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11-6-10 Philadelphia PA
Its been awhile since I've written anything on this blog, so I've decided to do a few entries now and then to keep folks updated on what I've been up to.
Earlier this month I headed to Philadelphia for a Dave Matthews Band concert.
Arriving in Philly hours before the show, there was some time to be killed, so we stopped by Citizen's Bank Park:
Drove around some seedy Philadelphia streets,
And stopped at a park. It was starting to get a bit cold, but we enjoyed a real Philly Cheesesteak sandwich, and walked around a park for a bit.
The Dave Matthews Band show was great. It was Amy's first ever DMB show and we were in about the 6th row. I snapped this picture with my IPhone:
After the concert, I took Amy to Cape May NJ. She had no idea we were going there, but she had mentioned that it was one of her all time favorite places, so I wanted to surprise her.
We checked out the ocean:
And walked around the town:
We ate in a small mom and pop type place:
Messing around:
At the top of a light tower:
More messing around:
Amy insisted I use this photo:
Anyhow, despite being just a two day adventure, it was a really fun weekend trip.
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Dude! I went to Coast Guard Boot Camp in Cape May, NJ! Awesome. I also lived there three years as a child when my dad was stationed there. Small world. When I was around 7 years old, my brother and I found a HUGE, beached whale at the beach. We lived four blocks from the beach. Might have been the same one you were on. Wow. Anyway, thanks for the trip down memory lane. See any Coasties walking around?


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Anyway, he gets two bottles of BM at daycare and baby cereal and fruites/veggies twice a day too there. At home, he's been not wanting to nurse more than once in the evening (and of course early morning). So we are doing breastmilk 4 times a day and solids 3 times a day. He loves solids so much that if he sees us eating, he'll want our food too. I tried nursing him more often and he'd nibble for a minute or so and then would fuss or would keep turning his head and not want to suck and would get frustrated if I insisted.
I know some books say you can do 4 liquid feedings a day. His daycare bottles are 6 oz each and since he sleeps about 10 hours at nights, my boobs are very full in the mornings so I guess he takes close to 24 oz a day. Oh and he's not very big, probably around 17 lbs now.
Is he getting enough BM? I keep freezing milk since I pump at nights and have more than what I fill up in his bottles for daycare.

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always been a fan of melo. Im sure he would love to become the star player in his hometown. His pro's outweigh the con's. Just not sure hes the answer...
I don't know what Frank Isola is thinking with this one. Carmelo is a bum and I wouldn't want him in NY.
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March 3, 2009
By Frank Isola
Carmelo Anthony will one day become a Knick.
How do I know this? It's simple. By process of elimination.
Let's assume that LeBron James remains in Cleveland which I know sounds crazy to most rationale people but LeBron is from the state of Ohio. If he were from Texas or Washington or South Dakota I'm guessing he would leave Cleveland tomorrow for New York.
But the Cavs have built a contending team and with the threat of a lockout looming in 2011, LeBron has to option to sign an extension this summer with Cleveland.
Dwyane Wade would be second on the Knicks wish list but if you were a betting man you'd probably wager that Wade, who has already won a title in Miami, will remain with the Heat and go down as the greatest player in the history of the franchise. I just don't see a guy from Chicago leaving Miami to live in New York in the winter time.
That leaves Carmelo as the next player on our list. I believe he's well ahead of Chris Bosh, who has gone from under-appreciated to over-rated in a short amount of time. Again, if he's so good why is his team so bloody awful?
Amar'e Stoudemire is a good option but I think Mike D'Antoni would only take Stoudemire if he could also have Steve Nash in his prime and the chances are the Knicks are going to end up with Nash on his last legs.
Which brings us back to Melo, the future Knick. He is more of a Knick than any of the current superstars. Think about it; Like Patrick Ewing, he's from the Big East and won an NCAA title. Like Latrell Sprewell, he comes with baggage and cornrows. Like Bernard King he was born in Brooklyn. Like Earl Monroe he grew up in Baltimore.
He has his flaws which is very Knick-like. Ewing, Sprewell, Oakley, Starks and Mason had their flaws as well. LeBron is too perfect. Just like Kobe. And just like Jordan. Those are the guys we want to beat.
The Nuggets discussed the possibility of trading Carmelo last year and the Nets emerged as the most likely team to acquire him because of Carmelo's history with Kiki Vandeweghe. Carmelo, of course, now has a history with Mike D'Antoni having played for the U.S. National team.
The Knicks would jump at chance to land Carmelo, who in D'Antoni's system would be a power forward and would eat up opponents with his quickness and superior scoring ability. Denver has made trades for financial reasons as recently as last summer when the club dealt Marcus Camby to the Clippers. With the outlook for the economy bleak, Denver again may be looking to cut pay-roll. And judging from Carmelo's most recent transgression - he was suspended one game by the club for refusing to come out of a game against Indiana - is further proof that the team is losing its patience with their star player.
Maybe the Knicks could get Carmelo this summer by offering expiring contracts and draft picks. Or they could use their salary cap space to trade for him in 2010. I'm sure a couple of old Tar Heels, Donnie Walsh and George Karl, can work something out.
