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This article is going to be a bit of a restart, a "retro intro" if you will, to the topic of QuickTime for Java (QTJ). In two previous articles, one on using QTJ as a helper for the Java Media Framework and another on the inner workings of the QuickTime file format, I've covered essential concepts and important issues only as they related to other topics, perhaps burying them to a degree. Feedback suggests the time is right to go back and do a beginner-level introduction to QTJ.
It's not that we think O'Reilly readers skip the developer docs or ignore the demos that come with the SDK, but we just want to be sure we're good before we hit the hard stuff. After all, there's matrix math coming up when we get to sprite animation ...
I will be using this article in the future for reference purposes, in the
sense of "If this is your first time writing a QTJ app, go back to this
article and make sure you've got everything set up correctly." Between
CLASSPATH issues and the obtuse situation with QTJ and Java 1.4.1 on Mac OS X, it'll be nice to not have to reiterate three paragraphs of
gotchas every time.
Apple's QuickTime for Java is a Java wrapper around much of the native QuickTime media API, which itself has been available and under ongoing development since 1991. It is available for the classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, and Windows. Note the obvious omission: it is not available for Linux or any other OS at this time; nor is there an all-Java version.
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QuickTime is sometimes thought of as just a media format and player, a rival to Windows Media and Real Player, with support for a wide variety of media formats, including some that most people aren't aware of (such as Flash 5 and Photoshop). But that thinking overlooks the fact that it was designed as a media creation API, with tools to capture and edit media, apply effects, and to export to different formats. QuickTime also includes a legacy imaging API, sprites, and support for interactivity within a movie. QuickTime used to include a 3D API, QuickDraw 3D, but it was dropped in Mac OS X in favor of OpenGL. We won't discuss it again.
QuickTime had been around for years before the QTJ project started, and was
designed for use with straight C — not necessarily C++ or Objective-C.
While QTJ re-envisions QuickTime from a more object-oriented perspective, QTJ
code still seems different than what you might be used to working with in
JavaSoft's APIs. For example, while most classes in core Java and the standard
extensions define constants in the classes where they are used (e.g.,
Integer.MAX_VALUE), QTJ defines massive
lists of constants in
StdQTConstants4, etc., which hints at their origin as members of
big C header files like Movies.h.
By the way, Apple's sample code has a tendency to declare that it
implements these no-method interfaces, which is an easy-to-write
but hard-to-follow way of inheriting the constants. In my sample code, I will
always explicitly reference the constant by class so you can find it again
Let me start with the ultimate in simplicity — not using QTJ at all. Every once in a while, someone will post the to the quicktime-java list that they need to learn QTJ because they want to put a movie in an applet in a web page.
That is overkill. Since it requires the user to have Java, QuickTime, and QuickTime for Java all installed, the size of the potential audience is smaller than it would be without so many dependencies.
If all you want to do is put a QuickTime movie in a web page, just use a
pair of simple HTML tags. Most browsers will pick up the
<EMBED> tag, but since Internet Explorer is special, it needs an
<OBJECT> tag. Here's a simple example of a suitable tag:
<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B"
width="160" height="136"
<param name="src" VALUE="../media/keagy-ball-1.mov"/>
<param name="autoplay" VALUE="false"/>
<embed src="../media/keagy-ball-1.mov"
width="160" height="136" autoplay="false"
Some of these values are boilerplate and never change, namely the
classid and
and the
pluginspage. Beyond that,
the variables that you populate simply need to get repeated as both
<param> children of the
<object> tag and
attributes of the
<embed> tag. The only required values for
the simplest case are:
src: The URL of the movie
height and
width: Dimensions of the movie. If
you intend to show the controller (the bar with the volume control, play/pause
button, and the "scrubber"), add 16 pixels to the height.
I've added an entry,
autoplay, as another attribute, mostly just
to keep things interesting — it doesn't have a default value, since
general autoplay behavior is determined by the user's QuickTime preferences.
This and many more attributes are described in Apple's document "Embedding QuickTime
for Web Delivery."
You could also drop the controller, instead controlling the movie through
your own HTML buttons, links, or other page elements. You can do this with the
QuickTime plug-in's JavaScript
support. In this case, just add the attribute
true to the
<embed> tag (it's not necessary for the
<object> tag), give it a
name attribute and
parameter, and then refer to the movie by that name when you call methods such
Play() and
Stop(), as in this example. More sophisticated methods are available for getting and setting movie properties like the playback rate
and volume, examining the track structure of the movie, and getting limited
access to sprite and QuickTime VR properties.
One option to get a lot of mileage out of authoring (in lieu of coding) is to use the "Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language", or SMIL (pronounced "smile"). This XML markup, a WC3 standard, allows you to present audio, video, text, and other elements, from multiple sources, in one display, using the markup to arrange the elements temporally and spatially, indicating what goes where and when.
Here's an example QuickTime SMIL presentation. It shows some logos with background music, then offers links to multiple versions of a QuickTime movie:
<smil>  <layout> <root-layout id="root" width="320" height="240" background-color="white"/> <region id="main" width="320" height="240" z-index="1" fit="meet" /> <region id="onjava-reg" width="294" height="82" z-index="1" left="13" top="79"/> <region id="macdevcenter-reg" width="202" height="88" z-index="1" left="59" top="76"/> <region id="and-reg" width="40" height="20" left="140" top="110"/> <region id="present-reg" width="80" height="20" left="120" top="110"/> <region id="link1-reg" width="80" height="60" left="240" top="60" z-index="2"/> <region id="link2-reg" width="80" height="60" left="240" top="135" z-index="2"/> </layout>   <par>  <audio src="Worldwide-15.mp3"/> <seq>      <par>      </par> </seq> </par>  </smil>
In the
 tag, we define a number of spatial
"regions". Our content will refer to these to indicate where it will
be placed on the screen. You can have any number of regions, with several used at
a time.
References to media go in the
 section, grouped
according to whether different items are "parallel" or in
"sequence." Items in a
<par> tag are shown or
played at the same time, while those in a
<seq> tag are
shown or played one after another, either for their natural duration (if
appropriate) or for the time specified in a "dur" attribute.
Our example pairs an audio clip (a 15-second soundtrack from FreePlay Music, whose royalty-free audio clips are available to .Mac users via the iDisk Software folder), with a sequence of elements. The first four
members of the sequence are graphics: the ONJava logo, an "and" graphic, the MacDevCenter logo, and a "presents" graphic. Note that Apple's SMIL docs include a way to include text from a file or a
URL, but I used graphics so I could control the font and color.
