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For some reason its easier to talk about some of the harder things on this blog than it is in "person". I reached a point last night where if I didn't ask for help the ending wouldn't be good. So I did. I stepped out of my comfort zone and asked some people for help in the middle of the night. It felt frightening to be that vulnerable but so important.
I'm not feeling in any way articulate. I know it will take some time to heal from this and it will be bumpy. But I feel that old sense of determination kicking in. I'm not letting this illness win. It's like the worst has happened and last night I got to experience the whole range of feelings about all that has occurred these past few years. When morning arrived and I could hear the birds start to chirp I thought to myself "I survived. I did it." I was present for a whole range of difficult feelings and I'm here, still.
Now that my entire life has been torn down and ripped apart by this illness and the fallout that ensued after getting sick, its time to rebuild bringing forward parts of myself I want to keep and letting "die" the parts of me that no longer work.
I love music and this song by Tori Amos speaks to me today...it's called Gold Dust. Sort of a different way of saying what I was trying to express in my other blog yesterday.


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Home List of Titles A study of the use of high functionality-based resin for bonding between CFRP and concrete under harsh environmental conditions
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/232843
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- A study of the use of high functionality-based resin for bonding between CFRP and concrete under harsh environmental conditions
- Author(s)
- Al-Safy, Rawaa; Al-Mahaidi, Riadh; Simon, George P.
- Abstract
- The application of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) materials to strengthen and retrofit concrete structures requires appropriate bonding between the concrete members and CFRP composites. The experimental investigation reported in this work involved the modification of the adhesive used to bond CF fabric to concrete members, in order to improve CFRP/concrete bond performance under severe service conditions. The glass transition temperature, modulus and adhesive tensile strength of conventional bifunctional epoxy adhesives can be enhanced by their replacement with an epoxy resin monomer of a higher functionality, leading to a higher level of cross-linking. The interfacial bond strengths in the CFRP/concrete systems, the concrete/primer interface and the adhesive/primer interface were significantly improved when loaded CFRP/concrete samples were subjected to the combined effect of temperature and humidity for various exposures. This was true when either partly or fully replacing the conventional epoxy with the higher crosslink density material.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences
- Source
- Composite Structures, Vol. 95 (Jan 2013), pp. 295-306
- Publication year
- 2013
- FOR Code(s)
- 09 Engineering
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- Bonding; Carbon fibre reinforced polymers; CFRP; Concrete; DGOA; High functionality epoxy resin; Humidity; Temperature
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It's Called "Adding On"
Let's start at the beginning, shall we? Always a good place to start. It's the bottom of the first, bases loaded. Run already in thanks to Kevin Kouzmanoff's single. ONE OUT. Will Venable strikes out. Eliezar Alfonso grounds out. So, we only got one run and left the bases loaded, but hey, it's only the first, we'll get those runs back.
Uh huh.
Third inning, we load the bases again, this time with two outs. Alfonso strikes out to kill the inning. Oh well, we've left some runners on, but there's still some time.
Fourth inning, we get two runners on with two outs. And what do you know, Alfonso comes up and strikes out to kill the inning yet again.
Next inning, same story. Two runners on with two outs, and they stayed put.
Two runners in the eighth, one in the ninth. And none of the runners in the whole game after the first inning scored.
Oh my.
Sure, we were facing a tough pitcher in Aaron Cook, but if we were able to get that many runners on, we should have been able to get that many runners home. We had 11 hits. Tony Gwynn had two, Chase Headley had three. Various players had one each. But Adrian Gonzalez didn't have one. Alfonso, who left eight runners on, didn't have one when it meant the most. He had the chance to be the hero of the game. He could have driven in eight runs! Well, maybe not. But at least a few.
And believe me, this game was not just the offense's fault. It was the offense, the defense, and the pitching. This was an all-around failed game. These guys did not play like a team one bit last night.
Chad Gaudin pitched five innings, giving up four runs. But guess what? Only one of those were earned! Adrian and Kouz of all people each made an error that cost them.
Mike Ekstrom gave up three runs. Ryan Webb, the amazing minor league pitcher who was just what we wanted in a Scott Hairston trade (not), gave up three runs.
The Rockies had a couple huge homers that really helped them put this game away. We finally lost, 10-1.
Oh my goodness.
That's horrible!! How is it that the Rockies had only one more hit than we did but got nine more runs than us??
Yes, I did at least hope that my Padres would somehow be playing much better in the second half. But what can a three-day break really do for a team that's at the bottom and sinking, a team that in my opinion is the worst team in baseball? Obviously, not much. I know, it's only the first game of the second half, but still. It was a very negative way to start off.
Can I at least ask for a series split? Can I reasonably expect that is team is able to win two games in a four-game series? Really? I want to believe in this team, but I can see the evidence as well as any other fan. This team is terrible!! They can't hit, they can't pitch, and they can't play together as a team.
I'll still be listening. I'll be watching the game at the ballpark tomorrow night. I have to figure out who this team is going to be. It's the second half, and I guess I should know who they are right now. But part of me is still hanging on, wanting my boys to do better than this. I know they can, I've seen it. But I don't know where it went.
I would like to congratulate Zac Sunderland on being the youngest person to circumnavigate the world alone. He arrived home yesterday after 13 months on the sea. He is 17 years old. I've been following his journey on his blog, and it's just really cool that's he back home. Congrats Zac!!
Well, it's Josh Geer (oh boy) against Ubaldo Jimenez tonight. It will be a very interesting game. We'd better win.
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It was a tough game yesterday. I hope the Padres can bounce back!
I hope you guys win for your sake.
What's up with Peavy. I heard he might miss the rest of the season. I hope it isn't true. If it is, then that just means he'll be that much better–and the team will be that much better–in 2010.
where is Peavy, I've been wondering, cause I haven't heard about him pitching lately. Is he hurt of something? Have a great time at the game!!
Oh, girlfriend. I know exactly your hits-but-no-runs lament. The Rockies and Astros have both had supreme issues with that. I can't explain the Rockies' amazing turnaround, so I have no advice other than STICK WITH 'EM! You know they've got it in them, and if it takes six months or a year or a million years, you'll still be there. Well, maybe not a million years.
Okay, weirdly yesterday I was at a park in Marina del Rey and we saw all these boats and helicopters and GUESS WHAT, Zac Sunderland was coming into the marina. Like, 200 yards away!
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Kaybee, it's time for your Padres to win. I have my fingers crossed for your team.
There's nothing more frustrating than runners left in scoring position, especially when it happens over and over. But turn the page and have a great time at the ballpark!
It was a lame game. I really, really hope that we are not going to see our game tomorrow like last night. Ahhhh! Can't wait!
Hey Kaybee! Hope you had fun at the game! The Padres won!!!!! Yeah!!!!!!! Go Padres!!!!!!!!!!! I really hope Edgar is ok.


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A renowned pioneer of the holistic health movement, and author of such classics as "Radical Healing" and "Diet and Nutrition," returned to Honesdale on August 30 to share a hopeful and helpful message centered around the importance of community.
Friends, family, former colleagues and members of the public gathered at the Cooperage on Main Street to hear Ballentine's talk on "Ecology, Community and Self-Transformation." Following an emotional introduction by his daughter, Rebecca, who recently became a physician herself, Ballentine shared his long perspective of more than 40 years of study, medical practice and research integrating holistic schools of healing for personal transformation.
Currently living in Earth Haven Eco Village near Asheville, NC, Ballentine served as president of the Himalayan Institute for 12 years and director of its Combined Therapy Department for 18 years. He also established the Center for Holistic Medicine in six cities, offering an integrative approach using psychotherapy, homeopathy, Ayurveda, yoga, movement and meditation.
Now retired and teaching permaculture and tantra, Ballantine believes that health is connected to community. "We suffer from being isolated from others," he said. "A community is like an organ, and each of us functioning in that community are like cells in search of an organ."
For the past seven years, Ballantine has increasingly focused on community and how to make it work. "The relationship between people and the land, people and nature, and then people and each other, is a very complex and important one," he said. "Community both supports and challenges you, and calls you into ever-increasing transformation."
