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The Phillies continue their three-gamer in Washington, D.C. with a match against Tim Redding and the Nats.
Seeing Redd: Tim Redding is the No. 1 Phillie Killer, the B.A. Baracus of the team of guys who openly throttle us on a regular basis. He has pitched 13.1 shutout innings against the Phils this season, giving up eight hits while walking five. If the Phils decide to take pitches …
Iron Ryan: Ryan Howard has a consecutive game streak of 221 games, longest in baseball.
Flawless Final: After last night's win, the Phillies are 46-0 when leading after eight innings.
Phillies: Jamie Moyer (9-6) 3.76 ERA
Nationals: Tim Redding (7-5) 3.98 ERA
Gametime: 7:10 p.m. EST
Weather: 88, cloudy
Lineup: Rollins/Victorino/Utley/Howard/Burrell/Jenkins/Bruntlett/Ruiz/Moyer
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Your gamenight 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 season, 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.
Go Phillies!
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The Marlins are in strong talks about Manny. Isn't that lovely?
Man, what a great day on this blog. A re-cap: First, the Phillies will not be making any significant moves prior the the deadline. Yes, they will sign junk in the waver pool. Second, CBP has great food, but it's way too pricey. And yes, the profits from concessions and memorabilia is gigantic. Yet, the owners simply refuse to open the bank up for acquisitions. Any solution? As Geoff said, "Ed Snider/Comcast buys the team and opens up the war chest for the payroll." Also, I think Tim actually deleted someones ridiculous post – that's a step in the right direction, Tim. Next, have Brian write a program for a user registration. Lastly, Pudge Rodriguez for Kyle Farnsworth? Kyle Farnsworth? Are you fucking kidding me? Where were we on this?
Yeah, I would have given them Seanez and Condrey for fucking Pudge.
Tim Redding owns the Phils. We should just trade for him and end that whole thing.
I already suggested that Mike T. haha Trade for him and then trade him to some shitty AL team.
He would fit….all the marlins do is hit home runs and play bad defense….and all manny does is hit home runs and play bad defense
haha, yeah but Manny hits home runs better than them.
I just got unlazy and looked up Farnsworth stats. Seanez and Condrey are having a better year. WTF was Gillick thinking on that one?!
you know where we were mike? pat gillick,AGAIN, fo rlike the 5th time in the past month or so, caught ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AGAIN!!!!
let me reiterate: kyle farnsworth SUCKS! we have guys that suck to give the tigers, like geoff jenkins. the tigers wouldve taken carlos ruiz straight up and gillick, again, NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
if youre "going for it" like montogmery said they were, arent you getting pudge rod to provide veteran leadership down the stretch?
what does washington want for him? a few crappy prospects, ill do that.
i know thatll piss don off, but again, pat gillick sitting onhis ass doing nothing, which is exactly what hes told to do. nothing!
I am officially about to stop liking the Phillies since our FO sucks.
5:56pm: Baseball Prospectus' John Perrotto has multiple baseball sources saying the Red Sox are on the verge of sending Ramirez to Florida for three players, including outfielder Mike Stanton.
Wow, they're going to get Manny at a steal. I'd take Manny for a steal too.
by the way, the florida marlins are about to get manny ramirez for a three man package.
i didnt want manny anyway, but its always nice NOW that the marlins have him, hell kill us when we play them down the stretch.
i wanted holliday, they say no, i want jason bay/raul ibanez, they say no. well what do you get? some waived piece of trash in august? hahahaha
they know that the fans will be pissed if they sit on their ass and theyll still do it because they know youll sitll come to the ballpark, buy their aramark food and stand in line for 4 innings just to get a bucket of crab fries. ahahahaha
Manny to Florida doesn't bother me. They need pitching more than we do – they'll fall off at any moment.
well that sucks but the marlins need pitchng more then manny.
i want to see jimmy rollins get pulled in the middle of the game and told on tv that hes been traded. priceless.
at this point, im desperate for them to get roy halladay, you know what? fuck it
carlos carrasco, shane victorino, jason donald, antonio bastardo, fabio castro, BOOM. get me roy halladay i dont care what it costs. i wouldnt even be pissed if they traded lou marson, yes, thats a flip flop, but i dont care because its ROY HALLADAY. who cares? you want to win? show me. otherwise im accuring the front office of criminal theft.
i want to win something. if theyre not going to go for it then trade everyone off for prospects again. im tired of this fucking shit
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thats why i love the flyers they go for it every year and not do anything when they need something.
I hate Pat Gillick, he isnt as active in the market as he should be. Way too conservative for a team going for it all.
I like Bruntlett starting at third over Dobbs.
Moyer is going to rock these guys to sleep.
Howard goes yard.
Phils win 8-3.
Manny to Florida would be intense. If that happens I can guarantee that the Mets would push real hard for Bay and then we stay put or something. But yet we would still win the division IMO. One player can only do so much. I was reading today that Bartolo Colon won 10 games after the trade deadline for the Expos way back when but they finished an additional half game back to end the year.
i love the flyers more than any team. the phillies are a close second. i played hockey since age 5, played baseball for a few years but im getting back into playing it again now. i was raised on teh flyers and that owners does NOT tolerate failure. sure they havent won in ages but they go for it all the time. that team is SOLID going forward and i cant wait.
dont ou wish ed snider owned the phillies? that guy doesnt f around. awesome pro sports owner. he hates being embarrassed. they finished last, the flyers, then, BOOM, turnaround all the way to the final 4 this year, fired/gutted the front office and now theyre ready to roll.
If Snider owned the Phillies right now we would be WS favorites.
I hope the Phillies have been watching extensive video on him for the past few days.
snider is the best owner in the history of philly peroid.
the rays pirates talks for bay stalled today, now its time to swoop in there:
carlos carrasco, antonio bastardo, jason donald, fabio castro for jason bay and john grabow
Yes, I just extended my MLB beat the streak to 7 games! haha I picked Victorino to get a hit tonight!
Geoff, it's not happening. Gillick is too dumb.
at this point, who cares? do we know these prospects are going to pan out? i think marson will but i have no idea about the rest of them after recent developments.
someone in that FO has to grow some balls and say, you know what? lets go for it
Werth for Trever Miller or JP Howell? I think not. If Colorado wants several prospects for Brian Fuentes, we should be able to get MUCH more value for Werth.
i know it wont happen but this is why the phillies fail like every year, n balls, dont want to spend money, etc. im going to check developments of trade activity….
the redsox might have intrest in werth if they deal manny and they have some good pitching to give us in there farm.
This trade deadline is garbage. We're going to end up with only Joe fucking Blanton while the Angels get Teixera(not that we needed him), the Yankees get Pudge, Nady, and Marte(needed all 3), and the Marlins possibly get Manny. WTF GILLICK!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!! They're hitting Redding!
Too bad this is probably the only inning they will, and they won't score any runs.
com on the yankees always get good players and the marlins are renting manny the fish have no pitching so im not concernd ther.
The Fish have 4 #2's…no definitive ace. PAT THE BAT!!! 2-0!!!
we have a 1.5 in hamels and 4 #3
4 #3's are you serious? And Hamels is a #1
Get off my team Jenkins. Way to kill a rally.
rohdes to flordia could be also comming tommrow along with gregg zaun
We have 4#4's and 1 of those #4's has the potential to be a #2 and one of them is pitching like a #2.
Marlins are having a win now attitude, unlike the Phillies.
Mets are already winning.
hamels is a 1.5, exactly, hes too mortal but hes only 25 so hell get better. then we have two numbers 5s and two numbers 4's in the current rotation
the fish will hang around but they wont go anywhere
Hamels is 24
Wow, already…that's nice.
shit willie harris are u kiding me
that means im allowed to call hamels a kid because hes a year younger than me.
6:24pm: MLB.com's Joe Frisaro is hearing about a three-way deal that would also send Jason Bay to the Red Sox.
Hamels is exactly 2 days older than me, so I can't call him a kid I guess.
Pat Gillick should be fired right now for letting all of this happen.
three way deal: bay to the red sox as part of the manny deal? mlbtr
when i lived in pittsburgh, i called jason bay to the red sox THREE years ago. how about that?
If I were the Marlins I'd just snub the Sox and get Bay.
don..you see why we hate gillick? he sits around and allows teams to make good deals for clutch players while he does nothing. sometimes hell even come out and say: no, we have no interest in kyle lohse anymore, sorry. etc
Wow, Moyer imploded…1st time in like what, 10 games?
o god moyers done
Lovely. We will lose this game. Maybe it would be a tie game if that douche bag Jenkins didn't kill a rally.
ahaha, moyers collapse starts right now. like clockwork. get him out of there right now…JA Happ takes his spot in the rotation, make him retire immediately and trade for roy halladay
Geoff, you're being a dick. Hamels imploded the other day. Let's trade him for a bag of balls.
wow moyer is good!
