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Jim Salisbury reports the Phillies have signed reliever Ryan Madson to a three-year, $12 million deal with incentives.
More to come.
Thoughts: Slowly but surely, the Phillies are knocking down bricks in the wall of arbitration. Madson, 28, will now pitch in Philadelphia through his prime years, just as Cole Hamels, 25, will continue establishing himself as one of baseball's top left-handers, just as Greg Dobbs, 30, will finish his prime as the game's top pinch hitter. You see where this is going: The Phillies are assuring an open window for more world titles until at least 2011, barring any unforseen problems.
Madson gets a deal similiar to JC Romero, who scored a 3Y/$12M deal coming off of one strong second half. Madson also had a strong second half (and postseason), but has also established himself in six seasons as a consistent relief piece. His two poorest years came via injury and a mishandled stint in the rotation; otherwise, he's been the team's top relief arm, a solid rock in an ever-changing collection. His deal is deserved.
Madson was also gambling with half a stack. If he declined offers and waited out arbitration, he would've subject himself to a thoroughly stressful 2009, one that would make or break his future. Instead, he's set for life and doesn't have to leave the organization that drafted him, almost assuring he'll be pitching in high-profile situations until 2012 (outside of the Red Sox and Yankees, this is the most surefire playoff situation annually).
Most of all, the Phillies are attempting to establishing the makings of (and I say this word incredibly lossely) a dynasty. They've locked up their prime setup man, who may have a nine-year Phillie career under his belt. That's pretty impressive.
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Wha?? i thought he just turned that same deal down the other day???
Wow! That caught me by surprise. A YOUNG Scott Boras client signing an extension that buys out TWO FA years? thats almost unheard of. Nice job Ruben.
This is huge, I can't say enough about AMaro this weekend, I never thought I would mutter those words.
Awesome. Extraordinary. Exceptional. Fantastic.
Note: This is the same deal as Romero's. Madson is a setup man, and it's been defined with this deal.
I wonder what incentives they added to make him sign the same deal he passed on the other day???
Confusing. Really would like to see what the contract break down is like.
Isnt this the same deal he just turned down? Good move.
Wow… a pleasant surprise! Did we hardball Bor-ass?
One main factor here is probably the scare factor. Mdson, and maybe Vic, Werth and guys like Youkilis saw that the free agent contracts went south a bit this year and could just opt for the financial security of a guarnateed multiyear deal even if its below market value..
Could the Phills possibly be trying to see if they have enough room for oh I dunno……BEN SHEETS?!?!?!?!?!
nah probably not…oh well.
would love to see him but not for a ton of money
MLB Trade Rumors says the Phils are interested…his value just keeps depreciating as the days go by. i gotta think the phils can get him on a low base with incentives. or he'll go back to the brewers.
Nice deal for the Phillies. Amaro's beat deal yet.
I'm just guessing here, but I have the impression that Hamels just set a good example with his own contract…
Where do you put Ben Sheets?? You wouldn't want to sign him for more than 2 or 3 years… if he's healthy that is great, he could be your #2, you could let Myers walk… but will we want to?
I can't see a deal happening that would make sense to both parties, unless Sheets is down with something VERY incentive-laden
After a relatively quiet off season so far Amaro is certain earning his GM stripes with what has been a stellar arbitration period so far. Everyone has always said that this is a very close team in the clubhouse so I wonder if we are seeing a cascade effect going on. Dobbs signs, then Hamels, then Madson. The more these arbitration players see that their buddies will be around for a bit the more they want to sign?
In any case, well done Ruben Amaro Jr.
i dont want to let myers walk even if sheets is signed because he suffers too many injuries and that could leave a large gap in the rotation should he get hurt
thats right, but the longer it goes on the more hes likely to sign a shorter deal with incentives…not even some desperate team like the mets has come in with 3 guaranteed years 45 mm or something like that..its just not there for him…so thats when you swoop in there and try to land him in a deal that favors the phillies and allows him two years to prove health…
Ben Sheets is in Penny territory, he's on;y being guaranteed two or three year if someone like Texas gets jumpy like the Braves did with Lowe.
Amaro is having a very good rookie off-season. Ibanez and Park might be underwhelming moves but Lidge, Hamels, Madson plus a very good deal with Dobbs and come rain or shine at least we can have confidence Jnr is executing a plan rather than hoping lady lucks listening.
Dont understand why he flip-flopped on the deal,but Im glad he's aboard…maybe Boras was about to lose a client,Madson could have favored staying with the Phils.
I dont know how much more someone else would have offered him next year.
When you look at his stats ,he had a good rookie season and then the 2nd half of last year.Thats it.
Wait, WHAT? Wow. Really? I wonder if Madson undercut Boras in the negotiations or if Boras finally realizes that the economy necessitates his needing to be less hard-line if he wants to keep his clients (remember the MacBeth analogy, NJ?). In any case, though, Ruben's really coming through with locking up both our role-players and our core guys. Well done, Ruben, well done.
Never thought I'd see the day where the Phillies would be the team that cheers me up after my other sports teams (the Eagles, Pitt) break my confidence. Ruben, would you be the Phillies GM?
I meant Eagles GM. Ruben, run the Eagles?
This is great news. I totally missed this call by thinking that Mad Dog would go to arb this year and to FA next year. I think that the Hamels signing played a role in Mad Dog taking the offer that was purportedly rejected…Regarding the potential for signing Sheets, he would look real good in our rotation. Even if he lands on the DL and is not available for the post-season (like in 2008), we only need 4 starters in the playoffs because of the scheduled off days for travel. Going with Cole, Brett, Jamie and Joe in the playoffs worked pretty well for us in 2008…And to all of those who think we should let Brett walk after this year, let me just say you are all nuts!! Since re-discovering himself in the minors, he came back and dominated. Brett has top-of-the-rotation stuff, and you just don't let pitchers like that go. He's been through a lot both on and off the field, and the Phils created a lot of goodwill with Brett by supporting him through his trevails.