According to Ballantine, isolation has a profound effect on health. "The cell in search of an organ needs to find an organ to be healthy, and the immune system will often reflect that," he explained. "We have an epidemic of immune deficiency and suppression that shows up as all kinds of diseases. Cancer is an immune disease. If the immune system is strong, it will identify a malignant cell as a foreign entity and eliminate it."
Recalling a time when cancer was an uncommon disease, Ballantine cited the "absolutely astounding statistic" that one out of two people today will have cancer in their lifetime. "What are the ecological, community, emotional and spiritual factors that compromise the immune system?" he asked. "It's always a nexus of things that lead to health problems. Your health prompts you. If you listen to what it is telling you and make the corrections you need to make, you will find yourself getting back on track."
Health is very much related to spirituality and to identifying your purpose in life, according to Ballentine. "When you find your purpose, your body will thrive and feel good," he said. "Transformation is following what you know is right for you. Working on your health pushes you to go through the changes in your life that are really transformative. Sometimes illness is part of the path and it often has clues for us about what we need to address."
Audience members were urged to make changes enabling increased enjoyment of their lives. "People are beginning to discover that it's not beneath their dignity to live simply, to give up a high-paying job to have time to be with their family, and to be in nature, and to feel what it's like to be a human being on the earth and sit in the sun or walk in the woods," he said. "We got assigned to Planet Earth for a while and part of our job is to enjoy its unique features. There are so many wonderful things to rejoice in. When you do that, your immune system picks up in response."
Applauding the Transition Town movement underway in Honesdale, Ballentine noted that the community has its own health issues as a complex organism formed by individual cells. "It's kind of an effort to diagnose and treat the community as a whole, to say what do we need to change about the way we're living that will make the whole thing healthier."
Ballentine encouraged listeners to follow their calling. "Every person has some unique offering for their community and the world," he said. "You can't make that offering unless you allow yourself to be the unique person that you are. We've lost a lot of our literacy about community and we need to recover that, or reinvent it, or create a new form of it."


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The Best Western Riptide will head into the Community Schools City League Basketball Tournament with the best record, sitting at 14-2 after defeating the K-12 Teachers 69-43 on Monday. Mark Putney scored 20 points for the teachers while Nick Finley dropped 23 for the victors. The Home Run Oil Titans snuck out a 53-49 point win over the Alaska Bible Institute. Erik Rozeboom scored more than half of his team's points, ending up with 24 on the night. Colton Tutt put up 12 points for the Titans. In the last game of the night, the Bulletproof Nets beat the Gregoire Construction Smooth Operators 63-41. Heath Johnson led the Operators with 7 points as Net's Josh Gilbert scored a team high 13. The City League Tournament begins at the Homer High School on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. with ABI taking on the Smooth Ops. The tournament will move to Homer Middle School on Sunday, concluding on Monday with the championship game at 7 p.m.
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The area proposed for protection is a 22,000-acre scenic landscape of public lands managed by the U.S.
On December 3, The Wilderness Society urged the U.S. Forest Service to modify its proposed Commercial Filming rule to be more consistent with filming policies of other agencies and allow for the proper enjoyment of wilderness.
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Designated wilderness areas provide important habitat for five migratory big-game species, according to a first-of-its-kind mapping project involving wildlife researchers at the University of Wyoming and cartographers at the University of Oregon.
A decision by the Bureau of Land Management in California to reject an application for a large scale solar project in the remote Silurian Valley could aid in the protection of thousands of acres of desert la
The Wilderness Society is very pleased to see the Committee prioritizing wilderness and land conservation in their first markup of the lame duck session.
One of the two original purposes of the national forests, as stated in the agency's Organic Act of 1897, is to "secure favorable conditions of water flows." Today, national forests alone provide 18 percent of the nation's water, and over half the water in the West.
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Home List of Titles Radio frequency interference removal through the application of spatial filtering techniques on the Parkes Multibeam receiver
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/150778
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- Radio frequency interference removal through the application of spatial filtering techniques on the Parkes Multibeam receiver
- Author(s)
- Kocz, J.; Briggs, F. H.; Reynolds, J.
- Abstract
- This paper addresses the first practical application of spatial filtering techniques to data taken with a multibeam receiver. Spatial filters make use of the relative arrival times of a signal at multiple sensors to identify and separate signals from different directions. The method is a consequence of the Karhunen-Loeve theorem and relies on the eigen decomposition of the covariance matrix formed from the multiple signal paths. The effectiveness of the spatial filtering techniques is demonstrated on observations of the Vela pulsar taken with the Parkes 20 cm Multibeam receiver. The experiment was highly successful, and the results show spatial filtering methods provide powerful tools for interference mitigation with an array feed receiver. Extensions of the algorithm to reduce computational requirements and allow application on short (submillisecond) timescales are also explored.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Research centre
- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies. Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
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- Astronomical Journal, Vol. 140, no. 6 (Dec 2010), pp. 2086-2094
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- 2010
- FOR Code(s)
- 0201 Astronomical and Space Sciences
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- Astronoomical instrumentation; Interferometers; Karhunen-Loeve theorem; Methods; Miscellaneous; Numerical; Pulsars
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics Publishing
- 0004-6256
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- Copyright © 2010. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. The American Astronomical Society does not allow institutions to archive either the accepted manuscript or the published version of the article.
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Living in Pinal County, Arizona, with his family,
Lando Voyles serves as the Pinal County Attorney.
Growing up in rural Texas, Lando Voyles graduated from Weatherford High
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iv been a knicks fan since i got into basketball in my preteen years....33 now.
I take fan team allegiance pretty serious.....being a ranger and knick fan i have always stood by them.
but what this ownership/front office is doing with this team is tantamount to driving the titanic into an iceberg, even when seeing it 2 miles away. I dont think lin was a huge superstar, but he was/is a rising commodity. who in their right mind signs a fat dude and an aging fck up instead of him?
Luckily there is hope. there is a new team in NYC and i may just hop onboard in there inagural year. Even if they have an average front office, im already 2 steps ahead of this clown run circus.
d will, joe johnson, brook lopez and THE dominant center in the league coming at some point? yeh....... GO BKNY
fckin knicks.......
I am actually happy Lin is leaving for one reason, and that is we can drop all of these fake bandwagon fans and get back the old school fans that missed the days of seeing true toughness from Marcus Camby and Kurt Thomas.
Bring back the old school knick fans and get rid of these bandwagon clowns.
You root for the team, not the player.
"The Knicks are back" - Amare
I wouldn't quit on the team, but, boy, would my excitement for the season be completely depleted. The prospect of Ray Felton and Jason Kidd in the starting line-up makes me want to fall asleep. And I will not be looking forward to a full season of Iso-Melo ball. Woo hoo..
Any true Knicks fan knows players come and go but the Orange and Blue...That **** dont fade. Go have fun with those ***** ass nets and dont come back on here like nothing happened when we whoopin that ass next year.
we should get rid of them, then maybe the amount of jizzing over Lin would go down after he crumbles


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Ohio Northern University pharmacy student wins ASHP Student Leadership Award
Ohio Northern University student Kellie Evans, a fifth-year pharmacy major from Westlake, Ohio, has been chosen as a recipient of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Student Leadership Award. Evans is one of 12 students in the nation to be selected for the award.
The Student Leadership Award is presented to students in their second through fourth professional years, for a total of 12 recipients across the nation. The award recognizes and celebrates students who represent the very best attributes and accomplishments of ASHP student members, specifically those who are interested in health-system pharmacy that have demonstrated outstanding leadership skills.
Evans has won the Ohio Society of Health-System Pharmacists scholarship award, the ONU Student Society of Health System Pharmacy Leadership Award, the ONU Outstanding Leadership and Character in Pharmacy Award, and the ONU Meritorious Service Award. She is a member of Phi Lambda Sigma, the national pharmacy leadership society.
