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My Guide To Buying and Wearing Jerseys
I love authentic jerseys.
They weren't readily available to purchase when I was a kid, and my folks wouldn't have allowed me to shell out the big bucks anyway.
The only jerseys you could buy back then were the cheap replicas and so I did.
In the baseball season, I had a Lee Mazzilli New York Mets home jersey.
My choice in hoops was a Larry Bird Boston Celtics road uniform.
For football, I was the only kid in my school that had an O.J. Simpson San Francisco 49ers jersey (it was a form of protest by this broken-hearted Bills fan after they traded away my childhood hero).
When we travel around the International League with the PawSox, we see dozens of Red Sox jerseys in the stands every night wherever we go. For the most part, I think it's great, but I have come up with a few basic rules for proper jersey-wearing etiquette.
There are essentially three types of acceptable jerseys for a fan to wear:
1. Any Current Player. That's right, from the superstar to the utility man, if he's on the current roster it's OK by me. For example, if Boof Bonser makes the Red Sox and you can actually find his jersey, feel free to shell out your $175. But if the player you have chosen is traded or released, the jersey has to go unless he's a . . .
2. Team Legend. Ideally, the style of the jersey should match the look of the player's era. This category is open to some interpretation. For example, in my book Nomar Garciaparra doesn't qualify as a Red Sox legend, but you might disagree. However, if you bought a Coco Crisp jersey and are too cheap to get rid of it, you can't try to claim that he's a Sox legend. One additional note about the "legend" category – if the player does something really bad, the jersey is no longer wearable (see my O.J. Simpson jersey).
3. Wild-Card Category. This can be an up-and-coming prospect, a memorable character in team history, a guy with a bizarre last name, a player that was just obtained in a trade or through free agency, or a former Pawtucket player that I really like (these are my rules after all).
Since spring training is just around the corner, perhaps you're considering purchasing a new jersey to wear in 2010. Here are some Dan Hoard-approved choices from all 30 MLB teams.
Baltimore Matt Wieters Cal Ripken Rick Dempsey
Boston David Ortiz Ted Williams Kevin Youkilis
While Sox Mark Buehrle Carlton Fisk Gordon Beckham
Cleveland Grady Sizemore Bob Feller Justin Masterson
Detroit Justin Verlander Ty Cobb Mark Fidrych
Kansas City Zack Greinke George Brett Dan Quisenberry
LA Angels Torii Hunter Nolan Ryan Brandon Wood
Minnesota Joe Mauer Kirby Puckett Justin Morneau
NY Yankees Derek Jeter Lou Gehrig Mariano Rivera
Oakland Andrew Bailey Reggie Jackson Craig Breslow
Seattle Ichiro Suzuki Ken Griffey Jr. Jay Buhner
Tampa Bay Evan Longoria Carl Crawford Carlos Pena
Texas Josh Hamilton Nolan Ryan David Murphy
Toronto Adam Lind Roberto Alomar Marc Rzepczynski
Arizona Brandon Webb Randy Johnson Mark Grace
Atlanta Chipper Jones Henry Aaron Tommy Hanson
Cubs Derrek Lee Ernie Banks Kosuke Fukudome
Cincinnati Joey Votto Pete Rose Jose Rijo
Colorado Todd Helton Larry Walker Troy Tulowitzki
Florida Hanley Ramirez Dontrelle Willis Dan Uggla
Houston Lance Berkman Jeff Bagwell Chris Johnson
LA Dodgers Manny Ramirez Sandy Koufax Clayton Kershaw
Milwaukee Prince Fielder Robin Yount Alcides Escobar
NY Mets David Wright Tom Seaver Ed Kranepool
Philadelphia Chase Utley Mike Schmidt Roy Halladay
Pittsburgh A.McCutcheon Roberto Clemente Brandon Moss
San Diego Adrian Gonzalez Tony Gwynn Trevor Hoffman
San Francisco Tim Lincecum Willie Mays Pablo Sandoval
St. Louis Albert Pujols Stan Musial Matt Holliday
Washington Adam Dunn Gary Carter Stephen Strasburg
By the way, not everyone agrees that wearing jerseys is cool. I caught a female comedian named Whitney Cummings on the Tonight Show last week who questioned why so many guys wear jerseys while watching their favorite teams play on TV. As she pointed out, she doesn't put on scrubs to watch Grey's Anatomy.
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Lol i love the list😉
I want a jersey but i'm always afraid that if I get one then the player is gonna leave or get traded. That sucks😛 Of course you can save it and wear it as a throwback 20 yrs later but ya know. I only wish they weren't so expensive…. ehh i guess that is a pro and con of having a jersey. I'll stick with my t-shirt/mesh jerseys for now lol. I'll have you know all the t-shirts i bought, the players on the back ended up leaving after that year. I hate to say I'm a jinx but i'll try not to buy jerseys with good players' names on the back just for good measure😉
If you going to spring for an expensive one, the "team legend" category is your safest bet.
How about in the wild card a player from your favorite college you follow
That's a great suggestion. I approve!
Thanks for commenting.
Dan, I'm not sure about you, but I have issues with jerseys not being the correct style as their professional counterparts (i.e., if you have a home Sox or Yankees jersey, it should NOT have the name on the back). This drives me up the wall.
And I like the college player suggestion!
I personally agree with you on the "correct style" argument, but the authentic jerseys are so expensive that I will cut fans a little slack if they want the name on the home jersey.