By the way, don't discount the work of Asst. GM Scott Proefrock here, who is responsible for negotiating salaries.
With Sheets, I would offer him a large 1 yr deal. All garaunteed money.
Why not? He's not getting what he wants because everyone is saying, "You are too much of a risk". So the Phills will offer him a 1 yr large contract and if he does well we do well, if not, we have the depth not to be hurt by this at all. I think he can only makes us that much better. You can never have too much pitching.
Plus, if he pitches well and leaves, we get a 1st round pick!!!
"outside of the Red Sox and Yankees, this is the most surefire playoff situation annually"…
Isn't it great that we can say this?
I think Ryan Madson should be praised here. Having Scott Boras as his agent, I thought for sure he was going to test the free agent waters after this season and would have been seeking a multi-year contract in the 6-8 million a year range. But I think Ryan put loyalty, winning, friendships, and his love for Philly ahead of the money and that should be commended. He recognizes a special group here and realizes with the core players that are now under contract, that this team can dominate for years to come. Thanks Ryan !
Sweet. A nice little pick me up after another NFC championship loss. Good job Ruben.
what's that i hear? is it the sound of the pedals going backwards of all the nut job fans that turned on madson a few days ago? yep, sure sounds like backpedaling to me!
another very good signing for the phillies, between madson, cole and dobbs things are now looking pretty positive this offseason. glad to have mad dog here for the long haul!
You gotta be thinking that his incentives are in the millionsss for him and Scott Boras to accept this deal. But overall great re-signing now comes up Werth and Victorino overall grade for off-season im giving them a B-. The Raul Ibanez deal still hurts way to much money but respecting your Young Pitches with Hamels and signing a soon to be a free agent for a relatively a good deal given scott boras is the agent.
Why havent they gotten Victorino inked to a medium-term deal yet? Glad to hear this though. Lets hope he stays hot. Any odds on RH getting his long term deal before arbitration?
Michael N.-yes they may have overspent on Ibanez, but there were a lot of teams interested in him, and he's still more than capable of having a bigger impact offensively over Burrell. He'll put up good numbers over the entire season, not just putting together one or two great months and then go ice cold like Burrell did.
Gavin-Unless Ryan Howard somehow comes down with his $25 million a year demands, he isn't going to get a long-term deal from the Phillies, or a lot of teams for that matter.
Dear Mr. Amaro,
I will sign a one year deal for $950,000 plus incentives with the Phillies so that I can prove that I am healthy and durable. Have your people call my people.
ben, dont we all wish it was the real u saying that
griffin such a lowball offer and he accepted? Haha. Shows how much you know!
does anyone think hamels had anything to do with madsen reconsidering the offer…madsen says no…hamels signs a reasonable contract…then madsen accepts same offer he said no to…
No I think that the realized they weren't going to get the $5-6 + M per year they would be seeking. It's easy to say that he wants to be, and could be a closer… but with no real experience, they didn't have any way to guarantee themselves they'd get more money.
Bobby Jenks just signed for like $5.5 or something… so for Madson to get $4 per year is a hell of a contract for him.. he doesn't have to walk on eggshells this year, he's set for the rest of his life.. and he'll only be 31 or 32 at the end of this deal, so he can still get a nice contract after this too
Hamels didn't have any leverage as to which contract he wanted and how much he would get paid… he's worth more than $5 this season, but he has to wait his turn to get that money, so I really don't think that played a part in Madson's deal
great job amaro
For an 8th inning reliever, this is not a steal by any stretch of the imagination… he got paid. I'll be ok with this if he comes back and does what he did in '08. As for backpedalling… I don't think that's the case. Everyone gave him his due but you have to guard yourself and prepare for things to come. Judging by Bor-ass' comments, we all expected Madson to test the market and demand Mariano Rivera money. We all knew that he didn't deserve that kind of coin and were willing to let him go if it came down to it. In hindsight, Boras got Madson the most money that he could get as an 8th inning setup guy (which is what he really is). Good for Madson, good for the Phillies (assuming Madson pitches well for the next 3 years) and good for Bor-ass. Do you think that Romero's suspension (and the fact that we have an extra million laying around that we don't have to pay him) factored into this at all?


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MY wife really liked the Carrion Crown AP, But the group broke up after a failed assault on Schloss Caromarc, they were forced to retreat, using the waterfall as a method of escape.
characters were spread out along the river banks, several players lost interest.
My wife was playing a Half Drow inquisitor heretic who was hunted by other Drow (things I changed in the AP were the eryines devil was a drow archer and drow are involved in the raising of the whispering tyrant.)
So at one point, the Order of the Palantine Eye had raised the wife's character from the dead, and then inducted her into the order as an initiate of sorts as re-payment for their services.
Recently, I threw away the character because I thought she had died, but then recalled she had an ability that would have auto stabilized her and we never RP'd out all they way to dead with the bleeding.
Then Really Recently, the wife wanted to solo the rest of CC.
So I have to rebuild (or let her do it) her Inquisitor.
She built the character before the half-drow feats traits in ARG were available, but we definitely want to use them.
She was a heretic inquisitor because she has left the Drow faction that was helping the Whispering Way.
TWF (Im thinking of letting her use sawtooth sabres because of the cool way they work with TWF and they seem very drowish, she was fighting with katanas when they were bastard swords-before UC came out)
Also trying to consider giving her some HellKnight Levels, or maybe leaving her just inquisitor?
I'd like to play up her connection and advancement through the order of the Palatine Eye.
She was a heretic with the Zealous inquisition, her "favored enemy" was the whispering way.
