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Getting eliminated from the playoffs sucks.
In the moments immediately following elimination, it's hard to stave off feelings of bitterness, anger and disappointment. It's hard not to run with the overwhelmingly negative emotion and rail against the closest thing. For some, that opportunity arose when Ryan Howard stared at strike three. For others, their ire was directed toward Chase Utley and his disappointing postseason. Hey, everyone copes in his or her own way, but it's important to maintain some perspective (especially when it comes to a franchise cornerstone).
Chase Utley played in 115 games, in large part because of a thumb injury that required surgery, and, as a result, recorded some stats that were not what we've become accustomed to seeing. All of these stats were Chase's fewest since 2004, when he played in just 94 games:
- 117 hits
- 20 doubles
- 2 triples
- 16 home runs
- .275 batting average
- .445 slugging percentage
- 3.5 oWAR
So the guy is human after all, huh? No one will argue that Chase had one of his typical years, just as I'm sure few will argue that injuries and fatigue probably had their fair share of effect.
What is most certainly arguable is the notion of trading Utley. One "subpar" season – or, microscopically, one bad postseason in which Chase hit just .182/.333/.227 in 27 PA – after a run of historically good ones is no cause to call for Utley's head.
I won't derail this post into a defense of Utley against the trading hordes, so instead I'll just say this: in the land of arbitrary stat endpoints, Chase Utley has had six seasons with .275/.375/.445 or better, with a 120 OPS+ or higher to boot. Only Charlie Gehringer (11), Rogers Hornsby (10) and Eddie Collins (8) have ever had more seasons meeting those criteria as a second baseman than Utley (Utley registered his sixth such season of those numbers in 2010, too, for what it's worth), and all three of those gentlemen are Hall of Famers.
Utley didn't have a great season, be that because of injury, fatigue, aging, slight skill decline or demonic possession, but he's signed to an affordable deal for a player of his caliber, and he's a face of the franchise. We can be disappointed in 2010, but we can be assured of Utley's dedication to returning to top form in 2011.
PAT GALLEN: 7.2/10 – Yes, the injury injured his chance at a productive season, however the writing was already on the wall for a down year before his thumb gave out. His not-so-good playoffs didn't help, either.
NICK STASKIN: 7.1/10 – A down year for Utley, is almost an up year for any other second baseman in baseball. If you compare this season to almost any other second baseman in MLB, it still measures up…just not to the production we are used to.
Tomorrow: Placido Polanco
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Utley is a gamer, a great player who had a tough year. I hope he gets plenty of rest this off-season. We need him back. We also need to rest him once in a while against tough lefties so he does not get hit so much. We need a solid utility infielder who can play third and second base to relieve both Polanco and Utley and we may want to consider Jose Lopez for such a role. We need to keep both Utley and Polanco, as well as Rollins, sharp and that means occasional rest.
I respect and appreciate Charlie Manuel. I do think he needs to realize that with an aging team of stars, that they do need rest and he does need to use a bench intelligently. He is not good at that. Bench players get stale and lose their edge. I believe that is the case with Greg Dobbs, who became very stale and ineffective.
And Golden Boy skates again.
Where's that perspective when it comes to Ryan Howard? Nowhere to be found.
how the hell can you guys give chase utley above a 7 for this year? you gotta be smokin something wacky. He's maybe my favorite baseball player of all time but I'd have an awful hard time giving him anything higher than a 4 (tops) for this year. probably give him a 3
Both of the above comments make very valid and solid points. No need to say more.
A) Ryan Howard got a higher grade than the "Golden Boy" and B) I give my reasons in the article. I graded him partially in relation to his previous years and partially in relation to how good he was in relation to other 2B where, even though this was a down year, he still excelled.
And his defense was still excellent. What you saw in the playoffs was an aberration. Giving Utley a grade like a 3 or a 4 for a season like this is lunacy, sorry guys and gals.
Had he played a full season (and he didn't because of circumstances that were basically out of his control; he can't be blamed for a baseball injury like that) his numbers would've been worthy of a grade closer to a 9 for sure. He gets points off for a subpar postseason, even though that's only 9 games, and because you can't give that high a grade for a partial season, even if the injury isn't the player's fault.
Utley was still top 5 or 6 among all ML second basemen in a number of stats DESPITE having this down year. We're coming up on being a week removed from losing the series, so I'm struggling to see why there's still this bitter ire clouding vision.
I find the notion that Utley is some untouchable Teflon Don when it comes to criticism to be really bizarre, and the amount of anger that people manage to muster over it even more bizarre. I don't know if it's holdover craziness from the Howard contract debate, but nobody has been afraid to say that Chase has had a down year. The thing is, a "down year" for Chase is .275/.387/.445 — you people do realize how valuable a line that is from a second baseman, right? We quite rightfully expect more from Chase, but to rate that kind of production from a 2B a 3 or 4 is just insane.
And Kate, since you were so angry that someone would dare to even criticize Wilson Valdez, I'll just offer up his .258/.306/.360 line up for comparison without comment.
In September, Utley started taking his sweet time getting the balls over to first. What used to be routine plays and outs started getting just a little more interesting WELL before the playoffs started.
@Paul: Yeah, Howard got a whole whopping .1 better than Utley did. He deserves better, because batting averages are down around the entire league and that's the basis of everyone's ire toward him, his offense. At least Howard stayed with it on defense and did everything he could to catch balls when Utley looked like he could care less where those balls went.
I mean, I wouldn't give Utley below a six, probably, but he deserves to be at least half a point lower than Ryan Howard.
Ah, the always reliable evidence of "didn't look like he cared." Top-notch analysis. I mean sure Utley plays better defense than Howard at a much more difficult position but hey, if you say he doesn't care, well, I'm convinced.
By the way, since Howard always gets bonus clutch points for hitting in September ("When it counts!!") are we going to grant Utley the same courtesy for hitting .306/.420/.491 in Sept/Oct of the regular season?
Kate, first base is the easiest position to play. In comparison, second base is the 6th hardest out of 9 spots. Utley's defense was still damn good, and was far better than Howard's. Utley had an almost .390 (.387 to be exact) OBP, despite being a down year. Howard's: .353 OBP.
Let's check out some other second baseman in the NL East's OBP:
Dan Uggla: .369 (And he had a good year)
Martin Prado: A guy who batted .307, had just a .350 OBP.
Luis Castillo: LOL .235 OBP.
I suppose I'll put Christian Guzman here for the Nats: .327 OBP.
Now, I know OBP doesn't mean everything, but just because his power numbers were down, it's not like Utley was slouching or not trying to win ball games. I believe he had the third highest OBP of the team, behind Ruiz (.400 OBP) and Werth (.388 OBP), don't quote me on that, though.
Utley was still getting on base, drawing walks, getting hit by pitches, play a fine defense, and still drove in 65 RBI. I'd say a 7 is more than appropriate for a Second baseman putting up those numbers.
Utley's one of my all-time favorites, always will be. This yr, ouch, I don't know, a 5.5 or 6 – tops. This Utley-thing causes such a brain-wall in people, an inability to even try to understand the other person.