Sure Carmelo is no LeBron but he's pretty darn good.
So if you're looking for someone to root for this postseason - assuming the Knicks don't qualify - support the team that faces Denver in first round. Another quick exit by the Nuggets could force a shake-up in Denver and perhaps lead to Melo coming home.
always been a fan of melo. Im sure he would love to become the star player in his hometown. His pro's outweigh the con's. Just not sure hes the answer...
Will we ever win a championship again? Id like to think so!
it would be cool but by that time i think gallo and chandler will suffice
we really either need an upgrade from larry hughes or defense big man, thats it
If Lebron and Wade are not coming here, then Melo and JOe JOhnson would fit in nicely with Gallo.
If we have a chance to do the trade this summer, I say go for it.
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He doesn't fit our system, and I personally don't like his game. He will want huge dollars and isn't a player that can carry you to the title.
Seems like Billups is overshadowing him.
He is always hurt, getting suspended, and don't play team ball.
that would be a great contingency plan.and to be honest, he looks more like a knick than lebron to me.if no lebron, bring melo in.clearly he's not happy in denver.anybody calling him a loser needs to remember that he copped an ncaa championship as a freshman.
I am sooooooo tired of guys playing out of position. STOP TRYING TO REINVENT THE WHEEL YOU STUPID MF'S. Forwards running the point, Guards/Forwards manning the paint, Centers/PF shooting 3's!!!! Enough already!!!! If a player cannot excel at his "NATURAL" position then stop playing him!! No more point forwards (what do we have a pg for?), motherf*ckin power guards and point centers!!!! D'Antoni, this is why you can't decide a line-up, because you can't make up your mind as to what position does a player play. If a guy cannot get it done at both ends of the court, stop the innovative sh*t and find someone else. This goes back like 10 years now w/ D'Antoni and others...it's ridiculous. Either play your natural position or get the f*ck out.
As far as Melo, he is a questionable choice at best. He fills the role of "go-to guy" which we still need (unless Chandler and/or Gallo develop into that).
However, defensively he is not an upgrade, which is why Bosh is still the best alternative to Wade or LBJ.
But I still would prefer to make a move now for Thabeet rather than banking on free agency in 2010. For one thing, if we do not win a championship by 2012, the Mayan Apocalypse may intervene.
If our pick is not high enough to insure drafting him, trade up using our pick plus anyone not Lee, Chandler, or Gallo.
As far as Isola wanting a wing man, does his wife know he is looking for one?
sup peeps??? Haven't been posting comments inna while, but always been coming in to see what's goin on....N e ways on camelo, if we do get him, it would cost us either Gallo or Ill Will, we would have 5 SF's on the roster including Jeffries....Camelo is not a bad choice, but still we don't want to have another Marbs saga again, what this team needs to stay away from is this:
1) Large Long Term Contracts(Eddy Curry)
2)Players who don't play defense and are ME 1st (Jamal Crawford)
3)Players with off the court issues(Zach Randolph)
4)Injury Prone(Jerome "Burger King" James)
Moz and NYK 4 Life....."I got orange n blue blood pumpin in my veins"........
Fvck Melo. If we get him N8 will break his jaw the first day of practice.
Seriously though we just got a perennial cancer in Marbury why would we add another one? His play doesn't convince me a bit either. he is lucky Billups was sent to the Nuggets and they are winning with him because if that team was to rely on Melo they would have lost the playoff train long ago.
How do you create a thread, anyone please help....
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The tragedy of EgyptAugust 16,2013
Slaughter on the streets of Cairo is not the way to usher in a new era of democracy in the Middle East. The military government now in charge of Egypt has delivered the hope of the Arab Spring into the iron grip of repression and fear.
President Obama was right to condemn the Egyptian governments actions and to halt military exercises the United States was planning with Egypt.
The tragedy of Egypt has many players, and one of them was the ousted president Muhammad Morsi, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood who had squandered the opportunity to fashion an inclusive government that respected the dignity of all. He and the Brotherhood used their new power to secure power for themselves and not to lead the country toward a prosperous future. Before the military toppled Morsis government, the Egyptian economy was in free fall.
But in ousting Morsi and the Brotherhood, the military was doing more than shuffling leaders. It was interposing itself in the democratic process, thwarting the will of the people by ejecting an elected president and quashing one of the most influential movements in the country by turning their guns on the Brotherhood.
The government has killed more than 500 people. That is a historic act of repression that will reverberate through the region for years. It will harden the will of fundamentalist Muslims throughout the region. It will persuade jihadis and the full range of Islamist radicals that terrorism is their only recourse. It is likely the Egyptian military has given life to a new generation of terrorists.
Apologists for the military say they needed to bring law and order to Egypt, to set it on the road to prosperity. Indeed, the incompetent rule of Morsi and the Brotherhood had caused conditions to deteriorate so that the need for order to be restored became more pressing. But repression imposes an illusory form of order. The Soviet bloc suffered the steady deterioration of repression over decades, as did Egypt under Hosni Mubarak.