The last member of the sequence is another
<par> tag,
this time combining a poster frame,
keagy-closeup.jpeg, with two
image links to the movie. Notice that the link elements refer to two regions
z-index is
2, while the
region has a
z-index of
1. This causes the link graphics to be
drawn on top of the poster image.
Among the many possible uses of SMIL, this illustrates a way to create "alternate movies" (movies that redirect to other QuickTime movies, perhaps to offer different sizes or bitrates). This is easier than the technique offered here. (If you don't scare easily, check out the low-level details of how this kind of real "alternate movie" works, along with an audacious QuickTime for Java implementation.)
Let's assume that you really do need QuickTime for Java — you need to deliver as an application, you're writing a cool transcoding servlet, or whatever. Where should you begin?
First, check the system on your desk. Is it a Mac or a Windows box? Good. Sorry, no QuickTime on other operating systems, and thus no QTJ — and that includes CodeWeavers' CrossOver for Linux, which supports only the QuickTime browser plug-in, not QT in applications.
Next, you need to install QuickTime, which is available from Apple's site, if you don't already have it. I will assume from this point on that everyone is using QuickTime 6, which you need for some of the more interesting topics we'll be covering, such as MPEG-4. By the way, you don't need to purchase QuickTime Pro for QTJ development, though unlocking the editing and exporting features of Apple's player does make it easier to create test media for your development needs.
Mac OS X users can expect Java 1.3.1, QuickTime, and QuickTime for Java to be installed with the operating system. Windows users don't necessarily have any of these. Start at java.sun.com to get Java, then go get QuickTime from the link above. QuickTime for Java is not part of the "Recommended" QuickTime install, so you need to do a "Custom" install and specifically select QuickTime for Java.
Figure 1. Custom install of QuickTime on Windows
It's important to install Java first, since the QTJ installer needs to find Java installations on your system and install its QTJava.zip and QTJava.dll files where Java can find them.
There are QuickTime for Java SDKs available for download on Apple's site, but they are not strictly required for development, as all you really need to compile is the QTJava.zip file that is placed in your $JAVA_HOME/lib/ext directory. The SDK contains the javadocs and about 50 demo applications. While both are available on the web, it's well worth your time to get the SDK to have local copies.
Source Code
Download the source code for the simple player example.
It's not quite
HelloWorld, but a basic player is pretty much
the first thing to create with a media API. Here's a simple player that asks
the user to locate a QuickTime-playable file on the filesystem, opens the movie
in a new frame, and plays it:
package com.mac.invalidname.simpleqtplayer;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.io.File;
import quicktime.*;
import quicktime.app.*;
import quicktime.app.players.*;
import quicktime.app.display.*;
import quicktime.io.*;
import quicktime.std.*;
import quicktime.std.movies.*;
public class SimpleQTPlayer extends Frame {
Movie movie;
public SimpleQTPlayer (String title) {
super (title);
try {
FileDialog fd = new FileDialog (this,
"Select source movie",
if (fd.getFile() == null)
// get movie from file
File f = new File (fd.getDirectory(), fd.getFile());
OpenMovieFile omFile =
OpenMovieFile.asRead (new QTFile (f));
movie = Movie.fromFile (omFile);
// get a Drawable for Movie, put in QTCanvas
MoviePlayer player = new MoviePlayer (movie);
QTCanvas canvas = new QTCanvas();
canvas.setClient (player, true);
add (canvas);
// windows-like close-to-quit
addWindowListener (new WindowAdapter() {
public void windowClosing (WindowEvent e) {
} catch (Exception e) {
public static void main (String[] args) {
SimpleQTPlayer frame =
new SimpleQTPlayer ("Simple QTJ Player");
try {
} catch (Exception e) {
Here's what the output looks like — in my case, a home movie running in a simple AWT Frame:
Figure 2. Simple QTJ Player
Try it with different kinds of media that QuickTime supports, such as .mov and .avi videos, still images in various formats, and .mp3 and .wav audio files. (You'll get a zero-size window if you play an audio-only file.) This simple app should play most, if not all, of the supported media types.
Before we fight with the compiler — which will be a hassle the first time you do it — let's examine what the code does. The essential QuickTime stuff is in the constructor:
QTSession.open() initializes QuickTime and must be called
before any other QTJ calls are made.
Movie.fromFile creates a
Movie object from an
MoviePlayer is created from the
QTCanvas object is created, and accepts a reference to the
MoviePlayer in its
setClient() method.
QTCanvas is added as the only component of the
Frame, making it the only thing we'll see.
WindowListener is set up to shut down QuickTime when
the application goes away.
main() method calls
start() on the
Movie, which starts playing in our window.
There are some peculiarities here: the number of imports is probably
surprising for such a small application, and you might wonder if there aren't
some unnecessary extra steps here. In particular, why do we hand the
Movie to this
MoviePlayer object? Why is it then
sent to the
QTPlayer, not in a constructor, but in the curiously
setClient method?
Don't worry, all will be covered in due course.
Let's look at compiling first. The QTJava.zip file that
contains the QTJ classes is put in your Java extensions directory by the
installer. Strangely, it only gets picked up for running applications and
applets, not for compiling. When you compile, you must explicitly put the file
in your
CLASSPATH. On the command line, use a
jikes argument like
/System/Library/Java/Extensions/QTJava.zip (that's the Mac OS X path;
the Windows path will depend on where you installed the JDK). In an IDE, it's
usually a matter of dragging and dropping QTJava.zip into your
current project:
Figure 3. Dragging QTJava.zip into Project Builder project on Mac OS X
It will be pretty easy to tell if you don't have the
correct, as all of those imports will fail, looking something like this:
SimpleQTJPlayer.java:5: package quicktime does not exist
SimpleQTJPlayer.java:6: package quicktime.app does not exist
SimpleQTJPlayer.java:7: package quicktime.app.players does not exist
SimpleQTJPlayer.java:8: package quicktime.app.display does not exist
Obviously, this is enough of a hassle that if you are not using an IDE, you
may want to set up a
Makefile or an Ant build.xml file to save you
from ongoing
CLASSPATH misery. The example code for these articles will continue to provide Ant files to build the code, and you're
welcome to use them for your own QTJ development.
There's one additional compile-time hassle: in making huge changes to how Java works in Mac OS X, Apple's 1.4.1 implementation is not currently compatible with QuickTime for Java. The problem comes from Apple's move to using Cocoa for their AWT/Swing implementation in 1.4.1, instead of Carbon, which they used for 1.3.1 and QTJ. I wrote about this in an O'Reilly weblog last month, and the problem has not been resolved as of this writing.
The workaround on Mac OS X is to use Java 1.3.1 explicitly, which will
reportedly still be in the next major release of Mac OS X. In fact, since
1.4.1 is currently an optional download, it's safer to code to 1.3.1 anyway.