Evans said, "The experiences that Ohio Northern University and the Raabe College of Pharmacy have offered me are unlike any other. I am blessed to have spent the last five years on campus learning from the experiences of outstanding leaders and mentors comprised of our faculty, staff and my peers. Leadership is not something that you learn overnight, but ONU has accelerated that process and allowed me to develop key skillsearly in my career. I am privileged to have been named a recipient of this immense honor, and I hope to continue to make my ONU family proud."
Evans will be awarded a plaque, a $2,500 cash award presented by the ASHP Research and Education Foundation, and a drug information library.


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9/21/08 at Yankee Stadium
Last day ever at Yankee Stadium…
The magnitude of this game never really sunk in; although I felt a bit
sad at various points throughout the day, I still had to keep reminding
myself that this was THE LAST time I'd ever be there. It just felt like
all the commotion was yet another formality. I mean, even in May, there were fans who couldn't find tickets…
…so what made this any different?
Obviously this is just a matter of opinion, but I think MY sign was
better. Here I am holding it up with my Watch With Zack clients for the
day: a man named Jeff and his two sons Scott and Adam:
If you've been reading this blog since last year, you might remember these guys from 9/29/07 at Camden Yards.
Here are our four tickets. Silver stamping. Nice…
The stadium was going to open at 1pm–more than seven hours before game
time–and we arrived a couple hours before that. We waited outside Gate
6 so that we'd be able to run inside and claim the corner spot on the
short porch in right field. Clearly, THAT was going to be the best
place to get balls during batting practice. Even though fans were going
to be allowed to walk *ON* (and all the way around) the warning track
from 1 to 4pm, I didn't want to take any chances by not going to the
corner spot right away. BP was scheduled to begin at around 5pm. I knew
the stadium would be packed by that time. I didn't want to end up
scrambling for a spot at the last minute and getting buried in the
crowd, and more than ever I needed to be in a visible spot. Not only had Orioles pitcher Jeremy Guthrie promised me a ball two days earlier,
but my 561-game streak was on the line. I didn't want to blow it for
the chance to scoop up some warning track dirt, and besides, there were
other mementos available…like the peeling paint on the outside of the
stadium, which the fan below was unabashedly pulling off for a
There was a huge crowd behind us when GATE 6 opened for the final time.
We ran in and sprinted to the corner spot. Just about everyone else
made a beeline for Monument Park. That's where fans were going to be
allowed to walk onto the field–through the same gate that Mariano
Rivera would be using in the ninth inning–but none of us had any
serious interest. Jeff had been on the field before. I'd been on other
fields, so I didn't feel the NEED to walk on this one. I just wanted to
hold onto the corner spot, and Adam (who really wanted a ball) was
happy to hang with me. Scott (who hadn't brought his glove because he
couldn't find it) was the only one who wanted to walk on the field, so
he and his dad headed over to the other side of the stadium. They
returned less than an hour later. The line was absurdly long so they
gave up. Jeff said it snaked way back into the concourse, then up the
ramps to the upper deck (!!!), then through the upper deck concourse
and back down the ramps toward home plate, and I think he even said it
then went back toward home plate and up again to the Loge Level. I
forget the exact details of his account of the line, but you get the
point. Therefore, the four of us hung out on the short porch, which
remained mostly empty for the first two hours.
The highlight of my day (and there were many) was running into a
legendary ballhawk I used to know in the early 1990s–an older gentleman
named Artie. I couldn't believe it when I saw him. It had been about 15
years since we'd crossed paths, and he was already gray-haired back
then. We used to see each other ALL the time, and when he disappeared,
I didn't know what to think. Had he gotten too old to chase baseballs?
Had he given up his season tickets? Had he died?! For years and years,
I had been thinking of him and remembering all the times that he took
me under his wing and calmed me down when stadium security and other
fans were giving me a hard time. It's like he was a second father to
me, or maybe even a grandfather. We were ALWAYS out in right field
together, chasing baseballs, and we'd talk for hours every day during
BP and after BP and during the game. I'd told other friends about him,
and I always wondered how many baseballs he had. I knew it had to be
hundreds, and I suspected his grand total was probably in the
thousands. So…what ever happened to him? How is it that we both ended
up near the corner spot on the LAST day ever at Yankee Stadium? It
turned out that *I'm* the one who disappeared. He only has a weekend
season ticket plan, and I stopped going to games on weekends. That was
it. He'd still been going to Yankee Stadium all these years.
Incredible. We were both so happy to see each other. I'm telling you, I
almost cried when I saw him after all these years. He really was a
legend to me, but we'd never kept in touch away from the ballpark. This
time, however, I made sure to get his phone number and ask him dozens
of questions, and then his daughter Cathy took a few photos of us. Here
we are:
You want to know how many baseballs Artie has caught since 1945?
That's more than me!
He told me he'd heard about my books and had seen me catching those two
home runs on TV, and when I told him what MY grand total of baseballs
was, he said, "You've carried on my torch, and you did it in a graceful
way. I'm proud of you."
I can't tell you how good it made me feel to hear him say that.
The fans started making their way around the warning track…
…and there was still lots of time to kill, so Artie and I kept
talking. He doesn't know exactly how many game home run balls he's
snagged, but he has 36 of his catches just on tape. In 1961, he caught
home runs by both Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, and he said those are
the only two balls he kept. He wishes he'd kept more, but he donated
them all to an autism foundation. (He has two autistic grandkids.) His
one-game record is 12. His single-season record is "over 200." That was
back in '61. He's gotten lots of balls tossed to him by players
(including Ted Williams!) but he's never used a ball-retrieving device.
He told me that back in the 1940s, players didn't throw many balls into
the crowd, and they almost never hit home runs during batting practice
because they actually treated it like "practice" and didn't swing for
the fences.
Artie, who will be turning 70 in February, pulled out a little photo
album and told me stories as I flipped through. There were photos of
him on the field with Don Mattingly, walking in the stands with Roger
Maris, at a birthday party with Billy Martin. I'm telling you…the man
is a LEGEND, and I might have to write an entire chapter in my next
book about him. I don't know, but I can tell you that this is not the
last time you'll be hearing his name.
I took a break from my conversation with Artie to do a five-minute live phone interview with a radio station in England called "talkSPORT."
Then, while Jeff held the corner spot, I took Scott and Adam with me
and caught up with Ken Derry, the managing editor of Yankees Magazine.
Ken had gotten in touch after my home run catches and said that he was
going to do a "little story" on me.
The "little" story was apparently going to have a little photograph of me:
(Thanks to Scott for taking the photo that you see above.)
The photographer–her name was Arie–took about 50 shots in the span of
two minutes and then disappeared into the crowd. Ken then pulled out a
voice recorder and interviewed me for about 20 minutes. The story will
appear in the "closing ceremonies" issue, which will be coming out in
After the interview, I took a photo of the nearby "SportsCenter" set-up…
…and the show went to a commercial break, I shouted at Steve Phillips.
He looked up.
I did my stupid "Cabbage Patch" dance.
He raised his eyebrows and pointed at me as if to say, "That was YOU?!"
I nodded and pointed at myself.
He nodded and gave me a thumbs-up.
I was hoping he'd wave me down to the front row and bring me on the air, but no, that was the end of it.
(In case you haven't yet seen my home runs catches and celebratory dances, you can see the Jason Giambi homer here and the Johnny Damon homer here.)
I went back out to the corner spot in right field (big thanks to Jeff
for staying there) and saw Spike Lee following Reggie Jackson with a
small video camera:
Finally, at around 4:30pm, the Yankees came out and began stretching:
Looks like a nice relaxing day, right?
Well, check out the view to my left:
Thank God I had the corner spot because it would NOT have been easy.
See the tall guy wearing the backwards cap and the unbuttoned road
jersey? He ended up catching four balls, including two home runs on a
fly and a third which hit the Loge facade and bounced back to him. See
the kid at the bottom middle of the photo with his chin on his fist?
That's Brian (aka "puckcollector") from this blog. And do you see the
man who's standing closest to the camera with his cap pulled down over
his eyes? That's Jeff.
Just before BP started, I ran into another stadium regular named Howard
Pressman. He had been quoted in the first paragraph of the first article EVER written about my baseball collection. Here we are:
BP finally got underway, and Adam snagged a ball before I did. Yankees
reliever Phil Coke tossed it to a security guard who flipped it up.
