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Every year for the past four years, a representative from Bethel Motor Speedway shows up at a Town of Bethel meeting and requests a permit for the coming year. And every year, the board tries to fashion the permit in a way that will mollify a couple of residents who have perennial complaints about the operation.
This year, Fred Graf, who purchased the track in 2008, said that he spent about $1 million on the operation, does not take any money out of it and, in 2011, "increased the money we spent in this county and town by $214,000. We used a lot more local contractors, local vendors, even though in most instances the price increase was upward of 10%."
Also appearing at the public hearing on February 8 were seven young drivers, aged nine and up, who came to show support for the youth programs that are offered, which allow them to get on the track in a controlled environment. Three of their fathers, who had driven up to two hours to attend the hearing, spoke in support.
One father, George Eckes, said it's an opportunity for young drivers to learn how to race safely. He said, "It's a great program because they can go out one, two, maybe three cars at a time; they're staggered. If they get too close to one another, they flag them and slow them down. It's a great program. I just hope everybody looks at it from that standpoint."
Graf had a couple of requests for the board. Last year, the races were allowed on 24 days from April through October. But last year was quite rainy and some of the races were cancelled. Graf wanted the board to allow him to schedule make-up dates for rained-out events, otherwise the track loses too much money. Additionally, on days with the youth program, he wanted to be allowed to open the track at 2:30 p.m., rather than 3:00 p.m., because the check-in procedure for the young drivers consumes a lot of time.
Bethel supervisor Dan Sturm asked why a section of dirt on the grounds was not paved last year, which would help to keep dust levels down. Graf responded that the ground was not dry enough to pave, but he promised to do it this year when weather permits.
There was also a discussion about other complaints; one neighbor last year said the racing made her windows rattle. Graf responded that the dialogue between the parties had to be "fact-based." "Let's see if they really rattle; if they do, we'll do something about it."


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I assume that everyone here is a Phillies fan, and has either cheered for the men in red pinstripes their entire lives or jumped on the bandwagon sometime between August 2006 and September 2008. But even though we all root for the same team, each of us has his own idiosyncratic biases about non-Phillies baseball teams. Sure, we all hate the Yankees (because everyone does), and we take special pleasure in the misfortune of Phillies rivals like the Braves, Mets, and Dodgers. But apart from that, I'd wager that our team preferences are somewhat disparate.
Now, I don't think that having a passing interest in another team makes me a sports polygamist any more than enjoying Gemma Arterton's brief appearance in Quantum of Solace makes me an adulterer. I enjoy baseball in all its forms, and it's fun to have someone to cheer for when the Phillies aren't playing.
For instance (if you'll forgive an NFL example), I pull for the Houston Texans because their owner endowed the scholarship that paid for my college education. But if they were to play the Eagles? No doubt where my allegiances lie. My point is that we all have secondary preferences in sports for one reason or another.
With that said, I've started hearing rumblings. It's mid-June, and teams are starting to figure out what their needs are, and whether they're good enough to pursue the playoffs this year. I love trade rumors. But I heard one over the weekend, from Ken Rosenthal, Rumor Geyser, that could ruin the Phillies' hopes at a second World Series title. Not only that, it could cause violence and lawlessness in the Phillies blogosphere and cast a black cloud over this entire half-decade of National League supremacy.
That rumor: Cliff Lee to the Yankees for prospects, possibly including 20-year-old catcher/Tokyo-wrecking radiological monster Jesus Montero.
My reaction: To become the world's biggest Tampa Bay Rays fan.
For a city prone to sports-based mass panic, the dual trades that sent Cliff Lee to the Mariners and Roy Halladay to the Phillies occupied a special place. Like T.O. doing crunches in his driveway panic. Like Eric Lindros concussion panic. The cries of "the Phillies are too cheap to win a title" and "to hell with the prospects, I want the three-headed monster this season" seemed to blot out the sun. Even after Roy Halladay started off better than any Phillies starter in recent memory, it seemed like no number of MS Paint illustrations or French-speaking slurves from Phillippe Aumont could stem the insatiable bloodthirst of the Philly sporting public.
Now imagine the following series of newspaper lead sentences.
July 29 SEATTLE (AP)—The Mariners threw in the towel on their season this morning when GM Jack Zduriencik announced that the team had traded ace pitcher and free agent-to-be Cliff Lee to the New York Yankees for three prospects, including prize catcher Jesus Montero.
Oct. 27 NEW YORK (AP)—"It's good to be back," said Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard as his team arrived at Yankee Stadium for the second straight October.
Nov. 3 NEW YORK (AP)—If you can't beat him, trade for him. Cliff Lee, the one pitcher the Yankees couldn't solve in the 2009 World Series outdueled former teammate Cole Hamels for the second straight game to tie up the Series at 3-3. The 4-1 victory sets up a Game 7 matchup of Phil Hughes against Joe Blanton.
Let's say Hughes beats Blanton (which he would in most cases) and the Yankees beat the Phillies in the World Series again, this time behind the one guy Philly fans wanted to keep the most. Where the Phillies were either unable or unwilling to pony up to keep Lee, the Yankees were, and were rewarded with a World Series title. The blogosphere would blow up. WIP's switchboards would catch fire and burn down half the city. I'm imagining the scene in Mean Girls where Regina George sprinkles photocopied pages of the Burn Book down the halls of the high school, except it's neither funny, ironic, or narrated by Lindsay Lohan.
Granted, this scenario is far from a certainty. First, the Yankees have to trade for Lee. Then, the Phillies and Yankees have to both make it back to the World Series. Then, Lee has to win two games (both against Cole Hamels, in the worst-case scenario) and the Yankees have to take the Series.
But I'd give almost anything to avoid this scenario. I wouldn't sell my own soul, but I'd certainly sell someone else's. Which is why I'm throwing my full karmic weight (such as it is) behind Tampa for the rest of the season, in the hope that they prevent the Yankees (either through some confluence of regular-season events or in the ALCS) from reaching the World Series. If you don't want this to happen, you'll do the same.
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Tampa fan it is.
According to John Heyman, the Yankees current policy is not to trade for someone that they can simply sign in the offseason. Sabathia, Burnett, and Hughes (with Pettitte or Vazquez as a #4) is enough to carry them far in the postseason. That being said, there's almost no doubt that Cliff Lee will be a Yankee in 2011.
The Phillies worry should be that someone in the NL rolls the dice on Lee as a two month rental. The Dodgers, Cardinals, and Mets have been mentioned in that scenario.
In any event, it will be fun to compare what Seattle gets for Lee to the three guys that the Phillies recieved for him…
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I'm with you until the rooting for the Rays part. If the Rays are doing well, wouldn't that mean the Yankees are pushing HARDER to get Lee? Shouldn't we root for the Yankees to dominate until the trade deadline, then have the bottom fall out?
Worse if the mets get lee and phils don't make the playoffs.
Forget the Mets. If he's gettable, the Yankees will get Lee. The only thing about that is that the world at large is now acting like it's a given. That's seems to be exactly when the Universe loves to throw a wrench into things. Hahaha.