It is an irony of history that as a ruthless tyrant clings to power in Syria, the United States has aligned itself with rebels, who include among their number radical Islamists who have little use for the United States. But in Egypt, the United States finds itself aligned with the tyrant against the Islamists. The reason is that the U.S. role as midwife of the peace between Israel and Egypt made Egypt a sort of ally that depends on billions of dollars in U.S. aid.
A provision of U.S. law, known as the Leahy law because of its author, Sen. Patrick Leahy, requires the U.S. to cut off military aid to nations that have been subject to military coups. But because U.S. aid is an integral part of the equation of power in the Middle East, the Obama administration has been reluctant to label the coup in Egypt a coup. Leahy has not pressed the point. The law allows the administration to waive the requirement in certain circumstances, and apparently this is that sort of circumstance.
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"There must be a reason," or how we support our own false beliefs
For a change of pace, I want to step back from medicine for this post, although, as you will see (I hope), the study I'm going to discuss has a great deal of relevance to the topics covered regularly on this blog. One of the most frustrating aspects of being a skeptic and championing science-based medicine is just how unyielding belief in pseudscience is. Whatever realm of science in which there is pseudoscience I wander into, I find beliefs that simply will not yield to science or reason. Whether it be creationism, quackery such as homeopathy, the anti-vaccine movement, the "9/11 Truth" movement, moon hoaxers, or any of a number of pseudoscientific movements and conspiracy theories, any skeptic who ventures into discussions of such a topic with believers will become very frustrated very fast. It takes a lot of tenacity to keep going back to the well to argue the same points over and over again and refute the same nonsense you've refuted over and over again. Many do not have sufficient stick-to-it-iveness, leading them to throw up their hands and withdraw from the fight.
Although some of us here have blamed this phenomenon on "cultishness" and, make no mistake, I do think that there is an element of that in many of these movement, particularly the anti-vaccine movements, cultishness alone can't explain why people hold on so hard to beliefs that are clearly not supported by science or evidence, such as the belief that vaccines are responsible for an "autism epidemic." Then last week, what should pop up in the newsfeeds that I regularly monitor but a rather interesting article in Science Daily entitled How We Support Our False Beliefs. It was a press release about a study1 that appeared a few months ago in Sociological Inquiry, and the the study was described thusly:


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Gender: Female
Athlete Year of Birth: 1982
Athlete Place of Birth: Aarau
Athlete Weight: 55 kg
Athlete Height: 175 cm
Athlete Lives: Lostorf Switzerland
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Athlete Biography
I was born on the 20th December in Aarau, Switzerland. Brought up in a very active family you would always find us in activities such as hiking, skiing, ice skating, inline skating Swimming, biking andrunning.
At four years of age I learnt how to swim. The element water made me feel so comfortable that I joined the swim club Aarefisch. The first years were naturally mostly play and fun at this stage I didn't enter any competitions. During this time I tried ballet.
Around the age of 11, I took part in my first swimming competition. Being small and slim I just didn't have the strength to keep up with my opponents who were mostly a head taller. Even then I had so much fun during this time that I wanted to continue this sport professionally. The training of 1-2 a week was then 3-4 times a week and with a tear in my eye I had to give up ballet. I didn't only start competitions in water, but also running in as example. The Aarau Stadtlauf (Aarau city run) and the Volksbank-Grandpix.
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Athlete Language: Swissgerman, German, French, English, Dutch
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Athlete Injuries: Stress fracture in 2001
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cohen has been promting this film by doing all interviews in the character of borat,cohen is actually a well spoken upper class guy oh and he IS jewish himself but i thought everyone knew that??


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It's funny how the best things seem to come up near the end of the year.
Suddenly we start seeing the best photos of 2012 and most of them are amazing. We see lists of the most-read stories of the year, the best movies of the year or who is the No. 1 newsmaker of the year and anything else you can think of, including things from your personal life. A lot of time is spent reflecting on the past year for a good chunk of December.
I'm not against seeing all of those things. I actually find quite a few of them rather interesting. However, two things come to mind. Firstly, there is a tendency for people to forget about the Christmas season. Secondly, we shouldn't spend too much time pondering over the past or worrying about the future.
Christmas only comes once a year. It's already come and gone this year. But with only a few days remaining in 2012, it's easy to forget why we celebrated it.
The Christmas season is about love and about having hope when there seems to be none. It's about spending time with the people who matter to you in your life and celebrating all the joys you have, even if that list is very small. It's about showing kindness to perfect strangers and about forgiving people you don't get along with.
I think the best New Year's resolution is to try and do all of those things 365 days a year. Instead of brushing off the season once you feel it's done, take those values and apply it to your everyday life.
Yes, year-end is a great time for reflection of the past year. I believe in order to have balance in life, some reflection is always going to be necessary. But don't spend all of your energy at the end of the year reflecting on the past. Similarly, don't spend all of your energy worrying about what awaits you in 2013 and beyond.
One of my favourite quotations comes from an episode in Season 10 of the TV series Smallville — "A hero is made in the moment, not from questioning the past or fearing what's to come."
I love that statement. I think it's something we should all take into account every day. If we're not careful, our regrets from the past year might swallow us up. If we spend too much time thinking about the future, our worries might eat us from the inside and we might stop living out of fear.