Ideas or comments before I try and do a solo with her to finish carrion crown?
her stats are:
Strength 15
Dex 16
con 11
Int 10
wis 17
cha 9
we could swap dec and wis if needed.
She's 8th level.
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I'd bump the con up. Drop str. by one, and put those points in con, and maybe even one in cha. She might want to be more persuasive if it's just her against the world.
Dex and wis look good for her character. You want effective spell DCs, and 16 is good enough for TWF.
I'd allow an extensive rebuild by saying that her brush with death, along with the influence of the Order, has left her a changed person.
Same question as Inkwell, too.
stats are rolled not point buy so there isnt the choice to move a point.
There is +2 for race (half elf) and +1 for level 4 but thats all, oh I guess she gets one for level 8 ( I decided to let her have level 8 because she's going to solo) so that +1 isnt figured in yet.
Group got bored because:
My wife was originally running this campaign but got overwhelmed (she really liked the AP so wanted to run it) but it was her first time DMing.
So I took over.
Her playing isn't an issue because she has short term memory loss issues, the only thing she can recall is the beast is a good guy.
I don't recall what I was playing in this AP at all, but it became a GMPC I think (oh no never mind I was a gun slinging inquisitor...before they had the blackpowder inquisition dang i could have used that) and the PC didn't continue.
I played a Paladin/monk as GMPC.
One of the other players was a witch and very disruptive (but equally amusing, she was a gnome witch) and the other one was like towing an anchor (always got overwhelmed by a shiny rock or something)
Schloss Caromarc proved to be too hard of a combat for the group. the Trolls were vicious and then the Dog on the bridge, which they actually were able to go around by some genius Rping.
But then they got into it inside the Schloss with something I don't recall and had to run, and they ran straight into the dog they bypassed.
So they elected to jump into the waterfall (all of them had really good swim ironically and a witch that could float)
So off they went, they got scattered all over the river bank down stream and spent a lot of time recollecting their collective treasures which the barbarian had been carrying around is a cloth sack.
I had them roll randomly to see what was lost and they couldn't find and then had some random encounters (I was really hoping for a scrag) pop up while they were hunting down their lost gear.
I cooked up side quest sparked by a will o wisp which drew the party off in the night to a goblin lair, whom as it were, had been digging their warren right up to a secret entrance into Schloss Caromarc. (the Pcs actually never found this little factoid out)
The PC's ran amok in the goblin warrens chasing goblins who had stolen the Witch's familiar (she flew it down a hole as a scout, where a goblin promptly B*tch slapped it and ran off with it as food)
the party split Up (!!!!!) to chase down the witches familiar.
the barbarian got tangled up with some wargs while the witch found another exit to from the warren.
the Inquisitor (my wife) had the best track and followed the goblin with the yummy bat.
no one was really concerned about the inquisitor wandering off by herself because she was a beast, that sneaks and heals.
She followed the goblin to a little room where other goblins were working and were apparently piling up loot (stuff they had robbed out of Schloss Caromarc, the next room would have been tunnel and a back way into the Schloss)
The Inquisitor got brave and jumped out and screamed BOO! and the goblins panic, but right now their only way out is past her, because the other way the AP had been stalking around and they weren't going that way until "big scary goblin eater" went night night.
So in a panic they bum rush her like a kindergarden class being herded by a wild bull.
In the ensuing chaos, she slashed huge holes in the goblin pack slash! slash! one shot kills.
So I treated (meanly it turns out) the goblins as a swarm (I didn't want to make like 20 rolls), so they bull rush, and tackle her, and the ensuing damage from claws and fingernails they do to her while trampling by her put her down for the count (turns out the inquisitors weakness was CMD)
The band of goblins tramples by her long enough for a) their fright to wear off and b) for her to regain consciousness (she was just at 0) she wakes up casts a heal spell only to realize the two other bone heads have herded the mass of goblins back towards her! (barb rage, intimidate, roar!)
So she starts running! ahhhhhh! goblin swarm!
the way the warren was set up, similar to a city block, there were a lot of cross roads, like a grocery store isle.
So the witch flies down a corridor to cut the goblins off at the pass, casts a fireball at the mob of goblins, but because of how the tunnel is shaped, catches the inquisitor in the blast as well (as she is running for her life)
This witch's name should have been fizban, because both other players were constantly yelling "NO NOT fireball! cast something ELSE!"
Party is out of healing (except the inquisitor who was now bleeding out and hadn't healed because she was double moving trying to stay ahead of double moving goblins) and the inquisitor is bleeding out.
Group just assumes she's going to be dead.
Game session ends there.
Never Played again, due to lack of interest/things being too hard without the inquisitor.
News Flash wife decided she doesn't want to multiclass into cavalier or hellknight, she wants to stay straight inquisitor.
She'll by fighting TWF swords, throwing daggers, quick draw shield and long bow (wants the quick draw feat)
he decided she wants to stay a freelance agent of the Order of the Palentine eye and not join the knighthood.
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...Soloing Carrion crown sounds like a recipee for disaster.
Maybe you'd have more sucess with a adventure path like Jade Regeant or Rise of the Runelords, where you start off with goblin wackiness. Carrion Crown/gothic horror in general is not for the faint of heart or inexperienced GM.
Although you might want to give some serious though to the situation being "I made up and added a bunch of stuff not in the module book, and now everyone but my wife quit the game."
the module didn't have anything in writing about them jumping off the waterfall.
There is clearly something there, what are you going to say? You fall into oblivion and never to return?
The players went "off the map". Had to Adhoc something.
Players were hanging out on a river bank, not know what else to do.
Rolled random encounter got will o wisp found a way to maybe find a back door to get into the castle and continue the adventure.
I didn't decide to have them split up, or send familiars alone into tunnels they knew from first hand knowledge were full of goblins.
Truth be told, the goblins were a lot less terrifying than the other stuff that was keeping them from going back the way they came from.