I love how Moyer has 10 incredible outings in a row and now everyone is saying make him retire and that he can't pitch.
hes groowing meatballs right over there plate
hamels is 24. that, kid, is allowed time to develop. moyers had his time, now its time to call him coach
Yeah, and when was the last time you've seen him do that this season? The beginning of May? Come on dude…it happens sometimes. I'm sure Halladay, Lincecum, Volquez, etc. have done that in a game or 2 this season. Halladay let up 7 to the Cubs in 3 innings. It's bound to happen here and there. Moyer has been pitching great for us this year.
im partially joking. partially.
I agree with Phil. It's ridiculous when fans react and come up with trades based on emotions rather than intellect. Trade everyone, fire everyone, retire everyone. They can't be perfect all the time, and even *stars* have bad years/streaks. It makes no sense to trade away the farm or roster for a two month rent-a-player. Oh, and for those who say "we'll get two #1 draft picks out of it" think about that for a second. How long before those #1's are major league ready, and we all know the percentages aren't very good that they will even reach the majors.
comparing moyer to halladay is plain stupid
both of these pitchers canceled each others hexing powers out, so there gonna be some offense tonight
Ruiz single, this calls for a celebration. Lou Marson who?
Okay Rollins, step it up right here.
I wasn't comparing Moyer to Halladay. I was saying every pitcher implodes. I'm sure you're a Muts fan. Look at your old man pitcher. Moyer is having a MUCH better year than that broken down has been.
Phil, I was pickin' up what you were puttin' down, and I agree.
id actuallly wait to pull jimmy to tell him hes traded until hes at the plate, just to humilate him and teach this team a lesson
I am a Phillies fan and have been since the mid 70s. But I call it like i see it. Why do you accuse everyone of being a Met fan if they disagree with you? That is a piss poor defensive arguement.
wow, a scoreless inning! i smell a longterm contract brewing
hamels is not hurt with a fracture in his elbow his velocity would have droped along with his arm slot.
old men can't pitch, you're saying Moyer sucks when he's been solid this year. Only Muts fans do that usually. Well, Muts fans and Geoff.
Jeez guys. . . There's a lot of game left. Remember last weekend??? Who has the better bullpen? They're the friggin' Expos for God Sake!
BTW – Heard something on Eskin today about a Hamels injury? Likely you guys have been posting about this already and I missed it. Anyone know anything? Anyone???? Buller??? Buller???
show me where i said "moyer sucks." i said comparing moyer to halladay is stupid. if that has gotten you up in arms, then you need to remove your rose colored glasses, my phriend
I'm sure it's just to bail Hamels out for his piss poor performance the other night. He's not injured.
I never compared Moyer to Halladay. Your avatar says it all though. Old men can't pitch to me=Jamie Moyer sucks. Maybe I shouldn't assume.
whered that come from about hamels?
SUP GIRLS… here is the ESPN link to the story about the Pudge trade.. and some quotes from it that make sense!
Farnsworth is 1-2 with a 3.65 ERA this season. Farnsworth pitched for the Tigers for the first four months of 2005, compiling a 2.32 ERA in 46 games before he was traded to the Braves at the trading deadline.
"Another team wants me. That's the way I look at it," he said. " They [the Tigers] know my reputation. They know what type of person I am."
The departure of Farnsworth creates a void in the eighth inning for the Yankees. When Joba Chamberlain moved into the starting rotation and gave up that role, Farnsworth eventually stepped in and had been effective.
"He's been throwing the ball great and it's great to see the things he's done to make himself better, but it's a business and you have to understand that," Chamberlain said.
Tigers slugger Gary Sheffield said the trade made sense to both sides.
"This is a surprise to people if they don't know the situations of the players," he said. "Both teams get better by this, and that's what a trade is supposed to be all about."
Who were the Tigers going to take from the Phillies… while at the same time we're trying to add guys to our bullpen to make it stronger?? Just wondering…
it's an embellishmnet, that i'll agree with. and maybe i assumed when i read "Halladay let up 7 to the Cubs in 3 innings. It's bound to happen here and there. Moyer has been pitching great for us this year." to me, that sounds like you're saying moyer is on par with halladay, which even you can understand is untruthful
We need a lefty to make our pen stronger, Don. Seanez and Condrey are expendable.
Phil im with you though… Geoff has been saying all year the Moyer should, and will retire… in the meantime, he's the 2nd best pitcher we have. When other pitchers get rocked its no big deal, because people realize that not everyone has their best stuff every night.
He pitches nasty, gets no run support…then gives up some early runs in a game and people are calling phor his head..
The Marlins getting Manny?I guess Pat Gillick wants the Phils to lose this year.
Yeah, I'm not dumb. Moyer in his prime wasn't as good as Halladay. What I was trying to prove is that even the best pitchers in the game get lit up from time to time. Of course it will happen to Moyer too.
i was JOKING, cant you tell?
it means don, that your man-love-man-crush-man-love pat gillick got caught asleep again
I wouldn't bash Moyer if he had a 5.00 ERA. The guy is 45, he helps our young guys, and he keeps us in ballgames. Even last year he kept us in the game. Moyer has been great for us this year, and it's one of my few qualms with Geoff as a poster. Other than his beef with Moyer he's one of my favorite posters on this site.
haha Flores leads the Nats with 44 RBI's. That's sad. Victorino is so great defensively. The phlyin Hawaiian fan club is great too.
i respoect moyer a lot but people give his pitching a pass because of that respect. he gives up 5 runs in 3 innings one night? eh no big deal, its jamie…whaaaaaaaat? the man just gave up 5 runs (not tonight, as an example) no excuses apply
Geoff – Howard Eskin said today that Hamels might have a fracture in his elbow. I believe his source was multiple scouts. Who knows the validity of it? I was just wondering if anyone heard anything else about it.
you never know with eskin…could be true, if it is… roy hallday
Yeah, I think if Hamels goes down Gillick will have to go after Halladay.
be careful what you wish for, Phil. The Marlins may be the real players in the NL East, not the Mets. You really want to cheer for them to win?
Geoff. you are obviously a closet homosexual.
Who were the Phillies going to trade to get Pudge in return? you forgot to answer that as you were typing how much I
Phuck the Marlins.. they are smoke and mirrors this year
I already answered it for you Don M.
If the Muts lose and we win we're back in 1st at least.
If Hamels has a fractured elbow.. this season is in the shitter…. Adding a pitcher to replace him will still make you a pitcher-short heading into the postseason
the washington nationals should never score 3 runs in an inning…or prolly a game for that matter.
with that said if the phils can't score 4 off the nationals then they don't deserve to win…it is the nationals
I wish that ball would have hit his fucking hand. IT's the only way he would have gotten on base.
and Don, you don't think the Mets are, with Carlos Delgado and Fernando Tatis hitting .400 in July, or Mike Pelfrey pitching like Tom Seaver?
obviously not…the point is the tigers GAVE HIM AWAY. kyle farnsworth is HORRIBLE. id have gvien them ruiz in a flash, or even a few prospects. mid-level prospects because they GAVE Him away
Clay Condrey and Rudy Seanez are not 8th inning setup men… Farnsworth ain't great, but I sure wouldn't mind having him on the phillies.
And if they would have taken those guys, im sure we would be watching Pudge in Pinstripes tomrw night
Pelfrey pitching like Tom Seaver. hahaha I like the analogy. Yeah, Tatis and Pelfrey will not carry that team the rest of the year. The Marlins will fail because of their defense and inabilit to hit anything but a home run. Jenkins got a hit. Wow.
so jenkins just got a hit…i almost passed out.
which deserves more of a celebration jenkins with a hit or ruiz?? haha
and I agree with Jeff
I'm sure Gillick didn't even pick up the phone to call.
tatis needs to be tested again
Jenkins with a hit. More is expected of him than Ruiz.
Ugh. This offense is horrible.
I bet you Pat Gillick isn't making moves because he has a horrible cell phone plan and doesn't want to use up all of his minutes.
I think we have to show more respect to the Marlins. No one saw them coming in 2003 and look what happened. Now they have Johnson back, they have Anibal Sanchez coming back, Olsen and Nolasco have been very good, and the offense scores a ton. I think they'll be in it until the end
I think if Cole goes down, we finish 500. And Eskin did make a point to state that it was in Hamels throwing arm elbow too. We'll just have to see if anything more comes up about it. Stupid MASN on mlb.tv sux!
Yeah, their pitching is better than anyone is willing to get them credit for. They have 4 #2's.
I think the Mets blow too..
Geoff… YOU and I would gladly give them shitty prospects for the Hall-of-Fame catcher… but that doesn't mean thats what the Tigers want in return..