I've never made a New Year's resolution. It's not because I don't think it's a good idea, but because I don't spend lots of time thinking about the new year until it arrives. I have spent the first moment of each new year I can remember with people I care about.
Jan. 1 is really just another day that could mark a new beginning if we desire. It's another day to strive to be better, to make the most out of each day and to embrace every part of who we are now and who we want to become.
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#11 – Bobby Abreu
Years: 1998-2006, Present
.303/.416/.513, 195 HR, 254 SB in 5885 PA
Previous Rank: 10 (-1)
fWAR Phillies Rank: 6th among position players, 9th among Phillies
Signature Moment: Hit 41 total home runs, including 24 first-round homers, to win the 2005 Home Run Derby
Back-to-Back All-Star Selections (2004-2005), Won Silver Slugger (2004), Won Gold Glove (2005)
For someone who ranks fourth in team history in doubles, 11th in home runs, ninth in runs scored, tenth in RBI, seventh in steals, third in BB%, 24th in batting average, ranks 9th in SLG, leads all Phillies with 1500 or more PA in OBP after 1910, and ranks second in OPS under the same criteria, Bobby Abreu gets very little respect from Phillie fans.
Acquired from the Devil Rays for Kevin Stocker in one of the greatest trades in Phillies history, Abreu won the starting right field job out of camp in 1998 and never looked back, hitting .312/.409/.497 in his first full season in the Majors. Arguably, Abreu's best season with the Phillies came in 2004 when he hit 30 HR and stole 40 bags while hitting .301/.428/.544. Abreu led the league in doubles in 2002 and triples in 1999 and was top 10 in OBP in every year he was with the Phillies aside from 2001.
Abreu was traded with pitcher Cory Lidle on July 30, 2006 for what amounted to reliever Matt Smith and some prospects that did not pan out. Abreu's time in Philly ended with no World Series rings, or even playoff runs, to show for it but he certainly made an impact on the Phillies all-time leader boards. Abreu's stats hold up comparatively well as well for his time: from 1998 through 2006, Abreu led all Major League right fielders in fWAR , plate appearances, runs, steals, BB%, and ranked 11th in homers, sixth in RBI, 11th in BA, third in OBP, 11th in SLG, and eighth in OPS. Abreu's consistent well-above-average play also puts him fifth among all Major Leaguers in WAR from 1998 through 2006.
Abreu has returned to the Phillies organization on a minor league contract with an invitation to Spring Training in 2014 one year removed from last playing in the Majors. Abreu's Hall of Fame case is an interesting one, a man who did so many things right but never was a true standout in any one category. He resides 114th all-time in bWAR, 77th all-time in OBP, 80th in runs scored, 22nd in walks, 74th in steals, 51st in total times on base, and is 13th overall in Major League history in Baseball Reference's Power/Speed numbers. Hopefully, Abreu has some of that power and/or speed left in the tank for 2014.
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Hopefully Bobby will add to those impressive numbers this year. I wish him bundles of success and he may really benefit from a platoon. Gotta be optimistic
Funny how his signature moment was blamed for his sudden decrease in power. He was so underappreciated here, maybe we should make it a point not to rag on him this time around.
How he won a Gold Glove I'll never understand.
He's #11!!!!! Christ sake…..
This is the Stupidest Myopic Ranking I have ever seen. He was traded away on purpose. He does not deserve to even be in the top 50. Over Chuck Klein? Dick Allen? Jim Bunning? Ryan Howard?
Abreu was the ultimate stat padder. Never risked his body to catch anything. Time after time watching peacefully as singles and doubles dropped in. Top 11 in all Phillies History? You should be ashamed, ASHAMED, of yourself.
I agree with the first three words.
Well, being ashamed aside….Mr. Sir Alden DOES make a valid point about him being in front of Klein, Howard, Allen and Bunning.
What a stupid response.
I agree with everything SirAlden says besides the top 50 part…and the below posters about how we started WINNING once he was traded him. David Dellucci was a better player for us that season. He's had a great career, he probably deserves top 30, but a top 11 Phillie? Har har har. One of the most overrated Phillies ever. Dude only ever cared about his stats. The reason he made no errors is because he never dove for balls. Never. That gold glove was just the icing on the cake of his overratedness.
The reason he deserves top 30 is because he was the walk king. 7 straight 100 walk seasons. Combine that with his speed and power, damn good player. But better Phillie than Ryan Howard? Please.
Always good to show deference to true royalty.
Sounds like you're entitled to a full refund.
Ian … I think your report is right on. I would have put Rolen a little higher because of his defense.
Yeah…I think this really points out the fault in using (x)War over a career to explain a player's value.
I think that just as we have to really explain the word "Valuable" in the MVP debating, "Greatest" really needs some 'splaining too.
While I think Bobby was undervalued by the fans during his first time here, I agree that he probably shouldn't be at least top 25 as far as "Greatest" Phillies.
Just curious — what was so distasteful about him as to outweigh all the value he added on the field?
Here is the perfect point on how advanced stats and saber-metrics fails when it comes to some players. Abreu was an above average player on a bad team. There is no way he should be in the top 50 not to mention top 15.
