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The Ultimate Breakdown of the Red Sox Offseason
Hello dear readers, it has been a while, and I would just like to apologize for my lack of a presence (this always seems to happen). I've had exams, and I've been focusing nearly all of my energy on resurrecting my physics grade. So since my last entry, a lot has happened. I'm not here to catch you up, because you can read about the signing on your own. I'm here to analyze what these moves mean.
The end of the 2009 Red Sox season was disappointing to say
the least. Of course, the feat of simply making the playoffs is something to be
proud of, considering there are 22 other teams who don't. But when the offense
becomes anemic in the first round of the playoffs, and your closer blows the
lead that would have stopped you from getting swept, it's disappointing. I
think that there were a lot of lessons that the Red Sox learned over the course
of the 2009 season, and there is certainly a lot to improve upon.
think that the Red Sox learned that signing proven National League veterans
coming off injuries isn't too promising. It is clear that the American League
is significantly more powerful than the National League (just look at the
All-Star games for the past decade). I understand what Theo Epstein was
thinking last season with the low-risk, high reward mentality, but the fact of
the matter is that it is nearly impossible to make the transition from the
National League to the American League. Brad Penny and John Smoltz struggled
constantly in every single one of their starts, and it was disappointing. It
was even more frustrating that as soon as they returned to the National League,
they pitched wonderfully. This is not something that could have been
controlled, but I think that the Red Sox learned their lesson. So what did they
do to solve this problem? They went out and signed the best free agent pitcher
on the market, John Lackey.
take a look at the rotation that the Red Sox have now. I don't know what the
order will be yet, but we have Josh Beckett, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Clay
Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, and Tim Wakefield: six quality starters. I think
that the signing of John Lackey cleared a lot of things up for the Red Sox this
offseason. First of all, this gives the Red Sox a lot more flexibility when it
comes to trades. At the beginning of the offseason, the Red Sox were at least
thinking about pursuing the power-hitting first baseman Adrian Gonzalez. At the
beginning of the offseason though, trading Buchholz and a couple of prospects
was not really an option for the Red Sox; with the acquisition of John Lackey,
it is. I'll get to the whole Adrian Gonzalez thing in a little bit though.
Red Sox certainly allocated the majority of their money towards the acquisition
of Lackey. A five-year, $87.5 million contract doesn't leave much room for what
would be considered another major acquisition in Jason Bay. I thought that the
four-year $60 million deal that was offered to Bay was quite reasonable. I
don't think that he is worth more than that, and I'm glad that the Red Sox
aren't simply throwing money at him. I suppose that he has a reasonable amount
of flexibility though considering he is one of only two premier left-fielder
free agents on the market. Understanding this, the Red Sox went out and signed
a quality outfielder in Mike Cameron. Believe me, I know that he is no Jason
Bay, but it's not like he is bad. He could possibly split time with Jeremy
Hermida (remember that acquisition way back when at the beginning of the
offseason?), and I see this signing as a temporary quick fix.
Red Sox have three solid outfield prospects coming up in the next few years.
Some of you may remember Josh Reddick from either Spring Training, or some of
the appearances he made in the Majors this year. There is also Ryan
Westmoreland and Ryan Kalish. These three guys are the reason that the Red Sox
were hesitant to throw money and years at Jason Bay. Keep your eye out for
these guys during Spring Training and the minors next season; they're going to
be big.
infield seemed pretty solidified with the acquisition of Marco Scutaro a few
weeks ago, but everything was almost shifted around when the Red Sox were
looking to trade third baseman Mike Lowell to the Texas Rangers for catcher Max
Ramirez. I know that Mike Lowell is getting old, and I know that the number of
games he has been able to play has been limited due to nagging injuries. But he
still competes. He is still on the highlight reels, he still makes those
amazing grabs at third base, and the man hit .290. To be completely honest, I
think that the Red Sox use him as a scapegoat sometimes. They blame some of
their failures on Mike Lowell's injuries. It was hard for me to be completely
objective about this Mike Lowell trade since he has been one of my favorite
players growing up. I think he represents everything about baseball that is
good, and that is important during these days in which baseball is constantly
plagued with scandals. I am glad that the trade didn't go through because I
didn't like the thought of paying $9 million for a guy that doesn't even play
for us anymore.
fact that Mike Lowell did not get traded shifts a few things around as well.
Had he gotten traded, the Red Sox had a few options. They could have gone after
free agent Adrian Beltre, a third baseman from the Seattle Mariners. His asking
price is a bit high, so the $3 million the Red Sox would have saved from Mike
Lowell's contract would not have done much to help, especially with the recent
signing of John Lackey. The Sox also could have moved Kevin Youkilis across the
diamond and had Casey Kotchman, a nearly impeccable defensive first baseman,
playing full time at first. Now that Mike Lowell is staying, the question is
where he will play. I still think he is a perfect capable third baseman, so I
don't think that the Red Sox should have him experiment with playing first
base, a position he has never played in his 12-year career. Perhaps he could
serve as an intermittent designated hitter, but I think that he is most
effective when he is contributing on the field. I know there is reason to be
skeptical of Mike Lowell's defense, especially since he needs thumb surgery. I
think the best course of action is to see how Mike Lowell looks during Spring
Training, and go from there. If the Red Sox are still interested in trading
him, they can try again next year.
The Red Sox are obviously focusing on pitching and defense,
especially the latter considering the Red Sox were ranked second to last as far
as defense goes. I find it interesting that they look to trade Lowell because
of his supposed lack of defensive range, even though his worst defensive year
with the Sox was 2007, when injuries were not a concern. I really think that
everyone needs to have more faith in him.
I think that the Red Sox have been really smart this
offseason in not offering huge contracts to players because we have so many
guys in the farm system, and that system is something that we have absolutely
no reason to doubt. Think about it: we signed Scutaro for two years, Cameron
for two years, and Wakefield for two years. In two years, guys like Jose
Iglesias, the outfield prospects I have mentioned, and Casey Kelly will be
to Adrian Gonzalez. This trade is certainly something we should consider, but I
don't think we should consider it this winter. Let's let this defensive
makeover play out, and if we need an offensive-pick-me-up, fine, let's trade
for Adrian Gonzalez at the trade deadline next year. He could be what Victor
Martinez was this year. The only down side to this is that we would have to
give up a lot for talent like his, and Jed Hoyer, the new GM for the Padres
isn't going to give him up for nothing. After all, he did work with Theo
Epstein for a while. What would the Red Sox have to give up? Clay Buchholz has
been in rumors forever, and more recently, so has the star center fielder,
Jacoby Ellsbury. Much as I may not like trading Buchholz after everything that
he has done, and all of the potential that he clearly possesses, the Red Sox
have the flexibility to sign him. The thing that concerns me more is Jacoby
Ellsbury. I thought that Epstein has made it clear that Ellsbury was our center
fielder of the future. 2009 was a big year for Ellsbury because he developed
into a prototypical leadoff man, and continued to be a fabulous defensive
center fielder. Not to mention stealing home against the New York Yankees. This
is why I think the Red Sox need to wait on trading for Gonzalez: we don't want
to over or underestimate our potential.