When everyone in their organization realizes that it was a good trade "for them" then what can we say about it. To get Pudge, we would have had to give them bullpen pieces, meanwhile, we're trying to strenthen our bullpen before the deadline, not give some of it away..
If the Marlins win tonight, they show they are the true players on the NL East. They went to Chicago and held their own, and now could take 2 of 3 from the Mets. Meantime they've beaten us plenty and we can't beat the Mets. Time to show credit where credit is due.
thats what they got in return….shit
kyle farnsworth is shit
and now the Fish have a 3-1 lead. I'm telling you guys, watch out for these Marlins.
Their entire pitching staff is guys that are FULL OF POTENTIAL… none of them have pitched in a playoff race or a big game before.
I think the Marlins finish 10 games out of 1st place in the East.. and I think the Phillies (as long as someone is kidding about Hamels) and the Mets battle to the end, but the Mets bullpen is terrible
The Marlins have nothing to lose, that's why they're playing their hearts out. They're a bunch of kids.
appearantly Geoff hates Kyle Farnsworth, and the old man hater, loves the fish
Yeah, but real baseball starts on August 1st ,which Don has pretty much already pointed out. The Phillies are kings at playing down the stretch.
Marlins just took the lead 3-1. Both Willingham and Hermida are still in the lineup for all you "Manny trade" folks.
who enjoyed dan uggla's showing in the all star game? and when i say showing i mean worse fielding that ryan howard. besides blowing the game for the nl in the field and at the plate i thought it was hilarious
C'mon, Don. Experience isn't the only thing that makes a team a winner. You could criticize the Marlins the same way in 2003 but they went on to beat the Yankees to win it all. It's going to be August in 2 days and the Marlins are still right in the thcik of things. If they haven't faded yet, I don't think they're going to. This team is for real and it's time to take notice.
I guess this trade proves teams can be BUYERS and SELLERS in the same trade.
Geoff at some point you need to come the realization that not every trade that another team makes, is the one that your team should have made.
Carlos Ruiz is not the problem this year… and the Phillies have stated over and over that they want to improve the bullpen which, stay with me here, is CRUCIAL to late-season success..
So to weaken what you are trying to strengthen would not be a smart move for this team… but by all means, tell me how so-and-so sucks and Gillick was sleeping or something
Er…I mean 4-1 with a runner on 2nd.
The Phillies are kings of playing down the stretch, because of one year Phil?
Man, I can't keep up with the Fish. Josh Johnson just doubled to help his own cause 5-1 Marlins with 2 out and a runner on 2nd.
Yankees gained a catcher which they needed…. but have no 8th inning setup man … which is going to hurt them since their pitching sucks balls
phils always played well down the stretch…just most years they were so far behind they couldn't catch up to the division or wild card leader. this is gonna be a fun race to watch. marlins can't field, mets have no bullpen, phils have a hole in the rotation and an inconsistent lineup but i still think they have the best lineup in the division
i realize that don. thts obvious but i see opportunities squandered regularly by pat gillick and this FO
holy shnikees! Another hit by Ruiz!
what is ed wade doing? getting latroy hawkins? why. hahahha
it's going to come down to which team wants it more, and i have a hard time believing any team is going to want it more than the upstart, exuberant Marlins. don't we knock the Phillies for being so complacent this year? that's not exactly the type of characteristic a team needs to win a division.
Holy shit! Two singles in one game for Ruiz? What the hell got into him?
Old Man with his, loose skin, and old balls…gross…
I think in something like each of the past 3 seasons, the phillies have had the best "2nd half" record.. sounds like they have been pretty good at playing down the stretch to me.
and everyone respects what the marlins do year in and year out.. but you have to admit that they don't have big game experience, and that COULD hurt them as the pressure starts to mount
Come on J Roll
thats the j-roll we need to see more of
He's a double machine in the clutch
that was nice jroll
are you once again talking about the "opportunities" that were Trading the farm for the CC Sabathia rental… or for the injury-prone Harden, who has pitched GREAT so far, but has helped the Cubs win how many so far?
Yea, great piece of hitting there. They need to make this at least 5-3 at this point. Those 2 baserunners, at least, need to make their way home. This coupled with the Mets getting beat up made for a good ten minutes or so.
J-Roll with a 2b… Geoff should they tell him now or during his next at-bat?
well, if that's the case, Don, the Phils better start picking it up – especially against the Mets and Marlins, you we're a combined 8-14 against this year.
cc sabathia has 3 complete games in a month and a half for a surging team
they should come and PULL HIM OFF THE BASEPADS. send mike cervenak out there to tell him and replace him.
shane victorino is off the trade hook. hes can stay
That's what I'm talking about. Beautiful.
Nice hitting, damn, I'm falling in love all over again..
that double by J-Roll doesn't count – Geoff traded him last at-bat. Runners back to their respective bases…
great hitting by victorino!!
that throw by millidge shows y this is the washington nationals…that was more lo duca's fault though
What happened to Paul Lo Duca?
Nice to see Chase back. Word.
jeez it looked like a pop fly…that ball just traveled
Wow they are carrying tonight. It didn't seem like T-Mac or Milledge thought that was getting out and it just kept going. Great hitting by the Phils, didn't see this coming at all.
you're not so tough anymore, Tim Redding
On second thought, although it's nice to see Chase back, it's nice to see 1st place back, eh fellas?
who needs Manny?
HAHA!!! That was probably your funniest post ever, Geoff. You should just stop now while you're ahead.
Well so much for the phillie killer Tim Redding. Way to go Utley! I guess that cortisone shot is working wonders???
nothing like playing the nationals to break a slump.
a sweep here would be nice…get some momentum and make a run. the phils are certainly capable of stringing a bunch of wins together
Manny: "The Red Sox don't deserve a player like me."
Jeff you're right. They could put quite a string together in the next few weeks. They face: @STL (3); home against FLA (3) & PIT (3), on the road against LAD (4) & SD (3) before they're back home against these pesky Nats (3), LAD (4) & Muts (2).
I think Jenkins is one of those guys that needs 20-25 ABs a week to be a consistent hitter. He is obviously not suited for a platoon. Have Werth's numbers versus righties really been that bad?
Just when you thought Manny was a complete arrogant dick, he makes a comment like that. Lovely. I guess he may be moved yet, although Hermida and Willingham are still in the game. BTW, everything is "fine" with Cole Hamels' elbow according to the announcers.
Manny cracks me up.
by "fine" they mean pat gillick actually has to get up on his ass and is panicking right now trying to get roy halladay. but then, the owners walk into his office and say, whooooooooa, you WILL give up carlos carrasco for paul byrd. and thats what hell do.
We end the regular season going to Atlanta (3) and Florida (3), and then head home against Atlanta (3) and Nationals (3). Out of 12 games, I'd like to think we can take 9 or 10 of them.
Just when you thought Manny was a complete arrogant dick, he makes a comment like that… AND TOTALLY REDEEMS HIMSELF!
Hopefully someone knows what I'm gettin at.
duimb and dumber
Haha, nicely done Geoff.
Stupid mlb.tv! I don't get the CSN feed dammit! I do somewhat agree with what he said about Pedro and Nomar though. The Sox seem to tarnish a player's image when they no longer want them. It seems like they do it to turn the fans against the player so there isn't public outcry when they get rid of them.
we have a lot of games vs the nl west the rest of the year and the nl west is not very good. considering one team is over 500…and that's by 2 games i think in arizona. phils have the schedule to have a great run to end the year. we gotta beat the marlins though
they'll probably pinch hit for Moyer here, do you think they go with Happ here, or Durbin?
happ..cant let him get rusty
Why PH for him now?
The Angles are smashing the Sox… God I love that.
becausehes old
well, his spot was due and he'd already thrown 83 pitches. I guess they want him to go one more.
Pat the bat baby.
that was a quick and efficient inning for Moyer. He may be able to go one more, but the heat and humidity will be the deciding factor.
Mets just got a 3 run HR. It's still 5-4 Marlins in the top of the 7th
WTF? Why pull Burrell in the double switch? Why not Jenkins? Doesn't make sense! Burrell just had an assist last inning.
Has the defensive switch ever paid off?
God, these are the only kind of games Ryan Madson should be allowed to pitch in – ones where we have big leads. The guy is WAAAAYYYY overrated. He seems to give up runs when we need him to just hold on.
He should have gotten out of that- how is that not an error?
What, Werth (our defensive replacement) falling down?
This is the second of the two Ryan Madson "I forgot how to get guys out" stints.
"When they bunt the seventh place hitter [in the 8th inning] it tells you they are going to pinch hit for the pitcher."
-Don Sutton, Nationals announcer, mlb.tv, 9:37 pm, July 30, 2008.