He in no way is a HOFer. There has to be something to say about him being traded for what turned out to be nothing. The team started winning. And as far as the Gold Glove the voters must have never seen him play. He may not have a lot of errors, but he rarly made a play and an average arm. And no disrespect to a walk is as good as a hit mantra in some situations you need to swing the bat especially on a bad team.
If someone wants to say they didn't like Abreu for whatever reason, and argue that temperament or off-the-field behavior should also be taken into account, that's fine. But it doesn't help credibility to discount what he did on the field. While he was a below average fielder, he was well above average on the bases. And there are only 4 or 5, at most 6, better hitters in Phillies history.
And did the Phillies start winning because Abreu left, or did it have something to do with Rollins, Howard, Utley, and Hamels all coming into their prime at the same time?
My point was that sometimes there is more to how a team reacts and succeeds other than stats. None of us were the club house but some reports at the time seemed as if he was not the best teammate. And that should be takin into account when rating a player in an organization.
Abreau was ranked #10 on the 2008 list, without the use of advanced metrics. He is ranked #11 with them. I would say he has very good numbers.
I noticed that Rollins and Utley have not been mentioned yet. Not sure how it will end up, but I'm sure #1 and #2 will not change.
I liked Abreu when he was here. I was slightly surprised top 15 but its no biggie to me. Im just confused as to why they picked him up. I know its a invite to Spring training deal but…
Seems like I just made this point a day or two ago but it never ceases to amaze how some people, when given anonymity on the Internet, direct words like "stupid" at others as if they're having a conversation with a paint can rather than another human being… even over an opinion about a #%$& game.
Have we really devolved into a nation of boorish and masked bullies?
"Shame" is an applicable word here but directed at the wrong person.
I have an opinion on Abreu at #11 but frankly, I'm too sickened to share it, now.
Perhaps it's time we all used our real names on the Web to see if that doesn't recapture a modicum of civility.
End of sermon.
Ok….I'll come clean. My real name is Chuck A. But you can just call me Chuck. The "A" is just there to differentiate myself from a few other Chucks that sometimes post on here. Oh, also….the "A" IS the first letter of my last name…which is also real.
Just wanted to set the record straight for the sake of your argument/suggestion…which is a pretty good one I might add.
Go Phillies 2014!
Thank you Chuck A. I understand trying to seperate all the "chucks" on here as I too am a Chuck. In fact, a Chuck A(middle Name) so that's why I'm on here with my first initial and LAST name. I'm not afraid to show my name Wbramh!!! What's yours?
Abreu is a great example of two things.
1. How stats can give you a false impression of a players value
2. The concept of addition by subtraction.
Abreu was a gutless, slouch who dragged the whole team down with his lackluster attitude and play. Did he have offensive talent? The numbers prove without doubt that he did, but what the numbers don't show are intangibles such as his ability in big situations to actively look for a walk as opposed to putting the ball in play or his complete unwillingness to exert himself to track down a fly ball that was not hit directly to him.
But I think the biggest failure of Abreu was his failure to be a positive leader and mentor to younger teammates in the club house. His selfish and lackluster attitude was like a cancer to the entire team spreading itself out until it poisoned each and every other player and aspect of the team. I don't care who the Phillies traded him for. The moment they were rid of him was the moment the team took on an entirely different outlook and began to win. True they did not make the playoffs that season but the second half of the season after Abreu was gone they performed a lot better. The change in the club house with new leaders such a Chase Utley carried into the following season and began the Phillies run of division championships and of course their eventual World Series win.
Now in 2014 the cancer is back.
This is satire, right??
Unfortunately it appears there's a segment of the fanbase that bought into this stuff. Imagine knowing so much about a person just by watching them from a distance, or on TV. Truly amazing.
schmenkman …. I think Abreu suffers from the same disease that JD Drew had in that the game comes so easy to them it looks like they aren't hustling … I remember a Phillies game at Camden Yards when Abreu hit a bloop into the OF … saw the defender was intending to let it drop, and he turned it into a double … his numbers are incredible. His biggest fault was being on a team that wasn't ready to utilize his talent. He was the best player on a bad team.
When was the last time you were in the clubhouse to make a judgement about anyone…. Stats don't lie.
Just another quick memory I have to share . My oldest son is now 20 and growing up we would go to Phillies games and to minor league games. We were at a Camden Riversharks game one night and an outfielder with the name Abreu was playing( I think it was Bobby Abreu's cousin but I am not sure. My son who was under 10 at that time asked me if the player was related to Bobby Abreu to which I replied I wasn't sure. No sooner had I said that then a fly ball was hit to the man who proceeded to let it drop right in front of him without any effort to catch it. My son turned to me and said "Yep he's related". From the mouths of babes
Tell your kid I want 50 bucks on pump 2…. Super unleaded…. Then tell him I said to stop daydreaming about the time he tried to catch a fly ball.
Since he's the #11 rated Phillie of All Time than I guess I'll take the Vegas line of 35-1 on the P's winning it all. With a guy who's rated better than the outfielders who were listed before him I'm betting my house. Now if RAJ can only resign Jim Bunning, Steve Carlton and Richie Ashburn we'll be a shoo-in.