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You guys must be very pleased to have John Lackey AND Mike Cameron. Mike was a fan favorite when he was with the Padres for two years. It's going to be interesting where Adrian is gonna end up whether with the Red Sox or the Padres. I would love Jacboy Ellsbury and Clay Buchholz in San Diego. Both of them are such talented players. But I know Adrian has to go somehow if we get them.
You guys have perhaps the best 1-2-3 out of anybody in the AL except for maybe my yankees. I dont think that the Padres would give up A-Gonz even it was for Ellsburry, Bucholtz, and Casey Kelly.
Hey, Elizabeth, I hope you are doing well with that physics! Not my best subject, but it was more fun than biology, for me anyhow!🙂
Good assessment of the off-season moves. I would have liked it if J-Bay had taken the offer we gave him, but I think Theo was right not to move off that offer, and to move on with Hermida and Cameron. Yes, it probably is a stop-gap, but it will at least be adequate for now.
I am SO happy the Lowell deal fell through. As I've said before, wrong deal, wrong time. We don't need a 3rd string catcher if we are going to trade Lowell (I still hope we don't)–we need something more than that for the exchange.
I'd LIKE to see Adrian Gonzalez come here, but I would not put Ellsbury in any trade pkg.. Buchholz, probably yes, depending on the rest of the pkg.. Not with Ellsbury also. We don't need to give up THAT much!
Keep blogging Elizabeth, and have a good holiday! GO SOX!
there's a nice article at mlbtraderumors.com on what to do with Mike Lowell..
and i don't think there will be an Adrian Gonzalez trade this offseason, because supposedly the Padres would be looking for a monster deal (and because Lowell appears to be staying in Beantown; for $12 mil the Red Sox are not just gonna put Lowell on the bench or platoon him; so if he's the gonna be the full time 3rd baseman, then Youkilis stays at first and any talk of acquiring Gonzalez would be moot at this point)
Wow, the Sox are going to have an amazing top of the rotation next year. I'm jealous! The Phils could have had a great 1-2-3 had they kept Cliff Lee. I am so bummed by that trade! Nonetheless, I imagine a lot of Sox and Yankee fans are happy to see Halladay out of the AL East.
Rants, Raves, and Random Thoughts
the Sox should now be able to once again keep the Yankees down in the pecking order….
Merry Christmas to you and your family, hope you have fun and enjoy…:-)
Outside the Phillies Looking In
great analysis as always Elizabeth. with Lackey the rotation is solidified and stronger than that of the Yanks even with their addition of Vazquez. It would be exciting to see Gonzalez in Boston, but I hope he stays in San Diego. sorry. Just like to see some smaller teams regain their stars. Have a Happy new Year!
I couldn't imagine the Red Sox trading away Ellsbury. Maybe I'm overvaluing him, but I think he's definitely one of the best players on your ball club. I enjoy watching him play- except for when he's playing against us! (The Yankees)
I too don't think Jason Bay is worth more than about $12 mil a year, which is why I did a double-take when I saw the offer he's reportedly accepted from the Mets. In fact, I think that's almost too much. $66 mil for an aging left fielder who strikes out a ton? I don't know, seems a bit pricey to me.
I Like Mike, He has been huge in much of the recent Red Sox glory.
I hope he has a super season!
Go Red Sox 2010!!!!!
Agree on the I Like Mike comment…looking forward to having Mike Lowell on the squad in 2010! Think he'll be a great contributor.
It will be interesting to see how much the Red Sox are actually going to be willing to give up for Gonzalez if they ever decide that they need him.
focus on pitching and defense is theo speak for we are gonna suck offensively. the fact is relative to the rest of the league they were fine in terms of pitching and d. and that's with dice-k injured and having a sub par year. the only team with a significantly better era was seattle. and in terms of defense they made the second fewest errors in the league. how much better can they be? the fact is theo has done absolutely NOTHING to address this teams key issue which is/was offense. probably for the reasons you mentioned above i.e. propspects. he's content being the second or third best team in b-ball while waiting on said prospects rather than invest in winning now. i wasn't a huge bay proponent but replacing him cameron and/or hermieda is comical. holliday and/or gonzalez if made available would be the only real difference makers for a team sorely lacking a real power bat in it's lineup. it's interesting theo et al say pitching and d win. well last year 4 of the top 5 offensive teams made the playoffs. 4 of the top 5 pitching teams missed the playoffs.
When I read the title I thought 'wow, this better be the "ultimate" or i'm gonna be disappointed'…. but you came through, Elizabeth! Boo ya!
Glad to see that Boston may have finally solved their problem at SS. I saw Scutaro play quite a bit in Toronto last year, and he had a great season both on defense and offense, you guys will love him in Boston.
great read there. You really are the future Boston Red Sox Blog! Bottom line though the Sox did a great job I think this year. I think Beltre and Cameron are both possible down grades at the plate, but they could also be solid overall upgrades. If you want a player by player breakdown and a good read on A-Gon and JB go to Fenway News from a Red Sox fan!


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Ryan Braun suspension revoked; Frank Coonelly arrested
The baseball world has been abuzz recently due to Ryan Braun's suspension being repealed by an independent arbitrator. In case you missed it, Braun tested positive for performance enhancing drugs and was facing a 50 game suspension. His sample had ridiculously high levels of synthetic testosterone, a banned substance. Braun and his lawyers argued successfully and won the first ever PED suspension appeal in MLB history.
The are two possible reasons for Braun's positive test:
1) Braun is a cheater and actually did take illegal substances
2) Someone tried to frame Braun by tainting his sample and framing him.
Braun said he'd bet his life that it was #2.
The arbitrator agreed. Because the collector took the sample on a Saturday and didn't mail it to the lab until a Monday, it was argued that during the 48 hour that a third party tampered with his sample. MLB disagreed because the seal on the sample wasn't broken, making it thereby impossible that it was tampered with.
At any rate, Braun will be back in the NL Central in 2012 for the entire season, terrorizing pitchers. Or will he?
Braun will face increased pressure to follow up his MVP season with a similar performance. He has doubters all over the game right now. If his performance trails off, everyone will assume that he cheated and got off – a la OJ Simpson. Unfortunately for Braun, he no longer has Prince Fielder batting behind him, which helps him because pitchers may be more likely to pitch around him. Also, Braun is going to be mercilessly tortured on the road. Can you even imagine that insults that will be hurled at him in the left field bleachers. Here's some advice – if the Brewers are in town and you have children, don't sit in left field.
Last season, Braun's WAR – wins above replacement was a 7.7, so his suspension would've cost the Brewers about 3 wins – that's a big margin for an NL Central that is going to be tightly contested between the Brewers, Cardinals, and Reds.
On another front, the Pirates organization was embarrassed when news that president Frank Coonelly was arrested on December 22nd for driving under the influence of alcohol. His blood alcohol content was .16 – twice the legal limit.
The owner of the Pirates, Robert Nutting expressed extreme disappointment – but Coonelly isn't likely to be disciplined.
To Mr. Coonelly's credit, he did own up to his mistake and took all of the blame. My problem with it is that he could've seriously injured someone else due to his lack in judgment. It also doesn't set a very good precedence for the president to be DUI, while young players would be disciplined for a similar infraction.