Dan Uggla 2 run HR…Marlins 7-4. And go buy yourself a lotto ticket – Ruiz and Jenkins each with two hits IN THE SAME GAME!!!
Brilliant informative piece by Don Sutton. He apparently sucks as much today as he did with those idiots at TBS in the years past. OH, and Tim I hope it's the last of his "forgot how to get guys out" stints!
What's up with Bruntlett doing his best Ruiz impersonation tonight (2 x GIDP)?
He's had a bunch of them tonight Jamie… that might not have been the best. I just couldn't take anymore without sharing the love.
The Nats broadcast is second rate. Maybe, third rate.
Danny, that's some good stuff. I appreciate a good chuckle now and again, especially if it comes at the Muts 'expense.
Speaking of which, I fall in love with the Muts bullpen more and more every day…
Joe Smith is my favorite Met.
Chase, he's my favorite Met right now too. Tomorrow it will be Heilman, I'm thinking.
Kevin Gregg is trying to blow it…3 consecutive singles with two outs. Marlins 7-5 with runners on 1st and 2nd.
and the red sox get jason bay and john grabow, manny to the marlins plus cash, hermida and 4 prospects ot the pirates.
asleep at the wheel AGAIN
Mets lose! Hello 1st place!
They pulled Burrell because he's on his way to Boston.
Where are those Muts trolls tonight??!?? So confusing…
1st place!
Geoff, where are you seeing that?
oh, well, then…it's bullshit. gammons and others as of a minute or two ago said it's unlikely because the marlins want boston to give up a prospect along with manny.
I don't believe any of that shit until its completely finalized.
and you think pat gillick is going to do ANYTHING?
F manny. Bring me halladay
as far as manny is concerned? no. nor should he. nor should he give up the farm or other starters just to buy a rent-a-player for two months. if a good deal comes along, by all means take it, but don't get swindled either. being an MLB GM is a bit harder than you apparently think it is.
What do we have that Toronto would want? Utley. Gonna give up Utley for Halladay? Didn't think so. Better hope for Manny – he's our best chance at a WS title.
WAKE THE FUCK UP! manny ramirez is NOT cokming here. hjes going to florida tomorrow, pay attention
I disagree. Manny is not our best chance. He would implode this team with his antics and selfish ways.
We it feels good to be back in 1st hopefully we can keep swing the bats and get the sweep tomorrow and continue to play good heading to St.Louis this weekend…The Marlins trading for Manny really isn't a good trade for them they already got home run hitters that play horrible defense they need pitching.
Just like he imploded the BoSox to two WS titles.
Nice to see the Phils t-off on Redding FINALLY. They are doing what they need to do so far against the lowly Marlins… now… go Phils and get the sweep tomorrow!
Let's not get ahead of ourselves. This race will go down to the wire. I'm not too sure about the Phillies, but I know the Mets' schedule is rather meager in strength from this point forward. The NL East will most likely be a rollercoaster ride for Mets, Phillies, and Marlins fans.
Fred, do you understand the game of baseball? Do you not understand that we've led the NL in runs scored the past two years? Do you not understand that we have THREE players with 25 or more home runs? Our first baseman leading the league in RBIs? What is M. Ramirez going to add to this team that will give us a World Series? We lose games 10-12 instead of 8-12 when Brett Myers and Joe Meatball lose their marbles in the 4th inning? We have, without a doubt, the worst starting rotation of any of the division leaders. So yea, lets give up all of our chips to acquire a hit machine rent-a-player and we'll waltz into the playoffs with the feared lineup of King Cole (and Jaime Moyer and Kyle Kendrick).
Because the 2004 and 2007 Red Sox had everything to do with Manny and nothing to do with Curt Schilling, Pedro Martinez, or Josh Beckett.
Joe Blanton and J.A. Haap will both have WS rings with Manny in left field, makes total sense.
So who do you suggest we get? There isn't any pitcher of value we'll get because we have nothing but trash to offer. Better to get someone to stir up this lethargic bunch of underachievers and strikeout artists. Or maybe we should just keep beating the Nats and Braves of this world while getting our butts kicked by any better than average NL team and getting trashed by every AL team. Face it – the Phils aren't going anywhere.
Ok, yea, you just don't understand baseball. Does this team worry me? Sure. However, THEY'RE IN FIRST PLACE. You're probably the only person that would describe a first place team as underachievers? What more can you achieve? Super First Place? This team has weaknesses, yes. Hitting isn't one of them. This offense has been spotty — did you think they would sprint from April to September? This team has lost many more games due to shitty starting pitching than it has from our All-Star second baseman and MVP shortshop fading in and out.
Who do I suggest we get? A pitcher. Do I know who the best available is and what it will take to get them? Would I like Roy Halliday? Sure. Is it possible? Beats me. I'm not a general manager and neither are you but, I do know that making a move, just to make a move defys all logic and sensibility.
Your scenario: We trade three top prospects for Manny. We win two more games than we would have because he lights up Billy Wagner. We go to the playoffs. The Chicago Cubs tag Brett Myers for six runs in the first inning of game 2. They follow suit with Blanton in game 3. We exit the playoffs. Manny re-signs with a major-market AL team for 3-years 55 mil. We have an empty farm system and still no pitching. Glad we made that move to really smoke that hot shit NL pitching like Scott Olson and John Maine in 2007.
trade Toronto happ, carrasco, donald and marson. They need ss and catcher and our 2 best pitching prospects dont hurt. Toronto has ZERO position players in the infield…they wont win with what theyve got and might sell doc to rebuild quickly
Congratulations! The Phils Are In First By 1/2 Game! Wonderful! Celebrate!Rejoi…..Wait,its July 30 NOT September 28th.This Mets/Marlins Series Had a lot of Meaning.SURE My Amazins lost 2 of 3…..BUT Amazins fought back and eventhough they lost,they NEVER gave up and battled to the bitter end.This Mets/Marlins series showed the Marlins are for real,Now with "Manny being Manny" it could lead to a distraction for them or it can put them over the top.The Mets have turned and transformed themselves into a clutch gritty team.The Phillies have a Monster Line-Up when they are on all cylinders,yet the starters are not exactly Cy Young,Tom Seaver,Eddie Mathews,steve Carlton….you get the point.The NL East is going to come down to the last weekend and its going to hurt 2 other teams,…..UNLESS the Brew crew really falter and the NL Central is not as dominant.So Enjoy first but remember……Phils/Mets/Marlins are in for the fight of their lives:and yet whoever wins,deserves to be in the playoffs.


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DS is 34mo, and if he had his way he'd nurse all.day.long. My mom (nursed me until I was 2.5yo) tells me to keep busy and he'll be too preoccupied to want to nurse... nope not my kiddo. He'll stop what he's doing and ask for his "mommy milk" any time of day no matter what else is going on. I also have a 9mo who rarely goes more than 30 min during the day without nursing, and DS1 wants to nurse every time his brother does. Needless to say I have been feeling really touched out lately. I've been dealing with severe PPD, and this is definitely not helping any.
So after repeatedly trying to set limits, often resulting in all-out tantrums, I bit the bullet the other day and told him he could nurse 4x per day now - basically bedtime, naptime, and wake-up from both. Plus he can nurse at night. Gosh, it sounds so harsh. I used to be the biggest believer in CLW, and I know DS still needs to nurse, but I had just reached a breaking point and didn't know what else to do.
Today was day 3, and he's been incredibly clingy, throwing random tantrums all day long, I can't leave the room without him screaming for me, Daddy can't leave the room without DS screaming for him, and he hasn't eaten more than a few bites of solid food in 2 days. The stress level in the house today was astronomical. I realize I've made a huge mistake, and I'm going to let him go back to his regular more-or-less on-demand nursing tomorrow.
But now I'm sorta back to square one... how do I get my very strong-willed, spirited, high-needs toddler to cut back on nursing without traumatizing anyone??

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A long-running argument between two men ended with one person in the hospital with a gunshot wound Tuesday morning.
Spokane police report that the argument happened at a home located at 2104. E. Heroy. A man came to the house and forced his way in through the back door. At some point during the argument someone pulled out a gun and it went off, a bullet striking the homeowner in the side.
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Ok- going back to work on Monday (ewww). Started with the bottle (boo) today. Hoping that pumping instead of nursing will heal this crack that I've had since a couple days after DS was born - so, for about 6 weeks.
I had posted a few days ago in a different thread that the crack no longer hurts. I must have jinxed myself because it's horriblly painful again.
So, I've been nursing only on the right and everytime he's hungry and it's time for the left side, DH has been giving him the bottle and I'm pumping that side.