Unfortunately, 1.4.1 becomes the default when installed, so it's a hassle.
When working from the command line, you can specifically point to the 1.3.1
javac and
java by using the path:
I've included this path in the sample code's
my.ant.properties.mac file, which you need to rename to
my.ant.properties to get picked up by
ant. If you're using
an IDE, there's probably a way to set your compiler and interpreter version to
1.3 in the GUI — in Project Builder, it's under "Java Compiler
Settings" in the Target Settings:
Figure 4. Setting Project Builder to use Java 1.3.1 for QTJ on Mac
By the way, people have been asking me if I think the 1.4.1 problem means that QTJ is doomed and if they should go looking for another media API. For what it's worth, I prefer to just wait and see what happens — Apple hasn't officially dropped or deprecated QuickTime for Java. In the past, they've been pretty clear about when a technology is toast. Furthermore, Amazon still has a listing for a new edition of a QTJ book, written by Apple insiders, due in September. The situation is unclear — maybe we'll get more information at WWDC. In the meantime, while I'd prefer not having to work around the 1.4.1 situation, it's not time to panic. Not yet, anyway.
Movie and Other Essential Classes
In our example, it was simple to create a
Movie object from a
file reference, by way of the
OpenMovieFile object. Appropriately
Movie is the heart and soul of the QuickTime for Java API,
offering method calls for most common tasks:
Movie objects from files, the system clipboard,
memory locations, capture devices, and
DataRef objects (commonly
used as a wrapper for
URLs), or creating empty
that we will create at runtime.
It's important to think of a
Movie not just in terms of what
you can call on it, but also what it represents. In QuickTime, a
Movie represents an organization of different kinds of time-based
data, but it does not represent the data itself. In the QuickTime way of
Movies have
Tracks that refer to
Media, which represent the low-level data like media samples (for
example, audio samples or video frames).
This division allows you to go as deeply into the details as you need.
Suppose you have a
Movie that's made up of successive video tracks
of different sizes. (You'll be able to create such a thing by the end of part
2.) If you want to know the size it will take up on screen, perhaps to create
a rectangle big enough to accommodate all of the tracks, then you could call
Movie.getBox(). But if you need to know the size of just one of
those tracks, you could iterate over the
Track objects, find the
one you want, and call its
Another key concept of
Movies is that they have a time scale,
an integer that represents the time-keeping system within the movie. This
value defaults to
600, meaning the movie has 600 time units per
second. Values returned by methods like
getDuration() and
getTime() use this time scale, so a 30-second movie with a
time scale of 600 returns
18000 for
More interesting, though, is the fact that the various
inside this
Movie can and will have totally different time scales
— uncompressed CD-quality audio might have a time scale of 44100, since
it's 44.1 kHz — but the
Movie isolates you from such
details, so you don't have to worry about it, unless you want to iterate over
Media objects and investigate them specifically.
Movie object wraps a structure and many functions from the
native QuickTime API. Other classes in QTJ are unique to the Java version.
QTCanvas is an AWT component that offers a bridge from the
QuickTime world to the Java display. To use a
QTCanvas, call the
setClient() method to hook it up to a class implementing the
Drawable interface.
Drawable is another QTJ-only
creation, which indicates the ability of certain QTJ classes to provide pixels
and sizing information to a
MoviePlayer is
used for the simplest playback needs — other special-purpose
Drawables exist for playing movies with a controller
QTPlayer), showing output from a capture device
SGDrawer), rendering effects (
and for stream-broadcasting (
Notice that I described the
QTCanvas as an AWT component.
SimpleQTPlayer is written entirely in AWT, not Swing. That's
because the
QTCanvas is a native component, allowing QuickTime to
use hardware-accelerated rendering of your movie. The disadvantage, of course,
is the difficulty of mixing AWT and Swing components. Because heavyweight AWT
components will appear on top of any Swing components, a
will appear above Swing
JMenus, blasting through
JTabbedPanes, and generally making a nuisance of itself, if you're
not careful.
If you must use Swing for a QTJ app, there are two options. First, you can
use the
JQTCanvas, a lightweight Swing component introduced in
QuickTime 6 that behaves like other
JComponents in honoring Swing
z-axis ordering. Unfortunately, its performance is generally poor; the movie
must be re-imaged in software to get it into Swing's graphic space so that it can be
painted. The second alternative is to carefully design your Swing layout to
accomodate the heavyweight
QTCanvas, not using overlapping
components. The most common problem people experience with this is
JMenus disappearing under the
QTCanvas. You can get
around this by calling
setLightweightPopupEnabled (false) on your
Now we've got a basic player, but of course, that's what we got from the QuickTime plug-in when we started. In Part 2, we'll delve into what makes QuickTime unique by getting into the editing API, allowing us to write a basic video editor with just a handful of code.
Chris Adamson is an author, editor, and developer specializing in iPhone and Mac.
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Prince Albert and a Grande Exit
I don't know if you noticed it on Sunday when the regular season came to an end but Albert Pujols won the National League Triple Crown.
Not for the season . . . for the decade!
This year, Pujols led the NL in home runs with 47, finished third in batting average at .327, and finished third in RBI with 135.
For the decade of the 2000s, Pujols ranked first in the National League in average (.334), home runs (366), and RBI (1112).
Now that's impressive.
Pujols became just the third player in history to win a decade Triple Crown joining Ted Williams (1940s-AL), Rogers Hornsby (1930s-NL) and Honus Wagner (1900s-NL).
I mention that stat for this reason. One of my goals as a sports fan is to see the superstars of my lifetime perform in person at least once.
Off the top of my head, here are some of the legends I'll be able to tell my son Sam that I've been able to see in person:
Baseball: Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Sammy Sosa, Mark McGuire, Alex Rodriguez, Tony Gwynn, Ichiro Suzuki, Manny Ramirez, Greg Maddux, Roger Clemens, Pedro Martinez, Randy Johnson, Nolan Ryan, Derek Jeter, Barry Larkin, and Pujols.
Football: OJ Simpson, Walter Payton, Emmitt Smith, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, Tom Brady, Brett Favre, John Elway, Jerry Rice, Randy Moss, Bruce Smith, and Lawrence Taylor.
Basketball: Michael Jordan (in college and the NBA), LeBron James, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, Charles Barkley, Pat Ewing, David Robinson, Hakeem Olajuwon, Pete Maravich, Kevin McHale, and OJ Mayo (as an 8th grader).
Golf: Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, and Arnold Palmer.
My biggest regret is never making the effort to see Wayne Gretzky in person. I've been to quite a few NHL games, but never saw "The Great One" in action. That's the gaping hole on my sports fan resume.