Even w/my love of him I know generally he's rarely criticized by media or fans. Hard to believe anyone would say he's treated the same as other players. I think he's aware of it. But b/c he doesn't invite it, I've had a weird feeling that it bothers him. He clearly doesn't like being separated from 'the guys'.
He projects a persona of no-nonsense, less talk – more action, a "man's man". Women want it, men want to be it. Combined w/the fact that he's – by everyone's admission – an honestly great baseball player; we have someone that probably nobody wants to criticize. I was thinking maybe … between Utley & Werth … we have one whole Clint Eastwood. Maybe that's why they're best buds. (Werth's the side that gets criticized, shrugs, says little. Yep. You're right. I deserved the boo-s. Beyond that don't talk about ME. Nothing personal. I don't have parents. I was hatched from an egg. Thanks. Goodnight.)
I have made the arguement here that projecting forward chase Utley could end his career as the best 2b ever. Last year was a serious blow to that. Maybe even making it impossible. It was a VERY down year and anything over a 5 is borderline ridiculous.
He does still (not including playoffs) play a good defensive 2b and that does mean alot.
Some of the Howard lovers need to realize he plays the position Adam dunn plays and Dave Kingman played. Cody Ross playing 1b for the phillies next year and hitting 4th drives in 100 runs easy. Alot of Howards stats are built in. Thats why he is over paid.
IMO Utley a 4 year and Howard probably the same.
Forget the 0 and 1 gave them last night.
if 2010 is a 7.3
what were 2006,2007,2008?
15 on a scale of 1 to 10?
What a truly pathetic column. Utley was a 5 at best this season.
Not so good playoffs? .182/.333/.227 is a horrible playoffs. And his fielding was atrocious. He had almost an error per game. The Phillies would have a better chance beating the Giants if Wilson Valdez played second. Howard was caught looking to end the game, but it was Utley who cost them the game. Who knows what happens if Chase does not start the hissy fit after getting hit by Sanchez? And then he has a lackluster effort on the ground ball by Sanchez in the 3rd, which was the start of the big inning by the Giants. But yea, Utley had one RBI in the playoffs and Howard had none. Howard only batted 120 points higher. So by far, Utley had the better playoffs.
"and he didn't because of circumstances that were basically out of his control; he can't be blamed for a baseball injury like that"
Really? Trying to take 2nd on a long single late in the game, when all your team needs is baserunners. And then sliding headfirst was out of his control? If anything, it was totally 100% in his control. Howard spraining his ankle while running to first was a baseball injury you can't blame the player for.
"first base is the easiest position to play. In comparison, second base is the 6th hardest out of 9 spots. " So Howard plays the 9th hardest position and Chase plays the 6th hardest? Yea, that is a huge difference!
defenseive positions in order of importance ( so there wont be arguing LOL)
1. catcher
2. short stop
3. second base
4. center field
5. third base
6. right field
7. first base
8. left field
I hated these numbers in the past and I hate them now. The primary reason is that the numbers have never been defined. Are they supposed to relate to the individuals performance relative to expectations? relative to others (NL or MLB?) at same position, to anyone at any position, to past years' performance? On top of that what do the numbers mean by themselves? Is 5 average? Is 10 "once in a lifetime"?
Without any guidance on what the numbers represent, everyone is right and there is no reason to argue. Going with decimal points on an undefined 0-10 is absurd? 7.1 or 7.2? I still don't know what it means!
Its nice to see everyone is in a foul mood. I really wasnt going to post for awhile because I didnt wanna be too negative. The writers here are well intentioned. I am cutting them slack. Its not easy doing this after such a disappointment.
In a way I think its a good thing that we dont accept losing.
IMO Cubs fans are misguided. They are lovable losers. They come out no matter what. They accept and support losing. Quite posibly thats why they havent won a WS in over 100 years.
I think that it's a scale of what the best vs what the worst they could perform is. On a scale of 1-10, what I EXPECT from Utley is probably about an 8.5. Maybe even a 9 due to defense.
For example, I think Ruiz probably had about an 8.5 year. I mean, just stellar. What I expect from him is something in the 6.5-7 range.
Doc is probably a 9.5. As amazingly as he pitched, I actually feel in a perfect season he could pitch even better.
A 10 point scale with decimals is the same as a 100 point scale. Who cares if it's a 7.3 vs a 7.5, except comparing ratings to each other? It gives you a feel for their thinking.
I believe that Utley was hurt, that his hand was not fully healed and that his fielding suffered because of it. This team needed Utley to win. I believe that Utley gave it his all. Same is true for Howard. I once had a severely sprained ankle. It took over a year for me to get back to where I was before the sprain. A severe sprain can affect every part of a player's game. Rollins was banged up, as well and I believe he did his best to get back to form. These are not minor injuries and these three players are the crux of our offense. That is what I believe and I do forgive them. All three players are gamers, and they are human, as well. It is time for healing and time for kindness. We are not in the World Series, but we had one helluva good ride.
Nothing I've said about Utley reflects my feelings for him as a fan. I love Chase Utley. I love all of these guys. I fully believe they'll all be great next year, maybe even better now that they'll be playing with a little more fire and intensity after an earlier end than they wanted and thought they should have had this season.
But let's be honest. Chase had a great start to the season, but he wasn't headed for a career year even before he tore up his thumb. We were headed for third place before he went on the DL. Now, it would be simply ridiculous to assign more blame to him than he deserves, but he was part of the offensive slump in the beginning.
Howard wasn't having a career year even if he got that time on the DL list back.
If we're cutting Utley some slack for a down year, Ryan Howard deserves the same consideration.
I dont see how anyone of you or us could be objective about rating the players. We're fans – This is our team, these are our players. We see them year after year, day after day. Especially after the emotional roller coaster that this year provided the great start, the injuries, the abscence of offense, the incredible September, the cake walk vs Cincy and the collapse vs the Giants.
We don't set the expectations, the players have given us a template from their past performances. They laid the roadwork. And what Chase has done in the past compared to what he did this year, straight up we have a "D" from the PN.
Howard a "C". Very average year.
And yes, we're still upset.
@Morris: I'm not sure I blame Utley for the fact that the Giants were able to get Sanchez out when they wanted to. I think Sanchez knew exactly what he was doing when he instigated. He knew he was choking and he needed to get out of there. He took one for the team and acted like a jackass.
The only thing Chase is guilty of is playing right into his hands.
The last comment about Howard getting a "C" grade – for any other player it could be a career year but for Howard, it wasn't even an average year but still a "C" because he topped 30/100.
If the offense would have performed to their average up and down the lineup, this team would have won more games, put a clamp on the NL east earlier and most likely would still be playing ball now.
bart shart: I'm with you 100% on your post. well said. I actually have a very similar thumb injury . However I didn't get surgery on it. But i can tell you that it must have been very hard for Chase to even grip the bat. I can barely even grip a glass to drink from with my left hand because of the thumb injury. And it was originally hurt back at the end of August for me and it still hurts and hasn't improved much. It's a very delicate situation. As for rolled ankles, I am absolutely positive that Ryan Howard was feeling that. he rolled it really bad and those things linger a long long time. J Roll was obviously never healthy either.