I've been playing this game in one edition or another since 1983. Been Dming for more than half that time.
Hardly say that's lack of experience.
Actually, there were quite specific rules for what happens with the waterfall. Rules for falling, and damage dealt were all there in the adventure path. There's no real rules for scattering their equipment, that's left up to the DM. While not entirely realistic, because there's no rules for dropping items when falling, PC's do not drop their items. So I certainly don't blame the players for being upset when you made all their gear basically disappear. That's a major unwritten rule of DMing, be very careful how you mess with PC equipment.
Additionally, as far as the goblin encounter goes, it seems a little bit unnecessary for where it took place within the campaign. The PCs were in the middle of braving Schloss Caromarc, and you took them away from that and spent a considerable amount of time tracking down 'lost' equipment, detracting from the immediate story. Don't forget as well that there's a time limit on the Schloss Caromarc part because of the enraged mob rushing towards Schlosss Caromarc. Adding a random encounter is one thing, sidetracking the culmination of the adventure path is something else entirely. Personally, I feel there should be no random encounters once the PCs reach Schloss Caromarc... even if they fall into the water. This is the end of the adventure path, the culmination of everything they've been doing for the last several adventures. Now is not the time to sidetrack them with wacky randomness.
your missing the point that the Pcs needed/wanted another way into the Castle.
The PC carrying all the loot was carrying in a sack, when he went over the waterfall he had to catch the falling witch who was unconscious, and could not make swim checks on her own, so in order to carry her, AND swim on his own, where does the sack go that he was carrying around like santa?
The sack wasnt full of their stuff per se, it was full of stuff they were simply going to sell off. Things no one had a specific claim on.
They had also lost the sheet onto which the contents of said sack were listed.
So the things that they found scattered on the shore were mostly things we could recall that were in the sack.
The goblin lair gave them another way into the the Schloss and allowing to by pass a) that which they had run from and b) that which they had no intention of re engaging.
So effectively this was moving them past that stuff and putting the story back on track, all they needed was the next step in the chain of events to follow the trail of the Whispering Way and get on with the story.
One of the characters backstory had him eventually taking levels in alchemist, and the count was going to be that mentor..... I just n eeded to get them around the stuff they couldnt handle.
Taken in that context it seems a little better than the way it was originally presented. And honestly, if the PCs weren't smart enough to bypass the content using fly spells (or even utilizing Spider Climb to climb the cliffside on their own and make it to the final tower on the far cliff), then yes I suppose it would be encumbant on you, the DM to throw them a bone.
Getting back on topic, unless you, as a GM, plan on GMPCing an entire adventuring party aside from your wife, then Carrion Crown will likely be a bit too difficult for her. Might I suggest you think about allowing her to play a gestalt character? If you're not familiar with gestalt, the bare bones of it is that you allow her to play two classes simultaneously; so she could be an inquisitor/cleric, for example, leveling up both classes simultaneously, and taking the best of both classes (i.e., best save, best BAB, etc) while getting class features and spellcasting from both classes. That won't make up for missing a party, but it does help quite a bit.
Well the funny thing about this party is, the inquisitor did the bulk of the work.
The rest of them were like walking pots and pans clanking together.
Except for the goblin swarm oops, she did quite well skulking around and avoiding nearly everything she needed to.
I'm quite positive, that with good RP, and a decent side kick (I'm leaning toward some kind of alchemist) that she can get through this, even if I have to dial down a few foes.
From what I recall, most of the vampire stuff is talky talk anyway. (unless you've got an over zealous paladin who want to kill them for being vampires!)
The inquisitor can self heal, the alchemist could heal too. They have the light armor, stealth and disable device thing down, and I'm letting her be 2 levels higher than she should be if she were with a group (so her underling would be AT level)
She took out Vorstagg and Grine by herself...that was pretty combat intensive.
Plus I plan on supplying her with the "financial backing" of the Esoteric Order of the Palantine Eye, so she will have resources otherwise unavailable to her from a normal unaffiliated party.
The Alchemist would be able to cover a good deal of arcane need but maybe not all of it?
What else would they be missing besides action economy and HP soaking.?
Inquisitor does well in this AP.
We had a two PC party, summoner and inquisitor. The eidolon was built to grab things and hold them down so the inquisitor could punch them repeatedly. Good times.
I do point out, though, that I kept the two PCs one level above recommended. That way I didn't have to nerf any of the encounters and the PCs did just fine. Two PCs one level ahead did about as well as I'd expect from a standard party, standard level.
The hardest part of the AP is over anyway. According to consensus here on the boards, volumes 1 and 2 were the toughest. Volume 3 is pretty hard, too, but then it gets easier. Especially if your wife takes the diplomatic way out of volume 5.


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I just started my lo on rice cereal. He had 1-2 tablespoons, for 3 days. Is it possible that it is causing him terrible gas, and that is why he all of a sudden is not sleeping, and waking up every 2-3 hours? I also hear his stomach making all sorts of gurgling noises. We gave it to him in the evening.
I thought that rice cereal was supposed to be very easy to digest? Is it possible that it is making him gassy?
He is not constipated, he poops several times a day.
He is going to me 6 months old next week, so shouldn't his digestive system be mature enough? Should I try oatmeal instead?


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An Unearned Loss?
Okay. Everyone knows how much I love Francisco Cervelli. And everyone is blaming him for last night's 6-3 Yankee loss. And that doesn't sit well with me.
With a runner on 2nd and 1 out in the 2nd inning last night, Mike Lowell hit a lazy pop up in front of the left side of the pitcher's mound. Vazquez came in, and Cervelli went out. Cervelli called it, and Vazquez was right there. Anticipating a collision, Cervelli braced for impact, and closed his eyes while trying to make the catch. And he missed it. The ball hit off his glove, and trickled away. It was an error on Cervelli.