Who are some of the legends that you're proud to say you watched in person – maybe even at McCoy Stadium! Let me know in the comments section.
* * * * *
One of my mentors in sports broadcasting announced that he will not return to the Cincinnati Reds TV booth next season, as George Grande opted out of the final year of his contract to spend more time with his family in Connecticut.
There truly is not a nicer person on this earth than George Grande, and I could write a book about all that I learned from him during the years that I hosted the Reds pre-game show on FSN Ohio.
The most important lesson I learned was how to make use of your time in the hours leading up to the first pitch. George was constantly on the move, striking up casual conversations with players and coaches from both teams. By the time the game arrived, he had a notebook full of fresh material that he would sprinkle through that night's broadcast.
For years, George has been the Master of Ceremonies every summer at the Hall of Fame Inductions in Cooperstown. One day soon, he'll step to the mic as a recipient of the Ford Frick Award and he takes his place in the broadcaster's wing of the Hall of Fame.
By the way, George was kind enough to join Steve Hyder and me on an episode of "PawSox Insider" this summer. You can listen to it here. It's Episode 18, Part 1.
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While I've seen most everyone that has played for the Bosox and Pawsox since the mid 60's, it was alway extra special to see the visiting players of my youth…Mantle, the Robinsons, Powell, Killebrew.
Best of all was the chance to see Hank Aaron in his last visit to Fenway. Somehow, my dad got first row seats right next to the visitor's dugout and when the crowd gave him a standing "O", Aaron came out and tipped his cap. I can see him clear as day in that powder blue Brewers uniform, waving his hat to the crowd. Still gives me chills.
mostly recent guys, all the pawsox allum on the Bosox. including john smoltz all of his starts, wakefield, dice k. Manny, big papi. lots of other.
Does Tiznow count?
It's funny–I guess while I am awed by greatness (and will always be grateful to have seen Pedro, not to mention the Bird-era Celtics) my heart is closer to the guys who give it everything they have, even if it doesn't get them to the absolute pinnacle. Even in horse racing, I'd have been more inclined to single out, say, a campaigner like Evening Attire.
From the sound of it, we listeners owe a debt to George Grande for the lessons he taught you, too. Though if his early defection results in a change in next year's PawSox crew, I reserve the right to retract those thanks!

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text: ten-year-old young lady turns into youngest to uncover supernova mezhenaL posted:3/14/2011 2:49:52 AM A ten-year-old Canadian girl became the youngest person to find a supernova after she spied the exploding star last weekend. Working from her Fredericton, New Brunswick home, Kathryn Aurora Gray made her detection with her father's help Jan. 2. Supernova explosions are uncommon cosmic events that are regarded as a feather within the cap of probably the most experienced astronomers. This girl might have an excellent future and not need to take out any unsecured loans for college if she continues this path. Resource for this article - New Years Eve supernova discovered by 10-year-old Canadian girl by MoneyBlogNewz. All about supernova discoveryKathryn Aurora Gray found her supernova scanning images of the night sky taken with her father's telescope on New Year's Eve. There was a computer program began to help Astronomers discover supernovas. Generally they take a look at pictures of the sky from the past and future and see if you will find any new things in the sky. When a supernova explodes, the bright flash outshines the surrounding stars, appearing up on a subsequent image where it didn't before. Kathryn's night sky images were taken at nearby Abbey Ridge Observatory. The supernova was found in a galaxy called UGC 3378 about 240 million light years from Earth.Astronomer gets luckyThe discoveries made by Kathryn came early in her career. Most astronomers don't make these discoveries so quickly. She became interested in astronomy about a year ago and decided to focus on finding a supernova when she learned that the youngest person to ever discover an exploding star was a 14-year-old. Kathryn's father, Paul Gray who discovered six supernovas already, is who she could be sharing her recognition for finding the star with.Not too far away is a supernovaAstronomers study supernovas because their blasts spew chemical elements billions of miles into space that eventually coalesce into planets. The supernova Kathryn found exploded a long time ago. It was about 240 million years within the past when it happened. The last supernova detected within the Milky Way galaxy exploded about 140 years ago. Remnants of an explosion were found by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory which is an orbiting telescope although nobody on Earth observed it. In about 1680 the last known supernova in the Milky Way exploded.Information fromMSNBCmsnbc.msn.com/id/40908913/ns/technology_and_science-space/Christian Science Monitoren.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandra_X-ray_ObservatoryDiscovery Newsnews.discovery.com/space/supernova-discovered-by-10-year-old.htmlluvdase posted:3/15/2011 1:04:49 AM Ever so cool! Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Magic Find Bottle
The other week I had a brilliant idea. It came to me rather abruptly in the middle of the night as I walked to the bathroom. A sharp driving pain sent me into a fit of rage when I saw a little tiny Barbie shoe that had implanted itself into the arch of my foot. It was becoming very annoying stepping on all these discarded things. It had gotten to the point where I would just hope the vacuum would solve the problem for me.
Whenever we buy a new toy like (Barbie) there always seems to be little shoes, little purses, little accessories that the kids just chuck around. I find them everywhere. I used to put them in my pocket and try to match stuff up later. I cant be bothered to do this anymore. So I thought of an idea to do something useful with all these "spare parts".
We created something fun that we call "The Magic Find Bottle".
Here is what you need:
- 1 clean and dry Juice bottle or Soda bottle
- pot barley
- food colouring
- lost things
Start out by removing the label and cleaning out a juice or soda bottle and make sure it is very dry before you use it. It also must have a tight-fitting lid. Fill the bottle with the barley up to about 2 inches from the top. This will give you an idea of how much barley to use – you want to still be able to move around the barley inside the bottle so don't fill it up too much. Separate the barley into little dishes and add different colour food colouring to each dish. I used about 10-15 drops or so. Mix well. put them in a spot where little hands or pets won't reach them. You don't want a rainbow of a mess everywhere. Stir up the bowls every morning so it is good and dry. I think I left out the bowls for 5 days.
Next you take all of your lost items and mark them down on a list. Make sure that the items you choose can fit into the opening of the bottle first. The kids can help you to add an item and add some of the coloured barley. Once it is all in there you can tape the list to the outside of the bottle.
Both of the girls love to play with this bottle. Sunshine loves to shake it up and Loveliness loves to look for all the things inside. Another great thing about this is when the girls get bored with what is inside I can change it up and put different lost things inside.