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There was a time when LaTroy Hawkins acted as a personal savior of mine; because I knew the minute he came into a ballgame wearing that Cubs uniform, the chances of them losing took an astronomical leap. While those days may be over — and the nomination of the world's worst reliever has shifted to the awkwardly clumsy Kyle Farnsworth — I am happy to report that LaTroy Hawkins has given me yet another reason to worship him.
During Monday night's game against the Cubs — as an Astro — Hawkins verbally and physically questioned the merits of homeplate umpire Mike Everitt, which eventually got him tossed. Since then, Hawkins has suffered from a severe case of logorrhea and has had no problem jawing out at Everitt. Now, Major League Baseball is investigating the incident.
"I have my own opinion, and he had his opinion," he [Hawkins] said. "He [Everitt] thought I was showing him up. I saw Alex Rodriguez do way worse when I was in the American League. He undressed the umpire. Whatever he said, it was in his face. It's America."
You're damn right, LaTroy! It is America! It's US America and I don't care who you are — Alex Rodriguez or not — one should never be allowed to undress the umpire. Who does this Rodriguez fella think he is anyway? Some pretty boy poster child for Details magazine? What a pompous sicko!
We applaud you, LaTroy, for saying what we were all thinking and going after the bad guys behind the plate.
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I've hated LaTroy Hawkins for a long time, but for completely different reasons. I didn't watch the game but remain unsurprised at the Astros' bullpen's ability to piss everyone off. Remember Shawn Chacon?
Despite the fact that home plate umps have collectively needed LASIK these last couple of seasons, it's not the pitcher's job to deal with it. It's QuesTec's job.
Kylie — http://kylie.mlblogs.com
Kylie — How COULD we forget Chacon? Walking blog fodder, that's what he was/is. If only QuesTec had a mouth…
Julia — Good point. Still, we'd like to see them get the chance.
LaTroy Hawkins is showing his guts right there. Too bad the umpires don't get the message most of the time. I say we had some of the funniest reasons for ejections this year, we might set a record.
Matthew T.
What about that guy "Hawksworth" on the Cardinals? He could be a cross between Hawkins AND Farnsworth.
It might be fitting that he is now a member of the Astros, since his behavior questioning the umpires have put him " not of this world" right now.
I was talking to B J Upton the other day after a game and he said he doesn't understand why he is not getting the low and away pitch called a ball anymore.
Well, maybe it is becuase you are pulling a "LaTroy" and spewing out cancerous insults to the umpire's generational lineage.
Some of these guy do not get it that you have to take some of the BS to get some back in return at the plate.
The "give and take" message has been there for a long time, why can't they see it, or at least respect it.
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Matt — I think Hawkins had a point, but he went about it wrong. But guts? Yes. He's got 'em.
Joe — That is an eerily hilarious observation. Kudos, man.
RR — Good point. Guys like Jeter get calls because they're civil and very good at manipulating umpires by maintaining class and composure… and it hurts me to say that because he's the captain of the Evil Empire. Maybe BJ could learn a thing or two from the most evil one.
I wish you had translated the narrator's comments for us, Jeff! But I'm with Julia. I doubt any of our umpires are in the kind of shape to outrun a player (or do a nifty roll in the grass).
soccer is such a violent sport these days…. I am confused doesn't LaTroy Hawkins look in the mirror, he doesn't look anything like A-Rod and his uniforms a different color…and…and…how sick is that wanting to undress an umpire…eeew…maybe thats why he's Texas
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Kylie has the right idea. Lasik all around!
And boy, those Chinese soccer players sure are violent…
Jane — Basically they are detesting that sort of "violent" behavior. It's the party line, y'know.
Devilabrit — I dunno who he thinks he is… one thing is true: he has NOT the clout of A-rod who can baby his way around umps ad nauseum.
Lisa — I'm for LASIK too. And, yeah, don't mess w/ China. Ever.


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As part of its Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration on Monday, January 20, St. John Fisher College announced the 2013-2014 recipients of the Excellus BlueCross BlueShield Undergraduate Diversity Scholarship. Ms. Yesenia Garcia-Key, Community Engagement Coordinator, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, presented Loriane Ngarambe '14 and Tyana Velazquez '15 $500 scholarships in recognition of their involvement in Fisher clubs and organizations whose programs reflect a strong commitment to diversity, equity, and social justice.
Ngarambe is a Political Science major with double minors in International Studies and English with a concentration in writing. She spent the 2013 spring semester in Washington D.C. completing an internship at Amnesty International, a non-governmental human rights organization. She worked in the Government Relations Program and had an opportunity to participate in an anti-death penalty rally in Maryland. She also took part in the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty campaign, and joined in the celebration of the treaty's adoption.
As an Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program student, Ngarambe has been aware of the importance of promoting diversity throughout the Fisher campus. During her sophomore year, she helped start Students of Multicultural Affairs (SOMA), a diversity club on campus whose mission is to promote cultural awareness. She was part of the planning of the inaugural "A Day in My Shoes" event, which addressed stereotypes and offered solutions on how people can work together to diminish them.