As for the Phils making the playoffs, well, I just felt that wrench hit me squarely in noggin. The next couple of days could be really heinous and then maybe …. it gets better?
Cliff Lee will be a Met. It is going to happen. I have resigned myself to that fact so that when it does indeed happen I won't be blinded with unmitigated rage and hatred for the Phillies. And instead will just feel a unending feeling of betrayal and disappointment. Not in Cliff Lee, he is after all just going where he is sent but a feeling of betrayal from the Phillies. I will say it here…if RAJ wanted Doc that badly then he should have just traded for him last year at the deadline and saved us 3-4 prospects and then this city would have never feel in love with Cliff Lee to begin with. RAJ's biggest mistake wasn't in trading away Cliff Lee, it was in trading for him to begin with when he could have had Doc for a fraction more than what we paid to finally get him.
That being said…two things.
One: Please for the love of God, stop with the Cliff Lee nonsense.
Two: It concerns me greatly Michael that you can recite a scene from Mean Girls.
Why? Why did you go here?
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ed why would you feel that way? The phillies didnt have 9 million to pay lee, just like they didnt have the money to sign draft choice, Just read over the last five drafts, they are 4th from the bottom in spending in the draft, that means 28 teams spend more than them. two of the teams below them spend money in the international market. the phillies bugject there is less than a million. they are broke so lee going to mets or yankees. is just that after 2 world series appearance, 76 straight sell outs, we need to move lee contract , no money, but we should forget all that and go cheer them nomatter what , if they trade howard for ortiz i will still go. trade utley for shumacker its okay we are phillies fans. Remember we are a small market team.
Did someone hit the sarcasm button?
Lee is gone and we esentially got Gillies for him. He was really doing well before he got hurt. Aumonte appears totally ruined. Never liked Ramirez. On the flip side, David Taylor is really struggling only hitting .227 with poor power.
D'Arnaud, Dravek and Wallace are all doing pretty well.
Marson, Donald and Knapp have done nothing.
Yes, fercryingoutloud, could we puhleeze stop with the Cliff Lee stuff. He's been gone a while and we'll never see him again. I think he honestly hates us. So even if we tried to get him back he wouldn't do it. Everyone goes on about "it's just business" but that guy was blindsided and in a way hurt by RAJ's front office 'business' shenanigans. I think it was one of those things when a person says to themselves, 'I'll never let anyone do that to me again….'
If they don't Tendor Blanton they only spend an extra $1.5 Million. I like Joe B, but Lee is friggin awesome, if only for one more year.
I agree with you Phan but I also think his agent may have screwed him more than the Phillies did. Assuming you believe the Phillies when they say they tried to negotiate with Lee and his agent but were told he wanted to go to Free Agency no matter what. But that of course contradicts what the Agent said which was that Lee loved Philly and wanted and was willing to stay for less than full market value.
The Mets are stuck with a bunch of crappy contracts… and they have no prospects to trade. They can bid for Cliff Lee next season, I can't see them trading for him..
Aumonte is like 22 years old, and in the past year has been bounced from Starter, to Closer, to Starter again… and had the Phillies try to change his arm angle … there was ZERO chance he was going to an effective starting pitcher at any level of organized baseball this year. But in the future, they think that a guy with a Major League body, and a Major League fastball can learn to pitch effectively. Aumonte is far from "ruined"
I'm routing for Tampa Bay for the reason that i'm sick of Yankees-Red Sox, the Rays are the 3rd prettiest girl, just as the Phillies were for so long behind the Braves and Mets
I think the real team to watch out for around the deadline is Texas .. if they can add a legit Starting Pitcher, they will be a dangerous matchup in the playoffs
you should stop worrying about the yankees getting cliff lee and be more worried about getting out of third place. plus the mets are also rumored to be interested in lee which would seal the deal for the division and a summer of pissing and moaning from the citizens bank faithful.
I think what we heard with Lee was the Phillies offered him a contract extension, which he didn't sign ….. and "before they could counter the phillies offer" … we traded him to Seattle, got Roy Halladay, and Roy Halladay signed an extension to stay with the Phillies for 4 years total
I also think the Nationals might be big time players at the deadline.
Let Lee land where he may. He is a good pitcher but on the decline. Maybe our own Cole Hamels will indeed surpass him and Jamie Moyer will develop a knuckleball and pitch for us until he is 55 or 60. It is great to anticipate, but since we have committed soooooo much money to BIG BROWN and Ibanez and others, our team's wallets are sewn into the back pockets of their trousers. We need to focus on the farm team. And try to win with what we have. It is that simple.
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He went there because we all knew that our starting rotation was questionable, and we all know that pitching wins championships. C'mon, we knew Roy would be ok, but after that, Hamels was a questionmark after last season, Blanton obviously is not a sure thing, and then there's Moyer. Happ goes down with an injury, so all we have is KK to plug in his spot. I don't understand, when RAJ KNOWS you can never have enough good pitching, and they had Cliff Lee here (and he was REALLY happy to be here), why couldn't they just shell out the 9M? I know…..prospects, prospects, prospects. Blah, blah, blah.
As long 3 out of 5 of the starting pitchers are stinking it up half the time, I'm going to wish we still had Cliff Lee….so there!
We should really scout the Japanese and Koreans. Offer them low contracts and exploit the crap out of them.
Playoffs? PLAYOFFS? You're talking about the PLAYOFFS? Funnier when you hear Jim Mora saying it in your head.
Quite honestly, Cliff Lee going to the Yanks is the least of my worries – even below the All Star roster. If they Yanks are willing to make a desperation move like that, they're really in trouble. With Tampa still looking strong, and Boston coming on, the Yanks may not even make the playoffs, with or without Lee.
It would worry me more if the Mets got Lee – he's perfect for that park. I don't think their offense and bullpen are good enough to really make a run close enough to give up their very limited prospects for a rental.
Dodgers getting Lee would be scary – Fortunately, they have no money.
Lee will go to the Braves or Yankees. The Braves smell postseason. The Yankees want to set records on spending and ruining the integrity of the sport.
Considering how hard it is for even the best teams to make it to the World Series, it would be a great accomplishment to get there three years in a row. That being said, I couldn't take two straight losses the Yankees, the team I despise far more than any other.
And this may just be for Phillies fans outside of Pennsylvania, but did anyone else root whole-heartedly for the Orioles in 1996-97 when the Phillies were busy making a home in last place with a glorified AAA club?
this post despite the disclaimer of it in all probability is ridiculous.
why would anyone be thinking about C. Lee to the yankees when the phils aer sitting in third place and would not make the playoffs if the season ended today?