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Just wanna start this thread off by saying what a tremendous job Brian Cashman did this offseason...Very quietly, he's added a well-rounded former NL all-star catcher (only a couple of years removed) that has returned to form in a big way, a HUGE surprise addition for the rotation in Bartolo Colon (dude was fantastic last night against the White Sox, hitting 96 MPH several times), a second solid starting pitcher that can still get guys out in Freddy Garcia & two former all-stars that can still produce when called upon in Eric Chavez and Andruw Jones...That's not even counting the Rafael Soriano signing, arguably the AL's best short man last year (a move Cash wasn't even behind totally---true he's been spotty recently and we did have to give up a 1st round draft choice in order to sign him but I think it will be worth it. We now have probably the best back end of any bullpen out there even with Soriano struggling a little bit recently and great insurance and a solid replacement once Mo hangs it up for good)..I mean outside of the Phillies who got Cliff Lee for millions less only because he wanted to return, name a team that had a more successful offseason. Right now, Cash is exec of the year and I don't even think it's close. Go Yanks!!!!!!
I think Cash did a good job of getting good value out of retreads like Bartolo Colon, Freddy Garcia, Eric Chavez, Andruw Jones & especially Russell Martin. Those guys have injected some much needed depth to our roster with proven MLB veterans. It was a good bounceback from the pisspoor job he did last year as the GM trading for Javy Vazquez & failing to get the trade for Cliff Lee consummated because he was too afraid to give up Eduardo Nunez to the Seattle Mariners. I feel much better about the Yankees now than I did to begin the season & that's largely due to the fantastic job that Colon & AJ Burnett have done as our starters so far. If not for those guys our rotation would be in dire straits right now with Phil Hughes & his dead arm issue that just might put him out of commission for a good part of the season. Cash still needs to make a splash at the Allstar break & bring in another reliable arm for the rotation because going into the postseason with just CC & a bunch of question marks is not gonna get it done IMO.
Yankees keep on winning...I love my team <3
Colon has been a Godsend...Unbelieveable. He's everything we haven't gotten from Phil Hughes and then some (remember Hughes was very mediocre last year during the 2nd half of the season). I can't believe the movement on this guy's 2-seamer..SICK! Guys just don't seem to be picking it up at all and Martin does a hell of a job framing pitches on the black..I think it has more movement than Greg Maddux's 2-seamer at his peak..And he throws it at 90-93..Plus he can amp up a 4-seamer at 94-96 if need be..Yeah, I'm a little concerned about his age, weight and the fact that he has an injury history, but right now the dude's pitching at an all-star level as far as I'm concerned.. I thought he outpitched Verlander last night.
Speaking of Hughes, glad to hear his circulatory and vascular tests came back clean..That's gotta be a huge weight off his and the Yankees' minds. I think we actually have depth to get by without him for the time being though..Hopefully he rebounds sometime soon but surprisingly, I don't feel overly-concerned about his not being here..I feel like there's enough depth in place where we can take our time with him and get him right..
Very happy for Swish, man..HUGE hit last night to win it for us (and against Valverde, that douchebag--you know the Yanks loved sticking it to that overzealous, ****y jerkoff last night!)..Nick's been real solid lately, ever since he cracked his first longball--I think he's starting to round into form...I just love how we upgraded very quitely in a lot of key areas from last year---catcher, backup infield, backup outfield, rotation, bullpen...Jete not hitting is a concern, but for the time being, we have enough going right to carry him..At least he can still field his position well, but his lack of production at the top of the order is troubling..Just seems late on fastballs and very overmatched up at the dish in general..And he ain't driving the ball at all..He's gotten some hits but they all seems to be of the bleeder/infield hit variety. Both he and Jorgie had a couple of hits last night but sad as it is to say, I think it's pretty close to the end of the line for both guys..You can just tell. Posada actually said in today's paper that he "closed his eyes and swung" on that early run-scoring double he had against Verlander. I mean that's gotta tell ya something right there--I few years back you would've never heard Jorge say something like that...Thank God that if it ever came to the point where we had to upgrade on the fly if those two continue to disappoint, we have some capable fill-ins internally that we could go to, at least to try out first: Eduardo Nunez can play (dude's a pretty big upgrade over Ramiro Pena talent-wise, who I liked) and Jorge Vazquez and Jesus Montero are both hitting well at AAA (both over .300--Montero's at .373 and Vazquez is hitting .302 with 9 HRs)..Both of those guys are hitting well enough to get the call up and probably provide more offense than Posada might be capable of over the long haul now (I understand he hit the 6 early HRs but I don't think we can expect power output like that from him from month to month)..I suspect what we're seeing now is closer to what we can expect from him---a guy that had a great career but now, like Jeter, is beginning to look overmatched at the plate playing every day. We might need a little more out of our DH spot eventually.
Left-handed starter Manny Banuelos is off to a nice start at AA Trenton btw (4 starts, all no-decisions but in 17.1 innings, he's allowed 14 hits and 7 BBs, with 13 Ks while pitching to a 1.56 era)..They seem to be babying him just a little bit (he's gone only 4, 4, 4.2 & 4.2 IP in his 4 starts so far, surprising considering the results have been there) but out of the 3 Killer Bs, I feel this guy could move the quickest even though he's the youngest of the 3...If he continues to excel at AA, I expect to see him pitching at AAA Scranton soon and then if need be, I think we could see him pitching in the Bronx sometime this summer..They actually might be keeping his innings down early in anticipation of that very idea..
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What a shame about Chavez getting injured yesterday..Dude can still play ball at a high level..Not only did he give us good depth behind A-Rod & Tex at 3rd and 1st (and a good option that allowed Joe to rest either guy whenever without losing that much) but also a potent left-handed bat off the pine in the pinch-hit role..
Ramiro Pena looks to be the easiest replacement to call up, however the guy I really want them to bring up is Jorge Vazquez. Like Chavez, he plays two positions, 1st and a little 3rd, and he can really hit the ball..Not left-handed like Chavez which would've been ideal but he can still rake just the same. Read on yankees.com yesterday that Vazquez isn't on the 40-man roster though, so someone would have to be taken off to make room for him..No idea who that could be---Kevin Russo, Gustavo Molina (who was just sent down when Cervelli was activated---plus we have all sorts of catching depth in the minors), Chris Dickerson?? Whoever it is, do whatever needs to be done: add Vazquez to the 40-man, call him up to the bigs, give him a taste and lets see what he's got. What if he comes up and mashes the ball, even in limited duty? Then Joe will have an easy decision to make: when Chavez is ready, send down Lance Pendleton to make room and roll with Chavez AND Vazquez (Pendleton seems redundant along with Buddy Carlyle anyway, no? Two very similar long men---Pendleton's younger [and probably has options whereas Carlyle may not, I'm not sure] but I favor Carlyle's stuff, ability to throw strikes and major league experience a little more between the two)..Who knows, if Posada continues to slide, maybe Vazquez could become the everyday DH..The time is NOW to find out about this guy.