1. Do you think that will work to heal the crack? (I'm using a Medela Lactina on the most gentle suction).
2. I'm worried about nipple confusion. I tried to feed him after the first bottle and it was like he didn't know what to do at the breast. I don't really have a choice with the bottles because I'm out of the house almost 10 hours come Monday. Do you just push through it and they figure it out eventually? My older son never had problems.


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In honor of the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film, The Master, VICE will be cherry-picking articles from our vault of the peculiar and grotesque that have to do with strange sects and cults. Keep checking VICE.com throughout the week as we roll out more of these oldies but creepies.
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Even by the standards of New Agey, cult-friendly LA, Zeena Schreck had a bizarre and abusive upbringing at the hands of parents who made the devil more famous than he's ever been. Zeena is the daughter of Church of Satan (CoS) founders Anton LaVey and Diane Hegarty, as well as the recipient of its first baptism.
By 13, she had been completely indoctrinated by the CoS, received death threats regularly, and was pregnant. She went on to be ordained the CoS's high priestess and spokesperson just as Reagan-era yuppies began to completely freak over tales of children being sacrificed in the woods by her congregation.
Against all odds, Zeena managed to rebel against the self-absorbed zealots who raised her and left the church in 1990 with her husband, Nikolas Schreck. In 2002, the couple founded the Sethian Liberation Movement, a religious body that allows people to learn and practice magic without answering to an oppressive sect and helps free ex-cult members from their troubled pasts. Somehow, she's managed to turn her life of chaos into one of spiritual peace, and while I can't say for sure whether she has magical powers, several times during our interview she seemed to anticipate exactly what I was going to ask her.
VICE: Do you remember the first days of Satanism or was that before your time?
Zeena Schreck: My father was experimenting with various gimmicks: holding Friday-night lectures he referred to as the "magic circle," hosting burlesque shows with strippers dressed up as witches and vampires, but nothing that was necessarily "Satanic." He had a pet lion he would take around with him on the streets of San Francisco, so he really was doing whatever he could to market himself locally. It wasn't until a publicist wrote a story about him that referred to him as the "first priest of Satan" that he got the idea he could start his own religion. It was very similar to the way L. Ron Hubbard started Scientology, and the same way all of these cults spring up in California. My mother was mortified because she just wanted to be like the Addams Family, but it all took off so quickly and spun very much out of his control.
Did you interact with his initial followers? What were they like?
He had followers who took things very seriously and genuinely believed in this entity Satan and not so much in Anton LaVey's idea of Satanism. As it turns out, he wasn't very knowledgeable on the subject and, in essence, created a postmodern version of Satanism as he went along. It was a manifestation of his ego.
Did he fully know what he was getting into?
He was very confused, and as a result, so are the inheritors of the church. He's been accused of being a con man—which is accurate—but he wasn't a very efficient one. He was lazy and never planned for the future or looked after his family because that is the nature of LaVeyan Satanism: Get what you can, live only in the here and now, care only about yourself, and get other people to care for you. It's like you're one big infant.
What was it like living under a roof owned by a guy who was responsible for a national freak-out over Satanic practices?
We were not liked in our neighborhood, as our presence created a lot of disharmony. He attracted a lot of psychopaths who'd leave threatening answering-machine messages that we had no choice but to listen to day and night. I've gotten over most of the traumas of my childhood, including when I was 11 and had to transcribe these messages for the SFPD describing in great detail how I'd be killed and raped. I was also trained to take down the license plate of any car that sat out front for too long because vandals would throw eggs and bombs and shoot bullets at the house. The sound of a car engine still gets to me this day—the sound that always preceded an attack—Satanism was not a beloved thing.
Did your parents warn you about the difficulties you would undoubtedly face as their child?
I had to defend myself because my parents wouldn't get out of bed to defend me. They had other people caring for me since they were too wrapped up in their own problems and fought constantly. This mentality—along with our dysfunctional relationships and my father's violence, fear, and paranoia—were the forces behind his teachings.


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Until very recently, most patients across the United States had only one option for repair of a heart valve: open heart surgery. Though this option saves lives, many patients cannot have this surgery because they are too weak or sick, for example. The specialists at Rex Healthcare are bringing a new type of heart valve repair to the residents of Wake County and surrounding areas. Rex is proud to say that we assembled the first team in the county to provide this new option for care.
The new procedure is called "Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement," or the TAVR procedure. It was approved for use by the Federal Drug Agency (FDA) in late 2011.
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"TAVR" is short for Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Replacement. "Aortic" refers to the main artery in the heart. "Trans-catheter" refers to using small tubes, or catheters, to thread very small surgical tools to reach the heart. Specialists who perform this procedure include cardiac, or heart, surgeons and interventional and non-interventional cardiologists.
"Trans-catheter Aortic Valve Implantation," or TAVI, is another common name for the same procedure.
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Kenneth Magidson, U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas, announced the indictments earlier this week as the culmination of a four-year investigation that began in Corpus Christi.
The indictment, on file at the Corpus Christi federal courthouse, was unsealed this week.
Of the 32 defendants, 17 were former correctional officers.
Beeville residents indicted were Stephanie Deming, 23, Lela Ysolde Hinojosa, 51, and Arturo Salas, 22. Also indicted was Jamar Tremayne Green, 29, of Refugio.
According to the indictment, on Oct. 28, 2009, Deming, while a correctional officer, accepted or agreed to accept cash from an inmate in exchange for a cell phone.
She, along with another officer, Megan Brook Morales, are also accused of possessing with the intent to distributed cocaine between September 2009 and October of that year.
This indictment also accuses Hinojosa, while a correctional officer, of accepting or agreeing to accept cash twice from an inmate in exchange for a cell phone in 2009.
The indictment adds that in January 2011, Salas, inmate Christopher Owens and a third unidentified person conspired to distribute marijuana. The indictment adds that Salas, as a correction officer, also provided Owens with an unidentified controlled substance.
"They are charged in a racketeering conspiracy and other drug and money-laundering counts. It is the culmination of Operation Prison Cell," Magidson said during a news conference on Wednesday.
The arrests were a joint effort between the state prison system Office of Inspector General and federal authorities to attempt to break the "culture of corruption" that permeated the McConnell Unit Prison during a period between 2005 to the present, according to a news release issued by the U.S. Department of Justice.
State and federal authorities worked together in a determined effort to disrupt and dismantle the violent criminal gangs who were profiting through the corruption of guards at the prison.
"According to the indictment returned under seal by a federal grand jury last week, 13 former TDCJ correction officers were part of a criminal enterprise that engaged in bribery and narcotics trafficking," Angela Dodge, spokeswoman for the department, said in the release.
The indictment details specific acts, wherein the correctional officers assisted prisoners incarcerated in the TDCJ McConnell Unit Prison in Beeville by smuggling cellular telephones and drugs into the prison system.
The drugs and phones were allegedly sold inside the prison to other inmates.
The phones, Dodge said, were used by inmates to assist in their coordination of criminal activities outside the prison, according to the allegations.
Wednesday's announcement caps a four-year investigation conducted by the U.S. Attorney's Office, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), TDCJ-Office of the Inspector General, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Corpus Christi Police Department Gang and Organized Crime Units, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) and the Bee County District Attorney's office.
The investigation was initiated in 2009 when several Aryan Circle gang members were apprehended attempting to transport stolen vehicles from Corpus Christi to Brownsville.
"It started out being worked by (Corpus Christi) authorities regarding car theft," Magidson said. "They determined that the car theft ring was bringing these vehicles into Mexico.
"They asked for Homeland Security assistance because it involved the international border."
The vehicles were destined to be smuggled across the border and sold to Mexico cartel members, Dodge elaborated. The operation was coordinated by inmates incarcerated at the McConnell Unit through the use of illegal cell phones.
The resulting investigation led to a December 2010 federal indictment charging 14 alleged members and associates of the Raza Unida street and prison gang with committing violent acts to support racketeering.
These violent acts included home invasions, shootings and conspiracy to commit murder.
During the course of the investigation, agents and officers seized approximately 13 pounds of crystal methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $300,000.
Additionally, seven assault rifles, 14 pistols, five shotguns, five bulletproof vests and approximately 1,000 rounds of ammunition were seized from the gang.
All were subsequently convicted, two of whom were sentenced to life imprisonment.
The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Mark Patterson and Michael Hess.
Wednesday's announcement of the indictment was also attended by Special Agent in Charge of HSI Brian M. Moskowitz, Inspector General Bruce Toney with TDCJ-OIG, Special Agent in Charge Lucy Cruz of IRS-CI, Special Agent in Charge Melvin King Jr. of ATF, CCPD Chief Floyd D. Simpson and Postal Inspector in Charge Robert B. Wemyss of USPIS.
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How many groups of friends get together, tell jokes, laugh really hard, and think, "Our lives should be a sitcom?" One bunch of friends who met years ago at Northwestern Michigan College decided to do something about it.