This type of arogance leads to september collapses (see 07 Mets)
there is absolutely no way in the world blanton vs. hughes would be game 7. it would be halladay vs. sabathia. obviously
Lee not signing didnt mean we had to trade him. We could have gave him his 9 million and took the two draft choices, but they didnt want the two draft choice, cost too much, posted a article about the draft showing how little they spend 28th for the last 5 years in spending and near the bottom in international market. any one who reads scouting reports knows aumont, gillies were not top prospect, aumont was so inconsisent it wasnt funny. gillies scouting reports told that he would have trouble moving into better compeittion. three prospect that werent really any better than the kids you had.I will never understand how a team coming off a world series lost. and who clearly was outpitched by the yankees starters. could let lee go. 76 straight sell outs. where is the loyalty on there part? But what gets me is people defend them how? can anyone who knows baseball and watched the series not see. that we couldnt match up with the yankees starters. would it have been different if lee is pitching the second game instead of hamels last year. guess not
I don't really care where Lee ends up, but I will be pissed if the Mariners get better prospects for 2 months of Lee than we did for a full year for him.
I backed trading Cliff Lee at the time and in hindsight, it was a really bad move and Amaro is about to learn that the hard way.
Halladay and Hamels is a great 1-2 punch. Blanton-Moyer-Kendrick scares the crap out of me. All 3 are more than capable of having great outings. All 3 are also more than capable of getting whiplash on a regular basis as well. Happ, while a good arm, is pretty much the same story. There's all of a sudden a hole which we now have to live with.
The prospects that we got for Lee appear to be busts and the fact that the Yankees (or dare I say the Mets) may cough up better prospects is a horrifying scenario.
The thing that really was disheartening about this trade was that I think it took something out of the team that we are now starting to see. Rollins and Werth both publicly had their own views about it and I think it might have sucked some of the heart out of this team.
So yeah, it's pretty pointless to complain about it now but there was a huge case against this trade made at the time it happend. The skeptics were right. I was wrong.
The prospect stuff is a total crap shoot which is why you keep Lee. almot all the prospects I thought reasonable for Lee last year have bombed so far. The one that's doing well is CF Bourjos for the Angels. I wanted him and a couple of pitchers who are struggling.
Don, I thought Amount was under 90 mph now?
Ed R – Yep, I gotcha. I mean it seems there's always more to think about this situation. I felt bad for the guy. He got messed around by someone. I used to work at The Big arena in NYC and was around sports agents several yrs. Wow, just…sigh wow. And sadly I have acted & also done film PR for yrs. I've met a lot of famous & non-famous actors. Hear me now, agents of any kind tend to be essentially the dreggs of humanity. I know there must be exceptions, but I've never seen them. Lee's agent could've been bad. But Cliffy didn't fire him. So either he believes the guy or he sadly feels as though he doesn't have a choice and has to use him. With my experience I am far less inclined to believe the party line out of the Phillies front office. Team offices are always out to make the player look greedy & stupid. It's as though they see it as their job, if for no other reason but that it deflects fan attention from the office. And the truth is almost every fan can envision wanting the big bucks. But it's generally not that simple.
It's odd but I've been saying to my co-worker/friend (and godawful Mets fan) since I heard about Strasburg (and the other rookies who suddenly came up) that I thought this division was going to be much worse than previously thought. I was hoping I was wrong, but it looks like that will happen. Nothing will be easy for the next few months.
Amaro wanted Halladay. The "ownership group" told him he couldn't have both Halladay and Lee. So Ruben chose Doc. And rightly so. Blame the owners for Lee being gone, not Ruben.
The Dipsy
I would love to see Amaro go after Oswalt to make up for his BIG Lee mistake. Only thing wrong with us going after Oswalt means goodbye Werth next year, which I could live with since we have Brown coming up on deck
Hell….I'd give up every prospect we got from Seattle and then some to get our hands on Oswalt, and then some.
"For a city prone to sports-based mass panic"……where did you get THAT idea, Michael?
If Cliff Lee goes to the Yankees or Mets, I refuse to take responsibility for my verbal tirade which will no doubt go on for years and years, because the "OG" would have to be stupid to have not seen this coming when they let him go.
For me the biggest issue with all this is the fact that people are talking about SEA getting Montero for Lee, which I think everyone can agree is a better return than the package we got from SEA, despite coming half a season later. That would sting.
Also, Lee in '11, please.
Ok….IF Hamels has to face Lee in the World Series (BIG hypothetical here)….who's to say that that King Cole won't just beat him?? Seriously??
I mean, after yesterday's performance….and just the way he has pitched in a lot of games this season..(more games than not)…..Cole Hamels right now, in my opinion, is as good a #2 (or VERY close to it) as there is.
I'm with Georgie… and whatever reasoning you want to throw at me, we had Cliff Lee in the palm of our hands, making Blanton-money… one of the best pitchers in the game.. a Cy-Young winner, a Yankee-dominator… and pff we gave him away for unconvincing prospects. And then there's this rumor (which I hope stays a rumor) that Montero would've been / could be involved in a Lee-deal. Disgusting.
Thankfully (?) the Yankees already have a great rotation with Sabathia, Burnett, Pettitte, Hughes, and Vasquez. All of them would be scary in the playoffs… and why would they bump any of them out of the rotation now? I don't see them trading away a guy like Montero anytime soon to get Lee, simply because they don't need him AND they can get him in 2011 if they really want to.They're rich but they're not stupid.
As for cheering for Rays, I always want them to beat the Yankees and Red Sox!! BUT, if the Rays stay atop the AL East, wouldn't that compel the Yankees even more to pull the trigger on a Lee trade? So, at least for now, I'm cheering for a close AL East, but hopefully with the Rays on top (and the Red Sox 2nd).
The ownership did not tell Amaro, jr to tender Blanton. Here was the choice:
Blanton for 3 years 24 Million or 1 year arbitration award.
Aumonte, gillies and Ramirez
Lee for 1 year at $9 million
two picks for Lee being type A(probably late picks if Yankees)
No Joe Blantan
I thought Montero is destined to be a DH because he doesn't field his position well?
I think for all our sakes we had better not wish for a Rays matchup in October. They are a better team than they were in 2008….and would have something to prove…BIG TIME.
Just as it may be advantageous to play the Yanks again….for the same logic. The Phils would LOVE a rematch….and the chance to prove that they CAN beat NYY.
I also agree…the Rangers could be dangerous with a few key moves…and NEVER count out the Twins.
But first….can we PLEEEAAASSEEE just focus on straightening things out in our own home…we have division rivals that are hungry!!
Amaro is overmatched in his position. Ed Wade and Amaro are cut from the same cloth. Both are good and loyal #2 men. Both lack leadership. Gillick left here not because of age but because of the constant meddling of ownership. He did not need it, especially after winning the world series. Ownership made a big mistake when they chose Amaro, who was a home-grown management favorite and son of Ruben, Sr.. He grew up here, but he just does not have the starch to run this type of high pressure outfit. Ownership at this point would love to rid itself of Amaro, but the embarrassement would be too great. Instead they handcuffed him. He was a moose, now he is a mouse.
DO NOT EXPECT BIG CHANGES IN THE NEAR FUTURE !!!!!! Not until Ibanez' contract is up will you see any serious movement in this organization. I said SERIOUS movement. Mark my words.