I'm hoping that Mr Coonelly learns his lesson and gives up drinking altogether. I do not think he should be fired.
The main problem I have with his situation is that the Pirates kept it hush-hush for two months.
What are your thoughts on Frank Coonelly? Should he be disciplined?
What do you think about Ryan Braun winning his appeal? Do you think he was guilty and got off on a technicality or that he was actually clean? I'd be interested in hearing.
There's only 41 days until opening day, 8 days until the first broadcasted game on MLB TV (Yankees vs Phillies), and 3 more days to win a Phillies shirt.
Also, 35 consecutive days of postings! (Just made it today – putting this one up at 11:50pm)
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Here are my thoughts on Coonelly:
1. Media failed- This happens right before Christmas and apparently Mr. Coonelly told Bob Nutting and the rest of the front office/management the next day and we hear nothing. Someone was not doing their job.
2. Terrible PR move by Pirates- You knew about this for two months now and say nothing. Even more suspicious is that Mr. Coonelly leaves for Florida that day so only has to release a statement instead of facing media circus. Seems a little suspicious to me.
Don't get me wrong, I respect Mr. Coonelly and he has helped me a lot, but this whole thing was handled poorly.
As for Braun, MLB failed and there are loopholes around their current drug testing. Obviously being Pirate fans, Pittsburgh sports fans and the rest of the country by large will find him guilty. I am still not sure what to believe, but I will give Braun the benefit of the doubt.
Braunie is back baby. Don't mess with the Brewers. Division champs once again.
The Brewers might be the team to beat in the Central with Braun back…
Braun is the staple for what is wrong with baseball in relation to steroids, Bonds is being blocked from the HOF while Braun wins NLMVP after testing positive then walks. Using steroids is forgivable if you brownose the media and are a good old boy.
Braun got off on a technicality.

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The Phils weren't satisfied with just a series win against the first place Nationals, as they came out to play Sunday afternoon and collected a 4-1 win.
It's the first sweep the Phillies have completed since a sweep of the Brewers a month ago, and the first time the Nats have been swept since they were swept by the Yankees back in June.
I hate using that term, but there really is no other way to describe how much the Phils shut Jayson Werth down in this series. He was just 2-12 (.167) in the series with seven strike outs. That definitely made lots of Phils fans happy.
In today's game, Werth was jogging around the bases on what he thought was a home run, and ended up costing the Nationals a run and an out on the play.
If there is one thing we can deduce about Cliff Lee this season, it's that he is really good in the first five innings. Today was the 8th time this year that he has held opposing team scoreless in first five innings. But then after that, his ERA skyrockets. Today was similar, as he was fantastic through the first five, and then got in trouble in the sixth.
Lee also helped himself out with an RBI double in the fifth to open the scoring.
I'm not going to throw any statistics around here, but just judging from what I've seen lately from the Phils–they are playing better baseball. Sure, they've won 4 in a row, but it's more than that. They have a different demeanor about them. Imagine what this season would be like if we had seen this type of play from them all season. Hopefully this continues, because even with them nine games out of the Wild Card spot, this is fun baseball that we are used to.
With his home run today, Jimmy Rollins is now the active leader on the Phillies.
After a sweep of the first place Nationals, the Phils welcome the Mets tomorrow at 7:05 to finish out the home stand. The Phils will send Vance Worley (6-9, 4.06 ERA) to the mound tomorrow, and Chris Young (3-7, 4.33 ERA) will get the call for the Mets.
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Everyone loves a sweep…but a sweep of the gNats, who have one of the best records in baseball, is just awesome. Go Phils!!!!
yea big ed and with a little luck we could have won 3 of 4 from the other team with a top record! da reds!
Lefty mentioned earlier today that the Phils need to play .622 baseball the rest of the way to get to 82-80 (21-13).
If you look at the schedule the rest of the way, the Phils have a 13 game bunch in September which includes games against the Mets, Marlins, Astros and Rockies. It's reasonable to set a goal of winning 10 of 13 of those. That'd put the club a game over .500 in combination with the current 61-67 mark. There are 12 games besides those, including 6 with the Braves, 3 with the Nats, and 3 with the Reds. Win 7 of those 12, and you're 3 over .500, with the 10 of 13. The remaining 3 games are the 3 coming up against the Mets. In essence, it'd be a disappointment not to finish the season at a MINIMUM of .500, although 85 wins will be a real good accomplishment, considering 10-3 against the weak sisters isn't a given.
The Phils are still even beyond the scope of stranger things have happened, because the congestion without enough head to head competition makes a playoff bid next to impossible. But, if they could somehow catch the Dbacks and Pirates by around Septemeber 10, which is a HUMONGOUS if, they may at least position where only1 or 2 stranger things in the history of the world could be said to have happened, making the chase impossible minus. The Phils are chasing the Dodgers and the Cardinals with the Bucs and Backs underneath.
I don't think it got any mention on the site, but Gelb ran a piece the other day quoting a source who had insight into the 2013 schedule. The Phils will open at home against Kansas City.
Schedule wise, the Dodgers do have a stretch which as it's at least challenging, could see them spudder, or slip into a tailspin. They host the Cards for 4, and there's little question in looking ahead that the Phils most benefit from a split between the 2, but they then follow that up with 6 road games against the Nats and Reds.
The Dodger scedule appears more formidable as the Cards have a 9 game stretch against the Stros and Cubs.
If you're setting goals, you should set them as high as possible. 10 of 13 doesn't cut it.
As my mother always said, "Why wish for a loaf of bread when you can wish for the whole goddamn grocery store?"
Ken, admirable thoughts, but you've left out a another moving part, the Giants. The Dodgers could easily be the West division winners. It adds a division race where the Dodgers and Giants are playing for their life. Too many moving parts man, just too many and not enough time.
i hope they just continue to play good ball, and I'll go into the offseason happy.
Surprising outing today for Lindblom, that was huge.
You have to catch 1 club at a time, and I don't see the Giants going through a losing pattern of length that the Phils could catch them, even if they slip to wild card contender. The extra couple games in the standings are just too much, as they lead LA by 2 or so right now.
Didn't include the Braves for the same reason, too far back, even with 6 head to head matches.
The Phils are too far behind all but the Dbacks as it is, but I tried to be open minded within reason to at least speculate.
ken my man, i like the way you think! ya know all the bitching and complaining i do, i still sit at home and think of different scenarios where they could magically do what you said! i always think that with all the stupid and goofy wierd records all of our philly teams have, that it would be real sweet if we could add a wierd fairytale ending to a really wierd season! i mean this season has been the murphy's law season of all seasons don't you think?
At this point, it would take a miraculous run for the Phillies to get into contention. To get to 89 wins would require a 28-6 stretch run. The 2010 Phillies had a great stretch run of 20-3. Even if they can match that run, it might not be enough.
The Central teams have six games remaining against the Astros. While no team can be taken for granted and every game is a challenge, I have never seen a total collapse of a team like the Houston Astros this year. They were 22-23 and are now 40-88. That is an 18-65 strech which is a lower percentage of wins than the NY Mets had in 1962. The Cards and Pirates have 6 games remaining against the Astros.
"To get to 89 wins would require a 28-6 stretch run."
You seem like a bright gentleman from your posts I read, so I wanted to preface this with that out of respect.