Even though I could've caught it, I didn't reach out for it because it
was clearly intended for Adam, and I wanted him to enjoy the rush of
catching the ball on his own. It was commemorative, and here he is holding it up:
I also managed to talk Phil Coke out of a commemorative ball even
though he recognized me as THAT GUY who caught the two home runs and
wasn't exactly dying to give me one as a result. I ended up giving that
ball to Scott who had positioned himself in the seats along the right
field foul line and therefore didn't have a chance to snag a ball on
his own.
When the Orioles came out, I quickly got Jamie Walker to throw me my
second ball of the day. Thankfully, Jeremy Guthrie was nowhere in sight
at the time, so when he finally appeared, he greeted me with a smile
and imitated my dance…
…and then tossed me ball No. 3.
Guthrie is a COOL guy. Not only had he remembered me after two days and
kept his promise by hooking me up with a ball, but he was interacting
with the fans throughout BP. One fan asked him to scoop up some dirt
from the warning track, and he did it! Check it out:
I got one more ball tossed to me by Brian Bass. It was just a regular ball, but it ended up being a very special ball indeed…
The four of us headed upstairs for the pre-game ceremony. This was our view:
It was incredible to hear a recorded welcome message from longtime P.A.
announcer Bob Sheppard…and to see Babe Ruth's daughter throw out
(okay, so she bounced it) the ceremonial first pitch…and to see
former Yankee greats actually wearing the uniforms and taking their
positions on the field…but the ceremony was still lacking, in my
opinion. To me, it seemed like it was TOO focused on the players and
not focused enough on the stadium itself. But hey…still cool.
The four of us stayed in our seats through the top of the first inning
and then headed downstairs for the sole purpose of catching the last
home run at Yankee Stadium.
There were hardly any empty seats (as you might imagine), so we
wandered aimlessly for a bit and couldn't see much of the game. Scott
was more interested in watching, and Adam was more interested in
snagging, so we split up. Scott and his dad went back up to the seats
while Adam and I roamed.
We started in left field, but there truly wasn't any place to sit or
stand, so we headed all the way around the stadium and camped out in
the tunnel in the middle of the short porch.
Security kept telling us we had to move, so we kept shuffling our
position in attempt to linger there as long as possible. At one point,
we walked back to the corner spot and stayed back against the railing
at the back of the aisle. That's where Artie and Cathy were sitting,
and they didn't mind that we were, as I described it, "invading" their
"I want you to catch it," said Artie.
"If I catch the last home run in your section." I said, "I'm always gonna feel guilty."
He assured me I didn't need to and was glad to catch up with me again for a bit.
In the bottom of the third inning, with two on and nobody out, Johnny
Damon hit a home run that landed IN the aisle about 40 feet to our
left. We couldn't move. There was hardly any room to walk, even when
there wasn't a valuable ball flying in our direction, so once the ball
left the bat and people stood up out of their folding chairs, that was
it. Done/ No chance. If I'd been standing at the front of the tunnel, I
would've had a great chance of catching the ball, but even then there
wouldn't have been a guarantee.
The guy who caught it (barehanded, no less) was mobbed by reporters
within minutes. I walked over and took a photo. Was THIS going to be
the last home run ever hit at Yankee Stadium? I didn't know. So at the
time this was a BIG deal. Here he is with the ball. His name is Brian
It was a regular/commemorative ball. I was thinking that there might've
been special "final day" balls in use, but that wasn't the case. The
ball wasn't marked either. Security never escorted him off. The MLB
authenticator never made an appearance. It was sloppy, and I was
stunned. This was a big deal, as I mentioned above, and yet it
wasn't…based on the way it was handled.
Here's a photo that'll give you an idea of how cramped the aisle was in
right field. You can actually see a reporter (in a tan shirt) crouching
in the aisle while interviewing Elmer.
Adam and I were kicked out of the corner spot soon after, and ten
minutes after that, we were kicked out of the tunnel. (Damn!) We had no
choice but to head back to left field, and while we were on our way,
Jose Molina hit a home run that landed on the protective netting over
Monument Park. (I heard later from my friend Eric Marinbach, a Yankee
Stadium regular who sits out there, that a security guard ended up
GIVING the ball to another fan. What the hell?!)
Amazingly, we found two empty seats in the first row behind the aisle,
all the way out against the side wall in straight-away left field. I
ended up sitting in the exact same seat that I was in when I jumped up
and caught the Kevin Millar homer two months earlier. This was the view:
Sadly, there weren't any other homers for the rest of the night.
This is how the Yankees announced the attendance:
This was the scene less than 60 seconds after Mariano Rivera threw the last pitch:
(I got a great video of the final pitch. You wouldn't believe how many
flashbulbs were going off. I might post the video on YouTube at some
Here's the final score:
Adam and I headed to the upper deck and got there in time to see the Yankees' final lap around the field:
It took us about 20 minutes to reach our assigned seats, where we caught up with Scott and Jeff. Here I am with the boys:
I didn't see THAT much vandalism. This was the worst of it…
…although I did notice that there were an awful lot of cup holders
missing when we all wandered back down to the field level. This was the
And that was pretty much it. Jeff had to work early the next day, while
Adam and Scott had to be at school–and they had to drive back to New
Jersey, so they headed off. I lingered inside the stadium until
security kicked me out. The only thing I grabbed on my way was a
three-inch stack of napkins that'd been abandoned on an empty vending
cart. Why not.
Goodbye, Yankee Stadium. I hate to admit it, but I'll miss you…
? 4 balls at this game
? 496 balls in 66 games this season = 7.5 balls per game.
? 562 consecutive games with at least one ball
? 128 consecutive games at Yankee Stadium with at least one ball
? 14 consecutive Watch With Zack games with at least two balls
? 3,773 total balls
Remember when I started comparing my baseball total to players' career hit totals? Well, I'm now ahead of Hank Aaron (3,771) and in third place all time behind Ty Cobb (4,191).
(Apologies for any typos in the this entry. I wrote the whole thing in
less than three hours and didn't even have a chance to read through it
once. I'll give it proper edit tonight when I get back from Shea.)
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You are correct about Guthrie. When I asked him for a ball at the COPA. He said, "It would be much more exilerating if you caught your own". Right about that time Millar hooked a BP HR ball over my head, that I did not catch.
Fun Stuff,
Mike in Detroit
(Mad at Sheff for messing up my 500th HR ball chance in a small crowd at the COPA)….
Mabye the new stadium is being built just so you can have a better stadium to snag balls in.
18 were arrested for vandalism, and all the cops on the field didnt do much cuz when a guy ran on, they just stood there, and he broke threw them and the horses.
and the penant was cool.
also guthrie TOTALLY denied me for a ball, even with the hat, and even you (Zack) said that you though i had one, but the guy threw it back into the infield. also artie kinda stole a ball from me at the futures game. the player didnt point, but i asked, and he had the longer reach so he won. what ev though. i still got two then.
as far as sunday, i got shut out, and they were using ASG balls in BP.
oh, an dthe molina ball is going to the fame.
and molina w/ the final HR at YS, and jeter going 0-4 and making the final Yankee out at the stadium? WTF?
R.I.P. yankee stadium. 4 balls in a packed stadium. wow! also did anyone hear about the picnic area tix for friday @ shea. would get them if my dad lets me.- Joe
Hi, I was wondering if you would be able to tell me where I can find out information to buy actual seats from the stadium. Someone told me they are selling 2 seats for $1000, and I am interested. Do you know the website or anywhere I can find this information?
The napkins are cool. My dad took ketchup and mustard packets and is trying to sell them on ebay. The flashbulbs were also really cool. sounds like you had fun.
Was the Bass ball special because it moved you ahead of The Hammer or because it was the 1000th different player to throw you a ball?