In addition, she served as a peer advisor for the HEOP five-week summer program, where she helped 20 incoming freshman with their transition into college. She was also a member of the Orientation Team and a Resident Assistant for the College Bound Program.
After graduation, Ngarambe plans to take a year off to complete additional internships before pursuing a Master's degree in International Relations.
Velazquez is a junior majoring in Childhood and Special Education with a minor in Spanish and Interdisciplinary Studies. She was born and raised in Rochester, and spent her 2013 spring semester abroad in Costa Rica where she studied Latin American culture and education. While abroad, she volunteered at an orphanage where she taught English.
Velazquez has been very involved as a student on campus. She has been a member of the President's Student Advisory Board, and served as the Diversity Senator of the Student Government Association. Additionally, she worked with the Office of Multicultural Affair & Diversity Programs in 2012 in a leadership role planning a campus-wide event and encouraged her peers to attend the Annual Hunger Banquet during Four Freedoms Week.
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NASCAR fans will get a behind-the-scenes look at the elaborate wedding of NASCAR star Kyle Busch and model Samantha Sarcinella during a special show on March 5 on The Style Network.
From Samantha's search for the perfect wedding dress to the bachelor and bachelorette parties to the New Year's Eve ceremony and reception attended by some of NASCAR's biggest stars, the show follows Busch and his new bride throughout their special day. "Fast and Fabulous: A NASCAR Wedding" will premiere at 8 p.m. ET.
Produced by NASCAR Media Group, the show kicks off with Kyle and Samantha planning their wedding, which occurred on New Year's Eve at Holy Namehedral in Chicago. While Busch is one of NASCAR's most fierce and temperamental drivers, he yields to his fiancée when it comes to planning the wedding.
Samantha's goal was to create a lavish, one-of-a-kind affair, and with the help of her mother and a top wedding planner, she worked feverishly to make her vision of a glamorous fairytale celebration come to life.
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Posted 22 December 2012 - 08:48 PM
So that's Featherstone and Halifax who have found investors albeit of no huge size but Salford, Crusaders and Braford either cannot or have had great difficulty finding any. Furthermore Halifax, Sheffield and I believe Workington and Leigh have all posted a profit.
Maybe the CC CEOs should run a seminar for the deluded SL fanatsists who try to run their clubs on a model of permanent deficit spending.
seems the difference is that fev and halifax went looking for investors while still been in a healthy state rather than waiting until they were going belly up like the other clubs mentioned . would you put your money into a club that seems well run or one thats deep in debt ?
does life get any better .


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Suspension is not enough for John and Ken calling Whitney a 'crack ho'
By Kevin Uhrich 02/23/2012
A few months back, John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou, hosts of KFI AM radio's sometimes racially incendiary "John & Ken Show," came under fire for publicly attacking Jorge-Mario Cabrera, an advocate of the DREAM Act and then giving out Cabrera's professional cell number over the air. According to Alex Nogales, president and CEO of the National Hispanic Media Coalition, Cabrera received more than 450 "angry calls," some of them death threats, as a result of that disclosure.
At the time, we let this issue air itself out, giving Kobylt and Chiampou column space to explain their position. We also gave space to Nogales, who demanded that the two deejays be fired. If that didn't happen, Nogales said he was going to call for a boycott of the show.
At the time, we did not go that far in opposition to what Kobylt and Chiampou did, instead allowing the public to decide the ticklish issue of just how far is too far when it comes to tolerating forms of what some people consider hate speech.
In response to the column, Kobylt and Chiampou apologized, but not before attacking Nogales and calling his complaints misleading and unwarranted. However, "Even so," the pair co-wrote in a letter to the Weekly back in November, "the calls [Cabrera] received were wrong, and we've apologized repeatedly for that." So, it seems, they really did put Cabrera's life in danger and acknowledged doing as much.
We're all for First Amendment freedoms. What we cannot condone is a continuation of this type of offensive speech aimed at minorities — this time Whitney Houston, an incredibly beautiful and super-talented African-American woman and mother with a drug problem — and financed and at least tacitly approved by the biggest media players in Southern California, including the Los Angeles Times.
What Kobylt and Chiampou's defenders sometimes forget is speech freedoms are not absolute. Just as one cannot create a public panic by yelling fire in a crowded theater when there is no fire, a person cannot without repercussion simply call someone a "crack ho," as these two called Houston.
In case they don't realize it — kind of like they didn't think so many people would call and threaten Cabrera after giving out his number on the air — what Kobylt and Chiampou said amounted to hate speech in the eyes of many, and hate speech is not protected by the Constitution. Hate speech is a crime, one punishable by fines and possibly jail time. Of course, this says nothing of the civil action KFI AM owner Clear Channel would have surely faced if the pair had said such things when Houston was alive. As it is, they've been suspended for 10 days, which is a pretty big deal.
Some, including our colleagues in the media, will disagree with this demand to take these two guys off the air permanently. The Los Angeles Urban Policy Roundtable, for instance, a primarily African-American progressive political action group headed by occasional Pasadena Weekly columnist Earl Ofari Hutchinson, seems ready to move on.