But you mentioned this 89 win thing, which gained momo since earlier in the year when some rocket scientist found something like 89 wins was the average of the last decade on what it would take to be the 2 wild card.
I mean, that's not TOTALLY discredible, it does give SOME guidance, but what a bunch of malarkey. I've seen teams win divisions with 83 wins. I've seen pre wild cards win 102 and have a nice winter from right after game 162.
The competition is the League, not some hsitoric standard. I HATE that reference, but to those that believe in it, good luck with that nonsense, which, with my luck, is exactly what the 2 Card will finish with. But I'll be harping on it again next year, too.
Ken, I agree with you but then again – 83 wins will not make 3rd in this division, as a matter of fact, between the Dodgers (if the standings hold as they are now), St. Louis, Pittsburgh and Atlanta, there is quite some hurdles to overcome before even considering the second WC spot.
The Dogers have probably the most difficult schedule, with 34 games left, they play 12 vs teams that are currently playing sub .500 ball (I did not include the AZ Dbacks, they are at .500).
Even though the Cards finish out this month with 6 tough road games, they will play 35 more games and 18 are teams with sub .500 records. This includes 2 different stretches of 9 straight games vs the Astros, Cubs, Brewers, Astros again, Mets.. feast time.
I dont know about anyone else but I still cant seem to take the Pirates seriously. Even said, they have 35 games left and an amazing 22 are vs teams currently with sub .500 records.
That of course leaves the Braves. Currently the best WC record in the NL, 9.5 games over the Phils in the WC race. The Braves have 35 games left to play, 25 of them vs teams that currently have sub .500 records – this include 6 more games vs our Phils 3 in Atlanta and 3 at CBP. To imagine that the Braves are capable of such a monumental collapse like last year is one thing but against what appears to be cream cheese? The Braves will be in the playoffs that seems pretty certain.
And of course our Phillies. 34 games left and 18 of them are vs teams with sub .500 records. Here is the big but, there are 4 away games vs the Astros – personally I hate those September games vs the Astros. The other problem is that the Phils have 12 home games in September, 15 away games scheduled. Ugly.
So, determine for yourselves who gets in. As much as it pains me, I dont think the Phils have that much of a chance to vault over St. Louis, the Dodgers or even the Pirates unless they do play better than .700 ball – I've seen it done before (not by a Phils team!). The Orioles won their last 28 out of 34 back in the early 70's..
Ken, people throw around the 89 wins mark because since the introduction of the Wild Card in 1995, only one team has made the WC with fewer than 88 wins.
As I said at another site…
The 2012 Phillies are 61-67. They are 16.5 games out of first and 9.5 out of the WC. They have four teams to pass in the WC race. If they Phillies were to finish the season in a manner similar to last year's Cards or Rays (at a .700 clip) they would have a record of 24-10 from here on out, which would bring their record to 85-77.
In the 17 years that the WC has been in existence, there has been one team out of 32, the 77-67 1995 Colorado Rockies, that has won the wild card with fewer than 88 wins.
In order for the Phillies to win the division with a 85-77 record the Nationals would have to go 7-29 or worse over the rest of the season AND the Braves would have to play equal to or worse than 12-23 over their last 35 games. To put that in perspective, the worst winning percentage over the final month+ of the season in all of baseball last season was the .258 posted by the Minnesota Twins; if the Nationals were to match that ineptitude they would still win 9 games and finish ahead of the Phillies. And this is without taking Atlanta into consideration.
So, is it possible the Phillies make the playoffs? Yes, it is. It's also theoretically possible that a gamma ray burst will hit the earth while we sleep, burning off our ozone layer and bombarding the planet with massive amounts of UV radiation. Neither is particularly likely or worth concerning ourselves over.
Two paths to the postseason, one more unlikely than the next:
1) The Phillies go 24-10 (.706) in their last 34 to finish 85-77.
In order to get the 2nd wild card spot, all of this would have to happen:
– Cardinals do no better than 14-21 (.400) in their last 35 AND
– Dodgers do no better than 15-19 (.441) in their last 34 AND
– Pirates do no better than 16-19 (.457) in their last 35 AND
– Diamondbacks do no better than 20-14 in their last 34
I think the most unlikely thing in this scenario is both St. Louis and LA collapsing.
2) The Phillies go 26-8 (.765) in their 34 to finish 87-75.
In order to get the 2nd wild card spot, all of this would have to happen:
– Cardinals do no better than 16-19 (.457) in their last 35 AND
– Dodgers do no better than 17-17 (.500) in their last 34 AND
– Pirates do no better than 18-17 (.514) in their last 35 AND
– Diamondbacks do no better than 22-12 in their last 34
The most unlikely thing here is the Phillies losing only 8 of 34.
In any case, it's easy to see why the Phillies only have a 0.1% (1 in 1000) chance of making the playoffs.
The 89 is a number just like the projected cut number at the U.S. Open in golf. Teams have actually won divisions with 82 wins but that was in circumstances where there was a really weak division. The Cards won with 82 in 2006 and went onto win the World Series. The Phillies have to get as close to 89 wins as they possibly can to have any shot.
Regarding the strength of schedule stuff, I don't put much reliance on it. When the Phillies caught the Mets in 2007, it was the Nationals beating the Mets 5 out of 6 games that cleared the way for the Phillies to win. And, the Nationals were 58-77 going into September. Even the Astros could be competitive during the month.
Phils really need the Nats and Reds to go on tears except against us. Then have one of the Giants and Dodgers do the same, most probably the giants. Reds alone have 6 vs Pirates, Cards and 3 against DBacks and 3 against the Dodgers. As wasa pointed out, crazier things have happened, but must just keep winning. Those two 1 run loses against the Reds really sting, but that's been the story all year.
Let's just take this one step at a time fellows. I won't even discuss playoffs until the Phils reach .500. That would be playing over .600 for the rest of the season. It will take at least 87 to win a play-in position. Those teams ahead of us play each other and someone has to win. So let's just hopefully enjoy some good baseball.
Im with Bob in Bucks….
There ya go. THAT certainly puts it all into perspective!
So, lets ask this question – since the Post Season chatter is going on (while the Phils are winning), if by a miracle the Phils make the playoffs, does Cholly finally get the MOY award?
No, plain and simple, No..
Not sure if you mean "should he" or "will he"?
I'll leave alone the "should he?" and address the "will he?". This will be the perception among national media:
– he's been one of the winningest managers of the past few years and yet hasn't won MOY
– he was without his two best hitters for most of the year
– he was without his best pitcher for 2 months
– his 2nd best pitcher (Lee) only won 9 (say) games
– he lost his MVP (Ruiz) for over a month
– two of his best players and a starting pitcher were traded away in July
– he then managed to pull from 13 games out in the wild card to surge past several other teams and get in the playoffs (and of course this will be fresh in voters' minds)
It's all academic of course, but if it were to happen, he could certainly win.
I think Cholly should have received the award twice by my counts now. But, my vote is about as useless as yours.
Who more deserving than Cholly, this year and in 2009 & 2010 with the pitching he flung together, the injuries he battled through but, the mainstream media disagrees with my thinking.
If the Phils get into the WC slot, it will not affect the voting.