Hey Chuck, pass me whatever you are smoking. "Don't wish for a Rays matchup in October !!!" Are you dreaming, dude. I would love a matchup with the Rays, I would love a matchup with any winning American League team. Hell, I would love to make the playoffs. Chances are that we are not going to get there this year, at all. It's great to be optimistic, but the fall from fantasy land can be steep and painful. I hope you are prepared. Yes, I love the Phils, too. But I am realistic. We are out of sync, and on the borderline of "STINK." Frankly, I hope you are right and I am wrong. but you need to stop looking directly into the sun of partisanship and zeal…. And get REAL !!!
Chuck, I admire your optimism, nevertheless. Don't change. You are durable and steadfast in your passion for the Phightins.
Bart Shart
Manny's absolutely right. Unless George Steinbrenner somehow manages to regain his late 70's insanity and control of the Yankees, they're not gonna worry about Lee this season. Most Yankee fans (and I'm not one of them… I just live with one…) want a big bat more than a pitcher right now.
I'd love for him to go to the Mets… but as a Mets fan, I'm sure that the day after he did, his arm would fall off… heheh
I hear ya Joe. But once told that he could not keep Lee AND Halladay, one would think that he had to trade Lee to help replenish the farm system, which he gutted to get Halladay, and Lee the first time around. Quite frankly, two first round picks suck as far as compensation is concerned and I wouldn't have wanted it either. RAJ did get what was generally regarded as a "decent" package from Seattle. I was in the "balls to the wall" camp: keep Lee and worry about it later. But there was also the argument that you don't destroy your farm system for one year run at the WS. Blanton was tendered because you just couldn't ket him walk. He was too good. They tried to trade but couldn't get anything for him. Had they been able to get half the package for Blanton it would be Doc/Cliff/Cole right now.
The Dipsy
Hey F F Fingo……Are you a nut job? No offense, of course. How do you know what ownership thinks. Are you an owner?
Bart Shart
I think the Yankees want him b/c they know others want him and b/c Pettitte is old w/issues. Nevertheless, eventually the Yankees get what the Yankees want. If it is indeed Lee, then they will have him. End subject.
Hey maybe it'll be the Mets. They just live to get at the Yankees. Whatever happens – it won't be us.
Cliff Lee was moved for financial reasons. That was before Ryan Howard was over paid. Looking at the young talent on other teams in the division. I am not optimistic long term. This team should be better this year with Halladay but it isnt. Theres more than meets the eye to all of this.
The Mets are irrelevant regardless of who they get. I just hope they win enough to keep Jerry Manuel and Ricky Ricardo the GM around for a year or 2 more.
Andrew — you are so correct in your analysis. At least in my humble opinion. Did you know that Howard had 18 homers this time last year. He only has ten now. And Ibanez' was the MVP for the first half of the season in 2009. He is a shell of his old self. We have better hitting at third base, but the heart of our organization is on the DL. Jimmy Rollins is hurt and we are seeing what this dude means to the team. Also, we got caught cheating and we went into a tailspin. Coincidence? I don't think so. The Phils will have to learn to THINK and hit for themselves. No easy task. But, we will say a prayer every night and irregardless, we will have fun.
Bart Shart
There are still people who wanted Lee so badly they refuse to give any credence to the reasons why the Phils couldn't keep him. I suspect they'd still be griping if Lee's arm fell off and Aumont began throwing perfect games.
Personally, I don't give a crap who gets Lee, or what Seattle gets in prospects. I'm just going to worry about the Phils. If they play right, they'll win, and Lee won't matter. If they play wrong, they'll lose, and Lee won't matter, either. They can beat even a team with Lee on it if they play even 75% as well as they did earlier this year.
I suspect Baumann just wanted to stir up some doo-doo, because it's the only reason for a stupid post like this one. And he can keep the Rays.
Dear Management:
While a staunch advocate of free speech, I am growing somewhat frustrated with the level of discourse on the board over the last week or so. New people showing up whom I suspect are the same people using different names. Those who post for no other reason than to annoy and to try to poke legit posters with a stick to get them to react. As I am addressing this issue, I would think that those I am speaking of feel a small victory. While that may be, I will cede this satisfaction to them in exchange for some more attentive moderation from the Big Brothers (I say it with respect) at the Nation so some of this valueless expression could be kept from taking up %50 of every thread. Just a request. I know all you guys were away this weekend and I hope you had fun. Help me….Spock.
The Dipsy
Dipsy — You are making valid points and I respect your frustration. I am behind you 100 percent. Serious bloggers like yourself deserve the utmost respect and reverance for all you bring to the Phillies Nation. Please don't leave, as we all enjoy your comments.
Bart Shart
First, I agree for crying out loud give it up on the Lee thing. He is gone, just give it up. I hope the Phillies aren't worried about facing Lee in the World Series. I hope the Phillies arent even worried about the World Series, NLCS, NLDS or even winning the NL East yet. They SHOULD be concerned, just as we should be concerned about first, keeping a winning record, second, getting back into first place.
I am a huge Phillies fan. What a terrible article his was. First off this team is on a down spiral to the bottom of the division. To worry about meeting the Yankees again. Are you serious. First off Utley is hurt. Werth is probably off the juice with Raul. Never a fan of either. Howard I love but not worth the kind of money they gave him. We are going to regret this contract in a year or two. I hate that they did not keep Lee for the season. I understand that was not Jr. This ownership doesnt care because we sell out everynight. Blanton, Kendrick, and Moyer are huge concerns. We need Jimmy back at the top of this lineup. The only thing we have going right now is this division is so bad. Nobody is running away. The Mets are out of Baltimore now. We will see.
Agree with Dipsy, blame ownership for Lee being gone. A choice had to be made, they went with Doc who was willing to sign an extension. Easy as that.
The prospects they could have done better, yes.
Brian of CO, yes they should be concerned about first place.
i truly believe lee was moved for the prospects. it doesn't make any sense for him to be moved for the money because he wasn't making that much. He was moved for the prospects. what most fans don't realize is that GM's are looking 5 or 6 years into the future when they make moves. you don't want to end up in prospect hell like the mets or yankees are unless you can spend your way out of it. you have to have good guys in the system coming up at all times or else you will never be competitive .
PAT: who are you to say the prospects could have been better, do you have a crystal ball? nobody knows how they'll turn out. just because aumont was demoted to single a doesn't make him a bust.
Just admit you're screwed and that the divison will not simply be handed to you this season like 07,08,and 09.This isn't your year.It's the Brave's year.Bobby is retiring and our boys want him to go out with a bang.We are World Series bound.Have fun getting sweeped by the Yanks & Twins (2 easy wins for the Braves this weekend btw).
Ryan, I think Pat was more or less implying better prospects could have been attained from other teams for Cliff Lee. I don't recall him saying Aumont, Gillies, or Ramirez were dreadful.
TomohawkChop10; we'll see.