How's this for a loophole? I got a #20 Cincinnati Bengals Tory James jersey in '05. This way I have a Bengals jersey with my name on the back, but it's not a personalized jersey. Acceptable?
Good try, but I can't give it my stamp of approval. You could change a few letters and go with the Bengals current #20 David Jones.
i still wear my bill mueller jersey when im at the park, he was a fan favorite for a few years here and won a batting title so in my head thats good for a pass. plus i get a lot of compliments at mccoy on it, people still really like him and remember the 04 team. go sox!
i still wear my bill mueller jersey when im at the park, he was a fan favorite for a few years here and won a batting title so in my head thats good for a pass. plus i get a lot of compliments at mccoy on it, people still really like him and remember the 04 team. go sox!
Great list and fun to read, but….only a NY guy would put down Fisk as a White Sox legend, in Red Sox territory. This may bring back nightmares of seeing Fisk in those ugly, "oldtime" uniforms that Chicago wore. Yes, I know the stats and years may favor Chicago, but I do my best to erase them from my memory. I mean we're talking about Carlton Fisk, the guy I saw play AA ball at McCoy. Carlton Fisk, the greatest "Anti-Yankee" of all time, the guy they named the foul pole after. Carlton Fisk the Sox legend…the real Sox.
Hyder, can you explain this to Dan?
As an Indians fan, most of the player's jerseys i bought are in another jersey.
What about my homemade Ron Johnson Paw Sox jersey that I wore to the series in Louisville last May? Do you have any rules concerning specialty team wear? Is it still OK to wear it now even though RJ has made the BIG TIME?
Hi Dan,
I've been a Red Sox fan for over 50 years. I feel like most people in this area who have allegiance to their sports teams it's Ok to support and wear jerseys for their favorite teams. I was never one of them until recently. I also thought of it as too much of a "player crush" and more of a adolescent gesture to worship players by wearing jerseys with palyers names on them. Especially now in the era of free agency, player movement between teams, a jersey certainly gets outdated. I found a happy medium that works for me. I did breakdown and buy two replica jerseys when the Red Sox won World Championships in 2004 and 2007. But instead of placing someone's name on them both of my jerseys read "World Champs 04" and "World Champs 07". They are two events I will always remember and I feel its the best way to support the team and show my appreciation and allengience. I only wear them when I go to Boston and Pawtcuket. I haven't seen anyone else with wording like this, so I guess that also makes me unique.
Good Blog !! Jay
I totally agree with Whitney Cummins there! And I guess most of the female population will be there with us. What is with guys and all these team jerseys anyway? No dudes, it is not cool. It makes you look like such wannabes! Get my drift? So we can conclude that there are essentially no types of acceptable jerseys for a fan to wear. Just like we never wear scrubs to watch the latest season of scrubs! Mephisto
I appreciate you sharing this blog article.Thanks Again. Really Cool.


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Most people who know me know that, in my spare time, I volunteer at a non-profit fight club for 8- to 15-year-old children from low-income families. I don't think that makes me a "hero" (although I humbly accept that as the nickname the children have given me). Last week, one of the 10-year-olds (who would honestly be the best in her age group if she didn't keep dropping her hands) informed me that she wouldn't be able to fight because she had homework to do. When I learned what her assignment was, I was shocked: They are still teaching cursive in schools.
Some schools have dropped cursive, but it's still a part of the curriculum in over 50 percent of American public schools. Why? I learned it when I was a kid but have never once used it in my life (my signature is a drawing of a middle finger wearing cool-guy sunglasses). This realization made me wonder what other shockingly outdated practices are still persisting in education, so I did some digging ...
4 The Coolest Stuff Is Getting Left Out of Textbooks
In high school, if you wanted me to get an A in chemistry, you would show me a list of steps an experiment required and I'd follow them to the letter and proceed to not give a shit, because I wasn't trying to see what happened when I mixed magnesium with frog butts. The only formula I was learning was "A on test = teacher gets off my back." If you wanted me to understand the message in Crime and Punishment, I'd sit in your class and wait patiently until you told me what the thesis was and then I'd write an essay that regurgitated your points, but the real thesis of most of those essays was "Here are five paragraphs that will shut you up for a second." If you wanted me to memorize a date, I'd store it in my head until I wrote it down on the test, after which I'd forget it forever, regardless of what handy mnemonic or catchy rhyme you tried to get me to use.
"In 1492, Columbus please excused my dear aunt circumference."
Those were the methods teachers used to get good grades out of me, but as far as teaching me anything? I was really good at being a student in high school, but I wouldn't necessarily call myself smart, which I think I made pretty clear with the whole "magnesium + frog butts" hypothesis. When doing well in a class is separate from being smart, there's a problem. Here is the thing: The best teachers I've ever had were the ones who made me say "bullshit."
There are so many amazing and interesting stories throughout history -- something I've demonstrated via a bunch of arbitrarily chosen facts I've included throughout this article -- and it's crazy how many of those facts aren't even included in modern textbooks.
Why do we need to waste our time hearing about George Washington chopping down a cherry tree or Abraham Lincoln being born in a log cabin when there are true stories that are WILDLY more exciting?
The teachers who made me care about learning didn't throw a ton of dates at me, and they didn't want me to know how to build a tiny log cabin out of modeling clay and matchsticks -- they wanted me to get excited and interested.