Talking of the hypothetical, if the Phillies win the pennant. CM will make it on the Phillies Wall of Fame! Cheers to that!
He's probably already a lock for the Wall, as the winningest manager in team history and a WS champion.
George's mother, who clearly never shopped at 7-11 (who'd want THAT whole market) would scoff at your post, glorifying the idea of Cholly copping MOY honors.
Let's be real.
If the Phillies snare the Two Card, Charlie is a lock for a Nobel Peace Prize, a better bet than Obama or Romney to live in Washington for the next term, and could even win Playmate of the Year.
A more realistic question would be who would get the ball in the playin game, Cole, Doc, , Cliff, or wonder of wonders, miracle of miracles, the great Kyle Kendrick.
Davey's gonna be tough to beat out for that honor, and Dusty appears to have had a helluva year.
7-11 is not a grocery store.
I love the optimisum rarly seen here on Philliesnaition, and being one of the most optimistic people I know, I would be amazed to see.
I have also noticed that Charlie actually has managed his pitching staff. I can not remember the last time Charlie used more than one pitcher and innings before they blew the lead. Also he took Lee before he blew up. I have been very impressed with him and taking this team of misfits on a nice run
Tis a dangerous question on a Monday to simply greet with "how yous doin? Taken literally, like the questioner really wants to know, whoever heard of a good Monday?
Yet, to me, this is a really good Monday.
The select few around these parts that date back to baseball from the early 60s are perhaps like myself in conjuring up memoirs when thinking of Dom Brown to a guy who answered to the name of Ted Savage. Talented, high on athletic skill, Savage was an amateur free agent before they had a draft. My special memory was listening to exhibition baseball, Phillies style, circa around 1963 when the Phils were coming back from the dead (see 1961 for a definition of the dead), and through the magic of radio, you envisioned the play of Savage from the basic description of By, Bill, and His Whiteness.
Ted's career didn't amount to much. He played briefly for the Phils, and circled the majors in an 8 year career that totalled out at .233 on the BA scale. But I've always remembered him. It's easy to remember the Allens, Schmidts and Utleys of the world, it's the lesser known that perhaps qualify you as more of a baseball guy.
About a week ago, I out of nowhere decided to play Whatever Happened to Ted Savage. Despite an 8 year or so career, details on him on the internet are sketchy. I semi struck gold when I looked on the Cardinal website. They had a Director of Target Marketing, and I wondered if a Director of Target Marketing can flourish in the position at a ripe old 76 years old.
I proceeded to call the Cardinal executive offices, and after being on hols listening to Mike Shannon call about 15 home ("get up baby, get up") runs, I reached a live voice. I don't know if she was 34-26-34, but she was beautiful to me when she confirmed that the Cards Director of Target Marketing was My Ted Savage.
I haven't a clue if Ted travelled a long, difficult road to land on his feet today. All I know is for now, he's proving that there's life after baseball. I like the Phils winning, but positive off the field stuff appeals, too. We can all laugh and cry at Mini Mart as he breaks records for ineptitude, but perhaps 40 years from now, some got a bug up his butt person will travel the road I did, and find Mike Martinez discovered life after baseball. Won't be as cool as finding the whereabouts of Ted Savage, but it would still be a nice story nonetheless.
That was a great story, Ken – skillfully done and doggedly researched. Another Phillie hopeful who never quite made it – but one I've remembered over the years – is Lou Possehl. (Hint: he was the winning pitcher, by a 6-2 score, in Game 7 of the Class A Utica (NY) Blue Sox win over the Albany Senators in 1947. The Blue Sox were the incubator for the 1950 Whiz Kids.
I've always wondered if Lou "landed on his feet" after pro ball; he came up with arm problems that negated the considerable promise he showed.
That's a good job, Barry. Lou be dead now, but I'm glad the essence of the post clicked. To put it another way, as some people hate him, some people love him, Chris "Mad Dog" Russo so eloquently stated in summing up his career as a fan, "Every little boy needs a ball club, and a rock band." The headliners seem to garner the attention on alumni weekend, and I guess there's expense with inviting volumes of players, but some of the filler players are what connected our passion to the ballclub, and the sport.
Jason "Werthless" , LOL! I love that! He who commented he will do everything in his power to make sure that our team Phillies will never walk down Broad Street again. HAH!
The Cards beat the Pirates last night. That's cool. In this who the hell knows conglomerate of baseball standings that matters until the Phils lose their nextest game, it's maybe better that the Cards crush the Bucs, because the Redbirds play Washington next. The Nucklehead Nats better realize that even if they make it to the WS, those games won't be as important as their games this weekend. Zona and the Dodgers lost, too. Boy, did the Dodgers lose.
The quest for .500 sea level rolls on with Opening Night of the Must Win season tonight. I can't wait. I am very sick, I guess. But, go Phils!
I hate the Cardinals. With their "all-decked out in red" fans ( we wear red but it's different here) politely clapping for their favorite heroes. Ok…yeah, it's nice to be nice. And I suppose there are drunken d!cks that go to games in St. Louis, too. No city or fanbase is devoid of that. St. Louis has a rich history with those Cards and I respect and admire that as a fan of this great game. But, still, I just can't stomach the thought of the Cardinals in the postseason again…possibly (gasp) going all the way! And it has nothing to do with them knocking off the Phils so abruptly last October (although that certainly doesn't help their cause). No…I've felt that way for years about them. Maybe it's the LaRussa factor (although he's now gone). Maybe it's the fact that they beat the Tigers in the '06 World Series when I was pulling hard for the Tigs (my second favorite AL team behind the Orioles). Maybe it's King Albert and all his sort of smugness…although he's a damn good player and seemingly a nice guy with "respect" for the game. Maybe it's none of that and just something that's always been there for me about them.
All my early-morning blathering said…..yeah…..it probably IS good that the Cards beat the Pirates last night. It makes the Phils one game closer to over-taking another team in that "conglomerate of baseball standings." Like it really will matter in the end? Gotta keep the faith….as fans….even if the odds are so greatly against us.
Go Phils!!!
If the Phils go 34-0 the rest of the way, it might not matter what happens between the Cards and Pirates. (See my earlier comment about my mother.)
If anyone still has any glimmer of hope in the back of their mind about the Phillies making the playoffs, the Cardinals winning is in no way a good thing.
Moving up in the division is nice, but finishing 4th instead of 5th in the wildcard race because we could pass the Pirates doesn't really do anything for me.
It'll take the type of weather patterns that miraculously breed sunshine in Seattle on consecutive days. The Bucs play a reputed soft schedule the rest of the way, so you hope they lose when they can, and then the club beating them gets ripped up this weekend when they play Washington.
It's a very good thing in the League of Hopes and Dreams, which is all this is about, because reality is likely to rear it's ugly skull somewhere between the first inning tonight, and the end of the wild dream.
Where there's life, there's hope.
You just love to be wrong, don't you?
Wait, what?
Ken, the dream is only alive as long as there is a chance of the Cardinals collapsing.
Well, we have to pass them both. Pirates and Cards. I think we can maaaayyybeee inch by the Bucs but the Cards have to practically collapse, yes that's correct. Nats need to sweep them this weekend. Too many variables here for the Phils.