They've formed a sketch comedy troupe called Falling Down Stairs Productions and they produce short, funny videos that can be found on YouTube and Funny Or Die.
"One of the things that we're really good at is making each other laugh at the drop of a hat," said group member David Graves. "Whether we're any good at making other people laugh, we're not sure yet."
The troupe's nine members take turns writing scenes, and when a script is chosen to be filmed, the writer of the sketch serves as director.
On a recent evening at the Coffee Bean Café on Silver Lake Road, where the owners allowed the group to use the café after-hours for a shoot, that meant Elizabeth Klueck was directing one of her scenes.
Her sketch that evening pivoted around a poor young man trying to impress his date, who it turns out is not impressed with him because she doesn't like the font he selected for a flyer for a friend's band.
It was the first scene to be shot on a night when they plan to shoot six or seven.
That meant hours of work for the group that evening, and hours more later on.
Elizabeth's husband, Jamie Klueck, is the owner of the camera used by the group, an impressive looking Canon XL1s. Jamie also edits the videos using Final Cut Pro.
The café was a typical location for the group. They select places where they hang out in real life.
"We like to try to write scenes that are easy for us to relate to," Graves said.
That makes it easy for them to inhabit the spaces as actors. Most of their sketches take place in an apartment, on the street, at a coffee shop, or, in an innovation developed by Jamie, on a split-screen webcam, a device he came up with to overcome the fact that he lives in Frankfort and doesn't get to Traverse City that often. It enables him and Graves to get together, if only online, and create more content.
Members of the comedy troupe are:
Graves, 28, Jamie Klueck, 30, Elizabeth Klueck, 30, Jody Kluck, 30, Craig Golden, 29, Jack Clemente, 30, Zach Kenny, 29, Ashleigh Hanchett, 28 and Esther Kluck, 26.
Josh Riddle, owner of the Coffee Bean, said he's glad to have the group use his shop as a scene location and as a hang-out.
"They are some of our nicest customers," Riddle said. "As for their shooting, we just get out of the way and let them do their thing."
Riddle said he's only watched a few of their videos because, as a new business owner, he doesn't have a lot of free time, but he said he's liked what he's seen.
"I looked at a couple of them and some of them were really funny," he said.
The group met, more or less, around 10 years ago when several of them enrolled in a play production class at NMC.
"We did a terrible rendition of 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest,'" Graves said.
They bonded and formed friendships and would stay in touch, but it would be years before they'd decide to get together to form a sketch comedy troupe.
That happened when Graves got together with some of his old friends in June, 2011 after he moved back to Northern Michigan from Texas.
It didn't take long before Graves remembered why he liked his old friends so much, and how much they made him laugh.
"It was one of the only times in my life when I literally rolled around on the floor laughing," Graves said.
No one in the group has formal comedy or improv experience, but they all have theater backgrounds.
And they are all passionate about comedy. Some of them came to comedy on an indirect route.
Jamie Klueck made a movie around 10 years ago, which, although he did not set out to be funny, may have unintentionally taught him a thing or two about comedy.
"It was supposed to be a horror, but, you know, when you're 17 and you write a horror movie around a stuffed teddy bear..." he paused, unable or unwilling to finish that sentence. "It was a really good experience, let's leave it at that."
The name, Falling Down Stairs Productions, also comes from NMC from an incident that happened a few years ago in the administration building on campus, when several members of the group got together. One of them, Jody, fell down a short flight of stairs.
He was not injured, but he made his friends laugh.
That was funny enough, Graves said, but Jodi started to joke about it almost before he had landed on the ground.
It made a very funny impression, and when plans arose last November or December to form the troupe, the unplanned slapstick proved to be the perfect name.
The group has modest goals, for now. Graves said he hopes they can start to make a little bit of money with their videos so they can sustain what they are doing and perhaps expand their scope. It's possible to make some money on YouYube if you get enough hits.
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about filming a sitcom pilot. But this is niche comedy, after all, and
they hope to draw an audience wider than just Northern Michigan. Their
videos so far have been watched in many countries, according to YouTube
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World War II veteran John L. "Jack" Sebesta initially wasn't sure he wanted to make the trip.
"When I asked him about it, he was like, 'Eh, I don't know,' " said Sebesta's son, also named Jack Sebesta.
Now, a couple of weeks after taking the Honor Flight trip to Washington, D.C., neither father nor son would trade the experience for anything.
"It was phenomenal," said the younger Sebesta, who is superintendent of facility services at the Crystal Lake Park District. "And it was very emotional."
(In the interest of clarity, Sebesta the World War II veteran will be referred to as Sebesta Sr., and his son as Sebesta Jr., for the rest of this column, even though they are not a senior and junior.)
Proud of his father, Sebesta Jr. wanted to do something special for him. He had heard from a friend about Honor Flight, a nonprofit organization that celebrates veterans by flying them to Washington, D.C., for a day to visit their memorial and to share past experiences with fellow veterans. Because World War II veterans are in the twilight of their lives, they are Honor Flight's main focus now.
Pvc. Jack Sebesta Sr. served as a rifleman with the 328th Infantry Regiment, 26th Infantry Division, part of Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army. He saw action in Czechoslovakia, Germany and Belgium, including at the Battle of the Bulge.
Sebesta Jr. found two Chicago-area chapters that serve local veterans, McHenry Honor Flight and Honor Flight Chicago, and applied for both. Both chapters accepted Sebesta Sr., who agreed to go. For scheduling reasons, the Sebestas chose the Chicago group's trip. (The McHenry chapter, under the leadership of Randy Granath, does incredible work, but its next scheduled trip conflicted with Sebesta Sr.'s schedule.)
Jack Jr. initially was told that family members could not take the trip with their loved ones. Volunteers, called guardians, accompany the veterans. So Jack Jr. applied to become a guardian. He took a half-day of training and was accepted.
The big day was April 17. A total of 84 veterans made the trip, 82 from World War II and two from the Korean War. Three women were among the veterans on the flight.
On the trip from Chicago Midway Airport to Dulles in Washington, D.C., Sebesta Jr. was assigned to veteran Bob White. White also was a rifleman and was shot in the knee when crossing the Rhine River.
"He did not lose his leg," Sebesta Jr. said of White, who now lives with his son in Naperville. "He is one of the nicest men I've ever met."
When the flight arrived in D.C., another guardian was waiting to escort White, and Sebesta Jr. got to spend the day with his father.
The group first toured the Iwo Jima Memorial, officially known as the Marine Corps War Memorial, outside of Arlington National Cemetery. Next came the Air Force Memorial, followed by the World War II Memorial.
That's when the emotions started to come out.
"This is where I start crying," Sebesta Jr. said. "The memorials are great. They need to have these things to let future generations know what went on. But what is really special about this is the people. The respect and the honor and just the way they treated these veterans.
"There were about 2,000 people in the memorial. There was not a person in the place who did not stop and watch what is going on, understanding what these veterans did for us. The respect that was shown to these people was amazing."
Sebesta warned me that he would tear up when recounting the story.
"What struck me about dad was, everywhere but the WWII memorial, he was taking everything in. When he was having these conversations with these other vets, the look in his eyes was ..." Sebesta Jr. paused. "I'm trying to think of the word to say ... Dad's not a person who shows a lot of emotion, but when he was having these conversations, remembering the people he had been with ..."
It took a moment for Sebesta Jr. to relate the story of one of his father's fellow service members, a man named Churchill, who is now deceased.
"He was wishing that Churchill could be there to see this, to see the respect they had earned," Sebesta Jr. said.
After tours of the Lincoln Memorial, Vietnam Wall, Korean Memorial and the National Air and Space Museum, it was time to head back to Chicago. On the flight back, they held a mail call, similar to the mail calls from their service days. Each of the veterans received a stack of letters from family, friends and others.
"My daughter is a teacher in Naperville, and some of her schoolkids wrote letters," Sebesta Jr. said. "He's still reading them."
When the group got back to Midway, Chicago Fire Department personnel greeted the veterans as soon as they got off the plane, put them in wheelchairs (even if they didn't need one), and wheeled them through the gate. Active-duty military members took over from there, and wheeled the veterans out of the boarding area to a place where they were greeted by a military band, bagpipers and others celebrating their return.
"Everyone who was there, to take a flight, drop someone off, whatever, they were watching, paying their respects," Sebesta Jr. said. "He [Sebesta Sr.] couldn't believe how much everyone honored them. I can't even describe the emotion of the moment."
Needless to say, both Sebestas were elated that they went.
"He absolutely loved it," Sebesta Jr. said of his father, who now is in Europe on a trip with fellow 26th Infantry veterans and was unavailable to talk about his experience.
Another special thing about these Honor Flights is that they are free for the veterans, so fundraising is crucial.