We were all under the false impression that all our guys were coming back just in time for the playoffs. but in reality those three guys, and polanco too, were shells of their healthy selves.
Oh, I have no doubt that Chase's thumb hadn't been the same, no matter how many times he said he was perfectly healthy. Believe me, I give all of our banged-up guys fair quarter. I'm not even sure it's fair to give Rollins a year in review, because he never had a chance to settle in at any point in the season. Yeah, he was a bit impatient at the plate, but I had to feel for him. He just wanted to get *something* going for himself and contribute to the team.
I walk and run to stay in shape myself. The shape I'm in is pretty good, but laughable when compared to the kind of shape these guys keep themselves in. I rolled my ankle badly doing backstage work last February and it took me an hour after the original incident to be able to walk without leaning on something or someone. My ankle hasn't been the same since.
If Chase is on a curve because of his (admittedly worse) injury, then it's simply WRONG to not give Howard the benefit of the doubt. Who knows how that ankle might have affected the way he was swinging after he came off the DL?
How do we know Chase's thumb wasn't affecting the way he was holding the back?
Likewise, how do we know Howard's ankle wasn't affecting his stance and his swing? When it comes to swinging the bat, legs and feet are JUST as important as your hands.
These guys are men; they're not going to fall back on excuses about gripping and footwork not being a hundred percent. That doesn't mean it wasn't happening.
I might be completely off-base here and, believe me, I have no issues giving brownie points because of the injuries Utley suffered. Utley's score and the remarks surrounding it are perfectly logical given the circumstances.
But compare the two pieces. You guys are being way too unfair to Howard.
I just remember Cole Hamels last year and he was getting all the bad energy because of his season……..I have confidence that Chase will be back in 2011. If he is not, then we can go from there……Have faith in Chase.
Chase had an off-year and that thumb injury took it's toll on him after he came back in the latter part of August. Consider how tender that thumb area must have been when he swung the bat. I think that he came back from that injury a week too early and I think that it did not heal thoroughly enough for him to regain the strength in it which vastly affected his hitting and even possibly his throwing. I would rate his season at 6.8 largely in part to his lack of offense in the playoffs and shoddy infield play. I believe that gaining more rest during the season would greatly benefit this guy by sitting out a game here and there. Seems to be one of those players who is affected by the grind of a long season. I read where he "personally" trains and this could also no doubt tire him further during the regular season. Should consider cutting back with this when playing baseball for the benefit of his career. I believe that Chase will bounce back strong next season.
So far as Howard goes, I think that the layoff recovering from that sprained ankle vastly affected his timing and he never was able to recover. Needs to get a trainer and work on his flexibility during the off-season. Is not very nimble or agile. Might help him to improve his fielding and hitting.
I think once the shock and disappointment wears off for these guys, they'll probably be happy to put the 2010 season behind them, think about what went right and what went wrong, be proud of what went right, learn from what went wrong, and start preparing for 2011 with something to prove.
In a way, it might be a blessing in disguise that production was down, but they ground it out to make it to 97 wins. I think they'll come into 2011 hungry again. The fact that production was down makes it more difficult to think about the injuries and they may think about what they could have done with the sort of offense they're used to putting out.
golden boy. kate your a man baby….utley should be at a 4 for this season. howie should be at a 3. howard is overrated trash.
Kate is fine. Nice post. Rational way to look back at the last season and to look ahead and plan for the next season.
Well, they say that Moyer and Dobbs opted for free agency and that will free up some wasted money. They also say that Werth isn't coming back so … it's time to give Brown, Mayberry and Francisco some regular playing time in the outfield. Ibanez is with us until 2011 and I'm sure no one wants a 39 yr old 260 hitter on their team. We do need to get another power hitter who can platoon between left and right field. It would be nice to get one more reliable starting pitcher. I know Ruben likes Blanton because he doesn't cost that much but … he gives up too damn many runs. Geeez, we could have a dynasty like the Braves did when they had Maddox, Smoltz, Avery and Glavine. Cliff Lee would have fit the bill perfectly and please … one bad series game doesn't make you a bad pitcher. ESPN was taking a poll of who they would like to get next year … Werth or Lee and Lee won hands down. I'm sure the Yankees are going to go after him in the off season. PS … the Rangers must be taking batting tips from the Phillies. Hate those friggin Giants!!!
@ jeff
No need to call him trash. Dont attack personaly. Hes definately a good guy.
I dont think even Cliff Lee could off saved our Post Season. It would be freaking awesome to have him back…Yes i have been drinking…Werth will demand too much money…if only they can get rid of Ibanez….That deal was too many years to begin with…Ibanez is what is holding this team up from making too many moves…The Phils have the money if the really want…it will be just for one year…2012 we will see a salary cut when Ibanez and Lidge come off…Whatever RAJ does with Werth it will anger at least 50% of the fan base…The Yanks are definitely going to go on a spending spree we need to keep up with the right moves…
Should be a fun offseason.
Needs anyone?
1) Bullpen
2) RH hitter with some pop to replace JW
3) More BP
4) Fixing the Rollins/Victorino leadoff experiment – it doesn't work
5) Fitting D. Brown into the lineup, platoon situation?
What am I missing here?
1 – RH bat with pop (Diaz, Franceour, etc – check the list there are some decent guys available for cheap. id prefer Diaz, former Phillie killer, good player for our team).
2 – Brown is the star to replace Werth, he will just need Diaz to split time with until he can be that star. No need to go out and splurge insane amounts of money when Werth is the best option available at that level and we obviously wont be spending that type of cash on that position.
3 – Bullpen. Sign two good relief pitchers. Bring in another elfty to compete with Bastardo. Give two young arms a chance. Is Herndon really going to stick around?
4 – Bench – replenish the bench. I would like to keep Valdez around because I have a suspicion that Chase Utley and Jimmy Rollins will be missing a lot of time next season too. Both guys are all of a sudden injury prone in recent years. Valdez must stay. I have advocated moving Utley, but thats not as likely, so instead they must keep Valdez to back them up.
5 – Francisco needs to platoon with Ibanez
6 – Agree about the leadoff hitter. Enough is enough, make a decision.
7 – Vance Worley vs Kendrick for 5th starter
My take on off-season priorities:
Putting aside some dramatic trade…
1. RH OF bat with some power, lots of acceptable if not great guys out there.
2. Brown is not ready to start but he can platoon.
3. Francisco to platoon with Ibanez
4. Give up on Kendrick – bring up some fresh blood for #5 pitcher.
5. Get another lefty for bullpen, resign Contreras if the price is right, Durbin goes – too expensive, get some young BP help.
6. Bench = Francisco,Brown, Valdez, Gload, Schneider. If we have 7 in the bullpen we are out of room.
7.1, 7.2, & 7.3 seem like slightly high scores for Utley this year. According to my calculations, using the Ted Bell Index® (TBI), I'd rate his season a 6.232 out of a possible 10.