"It hasn't happened yet," is the mentality I've stuck with since hearing that Lee being a Yank is all but an inevitability. It's the same logic I use when I'm supposed to be at work in 7 minutes, but I'm clearly 30 minutes from getting there… "Well, I'm not late YET." Right now, I'll take my head out of the oven if the Phils can take the Yankees series… Whether or not we
re playing in October isn't even a concept I want to debate yet.
and we take special pleasure in the misfortune of Phillies rivals like the Braves,
The Braves stink. They wont last. Lowe is old. Chipper is finished. They are plain terrible. Put a couple of camels and let bobby smoke them. PIG.
dipsy please explain your statement :blanton was to good to let go. but they couldnt trade him, because no one would give them anything???
People will never get over the Lee trade because it was a terrible trade for the Phillies and could cost them another World Series!
Anyone who has followed the Phillies for years knows that the ownership doesn't like spending money. They have shown a willingness to spend money since moving to the Bank but only because they knew it was a basically a mint. However, they have always given the GM a payroll and the GMs could not go over it. Amaro rolled the dice on Ibanez, which looks like a bad contract right now.
Amaro got Lee but when he had a shot to get Halladay- he knew payroll would be over the limit. He could either keep Lee for one year- knowing he probably couldn't keep Lee and Halladay long term. Or trade his highest commodity- Lee. He figured Blanton gave us a better chance to win now as Drabek is unproven. And if he non-tendered Blanton the chance was that Lee would only be here 1 year.
Personally, all of us would have rolled the dice on this year and worry about next year, then. Amaro also has to look to the future as well.
Bottom line is we should be much more critical of ownership not giving Amaro the payroll flexibilty to win it all this year. They figured they have maxed out the WS revenue and have gone back to penny pinching ways equal to today's unstable economy. They are the ones who are not like the Yankees/Mets/Sox- which is win at no costs. In order to do that, the Phils need to establish their own network. Amaro can be faulted for Ibanez but lets judge that at the end of the year.
LOL. DOes everyone realize that the Phillies are only 2 games back in the loss column despite a ton of injuries? That's a weekend series for the life of Pete.
Heard on the radio yesterday that the Phils did turn down significantly better prospects from the Yankees for Lee. IMO, unless you're trading in Division, maybe in League you take the best deal you can get. I'd loe to know the prospects they could've had.
The bottom line is getting rid of Lee was a horrible move. Yes, Doc is great. You had Lee here without giving up Drabek. Terrible move. Listening to Stark today and I am almost convinced this team cheated to win. He brought up lots of good points. Just look at Werth right now. He was a nobody before he came here. Then all of the sudden boom. Now look at him. Look at Utley. You never know.
Assuming that the Phillies offense finds its way out of this current slump, which I am confident it will very soon, I don't see the need for such panic. I have confidence in our 1-2 pitchers, and I think that they can take the Yanks in the WS. Halladay is clearly amazing, especially against the yankees, http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/yankees/post/_/id/4356/halladay-king-of-the-yankee-killers ! Cole seems to be back to, or at least close to, his 2008 WS MVP form. So, what if the Yankees get Cliff Lee? Halladay against Lee and Hamels against CC, i'll take it. And if Halladay and Hamels both pitch two games each and we throw in one of the other 3 pitchers in the middle, whoever seems to be the hottest at the time, I am confident that the Phils will regain the title. I know it's thinking pretty far ahead but unless the offense continues to look the way it has this past month, this sense of panic, in my opinion, is not warranted.
Werth was always hurt before coming to Philly . He's always been a tremendous athlete. His start this season was ridiculous, but I seriously think the pressure of the contract bogged him down. He's settle d in at his career norm. Keep in mind in 2004 he bombed 16 in only 290 abs. His second best career ratio.
Dagobs – "Cheated to win"? If you're talking about "stealing signs" well that's not considered cheating in baseball. It's part of the game. Every team steals signs, some teams are more successful than others.
I'm not sure what your point about Werth and Utley is. Utley was drafted by the Phillies. Werth was drafted 37th (or something like that) in the 1st round by the Orioles. They both had the goods before they came to the Phillies (though Werth's road was notoriously far more difficult). They aren't known b/c they're on the Phillies. They're known b/c they worked hard, earned their way, and did their jobs, managing to stand out on a team that's full of talent. They also tend to keep their heads down and their mouths shut, all-in-all an admirable quality.
psujoe – The facts are that Werth was not always hurt before coming to Phila. He was drafted by the Orioles as a catcher; traded to the Blue Jays as a catcher. The Jays moved him to the outfield but moved him around, never really sealing him up in RF, but that's where they felt he began to be comfortable. They traded him to the Dodgers as an outfielder. He was injured in ST when AJ Burnett hit his left wrist with a fastball – breaking it. This began an almost 2 yr stint of ups and downs with the Dodger doctors, 2 surgeries (I think), and ultimately their misdiagnosis, not knowing how to treat the incorrectly fixed injury. Were it not for Werth's own tenacity, his wrist might still not be fixed. A neighbor referred him to a specific doctor at the Mayo Clinic who knew exactly what was wrong and did a corrective laser surgery w/i days of the initial MRI. Since then he's been essentially fine, except for a pulled muscle here and there that's put him out briefly.
I think the pressure put caused by the media may be behind this slump for Werth. But I'm not sure I'd outright say the pressure of the contract caused it. How would any of us know? And what's behind the slump for everyone else on the team?
True, always was a too strong. About a year and a half. Point was the year before the wrist injury, 2004 for the Dodgers is statistically very similar to his years with the Phillies. So I don't so how Werth was cheating for the Phillies.
Steroids are cheating and they were not banned from baseball. Cheating is still cheating. This is not a slump. A team all the sudden stops hitting after they get caught. I love the Phillies but if thats the case I am done with them. Play fair.
LOL – the Philthies aren't going to the World Series. They're not even making the playoffs! LET'S GO METS!
Wait -Werth was "cheating for the Phillies"? What are you talking about?


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Sansa Fuze+ review
so here is my review. i have made some pictures but they are all blurry for some reason. i am going to take some tomorrow again.
After my Creative ZEN X-FI2 broke i was looking for a new inexpensive MP3-Player. I found the Sansa Fuze+ quite interesting because i was looking for a player with a micro-SD slot and a decent battery life.
I know that the Fuze+ is out there for a longer time now but the ABI website does not have a review at all of this player.
I have read a few reviews about this player before and there were not only positive ones but I have to say that this player got better and better like a good wine with the firmware updates. So this review is about the newest firmware (02.37.01).
Capacities (colours): 4GB (black, blue, red), 8GB (black, blue, red, white), 16GB (black)
2.4" screen
Digital FM Tuner with record functions
Battery Life: 24 hours for audio playback and 5 hours of video playback
Expandable with micro-SD and micro-SDhc
Ready for slotRadio™ & slotMusic™ memory cards
Audio formats: MP3, WMA, Secure WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC, Audible, Podcasts
Video formats: MPEG-4, H.264, WMV and Flip Video
Photo formats: JPEG and BMP (photo formats can be further extended with Sansa Media Converter PC software, enabling TIFF, GIF, and PNG formats)
There is nothing special really about the Box. It is only a greyish box where you can see the player itself in the front. The unpacking was a pain though: I do not know why the companies cannot invent boxes where you don't have to break the box in two pieces. So you have to be really careful in unboxing the player.