Learn how you can contribute or nominate a veteran to take the trip at veteransnetworkcommittee.com or honorflightchicago.org.
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Helping the homeless: The biggest fundraiser of the year for Pioneer Center for Human Services/PADS programs to help McHenry County's homeless is this Saturday at Living Waters Church, 1808 Miller Road, Crystal Lake.
During SleepOut for Shelter, teams of area residents get sponsorships to spend the night outdoors in makeshift shelters. There will be live bands, storytelling, food and tons of other fun activities. My family and I will be there for much of the evening hours.
Pioneer/PADS provides assistance to the area's homeless during the day and coordinates with several churches throughout the county to operate rotating nighttime shelters during the colder months of the year. Hundreds of thousands of dollars need to be raised each year to operate these programs.
To join SleepOut, sponsor a team or simply to donate, visit pioneercenter.org, scroll down to events, and click on the SleepOut link. Every little bit helps.
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Speak out: Beginning May 13, we're going to try out a new system for commenting on stories at NWHerald.com. The new system will allow commenters to respond directly to a specific comment on a thread, and will allow users to better police the comments area themselves. It will require commenters to reregister. More details to come.
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McHenry County lost a great one last week with the death of historian and journalist Don Peasley at the age of 90. For nearly 70 years, Peasley chronicled the news and events that shaped our fine county.
Even in his later years, he stayed true to his passions, writing weekly columns for the Northwest Herald and reporting on the events that mattered to him.
We at the Northwest Herald send our condolences to Peasley's family and friends. He will be missed.
• Dan McCaleb of Crystal Lake is group editor of Shaw Media's suburban publications, which include the Northwest Herald. He also is a Pioneer Center board member. He can be reached at 815-526-4603, or by email at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at @Dan_McCaleb.


text: Noah's Flood: Our Opera Expedition Has Begun! Posted on February 26, 2013 by: Education and Community Engagement 55 Comments: Muse Lee, our favorite high school blogger, has returned for a series on her participation in the Community Opera production of Benjamin Britten's Noah's Flood. Performances are April 19 and 20 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. First days of anything always get me a little paranoid. Did I pack an extra pencil? Is my score with me? And for that matter, where on earth did my singing voice go? This was me right before the first ensemble rehearsal of Benjamin Britten's Noah's Fludde (Noye's Fludde), this year's Community Opera. Heightening my nervousness, this was also the first time I had ever done this program. I knew a bit about it, though: it is a huge annual opera performed by adults, kids, teens and non-singers like me, as well as music professionals from the community. Hopping from the car, I walked into our rehearsal venue, the spacious auditorium of East LA Performing Arts Academy. Immediately, all my apprehension went away. I started seeing people I knew from last summer's Opera Camp, both staff and campers. How I have missed hearing director Eli Villanueva's continued attempt to make the word "groovy" cool again! Muse Lee in LA Opera's 2012 Opera Camp. Photo by Taso Papadakis. At the beginning, we were given an overview of the program. On April 19 and 20, we will be performing at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels with choruses from all over LA, numbering around 200 people altogether. A community orchestra of 100 members, along with LA Opera Orchestra members, will accompany us, all under the baton of a certain Maestro named James Conlon. If that's not the pinnacle of epic, I don't know what it is — especially since 2013 marks Britten's hundredth birthday! We plunged right into rehearsal. The younger kids, the animals in the ark, went to a separate room to rehearse. As for the teens and adults, we stayed with assistant director Heather Lipson Bell. Bit by bit, we learned our motions in the opening scene; we pieced together our entrance, exit and the choreography in between. In this scene, we are congregation members searching for the Lord's guidance. Eli encouraged us to go beyond this simplified sketch and develop individual identities. He asked us to think about who we are, why we're having this crisis of faith, and how this dictates even our subtlest movement choices. Each action we perform can be interpreted in many different ways, and the actions we settle on depend on our own character. I can't wait to get to know mine better! After a short break, we began singing the lonely, searching melody of "Lord Jesus, think on me," our voices floating through the space, the amateur voices supported and buoyed up by the resonant, trained voices. Noye's Fludde is based on the medieval Chester Miracle Plays, meant to be performed by townspeople and local choristers. Britten intended his opera version to be the same way: a community production with singers and non-singers, adults, children and everyone in between. The resulting sound is something so exquisitely pure and organic that I almost forgot I was actually singing. It just felt completely natural. I can only imagine how gorgeous it will be with 200 other singers and orchestra. Our next task was to put the action together with the singing. This was easier said than done. Whenever I focused on the singing, I forgot my blocking, and whenever I switched my attention to the action, the words and music escaped me. I never realized how difficult onstage coordination can be—it really makes me appreciate performances more! Though it's challenging for some of us, the opening scene is already starting to solidify. I left rehearsal brimming with happiness and anticipation. Everything around me looked infinitely more awesome. Now, the flood waters have come in and our ship is off and away. Our Community Opera expedition has begun!


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Jaromir Jagr Jaromir Jagr has brought his Hall of Fame credentials to Boston with him, but unfortunately his awesome mullet of the 90's is no longer part of the package. So to honor Jagr becoming a Boston Bruin, we'll take a look back at some of the best mullets in sports. (Credit: Robert Laberge/ALLSPORT)
Wayne Gretzky "The Great One" also had a pretty great mullet in the 90's. (Credit: ALLSPORT USA /Allsport)
Marty McSorley (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
Adam McQuaid Shawn Thornton made Bruins defenseman Adam McQuaid get a mullet at the fourth annual "Cuts For A Cause" in 2011, and the B's went on to win the Stanley Cup. Coincidence? (Photo by Justin Opiechowski, CBSBoston.com)
Adam McQuaid You can see McQuaid had quite the "party in the back." (Photo by Justin Opiechowski, CBSBoston.com)
Barry Melrose Former coach and NHL analyst Barry Melrose has always had a pretty solid mullet. (Photo by Noah Graham/Getty Images)
Brian Bosworth In the NFL, Brian Bosworth was the king of the mullet. (Credit: Getty Images)
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Troy Aikman Early in his career, Troy Aikman sported a bit of a mullet. (Credit: Doug Pensinger /Allsport)
Jim McMahon No comment. (Photo Credit: Getty Images)
Jared Allen The Vikings Jared Allen has not only been chasing down quarterbacks, but trying to bring the mullet back as well. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)
John Kruk Plenty of mullets in baseball as well. Check out John Kruk back in 1993. (Credit: Jonathan Daniel/ALLSPORT)
Larry Walker Larry Walker brought his mullet with him when he went from the Expos to the Rockies in the mid-90's. (Credit: Otto Greule Jr. /Allsport)
Dennis Eckersley Eck was a wizard on the mound, and a mullet enthusiast off it. (Credit: Otto Greule /Allsport)
Rod Beck Rumor has it that Rod Beck got the zip on his fastball from his mullet... (Credit: Stephen Dunn/ALLSPORT)
Rod Beck ... and he brought the mullet powers with him to Fenway in 1999. (Credit: Getty Images)
Randy Johnson Randy Johnson, seen before an All Star game with Hideo Nomo, had an amazing mullet for most of his career. (Credit: Chris Wilkins/AFP/Getty Images)
Jose Canseco Canseco had a mullet early in his career, but it's still unclear if he used any mullet enhancersto get it. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
Dwayne Schintzius Dwayne Schintzius set the bar for mullets in the NBA. (Photo by Jon Soohoo/NBAE via Getty Images)
Rik Smits (Credit: Brian Bahr /Allsport)
Kenny Powers He's a fictional athlete, if one at all, but Danny McBride wears his Kenny Powers mullet with pride. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
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May 8, 2012 —
Two peregrine chicks that hatched in a nest on the Rachel Carson State Office Building in Harrisburg, PA will be banded during a live webcast of the event at 1 p.m. on May 9, according to the PA Department of Environmental Protection, which hosts the webcam with which the nest has been monitored.
The nestlings will be weighed, examined and the sex will be determined before leg bands are attached. The bands will provide for an individual signature that identifies the birds when they fledge, disperse and seek out their own nesting territories.
Last year, one chick hatched for a total of three young produced at the nest over two years. The female was very young last year, and typically young peregrine females will lay eggs that are not viable. The pair has doubled the number of nestlings this year and as she matures, the female is expected to produce eggs with a greater hatch success rate.
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After more than two years of contract talks, Hawaii's teacher's union has reached a tentative agreement with the state.
Hawaii State Teachers Association President Wil Okabe said in a statement Sunday that under the four-year deal teachers will receive annual pay raises of about 3 percent and will have a say in statewide decisions about educator evaluation.
The deal is still subject to a vote from the union's roughly 13,500 teachers. Okabe says he's hopeful they'll approve the contract.
