to continue her social work, no matter where life takes her, she says.
"I'm very grateful to have professors at the University like Dr. Hawk who acknowledge students that are trying to make a change. Receiving this award means that someone has been listening, and I haven't just been speaking in vain."
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Judah Martin is a journalism major at The University of Alabama. He is from Foley and serves as a student writer for the College of Engineering.
This story is part of the Find Your Passion series. To learn more about how you can find your passion at The University of Alabama, please visit UA Undergraduate Admissions.


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