The content in the Box is basic: the player itself, a short manual, a pair of headphones, a usb-cord and a little bag. I was actually surprised about the bag: It is the first player I have which brought it right out of the box. It is really useful to keep the screen clean from scratches. One weird thing about it though: you need to use the bag upside down because otherwise the player will fall out of it if you are carrying the player in your trousers.
The usb wire is long enough to put the player on the table or on the PC-tower. I have had players before where the cord was way too short (like 10 centimeters).
Many people are complaining about the design of the Fuze+. They say that it is cheap looking and just a plastic gimmick. But actually I really like the design. I got the fuze in black and I have to say that it really looks elegant. It does not look or feel cheap at all.
The on/off button is on the top of the player and it is also the hold button. On the left is the volume button and the slot for the micro-SD at the bottom. The usb-slot is at the button of the right side (unfortunately no B-jack).
The jack of the headphones comes at the bottom of the player. I really like this because if you have headphones with a straight jack then you won't have so many cable breaks.
The screen is a 2.4" LCD screen. It works with a resolution of 320 x 240. The brightness and background colour can be adjusted by the user. For me the screen looks really good for its size.
SanDisk was really busy about updating the firmware. At first it was really buggy but it got better with the updates.
It is good to know that there are companies out there who care for their customers.
Transferring Media
Like the Clip/Clip+ the Fuze+ leaves the choice to the user if he wants to use the MTP or MSC mode. Also there is an auto-option where the player detects the OS preferred method.
Both methods support "drag&drop".
Back then when I had a Samsung T9 or the first version of the clip I remember that the MTP-Mode was much slower than the MSC-Mode. Not this player: Transferring music on the device does not take a long time.
Only in MTP-Mode: If you have a LastFM account you are able to scrobble the played tracks via programs like Zenses. Really nice if you want to keep your stats up to date.
For videos you can use several options to put them on the player: Win7 knows when the resolution or format is wrong and asks you to convert them. You could also use the Sansa Media Converter (does not know mkv files and gave me some errors) or you use programs such as SUPER.
MicroSD Card
The biggest capacity you can add is a 32gb card. So the biggest capacity is 48gb (16gb + 32gb MicroSD). The card will show up as a second drive (as "external" in the MTP-Mode) on your computer and it also works with "drag and drop".
Scanning for a 16gb card takes a bit when you disconnect the player from the computer. But if it is done everything works smooth. The start-up time increases a bit but it is still alright. With the card removed it takes around ten seconds. The start-up time increases with a card inserted (16bg) about 20 seconds. It depends how many files the card contains.
The SDcard is integrated in the normal library. The songs are marked with a little card sign next to the title. You can also access the card separately in the main menu.
I have no clue why Creative, Samsung or Iriver does not support this feature. I don't know about cowon.
I don't have any experience with the SlotRadio feature. If you are interested take a look at the Clip+ review on this website.
User Interface
The user interface works pretty smooth. Sometimes it freezes shortly but only when you touch the pad too often at once. This happens not often though.
The menu contains Music, Video, Photo, Podcasts or Audiobooks, SDcard, FM and options. You can adjust the menu to your own needs. But only if they shall be displayed or not and not the order.
For "Music" I really would like to see something like "now playing" option. Or at least I could not find it yet.
FM Radio & Recording
Usually I don't listen to radio anymore. It sounds okay to me. But I think Creative sounds a bit better.
The recording is the same as the clip: It will record in WAV.
Voice Recording
Like almost every other Player this player is able to do voice recording. Like the feature says: it is only for voice recording and for nothing really else.
Audio Books/Podcasts
This has its own menu. Podcasts and audiobooks will remember your position on a per track basis so you can listen to several at a time without losing your place. Chapter support is also in place for Audible audiobook tracks.
Music & Media
Browsing Media
You have two choice to navigate through the menu: either you touch the direction on the pad or you pull it with you finger like on a touchscreen.
For the menu I'd just tap it once because it goes much faster. Otherwise for scrolling through the library: There I'd recommend the scrolling feature. There is also an option where you can jump to other letters in the library (max jump 3 letters I believe). It's better than the Clip+ but ABC browsing like the Sony or Creative players would make it more simple.
If you are further interested about the menu and scrolling then you can take a look at the Fuze+ website:
There are some videos about it.
The Fuze+ has a single "Music Go" playlist where you can add the songs from you library. This works pretty smooth. Also there is a "My Top Rated" Playlist. If you have your songs rated then the highest rated songs should appear there. I noticed when I transfer the music with MediaMonkey then it keeps all the ratings.
Also you are able to create playlists on the computer with other programs like MediaMonkey. They all worked properly on my tries.
Sound Quality
The first Fuze had the same soundchip as the clip. I do not know about the Fuze+. I still have an old clip and when I compare them, the Fuze+ sounds a bit warmer and has more bass (in my opinion the clip has a lack of bass). The overall sound is really good. There is no such thing as a sound enhancer like other brands offer. This isn't needed with this player anyways.
With the X-FI2 I had the feeling that the sound without the enhancer was muddy, so I had to turn it on. Also it is better for the battery life without sound enhancers.
I have tested several headphones: UE MetroFi 170, UE SuperFi 4, Sennheiser CX 300, Creative 630 and some AKG (I think those where K450). I never had the feeling that any of those headphones sounded bad (even the included headphones). There always was plenty of bass if needed (even the SuperFi4. I have had a few problems with the X-FI2) but the mids and highs were always noticeable. There is also no gap between songs. So the playback is pretty gapless. Entirely it was always a pleasure to listen to.
The Specifications do not mention WAV as a supported format. But they also work since voice and radio recordings are recorded in WAV.
There are a load of presets but I didn't like those (like usually). I always recommend the "custom" option where you can use the 5 band EQ and find the right sound since every headphone sounds different.
This is really useful when you use shuffle with different albums. It adjusts the volume of the songs so you don't have loud and quiet songs. This is just a simple description for this. If you are further interested just use Google
Video and Photo
There are two different options: landscape and portrait to view videos and photos. It is just an option to watch them vertical or horizontal.
There is a difference between the resolution of photos and videos. Videos must have a resolution of 320x240. So either you use the Sansa converter, use windows (which was faster than the Sansa Converter when I tried it) or any other program for this. There are many guides out there for newbies.
The videos look really good. When you tab to the right on the touchsensor the video will jump. On longer videos this can take a while. So be patient.
For pictures there does not seem to be a maximal resolution. The player itself adjusts the size. Really nice! But you can also use the Sansa converter again.
The screen shows its best on pictures. They look nice and clean. Also you can use a photo as a background picture. This feature was a bit hidden though.
Album Art
I have never had a problems with album arts on this player. Sometimes they don't show properly at first but the player just needs to load them for a few seconds.