Gotta keep dreamin' though…. We're all fans of our team.
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Signs of life.
Landry played with energy tonight.
What could we realistically get in a trade for stat?
Al Jefferson? Paul Millsap?
Not getting excited until we cut it to 5
The spanish NBA TV feed im watching right now is showing a picture of stat half naked sitting on a chair with 3 other chicks sitting on a couch. Stat looks like he is smoking a dooby too.
Even if stat scores the next 5 points I just don't feel like he'll do anything against MIA or CHI. He struggles too much just to score.
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Is JR gone after this year.
Boneheaded defensive play after boneheaded defensive play.
We sacrificed a loss just for Stat. That's BS!
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John DiBartolomeo, Rochester
Keven Donohue, Union
Colton Hunt, Randolph
Chris Kearney, Catholic
Taylor Koth, Ripon
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/228687
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- Computation and storage trade-off for cost-effectively storing scientific datasets in the cloud
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- Yuan, Dong; Yang, Yun; Liu, Xiao; Chen, Jinjun
- Abstract
- Scientific applications are usually data intensive [1,~ 2], where the generated datasets are often terabytes or even petabytes in size. As reported by Szalay and Gray in [3], science is in an exponential world and the amount of scientific data will double every year over the next decade and future. Producing scientific datasets involves large number of computation intensive tasks, e.g., with scientific workflows [4], hence taking a long time for execution. These generated datasets contain important intermediate or final results of the computation, and need to be stored as valuable resources. This is because: (1) data can be reused - scientists may need to re-analyze the results or apply new analyses on the existing datasets [5]; (2) data can be shared - for collaboration, the computation results may be shared, hence the datasets are used by scientists from different institutions [6]. Storing valuable generated application datasets can save their regeneration cost when they are reused, not to mention the waiting time caused by regeneration. However, the large size of the scientific datasets is a big challenge for their storage.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
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- 2011
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Total Fat 10 g
Saturated Fat 3 g
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- A branch-and-price algorithm for the general case of scheduling parallel machines with a single server
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- Gan, Heng-Soon; Wirth, Andrew; Abdekhodaee, Amir
- Abstract
- We consider the strongly NP-hard problem of scheduling two-operation non-preemptable jobs on two identical parallel machines. A single server, that can handle at most one job at a time, is available to carry out the first (or setup) operation. The second operation, to be carried out on the same machine but without the server, must be executed immediately after the setup. The objective is to minimize the makespan. We apply a column generation method to a population of partial schedules, in turn generated by some well known heuristics, to achieve effective and efficient solutions. We compare the performance of this method with those proposed earlier and also suggest future work.
- Publication type
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- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Source
- Computers and Operations Research, Vol. 39, no. 9 (Sep 2012), pp. 2242-2247
- Publication year
- 2012
- FOR Code(s)
- 0102 Applied Mathematics; 0103 Numerical and Computational Mathematics
- Keyword(s)
- Algorithms; Parallel machines; Scheduling; Servers
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"Bombs Away"
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February 9, 2010
Author: Matthew Kroenig, Former Research Fellow, Project on Managing the Atom/International Security Program, 20072008
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"As President Obama begins a push to impose harsher economic sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, his success will be determined largely by the answer to a single question: Will China and Russia get on board? In order to bite, sanctions must be enforced by the rest of the international community, but, so far, Beijing and Moscow have been reluctant to endorse the toughest penalties advocated by Washington.
Many analysts and policymakers wrongly assume that this reluctance is a function of these countries' economic ties with Iran, or their failure to appreciate the proliferation threat. Last week, for example, Hillary Clinton bluntly challenged China's approach to Tehran, saying, "[W]e understand that right now it seems counterproductive to you to sanction a country from which you get so much of the natural resources your growing economy needs. But think about the longer term implications." The real reason for Beijing and Moscow's obstinacy, however, is much more fundamental, and from Washington's point of view, much more distressing: China and Russia are not particularly threatened by, and may even see a significant upside to, a nuclear-armed Iran.
To understand this point, we must first consider why the United States, China, and Russiaor any other country for that mattershould fear nuclear proliferation. Of course, there are the concerns of accidental nuclear detonation, nuclear terrorism, or even nuclear war. But these are all extremely low probability events. The primary threat of nuclear proliferation is that it constrains the freedom of powerful states to use or threaten to use force abroad...."
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Super Bowl pick? Not going to watch?
Not watching, there's no team I care for and Bruno Mars?!?! Really?!?! They couldn't talk a legend out of retirement or hire someone worth watching?!?! ZZZZZzzzzzzzzReplyCancel
My avi is not just for The Year of the Horse. It also reps Horsefaced Elway and his team. I'm in a pool and if they win I can win cash or prizes so go Manning! (Chokes on those 2 words).ReplyCancel
Broncos. I watch for the food and drank!ReplyCancel
It's on in the middle of the night here. Some people do stay up to watch it, though. If I stay up to watch anything, it's the Oscars.ReplyCancel
Go Seahawks. On a beach in Mexico and the bars are advertising tge super bowl and gay circuit party weekend. What a mash up! My friend from Boston andi can't stop laughing when you see the two posters side by side.
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Go Seahawks.ReplyCancel
I'm with @Reno – team food and drank! Both teams have their strengths and it will be a good game.
I'm cooking for the party again this year so I'll get to see the plays and miss the stupid commercials. Suck it, gopapa.ReplyCancel
Puppy Bowl, betches.ReplyCancel
Puppy bowl for me.ReplyCancel
Broncos 24-17.
While listening to WFAN this week, I heard them talking about Richard Sherman, self proclaimed "best corner in the league". They say he only works one side of the field. How can you be the best corner in the league and do that? While with the Jets, Revis matched up against the other teams best WR, where ever he lined up. Left, right, slot, didn't matter. The commentators, players and coaches where saying that there would be no way Sherman covers Demaryius Thomas if he lines up in the slot. Those Denver's big play chances.
Anyway, I think Denver has too many weapons, and the Seahawks won't be able to keep the ball out of Peyton's hands long enough win the game. Aint no 12th man in NJ to help the Seahawks.
That said, I'm not betting on the game. I have money in a bunch of block pools, so I'm just rooting for scores.ReplyCancel
I'd rather burn my eyes out than watch redneck football. I couldn't care LESS!ReplyCancel
Count – I think you got the score right- not the winner.ReplyCancel
@Seven – just for future reference today – I'm leaving for several hours so won't be responding. I will check back later and definitively opine where appropriate but then leave and won't check back so no need to respond. Have a nice day. (I promise last comment about yesterday:)ReplyCancel
@texas, I'll miss you but I hope we gather again at sunset with wine. I know you won't read this but I hope someone will email it to you. Have a lovely day!
Seven – I lied!! I haven't left yet and did check back. I'm so weak:(ReplyCancel
Couldn't give two craps!ReplyCancel
Don't have two fucks to give about this Superbowl, really.ReplyCancel
I predict the CDaN Bookclub will have to be reacheduled AGAIN, unless none of you guys care? What say you, Kristin, Reno, feraltart, Meuxelle, HammerGirl, maybe keeshlo and everyone else? We don't watch football, just alls the basketball, so I am still down. What about you guys??ReplyCancel
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Best city EVER!!!ReplyCancel
@texas, I had a novella typed up but "C"omputer ate it. :/
You are not weak, you are brave! Mimosa or slurpee? My treat! 😀ReplyCancel
Beach in Honduras. I will start at the north end, stagger to a new bar every quarter, ordering food and drink at each. I will be almost home when it's over. Drinking and staggering are expected here.