My favorite teachers were the ones who knew that every single lesson they taught me was competing for attention in my head with video games, television, girls, and my friends. Whatever came out of their mouths had to be so interesting or insane that I'd be excited enough to listen, read, and want to find out more.
The most important men and women in history are as or (more often than not) more interesting than the protagonist in every Hollywood blockbuster. As far as getting children inspired to learn and excited about knowing stuff, the single biggest misstep in the American public school system was convincing children that exciting action heroes and historical figures couldn't be talked about in the same conversation.
3 The Stuff They Leave IN Textbooks Isn't Preparing Us for Anything
We already know that our textbooks are ignoring the exciting action-movie stuff in favor of the boring ... boring-movie stuff, but let's dig into how that boring stuff actually works for us. When I graduated high school, I was really only good at two things:
1) Masturbating;
2) Being a high school student.
I can't really give high school too much credit for the first one, because those were lessons that I mostly learned on the street, by which I mean in my house in the brief window between when I got home from school at 2:58 and when my dad got home from work at 3:14.
So let's focus on that second one. When I started college, I assumed I'd be fine because I'd gotten good grades in school, and what were those grades a measure of if not my ability to function in society? If the lessons being taught in school weren't designed to prepare me for my post-high school life, then what the hell WERE they for?
More than a decade has gone by. And I still have no idea.
Great life lesson that WASN'T taught in school.
I certainly didn't use anything I'd learned in high school to survive academically in college, and if I tried, I'd get penalized. In high school, you did well on an essay if you wrote five paragraphs with five sentences each and presented something that was mostly in line with what your teacher believed to be true. The first time I handed in a paper like that to a college professor was the last time, because college professors hate shitty high school robots. College forced me to re-learn how to read, write, and think because the skills you use to figure out stuff in college are wildly different from the ones you use in high school.
It wasn't just the academic stuff, either. There were so many lessons about just being a functioning human being that high school refused to teach. Like I'd been pooping wrong my entire life.
I mean, bad example, obviously, because it shouldn't be the responsibility of high school teachers to explain to kids how to poop, but still, someone should be teaching that lesson. And not just that one, but plenty of other very valuable life lessons that everyone should know, including the, again, completely arbitrarily chosen life lessons that I've gracefully inserted into this article.


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The Russian city of Sochi, on the Black Sea, is prepping for the 2014 Winter Olympics – and so far it has already become the most expensive games in Olympic history. NBC's Jim Maceda reports.
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SOCHI, Russia -- Let's get one thing straight: The town that will host the 2014 Winter Olympics is a summer resort.
At 1 p.m. on Thursday -- one year to the day from the Opening Ceremony -- the temperature was 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Miami-style high-rise condos dot rich green groves of palm and cypress trees. This is Sochi, better known as the "Black Sea Pearl."
That's a testament to two things: The kind of clout Russian President Valdimir Putin has, at least with those eminent International Olympic Committee members; and the laser-like determination he's shown to make his dream come true -- to transform Sochi from a long-in-the-tooth former Soviet spa resort into an all-season, international sports playground.
Putin even flew to the 2007 IOC summit in Guatemala to explain – amazingly, in both English and French, languages he doesn't actually speak – what Sochi had to offer.
Not just vast expanses of balmy beaches, but only 30 miles to the east, majestic, untapped mountain ranges called The Caucasus.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks with regional Governor Alexander Tkachev during a visit to a mountain resort near 2014 Olympic host Sochi this week.
And to top it off, he offered to put up $12 billion to build his Olympic Wonderland – including a high-speed train system that would get thousands of spectators from the ice palaces below to the alpine resorts above in just 25 minutes. Blue sea meets snow-white mountains. Done deal.
But it soon became apparent that Putin's dream wasn't just about hosting the Olympic Games. He also wanted to showcase a new, modern Russia – no matter how questionable that image may be - led by a man who demanded the world's attention.
"He needed some bold proof that he can do something very important for Russia," said Fyodor Lukyanov, managing editor of Russia in Global Affairs. "The Olympic Games in this regard is a good opportunity to turn attention away from the lack of development in Russia to a big international success.''
As Russia prepares to welcome guests from around the world for the Winter Olympics next year, NBC's Ben Fogle takes an insider's look at the progress of Sochi's Olympic Park and gets the scoop on a few athletes to look out for next year.
The dream began to look like the genie out of the bottle. Even $12 billion – more than twice the total cost of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games – did not even cover the bills for the two Olympic parks, the skate and ski venues, and the road and rail lines linking the two.
Remember, Sochi had only one main road and no winter resort. About 85 percent of Putin's dream needed to be built from scratch.
One year from the start of the Games, the total cost has hit $51 billion, a new Olympic record. Half of that total is coming from the state's coffers, and the rest from Putin's rich oligarch friends.
Gazprom, the state-owned corporation Putin runs like a CEO, has even built many of the ski venues. One can see Gazprom's logo everywhere in the Olympic space in Sochi.
Billboards for Putin's other "pillar," the state-owned oil giant Rosneft, are spread around the Olympic parks and a luxurious mountain resort built entirely by Interros, the holding company owned by Putin's close oligarch friend, Vladimir Potanin.
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Russia's President Vladimir Putin, second left, listens to Interros president Vladimir Potanin, left, during a tour of Olympic sites near Sochi on Wednesday.