One thing annoys me a bit: For some reason some album arts have a white border around it. This looks kind of ugly to me. All my album arts are usually not inconsistent.
Since the player is a little older there is a good chance to get it for a really good price. I got my 16gb Fuze+ for only 90€ at amazon. Here is a little chart (4-4-2011):
SanDisk(4gb,8gb16gb): $80, $90, $120
Amazon.com: $60, $60, $100
Amazon.de: 55€,70€,90€
The Sansa Fuze+ is a nice player. It offers a nice build quality, good battery life and nice sound for the price. If you are looking for an inexpensive player with a video/photo option and don't need a touchscreen then you should go with this player.
If the internal memory isn't enough then there is also the option to insert an MicroSD card which works really well. Newbies will feel really comfortable also as people who owned a view players before. There isn't really much to concern about.
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I still believe the Fuze+ to be a solid mp3 player, no matter the bad rap it gets on these boards. The touch navigation is not quite as bad as people say.
How much music in GB was on the player as you reviewed it? How much on the card? How much on the player? I'd like to know that to know if the newer firmware has addressed the serious issues from when I had one.
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Kredig I appreciate your review ,perhaps you have not read my suggestion.
I am suggesting again to cover following aspects:
1. the capacity of your player AND how much capacity is filled(audio,video and other files)
2. whether you using micro sd card,if yes,class and capacity
3.touch response(cover comprehensively this aspect -touch response and time lag)
4. sound quality(comparison with any other player if you own/owned)
5.thoughts about new lock function.
6.boot up time(with and without card)
@skip252: If you are talking about sluggishness then it is still a known issue to be addressed in future firmware.
The major changes so far are change of lock mode(from play/pause to top power button) and fast going back to main menu.
The folder option is in pipeline.
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Tip regarding Unboxing of Fuze+(I cut my finger and badly bleeded when I first unboxed Fuze+).
Take inner packing out of carton.
The Fuze+ is enclosed in plastic en closer the top is transparent while back is milky plasic.
Make cut from back(milky side) using blade or paper cutter be careful not hurt self and neither scratch the player.
Make the cut around the protruded back side.
@skip 252 (i have read your post too late... sorry) and krazzydude:
1 + 2: i have got a 16gb fuze+ with a 16gb sdcard (class 2) which is pretty fast (a bit more than 4mb/sec writing).
i have had about 11gb on the internal and 10gb on the external memory filled with music. i had 8 videos running (4 internal / 4 external) and 50 pictures (25 on each memory).
3: the touch response is good. if you are only scrolling around then will do your input almost in the same time. but if you are opening there is a teeny weeny gab. but this is nothing compared to the x-fi2 which was really sluggish.
when you open an artist with many albums for the first time then the device will nag around a bit which means that you should wait until the album arts are loaded. otherwise the scrolling is chunky.
4: the fuze+ sounds defenetly better than the creative ZEN mx and maybe the x-fi2. the sound is more clear comparing to those. also i have the feeling that the sound in the whole is more detailed. the instruments seem to sound more seperatly but this isn't a bad thing. the creative players i had were a bit more "mushy".
like i said in the review, the sound is better as the first clip. but it is only a slight improvement (there wasn't much to improve anyways).
i don't know if it is still valid but i think the samsung t9 is still the player with the best sound i had. but this is 3 years ago already. there i had always the feeling of a full sound which none of my previous players could compete to.
5: the lock is alright with the power button. it is still simple to unlock. maybe it would be better if you have to move (with the touchpad) an object out of the screen or something like that.
by accident i have found a way to get back to the "now playing": just push the "back" button in the menu. this will do it.
thanks Kredig.
Samsung sounds good because of sound enhancement features(DNSe).
If someone is using good quality headphones/earphones than sound enhancements are not required as one would prefer neutral sound over colored sound.IMO
also as a tip when you are in main menu say music,then vertical swipe and last 10 or so tracks will be displayed. You can change similarly FM radio stations.
the body seems scratch prone(glossy) so lamination or casing is suggested.
If your card shows write speed of 4MB/sec than it is likely that it is Class 4 and not Class 2.
You can also join Sandisk forum and suggest any improvement/feature.
It is first time I see that any company has provided forum for product feedback and indeed some suggestions are provided by way of firmware(say change in lock feature).
The key to using touch pad is when unit responds in correspondence to touch(this requires a bit of learning).
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Thank you for the load and response time info. It does seem that the updates are addressing the sluggish behavior I experienced. The firmware I was on would have locked solid with that many files.
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maybe the class description does not count anymore
here is what I use
you can see "4" mentioned in a circle.
Yeah, I use the 16gb microSDHC also, when searching for an "iPod Killer" I found this player and bundled it with that card so mine is a 32gb. Also the 32gb Sony Walkman X is about $499, so I know I made a deal when purchasing the player. Although I can't seem to find out how to give the videos on the player thumbnails.
Thanks, a great review.
My one question before buying, because I like to just pop in μSD cards with V-Mate (a Sandisk recorder of TV) videos and play them: Can the Fuze+ play videos stored in the root directory of the μSD card? I've asked this question twice on the Sandisk forum, but got no answer.
$50 shipped for the 8GB from Toys R Us (U.S.) in purple, black, or blue.
Great review, kredig....thanks for your efforts. I have the original Fuze as well as the original Clip, and IMO the Fuze has a fuller, seeming more powerful sound than the Clip, which still has great sound but seems a little weak to me at driving headphones. I think the Fuze just has more power at driving music than the Clip, and this explains the slight difference in sound (warmer and more bass) between the two players. Regarding your comparisons with the Zen X-fi2: I've found that Creative players from around the ZVM era and beyond have what is known as the "Creative Sound", which is a distinctive warmer, sometimes referred to as fuller sound. I don't think the very early Nomad and Zen players had this type of sound.
It seems to be a very quality low-end flash DAP, as all Sansa players have been beginning with the e200 series. I'm enjoying my 1st-generation Fuze greatly, and when it ever bites the big one, I imagine the Fuze+ will be it's immediate replacement.
Thanks again for the review!
I had a hard time believing the Fuze and Clip had the same volume until I tested them by recording the max output and measuring the Replaygain values in foobar2000. There's no difference between the two. The Fuze puts out no more or less than the Clip.
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i remember the discussions well when the fuze and the clip were new. on each side they said that either the clip or the fuze sounds better... but at the end, they do have the same soundchips and there shouldn't be a difference in the sound.
but what about the clip+ and the fuze+? do they have different chips? i cannot compare those because i don't own a clip+.
I don't have the Fuze+ any more. I just couldn't deal with the firmware as it was then. However when I did I did volume matched A/B testing against the Clip+. I also recorded the output signals, volume matched those to the original then ABXed the resulting signals.
My very subjective, very amateur result was that I couldn't tell one from the other. I just couldn't reliably identify which player was producing the signal. Someone else with better ears or RMAA results may be able to tell the difference but I couldn't.