Javier got the next guy out for out #2, but then ran into trouble: he walked a man to load the bases, then walked in a run. Then he served up a fat one right in the heart of the plate, and it was hit for a 2-run double. Technically, those three runs were unearned because of the error.
And the Yankees lost by three runs.
For many, it's easy to just put the blame on Francisco Cervelli. After the game, Cervelli was asked about the error, and he just melted my heart. He was such a man about it, saying, "I'm supposed to get the fly balls. I wanted to catch the ball, but I couldn't."
Of course he was upset, and I was upset because he was upset. The next thing almost sent me into hysterics: Cervelli flashed that priceless smile, and said, "It was my fault tonight."
But was it really his fault? He had to say it was because of the media and everything, and he probably genuinely felt like it was.
But you can't put the blame all on Francisco Cervelli.
Let's say Cervelli catches that ball. That would have made it 2 out with a runner on 2nd. In reality, Vazquez struckout the next batter. But due to the fallacy of the predetermined outcome, we cannot assume that Vazquez would have struckout the next guy even if Cervelli caught that pop up. Anything could have happened that inning. We will never know.
I have a question: Who was the reason why the Yankees won the other day, on August 4?
Well, let's see…
Phil Hughes pitched a great game. But he only pitched 5 innings, so the bullpen had to do a lot of work. They didn't allow any runs. The Yankees scored 5 runs that day. Tex had 3 RBI, Jeet had 4 hits, and A-Rod had that 600th home run.
I think you get my point.
If you are thick, I'll keep going. And if you aren't I'll keep going anyway:
So who was the reason why the Yankees lost to the Red Sox last night 6-3?
Well, let's see…
Javy Vazquez's velocity was down, and his command was off. He could not throw his fastball for strikes, unless he threw one right down the middle. After the 1st inning, the Yankees scored just 1 run. And Cervelli made that error.
Bottom line, baseball is a team sport. When things go right and the Yankees win, it's never because of one guy: the TEAM wins. They get contributions from multiple guys. And the same goes for when the TEAM loses: when the team loses, a lot of the guys don't have their best day out there. THEY don't play well, and they get beaten as a TEAM.
The Yankees lost 6-3 last night – not Cervelli. Put the loss on their record – not Cervelli's. He did his best, just like the rest of the guys, but unfortunately his best was not good enough last night.
Cervelli has the right to feel terrible about what happened. But I hope he let's it go, and shows up to the ballpark with a clear mind. All he can do is make the play next time, and keep looking forward.
It wasn't an unearned loss thanks to some unearned runs thanks to Cervelli's inability to catch that pop up. The team lost, the team didn't have their best night out there.
And the team earned this loss.
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Way to stick up for your man! lol. Cervelli's error was costly, but I'm actually more worried about his production at the plate. He was such a timely hitter early in the season. Now? Not so much.
Yep, why do people single out one person, when it's a team game, win or lose… talking of losing…. sigh of relief for your guys that the Rays lose too…
I love it how people seem to get on that fire and pitchfork routine lokking for the "monster" in a loss instead of just looking for the missed opportunities, or the overal way that a team loses a game.
There is never a chance that one guy can lose a game all by himself. Even the 1919 Black Sox had to combine energies to pull off a defeat. Seriously, if you really dig below the surface, other actions could have happened to secure the win way before Cervelli's misfortune.
Baseball is a team game…the blame should go the same direction and not focus on one figure.
Rays Renegade
This is my first time reading your blog. I don't want to comment on this particular post, but all of them in general. Your writing is excellent. I went thru several entries and I found them to be very entertaining.
As I said, this is my first time here, but it won't be the last.
Very well said. Hey…that's Baseball. But Baseball is very forgiving. Baseball always gives you a chance to redeem yourself. It may make you a goat sometimes. But it will definitely put you in a position to be a hero again.
I feel ya. I mean, earlier this year, people were RAVING about how awesome Cervelli was… one mistake and now they wanna crucify him? That's life as a Yankee.


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The male Mediterranean fruit fly secretes his cologne from a special place. The ladies love it ... but local predators also home in on the scent.
Architecture. Fashion. Flirtation. All three seem to lure the females in.
But the male Mediterranean fruit fly has a different strategy: Perfume.
Eau de fruit fly is secreted from a rather unappealing place.
But female flies think it's irresistible.
As a potential mate flies by, the male uses his wings to waft the scent in her direction, just like an insect air freshener.
Unfortunately, his smelly bottom attracts more than fruit flies.
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Predatory wasps love fruit fly fragrance...and fruit fly flesh.
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Mitch Kahle and Holly Huber took aim at five Oahu churches Thursday.
Now they plan to ask for a senate investigative hearing and a legislative audit into the management practices of the Department of Education and whether officials may have broken the law.
Up until the roof caved in at Farrington High school's auditorium last fall, the campus was predominately used by New Hope church for its weekend services.
"New Hope at Farrington was allowed to be there for almost 18 years until the roof collapsed, and at Kaiser High School they have used that school for ten years and as Jim said, sometimes 15 years and 28 years for the longest user," said Mitch Kahl,e who initiated the whistle blower lawsuit.
At this point it's unclear why that was allowed.
A 1986 attorney general's opinion advised the DOE that schools limit use of its campuses by a church group to five years-- because of entanglement issues.
But in April of this year, school superintendent Kathy Matayoshi changed the form deleting the reference to five-year-limit.
"One of things this lawsuit will test is whether the superintendent can unilaterally change those rules that have been set by law," said attorney Jim Bickerton.
A second point is that the law requires state land board approval if school facilities are used for more than 12-consecutive months.
But it appears that never happened.
Kahle and co-plaintiff Holly Huber asked the Department of Land and Natural Resources for documentation but were told there was none.The lawsuit is being filed on behalf of the state.