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Both Putin and the Sochi 2014 corporate sponsors have all denied enriching themselves by way of the games. Putin's eloquent press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, says there's nothing wrong with using corporate capitalism – and the excuse of the Olympic Games – to better the lives of all Russians.
"We have a golden opportunity to ensure that we have a boost for the whole development of the economy, not only the regional economy but the economy of the whole country," he said.
But how many ordinary Russians will benefit from this $50 billion spectacle?
People like Artyom and Mikael – both retired Russian middle-class neighbors – certainly haven't. They live in Mirni, a village cradled in the shadow of the new Olympic Stadium.
With a year to go until the start of the Sochi Winter Olympics, spokesman for Russia's President Vladimir Putin acknowledges that "there are issues" with preparations, but adds that the Games will be an overriding success. NBC News' Jim Maceda reports.
A couple of years ago the two bought into the "dream" and started to build an extension to Artyom's house, but ran out of funds, their pensions barely covering their food bills.
They have no gas, no plumbing, and suffer regular power outages, which cut off their heating. Outside, the road is permanently flooded and cratered, and their small Russian car can't take the ride to the market.
Almost everyone in Mirni – population 1500 - lives like this, but the world, they say, won't see what the real Russian life is like, as it will be hidden by Olympic barricades and banners.
"There's no place here to feel like a human," said Mikael, who, like Artyom, declined to give his last name. "Gazprom has built everything here for their needs but there's no place for simple people. Their security teams cast people away like barking dogs."
There's little doubt that "Putin's Dream" will come true. Sochi 2014 has all the ingredients to be a grand success.
Putin is already starting to stockpile vast amounts of snow for next winter, just in case. And he's bought an arsenal of snow guns, primed and ready to fire.
Join NBC News' Dmitry Solovyov and Alexei Gordienko as they make the 1,000-mile journey from Moscow to 2014 Olympic host Sochi.
But terrorism is also a real threat here. With the troubled Caucasus republics nearby - like Chechnya, Dagestan and Abkhazia - it's likely that many spectators will actually be armed, plainclothes cops.
It would appear that Putin has thought of everything – including installing massive gas pipelines to fuel even more massive power stations, all brand new – to produce the world's best Olympic Games and return Russia to the glory of the days when Joseph Stalin spent his summers in his Sochi dacha, watching American cowboy movies.
But will these "Putin Games" boost the current Russian strongman's tarnished image in the West and beyond?
Lukyanov – and many other Russian analysts – don't think so.
"He is not seen as a guy who is able to deliver a change, to deliver development, and I don't believe that the Olympic Games will be able to change Russia's image worldwide as a big, important but basically stagnating country.''
Let the Games - and the dream – begin.
Jim Maceda is an NBC News foreign correspondent based in London, currently on assignment in Sochi. He's covered Russia and the former Soviet Union for the past three decades.
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The Winter Olympics arrive in Sochi on Feb. 7, 2014. A look at how the Russian city is shaping up for its moment in the spotlight.
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It's high time we get back to the way these blogs were handled before my time: Consistently. In doing so, I'd like to let our Cogswell family know that Albert Chen, our current assistant professor that heads the Game Development Degree Program, has a job offer for you all! Here is a message from him that details the specifics of the job position:
"Looking for any and all Cogswell students/alumni who would like to work with 5 CUC students from Beijing, China (all programmers) who are coming for three intensive weeks to work with me on some games using Unity. They will be on campus starting July 25th. Email me directly if interested. We're looking for anyone who can commit to at least a couple of hours of work per week. Experience with Unity a plus but not mandatory."-Albert C.
I would advise any and all students who fit the criteria for this position and are currently looking for work to take this opportunity. Not only is it good industry experience, but you get to work with people overseas which is a grand experience all in its own! Don't worry if you don't fit this position exactly though. There is always a chance that a job offer comes up on the Cogswell Blog that fits your exact qualifications so be sure to check back!
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Bonus talk robs Barclays of something to shout about
While it is clearly tough for banks to tiptoe through the minefield of regulatory scrutiny, public opinion and performance, you might have thought they would avoid throwing grenades in their own paths to make life even harder. Barclays' results last week suggested otherwise.
The bank was always going to struggle to impress. Group pre-tax profits had fallen by nearly one third and profits in the investment bank had tumbled by nearly 40%.
Yet this message was made even less palatable by the decision to increase bonuses in the investment bank at the same time.
Granted, the case for doing so makes sense, on the basis that, if you don't, lots of staff will leave and next year's performance could be even worse. But the decision to bulk up its bonuses makes it all the more susceptible to criticism, and all for the sake of few hundred thousand pounds for perhaps a few thousand staff in its investment bank.
To make matters worse, the increase in bonuses at the investment bank was even higher than stated. By quietly tweaking how it discloses its bonuses and judiciously leaving out a few numbers, Barclays managed to get away with the widely reported numbers that it had increased the bonus pool at the investment bank by 13% and that average individual bonuses had increased by 10%.
In fact, when you use the same definition of "bonuses" as Barclays itself used last year, it transpires that the bonus pool at the investment bank increased by 17% last year, and average individual bonuses were up by 15%. The difference in the numbers is marginal. What smells unpleasant is that someone decided to tweak the numbers in an apparent attempt to deflect attention from some already whiffy numbers.