The Giants are two games away from being 2010 WFCs. It's a great story (even for us Phillie fans), and good for baseball.
I'm Ted Bell.
Orange poms are NOT good for baseball.
^pom poms
Nice Brooks – As long as we all know from 'the get go' that as fans we're not objective about rating the players, then fine. I think everyone has well taken points here. But I don't see how either Ryan or Chase deserve or earned anything lower than a 5 score. They both worked hard, got injured, came back & tried. If we have actual evidence of them not trying somehow, then that's another thing.
Thank you Chuck. I thought it was just me b/c nobody said anything. JEEZE – if I EVER see pom poms of any color at a baseball game again – I will not be held responsible.
But I guess they're ready for Halloween.
Whatever. I was going to argue that Utley deserves to be much lower but the truth is that I don't really care about player grades – our team got us to the NLCS which is nice but they fell flat on their face against the Giants (a team that appears to be destined to win it all). Should I be happy? I guess… but I'm not.
It's impossible to grade this team this year. They didn't meet our expectations so we're all pissed off but in retrospect, we didn't deserve to be there anyway. If not for the overachieving Wilson Valdez' and Mike Sweeney's of the world, we wouldn't have even been in the position we were in.
So how are we supposed to grade these guys?
Offensive numbers were down across MLB so of course the numbers are going to look bad compared to prior years. Do you grade on a curve? The postseason output of our guys was abysmal- how much of an impact should that have? The injury bug bit everyone… how do you factor that into your scoring?
I think that you have to grade based on role fulfillment… what these guys are asked to do. For Utley, he's gotta do whatever we need him to do. Get on base, score runs, steal bases, drive in runs, play defense, pop some HR's… he's gotta be able to do a little bit of everything. He did get on base, he did score runs, he did steal bases and his defense was ok. He did not drive in runs and his .275 average is certainly not acceptable- even in a year when the offensive numbers were down across the league. The most alarming thing – his doubles have been wayyyy down in each of the past two seasons. It's clear to me that he's trying to be a HR hitter… he was on pace for 21 HR and 88 RBI; a far cry from the 35 HR and 121 RBI that Ryan Howard was on pace for. Chase is NOT a HR hitter… that should be the last thing on his mind. And I hate to beat a dead horse but if you compared what Chase did to what Howard did in the postseason, there really is no comparison (Chase was dreadful).
But I digress… it's going to be really tough to grade our regulars and I think that everyone needs to chill out and give the wounds some time to heal before jumping off of any cliffs.
Phils need a leadoff hitter, a lefty reliever and a RH OF bat.
Key is going to be what the Phils can get in return for some expensive contracts like Blanton, Lidge and Raul. I'd love to lock up Valdez and add Diaz, Downs/Fuentes as a start and go from there. Crawford despite being lefty would be an awesome addition, but that's probably pie in the sky.
Look for a young reliever or two to make the the 25 man roster this season.


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Howard's Watts - WDEL Male HS Athlete of the Week
By Sean Greene Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 9:43pm
VIDEO: intervoew with Marvell Watts
Howard running back Marvell Watts is this week's WDEL Male High School Athlete of the Week.
Marvell rushed for a score and returned a fumble for another in Howard's victory over Mount Pleasant last Friday.
The sophomore says the second touchdown meant more to him than the first.
"The defense (was better), because I don't usually get defensive touchdowns. I'm more of an offensive person, so the defensive one was a boost for me."
The game against Mount Pleasant was tight early, but Marvell says the victory showed his team is beginning to mature.
"I just try to keep moving and keep pushing, and not worry about the setbacks we have throughout the game. We don't stress the bad things and negativity."
Since he's just a sophomore, Marvell is going against players 1-3 years older than he is, he says it isn't a big deal to him.
"I don't try to worry about it, just play my game the way I know how to play it and let it come to me as the game moves along."
Marvel says one of the challenges of being a sophomore is balancing athletics and academics, but he knows that school is important.
"I know I want to be on the field and in order to do that I have to keep up with my grades. That's what keeps me motivated, I know I want to play football so I have to stay on top of my work."
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Neo lives in the Matrix. John Rambo spent years training in the military and has decades of combat experience. The Terminator is a robot. In each case, the movies make it pretty clear why these guys are badasses, even if what they do isn't totally realistic. In an action movie, we're good with believing that at some point Rambo took a class in how to twist a dude's head off.
But sometimes action movies take annoying liberties, showing everyday dudes doing things that, in the real world, take weeks or months to learn. And dammit, we're not just going to let them get away with it.
6Johnny Utah - Point Break
Occupation Impersonated: Professional skydiver
Actual Occupation: FBI agent
Training Time Required: One to four weeks of non-stop training
In this early 90s surf-related bank heist movie, Keanu Reeves plays Johnny Utah, an FBI agent who is forced to go deep undercover as a totally rad surfer to locate and infiltrate a Los Angeles surfing and bank robbery gang.
Only in L.A.!
Utah spends a pretty hefty montage learning how to surf so he can integrate himself into the surfing community, where he attracts the attention and gains the respect and trust of the alpha male of surfing, Bodhi (Patrick Swayze), and his gang (which incidentally is also the gang that's responsible for the bank robberies). Eventually, Utah realizes that the surfers are the robbers, and he even reluctantly accompanies the thieves on one bank robbery that involves skydiving. It's that kind of movie.
When our grand kids ask us what the 90s were like, we will show them this movie and nothing else.
Later, when Bodhi realizes that Utah is in the FBI, he decides to kidnap Utah's girlfriend and make a getaway in a small airplane, because the producers could only secure transportation permits for surfboards, planes and parachutes, for some reason. Utah pursues Bodhi, who exercises his one in-plane escape option: He skydives the fuck out of there with his other criminal surfer friends, leaving Utah out of luck without a chute.
Sure, there is still a pilot and no immediate danger to his life, but Utah is no quitter (or thinker, or planner, or good at his job). Armed with a pistol, Utah jumps out of the plane, totally chuteless and scared shitless, and catching up with Bodhi in mid-air, puts Bodhi at gun point, shares his chute and eventually lands safely. We won't spoil the ending because we don't need to in order to get to the point ...
... break.
The Problem
Utah states, before his skydiving robbery, that he had never gone skydiving in his life. Mind you he also says this about surfing, and while it takes him weeks to master surfing enough to impress Bodhi, it takes him one jump to successfully dive without a chute, goggles, or an altimeter and catch up with another person and piggy back for his life.
Raise your hand if you've gone skydiving. Now we're willing to bet that most of you with your hands up paid about $160 to be strapped to some fat guy who has been doing it his whole life. Don't be embarrassed -- it's called tandem skydiving and, not only is it normal, it is the only way you will be allowed to skydive. No one goes solo his first time out. You get crammed into a tiny plane while strapped to a more experienced diver, and then you get dropped a few thousand feet in the air and you scream, while he pulls the chute. Generally, the experienced diver also handles steering to make sure you don't crash and break your legs like an asshole which, sure as you're born, you would do without his help.
This is not the first lesson in Skydiving School.