At first, the group called the pair's suspension "an 'insulting hand slap non-punishment' and demanded that they and other KFI radio hosts undergo sensitivity training, issue a public pledge to end racial, ethnic and gender attacks and that KFI Clear Channel declare zero tolerance for on-air abuse by its hosts," according to a statement issued Monday by Hutchinson's group.
KFI Program Director Robin Bertolucci explained that Kobylt and Chiampou were not just suspended for 10 days without pay, but that the station "in the future will be firm in not condoning overt or veiled inflammatory racial and ethnic and personal attacks by its hosts," according to the statement. In the end, the group called for KFI to closely monitor jocks and suspend or fire those who cross the line, but did not call for the pair's dismissal.
We are big fans of Hutchinson and respect his judgment. But "not condoning" is a far cry from "condemning" and "prohibiting," words that appear nowhere in any of the apologies issued over this unbelievably insensitive insult to Houston and her family.
Given the track record of KFI, which, as Hutchinson points out, has had more than its share of racially insensitive incidents over the past two decades, have these two and their bosses not had enough "sensitivity training?" When is any of that training going to start translating into better, more thoughtful, sensitive, civil and respectful on-air behavior?
All of this alleged hate speech directed at Houston would hurt the feelings of her family and friends just as much if these two were confined to just AM radio. But the fact is KFI's corporate influence and message stretch much further than that. Kobylt and Chiampou currently get a few minutes five days a week to pass for whatever "opinion" content KTLA Channel 5 airs during its 6 p.m. newscast. And Channel 5, in case anyone has forgotten, is owned by Tribune Co., owners of the LA Times, which provides KTLA with content — that is when the TV station isn't pilfering stories from TMZ. It's odd, or maybe not, that this little corporate family tie is missing from the story the Times ran on this latest John and Ken controversy.
Kobylt and Chiampou need to go, hopefully from the radio, but especially from TV. To paraphrase a salient element of all free speech debates, reasonable people can disagree on how goals should be accomplished — in this case, resignation, dismissal and boycott are three possibilities. But for many, including us, that these two should ultimately be taken off the air is now beyond discussion.
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Are you for real??? Sorry, but these guys just tell it like it is!!! Whitney Houston WAS a drug addict/crack ho which is why she DIED!!! Hell she was running on borrowed time, and I suprised also that it took this long!!!
John and Ken are the ONLY voice for us real and rational people left in this state!!! I can't wait until they get back to the airwaves!!!!
HOORAY for John and Ken!!!!!
Um, nextdrink;
A "crack-ho" is a female who sells (his/)her body for sexual favors so they can then afford to buy and/or trade for a derivative drug of cocaine. Do you know who WH was whoring herself out to for crack? Not likely.
Also, do you know as a fact that it indeed was crack that she was immediately addicted to, and say, not some prescription drug? For the rich and famous, almost invariably, prescription drugs is where it's really at.
All I can say to you boy, is to judge not, lest you be judged.
And as far as J&K are concerned? Free speech is certainly a Constitutional guarantee, but stupid free speech can still get them killed by some unnessessarily sensitive WH fan. Celebrity can do that to folks, you know. I hope they don't feel too comfortable driving home late at night.
Oops, when editing, I failed to change the word "female" to "person."
The comments about Ms. Houston were mean spirited, and I did not like them. But free speech is sometimes ugly. And no free speech and censorship is even uglier. If one believes in the principle of free speech, then one must stand by the free speech rights of even those with whom they disagree and even with those whose comments are coarse and disagreeable.
Oh, I do believe in "Free Speech." I even endorse the "tasteless-truth" expressions of free speech whenever appropriate. But the "crack-ho" comments of John and Ken really have nothing to do with Witney Houston's death-by-addiction, and everything else to do with the divisive incitement of racist animosity.
Being cleverly malicious is not even a matter of free-speech, as far as I'm concerned. Instead, it's poking a grizzley bear with a stick and then daring it to strike back. J&K are just attempting to instruct their a-men corner how to on how to most effectively incite civil discord. And then when it happens and maybe somebody busts their heads? Then them dumb bitches will act all victimized ... when in reality, its our society that they have victimized by their own "free-speech" abuses.
J&K are really no different from that stupid Florida Church sect that defames the funerals of American service men by blaming those fallen soldiers for all of America's "fag" problems. They justify their own meanspiritedness by claiming that G_d has yet instructed them to act like bad-asses. All such "bad-ass" vermin really do deserve only to get struck down by their own gods in as badass a way as possible.
Yeah, free speech is a constitutional guarantee, but so is also suffering the consequences of your own malicious stupidity.
I agree with you that comments about Ms. Houston were rough and crude. I also agree that we can NOT censor such talk, even though such talk is getting more frequent, rougher and cruder. Even DanD in his attempt to censure John and Ken lashes out with not so veiled threats of violence and name calling. The truth is that John and Ken are merely riding the tides of divisive and sickening rhetoric that characterize so much of today's political and social scene. The trend is to think that as long as you are one of the "good guys" you can be as disgusting as you want to be. My prayer is that "this too will pass"!