It is not as if Barclays had no choice. What could have been a discussion about the contribution that the investment bank at Barclays makes to the world and the progress it has made was instead hijacked by a grubby discussion about paying a few hundreds of thousands of pounds to buy the allegiance of a few thousand people who would probably happily do the job without the extra cash.
Barclays could have used last week to talk about the 1,500 or so deals it was involved in last year to help companies and governments raise more than $350 billion in the debt markets, or the 500 or so syndicated loans it helped get away.
It could have focused on the 300 equity deals it worked on and how the issuers are going to reinvest that capital, or even the 500 or so mergers or acquisitions it helped arrange. All in, its investment bankers worked on roughly 2,500 deals that involved more than $1 trillion being raised or changing hands.
That's before you start talking about trading all of that stuff in the secondary market, and how that helps investors generate returns or hedge their risks. Barclays could have chosen to talk about the surge in its equities business, which has gone from a rank outsider to the top five in the world.
While it was at it, the bank could have shouted about the £250 billion in transactions that went through Barclaycard last year. Or the financing and help it provided to more than 100,000 start-ups last year, or the hundreds of billions of pounds in loans and advances it has made in its retail banking division to more than 16 million customers.
But no, instead, Barclays chose to spend most of the day in a dialogue of the deaf defending bonuses in its investment bank.
This was an active decision. Antony Jenkins may talk about it taking a decade for banks in the UK to regain trust. On last week's showing, he may have just pushed that back by a few more years.
This article was first published in the print edition of Financial News dated February 17, 2014 under the headline 'Barclays: for a few thousand pounds more'


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We'll see 50 Shot attempts by Earl, atleast.
STAT and MELO both out for this game The big question for our KNICKS: Where is the offense going to come from???? Who know's but I'm tuning in to find out as this game is the primetime NBATV game. Tip-off NEXT!!!!
Thanks Jimmy.
We'll see 50 Shot attempts by Earl, atleast.
Switch switch switch open shot. I don't really understand our "defense" at all.
OMG SMith, cut minutes for this ballhog.
So basically we're without our two star players and immidiately we start playing team basketball? No ****.
So far so good. Keep up the good work guys.
Here is a "STAT" KNICKs 18-3 without Amare Can you say blessing in disguise???
Less ballhogs and ball movement looks better, also we play good D.
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Spring Training Practices Winding Down
So far, the mood in Phillies practice has been very upbeat. Shane Victorino was all smiles as he tossed balls to children in the crowd earlier today. Cole Hamels returned to the team, having taken care of his "personal issues" and spirits were high. There are a few story lines causing some stress among the natives , including the battle for the 5th starting position. Kyle Kendrick threw a good session today and Scott Eyre helped him keep the mood light. Either that, or Eyre has mistaken Kendrick for a cute little baby…
Other developing story lines include the competition among the rookies trying to make the team.
Jason Donald, who may replace Chase Utley if he has a setback and is not ready to go for Opening Day, is keeping pace with the big boys. Lou Marson, understanding the team is heavy on catchers, keeps up his hard work in the hopes that he makes an impression for future call-ups. And Mike Cervanek , who made his major league debut last year after 10 years in the minors and independent leagues, has been hustling to get some attention. Cervenak could be the right-handed bat the Phillies need, plus he is able to play 3rd, 2nd and 1st bases. Having been a member of the World Series squad, the coaches already know Cervenak, but this will be a case of perseverance on his part to make the team.
With so many good looking men wandering about the practice fields, it makes you wonder where a few of these guys are getting their hair style advice. Women do seem to love the beard, but Eric Bruntlett may want to consider a trim. It's hair gone wild! And then in the plain "hair has gone away" category, new Phillie Raul Ibanez may want to consider a new look. Here are a few for him to "try on."
Only one day left of practice before the games begin on Wednesday; the Phillies will take on the Pirates in Bradenton, FL for the Spring Training opener at 1:05pm. Stay tuned for game coverage!
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Wow, Schmidtty IS looking very chipper! Maybe he's looking forward to his next golf outing.🙂
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Michael Jack actually smiling? Ok, did you tell him something funny? Like, I don't know, the Mets are going to choke again?🙂
I heard that Chase Utley was doing some hitting today. That has to make everyone in the front office and the field smile a bit more.
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As always, a great blog addition on the Spring Training.
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Sue – Actually, they did go golfing today :O)
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A project of Jewish Heritage Programs
First Friday, October 4th 5-9 PM
"POPtober"Art Exhibition
Featuring these gifted artists:
Ellen Abraham, Leslie Friedman,
Linda Dubin Garfield, Linda Nesvisky,
Julius Scissor, Anne E. B. Weiss
"We the People" by Ellen Abraham
"Coke Zero Cans" by Leslie Friedman
"Accessories: Never Enough!" by Linda Dubin Garfield
"Tabasco" by Linda Nesvisky
"Ronald Raygun" by Julius Scissor
"Judaic Zodiac" by Anne E. B. Weiss
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Just a reminder: Portales Municipal Schools start today.
The first day of school in Clovis is Monday.
Eastern New Mexico University classes begin Aug. 24.
The countdown
The Civil Air Patrol is launching model rockets at their Aug. 25 meeting.
The launch is open to the public, and is set to begin around 7 p.m., or soon after the 6 p.m. start of the meeting, at the Roosevelt County Sheriff's Office on U.S. 70.