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Eric Chavez is as brittle as an 80 yo man. How TF do you break a bone in your foot by running the bases??? SMH.
Looks like they took the easy way out and just replaced Chavez with Ramiro Pena. A little disappointed..I really wanted Jorge Vazquez to get called up. The timing seemed perfect to call this guy up---not only to fill in for Chavez but to see if he was worth keeping up and using as a DH with Posada continuing to underperform in that role. After last night's latest '0 for,' Posada's only hitting .149. We're gonna need much more production than that out of our everyday DH. Now way around it.
Jorge & Jeter combine for a pretty good average. uke:
Looks like Jeter's bat has finally woken up. Good to see he's still got some life left in that bat. Now if only Jorge can get with the program.
Posada, on the other hand, I dunno man...For me, an everyday DH in the American League has to be able to smack the ball around. Period..That's all that player's expected to do--hit the ball. Generate offense..At least when Jeter was really scuffling early, he was still fielding his position well. The guy's a gold-glove SS..The move to make with Jeter, if he kept up the struggles at the plate, would've been to drop him in the order..With Jorgie, unfortunately it's a little different---as the DH, if he doesn't hit, he's gotta sit and you try someone else...We need to get some offense outta that spot. A few factors at play here as far as why they haven't tried something else yet I'm sure: Posada's long, successful tenure as a Yankee; Joe's personal relationship with Jorge; the fact that he hit 6 dingers in April....I get all of that and I respect it...But if he continues to underperform, Joe has no alternative but to try something else and to me, you look from within first before going out and surrendering valuable resources just to add a bat---resources that we might very well need for a starting pitcher later this summer. If Posada continues to struggle, where's the point where Joe goes to him and tell him he's gotta go in a different direction? That's what I wanna know..Mid-May? End of May? Beginning of June? I mean a productive DH is very important. It'll help us win games. If we had a DH that was actually hitting, maybe we win that game the other night where we fought back from 5-0, instead of losing 7-5 when our offense just ran out of steam. I respect Posada and I think he deserves a long leash, longer than most because of who he is and what he's done for us, but sooner or later they'll have to think about an alternative. You can carry a light-hitting leftfielder that hits 9th as long as he brings intangibles and supplies other things you need to win (adds speed to the lineup, affords the manager flexibility to hit him 1st or 9th, actually fields his position and fields it well, etc..). You can't possibly carry a middle-of-the-order DH that isn't hitting. That's the bottom line...They had a golden opportunity to do something significant here when Chavez went down: they should've called up Montero or Vazquez immediately, preferably Vazquez considering he plays 3rd and 1st like Chavez and also considering the fact that you really wanna see Montero continue to catch everyday and develop behind the plate...Vazquez then should've been given an opportunity to play in some games for either A-Rod or Tex right away..It would've be easy on Posada, appearing at first to have nothing to do with him, and would've given him the longer leash at DH he probably deserves...Now if after a few games where Vazquez hit the ball like he looks like he's capable of and Posada continued to struggle, then replacing Posada at DH with Vazquez would've been that much easier for Joe---a much easier sell to Posada too who I'm sure still has a lot of pride. Makes sense to me...I can't believe they didn't go this route...Never too late though. I think it's definitely something we could explore soon if things continue the way they've been going.
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Posada's on the last year of his contract so this is probably his final year in a Yankee uniform. With Russell Martin playing so well I'm beginning to think this is gonna turn into more than just a 1 year stint in Yankee pinstripes for him. Even with Montero waiting in the wings I think the Yankees are extremely happy with what Martin has brought, & at only 28 years old he's got plenty of mileage left in him as a fulltime starting C. I dunno if they will want to use a young kid like Montero as a DH, he may be more valuable to the Yankees as a trade chip to acquire a bigname starting pitcher from a team that's fallen out of the Pennant race at the deadline. Montero's got tremendous upside but if we can get a top tier proven starter for him I think you have to do it. We can't keep relying on Bartolo Colon to keep pitching the way he has so far this year, which has been tremendous, but my fear is he may wear down as the season goes on. AJB has also had a history of wearing down late in the season, & who knows what we'll get out of Freddy Garcia, who's been great so far this year but again, you have to figure he won't be able to keep up this stellar ERA he's pitching to now. Ivan Nova is gonna be up & down all year IMO as well. We just might see Hughes & Montero forming the basis of a blockbuster trade this July.
I agree Martin looks good enough to reup..He'll definitely be back if he maintains his play and shows he can stay healthy. All the positive signs are there: soild behind the plate, good throwing arm, good hitter, in his prime years. He even runs well for a catcher. Dude's been everything we needed and more. What a tremendous shot in the arm for us --- Cash hit the bull's-eye dead center with that signing...I agree that eventually Montero's probably dangled as trade bait for a big pitcher, along with Hughes if we can get him back on the mound and pitching at least semi-effective again sometime soon. Remember, C Gary Sanchez is supposedly an even better catching prospect than Montero, a guy that the Yanks are extremely high on..Along Montero & pitcher Manny Banuelos, those three are rated the three top prospects in the organization at the moment, in different order 1,2,3 depending on who's giving the opinion..Another big reason, along with Martin's solid play behind the plate, why Montero could be expendable. Hey we practically had Cliff Lee in pinstripes with a trade proposal built around Montero as the centerpiece (and that was w/o Hughes included). If we can get Phil back pitching healthy, a Montero/Hughes package should be enough to fetch us one of the top pitchers in baseball, perhaps the top guy, whoever becomes available around the deadline. Either that or Hughes suddenly (and hopefully) regains top velocity or close to it---then we'd have our big pitching reinforcement for the stretch drive AND we hold onto Montero. Either way looks like it could be a win-win for us down the line. Hughes is almost set to start his rehab. Let's keep our fingers crossed that it was only some 'dead-arm' thing and nothing else (the negative results on all the tests he just got seem to indicate that). If Phil can make it back throwing his fastball in the 93-95 range, he might be all we need for the second half.
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After Jorge's disgusting temper tantrum before tonight's game, I hope he retires tomorrow. Can't believe this guy has the nerve to act like a primadonna & pull himself out of the lineup when he's batting .165, all because Joe G had him batting 9th in the lineup. If you ask me Girardi's been more than patient with Jorge all year, but when you're struggling as badly as he is, you gotta think about the team first & personal feelings second. Completely disappointed in Jorge's behavior tonight. I have completely lost any respect I had left for him. He's been a great player for us over the years but no one is above the team. When you're playing like crap you gotta be willing to do what's best for the team & bat 9th if your manager tells you to bat 9th. WTF is Jorge complaining about making all that money he's being paid right now? Unbelievable.