The point (break) we are trying to make is that skydiving is for professionals. In our world, it takes someone at least a week of back-to-back tandem jumps and lessons to feel comfortable going it alone, and then another month to be ready to get in a formation with other people, and then it takes infinite time to be comfortable enough to jump out of a plane without a chute or any other equipment. Utah is already fitting into formation on his first jump and casually free-falling for his second.
Also, Gary Busey doing anything with a newspaper besides rolling it up for a coke straw requires too much suspension of disbelief.
5Lex Murphy - Jurassic Park
Occupation Impersonated: Computer engineer/control center manager
Actual Occupation: "Hacker"/child
Training Time Required: Six to eight years
This one should annoy every programmer in the audience.
In Jurassic Park, a boy and a girl are part of a rag-tag group spending a weekend trying to survive a camp full of dinosaurs that've escaped their pens, thanks to a parkwide power outage caused by corrupt JP employee/technical wizard Dennis Nedry.
Anyone else notice that fat people ruin, like, everything?
Fed up with his job, Nedry sticks a big, fat, squealing wrench into the park's security system by way of a virus, cluster-fucking it beyond help. Why he feels the need to completely destroy the entire operation on the monster island in order to shut off one security camera is beyond us, but there you go, that's what he did.
And that's when the ball really gets rolling. The island goes tits-up as another engineer, John Arnold (Samuel L. Jackson), tries desperately to override Nedry's handy work and get the park secured. After tracking Nedry's every keystroke used in the past few hours, he finds the source of the virus and concludes the following aloud: "I can't get Jurassic Park online without Dennis Nedry." The system is eventually rebooted, but not before both Nedry and Arnold get killed, leaving the park devoid of anyone who could actually run the complex security system.
There are several design flaws here we won't get into
Lex Murphy, a teenage girl who, while claiming to be a hacker, was seen going nuts over getting to use a CD-ROM drive in the car and, as we have brought up in the past, can't figure out how to use a flashlight, takes only a few minutes to completely restore every system in the park while under threat of immediate raptor death. She simply sits down at a computer, says "I know this" and solves a problem in minutes that a trained computer engineer couldn't solve in hours.
The Problem
Let's talk about the park itself. Jurassic Park contains 11 electrified animal paddocks, as well as five secured maintenance buildings, a heavily fortified lodge and visitor's center, two docks and one helipad. There is also a main perimeter fence surrounding it all. All of this is run from the control room in the park's visitor's center through a high-tech Unix security and operations system. This system has been designed to take care of everything from telephone lines and communication to the all the electric barriers and fences, including the individual doors in all the buildings. It is a system so complex that one of the park's regular engineers can't run it alone, and Lex simply "knows it"?
Sort of like how the raptors "know" how to hack their doors.
What could she know? She knows the unique computer system that was specifically invented to run Jurassic Park? Where would she learn that? Just knowing how to operate a computer doesn't quite mean that she can operate that computer. You're probably using a computer right this second, but being able to browse dick jokes on the Internet is a far cry from knowing how to break into a high-tech security system and keeping the world safe from giant monsters.


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Halladay: Perfect Game!
Roy Halladay became only the 20th pitcher in major league baseball history to throw a PERFECT GAME tonight against the Marlins. In Phillies history, it was only the 2nd perfect game ever with the first being tossed on Father's Day on June 21, 1964 by Jim Bunning.
Halladay mowed down Marlins all night, striking out 11 batters. Carlos Ruiz was in sync with Halladay throughout the game, calling all the right pitches. And the defense behind Halladay was amazing, despite missing several key players.
Placido Polanco sat out for the 2nd game in a row and Juan Castro, who does not play third very often, filled in for him. Oddly enough, Castro recorded the final out, which turned out to be a very difficult play. Off the bat, it looked like the ball might squirt through a hole in the infield and ruin the night. But Castro did not let it get past him and made an incredible catch, pivot and throw to first just in time to seal the deal.
After getting beat up in his last outing with 6 runs allowed, Halladay showed what he is made of by bouncing back with this historical performance. The perfect game is such a rare and incredible feat. What a special day for the Halladay, the Phillies and fans of baseball everywhere. Amazing.
What else can you say? The Phillies win by a score of 1-0 and Halladay makes history! :O)
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That was just outstanding, nail biting but well worth the pains this week to end with the perfect game…
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WooHooo! Sweat…even for me. Great to see history. I watched the last 3 innings once I heard the news.
Congratulations! I was so happy for Roy Halladay! It was so overdue! I've been a fan for a long time and he amazed me in every way (he continues to amaze me in every way!). I was just waiting until the day a perfect game would come! Doc is a master as simple as that. It was nice to see him smile🙂


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Karen DeCrow, Former President of NOW, Dies at 76
Karen DeCrow, who was president of the National Organization for Women during the 1970s, a turbulent period in which she helped lead campaigns for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and against sex discrimination in education and sports, died Friday at her home in Jamesville, New York, a suburb of Syracuse. She was 76.
The cause was melanoma, said her longtime friend Rowena Malamud, who is president of the Greater Syracuse chapter of NOW. DeCrow was the groups current vice president.
DeCrow was a writer, a lawyer and a tireless campaigner for womens rights. Her causes were national but also local. In the early 1970s, she represented a 7-year-old girl who wanted to play Little League baseball but was being denied.
Over my dead body will girls ever play Little League baseball, a coach told her at the time. If one of them ever struck out a boy, he would be psychologically scarred for life.
The girl played, but DeCrow was not done with sports. As president of NOW from 1974 to 1977, she fought off pressure from the National Collegiate Athletic Association to limit the reach of Title IX, the federal law passed in 1972 that bans sex discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal money. The law, which was strengthened in 1975 to ensure equal access to sports, has been widely credited with revolutionizing womens athletics.
I just hope all that playing and practicing wont keep women out of the library, studying, learning, getting ready to take advantage of Title VII, the really important federal law, the one that prohibits job discrimination, DeCrow told The New York Times in 1997.
Not all of her campaigns were successful. The Equal Rights Amendment, which would make discrimination against women unconstitutional, has yet to pass, but not for lack of effort by DeCrow. During the 1970s and 80s, she crisscrossed the United States in support of it and had scores of debates with Phyllis Schlafly, one of its most prominent opponents.
DeCrow was born Karen Lipschultz on Dec. 18, 1937, in Chicago, the oldest of two daughters of a businessman and a former ballet dancer who stopped working outside the home after she married. DeCrow attended Chicago public schools. As a teenager, she sent short stories to top magazines, hoping to be published. She graduated from Northwestern University in 1959 with a degree in journalism.
She struggled to find appealing work after college, finally accepting a job as fashion editor at Golf Digest, though she had little interest in fashion or golf. She went on to work for other magazines and for publishing houses.
In 1967, after a brief first marriage, she was living in Syracuse with her second husband, Roger DeCrow, a computer scientist, and working in a small publishing house when she and some of her female colleagues realized that they were being paid less than their male counterparts. She decided to join the nascent group NOW and then formed a chapter in Syracuse and became president of it.