One other disclaimer. I don't have any difficult to drive multi-armature phones and unless a set of IEMs are very sensitive with very low impedance I don't hear hiss even with my Sony players. That puts my opinion as to sound quality on the lower rungs. But I really doubt anyone would be disappointed with the Fuze+ SQ with standard 'phones listening to decent bitrate files.
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- 15-4 White Sox
Oh boy. What a nasty game! Our pitching did terrible, and I hate it when our pitching does terrible. Without good pitching, we can't win. It's a simple as that. And so, because we had bad pitching today, we did not win.
Chris Young started and threw three innings. He only gave up two runs, but his stuff was not the best. Mike Ekstrom gave up six runs. Mark Worrell gave up his first two runs of the spring. Greg Burke gave up four runs. And Joe Thatcher, the pitcher who canot pitch, gave up another run. Tsk tsk. He really shouldn't get a spot in the bullpen. Scott Patterson had the only scoreless inning of all the pitchers.
Our hitters didn't do the best. Cliff Floyd hit a solo bomb. Nick Hundley and Luis Rodriguez each drove in a run. Cedric Hunter has two hits and drove in a run.
It was very cool to listen to the game and hear about all these White Sox players that I've been reading about for so long on Jen's blog. It was like, an amazing moment when I heard AJ Pierzynski's first at-bat. I have heard SO much about him, and then suddenly he was there, on the same field as my Padres. It was pretty incredible. I predicted that he was going to kill us, and though he didn't hit a bomb, he had two hits and drove in a run. Jen's other favorite, Josh Fields, had three hits in three at-bats and drove in a run.
Tomorrow is a split-squad thingy. I'm guessing that all our "regulars" will stay in Peoria and play the Indians. Cha Seung Baek is starting that one. The other game will be against the Giants in Scottsdale. Cesar Ramos will start that one. It will be very interesting…wouldn't it be cool if we won both games? :)
I watched the last half hour or so of Star Wars Episode II last night. You know, those movies are incredible! The first three are not the best, but they are still amazing. I absolutely love the Attack of the Clones, mostly because of the love story part of it, but it's so cheesy! ("I've been dying a little bit every day since you cam back into my life." "I thought we decided not to fall in love. That it would destroy us." "It looks like we're about to be destroyed anyway.") I really noticed that last night. But I love it! The third one was really good, I loved it, but it was so sad. Yeah, I'm feeling kind of random tonight🙂
As I've mentioned, some friends of mine got to go to the Spring Training game last week. I would like to share a few of the pictures they took. A lot of them are really excellent. They had great seats, so these are nice and close. Enjoy!
Cliff Floyd getting hit-by-pitch. You can see the ball above the umpire's head.
Cla Meredith pitching the day before his little girl was born!
Well, I hope everyone has a great weekend! GO PADRES!!
UPDATE: Here's the lineups for today's games:
Game against the Indians in Peoria
- CF Drew Macias
- 2B David Eckstein
- RF Brian Giles
- DH Cliff Floyd
- LF Emil Brown
- C Eliezer Alfonso
- 1B Chad Huffman
- SS Luis Rodriguez
- 3B Travis Denker
Cha Seung Baek starting, followed by Arturo Lopez, Joe Thatcher, Cla Meredith, Justin Hampson, Chris Britton.
Game against the Giants in Scottsdale
- CF Jody Gerut
- 2B Chris Burke
- 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff
- 1B Kyle Blanks
- LF Chase Headley
- RF Will Venable
- C Nick Hundley
- SS Everth Cabrera
- SP Cesar Ramos
Jae Kuk Ryu, Ivan Nova, Will Inman, and Walter Silva will also pitch.
Manager Bud Black will be with the Scottsdale team. GO PADRES!!!
(photo credits: Star Wars: impawards.com. Spring Training: big thanks and credits to Ski, Pipski, and the Ninja!)
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I love that I'm associated with AJ Pierzynski on MLBlogs. It's a wonderful feeling! There's a bright side for the Padres in this game: by us beating you this badly in spring training, you know who needs work and who should stay far, far away from the 25-man roster! Good luck with your split squad today!
Haha, that's right Jen! Now we can get rid of all these guys who are making us lose! But I'm still deciding on whether it was our pitching or your hitting. I think it was our pitching.
Even though we lost, I'm ok with that. But our pitching was SO bad! I'm concered about Joe Thatcher as well. Those are some nice pictures! I'm looking forward to today's game games. I would be awesome if we win both games🙂 As always, GO PADRES!
Great pix your friend took. I'm sure you wish you'd been there, but these are the next best thing, right?
Unlucky that the Padres lost.
I do like the pics though, especially the Cliff Floyd one. The ball almost hit the ump.
HYUN YOUNG, yeah, our pitching is really suffering. I hope it goes better soon! And yes, I really hope we win both!
JANE, yeah it was really cool to "experience" the game through their pictures!
DARION, yeah, isn't that one cool? My friends did a great job!
The summer before I was in 7th grade, my friend and I started calling our other friend "Anakin" and singing the Darth Vader song whenever he walked into a room. I had a star wars watch. And I would imitate some character or another all the time…I wore my hair like Princess Leia. That was fun…
My favorite scene in Attack of the Clones is the one where they roll around in the meadow…everyone else I know hated that movie, but I love it…the third one was my favorite, I've seen it 13 times…I'm such a geek sometimes.
Nice pics! It would be cool if you guys won both split-squad games. It sucks that you guys lost yesterday…
You have a good weekend, too!
Umm..Kaybee – You're too young to understand how amazing the "first three" Star Wars movies were. New technology was invented for those movies. I think they story lines and characters were better then also. BUT I have been a sci-fi geek for more years then I care to count!
XCICIX, I know what you mean. I wasn't as obsessed as you guys were, but I used to be a really big Star Wars freak. I knew so much about it!!
JULIA, yeah, I know🙂 But they are pretty amazing, and I really love them!
Pitching. pitching, pitching…I feel your pain…Star Wars changed the way people saw Science Fiction back in the day. It bridged a gap…Keep up the great work🙂
Almost forgot……I loved the pictures🙂
I didn't know Cliff Floyd signed with the Padres. Was it a minor league deal? I LOVE star wars too, I am SUCH a sci-fi nerd it's not even funny. Great pictures!
SO I'm getting caught up on baseball and oh what do I see but none other than Mr. Padre getting shilacked and the US losing on the mercy rule! If he pitches like that during the season the Padres could have a very long season.
Nice pics…the one with the guy getting hit is very cool…not that getting hit is good, but the photo is fun! Sometimes when I get shots like that, I look at the camera and cheer out loud…people around me are like, is she cheering cuz he got whacked? Hee!
DODGER 4 LIFE, thanks!
ELIZABETH, I think we signed Floyd as a free agent. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a minor league deal, cause we really need him off the bench. But it was probably a deal under $1 million or so.
TOM, I am really worried about him. More on that in my next entry…but yeah. We really need him!!
JENN, haha, that's great! I know what you mean though. I love taking pictures at the ballpark!!


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