Seahawks 27-21
Halftime is for staggering furthest down the road. I know at least 4 bars are showing this!ReplyCancel
Okay, ladies, looks like it's a go! Of anyone sees Hammer Girl and Meuxelle, could you let them know? Let's aim for 6 pm mt, if that isn't too late? Then I can reasonably expect to not get too much a a side-eye for chugging wine. Look for the lamest blind item reveal!
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After all the fun that I had during Spring Training talking to some of the best Red Sox prospects, how could I not keep up with them during their respective seasons? From Single-A to Triple-A, I've been keeping up with these guys. The Lowell Spinners (Single-A) do not start their season until June, and I'm pretty sure that a lot of them are still in Florida at the minor league complex (I might just have to go back).
the Red Sox, and the White Sox have all had back to back walk off wins. While the first of the Red Sox's walk off win was definitely cause of celebration, it was not the cure. Think about who had all of the RBIs: Jeremy Hermida, Josh Reddick, and Darnell McDonald. Either a bench player, or minor league call ups. We still weren't getting production from the everyday lineup.That has started to change as of late; the Red Sox are starting to be more productive with runners in scoring position.
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There is also a remarkable correlation between the start of baseball season and my sanity…it slowly slips away, game by game…lol
reading all your tales of these future stars really makes me excited to watch them grow. i really do think i know more about the sox system than the pirates! yours is alot more promisisng!
I always look forward to the Lowell Spinners coming to Brooklyn!! Perhaps we can share some thoughts this year. I can't wait for the NYPL to start up again. I'm a Bklyn Cyclones season tix holder.
That's a lot of work following all these guys in the Minors. It's always a lot of fun, though. One trip I'd love to take is watching all the teams from Portland down to Pawtuckett.
I also can't wait for Star Wars night in West Michigan this July. May the Force be with You.
'Minoring In Baseball'
Minor League baseball feels so pure and innocent, it reminds me of being 15. How I miss the mid-90s. I had no responsibilities and loved every minute of it.
…and I think Timothy Lincecum can literally fly.
We all know he likes to figuratively fly.
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"Offensive Offense"
I hope against hope that Papi can gain some measure of consistency and resemble the player from last August, not last May.
Its great to here that Anderson is off to a strong start- perhaps we won't need to trade for / sign a first baseman after all?
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I am on to other things here in Beeville and hope my replacement, Kevin J. Keller, the best. He has sports experience and knowledge and should do well.
In remembering my 12 plus years as the sports editor, I was witness to a lot of good, if not great athletes, along with a few great coaches and a lot of nice parents, grandparents and just plain fans of the Trojans, Bobcats and Eagles. I thank you all for your kindness and cooperation in bringing the local sports to photo and print over the years.
Getting back to those great athletes over the years, I would like to name a few that bring back good memories. The two best running backs in Trojan history for me (from 2001 to 2014) were Spenser Chaisson and JoJo Gonzales. Chaisson had the size, speed and elusiveness to create havoc for a opponent's defense. Gonzales also had speed, elusiveness and the slot-T offense run by head coach Chris Soza was fitted to his style.
The best quarterback, it's a toss-up between Brian Bonner and Eric Soza. Both were good passers; Soza had the better touch and was a better field general. Bonner had the stronger arm and was a better runner with better speed. They played different style offenses, but both were stars and both went on to stellar college careers; Bonner as a defensive back at TCU and Soza as a QB at UTSA.
In volleyball, the Kremers sisters Kristen and Keliegh were both outstanding and both went on to play college volleyball. Hope I spelled their first names right; never could get them right back when they were playing.
In basketball, there was Mike Chargulauf in post or at the wing when I first got here. He had a strong competitive nature and a soft, turnaround jumper that was deadly for head coach Mike Luce. For the Lady Trojans, I would have to select Victoria Elizalde as the player I enjoyed watching compete. A recent (2013) grad, Elizalde did it all on the court – shoot, handle the ball, distribute the ball, defend and rebound. Her career at Hutson-Tillotson in Austin just started last year, and the dual sport (soccer, too) freshman excelled on the field and the court.
Speaking of Lady Trojan soccer, I have to choose a group of sisters, the McKinney sisters. It started with Maggie several years ago and ended last year with Heather and Claire. In between there was Morgan, who was probably not the most talented sister at soccer, but she never wanted to lose and never gave in to an opponent. That same attitude was first seen in Maggie, a good player but a better competitor. Heather was the leader, along with Elizalde, of the recent Lady Trojans and made the Region IV semifinals three times, if I remember correctly. She is currently on scholarship at UIW in San Antonio. One other sister also needs to be mentioned, Paige. She was a basketball player and a fantastic student, and an even better young lady.
Rogelio Salazar, Beeville's state wrestling champion, stands out for his trip to a state title his senior year.
In baseball, I'll go back a few years for pitcher/shortstop Estevan Vasquez. He was an ace pitcher on the mound for the Trojans in my early years who went on to play and prosper at UTSA after graduation from A.C. Jones.
In softball, I would probably have to go back to the district winning squad in my early years for pitcher Amanda Dominguez. She was a slight young lady and the coach's daughter but a good pitcher who led the Lady Trojans to a couple of fine finishes against tough district foes.
The best track athletes of my time were Derek Holland and Ervin "Cooper" Dickerson. Both went on to college careers; Holland in track at the University of Texas and Dickerson at TCU in football. Holland still holds the record in the discus, and no one has even come close to his 200-foot plus throws back in the early 2000s. He won the state championship in the discus. Dickerson was a state finalist in the hurdles and was one of the most gifted athletes in Beeville history. He played and excelled in all, except baseball.
I know I have probably left out some good Beeville athletes and a few from Skidmore-Tynan and Pettus, but these, and even those not mentioned, bring back many fond memories I will always cherish. Thank you, Beeville.


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If these guys sound anything like Aesth I'm not going to agree with a single word of this review.
Written by Boxcar Willy on 29.06.2012 at 15:16
With that cover I was expecting Funeral Doom.
Written by Troy Killjoy on 29.06.2012 at 16:17
Hm... pretty standard melodic death thrash with hints of symphonic elements thanks to some violin/cello work, but overall the chugging riffs and Carcass/Arch Enemy vibe don't give me any reason to believe this is something worthwhile. They definitely know how to write some groovy licks and they manage to incorporate some technicality into their compositions, but never to the point of rivaling the likes of Machine Head or Lamb of God in terms of groove, or virtually any tech-death band for technicality. The mixture is nice and all but it's definitely not unique or crushing to these ears. I think The Wretched End's take on this is superior, but that's possibly due to the fact I appreciate their more aggressive approach and old-school feel. And the more extreme vocals, as the sort of shouty -core vocals here throw me off at points.