I wasnt a feminist, she told The Times in 1975. I just wanted more money. By 1968, she was serving on the board of the national group.
As president she served without pay, the last NOW president to do so. I joined NOW on an issue of pay, she said. Of course, now I dont get any pay at all.
DeCrow ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Syracuse in 1969 while attending the Syracuse University School of Law in her early 30s. She graduated in 1972, the only woman in her class, she told interviewers.
In 1988 DeCrow was a co-founder of World Women Watch, dedicated to combating sex discrimination worldwide. In 2009 she was inducted into the National Womens Hall of Fame.
Both of her marriages ended in divorce. She is survived by a sister, Claudia Lipschultz.
For several years, DeCrow wrote for The Syracuse Post-Standard and its website. She published several books, including two in the early 1970s, The Young Womans Guide to Liberation and Sexist Justice How Legal Sexism Affects You.
In 2008, she told The Syracuse Post-Standard that she was cautiously pleased with the progress women had made.
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So my ego 8 has a leak coming from one of the low pressure hoses connecting the solenoid and qev block. I figured out that it was the hose when I removed the grip frame from the body of the gun to try and find it but the leaked stopped, until I pushed on the solenoid and heard the leak again. When I pushed on the solenoid it pushed up against the hose and caused it to leak, also when I pushed on the hose with my finger it leaked. Should I just get some pneumatic tubing, from a paintball website for egos, and replace the section? Any help is appreciated.
ego 8 hose leak
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 08:48 AM
Well, if you've localised the fault to a leaky hose, then yeah. Replace the hose.
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Posted 20 February 2013 - 08:03 PM
does anyone know if this is the right type of tubing for the noid/qev??
Posted 21 February 2013 - 12:13 AM
Yes but is you get it from macroline guy, chances are it will be cheaper. Also, make sure you put the correct grip screws in after. The shorter screw goes in the back so that it won't tear the hose if you over tighten it
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Posted 21 February 2013 - 09:40 AM
Thats probably what happened. I live in canada so the import fees would probably cost more that just getting it from badlands thats based out of canada. Thanks for your help
Posted 12 June 2013 - 12:51 PM
It is standard autococker pneu hosing, and any pro shop should have some for you, hell mine usually gives me a foot or two free whenever I ask.
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I'm nursing my 3rd child and am going back to work on Monday. I had a lot of trouble pumping with my 2nd child and I'm hoping to try some new tactics this time that might help me the 3rd time around. I have a Medela Pump-in-Style (the original), but I can't seem to get much milk out...I have to squeeze my breasts and make the milk come out during a pumping session. I'm thinking of renting a hospital grade pump...are they really that much better?
I successfully breastfed my oldest daughter for 3 years (I was lucky to be a stay-at-home at this time so I didn't pump at all), my second for 1 year, and I desperately want to nurse my youngest for a full year, too. Help!


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I hate the idea of giving my LO formula but I am loosing my supply due to my pituitary gland not working and I have no hormone production (including prolactin). They are giving me domperidone to try to get me to make some more milk but with little luck. I make about 1 bottle (8oz) out of 3 pumping sessions when I am at work. When home I nurse all night long and in the morning before I go to work. I have been sending in 1 fresh bottle and 2 frozen bottles since all of the problems started. My freezer stash has now depleted and I have started sending in 1 fresh, 1 frozen and 1 formula. However, we can't find a flavor/brand of formula she will drink. Someone suggested that I mix MY Milk with the formula so transition her but I fear she will not drink it and I do not want to waste it since it is in such short supply.
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|Jabez Burns, Baptist Minister,
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Jabez Burns, D.D.:My Story of The Jabez's, Part 1
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It's interesting how several people within a family may all have the same unusual name. It's really cool that you were able to figure out why the first Jabez in your family was given that name.ReplyDelete
I have been working with the Jabez's for -- it seems like forever -- and they still get tangled with one another. So I decided that the best way to make sense of the gaggle of Jabez's is to write about them until each had his own place in my mind. Fortunately, the first Jabez was rather well known, so there was a fair amount written about him. Thanks for reading and finding this post interesting.ReplyDelete
I really admire Jabez's sideburns. They would seem to almost form a "J" in their artistic curvature & I wonder about the relative rarity or commonplace historic incidence of such chic calligraphic flourishes in the stylized features of facial hair of the day. Though likewise Scottish, God knows my own male progenitors appear as mere neanderthals compared to the well-groomed patriarchs of your family, Joan. PS my grandfather's name was "Jehu" - the father of King David in the Bible. I am assuming Jabez's handle has similar ancient antecedents.ReplyDelete
I enjoyed part one - he certainly sounds like an independent thinker, and luckily he had an opportunity to study despite losing both his parents so young. Looking forward to the next instalment.ReplyDelete
We have a plethora of Jabezes in our family tree, too. We are wondering is it pronounced "Jah-bez" or "Jay-bez"? Since the name is rarely used today, I've never heard it spoken aloud.ReplyDeleteReplies
Heather, So nice to hear from you --- and interesting that you too have Jabezes --- not a usual and familiar name. Do you Jabezes come from that Wesleyan-Methodist background? Or some other? My 3x great grandfather was indeed baptized by the well-known Wesleyan-Methodist minister Dr. Jabez Bunting, and the Jabez in this story was named for him.Delete
My grandfather was called Jay-bez. My grandmother quite often called him "Jabe," though I don't recall anyone else using that level of familiarity with him --- guys would just call him "Mac."
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neither the world is screwed no matter what
Originally Posted by Professor
You think giving to the poor is bad? Your obviously an idiot! Communism is not bad you fool, Communism is the ideal that everyone is equal, it's only when corrupt people in the countries are faced with the threat of Capitalism that we get monsters like Stalin. Now stop being pretentious and go read something on the subject mater before succumbing to ignorant stereotypes and conclusions on a system you know nothing about! It is people like you that go to proving the stereotypes that Americans are lazy, uneducated people who know nothing of culture because of their ignorance to difference. Ironic your country dislikes immigrants when all of America are immigrants!
umm obama is a bit of a socailist mainly, do you know how many poor people dont work? do you know how many people that dont work are just lazy and dont want too? do you know that obama promised the middle class lower taxes BEFORE he went in office and he passed the biggest tax in history? and for who? the peopleon welfare, the people on welfare has doubled because obama took out a major requirment for it, theres a huge number of people that get goverment aid and dont want to work... that is the idea of socailism its to make everyone equal and how is making everyone equal good? when one person is a lazy **** he can live in santa monica off welfare because she has two kids... thats my freinds mom... she loves obama because she can now get welfare even if shes just a lazy ****
Originally Posted by ~Madara Uchiha~
i watched the new 2016 Obama movie yesterday and am very scared for americas future.... basically mostly what i took out of it i already knew a little he is trying to get rid of all nuclear weapon facilities leaving us defencless if attacked... and is driving us up the wall in debt eventaully leaving our country broke... while other countries are developing and getting bigger... are they getting rid of there nuclear weapon facilities no they are increasing them if Obama is elected again i can see America falling by 2016 and there will be a new dominant country... United States of Islam... i cant vote but i really hope we make the right decision this time and get him out of here because if he is re elected u can be sure to see War and Riots and even Amercias fall... its a scary future and i really do think he will be re elected...
what an idiotic person you are.