The challenge was actually filed back in March, but was kept under seal until the attorney general could review and decide whether or not to pursue the issue.
So why the AG didn't run with it?
"I will note we are entering election season. There are many voters who belong in the churches and it's easier to let private citizens pursue this than put government in direct conflict with the churches," said Bickerton.
The lawsuit certainly also puts the governor and the head of his appointed school board in a tricky position.
Don Horner is also a minister of New Hope Diamond Head church.
Horner and the governor could not be reached for comment.


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Did Coventry & other NCL 3 sides not participate in the KO Cups this year?
No, they weren't invited into the NCL Cup and weren't eligible for the Tier 4 cup. In reality they are probably closer in standard to the top Tier 4 sides from the regional leagues than the tier 4 southern sides are..


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I promise, there's some baseball in this!!!
First off, it's spirit week at my school. I'm pretty apathetic when it comes to school activities, so spirit week doesn't really work for me. They played a song that they play at all the big baseball rallies today during the dodgeball tournament. Totally made me miss baseball season. So, the sophomores are Medieval-Renaissance… lame. The juniors are the future, and the seniors are Greco-Roman culture (basically 300 in a nutshell) and the freshmen… well, who cares?


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Why I Hate the Texas Rangers
I've had some time now to try and get over the Yankees' elimination. It hasn't gone well. What a surprise…
Instead of moping about my poor boys' fate, I've been angry. Angry at the Texas Rangers. Now every time I think about them, I find something else that bothers me. There is just nothing to like about these guys. I have a list of reasons why I hate the Rangers…and I might have to keep on revising it. Here's what I have so far:
–Lack of Hygiene
The Rangers are gross. I mean eeew. Elvis Andrus, especially. The dude hasn't cut his hair since before Spring Training. Think about how gross that is…
What an attractive man…
My Yankees have a very strict hygiene policy. They always have to be clean shaven, neat, well-dressed, and classy-looking. ALL of my Yankees look hot and sexy all the time. What a bunch of guys ♥
Another Texas Ranger who is gross is Ron Washington. EVERY SINGLE TIME the camera is on him, he's chewing. And spitting. Chewing…spitting…chewing…spitting…ENOUGH ALREADY!!! His area of the dugout must be overflowing with seeds. I've never seen a baseball man chew and spit as much as Ron Washington. It's utterly disgusting.
Speaking of Ron Washington, I just thought of another GROSS habit of the Rangers…
–They Do Drugs
This one is self explanatory. I wouldn't want to hang around a bunch of druggies. Josh Hamilton was a drug addict. But I shouldn't pick on him. He's a good guy. Now he's clean, and he has turned over a new leaf. I do respect Hamilton.
As for Ron Washington, yeah…I don't respect him at all. I mean he's an old guy. An old guy doing cocaine? That's worse than a young guy doing cocaine. He should've known better. What a way to be a role model for the team.
Joe Girardi is quite the opposite of Washington. Although I don't always agree with every move he makes, I know he's a good manager – and an even better guy. Girardi is a family man. And he is a great role model for his players. For a 46 year old, Girardi is in fabulous shape – he looks like he can still play.
-"Team Texas"
This one really gets on my nerves. For some reason, the Texas Rangers have 4 different uniforms. The white one, the gray one, the RED one (with a red hat and red socks), and the BLUE one.
There are a few things that really bug me about these uniforms. First, they wear the stupid red one more than they wear their white one. And since the hat and socks are red with that one, they don't even look like the Texas Rangers. My brother and I always say this: there are TOO MANY TEAMS who wear red. Why must the Rangers wear red when it's not even their color?
But look closely at all of the Rangers' uniforms. What do they all have in common?
They ALL say "TEXAS."
If I didn't know who they were, I would NEVER know they were the Texas Rangers. Not one place on any of their uniforms does it say "Rangers."
Why don't they just change their name to "Team Texas" or something! It's so obnoxious! I mean what are they trying to prove???
My Yankees have the perfect baseball uniforms. They don't have seven thousand different combos of unis. They have a home jersey, and an away jersey. They wear their home whites and road grays. And they have their warm-up navy uniforms. The home uniforms have the Yankee symbol, the road one says "New York." When looking at the Yankees, you know they are the Yankees. With the Rangers, not so much. It's hard to tell what team they are because they have SO MANY STUPID UNIFORMS!!!!
–Claw and Antlers?
Do I even have to explain this one? I mean, just how lame could they get? CLAW and ANTLERS??? What the heck does that even mean? And do they REALLY have to do it every single time they get a hit or steal a base? Talk about obnoxious…I'm glad my Yankees are classy.
And the stupid Texas fans make it worse. They embraced these idiotic expressions. Why? WHAT ARE THEY? The team tried to create something to give them character, but they failed. What do claws and antlers have to do with the Texas Rangers? Or Team Texas, or whatever they are. I'm surprised they didn't add this ridiculous thing to their excessive uniform wardrobe:
It's perfect for the team to add to their uniforms. Just like the other ones: You can't tell what team it's for and it doesn't say "Rangers" anywhere on it.
Oh look! How appropriate. They have it in RED, too!!!
God. This team really bothers me. I sure hope they lose. Go Giants!
I love you, Yanks!
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I hear ya on the uni tip… but the other stuff doesn't bother me. There are much nastier players (Manny anyone???) who've done a ton worse (A-Rod/A-Fraud????). Still, I understand your frustration. The good news is you can root for the Giants😉
So sorry about the Yankees. I hope that you are feeling better. I can unterstand your dislike of the Rangers.
I do agree with you on the unis.
BTW, I am glad that Ron Washington was given a second chance. That team has faced some hurdles that they have learned to overcome. And I hope Josh Hamilton continues to celebrate with Ginger Ale.