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Diagne, Abdoulaye, François Joseph Cabral, Fatou Cissé, and Anne-Sophie Robilliard. 2011. Country Study: Assessing Development Strategies to Achieve the MDGs in the Republic of Senegal. United Nations Department for Social and Economic Affairs, March. A Social Accounting Matrix (SAM) for Senegal was built as part of the study. This study of Senegal is part of the broader project Realizing the Millennium Development Goals through Socially Inclusive Macroeconomic Policies, carried out by the Development Policy and Analysis Division (DPAD) of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN/DESA) together with the UNDP, the World Bank, and country teams and related institutions, in the case of Senegal, Consortium pour la recherche économique et sociale (CRES), Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD).
Cisse, Fatou and Anne-Sophie Robilliard, with input from Mohamed Chemingui. 2009. An MDG-sensitive economic policy model with application to Senegal. ECA Policy Research Report no. 6. United Nations' Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa.
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DD turned the big 1 on Oct 13. Yeah! And we are still happily nursing. OK so not completely. She has decided that biting momma and pulling at the sametime is such great fun. MY NIPPLES ARE SO SORE!
I have no ideas left as to what to do to get her to stop. I have tried relaying to her that it hurts with a big OUCH when she does this and she thinks it is funny. Firmly telling her NO! She smiles and coos and giggles. I have had no choice but to just take it away from her. Which just makes her frustrated. We have been battling this for over a month now.
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1. Re: Doc type problem?Ben M Feb 17, 2011 4:28 AM (in response to Streetwitch)
Can you also post a duplicate copy of the page with the doctype declared for us to compare?
2. Re: Doc type problem?MurraySummers Feb 17, 2011 4:55 AM (in response to Streetwitch)
The presence or absence of a doctype will only affect two things:
1. How the page is validated by the validator, i.e., which standard it's validated against
2. How the page is rendered by the browser, quirks mode or standards mode
A missing doctype could not affect whether the page is displayed at all. For example, when I look at your page in IE8 and view source, I can see that the code for the page is all there. Could you put this page up in a non-protected location so we can debug the live version?
3. Re: Doc type problem?Streetwitch Feb 17, 2011 5:49 AM (in response to Ben M)
Hi - here's the page with the doc type declared, access details as before:
4. Re: Doc type problem?Streetwitch Feb 17, 2011 5:54 AM (in response to MurraySummers)
Hi, here's the unprotected page:
5. Re: Doc type problem?Streetwitch Feb 26, 2011 2:32 PM (in response to MurraySummers)
Hi Murray, just wondering whether you've had a chance to look at this?
6. Re: Doc type problem?Nancy OShea Feb 27, 2011 12:26 PM (in response to Streetwitch)1 person found this helpful
Add a valid XHTML transitional document type and validate your code.
The main problem I see has to do with reusing the img ID "rht_thm"
IDs can be used only 1 time per page. Class names, however, can be re-used as many times as needed.
Some browsers are less tolerant of code errors. So working with valid code (even in test pages) is worth the effort.
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7. Re: Doc type problem?Streetwitch Feb 28, 2011 1:49 AM (in response to Nancy OShea)
Hi Nancy
Thanks, and I've saved the validator link which will be very useful to me.
However, I've not been able to solve the problem. I've put in the transitional doc type and I've changed the multiple ids to classes as you suggest (I am aware that an id should only be used once per page but have been ignoring it as it always seems to work with more than one - I will stop doing this immediately), and I've validated the code using the validator site, but it still doesn't work. The only browser which seems able to render it correctly is Safari.
Its odd, because the basic gallery is fine - the code seems to fall apart as soon as I try to put it onto my (templated) page - which I really need to do to make it consistent with the rest of the site.
The page link is: http://www.empathydesign.co.uk/development/galleries_doctype.html
8. Re: Doc type problem?pziecina Feb 28, 2011 6:16 AM (in response to Streetwitch)
Its odd, because the basic gallery is fine - the code seems to fall apart as soon as I try to put it onto my (templated) page - which I really need to do to make it consistent with the rest of the site.
This may be because the image gallery uses an xml list to link to the images, this means that if you use this in a template then it may not work as it cannot find the images.
9. Re: Doc type problem?Streetwitch Feb 28, 2011 8:32 AM (in response to pziecina)
Hi, thanks, but its not that. The file paths are fine - its finding the
images, but its resziing both the thumbs and the enlarged images, and
altering the positioning on the page. I really can't work out what the
problem is and would be grateful for any ideas.
empathy design
10. Re: Doc type problem?pziecina Feb 28, 2011 10:13 AM (in response to Streetwitch)
Have you followed, (or looked at) this tutorial - http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/gallery/embed1.php?
11. Re: Doc type problem?Streetwitch Mar 1, 2011 8:29 AM (in response to pziecina)
Hi pziecina - thanks, once again - for answering one of my questions. This is just exactly what I needed. I have been having problems embedding galleries into pages for some time, but had not come across iframes, which are obviously useful for all sorts of things,
Thanks again


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Nancy Carlstedt Smith is a development chemist with Technical Coatings Company in Melrose Park, Ill. Smith holds master's and doctorate degrees in chemistry from the University of Illinois. She was a member of the North Central College Alumni Association Board of Directors for six years and served as president from1993-94. Under her leadership, the association implemented several new initiatives, including career networking. Smith volunteers her time teaching Sunday school at Calvary United Methodist Church in Villa Park, Ill.


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Check out this article from TotalBeauty.com. Do any of your worst or BEST end up on this list?
I am shocked to see Maybelline Lash Stiletto on the list. That was a dynamite mascara! And can you believe it? Of those 13 mascaras Maybelline Lash Stiletto was the only one that have reviewed. I am certainly thinking twice about reviewing the others.
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New evidence, same conclusion: Tamiflu only modestly useful for influenza
Does Tamiflu have any meaningful effects on the prevention or treatment of influenza? Considering the drug's been on the market for almost 15 years, and is widely used, you should expect this question has been answered after 15 flu seasons. Answering this question from a science-based perspective requires three steps: Consider prior probability, be systematic in the approach, and get all the data. It's the third step that's been (until now) impossible with Tamiflu: Some data was unpublished. In general, there's good evidence to show that negative studies are less likely to be published than positive studies. Unless unpublished studies are included, systematic reviews are more likely to miss negative data, which means there's the risk of bias in favor of an intervention.
The absence of a full data set on Tamiflu (oseltamivir) and the other neuraminidase inhibitor Relenza (zanamivir) became a rallying point for BMJ and the AllTrials campaign, which seeks to enhance the transparency and accessibility of clinical trials data by challenging trial investigators to make all evidence freely available. (Reforming and enhancing access to trial data was one of the most essential changes recommended by Ben Goldacre in his book, Bad Pharma.) In 2009, Tamiflu's manufacturer, Hoffman-La Roche committed to making the Tamiflu data set available to investigators. Now after four years of back-and-forth between BMJ, investigators, and Roche, the full clinical trials data set has been made freely available. An updated systematic review was published today in BMJ (formerly The British Medical Journal), entitled "Oseltamivir for influenza in adults and children: systematic review of clinical study reports and summary of regulatory comments." This will be a short post covering the highlights. As the entire study and accompanying data are freely available, I'll await continued discussion in the comments. (more…)


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