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"All are lunatics, but he who can analyze his delusions is called a philosopher." — Ambrose Bierce
Today in history
While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada's Yukon Territory on this day in 1896, George Carmack reportedly spots nuggets of gold in a creek bed.
His lucky discovery sparks the last great gold rush in the American West.
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A quick moving storm that brought more than 6 inches of snow atop Mauna Loa left a 36-year-old man stranded atop the volcano for two days until he was rescued Thursday morning.
Click here to watch Andrew Pereira's story.
Alex Sverdlov, 36, of Brooklyn, New York, spoke exclusively to KITV4 about his ordeal just hours after being found by park rangers.
Sverdlov says he began his 18-mile trek to Mauna Loa's summit Sunday and reached the peak on Tuesday. When he began hiking back down the volcano late Tuesday afternoon, a snow storm moved in with high winds, creating white-out conditions. To make matters worse, Sverdlov had left his backpack farther down the slope to conserve energy.
"It went from like barely drizzling snow to like maybe 2 feet of snow within literally an hour," said Sverlov, whose face was noticeably sunburned and wind-whipped.
After a futile attempt to locate his pack, Sverdlov decided to hunker down for the night Tuesday evening. He had nothing but his clothes, a frozen water bottle and a cell phone that lacked reception.
"I just slept in the snow," said Sverdlov, a professor at Brooklyn College. "I was shivering all night, but I didn't die."
Unbeknownst to the New York native, park management closed the volcano to visitors because of the dangerous weather. Sverdlov was the only registered hiker and rangers tried unsuccessfully to call his cell phone.
On Wednesday Sverdlov located his backpack about 2 miles down the volcano, but snow up to his waist prevented him from getting all the way down to his car on Mauna Loa Road. He spent another night in the cold and snow, but did have some of his gear.
"The second night I had my sleeping bag, so I did the same thing except in the sleeping bag and it was warmer in the sleeping bag," he said.
Park Ranger John Broward knew Sverdlov might be in trouble after finding his car on Mauna Loa Road Wednesday afternoon. A rescue mission was launched Thursday morning and by 9 a.m. a helicopter spotted the stranded hiker.
"We just followed the trail all the way up to the summit and we found him just below the summit," said Broward. "He just gave me a big hug and said, 'Thank you.'"
"That was the best moment of my life," Sverdlov said about his rescue. "Essentially, if I had to walk down I probably would have made it, but it would've been another three or four days and those would've been a horrible, horrible three or four days."
Sverdlov was undeterred by his near-death experience and applied for another hiking permit for the park's remote coastal area. Sverdlov said this time he's going to the "sunny part of the park."
Broward said even the most experienced hiker can get into trouble, but Sverdlov took the proper step before setting out.
"What saved Alex is that he had a backcountry permit so we knew he was up there, he is extremely fit and he stayed calm. We're all fortunate this had a happy ending," said the park ranger.
Click here to see more pictures of Sverdlov's ordeal on Mauna Loa.


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For a while now, my LO (now 6.5 months old) has done better w/ the bottle. With me during the day, she tends to get very uncomfortable, very gassy, and needs lots of burps. She's pretty happy in general but I wonder if I have a forceful let down or oversupply issue. She seems to be getting enough hindmilk based on poop color. For a while I thought she had reflux until I saw how much better she did w/ the bottle. Thankfully, she still wants to nurse but it's been a difficult process.
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Golden will post by the Third.
So IF, Sheps?
Golden will post by the Third.
So IF, Sheps?
I'm still in, I posted last between me and IF and I obviously can't post until she does. I do think the reboot might be a good idea though.
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Eep, I should have posted ages ago... But I'm still interested and willing to play just so you know.
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Say hello to Rascal, he is a naughty little Articuno but he wants to be a true adventurer one day. Feed him lots of spicy berries and help him grow big and stronger.
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Up for inspiration
Down in desperation
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Sorry for disappearing haha Q 7 Q
but anyhow, I think we shouldn't recruit a new cast until either one of us confirm to leave, or a new eeveelution is out, which is the cutie pink and blue ninfia one //hngghhhh
also lurking here while in class, kekekeke
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THank you Jun! So anyways OI'm going to go ask
naga mod if I can re-open SUs and work on a post.
And now we can move on.
And now that someone Andre actually knows has died, he can get a little pissy. Even if he didn't like Isaac all that much. ^w^
Quickly someone call the police! XD
So now we really do need to get the SUs open XD. Anyways now we have a group of 6 players...
Well this will be intersting. Who gets Cass? Or will the new person take her.
Also, still cant post till IF does.
Evicted From Home = Retired
Hmm, Cass has been captured by Team Rinascita
Well we don't necessarily need to open SU I think o u o Because when we start this everyone have already been recruited before hand, so if you have someone in mind whom you think would be suitable then just invite them over guys ^7^
Dead is unavoidable according to Nao
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So umm, are we rebooting this then? I'm fairly certain IF quit the RP which makes me completely stuck.
Evicted From Home = Retired
Well, I'm going to present three options...
Either A. We start all over again and have SUs be publicly open
B. Just have me say the entire story amd end it
C. Try and salvage from what we have
So I'm leaving it up to you guys to decide (Considering Golden and I are having a huge project soon that may or may not lead me to end Leia as well.)