Yankee Stadium. The final game EVER at Yankee Stadium. Relentless Yankee fans. One of those would be bad enough, but while enduring ALL of these things, you still manage 4 balls?! Amazing, don't know what else to say, amazing! Brian
hey zack im that kid u meet at the end of bp who's grandfather was the batboy for the 1927 yankees. just wanted to mention that bobby abreu, during the top of the 9th inning threw me the ball he was warming up wit so it's one of the last dozen or so ball's used at the stadium and i came so close to catchin that home run hit off of jonney damon but as i was runnin toweds it some fat guy pusshed me out of the way. o ya con grat's on passin hank wit out baseball collecting inhaancing drugs
haha zeppelin that last sentence is great. big props.
Sucks about that Damon homer. Maybe one of the reporters would have recognized you as that guy and put you all over the news again. Hopefully the New Yankee Stadium will give more snagging opportunities to fans like you. Maybe you'll catch more homers in a season then you have in your whole life there.
My top Yankee Stadium Moments (keep in mind this is10. only like 8 years)
1. B2 Stealth Bomber flyover- probably top 5 cooliest things in my life
3. Final Game
4. First ball (this was before zack existed in my world)
5. A-Rods 500th
6. Derek Jeters 200TH hit
7. 13 balls in one night
8. Jobas first win
9. Jeter passes Gehrig all time hits at YS
10. Jacking dirt on the stadium tour
Hi Zack….
Those final game tickets were nice. We got similar tickets at the last game ever at Qualcomm Stadium in 2003. Nice, shiny foil stamped onto it. It was extra cool because I got tickets left for me by Mark Bellhorn on the Rockies. He and I are pretty tight. We went to the same high school and he used to leave me tickets alot. Usually on the road, but that was a special day.
Hey, are those bars sticking IN in the right field picture you took always there? Were they there when you caught the Damon homer? They look like they'd be a pain in the butt. I hope you got 4 balls in Philly for 500. 3 games left for me. 101 and counting. Later.
Puck Collector…
Number 1 is the B-2? Are you an airplane guy? An enthusiast so to speak? If you are we should talk. Let me know.
Hey I watched the game from over here in Sea-Town and it reminded me a lot of the kingdome when it closed… I'm extremely anxious to hear about how good a place the new Yankee and Shea stadiums are for snagging next year.
I'm planning to go to games just about every day this week, and now that I'm home from Shea, I'm two blog entries behind. Keep the comments coming. I love them, and I'm reading them all. I just don't have time to answer any of them now…BUT…once the regular season ends and I catch up on all my game entries, I'm planning to answer EVERY question that has been asked of me for the last two weeks…so I'll get back to you all soon-ish. Again, sorry for being out of touch. I also have well over 100 unanswered emails. I'm gonna try to answer all of those too at some point in the near future. I figure people would rather see me go to more games and just take a little longer to write back…plus I'm having more fun than ever so I just want to ride the wave during the final week. Anyway, Shea was (surprisingly) good tonight. First, though, I have to blog about last night's game in Philly. That entry should be up by 1pm tomorrow…
greg barasch: thats not you with the comment above mine is it?
leigh: no im not really an airplane enthusiant. i find them cool, but im not like the guy who will tell you all about them. but the b2 was just so out of this world. it flew over maybe at like 50 mph whicg gave me a good look at it. it really did look alien, and if i hadnt known any better, i wouldve told you that it was flat. the guy next to me said " now thats tax money put to good use"
Where are you/do you sit in Shea? I've been there the past 2 nights, and will be going the rest of the week. And at the Yankee Game, I noticed you were supposed to be sitting in Tier 5 Row S. I was in Tier 5 Row C.
Nice Zack,, I heard on the radio yesterday that 2 guys were sueing over the Molina homer.. When he hit it it went onto the net, a guy was holding the ball and the net,, the ball could not fit through the net and the security said he had to let it go,, then another guy got it, then security told that guy to give it back, now someone is sueing someone, the guy that had it with the net says its his.. i dont know how true it is, i heard it once on the radio. if it is,, who do you think should get it,, they will prob sell it and split the money
Puck — Nope, that's not me. That guy's stealing my name. (Just kidding, Greg.)
I like that you called it the Wayne's World thing–though I would've called it the "Andre Dawson thing." :)
Hey Zack,
How can I get the ball authenticated? I called the Yankees, ESPN, MLB, YES, nobody wants to help.
Wow you are one of the coolest guys alive!
Hey Zack,
I was at that game too on September 21st,our seats were in the loge box. We were also there for batting practice, I remember Mike Mussina was throwing up some balls to the seats as well but I don't remember where.
My favorite things I did at Yankee Stadium (in order):
.Getting Johnny Damon's BAT after the FINAL GAME, sitting near Bobby Knight, Lawrence Frank, Guiliani, Bloowberg and Bob Poppa, and Final Game
.Interviewed at 1999 ALDS workout day
.Witnessing A-rods 500th in Monument Park
.July 1, 04
.5 consecutives Opening Days (still standing)
.Going in early for 9/20 and standing in Legends Suites
.Getting Jeter's Wristband/Freddy Sez sign
.Getting a bat and batting gloves on same day
.Getting REYES's batting gloves/Omar Miniya ticket stubs


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Kershaw, Dodgers, Kings, Coyotes and Snakes oh my!
Congratulations to Kershaw for winning the National League Player of the Week honors! Kershaw took the mound twice last week against the DiamondBacks on Monday and on Saturday against the Cardinals. He pitched 7 scoreless innings against the Snakes and a complete game 9 inning shutout agains the Cardinals. The shutout extended Kershaws scoreless innings streak to 22, dating back to his May 8 start vs. the Giants.
Dodgers are in Phoenix playing the Snakes. With Capuano on the mound, the Dodgers defeated Corbin and the Snakes by the score of 6-1. Capuano's record is the same as yesterday's score 6-1. Harang takes the mound tonight against Kahill.
When Treanor hit the homerun yesterday I was thinking to myself "Boy, this team reminds me of the 1988 team" I was listening to the first innings on the radio on my way home. When I got home my brother Victor made the same comment. I am sure is in a lot of Dodger fans that this team resembles 1988. I want to be cautious but I love how the replacement players are stepping up.
Is scary to think that Mark Ellis could have lost his leg. Vin Scully said that the doctors said that Six more hours and they would hae had to amputate if it wasn't for the Dodger trainer's decision to send him to the hospital. Get better Mark Ellis.
The Kings are also in Phoenix! They lead the series 3-1 against the Coyotes. Get it done Kings! I LOVE LA! Go Kings! Go Dodgers!
I will see the games on delay when I get home. I am heading to Pasadena to have dinner and see Howie Levine sing. Some of you might know Howie. He works at Dodger Stadium and occasionally sings the National Anthem and God Bless America.
Below is the information:
May 22 Howie Sings "JAZZNATRA" withe the Mike Saul Quartet
Big Mama's Rib Shack 1453 North Lake Ave. Pasadena
Two Long Sets beginning at 6:30; 626 797-1792 for reservations
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Ellis tried to turn a double play but Cardinals second baseman Tyler Greene prevented the throw by taking him out on his slide. He was removed from the game an inning later for xrays. But it wasn't clear until the following day how serious it
Surgeons drained blood and fluid from the leg that was applying severe pressure to the muscle. Dr said that the muscle might have died if they didn't perform until several hours later.
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So does anyone watch other anime besides naruto or onepiece?
Mine are, high school d,eureka,kyo,prince of tennis,full metal alchemist, fullmetal panic,and many more
I watch Tenchi Muyo, DBZ, Samurai Champloo, Bleach, Full Metal Alchemist, etc...
Yes. I see people say that Naruto's the best, simply because it's the only one they've seen. I lol at them.
Some of my faves are : Yu Yu Hakusho, Darker Than Black, Death Note, One Piece, Hunter x Hunter, and Sword Art Online.
I just got done watching IkkiTousen and in the middle of finding something new to watch. I watch too many anime to list lol
Are you serious? lol i would list a few that i have seen... but it would look like i posted a Novel... i don't want to receive an infraction
i'm also watching fairy tail atm couldn't get into bleach or one piece
Blue Exorcist was awesome!
I'm pretty sure no one on here only watches Naruto, dude.