All I'm gonna say is, shit happens.
look madara has a point obama wants to a have a socialist country where we redistribute wealth to everyone which is fine but considering from things from the past that doesnt work and yes we are in an economic crisis since the great depression bush put us in alot of debt with the 911 event happening he belived in putting alot of money straight into military strengthing our defences keeping OUR counrty safe but problem is he put to much into it and it costed to much debt. you CANNOT! have to much of people relying on government not working having too much tax taking out for those that have jobs THAT is what put us in debt before in the past alot of people think that if we keep giving people what they want like health care for everyone and paying for things for other people that has nothin gto do with you that its a great thing for them it is but you only have so much money to dealk with its not like there is an infinite amount its mine OUR,YOUR hard earned money we all want things to be peachy but it does not happen through spending. now i see alot of you are talking about romney heres the deal his plan is to pu ttax cuts on all buissness's so in a way that can sound bad because the head of those buissness's are probably so much ******* with a wine glass in his hand,BUT putting those cuts on those buissness's also make more incomne for the company there for more money for buissness,hiring, and for the people that work for the rich *******s AKA the middle class people so its actually bot a bad thing and if u want proof that this strategy does work look what ronald reagon did the man who used the same strategy that he labled and kept the country going with the trikkle down affect. and on elast point i saw on e of you ******s saying something about old people being ignorant, look im only 20 years old i know decent bit about history I DONT KNOW IT ALL but saying something as ignorant as old peope are ignorant because most of them dropped out of the work force the old ones such as your very own parents raised your stupid ****ing ass they all learned from the mistake sin the past and gained knowledge from that just as you and i will when were in our 30's and 40's so kids quit with the stupid bs because me and america itself is sick of your ****ing bullshit and have a good night my awesome fellow naruto fans
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holy shiit this made it to the hottest threads LOL
or i should say most popular threads man and i dropped this subject like a week ago and i see my thread here this is quite amusing how many people on here are keyboard warriors
dude its politics and election day is coming up this is to be expected haha
I am not American neither am i extremely aware of the political situation in America. But i find it stupid taking your political knowledge from a FICTIONAL movie.
Okay Guys, Personally, the future is going to get really messy.
Now when I say messy, I mean in technological warfare.
Think about it, In a matter of days, an entire nation can declare world war against another nation. Correct me if I'm wrong, but that is how World War 1 and 2 started.
Now think of World War 3 or 4. Technology is going to become a major part of our lives, whether we like it or not. Like 50 years ago, who would have ever thought of a iPad, much less, a PC? But here we are, facebook, iPhone, and everything else. Now think of the technology in warfare. One day we could fly a jet filled with explosive bombs using a simple remote control. The technology of warfare is advancing. By the 2020's or later, we could probably create some new substance of explosives that could destroy half a country perhaps. I've actually heard of a prototype thing called a 'Quadrotor' or something. What it is, is a small little aircraft with a 100-round SMG (Sub Machine Gun) attached to it, a camera, and a self destruct mechanism that can blow up anything within 10 meter radius. The way you control it is using a remote control. Used for recon activity, and getting into tight spots without any men getting risked of losing their lives.
As confusing as it seems, all I'm really saying, is that technology is evolving. And it all depends on us on how we use the technology. Whether we use it to make our lives simple and easy, or if you use it to tear things apart. Might not have made much sense, but just think about how technology can be used in warfare, and how dangerous the future could be...
Originally Posted by GodSasuke
I am not American neither am i extremely aware of the political situation in America. But i find it stupid taking your political knowledge from a FICTIONAL movie.
Agree this is why the thread should've been closed. He has little to no knowledge in politics and isn't willing to learn either to improve his knowledge on the topic
(Sorry for posting again)
Really, Narutos idea of a "Chain of hate" is actually quite accurate.
What would happen if, lets say, some terrorist organisation blew up a city in america? Do you think America is just going to stand there and pretend like nothings happened? No, America is going to strike back at the enemy. Then the same thing happens. The enemy isnt going to pretend like nothing happened, they'll strike back once again. Then there will be war.
Now think about the technology used in warfare. Do you think that's going to be pretty? No. Even the simplest of future technology could so easily leave a scar on the face of our planet. Now think of far future? What'll happen then? We know the near future could easily be a messy time, but what could happen in the later future. It could be Horrible and just as worse, or it could be peaceful, equal and time where we can rest knowing that the dangers have past.
Just think about that...
i'm scared for the present...
Originally Posted by ShinraRengan
All great nations fall, America's years are numbered to about 10-20. But you can't put all the blame on him, because bush dug a big hole and left it to him.
Also i'm not scared for our nation, i'm scared for my generation if anything. All they care about is partying and having fun for the most part, half my friends don't even have goals.
This.. this right here. I am scared for this, and the next generation. Swag, Yolo and all this random stupid stuff. Really brings us back to this relevant quote - "Im not saying we should kill all dumb people, we should just remove warning lables and let the problem sort itself out." by Somebody...
Well I don't care too much about politics..... I just have a couple things to say
If anything I am a liberalist
I believe Obama did not fulfill his promises he kinda screwed the economy and what he said was wrong during the debate
I also believe that Romney would bring up the economy though you never know he could end up screwing people over more
Lastly if I offended you I am sorry
im glad u guys know alot about politics u guys are amazing keyboard warriors i dropped this subject along time ago guys never thought this would reach most popular threads all thanks to u all LOL
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Oh madara lol you young,naive, arrogant,ignorant, malleable fool.
Silly boy, barely outta your dads sack. Obama aint a communist, its evident you lack the proficient knowledge to even state your subjective opinion
On adult matters. Wait until your frontal lobe fully develops before trying to ascertain your position
On issues you currently cant comprehend. Its not cohesive to live in such a manner.
The national debt before O took office was nearly $11 trillion. The deficit was $1.3trillion, rose a bit, and is coming back down
Now. Most of Bush's lasted a couple years into O's term still increasing debt. Obama got some policies passed, others did not, and thatspartly to blame
On congress, our government didnt play well this term.lol
Unemployment is under 8% now, so its up to the lazy populus to get off their ass n get a job, they are out there. Also, its gonna
Take a while to rise into a surplus, no matter who is in office. We snowballed pretty bad.
To check for unbiased information by fact checking check out factcheck.org or politifact.org.