Great blog! Fortunatly the Yankees wont be making a World Series appearance. And Im glad. So are a lot of people, I think.
The Yankees are constantly in the playoffs. A lot of people would argue the fact that they are just that good. Well, my take on the AL East is that all the other teams are just that bad.
Finishing in last place; The Baltimore Orioles. A horrible team led by an even worse managing team. Now that they have Buck Showalter, will things turn around? Who knows.
Finishing in fourth place; The Toronto Blue Jays. Let by home run king Jose Bautista, thats about all that team had to offer their fans. That dude hitting mile home runs in the Rogers Centre. Barely finishing over .500, they finished 11 games out of first place, and really had no shot at the wild card or the division since after the All-Star break.
Finishing in third place; The Boston Redsox. What more can I say? With a slumping Big Papi, that team simply fell apart.
Winning the Wild Card; The New York Yankees. Because the Red Sox didnt.
Winning the AL East Division; The Tampa Bay Rays. Tough to say. Ive watched these guys play all year, and moreso towards the end of the season they played like crap. I watched them play in Kansas City for the last road series, and they let Kansas City run all over them. No wonder they lost to Texas. They have no heart.
The Yankees are held to such a high standard from their past successes. But its really great to see some new blood in the playoffs. Im also glad the Phillies lost to the Giants. Theyre about wearing out their welcome as far as Im concerned as well.
I will say this though. The Yankees do have some exceptional talent. Derek Jeter, Lance Berkman, Alex Rodriguez, Jorge Posada, Curtis Granderson, Nick Swisher, Andy Pettite, CC Sabathia, and Marano Rivera.
As close as the Phillies and Yankees got to a repeat of last years WS, it is inevitable that Yankee fans would support the NL team and Phillies fans would support the AL team, just because of the LCS outcomes.. funny actually that allegiances to the AL and NL switch because we both lost in the LCS
WOW!!! how are you going to say all these things without even knowing any history of the Rangers. First off they have red uniforms as their alternate because they wanted to bring something back from their only good part of history before demolishing your yankees to win the ALCS. In the mid 90's the when the ranger were actually winning the division almost every year the wore RED. Almost every team has a alternate uniform now. And you act like your players are so much better with drugs, hahahahahaha perfect example A-FRAUD has done way worse, and he did it to cheat the game. SO JUST BECAUSE YOUR YANKEES LOST DOESNT MEAN YOU HAVE TO BASH EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DONT LIKE ABOUT THAT TEAM THAT BEAT THEM. GROW UP LOL.
A-Rod did steroids while with your Rangers. He has been clean for awhile now and he still has plenty of good years ahead of him. And he's ten times sexier than all the Rangers put together. Alternate uniforms are pointless. If the Rangers want to wear that red one, then why don't they just make it their regular uniform, since they wear it more anyways? Don't think you can argue history with me, because although I'm 17, I bet I know more than you. I can bash whoever I want because this is America, and I love my first amendment rights.
You just sayin' this stuff bout the rangers beacuase we finally beat y'all. Look at our logo retards!! It has red…and white…and blue! Back in the 90's our home uniform was red and white, and we wanted to bring something back from when we won our divison. We've also had the blue unifroms since like 2003. And we don't even come close to having the worst jerseys in the Majors…look at the Royals gay baby blue uniforms they wear! I do understand what you said about the Texas thing, but use common sense…really? It's the ALCS and you're playing a team from Texas…who else would it be, the Astros? Another thing is you said we have bad hygiene…and you could only point out one person who had long hair…thats not even that bad…He hasn't had hair that long since then either, and if your talking about his chinstrap mustache that he has, there are a lot more people with beards in the MLB than you can probably think of. And yes Ron did do cocaine…thats bad yes…but it happened in the off-season and it had pretty much blown over by the time the season started. Josh did do drugs…like 5 years ago…Do you know how many Yankees have probably done coacaine and steriods??? Next time you want to dog us because we beat your precious Yankees…it might help to do some research first before you cry to the internet about it!!!!
Hey, You commented about the uniforms saying "Texas" being stupid. But you also said the Yanks wear a jersey that says "New York". So I guess its the Mets playing right? You are just making contradicting arguments with that statement and the storied comment as well. Ranger fans love there team and are glad to support the rangers. Antlers and Claws all the way!
I just think your silly…and when did you get to decide what the rangers and the rest of baseball has to put on their away uniforms? And having four uniforms isnt all that bad. the mets, rockies, astros, and royals all have about four or five diifferent unis and the Mets have about three different batting helmets, and when did baseball become a buety pagent?????
Wow I'm just seeing this now. I was just expressing my opinion here. I hate excessive uniforms. I know other teams have them, but why would I write a rant about how I hate the Rockies or some other random team, when they have nothing to do with anything? I wrote this last year after the playoffs because I hated the Rangers and was picking on them. As for the beauty pageant, I agree. Why are there so many different uniforms?
The Yankees have always been the class organization in MLB. There is no doubt about that and it is a great accomplishment to knock them out of the playoffs. The Rangers accomplished that last year and it was a great year for Team Texas. If we face the Yanks again this year, we will attempt to do it to the team from New York again. It will not be easy, but you can be assured that we will do our best to get back to the World Series. We could wear shorts and t-shirts and we would still give it the old TEXAS try. We attempt to reach the level that the Yanks have attained. And guess what? We don't have near the money to spend on players that the team from New York has always dished out. On top of that there are a couple of former Rangers playing for the Bronx Bombers because of the money. If you ever watch the Rangers play, you will see a group of guys who genuinely love to play the game and who support and stand up for each other. They are fun to watch.
Nice blog. What do you think about the Texas Rangers now?? Haha.