I've watched/read Yu Yu Hakusho, Hitman Reborn, Sword Art Online, Death Note, Blue Exorsist, and Code Geass.
I'm watching/reading Naruto, One Piece, and Hunter x Hunter.
Just Naruto and One Piece. I use to watch DBZ. If you count Legend of Korra as an anime, then that too.
Personally, no. I hate playing catch up and every other anime/manga has been going on for who knows how many chapters
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Personally, no. I hate playing catch up and every other anime/manga has been going on for who knows how many chapters
That's not the point of reading a manga, yo. It's to be entertained, not catch up.
nope, just naruto now, simply cause i got to know how it ends
Sword art online good or ouran host club, those ring a bell
I just finished watching shaman king its not the best but it brought back memories of watching it every saturday morning when I was younger
Just DBZ, Naruto, and One Piece. Couldn't get into Bleach.
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Shumlin wants 10 hired to oversee Irene workBy WILSON RING
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Toby Talbot / AP Photo FEMA federal coordinating officer Mark Landry speaks at a summit on Tropical Storm Irene recovery Friday in Northfield. At right is Vermont's Irene recovery officer, Sue Minter.NORTHFIELD Gov. Peter Shumlin wants to hire 10 short-term workers to oversee the repair or rebuilding of homes damaged by flooding from Tropical Storm Irene, officials said Friday.
The states outgoing Irene recovery officer, Sue Minter, announced the $260,000 proposal at a daylong conference at Norwich University focusing on the August 2011 storm.
The 10 positions that would last for 5½ months are needed because federal funding for similar positions has begun to expire and there are still hundreds of damaged or destroyed homes that need to be repaired or replaced, Minter said.
There are national organizations that do disaster response, Minter said. They come with labor, they come with money, and they actually come and rebuild homes.
She said one recovery organization was ready to bring hundreds of volunteers to Vermont in June if the state can be ready for them.
Fridays conference drew about 130 officials from across Vermont who have been working to put the state back together after the worst natural disaster in almost a century.
This announcement today about these 10 positions being funded by the state is golden, said Peter Edlund, a construction analyst for a community action group who has been working on Irene recovery since shortly after the storm. This buys us the people from here to the finish line and now we can really dig in and finish what we have started.
Minter and Edlund estimate about 300 housing projects still need to be completed. They range from rebuilding homes completely to minor renovation projects. The construction coordinators could help ensure those projects are ready when volunteer groups, or others, are ready to do the work.
Edlund said he hoped the recovery could be substantially complete by the second anniversary of Irene in August.
The conference had workshops that ranged from coordinating communication among recovery workers to fundraising to a workshop on compassion fatigue.
The Rev. John Wheeler, a pastor from Warwick, R.I., a member of his states Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, a group that helps coordinate disaster response by volunteer groups, said compassion fatigue is a phenomenon when people who help victims of disasters can suffer variations of post-traumatic stress disorder that victims themselves can suffer.
Its something first responders, emergency telephone operators, social workers and anyone else who deals with disaster victims can suffer from, Wheeler said.
We all just thought, well, this is just part of the job and you need to just suck it up. Not so not so at all, Wheeler said.
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By Helena Rodriguez: Local columnist
Didn't think the Writer's Guild of America strike in Hollywood would affect you? Well, in support of my fellow writers, who I'm sure are likewise grossly underpaid and underappreciated for their sarcasm and — occasionally intellectually profound words of wisdom — this local columnist is joining them on the picket line.
Consequently, or perhaps fortunately, you readers in Newspaper Land will have to read column reprints until my editors and I work out an agreement for higher pay, royalties for Internet postings and a cut of the revenue, which I'm sure they make having my columns recycled into compost, mulch, fire-starters, packing material and piñatas.
Yeah right! My strike wouldn't carry any weight. They'll just fill this space with more Grant McGee or something. If you knew what I was getting paid to write this column, however, maybe, just maybe, you'd feel sorry for me and bring me some Krispy Kreme donuts like Jay Leno reportedly did to the striking writers in L.A.
It's in Jay's best interest to get the writers back to work because his late-night TV show is now stuck in rerun limbo. Leno may do a great job telling jokes, but the real credit goes to the clever writers behind the punch-lines.
Now I get to the real substance of this column, you know, about how writing is a seriously underrated, highly skilled art, which requires a great deal of expertise. After all, not just anyone has the gift that we writers possess, being able to articulate ourselves with such fluidity, emotion, passion, inspiration, ethos, pathos, logos, yada yada yada.
You should thank us, because professional writers of my rank are sensitive. We know how precious time is to you and we know how grueling and painful it is for you to read our work because people don't like to read anymore, (or maybe it's because you think our work sucks and wonder when the newspaper is going to hire "real columnists").
And so we break the rules of writing by starting sentences with "and" (we are professionals; we can break the rules). And we get straight to the point. We write concisely, and with no apologies, unless, of course, we're getting paid by the word.
My friend, fellow graduate student and fellow writer Mike Jimenez, says, "Not everyone can write," although as future composition teachers, we will tell our students they can, in fact, write, at least good enough to get through college, and sometimes maybe even good enough to become the next T.S. Eliot or Dave Barry.
But if writing, I mean real writing, was really that easy, then we'd all be published, best-selling writers. The criteria for selecting Pulitzer Prize winners would be as easy as pulling a prize out of a Cracker Jacks box.
In truth, writing is a somewhat complicated process that sends some people running and screaming in fear. After all, writing requires rough drafts, outlines, and, oh yes, it requires writing, even rewriting, editing, polishing, slamming your head against a wall, gallons of Jack Daniels (just kidding) and knowing and understanding your audience (because they may bring you Krispy Kremes).
Some of us have learned to master writing. We make A's in our writing classes, and sometimes, God forbid, we even expect to get paid for our writing. Sometimes we're even driven to selfish acts and do flamish (hey, we even make up our own words, free-of-charge.
Flamish means "like totally flaming hot," not to be confused with famish, which we writers also suffer from) things like ask to be paid enough money to provide ourselves and our families with food, shelter, clothing and a widescreen HDTV.
Part of the cause of this writers' strike is reality TV shows. How hard is it to write a simulated reality TV show? If you're like me and are wondering why there aren't any good shows on TV anymore (Am I the only one who misses "Touched by An Angel" and "Get Smart?") maybe it's because there are not any good writers. Or maybe it's because they're not paying the good writers enough money.
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Portales junior Alex Ledbetter finished fourth in high jump and tied for fourth in pole vault in last year's Class 3A girls state track meet, and she's on course to possibly improve both events.
Ledbetter won both in Saturday's Jim Love Invite at the PHS track, going 7 feet, 6 inches in pole vault and setting a personal best at 5-2 in high jump. The Lady Rams cruised to the team title with 149 1/2 points to 88 1/2 for Texico in the five-school meet.
Lovington took the boys team title with 153 points to 101 for Texico and 86 for Portales.
"It was a good meet for me, especially with a personal best," Ledbetter said. "I'm shooting for 5-4 or 5-6 (in high jump). In pole vault, I'm shooting for nine feet."
Last year at state, she went 5 feet in high jump, 8 feet in pole vault. She said she needs a bit more work in the latter event.
"It's a lot more technique, and more steps to perfect," she said. "I just need to get back in the groove and get things to where they were last year."
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Texico senior Donovan Johnson placed fifth and sixth in last year's Class 2A boys 110 and 300 hurdles, respectively.
Right now, though battling a bit of a knee injury, he managed to earn a state qualifying mark on Saturday in the 110s. His time of 16.49 seconds put him second behind Portales senior Collin McAfee.
"I just want to score points for our team (at state)," Johnson, who also competes in pole vault and the 1,600 medley relay. "I'll hopefully be able to break 16 (in the 110s). If I have a goal, that would be it."
In part because of his knee, Johnson didn't compete in pole vault or the relay on Saturday.
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McAfee had a good day for the Rams, winning both hurdles races. He was fifth in the 110s and sixth in the 300 last year at state, but hopes to move up.
"There's always room for improvement," McAfee said. "I think the beginning of this year has been better for me than last year. For our second meet, I think it was pretty good."