"This is a major breakthrough for our teachers, our students, and the future of our state. I believe this contract is fair and provides opportunities for pay increases, which are long overdue after years of sacrifice from teachers and other public employees," said Gov. Neil Abercrombie. "With the state now being administered in a fiscally sound manner and improving economic estimates by the Council of Revenues, we were able to offer a comprehensive and favorable contract."
"Public school teachers and their union representatives are critical partners in transforming education for our students and our state," stated Superintendent Kathryn Matayoshi. "We've worked very hard to get to this point, and we remain committed to providing teachers with necessary resources and support to achieve our strategic goals."
"The Board is appreciative of the dedication, sacrifices, and achievements of our teachers," stated BOE Chair Don Horner. "This agreement will allow us, together, to better support our teachers in reaching the objectives of our educational strategic plan."
The union had rejected the state's latest offer in December over concerns with pay and evaluations.
The teachers' last contract expired in June 2011.
Click here to watch the report on your mobile device.
The following is the full statement released by Okabe:
"I am pleased that after more than two years of negotiating with the Employer, sometimes in contentious times, that the Employer and HSTA have come together on a contract offer that will serve Hawaii's teachers and their students."
"I believe that this tentative agreement is the beginning of providing professional salaries that will attract and retain the best and the brightest into Hawaii's classrooms."
"Hawaii's public school teachers will see the equivalent of a 3 percent pay increase over and above the restored 5 percent cut this July. In subsequent years, teachers will see increases of 3 percent and 3.2 percent. This will do a lot to stabilize the teaching force, which we know will improve teaching and learning conditions."
"Teachers will be represented at the table where decisions about the future of the educator evaluation system will be made. We want caring, committed and knowledgeable teachers in every classroom. We want an evaluation system that improves the practice of teaching that leads to improved student learning and produces real results."
"It is also important to note that the Employer has committed to providing the support necessary to make the evaluation system successful."
"Under the last, best and final offer presented to Hawaii's teachers nearly two years ago, teachers had an increase in their health insurance premiums. Under this agreement, we are pleased that the Employer has made a major step towards restoring the previous insurance premium percentages."
"I believe that the reason we have a tentative agreement in large part is because of the ongoing pressure teachers put on the Employer to settle the contract in the best interests of the teachers and students."
"I am hopeful that HSTA members will vote to support the agreement and then we can move on to the business of working collaboratively with all the stakeholders to transform public education in Hawaii that improves student learning and produces real results."


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Oak Tree Country Club â West Course
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June 28, 2004
EDMOND, Okla. â Tulsa, Okla., natives Mark Johnson and Cade Lewis tied for the top spot in the Boys Division at the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree Qualifier with 3-over-par 73s.
Kendall Dye of Edmond, Okla., made her first qualifying appearance successful as she held off Christy Carter of Tulsa, Okla., by two strokes to claim the title with a 10-over-par 80 in the Girls Division.
The 18-hole shotgun qualifier, conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, was played at Oak Tree Country Club's West Course. The field consisted of 70 players from eight states, including 32 players from Oklahoma. Fifteen boys qualified for the tournament and four girls were added to the field.
Starting on hole No. 13, Johnson started off well with a birdie and made the turn at even par. With another birdie on the 333-yard par-4 fourth, Johnson put himself in prime position to move on to the championship tournament.
âI felt pretty good coming into the tournament that I would qualify,â Johnson said. âI hit my driver well. The rough was high and I only missed about three fairways and hit a lot of greens.â
Lewis started his morning on No. 3 in similar fashion, finding himself 1-under-par after his first four holes. With a birdie on the 150 yard par 3 sixth, Lewis finished his round playing consistent golf by playing 10 of his final 14 holes at par or better.
Dye relied on her shot making abilities to thrust herself into the championship field.
âI mad some crucial putts out there,â Dye said. âI was a little nervous. It feels good and Iâm glad itâs over with.â
Boys who qualified for the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree were Johnson, Lewis, Albert Suarez IV of Grapevine, Texas, Joseph Vahlberg of Norman, Okla., Nathan Chambers of Purcell, Okla., Michael Lee of Oklahoma City, Okla., Thomas Alstadt of Little Rock, Ark., Preston Wilkins of Tulsa, Okla., Shaun OâMeara of Windermere, Fla., J.T. Hoffman of Alpharetta, Ga., Geoffrey Shaw of Edmond, Okla., Patrick Deichert of Dallas, Texas, Drew Knight of Edmond, Okla., Clark Mitzner of McKinney, Texas, Andrew Hopkins V of Maumelle, Ark., Jeff Campbell of Conway, Ark., and Matt Charlson of Ninnekah, Okla. Alstadt and Deichert chose to take an exemption which will be added to their performance based entry status.
Girls who qualified for the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree were Dye, Carter, Whitney Osborne of Amarillo, Texas, and Morgan Chambers of Purcell, Okla.
The American Junior Golf Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to the overall growth and development of young men and women who aspire to earn college golf scholarships through competitive junior golf. The largest association of its kind, the AJGA has a junior membership (boys and girls ages 12-18) of approximately 5,000 junior golfers from 50 states and 30 foreign countries.
Titleist, the AJGAâs National Sponsor, has been the catalyst and driving force behind the Associationâs success since 1989. Rolex Watch USA, a supporter of the AJGA since 1983, became the inaugural AJGA Premier Partner in 2004.
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The first round of the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree on Tuesday will consist of two waves of tee times from the Nos. 1 and 10 tees. The first wave begins at 7:30 a.m. and concludes at 9:09 a.m. The second wave will begin at noon and conclude at 1:39 p.m. For more information on the OSSO Junior at Oak Tree, contact tournament headquarters at (405) 340-1010 and ask for AJGA headquarters.
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text: When we hear about the United States soldiers, we always find that their character demonstrates honor, nobility and service to our county. This past year, members of the Home and Garden Club gave a lot of their time and energy to find some action statues of honored military soldiers. The idea was to find just the right size in order that they could be placed in the Veterans Memorial Garden in town. We wish to applaud the members and Karnes City citizens, Johnie Hall and Marlane Smith, who are sisters and both were born and raised here, for the many hours they spent to find these very meaningful statues for the Memorial Garden. Please take a moment to go and visit the garden and see the four statues there. The garden is located directly across the street from the courthouse annex building. The club would also like to compliment Karnes City citizen, Gumicindo Cruz, for all the work he does to keep the landscaping done at the garden site and Sean O'Brien for being instrumental in getting the statues placed on the corners. Karnes City has beautiful, caring citizens. The statues express the emotion surrounding the service and sacrifice of the military men and women and their families.


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Dancers from Julie's Dance Studio in Ogdensburg, NY are getting ready for their upcoming recitals on May 29 and 30 at 6pm and May 31 at 2pm. The shows will once again be sponsored by the Ogdensburg Area Zonta Club with all proceeds going back into the community in the form of scholarships. Julie's Dance Studio is located at 206 B-C Ford Street and offers spring and summer classes starting soon in tiny tots beginner's dance and couples classes. Performances in this year's recitals include girls tap, ballet, jazz, modern, lyrical, simple irish, pointe, and salsa. Boys will perform tap and hip-hop styles. A baton number will be shown by the studio's twirlers led by Mrs. Kari McCormick and will also march in this summer's upcoming local parades. The dance studio is preparing for the big show by doing mini shows at local nursing homes. They follow up with summer showings in area festivals. The recitals will be held at the George Hall Auditorium at Ogdensburg Free Academy. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students. Come out and enjoy the fun and entertainment!!! For more information, feel free to call Julie A. Hooper, owner/instructor, at 315-393-5991. Photography by Betty Steele Photography of Ogdensburg, NY(393-4689).
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INGREDIENTS:50 onion wedges, cut thickly 24 asparagus spears, thin 25 yellow summer squash 5 eggplants, cut into thick slices 5 red bell peppers, cut into 5 wedges each 5 green bell peppers, cut into 5 wedges each 5 yellow bell peppers, cut into 1 wedges eachVinaigrette: 1 ¼ cups sherry wine vinegar 1 ½ cups balsamic vinegar 1 1/3 cups olive oil 1 ½ tsp. salt 1 ½ tsp. ground black pepper 18 pearl onions, peeled DIRECTIONS:Grill vegetables. While hot, place on serving plate and dress with 2 ...
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What a pity we don't have a vibrant and strong Irish rugby league competition, and being on Irish TV. If that day ever comes, Brian Carney will be able to be the perfect front man for the TV side. Meanwhile Brian puts a very intelligent and articulate face on our game for the English and Welsh viewers.
However I suspect that Brian will eventually have a career in TV that goes beyond sport.
Edited by ParisSurtout, 05 July 2010 - 01:29 PM.