If Alex Rodriguez can accept being bumped down to 8th in the lineup during the playoffs a few years back & not raise a stink about it, then Jorge can accept being bumped down to 9th in a game vs. the Red Sox in May.
Jorge, please take some pointers from Nick Swisher on how to correctly react to being bumped down in the batting order. Right now Jorge's barely half the hitter he used to be, he needs to accept batting 9th & not raise a stink about it because of some hurt feelings a-la Swish:
Swisher sporting new hairdo, spot in lineup
NEW YORK -- Nick Swisher walked into the Yankees' clubhouse Saturday with a new hairstyle. The right fielder also had a new spot in the lineup -- eighth.
Swisher, who is hitting .221 with a .338 on-base percentage this season, moved as part of a Yankees lineup shift for Saturday night's game against the Red Sox. Russell Martin batted sixth and Brett Gardner hit seventh. Andruw Jones was a late insertion for Jorge Posada in the No. 9 hole.
The Yankees made the changes to try to jump-start an offense that, although it has struggled recently, still ranks second in the Major Leagues with 5.14 runs per game. Only the Cardinals score more.
"Maybe that's the thing that needs to be done," Swisher said. "I feel like in the past week I have put some good at-bats together. I haven't come up clutch in sometimes, but I'm just trying to work on that. But I feel like I'm on the up-and-up. But this is a total team effort, so if anything can be done to help this team out, I'm all for it."


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In the last four weeks of this one-year course, we will trace the development of the self in the contemporary age. We will analyze the transformation of the modern self from the beginning of the 19th century to the present.
Three recurring themes crucial to the future of the self provide resonance with the ten-week segments. These themes include the Heroic Self and the Alienated Self; Technology and the Self; and Self and Society.
All students will be engaged in this common unit of instruction. The format will be discussion. Readings will be kept to an absolute minimum to permit students to reflect on the connections among the themes of the ten-week segments.
Development of the Self since the Romantic Period
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#128447 - 05/11/04 07:16 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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I would however have to disagree with jheem-based on gut feeling, I definitely would not name intellectual as the pejorative of the two.
Well, I did say: "To me, intellectual has a slightly more pejorative connotation to it than intelligent." Then, you'd say that intelligent and intellectual both have the same connotations? (Because, for me, intelligent cannot be the pejorative of the two.) I guess what I was trying to say is that while one can learn to become an intellectual, one is either intelligent or not. And like with many things that can be learned, one can be a bad intellectual or a good one, but one is either intelligent or not.
#128448 - 05/11/04 07:25 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Yeahbut, this is a secondary evolution of the word "intellectual", quite separate from "intellect".
Yes, but, words and their meanings usually don't stand still. A secondary or tertiary meaning can easily become the primary or sole meaning. As for the word intellectual's devaluation, I was not thinking of prgamatists, but of anti-intellectuals, especially in US political history.
#128449 - 05/11/04 07:33 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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It is probably the connotations I am looking to define. While the ability to learn intellect is not counterintuitive to me, I -again, without any form of factual reason- also agree with AnnaStrophic's claim that " 'Intellect suggests to me a type of intelligence. You can be intelligent without being intellectual, but not vice-versa.'" and the whole motor/power theory. Which would logically lead intellect to be some kind of higher, more evolved form of intelligence?
#128450 - 05/11/04 07:39 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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I'm with wsieber on this. Intellect is having the faculty to understand; intelligence is understanding (i.e., using ones intellect.)
And, whilst I agree with the principle that pfranz is stating, I think that the disctinction he makes is that between intelligence (or even intellect) and common sense. Working, as I do, among academics, one soon dicovers that the former is always present, but the latter is a rather rarer commodity.
#128451 - 05/11/04 08:05 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Welcome aBoard, reebecca--good to have you. Good question, indeed. jheem, I was glad to see your expansions on your first statement, because I had misinterpreted it entirely.
I would agree that intellectual is more pejorative, but I would also say that it is considered pejorative because a large part of society uses it that way. (I for one don't.) It seems to be equated with terms such as "square", "nerd",
"snob", and at best, "pretentious".
As to the distinction between say an intelligent person and an intellectual person --that's a tricky one! I don't agree that "intelligence" necessarily always includes common sense, or that the implied opposite, intellectuals don't have common sense, is true. But maybe others have seen the words used in these circumstances. I haven't. If I had to get right down to it, I think I would go with (and I believe this fits wsieber's metaphor) saying that a person might be considered intellectual based on acquired knowledge--what they say, and that someone might be considered intelligent based more on what they do--how they act on knowledge/information, pre-acquired or just-learned. Augh, no--I take it back! I've heard people being described as intelligent who demonstrate by their verbal expressions lots of acquired knowledge! Maybe it's more that a person is considered an intellectual if they demonstrate knowledge that is more esoteric (in one area or more) than most peoples'.
Hmm--where would this instance fit? (And it doesn't necessarily have to be either of the above!) One day many years ago, I noticed at breakfast that I was out of milk. Later in the day I heard a report that we would get a heavy snowfall overnight. It took me till evening to put the two pieces of information together: that hey, it would be a lot easier if I went to the grocery this evening before the snow fell. So I did. What can I say? I was young, and hadn't been out on my own all that long.
#128452 - 05/11/04 08:47 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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Intellect refers to a willingness and ability to think deeply on a subject.
Intelligence refers to "how smart you are." It's used in many different ways. It's often used to mean "how much you know," which usage irks me. I think more commonly it's supposed to mean how well one can think. Intelligence is believed to be measured by the Intelligence Quotience, or IQ. I'm very skeptical of this. I think that IQ is what I would call "trivial intelligence."
If one accepts IQ as a measure of real intelligence, it may be true that intellectuals tend to be very intelligent.
I don't believe in common sense. First I don't believe it exists. Second, if it does exist, I don't think it's desirable. (However, I do hold to what Popper referred to as Commonsense Realism.) Nevertheless, Good Sense *is* a desirable thing. It's probably related to intelligence (real and trivial) in some way. I think Gardner is on the right track with multiple intelligences. Also, I completely disagree with the common view that wisdom is how well one uses one's intelligence. Instead I think it is another category of intelligence for which we don't have adequate description. (I mention this because it seems to me that Good Sense and Wisdom are probably related and might even be equivalent.)
Many intellectuals possess a superabundance of trivial intelligence, but are staggeringly poor thinkers. This realization came early on in my university experience and its onset (more aptly, "it's onslaught") initiated a period of profound depression and indifference. (I worked with a person who had published many dozens of papers on a particular subject on which I knew him to be almost entirely ignorant. He was a nice guy, had a few mildly interesting tales, and had the irritating knack of expressing the most trivial ideas in completely impenetrable language. There wasn't anything so straightforward that he was incapable of expressing it poorly. This was not a unique experience.)