He also hopes to help the Rams' 400 and 1,600 relays do well down the line.
"We have a pretty good chance to go pretty far if we just work on the conditioning and the technique," he said.
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Texico senior Karina Salazar's specialty is the 800, but she didn't run it on Saturday. Instead, coach Ryan Autrey had her anchor the 1,600 medley relay, which is 800 meters.
"It's a distance I'm used to, but it's a little more pressure because you don't want to let the other people (on the relay) down," she said.
Salazar helped the Lady Wolverines post a second-place finish in the medley with a time of 5:17.10.
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Muldowney is the second drag racer to win the Pioneer Award, which honors female racers who changed the sport for other women. She won three NHRA Top Fuel world titles and 18 NHRA nationals.
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On a team composed of veterans quickly approaching or comfortably nestled into their 30s, Domonic Brown provided a jolt of youth after his call-up in late July. Unfortunately, due to inconsistent playing time and sparse use off the bench, Dom didn't contribute much at the Major League level.
But, seeing as this is a Year in Review for a player who will still be considered a rookie in 2011, it's only fair that we take his whole season into account, and boy, what a season it was!
Entering spring training as one of the best prospects in baseball – in a field that still included the likes of Jason Heyward, Buster Posey, Mike Stanton, Logan Morrison and Stephen Strasburg, among others – was an excellent start. Buoyed by a strong .318/.391/.602 line at Double-A Reading and the promotions of those ranked above him, Brown quickly found his way to the peak of some midseason prospect lists. All he did for an encore, then, was hit .346/.390/.561 in 28 games for the IronPigs in Triple-A, making him an easy choice for promotion when Shane Victorino hit the DL back on July 28.
Dom's .210/.257/.355 line in his 70 Major League PAs seems out character, considering his minor league success. He struck out frequently – 24 times in those 70 PA – and is still considered a "work in progress" for 2011. Hey, that's fine. He's just 22, has tools and talent that are lauded across the scouting spectrum and, in all likelihood, a seat in right field and the starting lineup that's being kept warm for him. Those 70 PA aren't nearly enough to be discouraging, as Brown still has loads of potential. Oh, and did I mention that he's got a hose? Or, that while his defense is still a bit rough overall, he's got some legitimate athleticism? I have now, anyway.
Someday, Domonic Brown will be a star for the Phillies. It could be as soon as 2011 or 2012, but there's little denying the man's future is bright enough to require Ray-Bans (waiting on the check). So what if 2010 wasn't a rousing success in very limited time at the Major League level? Dom's destruction of the Eastern and International Leagues, vaulting to the top tier of prospects and softening the blow of Jayson Werth's potential (and likely) departure are plenty enough to merit high marks.
PAT'S GRADE: 7.6/10 – It's hard to say what his true grade should be. On one hand, he vaulted from Double-A to the majors quickly after tearing up minor league pitching. On the other hand, he didn't do much once he got here, although he wasn't given much of a chance because of the outfield logjam. The future is still bright.
NICK'S GRADE: 8/10 This is a year in review piece, and Brown destroyed minor league baseball. While his time with the Phillies was more or less a learning experience, you can't not grade his season without including his time in the minors this year.
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Dom Brown has had excellent splits in his minor league career, pretty much neutral on lefties vs righties. There is no reason to believe that will be different in the big leagues. Give him a shot to be the every day right fielder, Ibanez and Ben Fran as a platoon in left. For all the talk about losing the righty bat in Werth, he was better against right handed pitching in 2010 (0.931 OPS against righties, 0.881 against lefties).
The Phils already overpaid for Howard (at least in terms of duration), don't make the same mistake for Werth (unless somehow Ibanez can be traded, move Brown to right). Brown should be the everyday starter out of spring training.
Wow. 8.9?? He barely did anything noticeable. Not to say he was bad or unimpressive… just that there really isn't a whole lot to say about him. So if he has a good year in 2011 he'd get something more than an 8.9? That's superstar territory.
This is grading based more on potential than actual numbers created during MLB at bats, which is how Dom SHOULD be graded. I'm sure Chase, Ryan and Jayson all had stretches of 70 ABs where they approached their numbers. Plus, (injuries aside) they were playing every day, while Dom wasn't given a chance to find a groove with consistent ABs.
I agree with Paul's ranking. Gotta still think that Dom can be an excellent talent that just hasn't been allowed to shine yet.
I can't really say much about Domonic Brown. He didn't do much, and when he had a chance, what he did do wasn't very good. I get it, I get it, he's young & he didn't have enough time on the field. But for crying out loud — he just didn't live up to the hype. It would be hard to. So an 8.9, even a 7.6 seems over the top to me.
bfo: Seriously, as if the amount of money the FO might possibly pay Werth would even visit the same country as what they gave Howard. Any "mistakes" made there wouldn't be on the same level. I also can't believe you'd even try to use – 0.931 OPS against righties, 0.881 against lefties – those numbers as a comparison against what Werth has done for several yrs in Phila. That's crazy. I mean be reasonable.
How can you "grade based on potential"? Because you WANT him to succeed? As long as he's on the Phillies I want him to suceed too, but that's some pretty wild grading. Wish you guys had been my algebra teachers in high school.
"Grading based on potential" LOL. Priceless.
Ok, so Manny, what should we grade Dom based on? Just 70 PAs? That's even more ridiculous.
By "potential" I simply meant that his AA and AAA stats show him to be a better player than what his small sample size in the majors says. He has the potential to put up great numbers, and Brown cruised through the minors. Therefore, this ranking makes sense.
If you can somehow logically argue that we should judge Brown based solely on his 70 MLB ABs I'm all ears, though I'm not holding out much hope.
If they graded based on potential in high school, I wouldn't be paying off my college loans right now.
This grading system is garbage.
Yes, you grade him on his 70 PAs.. if you think that's not sufficient you give him a "N/A" grade –which I personally think it's the way to go in this specific case.
I'm not arguing that he doesn't have the potential, cause he does. He will be really good in the near future, but his first pop quizzes didn't go too well.
Not that I really care about the grading system cause in the end it's very subjective… and I usually don't comment on this type of posts… but the minute I saw a 8.9 for Dom Brown I felt compelled to do so.
His grading is WAY TOO HIGH — WAY TO HIGH !!!!. Although I hope he deserves this type of grade next year and I will be rooting for him every game. Do not grade on potential, as it sometimes jinxes a player and many players NEVER lived up to potential.
I have expressed my disappointment in having an undefined scoring system. However, this really takes the cake! 7,8,9 because of potential? But it that is the way you want to go, then let's rate everyone on potential. This is just silly.
I like the year in review summaries, but the grading system isn't worth much.
Phan, being reasonable is not my strong point. I do agree that one season's stats are subject to a lot of variation – Werth in 2007-2009 had over 1.000 OPS against lefties. Just like his RISP in 2010, probably an anomaly (although his ops against righties has gone up every year since 2007 – probably due to seeing more righties).
I disagree that Werth's contract will be in another country, though – from what I've read, he's looking for 4 yr/$75M with a 5th year option/buyout. While most of the people on this site are more concerned about on the field performance, for the Phils, it's total return on investment. Between his monster home runs and gentle giant personality, Howard is very marketable to casual fans. Werth probably could be if he wanted to, but chose not to be. In merchandise,…, Howard's contract will pay off for the Phils.
In my perfect world, Ibanez is traded (maybe packaged with one of the 1st baseman prospects so we get something in return and don't have to eat any salary), Werth is resigned, Brown goes to left as an everyday player, and Ben Fran is the 4th outfielder. I don't think that will happen, though.
By the end of the season, I think Brown's offensive numbers will be close to Werth's. The biggest issue I see with losing Werth is the lack of a back-up centerfielder. With the way he plays, Vic is going to at least need some down time, and will likely hit the 15 day dl at least once. As the roster stands now, it would probably be Ben Fran in center, which would make for an ugly defense.
My grade wasn't solely based on potential. My final two sentences:
"So what if 2010 wasn't a rousing success in very limited time at the Major League level? Dom's destruction of the Eastern and International Leagues, vaulting to the top tier of prospects and softening the blow of Jayson Werth's potential (and likely) departure are plenty enough to merit high marks."