Yay! Me too. The Rangers really are a great ball club. Maybe they can at least be your second favorite🙂
They are polar opposites of NYY and along with pride the Yanks have class. Lets face it the Rangers have benefitted tremendously the last two years from their weak division. In your blog what you didn't mention about the Yankees uniforms is that on the back it only shows the players number, and no name! This, I am pretty sure, is only done by the Yanks and the Red Sox.


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Virginia is survived by her son, William Anderson and his wife, Norma, of Windsor, Colo.; daughter-in-law, Regina Anderson of Swanton; three grandchildren, Brian Anderson and his wife, Kelly, of Vermont, Wendy Jones and her husband, Devin, and Debra Soden and her husband, Greg, all of Colorado; 10 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Richard Milne and his wife, Marti, of Cherry Hill, N.J.
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Eastern New Mexico University baseball coach Phil Clabaugh got what he was hoping for in the Greyhounds' four-game set against Colorado School of Mines — a series victory.
Senior right fielder Justin Gee hit a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh, then beat out a fielder's choice with two out in the bottom of the ninth, stole second and scored on Mike McDuffie's double to give ENMU a 7-6 victory on Sunday at Greyhound Field and three wins in their home-opening series.
McDuffie, 0-for-4 to that point, lined a 2-0 pitch from reliever Matt Ott (0-1) into the left-center field gap to send Gee home with the winning run. In the third, the ENMU second baseman had misplayed a pop fly near the right field line into an RBI single, with a second run scoring on the play on first baseman Casey Bigham's throwing error.
"Duffie had had a tough day, but he got a pitch he could handle," said Clabaugh, whose team improved to 7-1 for the season.
Gee's two-out, two-run triple to left broke a 3-3 tie in the seventh, but Mines scratched out three runs to take the lead in the top of the eighth. Ryan French's two-out RBI triple in the bottom of the inning retied the score.
With one on and one out in the ninth, Gee hit a grounder near the bag at third that nearly turned into a inning-ending 5-4-3 double play. But he was able to beat the relay, then stole second on the next pitch.
The Golden, Colo.-based Orediggers (2-5) had double-figure hits for the fourth consecutive game, but all 14 on Sunday were singles. Meantime, the Hounds' nine hits included two doubles and two triples.
"We got 54 hits in a series, and we only made five errors, and I've never had a team do that," Mines coach Mike Mulvaney said. "We're young. We threw guys out there that, hopefully, they'll get it. If they keep playing hard, the baseball gods will catch up to you."
Freshman left-hander Seth Clabaugh, the coach's son, gave up 10 hits over six innings and left with a 3-3 tie. Jeff Roemer worked a 1-2-3 seventh, Charlie Ward gave up the three runs in the eighth — only one earned — and closer Keith Balderaz (1-0) pitched a perfect ninth, striking out two.
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Mulvaney was impressed with Balderaz, who saved the Hounds' first two wins in the series.
"Balderaz is a competitor, and that's what you want out there," he said. "He's got that hunger in his eyes, and he's going to go after guys.
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Phil Clabaugh was relieved to win a series against a team which has been tough on the Hounds over the years.
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Hispanic comedian George Lopez jokes about abuelitas who keep track of time by the order of their favorite TV programs. For example, abuelita says, "When Judge Judy is over, that's when I take my medicine."
The summer days of my childhood also operated around TV time for many years. I remember Grandma Emma perched upon her Lazy Boy chair, never missing "The Edge of Night" and "Price is Right" on those hot summer days.
When I would walk past her and see the sands in the hour glass sifting down on the TV screen as her favorite soap opera began, I knew it was almost time for us kids to come and gather around the tube for "Brady Bunch," "Gilligan's Island" and "The Partridge Family."
Sometimes Bob Barker drew us around the tube a little early when he'd make big announcement, "Come on down!"
I don't watch daytime TV much anymore. I'm just not into the talk show circuit, which is all there seems to be on daytime TV now. Dr. Phil is the only daytime show I like, plus, I have plenty of other things to keep me busy these days. But I do remember a time, during my elementary schools days, when my biggest dilemma in the evenings was, "Should I do a couple of laps around the driveway on my purple tricycle before or after 'Bewitched?'"
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It was during those early days, though, that we really had the timing down. We'd play outside during "Edge of Night" and sometimes "Price is Right" and right about the time we needed to cool down, it was time for "Brady Bunch" and Gilligan. Those were our sitcoms of the day.
There was no remote control either because there was no need for channel surfing. The TV stayed pretty much on the same channel all day, until Grandpa Madrid came home from work.
After that, it was time to head back outdoors, and then it was musical chairs in the living room. Grandma Emma would head to the kitchen to cook dinner and Grandpa Madrid would come home from work and take over the Lazy Boy to watch the news and his favorite game show, "To Tell the Truth."
I'd tune in and out of this show. The only part I really liked was the end, when the announcer would say, "Will the real _______ please stand up?" And it was usually around that time, too, that Mom and Dad would get out of work and take us home, usually in time for "Bewitched."


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SULLIVAN COUNTY, Tenn. - An upcoming 5K race is raising money for some local police K-9s.
The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office is holding an event called the Hot Pursuit 5K and two-mile walk.
Officers tell News 5 all of the money raised will help support the five K-9 units at the sheriff's office. The money will be used to buy items for the dogs that may not be in the budget.
Lieutenant Lee Carswell with the Sullivan County Sheriff's Office told us, "We're wanting to do this 5K to generate a little bit more money to buy the bite suits which run about $1,500 and do some additional training, which a lot of times is out of the area so we have to pay extra money to go to."
The Hot Pursuit 5K and two-mile walk is Saturday, August 17 at 8:30 a.m. in Blountville.
The cost to pre-register is $12 for Sullivan County employees and area first responders, and $18 for everyone else.
You can register online or print off an entry form by visiting www.runtricities.org.