Stop listening to just media, you ****.
omg your such an idiot...do you realize why unemployment is still up? its because the requirment that obama took out to get welfare in his first term i believe it was 2 years ago... do you know theres a percentage ofpeople that choose not to work or dont even try to find work? you have no idea what kind of policies obama passes... ima break it down for you... 2 years ago obama was saying ima make many new jobs he made a brand new government sector to do research on slavery in africa and the effects it puts on people he did this and added it to the many new jobs he made .
he simply wasted money see obama beleives in making the government BIGGER and more taxes for the middle class( do you know since obama was in office we as themiddle pay around 5k-7k more a year? we make less) his ideas itself are against our free market society...do you know the obama care will give free health care for millions of immigrants that dont even pay taxes? do you know that in 2013 we are going to be taxed up the ass? do some research idiot
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Eastern New Mexico University men's basketball coach Shawn Scanlan believes it's sometimes easier to coach after a positive outing than a negative game, and he's got that opportunity now after the Greyhounds earned their first win of the season at home Tuesday night, beating the University of the Southwest 73-49.
The Greyhounds (1-3) built a 42-22 halftime lead and survived an early second-half run that pulled the winless Mustangs (0-9) within 12 points.
"We kind of got off the schnide tonight and we needed to do that," Scanlan said.
Junior guard Justin Reynolds scored 10 of his game-high 14 points in the opening half to give the Hounds a comfortable lead. Reynolds shot 5-for-8 from the field, including hitting 2-of-4 on 3-pointers.
Scanlan was happy for the first win of the season, and happy that his Hounds shot nearly 53 percent from the field.
"That's a huge stat for us," Scanlan said. "We haven't shot the ball that well. The quality of the shots were better, they were open and we had lots of shots at the basket from point-blank range."
The Hounds also turned the ball over 27 times compared to the Mustangs' 15 turnovers.
ENMU junior guard Kelvin Franklin hit a short jump shot late in the first half to give the Hounds their biggest lead of the half at 41-20.
After sophomore guard Matt Churchman started the second half with a three-point play, University of the Southwest used four points from freshman forward Brant Etheridge and took advantage of some Greyhound turnovers to crawl to within 12 points.
Churchman and junior Equs Darby added 12 points each for the Hounds and junior guard Aaron King chipped in 10.
Sophomore guard Darrick Matthews led the Mustangs with 14 points and freshman forward Zac Dayton scored 10 points.
"Now we can start learning lessons off of positives," Scanlan said. "All we've done is try to teach and learn off of negatives. You can only do so much of that. I hope we can build on that. It's an opportunity to build something, and you have to have a foundation to do that."
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Not too long ago, the Marlins opened up their park to their season ticket holders to take a lot around and familiarize themselves with the brand new stadium. I went digging around various websites recently to show you what the new park looks like.
Here's your sneak peak:
A view from the seats to the right side of home plate, facing left field:
Another view from roughly the same angle:
From farther back:
And looking slightly to the left:
So what are we looking at out there? If you look closely, left field is awful for BP. There are 2.5 sections of seating with maybe nine rows. The rows look like they could be a bit steep, like right field in PNC Park and Cincinnati.
There are bullpens there too that will swallow up most of the home runs hit in batting practice.
Then there's also a huge sculpture in left center field.
I'm not really sure how I feel about that sculpture. At first I thought it looked pretty hideous, but I thought the Marlins new uniforms looked awful, but they are starting to grow on me. Maybe in time the oddly placed piece of art will find a home in my heart.
What do you think of it? Personally, I would've rather them put more seats out there.
Here's another angle of the Marlins Park sculpture in left center field. No matter how many angles I look at, I still just don't really care for it.
Anyhow, here's a side view of the sculpture. Take a look at those steps leading down behind it. Where do they go? Why isn't anyone on them? Are they closed to the public? That is prime real estate for a home run ball. If I was a Marlins ballhawk, I'd probably just hang down there all game and gobble up game home runs.
Those steps have to be open to the public! Look how many of them there are! It's wide enough that it looks like it was built for public use.
I tried to find pictures to see where the steps went to, but couldn't. Check this out:
That's right ballhawks. RAILINGS. Oh man, LF is going to be awful for batting practice.
Since we're talking about left field, here's a view of home plate from left:
That picture kind of sucks, so here's a better one:
Let's move over to center field:
Here's a dead on view of center field:
And here's the batting eye, looking toward right field.
Notice right field also has those dreadful railings. That's not the only problem. There's also an overhang, and it looks like it covers nearly the entire lower level of right field. Getting home runs balls during BP there will be limited, a la Citi Field right field.
You can see the outfield set up from this photo:
Here's the main seating area in foul territory. It reminds me of PNC Park with the cross aisle running around the field several rows behind the dugout:
The press box behind home plate:
A look in from near the left field foul pole:
And the right field foul pole:
A view from third base looking out towards right field:
Have you heard about the live aquariums behind the plate?
Should be pretty cool for anyone sitting down close:
A batting practice shot:
And finally, here's a shot of the scoreboard:
Let's head out to the concourse:
They look rather crowded, and this was just at fan fest. If there's one thing I hate its a crowded concourse. There's nothing worse at a baseball game than tiptoeing through a crowd.
Parts of the concourse look pretty snazzy thought:
Here's a crowd waiting to get in outside:
It will likely look like that before every game, as the Marlins, using poor judgement, are only opening the park 90 minutes early before the games. STUUUUUUPID!
Finally, the exterior of the building:
Another area outside of the park:
And finally, an aerial of the new Marlins Park:
And there you have it!
What do you all think? I think the park is nice looking, but I wouldn't rank it in the top 5 of all of the baseball parks based off of the pictures, maybe not even in the top 10.
I think its going to be h*ll for batting practice, given the layout of the outfield and the late gate opening times.
What's everyone else think? Anyone planning on going there this year?
There's only 11 more days until Opening Day, and you could win this David Wright shirt tomorrow!
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The stadium looks awesome. I am going to a game in May. It should be fun.
I don't like the design at all!!
I am going to try to make it out there to see the marlins, rays, and potentially the braves…
I think it looks alot nicer then the old ballpark. That HR celebration thing in center field looks like a train wreck im going to check out a few games in June i think.
I agree, the park itself looks like a carnival and doesn't look ideal for ballhawking, although the overhang in rightfield looks higher up then the CIti Field left field so maybe that won't be so bad.
Nice ballpark, but the New Uniforms are awfull and this song is a complete joke.
Where did these pictures come from?
Definitely bright and gay. I see the Marlins are pioneers of leading baseball down the same path bowling has taken; cosmic. It might be worthwhile for them to install black lights & play in the dark. Everything would glow, including the ball. KInd of a carnival atmosphere.


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I don't hate her, I have no reason to hate her and it would make me look really dum if I hate her for no reason however I don't listen to her music either,
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Fool in the Rain and Good Times, Bad Times are my faves, and Jimmy's solo in Heartbreaker was disgusting.
Disgusting as in bad or good? Because i think its bad, and he really screws it up live.
Hate her all you want. She still a better singer than you. lol
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Hate her all you want. She still a better singer than you. lol
No she's not you fangirl
Talking about this girl?
Otherwise that is the only song I've listen to that I actually enjoyed.
(Most likely enjoy the Banjo lol)
She's my fav
I dont like her but its just stupid hating on someone you dont know and saying she is a bitch because her songs is about boyfriends etc..
at least she doesn't have a drug addiction problems she is a good person and kids love her better role model than other artist
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