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Usually I'm not the type to drop off something so easily, so I say salvage what we have o u o/
I mean, improvisation is what we do best considering we are rp-ers > v >;; We can always recruit a new member, then put them in the story so that it makes senses, it might even create a change or a new twist we needed u v u
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I can tell GH that a spot opened up! XD S/he always wanted to join this...XD Also, I just posted, so I'm always in. XD
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Open it public I say, since we have more than one vacancy and with at least a few things changing we may have to adjust our own characters anyways.
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If you have to open up...I still want to use Monica and Umbreon...can I reserve it? XD
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I think Sheps has the most valid point. I'll ask a mod about it, and that will most likely work the best
Alright then.
I'm keeping Espeon and Andre.
So we basically have the entire cast again well, unless IF wants to give GH her spot
Spyrox is coming back
Can't GH take Sylveon once stuff is revealed? xD
Stuff WAS revealed, confirmed its fairy type.
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Is that official, or is it still a rumor?
We also don't have any Fairy Pokemon yet.


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Sig Sauer P228: The tea bagger has a permit to always carry his gun. This is a special gun because it's the same one his TV hero Jack Bauer uses.
Right Wing Radio: The tea bagger receives most of his inspiration from the white man's everyday heroes, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
Creativity: The tea bagger has been known to be clever with his sign making. Unfortunately his signs are often misspelled or unintentionally ironic.
Solidarity: Though this modern tea party has little or nothing to do with the original, wearing tea bags on or around their foreheads gives them a sense of belonging and of brotherly comradery.
Blow Hard: This is the tea baggers most effective weapon. This weapon has been known to yell racial and homophobic epithets at people who disagree with their ideology.
Religion: The tea bagger not only clung to his gun when the "Kenyan" president stole power, but also to the righteous indignation of his purpose-driven Evangelical religion.
Liberty: The tea bagger is typically conservative with libertarian ideals. The irony of this is that most receive a government social security check every month, due to the fact that 46% of the movement are 55 and older.
F A U X News: Although most of the tea baggers information comes from talk radio, the tea bagger always finds time for fair and balanced reporting coming from the blow hard conservative pundits at Fox News.
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Students may review their grades and progression decisions at any time via Laurier's Online Registration and Information System (LORIS) on the university website - www.wlu.ca/records. Refer to the steps listed earlier in this chapter in the Program Selection section.
A student's progress within a program will be evaluated on the basis of the grade point average (GPA). For purposes of calculation, the grade point (GP) earned in a 0.5 credit will be given half the weight of that earned in a 1.0 credit. Likewise the GP earned in a 0.25 credit will be given a quarter of the weight of that earned in a 1.0 credit.
For example, a student with an A (11.0) in a 1.0 credit, a C- (2.0) in a 0.5 credit and a B+ (2.25) in a 0.25 credit will receive a GPA of 8.71. (15.25 grade points divided by 1.75 credits)
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* Final exam not written - failed course.
** Dropped after academic deadline - failed course.
Where letter grades are derived from percentages, the following conversion will be adopted unless the instructor announces otherwise, in writing, at the outset of a course.
The final course grade for a student who does not write a final examination (or a deferred examination) for a course in which an examination is required shall be calculated by assigning "0'' to the final examination. It should be noted that an instructor may require a student to take the final examination in order to qualify for obtaining a passing grade in the course.
When a course is repeated the grade received in the last attempt will be used to calculate the GPA. Special averages (i.e., those calculated for distinctions) do not normally conform to this practice. Students in degree programs may repeat courses up to a maximum of 2.0 credits. When a course is repeated, the first attempt will remain on a student's transcript. Students in diploma programs are directed to the chapters of the Faculty of Music and the School of Business & Economics for program requirements related to repeated courses.
Grade appeals must be submitted as outlined below, no later than six weeks following the formal release of grades from the Office of the Registrar. Students should follow the protocol outlined in the following section Grade Reassessment. When the instructor involved in the grade appeal is also the chair, the functions herein assigned to the chair shall be performed by the dean of the faculty concerned.
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Players under contract
Jordy Nelson
Kansas St.
Randall Cobb
Jarrett Boykin
Virginia Tech
Myles White
Louisiana Tech
Chris Harper
Kansas State
Alex Gillett
E. Michigan
Kevin Dorsey
Sederrick Cunningham
Unrestricted free agents
James Jones
San Jose State
The good news: While Nelson may not spring to mind for many NFL observers as one of the league's elite pass-catchers, he should. Despite playing with four quarterbacks last season – Aaron Rodgers, Seneca Wallace, Scott Tolzien and Matt Flynn – he was the picture of consistency, catching 85 passes for 1,314 yards (both career bests) with eight touchdowns. He finished the year ranked 10th in the NFL in receiving yards and tied for 14th in receptions, and despite missing four games (and parts of two others) in 2012 with a hamstring injury, he's caught 202 passes for 3,322 yards and 30 touchdowns over the past three seasons. With a franchise record 19 receptions of 25 yards or more last season, his 16.4-yard average per reception over the past three seasons ranks fifth in the NFL among receivers with at least 125 catches over that time frame.
In short, he might be the only receiver the Packers simply couldn't live without. Of his 85 receptions, 35 came from the replacement QBs, and when the Packers won in Minnesota on Oct. 27 in Rodgers' final start before his injury, Nelson caught seven passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns – when Cobb (leg), Jones (leg) and tight end Jermichael Finley (neck) were all sidelined with injuries.