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I wonder how the use of "intelligence" as meaning "information" in international security figures in all this.
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I wonder how the use of "intelligence" as meaning "information" in international security figures in all this.
FF called it "trivial intelligence". This goes to the point about intelligence being dependent upon intellect, and versa-vice.
#128455 - 05/12/04 01:25 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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I don't believe in common sense. First I don't believe it exists. You mean, sense is less common than one might think?
#128456 - 05/12/04 07:30 AM Re: intelligence vs intellect
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A secondary or tertiary meaning can easily become the primary or sole meaning.
I don't think the meaning of intellect has been affected by the meaning of intellectual any more than the meaning of liberate has been affected by the meaning of liberal.
Not that I have any useful ideas about the meaning difference between intellect and intelligence. I think it's one of those word pairs that spark discussions about a lot of fine distinctions that aren't shared.
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I can't watch or listen to early games since I am at work and by the time I get home is over but I love reading the game threads from the BIg Blue Wrecking Crew forum (I have a linkie to the right) Here is part of the game thread:
Runs come fast and furious in Cincinnati … let's give Kuroda a chance to settle down before we declare the season over.
can anyone pitch or play d?!?!? WTF
Argue Joe! Do something! Does the man have any passion at all?! We just got screwed. That's a judgement call, they can't just arbitrarily assume where to place the runners.
Nice recovery by Kuroda. Still steamed that Torre can't go out and argue with the umpires. Lasagna would have burst a carotid artery over that call.
It doesn't matter much anyway. The way things are going, we'll need about 12 runs to win this thing.
im thinkin more like 15
manny!!!!! 5-4 good guys
Manny is absolute nails!
Loney isn't
Well, at least Joe can get emotional about his freaking horse… Nice to know he has passion about something
Career RBI #1800 for Manram!
AWOL is warming up.(Bellisario_who's VISA problem because of a DUI last year caused him to miss Spring Training)
raffy with an rbi triple….. holy crap hes on fire
Joe says that's one of the few things he still gets emotional about. Dammit, I'm pretty emotional about how placidly he manages my team. He acts like he doesn't give a ****, and manages like the outcome is of no consequence. Meanwhile he's misting up watching his nag run around in circles.
I'm confused. Is Torre speaking of his pony or his wife? SamAdams, you said he was watching his nag run…! Most guys would be happy to get their nagging wife to run…! Be glad to be so fortunate, Joe…!
Apparently tonight, the discussion has gone from Torre's pony to beating a dead horse.
AWOL on the mound.
KEMP = MVP…! The only thing that may prevent it is Andre…! Nice problem to have…
I hope you are right and think there's a reasonable chance but it is hard to forget about Puljos.
I really can't believe this is the Dodgers. Over the years they've usually been a terrific pitching, weak hitting team. I feel like the world is upside down. Kemp is an absolute ANIMAL.
AWOL is still inducing the grounders. The Bowler is back!
Say goodbye to first place Gnats. The Madres just swept 'em.
23 runs in 2 days but only one win. Oh well, we'll take it.
According to the Dodgers site, Weaver tweaked his back. Torre denied Stoner's "workload" had any bearing on the injury.
Yeah, I believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny and the Great Pumpkin. Let's face it, Torre has zero clue on how to handle a bullpen, do a double switch or spell cat. I hope Donny is taking notes and learning what not to do as a manager.
I'll buy that Weaver's injury may not be directly related to workload, but what I can't get over was how stupid it was to bring him into the game. It's a 7 run lead in the 8th inning, and Monasterios hadn't pitched in 4 days. I get that he's a Rule 5 guy, but he's shown that he's at least usable (he did get through the last 2 innings with no issue, after Weaver left). Why bring in a guy you count on like Weaver, when it's a perfect situation to let your Rule 5 guy soak up some innings? Killed me.
Thanks Big Blue Wrecking Crew!
Thank you Dodgers!!
Final score Dodgers 14, Reds 6.
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When I was a kid, I used to LOVE daytime baseball. But now that I have a job, daytime baseball is something I hate because it means that I can't watch baseball untl the next night! What a reversal!
It has so far been a freaky first month of baseball, lets hope it settles down and a little more normality arrives in May… it just doesn't seem right San 1 & 2 a top the NL West, there should be at least a team splitting them up…..:-)
I sent you an email about the 'link' signature without an http…
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Not happy about this……
We have officially become a National League West version of the Texas Rangers…..
Hey Emma!
Thx for your words on ITD; I just told Nelly that I'm tickled Dodger Blue by Josh's comment! I'll say hi to my mom for you; I look forward to getting your pictures!
unfortunately I did not watch baseball as akid. Soccer was pretty much our only sport in Honduras.
No bueno seeing those San in 1&2 but so glad Padres took care of the hated Jints. Thanks for the email about the linkie thing!!
At least we have a better record than the Red Sox.
I felt asleep waiting for brother Vic to get off the computer so I did not send the pics but today! I promise! Josh was so sweeet doing that!
I got my new graphs up about the Nationals series. Should be pretty interesting and hopefully it will change the course of the Dodgers this season on the road. The best thing I noticed about the Dodgers and Nationals is that the Dodgers score most of their runs in the 1st and 7th and the Nationals give up most of their runs in the 1st and 5th and 7th. That could work out well for the Dodgers. I'd like to see them keep the offense pounding to give the pitching more time to work out the kinks.
Thanks Aducker for the heads up! I'll go check it out. I always enjoy your graphs.
Out of curiosity, have you figured out a way to cross post your MLBlog to your other Dodgers Blue Blog or do you just double post everything?
I just copy/paste. I usually start on this blog and copy paste to the other. Do you also have a blog there?
i ALWAYS miss daytime baseball because of school… i remember during post season I used to rush out of school to get into my grandpa's car. Then as I quickly turned on the radio (it would always be the 7th-9th inning) he would recap everything that happened from the beginning. I swear he's amazing.. he remembers every play and at bat. I love watching baseball with him🙂
Ahhh Mimi, Those are such wonderful memories! Treasure them, document them.
"At least we have a better record than the Red Sox."
I resemble that remark!😉
Very true, though. Our commentary is starting to look like that thread you posted!
LOL Greg!
Good to read you again! We just got to tell each other "is early, is early" But the boys better get it together! June I will be in Boston!!
Emma – No I don't, but I dislike the MLBlog interface, so I was curious if you somehow found a way to bypass it. Copy/paste works, though!
I have not try yet to go the other way. I mean from the other blog to this one.
Sorry if this is not related.
Does anybody know a good luther the movie site?.
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