I really can't even really properly comment because this is such a joke.
I think you have got to grade dom brown extremely high because while he may not have had a huge impact on the big league team he made a huge progression from highly rated but unknown quantity prospect to a legitimate #1 prospect in all of baseball. went from low level minor leagues to tearing up triple a to leaving the phils with absolutely no choice other than to call him up to the bigs.
and o yea, he also made Jayson Werth expendable.
hahaha that is a joke
this kid has an incredible amount of holes in his swing.
it's TOO LONG.
as pitchers quickly figured out….throw him inside and you win.
not to mention it took him what? 30 something ABs before he DREW A SINGLE WALK?
he looked shaky in the field at times…
so you're saying that if he plays 100 games…he should just have like a 15 out of 10?
did you guys ever stop to think the reason he was ranked #1 in the minors was because…
Mike Stanton was in the minors when Dom Brown was proclaimed #1 in the Minors. The reason Stanton's numbers were better than Dom's were solely due to the fact that Stanton played every day, as opposed to Dom's Bench role. The grading's seem fair to me. They aren't based on his MAJOR League Contribution, but how well he did as a Double-A player to get to the Major's in fewer than four months.
if only he were Right handed! Wtf
who cares what he did in double-a….
why don't we throw in spring training numbers then too?
he doesn't deserve a, 8.9
that's insane
To complain about the rating you did not read the post, he was graded on his year mostly in the minors. I think you could go with Vic, Raul, Dom, and Ben Fran as your outfielders until June to see if it works if it doesnt you make a move. With the rotation pretty much set you can live with a less prolific offense and still win. Is it spring training yet
nooo way.
they had a prolific offense this year (lineup wise) and you saw what happened….how many games did Cole lose 1-0? and Doc shoulda had 25-28 wins.
They need a righty with pop…and that righty is Jayson Werth.
The Yanks have been said NOT to go hard at him..they are throwing all their eggs in the Cliff Lee basket (and they'll get him)….even though I'm sure RAJ will at least talk to Cliff.
They have the money…and I think Crawford goes to the Angels…and I think JW comes down to the Sox and Phils…
and Jayson sees that green monster and says..oh boy, my homerun totals might go down…
right no, I'd say its 70/30 Jayson comes back…
I think they dangle Raul out there, see if he has any takers…
but a platoon of Dom (who is still a pup) and Ben in right field would not be good…
who protects Ryan? Jimmy? Shane? Ben?
not to mention Dom is lefty…
so at times your order would go
chase ryan dom raul? all lefties??
they need jayson back and they know it
You guys didnt read any of it. His year in the minors was outstanding. And, if you read the title, it's called "Year in Review' meaning we reviewed his play this year. Not for a month, not for a week, not for a day…for the year. He blew through the minors and probably deserved a 10 there, alone.
So grade him separately for the minors and majors.
I did see a lot of potential for greatness in Domonic Brown. I still do.
That doesn't negate the fact that he made mistakes on defense that no one else (not named Chase Utley playing in the NLCS) would have made and that he hasn't yet learned how to work against a Major League pitcher. How many ABs did he go deep into this year? I'd like to see those numbers. At least Howard (for all his potential, he didn't have a great year by his own standards) and Ibanez managed full counts a good deal of the time before striking out.
Anyone notice how many times Ibanez went 0-2 and then more often than not worked it up to a full count? That's a guy who knows what he's doing from experience.
Domonic Brown (2010 minor league): I'd give him at least a 9.8.
Domonic Brown (2010 major league): A 6, at best.
He'll get better with more experience.
Id take Brown over all the rookies mentioned. Including the now banged up Strasburg. Except maybe Posey.
Everybody needs to welcome our new rightfielder.
To me he is the most exciting thing so far going into 2011.
I am excited and feel he will do well.
Sadly the loss of Lopes probably hurts him more than any player in the organizattion.
Pat: If that's the case, then please give Antonio Bastardo an 8 or higher…
The Potential is there he still needs work. We arent going to know for another year. I hope he is in the same class as Posey, Heyward and company time will tell.
The grade has to be based on his performance in 2010. What he did in 2010 was tear up double A.
He gets a gold star from me.
Anyone else receive their 2011 invoice? $2 increase accross the board… Oh well. Probably a good post would be "What to look forward to in 2011".
1) Starting pitching has the entire season
can we really expect more of the same from Halladay?
Has Cole found consistency??
What will Oswalt do on the Phils for an entire season?
2) Does Ryan Howard know what he's doing at the plate yet?
3) Do we try to temper our expectations with D Brown???
4) What will Rube do to replenish –
RH Power hitter
BP middle relief
BP closer
5) Will Cholly be able to do something in LF??
These are my burning questions. Without Jayson Werth, without some stability in the BP – there are too many ifs. The entire team (except for Werth and Choochie) played on a different level offensively this year than we've seen in the last 4, frankly, they sucked.. They were so middle of the road, not a team that looked capable of going into the post season let alone taking the grail again. I have more thoughts on Ryan Howard but I will reserve them till a later post.
Cholly hasn't played Left Field since 1975, he's slowed down quite a bit since then, I wouldn't expect much. 🙂
RAJ will surprise us this winter. I'm not saying we will all like what he does, but it's sure to catch us off guard. It's what he does.
I like Dominic Brown a lot. If he stays healthy he may be a very good ballplayer. Speed, Power, lots to like. But IMO -Major league potential is not gradable, it has to play out.
Pat, I understand where you're coming from but respectfully, you can't grade performance in the minors. Greg Dobbs tore up Double and Triple A at one time too.
My Grade – Incomplete, but looking forward to next year.
He was damn near a 10 in the minors, this grade is accurate.
His sample size from MLB is very small. And he had some big RBI's, if you'll recall. Remember his first AB? An off the wall, RBI double.
Do I think he may be overhyped? Yeah, but there is reason for that hype. He looks an awful lot like Darryl Strawberry.
I probably shouldn't have said anything, because watching you all flip out is never not funny.
You entertain us, we entertain you, it's only fair.
You're grading based on the YEAR that Dom Brown had… 85% of his year was spent in AA demoralizing minor league pitching. You would give him a 9.5 for that part of his year. You would give him a 5 for the remaining 15%… he did some nice things (had a string of consecutive games with an RBI and mashed a monster bomb)… I'd say he did ok in his role as a bench bat and 5 might be low. Regardless… a weighted average gives him an 8.9… take it for what it's worth, Dom Brown had a great YEAR of baseball at the levels he was playing.
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Tsuki has a headache and can't get to sleep. He decides to have some fresh air and walks to the balcony. He gets there and looks down to see the dead body of YowYan being eaten by squirrels. Kira has Struck.
BTW YowYan was an innocent Officer.
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Inscription on radial tire
A – Tire size
Example: P 295/30 ZR 19 100 Y
– P - The tire is designed for Passenger vehicle.
This information is not included on all tires.
– 295 - Indication of tire width in mm
– 30 - Indication of tire height to tire width ratio in percent
– ZR - code letter for radial tires for speeds above 150 mph / 240 km/h
There are currently no standards concerning tire strength at speeds above 150 mph (240 km/h).
– R - Belt type code letter for radial
– 19 - Indication of rim diameter in inches
– 100 - Load capacity coefficient
– Y - Speed code letter
– XL (Extra Load) - Tire with increased load rating
B – TIN (Tire Identification Number)
Example: DOT xx xx xxxx xxxx
The DOT symbol indicates that the tires comply with the requirements of the
US Department of Transportation and provides information about:
– first two-digit code means manufacture's identification mark.
– second two-digit code means tire size.
– third four-digit code means tire type code.
– fourth four-digit code means date of manufacture.
If, for example, the last four numbers read 0208, the tire was produced in the 2nd week of 2008.
C – Tire ply composition and material
The number of layers in the tread and sidewalls and their material composition.
D – Maximum permissible inflation pressure
The maximum permissible cold inflation pressure to which a tire can be inflated.