"It's been great to be on the field every game after what happened last season. That's No. 1," Nelson said late in the season. "If you go through any year being healthy, you're going to have a good year and everything else will take care of itself. It's been interesting obviously with the quarterback situation. And not just being without Aaron but going through so many of them. So it's been different."
The bad news: While the Packers currently have nearly $30 million in salary-cap room – having carried over almost $10 million from last season – to give them spending flexibility, they do have 17 unrestricted free agents set to hit the open market on March 11, including Jones, one of the locker room's most important veteran voices. While Jones missed two games with a knee injury, was hampered by the injury even after he returned from the injury (which happened at Baltimore on Oct. 20) and played the final few weeks with broken ribs, he still managed to produce 59 receptions for 817 yards and three touchdowns.
But while Jones' value to the team would seem to indicate he'd be a priority to re-sign, the Packers' greater issue at the position is that Nelson and Cobb are each entering the final year of their deals. Nelson, perhaps the most underpaid player in the league for the three-year extension he signed in October 2011. That deal added three years onto the final year of his existing deal, making it a four-year, $13.989 million contract that contained only $5 million in guaranteed money. His base salary this season is a borderline insulting $2.55 million.
Cobb, meanwhile, is still on his rookie deal as a 2011 second-round pick, so he's set to make a base salary of $812,648 this year as part of his four-year, $3.209 million deal. Having let Greg Jennings walk as a free agent a year ago, keeping that threesome – along with the emerging Boykin – together would make sense given the elite QB they play with.
The big question: Jones' first bite at the free-agency apple in 2011 was a small one. Thanks to the lockout, free agency started just before training camps opened, and all Jones got was a small nibble from the Minnesota Vikings. This time around, it's hard to predict what his market might be. Although he had three productive seasons – 38 receptions for 636 yards and a career-best 16.7-yard average in 2011; a career-high 64 catches for 784 yards and an NFL-high 14 touchdowns in 2012 and 59 catches for a career-best 817 yards last year – he'll also turn 30 on March 31. Whatever happens, though, Jones accomplished what he wanted to last season regarding his contract situation: He just played and didn't let it weigh on him the way his friend Jennings had the year before.
"During the season last year? Oh yeah. Especially when he got hurt. You could see that," Jones said when asked if Jennings thought about or worried about his next contract. "Even, he talked to me about it. And who wouldn't? When you get hurt, you're not able to go out there and produce, or really show what you've got. That hurts. It's going to show in your face.
"But I just took the mindset from Day 1 in the offseason when I was training, I'm not caring about money. Whether they talk to be before the season, during the season, in free agency, it doesn't matter. I'm just going out, having fun and playing football."
"You're just relaxed out there. You understand, you're not playing for the money. Whatever happens, happens. Make the most of your opportunities, and if at the end of the year or during the year they talk to you, they do. If they don't, they don't."
The Packers ended up not signing anyone to an extension before season's end, but even with Boykin elevating his game, Jones still has value. Whether another team swoops in and pays him more than the Packers are willing to is the issue.
"Anything can happen in free agency. Certainly would like to get James back, considering everything he's done and still can do. He's a phenomenal player," wide receivers coach Edgar Bennett said. "Just his overall toughness and needing that, I think James by far stands out."
Offseason outlook: Coaches love buzzwords and catchphrases, and many times they are simply empty clichés. But one that isn't – and is vital given the Packers' draft-and-develop philosophy to roster building – is the idea that players make their biggest improvements from Year 1 to Year 2. That's what the organization expects from all of its former rookies, and if the Packers could get all their second-year players to deliver the way Boykin did in 2013, they'd be in business.
As a rookie in 2012, Boykin caught just five passes for 27 yards. While those numbers weren't significant, the fact that he made the team – after being signed and cut by the Jacksonville Jaguars and coming to the Packers' post-draft rookie orientation camp as a tryout player – was. He made such a strong impression in training camp that the team kept him as the No. 6 receiver, even though the Packers had never kept six receivers coming out of camp under general manager Ted Thompson. He ended the season with a clutch fourth-down catch at Minnesota in the regular-season finale, a play on which he suffered a serious ankle injury.
Then, to open the 2013 season, he played just 10 snaps in the first four games and didn't have a reception. But when injuries hit, he took off, finishing the season with 49 receptions for 681 yards and three TDs.
"It goes back to preparation. That's really the starting point," Bennett said. "But then also the man [Boykin is] – you look at his character, his approach. It matters to him. Regardless of what was said in some areas [about Boykin not being fast enough], you can't really measure the heart of the man and his passion and his desire, along with his skill-set. I think he's done a phenomenal job. He has to continue to get better. None of our guys are finished products."
Beyond Boykin, the Packers have White, Harper, Dorsey and Gillett as young players ripe for developing. White saw the most action on offense of the four – 125 snaps – he ended the year on injured reserve with a knee injury. Dorsey, a seventh-round pick from Maryland, spent all season on IR after barely practicing during the offseason and training camp due to knee and toe injuries. He might make things interesting after basically taking a medical redshirt. And Harper, picked up on waivers from San Francisco when the receiver injuries were at their worst, was a fourth-round pick by Seattle who was cut after a disappointing training camp. Perhaps with an offseason program in the offense, he can rediscover the talent that made him a fourth-round pick in the first place.
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